president zelensky, on his first visit to the uk since the russian invasion, thanks politicians for their support but urges the uk to give fighterjets to ukraine. the writing on the helmet reads: we have freedom, give us wings to protect it. drama at disney, 7,000 jobs to go. the entertainment giant cuts costs, as streaming customers fall for the first time. and, praise continues to pour in for nba superstar lebronjames, after he becomes the competition s all time leading points scorer. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we begin in turkey and syria, where more than 12,000 people are now known to have died in the earthquakes which hit the region early on monday morning. in turkey, there s growing anger at the speed of the rescue effort, with many complaining they ve had no help trying to pull people from the rubble. while in syria, state controlled media is reporting that some 300,000 people have been forced to leave their homes. more from syria sh
will have a look at in a moment but it s this ridge of high pressure that follows on behind that will kill off the showers, the clearer skies and low temperatures as we head into the night time. we still got that rain clearing away from the east coast of england, hanging on across the northern isles. quite a few heavy showers coming into wales, heading into the midlands, towards the south east over the next few hours but few hours but fewer showers across western scotland and northern ireland where we are seeing sunshine. quite cool out there and breezy. the winds will drop this evening, showers fade away, we keep some cloud and a few showers keep going for a little longer at a cost eastern parts of england but with like winds and clear skies temperatures will be close to or just below freezing. we could see as low as 2, or 3, a slight frost into tomorrow morning, good friday. a sunny start for most of the country. as temperatures rise through the day the cloud will build a
hello and welcome to bbc world news. the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, will arrive in the uk tomorrow for face to face talks with prime minister rishi sunak to discuss an imminent deal for trade in northern ireland. it all revolves around the post brexit trading arrangements for northern ireland. the irish taoisoech, leo varadkar, said. earlier, the deputy prime minister, dominic raab, began to outline what might be in the deal including the right for politicians in northern ireland to have a say over any new eu rules that affect them. with more here s our political correspondent, iain watson. what better way to flag that an agreement with the eu is coming closer? the eu commission president, ursula von der leyen, will meet the prime minister tomorrow in london for the talks that could seal a deal. there is no deal done until the whole deal s done. but i think we ve made progress. and what s emerging is exactly what the deal could involve. post b
countdown to britain s first ever space launch. we are going to be live in cornwall, where the mission is taking off. let s start in brazil. security forces there have detained over 1,000 people after supporters of the former president jair bolsonaro stormed government buildings. this was the scene in brasilia the capital on sunday. thousands of demonstrators were involved. in the last few hours, brazilian authorities have issued a statement branding the riots terrorist acts of vandalism by criminals and coup plotters . and we ve also heard from brazil s president lula. translation: all those people who did this will be found and punished. they will realise that democracy guarantees the right to freedom and free speech, but it also demands that people respect the institutions created to strengthen democracy. let s take a step back and look at how we got here. in october last year, we saw a bitter electoral campaign between the incumbent jair bolsonaro and lula. and lul