the angel of the north turns 25 how gateshead is celebrating its most famous cultural landmark. and we ll find out how britain s museums might soon be able to hoard a lot more treasure. good morning. for most of us it is a mild good morning. for most of us it is a mild start good morning. for most of us it is a mild start of good morning. for most of us it is a mild start of the day. there will be a lot of mild start of the day. there will be a lot of cloud around with just a few bright a lot of cloud around with just a few bright sunny spells across into reasons, few bright sunny spells across into reasons, but is it different story for northern scotland, where in the hills with for northern scotland, where in the hills with starting with early snowfall. i will have the full later on. it s saturday february 18. our top story. rishi sunak will meet the president of the european commission later as expectations rise that a deal will soon be reached on post brexit t
it s arrived. he s the chairman of the qatar islamic bank, which is one of the leading banks in qatar, he s the son of a former prime minister and he says the bid plans to return the club will seek to place the fans at the heart of manchester united football club once more. he says the bid will be completely debt free which will look to invest in the football teams, the trading centre, the stadium and wider infrastructure. he says the vision of the bid is for manchester united football club to be renowned for footballing excellence and regarded as the greatest football club in the world. there will be few questions about this because a qatar consortium already own the champions. could that lead to a potential conflict of interest? some fans have expressed human rights about qatar s health record. but this is clearly a fairly significant move. 18 years under the glazers, they ve been criticised heavily for burdening the club with a lot of debts. i think a lot of fans ears pri
thank you. it was parts of north east england and scotland that bore the brunt, the strongest dust of all recorded on the coast of aberdeenshire, 83 mph, but further south across the uk it was mild weather making its presence felt with temperatures in worcestershire climbing above 17 celsius. this small of cloud, that was storm otto, now hurtling toward scandinavia and behind it another weather system bringing rain, not as potent as storm otto but moving its way through with snow ever higher ground in scotland with the potential for some ice. it will be chilly across northern parts of scotland but further south, very mild, 10 11 celsius, the overnight lows for many. the heaviest rain clearing quickly eastwards tomorrow. some rain hanging back across parts of central and southern scotland and the far north of england, perhaps northern ireland for a time, with a band of drizzle towards the south of england but in between some spells of sunshine, just the odd rogue shower, 17 ce
the north s leader, kimjong un. and an unprecedented spring heatwave hits spain we hearfrom a resident sweltering in madrid. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the australian opposition labor party leader, anthony albanese, has said he is humbled by his party s victory in australia s general election. addressing supporters, he pledged to transform the country into a renewable energy superpower and to work towards lifting wages and profits. our correspondent shaimaa khalil reports from sydney. this is the labor party s first election victory in almost a decade and it will be led by one of australia s longest serving politicians. it has been a long time in the darkness and now finally. we can smile again. anthony albanese promised change as he worked to kick out the coalition which has been in power since 2013. together, we can end the climate wars. together, we can take advantage of the opportunity for australia to be a renewable energy sup
intensifies its many operations on the south of the gaza strip. hamas officials have said hundreds of palestinians have been killed in the past 2a hours. it s considered a terror organisation by the uk and us governments among others. we ve seen fresh pictures from khan younis in the southern gaza strip and the scene at some hospitals, an area that has been under frequent assault. we ve also seen further southin assault. we ve also seen further south in the strip in the area near rafa at least seven palestinians killed by an israeli strike in the early hours of sunday morning. israel says hamas fighters are hiding in the south of the strip and thatis hiding in the south of the strip and that is why the military operation is now focused in that area. you can see both inside and outside the hospital, showing people traumatised by these ongoing strikes. these are from reuters news agency and formed earlier today. children among those driven to hospital and carried inside by fami