see some good spells of sunshine. the centre of the high drifts towards the centre of the uk. we could have one or two showers. perhaps towards coastal kent, but i think it should stay largely drive. variable amounts of cloud around. more of a breeze in the southeast. the winds will be light here in the north and the west. it will feel warmer on saturday afternoon. highs i think into the low 20s. may be 2a degrees in central belt of scotland. we could even see higher temperatures across central and southern england as well. for sunday, a similar story. we will pick up some moisture on the northerly breeze across northern areas. it might bring a little bit more cloud across scotland, northern ireland. the best the sunshine again across southern and western areas. highs of 22 and 23. it will be
test against england. good evening. the taliban are sweeping through afghanistan at an extraordinary pace. herat the country s third largest city has fallen today. kandahar the second biggest is on the brink of defeat. lashkar gah the capital of helmand province, once the centre of the uk s presence there has been overrun too. and ghazni, a strategically important cityjust 95 miles from the capital kabul, is also now in the hands of the islamist fighters. the speed of the taliban s advance means britain and the united states are sending more than 3,500 troops to help their civilians leave. they ll arrive by the weekend for what the ministry of defence is calling a short term mission. ourfirst report tonight is from our defence correspondent jonathan beale.
facilitate the departure of those who remain securely, but once again it raises more questions as to what was achieved by the sacrifice of a57 british lives over the past 20 years. jonathan beale is here with me now. more than 3500 british and american troops going on by the weekend. explain more about their mission. it s being presented as a precaution by the us, the british defence secretary ben wallace says it was part of the contingency plan but both admit this is a rip watt response to the rapidly deteriorating security situation. 600 british troops will be there to help around a000 citizens still in afghanistan if they want to come home, they will be helped to move back to the uk. they will also be embassy staff moved out of the country and also those afghans who worked for the british and who are being allowed to settle back in the uk. the embassy itself, there will
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in the end we will be compelled to kill one another. we ll be getting the latest from kabul on the rapidly changing situaiton. also tonight. a breaking story police say there have been a number of fatalities in a serious firearms incident in plymouth this evening. a local mp says it s not terror related. oh, my god, i got sevens on five! more record results for gcses in england, wales and northern ireland after exams were cancelled for the second year running because of the pandemic. the surging covid cases in parts of the united states how religion, politics and science have clashed, resulting in an epidemic of the unvaccinated. and british olympic sprinter cj ujah is suspended for an alleged anti doping breach. if proven the men s ioo metre relay team will be stripped of their silver medals. and coming up in the sport on bbc news an unbeaten century for kl rahul as india take control on the opening day of the second