this is bbc news. the headlines. the veteran british tv presenter phillip schofield says he has agreed to step down from itv s this morning with immediate effect after more than 20 years ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky meets uk prime minister rishi sunak at the g7 summit injapan after landing zelensky tweeted that peace will be closer as a result of his meetings. russia hits back at a deal to supply ukraine with f 16fighterjets saying it s fraught with massive risks for the west amid claims from the notorious wagner mercenary group that bakhmut is now under russian control. in northern ireland, the republican political party sinn fein is on track to become the largest party in local government with calls for the return of local rule in stormont. breaking news, manchester city at the champions of the premier league after a second placed arsenal have just lost to nottingham forest at the city ground, meaning they have no chance of catching them before the s
hello, i m christian fraser. you re watching the context on bbc news. a late morning commute with a twist rail passengers in newjersey are delayed due to a bull on the tracks. just a couple of lines of breaking news. we have just heard from the la department of medical examiner that the friends star matthew perry s death has been ruled an accident from the effects of kata mean. you will remember his body was recovered from the jacuzzi in his la home. the examiners are saying that he was suffering acute effects of ketamine. he long talked about his drug problems and addiction, very open about that. we heard from some of his co actors on friends, they said they d spoken to him in the morning he died and he was in fairly good spirits. so something obviously went wrong between that moment and when he was found the next day. and he seemed to have ketamine in his system. and from the bbc, question of sport which has been running for 53 years has been axed due to funding challenge
the cold weather gripping the north will spread gradually further south across the east of china. even in hong kong, things look cold over the next week also. contrast that to hear, it is very mild and the weather is not changing in a hurry. very breezy, quite a lot of cloud and although we will mostly be dry there is rain and windy conditions on their way across the north west of the uk, down to the fact we have a couple of weather fronts moving in, this is a warm front, high pressure holds on towards the south west, squeezing away most of the rain. some cloud through the afternoon but glimpses of blue sky and perhaps north east england, north wales, down towards the south west. we have a breeze from the south west helping to break apart cloud a little. some fairly light and patchy rain across the north of scotland and most of us are 11 or 12 degrees, but only around eight or nine in the east, slightly cooler air. this evening and overnight a little patchy, light rain across