the cold air is firmly in place and will be difficult to shift. we start with a frost in scotland and northern england on wednesday, much more cloud further south. some sunshine around but again cloud building up. some showers across northern england. at thick enough to bring some light rain or drizzle and temperature is not really changing much on wednesday. for the rest of the week, it is going to be dull with a lot of cloud around. an increasing chance of some rain especially across southern parts of uk but slowly it becomes a little less cold. and that s bbc news at six you can keep up with all the latest developments on bbc website from the six team it s goodbye. hello, and welcome to sportsday. i m jane dougall. the challenge cup draw will be taking place here injust a few moments time. keep watching to find out who plays whom in the sixth round of rugby league s most prestigious cup competition. after tottenham s most humiliating defeat in a decade, will they lose
we start with a huge political sotry here in the uk, where the deputy prime minister, dominic raab, has been forced to resign. wherever you re watching, this is a story which touches on issues that everyone can understand from workplace bullying to difficult or domineering bosses. the investigation into the bullying allegations has been going on for months a report was given to the prime minister, rishi sunak yesterday. in his resignation letter today dominic raab claimed the inquiry hadn t been fair, calling it kafka esque, and saying the threshold for bullying was now so low, it would encourage spurious complaints, against ministers. let s hear from our political correspondent iain watson for an overview of this morning s developments. let s make him our next prime minister. please welcome rishi sunak. he was a close ally of the prime minister, a key figure in the conservative leadership campaign. but dominic raab has resigned as deputy prime minister and justice se
for many rail commuters, like these in marston in west yorkshire, getting around has become an ordeal and notjust on strike days. trains are always cancelled, you can t rely on them. i go to work to manchester, i only go one day a week but it s still a nightmare. i would probably go in a bit more to work if i could get the trains, it s absolutely shocking at the moment. i don t feel like it s train service at all. it s just incredibly dire and stressful for commuters. train cancellations in britain have reached record levels. the industry blames covid delaying the training of drivers, staff sickness, and factors like winter weather, plus the knock on impact of strikes. transpennine express, which runs services around the north of england and into scotland, has been making dozens of cancellations each day for months. the northern powerhouse partnership, campaigning business group, claims today that the operator s problems are costing the economy in west yorkshire £2 million a
japanese prime minister, shinzo abe. he was shot dead at a political campaign event last week. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the broadcaster david davies and anna mikhailova, who s the deputy political editor of the mail on sunday. welcome to you both. tomorrow s front pages, starting with. starting with the conservative leadership race, the ft says rishi sunak will only cut taxes once inflation is under control. the guardian focuses on the uber whistle blower who leaked thousands of company files to uk politicians to help change transport policy in london. the yorkshire post reports that the former chancellor, rishi sunak, will not make any immediate tax cuts if he becomes prime minister. the mail says foreign secretary liz truss urged mps to back her over rishi sunak. the times says mr sunak has vowed to cut taxes, but only once inflation has fallen. the paper also says support for liz truss is growing am
this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s six in the morning in singapore and 6pm in washington, where the us supreme court has issued another landmark ruling this time limiting the government s ability to regulate emissions from power plants. it marks a victory for the coal industry, but the united nations has described it as a setback in our fight against climate change . the us is the world s second biggest emitter of greenhouse gases, and the decision is a major blow to president biden s plan to reduce emissions. from washington, here s our north america editor, sarah smith. in california today, wildfires burning out of control is a vivid reminder of the urgent need to take are a vivid reminder of the urgent need to take action on climate change. america is a large part of the problem, the second biggest emitter of greenhouse gases in the world after china. but also a victim. you can see from the water line above the vast lake how much it has shrunk in recent years, impacti