daffodils in wales. and there is plenty of wet weather, muddy foot pads in lancashire and across the south west of england with rain across scotland as well. not a lot is set to change as we head through the rest of this week and into the start of next. still cloudy, mild and a lot more wet and windy weather to come in the forecast. this is today. you can see the rain starting today. you can see the rain starting to ease across scotland with a brisk south westerly wind and another cold front pushing slowly across england giving outbreaks of rain. south westerly wind, brisk towards western coasts dragging on mild air so temperatures away from the far north west of scotland are higher than they were yesterday. this afternoon in more detail without picks of rain across central and southern england was not the best of us sunshine today in north east england and temperatures peaking between 11 and 15. much higher than they were yesterday. all of that much milderfeeling they were y
and japan meet for the first time in 12 years, seeking to set aside historic differences. the european central bank has hiked interest rates by half of 1%, despite the impact of rising rates on the banking sector. it comes as central banks and governments around the world are nervously watching whether the crisis surrounding credit suisse will develop into a global banking crisis. shares in credit suisse have stabilised after the swiss national bank offered it a funding lifeline. so how did we get here? credit suisse was already in trouble before its biggest investor saudi national bank announced on wednesday that it could offer no more financial support. that lead to its share price plummetting by 30%. late wednesday the swiss central bank said it would provide financial support to the tune of $54 billion us dollars. that has reassured the markets for now but concerns remain about contagion from the collapse of the two us banks last week. it is all quite complex, it is all q
Good morning. It is october the 10th. Israels Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has warned his country will use enormous force against the Hamas Militant Group as the conflict enters its fourth day. It comes as israels Defence Minister ordered a complete siege of the gaza strip, cutting off food, electricity and water supplies. Almost 690 people have lost their lives on the palestinian side while around 900 people have now died in israel. Hamas insurgants are now threatening to start killing hostages, if israel carries out more strikes without warning. 0ur International Editor jeremy bowen reports. Inside gaza, it looks every bit as if palestinians are feeling the full force of Israeli Military power. Israel says hamas is responsible for the suffering of gazas civilians. And its retaliation for the hamas attacks has onlyjust begun. Hamas has threatened to start killing its israeli hostages. The air strikes rolled on, hour after hour. Palestinian armed groups, undeterred, kept up thei
Thats five pm on the east coast, and the nations eyes are on washington. On capitol hill. We are a stopgap federal Spending Bill is now in the hands of the senate. After being passed in dramatic fashion by the house, just a couple of hours ago. To fund our government and avoid a shutdown with just seven hours left on the clock to do so. We have a lot to cover on our show tonight, but we start with a possible shutdown at midnight. Nbcs Ali Vitale Is Standing by on capitol hill. Elie, give us the latest. Right, things have been fast around here, because if you had told me when i left late last night, that Speaker Mccarthy was going to effectively look left and do this in a partisan fashion, i would have told you, absolutely not, no way. But it was a recognition on mccarthys part that within his conference those republicans that continue to block his path forward were not going to change and is that it was him who had to change the strategy. Now what this does is by the house, and by prox
There in the final last few seconds. In kelly, kentucky, Something Else emerges in the sky. We can see venus here at this point in kelly, kentucky. I love the fact that you can see venus. Even the president stepping out of the white house to watch. Finally, the last major stop for the Great American eclipse charleston, south carolina. The clouds cooperating. You know, it really puts us in our place as far as our role in the cosmos, doesnt it, the fact that we here on earth are part of something much bigger. And then sky gazers starting to make the long journey home. In remote rigby, idaho, bumper to Bumper Traffic for miles. The traffic coming out of idaho goes as far as the eye can see. Reporter this traffic jam started precisely as the eclipse ended. People already had packed, gotten into their cars. One family heading back to california. How long do you expect that to take you with this traffic . About 20 hours. Reporter 20 hours. Was it worth it . 20 hours. Way. And rob marciano, n