how men are still dominating the argument. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. mikhail gorbachev, the last leader of the soviet union, has died at the age of 91. he oversaw economic reforms known as perestroika and political ones known as glasnost or openness which led to the break up of the soviet union in 1991, and the end of the cold war. russian president vladimir putin has expressed deep sympathies . our russia editor steve rosenberg looks back at a historic life. he was the kind of russian leader of the world had never seen. mikhail gorbachev smiled, he was relaxed. in the west, he acquired almost pop star status for helping to end the cold war. but at home, it was a different story. born in the days of dictator josef stalin, gorbachev became a committed communist, rising fast through the ranks of the soviet communist party to the ruling politburo. gorbachev
To the south, it is drier with brighter skies, a few showers, cloudy with wet weather to the far south west. Sunshine and showers across northern ireland, a little bit across northern ireland, a little bhdw across northern ireland, a little bit dry through much of scotland. The best of the bright weather through the highlands and islands. Top temperatures of 15 and 16 north to south. As we headed into this evening and overnight, wet weather over parts of Eastern England clearing, but now more wet and heavy rain pushing into parts of wales, devon and cornwall, dorset, hampshire, the isle of wight, sussex and kent. Another met Office Weather warning and force through parts of Eastern England overnight. Elsewhere dry with clear skies through western scotland, wales, north west england. The odd mist and fog patch and chili in glasgow, three degrees. Mid week, wednesday, quieter in many areas with overnight rain in the south east that should clear away. An improving picture but certainly a
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