also tonight within the past hour, an off duty police officer has been shot in the town of omagh, county tyrone. shamima begum, who fled the uk tojoin islamic state when she was 15, has failed to regain her british citizenship. another big supermarket limits sales of some fruit and vegetables extreme weather is blamed for damaging harvests abroad. and. tonight, the winning streak and coming up on the bbc news channel chasing the biggest prize the club s yet to win. can manchester city edge closer to the quarter finals of the champions league? good evening. ahead of the first anniversary of the russian invasion of ukraine, president putin has put on a show of outright defiance. addressing a crowd of tens of thousands in moscow, insisting that his decision to launch military action was entirelyjustified to protect russia s security. mr putin went on to stress that the cooperation between china and russia on the world stage is very important to stabilise the international
the shell rebound continues but for clearer skies, a colder night than we have had for some time and with the damp surfaces we could have ice around as we head into the morning. a frosty start but with the ridge of high pressure promising more sunshine for scotland, northern ireland, northern england and wales it might drag its heels to clear the far south and south east, that band of cloud, misty and murky weather and patchy rain. later, more substantial rain coming to the north and strong and gusty wind. for most, and strong and gusty wind. for most, a lot of dry weather with temperatures on a par with those of today, and a chilly day if you re under the breeze or under the cloud. the cloud advancing further south tomorrow evening. the weather front pulling to the south, relinquishing its grip a little bit and more cloud in trading on friday. a frosty start in trading on friday. a frosty start in the south, not much rain left on the weather front as it edges southend west.
the world right now, a best side in the world right now, a bold claim but one fans hope comes true in sydney in august. studio: natalie pirks in bristol, thank you. time for a look at the weather. here s helen willetts. i wanted to start by showing the stargazers what they are possibly not missing. we havejupiter and venus in the sky with the crescent moon in amongst all the cloud and rain we have seen today because of the story was we had some appreciable rain, the first for some time, and also a significant drop in the temperature behind the weather fronts so for the likes of north east wales, 13 yesterday and ate today, average for the time of year but it has been so mild it was very noticeable. the raggedy looking weather front is sitting to the east, lots of showers following behind. showers bringing flakes of snow over bodmin moor at the moment so cold air is digging southwards, perhaps a smattering on the hills as