you can see how widespread average temperatures have been. temperatures way above where they should be and not just way above where they should be and notjust by day but also through the night. take a look at the uk first thing this morning, the second column is the average overnight low so you can just see how incredibly mild it was first thing this morning and that mild air is going to stay with us for the remainder of the day. not as wet as yesterday, still some rain around across southern scotland. western fringes seeing some showers. cloud the channel coasts producing some drizzle. sheltered eastern areas having the best of any brightness. a blustery afternoon with gusts of wind up to 40 afternoon with gusts of wind up to a0 miles an hour on land. temperatures will peak at around 15 degrees. not surprising when you saw those temperatures first thing this morning. 0vernight tonight the cloud and rain tends to fizzle away and we will see clearer skies so that allows temper
fails to elect a speaker in its opening session. no persons having received a majority of the whole number of votes cast by surname, a speaker has not been elected. and a mountain and a ski lift, but where s the snow? the record mild temperatures affecting europe s winter sports. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. russia s defence ministry says officials will be held accountable after ukrainian forces located and destroyed an army barracks in the occupied town of makiivka, killing dozens of troops. russia now says 89 people were killed. ukraine says the number was much higher. russia says the unauthorised use of mobile phones by russian troops allowed ukraine to target its troops because they were able to use the signal to find the soldiers location. here s some more of the russian military statememt. translation: circumstances of the incident are currently being investigated, but it is already obvious that the main reason, despite the restri
were convinced she had what it takes. unfortunately for namibia, the rule didn t change in time and she missed her shot. now, though, she is one of the leading women s boxing trainers in cuba, and hopes to still fulfil her olympic dream, albeit as the team s coach, rather than inside the ring herself. translation: it s a bittersweet moment for me. i m really happy it s happened, of course. but at the same time a little sad, as i d hoped it would be my fists, my gloves, which would bring cuba victory. that wasn t possible, but i m still here, ready to do my part. as well as coming to the fight a decade too late, cuba s women boxers also face unique challenges to other competitors. the island is in the grip of its worst economic crisis since the cold war. essentials like boxing gloves, punching bags and skipping ropes have long been hard to come by. these days it s tough even to find enough food or vitamins, especially for an elite fighter s regime.
but at the same time a little sad, as i d hoped it would be my fists, my gloves, which would bring cuba victory. that wasn t possible, but i m still here, ready to do my part. as well as coming to the fight a decade too late, cuba s women boxers also face unique challenges to other competitors. the island is in the grip of its worst economic crisis since the cold war. essentials like boxing gloves, punching bags and skipping ropes have long been hard to come by. these days it s tough even to find enough food or vitamins, especially for an elite fighter s regime. it s like boxing with one arm tied behind your back, says heavyweightjoanna rodriguez, who works as a bouncer in a bar at night to make ends meet. for years, women were excluded from combat sports in cuba through a misplaced sense of protection, largely from raul castro s late wife, vilma espin. today, though, these boxeadoras are determined to bring