power in the us and a runoff in georgia on december the 6th will decide the senate. more of course on that on our website. you are watching bbc news, don t go anywhere. good evening. despite widespread cloudy conditions and a strong wind, we ve had temperatures in places above 17 degrees today, and through tonight, it remains exceptionally mild for a november night. also staying wet in the north west of the uk thanks to this stripe of cloud, a real pipeline of moisture that you can see extends right out into the atlantic. providing relentless rain, particularly in the north west of scotland, but some rain for northern ireland as well. but ahead of that, we are drawing northwards this exceptionally mild air, so that will really hold the temperatures up through the night. it does stay very blustery. wind gusts in excess of 50 mph in the north west of scotland, where we will continue to see heavy rain. rain also affecting parts of northern ireland from time to time, but as the pulses of w