Weather before the arrival of these weather fronts, which will gradually bring in some rain. Maybe cloud will be thick enough for the odd spot of drizzle, a touch on the chilly side into eastern scotland, but generally a mild start to thursday morning. But the winds will continue to strengthen. We are sitting across the milder airfor the time being, the milder airfor the time being, the cold air waiting in the wings. It is going to slip in as these weather fronts seep in east. To start the day, some rain abound in scotla nd start the day, some rain abound in scotland and northern ireland. Once the weather front to sweep its way south east, it will be replaced by. For the middle of the afternoon, winds gusting in excess of 60 miles an hour across this coast, and some showery outbreaks of rain in the north west, that weather front slipping south out of the Scottish Borders into north wales. It states cloudy and blustery, into the north and west. That said, a mild afternoon, with temperat
This is bbc news, the headlines huge crowds have joined funeral processions in iraq, for irans top military commander, killed by a us drone strike. Crowds chanted death to america as the coffin travelled through iraqi cities on its way back to iran. There are calls for the un to investigate the attack. The premier of New South Wales warns that australia is in what she called, unchartered territory after the worst night of bushfires since they started two months ago. Temperatures have nudged 50 degrees celcius in some parts with winds spreading the fire and making its path even more unpredictable. The death toll from the new year flooding in indonesia hasjumped to 60 with fears growing about the possibility of more torrential rain. Tens of thousands in jakarta are still unable to return to their waterlogged homes after some of the worst flooding in years hit the enormous capital region. Councils in england have urged the courts to impose biggerfines to tackle the growing problem of fly
The contest to become the next leader of their party. After much speculation, Jess Phillips has confirmed she will run. On a visit to grimsby, the mp for Birmingham Yardley said the party needed a leader who could take on borisjohson and who was willing to try something different. And the wigan mp lisa nandy has alsojoined the race, and said thejob should go to someone from what she called the neglected areas of labours heartlands, who could win back the trust of the partys traditional voters. Our Political Correspondent nick eardley has more. The wigan mp was another one of those people who had said over the Christmas Period that she was considering whether or not to stand, and tonight shes confirmed, in a letter to her local paper, the wigan post, that she is indeed throwing her hat in the ring to be the next labour leader. Her argument is that labour needs to focus on winning back its heartlands, areas that had voted labour for decades and stopped doing so back in december. Let me j
As he awaits trial. Thousands of iraqi militiamen have attacked the American Embassy in baghdad, angry at us air strikes on theirforces. The first civil partnerships ceremonies for heterosexual couples in england and wales are being held, giving them similar rights to people who are married. Now on bbc news, witness history and a look back at some of the highlights of the series from the last 12 months. Razia iqbal presents five extraordinary moments in history as told by the people that were there, including the story of the first african in the arctic and the birth of communism in china. Hello, and welcome to witness history with me, razia iqbal. We have been looking back on the many extraordinary moments from history that we have brought you in 2019, so here are five of our favourite stories to share once more. Coming up, the children sent away by their parents to save them from the nazis, the Ballet Company that defied racism, the first african in the arctic, and the man at Mission