is likely in the autumn, says the head of the industry watchdog, after a £700 rise last month. the faces of thousands of members of the uighur community in china, the bbc obtains a huge data leak about their detention and harsh treatment by the authorities. good morning, everyone, and welcome to the brand new elizabeth line service. and it is three years late and four million pounds over budget, but the elizabeth line on london s tube network open to the public today. and coming up on the bbc news channel, it is england s jarrod bowen. he and jamesjustin get their first international call up ahead of next month s nation s league games. good evening. there are more questions for the government tonight over behaviour in downing street during covid lockdowns. for the first time insiders who attended gatherings there have told the bbc that parties were routine, and they would arrive at work to find bins overflowing with empty bottles from the night before. they say staff sat on
7018, for sunshine and showers. temperatures 70 18, for many, not sunshine and showers. temperatures 7018, for many, not feeling too bad if you re out in the breeze in that strong may sunshine. 0n if you re out in the breeze in that strong may sunshine. on thursday were looking at a river bank moving into central regions of the uk. it could go further northwards or southwards. to the south east of that it should be dry with quite a bit of cloud but some sunny spells, and for the north west, sunshine and showers and breezy conditions once again. temperatures 13 15 for northern areas, but still around 19-20 northern areas, but still around 19 20 towards the south east of england and then high pressure is set to build in into the weekend with the weather predominately becoming driver sunny spells, but the wind coming down from an north westerly direction so a tendency for it to turn a tad cooler. , . , ., ., , cooler. chris, many thanks. that is all from the cooler. chris, man
good morning. the prime minister borisjohnson will visit belfast today to urge the main northern ireland parties to resume power sharing. the largest unionist party, the dup, is currently refusing to take part in the government of northern ireland because of the post brexit trading arrangements with the eu, known as the northern ireland protocol. the uk government is expected to introduce legislation which would allow ministers to override parts of that protocol. our political correspondent nick eardley reports. boris johnson will arrive in northern ireland later to find a political system which is stuck. despite elections earlier this month, there s no new government. sinn fein finished top for the first time ever, but the democratic unionist party the second largest at stormont won t agree to power sharing until the brexit deal is changed. they re worried about checks on goods travelling from great britain to northern ireland. even though many parties accept these arran
coming up at a30, the media show ros atkins speaks to the chief executive of channel 4 about its future. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. finland s government has announced it will apply to join nato. its parliament is expected to approve the application within days. sweden is likely to do the same. nato foreign ministers, who are meeting in berlin, say they want a rapid accession because of the crisis in ukraine. the secretary general of nato, jens stoltenberg, welcomed finland s application, and said it would increase nato s shared security. president putin has already called finland s move a mistake. from berlin, our europe correspondent, nick beake, reports. a fresh aerial attack lights the sky above the besieged mariupol steelworks. this is where the last of the city s defenders have been holed up, a final ukrainian stand against a relentless russian bombardment. but as well as by land and by sea, russia continues its assault from the air, focusing its fight o