time for a look at the weather. here s darren bett. but so much in the west because we have this cloud spilling in. it is wrapped around that big area of low pressure, and the low itself will not reach us just yet but i had a bit, pushing well ahead of it, all of this cloud and that is beginning to arrive across parts of northern ireland, limiting the sunshine. further east, it has been a beautiful day, this was the picture at whitby in north yorkshire. we have seen one or two light show is running in off the irish sea into parts of north west england and one or two bumping into the far west and fat north of scotland but generally it is dry with a lot more sunshine to come over the next couple of hours with temperatures holding at around 12 13 celsius and it ll get cold this evening for eastern areas with those clearer skies. to the west, some more showers running in off the irish sea, heavy showers in scotland moving up towards the northern isles, then that now that we saw i
hello, i m 0lly foster. here s what s coming up on sportsday this evening. human rights groups have slammed fifa for telling teams to just focus on the football in qatar. the red roses are fully focussed. we ll head live to new zealand ahead of their rugby world cup semi final. it s the first of the quarterfinals at the rugby league world cup. can lebanon stop the reigning champions? also coming up in the programme. good evening. welcome along. injust over a fortnight, the world cup in qatar will be under way. the tiny gulf state, the most controversial host in the history the tournament, says everyone is welcome . human rights groups have contested that for the last 12 years since they were named as hosts, and today, fifa has been criticised for a letter that has been sent to all 32 competing nations, telling them to concentrate on football and not get involved in any protests. joe lynskey reports. the world cup starts here in 16 days, the stadium in the north of qatar wh
the bbc has heard evidence that albanian drug gangs are using migrant camps in northern france as a recruitment ground, offering to pay the passage of people who looking for better economic prospects and are prepared to work in the uk s illegal drugs trade. albanians account for at least one third of the 38,000 people who ve crossed the channel to england this year, according to the latest government figures. 0ur correspondent lucy williamson reports. for each boat, each migrant, there can be many smugglers. albanian fixers, uk guarantors, kurdish criminal gangs. one man who paid for a place on a kurdish boat this summer says he was approached by recruiters for the uk drugs trade in a dunkirk migrant camp. translation: they offered me lots of things - - to pay for thejourney, to give me a job, but i wasn t interested. they asked me four or five times. this is where the albanian migrant trail begins. small towns like laknas marked by absence the shuttered houses and empty ca
Bbc has had a terrible week in terms of its coverage of israel weve asking is the bbc biased against israel and well be speaking to roger bolton, the former bbc man, to get his take on whether or not the bbc is indeed biased. And of course, we indeed biased. And of course, we want to hear what you think about all of these stories and anything else thats concerning you. So anything else thats concerning you. So us. Joining the you. So email us. Joining the conversation , conversation, gbviews gbnews. Com. But before all of that, we get stuck into all of that, we get stuck into all of that, we get stuck into all of those things. Heres the latest headlines with the wonderful sophia. Wonderful sophia. Good morning. Its 10 01. Wonderful sophia. Good morning. Its10 01. Im sophia wenzler in the newsroom. Sophia wenzler in the newsroom. Aid has started flowing into gaza with the foreign secretary James Cleverly describing it as a lifeline for palestinians. The a lifeline for palestinians. The
Of the issues involved, the passionately polarised emotions it produces and the way certain terms and images tend to dominate the debate. Here are three recent examples of bbc reporters covering the subject. Net migration reached Record Levels in 2022 and 2023. Thats the difference between the number of people arriving and leaving. You might have got the impression that its small boats that have driven a record rise in Net Migration. They havent. While the issues important, in the context of overall immigration, the numbers are tiny. Rwanda is this country in east africa at least part of the solution to the huge pressures of International Migration . The government thinks so, but its been one heck of a journey to try to get Asylum Seekers sent there. No ifs, no buts, these flights are going to rwanda. Enough is enough. Shouting this was the scene last week as smugglers clashed with police on a french beach. And in the middle of the chaos, one unforgettable image of a small girl perched