for many of us today it is going to be dry, sunny and warm, except across the very far north of scotland and parts of eastern england, where we hang onto more cloud. that will suppress the temperatures. details later in the programme. good morning. it s tuesday, the 30th of may. new measures to crackdown on the use of vapes by children in england, are set to be unveiled by the government. ministers have pledged to close a loophole allowing retailers to give free samples to children, and a ban on nicotine free vapes for under 18 s is also being considered. our health editor hugh pym has the details. a recent laboratory test for bbc news on illegal vapes confiscated at a school showed some had more than twice the safe amount of lead, and nine times the safe amount of nickel. the prime minister said he was shocked by this report, and said he was taking further action to clamp down on rogue firms who unlawfully target children with these products. the measures include closing a l
hello and welcome. president biden will address the irish parliament in dublin this afternoon, as he continues his visit to the island of ireland. today, he s expected to affirm the strong ties between the republic of ireland and the united states. our correspondent, charlotte gallagher, is in dublin. hello. take us through the day. it s reall hello. take us through the day. it s really back to business forjoe biden today, yesterday, he had some personal time, biden today, yesterday, he had some personaltime, ending biden today, yesterday, he had some personal time, ending the day in a pub chatting to locals, taking selfies, going to behind the bar at one point. today, it is diplomacy and politics and he is going to speak at the irish parliament, only be fourth us president to ever do that, he is going to meet the irish president at his official residence and they are going to plant a tree together. the final stop here in dublin is at dublin castle where he is going to have a
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backtracks. good morning, welcome to way too early. will we ll begin with a stark new warning from the president of the united states when it comes to the threat of nuclear war. last night in new york city, president biden said the risk of nuclear armageddon is the highest it has been in roughly 60 years. since president kennedy and the cuban missile crisis. it all stems from russia s flail invasion of ukraine. biden said his russian counterpart putin is not joking when he talks about potential use of tactical nuclear weapons or biological or chemical weapons. because his military is, you might say, significantly underperforming. russia has faced huge setbacks on the battlefield as ukrainian forces continue to take back land illegally occupied by moscow. there has been widespread concern that kremlin could use a weapon of mass destruction to regain some footing in the war. but in the words of president biden, i don t think there is any such thing as the ability to easily