be riding horse back along with our northern alliance allies fighting against the taliban and al qaeda. this book swords of lightning goes into detail about that incredible month s long mission and the power of small teams empowered and resourced with incredible authorities with our interagency partners and what can be achieved when they are focused. dana: tell me why the title swords of lightning? special forces patch, that arrowhead with the sword and three lightning bolts but we also learned of historic legend in uzbek lore and they referred to us as avenging angels with swords of lightning. you know, dana, think i was going to say one reason it took so long was that we couldn t agree on a title. mark is three people and the
paterson, bbc news. that brings us to the weather. drama in the skies. this picture sums it up today for that we have had sunny spells, dramatic landscapes and now it is all kicking off in northern ireland and north west having that with thunder and lightning. a very big downpour, and lightning. a very big downpour, a lot of rain and not short space of time. i wouldn t be surprised if there was some flash flooding fault of the weather has been drifting in from the south, it is never really been called. here s the radio that shows us where it has been raining. and the lightning flashes, the lightning bolts are pretty self explanatory! let s have a look at the forecast for this evening. the thunderstorms will ramble away for a few more hours in some areas, rain in the north of scotland, not particularly thundery. by the end of the night, it will be relatively quiet, still a chance of some storms but i think many clear skies but mist and murk falling in places. not particularly cold, 7 to
night, it is dry. in the north, it still remains blustery, close to low pressure, close to air rising, close to those shower clouds in western parts of scotland. notice how the hype pressure spreads northwards so we have got that air pressing down on the uk, which means the weather is going to be calm and stable. this is going to be calm and stable. this is the forecast for saturday. lots of sunshine around, from the word go. the winds will be lighter as well. it is going to be a very pleasant day tomorrow. highs reaching 22 in birmingham, the high teens in newcastle and glasgow. and for friends teens in newcastle and glasgow. and forfriends in teens in newcastle and glasgow. and for friends in stornoway, teens in newcastle and glasgow. and forfriends in stornoway, the mid teens expected. over saturday, into the early hours, notice we have got heavy rain developing across southern areas and the lightning bolts indicate the possibility of thunderstorms. and that may rumble into the earl
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