Attacked pro democracy activists last weekend. Gareth bale looks set to leave real madrid to join chinese club jiangsu suning, reportedly earning the player 31 millon a week. The player £1 millon a week. The Prime Minister is about to announce plans for a new high speed rail link between manchester and leeds as part of what he describes as efforts to rebalance power, growth and productivity across the uk. Borisjohnson will also promise to improve what he calls the unglamorous local services which people use every day. The plan has been welcomed by business groups but labour says it doesnt go far enough. Our correspondent tom barton is here. As we wait for that speech to begin within the next ten minutes, we think, tell us a bit more about what borisjohnson is think, tell us a bit more about what Boris Johnson is promising think, tell us a bit more about what borisjohnson is promising because we have of course her the conservative government under George Osborne going on about the Nort
Fall in air quality, with many people seeking medical help. Translation smoke is a horror. Youre choking and feel dizzy because the smell of the smoke is very strong. The fires are releasing copious volumes of carbon dioxide, which Scientists Say will make our planet even warmer. That means wildfires like these will become even more common. Ramzan karmali, bbc news. Now its time for a look at the weather with susan powell. Good afternoon. I probably dont need to tell you about the heat way for us has now broken and we have for us has now broken and we have for sure weather for the rest of the weekend and into next week too. Quite a showery weather to come. For some this weekend, a bit of a wash out. That is if setting out to the north of scotland defeated youre the south east. If it is weight with you now, that is the way it will stay. Temperatures much lower than before. Sunshine to the south west and to the north east. Overnight, the front slot a little so overnight, the front slot a
Is very strong. The fires are releasing copious volumes of carbon dioxide, which Scientists Say will make our planet even warmer. That means wildfires like these will become even more common. Ramzan karmali, bbc news. Drivers in the us state of newjersey had a lucky escape when a runaway tyre caused a motorway crash. The tyre can be seen rolling along the road after coming off the back of a lorry. After going over the barrier, it struck a car in oncoming traffic. Thankfully, no one was seriously hurt. 0h, oh, my word thats the first time ive seen those pictures, very striking and relieving to hear no one was hurt. Now its time for a look at the weather. Good afternoon. That was a painful watch but hopefully now for you some relief from the heatwave. The pictures arent so pretty across the uk today. This is the river cam with umbrellas up because pretty wet weather has arrived for some of us. We have a weather front at the moment which is pretty much over the north west of scotland exte
Self driving car capital of the world. Its the hardest problem in technology and one that could change everything. This week were in arizona, the self driving capital of the world, to ride in the latest robotic vehicles, meet the people who are not happy to see them. What am i going to do then . Stand in line for food . And to find out what happens when the tech goes wrong. When california told uber that there were going to be some new regulations that they needed to adhere to, governor ducey, in a public announcement, said. California may not want you, we want you to know that arizona does. We are a state that is open for business. Welcomes business and new people and technology. Our governor, governor ducey, had basically opened wide the arms of our state to welcome them there and it was a no brainer. Chandler is a hub where Autonomous Vehicles are growing and having more miles mapped on our roads than any place else in the galaxy. Its kind of great to be the centre of that. Well, ch
It safe. And paying the highest price the killing of hundreds of human rights defenders and colombia sparks worldwide outrage. Hello again welcome back well we are going to seem plenty of rain over the next couple days here across much of the philippines and if you look at the satellite image its really the philippines that has had rain over the last 24 hours so that will continue anywhere from the Northern Areas down towards the south so manila expect to see heavy rain in your forecast attempt to there of 31. 00 degrees here on sunday coming down a little bit but really the rain expands across much of the region drier down here towards the south and scattered showers over here towards the west and singapore we do expect to see a rain shower in the afternoon when the temps are there of 32 degrees what here across much of australia we have one system entering the tasman sea another system is pushing across the bite and here across much of the east in the southeast were going to see High