Its part of its promise to tackle what is says is an increased threat since the hamas attacks in israel last october. The intention is to stop Extremist Groups or individuals from having a platform to spread their views. But concerns have been raised that any definition could be seen as unfair and undemocratic. With the details, heres our Political Correspondent damian grammaticas. The aftermath of the October 7th Attacks on israel, the government says, has been increasing concern about radicalisation here in this country. So its come up with this new definition of extremism, saying it means the promotion or advancement of an ideology based on violence, hatred or intolerance that aims to negate or destroy the fundamental rights and freedoms of others, undermine the uks system of democracy and democratic rights, or intentionally create a permissive environment for others to do that. This month outside downing street, rishi sunak promised robust action. We will redouble our support for t
across north western areas, cold air across the far north of the uk and that continues to bring some snow showers into shetland, we seen some in the last hour, temperature struggling to get much of anything above freezing here but otherwise it s a mild day and the mild air flow continues overnight tonight. we ve got this weather front that starts to bump into some of the cold air and it starts to bump into some of the cold airand it could starts to bump into some of the cold air and it could start to turn to snow across northern most areas of scotland. meanwhile, western scotland. meanwhile, western scotland you will see outbreaks of rain, flooding concerns with the rain, flooding concerns with the rain given that it will be heavy and persistent. foremost, a mild night but with lower temperatures across the far north of scotland as an additional risk of icy stretches and tomorrow, if you are planning a journey across northern scotland bearin journey across northern scotland b
Attacks also took place in the dnipro region in central ukraine and Western Areas of lviv and ivano frankivsk. Ukrainian Officials Say equipment has been damaged and at least one Energy Worker injured. Russia has repeatedly targeted Ukrainian Energy infrastructure over recent months. Its attacks such as these which have prompted more us aid to ukraine. The United States has outlined what will be included in a 6 billion package of military assistance. Its part of a larger 60 billion commitment which was approved by congress a week ago following six months of delays. The package will focus on air defence and includes interceptor missiles, anti drone systems and Artillery Ammunition. Whats not included are the new Patriot Air Defence Batteries, which ukraines president Volodymyr Zelensky says are critical. The us defence secretary, lloyd austin, has been speaking about the importance of the aid. The outcome in ukraine will determine the trajectory of our times. If putin prevails in ukrain
sunshine around today, it is a much quieter looking day of weather today than at the weekend, when we saw two named storms, storm elin and storm fergus. today, quieter, sunny spells, a few showers partially towards eastern areas of scotland, mostly because storm fergus is just pulling away through the north sea towards denmark. so, a few showers, the winds will be getting lighter towards the east coast and our next weather system approaches from the west. that will be with us tomorrow. for the rest of today, a line of cloud and a few showers coming down through the cheshire gap, misty conditions with moist air across parts of the south west and western wales, temperatures mild, 7 13 for most of us. overnight tonight, here is our next area of low pressure, that will be bringing heavyweight to northern ireland particularly heavy across county are mine county down, into southern scotland tomorrow morning, early frost maybe out towards eastern areas but temperatures will rise aga