Around, quite a lot of misty weather around the irish sea coasts, and some showery rain in the south could be sharp this evening, you can see the trend is moving it eastwards. Overnight tonight, it will turn much cloudier, so whilst we had quite a cool morning with starry skies first thing this morning, it will be quite muqqy thing this morning, it will be quite muggy and murky. So temperature is no lower than about 14 15 in towns and cities. A great start tomorrow, despite the fact that we still have high pressure ruling the roost, these weather fronts more active, close by to the north and west, with slightly more isobars, so more breeze. Blowing rain across the northern and western isles, but a cloudy start for most, the sun is strong, so likely to be a stunning afternoon across northern ireland, northern and eastern scotland, much of england and wales seeing hazy sunshine, breaking up that ploughed with the brisk wind in the north and east. Given its more cloud around, temperatures
hello and welcome. we start with a shocking escalation in violence in myanmar, where the united nations says 38 people have been killed on wednesday alone, marking the worst day of bloodshed since the military coup. security forces opened fire on large crowds in a number of cities and at least two of the victims are believed to be teenagers. mass demonstrations have been taking place across myanmar since the military seized control on one february. the 1st of february. a warning that this report from our south east asia correspondent, jonathan head, contains some disturbing scenes. the conflict in myanmar is now a battle for control of individual neighbourhoods. residents and protesters barricading themselves in. police and soldiers sweeping through to get people off the streets. and sometimes shooting at those brave enough to film from their apartments. gunshot here, the protest organisers use fire extinguishers to obscure the view, to try to avoid being shot. because that i
now on bbc news. hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. it s a month since the military in myanmar seized power and detained the country s elected leaders. if the generals thought the public would quietly accept the return of military rule, well, they were wrong. mass protests across the country have been met with increasing force and the death toll is rising. my guest is khin zaw win, a prominent political prisoner under the previous military regime. what do the people of myanmar want now? and what are they likely to get? khin zaw win, in yangon, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. let me ask, by getting you to describe to me the situation as you see it and feel it today in yangon, is the momentum still with the street protests? or are people reconsidering whether they should and will take to the streets? well, the momentum is very much still with the people, you know? it hasn t abated. traffic still goes on, but if you go to the streets, there are intersections wher
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the international criminal court has opened a formal investigation into alleged war crimes in the palestinian territories. the probe will cover events in the israeli occupied west bank, eastjerusalem and gaza strip sincejune 2014. paul hawkins reports. is this a war crime? palestinian homes in the occupied west bank demolished by israel to make way for israeli homes, homes which the un says are illegal. israel disagrees. the icc will formally now investigated this as a war crime. so too is well s military occupation in gaza. this was 2015 when the backlashes on the border with israel. the icc will also look into alleged palestinian war crimes, like hamas firing rockets into israel during the 2014 war. the icc s announcement comes after a five year preliminary investigation. it says it has thejurisdiction investigation. it says it has the jurisdiction to investigate because the palestinians signed up because the pa