the bloodiest day of the military coup in myanmar the un says security forces have shot dead at least 18 protesters. the coronation street actorjohnny briggs who played mike baldwin in the itv soap has died at the age of 85. good afternoon. the chancellor rishi sunak says people should be reassured by his plans in this week s budget. mr sunak said he would continue to support families and businesses hit by coronavirus, but wanted to level with people that more challenging times could lie ahead as we emerge from the pandemic. he also announced a £5 billion grant scheme, to help pubs, restaurants, shops, and other businesses in england to re open. here s our political correspondentjonathan blake. closed for business and struggling to survive, but some comfort for companies hit hard by the pandemic as the government offers £5 billion worth of grants part, the chancellor says, of his promise to do whatever it takes to keep the economy going. and ahead of the budget a sign
nothing too intense in terms of rain. a fairly settled the picture. this afternoon some brightness showing through for the south west of england, wales, northern ireland already seeing some showers. the odd one could be on the heavy side. into the evening that risk will continue. across eastern england brightening up across eastern england brightening up a little. overnight more cloud piling in, however. these bearing more meaningful rain. some weather fronts sinking down pushing toward an area of high pressure. they will be fairly weak affairs. it will be very mild under the cloud. there will be some rain overnight tonight. as i said, they are putting into this area of high pressure. the fronts tending to lose their potency. some rain left on them for the south east of england first thing on wednesday. they should be more in the way of sunshine. the cloud will break. with the sunshine we have the power to put a little bit of heat into the atmosphere and spark off some heavy
been voting in general and provincial elections, after a campaign period marred by violence. less than 2a hours before the polls opened, 28 people were killed in balochistan, with the islamic state group saying it carried out two bombings. five security personnel were then killed in an attack while patrolling on election day in the north west of the country. security was therefore tight and while some polling stations were largely empty, because of security threats and cold weather in other areas of the country people turned out in large numbers leading to queues at polling stations. polls had opened at eight in the morning, local time, and closed a few minutes ago. the vote took place without the former prime minister imran khan. he has been imprisoned on charges including corruption and was prevented from contesting. and in a widely criticsied move, the authorities unexpectedly cut mobile phone and mobile internet services because of what they call deterioriating security
is the planet warming faster than we thought, and are current targets signed off by world leaders enough to tackle the most damaging effects of global warming in the years to come? new evidence from the eu s climate service, copernicus, highlights that for the first time, the world was 1.5 degrees warmer than pre industrial levels for a whole year. scientists say a combination of greenhouse gas emissions and dramatic sea temperature rises are to blame. our climate editor, justin rowlatt, explains the significance of the 1.5 celsius figure. 1.5 is reckoned to be a boundary, an arbitrary boundary at which we avoid the worst effects of climate change. there was a landmark un paper back in 2018 which found there would be really significantly greater impact at 2 degrees and urged all efforts to be made to try and keep temperature rise to 1.5 degrees, 1.5 was also the target set at a landmark climate summit in paris in 2015, world leaders agreed they would make all possible efforts
unique position in the entire world, european continent, in having privileged access notjust to the uk home market, which is enormous, fifth biggest in the world, but also the european union single market. nobody else has that. thousands of schools in england, scotland and wales face further disruption this week as teachers strike again over pay. and england s cricketers suffer an agonising one run defeat by new zealand in wellington. and coming up on the bbc news channel. fulham have been flying high this season can they reach the quarter finals of the fa cup for the first time in13 years? good evening. we start with the massive police search for a missing baby whose parents have been arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter. police say the baby is believed to have had no medical attention since the time of birth in early january and they feel the risk is getting so great that they now have to consider the possibility that the baby has come to harm. constance