new zealand declares a national state of emergency for the third time in its history after cyclone gabrielle ravaged the country s north island. it s seven in the morning in singapore, and 6 pm in washington where the white house has been explaining why the us military has shot a series of objects out of the sky over american territory in recent weeks including a suspected spy balloon from china. officials say the objects posed a threat to commercial flights and were brought down in the interest of safety. following a wave of speculation on social media and elsewhere the white house said there was no evidence of alien or extra terrestrial life being involved. there was john carew there wasjohn carew being there there is no, again, no indication of aliens if is operating during the have been studying me to learn as much as we can. much as we can. note that these surveillance much as we can. note that these surveillance balloon much as we can. note that these surveillanc
it s not going to reach eastern areas. so we ll stay clear here. still a chance of frost, but not as cold as the night we have at the moment. and that s because there ll be more of a breeze, not as much fog around, but a bright start, sunny start in eastern areas, western areas starts cloudy, outbreaks of rain, outbreaks of rain fizzle as it pushes eastwards across england into the midlands, central southern england. by the end of the afternoon, east anglia and the southeast will stay dry and clear into the evening. mild here, 13, 1a degrees, a little bit fresh elsewhere. but then as we go into thursday, a murky and actually wet start for many across england and wales, not seeing that for a while. that rain, though, will clear through still lots of cloud around the odd bit of brightness, driest, brightest the further north you are. and again, temperatures still above where we should be for this stage in february. but there s more rain gathering to northern ireland later on and that s t
will stay dry and clear into the evening. mild here, 13, 1a degrees, a little bit fresh elsewhere. but then as we go into thursday, a murky and actually wet start for many across england and wales, not seeing that for a while. that rain, though, will clear through still lots of cloud around the odd bit of brightness, driest, brightest the further north you are. and again, temperatures still above where we should be for this stage in february. but there s more rain gathering to northern ireland later on and that s this area of low pressure which will bring rain across the north, but increasingly strong winds. so through thursday night into friday, one thing to watch out for is potentially strong to gale force winds for many. see you soon.
fizzle as it pushes eastwards across england into the midlands, central southern england. by the end of the afternoon, east anglia and the southeast will stay dry and clear into the evening. mild here, 13, 1a degrees, a little bit fresh elsewhere. but then as we go into thursday, a murky and actually wet start for many across england and wales, not seeing that for a while. that rain, though, will clear through still lots of cloud around the odd bit of brightness, driest, brightest the further north you are. and again, temperatures still above where we should be for this stage in february. but there s more rain gathering to northern ireland later on and that s this area of low pressure which will bring rain across the north, but increasingly strong winds. so through thursday night into friday, one thing to watch out for is potentially strong to gale force winds for many to.
of stood down to be stood up against the wall are well prepared and my district alone we had to do claire a delusional state of emergency only two weeks ago so we hit the ground running with cyclone gabrielle coming through and to check its progress so we had a bit of preparation time and for people to have their own family responses ready for our towns and regions to get ready for the storm to come. we are now seeing they are very much responding on the grounds of the needs of our communities. i responding on the grounds of the needs of our communities.- responding on the grounds of the needs of our communities. i wish you and your teams needs of our communities. i wish you and your teams in needs of our communities. i wish you and your teams in the needs of our communities. i wish you and your teams in the very needs of our communities. i wish you and your teams in the very best - needs of our communities. i wish you and your teams in the very best in - and your teams in the