nothing as windy as we saw earlier on in the week. that hello. ukraine doesn t deny shooting down a russian plane inside russia, killing we re told, ukranian prisoners. 700 days in how dangerous a moment is this? our defence editor, mark urban, is here to explain the significance. ukraine nears the second anniversary of russia s invasion full of uncertainty has western commitment faltered? and how much more can they send even if they want to? we ll ask a ukrainian mp and the former us ambassador to nato. coming up. what do the post office scandal, me too, newsnight s investigation into university hospitals birmingham foundation trust and the tavistock gender identity clinic have in common? all featured whistleblowers and some of them weren t protected by the law that s supposed to keep them safe. time for a new whistleblowers bill, say these two women. we ll talk to the chair of the parliamentary group on whistleblowing and the head of whistlebowers uk in ten minutes. a
in belfast, to mark the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement, and to show america s commitment to the peace process. twitter owner elon musk, one of the world s richest men, gives a rare exclusive interview to the bbc where he admits to mistakes when buying the social media giant twitter. this the pain level of twitter has been extremely high. it hasn t been some sort of party. so, it s been really quite a stressful situation. could there be good news on the way for homeowners? after a sharp surge in interest rates, the world s bigggest financial institution says they will come down but don t say when. what does that mean if you are a borrower and a homeowner? i take a look. in sport, a masterclass in manchester as city thrash bayern munich to take a huge step towards the champions league semifinals. another wet and windy day today, the strongest winds will be in the west and south and north east scotland, gales and severe gales at times, which could lead to some dis
those weather seems tomorrow. this feature running in off the near continent will be the fly in the ointment because most of the country will have another dry and sunny day, with fresh breezes again. there is the cloud, outbreaks of rain getting in to east anglia and the south east through the afternoon period. a bit of a disappointment for part two of the day. the wind is quite gusty for many areas, especially southern and eastern parts of england. it will be cooler along north sea coasts. temperatures, nine, ten, maybe 11. elsewhere, the low to mid teens with western scotland faring best, high teens are 20 degrees or so. with the dry and sunny weather this time of year, tree pollen will be high or very high, particularfor england and wales. high pressure holds on for the north of the uk for friday but then we start to see these weather fronts get going friday at the weekend. low pressure starts to move in, so it will turn more unsettled with outbreaks of rain and as that lo