Twente wanted it more as united are held to a draw at home in the Europa League. We meet the 88 year old whos ticked off his Bucket List Dream of taking to the skies in a spitfire after being diagnosed with terminal cancer. Good morning. Another wet and windy day ahead for most of us, Rain Continuing to push north, behind it and return to sunshine and showers but the driest conditions will be ahead of it across Northern Scotland. All of the details shortly. Its Thursday 26th september. Our main story. The uk hasjoined ten other countries and the European Union in calling for a 21 Day Ceasefire between israel and hezbollah. It followed last Nights Emergency Session of the United Nations security council, which heard dire warnings from some nations about the risks of all out regional war if the current Crisis Spirals even further. Our correspondent Tom Bateman reports from New York, where the meeting took place. The deadliest day for lebanon in a generation inflicted by israels warplanes
when it happens so quickly. as we head through the next few hours we ve got that rain in the south east clearing away, elsewhere some sunshine and also a rash of showers across parts of wales and the south west. those could well be thundery. for much of scotland and northern ireland some sunshine, a few showers and temperature is about average. this evening, you can see the circulation of showers across the circulation of showers across the south west, these will be heavy, perhaps thundery, and accompanied by brisk winds coming in from the north west affecting some coastal parts. through the early hours the rash of showers moving eastwards affecting south east england, thundery for some. you can see the ridge of high pressure building on and for some that means it s a quiet night, a dry night, a chilly night. through parts of scotland, even in the central belt towns and cities, down to freezing, if not lower, so for someone friday morning scraping the windscreen i imagine. fo
interest rates have gone up by three quarters of a percentage point, the biggest increase for more than 30 years. it pushes the base rate up to 3%, as the bank of england tries to control inflation. it s the eighth rise in a row, meaning higher mortgage bills for many homeowners. meanwhile the bank has also warned the uk could be on course for its longest recession since reliable records began, over a century ago. our economics correspondent, andy verity, reports. it is the biggest interest rate rise in a third of a century. the cost of living has been rising at its fastest rate for a0 years for global reasons but the bank of england is trying to prevent runaway inflation from becoming embedded in the domestic economy. these are big changes, they have a real impact on people s lives, so why are we doing it? and why are we doing it now when so many people are already struggling with higher energy and food prices and other bills? quite simply we are increasing the bank rate bec
atjosef stalin, soviet citizens who fell foul of the authorities were often labelled enemies of the people. after invading ukraine, vladimir putin vowed to cleanse russia of what he called traitors, some and the fifth column. some love. welcome to world news america on pbs and around the globe. we begin tonight with a peace deal in ethiopia s civil war, which has been raging for two years, leaving thousands dead and millions without enough to eat. a surprise ceasefire has been reached at the peace talks in south africa, and the agreement should allow aid to reach people trapped by the fighting. ethiopian government troops have been fighting forces from the tigray people s liberation front in northern ethiopia. easy to say that a disarmament plan has been agreed on and before case to be made without any. here is a clip from a report we brought you two weeks ago, from hussein mohamed at the bbc s africa eye, at a hospital in tigray struggling to treat its patients. and a w
the polling company. welcome to the programme. prime minister rishi sunak has changed his mind and will now attend the comp 27 climate summit in egypt. the u turn comes in the wake of widespread criticism, including from conservative mps after rishi sunak said he was too busy dealing with the economy. his change of heart comes from the un report of changes in europe of more than twice the global average in the past 30 years in the highest in any continent and when given reason is that a higher northern areas of the globe are the fastest morning. we are joined northern areas of the globe are the fastest morning. we arejoined by northern areas of the globe are the fastest morning. we are joined by a former un special representative on sustainability and a former adviser to the uk government for comp 26. she is at the university and welcome to the context and i noticed you are one of the people who signed a letter saying that rishi sunak should be there. what does it make such a