Across the west. We will see a bit of patchy cloud in scotland, but the temperatures will continue climb and they will be widely into the mid to high 20s. Maybe a shower into wales and Northern Ireland later, but then it is all change, can you believe it, thursday night into the early hours of friday morning. A cold front is going to bring some showery outbreaks of rain, some of it quite heavy into the far north of scotland. And it will linger over there for much of friday, im afraid. So some wet weather for scotland. Not too bad for england and wales. A more breezy day, a south westerly flow. Sunny spells and a few scattered, sharp showers, but temperatures will still be on the one side, particularly if you keep the sunshine. And as we go into the weekend, that cooler, more unsettled theme is back, unfortunately. Unsettled theme is back, unfortunatel. ,. , unfortunately. That is tonightsbbc news at six, unfortunately. That is tonightsbbc news at six, but unfortunately. That is tonight
Its long been thought that 10,000 is the magic number, but could walking 5,000 steps a day be enough to see a benefit . The white house is marking one year since President Biden signed the chips for america legislation. It earmarked 52. 7 million in subisdies for the Semiconductor Industry in the us. The Commerce Department started taking in applications injune for the Subsidy Programme for Us Semiconductor manufacturing and since then, more than 460 companies have expressed interest in the funding. The programme is part of the administrations bid to boost competitiveness with chinas science and technology. The Commerce Department is also tyring to ensure that china doesnt benefit from the subsidies. Adrienne elrod is director of external and Government Affairs in the chips for America Office of the Us Department of commerce. How does the Biden Administration believe this legislation serves economic and National Security . First of all i think, thank you for having me, it is great to t
champions real madrid. those ties will be played over two legs in february and march. we ve also had the draw for the europa league play off round. all of the premier league clubs have managed to bypass this round and go straight into the last 16. this extra stage pits the teams who finished second in their europa league groups against the teams who came third in the champions league group phase. u efa uefa ready string it out, don t they really string it out. here are the fixtures. jose mourinho s roma will play feyenoord. ac milan, who missed out on the champions league knockouts, they ll face the french side rennes. benfica will play toulouse who came through as runners up in liverpool s group, and the ukrainian champions shakhtar donetsk play marseille, who missed out on top spot in the europa league with defeat to brighton on thursday. it s the league cup quarterfinals this week, last season s runners up, newcastle united are at chelsea on tuesday night. eddie howe s s
of solidarity for hamas. as a result, some of the world s biggest shipping firms have suspended services through the world s most important route for oil and fuel shipments. with more context, here s our business reporter david waddell. let s have a look at the geography of the situation. right here is the bab al mandab strait. it s right next to yemen, from where those houthi attacks originated. it s at the southern end of the red sea. at the northern end is the suez canal. now, ships cannot pass through the suez canal from the south without first passing through this choke point. a couple of days ago, the maersk shipping container company and hapag lloyd both announced they wouldn t be making that transit. they ve since been joined by other shipping companies. now, if you re a ship master trying to get your vessel from the indian ocean to the atlantic ocean and you cannot or will not traverse through suez, you need to pass by the cape of good hope. that adds an extra 3,000
thanks forjoining us. it s been a busy evening of european football most notably in the english premier league with four matches taking place. the big match of the night didn t really live up to expectations. chelsea in theirfirst match since sacking graham potter could only draw 0 0 with liverpool at stamford bridge. the home side did have two goals disallowed but that was the best of the action in what was a sobering night in west london. the draw leaves chelsea 11th, liverpool are 8th seven points off the champions league qualification places. it s football, those other laws and the referees, they try to take the best decisions that they can. strictly for the players because we are creating chances. scoring offside. it will come, because they deserve it. they keep pushing. we asked them to play with their heart, they did it stop just focus on they did it stop just focus on the next day. we came here, i didn t expect now we came here, i didn t expect now team