These eastern areas, brighter conditions further north and west but with really heavy showers, so we had some sunshine earlier on today in Northern Ireland, not been a bad morning here, but showers will work their way in right across Northern Ireland, Notjust Staying in western counties and across into Western Scotland too. Today, showers with hail and thunder mixed in, in orkney and shetland windy with gusts reaching 50 60 miles an hour, temperatures on the mild side, 8 12 degrees. Overnight tonight an area of low pressure and swinging a band of low pressure and swinging a band of rain and from the west. Ahead of the rain we are looking at cold and frosty conditions setting and particularly across scotland and Northern Counties of england, then into tomorrow, this area of low pressure could bring one or two issues because weve got this occluded front stretched across parts of North West England and Northern Ireland and its along that that we could see a spell of hill snow. The amount
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is the industry ready? plus: the bitter row brewing at starbucks. its former boss denies illegal union busting in a tense appearance before the us senate. and players ready. a $180 billion industry, 45 contenders. who will smite the opposition at tonight s bafta games awards? hi there. powering up britain that s how the uk government is describing its new strategy to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050. it s expected to promise £20 billion in funding for carbon capture technology, more investment in nuclear and help for householders to insulate their homes and install heat pumps. it comes after a legal challenge by environmental campaigners led to a ruling by the uk s high court that the government s previous plans were inadequate. friends of the earth, one of the campaign groups, has already described the latest policies as dangerously lacklustre and lacking on climate action. here s what the minister in charge grant shapps had to say. i think is the flipside of the
live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. it s six in the morning in singapore and 1am in sudan, where we begin the programme. british diplomats and their families have been airlifted to safety from khartoum, the capital of sudan, as fighting between rival military factions enters a second week. the ministry of defence in london confirmed that embassy staff had been brought out under cover of darkness and the united states has carried out a similar operation. there s no word yet on how other british nationals will be able to leave the country. our africa correspondent, andrew harding, has the latest. amid the bombs and the gunfire in khartoum today, a series of dramatic rescue missions. among those successfully airlifted out of sudan after a week of terror, british embassy staff and their families. over 1,200 people contributed to this operation. it was dangerous and precario
welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. it s seven in the morning in singapore and 2am in sudan, where we begin the programme. british diplomats and their families have been airlifted to safety from khartoum, the capital of sudan, as fighting between rival military factions enters a second week. the ministry of defence in london confirmed that embassy staff had been brought out under cover of darkness, and the united states has carried out a similar operation. there s no word yet on how other british nationals will be able to leave the country. our africa correspondent, andrew harding, has the latest. amid the bombs and the gunfire in khartoum today, a series of dramatic rescue missions. among those successfully airlifted out of sudan after a week of terror, british embassy staff and their families. over 1,200 people contributed to this operation. it was dangerous and precarious, but nevertheless, we managed to use both c130s and aaoo airc