tomorrow. this little ridge of high pressure quietening things down, there will be light winds, lots of sparkly winter sunshine to look out for. that s will put a smile on our faces with a bit of luck. you might need an extra layer first thing in the morning and the northerly breeze might drive in a few showers on exposed eastern coast, some dense fog in northern ireland as well, but elsewhere dry, settled, sunny, not particularly warm. temperatures generally at around 3 6, particularly warm. temperatures generally at around 3 6 , may be milder in the west, you have probably heard milder air is heading our way but it will be a slow process for some of us this weekend. it starts to push in across northern ireland and up into scotland with that southerly wind. here we will see a lot of cloud but it never really gets into the far south east corner through the weekend. on saturday, showery outbreaks of rain through scotland and northern ireland but england and wales will start of
countdown to britain s first ever space launch. we are going to be live in cornwall, where the mission is taking off. let s start in brazil. security forces there have detained over 1,000 people after supporters of the former president jair bolsonaro stormed government buildings. this was the scene in brasilia the capital on sunday. thousands of demonstrators were involved. in the last few hours, brazilian authorities have issued a statement branding the riots terrorist acts of vandalism by criminals and coup plotters . and we ve also heard from brazil s president lula. translation: all those people who did this will be found and punished. they will realise that democracy guarantees the right to freedom and free speech, but it also demands that people respect the institutions created to strengthen democracy. let s take a step back and look at how we got here. in october last year, we saw a bitter electoral campaign between the incumbent jair bolsonaro and lula. and lul
hello and welcome to the programme. we start with the political crisis in brazil where security forces have detained 1,500 people after supporters of the far right former president jair bolsonaro stormed government buildings in the capital brasilia. leaders around the world have condemned the riots as an attack on democracy. mr bolsonaro came to power in 2019 he s popular amongst his supporters someone they see as a champion of traditional values. but his administration was marked by controversy many saw his policies as harmful to the amazon rain forest, while others questioned his response to covid when he downplayed the effects of the pandemic. the new president left wing luiz inacio lula da silva was voted in last october. he has been president before and had served a prison sentence for corruption, a conviction that was later anulled. the close result in last october s election just 51% to 49% - highligted a divided country. from brasilia, our corresponden
hello. you have been a superstar and are being quiet. i have? no, thank you. and he is a most gracious interviewee. dan johnson, bbc news. time for a look at the weather, here s tomasz schafernaker. i m sure he would have no problem doing i m sure he would have no problem doing the i m sure he would have no problem doing the weather. quite a quirky weather doing the weather. quite a quirky weather pattern across our neck of the woods weather pattern across our neck of the woods. we weather pattern across our neck of the woode weather pattern across our neck of the woods. ~ . , ., the woods. we have the temperature and the clouds. the woods. we have the temperature and the clouds. the the woods. we have the temperature and the clouds. the south-westerly l and the clouds. the south westerly wind to the north west of the uk has meant it has been very mild. it was 11 degrees in the north of scotland but with colder air streaming out of the continent in parts of east a
away. experts believe it could fall to the lowest level since last february, the white house down plays fears of a recession. my hope is we go from this rapid growth to a steady growth. so we ll see some coming down. but i don t think we re going to god willing, i don t think we ll see a recession. let s hope he s right. today s report is the first of many marking the state of the economy, especially this week. tomorrow, the fed will make its announcement on interest rates and will likely hike that interest rate. so let s begin with the economy this hour with cnn reporter matt egan and jeremy diamond. matt, we ll let you look at the numbers just coming in. but jeremy, what is the strategy for the white house as they prepare for so many consequential reports on the economy this week? reporter: we have seen from the white house a week of prebuttals ahead of all of these economic numbers this week. in particular, those gdp numbers that we are expecting on thursday. the w