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satellite image, a deep area of low pressure that has been working its way eastwards through the course of the day. for many, under leaden skies it was the colours of autumn lifting proceedings. but it s not just the cloud and rain, it s the wind today, and it is windy certainly through irish sea coast, the west scotland, north of england and eastern scotland as well. gales or severe gale force gusts with met office warning is in force. for the next few hours the band of rain is still with us across parts of eastern scotland, the north of england and through wales and drifting eastwards, eventually reaching the south east. further west, the heavy rain has cleared but heavy showers are now in play and once again windy and perhaps the odd rumble of thunder. this evening, the rain still with us in the south east, lingering here overnight tonight and into tomorrow. elsewhere some clear skies will stop once again a few showers and perhaps longer spells of rain in the far north. te
and save the children came as the un and other agencies, held a meeting in the capital, kabul. you are watching bbc news now the travel show. hello and welcome to this very special edition of the show, coming to you from the spectacular valley of the kings here in luxor in egypt. if you were watching last week, you would have seen me unearthing the story of how tutankhamen s tomb was discovered here 100 years ago this year. well, it is such a breathtaking location that we thought we would stick around for a while and bring you this our best bits of 2022. from the baking sun of here in egypt, let s switch to the snow of switzerland where, back in march, carmen got to experience a horse race like no other. where the jockeys don t need saddles, they use skis. this is st moritz, in the swiss alps. it s the place, so they say, where the concept of the winter holiday was born. it also occupies a unique place in sporting history it s where the bobsleigh was created. but skij
and outgoing shells, every 30 seconds or so. it really doesn t stop. and science fiction made reality as nasa plans to try to divert an asteroid by crashing a rocket into it. we start in the uk where the bank of england says it won t hesitate to take action to control inflation, after the pound slumped to an all time low against the dollar. take a look at this chart from this morning s asia trading. at one point sterling fell to $1.03 the lowest since 1971 though it s since recovered slightly. there s been speculation that the bank of england may announce an emergency hike in rates to control rising prices. for the moment, that hasn t happened. well there s lots to unpack. first to understand what s happening today we must go back to friday and to this annoucement in parliament. i can announce today that we will catch the basic rate of income tax to 19p, in april 2020 three, one year early. that means a tax cut for over 31 million people injust a few months time. t