england and sharper ones on the sharp south coast, but across south eastern counties we could see ice first thing on wednesday and the west of scotland also looks chilly. more cloud around elsewhere and it should hold the frost at bay, plenty of cloud spreading across the uk and through wednesday and onto a north easterly breeze with grey skies, despite the temperature being average for the time of year, so highs of eight or 9 degrees and it will feel on the cooler side. step outside, and it will feel closer to five or six. for thursday, and the changes are subtle, there is the high, keep an eye on the isobars in the gaps between them and the gap opens up and the winds become lighter and that is the change for thursday. lighterwinds lighter and that is the change for thursday. lighter winds across the uk, so it might mean things will slightly be less cold but we are still sitting under a lot of cloud, so don t expect temperatures to alter dramatically and we are still look
want the election scrapped calling it a sham. welcome to the programme. we start with the international row over tiktok. china has accused the us of overreacting after federal employees were ordered to remove the app from government issued phones. tiktok is owned by the chinese firm bytedance. and on monday, the white house gave government agencies 30 days to remove tiktok from their phones. the us calls the guidance a critical step forward in addressing the risks presented by the app to sensitive government data. chris derusha is the federal chief information security officer. he said the guidance is part of the administration s ongoing commitment to securing our digital infrastructure and protecting the american people s security and privacy. china disagrees. here s a foreign ministry spokesperson. the ministry spokesperson. united states, the rhodes one the united states, the rhodes number one superpower, is so afraid of a mobile phone application to young people like so
to end the violence. now on bbc news the travel show. this week on the travel show, fire and fairness on a scottish island. i m a woman, and i have a daughter, who is three, and i would love to see her participate on her own terms. fancy a holiday for free? well, almost. we are looking at canny ways to travel on the cheap. i was earning very good money, putting frozen pies in a box. you can absolutely fund all this travel just by moving around and working. and the final curtain at broadway s longest running show. this is the first show i ever saw on broadway, and it s my broadway debut, so it s a beautiful, beautiful full circle moment for me. drums sitting halfway between the scottish mainland and norway, the shetland islands have a unique combination of cultures, and today, the sleepy town of lerwick is facing an invasion from a long dormant foe the vikings. cheering so this is up helly aa. it is one of a number of viking festivals that take place in shetland every
a clean air zone. and one of the most hyped bouts in the history of boxing tommy fury wins his grudge match by a split decision. at least 59 migrants have drowned after their boat broke up in rough seas and sank off the southern coast of italy, including a number of children. the boat was said to be overloaded with close to 150 people. it s thought the vessel left izmir, in eastern turkey, three days ago. those who survived came ashore near the town of crotone, on the calabrian coast, and are being helped by the red cross. jon donnison has the latest. overnight, another tragedy in the mediterranean. by daylight, this was all that was left of the migrant boat that broke up in rough seas just off the calabrian coast. rescue workers struggled in the conditions to recover bodies from the water. it s thought around 150 people were onboard. dozens, including a baby, are known to have drowned. the regional governor visited the scene. translation: calabria is - a region that welcom
were shot dead in their car. and one of the most hyped bouts in the history of boxing tommy fury wins his bout against jake paul. by bya by a split decision. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. welcome to the programme. the european commission president, ursula von der leyen, is to meet the british prime minister later today, with expectations rising that they ll finalise a new post brexit trading deal for northern ireland. if agreement is reached, rishi sunak will make a statement to the uk parliament. our political editor chris mason has more. here stands the ultimate prize in all of these negotiations. this is stormont, in belfast, the home of the northern ireland assembly. getting it and an executive here up and running again would be quite a moment. doing a deal with brussels does not guarantee that, but there are other potential prizes, improving internal uk trade and resetting relations with the european union. if we can get it over the line, we re o