into the south midlands, southern wales, maybe salisbury plain, perhaps the west country but elsewhere, it should be sunny. so, cold on the north sea. 0n the actual coast, it could be ten degrees, but warmer spots, maybe southwestern parts of scotland, perhaps as high as 19, most of us somewhere in between. also worth noting the tree pollen levels will be generally moderate to high on friday. so, the weekend, then, that pattern continues, so the high across the north, low pressure to the south. we can see the rain across spain and france, so the bad weather s to the south of us, but we still have that strong breeze and, again, a few showers. perhaps a little more widespread, maybe, spreading into northern parts of england during the course of saturday. again, chilly on the north sea coast, maybe 12 in newcastle, typically 16 there in plymouth and not far off that in belfast as well. here s sunday s weather forecast more of the same cold wind out of the north sea and all the bad wea
of its self governing status. it s a move widely seen as retaliation for the company s opposition to a new state law limiting discussion of lgbt issues in schools. for the past 55 years, it s had the power to build infrastructure and control utilites on its theme park in exchange for tax relief. i m joined by our reporter azadeh moshiri. welcome reporter azadeh moshiri. to the programme. 0k, let welcome to the programme. 0k, let us talk a little bit about disney. august through this special tax status i alluded to that this company had in florida. they are fairly far reaching, dating back to the 1960s when disney initially made the deal with florida, part of the reason why they decided to open so many theme parks in the states, why it has become the single largest employer there, and it essentially allows it to operate as its owner in a simple government over the district, it has its own board
support services, so things like counselling, and it means that parents can sue schools directly if they feel that law has been breached. disney has taken a strong stance in opposition to this, has said it is willing to hold donations within the state, can even support organisations that are willing to repeal this law, and it hasn t sat well with republican lawmakers as well as govenor dos santos who signed this law himself, who believes that disney has crossed a line. it really shows how difficult it can be for corporations like disney to represent the views of their staff, of some of their shareholders without causing some clarifications for themselves, but the lawmakers are essentially deciding the corporate future. corporate future. govenor dissenters corporate future. govenor dissenters is corporate future. govenor dissenters is in corporate future. govenor dissenters is in the - corporate future. govenor i dissenters is in the headlines now, and it is i suppose one of thos
welcome to bbc news i m nuala mcgovern. our top stories. president biden announces another $800 million of military help for ukraine in what he calls a critical phase of the war. to modernise teddy roosevelt s famous advice, sometimes you will speak softly and carry a large javelin, because we are sending a lot of those in as well. as president putin claims to have taken control of mariupol we report on how some have managed to leave the besieged city. dozens of people are killed in four bomb attacks across afghanistan a shia mosque was among the targets. and cultue clash why did lawmakers in the us state of florida strip disney of its self governing status?
a strong stance or grabbing the headlines in this way?- headlines in this way? there are rumblings headlines in this way? there are rumblings about - headlines in this way? there are rumblings about a - headlines in this way? there i are rumblings about a potential presidential run bought dos santos in 2024, he hasn t confirmed it. certainly this is something he could add to his political scoresheet, decade box it is important to republican voters. it could be way this week in a fundraising e mail he said that it disney wanted to pick a fight they have chose the wrong person, and call them a woke corporation. it isn t an education bill he has tackled, although education is extremely important to republican voters, he also signed a abortion law that was controversial at the time, so it s really positioning himself as a republican candidate who, potentially if he runs, isn t afraid of tackling sensitive issues to do with race, gender, and abortion that are taking place and various deba