will hold up above freezing. we are looking at around three to 7 degrees. we start off tomorrow morning with a northerly wind driving showers into the north coast of scotland, this band of rain moving into north west england, but on the whole tomorrow will be a better day. drierand on the whole tomorrow will be a better day. drier and brighter with more sunshine coming through. may be fresher but the sunshine will compensate seven to 11 degrees. but there is more wet weather to come and in areas where we don t need it, we have already seen localised flooding across south wales and south west england. that will move gradually northwards for the start of the weekend, but that frontal system eases away to a trail of showers following on behind. saturday will be a wet start, cooler but showery for sunday. but showery for sunday. louise, thank yom but showery for sunday. louise, thank you. that but showery for sunday. louise, thank you. that is but showery for sunday. louis
after a drop off in donations as the cost of living crisis bites. and the british built space rover looking for work after its mission to mars was cancelled. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister has refused to rule out a real terms cut in benefits despite growing pressure to do so. liz truss faces a fresh battle with some conservative mps who want her to promise welfare payments will rise in line with inflation rather than earnings a lower percentage figure that would save the government billions of pounds. there s already a cabinet split on the issue. the leader of the commons penny morduant has openly demanded that benefits do go up in line with prices. this morning the prime minister told the bbc she would still like to see the rate of tax paid by the highest earners to be lower, despite ditching her plan to do just that only yesterday. iain watson reports from the conservative party conference. it s tin hat time for liz truss. she and her chancel
to personally thank them. the same heroes are about to lose their job by the end of the year thanks to the president s own vaccine mandate. the president has a body week ahead, he and the first lady will be in puerto rico amidfallout of hurricane fiona, which hit two weeks ago and left behind a lot of damage. 100,000 people without power this morning. the president vowed to give puerto rico what they need. we owe puerto rico a hell of a lot more than they have gotten, we cannot tire, whatever it takes, i mean it, whatever it takes. the president will be back in did sheing c tonight and off to florida on wednesday to meet with officials oversees damage from hurricane ian. among those he spoke with technician second class zach loze, who is about to beic canned out of the guard over refusal to comply with the covid-19 mandate. reporters are asking kamala harris to clarify remarks she made when she suggested hurricane relief should be handed out based on witty. it appears s
as the nation marks the passing of a person who loomed so large over the u.k. and the commonwealth for so many years. sandra: so many emotions as every hour goes by, leading up to the queen s funeral, takes place on september 19th. a lot of anticipation for that, people around the world will be watching, and also watching king charles as he addresses parliament and a short time from now will carry the speech for the audience. but it has been an incredible time to see the reuniting of the family members, the queen s children, and grandchildren grabbing headlines as they reunite and greet the people there and greet the mourners there, john. and many beautiful displays of affection and certainly all eyes on the king himself as he, too, has been filled with emotion during these days since his mother s death. john: and the beautiful service a short time ago at st. giles church, which is just up the royal mile from the palace or castle where the prince was staying, and the beau
languishes on capitol hill and americans struggle with sky high gas prices. we are all paying the price. i m sandra smith in new york. great to be back with you. john: john roberts in r washington. the president will speak in massachusetts, stop short of declaring a climate emergency. biden facing pressure from the far left to get something done after senator joe manchin shut down his plan in congress. sandra: and a drain on wallets every time they fuel up and gas prices in massachusetts have more than doubled since the summer before biden took office. rick scott will join us in moments. john: jacqui, why did the president not use the trip to declare a national climate emergency? jacqui: we don t know. speculation maybe it s tough timing to roll out the announcement on the trip to the middle east, and concerns about gas prices, state of the economy, recession fears. even some talk and speculation maybe they are holding off with some shred of a hope to get senator joe