abbey. cheering. and spain sjon rahm wins the masters in augusta and says he was inspired by the late, great seve ballesteros. china has carried out what it says is a mock air blockade of taiwan using jets carrying live ammunition in the latest escalation of tensions in the south china sea. in response the us has sent a destroyer to the area which the chinese have condemned as an illegal incursion. china began a series of military exercises just hours after the taiwanese president returned from a visit to the united states. it views taiwan as a breakway province that it wants to bring back under its control. shaima khalil reports. a show of force and fury. for a third day, china s military continued what it calls operationjoint sword aerial and naval blockade drills to seal off the island. the chinese army showed this short video of simulated attacks on taiwan, with missiles fired from land, sea and air into the island s territory. the chinese military confirmed that its ai
atlantic we have trouble brewing, a strong jet stream developing the next area of low pressure to bring strong winds are away tuesday night and more on that in a moment. first today, it is a day of heavy downpours and for the most part the showers lasting half an hour or so, then the sun will be back out. however, we have a big clump of storms going across northern england in particular and so the rain will last a couple of hours. there are thunderstorms across northern england and some hailstorms mixed in and temperatures around 12 15. overnight, showers continue affecting north western areas but otherwise the weather becomes a bit drier and,, otherwise the weather becomes a bit drierand,, and otherwise the weather becomes a bit drier and,, and with clear skies it is quite a chilly night, temperatures between 3 6 c. tomorrow morning, make the most of the early morning, make the most of the early morning sunshine, should be a fine start for many, although showers from the word go acros
it does turn more unsettled, with rain starting to move into northern ireland and wales and the southwest of england. temperatures, about 10 to 1a degrees. now, through tuesday afternoon, we ll start to see the winds pick up. but it s through tuesday night that it gets really windy across these western areas. gusts of wind reaching 50 or 60 mph quite widely. however, we could see a zone of even stronger winds, if we get a deeper area of low pressure. and some of our most exposed locations could then get wind gusts of 70, maybe even 80 miles per hour, but there s still some uncertainty about the strength of those very strongest winds possible. either way, as we head into wednesday, the low pressure takes up residence across the uk. it s going to be an unsettled day. many of us seeing some fairly lengthy outbreaks of rain. if not, some heavy showers and thunderstorms around as well. it s going to stay windy, with gusts of 40, 50, even 60 mph. and with some colder air around, we might act
those of today, 10 14. tuesday night will see a zone of strong winds are fixing the west, gusts of 50-60 winds are fixing the west, gusts of 50 60 mph but there is potentialfor the area of low pressure to deepen a little bit more. if that happens we could see some strong winds affecting some of our most exposed western locations, gusts of 70 and even 80 mph are possible, but there is uncertainty about the exact depth of this area of low pressure. either way by the time we get to wednesday we are looking at windy weather across all of the uk with outbreaks of rain and heavy thundery showers widespread. it is going to stay gusty with gusts of wind running around 50 or even 60 mph across parts of wales and west of england and with slightly colder air around you might see snow across some of the highest mountains in scotland and northern ireland. temperatures 8-12 , and northern ireland. temperatures 8 i2 , so wherever you are it will feel a lot cooler, especially given the strong and gust