Aid officials and the un are saying up to 6 Million People in yemen are being denied desperately needed aid because Houthi Rebels are blocking it. The houthis, supported by iran, have been fighting the government backed by saudi arabia, the us and uk for five years. Chinas leader has made a public appearance to highlight the governments efforts to combat the coronavirus. Speaking to medical workers, xi jinping called for more decisive measures to combat the outbreak. At least 1,000 people have died so far, 42,000 cases have been confirmed. The us state of New Hampshire is in the spotlight as voters get ready for tuesdays primary election. Analysts see this as a vital moment for former Vice President joe biden, and some of the other democratic candidates, to boost theirflagging campaigns to become the partys nominee to fight donald trump for the presidency. A 58 year old man has died in hampshire after a tree fell on his car during storm ciara on sunday. Weather warnings remain in place
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One area of one area of concern as particularly one area of concern as we have a severe warning here. Severe gales, take your pick, basically. The uk underneath this area of low pressure, we are all in for it in one form or another. The strongest winds still to come for some areas this afternoon, perhaps the peak will be across scotland this evening, it could get up to 85mph. My graphics appear to be going backwards, and that is really not helpful for you. But it doesnt really matter which way they go to day, the picture is pretty bleak. We have got a line of squally showers and for england and wales, that means the stronger winds to come to the south later on. For central scotland, and on we go through the evening, and storm ciara is off into scandinavia but the winds are still strong. The showers are turning white across scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland. Colder air is flooding into the uk on what is still a strong westerly or
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Earlier on we heard that all services from the port of dover were cancelled. They will be operating an shuttle mode and they will accommodate people who are booked on p 0 on the first sailing. It has reopened and they will be operating ona reopened and they will be operating on a shuttle mode and accommodating passengers on a first available sailing basis. Now its time for a look at the weather with louise. Hello there. It really has been a thoroughly miserable day, hasnt it . And although storm ciara is starting to leave the shores of the uk, it does look as though the week ahead will remain very windy indeed, with a frequent rash of showers, some of them turning to snow on Northern Hills because it is turning colder. We can see the first signs of that over the next few hours in scotland with some snow showers here, and as temperatures fall close to freezing there could be some icy stretches first thing in the morning. Fewer showers further south and these will be of rain, but neverth
So, the met office have issued an amber warning for severe gales in the south east of england, but widely across the British Isles we are likely to see disruption on sunday due to the strength of the wind. Now, for the rest of today, quite a lot of dry weather across the bulk of england, wales and eastern scotland, but rain moving in and gales developing across scotland and Northern Ireland as we head on through the afternoon. The further east you are, you are more likely to stay driest for longest, but we will all notice that things turn blustery later. The winds continue to strengthen through this evening and overnight. During the early hours of sunday, storm ciara arrives from the west, bringing heavy rain, mounting snow across scotland. Strong gusty winds move right across the uk on sunday. We could see gusts as strong as 70, even 80 miles an hour, particularly around hills and coasts, as well. Severe gales likely on sunday. We can see disruption to transport, as well as the potent