hello again. for many of us it s going to be another fairly cloudy day but having said that, there will be a bit more sunshine around than yesterday. especially from the west. we also have a week when a front across the far north of scotland producing patchy rain, breezy in the south west of england and channel islands with a maximum of two in aberdeen and nine in plymouth. through this evening and overnight there will be clear skies and under those clear skies we will see patchy mist and fog form and we are looking at a widespread fast. but figure cloud coming from a heavier band of rain and across the west it won t be as cold for you. these temperatures represent towns and cities but in rural areas could be 3 or “4. it does mean a sunny start tomorrow with the fog lifting but cloud will start to build in the waste heralding a band of rain and temperature wise as we go through the course of tomorrow we are looking at two in newcastle and ten in plymouth. now on bbc news.
is considering its verdict in the trial of ghislaine maxwell. she denies sex trafficking allegations. desperate attempts to get aid to those hit by typhoon rai in the philippines more than 375 people are now known to have died. and how about this for a creepy crawly nightmare? fossil evidence of the eight foot long millipede that weighed 50 kilos and was the size of a car. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the world health organization is warning people ahead of the christmas holidays they may have to cancel some of their plans to reduce the spread of the omicron variant of coronavirus. the head of the organisation warned it was unwise to assume at this stage the variant caused less serious infection, and called on people to make tough decisions to protect loved ones, saying, an event cancelled is better than a life cancelled. in the united states, the omicron variant has become the dominant strain of coronavirus, less than a month afte
in other news, desperate attempts to get aid to those hit by typhoon rai in the philippines. more than 375 people are now known to have died. a court in london has ordered the ruler of dubai, sheikh mohammed, to pay his ex wife around £550 million. it s thought to be the largest divorce settlement in british history. and how about this for a creepy crawly nightmare? fossil evidence of the eight foot long millipede that weighed 50 kilos and was the size of a car. the chancellor rishi sunak is expected to give more details of government support to businesses hit by the spread of the omicron variant. it follows reports that the business secretary kwasi kwarteng is meeting businesses today to discuss the challenges they re facing. but there s still no further clarity on whether the government is going to impose more restrictions to combat covid in england ahead of christmas. meanwhile the number of covid infections in the uk continues to rise rapidly. there were another 91,715 n
laundrie. and a heartbreaking loss for two virginia parents. i never thought my perfectly healthy daughter would die from covid. that mom joins us live to share how in just a matter of days covid claimed the life of her daughter. the most frustrating thing i have ever dealt with my entire life. a month after hurricane ida, some louisiana residents say they still don t have a place to live. newsroom starts right now. welcome to the weekend on this saturday, october 2nd. i m christi paul. good morning, i m borris sanchez, we are live in the cnn newsroom. we begin with president biden vowing moments ago the democrats will get their infrastructure passed despite current divisions within the party. the president answered reporters questions just a short time ago as he departed the white house heading for delaware. his economic agenda happenings in the balance right now. he said he s going to keep pushing to get the infrastructure bill and his spending plan acr
this is how the battlefield currently looks, according to uk military intelligence, the red areas are russian occupied, with the arrows showing likely points of russian attack. the recent focus of attention is here, in the north east, near kharkiv, where fierce fighting has been taking place, the yellow represents new gains claimed by russia. our defence correspondent, jonathan beale, sent this special report from the front line. near the village of lyptsi, the russians are closing in. the fire from a recent rocket attack near a ukrainian position. we are told to immediately head to a bunker. taking shelter, recently arrived ukrainian reinforcements. a week ago, they were fighting elsewhere on the front. andrei tells me the situation is dynamic and tense. from a drone feed, they are nervously watching and waiting for another attack. he says it s time to leave. they ve just spotted enemy forces advancing. this is where they are directing artillery fire. they are telling us to