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prolonged and heavy and thundery. temperatures still below average for april but it shouldn t feel bad in the sunshine. a big change this weekend and next week, as south westerly winds start to move in and high pressure moves in, bring a long spell of settled weather and next week, for the first time this year, we should see temperatures hit the low 20s. thanks, chris. that s it. there s more analysis of the day s main stories on newsnight with kirsty wark, just getting under way over on bbc two. but the news continues here on bbc one, as wejoin our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. have a very good night. on northern ireland, celebrating 25 years of the good friday agreeent, and promising $6 billion of us investment if the dup gets back to power sharing. but is a return to stormont any closer following the visit? the president has had his say and left time bit without any return to power sharing how long can the status go on for? nick s at
russian forces have again targeted ukraine s energy facilities, leaving part of kyiv and other cities with no power and water. an aide to president zelensky has said the situation across ukraine was now critical. cities across the country were targeted. in the city of dnipro, a large energy facility was destroyed and officials and street lights will now be turned off. this is the damage left after an attack on the city of mykolaiv in the south of the county. say streetlights. the russian defence ministry showed these pictures earlier today of missiles being fired from air, sea and land. but the ground war in ukraine is not going all russia s way. the russian general recently appointed by president putin to take charge of the attack on ukraine has said preparations are being made to evacuate people from the city of kherson. general sergey surovkin has admitted that the situation on the ground is tense and quite difficult. let s cross to kyiv now and speak to the washing