just as the taliban begins a major advance. so what does that mean for the western backed government in kabul. and it s manic monday at the all england club. djokovic is through, federer is through, and on court now the british teenage sensation emma radakanu. hello and welcome. borisjohnson says england is on course to end all covid restrictions byjuly the 19th though a final decision won t be taken until more data is released next week. the prime minister said the pandemic will not be over onjuly 19th, in fact modelling suggests there could be as many 50,000 cases a day by the time all legally enforced restrictions are dropped. the chief medical officer said currenly cases are doubling every 9 days. but you will see from these graphs that while hospitalisations and deaths are also starting to rise. the success of the vaccine programme, means they are at a much lower rate hospitalisations almost 10 times less than they were mid december at the height of the second spike.
across the uk and driest in england, there were 21 days in nine weather temperature got above 20 celsius. only one has been recorded this year but that will change from thursday onwards and berries optimism in the forecast for the bank holiday weekend, temperatures climbing more widely above 20 degrees. mix teams in the sunshine, plenty of that across northern ireland, north wales, the midlands. through the worst, heavy and thundery showers developing. gusty winds and persistent rain towards the likes of devon, cornwall, the far south of wales, spreading to the channel islands in the evening. it will departed to northern france, the showers elsewhere will fade temporarily and return to parts of eastern scotland and northern england later in the night. a chillier night than last night, towards the south midlands, south east wales, first england it could get down to two or three degrees in some rural areas but more of you will be tried tomorrow, cloud. northern parts of england
good morning. 762jobs here at sheffield are on the line as liberty steel restructu res sheffield are on the line as liberty steel restructures its operations in order to survive. gareth southgate will name his provisional england squad for the euros today. he ll reveal who s made the final cut next tuesday. good morning. a cloudy start to the day. the cloud will break. we will have sunshine and showers. some of them will be thundery with hail. some rain coming into the south west. all the details later in the programme. it s tuesday, the 25th of may. our top story. european union leaders havejoined the uk in pledging to punish belarus over what it called the state sponsored hijacking of a ryanairflight in order to arrest a prominent critic. belarusian carriers are now banned from entering the airspace of the uk and the eu, and more sanctions will follow. mark lobel reports. a hijacking. an affront to international norms. playing russian roulette with innocent civilians liv
to make a difference. john maguire, bbc news. time for a look at the weather, here s louise lear. april has come and gone and there have been plenty of them to talk about. dry weather, plenty of sunshine and very little rain, but the standout story four april 2021 are the frosts. we have had a grass frost recorded somewhere in the uk every night of this month, which is quite incredible. we are closing the month out on a bit more of a traditional note with april showers. if you catch one, you will know about it. light winds mean they are very slow moving. they have been very slow moving. they have been very hit and miss so far today. coming off the north sea a few across wales and the midlands. the showers could become a bit more widespread as we go through the afternoon with hail and thunder. there will not be much in the way of warmth, still a disappointing feel at therefore this time of year. seven to 13 degrees. the showers will ease as we go through the evening and overni
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the us house of representatives has just voted to pass presidentjoe biden s $1.9 trillion coronavirus aid bill. the cash would be extended as emergency financial aid to households, small businesses and state governments. unemployment in the us is close to 10%, with some ten million jobs lost in the pandemic. the vote comes in the same week the us passed 500,000 coronavirus related deaths the largest figure of any nation in the world. the republicans who say it is too expensive had fought to get it defeated in committees. 0ur washington correspondent lebo diseko sent us this update. it s not a surprise that this bill has passed in the house. democrats hold a majority there and it was just a simple majority that was needed to get it through. the real battle will come in the senate. democrats are using a special process called budgetary reconciliation and it means that there are two in the senate it willju