around western coasts, down into sunday. just a brief respite. still flood warnings in force and yet more heavy downpours still to come throughout the rest of this evening and overnight, particularly in the south where we will see gusty went around this area of low pressure, 50-60 around this area of low pressure, 50 60 mph and some thunderstorms around. we should pick these should become confined to the south and east by the end of the night and and east by the end of the night and a high pressure ridge building elsewhere and a colder night with frost in the glens of scotland and perhaps northern england, a touch of grass rust further south and probably a few pockets of fog with light winds around, perhaps in the central belt and further south. the rain should clear quite quickly from the south and east, some spray and standing water on the motorways but it looks as though tomorrow will be the driest and brightest day of the week. the fog will in places take time to clear
in the uk, as the bank of england warns the longest recession on record lies ahead. the united states calls for a un security council meeting to discuss north korea s continued use of ballistic missiles. and the world s disappearing glaciers a new report says a third could have melted to nothing in less than 30 years. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. we begin the programme with dramatic developments in pakistan, where the former prime minister imran khan has been shot and injured while leading a protest march in the east of the country, calling for early elections. mr khan had been greeting supporters from the top of a lorry as a convoy of vehicles made its way to the capital, islamabad. he s been treated for injuries to his leg. pakistan s president called it a heinous assassination attempt. from pakistan, our correspondent samira hussain reports. thursday s protest march started like all the others, and then this happened. gunfire footage
the us supreme court strikes down restrictions on carrying guns in new york, signaling a shift that will reverberate nationwide. the taliban appeals for international support after wednesday s devastating earthquake in afghanistan, with survivors saying they have no food or sheltera. with survivors saying they have no food or shelter. the panel investigating last year s us capitol riots hears about the pressure former president trump put on thejustice department to overturn the 2020 election result. # upside down, by you turn me. we speak to excited festival goers. hello and welcome to the programme. we start with the news that has broken in the last hour. the conservatives have suffered crushing defeats in two by elections in england. the results will put renewed pressure on prime minister, borisjohnson, who recently survived a leadership challenge. the liberal democrats ousted the conservatives in the seat of tiverton and honiton, in one of the biggest ever by election swi
and it s half time for the last round of premier league games manchester city trail aston villa and liverpool equalise against wolves if it stays like that city will be champions. welcome to bbc news. in the last few minutes, a deadline has passed for civil servants who want to object to being named in sue gray s partygate report to respond a move which could delay publication. this morning, the education secretary, nadhim zahawi, defended a meeting which took place last month between ms gray and borisjohnson insisting it would not have influenced the outcome of the inquiry. our political correspondentjonathan blake has the latest. borisjohnson, the prime minister whose political fate could rest on the findings of a report by the senior civil servant sue gray. weeks ago, the two held a meeting who called it, what was discussed depends on who you ask. one cabinet minister says the row does not matter sue gray has complete control over her inquiry, and the prime m