a stunning day has followed the frost. you don t get to see this can often, the satellite picture this morning, barely a cloud in the sky, just a few areas of cloud drifting across northern parts of scotland. you will not be surprised to learn that it s all down to an area of high pressure right across is keeping us settled and dry through the weekend. this afternoon s weather, the areas of cloud in northern scotland may squeeze out a shower in shetland, but for most as we ve seen on the satellite picture, it s sunny, just a little hazy in some spots. the winds for the most part are light but a stiff easterly through the english channel and channel islands into south west england, some exposed coasts staying cool but for most of us it s warm out there, 16 17 c, still chilly in the northern isles. as for hay fever, you know you are suffering, tree pollen, moderate to high, even the moderates are turning high tomorrow. it s moderate to high uv as well, strong april sunshine reg
to commemorate properly more than 100,000 black and asian people who died fighting for the british empire during the first world war. and the post office scandal that left dozens of workers with criminal convictions the sub post masters who hope their names will finally be cleared tomorrow. and coming up on the bbc news channel: protests continue against the crumbling european super league, as fans demand more of a say in how football is run. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. president biden has opened a major global climate summit, with a call to other world leaders to step up to the challenge. joe biden pledged to cut us emissions by half by the end of this decade but he warned his country couldn t take action alone. he told world leaders that scientists were calling this the decisive decade for tackling climate change and action was needed now. this graph shows how global carbon emissions have risen over the years they were still relatively low unt
pictures inside the church, come a few kilometres from where george floyd was merited in the same city. the reverend al sharpton is to give the eulogy. we will listen to that lie. the united states bring dozens of world leaders together in a push to stop climate change. joe biden makes a big promise. the united states sets out on the road to cut greenhouse gases in half by the end of this decade. india has recorded the highest one day tally of new covid i9 infections of any country since the pandemic began. close to 315,000 cases have been registered in the past 2a hours. 315,000. india now has 16 million confirmed cases second only to the us. but its exponential rise far outstrips any of the other most affected countries. and this fear is this second wave hasn t even peaked yet. here s one professor in chennai. models suggests that the current situation of this huge number of cases, they have exceeded 300,000 new cases a day. now this is been going on for the last few days
india s coronavirus cases hit record levels. and as the countryjoins the uk s red list in less than 2a hours, british travellers try desperately, to get back to the uk. ever to get back to the uk. since we have been trying tc get ever since we have been trying to get back, but it has been really difficult very complicated situation. the court of appeal is to decide whether to overturn the convictions of 42 post office managers, who d been accused of theft after computer glitches made it look as if money had gone missing. and bye, bye baby. the lead singer of the bay city rollers les mckeown has died, at the age of 65 good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. president biden has pledged that the us will aim to at least halve its greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, compared with 2005 levels. the president is hosting 42 global leaders at a two day virtual summit aimed at tackling climate change his adminstration is hoping that other big polluters will follow its lead. 0ur chie
hours, british travellers try desperately to get back to the uk. documents released at the high court suggest there was a controversial a formal government apology after failing to commemorate properly more than 100,000 black and asian people who died fighting for the british empire during the first world war. nasa s perseverance rover makes breathable oxygen on the surface of mars. # bye bye, baby, baby, goodbye.# and the lead singer of the bay city rollers, les mckeown, has died at the age of 65. president biden has opened a major global climate summit with a call to other world leaders to step up to the challenge. joe biden pledged to cut us emissions by at least half from 2005 levels by the end of this decade, but he warned his country couldn t take action alone. he told world leaders that scientists were calling this the decisive decade for tackling climate change and action was needed now. this graph shows how global carbon emissions have risen over the years. they we