especially over higher ground and the ground is already pretty saturated. why is this happening? low pressure is out towards the west, towards the atlantic, sending spirals of rain round and round but it s not raining all the time. lots of sunshine around, some blue sky recorded in bournemouth earlier on. generally we are seeing sunny spells and showers for the rest of the afternoon across england, wales and northern ireland. it s drier across the isle of wight but still the possibility of heavy showers later, heavy rain for the channel islands but the heaviest of the rain across north east england, north east scotland, driven through on the south easterly wind, top ten pictures 10 15. round about the seasonal average, a little above in the south. overnight tonight we are still seeing that south easterly wind just drive the showers is onshore onto eastern scotland and further south they will still be some showers and clear spells. temperatures likely to drop back to between 6
good afternoon. and we start with a developing story this lunchtime: police in the us state of maine are hunting a gunman after a mass shooting that s left at least 16 people dead and dozens injured. police are warning that robert card, a ao year old army reservist, is at large, armed and dangerous. it s the deadliest such attack in the united states this year. the shooting happened in lewiston, a small city of about 38,000 people, which is now in lockdown businesses have been told to close and people to stay at home. 0ur correspondent simon jones has the latest. running for safety after the latest mass shooting in the us. a bowling alley and a restaurant targeted last night, full of families. 0ne mother said she had to lay on top of her daughter to protect her from the bullets. another person spoke of the panic at the bowling alley. just a normal night of bowling and i don t know where hejust came in, there was a loud pop. ijust put it down the lane and i slid basically
chilly out there, but something milderfor chilly out there, but something milder for the chilly out there, but something milderfor the weekend. chilly out there, but something milder for the weekend. one of our weather watchers captured its in the last hour, across the channel islands. you can see the clear skies on the recent satellite imagery. some good breaks, southern scotland, northern ireland, north west england, but then a claudio zone. it s from that thick cloud, or two brighter breaks but a few showers around as well. the showers across north east england, towards east anglia, could get that bit heavier this afternoon. the breeze is adding to the chill, just seven celsius across parts of norfolk. even uk wide, where you have the sunshine or not, you have temperatures around 11-12. a not, you have temperatures around 11 12. a cool end to the day. the showers will drift southwards to make. clear skies follow on in its wake. that means across parts of rural eastern scot
after diving through the gap between the planet and its rings. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the foreign secretary has suggested britain could take military action in syria without a vote in the house of commons. borisjohnson said it would be ‘very difficult to say no if president trump asked for british help in punishing the syrian regime for another chemical weapons attack. meanwhile mrjohnson has also waded into the election campaign for the first time, with a highly personal attack on the labour leaderjeremy corbyn. he has called him a mutton headed old mugwump. here s our political correspondent, alex forsyth. us misile strikes on a syrian airfield earlier this month, the first direct us action against syrian government forces, a response to a chemical attack which killed civilians. today the foreign secretary suggested if asked the uk would support such strikes in the future, possibly without the approval of parliament. if they come to us and ask for our su