the wreck of the titanic and discover the secrets of the world s most famous shipwreck. good morning. for many of us today it will be a cloudy and cool day. the best of the sunshine will be across central and southern scotland and parts of southern england, but there are a few showers in the forecast, and i will tell you where shortly. good morning. it s friday the 12th ofjuly. our main story. the us president, joe biden, has insisted he remains the most qualified candidate to take on donald trump in november s election despite growing pressure from within his own party for him to stand down. it comes after mr biden mistakenly called the ukrainian leader president putin during an event marking the end of the nato summit in washington, before later referring to his deputy kamala harris as vice president trump. our north america editor sarah smith reports. applause world leaders at the nato summit have cringed when mr biden introduced a key european ally as his sworn enemy. fi
eight years after her death, the family of suzanne van hagen new figures show the covid infection rate in scotland has again risen to its highest level since estimates began in october 2020, with about one in 45 thought to have had the virus last week. you can t tell anyone. and coming up at 5.45, it s the film review, where mark kermode will be giving his verdict on herself, a drama about a single mother who escapes from her abusive husband. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. we start with a warning from the head of mi5, who says there is no doubt that recent events in afghanistan and the rise of the taliban are likely to have emboldened so called lone wolf terrorists. ken mccallum told bbc news that 31 late stage attack plots have been foiled in the uk in the last four years. the taliban has promised that afghanistan would never again be a base for terrorists after taking over the country last month. the mi5 warning comes on the eve of the 20th anniversary of the 9/1
e10 fuel could cut emissions by three quarters of a million tonnes a year, bringing the uk in line with france and germany. 007 is back the final trailerfor the much delayed james bond film, no time to die, has made its debut. so, have you been back to the cinema since the pandemic? if not, will the bond movie be the film that brings you back? let me know on twitter. you can use the hashtag bbc your questions. nearly one in three of the world s tree species are facing extinction in the wild. according to a report published by conservationists, oaks, maples and magnolias are among those at risk. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. president biden has defended his decision to withdraw us troops from afghanistan calling the evacuation effort an extraordinary success . in his first speech since the end of the 20 year war in the country, mr biden insisted the united states had achieved everything it set out to do. but his approach has faced cri
we ll be live with our correspondent in kabul. also in our programme. warnings of life threatening floods in the southern united states as hurricane ida hits the most powerful storm since katrina to land in the area. president biden had this warning. this is going to be a devastating, devastating hurricane. a life threatening storm. china limits the amount of time young people can game online to just three hours a week. teenagers are up in arms but reports suggest parents not so much. us forces are into the final 48 hours of their 20 year mission in afghanistan. their withdrawal will be complete on tuesday and the security situation around kabul airport remains fraught. this is the aftermath of a rocket attack close to the airport on monday. the us says an anti missile system intercepted up to five rockets. the islamic state group says it was responsible. here s the latest update from the pentagon. there is still an active threat. in various ways that we have to be
showing today s extensive cloud sheet. to the west, more cloud. this will bring outbreaks of rain in the next few days. today the cloud is taken off to bring wet weather. the wettest weather has been across the greater manchester area. it is putting eastwards 90 yorkshire and lincolnshire. the rain quite persistent for some across these areas. showers for wales and south west england. northern ireland and scotland largely dry. for most it will stay pretty cloudy. some breaks in the cloud to give some glimpses of sunshine. 0vernight tonight it is a largely dry night. a lot of cloud around, a few mist patches, temperatures drifting down to between ten and 14 degrees. tomorrow, a change on the way for northern ireland. that weatherfront i showed you a moment ago is here and it will be bringing some rain across northern ireland through the day, with the rain turning heavier and steadier into the afternoon. further east, scotland, england and wales, a better chance of seeing more