falling much lower than 25 celsius. what is known as a tropical night. but have a look at how fickle the weather is at the moment. in actual fact, first thing this morning these were the kind of temperatures we had with temperatures in low, single figures from scotland down to 0xfordshire. because high pressure is here at the moment, but it is actually allowing the airflow to come from the north and with clear skies, those temperatures fell away. we have more in the way of cloud developing as we speak and act like a trigger off a few showers through this afternoon. no showers will gradually drift their way and steadily northwards, they will be very hit and miss so not many seeing them. the temperatures will be disappointing, perhapsjust below disappointing, perhaps just below parfor disappointing, perhaps just below par for the disappointing, perhapsjust below par for the time of year. top temperatures of ia to 22 celsius and thatis temperatures of ia to 22 celsius and that i
strategy, undersecretary state blanket and under the national security adviser but also under president biden has been fairly straight and forth right now. i think this is some free ranging by speaker pelosi. doesn t have a reputational impact in the united states? of course it does. but beneath the surface, as we all know, the administration is desperately trying to stop talk speaker pelosi out of it. as a friend and partner of the united states but now heading a think tank, i would also urge speaker pelosi simply to postpone the visit, send some other congressional representatives at this stage. they are so many tender boxes at the world of the moment. why unnecessarily add an additional tinderbox when we ve got so much else we are wrestling with?- else we are wrestling with? kevin, thank yom the us secretary of state, antony blinken, says the us has offered a substantial deal to russia, aimed at freeing american detainees brittney griner and paul whelan. mr blinken sa
but in this scenic part of the country, they re facing a resistance movement. a small band of guerrillas led by former army soldiers is launching attacks here in andarab as well as in neighboring panjshir province, where they recently managed to bring down a taliban helicopter. it s hard to get a sense of the true scale of the fighting. the resistance exaggerate their strength, whilst the taliban outright deny their presence. translation: you can see yourself, we only have a small military presence here. there are no problems. i was told of at least one ambush on a taliban vehicle in this valley. that was a long time ago. we carried out some operations in the mountains and now there is nothing. elsewhere in this province, resistance fighters managed to take
of their commanders. surely there s no actual chance of you defeating the taliban. so what s the point in continuing the violence? translation: our fight - is forjustice, for brotherhood equality and for the real islam, not the islam of the taliban, which defames the religion. 0urfight is for the rights of our sisters. the prophet muhammad said education is compulsory for both men and women. the taliban s insurgency over the past two decades was in part fueled by anger at aggressive raids and the killing of civilians by international forces and the afghan army. here in andarab and the surrounding areas, despite recruiting some locals, many see the taliban as outsiders, and they risk repeating the same mistakes as their old opponents. sekunder kermani, bbc news, andarab.