To a wonderful spectacle, speaking to parisians this morning it seems everyone feels as if france was well represented in that Opening Ceremony. One person said they cried tears especially when Celine Dion appeared in the Eiffel Tower. Here we have the paper and the headline is a play on words. It kind of means, you know, fast moving, explosive but it also is a reference to the Heavy Rain that we saw last night and that we are seeing again today. There is the headline imagine, obviously, a play on words that of imagination but also the song imagine was played last night and you can see there are a picture of the olympic cauldron which is also a hot Air Balloon which is just round the other side of the bbc studio. I wish i could show it to you but it above the heart of paris as we speak. Paris 2024, all of the river sand, as we speak. Paris 2024, all of the riversand, it as we speak. Paris 2024, all of the river sand, it says under the pouring rain the Opening Ceremony was a spectacle f
Sleeping and these will be the temperatures at the very coolest point of the night. There is a lot of extra moisture in the air too so a muggy start to the day tomorrow. Tomorrow, we still have the rain moving eastwards. It will be dry and fine for much of the day across Eastern Scotland, The Rain Arriving in Northern England across the afternoon. This is the picture at lipm, heavier downpours of rain across south West England, into wales. Further east mostly dry, the Clouds Thickening but one or two sharp showers to east anglia, coastal areas of yorkshire and lincolnshire too. There is the rain across southern parts of scotland and the Central Belt later on through the day. This is a cold front so as the name suggests behind it we have a much colder Feeling Air and that is the thing you will notice about sunday. Quite a muggy start to the day eastern parts of england, a bit of cloud through the morning but elsewhere lots of sunshine developed, maybe a few afternoon showers, some could
I guess Nicki Minaj is making a lot of people angry this week all because of a tweet she posted expressing skepticism over the covid vaccine. The fact that she simply told people to do their own research made likely ally to Tucker Carlson and millimeter Number One to the supposed black thought leaders in the mainstream media. This is not the woman you want to get your information from. [laughter] she is a wonderful girl. She makes great music. I would not take any advice from her about getting a shot. You have a platform, sister, that is 22 Million followers. Okay . I have 2 Million followers. You have 22 Million followers on twitter. For you to use your platform to encourage our community to not protect themselves and save their lives, my god, sister, you can do better than that oh my god, as a fan, as a hip hop fan, as somebody who is your fan . Im so sad that you did that. So sad that you did that, sister. Oh my god. Lawrence do you hear that, sister . You know better, stay in your
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 Worlds 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 youre 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 criticism. It comes
Afghanistan late this afternoon. Actually just a few members ago, wrapping up. Utah Republican Congressman Chris Stewart was in that classified hearing, he will join us momentarily. But, first, Correspondent Trey Yingst starts us off tonight with a wrapup live from dough doha,qatar. Are good evening, today civilians do everything they can to flee the country now under taliban rule. We know there will be continuous flights out of afghanistan on military planes. Heres a look at whAt Those efforts are like. A c17 fires flares as it departs from the airport in kabul. The purpose to counter any possible antiaircraft missile targeting the plane with just 8 days until american troops are scheduled to withdrawal from afghanistan, evacuations are of vulnerable people are are are Security Threats against u. S. And its allies. Outside the walls of the airport a shootout erupted early this morning, american, nato and afghan troops all firing back at gunman who killed one afghan soldier. Officials