Glorious across eastern parts of scotland and england but the cloud has a built in, heavy rain across northern ireland which was followed by a rash of heavy downpours and thunderstorms across much of ireland. If you popping up into wales as well. This band of rain, some heavy and fragmented, will continue northwards and eastwards this evening and overnight. In between, drier spells but further heavy and thundery downpours likely. These are the mean wind speeds. A breezy night, gusts hire around the coast and over hills. But a mild night, temperatures no lower than 14, 15 celsius. Low pressure is parked on top of us for friday so another day of sunshine and showers, longer spells of rain for the east and north east of scotland, risk of flooding here. Dan was likely in northern ireland, northern england down to wales. A better chance of seeing some prolonged spells of sunshine in the south where we could see 22 celsius, otherwise 17 to 20 celsius. This feature runs across the south of th
Protests across delhi, over the alleged gang rape, murder, and subsequent cremation of a nine year old girl from a dalit family, amid claims her case was ignored by the the legal system. And, millions more at risk of flooding, the new resarch which says the percentage of the population at risk from globalflooding has risen by almost a quarter since the start of the century. And day 13 at the olympics with medals up for grabs in men s hockey and women s football. The un says it s deeply concerned about the safety of tens of thousands of civilians in the afghan city of lashkar gah, the capital of helmand province. Taliban militants and government forces are waging an intense battle for control of the city. A un spokesman said there were reports of increased civilian casualties, and of homes and hospitals being destroyed. Afghan and us airstrikes on taliban positions continued throughout wednesday. Mark lobel reports. Several provincial capitals under taliban attack at least two reporte
Charges of bank fraud. And, i m sarah mulkerrins in tokyo on day 13 of the olympic, where more medals will be up for grabs. And i ll be talking to a five time gold medallist, former australian swimmer ian thorpe. Live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. It is newsday. Welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. It s eight in the morning in singapore, and 3am in lebanon, where a day of rememberance for the victims of the huge explosion in beirut s port a year ago has descended into violence. The deaths of more than 200 people were commemorated at a multi faith event in the shadow of the ruins, where the blast happened. Relatives of the dead observed a silence, and each of the names of the victims who died was read out. But a little later, near the parliament building in the centre of beirut, angry crowds gathered, to voice their frustration at what they see as a lack of accountability for the disaster, and failures in government. By nightfal
And, i m sarah mulkerrins in tokyo, on day 13 of the olympics where more medals will be up for grabs, and i ve been talking to a five time gold medallist former australian swimmer ian thorpe. Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. The un says it s deeply concerned about the safety of tens of thousands of civilians in the afghan city of lashkar gah, the capital of helmand province. Taliban militants and government forces are waging an intense battle for control of the city. A un spokesman said there were reports of increased civilian casualties, and of homes and hospitals being destroyed. Afghan and us airstrikes on taliban positions continued throughout wednesday. Mark lobel reports. Several provincial capitals under taliban attacks. At least two reportedly breached, and security is forcing many afghan residents from their homes. We see a lot of schools are being destroyed, a lot of water plants, hospitals which are essential. We see that access to care and heal