Hello, im samantha simmonds. We start with the situation in gaza. And a ship carrying humanitarian aid is expected to set sail to the territory from cyprus this weekend, as part of a planned maritime aid corridor. Its a joint operation between the eu, us, uk and United Arab Emirates aiming to bring supplies from cyprus to the coast of gaza. The un says a quarter of gazas population is on the brink of famine, and children there are starving to death. Organisers hope the plan could allow large amounts of extra aid, but say it will be complex and continue to press israel to allow more deliveries by road. The European Unions ambassador to the us told the bbc a little more about the plans for the maritime corridor. Hopefully the first pilot try to get aid over the weekend but it takes some time to make sure that its not only once in a time but it has a Sustainable Way to supply aid to the people in gaza and palestine to make sure we ease the situation in the region. Cyprus for a long time
quite grey starts across the eastern half of the uk. brightest first thing in the west. 0vernight lows between 4 8 degrees. the easterly winds still affecting the southern half, and a little met their shifts weather system ushering in some thicker cloud. through the middle of the day, i think sunshine come the afternoon, thicker cloud into the southeast, could produce one or two scattered showers. why is that when so cold? down to the temperature in the north sea. you re basically feeling and i are on shore from the top of the north sea, which is pretty cold. temperatures in the water, 8 or 9, and those of the figures along some of the spots. towards the west, 15 16, 17 degrees possible. that will feel quite warm.
high pressure still across scandinavia in wednesday and thursday. still some bits and pieces of cloud being picked up, chance of some showers perhaps further south across southern counties of england. favouring the southwest later on into the afternoon. but a lot of sunshine as we look further north. again, courtside, but towards the west, the top temperatures in the mid teens. forthe west, the top temperatures in the mid teens. for the rest of the week, it s kind of all downhill from thursday on works, becoming unsettled in the south and rain spreading to most parts of the uk in time for the weekend.
the real constraint is how much capacity the economy has so how much money can be spent without the thing overheating and generating inflation. at the moment we are seeing inflation coming down and that is because it was global pressures that pushed inflation up in the first place, not domestic ones, now it is global pressures bringing it down. mild today even with the cloud, 12 and 13 but with some sunshine, north eastern scotland, east of the pennines, wales and parts of the midlands, we could see 11; and 15 but as we go to the evening, this train is approaching from the west, turning right across northern ireland in western scotland, showers potentially the side of midnight. ahead of our weather front. potentially the side of midnight. ahead of our weatherfront. this tends to fragment but with the cloud and breeze overnight it will be mild. it turns chillier towards the northwest and that s the change in wind direction for later tonight and tomorrow. from the southwest of the