in the same boat. a day of sunshine and heavy showers with thunderstorms. at least one benefit of the strong wind is that the showers don t last in any one place for any length of time, really. we got more of the showers to come as we head into thursday. again, some will turn heavy with hail and thunder. still fairly windy as well. temperatures still on the mild side with south westerly winds dragging mild air from the south. a0 with south westerly winds dragging mild airfrom the south. a0 or 50 celsius also. into thursday night, we might see some more general rain pushing into eastern england. it stays very unsettled in the west with further showers. there is not a great deal changing with the weather pattern through friday on the weekend. loads more showers on the way with colder air in northern scotland. some of the showers will start to turn wintry. thanks, chris. there s more analysis of the day s main stories on newsnight with kirsty wark which isjust getting underway o
live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am in the morning in singapore and 2am in moscow, where president putin has wrapped up talks with chinese president xi jinping for a second day. the two leaders have been discussing what s been described as a peace plan for ukraine, put forward by beijing. president putin has also warned that if the uk goes ahead with a plan to supply ammunition to ukraine, then russia will be forced to respond. our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. take two world leaders. ..a dash of kremlin choreography. ..and you get this. the symbolism was clear. on the world stage, xi and putin, china and russia, are coming together to forge what they claim is a strong partnership. the talk at the table was about expanding cooperation, but equal partners they are not. russia, under pressure over its war in ukraine, is increasingly dependent on china. and vladimir putin is increasingly critical of the west. later, he slammed the
as concerns mount, here s what the us president had to say. reporter: mr president, what is your message to iran in this moment? don t. we are devoted to the defence of israel. we will support israel, we will help defend israel and iran will not succeed. thank you very much. our state department correspondent, tom bateman, has this analysis. well, i think there s two things going on here. because what we ve had is the very public messaging from the white house right up to president biden himself, which has been around the fear of or the concern of the credible threat of an attack by the iranians onto israeli soil. and what has been said to be an ironclad commitment by the americans to israel s right to defend itself, in the case of that, but then there s been this behind the scenes messaging, which has been going on for several days now, from across the us administration, which has been far more specific about what kind of strike this might involve. now, that is included. our
an iranian strike on israel could come at any moment. as concerns mount, here s what the us president had to say. reporter: mr president, what is your message to iran in this moment? don t. we are devoted to the defence of israel. we will support israel, we will help defend israel and iran will not succeed. thank you very much. so why is the us putting out such strong warnings about a possible attack? and how are those warnings being felt in israel? our diplomatic correspondent james landale has this analysis, from jerusalem. president biden has said that he expects an attack against israel from iran sooner rather than later, and unnamed us officials are saying that attack could involve hundreds of drones and missiles against military targets here in israel. now, that may be a prediction of the future based on hard intelligence, but it may also be the united states trying to deter iran to try and minimize any kind of response by talking up the threat right now. it also could
on israel could come at any moment. as concerns mount, here s what the us president had to say. reporter: mr president, what is your message to iran in this moment? don t. we are devoted to the defence of israel. we will support israel, we will help defend israel and iran will not succeed. thank you very much. so why is the us putting out such strong warnings about a possible attack? and how are those warnings being felt in israel? our diplomatic correspondent james landale has this analysis, from jerusalem president biden has said that he expects an attack against israel from iran sooner rather than later, and unnamed us officials are saying that attack could involve hundreds of drones and missiles against military targets here in israel. now, that may be a prediction of the future based on hard intelligence, but it may also be the united states trying to deter iran to try and minimize any kind of response by talking up the threat right now. it also could be an attempt to tr