and in sport, johanna konta eyes the biggest title of her career as she prepares to faces caroline wozniacki in the final of the miami open later. in the men s final roger federer will play rafa nadal. the challenge of rowing the atlantic; we have the story of four friends, 39 days at sea and a record breaking sum of money raised. and tomasz has the weekend weather. the weekend is looking mixed. somemight have to run for cover today. tomorrow is looking mostly sunny. good morning. first our main story. tensions are rising over gilbraltar‘s position during brexit, after the eu gave spain a potential veto on any future deal for the british territory. last night, the government said it would stand up for gibraltar‘s interests during negotiations. the enclave has accused spain of trying to manipulate discussions, in order to further its 300 year old sovereignty claims. mark lobel reports. gibraltar has been in british hands in 1713. it shares a border with spain, but rejects
the gloucestershire old spots, one of britain s most famous pig breeds, from extinction. and coming up in the sport on bbc news: chris latham wins a bronze for britain in the men s scratch race at the world track cycling championships, bringing gb s medal tally to two in two days. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the syrian president, bashar al assad, says claims that his armed forces were behind a chemical weapons attack on a rebel town last week are a 100% fabrication . instead, he claimed america had worked hand in glove with terrorist groups to stage the attack as a pretext for american air strikes. and he questioned whether tv images of dead children were real. a warning that our report from james robbins contains distressing images. nine days ago, these pictures shocked the world. children and babies struggling for breath after a suspected chemical weapons attack on the rebel held town of khan sheikhoun. other pictures, to horror flick to broadcast, s
East anglia and the south east. so, let s summarise that, then, and the weather for the rest of the week. typical weather for our shores, but quite warm at times. in the south and the south east, though, you can see temperatures in london nudging up to around 27 degrees middle of the week. bye bye.
So, this is the morning. notice it s not raining everywhere. in fact, many parts of central and northern scotland are dry. most of the rain is across england and wales, but then come the afternoon, it does look as though that weather front clears away and there ll be some sunny spells developing, and the temperatures respectable, around the low 20s, maybe the mid 20s there for east anglia and the south east. so, let s summarise that, then, and the weather for the rest of the week. typical weather for our shores, but quite warm at times. in the south and the south east, though, you can see temperatures in london nudging up to around 27 degrees middle of the week. bye bye.
Notice it s not raining everywhere. in fact, many parts of central and northern scotland are dry. most of the rain is across england and wales, but then come the afternoon, it does look as though that weather front clears away and there ll be some sunny spells developing, and the temperatures respectable, around the low 20s, maybe the mid 20s there for east anglia and the south east. so, let s summarise that, then, and the weather for the rest of the week. typical weather for our shores, but quite warm at times. in the south and the south east, though, you can see temperatures in london nudging up to around 27 degrees middle of the week. bye bye.