good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the government has said that britain will defend the interests of gibraltar during the brexit negotiations, following warnings that spain is attempting to use the process to regain sovereignty of the rock. the eu has suggested that a brexit deal won t cover gibraltar without a separate agreement between london and madrid. here s our political correspondent, matt cole. the imposing rock at the mouth of the mediterranean has been in british hands since 1713. its fortified location, ten miles from north africa s coast, has made it a key strategic base for britain s military, as well as home to 30,000 british subjects. the outpost shares a border with spain which has long sought to reclaim it, but this week, theresa may made it clear that would not happen as part of brexit. gibraltar is not a separate member of the eu nor is it a part of the uk for the purposes of eu law. but we re very clear that it is covered by our exit negotiations. we
part of the data sunshine. a bit chilly but it is before the shower clouds build up. showers through sunday. those showers will be few and far between. we start the day with cloud across the north east of england and the odd shower left over. but again, come the afternoon, they should break up. good sunshine for northern ireland and scotland despite a frosty start and the potential for valley fog but that should clear the way. very promising day, one or two showers, but they will be very isolated compared to today. the fair weather cloud builds up today. the fair weather cloud builds up into the afternoon so the best of the sunshine is likely to be around the sunshine is likely to be around the coast. temperatures on the higher side of normal, 13 17, and feeling pleasant. and what about the afternoon boat races? it looks as though it is set fair. the smallest chance of a shower but less choppy than last weekend on the thames. a couple of football games going on. sunshine arou
we have had lots of showers today, april and april showers. but they tend to ease away. they should fade away overnight. the nights are still long enough for it to turn chilly. under the starry skies, temperatures will fall down to a few degrees of freezing in rural areas of england and wales. but we will see frost it in scotland and northern ireland. a bit of the first thing but otherwise sunday is very promising. stark contrast to the day s very heavy showers. good spells of sunshine, the best of that around the coast, and with light winds and the sunshine, 12 17. as for monday, it goes downhill. gibraltar‘s inhabitants are facing renewed uncertainty because of concerns that spain may use brexit to pursue its territorial claims. borisjohnson to pursue its territorial claims. boris johnson tweeted, to pursue its territorial claims. borisjohnson tweeted, the uk remains implacable and rocklike in oui’ remains implacable and rocklike in our support for gibraltar. a teenage
colombia. the mud engulfed homes and roads. hundreds of families are missing. and a woman who volunteered with mother teresa in calcutta is featured on witness. that s in half an hour here on bbc news. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the government has said that britain will defend the interests of gibraltar in the brexit negotiations, following warnings that spain is attempting to use the process to pursue its claim to the rock. the eu has suggested that a brexit deal won t cover gibraltar without a separate agreement between london and madrid. labour say it s vital the people of gibraltar aren t used as a bargaining chip in negotiations. richard lister reports. could this rock, looming from the med, threaten britain s future relationship with the eu? gibraltar‘s been in british hands for more than 300 years, but it voted almost unanimously to remain in the eu, giving spain hopes of taking the territory back. just this week, theresa may said that wouldn t happen. we
caused mud to engulf homes and roads in the city of mocoa. cordelia hemming reports. this is the aftermath of hours of heavy rain. rivers burst their banks, flooding homes with mud. the surge late friday evening swept away bridges, vehicles and trees in putumayo province in the south of the country. families forced to abandon their homes whilst rescuers search the wreckage for survivors. the region s governor has called it an unprecedented tragedy, telling local media that whole neighbourhoods have been destroyed. records show that march was the country s rainiest month since 2011, and unusually heavy rainfall has also affected neighbouring peru, causing landslides and flash floods. colombia s president, who was travelling to the area, said troops had been deployed as part of an national emergency response, but the number of people still missing is unknown and rescuers have warned that the death toll is likely to rise. dimitri o donnell is a journalist based in bogota. this i