of the same this weekend. a largely fine end to the day to day. there will be fine spells of weather at times this weekend. it will be blustery and quite warm when you get to see some sunshine. we have low pressure to the rest of us. also bands of wet weather and there is another one about to show its hand across south west england over the next few hours and lived northward through the night into more of england and wales by morning. north of that, a lot of dry weather. heavy showers in scotland slowly fading away, and it s a bit cooler tonight, some spots dipping into single figures. we start with rain in wales and parts of england tomorrow. and that moves north in the morning into northern england, northern ireland, southern scotland, slowly feeding further north across scotland during the day but not into northern scotland until the evening. behind it, some heavy showers for east anglia and south east england, a largely fine afternoon. hazy sunshine and warmth. saturday e
Looking a lot drier, and we remain in the warm conditions. I will have all the details later in the programme. Its monday the 9th of october. Good morning. More than 1,000 people have now been killed in israel and gaza after a Massive Attack by hamas militants that began at dawn on saturday. There are reports that israel has struck more than 500 targets in gaza overnight, my more than 125,000 palestinians i displace. President biden has ordered extra military assistance for the israelis, promising them rock solid and unwavering support. Israeli troops are still hunting down insurgents after one of the bloodiest attacks. 0ne down insurgents after one of the bloodiest attacks. One of the worlds most advanced military is taken by surprise by hamas, a military group kept behind barriers that were supposed to stop this happening. Their attack as brutal as it was brazen. Hundreds killed. For israel that has included scores of unarmed civilians as well as soldiers. Already the largest loss of
56 hours until the polls open with a leader is campaigning for every single one of your votes, but what is really going on behind the scenes? welcome to newsnight, for your nightly interviews and insight. and we will bring both to you on the week when you decide who s going to run our country for the next five years. tonight, we have the man who compiles the exit poll which you will see at 10pm this thursday on the bbc one election programme, professor sirjohn curtice. that should give you us, we hope the first accurate forecast of the election result. we also we have harriet harman, former labour minister, former labour deputy leader and an mp for over a0 years, standing down this time. and we have sir craig oliver, former director of communications for prime minister david cameron. welcome. and nick is here as always. cards on the table, i m after numbers, sir craig oliver, what would be a best and worst case scenario for the conservatives politically this thursday? the