security forces in sudan have fired tear gas at teachers taking part in pro democracy protests in the capital, khartoum. demonstrators have set up barricades for what s intended to be two days of civil disobedience against last month s coup. as arab league mediators arrive in the country to try to defuse the crisis, organisers say they want to increase pressure on the military government to transition to civilian rule. our africa correspondent, andrew harding reports from khartoum. he chanting. anger on the streets of khartoum today. protesters blocking off neighbourhoods. taking big risks to show their contempt for sudan s military coup. right now, a lot of blood, a lot of dead people. this military government is a killer. it s a goddamn killer, for real. the protests began two weeks ago when the generals seized power, halting this giant country s admittedly bumpy transition from dictatorship to democracy. so which side will prove stronger? the army or the street? in a khart
cuthberts church in fishel egg, the village that flooded two years ago today and i will speak to residents today and i will speak to residents to find out what they expect from cop26 and how they expect to adapt to flooding in the future. the world food programme warns that millions in afghanistan will die if the international community doesn t help. the united states reopens its borders to fully vaccinated uk visitors. and, tributes to a world war two veteran, and the dog who saved his life. mps will hold an emergency debate on parliamentary standards later, as the government continues to come under fire over allegations of sleaze and corruption. the prime minister has been criticised for his handling of the case of conservative mp, owen paterson, who resigned last week following a row over lobbying rules. the labour leader, sir keir starmer is demanding an apology from the prime minister for his handling of the events. the liberal democrats want an independent inquiry. our
and 70 members of an italian crime family are sentenced in the county s biggest mafia trial in decades. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. uk mps will hold an emergency debate on parliamentary standards later, as the government continues to come under fire over allegations of sleaze and corruption. the prime minister borisjohnson has been criticised for his handling of the case of conservative mp, owen paterson, who resigned last week following a row over lobbying rules. the leader of the opposition labour party, sir keir starmer is demanding an apology from the prime minister for his handling of the events. the liberal democrats want an independent inquiry. our political correspondent, chris mason, reports. mps return here today to debate the standards and rules of this place after the best part of a week of rows about sleazy behaviour. it all began when the former cabinet minister owen paterson broke the rules by making the case to ministers
the cloud, the wind and the rain thatis the cloud, the wind and the rain that is starting to gather into the far north west of scotland. now this is the beginning of the change in some respect, it is this low pressure moving up to greenland and this frontal system is dragging up very warm airfrom this frontal system is dragging up very warm air from the south west, and so that means that temperatures once again will be back above the average for the time of year, with perhaps the exception of the far north of scotland, so far today, best of the breaks in the cloud have been to the east, you can see where the rain is gathering. it is pushing across scotland, some of it heavy and a accompanied by gusts of wind. outbreaks of lighter rain and for the rest of england and wales we mightjust cling on to brief glimpses of sunshine across east anglia and kent. look at the temperature, 11 15 degree, the mildest of the weather out to the west has the weather front starts to push in. so