there is a much improved start to the day compared to yesterday in scotland, and do you know what? the rest of the british isles is not far behind. details for you in just a few minutes. good morning. first, our main story: president trump will today call on muslims to present a united front in the fight against religious extremism. he will address more than a0 leaders of islamic countries on the second day of his visit to saudi arabia. our correspondent simon clemison reports. in business, sometimes you have to do the dance. and, having won billions of dollars‘ worth of contracts for us firms, donald trump is more comfortable celebrating with the saudis than he might look. it s beautiful. it is certainly more comfortable for him here than it is back home, given the furore over his sacking of the fbi director, given allegations his presidential campaign was tied to russia. but day two of this tour could be the beginning of a greater challenge, as he leaves the world of stri
south, wisely into the 20s, maybe mid 20s in the south east. warm across southern mid 20s in the south east. warm across southern areas mid 20s in the south east. warm across southern areas to finish monday. rain moving across scotland and that will fade away and the rest of the week, not much rain around. most of the week, not much rain around. m ost pla ces of the week, not much rain around. most places dry, becoming warm, if not hot as we head to friday. tuesday, temperatures will take a tiny dip. we have westerly winds, and the aircoming tiny dip. we have westerly winds, and the air coming from the atlantic hence the temperatures will drop a touch. low cloud in the west and light rain and drizzle. with the ever strengthening sunshine, it will feel very pleasant. through tuesday into wednesday, high pressure building even more. they westerly wind across scotland and northern ireland could produce outbreaks of rain. by this stage we could see temperatures climbing back wise
by the public spending watchdog. the national audit office says ministers have locked consumers into paying for hinkley point through a subsidy on electricity bills that s risen from £6 billion to £30 billion. the government says the plant will provide clean electricity for six million homes. our science editor david shukman reports. each scoop of this digger lifts 30 tonnes of earth. look down at the driver of the truck below for a sense of scale. this is where one of two nuclear reactors will stand at hinkley point. 1,600 people work here now. soon, it will be 5,000. it s an immense and controversial project, and even now, the national audit office has weighed in, attacking the costs. the government has committed consumers to a risky and expensive deal with uncertain economic and strategic benefits. the government s case for proceeding with the deal last september was not clear cut. the concern is not so much the £18 billion to build the power station that s covered by
around gas pipes going into flats. and the all blacks storm ahead of the lions in their first head to head of the three test series. now on bbc news, the travel show. hello and welcome to the travel show with me, ade adepitan, coming to you this week from ghana. and it s the perfect place to kick back, relax and look at some of our favourite stories from the programme over the last couple of months. and if you tune in regularly, then you might remember that it was here in ghana, back in april, when i headed off to the twin villages of boabeng and fiema to meet some very special animals. we ll check that film out again in a moment. and also, we ve got me cramming in as much as i can during a six hour stopover in rome. carmen gets a lesson in rickshaw road rules in tokyo. did ijust make that man crash? and christer heading out into the countryside in spain on the lookout for walks. all great stuff but lets kick off with rajan‘s truly epic journey across india. as the country
southern counties of england, sunny spells but when two showers to finish the day with temperatures this evening still in low 20s. most of the showers will fade, pretty worked for some, cloud rushes across ireland into western fringes of england and wales, mild enough start to sunday for england and wales, still a bit breezy. pressure is starting to pull away means north east england will see the strongest winds. some sunny spells and a few showers, the rest of northern england brightening up after a cloudy start, a jump sta rt. england brightening up after a cloudy start, a jump start. . england brightening up after a cloudy start, ajump start. . skies will brighten up, one or two showers into the afternoon and temperatures down 50 degrees of what you have seen today. for those at glastonbury you might see patchy rain and drizzle. most of the time it took the drive is not a bad start to the week, a few showers here and there, like twins, a touch warmer and later the day clou