dangerous situation in sudan. it is deeply sad. we are seeing great human suffering. the temporary ceasefire is due to end tomorrow. more than 20,000 new police recruits in england and wales the government says it has fulfilled its election pledge labour says they re just playing catch up. we entrust our ancestral home to you. battling it out for the future of gaming surprise as microsoft s 55 billion pound bid to buy the company behind world of warcraft and call of duty is suddenly blocked. and the king and queen consort set foot on liverpool s eurovision stage as it s revealed for the first time. 0n bbc london, countdown to the coronation. with just ten days to go, will the celebrations bring a good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the first plane bringing british nationals back from sudan has landed in the uk with around 100 people on board. they began their long journey from an airbase about 20 miles outside the sudanese capital khartoum but they had
To the south, it is drier with brighter skies, a few showers, cloudy with wet weather to the far south west. Sunshine and showers across northern ireland, a little bit across northern ireland, a little bhdw across northern ireland, a little bit dry through much of scotland. The best of the bright weather through the highlands and islands. Top temperatures of 15 and 16 north to south. As we headed into this evening and overnight, wet weather over parts of Eastern England clearing, but now more wet and heavy rain pushing into parts of wales, devon and cornwall, dorset, hampshire, the isle of wight, sussex and kent. Another met Office Weather warning and force through parts of Eastern England overnight. Elsewhere dry with clear skies through western scotland, wales, north west england. The odd mist and fog patch and chili in glasgow, three degrees. Mid week, wednesday, quieter in many areas with overnight rain in the south east that should clear away. An improving picture but certainly a
From southern israel. One of the two israeli women released last night, after being held hostage by hamas, has been speaking about her ordeal. Yocheved lifschitz, whos 85, said shed been through hell. Her husband is still being held. Israel estimates more than 200 hostages are still in gaza after being abducted in the attacks of october 7th. Hamas, which is designated a Terrorist Group by the uk, said the release was for humanitarian reasons. At least 700 people have been killed in gaza in the last 2a hours, according to hamas officials who also say the total number killed is now more than 5,700, including more than 2,000 children. Heres our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. He correspondent, yolande knell. May find some of ti her report he may find some of the images in her report distressing. The moment of release. In a video sent out by hamas, they were handed over to representatives from the International Red cross. But then she turns, shaking the hands of a masked gunman a
And its Transfer Deadline Day in england as premier League Spending nears a january record. Good morning. Its tuesday january the 31st. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Donald trump has sacked the United States top Legal Advisor after she questioned the legality of his travel ban. Sally yates, who was Acting Attorney General, said she couldnt defend his decision to temporarily stop refugees and citizens of seven mainly muslim countries from entering america. But the white house said in a statement that she had betrayed the department ofjustice. In the uk a former head of the horror Foreign Office has criticised theresa mays State Invitation to the president. He said the offer had been premature and put the offer had been premature and put the queen in a very difficult situation. Protests have been held in cities across the uk as of last night including in cardiff, seen here. An online petition calling for the state visit to be cancelled has gathered more than 1. 6 million signatures. His
many, quite a lot of clout in the mix and some clear spells, some rain fringing into northern ireland and western scotland, mildest in the south west of england where we will see a lot of cloud tomorrow morning and some of rain. two main areas of wet weather tomorrow, one pushing up from the south west, affecting a good part of england and wales. some of that could be heavy and thundery for a time into the afternoon. also this band of rain working northwards across scotland, could be some snow mixing in over higher ground in the highlands because temperatures, 7 8. further south, temperatures a touch higher than they have been. as we move through tomorrow night and thursday night into friday, heavy rain for a thursday night into friday, heavy rainfora time, thursday night into friday, heavy rain for a time, much of that will clear and the north of the casing lots of clout and a few showers on friday. furthersouth, lots of clout and a few showers on friday. further south, some spells of