warmer does not always mean drier, and on the satellite picture you can see a bit of cloud, quite a nice looking satellite picture, but each of those curls of cloud will bring some rain at times. but the winds generally coming up from the south, the orange colours show that it is going to be quite a one week, and that should last into the use to recant. this afternoon, this band of showery rain will be pushing its way northwards. the best of the sunshine i think we ll be across eastern areas although it will be turning increasingly hazy. these are the average wind speeds. gusts will be “p average wind speeds. gusts will be up to 40mph or more. some chilly air still clinging on in the north of scotland. we will see further pulses of heavy and possibly thundery rain coming up from the south. quite a lot of cloud and for the vast majority, for almost everyone, it will be frost free, a mild start to tuesday morning. with quite a lot of cloud, outbreaks of showery and possibly t
banks of showers afterwards which could be heavy with some thunder around because temperatures again will respond to any sunshine ahead of that band of showers in eastern areas, we might see 20 tomorrow and we had 19 today. brighter skies following behind towards the west. through the evening and overnight the rain and showers fade pushing towards the north, the milder air eventually reaching the northern isles. tomorrow night again on the mild side, but by wednesday with those weather systems having moved out of the way, temporarily, we should have a drier day for many. can t rule out showers and again, i can t rule out they won t be heavy because with the strength of the april sunshine and temperatures leaping into the mid to high teens, there could be a rumble once again, but many places hopefully escaping them. and the easter weekend, more rain potentially on thursday and moving away, then high pressure may establish itself. so bright and dry and warm, it isjust establish
the man arrested on suspicion of throwing a smoke bomb at japan s prime minister, fumio kishida, has been identified by the authorities as 24 year old ryuji kimura. there are no further details regarding possible motivation. mr kishida was about to give a speech in support of a local candidate of his ruling party the ldp. after the incident pm kishida made a speech in another location where he said the incident should not be allowed to disrupt the electoral process. the attack comes ahead of nationwide local elections and by elections for vacated seats injapan s lower house. our correspondent shaimaa khalil in tokyo has the latest. very dramatic scenes coming this morning from wakayama in western japan. chaos among the crowd as a young man is being tackled and then pinned to the ground by security personnel. and then a screaming crowd scrambling to leave the scene as a loud explosion is heard, and then smoke fills the air. the man is then being taken away from the scene. the
hello and welcome to the programme. i am lucy gray. there have been gunfire and explosions in sudan s capital khartoum as the sudanese army clashes with paramilitary forces. witnesses report the fighting is close to the army headquaters in the centre of the city. smoke has been seen rising from khartoum airport and there are reports of clashes near the presidential palace. the two sides are in dispute over who governs the country. sudan has been run by the military since a coup in october 2021. international leaders have urged the two sides to return to talks aimed at returning the country to civilian rule. the us secretary of state anthony blinken described the latest fighting as a tragic situation , and suggested forces opposed to a return to civilian rule may be responsible. we want to play you now what happened on sudanese state tv. the newsreader briefly appeared talking about clashes, but listen carefully and you can hear gunshots in the background. as you see the pict