nothing too intense in terms of rain. a fairly settled the picture. this afternoon some brightness showing through for the south west of england, wales, northern ireland already seeing some showers. the odd one could be on the heavy side. into the evening that risk will continue. across eastern england brightening up across eastern england brightening up a little. overnight more cloud piling in, however. these bearing more meaningful rain. some weather fronts sinking down pushing toward an area of high pressure. they will be fairly weak affairs. it will be very mild under the cloud. there will be some rain overnight tonight. as i said, they are putting into this area of high pressure. the fronts tending to lose their potency. some rain left on them for the south east of england first thing on wednesday. they should be more in the way of sunshine. the cloud will break. with the sunshine we have the power to put a little bit of heat into the atmosphere and spark off some heavy
profits at bp more than double in the first three months of the year prompting more debate about a windfall tax on the energy giant. and the over the top outfits are back celebrities return to the red carpet of new york city s met gala. i m annita mcveigh at antrim castle garden is looking ahead to this thursday s northern ireland election. i ll be talking to members of the unionist community in the next hour. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the attempt to evacuate more civilians from the city of mariupol have stalled. ukrainian officials say russia has ended a ceasefire and is now blocking humanitarian corridors. hundreds of women and children are still trapped in bunkers beneath lets head to kyiv and ben brown. hello from kyiv. mps at the the ukrainian parliament here in kyiv have been hearing a virtual address from boris johnson, the first from a world leader since the war began. the prime minister told them ukraine s resistance to the russian invasion has been
This is bbc news. i m sean lei. the headlines at two o clock. borisjohnson addresses ukraine s parliament via videolink. he tells them ukraine they will win and they will be free. the so called irresistible force of putin s war machine has broken on the immovable object of ukrainian patriotism, and love of country. russia s bombardment continues in eastern ukraine there s a hope more civilians will be allowed to leave a steelworks in mariupol today. protesters gather outside the us supreme court after a leaked document suggests it may be about to overturn the nationwide legal right to abortion.