drier weather, time of year. into tomorrow, some drierweather, drierthan time of year. into tomorrow, some drier weather, drier than it was today but still some showers affecting parts of northern ireland, southern scotland, northern england and may be some rain fringing back in the south west later in the day. again, very mild, 7 degrees for aberdeen and ia for norwich and london. this little ridge of high pressure here gives a window of slightly drier weather through wednesday night into the first part of thursday but that window will then close as the next weather system approaches with northern ireland and western scotland as we go through thursday with strong winds late in the day and staying a little drier south and east and as you can see, very mild, and for the end of the week drier weather on friday, not completely dry but not as much rain, but there will be more wet weather at times through the weekend. thanks, ben. and that s all from us , you can keep up with all
fighting intensifies around the ukrainian city of kherson, as kyiv steps up the counter offensive, trying to recapture the southern city from russian forces. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. mikhail gorbachev, the last leader of the soviet union, has died at the age of 91. he oversaw economic reforms known as perestroika and political ones known as glasnost or openness which led to the break up of the soviet union in 1991 and the end of the cold war. russian president vladimir putin has expressed deep sympathies . our russia editor steve rosenberg looks back at a historic life. he was the kind of russian leader of the world had never seen. mikhail gorbachev smiled, he was relaxed. in the west, he acquired almost pop star status for helping to end the cold war. but at home, it was a different story. born in the days of dictator josef stalin, mikhail gorbachev bec
Custody. It is hoping he will be questioned today. The attack was not believed to be targeted or related to terrorism. Believed to be targeted or related to terrorism to terrorism. Officers ran towards dancer. Youve got officers running towards someone whos waving a sword. I went to the hospital yesterday to see the officers and their families. I saw the inspector whose hand is badly damaged. I saw him before the operation, he was in good spirits. I think that was partly the morphine, to be honest but hes got a lot of patching up to be done on his hand, really serious injuries there. And i was talking to the family and colleagues of the officer, the woman officer, whose really badly damaged arm, really seriously damaged. The surgeon spent many, many hours sort of basically putting her arm back together. It will be a long journey of recovery. One newspaper said of the female officer, it was actually close to her losing her hand, are you able to confirm that . Thats not a million miles a
youngest. hello, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. here, the government has ordered an urgent review into the circumstances surrounding the escape from custody of a terror suspect in south london. daniel khalife is still on run, after clinging to the underside of a food delivery van, leaving wandsworth prison yesterday. the 21 year old was awaiting trial, accused of leaving fake bombs at a military base while serving in the army. the border force, ports and airports are all on high alert. graham satchell reports. it looked like business as usual at wandsworth today. prison vans coming and going, but the jail is now at the centre of a growing storm with serious questions about how a terror suspect managed to escape. daniel khalife was working in the kitchen. he broke out by strapping himself to the underside of a food delivery van. in the house of commons, the justice secretary announced a series of reviews to answer some basic
shows, just if you think about it, the americans position on this is evolving, it began with very much a strong support for israel after october seven but continuing now with more qualifications, more need for international law to be met and more protection for civilians. this is just another example of that slightly evolving american position. all right, james, thank you for taking through all of that snapshot analysis from what we heard from the un secretary general and some of the broader analysis on the diplomacy thatis, broader analysis on the diplomacy that is, of course, continues. james langdale, our diplomatic correspondent. turning to the situation on the ground when it comes to those trapped in gaza trying to get out through the rafale crossing which was open today allowing the evacuation of a handful of wounded people and foreign nationals. it s not about 7000 people are trying to get out when it was opened last week, about 100 britons were able to leave. about 20