Three times the average february rainfall. The general situation as we head into the start of march is it will stay unsettled, so wet and windy again at times but what you will notice is how much colder it will notice is how much colder it will feel for the rest of the week. Frosty nights and some of that rain will turn to snow, particularly above 200 metres and tomorrow that will include the Higher Ground of northern ireland, the mountains of wales, some of that could move to the Southern Uplands by the end of the Southern Uplands by the end of the day. Overnight tonight the rain clears away from east anglia, this deep area of low pressure will push northwards and eastwards, some of the rain likely to turn to snow over the rain likely to turn to snow over the hills and some heavy downpours of rain across wales and south west england. Blustery through the channel and its cold. Towards the east we see clear skies and a frost into tomorrow morning, may be some mist and fog too. The rain
hello and welcome to bbc news. we begin with breaking news from the us. prince harry says he and his wife were involved in a near catastrophic car chase with paparazzi on tuesday evening. let s show you the pictures that have just come in. let s show you the pictures that havejust come in. a let s show you the pictures that have just come in. a warning there is flash photography from the start. they show prince harry and meghan leaving a gala in new york. a spokesperson for the couple say that they and the duchess s mother were relentlessly pursued for two hours, they said the chase resulted in near collisions involving other drivers on the road, pedestrians and two nypd officers. let s head back to the newsroom and our royal correspondent sarah campbell who is monitoring all of this for us. for anyonejoining us here on bbc news, just bring us right up to speed in terms of the statement and the additional details you have learned. indeed. as you saw from those pictures, thi
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Countries, calling for an immediate humanitarian truce. Welcome to the programme. Lets take you live straight away to gaza. We have these pictures of the gaza sky. It is dark they are because of the time, but also because Electricity Power on the buildings is not on. What we have been seeing in these pictures over the last couple of hours is flashes of orange as israel intensifies its air strikes. It announced a ramping up of strikes from the airand announced a ramping up of strikes from the air and its operations on the ground. Many around the world are asking is this the ground incursion, the major operation . At this point, wejust dont incursion, the major operation . At this point, we just dont know. Incursion, the major operation . At this point, wejust dont know. What we do know is that Communication Lines are cut in gaza right now. Lets take you to some other life feeds that we have. This is southern israel. Hamas is launching rockets from gaza into israel, too. And we can take