a little bit of sunshine behind us, just to prove there is some sunshine out there, grace goes for many of us, what we haven t got our scenes like this, can you believe it is this is the sunshine island of majorca, heavy snowfall, record breaking rain, disruptions of power cuts, travel problems, all because of what is cold storm juliet, taking this low pressure, churning through the western mediterranean, edging its way into italy, kept at bay across southern europe because we still have got an area of high pressure. we usually keep things dry, this one is not quite playing the game as some of you may realise. cloud tied underneath that, some break ups in some places, but the cloud across england and wales continues to be thick enough this afternoon for smart bricks rain or drizzle, but towards kent and sussex we will see some heavy rain, edging its way into the south by the time we start early morning rush hour. wind coming in from the north east, adding a bit of chill, temp
want the election scrapped calling it a sham. welcome to the programme. we start with the international row over tiktok. china has accused the us of overreacting after federal employees were ordered to remove the app from government issued phones. tiktok is owned by the chinese firm bytedance. and on monday, the white house gave government agencies 30 days to remove tiktok from their phones. the us calls the guidance a critical step forward in addressing the risks presented by the app to sensitive government data. chris derusha is the federal chief information security officer. he said the guidance is part of the administration s ongoing commitment to securing our digital infrastructure and protecting the american people s security and privacy. china disagrees. here s a foreign ministry spokesperson. the ministry spokesperson. united states, the rhodes one the united states, the rhodes number one superpower, is so afraid of a mobile phone application to young people like so
devices and systems. tonight with the context, sir nigel sheinwald the former uk ambassador to the united states and bryan lanza, who was the communications director for donald trump s transition team. hello and welcome to the programme. the british prime minister says the new post brexit trading arrangements agreed with the european union on monday will address many of the concerns of the democratic unionist party. the dup, who will be crucial to the restoration of the power sharing at stormont, say they are still studying the details of the so called windsor framework. rishi sunak make his pitch to the people of northern ireland at a cocal cola factory. he said the new agreement with the eu could make northern ireland one of the most attractive, investment opoortunities in the world. it does three things. it makes sure the flow of goods around our uk internal market is really smooth with our green lane. it makes sure that northern ireland s place in the union is protected s
they proved to be not fit to address the specific context of the russian aggression against ukraine. nevertheless, i would like to remind all of us that lastjuly the secretary general activated the mechanism, which is called caac, the mechanism of children in armed conflicts, and the united nations started collecting information and monitoring the situation. the united nations and the special representative of the united nations on the children in conflict will report to the security council thisjune orjuly, and then the decision will be taken whether the russian federation will be listed as a violator of the rights of the child in the conflict. right. but even if they come to that conclusion so what? that does not get the kids back to ukraine. yes, you re right. but i think the pressure is mounting and the fact that on march 17th, the icc issued the arrest warrant for putin and lvova belova really pushed the russian federation to the wall. and the fact that they had this m
more than three million households in england and wales were still waiting for their £150 energy rebate at the beginning of last month. europe is on course for its worst drought in at least 500 years. that s the stark warning from a new eu report. stranded for hours under the english channel. passengers tell of what happened after their eurotunnel service was evacuated. services are now back to normal. a former twitter executive turns whistleblower to testify that the firm misled users and regulators about gaps in its security. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. it has been six months since vladimir putin decided to wage a war on ukraine, on a scale not seen on this continent in half a century. the true cost of this war in human life is difficult to estimate. ukrainians claim around 9,000 soldier lives have been lost. it s estimated russia has lost around 80,000 troops during the invasion either killed, wounded, captured or deserted. meanwh