hello and welcome to bbc news. the vatican says pope francis has spent a good night in hospital after being admitted with a respiratory infection. a spokesman said he had been experiencing breathing difficulties, but they also confirmed he was not suffering from covid. the bbc s davide ghiglione is outside the hospital in rome. a spokesperson informed journalists that he spent a peaceful night at the hospital. so his condition remains stable at the moment. the vatican is trying to reassure journalists, people and catholics all over the world. according to italian news agency ansa, the pope should be discharged within the next couple of days. and he should be able to celebrate next sunday s mass. everybody knows at the vatican that the pope has been particularly weak over the last couple of months. we do know already that he was forced to use a wheelchair. so it could be quite tiring for him even if he is able to attend all the ceremonies and easter celebrations. we can get mo
showers go through quite quickly on a brisk, south westerly wind. we could see lines forming from dartmoor all the way up to north london and if you are underneath them, you will certainly know about it. elsewhere, sunny spells. dry with fewer showers in scotland. temperatures on the mild side. 17 degrees is always possible out towards east anglia. if we look towards east anglia. if we look towards the south west overnight, a deepening area of low pressure brings stormy conditions to south england in particular. it is mild beneath the cloud and the rain but it is cooler further north. temperatures dipping to low single figures here. here is our area of low pressure. it is gradually swinging its way northwards and eastwards. the wins will start to ease, but tomorrow morning there could be some gusts of wind towards devon and cornwall especially, 50 to 60 miles an hour, 70 miles an hour for exposed headlands, also in the channel islands to strong winds transfer further east is
response to actions by the countries such as china. economic coercion, so things like imposing trade barriers on european exports to china, in response to these issues. that is the kind of area, and allows the eu to work together, rather than country by country. i guess the question is, will the eu, because it is still a political decision to take action in response to china, or other countries, and i think that remains to be seen. there are different interests here. for example, germany still has very strong trade and investment links with china. and has been lenient against the toughest stance. she said the eu against the toughest stance. she said the eu need to define its future relationship with china in areas like quantum computing, robotics, ai. where will that relationship go? i robotics, ai. where will that relationship go? robotics, ai. where will that relationship go? robotics, ai. where will that relationshi no? ~ , ., relationship go? i think there s an emhas
and the other main headlines this lunchtime. the family of nicola bulley says they re in agony, as they wait for police to identify a body found in the river, close to where she disappeared. the true cost of a cup of tea sexual exploitation on the tea farms that supply some of britain s most popular brands. scotland s finance secretary, kate forbes enters the race to replace nicola sturgeon as snp leader and first minister. and after a tour of the uk, dippy the dinosaur, finds a new home in coventry. and coming up on the bbc news channel. we ll tell you how ireland are getting on in theirfinal women s t20 world cup group game against india, still searching for theirfirst win. good afternoon from kyiv, where an american president, has made an extraordinary visit, to an active war zone. it s joe biden s first trip to ukraine, since russia invaded almost a year ago. rumours had been swirling for 2h hours that a high level visitor would be here today, but the trip was shroude
this historic fight. we hope that this year the 2023 will become a year of victory, this unprovoked and criminal, russia s waragainst ukraine and against the whole world. in other news, the family of nicola bulley describe their agony as police find a body in the river near the place she went missing. scotland s finance secretary, kate forbes, becomes the third candidate to enter the leadership contest to replace nicola sturgeon as first minister. bbc analysis shows that some of britain s local bus networks have been slashed by more than a third. and after a tour of the uk, dippy the dinosaurfinds a new home in coventry. good afternoon. welcome to the bbc news channel. us presidentjoe biden has made a surprise visit to kyiv his first to ukraine since russia invaded almost a year ago. he met ukraine s president, volodmyr zelensky and both men visited a memorial for ukraine s war dead. at a news conference mr biden announced more military, political and financial support for