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Areas of cloud, yes, But some spells of sunshine. And with that feed of humid air, we will see some pretty high temperatures on friday, widely into the 20s, Mid 20s for some including Western Scotland. We could get up to 25 degrees with some sunshine across that western side of scotland. What about the weekend . Well, still rather warm and humid, at least for a time. Some rain, particularly down towards the south, drier and brighter further north. This is bbc news. The headlines. The deadliest d...

it gets better. we speak to the new prime minister of sri lanka about the economic crisis thats brought unrest across the country. the political crisis intensifies in northern ireland, as the largest unionist party, the dup, blocks the return of power sharing. and something strange is going on at eurovision. bookmakers are predicting a rare good result for the uk — but will it be enough to stop the favourites, ukraine? hello and welcome to the programme. theres been widespread intern...

the new prime minister of sri lanka tells the bbc the economic crisis thats brought unrest across the country is going to get worse before it gets better. the political crisis intensifies in northern ireland, as the largest unionist party, the dup, blocks the return of power—sharing. # space man.... and something strange is going on at eurovision. bookmakers are predicting a rare good result for the uk but will it be enough to stop the favourites, ukraine? welcome to our viewers on p...

that the government intends to send them to rwanda — the first to be removed under new immigration plans. bookmakers are predicting a rare good result for the uk at tonights eurovision — but will it be enough to hold back the favourites — ukraine. hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. ukraine appears to have won the battle for its second biggest city, kharkiv, according to the us thinktank, the institute for the study of war. it says russia has failed...

police in india have arrested two people after a fire destroyed an office building in delhi and killed at least 27 people. #upin # up in space, man. # bookmakers are predicting a rare good result for the uk at tonights eurovision. but will it be enough to hold back the favourites, ukraine? hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. the mayor of kharkiv has told the bbc that the russians have withdrawn from the kharkiv city area in the direction of the russian bo...

as hes always said, labour say he wont commit to anything that cannot be funded in future. so thats, i guess, a sort of clarification from labour there just to kind of calm anyone who might have heard that and had any concerns. of course, there is another huge political race going on over the atlantic and last night we saw the first tv debate between joe atlantic and last night we saw the first tv debate betweenjoe biden and donald trump. lets get some more on that, i am joined by demo...

Tens of thousands wound their way around the old citys walls. they marked yet another death in a conflict where it is almost agonisingly routine, but which has brought the worlds spotlight back, and remembered a life that should never have ended this way. tom bateman, bbc news, jerusalem. shatha hanaysheh is a journalist who works for website ultra palestine. she was with shireen abu aqla when she died — she told the bbc how shed remember her. when i was a young child, i saw shireen on televis...

To stop what it called "incitement" and stone throwing. shireen abu aqla was shot in the head covering an arrest raid by israels army. reporters on the scene said the gunfire came from the soldiers, but israel maintains palestinian gunmen may have fired the fatal shot. singing but for her loved ones, it was time to say a final goodbye. at her christian funeral mass, eulogies to a life of purpose. and outside, one ofjerusalems biggest outpourings of palestinian grief in decades. tens of thousands...

Individuals that didnt show up for the house probe should have to show up for the senate probe and this revives all of that and brings that up to the forward. >> puts a spotlight back on it. the names sound familiar but then this is reminding folks of why they are -- why they are important and why they are relevant and folks keep talking about them. quite frankly, cory, lawmakers and all of us, were seeing this email, were seeing this document and learning about this because of a freedom of info...

With the president is on the schedule, though they remain open to engagement. one direct contact confirmed, however, secretary kerry with the iranian foreign minister will meet thursday with five members of the security council plus germany. >> in terms of on the verge of a breakthrough, i would put it like this. that i was struck because i sat by the energy and determination that the foreign minister demonstrated to me. >> reporter: what are the chances of concrete progress here? >> theres a lo...