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this is bbc news. i'm monika plaha. our top stories: the head of russia's wagner group says its forces now surround most of bakhmut, the eastern ukrainian city that's been the focus of extensive fighting. translation: we have practically _ surrounded the city. only one route out of the city remains. earlier we were fighting against the army. now, we are increasingly seeing old people and children. the white house confirms president biden had a cancerous skin lesion removed from his chest during a routine health screening. a probe into lockdown parties at downing street indicates the former british prime minister should have known rules were being broken. i believed implicitly
what a lovely exhibition. good on thomas. still lots more to come on bbc news and you can find me on twitter. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @ monika plaha. hello. some subtle changes in our weather as we head through the weekend. it is going to start to feel just a little bit colder. it will often be cloudy. there will be some scattered showers. most of those showers will be falling as rain. but into the start of the new week, the changes become more dramatic. it will certainly feel much colder, particularly given the strength of the wind, and there'll be some snow and ice to contend with in places. at the moment, though, the really cold air is quite a long way away to the north of us, we do have this cold front sinking
welcome to bbc news. i'm monika plaha. our top stories: the head of russia's wagner group says its forces now surround most of bakhmut, the eastern ukrainian city that's been the focus of extensive fighting. we have practically surrounded the city. only one root out remains. now we are increasingly seeing old people and children. the white house confirms president biden had a cancerous skin lesion removed from his chest during a routine health screening. at least 17 people have been killed and dozens injured after a huge fire broke out in fuel storage depo in the indonesian capital. translation: iwasn't sure what happened. .
with the help of two fellow motorists, she managed to get the sheep onto the bus, and then drove it back to its farm. you can reach me on twitter, i'm @ monika plaha. hello. some subtle changes in our weather as we head through the weekend. it is going to start to feel just a little bit colder. it will often be cloudy. there will be some scattered showers. most of those showers will be falling as rain. but into the start of the new week, the changes become more dramatic. it will certainly feel much colder, particularly given the strength of the wind, and there'll be some snow and ice to contend with in places. at the moment, though, the really cold air is quite a long way away to the north of us, we do have this cold front sinking into the picture on saturday that will bring a band of cloud and some showers in north—east scotland and then slumping onto the east coast of england. even further west, i think there'll be quite large amounts of cloud. best chance of any sunshine across parts of western scotland, north—west england, maybe parts of wales as well.
welcome to bbc news, i'm monika plaha. our top stories. anger and poor organisation mars nigeria's closest elections in recent memory, as millions vote for a new president. the uk and the european union appear to be on the brink of finalising a new deal on post—brexit trading rules covering northern ireland and the republic. i think the talks on reforming the protocol are inching towards a conclusion. certainly the deal isn't done yet. turkish officials investigate more than 600 people over substandard buildings that collapsed during this month's earthquakes. international aid agencies continue to focus on helping survivors.
you can reach me on twitter — i�*m @ monika plaha. hello. high pressure continues to dominate the weather picture this weekend. now, the best of the sunshine on saturday was across western areas, but the high pressure not only brought these sunny skies to northern ireland, but also brought this squished cloud as the air descended down through the atmosphere. whereas further east, we had extensive cloud really for most of the day and a number of showers coming in off the north sea. now, yesterday�*s satellite picture, you can see the extent of the cloud. it was particularly cloudy across these northeastern areas. but if we take a look at the satellite picture in a bit more detail, this cloud sheet is going to continue to feed in this kind of direction, which will take cloudy weather into northern england, the north midlands and north wales, whereas we�*ve got much clearer skies in this part of the north sea, drier air and that�*s set to move into east anglia, southern england and the south midlands. so there will be changes
victoria gill, bbc news. fascinating to see how they communicate. you are watching bbc news, thank you very much forjoining me. you can reach me on twitter, i'm @ monika plaha. hello. after a week of weather contrasts so far, thursday brings a bit more evenness to the weather across the uk and most will be dry. some decent sunny spells as well, particularly in the west. now, the reason for the change is that the weather fronts, which brought the heavy rain through the evening across east anglia and southeast, will have cleared into france overnight, allowing this ridge of high pressure to even things out. now, it doesn't mean we won't be without frost and ice, particularly across central and western areas, but temperatures still will be nowhere near as low as they have been through recent nights. a few mist and fog patches in the west, too, but for the vast majority, it is going to be a dry and sunny day. northern scotland will see a few showers and across south east scotland into eastern england, this is where we'll see some showers come
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you can reach me on twitter — i'm @monika plaha. you i'm @monika plaha. are watching bbc news, thank you are watching bbc news, thank you very much forjoining me. hello. we're already seeing the snow piling up across some parts of northern scotland here, for example, aberdeenshire. so no wonder there are snow warnings out, notjust for northern scotland, but snow showers elsewhere. but with the widespread frost, of course, ice is a real concern, particularly where the showers have been, but not exclusively. and this cold air sitting upon us at the moment is here to stay. you can trace its origin right the way back up to the arctic, and it will, in fact, engulf many parts of northern europe. so although the chance of snow is low inland, it's certainly not without the realms of possibility, because most of the showers that fall — as we head through the rest of the week — could fall as snow, most likely in western and eastern areas, and particularly across northern and northern scotland, where that snow will continue to blow around
you are watching bbc news and you can reach me on twitter. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @monika plaha. hello. we're already seeing the snow piling up across some parts of northern scotland here, for example, aberdeenshire. so no wonder there are snow warnings out, notjust for northern scotland, but snow showers elsewhere. but with the widespread frost, of course, ice is a real concern, particularly where the showers have been, but not exclusively. and this cold air sitting upon us at the moment is here to stay. you can trace its origin right the way back up to the arctic, and it will, in fact, engulf many parts of northern europe. so although the chance of snow is low inland, it's certainly not without the realms of possibility, because most of the showers that fall — as we head through the rest of the week — could fall as snow, most likely in western and eastern areas, and particularly across northern and northern scotland, where that snow will continue to blow around in the strong wind.