western isles first thing tomorrow. temperatures tonight sitting in the mid if not high teens so another uncomfortable night out there but it s a warm start tomorrow and a zone of cloud and patchy rain all the way from the south west to the wash which will work to the south east and not much rain at all for the gardens in the south and then sunshine breaks through more widely. a few showers dotted around through scotland and northern ireland in the afternoon and the of heavy and thundery one and starting to feel fresher but a reasonably humid day across england and wales, especially east anglia and the south east, 29 or 30 degrees but humidity dropping a little and you will notice it in birmingham tomorrow but with increasing sunshine for the commonwealth games. a fine end to tomorrow, a few showers through scotland and northern ireland and northern england to take us through the night and into thursday morning and starting to feel more comfortable out there but we still see
The bbc s chief international correspondent, whos in southern israel. Also our international editor, jeremy bowen, who is injerusalem. Now, we dont know how events in gaza and israel will unfold in the coming hours, much less days. But as soon as hamas attacked on october 7th, there was no doubt that israel would respond. So lets start with this question. Hello, this is david from sydney, australia. Ive just listened to your gaza question podcast,| but for me the most interesting question wasnt asked at all. I given that hamas would have known their barbaric attack i would result in a massive reaction, why did they do it . Was it to provoke an overreaction that would lose israel the support of its allies . And lyse, well come to you for that one. Its a very difficult question to answer because we are not really hearing from the people in charge of this operation, and thats the military wing of hamas, the izzedine alqassam brigades. But what we have heard from some of the political lead
sunday. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. in the past hour spain hasjoined france, germany and italy to become the latest countries to suspend use of the oxford astrazeneca jab. it s over concerns about blood clots. this is happening despite the who saying there is no indication of a link between the vaccine and blood clots. earlier, the republic of ireland and netherlands made a similar decision. it means eleven european nations in total have paused their rollout of the vaccination. some european countries have stopped using certain batches of the drug as a precautionary measure. the european medicines agency is carrying out a review into incidents of blood clots. it says the vaccine s benefits continue to outweigh its risks, and that it will hold an extraordinary meeting on the vaccine on thursday. around 17 million people in the european union and the uk have received a dose of the vaccine, with fewer than than a0 cases of blood clots reported.
beach volleyball today. the games are part of a plan for this place. smithfield was set for huge regeneration, but a gap was found to put sport here. next year, the building goes on, to make a new home for the markets, with housing and offices. these major events let s not kid anyone they are expensive, so being innovative in the way you deliver the event and, as we ve done here with the smithfield site, using a site that at the moment isjust empty, with nothing on it, and utilising that opportunity to ensure the games are located in the heart of the centre of birmingham has been very, very important. it s somewhere i used to come as a child with my grandparents and stuff, shopping, and to have the games in the middle of the city is going to have a lot of people just walking past it, maybe not even having tickets, but it should be a great experience for everyone. the shape of this city has changed through the years. archive: the bullring s multistorey car park can store away more
metres. we know hannah is a seasoned professional when it comes to meddling at these major games and i m sure she will be favourite for that gold in that event, and we will also see holly bratcher get under way in the whole vault. she has had such a difficult season with illness and injury and having to do with missing out on competing nero championships two weeks ago because her pole broke in the warm up and she ended up being injured and unable to compete, but she has been finding it tough to get it into her fitness to compete here, but she is determined to give it a go and will be hoping to try make it onto the podium and put on a good show for the home crowd a really exciting first night of finals here at the track and field and we will keep you updated on how we get on. absolutely. so much look forward to. kate grey at the alexander stadium, thank you. it feels like he busiest day so far. next to one of the most emotional gold medal