not much in it as it reaches parts of southern england, the midlands, and east anglia. clearer skies to the north of it means a cooler night to take us into thursday, particularly across scotland and northern ireland. temperatures more widely into single figures. but for thursday, we're between two weather fronts — one which is stalling across the south of the country, and this next one across the deepening area of low pressure out to the west of the uk. does mean most will start off dry with some sunshine, a few showers around. a lot more cloud, though, southern counties of england, east anglia, with some patchy rain and drizzle which will move its way a bit further northwards through the day. but to the north and west, the breeze will pick up, gales across western parts of scotland, parts of northern ireland, too, and some heavy bursts of rain later. in the sunshine, though, for many, temperatures still where we should be for the time of year, 20—211 celsius. friday sees yet more in the way of heavy, thundery showers across parts of western scotland. winds remain

midlands, east anglia. we've still got some more rain to come, as well across parts of the south east. but all the while, it will turn a little bit drier across western areas. 13—15 celsius as you start the day. there will be some mist and fog patches to watch out for. eastern scotland, probably over the pennines, eastern areas of england, as well. now, sunday morning, we'll probably have some fairly thick cloud running in across parts of east anglia, south east england, still with some patches of rain expected here. into the afternoon, the skies brighten up and there will be some showers. some of them quite heavy for central and eastern scotland, central and eastern england. dry with sunshine for south—west england and wales, northern ireland and western areas of scotland. then, into next week, it looks like high pressure is going to be with us, and it's going to be bringing the air from scandinavia. so no heatwave in the forecast, but it will be a pleasant spell of weather. it's going to be largely dr

sunday morning, we will probably have some fairly thick cloud running in across east anglia and south—east england. into the afternoon, the sky brightens up and they will be some showers, some quite heavy. dry with sunshine for south—west england and wales. northern ireland and western areas of scotland. then, into next week, it looks like high pressure is going to be with us. that is going to be bringing the airfrom to be with us. that is going to be bringing the air from scandinavia so no heatwave in the forecast but there will be a pleasant spell of weather. it's going to be largely dry with some sunshine. that settling down process really gets under way on monday. most of us having a dry day with some sunny spells. in the sunshine, it's spells. in the sunshine, its august, it's going to feel warm in that sunshine, temperatures largely climbing into the low 20s. peaking in glasgow, birmingham and cardiff as well. into tuesday, and another largely fine day. a view mist and fog patches for the early risers. looking fine with some spells of sunshine. temperatures round coastal strip arou

midlands, east anglia. we've still got some more rain to come, as well across parts of the south east. but all the while, it will turn a little bit drier across western areas. 13—15 celsius as you start the day. there will be some mist and fog patches to watch out for. eastern scotland, probably over the pennines, eastern areas of england, as well. now, sunday morning, we'll probably have some fairly thick cloud running in across parts of east anglia, south east england, still with some patches of rain expected here. into the afternoon, the skies brighten up and there will be some showers. some of them quite heavy for central and eastern scotland, central and eastern england. dry with sunshine for south—west england and wales, northern ireland and western areas of scotland. then, into next week, it looks like high pressure is going to be with us, and it's going to be bringing the air from scandinavia. so no heatwave in the forecast, but it will be a pleasant spell of weather. it's going to be largely dr

not much in it as it reaches parts of southern england, the midlands, and east anglia. clearer skies to the north of it means a cooler night to take us into thursday, particularly across scotland and northern ireland. temperatures more widely into single figures. but for thursday, we're between two weather fronts — one which is stalling across the south of the country, and this next one across the deepening area of low pressure out to the west of the uk. does mean most will start off dry with some sunshine, a few showers around. a lot more cloud, though, southern counties of england, east anglia, with some patchy rain and drizzle which will move its way a bit further northwards through the day. but to the north and west, the breeze will pick up, gales across western parts of scotland, parts of northern ireland, too, and some heavy bursts of rain later. in the sunshine, though, for many, temperatures still where we should be for the time of year, 20—211 celsius. friday sees yet more in the way of heavy, thundery showers across parts of western scotland. winds remain

head further east towards the east anglia and the east, again, the best of the sunshine. for many, temperatures aren't changing much, but it's getting colder in northern scotland. southern europe, though, sees extreme heat through this weekend, could see temperates hitting. could see temperates hitting 48 celsius. by contrast, it's a cooler northeasterly breeze heading our way for the start of the new week. probably won't be much rain — overnight rain clears away from southern parts of england, we're left with a few showers. probably quite a bit of cloud streaming our way, as well, and that colder air that we're seeing in scotland is pushing its way southwards across the uk. so top temperature 20—21 celsius in hampshire. as we head further into next week, it's fairly quiet, settled a few showers. a lot of cloud, mind you, and it's not looking particularly warm for this time of year. this is bbc news. i'm lewis vaughan jones. our top stories: crisis in afghanistan. taliban militants capture the country's second largest city and fears are mounting that the capital kabul

a bit of a damp start to east anglia and the south—east and those outbreaks of rain will clear away but showers get going across the south. and once again, cluster of low pressure further north. showers and thunderstorms will blossom and become more numerous through the day and the worst of those most likely to be across the eastern half of scotland, temperatures though in the sunshine should actually start to feel a bit more pleasant. a few more places above 20 degrees. monday evening sees the showers and thunderstorms continue for a time and they do start to fade and that's because low pressures is on the move, pushing towards scandinavia and allowing this little ridge of high pressure to build in. don't get too excited, it doesn't mean it will be blue skies across the board and there will still be one or two showers around on tuesday. but, more places will be dry and your greatest chance of some heavy showers, thunderstorms likely across parts of central and northern scotland. notice with more dry weather around, light winds and temperatures start to climb close to where you want for

midlands, east anglia. we've still got some more rain to come, as well across parts of the south east. but all the while, it will turn a little bit drier across western areas. 13—15 celsius as you start the day. there will be some mist and fog patches to watch out for. eastern scotland, probably over the pennines, eastern areas of england, as well. now, sunday morning, we'll probably have some fairly thick cloud running in across parts of east anglia, south east england, still with some patches of rain expected here. into the afternoon, the skies brighten up and there will be some showers. some of them quite heavy for central and eastern scotland, central and eastern england. dry with sunshine for south—west england and wales, northern ireland and western areas of scotland. then, into next week, it looks like high pressure is going to be with us, and it's going to be bringing the air from scandinavia. so no heatwave in the forecast, but it will be a pleasant spell of weather. it's going to be largely dr

anglia and more rain across parts of the south—east. turning drier across western areas, temperatures 13 to 15 as you start the day. there will be mist in fog patches to look out for in eastern scotland and eastern england. some thick cloud across parts of east anglia and south—east england on sunday morning with patches of rain expected. sky brighten into the afternoon, some showers, some quite heavy for central and eastern scotland and england, dry with sunshine. england, wales, northern ireland and western scotland. high pressure will be with us next week, bringing airfrom scandinavia, no heatwave forecast but a pleasant spell of weather, largely dry with sunshine to look forward to. that settling down really gets under way on monday with most about having a dry day with semi spells. in the sunshine, it is august, it will feel warm, temperatures climbing into the low 20s, peaking at around 22 in glasgow, birmingham and cardiff. tuesdayis glasgow, birmingham and cardiff. tuesday is another largely fine day, you could see ms stand fo

midlands, east anglia. we've still got some more rain to come, as well across parts of the south east. but all the while, it will turn a little bit drier across western areas. 13—15 celsius as you start the day. there will be some mist and fog patches to watch out for. eastern scotland, probably over the pennines, eastern areas of england, as well. now, sunday morning, we'll probably have some fairly thick cloud running in across parts of east anglia, south east england, still with some patches of rain expected here. into the afternoon, the skies brighten up and there will be some showers. some of them quite heavy for central and eastern scotland, central and eastern england. dry with sunshine for south—west england and wales, northern ireland and western areas of scotland. then, into next week, it looks like high pressure is going to be with us, and it's going to be bringing the air from scandinavia. so no heatwave in the forecast, but it will be a pleasant spell of weather. it's going to be largely dr

not much in it as it reaches parts of southern england, the midlands, and east anglia. clearer skies to the north of it means a cooler night to take us into thursday, particularly across scotland and northern ireland. temperatures more widely into single figures. but for thursday, we�*re between two weather fronts — one which is stalling across the south of the country, and this next one across the deepening area of low pressure out to the west of the uk. does mean most will start off dry with some sunshine, a few showers around. a lot more cloud, though, southern counties of england, east anglia, with some patchy rain and drizzle which will move its way a bit further northwards through the day. but to the north and west, the breeze will pick up, gales across western parts of scotland, parts of northern ireland, too, and some heavy bursts of rain later. in the sunshine, though, for many, temperatures still where we should be for the time of year, 20—211 celsius. friday sees yet more in the way of heavy, thundery showers across parts of western scotland. winds rema

not much in it as it reaches parts of southern england, the midlands, and east anglia. clearer skies to the north of it means a cooler night to take us into thursday, particularly across scotland and northern ireland. temperatures more widely into single figures. but for thursday, we're between two weather fronts — one which is stalling across the south of the country, and this next one across the deepening area of low pressure out to the west of the uk. does mean most will start off dry with some sunshine, a few showers around. a lot more cloud, though, southern counties of england, east anglia, with some patchy rain and drizzle which will move its way a bit further northwards through the day. but to the north and west, the breeze will pick up, gales across western parts of scotland, parts of northern ireland, too, and some heavy bursts of rain later. in the sunshine, though, for many, temperatures still where we should be for the time of year, 20—24 celsius. friday sees yet more in the way of heavy, thundery showers across parts of western scotland. winds remain s

not much in it, as it reaches parts of southern england, the midlands and east anglia. clearer skies to the north of it means a cooler night to take us into thursday, particularly across scotland and northern ireland. temperatures more widely into single figures. but for thursday, we're between two weather fronts — one is stalling across the south of the country, and this next one across the deepening area of low pressure out to the west of the uk. does mean most will start off dry with some sunshine, a few showers around. a lot more cloud, though, southern counties of england, east anglia, with some patchy rain and drizzle which will move its way a bit further northwards through the day. but to the north and west, the breeze will pick up, gales across western parts of scotland, parts of northern ireland, too, and some heavy bursts of rain later. in the sunshine, though, for many, temperatures still where we should be for the time of year, 20—24 celsius. friday sees yet more in the way of heavy, thundery showers across parts of western scotland. winds remain strong.

be across east tonight likely to be across east anglia, where we will have clearer skies for longer. even here, it will cloud over. tomorrow, high pressure to the south—west of the uk. this is the wind flow around it, a long sea track coming across the atlantic, picking up the moisture, the cloud, and with that weather front in the picture as well, we have rain and drizzle, wetter weather to start their day in some areas on tuesday, most of which will pull away but still some dampness, particularly in the hills, but we could see brighter skies and may some sunshine in parts of wales and the west country, and may be parts of scotland. under cloud, temperature struggling to 18 or19 cloud, temperature struggling to 18 or 19 celsius. similarfor wednesday, many places dry, not much sunshine, and still quite cool. the breeze does tend to ease a little, and by the time we get to thursday, instead of high pressure in the south—west, we have weather fronts coming in from the atlantic, meaning more cloud and patchy rain running east across southern england, wales, the midlands, towards eas

midlands, east anglia and still got some more rain to come as well across parts of the south—east. but all the while it will turn a bit dry across western areas. temperatures, 13—15 as you start the day but there will be some mist and fog patches to watch out for. eastern scotland, probably over the pennines and eastern areas of england as well. sunday morning, probably some fairly thick cloud running on across parts of east anglia and south—east england, still with some patches of rain expected here. into the afternoon, the sky brighten up but there will be some showers, some of them quite heavy for central and eastern scotland, central and eastern england. dry with some sunshine for south—west england, wales, northern ireland and western areas of scotland. then into next week, it looks like high pressure will be with us. that's going to bring airfrom scandinavia, so no heatwave in the forecast but it will be a pleasant spell of weather. it will be largely dry with some sunshine to look forward to. so that settling down process really gets under way on monday with most of us

not much in it as it reaches parts of southern england, the midlands, and east anglia. clearer skies to the north of it means a cooler night to take us into thursday, particularly across scotland and northern ireland. temperatures more widely into single figures. but for thursday, we're between two weather fronts — one which is stalling across the south of the country, and this next one across the deepening area of low pressure out to the west of the uk. does mean most will start off dry with some sunshine, a few showers around. a lot more cloud, though, southern counties of england, east anglia, with some patchy rain and drizzle which will move its way a bit further northwards through the day. but to the north and west, the breeze will pick up, gales across western parts of scotland, parts of northern ireland, too, and some heavy bursts of rain later. in the sunshine, though, for many, temperatures still where we should be for the time of year, 20—24 celsius. friday sees yet more in the way of heavy, thundery showers across parts of western scotland. winds remain s

head further east towards the east anglia and the east, again, the best of the sunshine. for many, temperatures aren't changing much, but it's getting colder in northern scotland. southern europe, though, sees extreme heat through this weekend, could see temperates hitting. could see temperates hitting 48 celsius. by contrast, it's a cooler northeasterly breeze heading our way for the start of the new week. probably won't be much rain — overnight rain clears away from southern parts of england, we're left with a few showers. probably quite a bit of cloud streaming our way, as well, and that colder air that we're seeing in scotland is pushing its way southwards across the uk. so top temperature 20—21 celsius in hampshire. as we head further into next week, it's fairly quiet, settled a few showers. a lot of cloud, mind you, and it's not looking particularly warm for this time of year. good morning, welcome to breakfast, with naga munchetty and rogerjohnson. 0ur headlines today: the 3—year—old girl and herfather among the victims in britain's worst mass shooting for

not much in it as it reaches parts of southern england, the midlands, and east anglia. clearer skies to the north of it means a cooler night to take us into thursday, particularly across scotland and northern ireland. temperatures more widely into single figures. but for thursday, we're between two weather fronts — one which is stalling across the south of the country, and this next one across the deepening area of low pressure out to the west of the uk. does mean most will start off dry with some sunshine, a few showers around. a lot more cloud, though, southern counties of england, east anglia, with some patchy rain and drizzle which will move its way a bit further northwards through the day. but to the north and west, the breeze will pick up, gales across western parts of scotland, parts of northern ireland, too, and some heavy bursts of rain later. in the sunshine, though, for many, temperatures still where we should be for the time of year, 20—21t celsius. friday sees yet more in the way of heavy, thundery showers across parts of western scotland. winds remain

we have got some warmer air in east anglia and the south—east — 2a or 25 degrees. we have not had that during the whole of august so far. that's where the front takes very little rain into england and wales. it might bring some wet and windy weather into the north—west later on sunday. some sunshine further north but we will see the wind... 25 possibly even 26 if we get a bit more sunshine across east anglia, for example. moving things onto friday, yes, it is a little bit cooler across many areas. scotland, the winds will be stronger through most of the day. temperatures are normal for this time of the year — around 19 to 22 celsius. this is bbc news. i'm jane hill. the headlines: oh, my god! a record high number of top a—level grades in england, wales and northern ireland. the education secretary says students deserve to be rewarded after more than a year of disruption. this cohort of students have had to deal with a level of disruption that no—one has ever seen before, not even during a world war, as a result of this pandemic. the pass rate for scottish s

had further east towards the east anglia and the east. for many, temperatures aren't changing much, but it's getting colder and northern scotland. southern europe sees extreme heat through this weekend, could see the pictures reaching 48 celsius will stop by contrast it's a cooler northeasterly breeze heading our way for the start of the new week. probably won't be much rain, we are left with a few showers. probably quite a bit of cloud streaming our way as well, and that colder air that we see in scotland is pushing its way southwards across the uk, so our top temperature 20—21 c in hampshire. as we had further into next week, it's fairly quiet, settled by there, a few showers. a lot of cloud, mind you, and it's not looking particularly warm for this time of year. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm shaun ley. crisis in afghanistan. and fears are mounting that the capital kabul, taliban militants capture the country's second largest city and fears are mounting that the capital kabu

the best of these across east anglia and south—east england, where potentially we could see temperatures up to 23 or 2a celsius. through this evening this cloud and patchy rain will continue to push its way eastwards, will tend to figure out, but could keep some going across north—east england. further heavy showers across the far north of scotland. cloud and patchy rain pushing back into wales and south—west england. another mild night for many, but temperatures are just touching single figures across the far north of england and into scotland. tomorrow we still have this slow moving frontal system bringing more cloud than anything else, but still some rain attached to this. through the morning this will be across parts of wales, south—west england, then through the afternoon into parts of northern england, northern ireland. once again on either side of this some breaks in the cloud with some spells of sunshine, frequent heavy showers across the far north of england. rather cool, particularly for the northern isles, but warm in the sunshine. 22 or 23 across east anglia and southâ€

wales, but also for east anglia. sunshine more likely across southern counties of england, though in the southeast, it's still quite a chilly wind blowing, and we've got all this cloud coming further inland during the evening. so, a lot of cloud, i think, at headingley for the first day of the test match. it's going to be dry. it'll be dry for day two on thursday, but it will feel quite a bit cooler. now, we saw all the cloud in the north sea. it's actually on that weather front there, very weak. it's pushing inland during wednesday night. a little light rain or drizzle here and there, and by the time we get to thursday morning, it's cloudy and damp across wales and the southwest. but the cloud should thin and break. sunshine comes out across many western parts of the uk, but there'll be more cloud blown in by a strong wind off the north sea into eastern scotland for a while, but more especially across eastern parts of england. and here, temperatures may be no better than 16 or 17 degrees. further west in the sunshin

wales, but also for east anglia. sunshine more likely across southern counties of england, though in the southeast, it's still quite a chilly wind blowing, and we've got all this cloud coming further inland during the evening. so, a lot of cloud, i think, at headingley for the first day of the test match. it's going to be dry. it'll be dry for day two on thursday, but it will feel quite a bit cooler. now, we saw all the cloud in the north sea. it's actually on that weather front there, very weak. it's pushing inland during wednesday night. a little light rain or drizzle here and there, and by the time we get to thursday morning, it's cloudy and damp across wales and the southwest. but the cloud should thin and break. sunshine comes out across many western parts of the uk, but there'll be more cloud blown in by a strong wind off the north sea into eastern scotland for a while, but more especially across eastern parts of england. and here, temperatures may be no better than 16 or 17 degrees. further west in the sunshin

head further east towards the east anglia and the east, again, the best of the sunshine. for many, temperatures aren't changing much, but it's getting colder in northern scotland. southern europe, though, sees extreme heat through this weekend, could see temperates hitting. could see temperates hitting 48 celsius. by contrast, it's a cooler northeasterly breeze heading our way for the start of the new week. probably won't be much rain — overnight rain clears away from southern parts of england, we're left with a few showers. probably quite a bit of cloud streaming our way, as well, and that colder air that we're seeing in scotland is pushing its way southwards across the uk. so top temperature 20—21 celsius in hampshire. as we head further into next week, it's fairly quiet, settled a few showers. a lot of cloud, mind you, and it's not looking particularly warm for this time of year. this is bbc news, the headlines: the crisis in afghanistan continues, as taliban militants capture the country's second largest city, kandahar, with fears mounting for the capital, kabul.

midlands and east anglia and we still have more rain to come across parts of the south—east. all the while it will turn drier across western areas with temperatures 13—15 degrees. mist and fog to watch out for and eastern scotland, probably over the pennines and eastern areas of england as well. on sunday morning we will have some thick cloud running and across parts of anglia and england with patches of rain expected. into the afternoon the sky will brighten up the showers, some of them quite heavy for central and eastern scotland, central and eastern england, dry was sunshine for south—west england and wales, northern ireland and western areas of scotland. then into next week looks at the high pressure will be with us and that will bring the air from scandinavia so no heatwave in the forecast but there will be a pleasant smell of weather and it will be largely dry with some sunshine to look forward to. so that is settling down and it gets under way on monday. most of us will have a dry day was sunny spells. in the sunshine, it is august and it will feel warm in the suns

paul hunter of the university of east anglia joins us next. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ alix: you are looking at a live picture from the white house, holding a briefing on the u.s. virus response. the latest is the biden administration will start offering booster shots to all vaccinated americans in late september. joining us for his take is paul hunter, university of east anglia professor in medicine. professor, do we all need booster shots dachau -- booster shots? how should this rollout actually get? paul: we don't all need booster shots, by a long way. i think the difficulty when you're deciding when to give shots is who needs it, and it might be needed if you are particularly vulnerable and you won't have responded that wealthy just two, or if the immunity you have is beginning to wane, and there are signs of that, or if the vaccine isn't effective against the new variants. what is unequivocal is particularly people who have severe disease, the elderly, over 80's, it is unequivocal in my view that they should be offered booster shots befor

anglia and the far south—east. overall, a lot of fine weather, some longer spells of sunshine and the return of some warmth. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: borisjohnson has called a meeting of g7 leaders on tuesday to discuss the situation in afghanistan. the situation at kabul airport is reported to be calmer — after chaotic scenes earlier — as thousands try to flee the taliban advance. former world leaders have criticised the us withdrawal from afghanistan — with former prime minister tony blair calling it unnecessary and tragic. he west has to understand that when we do something like this, the signal it sends out... is one of inconstancy. it is one that says, look, if the going gets tough, we are out. a state of emergency has been declared in parts of new york state, as tropical storm henri is expected to make landfall. antibody tests are to be widely offered to uk adults for the first time — to try to find out how much natural protection people have after getting coronavirus. # how much you gi

midlands and east anglia and we still have more rain to come across parts of the south—east. all the while it will turn drier across western areas with temperatures 13—15 degrees. mist and fog to watch out for and eastern scotland, probably over the pennines and eastern areas of england as well. on sunday morning we will have some thick cloud running and across parts of anglia and england with patches of rain expected. into the afternoon the sky will brighten up the showers, some of them quite heavy for central and eastern scotland, central and eastern england, dry with sunshine for south—west england and wales, northern ireland and western areas of scotland. then into next week it looks like the high pressure will be with us and that will bring the air from scandinavia so no heatwave in the forecast but there will be a pleasant smell of weather and it will be largely dry with some sunshine to look forward to. so that is settling down and it gets under way on monday. most of us will have a dry day with some sunny spells. in the sunshine, it is august and it will feel warm

head further east towards the east anglia and the east, again, the best of the sunshine. for many, temperatures aren't changing much, but it's getting colder in northern scotland. southern europe, though, sees extreme heat through this weekend, could see temperates hitting. could see temperates hitting 48 celsius. by contrast, it's a cooler northeasterly breeze heading our way for the start of the new week. probably won't be much rain — overnight rain clears away from southern parts of england, we're left with a few showers. probably quite a bit of cloud streaming our way, as well, and that colder air that we're seeing in scotland is pushing its way southwards across the uk. so top temperature 20—21 celsius in hampshire. as we head further into next week, it's fairly quiet, settled a few showers. a lot of cloud, mind you, and it's not looking particularly warm for this time of year. this is bbc news, i'm lewis vaughanjones. our top stories: crisis in afghanistan — taliban militants capture the country's second largest city, and fears are mounting that the capital ka

we have a zone of thicker cloud, rain and drizzle heading down for the midlands and east anglia into the south—east. ahead of it we have some sunshine but it has clouded over, a few hardy souls on the beach in dorset. the sunny skies have been in eastern scotland and now starting to arrive in the north—east of england but it doesn't feel very warm because we have a chilly north—westerly breeze. that will push the rain and drizzle through the midlands away from east anglia, brightening up here, but we have that damp weather heading towards the south—east before petering out later. in the sunshine, temperatures 19 or 20, that's the very best of it.

wales, but also for east anglia. sunshine more likely across southern counties of england, though in the southeast, it's still quite a chilly wind blowing, and we've got all this cloud coming further inland during the evening. so, a lot of cloud, i think, at headingley for the first day of the test match. it's going to be dry. it'll be dry for day two on thursday, but it will feel quite a bit cooler. now, we saw all the cloud in the north sea. it's actually on that weather front there, very weak. it's pushing inland during wednesday night. a little light rain or drizzle here and there, and by the time we get to thursday morning, it's cloudy and damp across wales and the southwest. but the cloud should thin and break. sunshine comes out across many western parts of the uk, but there'll be more cloud blown in by a strong wind off the north sea into eastern scotland for a while, but more especially across eastern parts of england. and here, temperatures may be no better than 16 or 17 degrees. further west in the sunshin

and east anglia and temperatures probably making 20, 2i degrees in the sunshine, cooler where we have got the cloud across eastern areas and it looks pretty cloudy for most of us actually on monday. the stronger wind coming in off the north sea will make it quite chilly underneath the cloud. best of the sunshine towards the more western parts of the uk. highs here of 20 or 21. hello, this is bbc news. the ministry of defence confirms the final uk flight for civilians has left kabul. further flights will bring home uk diplomatic staff and military personnel. the us military says one of its drones has taken out an islamic state group planner, following thursday's attack which killed as many as 170 people at kabul airport. a recipe for covid chaos. government plans for schools are criticised by education unions who fear a rise in coronavirus infections. britain's lorry driver shortage. the business secretary has rejected a temporary loosening of immigration rules and told companies to employ uk—based staff. hurricane ida is approaching louisiana, forcing the evacuation of high—risk a

cloudier weather for northeast england into east wales, but also east anglia. sometime more likely across the southern counties of england and the southeast —— though in the southeast, still chilly wind. a lot of cloud for the first day of the test match. it will be dry for day two on thursday, but it will feel quite a bit cooler. we saw the cloud in the north sea. it's on that weather front there. it's pushing inland during wednesday night, a little light rain or drizzle there, and by the time we get to thursday morning, it's cloudy and damp across wales and the southwest. sunshine comes out across the west, but more cloud blown in by a strong wind off the north sea into eastern scotland for a while, but more across eastern part of england. here, temperatures may be at 60 degrees. it will be warmer further west, although not quite as warm as wednesday. with that weather front out of the way, we still have high pressure in charge. still a cool breeze coming in around some of those north sea coast, and we'll see cloud developing, particularly in land across

wales, but also for east anglia. sunshine more likely across southern counties of england, though in the southeast, it's still quite a chilly wind blowing, and we've got all this cloud coming further inland during the evening. so, a lot of cloud, i think, at headingley for the first day of the test match. it's going to be dry. it'll be dry for day two on thursday, but it will feel quite a bit cooler. now, we saw all the cloud in the north sea. it's actually on that weather front there, very weak. it's pushing inland during wednesday night. a little light rain or drizzle here and there, and by the time we get to thursday morning, it's cloudy and damp across wales and the southwest. but the cloud should thin and break. sunshine comes out across many western parts of the uk, but there'll be more cloud blown in by a strong wind off the north sea into eastern scotland for a while, but more especially across eastern parts of england. and here, temperatures may be no better than 16 or 17 degrees. further west in the sunshin