:00:00. > :00:00.Today at 6pm, we're at Westminster, where Parliament is debating
:00:00. > :00:14.the plans for British airstrikes in Syria.
:00:15. > :00:20.The Prime Minister said it was no time to sit back and wait.
:00:21. > :00:24.The action we propose is legal, it is necessary
:00:25. > :00:29.and it is the right thing to do to keep our country safe.
:00:30. > :00:35.But those who oppose the strategy say the case has not been made
:00:36. > :00:40.and they warn the airstrikes could well make matters even worse.
:00:41. > :00:42.It is becoming increasingly clear that the Prime Minister's proposals
:00:43. > :00:51.for military action simply do not stack up.
:00:52. > :00:54.The claims that thousands of Syrian fighters on the ground are ready to
:00:55. > :00:59.join the fight against IS are being questioned.
:01:00. > :01:02.And we'll be looking at the state of public opinion in the UK, ahead
:01:03. > :01:08.We are damned if we do, we are damned if we don't,
:01:09. > :01:17.The head of world athletics, Lord Coe, admits there have been
:01:18. > :01:20.failures over doping in the sport - but vows to fix the problem.
:01:21. > :01:23.And the Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg, marks the birth
:01:24. > :01:30.of his first child with a ?30 billion gift to the world.
:01:31. > :01:34.And on Reporting Scotland at 6.30pm: We'll have more on that debate.
:01:35. > :01:36.These Typhoons at RAF Lossiemouth could leave for the Middle East
:01:37. > :01:45.Scotland gets a new top cop - the former head of Norfolk
:01:46. > :02:02.Good evening from Westminster, where Parliament has been debating
:02:03. > :02:05.plans for British airstrikes against so-called Islamic State
:02:06. > :02:11.MPs will vote on the plans at 10pm tonight.
:02:12. > :02:14.The debate was opened by the Prime Minister, who warned that Britain
:02:15. > :02:18.couldn't afford to "sit back and wait for an attack here in the UK".
:02:19. > :02:21.But Mr Cameron faced persistent criticism from opposition MPs
:02:22. > :02:24.after he'd described those against airstrikes as
:02:25. > :02:29.Labour's Jeremy Corbyn said the government's plans were
:02:30. > :02:32.misguided and could well make matters worse in Syria.
:02:33. > :02:35.First this evening, our political editor Laura Kuenssberg reports
:02:36. > :02:54.Time to debate and time to decide. The men and women that you sent to
:02:55. > :03:02.Westminster prepare to send British waters into action and danger. My
:03:03. > :03:06.sense is that... Three weeks ago, the government wasn't even planning
:03:07. > :03:10.to ask the question, and it is tense. For the Prime Minister it
:03:11. > :03:15.makes no sense not to bomb extremists based in Syria who
:03:16. > :03:20.threaten us. For Labour's leader, it makes no sense to start strikes
:03:21. > :03:24.which could threaten us more. Even before ten hours of debate, MPs were
:03:25. > :03:34.on the verge of saying the time has come. The Prime Minister. There is a
:03:35. > :03:41.simple question at the heart of the debate today. We face a fundamental
:03:42. > :03:45.threat to our security. Isil have brutally murdered British hostages,
:03:46. > :03:51.they have inspired the British -- worst terrorist attack against
:03:52. > :03:55.British people since July the 7th on Tunisia. Do we go after these
:03:56. > :03:59.terrorists in their heartlands from where they are plotting to kill
:04:00. > :04:04.British people or do we sit back and wait for them to attack us? British
:04:05. > :04:11.Muslims are appalled by Daesh. These women raping, Muslim murdering,
:04:12. > :04:18.medieval monsters are hijacking the religion of Islam. He says that
:04:19. > :04:22.troops are ready to take to the ground after bombing but these
:04:23. > :04:27.claims are less than perfect. I am not arguing that all of these 70,000
:04:28. > :04:36.are ideal partners. Some left the Syrian army because of Assad's
:04:37. > :04:40.brutality. A Labour leader, a heroic anti-war campaigners, says the
:04:41. > :04:43.government is acting too fast. Public opinion is moving
:04:44. > :04:49.increasingly against what I believe to be an ill thought out rush to
:04:50. > :04:54.war. He wants to hold this vote before the opinion grows even
:04:55. > :04:57.further against him. It is becoming increasingly clear that the Prime
:04:58. > :05:05.Minister's proposal for military action simply doesn't stack up. With
:05:06. > :05:13.his own MPs divided, at times Mr Corbyn struggled to keep control.
:05:14. > :05:18.The government's proposals... But he suggested air strikes in Syria would
:05:19. > :05:21.make us less, not more safe. The Prime Minister has avoided spelling
:05:22. > :05:27.out the warnings he has surely been given. The likely impact of you wake
:05:28. > :05:32.-- UK air strikes on the threat of terrorist attacks in the UK. It is
:05:33. > :05:37.critically important that we as a house are honest with the British
:05:38. > :05:43.people about the potential consequences of the action the Prime
:05:44. > :05:47.Minister is proposing today. While MPs talked, others were on the
:05:48. > :05:52.streets, like in Edinburgh, protesting. David Cameron last night
:05:53. > :05:55.opposed -- accused MPs are proposing action of being terrorist
:05:56. > :06:01.sympathisers. Today he was asked again and again with anger to say
:06:02. > :06:07.sorry. I cannot identify a single terrorist sympathiser in that list.
:06:08. > :06:11.Will he apologised for his deeply insulting remarks? Mr Cameron caused
:06:12. > :06:18.few read by refusing but his argument inside and outside one more
:06:19. > :06:23.and more support, even if reluctant, throughout the day. This is a tough
:06:24. > :06:29.call. On right, it is right to take action to degrade and defeat this
:06:30. > :06:33.death cult. Without the defeat of Daesh there will be no peace. We
:06:34. > :06:39.have not chosen this conflict but we can't ignore it. Is a Muslim woman,
:06:40. > :06:42.I stand with people of all faiths who applaud these actions. We are
:06:43. > :06:55.justified in taking action to destroy them. -- people who abhor
:06:56. > :07:00.these actions. British military action brought people back from the
:07:01. > :07:07.brink. But lingering doubts might present long-term dilemmas. Instead
:07:08. > :07:13.of dodgy dossiers we now have bogus battalions of moderate fighters. I
:07:14. > :07:23.am not going to be a party to killing innocent civilians for what
:07:24. > :07:27.will simply be a gesture, yes. We should help our allies. We should
:07:28. > :07:33.help our allies by destroying Isis, by doing it properly, not by
:07:34. > :07:38.symbolism. The result of the vote, the decision MPs will make any few
:07:39. > :07:42.hours is never really been in doubt, but the consequences of sending
:07:43. > :07:48.British forces in to be sky over Syria is too hard to predict.
:07:49. > :07:52.The debate is still going on. Laura, every indication, as you have been
:07:53. > :07:57.saying, that the Prime Minister will get his way. What are the
:07:58. > :08:01.implications? You can almost cut the tension with a knife but even Labour
:08:02. > :08:04.officials were conceding not long after the debate began that the
:08:05. > :08:09.government was going to win. Before a single vote has been cast, it has
:08:10. > :08:14.changed the political picture. First and most immediately, within the
:08:15. > :08:18.next 48 hours, British forces will be involved in attacking another
:08:19. > :08:22.country. The Prime Minister will feel emboldened by that because he
:08:23. > :08:26.has got what he wanted all along. The Labour leadership, in turn, has
:08:27. > :08:31.been put under significant strain by the events of the last few days.
:08:32. > :08:36.They have been in turmoil. Those two macro factors will of course dictate
:08:37. > :08:40.much of how politics goes on and changes and evolves in the next few
:08:41. > :08:45.days, but it is worth casting our minds back. Less than a month ago,
:08:46. > :08:49.the very fact of this vote happening seemed impossible. It was on the
:08:50. > :08:53.back burner. In the immediate days following the attacks on Paris, it
:08:54. > :08:58.fast started to feel inevitable. Inevitable, perhaps, but reluctant.
:08:59. > :09:02.MPs are not going into this with some sort of glorious sense. They
:09:03. > :09:06.are going into this with a heavy heart.
:09:07. > :09:09.As we've heard, the Prime Minister was asked several times to explain
:09:10. > :09:11.the Government's estimate that as many as 70,000 Syrian fighters not
:09:12. > :09:14.belonging to extremist groups might be counted on to join the fight.
:09:15. > :09:17.Mr Cameron has also stressed that the use of airstrikes must be seen
:09:18. > :09:25.Our diplomatic correspondent James Robbins has been looking
:09:26. > :09:34.at the evolving British strategy in the region.
:09:35. > :09:43.For over a year, error -- RAF pilots have been targeting targets in Iraq
:09:44. > :09:49.where IS hold substantial territory. Now they are poised for an even more
:09:50. > :09:53.complex mission in Syria. These are the planes the RAF has been flying
:09:54. > :10:05.in attacks over Iraq and already for use in Syria. They are tornado GR4s.
:10:06. > :10:10.Included in their armoury, brimstone missiles. The aircraft could be
:10:11. > :10:16.flying from Cyprus and they would be flying over northern Syria, looking
:10:17. > :10:20.for IS targets, particularly in and around Raqqa. They would also be
:10:21. > :10:25.attacking across all areas controlled by IS, shown in orange.
:10:26. > :10:28.The RAF would be joining US and French planes, who are already
:10:29. > :10:34.bombing. The coalition has carried out more than 2700 strikes over
:10:35. > :10:37.Syria in the last 14 months. On the ground, David Cameron says 70,000
:10:38. > :10:43.Syrian opposition fighters capable of retaking territory from IS exist,
:10:44. > :10:48.and they control the areas covered in green. They come from different,
:10:49. > :10:54.rival rebel groups, as many as 100, and they are spread out throughout
:10:55. > :10:58.Syria. Most are a long way from the IS strongholds around Raqqa and many
:10:59. > :11:03.are infuriated by Western pressure on them to defeat IS before going
:11:04. > :11:08.after their primary enemy, President Assad and his government forces, who
:11:09. > :11:14.control the areas in pink. We have to be clear what these troops or
:11:15. > :11:17.fighters can and can't achieve. They certainly can't be a coherent army
:11:18. > :11:23.or military force which can overthrow the regime of Assad,
:11:24. > :11:27.defeat Isis and return Syria to stability. They can defend small
:11:28. > :11:32.pockets of the country and translate that to a discussion at a political
:11:33. > :11:37.level in which perhaps bash at Al Asad and the opposition can reach a
:11:38. > :11:42.compromise. There is another competition. Russia says it has 69
:11:43. > :11:48.aircraft attacking Syria in support of President Assad. Although Moscow
:11:49. > :11:53.insists it is increasingly hitting IS extremists, Nato's American
:11:54. > :11:55.commander today said the vast majority of Russian sorties are
:11:56. > :11:59.still targeting moderate groups that the west is relying on.
:12:00. > :12:01.During the debate, the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn
:12:02. > :12:03.insisted that public opinion was moving in his direction, against
:12:04. > :12:08.But Mr Corbyn's opponents are still claiming that he is out
:12:09. > :12:11.of touch with the view of most people in the UK
:12:12. > :12:15.Our home editor Mark Easton has been examining the state
:12:16. > :12:31.In Manchester's People's history Museum, a building celebrating
:12:32. > :12:34.democracy, a jury of undecided citizens gathered to reflect on the
:12:35. > :12:41.case for dropping British bombs on Syria. When our friend and ally
:12:42. > :12:48.France has been struck in this way, if not now, when? Go in either
:12:49. > :12:54.direction and start writing your words. 16 people, selected to
:12:55. > :12:58.reflect the city's diversity, share their hopes and fears on extending
:12:59. > :13:04.the military mandate against Islamic State. The initial comments and use
:13:05. > :13:08.a word cloud of almost tortured ambivalence. Is it right for Britain
:13:09. > :13:13.to join the air strikes on Syria? I really don't know and I suppose that
:13:14. > :13:18.is a dilemma everyone has to face. I want to promote peace and love for
:13:19. > :13:22.humanity and I think the lives of the innocent people in Syria are
:13:23. > :13:27.also as valuable as the lives that have been lost in Paris. We all want
:13:28. > :13:31.peace and harmony and love and everything else but where is that
:13:32. > :13:35.going to take us? What will we get from that? You almost have to fight
:13:36. > :13:42.fire with fire. What choice do we have? I have two macro boys in the
:13:43. > :13:46.forces. I have a Marine and a para. They say, Mum, that is what we
:13:47. > :13:50.joined up for, that is what we do, and it terrifies me. The thing is,
:13:51. > :14:00.so many innocents will suffer, so many. Islamic State, so-called is an
:14:01. > :14:05.extreme and merciless enemy... Using BBC news reports to remind them of
:14:06. > :14:10.the issues, our jury consider the moral case for air strikes. If this
:14:11. > :14:15.happened in Manchester or London, would we expect other countries to
:14:16. > :14:20.come to our aid and support? The agreement is, if one is attacks, we
:14:21. > :14:28.are all attacked. It was Paris but it could be London. We have got to
:14:29. > :14:33.socket -- stop it in its tracks. But it will not be. It will keep going.
:14:34. > :14:41.It will not be stopped if we sit on our hands. If something happened in
:14:42. > :14:47.this country, like tomorrow, we would have too picked up our worldly
:14:48. > :14:52.goods and start marching down the road, how would we feel? If they are
:14:53. > :15:00.going to do air strikes, the message is going to become getting votes.
:15:01. > :15:04.They are trying to escape it all. We also asked the jury to decide
:15:05. > :15:09.whether the military and strategic case for bombing had been made. Air
:15:10. > :15:13.strikes by themselves will not make a blind bit of difference. They
:15:14. > :15:20.won't make the streets of Britain any safer. If we were to bomb Syria,
:15:21. > :15:28.we would probably get bombed back. I think that is as anybody. They don't
:15:29. > :15:33.know what country the jet is from. I don't think the threat is any worse
:15:34. > :15:39.to ask if we are bombing than if we are not. I think the bombing is too
:15:40. > :15:45.indiscriminate. We are bombed -- dammed if we do and bent if we
:15:46. > :15:48.don't. Thank you, I think you have demonstrated what a complicated
:15:49. > :15:53.issue this is. Like the MPs in London, we are going to ask you to
:15:54. > :15:59.vote. Should Britain conduct air strikes against IS in Syria, yes or
:16:00. > :16:03.no? Before they came, our 16 citizens said that they were
:16:04. > :16:07.undecided. The jury foreman was selected to deliver the final
:16:08. > :16:12.verdict. Eight people voted yes and eight people voted no, so the result
:16:13. > :16:17.is a tie. Our result echoes opinion polls, the
:16:18. > :16:20.UK is deeply divided on whether bombing Syria is the right policy.
:16:21. > :16:24.What ball seemed to agree upon is that there are no easy answers.
:16:25. > :16:26.In Syria, President Bashar al-Assad has dismissed the significance
:16:27. > :16:29.of Western air strikes against so-called Islamic State targets.
:16:30. > :16:33.He says the only meaningful intervention has been from Russia,
:16:34. > :16:36.which, in his view, has changed the situation on the ground.
:16:37. > :16:38.Our chief international correspondent, Lyse Doucet,
:16:39. > :16:51.What have people been saying to you there about the prospect of British
:16:52. > :16:55.involvement? Well, this vote in the British Parliament didn't get a
:16:56. > :16:59.mention in this morning's newspaper in Damascus and it has not been on
:17:00. > :17:03.the evening news. There are so many outside players involved in this
:17:04. > :17:10.tangled conflict that it barely registers anymore. Everyone I spoke
:17:11. > :17:15.to today have said... PROBLEM WITH SOUND
:17:16. > :17:19.In the capital, which is under government control, many people said
:17:20. > :17:22.the campaign would not succeed unless it was coordinated with
:17:23. > :17:26.President al-Assad and the Syrian Army. That is what Russia is doing
:17:27. > :17:32.and that is what the West and other Arab states say they won't do, not
:17:33. > :17:37.after such long... PROBLEM WITH SOUND
:17:38. > :17:42.I'm sorry about the problem with the link there. So far, at least in
:17:43. > :17:47.terms of news headlines, the story of this debate in Westminster is
:17:48. > :17:49.making very little in terms of impact.
:17:50. > :17:51.You can follow the debate that's going on in
:17:52. > :17:52.the House of Commons, with analysis and comment from our correspondents
:17:53. > :18:01.We'll have more from Westminster a little later, but for now it's
:18:02. > :18:15.Parliament is debating right now whether to support
:18:16. > :18:25.The Facebook founder, his wife, and their ?30 billion giveaway.
:18:26. > :18:28.And coming up on Reporting Scotland at 6.30:
:18:29. > :18:31.We hear from Syrians living in Scotland about their hopes
:18:32. > :18:35.and fears for the results of tonight's Commons vote.
:18:36. > :18:39.And drivers stuck in jams for hours, as a defect is found in the
:18:40. > :18:50.Now, he leads an organisation criticised over allegations
:18:51. > :18:56.The head of World Athletics, Lord Coe,
:18:57. > :19:01.faced MPs today for questions about his role in sorting out the mess.
:19:02. > :19:06.He admitted there had been a failure to tackle doping and said the past
:19:07. > :19:14.Our Sports Editor, Dan Roan, reports.
:19:15. > :19:21.He may be the country's leading sporting statesman, but after months
:19:22. > :19:25.of allegations of cheating and corruption in athletics, Lord Coe
:19:26. > :19:29.was today asked to explain himself. The former MP, now IAAF President,
:19:30. > :19:33.back in Parliament to answer questions on how track and field
:19:34. > :19:38.lost its reputation for fair play. How on earth have we got from a
:19:39. > :19:43.sport that was underpinned by that kind of philosophy to the horror
:19:44. > :19:48.show that has played out on the global stage in the last few weeks?
:19:49. > :19:55.I don't know the answer to that. I will find out. Coe's career took him
:19:56. > :19:59.first to Fifa, then to the IAAF, where, after eight years as a
:20:00. > :20:04.Vice-President, he replaced Lamine Diack, now under investigation for
:20:05. > :20:09.alleged corruption. Your insider in these two organisations, which have
:20:10. > :20:16.been bedevilled by allegations of corruption for very many years, and
:20:17. > :20:20.you have been very closely involved in both organisations, why in those
:20:21. > :20:25.circumstances should we think that you are the person to clean up the
:20:26. > :20:31.situation now? Because I have the experience to do that. You didn't
:20:32. > :20:37.ask any tough questions in 2007? I had the support of the sport to do
:20:38. > :20:43.that. Have there been failures? Yes. Will I fix them? Absolutely. Coe was
:20:44. > :20:48.asked about his decision last week to end a paid ambassadorial role
:20:49. > :20:52.with Nike. Would I have got rid of it earlier if I thought the noise
:20:53. > :20:57.would have escalated to the level it did? I probably would have done. One
:20:58. > :21:01.of the next big issues facing Coe will concern Russia, currently
:21:02. > :21:05.suspended for state-sponsored doping. For now, he will hope the
:21:06. > :21:08.toughest questions are behind him. Dan Roan, BBC News.
:21:09. > :21:10.Police are searching a number of addresses in Luton
:21:11. > :21:11.in Bedfordshire, after four men were arrested in the town
:21:12. > :21:16.Scotland Yard says the operation is part of an
:21:17. > :21:19.investigation focused on the local area, and that it has no connection
:21:20. > :21:26.The arrested men are all in their 30s.
:21:27. > :21:29.A company which bombarded people with millions of nuisance
:21:30. > :21:37.The Government watchdog found that The National Advice Clinic,
:21:38. > :21:41.based in Lancashire, made nearly six million calls between October last
:21:42. > :21:47.A baby girl from Suffolk who died just over
:21:48. > :21:54.an hour after being born has become the country's youngest organ donor.
:21:55. > :21:57.Hope Lee, here on the left with her twin brother,
:21:58. > :22:01.had a rare condition that prevents her skull from developing properly.
:22:02. > :22:07.Hope's kidneys have been transplanted into an adult patient.
:22:08. > :22:10.The founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, and his wife,
:22:11. > :22:14.Priscilla Chan, have announced they will, over time, give away 99%
:22:15. > :22:20.of their Facebook shares - to mark the birth of their first child.
:22:21. > :22:24.Those shares are currently worth about ?30 billion.
:22:25. > :22:26.The couple say they're doing it because they want to make
:22:27. > :22:30.the world a better place for their daughter to grow up in.
:22:31. > :22:36.Like many a young couple, Mark and Priscilla took to Facebook
:22:37. > :22:41.to celebrate the birth of their daughter, but they had other news.
:22:42. > :22:45.In a video recorded just weeks before the arrival of Max, the
:22:46. > :22:50.Having this child has made us think about all of the things that should
:22:51. > :22:55.be improved in the world for her whole generation.
:22:56. > :22:57.We need to make sure that there are investments
:22:58. > :23:03.and programmes that ensure that the future isn't going to be like today,
:23:04. > :23:07.In a letter to their daughter, the couple now say that over their
:23:08. > :23:11.lifetimes they'll donate 99% of their Facebook shares, to promote
:23:12. > :23:16.good causes, from better health and education, to greater equality.
:23:17. > :23:19.Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan join other billionaires in giving
:23:20. > :23:26.Bill and Melinda Gates have so far donated over ?21 billion.
:23:27. > :23:30.The businessman Warren Buffett has given ?15 billion.
:23:31. > :23:32.And the investor George Soros has donated ?7 billion
:23:33. > :23:38.Bill and Melinda Gates have been praised for their contribution to
:23:39. > :23:42.eradicating diseases in developing countries, but
:23:43. > :23:46.sometimes donors can find it hard to direct cash where it's needed.
:23:47. > :23:50.It is all too easy to spend money that's aimed to do good
:23:51. > :23:53.on things that don't have an impact, and what I'd encourage them to do is
:23:54. > :23:57.to focus on causes that are really big problems, that are neglected by
:23:58. > :24:02.other funders, so you can really make progress.
:24:03. > :24:05.Right from when he founded Facebook as a 20-year-old student,
:24:06. > :24:08.Mark Zuckerberg has said his mission is to change the way the world
:24:09. > :24:13.Luckily for him, and for the causes he and his wife support,
:24:14. > :24:23.More now from Westminster and the continuing MPs' debate
:24:24. > :24:26.about whether to support British air strikes in Syria.
:24:27. > :24:32.Welcome back to Westminster, where the debate on British air
:24:33. > :24:36.It will end at around 10.00pm tonight
:24:37. > :24:41.If Mr Cameron's plans are approved, those strikes could begin
:24:42. > :24:47.And the RAF base at Akrotiri in Cyprus will play a key part
:24:48. > :24:54.Our defence correspondent, Jonathan Beale, is there.
:24:55. > :24:59.To say something about possible timings within hours of this vote,
:25:00. > :25:06.and the likely extent of any action as you see it? As you say, I think
:25:07. > :25:12.if there is a Yes vote, we will see the RAF doing its first combat
:25:13. > :25:16.sortie over Syria. There is political pressure to show that
:25:17. > :25:26.Britain, the RAF, are making a difference. There are few countries
:25:27. > :25:29.doing air strikes over Syria. They may have, the Americans,
:25:30. > :25:33.pre-selected a target. There will be more jets arriving here, two more
:25:34. > :25:37.Tornados to the eight already here, as well as six Typhoon jets. You
:25:38. > :25:40.have to remember that is still a relatively modest contribution,
:25:41. > :25:44.smaller than the French, much smaller than the Americans. And this
:25:45. > :25:47.will not be shock and awe, it is worth remembering that over Iraq,
:25:48. > :25:53.over the past year, three-quarters of those missions flown by the RAF,
:25:54. > :25:58.they haven't fired any weapons. Many thanks. Jonathan Beale at RAF
:25:59. > :26:02.Akrotiri. Let's have a last word with Laura. Let's talk about the
:26:03. > :26:06.vote, the result. How important do you think is the margin of victory
:26:07. > :26:11.for Mr Cameron if he gets that victory? It does matter, the size of
:26:12. > :26:16.the majority. It may dictate how sticky the support is for action in
:26:17. > :26:22.Syria as and when things become tricky. As and when the plans, such
:26:23. > :26:26.as it is, gets into difficulties, if indeed that is the case. Of course,
:26:27. > :26:29.MPs, who backed it, who publicly back the action, will be more
:26:30. > :26:33.reluctant to withdraw that support and to come out in terms of
:26:34. > :26:38.criticism. Of course, it may dictate some of how the public feels about
:26:39. > :26:40.this. The Government now has calculated that the threat from
:26:41. > :26:43.Islamic State is such that the public believe the Government is
:26:44. > :26:48.doing the right thing, in the main. But, as we know from previous
:26:49. > :26:54.military interventions, political and public opinion can change and
:26:55. > :26:55.change very fast. Thank you. We will talk later tonight. Laura
:26:56. > :26:59.Kuenssberg, our political editor. Time for a look at the weather.
:27:00. > :27:09.Here's Helen Willetts. Some lovely Weather Watchers'
:27:10. > :27:13.pictures today. It wasn't sunny for all. After what has been a dull
:27:14. > :27:17.November, it continued that way in parts of Northern Ireland. Why?
:27:18. > :27:22.Because it is here, along with the North, where we started the day with
:27:23. > :27:25.our weather front. There are further bumps materialising on that front,
:27:26. > :27:31.which means more rain. It is distinguishing that mild air from
:27:32. > :27:36.the cold, wintry weather in the north. That will continue overnight,
:27:37. > :27:41.cold enough for some frost, potential for some ice and fog in
:27:42. > :27:47.the north. The rain takes centre stage. As I mentioned, it is a cold
:27:48. > :27:52.start to the day tomorrow in the north. A bit of fog around. By the
:27:53. > :27:56.rush hour tomorrow morning, some rain falling across the
:27:57. > :28:01.trans-pennine routes. Hopefully, having eased a bit further south,
:28:02. > :28:04.but it will be mild and grey here. Hopefully, we will see a bit of
:28:05. > :28:09.sunshine coming through. Those windows of fine weather will close
:28:10. > :28:19.in as the winds strengthen in the south. More rain will be pushed into
:28:20. > :28:23.Wales, northern Scotland. Still quite balmy if we see the
:28:24. > :28:30.sunshine further south and east. The windows of sunshine are diminishing.
:28:31. > :28:33.Notice, the snow for the southern uplands, much quieter to start
:28:34. > :28:39.Friday. That doesn't last. Look at this next spell of stormy weather
:28:40. > :28:43.coming in. A real squeeze on those isobars, so some severe gales going
:28:44. > :28:47.into the weekend and yet more rain. So there are warnings in force
:28:48. > :28:52.because river levels are high, they are on the website. Huw.
:28:53. > :28:58.The debate on whether to support British air strikes in Syria is
:28:59. > :29:01.continuing. MPs are expected to vote at 10.00pm tonight. So I will be
:29:02. > :29:05.back then with the results for you. For now, from all of the team on BBC
:29:06. > :29:06.News at Six, we will