:00:15. > :00:19.This is BBC World News Today. There is to the investigation into
:00:19. > :00:28.allegations that British security services were complicit in the
:00:28. > :00:30.illegal transfer of terror suspects to Libya while Gaddafi was The
:00:30. > :00:33.battle for control of Libya continues, hundreds of anti-Gadaffi
:00:33. > :00:35.fighters gather ready to attack one of his last strongholds, the town
:00:36. > :00:38.of Bani Walid. An empty dock, the former French
:00:38. > :00:45.President, Jacques Chirac, is too unwell to attend his corruption
:00:45. > :00:48.trial.. As shares in the euro-zone fall sharply yet again, the boss of
:00:48. > :00:52.Ferrari gives us his speedy suggestions on how to solve the
:00:52. > :01:00.European debt crisis. We have to avoid becoming like Greece. In
:01:00. > :01:02.other words, we need important structural deep reforms. And the
:01:02. > :01:12.controversial Indian film about the caste system which questions
:01:12. > :01:32.
:01:32. > :01:34.The Prime Minister David Cameron has been lavish with his praise of
:01:34. > :01:37.how Libyans are dislodging Colonel Gadaffi after decades of misrule
:01:37. > :01:40.and oppression. It is an embarrassment then that UK security
:01:40. > :01:42.services are accused of being involved in the illegal transfer of
:01:42. > :01:47.terror suspects to Libya while Colonel Gadaffi was in power. The
:01:47. > :01:52.government says the allegations will be investigated.
:01:52. > :01:55.The ransacked office of the former head of Libyan intelligence. Inside,
:01:55. > :02:05.a treasure trove of one's secret files that revealed a close
:02:05. > :02:09.
:02:09. > :02:14.relationship between British intelligence and Libyan spy master.
:02:14. > :02:24.He offers Christmas greetings and an invitation to runs in his office.
:02:24. > :02:31.
:02:31. > :02:34.Other documents raised difficult Allegations of British involvement
:02:34. > :02:37.in this treatment of detainees have already led to the promise of an
:02:37. > :02:44.inquiry. The Prime Minister today said the Libyan allegations would
:02:44. > :02:46.be looked at as part of it. We have issued new guidance to intelligence
:02:46. > :02:56.services personnel on how to deal with detainees held by other
:02:56. > :02:57.
:02:57. > :02:59.countries. We have asked a retired judge, Sir Peter Gibson, to a poll
:02:59. > :03:04.this inquiry and it will look at these latest accusations very
:03:04. > :03:09.carefully. The foreign secretary at the time many of the documents were
:03:09. > :03:15.written, said he did not know about the allegations. It was who policy
:03:15. > :03:19.of the previous government, as is wholly to be opposed to any
:03:19. > :03:26.complicity in torture or ill- treatment or unlawful condition.
:03:26. > :03:31.Much of the communication involved the exchange of information. Some
:03:31. > :03:34.of the documents suggest that Britain they have played a role in
:03:34. > :03:40.the practice known as rendition were suspects are transferred and
:03:40. > :03:47.often mistreated. One document relates to a member of the Libyan
:03:47. > :03:50.Islamic fighting group. He says he was tortured in custody. The
:03:51. > :03:55.British government has always denied any complicity in his
:03:55. > :03:58.mistreatment or rendition. It is effectively the unlawful kidnapping
:03:58. > :04:01.of people, carrying them across borders and putting them into
:04:01. > :04:04.jurisdictions where it is known perfectly well that they will be
:04:04. > :04:09.mistreated. The British government also condemns that which is why it
:04:09. > :04:13.would be so serious if it turns out that agencies answerable to the
:04:13. > :04:17.British government had been engaging in that sort of behaviour.
:04:17. > :04:21.The job of intelligence agencies is to gather information and sometimes
:04:21. > :04:31.officials said today that involves working with regimes which do not
:04:31. > :04:31.
:04:31. > :04:33.share our standards. Joining us now is a former UK
:04:33. > :04:36.foreign office minister in the Labour government and a former
:04:37. > :04:41.chairman of the Commons Intelligence and Security Committee.
:04:41. > :04:45.These allegations are deeply embarrassing, and they, for the
:04:45. > :04:51.United Kingdom? I hope they are not deeply embarrassing. I cannot
:04:51. > :04:55.imagine that there is any greater achievement than to dissuade
:04:55. > :05:00.Colonel Gaddafi to give up his weapons of mass destruction
:05:00. > :05:07.programme which hour security service played an important role in
:05:07. > :05:13.and we needed to protect ourselves against Islamist groups like Libyan
:05:13. > :05:18.fighting group, Members of which were in Britain as well as in Libya.
:05:18. > :05:25.But the commander of the Tripoli forces is physically accusing the
:05:25. > :05:30.UK of being complicit in his torture love, what you say to that,
:05:30. > :05:35.that is a serious accusation. is something that must be
:05:35. > :05:40.investigated thoroughly. They have been other allegations of course in
:05:40. > :05:46.the past. We on the Intelligence and Security Committee, examined it
:05:46. > :05:52.very carefully and we didn't find it against the agencies. We didn't
:05:52. > :06:00.have any political axe to grind. But there was a problem there, we
:06:00. > :06:04.would have highlighted it but we didn't find that. This man is a
:06:04. > :06:08.former member of the fighting were up and he confesses to that. They
:06:08. > :06:12.were an organisation that wanted to commit atrocities inside Britain.
:06:12. > :06:16.Believe me, if M I six had not been trying to get information on people
:06:16. > :06:18.like him, they wouldn't have been doing their job properly. Are you
:06:19. > :06:22.suggesting the when the current government welcomes the actions of
:06:22. > :06:27.the rebel forces in trying to topple Gaddafi, this is a man
:06:27. > :06:32.should not be doing business with, is this what you are saying?
:06:32. > :06:37.not at all, they have been many people who have been terraced who
:06:37. > :06:45.have changed. What we have to wait for is to see if he really has
:06:45. > :06:54.changed because what the fighting group wanted to do was to replace
:06:54. > :06:59.Gaddafi's dictatorship with a very hard line Islamist government. I
:06:59. > :07:06.soon that the noises we hear coming out of Tripoli now are for
:07:06. > :07:16.democracy and not for setting up some kind of organisation which is
:07:16. > :07:28.
:07:28. > :07:31.going to be run by religious On the ground in Libya, forces of
:07:31. > :07:34.the NTC, the National Transitional Council, are sounding increasingly
:07:34. > :07:39.confident about taking the desert town of Bani Walid, one of the last
:07:39. > :07:43.strongholds of Gadaffi's supporters. It is around 200 kilometres south-
:07:43. > :07:46.east of Tripoli. Earlier, according to official sources in a
:07:46. > :07:54.neighbouring Niger, the chief of security of Gadaffi's brigades had
:07:54. > :08:04.crossed into Niger. Let's get more now from our Correspondent in
:08:04. > :08:04.
:08:04. > :08:09.For now at least, these rebels are not fighting but singing their
:08:09. > :08:12.songs of the victory and liberation. Even so, they know they cannot yet
:08:12. > :08:18.claim that all of Libya is free, not until they have dealt with the
:08:18. > :08:22.final few pockets of Gaddafi resistance. One rebel fighter told
:08:22. > :08:28.me that he fears sooner or later there will have to be a battle for
:08:28. > :08:32.this time. What are you waiting for? Somebody inside he will give
:08:33. > :08:37.us a signal to enter inside or not. We're waiting for that because we
:08:38. > :08:44.are a new team, we have someone there already. Are you ready to
:08:44. > :08:49.fight? Of course, we are one team. Whether many Gaddafi people in Bani
:08:49. > :08:53.Walid? Sure, not all of them have escaped. Negotiations are
:08:53. > :08:57.continuing but some of the rebels here appeared to be losing patience.
:08:57. > :09:02.They said the humanitarian situation in the town is
:09:02. > :09:08.deteriorating rapidly with food and water running out. So, the rebels
:09:08. > :09:11.have moved closer to Bani Walid, their morale is sky-high. The
:09:11. > :09:16.easily outnumber the Gaddafi loyalists and they are ready for a
:09:16. > :09:19.full-scale assault on Bani Walid, the men at the order goes through
:09:19. > :09:24.but for now at least, the leadership of the National
:09:24. > :09:27.Transitional Council same desperate to avoid a bloodbath.
:09:27. > :09:37.The BBC's Ben Brown is with anti Gadaffi forces on the road between
:09:37. > :09:38.
:09:38. > :09:44.Tripoli and Bani Walid and joins us What can you tell us about what the
:09:44. > :09:52.National Transitional Council have been saying to you about this
:09:52. > :09:58.battle for Bani Walid? They do seem absolutely determined to give
:09:58. > :10:04.negotiations as long as possible. The deadline that the opposition
:10:04. > :10:07.leader had last week, but the ultimatum really for the Gaddafi
:10:07. > :10:11.forces to surrender of this Saturday, still stood so we could
:10:11. > :10:17.be here for more days with no action on the ground. Even then,
:10:17. > :10:21.negotiations so far have not been productive. It has been said that
:10:21. > :10:27.this was because the presence of two of Colonel Gaddafi's sons were
:10:27. > :10:31.there and the tribal leaders had this duty of guests and they could
:10:31. > :10:34.not betray them. That may be a polite way of allowing them away to
:10:34. > :10:39.climb down, a diplomatic way of letting them back into the
:10:39. > :10:46.negotiations. The trouble is, we had a few hundred really desperate
:10:46. > :10:54.people, Gaddafi loyalists who may feel reluctant to give themselves
:10:54. > :10:57.The corruption trial of the former French President Jacques Chirac,
:10:57. > :11:03.got under way today. Mr Chirac, 78, faces charges of illegal party
:11:03. > :11:06.funding during his time as mayor of Paris 20 years ago. Doctors
:11:06. > :11:16.treating him say he is not medically fit to appear in court
:11:16. > :11:18.
:11:18. > :11:23.but the judges said the trial will go ahead without him attending.
:11:23. > :11:28.For 50 years, he was a potent force, not only in French politics, but on
:11:28. > :11:32.the world stage. Jacques Chirac was for ever pushing the French point
:11:32. > :11:36.of view. The zenith of his career, a bold stand against the war in
:11:37. > :11:40.Iraq. But today in the same chamber in which Barry and when it was
:11:41. > :11:46.tried for treason, the elder statesman was betrayed as a frail
:11:46. > :11:52.old man with a failing memory. The lawyers who represent him and nine
:11:52. > :11:56.other co-defendants say there is no prospect of a fair trial. The most
:11:56. > :12:04.important person in this trial is not available to come and defend
:12:04. > :12:10.himself. For this reason, I think this trial has no meaning. The case
:12:10. > :12:15.relates to his time as mayor of Paris from 1977 to 1995. It is
:12:15. > :12:19.alleged he embezzled tax payers money, creating 21 ghost jobs to
:12:19. > :12:27.pay allies from his party. The charge carries a possible sentence
:12:27. > :12:31.of 10 years or a fine of 150,000 euros. The medical report that is
:12:31. > :12:34.being submitted is signed by an eminent neurologist, it concludes
:12:34. > :12:40.that Jacques Chirac is suffering from a condition that could be
:12:40. > :12:44.linked to Alzheimer's. It affects the speech, there can be bouts of
:12:44. > :12:48.manic loss and the sufferer is often unaware there is a problem.
:12:48. > :12:52.Friends say the man who once spoke in such eloquent French now forgets
:12:52. > :12:58.which party he is from but have the people forgotten what he is accused
:12:58. > :13:03.of and how tirelessly he fought to evade this prosecution? He is too
:13:03. > :13:11.old and so sick so there is nothing for us now. It is in the past.
:13:11. > :13:17.two months ago, he sold the book with his memories, why could he not
:13:17. > :13:21.answer to questions. He has lost his memory in two weeks! No! Yet,
:13:21. > :13:27.in spite of many rearguard actions to avoid court, Jacques Chirac is
:13:27. > :13:31.the first French head of state to face trial since the end of the
:13:31. > :13:35.second world war. Historic, but not as significant as it would have
:13:35. > :13:45.been had the man they dubbed the untouchable finally appeared in the
:13:45. > :13:47.
:13:47. > :13:49.In Syria, opposition to the president Bashaar Al-Asaad, is
:13:49. > :13:52.still gaining traction, despite months of oppression by the regime.
:13:52. > :13:58.The International Committee of the Red Cross says authorities have
:13:58. > :14:01.given delegates permission to visit Syrian prisoners. As the protests
:14:01. > :14:05.continue, this funeral procession in Homs turned into a protest march
:14:05. > :14:07.as the crowd chanted, "You will not defeat us, Assad". Here in the UK,
:14:07. > :14:14.the prime-minister David Cameron told MP's that President Asaad's
:14:14. > :14:18.time was up. The message to President Assad must be clear. He
:14:18. > :14:22.has lost all legitimacy and can no longer claim to lead Syria. The
:14:22. > :14:26.violence should end and he should step aside for the good of his
:14:26. > :14:32.country. The European Union has been taking
:14:32. > :14:36.a lead in putting international pressure on Syria. It has now
:14:36. > :14:39.banned oil imports from Syria and may expand the embargo. In a moment,
:14:39. > :14:43.we'll talk to the EU trade commissioner.
:14:43. > :14:48.95% of Syria's oil is bought by the EU which accounts for a quarter of
:14:48. > :14:52.the country's budget. The ban prevents EU companies from making
:14:52. > :14:55.new trades in Syrian oil, but they can continue to invest and operate
:14:55. > :14:58.in the country. Russia doesn't support the sanctions, and Russian
:14:58. > :15:01.Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov believes they "bring no good". In
:15:01. > :15:07.the long term, Syria could get around the embargo by replacing
:15:07. > :15:10.their European trade partners with Asian markets. I'm now joined from
:15:10. > :15:18.our central London studios by Karel De Gucht, the EU's Commissioner for
:15:18. > :15:23.Trade. If the EU were serious about pushing pressure on, you would go
:15:23. > :15:28.for a total trade embargo? -- putting pressure on. First of all,
:15:28. > :15:36.as you mentioned, the most important export market for Syrian
:15:36. > :15:39.crude oil is the European Union. Of course, he could be -- it could be
:15:39. > :15:45.that oil experts are diverted to other markets, but we will have to
:15:45. > :15:49.see what happens in the future. But it is a measure that has been taken
:15:49. > :15:56.that will have considerable impact on the financing of the Syrian
:15:56. > :16:06.regime. To be consistent, would you consider a ban on investments and
:16:06. > :16:07.
:16:07. > :16:10.operations by oil companies in Syria, for example Chelle? As was
:16:10. > :16:17.mentioned at the end of the statement, we will consider further
:16:17. > :16:23.measured in the light of the forthcoming evolutions in Syria,
:16:23. > :16:29.but when you speak about sanctions and the impact they might have, or
:16:29. > :16:33.could have, that would be a ban on investment and that would not have
:16:33. > :16:42.an immediate impact. We are not talking about sanctions that should
:16:42. > :16:47.have an impact within two or three years, this is a people who are
:16:47. > :16:49.suffering and are extremely courageous. So we have to look at
:16:49. > :16:53.sanctions that can have an immediate impact, and I believe
:16:53. > :16:59.that the export ban on crude oil, largely exported to Europe, can
:16:59. > :17:02.have that kind of impact. We are talking about 10 million euros on a
:17:02. > :17:06.daily basis, and it is a large proportion of their budget, so this
:17:07. > :17:11.is a very well targeted sanction but we are considering further
:17:11. > :17:17.sanctions if needed. Is the EU trying to get sanctions at an
:17:17. > :17:21.international level, at UN level? We are, but as you mentioned,
:17:21. > :17:27.Russia is extremely reluctant about this which means that they are
:17:27. > :17:36.saying no. So the result of us are making sanctions at European level
:17:36. > :17:41.is because we could not have them at a global level with the United
:17:41. > :17:45.Nations. So the reason we have done it at European level is because the
:17:45. > :17:49.others are not only reluctant, they are negative about it. I did want
:17:49. > :17:55.to ask you about Libya, but we do not have time. Thank you very much
:17:55. > :17:58.indeed. Now a look at some of the day's other news.
:17:58. > :18:00.There have been scuffles both inside and outside the courtroom
:18:00. > :18:06.where the trial of the ousted Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak,
:18:06. > :18:09.has resumed in Cairo. Several people were arrested outside the
:18:09. > :18:11.court as pro- and anti-Mubarak supporters clashed. Inside, the
:18:11. > :18:14.session was temporarily halted when prosecution and defence lawyers had
:18:14. > :18:17.to be separated by police. Mr Mubarak is charged with ordering
:18:17. > :18:20.the killing of protesters during the uprising that removed him from
:18:20. > :18:23.power. Up to 750,000 people are at risk of
:18:23. > :18:31.dying from starvation in East Africa if the response to the
:18:31. > :18:33.crisis doesn't improve. The United Nations also says the famine is
:18:33. > :18:35.spreading across Somalia, the country worst hit by the
:18:35. > :18:45.humanitarian crisis, with emergency conditions expected to continue
:18:45. > :18:45.
:18:45. > :18:48.well into next year. Scientists have created stem cells
:18:48. > :18:51.from two endangered species, which could help ensure their survival.
:18:51. > :18:54.The northern white rhino is one of the most endangered animals on
:18:54. > :19:00.Earth, while the drill - a West African monkey - is threatened by
:19:00. > :19:02.habitat loss and hunting. The scientists report in Nature Methods
:19:02. > :19:09.that their stem cells could be transformed into different types of
:19:09. > :19:18.Doubts are growing about Italy's commitment to the multi-billion
:19:18. > :19:21.euro austerity plan it announced amongst much fanfare last month.
:19:21. > :19:23.European financial markets saw falls of around 5% on Monday as
:19:23. > :19:27.investors worried about the ability of Italy and other Eurozone
:19:27. > :19:29.economies to pay their debts. Measures to reduce the deficit in
:19:30. > :19:32.Italy, including a tax on high earners, have been proposed and
:19:32. > :19:34.quickly dismissed as members of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's
:19:34. > :19:43.coalition government squabble over how exactly they will balance the
:19:43. > :19:46.budget by 2013. With additional fears that the second bailout
:19:46. > :19:52.package for Greece as some EU countries qustion the level of
:19:52. > :19:54.support, could Italy become the next Greece? That's a question I
:19:54. > :20:02.put to one of Italy's leading industrialists, the chairman of
:20:02. > :20:09.Ferrari, Luca De Montezemolo. We are not Greece, but we have to
:20:09. > :20:15.avoid becoming Greece. In other words, a week need -- we need it
:20:16. > :20:21.important structural, deep reforms, and we have to take care of the
:20:21. > :20:25.situation and take advantage. To put it in a provocative way, take
:20:25. > :20:29.advantage of the situation to make the reforms. But this is not easy,
:20:29. > :20:35.because in my opinion, we are at the end of a political phase, a
:20:35. > :20:39.very long political phase. It will be difficult to do everything that
:20:39. > :20:43.is necessary. Obviously the government is under pressure and
:20:43. > :20:49.needs money. One of the key things Italy could do is get more money
:20:49. > :20:54.through tax, and many say, let's face it, a lot of people in Italy
:20:54. > :21:02.avoid paying tax.Unusual. You are saying rich people like you should
:21:02. > :21:09.pay more. We have three different problems. The first one is we have
:21:09. > :21:16.to fight with all the instruments we can against tax evasion. This is
:21:16. > :21:22.something terrible in Italy and we have to do something even more to
:21:22. > :21:26.combat this evasion. Secondly, we cannot ask only money from the
:21:26. > :21:32.Italians, but the state has to do something with privatisation,
:21:32. > :21:39.liberalisation and cutting costs, the political costs. Our country is
:21:39. > :21:42.like a very heavy car, an expensive car. We have to cut the costs. Then
:21:42. > :21:48.we can ask the money from the Italians, because they want to know
:21:48. > :21:53.where the money goes to improve services and not to put money in
:21:53. > :21:58.the public expenses. Last but not least, I think that people like me
:21:58. > :22:07.have got a lot from our country. If the state will do what is necessary,
:22:07. > :22:11.and only after the state does this, then it is normal for eight
:22:11. > :22:15.solidarity and generosity that we can do more than others, because if
:22:16. > :22:21.we are rich, we have to pay more. Briefly, to continue with your
:22:21. > :22:25.analogy of the car, would you describe Italy as a Ferrari and the
:22:25. > :22:31.tank is running a bit empty and that the government really ought to
:22:31. > :22:35.be doing more, but it's difficult because they do not want the car to
:22:35. > :22:41.stop, in other words they don't one measures that could bring -- bring
:22:42. > :22:48.recession? Ferrari cars never stop, so this is not the right analogy!
:22:48. > :22:54.But talking seriously, I am very seriously optimistic for the future
:22:54. > :23:01.of my country if we can have a new political leadership, and if we
:23:01. > :23:09.make reforms, because we have a lot of productivity. Italy has three
:23:09. > :23:15.priorities, one is the public debt, so we have to decrease the debt,
:23:15. > :23:19.then the Italian state is too expensive because we have too many
:23:19. > :23:24.things to count up, and then we have to cut bureaucracy. If we can
:23:24. > :23:28.do this, we have a huge future in front of us. That was the chairman
:23:28. > :23:31.of Ferrari talking to me a little earlier from Rome.
:23:31. > :23:35.The film "Aarakshan", starring some of the biggest names in Bollywood,
:23:35. > :23:38.caused something of a stir when it was released in India - some states
:23:38. > :23:41.even tried to ban it. The film brings to the silver screen the
:23:41. > :23:45.issue of caste reservations or quotas in the education system for
:23:45. > :23:48.people from lower caste or minority backgrounds. But how relevant is
:23:48. > :23:58.this type of positive discrimination in today's India?
:23:58. > :24:00.
:24:00. > :24:04.Rajini Vaidyanathan reports from With an all-star cast, Aarakshan
:24:04. > :24:09.has been making headlines since its release because of its
:24:09. > :24:13.controversial subject-matter. The film looks at India's centuries old
:24:13. > :24:17.caste system, a social hierarchy which places people in different
:24:17. > :24:21.class categories based on their family background. It deals with
:24:21. > :24:29.the sensitive issue of affirmative action for lower-class and minority
:24:29. > :24:32.people. Are you trying to accuse me of being a caste system racist?
:24:32. > :24:42.Some have tried to ban the film, but the director thinks it needs to
:24:42. > :24:43.
:24:43. > :24:48.be discussed. 49.5 % of all higher education seats and government jobs
:24:48. > :24:55.are reserved for second class cast in society, which has created a lot
:24:55. > :24:59.of turmoil. This system of quotas is known as a reservation or
:24:59. > :25:03.Aarakshan in Hindi. It was introduced to make sure everyone in
:25:03. > :25:07.India has access to the same opportunities. These students both
:25:07. > :25:11.study on the same course, but even though the goal scored high marks,
:25:11. > :25:16.she struggled to get a place because she is from a higher caste.
:25:16. > :25:20.I couldn't get into the colleges because of the reservation. The
:25:20. > :25:24.people who scored lower than me, their marks were really low, they
:25:24. > :25:31.got into it and walked into the college just because they were
:25:31. > :25:34.minorities. Ashish has benefited and says he has had it harder in
:25:34. > :25:42.life because of his family's history as a look labourers, so he
:25:42. > :25:46.There has been a need of reservations for us, and we need to
:25:46. > :25:51.explore these opportunities. These is one of the many statues which
:25:51. > :25:55.can be found across the country. He was the architect of the Indian
:25:55. > :26:00.constitution and helped introduce quotas or reservations. That was
:26:00. > :26:04.more than 60 years ago, so how relevant are they to today's India?
:26:04. > :26:07.Reservations changed India dramatically. In a short space of
:26:07. > :26:11.time it gave the lower-class an opportunity for a higher education,
:26:11. > :26:15.so they have been able to come civil servants, doctors, engineers
:26:15. > :26:20.and so on. It is still relevant because we are still an uneven
:26:20. > :26:24.society. Although it is not deserved as it was as much as it
:26:25. > :26:27.was years ago, it is still as part of Indian society. Supporters of
:26:27. > :26:37.reservation says it provides a level playing field but critics say
:26:37. > :26:39.
:26:39. > :26:44.it is creating inequalities of its own.
:26:44. > :26:54.Next to the weather, but from now, from me and the rest of the team,
:26:54. > :27:00.
:27:00. > :27:04.This week brings the return of whether we associate with the
:27:04. > :27:08.autumn. They will be rain at times, and it will be on the cold side
:27:08. > :27:13.with a very brisk winds. Through the night and into the Morrow,
:27:13. > :27:16.windy weather, all due to low pressure bringing rain through the
:27:16. > :27:20.night and into tomorrow with the isobars so close together, the
:27:20. > :27:25.first proper blow of the autumn season. Southern England will bear
:27:25. > :27:29.the brunt of there rain in the morning with the strongest wins.
:27:29. > :27:32.The rain doesn't clear account until the evening. Very windy
:27:32. > :27:35.across the south-east of Scotland and the north-east of England with
:27:35. > :27:39.strong crosswinds on the A one. But it will be brightening up across
:27:39. > :27:43.much of England and Wales during the afternoon but the rain is still
:27:43. > :27:47.there in East Sussex and Kent, and the brisk winds continue across
:27:47. > :27:51.southern England. Along with the brightening up process elsewhere
:27:51. > :27:54.across England and Wales there will be a few showers coming in and
:27:54. > :27:58.those will head to parts of Wales and western England later in the
:27:58. > :28:02.day which could be on the heavy side. For Northern Ireland, a spell
:28:03. > :28:06.of dry and bright weather, and another band of rain will sink into
:28:06. > :28:10.northern areas. And close to the area of low pressure in northern
:28:10. > :28:16.Scotland, across: there are bands of rain to contend with. It stays