:00:10. > :00:14.This is BBC World News Today with me, Philippa Thomas. Is this the
:00:14. > :00:17.start of President Obama's campaign for re-election? He's making the
:00:17. > :00:22.case for raising taxes on the rich, saying it's time for America's
:00:22. > :00:25.wealthiest to pay more of the nation's bills. It is wrong that in
:00:25. > :00:28.the United States of America a teacher or a nurse or a
:00:28. > :00:38.construction worker who earns $50,000 should pay higher tax rates
:00:38. > :00:38.
:00:38. > :00:41.than somebody pulling in $50 million. Violent confrontations in
:00:41. > :00:44.Yemen - the death toll mounts during a two-day crackdown on the
:00:44. > :00:47.streets of Sanaa. Reflecting on a tough year of coalition government
:00:47. > :00:56.- we'll be live at the Liberal Democrat party conference in
:00:56. > :01:00.Birmingham. And the conjoined sisters who have
:01:00. > :01:10.overcome the odds to survive after being separated by surgeons in
:01:10. > :01:14.
:01:14. > :01:18.Hello and welcome. The gloves are off in Barack Obama's fight for re-
:01:19. > :01:22.election. We heard his new rhetoric for the first time today but we
:01:22. > :01:26.will hear it again and again over the year to come. The president
:01:26. > :01:29.says he wants to tax the rich, or as he put it at the White House
:01:29. > :01:32.this afternoon, he will veto any "one sided deal" that puts all the
:01:32. > :01:36.burden for reducing the US deficit on the shoulders of ordinary
:01:36. > :01:39.Americans. So we could call this the first airing for Mr Obama's
:01:39. > :01:49.campaign "stump speech", his pitch to voters to share his sense of
:01:49. > :01:51.
:01:51. > :01:56.urgency. During the past decade, profligate spending in Washington,
:01:56. > :02:03.tax cuts for multi-millionaires, the cost of two wars, and the
:02:03. > :02:08.recession, turned a surplus into a yawning deficit. But left us with a
:02:08. > :02:12.pile of I in use. If we do not act, the burden will fall on our
:02:12. > :02:14.children's shoulders. The last few months in Washington have been
:02:14. > :02:18.dominated by the conservative focus on cutting spending to pay down
:02:18. > :02:20.America's debt. Today, the president called for what he terms
:02:20. > :02:24.a "balanced plan", where for every two dollars cut from Washington
:02:25. > :02:33.spending, another dollar will be raised in new revenue. To sell his
:02:33. > :02:38.plan, Mr Obama swung into populist mode. Middle-class families should
:02:38. > :02:45.not pay higher taxes than millionaires and billionaires. That
:02:45. > :02:50.is straightforward. It is hard to argue against that. Warren
:02:50. > :02:56.Buffett's Secretary should not pay it more tax than Warren Buffett.
:02:56. > :03:01.There is no justification for it. It is wrong that in the U S A eight
:03:01. > :03:09.teacher or nurse or construction worker who earns $50,000 should pay
:03:09. > :03:15.a higher tax rates than somebody pulling in $50 million. Anybody who
:03:15. > :03:20.says we cannot change the tax code to correct that, anyone who has
:03:20. > :03:26.signed a pledge to protect every tax as long as they live, they
:03:26. > :03:29.should be called out. They should defend that unfairness. President
:03:29. > :03:34.Obama went on to insist that he wasn't indulging in class warfare,
:03:34. > :03:36.but he certainly seemed to be adopting a newly populist tone.
:03:36. > :03:38.We'll hear analysis in a minute from political commentator Robert
:03:38. > :03:41.Traynham, who's served on a number of Republican presidential
:03:41. > :03:50.campaigns, but first let's ask the BBC's own Adam Brookes in
:03:50. > :03:59.Washington how this speech has gone down. Adam, what's the initial
:03:59. > :04:04.reaction? On the face lit, President Obama was in professorial
:04:04. > :04:12.moat. It was a disquisition on the tax code. Under Lerwick --
:04:12. > :04:19.underline it, was par for election season politics. It was a challenge
:04:19. > :04:23.to the Republicans, an attack on, strong criticism, of senior members
:04:23. > :04:29.of the Republican majority in the House of Representatives by name.
:04:29. > :04:35.And it was a challenge to the Republican Party. It was when the
:04:35. > :04:39.President said he will veto any plant that comes out of the House
:04:39. > :04:44.of Representatives which cuts welfare and entitlement payments,
:04:44. > :04:50.payments to the elderly and the poor, unless there are tax rises in
:04:50. > :04:54.there too. The Republicans made it very clear they will not accept any
:04:54. > :04:59.tax rises. We are seeing the battle lines getting drawn and the
:04:59. > :05:05.President coming out of his corner swinging in a way it many of his
:05:05. > :05:07.supporters have been waiting for him to do. How much is he trying to
:05:07. > :05:16.re-energised the base that sometimes says he forgot where he
:05:16. > :05:23.came from? I felt I could almost see congealing before my eyes, the
:05:23. > :05:29.principal themes of the Democratic campaign. It will be about fairness,
:05:29. > :05:35.energising Democrats to make sure the bankers who have huge bonuses
:05:35. > :05:40.on Wall Street pay their fair share, about using government stimulus and
:05:40. > :05:45.tools to create jobs and it is trying to get the disaffected,
:05:45. > :05:54.recession battered democratic base at the political centre to rally
:05:54. > :05:59.behind President Obama, a more centrist frame of mind. Let's bring
:05:59. > :06:04.in our political commentator. You are a veteran of Capitol Hill and
:06:04. > :06:09.campaigns. What would you advise your politicians to say in answer
:06:09. > :06:15.to this if you were advising the Republicans?
:06:15. > :06:20.This is an interesting contrast in argument between the haves and
:06:20. > :06:24.have-nots and also at the Republicans would say what you're
:06:24. > :06:33.doing is penalising the people living the American Dream,
:06:33. > :06:36.penalising the folks climbing up the economic ladder. I would think
:06:36. > :06:41.Republicans would say first and foremost we are for tax reform,
:06:41. > :06:46.levelling the playing field, for making sure the tax code is fair
:06:46. > :06:49.but we need to understand this really is about class warfare and
:06:49. > :06:54.you are trying to penalise those more fortunate than those that are
:06:54. > :06:58.not. Do you think there will be worried in Conservative ranks this
:06:58. > :07:01.is quite a powerful appeal to the American public?
:07:01. > :07:07.Well, what's more worrying to any politician running for re-election
:07:07. > :07:12.is we have 9.1 unemployment. What is more worrying is there is no
:07:12. > :07:17.short-term solution to the millions that are unemployed in America.
:07:17. > :07:23.That is the number one concern so the question becomes hard to fix
:07:23. > :07:28.the immediate problems, overhauling the tax code, although important,
:07:28. > :07:34.that will not bring the unemployment rate down. Final
:07:34. > :07:39.question to you, it struck me the famous campaign slogan about taxes
:07:39. > :07:45.was read my lips, no new taxes. He paid the price when he changed his
:07:45. > :07:51.mind. It is quite brave saying read my lips, more new taxes. It depends
:07:51. > :07:57.who you ask. If you ask the president, that is what he wants.
:07:57. > :08:01.He wants to draw this contrast that I am willing to come up with new
:08:01. > :08:05.programmes and a vision but it will cost something and if you look at
:08:05. > :08:11.the presidential battle grounds in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Florida
:08:12. > :08:17.and Ohio, it is a pretty resonating argument. If I am a democrat rave
:08:17. > :08:20.re-election, it is not a bad argument to run on.
:08:20. > :08:23.Thank you. Escalating violence in Yemen has left at least 50 people
:08:23. > :08:26.dead over the past two days. The government cracked down on
:08:26. > :08:30.demonstrations in Sana'a, but now the protests have spread outside
:08:30. > :08:33.the capital. Anger has been directed at President Ali Abdullah
:08:33. > :08:42.Saleh who has in Saudi Arabia since June recovering from an
:08:42. > :08:47.assassination attempt. Mike Wooldridge reports.
:08:47. > :08:55.A second day of deadly violence in the Yemeni capital. The battles
:08:55. > :08:59.bringing to an end what was a political stalemate lasting months.
:08:59. > :09:04.The protesters have been trying to extend the area where they have
:09:04. > :09:13.been encamped in their thousands demanding the Yemeni ruler leave
:09:13. > :09:17.office for good. In this new confrontation between the
:09:17. > :09:26.demonstrators and security forces, many more casualties today hastily
:09:26. > :09:31.removed to hospitals and makeshift clinics. It has forced Yemen and a
:09:31. > :09:35.greater escalation back into the international arena. We call on the
:09:35. > :09:38.government to end attacks against civilians and civilian targets in
:09:38. > :09:44.full compliance with the obligations under international
:09:44. > :09:48.human rights law. The government will investigate and hold
:09:48. > :09:52.accountable those responsible for these acts. It's unfortunate those
:09:52. > :10:00.events occurred at a time while some solutions for the crisis were
:10:00. > :10:05.appearing. President Saleh a left for treatment in Saudi Arabia after
:10:05. > :10:08.wounded -- been wounded. He told his vice-president to discuss a
:10:08. > :10:13.deal under which he would step down in return for immunity from
:10:13. > :10:22.prosecution. But the President has backed away three-times from
:10:22. > :10:26.signing deals to transfer power. It is not just Sanaa seeing an upsurge.
:10:26. > :10:36.This is Taiz. More evidence of the pressure on the government and
:10:36. > :10:43.mediators. UN and Gulf envoys have arrived to try to find a solution.
:10:43. > :10:51.Opposition leaders say protests will continue. Joining me from
:10:51. > :10:55.Birmingham is Abdulalem Alshamery. What a you hearing from the streets
:10:55. > :11:03.about the tactics the security forces are using -- what are you
:11:03. > :11:10.hearing? The tactics at the moment, I call it genocide against humanity.
:11:10. > :11:16.It is led by the Sun and cousins. Since yesterday, more than 50
:11:16. > :11:20.people were killed and hundreds wounded. I do not know what an
:11:20. > :11:25.international community is waiting for. They have the right to step in
:11:25. > :11:29.further and stock what he's doing. We are seeing the international
:11:29. > :11:37.community stepping back and watching what is happening. King
:11:37. > :11:40.Abdullah, the Saudi king, received the President of the Yemen and
:11:40. > :11:50.thanking him for the support he has given to the regime. I don't know
:11:50. > :11:58.what will happen in the near future, as I speak now the death toll is
:11:58. > :12:05.increasing. We have not seen any thing in the Arab League. We are
:12:05. > :12:10.hearing reports of UN and Gulf envoys travelling to Sanaa to
:12:10. > :12:17.negotiate with the President to step down. For the last nine months
:12:17. > :12:27.now, the GCC has been sending representatives but the agreements
:12:27. > :12:28.
:12:28. > :12:33.and initiatives and offers by the GCC and worldwide given to sell a,
:12:33. > :12:39.he is not signed any agreement. Why are they not doing like they did
:12:39. > :12:45.with the Syrians and the Libyans and Egyptians? Why do we have to
:12:45. > :12:55.suffer, the death toll is still increasing. We have seen no action
:12:55. > :12:55.
:12:55. > :12:59.from the UN. Yemen have received the head of the GCC and the UN in
:12:59. > :13:06.Sanaa and they say they want to revive the initiative. What sort of
:13:06. > :13:11.initiatives? Let's look at the pressures within because we could
:13:11. > :13:15.look at how the military is still supporting the present, is that a
:13:16. > :13:22.united force or do you see cracks in military support for the regime?
:13:22. > :13:29.There is a crack in the military, the Republican Guards and the
:13:29. > :13:37.central security forces led by his son and nephews. They are the only
:13:37. > :13:43.loyalists. Of the Ali, there is a huge crack and we have heard many
:13:43. > :13:52.of the Republican Guards members have defected and are not excepting
:13:52. > :13:55.what is happening to Erin people. Thank you. -- to their own people.
:13:55. > :14:02.The Greek government is trying to find the money it needs to deal
:14:02. > :14:05.with his debts. The need to be satisfied with the Government's
:14:05. > :14:09.progress on deficit-reduction before more bear that funds can be
:14:09. > :14:15.released. The IMF has criticised the Greek Government's strategy of
:14:16. > :14:22.reducing the deficit by raising taxes.
:14:22. > :14:27.Some people say the future of the euro-zone lies in this man's hands.
:14:27. > :14:31.He is the Greek Finance Minister and these are critical days. His
:14:31. > :14:35.country faces bankruptcy next month without another injection of bail
:14:35. > :14:40.out money. Other European leaders insist Greece must do more to
:14:40. > :14:46.reduce its deficit and that this was the message the IMF gave him
:14:46. > :14:51.today. The ball is in the Greek court, implementation is of the
:14:51. > :14:56.essence. Yes, there have been tax rises and pay cuts but they have
:14:56. > :15:00.not done the job. The numbers in the public sector remain high, tax
:15:00. > :15:04.collection is a shambles and the economy is shrinking. So, more cuts
:15:04. > :15:14.are on the way but this time increasingly the Greeks are
:15:14. > :15:18.
:15:18. > :15:23.The Athens bike fair drew many middle-class families. Among them,
:15:23. > :15:29.was so Joanna Karelles, a public sector worker. She says she is
:15:29. > :15:32.scared. We are very careful about what we buy now. Every time we go
:15:32. > :15:39.to the supermarket, we are very careful to go with a list and it is
:15:39. > :15:44.becoming a shorter and shorter list. When schools started this autumn,
:15:44. > :15:49.this family found a shortage of books in the classroom. Just a week
:15:49. > :15:55.ago, the government announced a property tax, the aim to raise 2
:15:55. > :16:00.billion euros. It would hit flat owners like Anna. It works out
:16:01. > :16:07.about six or 7 euros per metre which means just about more than
:16:07. > :16:12.700 euros for this flat for a year in two instalments. How do people
:16:12. > :16:15.feel about that one-off tax because it is quite a lot of money? It is.
:16:15. > :16:20.I think the middle classes and property owners are getting
:16:20. > :16:24.outraged. The taxes will be collected by electricity bills and
:16:24. > :16:28.already the power unions are saying they will sabotage it. On the
:16:28. > :16:32.streets there are crowds saying they will not pay the new tax. That
:16:32. > :16:36.is the problem. Families and public-sector workers are
:16:36. > :16:41.increasingly unwilling to accept cuts in exchange for a further
:16:41. > :16:47.bail-out. 53 people have been killed in the
:16:48. > :16:50.earthquake which hit the India Nepal border according to officials.
:16:51. > :16:54.The epicentre of the quake was in the northeastern Indian state of
:16:54. > :16:56.Sikkim, where at least 31 people were killed. Police and media say
:16:56. > :16:59.rain and landslides are blocking the efforts of rescue workers
:16:59. > :17:03.searching for survivors. Gunmen in Burundi have shot dead at
:17:03. > :17:06.least 36 people in an attack on a bar. Survivors said dozens of men
:17:06. > :17:09.armed with automatic weapons entered the bar in Gatumba, close
:17:09. > :17:11.to the capital, Bujumbura. It's the worst outbreak of violence since
:17:11. > :17:15.disputed elections in Burundi last year.
:17:15. > :17:18.Here in the UK, six men and one woman have been arrested on counter
:17:18. > :17:22.terror charges. The men, aged between 25 and 32, were detained
:17:22. > :17:30.last night in a series of raids in Birmingham. The woman is being
:17:30. > :17:34.questioned on suspicion of withholding information. The Greek
:17:34. > :17:37.Cypriot government says drilling for natural gas in water south of
:17:37. > :17:42.Cyprus has started, despite repeated warnings from Turkey that
:17:42. > :17:46.it must not go ahead. Turkey said drilling would prompt it to send
:17:46. > :17:54.its own exploration ships into waters controlled by a Turkish
:17:54. > :17:58.Cypriots. Britain is facing an economic
:17:58. > :18:02.crisis, the equivalent of being at war, that was the stark assessment
:18:02. > :18:06.given today by Vince Cable at the Liberal Democrats' conference in
:18:06. > :18:11.Birmingham. He painted a gloomy picture of the economic recovery,
:18:11. > :18:15.saying there were gloomy times ahead. Nick Clegg, the party leader,
:18:15. > :18:19.said there was no alternative to the Commission's strategy.
:18:19. > :18:24.A bleak warning was issued in Birmingham today. A warning to the
:18:24. > :18:28.country that danger lies ahead. The enemy is not one that we can see,
:18:28. > :18:33.not one they can protect us against. It is the threat that the economy
:18:33. > :18:38.may not recover. We now face a crisis that is the economic
:18:38. > :18:41.equivalent of war. The Business Secretary told his fellow Liberal
:18:41. > :18:47.Democrats today that the public deserved and wanted to be told it
:18:47. > :18:53.like it is. The truth is, that there are difficult times ahead,
:18:53. > :18:58.that Britain's post-war pattern of ever-rising living standards has
:18:58. > :19:03.been broken by the financial collapse. Ministers' language is
:19:03. > :19:07.changing. They have begun to talk of the need opt for a stimulus to
:19:07. > :19:11.get the economy moving, to get more companies to follow Jaguar Land-
:19:11. > :19:17.Rover who today announced they would be creating 750 jobs building
:19:17. > :19:21.a new engine plant in Wolverhampton. The Lib Dem Conference has echoed
:19:21. > :19:26.to the sound of coalition disharmony, as one partner
:19:26. > :19:29.criticises the other in what they call their political marriage. Some
:19:29. > :19:34.people say coalition is a political marriage, how would your wife,
:19:34. > :19:42.Miriam, feel if you describe her as witless, a nightmare and that
:19:42. > :19:46.divorce was inevitable? I think... Miriam would not be pleased! People
:19:46. > :19:51.on that platform behind me have said it. To accept that people
:19:51. > :19:56.would get on the platform and say stuff about the Conservatives, that
:19:56. > :20:00.is what happens in politics. Party conferences are the times when
:20:00. > :20:04.ministers display their differences in public with their coalition
:20:04. > :20:14.partners. In private, they are united in worrying about how one
:20:14. > :20:17.earth to get the economy moving again.
:20:17. > :20:20.Our political correspondent is that the conference in Birmingham for us.
:20:20. > :20:27.We have been talking about the economy, in the USA, Greece and
:20:27. > :20:30.here, it seems economic gloom is the theme of the hour? Exactly. And
:20:30. > :20:35.yet, the mood at the Liberal Democrats' conference is strangely
:20:35. > :20:39.upbeat, especially when you consider that it was only back in
:20:39. > :20:42.May that they suffered really bad losses at local government
:20:43. > :20:47.elections and even now, they are still languishing in the opinion
:20:47. > :20:53.polls. To talk a little more about this, I have with me Mark
:20:53. > :20:58.Littlewood, a former head of press for the Liberal Democrats. They at
:20:58. > :21:03.11 % in the opinion polls, that is half what they were on before the
:21:03. > :21:08.general election, why are they so upbeat? Why is there not more
:21:08. > :21:12.revolt in the air? I think it is more defiance than being upbeat.
:21:13. > :21:16.The Liberal Democrats usually get a boost from local elections. The May
:21:16. > :21:21.results were horrible and there were many councillors who lost
:21:21. > :21:26.their seats. They will probably conclude that is because the party
:21:26. > :21:30.is in coalition with the Conservatives. It is not since the
:21:30. > :21:34.days of David Lloyd George back in the 1920s that Liberal Democrats
:21:34. > :21:39.have held any high office of sorts. Although there is concern about the
:21:39. > :21:44.opinion poll ratings and what should be done to get them back up
:21:44. > :21:47.to the twenties, I think there is still a degree of pride that the
:21:47. > :21:51.Liberal Democrats are in a meaningful power. Vince Cable was
:21:51. > :21:56.warning of tough times ahead on the economy and we know the Liberal
:21:56. > :21:59.Democrats were getting a lot of blame for the austerity, presumably
:21:59. > :22:05.that means there could be more pressure on whether the coalition
:22:05. > :22:10.actually holds together to 2015? think it is likely the coalition
:22:10. > :22:14.will hold together for the duration. There is total unity on the need
:22:14. > :22:19.for fiscal retrenchment to get the budget deficit under control over
:22:19. > :22:23.the course of this Parliament. That is the glue which is holding the
:22:23. > :22:26.Conservatives and Liberal Democrats together. I think Vince Cable was
:22:26. > :22:31.right to say the outlook for the economy was hardly rosy and what is
:22:31. > :22:35.happening internationally will buffet it, they are not in control
:22:35. > :22:38.of their own destiny but I think the Liberal Democrats will have to
:22:38. > :22:44.do more to explain how the British economy can get out of this mess,
:22:44. > :22:49.what concrete steps have been taken -- can be taken. There has been a
:22:49. > :22:54.lot said at the conference to echo what President Obama has said, we
:22:54. > :22:58.have got to hit the rich harder, that has been the message repeated
:22:58. > :23:02.by Vince Cable, Nick Clegg and Danny Alexander. Really, the
:23:02. > :23:07.challenge is, what can the coalition do to help growth in the
:23:07. > :23:11.British economy? We are bumbling along at very sluggish rates of
:23:11. > :23:15.growth. What can we do to make this a better environment to do business
:23:15. > :23:20.in? My concern is the Liberal Democrats are drawing red lines
:23:20. > :23:23.about tax cuts for the rich, considering how the burden of pain
:23:23. > :23:28.should be shared out, rather than working out what steps can be taken
:23:28. > :23:31.to get the economy off the floor. Thank you for joining us. Nick
:23:31. > :23:36.Clegg will give his speech to conference in a couple of days'
:23:36. > :23:39.time and his big theme here has been the Liberal Democrats are
:23:39. > :23:43.providing a restraining influence on the Conservatives in the
:23:43. > :23:50.coalition, but once again, the opinion polls do not quite suggest
:23:50. > :23:54.he is having much luck convincing the voters.
:23:54. > :23:58.Thank you. Surgeons who successfully separated conjoined
:23:59. > :24:04.twins a month ago say the two baby girls are recovering well. Rital
:24:04. > :24:09.and Ritag Gaboura were born joined at the head. The sisters, who are
:24:09. > :24:14.from Sudan, had four operations at Great Ormond Street Hospital in
:24:14. > :24:20.London. Doctors say they have overcome incredible odds to survive.
:24:20. > :24:25.Fergus Walsh reports. This is now to get the nurse for
:24:26. > :24:30.Rital and Ritag, sharing the same cot but these twins have undergone
:24:30. > :24:34.an extraordinary journey to be physically separated. Born at
:24:34. > :24:37.joined at the head, doctors said they would probably have died
:24:38. > :24:43.unless they underwent surgery. Their parents, both doctors from
:24:43. > :24:46.Sudan, can now each hold one daughter in their arms. For them,
:24:46. > :24:52.it is a miracle. What was it like when the twins
:24:52. > :24:59.were able to look each other in the eye for the first time? It was
:24:59. > :25:05.really a great moment in our life. I will never forget. I hope that
:25:05. > :25:11.they will get a normal life and treated as normal human beings and
:25:11. > :25:15.to forget all of their suffering times. Looking at the twins now, it
:25:15. > :25:19.is remarkable to think that just a month ago they were joined at the
:25:19. > :25:23.head. It is still too early to be sure but there are no signs at this
:25:24. > :25:28.stage that either has suffered any neurological damage as a result of
:25:29. > :25:34.the separation. This was the huge surgical team at Great Ormond
:25:34. > :25:40.Street Hospital who carried out four complex operations spread over
:25:40. > :25:44.four months, first dividing the veins and arteries, then growing
:25:44. > :25:51.use skin to cover the skull and finally this, the moment when the
:25:51. > :25:54.twins were separated. There are so many things that you have to get
:25:54. > :25:59.right in the right order, separating the blood vessels,
:25:59. > :26:04.making sure the brain is safe, reconstructing skin. It has really
:26:04. > :26:08.been a tribute to the team that we have been able to plan this in such
:26:08. > :26:14.detail and keep them safe throughout. A charity, Facing the
:26:14. > :26:20.World, paid the medical costs and say the twins will still -- soon be
:26:20. > :26:24.well enough to be flown home with the hopes of a bright future.
:26:24. > :26:30.Our main news: President Obama has up blind his plan for cutting
:26:30. > :26:33.America's huge budget deficit saying wealthier citizens must pay
:26:33. > :26:38.higher taxes. At least 50 people have been killed
:26:38. > :26:42.in the capital of Yemen, Sanaa, in escalating violence between
:26:42. > :26:48.opponents of President Saleh and forces loyal to him.
:26:48. > :26:58.That is all from the programme. Next, the weather, from the
:26:58. > :27:01.
:27:01. > :27:06.Philippa Thomas and the rest of the Hello. The weather for this week is
:27:06. > :27:11.looking pretty changeable. Weather fronts queuing up from the Atlantic
:27:11. > :27:15.sweeping across the UK. Today, we have a band of rain affecting
:27:15. > :27:21.southern areas of the UK. It is courtesy of this weather front
:27:21. > :27:31.moving across northern England over Nat Nat, slowly sinking its way
:27:31. > :27:32.
:27:32. > :27:37.southwards throughout Tuesday. -- moving its way southwards overnight.
:27:37. > :27:44.Tomorrow, the skies should brighten across Lincolnshire and the
:27:44. > :27:50.Midlands but later turning cloudy and white. South East is looking
:27:50. > :27:57.largely dry and bright. In Devon and Cornwall, some of the rain will
:27:57. > :28:00.be heavy at times, continuing through southern Wales. Northern
:28:00. > :28:04.Wales will be dry and brighter through Tuesday afternoon. The
:28:04. > :28:08.Northern Ireland and Scotland, quite a different looking afternoon.
:28:08. > :28:12.Sunny spells and scattered showers, watch out with some gusty winds.
:28:12. > :28:16.There will be some heavy showers in the afternoon with the odd rumble