:00:09. > :00:13.This is BBC World News Today with me, Tim Willcox. The end of the
:00:13. > :00:16.Arab League mission in Syria? Where Saudi Arabia led other gulf states
:00:16. > :00:19.follow. Damascus brands it a mounting
:00:19. > :00:27.foreign conspiracy claiming the pull out will have no effect on the
:00:27. > :00:33.security crackdown. They are free to go to New York or
:00:33. > :00:36.the moon. As long as Syria doesn't pay for their ticket.
:00:36. > :00:44.Choppy times ahead - the IMF slashes its growth forecast for the
:00:44. > :00:47.world's economies most of the blame it says lies with the eurozone.
:00:47. > :00:54.Nigerian security forces carry out raids in the northern city of Kano,
:00:54. > :00:58.hunting suspected supporters of the Islamist group Boko Haram.
:00:58. > :01:01.Also coming up in the programme - the race for the White House moves
:01:01. > :01:04.up a gear. President Obama prepares to deliver his State of the Union
:01:04. > :01:14.address telling voters why he deserves a second term as the
:01:14. > :01:21.
:01:21. > :01:24.Republican candidates slug it out And Hugo leads the field for the
:01:24. > :01:34.Oscars, with eleven nominations. We look at the contenders for
:01:34. > :01:47.
:01:47. > :01:51.Hello and welcome. The Arab League peace mission to Syria looks on the
:01:51. > :01:53.verge of collapse today as more countries decided to pull out. The
:01:53. > :01:56.five remaining members of the Gulf Co-operation Council followed the
:01:56. > :02:01.lead of Saudi Arabia, which withdrew on Sunday, saying Syria
:02:01. > :02:04.wasn't respecting any agreements. The Syrian response was defiant -
:02:04. > :02:13.the country's foreign minister claiming there was a conspiracy
:02:13. > :02:17.against his country. From Beirut, Jim Muir reports.
:02:17. > :02:22.Isolated and under pressure but still defiant. For the Syrian
:02:23. > :02:27.foreign minister, what is happening at the Arab League are part of a
:02:27. > :02:31.plan. He said it was not surprised some of the Arab states ignored the
:02:31. > :02:38.report of the Arab observers because they did not like what it
:02:38. > :02:47.said. I criticise the report in advance that we would not accept
:02:47. > :02:53.because it is a blatant resolution that harms Syria's sovereignty and
:02:53. > :02:58.it's an interference in internal affairs. The Arab observers have
:02:58. > :03:02.been on the ground in different parts of Syria since late December.
:03:02. > :03:09.Their report to the Arab League has not been published but the League
:03:09. > :03:12.voted to extend it for another month and give it more money. The
:03:12. > :03:16.commander of the observer mission so the violence was reduced after
:03:16. > :03:23.the monitors arrived and blamed armed rebels for opening fire on
:03:23. > :03:27.checkpoints prompting them to shoot back. Actor this dispute that a
:03:27. > :03:36.version of events saying in many places security forces are still
:03:36. > :03:40.shooting at demonstrations at funerals and hundreds have died.
:03:40. > :03:44.With the other Gulf states following the Saudi Arabia lead and
:03:44. > :03:48.pulling out of the mission, the trend seems to be towards the UN.
:03:48. > :03:52.The Arab League has asked for a meeting with the Secretary-General
:03:52. > :03:57.but like the Arab League the Security Council is currently
:03:57. > :04:01.divided with Russia and China opposed to veto any moves against
:04:01. > :04:06.Syria. It all adds up to mounting pressure on Damascus but the
:04:06. > :04:13.foreign minister appeared confident it can ride out the storm. Syria,
:04:13. > :04:15.he said, does not tremble in the wind. Joining me now from
:04:15. > :04:22.Washington is Ali Al-ahmed, director of the Institute for Gulf
:04:22. > :04:29.Affairs. Does this mean this peace mission is doomed?
:04:29. > :04:33.I think the peace mission will continue but without the most
:04:33. > :04:38.important factor in the Arab League which is the Gulf block that has
:04:38. > :04:45.been the driving force behind initiating action against Syria.
:04:45. > :04:51.The Gulf countries see this as part of a war and I underline the word
:04:51. > :04:59.which has been used by a Saudi mouthpiece, the Gulf countries
:04:59. > :05:05.including Saudi Arabia, war with the Iranian regime, so is a front
:05:06. > :05:11.in the war. They would like to wrestle away the -- Syria away from
:05:11. > :05:16.the Iranian alliance or access in the region which has been very good
:05:16. > :05:23.for the Iranians in terms of them are projecting their influence in
:05:23. > :05:27.Arab countries like Lebanon and the Palestinian issues. So such a
:05:27. > :05:37.raider would like to make this International, that will not be
:05:37. > :05:37.
:05:38. > :05:45.accepted by Damascus -- Saudi Arabia. There is an irony, the GCC
:05:45. > :05:47.are leading a counter revolution in Bahrain and in Yemen while
:05:47. > :05:53.simultaneously supporting revolution in Syria. It's not about
:05:54. > :06:02.democracy, it's about realigning the political ground in the Middle
:06:02. > :06:06.East in favour of the GCC Alliance and its other Arab allies by
:06:06. > :06:12.weakening and toppling the regime in Syria which has been a strong
:06:12. > :06:16.ally of Iran. Syria is a battle front with Iran. It is not the
:06:16. > :06:26.target but Iran is the target. Where do you see things developing
:06:26. > :06:26.
:06:26. > :06:33.now? I think there will be a great amount of pressure on the Russians
:06:33. > :06:39.to stop all not to veto any UN Security Council action against
:06:39. > :06:47.Syria. China apparently has received some type of a bright last
:06:47. > :06:54.week, the Chinese president was in Riyadh and he was given assurances
:06:54. > :06:58.of supply of oil to China and I think there is also today we had an
:06:58. > :07:06.announcement of a 9 billion dollar refinery which will be built in
:07:06. > :07:10.China, funded by Kuwait. There are incentives for China from the GCC,
:07:10. > :07:15.Russia has yet to receive such incentives and the price is not yet
:07:15. > :07:20.right for Russia to stop supporting the Syrian government. On the
:07:20. > :07:25.question of arms, Russian arms are pouring into Syria, what other Gulf
:07:25. > :07:32.states doing behind the scenes with the Syrian Free Army? From the
:07:32. > :07:39.beginning Saudi Arabia has supported the Syrian opposition,
:07:39. > :07:47.dedicated a leading television channels to support the revolution
:07:47. > :07:55.in Syria, they are armed groups in Syria which have been supported
:07:55. > :08:00.directly with weapons and communications, tools and equipment,
:08:00. > :08:09.from Saudi Arabia and other GCC countries. This is a war, really.
:08:09. > :08:12.It is a proxy war between Iran and the GCC. This is basically... It
:08:12. > :08:16.should be called a war because people are dying, both sides have
:08:16. > :08:20.weapons. We must leave it there. Thank you
:08:20. > :08:22.for joining us. Now a look at some of the day's other news. Egypt's
:08:22. > :08:25.military ruler has announced a partial lifting of the country's
:08:25. > :08:27.decades-old state of emergency from Wednesday. Field Marshal Tantawi
:08:27. > :08:30.said it would still apply in dealing with crimes committed by
:08:30. > :08:33."thugs", the label the military has often given to the organisers of
:08:33. > :08:39.anti-government protests. The move came on the first anniversary of
:08:39. > :08:41.the popular uprising which ousted President Hosni Mubarak.
:08:41. > :08:44.Turkey has condemned as discriminatory and racist a bill
:08:44. > :08:49.passed by the French Senate which makes denial of the Armenian
:08:50. > :08:51.genocide a crime. It has vowed to punish Paris with retaliatory
:08:52. > :09:01.measures if French President Nicolas Sarkozy, whose right-wing
:09:02. > :09:02.
:09:02. > :09:05.UMP party initiated the bill, signs it into law.
:09:05. > :09:08.Russia has announced that its peacekeeping troops and helicopters
:09:08. > :09:11.are to be withdrawn from South Sudan by April 1st. It's a severe
:09:11. > :09:13.blow to the United Nations' operation in the area, since it
:09:13. > :09:20.relies on the helicopters to move personnel and supplies around the
:09:20. > :09:25.country. The IMF has slashed its growth
:09:25. > :09:29.forecast for most major countries downgrading world growth by 0.8%.
:09:29. > :09:33.The main reason is because of the crisis in the year resign but the
:09:33. > :09:38.IMF is predicting a recession in Italy and Spain. The IMF urged
:09:38. > :09:44.governments to encourage growth and are just what it described as the
:09:44. > :09:50.rhythm of austerity. More bad news for the eurozone from
:09:50. > :09:57.the IMF. Global economic recovery is under threat because of strains
:09:57. > :10:01.in the euro area. The eurozone economy is forecast to shrink by
:10:01. > :10:08.0.5% in 2012. Food for thought for ministers and officials meeting in
:10:08. > :10:14.Brussels. They cannot argue with the figures. The economic slowdown
:10:14. > :10:17.continues and several factors point towards a moderate recession in the
:10:17. > :10:23.first half of this year. Which makes it all the more important to
:10:23. > :10:27.get some kind of good news out of Greece. Another Herculean task.
:10:27. > :10:32.Talks between the Greek government and banks which agreed to write off
:10:32. > :10:36.50% of the Greek debt they hold are stuck on the issue of how much
:10:36. > :10:40.interest Greece will pay on the debt which remains. The European
:10:40. > :10:44.ministers say there's no point in a deal unless agreed payments come
:10:44. > :10:50.down to a sustainable level in the long term. That also means Greece
:10:50. > :10:54.itself needs to push through a more austerity. It's quite clear the
:10:54. > :10:58.implementation increase has failed. When it comes to structural reforms,
:10:58. > :11:02.fiscal reform, they have not delivered. The ministers have been
:11:02. > :11:07.discussing the new fiscal treaty for the eurozone which Britain
:11:07. > :11:12.refused to be part of. The text is due to be finalised at the European
:11:12. > :11:15.summit next Monday. When the EU leaders meet they want to talk
:11:16. > :11:20.about growth and employment across the Union. Today's figures show
:11:20. > :11:28.just how important that is. With a much greater economic growth, the
:11:28. > :11:32.eurozone cannot escape from the crisis.
:11:32. > :11:36.Nigerian security forces claimed to have arrested 160 members of an
:11:36. > :11:40.Islamist sect during dawn raids incarnate. According to residents,
:11:40. > :11:45.a man and his wife were killed in a gun battle after forces surrounded
:11:45. > :11:55.a suspected hideout. The group has claimed responsibility for last
:11:55. > :12:02.
:12:02. > :12:08.week's attacks that killed at least Nigeria is in trouble. Soldiers on
:12:09. > :12:12.the streets and communities torn apart by violence. These are
:12:12. > :12:17.Christians who have fled their homes in the Muslim-dominated north
:12:17. > :12:23.of the country. A militant Islamist group Boko Haram gave them three
:12:23. > :12:27.days to leave or else. Two days after the deadline they started
:12:27. > :12:33.killing and shooting and bombing and that is what the left. You're
:12:33. > :12:41.scared? Yes. We are scared and that's what the left. Who do you
:12:41. > :12:45.blame? The government. They cannot protect us. Boko Haram is not just
:12:45. > :12:51.targeting Christians. The ruins of a police station in the northern
:12:51. > :12:54.city. At the weekend militants killed almost 200 people here. It
:12:54. > :12:59.amounts to a declaration of war against Nigeria's secular
:12:59. > :13:07.government. This was an extremely well planned, well orchestrated
:13:07. > :13:11.assault with devastating results. The evidence suggests Boko Haram is
:13:11. > :13:18.fast evolving from what was a fairly local menace into a full-
:13:18. > :13:28.scale insurgency. So far, the Government's response has been a to
:13:28. > :13:35.
:13:35. > :13:41.flounder and plain Al-Qaeda. These attacks are quite new. It is an
:13:41. > :13:45.ugly face. The violence has horrified most Muslims. But in the
:13:45. > :13:51.impoverished North people do feel let down by leaders and
:13:51. > :13:57.marginalised. Boko Haram is exploiting it. Most of the
:13:57. > :14:06.unemployed on the streets, no jobs, it is a sad situation. Boko Haram
:14:06. > :14:16.is a symptom of the neglect? Yes. A vast increasingly polarised country
:14:16. > :14:16.
:14:16. > :14:19.braces itself for more violence. President Obama is giving his
:14:19. > :14:25.annual State of the Union address in Washington as the pitches for a
:14:25. > :14:27.second term in office. In this crucial election year the heat is
:14:28. > :14:33.on for President Obama and Republican candidates hoping to
:14:33. > :14:38.stand against him. In a row over a transparency, mitt Romney has
:14:38. > :14:48.revealed his tax records, will the details of his vast wealth help or
:14:48. > :14:50.
:14:50. > :14:55.hinder his chances for the The years is a healthy salary. But
:14:55. > :15:00.with the economic equality playing such a big part, how bad will that
:15:00. > :15:05.affect him? Generally, in America, people don't mind other people
:15:05. > :15:09.making large sums of money, and that is certainly particularly true
:15:09. > :15:13.of the Republican Party. There have been lots of wealthy Republican
:15:13. > :15:18.candidates. What Mitt Romney has got in trouble for is not so much
:15:18. > :15:23.the amount of money has, but how his campaign has handled the issue
:15:23. > :15:28.of his wealth, particularly on his tax returns. It has been a tricky
:15:28. > :15:32.day for Mitt Romney in his race to challenge President Obama. That is
:15:32. > :15:38.after those tax records were released. They show he received $45
:15:38. > :15:46.million in income over the last two years. He paid $6.2 million in tax,
:15:46. > :15:51.an effective tax rate of 13.9 % in 2010. His tax rate is below most
:15:51. > :15:54.Americans, who pay up to 35 % of their income in tax because much of
:15:54. > :15:58.his income comes from capital gains on investments. His records also
:15:58. > :16:03.show that over the past three years he gave $7 million to charity,
:16:03. > :16:07.about half of that to the Mormon Church. Republicans have been quick
:16:07. > :16:11.to defend Mitt Romney on his tax issues and say he did nothing
:16:11. > :16:15.illegal with his tax returns and they are above board. And that
:16:15. > :16:18.American support the idea that investment income should be at a
:16:18. > :16:22.low tax rate because then it is reinvested in the economy and
:16:22. > :16:24.stimulate growth. On the other hand, Democrats have leapt upon this to
:16:25. > :16:30.say it is another sign of unfairness and you cannot have
:16:31. > :16:35.people this wealthy paying less tax than the average American.
:16:35. > :16:44.President Dibaba's state of the Union address tonight. -- President
:16:44. > :16:49.Obama. How ambitious can he be? will reiterate this, on the idea of
:16:49. > :16:53.fairness, that there is a need for greater fairness in the American
:16:53. > :16:57.economy and for wealth to be more evenly distributed. He is going to
:16:57. > :17:03.mention the idea that some people have large sums of money, the top
:17:03. > :17:08.1%, and the idea of inequality and the Occupied movement we have heard
:17:08. > :17:12.of. There will be a populist appeal to the American voters to say I am
:17:12. > :17:16.on your side and that he will stand up for the middle class of America,
:17:16. > :17:20.implicitly drawing comparison with the Republicans, who the Democrats
:17:20. > :17:24.say stand up for the wealthy in America. In conversations I've had
:17:24. > :17:27.in the last couple of days with senior White House officials, the
:17:27. > :17:30.one thing they have said is that the President does not want to make
:17:30. > :17:35.any explicit reference to the Republican race. As one official
:17:35. > :17:38.said, they do not want to put Barack Obama as on the same planet
:17:38. > :17:45.as the Republicans who are running for the nomination because they do
:17:45. > :17:55.not want him to be wading into that fight. And we will be covering the
:17:55. > :18:02.
:18:02. > :18:04.state of the Union address later. The Spanish Judge who indicted the
:18:04. > :18:07.former Chilean dictator, Augusto Pinochet, has gone on trial. Judge
:18:07. > :18:09.Baltasar Garzon is accused of breaking an amnesty law by
:18:09. > :18:11.attempting to investigate alleged human rights abuses committed
:18:12. > :18:13.during Spain's civil war and during the dictatorship of Franco that
:18:13. > :18:19.followed. From Madrid, Tom Burridge reports.
:18:19. > :18:26.Today, hundreds gathered outside the Spanish Supreme Court. Many
:18:26. > :18:31.held pictures of loved ones who had gone missing. And Spain's dictator
:18:31. > :18:37.-- when it Spain's dictator Franco was in charge. They were here to
:18:37. > :18:44.support the judge she was now on trial. One woman says her parents
:18:44. > :18:50.were killed by fascists after the Spanish Civil War. She told me the
:18:50. > :18:55.judges her only hope -- is her only hope. His trial is a disgrace as
:18:55. > :18:59.Spain has not resolve its problems from the past. He is being tried
:18:59. > :19:03.for investigating alleged human rights abuses carried out under the
:19:03. > :19:08.regime of General Franco. The case will focus on the Spanish amnesty
:19:08. > :19:11.law set up after Franco died so that Spain could move on. And the
:19:11. > :19:17.outcome will determine whether crimes of the past could be
:19:17. > :19:20.investigated in the future. But there are many others like this man
:19:20. > :19:30.who was strongly opposed to investigating crimes from Spain's
:19:30. > :19:33.pass. His organisation launched a prosecution against the judge.
:19:33. > :19:37.Undoubtedly he has opened old wounds which people of all
:19:37. > :19:41.political colours in Spain had overcome and moved on from in the
:19:41. > :19:51.Franco regime. You have to take into account that the judge is from
:19:51. > :19:55.the left. The case is putting the international spotlight on Spain.
:19:55. > :20:02.Human rights lawyers came here to attend a trial, which they say is a
:20:02. > :20:06.blow to democracy and human rights. Courts around the world has said
:20:06. > :20:10.you cannot use amnesty laws to prevent the investigation of the
:20:11. > :20:18.crimes of previous dictatorships. And yet, when he says in Spain that
:20:18. > :20:23.he is not going to apply amnesty to the crimes, he is being prosecuted.
:20:23. > :20:28.Some in Spain will never agree to forget. In many ways, the country
:20:28. > :20:33.has moved on. But there is still an underlying political tension here.
:20:33. > :20:42.That is over what has happened in the past. And this trial of the
:20:42. > :20:46.country's best-known judge has The story of a 12-year-old orphan
:20:46. > :20:49.in Paris has topped the nominations for this year's Oscars. Hugo, the
:20:49. > :20:52.3D adventure film by Martin Scorsese, is up for 11 awards
:20:52. > :21:02.including Best Picture and Director. Hot on its heels is the French
:21:02. > :21:04.
:21:04. > :21:08.silent film the Artist, with ten This morning we will share the news
:21:09. > :21:12.we have all been waiting for. seems nothing more matters in
:21:12. > :21:17.Hollywood than this. The Oscars have always been the most formal
:21:17. > :21:27.awards ceremony as well as the most prestigious. And in the melee of
:21:27. > :21:27.
:21:27. > :21:30.names, if you stood out. Hugo. The Descendants. The Artist. In all,
:21:30. > :21:36.The Artist picked up 10 nominations including best picture, director
:21:36. > :21:40.and actor. Descendants took five and is a favourite for best picture,
:21:40. > :21:45.as is Hugo, nominated in 11 categories, most of them technical.
:21:46. > :21:51.For best actor, George Clooney goes up against Brad Pitt. And the best
:21:51. > :21:58.British hope lies with Gary Oldman for his role in Tinker, tailor,
:21:58. > :22:04.soldier, Spy. Meryl Streep's portrayal of Margaret Thatcher is a
:22:04. > :22:10.favourite for Best actress. She is up against Michelle Williams and
:22:10. > :22:15.viola Davies in The Help. The entertainment reporters managed to
:22:15. > :22:21.rev up their excitement. Rye now it is all about Hugo. Despite the
:22:21. > :22:28.announcement being made before dawn in LA. That was so it would hit the
:22:28. > :22:32.American breakfast shows. If The Artist wins Best Film it will only
:22:32. > :22:37.be the second time a silent movie has won the top prize since Wings
:22:37. > :22:40.won the first ever best picture award in 1929. It is the No. 1
:22:40. > :22:44.contender right now because everybody has a crush on it. They
:22:44. > :22:50.are delighted with it. But there are big reservations about whether
:22:50. > :22:54.it is really an Oscar-winner for best picture. George Clooney has
:22:54. > :23:00.never won an Oscar for best leading actor. His Golden Globe has tipped
:23:00. > :23:04.the odds in his favour for The Descendants. And it would be Brad
:23:04. > :23:10.Pitt's first asked if he won as well. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
:23:10. > :23:13.was ignored by the Golden Globes. But the film gives Gary Oldman and
:23:13. > :23:22.his first ticket to the awards which will be held on the last
:23:22. > :23:28.Sunday in February. Joining me now is film critic Jason Solomons. Hugo
:23:28. > :23:31.and The Artist, there is a big theme of nostalgia. In the age of 3
:23:31. > :23:35.D, and all that technology, but you go to the cinema and these are
:23:35. > :23:40.about the beginnings of cinema, silent cinema and what she could do
:23:40. > :23:46.in the old days without technology. Strange that the academy who kind
:23:46. > :23:52.of push forward the arts and motion picture science is are going back
:23:52. > :23:55.to other eras when blockbusters are what is dominating the cinemas.
:23:55. > :23:58.blackout is intentional, there is not a problem with the club. This
:23:58. > :24:04.is you go, and it is up for a lot of technical awards. It is
:24:04. > :24:10.nominated his -- in almost every technical category. It is
:24:10. > :24:14.extraordinary, and that is where it will find its victories. The
:24:14. > :24:22.cinematographer he is also superb. Interestingly it is about lo-fi
:24:22. > :24:25.technology and the beginning of the silent era. But it is pushing
:24:25. > :24:30.forward 3D and is probably the best one ever made. The is has gone in
:24:30. > :24:33.as the leading contender, but just be kind it with 10 nominations is
:24:33. > :24:38.The Artist, which I saw at the weekend, and it is charmingly
:24:38. > :24:43.brilliant. I think it is clever, charming, funny. Ultimately it is
:24:43. > :24:47.very moving. It is a love story and I think it reminds us why we fell
:24:47. > :24:51.in love with films in the first place. It is beautifully shot and
:24:51. > :24:56.has a great knowing wink. He knows what it is doing but it is not
:24:56. > :25:03.gimmicky or a sketch of a pastiche of those built. It tips a wink, but
:25:03. > :25:09.it knows it is doing it now. These are French and nones are worth --
:25:10. > :25:19.have crept into Hollywood -- French unknowns. He was in a children's TV
:25:20. > :25:20.
:25:20. > :25:24.series. Unknown in France, but like the comedian here. In France they
:25:24. > :25:30.find it a bit strange. We have been kinder to the film because it stars
:25:30. > :25:35.him. They are now embracing it. I think that is the one that will
:25:35. > :25:39.come out the winner. I think it will be the first silent winner
:25:39. > :25:44.since 1927 and the first French winner of Best Picture ever. That
:25:44. > :25:49.was nearly 100 years ago. It is a difficult trick to pull off, but it
:25:49. > :25:55.does it beautifully. Not a great deal of time, but The Descendants,
:25:55. > :25:58.how many is that up for? BT's five, and I think it will win for George
:25:58. > :26:02.Clooney is performance. He has been nominated three or four times and I
:26:02. > :26:06.think this is the one that will win it. A lovely performance that
:26:06. > :26:10.balances laughter and tears. But Dad coming to terms with his wife
:26:10. > :26:14.being in a coma and he finds that she has been unfaithful. P rains
:26:14. > :26:21.the performance in. It is quite subdued for a comic performance and
:26:21. > :26:25.he does it very well. Wall -- warhorse, huge promotion, dating
:26:25. > :26:31.back to the First World War. Yes, a period piece and an old-fashioned
:26:31. > :26:34.movie harking back in National Velvet and those John Ford westerns.
:26:34. > :26:39.Lyrical passages. I think it is very well done. I don't think he
:26:39. > :26:43.has magic in it which is what people take from the stage show,
:26:43. > :26:47.but the war scenes are excellent. Spielberg is clearly a fantastic
:26:47. > :26:51.film maker and he deserves six nominations. We need a popular film
:26:51. > :26:57.at the top should -- Oscars. Jason, we are out of time. We will see
:26:57. > :27:04.what happens in Fairbridge. That is it from us. From me and the team.
:27:05. > :27:09.It was a cold day across the country with plenty of cloud and
:27:09. > :27:13.rain through the night and we keep the cloud and it is another cloudy
:27:14. > :27:17.story for tomorrow. But it will be quite mild and also fairly breezy.
:27:17. > :27:20.We are beginning to see a weather front moving in off the Atlantic
:27:20. > :27:24.bringing with it another band of rain to the north and the West.
:27:24. > :27:27.Ahead of that we have damp and drizzly conditions and mist and fog
:27:28. > :27:32.first thing in the morning. By the time we get to the afternoon we
:27:32. > :27:36.might see glimmers of brightness across the North-East. But it will
:27:36. > :27:39.be fairly overcast and at least temperatures into double figures
:27:39. > :27:43.through the afternoon. The top temperature in London of 11 degrees
:27:43. > :27:48.and for many it should be dry and another cloudy affair. Across
:27:48. > :27:51.south-west England week should see patchy and light rain with a top
:27:51. > :27:56.temperature of 10 degrees. A bit of a breeze in the south-west,
:27:56. > :27:59.especially around the coast and for Wales we have like rain on and off
:27:59. > :28:06.through the afternoon. Some heavy rain moving into Northern Ireland
:28:06. > :28:09.accompanied by strong and gusty winds. It is also wet and we speak
:28:09. > :28:13.-- windy for western Scotland. We might see some brakes and a cloud
:28:13. > :28:17.in the morning giving some brighter spells. Through the evening the