:00:09. > :00:14.This is BBC World News Today with me, Zeinab Badawi.
:00:14. > :00:18.Back to the negotiating table. Palestinians and Israelis prepare
:00:18. > :00:21.for their first face-to-face talks in three years. With a push from
:00:21. > :00:26.the US secretary of state John Kerry, can the two sides really
:00:26. > :00:31.make it different this time after all those failed attempts? And of
:00:31. > :00:34.the negotiations are going to be tough. But I also know that the
:00:34. > :00:38.consequences of not trying could be worse.
:00:39. > :00:44.Highway tragedy in Italy. What caught a coach to correct -- plunge
:00:44. > :00:49.into a ravine killing 38 people? Also coming up, surprise remarks
:00:49. > :00:51.from Pope Francis to says gay people should not be marginalised.
:00:51. > :00:55.Is it a sign the Catholic Church will soften its stance on
:00:55. > :01:01.homosexuality? And the sun is out, but our
:01:01. > :01:11.economic ills in the air? We reveal while many Germans are holiday at
:01:11. > :01:20.
:01:20. > :01:23.Hello, and welcome. The Palestinian, Israeli dispute has been one of the
:01:23. > :01:27.most intractable conflict anywhere in the world. For decades, it has
:01:27. > :01:31.not only defied a resolution but has also fuelled conflict in the
:01:31. > :01:35.entire Middle East. Now the two sides are preparing to attend a
:01:35. > :01:38.dinner in Washington this evening hosted by the US secretary of state
:01:38. > :01:42.John Kerry. This will be the first time that such talks will have been
:01:42. > :01:49.held for several years. Mr Kerry himself however was at pains to
:01:49. > :01:53.stress that the path ahead would be long and fraught. Going forward, it
:01:53. > :01:59.is no secret that this is a difficult process. If it were easy,
:01:59. > :02:02.it would have happened a long time ago. It is no secret therefore that
:02:02. > :02:11.many difficult choices lie ahead for the negotiators. And for the
:02:11. > :02:15.leaders. As we seek it reasonable compromises on tough, complicated,
:02:15. > :02:20.emotional and symbolic issues. I think reasonable compromises have
:02:20. > :02:28.to be a keystone of all of this effort. I note the my decisions are
:02:28. > :02:33.going to be tough. But I also know that the consequences of not trying
:02:33. > :02:37.will be worse. There is a long way to go but there are many issues
:02:37. > :02:41.that will present huge challenges. Let us remind you of the key so
:02:41. > :02:44.extensive obstacles that have derailed peace efforts in the past.
:02:44. > :02:53.The Israeli government is afraid that an independent Palestine might
:02:53. > :02:57.one day be hostile to Israel. It is insisted that any future Palestine
:02:57. > :03:01.be largely demilitarised which the Palestinians said of the ordination
:03:02. > :03:05.of their sovereignty. The Israelis maintain that Jerusalem is there
:03:05. > :03:10.indivisible and eternal capital, but the Palestinians want East
:03:10. > :03:14.Jerusalem to be the capital of their future state. But the
:03:14. > :03:17.Palestinian leadership wants the right of the Cern -- writer return
:03:17. > :03:22.of all Palestinian refugees which Israel says will lead to the
:03:22. > :03:26.Palestinians out numbering them. The man nominated as the key
:03:26. > :03:31.mediator for the talks today is the former ambassador or to Israel
:03:31. > :03:36.Martin Indyk and he described it as a difficult role. I am deeply
:03:36. > :03:42.grateful to you and to President Obama for interestingly with the
:03:42. > :03:45.mission of helping you take this breakthrough and turn it into a
:03:45. > :03:50.full-fledged Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement. It is a daunting
:03:50. > :03:56.and humbling challenge but one which I cannot desist from. I look
:03:56. > :04:01.forward with great excitement working with you, President Abbas
:04:01. > :04:05.and Prime Minister Netanyahu and their teams to do their best to
:04:05. > :04:09.achieve President Obama's vision of two states living side by side in
:04:09. > :04:15.peace and security. I have been joined in the studio by
:04:15. > :04:21.a Daniel Levy, a former Israeli air investigator or and joining us from
:04:21. > :04:25.Ramallah on the West Bank is Khaled Elgindy, a former Palestinian
:04:25. > :04:31.negotiator. We have been here before, obviously, are you
:04:31. > :04:38.sceptical optimistic? Well, I would probably have to count myself among
:04:38. > :04:43.the sceptics. At this point, our visit, it is still largely a
:04:43. > :04:49.process which is talks about talks. The Palestinian and Israeli
:04:49. > :04:54.negotiators who are coming are primarily going to tackle this
:04:54. > :04:58.legal issues. And even before getting into the very, very
:04:58. > :05:04.difficult substantive issues that divide them, have divided them for
:05:04. > :05:09.many decades. Do you share that, I would have to say, pessimism? It is
:05:09. > :05:14.talks about talks, not even discussing those as it stands at
:05:14. > :05:18.issue. Yes, there is very little reason to be popping any champagne
:05:18. > :05:22.bottles of this latest element. It almost feels ritualistic.
:05:22. > :05:24.Nevertheless I do not think we have to be cynical. First of all, a
:05:24. > :05:28.piece of good news perhaps for people who are sick of hearing this
:05:28. > :05:33.story about talks starting and never getting anywhere, it looks
:05:33. > :05:37.like there might be not more iterations of efforts to get to
:05:37. > :05:41.state. That option is vanishing and that will soon not be something to
:05:41. > :05:46.realistically talk about. They will talk -- stop talking about eight to
:05:46. > :05:51.state solution and talk about the one state solution? For all the
:05:51. > :05:54.complexity, there is something is really -- something quite simple,
:05:54. > :05:58.there are Jewish Israelis, or Palestinian Arabs. Either there
:05:58. > :06:04.will be to States or everyone will live together in a by national
:06:04. > :06:08.democracy. The majority seem to prefer the first option but there
:06:08. > :06:10.is quite simple. Either Israeli settlements will be withdrawn and
:06:10. > :06:17.there will be the territory for a Palestinian state, or there will
:06:17. > :06:21.not be too reckless days. I think John Kerry's challenge, and the new
:06:21. > :06:31.envoy, his can you get the Israelis into a serious territory, session
:06:31. > :06:36.all they dodge and distract? -- a serious territory discussion or
:06:36. > :06:40.will they dodge and distract. absolutely agree with my good
:06:40. > :06:49.friend on everything he has said. The any clarification of I would
:06:49. > :06:52.add is that, in addition, we have to make a distinction between a one
:06:52. > :06:56.state solution under one state outcome. I completely agree that
:06:56. > :07:02.time is running out on a negotiated to state solution. That does not
:07:02. > :07:05.necessarily mean that the alternative is going to be a by
:07:05. > :07:08.national democratic state. I think the Palestinians and Israelis
:07:08. > :07:12.currently live in a one state reality, there is one sovereign
:07:12. > :07:20.state, Israel, between the river and the sea, that controls that
:07:20. > :07:23.territory. Even though there are two different operations there. I
:07:23. > :07:31.think a third possibility we might see is a continuation of some
:07:31. > :07:36.version of the status quo. As unacceptable as it is, it can
:07:36. > :07:45.continue, I think, not necessarily in definitely butts for the
:07:45. > :07:49.foreseeable future. With manageable, limited conflict that Iraq -- that
:07:49. > :07:53.erupt every now again. Ultimately, a by a national state could be in
:07:53. > :07:59.the offing further down the road but I do not see it on the rising.
:07:59. > :08:02.That is what you think, both of you think the two state solution has a
:08:02. > :08:06.limited state life and in time we will talk about a one state
:08:06. > :08:10.solution. As things stand at the moment, what John Kerry is trying
:08:10. > :08:17.to bring about is essentially still this too mechanistic solution.
:08:17. > :08:21.Absolutely. What this -- this two state solution. What this might
:08:21. > :08:25.have thought it is Mr Kerry seems set know that time is running out.
:08:25. > :08:30.You have got the focus of the secretary of state, with the
:08:30. > :08:36.backing of the President, I think he is backing the John Kerry if he
:08:36. > :08:44.has a plan. You have as brash you have an Israeli body politic who is
:08:44. > :08:48.aware that his is a fine line. You have people who are looking for a
:08:48. > :08:53.solution, and if, this is not just an American Israeli-Palestinian
:08:53. > :08:59.thing, if the Israelis think there is a consequence is to not having a
:08:59. > :09:04.two state outcome, the talks might have a chance. The Europeans could
:09:04. > :09:14.have a role by holding Israeli feet to the fire a bit. They have been
:09:14. > :09:18.doing so with economic out quips. I use saying that these are the last
:09:18. > :09:23.chance saloon for the -- are you saying that these other last chance
:09:23. > :09:29.saloon for the two state solution? I think we are getting close, the
:09:29. > :09:35.Palestinians will be the ultimate wants to make that call. Obviously,
:09:35. > :09:40.you cannot ignore all this going on amongst your neighbours. Egypt is
:09:40. > :09:44.so preoccupied with his own conflict, Iraq, Syria, similar
:09:44. > :09:47.situations. To what extent do you think that the turmoil in the
:09:47. > :09:50.Middle East as a whole has an impact on these Palestinian-Israeli
:09:50. > :09:56.talks? Does it encourage or discourage you from trying to get a
:09:56. > :10:02.deal with the Israelis? I think it does both. For the Israelis,
:10:02. > :10:09.certainly, it is probably a disincentive to want to rock --
:10:09. > :10:12.move forward, the turmoil in the region. And given the very
:10:12. > :10:18.important role that Arab states have to play, partly in order to
:10:18. > :10:25.provide cover for the Palestinian leadership, political cover, but
:10:25. > :10:32.also, they are parties to the conflict in their own right. There
:10:32. > :10:36.are a number of issues that a shared, water, security, across
:10:36. > :10:42.Palestinian and Israeli borders. So the Arab states have to clearly
:10:42. > :10:49.play a role. They are definitely distracted right now. Very
:10:49. > :10:54.quickly... Just to comment on a point that Daniel made, I
:10:54. > :10:58.completely agree on his analysis and I am certainly counting myself
:10:58. > :11:01.among those who would believe that this conflict is resolvable. It is
:11:01. > :11:06.eminently resolvable. The substance of the issues are difficult, they
:11:06. > :11:10.cuts to the very core of Israeli and Palestinian identities. And
:11:10. > :11:15.those will have to be dealt with. But at the end of the day, I think
:11:15. > :11:20.the bigger problem with this process is in fact the process
:11:20. > :11:26.itself. That is where I do not see all that much different. What icy
:11:26. > :11:30.is an Israeli government that is triumphant in many ways, a victim
:11:30. > :11:36.of its own success. The settlement programme has been enormously
:11:36. > :11:40.successful. On the other hard -- and Tommy have the opposite of the
:11:40. > :11:48.Palestinian side, and leadership is divided and incredibly weak. In an
:11:48. > :11:54.unprecedented way in terms of... I'm sorry, you have been rather
:11:54. > :12:02.short-changed, but you are in so much agreement through this, I hope
:12:02. > :12:07.he will not mind! The talks between the Israeli and Palestinians come
:12:07. > :12:12.when the supporters of the ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi
:12:12. > :12:15.are planning more process marches. They have called for another rally
:12:15. > :12:20.on Tuesday. The interim government has warned them that if they break
:12:20. > :12:23.the law, they will be dealt with firmly. The EU foreign policy chief
:12:23. > :12:27.Catherine Ashton is in Cairo, and she has been calling for a
:12:27. > :12:30.colleague -- fully inclusive tradition in Egypt. Today she met
:12:30. > :12:34.the head of the army General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and other government
:12:34. > :12:39.ministers. Meanwhile in Iraq, increasing
:12:39. > :12:45.sectarian violence has led to more deaths today. 17 car bombs killed
:12:45. > :12:48.more than 50 people, in mainly Shia areas in the central and south. The
:12:48. > :12:56.attacks were timed to strike the morning rush-hour. The government
:12:56. > :13:00.is blaming a curried fighters. -- Al-Qaeda fighters.
:13:00. > :13:05.This was Baghdad this morning. A very familiar scene as car-bomb
:13:05. > :13:09.attacks spread death and destruction in the Iraqi capital.
:13:09. > :13:16.11 bombs struck Baghdad within less than an hour. Highlighting what it
:13:16. > :13:20.proves to be a gradual loss of control Bice duty forces. -- bike
:13:20. > :13:26.security forces. It was not just Baghdad. This is Basra, the main
:13:26. > :13:31.oil hub of Iraq. It was struck by one car bomb at a fighter hit
:13:31. > :13:35.southern Iraq, until recently seen as relatively stable. Soon after,
:13:35. > :13:40.the Iraqi Interior Ministry issued a statement blaming Al-Qaeda for
:13:40. > :13:45.the attacks. It said that Iraq faces open war by sectarian forces
:13:45. > :13:48.which want to reproduce a civil war. It also said that the scale of the
:13:48. > :13:53.attacks reveal significant able Tresham by the terrorist groups
:13:53. > :13:58.into the social fabric of Iraq. This is another sign of growing
:13:59. > :14:03.pressure on the government and its failure to get a grip on security.
:14:03. > :14:09.As the country wheels from another big blow, the anger on the streets
:14:09. > :14:16.could spiral out of control. Investigators are trying to
:14:16. > :14:20.establish the cause of Italy's West coach crash in years. 38 people
:14:20. > :14:25.died in the accident including the code's driving. One eyewitness said
:14:25. > :14:32.she thought the driver lost control after a tyre burst. What we do know
:14:32. > :14:37.is around the bus was travelling along the A16 motorway between
:14:37. > :14:41.Avellino and Naples. When the coach read the Viaduct Acqualonga, it
:14:41. > :14:51.lost control and swung into the right hand barrier. The barrier
:14:51. > :14:57.
:14:57. > :15:02.song apart and the bus fell 30 highway, the passengers would have
:15:02. > :15:06.felt their bus launch into midair. It fell into the trees and pounded
:15:06. > :15:13.into the Earth 100 feet below. In the mangled mess of metal, reminders
:15:13. > :15:16.of those on board. Among them, families with children. The safety
:15:16. > :15:20.barrier on behalf of way's edge had failed to keep them safe.
:15:20. > :15:23.TRANSLATION: I would think the barriers on the bridges and the
:15:23. > :15:29.viaduct should prevent this kind of accident but it seems the impact was
:15:29. > :15:33.so strong even the barrier gave way. The bus had been badly out of
:15:33. > :15:39.control. It didn't break as it approached slow-moving traffic and
:15:39. > :15:42.ran through a line of cars before it careered off the road. TRANSLATION:
:15:42. > :15:51.All of a sudden we heard some bangs coming from behind us then we
:15:51. > :15:55.crashed into -- we were crashed into and we didn't see the coach. Rescue
:15:55. > :16:00.crews worked through the night, searching for survivors, tending to
:16:00. > :16:05.the injured and gathering up the many dead. TRANSLATION: We live very
:16:05. > :16:10.close to the crash site. We heard a huge boom and we ran. We took the
:16:10. > :16:13.children out and all you could hear was children shouting. We called the
:16:13. > :16:18.police and waited for them. The guard rail was hanging and we were
:16:18. > :16:23.afraid we would fall. In a makeshift morgue in a nearby town, relatives
:16:23. > :16:29.have been coming to try to identify the dead. And as the day drew to a
:16:29. > :16:34.close, they prayed for those who they had lost. There is shock and
:16:34. > :16:38.grief here but questions are also being asked. What caused this
:16:38. > :16:48.carnage? Was there a failure of the boss's breaks perhaps was the driver
:16:48. > :16:51.to blame? He died in the wreckage and the actions he took in the last
:16:51. > :17:00.moments of his life will be closely scrutinised in an investigation that
:17:00. > :17:04.has only just begun. Some news that is just breaking from
:17:04. > :17:07.Switzerland: We're getting reports that two trains have collided in the
:17:07. > :17:11.west of the country, leaving a number of people injured. Is
:17:11. > :17:21.according to police. Emergency services have been scrambling to the
:17:21. > :17:21.
:17:21. > :17:25.scene of the collision. News there of a train crash in Switzerland. And
:17:25. > :17:33.to the train crash in Spain that happened at the end of last week.
:17:33. > :17:37.Tributes have been paid to the big Thames of that. The memorial service
:17:37. > :17:43.was led by the Archbishop of Santiago. It was held close to where
:17:43. > :17:46.the accident happened. These are live pictures. The train's driver
:17:46. > :17:55.was released from custody earlier today but has been provisionally
:17:55. > :18:05.charged with 79 counts of negligent homicide. Prime Minister Mariano
:18:05. > :18:14.Rajoy and members of the royal family are present. The Prime
:18:14. > :18:17.Minister is from Santiago de Compostela. There is the memorial
:18:17. > :18:21.service being held and these are live pictures coming to you from
:18:21. > :18:25.there. Pope Francis has given more insight
:18:25. > :18:30.into his thinking today, when he said that gay people should not be
:18:30. > :18:34.marginalised but should be integrated in society. He said, "If
:18:34. > :18:38.a person is gay and seeks God then who am I to judge them?". The Pope's
:18:38. > :18:48.comments will be examined to see if they will signal any shift in the
:18:48. > :18:51.
:18:51. > :18:54.Vatican's stand on homosexuality. A lot is written about the gay
:18:54. > :19:01.lobby. I still haven't seen anyone in the Vatican with identity card
:19:01. > :19:05.saying they are gay. The media say they are there. I think when one is
:19:05. > :19:09.found, a person like this, we have to distinguish between the fact that
:19:09. > :19:19.they are gay person and the fact that there is a gay lobby. If a
:19:19. > :19:21.person is gay and seeks God, and has goodwill, who am I to judge him?
:19:21. > :19:25.Our religious affairs correspondent Robert Pigott has been thinking
:19:25. > :19:27.about what this means within the context of the Catholic Church and
:19:27. > :19:31.just how big shift comments really are.
:19:31. > :19:35.It is a shift in emphasis. Remember that Pope Benedict also said gay
:19:35. > :19:39.people should not be marginalised and should be welcomed into the
:19:39. > :19:45.church and nurtured and loved. He also said, though, that homosexual
:19:45. > :19:47.acts were simple. Pope Francis has had more or less the same thing but
:19:47. > :19:56.the difference is that Pope Benedict said homosexuality was objectively
:19:56. > :20:00.disordered. We are looking at a change of style and emphasis and new
:20:00. > :20:07.mood music with Pope Francis. Hopes don't go around making up church law
:20:07. > :20:12.on the hoof. -- Popes. But they can interpret it and they have immense
:20:12. > :20:16.power and we are seeing a lot of that from Pope Francis. He's said a
:20:16. > :20:20.lot of things which seem more eccentric man such as atheists can
:20:20. > :20:24.go to heaven as long as they do good on earth. He also famously washed
:20:24. > :20:29.the feet of two girls last Easter, including a Muslim girl, which
:20:29. > :20:39.ruffled some feathers. But it's up to the Pope to do that. It doesn't
:20:39. > :20:43.imply a fundamental change in church teaching.
:20:43. > :20:46.A look at some of the day's other news in brief: The Jewish community
:20:46. > :20:48.in Rome has gathered outside the house of a convicted Nazi to prevent
:20:48. > :20:51.any celebration of his 100th birthday.
:20:51. > :20:55.Nazi war criminal Erich Priebke has been in prison or under house arrest
:20:55. > :21:05.since 1994 for his role in the massacre of 335 civilians near the
:21:05. > :21:05.
:21:05. > :21:09.capital during the Second World War. The value of the jewels that were
:21:09. > :21:13.stolen in Cannes has now been put at around $130 million. A man wearing
:21:13. > :21:16.gloves and a scarf over his face crept into a diamond show in a
:21:17. > :21:23.luxury hotel and made off with millions in jewellery. It is one of
:21:23. > :21:27.the largest-ever jewel heists in the world.
:21:27. > :21:31.Throughout the financial crisis in the eurozone, Germany has been held
:21:31. > :21:35.up as the economic powerhouse of the EU, maintaining respectable rates of
:21:35. > :21:40.economic growth. In fact, Germany has also had its fair share of
:21:40. > :21:50.becoming problems, like growing poverty amongst young people and
:21:50. > :21:58.
:21:58. > :22:03.income inequality. Katya Adler has position, by the water's edge. Most
:22:03. > :22:09.Germans are holidaying at home this year. Life in Germany is not quite
:22:09. > :22:14.as sunny as it seems. Up to 3 million youngsters live in poverty
:22:14. > :22:21.in Germany. That number is growing fastest here in the west German
:22:21. > :22:24.region of North Rhine-Westphalia. A citizen's initiative relies on
:22:25. > :22:34.donations to help feed under privileged children in this rundown
:22:34. > :22:39.city. There is not enough money inside the boxes from the
:22:39. > :22:42.government. But Germany is a rich country. May be. I don't know if
:22:43. > :22:48.Germany is rich on that I see the parents here, I see the children,
:22:48. > :22:55.and this tells me the children coming here are not rich. This
:22:55. > :23:00.region used to be the motor of a booming German economy - of wealthy
:23:00. > :23:04.western Germany. But heavy industry has had its heyday and now this
:23:04. > :23:08.place has been dubbed the biggest slum in Germany. Income inequality
:23:08. > :23:14.is reported to be growing faster in Germany than in any other Western
:23:14. > :23:20.Europe the nation. 7.4 million Germans are paid less than 400 euros
:23:20. > :23:26.a month. Germany's poor say they are cynical about their politicians'
:23:26. > :23:29.pre-election promises. They've heard them before. TRANSLATION: The
:23:29. > :23:36.politicians don't listen to us little people, the poor and those on
:23:36. > :23:39.welfare. I have to feed each of my children on 2.5 euros a day. I'm
:23:39. > :23:45.supposed to give them healthy food but I can only afford meat once a
:23:45. > :23:50.week and fruit two or three times a month. All political parties in
:23:50. > :23:53.Germany agree more must be done to put people out of poverty and
:23:53. > :23:59.billions of euros have been pumped into former communist East Germany
:23:59. > :24:04.since the fall of the Berlin Wall. Progress there seems impressive, as
:24:04. > :24:11.does Germany's low unemployment rate, but as many Germans will tell
:24:11. > :24:14.you, looks can be very deceptive. The Bolshoi Ballet is famous all
:24:14. > :24:20.over the world and tonight it starts a three-week season of performances
:24:20. > :24:23.in London. At the legendary Russian dance company has had its reputation
:24:23. > :24:29.badly affected by recent scandals including an acid attack on its
:24:29. > :24:34.artistic director. Our art editor Will Gompertz has more.
:24:34. > :24:44.The legendary Bolshoi Ballet are back at the Royal Opera House, where
:24:44. > :24:49.
:24:49. > :24:53.they will be performing, among other best in the world. They are
:24:53. > :24:58.accompanied -- the company is one of the most procedures, embodying, they
:24:58. > :25:02.believe, the heart and soul of Russia. TRANSLATION: I think the
:25:02. > :25:07.Bolshoi Ballet, the Russian Ballet, always represented Russia's spirit
:25:07. > :25:16.and Russia's music and that's why it can be considered the greatest
:25:16. > :25:20.achievement of our culture. Chekov once said that the only thing he
:25:20. > :25:25.knew about ballet was that during intervals, all by arenas stink like
:25:25. > :25:30.courses. He was referring to the great illusion of this art form.
:25:30. > :25:34.Dancers learn to mask the unpleasant realities of their physical exertion
:25:34. > :25:37.but there's no amount of skill or training that would enable anybody
:25:37. > :25:42.to conceal the strange goings-on backstage at the Bolshoi Ballet of
:25:42. > :25:46.late. There have been allegations of corruption and smear campaigns and
:25:46. > :25:51.then in January, a horrific attack on Sergei Filin, the artistic
:25:51. > :25:56.director, instigated, it is alleged, of his own dancers. That chap with
:25:56. > :26:04.the dagger. A new boss has now been appointed to sort out this troubled
:26:04. > :26:10.institution. TRANSLATION: This kind of event, this tragic event, has a
:26:10. > :26:20.very tough psychological impact on everybody. These negative events
:26:20. > :26:21.
:26:21. > :26:24.will be in the past and we will reform. The Bolshoi was founded in
:26:24. > :26:28.1776 during the reign of Catherine the great, since when the company
:26:29. > :26:34.has survived Napoleon, revolution, famine, two world wars and
:26:34. > :26:41.communism. It should survive this crisis to, too, but the scars will
:26:41. > :26:45.linger. What amazing, beautiful
:26:45. > :26:49.performances, just glimpsing what the Bolshoi Ballet can do. That's
:26:49. > :26:59.all from us. Next, it's the weather. But from me, Zeinab Badawi and the
:26:59. > :27:03.
:27:03. > :27:08.downpours today but many didn't and saw heavy, thundery showers. Further
:27:09. > :27:12.wet weather tomorrow and persistent rain for some. Showers for others.
:27:12. > :27:17.This system of weather front is pushing its way into the Apple and
:27:17. > :27:21.take and is going to bring persistent rain for some tomorrow.
:27:21. > :27:27.To the north, a story of sunshine and showers. As we start the day,
:27:27. > :27:31.wet weather pushes through western counties of England and South
:27:31. > :27:36.Wales. Elsewhere, another day of sunshine and showers. In the south,
:27:37. > :27:41.we'll have a wet morning with things looking much drier elsewhere. Once
:27:41. > :27:45.we lose the persistent rain, southern coastal counties may escape
:27:45. > :27:48.most of the further showers. But from Wales and the Midlands
:27:48. > :27:52.Northwoods, a mixture of sunny spells and heavy downpours. Some
:27:52. > :27:55.rumbles of thunder mixed in and quite a lot of water being deposited
:27:55. > :28:02.in a short space of time. There will still be some sunny breaks in
:28:02. > :28:09.between. Our weather fronts start to push northwards. A belt of rain
:28:09. > :28:12.pushes northwards. Lighter and more patchy further east. Turning quite