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:00:00. > :00:00.This is BBC World News Today, broadcasting in the UK

:00:07. > :00:13.Thousands gather at a memorial in Brussels as prosecutors announce

:00:14. > :00:16.three men face charges relating to Tuesday's bombings,

:00:17. > :00:23.Iraq buries the victims of a suicide bombing during a football match

:00:24. > :00:28.which killed more than 40 people, many young boys.

:00:29. > :00:30.Syrian forces backed by Russian air strikes are advancing

:00:31. > :00:33.on the hostorical city of Palmyra in a major operation

:00:34. > :00:39.Campaigners for Britain to leave the European Union reveal the names

:00:40. > :01:02.A man named as Faycal C has been charged with terrorist killings

:01:03. > :01:04.in the wake of the Brussels attacks

:01:05. > :01:08.Meanwhile a demonstration in solidarity, planned for Sunday

:01:09. > :01:11.in the heart of the city, has been cancelled after a request

:01:12. > :01:16.Since Tuesday, the investigation into the attacks has moved quickly -

:01:17. > :01:23.With the latest, here's Damian Grammaticas.

:01:24. > :01:27.This is now a watchful country on alert, all the time.

:01:28. > :01:33.Brussels airport may not open until next week -

:01:34. > :01:37.teams are checking whether the building is safe to use again.

:01:38. > :01:41.But the police investigations appear to be making progress.

:01:42. > :01:49.The man who was shot in the legs at a tram stop yesterday,

:01:50. > :01:52.He was dragged away by police and is still being questioned

:01:53. > :01:58.and from the number of men arrested, two have now been charged.

:01:59. > :02:00.Belgian prosecutors gave only first names and they have identified one

:02:01. > :02:03.of them as Faycal C, charged with murder and of being part

:02:04. > :02:10.What we know about Faycal C is that he was arrested

:02:11. > :02:13.right here outside the offices of the federal prosecutor

:02:14. > :02:18.on Thursday evening, two days after the attacks,

:02:19. > :02:21.but what he was doing here, we do not know.

:02:22. > :02:24.Nor is it clear what part prosecutors believe that Faycal C

:02:25. > :02:32.played - could he be the third airport attacker who ran away?

:02:33. > :02:33.Painstakingly, the evidence is being assembled to unravel

:02:34. > :02:39.French police and American FBI agents

:02:40. > :02:44.Earlier this week I called the Belgian Prime Minister

:02:45. > :02:47.and offered support in bringing to justice any terrorist involved

:02:48. > :02:51.in planning or aiding this attack on innocent people.

:02:52. > :02:55.Belgium is a close friend and ally of the US and when it comes

:02:56. > :02:58.to our friends, America has their back, especially

:02:59. > :03:02.as we fight the scourge of terrorism.

:03:03. > :03:05.The security services here are stretched

:03:06. > :03:08.by the bomb scares, manhunts and investigations

:03:09. > :03:11.and the government has asked people not to turn out for a planned peace

:03:12. > :03:16.march tomorrow, saying they do not have the manpower to protect it.

:03:17. > :03:20.There are enquiries, important enquiries going on and for this

:03:21. > :03:26.we need a lot of police capacity, all over the country.

:03:27. > :03:34.It is our main priority to let the police in the best circumstances

:03:35. > :03:42.The organisers say they have now postponed their march,

:03:43. > :03:45.designed as a demonstration that Brussels will not be cowed by fear,

:03:46. > :03:56.UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has offered his condolences

:03:57. > :03:58.to the families and friends of 41 people killed in a suicide

:03:59. > :04:03.bombing at a soccer stadium in Iraq on Friday.

:04:04. > :04:06.Many of the dead were young boys attending a trophy ceremony

:04:07. > :04:12.In a statement, the President of Fifa said he was "shocked"

:04:13. > :04:19.The so-called Islamic State says it carried out the attack.

:04:20. > :04:29.Here's what one local resident said he saw.

:04:30. > :04:33.TRANSLATION: There was a local championship here in the

:04:34. > :04:37.neighbourhood. At the end of the game, there was an award ceremony

:04:38. > :04:40.and the district Governor and other political people were there. Lots of

:04:41. > :04:45.residents had come to watch the game. While the ceremony was taking

:04:46. > :04:47.place -- Katie Ghose, a suicide bomber blew himself up in the crowd,

:04:48. > :04:49.killing many people. Syrian government forces backed

:04:50. > :04:51.by militiamen and Russian air strikes have retaken parts of

:04:52. > :04:54.the city of Palmyra. The Unesco World Heritage site

:04:55. > :04:58.was taken by the so-called Militants destroyed archaeological

:04:59. > :05:02.sites, drawing global outrage. The Russian Defence Ministry says

:05:03. > :05:05.more than 150 targets have been hit Syrian activists say it's

:05:06. > :05:11.the heaviest assault against IS in Palmyra,

:05:12. > :05:14.in a three-week offensive. Our Middle East Editor

:05:15. > :05:25.Sebastian Usher reports. This has been the heaviest

:05:26. > :05:29.day of fighting so far in the Syrian Government offensive

:05:30. > :05:32.to drive IS out of Palmyra. Tanks and armoured vehicles

:05:33. > :05:33.have been pounding Syrian state media is making

:05:34. > :05:37.the most of the advance, which has provided

:05:38. > :05:39.a major propaganda boost An army commander

:05:40. > :05:42.interviewed on Syrian TV TRANSLATION: We are still

:05:43. > :05:48.destroying the terrorists using large convoys and driving

:05:49. > :05:59.away from the city. The battle for Palmyra

:06:00. > :06:01.has been fierce, with heavy losses

:06:02. > :06:04.reported on both sides. The government has called

:06:05. > :06:07.on its elite troops and other militias, including

:06:08. > :06:13.most notably Hezbollah. Devastating firepower has been

:06:14. > :06:15.provided by Russian The Army has taken most

:06:16. > :06:21.of the high ground around the city, including a medieval

:06:22. > :06:23.castle that overlooks the spectacular

:06:24. > :06:25.ancient ruins that once drew tens of thousands

:06:26. > :06:29.of tourists each year. The loss of that priceless site

:06:30. > :06:32.to IS last year shocked the world, which then watched

:06:33. > :06:34.in horror as the jihadists Syrian media suggesting

:06:35. > :06:42.that the capture of Palmyra being imminent, the country's

:06:43. > :06:44.head of antiquities has promised TRANSLATION: I felt the greatest joy

:06:45. > :06:52.in my time as head of antiquities when I heard the freedom of the city

:06:53. > :06:57.had become a reality. But the city of Palmyra,

:06:58. > :07:00.ancient and modern, Recapturing it would open up

:07:01. > :07:07.an important new front against IS in its Eastern Syrian

:07:08. > :07:10.stronghold of Raqqa. This could be a decisive moment

:07:11. > :07:13.in the war against IS. Dr Joshua Landis is the Director of

:07:14. > :07:34.the Centre for Middle East Studies Thank you for being with us. We

:07:35. > :07:37.heard there, the head of the Syrian antiquities promising to repair the

:07:38. > :07:45.damage done. But will that be possible? Much of the city, the old

:07:46. > :07:50.city, the antiquities, are still standing. Palmyra is a vast, vast

:07:51. > :07:58.Roman relic. Two of the most beautiful shrines have been blown to

:07:59. > :08:03.pieces. But still, there is an extraordinary set of ruins in

:08:04. > :08:06.Palmyra, so it will still be a grand sight, even if much has been

:08:07. > :08:10.destroyed, so the choicest pieces have been destroyed. But this is

:08:11. > :08:15.clearly a big day for Assad, to fight Isis, take back the biggest

:08:16. > :08:22.city he has taken back from any rebel group so far. And that is

:08:23. > :08:28.going to make his job a lot easier, to sell himself as the saviour of

:08:29. > :08:32.Syrian history, antiquities and in a sense, civilisation, against Isis.

:08:33. > :08:37.Given what happened in Brussels earlier this week, resident Assad

:08:38. > :08:43.looks like he is in a good position in saying that he is fighting the

:08:44. > :08:46.terrorists here. Well, he is fighting the terrorists, and this

:08:47. > :08:54.puts the United States in a very embarrassing position in some ways.

:08:55. > :09:00.Just yesterday, there were questions about whether it was good that Assad

:09:01. > :09:06.had taken back Myra. But in a sense, this does put the United States and

:09:07. > :09:11.Assad's army on the same side, and they are in a sense partners, trying

:09:12. > :09:17.to take back ISAs territory. Given that this book -- this operation is

:09:18. > :09:24.showing results, why is it that Assad was able to let the city go in

:09:25. > :09:28.the first place? He lost Palmyra and the same time as rebel groups were

:09:29. > :09:35.being honoured by the US and Great Britain and the West were taking --

:09:36. > :09:42.armed, taking towns like Idlib, he was being pushed in by Saudi Arabia,

:09:43. > :09:45.and other groups were arming the Southern command, so he was pinned

:09:46. > :09:49.down all over the place and I guess he thought that antiquities would

:09:50. > :09:53.have to be sacrificed in order to maintain big centres. Thank you very

:09:54. > :09:55.much. Greece has begun moving migrants

:09:56. > :09:57.from the camp on the Macedonian border, where more than

:09:58. > :09:59.11,000 people are living. Buses were used on Friday

:10:00. > :10:02.to transport about 400 people to new shelters elsewhere

:10:03. > :10:05.in the country. A deal has come into force,

:10:06. > :10:07.meaning many migrants entering Greece from Turkey

:10:08. > :10:09.will be sent back, and other countries further north

:10:10. > :10:11.in Europe have imposed severe

:10:12. > :10:30.restrictions to block migrants. Children still managed to play here.

:10:31. > :10:34.But conditions in this sprawling camp are grim. It has become a

:10:35. > :10:39.makeshift home to thousands of migrants who arrived from Turkey,

:10:40. > :10:43.hoping to move north through Europe. Greece wants to move people from

:10:44. > :10:48.here, to other camps and reception centres so it can process their

:10:49. > :10:52.claims for asylum. So far, buses have taken around 400 people, mostly

:10:53. > :10:56.women and children, from the camp. But many here are reluctant to go.

:10:57. > :11:06.And they do not know what will happen to them if they are moved. I

:11:07. > :11:14.think, here, some of it is good but even if we go to another camp, it is

:11:15. > :11:18.the same. But maybe, nearer the Borders. Last week, the deal came

:11:19. > :11:21.into force meaning migrants hoping to reach Germany and other Western

:11:22. > :11:26.European countries will be sent back unless they claim asylum in Greece.

:11:27. > :11:29.Countries to the north have put up fences along their border to try to

:11:30. > :11:38.stop people making the journey further into Europe. On the Greek

:11:39. > :11:43.island of Lesbos, protesters showed that anger at the detention of

:11:44. > :11:44.migrants under the New Deal, and aid agencies have warned reception

:11:45. > :11:49.centres are already well overcapacity. But Greece is

:11:50. > :11:53.determined to push ahead with the plan and says the operation to

:11:54. > :11:54.remove people from this camp will intensify from Monday. Jonathan

:11:55. > :11:57.Blake, BBC News. Stay with us on

:11:58. > :12:05.BBC World News, still to come: A lucky escape after an

:12:06. > :12:41.extraordinary journey for a cat called Cupcake.

:12:42. > :12:46.With great regret, the committee have decided that South Africa be

:12:47. > :13:03.Streaking across the sky, the white excluded from the 1970 competition.

:13:04. > :13:06.Streaking across the sky, the white hot wreckage drew gasps from

:13:07. > :13:11.onlookers on Fiji. This is BBC World News today,

:13:12. > :13:16.the latest headlines: Crowds continue to gather at Place

:13:17. > :13:18.de la Bourse in central Brussels to remember the victims

:13:19. > :13:20.of Tuesday's suicide bombings. Prosecutors have announced they've

:13:21. > :13:23.now laid charges against three men in connection with the suicide

:13:24. > :13:33.attacks which killed 31 people Funerals have been held for victims

:13:34. > :13:35.of a suicide bombing at a football stadium in Iraq. Many of the 41 dead

:13:36. > :13:37.were young boys. The campaign for the UK to leave

:13:38. > :13:40.the European Union has revealed the names of 250 leading

:13:41. > :13:43.business supporters. Those eager to stay insist

:13:44. > :13:45.the big names on the list are only there in a "personal

:13:46. > :13:48.capacity" and say the majority Our Business Correspondent

:13:49. > :13:55.Joe Lynam reports. The economy is central

:13:56. > :13:57.to the referendum debate and until now, those

:13:58. > :13:59.campaigning to quit the EU struggled to get high-profile

:14:00. > :14:01.business leaders The new Business Council

:14:02. > :14:09.by the Vote Leave group Included on the list

:14:10. > :14:16.is the former boss of HSBC, Michael Geoghan, the hotelier

:14:17. > :14:20.Sir Rocco Forte, as well as the entrepreneur and investor

:14:21. > :14:22.Luke Johnson And the council

:14:23. > :14:28.will be chaired by John Longworth, who resigned

:14:29. > :14:30.from the British Chambers of Commerce for speaking out

:14:31. > :14:31.against EU membership, in breach of the organisation's

:14:32. > :14:35.neutrality on the subject. We have got a list of supporters

:14:36. > :14:38.and business champions who are some of the top business

:14:39. > :14:41.people and business owners, people who created their own

:14:42. > :14:43.businesses actually signing up The Britain Stronger In campaign

:14:44. > :14:49.is quick to say that all of those on this council are there

:14:50. > :14:51.in the personal capacity and some of their companies

:14:52. > :15:04.may not feel the same. The list also did not have any

:15:05. > :15:09.current chief executives from Britain's largest companies.

:15:10. > :15:11.Last month, 36 FTSE 100 bosses signed

:15:12. > :15:13.a letter urging Britain to remain in the EU.

:15:14. > :15:15.They included Carolyn McCall from easyJet, Sebastian James

:15:16. > :15:19.from Dixons Carphone and Sir Roger Carr from BAE Systems.

:15:20. > :15:22.If you look at almost all of the opinion polls carried out

:15:23. > :15:24.in the last several months, the overwhelming majority show

:15:25. > :15:26.businesses wanting to stay in the European Union,

:15:27. > :15:30.from the CBI to the British Chamber of Commerce, to the poll of polls,

:15:31. > :15:33.18 different polls, 18 different polls showing small businesses

:15:34. > :15:37.would prefer to stay in the European Union.

:15:38. > :15:39.How companies react in the event of a vote

:15:40. > :15:42.to quit the EU is an important part of the referendum debate.

:15:43. > :15:46.As are the opinions of business leaders.

:15:47. > :15:49.But come the 23rd of June, they will have one vote each,

:15:50. > :16:00.We are joined now by Lucy Thomas, who is Deputy Director

:16:01. > :16:03.of the Britain Stronger in Europe campaign, and from Dubai,

:16:04. > :16:04.Farzana Baduel, founder of the London based

:16:05. > :16:18.Thank you both for being with us. Farzana, if we come to you first,

:16:19. > :16:26.tell me why Hugh added your name to this list. I was concerned about the

:16:27. > :16:31.dynamic. -- why you added. London is a global city, Britain is a trading

:16:32. > :16:34.nation and my business takes me outside of Europe, my officers are

:16:35. > :16:41.in New York, Delhi and Dubai outside London. My issue was, what impact

:16:42. > :16:44.will this have in terms of talent? Instead of being able to hire

:16:45. > :16:48.someone from outside the UK, there is a greater priority being given to

:16:49. > :16:53.workers from the EU, so therefore, my talent pool is reduced. At the

:16:54. > :16:57.moment I am trying to bring in somebody from South Africa and some

:16:58. > :17:01.of the US and it is more difficult for me to get them to come and live

:17:02. > :17:04.and work with the UK -- in the UK with me than to hire someone from

:17:05. > :17:09.the former Soviet Union. The other aspect is the red tape issue. I run

:17:10. > :17:14.a small business and I do not have these streams of lawyers working for

:17:15. > :17:19.me and lobbyists going to Brussels and dealing with all of the European

:17:20. > :17:23.in directives, introducing the maximum 48 hours etc, I do not have

:17:24. > :17:27.time to keep up with the increasing bureaucracy coming out of Europe.

:17:28. > :17:32.All I need to do is focus my business, hire the best talent,

:17:33. > :17:37.whether it is in Russia or in the EU. I need to be free as an

:17:38. > :17:43.entrepreneur to choose my talent and be free from bureaucracy. Lucy,

:17:44. > :17:51.Farzana says the talent pool is reduced and there is lots of red

:17:52. > :17:55.tape involved being part of the EU. Well, I think she should take that

:17:56. > :17:58.up with the UK Government because they set the visa restrictions and

:17:59. > :18:04.any other limits on non-EU migration. And actually, leaving the

:18:05. > :18:08.EU would do nothing to change that. There are those on her side of the

:18:09. > :18:12.argument who would want to retain free movement of people and

:18:13. > :18:16.actually, in order to continue to access the world's largest free

:18:17. > :18:21.trade single market, like we currently can, we would have to

:18:22. > :18:25.continue to take free movement of people from the rest of the EU so I

:18:26. > :18:30.am not sure how leaving would solve a problem. Secondly, on the red tape

:18:31. > :18:34.issue, again, if we were to continue to have that free access to the

:18:35. > :18:39.single market, like for example Norway and Switzerland do, who are

:18:40. > :18:44.not part of the EU but want to continue to trade, they accept the

:18:45. > :18:49.overwhelming majority of EU rules, but yet they have no say over them,

:18:50. > :18:52.so Britain would lose our seat at the table and would still have to

:18:53. > :18:58.accept those rules. Thinking specifically about employment rules,

:18:59. > :19:02.for example the working time directive, the UK as an opt out from

:19:03. > :19:06.that, so we are not bound by the working time directive. A number of

:19:07. > :19:13.the other employment rules which some businesses claim are too

:19:14. > :19:17.onerous, it is the UK Government which over and fermented them,

:19:18. > :19:22.so-called gold-plating, making it harder for businesses. So once again

:19:23. > :19:27.I think this question of leaving the EU solving some of these problems is

:19:28. > :19:31.something not true. OK, but going back to this list. These are not

:19:32. > :19:38.small figures, they are figures from the world of banking, sport, hotels.

:19:39. > :19:42.It is quite a credible list. What is striking is that every single one of

:19:43. > :19:46.them signed this in a personal capacity, they are not representing

:19:47. > :19:51.their business and the thousands of people employed. Unlike the list of

:19:52. > :20:00.businesses backing our campaign, released a few weeks ago, where it

:20:01. > :20:03.included a third of the FTSE 100 and not one FTSE 100 chief is included

:20:04. > :20:07.on this other list announced today. So there is a whole range of people

:20:08. > :20:12.and I do not doubt the credibility of Farzana and those who have

:20:13. > :20:15.signed, but I think the fact that people were not signing on behalf of

:20:16. > :20:20.their company, that there is no current serving FTSE 100 company,

:20:21. > :20:26.and indeed some of those who have signed at themselves that would have

:20:27. > :20:31.themselves talked about the huge uncertainty for the British economy.

:20:32. > :20:41.Farzana, what is your reaction to that? I would say first and

:20:42. > :20:44.foremost, if you look at immigration figures, the fact is that people

:20:45. > :20:48.from the EU are given preferential treatment of people from outside the

:20:49. > :20:53.EU, and there has been a recent clamp-down on people coming in from

:20:54. > :20:57.other countries. You may say that it has nothing to do with the European

:20:58. > :21:02.Union. From my perspective, I'm in the process of trying to bring in

:21:03. > :21:05.someone from the US and some from South Africa. I am unable to bring

:21:06. > :21:10.them in and my immigration lawyer told me it is because of all of the

:21:11. > :21:13.pressure coming in from the immigrants coming in from the

:21:14. > :21:21.European Union, and in order to ensure that the net migrants are

:21:22. > :21:25.meeting the political objectives of the current government, it is having

:21:26. > :21:30.a negative impact. That has a negative impact upon me, for I

:21:31. > :21:34.cannot hire according to talent, I have to hire according to the talent

:21:35. > :21:39.in the EU pool. Unfortunately, we will have to leave that there. Lucy

:21:40. > :21:43.and Farzana, thank you so much for being with us.

:21:44. > :21:45.And now, the sport. Some of the high profile

:21:46. > :21:47.teams looking forward to the European Championship

:21:48. > :21:49.in France later this year are beginning their preparations

:21:50. > :21:51.in earnest this weekend. None more so than

:21:52. > :21:54.the world champions. Germany are playing England

:21:55. > :21:58.in Berlin and lead 2-1 through a Toni Kroos goal

:21:59. > :22:01.just before half time. Harry Kane's just got

:22:02. > :22:15.one back for England. Kenya's Geoffrey Kamworor recovered

:22:16. > :22:20.from almost being run over at the start line to win gold

:22:21. > :22:23.at the World Half Marathon Championships in Wales Kamworor

:22:24. > :22:28.is the defending champion... but immediately fell over

:22:29. > :22:30.as the race began and was engulfed Incredibly, he came back from this

:22:31. > :22:35.to win in a time of 59 Double Olympic and World distance

:22:36. > :22:38.Champion Mo Farah couldn't keep with the leading Kenyans' pace

:22:39. > :22:41.in front of his home crowd but held off Ethiopia's Abayneh Ayele

:22:42. > :22:43.with a typical sprint finish We now know three of the four

:22:44. > :22:52.semifinalists at cricket's England beat defending champions

:22:53. > :22:55.Sri Lanka in Delhi by 10 runs They qualify alongside

:22:56. > :23:00.West Indies from their Group, knocking both South Africa

:23:01. > :23:04.and Sri Lanka out in the process. England are likely to have a

:23:05. > :23:07.semifinal against New Zealand who won their fourth match

:23:08. > :23:10.in a row on Saturday by 75 The Black Caps scored 145 for 8

:23:11. > :23:15.and then bowled their opponents out Australia play hosts India

:23:16. > :23:18.for the last remaining Finally, Nigeria could face a fine

:23:19. > :23:25.from African football authorities following the extraordinary scenes

:23:26. > :23:27.at their Africa Cup of Nations An estimated 40,000 people watched

:23:28. > :23:34.in a 25,000-capacity stadium on Friday after fans

:23:35. > :23:36.were let in for free at the Ahmadu Bello

:23:37. > :23:39.Stadium in Kaduna. Some supporters climbed up

:23:40. > :23:45.floodlight scaffolding While others sat on the roof

:23:46. > :23:49.of neighbouring houses. No off-pitch incidents were reported

:23:50. > :23:51.but African Football Confederation are considering penalising Nigeria

:23:52. > :23:58.for poor crowd control. It's a happy ending

:23:59. > :24:08.to an extraordinary story. A cat has survived eight days

:24:09. > :24:11.trapped in a box of DVDs which was sent in the post

:24:12. > :24:14.from Cornwall, in South West England, to the town of Worthing,

:24:15. > :24:17.more than 250 miles away. Vets traced the owner of Cupcake

:24:18. > :24:19.the cat, through her microchip. The eight days she spent in the mail

:24:20. > :24:31.left her very weak. She was quite dehydrated,

:24:32. > :24:35.obviously quite scared and nervous. But she has done really

:24:36. > :24:38.well, she has responded Cupcake's owner, Julie,

:24:39. > :24:48.travelled all the way from Cornwall to Worthing for this

:24:49. > :24:52.tearful reunion. When I realised she was missing

:24:53. > :24:54.two weeks ago, it was the most horrible,

:24:55. > :24:58.scary feeling. I feel terrible about what has

:24:59. > :25:04.happened, you know, because... I mean, I put everything in the box

:25:05. > :25:07.and sealed it straightaway so I don't know how

:25:08. > :25:09.she managed to get in. It was a miracle, she was alive

:25:10. > :25:13.and she has managed to survive Time to go home now, another 250

:25:14. > :25:23.mile or so journey for Cupcake. The Rolling Stones have performed

:25:24. > :25:35.to an estimated The rockers gave an energy-filled

:25:36. > :25:42.concert featuring a set list of their greatest hits

:25:43. > :25:44.to an overflowing sports stadium It was the first big gig

:25:45. > :25:50.by any rock band in Cuba - under the former leader,

:25:51. > :25:55.Fidel Castro. The Stones concert came two days

:25:56. > :25:57.after US President Barack Obama ended his landmark

:25:58. > :26:17.visit to the island. So very unpleasant conditions at the

:26:18. > :26:21.moment. Lots of service spray on the roads and severe gales in western

:26:22. > :26:24.and northern Scotland. For the remainder of the weekend it is not

:26:25. > :26:28.looking great. There will be some sunshine but it will be changeable.

:26:29. > :26:33.This is the weather system that has upset the weather right now. Lots of

:26:34. > :26:36.cloud shrouded in the country, and heavy rain. But the rain should pull

:26:37. > :26:40.into the North Sea as we head into the early hours of the morning. It

:26:41. > :26:44.is across northern Scotland where we will see the sting in the tail from

:26:45. > :26:50.the weather system, strong winds, possibly 70 to 80 mph gusts on some

:26:51. > :26:54.of the exposed coasts. Further South, still a bit of a breeze but

:26:55. > :27:00.just a few showers dotted around. Some clear spells about as well. The

:27:01. > :27:04.forecast for Easter Day in Scotland and Northern Ireland and a breezy

:27:05. > :27:08.start, but the worst of the winds will have eased from the North of

:27:09. > :27:11.Scotland. What we have at this stage is just a mixed of sunshine and

:27:12. > :27:14.showers. The best of the weather will be in the South East of

:27:15. > :27:19.England, East Anglia into Lincolnshire the top further West,

:27:20. > :27:23.certainly Wales, the South West of the country and along this Channel

:27:24. > :27:27.coast, plenty of showers which will be gathering during the morning,

:27:28. > :27:36.pushed in by that south-westerly wind, so, really love with sunshine

:27:37. > :27:39.followed by showers, sunshine again -- will really blustery.

:27:40. > :27:46.Temperatures typically around eight or nine Celsius, maybe nudging to

:27:47. > :27:51.ten or 11. This is Storm Katie, which is out in the Atlantic, it has

:27:52. > :27:54.not formed but as we head into Monday, the storm could potentially

:27:55. > :27:59.affect Southern and south-eastern areas of the UK. We are talking

:28:00. > :28:04.severe gales, possibly 70 mph early in the morning, but then the storm

:28:05. > :28:09.will pull away into the red Sea, blow itself out and conditions will

:28:10. > :28:15.improve in the afternoon. -- into the North Sea. There will be is in

:28:16. > :28:21.around. Tuesday, a mixed bag with sunshine and showers, still breezy.

:28:22. > :28:23.Just to emphasise again, it is looking pretty nasty tonight across

:28:24. > :28:25.western and northern Scotland, then Monday morning in the South East of

:28:26. > :28:31.England.