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an 18-year-old woman morning. an 18—year—old woman died at the scene and a 20 development was pronounced dead at a local hospital. police say 15 of the victims are under the age of 18. nine people are still in hospital receiving treatment. the motive for the shooting is still unclear. police say they are reviewing social media video, trying to identify these two suspects. baltimore's mayor brandon scots calling for people to come forward. this is a terrible act of violence and we will find those who are responsible and we will not stop until we do so. joining me is mark conway. he sits on the baltimore city council and thank you for taking the time to speak to us. 28 people injured in that the shooting, two were killed. how was this incident affecting the
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community there in baltimore? people are really troubled, carl. 0f people are really troubled, carl. of course, we have never seen anything like this here in the city and i think people are really unnerved, folks in the brooklyn neighbourhood are worried about retaliation and that this could of course boil over and i think people are a little uneasy tonight. we have not really heard _ little uneasy tonight. we have not really heard yet _ little uneasy tonight. we have not really heard yet of- little uneasy tonight. we have not really heard yet of a - not really heard yet of a motive or much information about a suspect in this case. i am wondering if you can talk to us about the difficulties that police can often face in these kinds of cases in terms of trying to track down the suspect or emotive? yeah, it is really tough- — suspect or emotive? yeah, it is really tough- (1) _ suspect or emotive? yeah, it is really tough. (1) i— suspect or emotive? yeah, it is really tough. (1) i think- suspect or emotive? yeah, it is really tough. (1) i think folks i really tough. (i) i think folks are historically in the city of baltimore are reluctant to speak to the police department. there is a trust issue that goes back a long way and we have been working really hard with our police department to rebuild that trust. i think we have some technological advances — cctv cameras and
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other things that allow us to identify who may have been at the scene but these things are all tough and i think anything that we can do to get closer to the person or persons rather we know to be multiple shooters that were involved i think it's going to make thejob much easier going forward. we going to make the job much easier going forward. we heard earlier about _ easier going forward. we heard earlier about the _ easier going forward. we heard earlier about the ages - easier going forward. we heard earlier about the ages of - easier going forward. we heard earlier about the ages of some | earlier about the ages of some of these victims. many of them were minors. two were as young were minors. two were as young as were minors. two were as young as 13 years old. baltimore has seen a surge in youth violence recently, hasn't it? do you know what is behind those numbers?— know what is behind those numbers? . ., , , numbers? yeah, it has been troubling- — numbers? yeah, it has been troubling- l— numbers? yeah, it has been troubling. i would _ numbers? yeah, it has been troubling. i would say - numbers? yeah, it has been troubling. i would say sincel troubling. i would say since late last fall we have begun to see an increase in youth violence and i think a big part of this is the access to weapons, two guns, particularly here in baltimore city. this is an issue we see across the country, frankly, in america. guns are fartoo country, frankly, in america. guns are far too easy to access, and i think what is even scarier is these guns are easy to access for young people
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as well, young people with not so well brains that make rash decisions and ultimately lead to casualties.— to casualties. how our kids caettin to casualties. how our kids getting their _ to casualties. how our kids getting their hands - to casualties. how our kids getting their hands on - to casualties. how our kids| getting their hands on guns to casualties. how our kids i getting their hands on guns in the baltimore? i getting their hands on guns in the baltimore?— the baltimore? i think there are a lot _ the baltimore? i think there are a lot of— the baltimore? i think there are a lot of ways _ the baltimore? i think there are a lot of ways that - the baltimore? i think there are a lot of ways that is - are a lot of ways that is happening. 0ne are a lot of ways that is happening. one that we attempted to address this past session at a state level, that being ghost guns — ghost guns would allow unregistered or un— marked guns to be manufactured in people's homes whichjust makes it far too easy to get guns into neighbourhoods and this was a big, big problem. fortunately, we passed some legislation which i was able to testify on behalf of that significantly reduced the number of ghost guns out there but still this is an issue that is really, really big. interestingly, we don't have a single gun store in a baltimore city. we have done a stores in maryland and unfortunately those guns do end up in the city but even more of the guns
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outside maryland and up into baltimore city. there is a lot of transfers. there is a lot of transfers of funds or comfort us: unfortunately by people who don't secure their weapons, so anything we can do to stem the flow is really important. fine flow is really important. one of our flow is really important. one of your colleagues _ flow is really important. one of your colleagues on - flow is really important. one of your colleagues on the baltimore city council said that the shooting was a wake—up call and she called on the community to work towards a meaningful change. what could that change in the community look like?— look like? well, i think first and foremost _ look like? well, i think first and foremost - _ look like? well, i think first and foremost - and - look like? well, i think first and foremost - and i - look like? well, i think first and foremost - and i think. look like? well, i think first i and foremost - and i think you and foremost — and i think you alluded to this question earlier about what we can do to get to the bottom of this. i think first and foremost we need to figure out who is responsible for this crime — two lives lost as many people injured. i think this is something that we can't let go unanswered. the folks who are responsible need to be held accountable so first and foremost we need to figure out who is responsible. 0n foremost we need to figure out who is responsible. on top of that, in order to make that happen in our department needs
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to continue to build a relationship with community and make sure that folks feel safe and comfortable in their communities. so, ata grassroots level, on the community side, it is really those two pieces. i would say on the council side, what my committee, the government safety operations committee will be doing, is digging into the police as response and supporting agency response to that incident. this was an unsanctioned party, an unpermitted party that went on for hours and there was no police presence, or this is what we understand at the moment. so, we need to figure out what broke down. what was the communication breakdown, who dropped the ball and what do we have to do to make sure this never happens again. i would say at the state and federal level those are much more complicated issues but i would say whatever we can do to strengthen laws and make it — strengthen laws and make it — strengthen penalties for transfer of guns to folks that should not have funds,
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particularly children or people who have a record or otherwise, it goes a long ways towards making sure that we do not see those incidents in the future. earlier we heard this really emotional press conference with baltimore's mayor brandon scott. he said he wants to be sure that this mass shooting is treated the same as every other mass shooting. what do you think he meant by that? and is there any kind of concerned that it won't get the level of attention as other incidents? that is a powerful comment, i would say, because i think what you find is — i think the response in black communities is not quite the same. the sympathy and the response across the country is not always the same all the time and this is a long—standing issue in america. 0ver and this is a long—standing issue in america. over 300 people die in the city each year every couple of years and people are not stepping up to the plate. these issues happen
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unfortunately and while there are communities, and in white communities there is a much more robust response, a national response.- national response. mark connolly. _ national response. mark connolly, baltimore i national response. mark connolly, baltimore cityj connolly, baltimore city council member, i really appreciate you taking the time tojoin us to appreciate you taking the time to join us to discuss that. thank you. this morning shooting months baltimore's largest mass shooting in the past ten years according to the gun violence archive that documents mass shootings and classifies it as one in which four or more people are killed. so far this year, there have been over 330 mass routings in the united states. turning now to france where the mood remains tense amid fears of a six night of unrest sparked by the killing of a teenager by police in a suburb of paris. the interior ministry said some 49 arrests had been made on a sunday. earlier in the day president emanuel macron held an emergency crisis meeting with ministers and security officials and called on them to continue to do everything to
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restore order. tonight, some 45,000 restore order. tonight, some 115,000 police officers have once again been deployed across the nation after several nights of violent protest. the grandmother of nahel, the grandmother of nahel, the grandmother killed by police, has made an emotional appeal for the violence to stop. translation: | tell them to stop it. i it is mothers who take buses, mothers who walk outside. we should calm things, we don't want them to break things. these people should calm down. nahel is dead, that is all that is. and i have lost my daughter. without her child, i have lost her. it is over, my daughter no longer has a life. it is over, and i understand her. and so, as a grandmother, they took away my daughter and my grandson, both of them, that's it. i'm tired, i can't bear this any longer. 0ut europe editor is in paris where she has spoken to other members of nahel�*s family. this is nahel, the french algerian team killed last week by a policeman, triggering nightly outpourings of rage by youths from similar
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backgrounds across france. in theirfirst on camera interview since nahel�*s death, his family told me they want to be very clear. translation: there are no words to i describe how we feel. we just buried a 17—year—old. but we never called for hate or riots. this is not for nahel. what we want is justice, for the policeman to be sentenced for nahel�*s execution. with tensions running so high, this family member asked us to hide her identity. translation: being a young north african, black - or arab man in the estates is intolerable for french police. boys suffer abusive control, racial profiling, now they are killing them. this is far from the first time this happens. nahel�*s death has reopened existing long existing wounds in france.
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this was marseilles, france's second largest city, last night. while in paris... police have showed up at a tourist hotspot, and as you can see, there are riot police everywhere. this is not the face of france that emmanuel macron wants you to see. but mobile phones are everywhere, social media helping spread the rage and deepen divisions. a burning car was used to attack this home of a local mayor. his wife and young child were injured trying to escape. most of the rioters are teenagers from french north african communities like nahel. many here sympathise with nahel�*s family, but they lost patience with rioters and vandals. "we can't go on like this," this shopkeeper says. "hundreds of businesses
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have been damaged." french politics left and right are split over what to do next. activists call for reform and better training for france's police. assa's brother died after being arrested seven years ago. translation: until france recognises the institutional| racism at the heart of the security forces, there will be so many more nahels. in france had already faced up to the problem, he would still be alive. do you accept allegations that there is institutional racism, racial profiling, discrimination in the french police forces? no, we don't agree with that because it's too easy to accuse french policemen to be racist. well, the united nations think so. 0ne commissioner of the united nations. not all at the united nations.
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you can have some problem with few policeman, you can have one person perhaps, which is racist, but not all of french police. this evening, president macron called an urgent government meeting and sent tens of thousands of riot police back onto the streets in case. this crisis is still burning. katya adler, bbc news, paris. in the uk, new measures aimed at curbing protest methods often used by environmental groups have come into effect in england and in wales. under the new laws police now have powers to move protesters who disrupt transport while offenders could face three years in jail for tunnelling near key sites. the home office as the public order act 2023 will target "a selfish minority" but critics argue they threaten the right to protest. groups likejust stop 0il have continued with high profile demonstrations including at yesterday's pride including at yesterday's pride in london event. the former
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chief constable of greater manchester police gave his reaction to these new powers. the public are fed up with the activities of just stop 0il fed up with the activities of just stop oil and extinction rebellion and the way they block motorways but they need to recognise this will apply to all protest in the future so it might be that you are seriously angry about a new housing development or the new railway hs2 coming through your backyard and these very stringent conditions, things like the police ability to stop—and—search without suspicion, to impose conditions on people who may be planning a protest, that is going to apply to all protests. police are being drawn into a more difficult position but on the other hand i would to some extent blame groups likejust stop 0il because they have almost forced the government into this position of putting these more stringent laws and they are going to affect everybody that is trying to plan a protest.— everybody that is trying to plan a protest. around the world and _ plan a protest. around the
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world and across - plan a protest. around the world and across the i plan a protest. around the world and across the uk, i plan a protest. around the i world and across the uk, this is bbc news. bbc news, bringing you different stories from across the uk. nights out are supposed to be fun but that's not always the experience of women and other vulnerable groups. money from the home offers a safer streets fund is being used to try to make the night—time economy safer, businesses have been offering training bar and security staff to look out for those needing help. the county police and crime commission hopes the new £4 million for well—meaning other areas can now benefit. karen helped create this women's safety charter stopping her research shows women more than men feel unsafe in public areas. we still need _ unsafe in public areas. we still need to _ unsafe in public areas. we still need to focus - unsafe in public areas. - still need to focus on hardware, so things like cctv and lighting because people do report that those things make them feel safer but i think also need to really focus on venture. also need to really focus on venture-— also need to really focus on venture. . , ., , ., venture. the aim is not 'ust to reduce crime i venture. the aim is not 'ust to reduce crime but i venture. the aim is not 'ust to reduce crime but to i venture. the aim is notjust to reduce crime but to make i venture. the aim is notjust to| reduce crime but to make sure that women and other vulnerable groups feel safer. for more
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stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you are live with bbc news, a small group of islands in northern scotland is looking at the possibility of becoming a territory of norway, under new proposals the 0rkney territory of norway, under new proposals the orkney islands could change their status in the uk or become a self—governing territory of norway. a motion will go before 0rkney�*s council next week to examine alternative forms of governance. the 0rkney examine alternative forms of governance. the orkney islands council has previously voted to look at whether the islands could have greater autonomy, while they wanted to have a stronger voice they did not act full independence for 0rkney, council leaderjames sorkin said 0rkney may aim to become a norwegian territory because it does not get fair funding norwegian territory because it does not get fairfunding in its current relationship within the uk. i spoke to him about earlier. thank you so much for taking the time to speak with
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us, want to start off with the why. you said that you have been failed dreadfully by the government in edinburgh and london, what do you mean by that? , ., , ., ., that? our islands are a unique lace that? our islands are a unique place and _ that? our islands are a unique place and we _ that? our islands are a unique place and we have _ that? our islands are a unique place and we have some i that? our islands are a unique place and we have some real. place and we have some real challenges that also incredible opportunities, when most of the funding that comes, the uk is taxed it goes to a central port and then it's got to come through the cascade, back to us on the islands, and in so many aspect we don't seem to be getting the same amount of resource, even as the other islands. we don't get the same support and mechanisms for our fairies and we have a particular challenge now because our fairies need to be replaced and nobody is coming to help us define the capital to help us define the capital to do that. to help us define the capital to do that-— to help us define the capital to do that. ~ . . ., ., to do that. according to the uk government. — to do that. according to the uk government, it _ to do that. according to the uk government, it has _ to do that. according to the uk government, it has provided i
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to do that. according to the uk i government, it has provided £50 million for scotland's islands which include 0rkney, is that sufficient in your mind? that is only on — sufficient in your mind? that is only on one _ sufficient in your mind? that is only on one aspect, i sufficient in your mind? that is only on one aspect, that l sufficient in your mind? twat is only on one aspect, that is called a growth tear. 0ur fairies will take a nap £500 million to replace if we want to make them a sustainable green ferry service for the future, and every year, we get significantly less than the other two island archipelagoes which we share that £50 million with. so we get £350 per person less than the island of shetland and £700 per person less to run services than the people in the western isles. so that is the financial side of the i'm curious about the culturalside, because the i'm curious about the cultural side, because one might think that 0rkney is more connect to scotland and the uk than to norway which could be part of your proposal, so where do the cultural ties come in?
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well, we have a very long history and 0rkney that goes back 6000 years, back to the neolithic�*s when 0rkney was the centre of the culture, and then again in the time of the north kingdom, we were the centre of the west nordic kingdom and people went out from 0rkney and travelled all the way to the holy land but they also went from 0rkney up around the north atlantic onto the pharaohs, onto iceland, greenland, and north america all these years ago. all of that came from 0rkney so it was very central in that time and we were then given as a dowry, as a wedding present, it was a redeemable dowry in fact to scotland in 1468, so we've not always been part of scotland, in we were part of scotland, in we were part of scotland, in we were
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part of that norse kingdom for longer than we've ever been part of the united kingdom. haifa part of the united kingdom. how much others _ part of the united kingdom. how much others ties _ part of the united kingdom. how much others ties still— part of the united kingdom. how much others ties still felt today? we are about history that goes back hundreds of years. that goes back hundreds of ears. �* , , years. i've been very interested _ years. i've been very interested because l years. i've been very l interested because our years. i've been very _ interested because our culture, the way we operate as a very flat society, as a very inclusive society, very much reflects what i find in the nordic countries, and i would say that that really, you know, puts us in a different place, but we are also the only place outside norway that celebrates norwegian independence day. we have a procession and we have some speeches and we have a concert on that day so there is quite a lot and there is a bit of coming and going of people on your, also the council has had a 40 year very strong connection with the bergen area which is now called westland and we have just re—signed an
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agreement with them. find agreement with them. and correct me _ agreement with them. and correct me if _ agreement with them. and correct me if i'm _ agreement with them. and correct me if i'm wrong i agreement with them. and correct me if i'm wrong but is about 22,000 people that live there. what's the feeling among citizens about this proposal? well before a put in the notice of motion, because this is only just a notice of motion and it's not only about norway. we are looking to scope our future and i went along the street and spoke to one or two of the people as a travelled and i said what you think of this? and they were saying, this is the time for us to consider where we go, how we can really contribute to our global world. i mean, 0rkney has the largest natural harbour in the north atlantic and it's got some fantastic potential, it was used in the first and second world war as a strategic location, but it certainly has got some really interesting futures with the offshore renewables and also with world
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shipping routes. just renewables and also with world shipping routes.— shipping routes. just circling back to norway _ shipping routes. just circling back to norway because i shipping routes. just circling i back to norway because given the history of brexit, norway is a part of the eu single market, some people are calling this 0rkxit. how does that play into a potential decision how? strangely enough our community when there was a referendum in the uk, it got the strongest support for the union in the uk. we also had the strongest support to remain part of europe because the nature of our islands as we have always looked out to the world, we've always wanted to see yonder ourselves and we really approve of connections but we are saying to ourselves now, how do we form the best connections, what is the best place for us to do that looking forward? and there's many governments models and we would like to explore them now.
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and we would like to explore them nova— them now. interesting stuff. orkney islands _ them now. interesting stuff. orkney islands council i them now. interesting stuff. i orkney islands council leader, thank you so much for taking the time to speak with us. some other stories making headlines now, the white house says president biden will visit the uk next week as part of a european trip. he is expected to meet with the king as well as the prime minister, mr biden will then head to lithuania for a nato summit for stopping off in finland. janet yellen will become the second member of the biden administration to visit beijing, last month's visit by us secretary of state antony blinken was the first by a senior us official in five years. an incredible story now, button the cockerpoo fell off a cliff and survived, she was rescued by the coastguard, we spoke to her grateful owner. who would fancy their chances
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of fell over the cliff stop its of fell over the cliff stop it's 160 of fell over the cliff stop its 160 foot height, it's 160 foot height, incredibly steep and some were usually just the incredibly steep and some were usuallyjust the birds. but somehow a nine—year—old cockerpoo ran over the edge and is still breathing. she cockerpoo ran over the edge and is still breathing.— is still breathing. she is a beautiful _ is still breathing. she is a beautiful girl, _ is still breathing. she is a beautiful girl, isn't i is still breathing. she is a beautiful girl, isn't she? l is still breathing. she is a i beautiful girl, isn't she? and how is she doing?— beautiful girl, isn't she? and how is she doing? sandra and her husband _ how is she doing? sandra and her husband brian _ how is she doing? sandra and her husband brian were i how is she doing? sandra and her husband brian were on i her husband brian were on holiday in a caravan park, unfolded. it's a holiday spot in east yorkshire, popular with birdwatchers, sandra was walking in the fields when hutton disappeared. started to think where — hutton disappeared. started to think where is _ hutton disappeared. started to think where is she, _ hutton disappeared. started to think where is she, we - hutton disappeared. started to think where is she, we can't i think where is she, we can't hear her barking or anything? and we began to think has she gone over the cliff? tarsh button. . . , ., . button. than a birdwatcher eriod button. than a birdwatcher period over _ button. than a birdwatcher period over the _ button. than a birdwatcher period over the cliff - button. than a birdwatcher period over the cliff and i period over the cliff and spotted her on the inaccessible tidal beach, she was on her feet. ~ , tidal beach, she was on her feet. . , ., ~ feet. we can see her walking around and _ feet. we can see her walking around and that _ feet. we can see her walking around and thatjust - feet. we can see her walking around and thatjust seemed| around and thatjust seemed like such a miraculous thing, we thought obviously she would be dead at the bottom of the cliff, really stop you can't
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see, they still don't know how she escaped, really. coastguard came to the _ she escaped, really. coastguard came to the rescue, _ she escaped, really. coastguard came to the rescue, assembling a volunteer team to abseil down the cliff to fetch button. she calmly walked into the rescue bag and was left to do safety. they drove button home that night and straight to an emergency vet. night and straight to an emeruen vet. �* . , ., emergency vet. amazingly it had 'ust emergency vet. amazingly it had just literally _ emergency vet. amazingly it had just literally damaged _ emergency vet. amazingly it had just literally damaged and i emergency vet. amazingly it had just literally damaged and on i just literally damaged and on its back which was causing some damage to the spinal cord but only to a relatively minor degree, i'm surprised it actually survived, that is a long. you don't think i would survive a fall that far. aha, survive a fall that far. a reminder today from the maritime and coastguard agency that it maritime and coastguard agency thatitis maritime and coastguard agency that it is safer to keep dogs on leads near the cliffs but all in all it is a remarkable tale of survivalfor a all in all it is a remarkable tale of survival for a favoured family member. that's all for now, a reminder we have plenty more on our website and the bbc
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news at. in the meantime stay with us here on bbc news. hello. after the warmth ofjune, a completely different weather set—up for the start ofjuly. probably summed up best by showing the outlook at wimbledon, of course, which starts on monday. first part of the week, rain at times, not a wash—out by any means, but it's going to feel cool. temperatures below average and a bit breezy at times before things warm up later. and the reason is we've got low pressure centred across scandinavia. we're on the southern edge of it, so winds coming in from the west and north—west, and various banks of rain. and with temperatures dropping compared to what we've seen, probably one of the coolest commutes we've had for a while on monday morning. temperatures for many in single figures. and whilst many start with some sunshine overhead, though, to warm things up, there will be showers getting going across the west and still there in the north of scotland. but it's this batch of showers that work from west to east
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across england and wales with some sunshine either side, so a few heavy showers lingering through the afternoon, too. but still, that cloud outbreaks of rain continues in northern scotland. a blustery day, particularly for england and wales, and that will just add to the cool feel, especially in the cloudier moments. and when the showers are coming through, temperatures at 15—20 below the july average of around 17—23 degrees. and another cool night will follow. showers fade for many for a while during the first part of the night, though, still that cloud, outbreaks of rain, in northern scotland edging a bit further southwards. and then, later in the night, south wales and southern half of england, a bank of more persistent rain, will gradually work its way in keeping temperatures up here in double figures, but a cool start to tuesday elsewhere. now, it will be a wet morning, it looks like, across some southern counties of england, east anglia, before brightening up into the afternoon. sunshine and showers elsewhere, but central scotland into northern ireland, slightly more cloudy than we have seen on monday. again, a greater chance of a few showers. brightening up in northern scotland, but really cool here —12—13 degrees — and temperatures still in the teens further south, nowhere really getting much
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above 20 celsius. then as you go through tuesday night into wednesday, it's all down to what happens to this little wave here. at the moment, looks like that will push through france, taking more persistent rain. it could get very close to the south coast, though, so there is the chance of some high cloud drifting up and some outbreaks of rain through the english channel. but at the moment, it looks like that will stay clear. a few showers dotted around to the south and the west, heaviest across scotland, northern ireland, some hail and thunder mixed in. and with winds a bit lighter than monday and tuesday, temperatures mightjust creep up a bit more in the sunnier moments. they will creep up even further into next end of the week as southerly winds develop. there could be some storms in the west.
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