australia nigeria kick off the world cup. hello. we start with a new warning about global climate change. the un children's agency — unicef — says half of all young people in europe and central asia are now regularly exposed to severe heatwaves. unicef says young people's health is increasingly at risk from climate change—related extreme weather. climate experts in the uk met office said the country's record—breaking heat last year will be considered to be cool by the end of the century unless action is taken against climate change. lastjuly, the uk

reported heat of a0 celsius for the first time. our environment correspondent has more details. last summer's searing heatwaves sparked wildfires across the uk, with more than 800 on the hottest day injuly, when temperatures broke through a0 celsius for the first time. these blistering conditions also had significant impacts on human health, with thousands more deaths in the over—65s than usual in england and wales acrossjuly and august. but this new met office report shows that the persistent heat wasn't confined to summer, with every month apart from december warmer than the long—term average. this saw 2022 become the uk's warmest year in records dating back to 188a. driving all this, according to the researchers, are ongoing emissions of carbon dioxide from human activities. if these stay constant, an exceptional year like 2022 will become the norm for the uk. a year like 2022, the warmest year on record for the uk in our current climate,

will be roughly an average year by the middle of the century, just after mid—century, by 2060. by 2100, nine out of ten years will actually be warmer than 2022. researchers say that in the uk, temperature extremes are increasing much faster than the average. this will likely see far more high temperature records broken in the years to come, potentially by quite wide margins. scientists say that this pattern is now being seen all over the world, including the dramatic heat that's driving wildfires in greece and many other locations right now. but even though these higher temperatures will become increasingly likely in a warmer world, the uk still has much further to go to properly prepare for this new normal. government advisers say that the uk is still not treating adapting to climate change as a national priority. matt mcgrath, bbc news.

we can talk now to one of the authors of today's met office report. mike kendonjoins us now. it might seem counterintuitive for some that we are experiencing a very wet summer in the uk at the moment but the threat of extreme high temperatures remains.- but the threat of extreme high temperatures remains. yes, we have a lot of variability — temperatures remains. yes, we have a lot of variability in _ temperatures remains. yes, we have a lot of variability in a _ temperatures remains. yes, we have a lot of variability in a day _ temperatures remains. yes, we have a lot of variability in a day to _ temperatures remains. yes, we have a lot of variability in a day to day - lot of variability in a day to day and year to year basis and at the moment is cool and un—sappy but we have had the warmestjune on record for the uk in this report is looking at year 2022 in the context of long—term climate records and we did have last year the warmest year on record for the uk and records back to 188a. in 188a, we did on the radio, tv, cars, aeroplanes or computers and internet but we did have read a dry weather stations and is the data from those weather stations that help us combine long—term records and see how our

weather is changing in the uk and how our climate is changing. the last ten years in the uk, 2013—22 have been the warmest ten year period on record for the uk and in fact we have an even longer temperature series goes back to 1659. that's only ten years after the execution of king charles the first. and in that series, the most recent ten year period has been the warmest ten years in the series was 2022 the warmest year on record. what kind of reaction are you hoping this report will get, both from the government and also from the public? i think what happens is when we have really extreme weather events, people tend to notice that because of the impact on last year we had

temperatures setting all—time records and records of long running weather stations such as sheffield and bradford which have the hundred plus year record length being broken by margins of three or a degrees and we have that with climate change it increases the spatial extent and frequency and duration of heat waves and that is what we are seeing been played out right now in southern europe with temperatures into the high a0s in tunisia, sardinia, parts of greece and elsewhere globally. there are temperatures into the 50s in the us and in parts of china. this pattern is notjust about what is happening in the uk. our average temperatures are increasing but extremes of temperature are increasing faster and that is true increasing faster and that is true in the uk and is also true globally and is a particular concern because it's the extremes across the greatest impact.—

it's the extremes across the greatest impact. it's the extremes across the createst imact. ~ ~' ., ~ ., greatest impact. mike, thank you for ex-alainin greatest impact. mike, thank you for exaiaining that _ greatest impact. mike, thank you for explaining that to _ greatest impact. mike, thank you for explaining that to us. _ london's high court has ruled that prince harry can proceed with some of his claim against rupert murdoch's uk newspaper arm — but cannot proceed with allegations of phone hacking. the judge ruled that the claim in relation to alleged unlawful information gathering such as the usde of private investigators — could be tried. but thejudge continue but the judge continue that allegations of phone hacking cannot proceed to trial. let's get more on this former home affairs correspondent who has been tracking developments and he joins us now at the high court in central london. tom, take us through the impact of this ruling today. to tom, take us through the impact of this ruling today.— this ruling today. to give you an idea of what _ this ruling today. to give you an idea of what this _ this ruling today. to give you an idea of what this means, - this ruling today. to give you an idea of what this means, the - this ruling today. to give you an i idea of what this means, the judge idea of what this means, thejudge had to make a decision about prince harry had run out of time to bring his case to the high court. we are talking about privacy case and he wouldn't bring that within six years. with regards to phone

hacking, the scandal has been around since before 2010 and prince harry has said that he did not know he had a case for phone hacking because of a secret deal train buckingham palace and the publishers of the sun. he claimed pallas was not going to sue news group newspapers and the sun because it did not want royals in the dispatch box. the newspaper agreed on future it would settle claims. prince harry said that meant he could not bring a claim and his lawyers did not advise and that he had that possibility. the judge said that actually, the lawyers for the palace had been looking at possible phone hacking situations and they had been discussing it and more than that there had been a conviction of a journalist working for another british newspaper, the news of the world, in the mid—2000 and that had made clear that that newspaper group at least had been involved in phone

hacking and therefore the judge said that prince harry knew he might have a case way before his limitation period of six years ago and therefore he said this case could not go to trial. but as a separate argument which is about unlawful information gathering, so gathering the prince or private information they surreptitiously did that and they surreptitiously did that and the judge said the evidence of that case only came along a bit later on in that prince harry only knew about it in about 2019 when he met elton john at a lunch that eltonjohn had and there was a senior hacking barrister who is well known in these cases, david sherborne, who told how he might have a case. that will go to trial and thus most likely to happen next year.— to trial and thus most likely to happen next year. british gas has reported record half—year profits of £969 million after rule changes allowed it to make more money from household bills. about half of the profit

was due to the changes made by the energy regulator. ofgem had raised the allowance suppliers can claim from household bills to make up for costs incurred during the pandemic. fossil fuel giant shell has said profits have fallen to $5 billion dollars, that's around 5.9 billion, in the second three months of the year as oil and gas prices fall. energy firms had been making record profits after russia's invasion of ukraine pushed up oil and gas prices. but wholesale prices have been falling from post—invasion peaks. the firm said it had also been selling less fuel and making lower profits on refining. our business reporter peter ruddickjoins us. $5 billion for shell sounds like a lot of money but put that into context for us. we lot of money but put that into context for us.— lot of money but put that into context for us. we are nearly 18 months on _ context for us. we are nearly 18 months on from _ context for us. we are nearly 18 months on from the _ context for us. we are nearly 18

months on from the invasion i context for us. we are nearly 18 months on from the invasion of| months on from the invasion of ukraine and companies that make their money in oil, gas, electricity are still feeling the benefits and the impact that had on energy prices. even if it is a slightly smaller profit is still massive. shall�*s profits and we are talking with the second three months of the year here, £9 billion as you said, and it's a massive figure but it's 6a% less in the same period a year earlier. shell are putting this down to a few things, the lower wholesale cost, lower margins from its oil refineries and also because it made a bit less money from the part of its business that trades. overall, this was a much weaker performance from shell than analysts had been expecting and it represents or reflects how volatile the energy market can be. it's still a pretty large profit figure and we have had a reaction from opposition politicians here in the uk are bad changes to the windfall tax that shell is paying and they pay a 65%

tax rate but only other uk operations and they can get tax relief if they reinvest some of that. plenty of people like that to be tighter. that. plenty of people like that to be tiahter. ., ~ that. plenty of people like that to be tiahter. . ~ i” to west africa now. in niger, a coup has been announced by a group of military officers. on national television. translation: we, the defence and security forces, _ meeting within the national council, for the safeguard of the homeland, have decided to put an end to the regime you know. this follows the continuing deterioration of the security situation and poor economic and social governance. they also said they've dissolved the constitution, suspended all institutions, and closed the country's borders. protests erupted in the streets in response. international reaction has been swift. the uk's foreign office has

condemned in the strongest possible ..he us secretary of state antony blinken —— he us secretary of state antony blinken condemned what he called the french foreign minister denounced all attacks to take power by force. in a post on social media, the president mohamed bazoum said not to accept the... our... the soldiers are believed to be members _ our... the soldiers are believed to be members of — our... the soldiers are believed to be members of the _ our... the soldiers are believed to be members of the presidential i our... the soldiers are believed to i be members of the presidential guard but they appear to be a kind of division between the soldiers and the larger military and as we speak

right now in niger, in the capital, the streets are deserted and the situation remains uncertain. as the leadership of the military who are supposed to be in charge has not been announced at the moment. but the original block and the leadership has deployed immediate mediation between the groups, especially those that have announced the coup last night and people are waiting and watching to see what the outcome could be. it’s waiting and watching to see what the outcome could be.— outcome could be. it's a confusing situation because _ outcome could be. it's a confusing situation because on _ outcome could be. it's a confusing situation because on the _ outcome could be. it's a confusing situation because on the one i outcome could be. it's a confusing | situation because on the one hand, we have the leader right thing to try to mediate and we have the

soldiers reporting that they are in control but we're also hearing from the president himself on social media. is it still unclear who really is in power? it’s media. is it still unclear who really is in power?— really is in power? it's really unclear who _ really is in power? it's really unclear who was _ really is in power? it's really unclear who was in - really is in power? it's really unclear who was in power i really is in power? it's really unclear who was in power at | really is in power? it's really i unclear who was in power at the moment, but the state television has continuously been announcing the announcement, been replaying and broadcasting the announcement by the group of soldiers claiming that they have taken over the government since last night and of course, they also announced the suspension of the constitution as well as state institutions. they imposed a curfew and closed both the land and air border. it is now, aside from the international condemnation that has greeted the coup announcement, people are still watching and really waiting to see the outcome of what

mediation could be. we also know that the foreign minister of president have taken to social media to call on those opposed to military takeover to come out and oppose those who are actually claiming they're in charge. this those who are actually claiming they're in charge.— those who are actually claiming they're in charge.

more coming and it should be 31 in the next couple of years. but this is still not enough. there will never be enough until people can go out and not have to think about going somewhere because of the change. going somewhere because of the chance. , , ., change. the issue of facilities for peeple with _ change. the issue of facilities for people with disabilities _ change. the issue of facilities for people with disabilities is... i you're live with bbc news. the nominees for this year's mercury music prize have just been released. among those being nominated include singer—songwriterjessie ware, the arctic monkeys and the jazz quintet the ezra collective. the prize celebrates the best albums released by british and irish musicians. the nominations comejust a day after it was revealed that sinead o'conor had passed away. let's get more now with our entertainment

correspondent, colin paterson. hejoins us now. he joins us now. hello, this is the 32nd mercury _ he joins us now. hello, this is the 32nd mercury prize _ he joins us now. hello, this is the 32nd mercury prize and _ he joins us now. hello, this is the 32nd mercury prize and as - he joins us now. hello, this is the 32nd mercury prize and as you i he joins us now. hello, this is thej 32nd mercury prize and as you say he joins us now. hello, this is the i 32nd mercury prize and as you say it goes to the best album of the last 12 months made by a british or irish act, according to a panel ofjudges and every year there is quite a who have deciding which is the best and there is a lot of prestige and evening making the 12 strong shortlist and i'm delighted to say we arejoined byjessie shortlist and i'm delighted to say we are joined byjessie ware who was on that list for her album, time out that feels good. this is your first mercury nomination for 12, 11 years. how does it feel to be back on that list? it how does it feel to be back on that list? , ., ., ., ., list? it feels good, i want to run in our list? it feels good, i want to run in your head _ list? it feels good, i want to run in your head that _ list? it feels good, i want to run in your head that it _ list? it feels good, i want to run in your head that it feels i list? it feels good, i want to run in your head that it feels good. l list? it feels good, i want to runj in your head that it feels good. i was up — in your head that it feels good. i was up to— in your head that it feels good. i was up to my debut record and this is my— was up to my debut record and this is my fifth— was up to my debut record and this is my fifth record and so to, it feels — is my fifth record and so to, it feels very. _ is my fifth record and so to, it feels very, very beautiful and exciting — feels very, very beautiful and

exciting and i'm thrilled to be up for one — exciting and i'm thrilled to be up for one. ., . ., ,., exciting and i'm thrilled to be up for one. ., . ., y., . ., for one. how much have you changed in the last 11 — for one. how much have you changed in the last 11 years? _ for one. how much have you changed in the last 11 years? so _ for one. how much have you changed in the last 11 years? so much, i i in the last 11 years? so much, i become a _ in the last 11 years? so much, i become a better— in the last 11 years? so much, i become a better songwriter, i in the last 11 years? so much, i i become a better songwriter, artist, i become a better songwriter, artist, i became _ become a better songwriter, artist, i became a — become a better songwriter, artist, i became a mother three times, become a better songwriter, artist, i became a motherthree times, i have _ i became a motherthree times, i have done — i became a motherthree times, i have done a — i became a motherthree times, i have done a lot of different things, i have done a lot of different things, i have _ have done a lot of different things, i have had — have done a lot of different things, i have had housing lows and it is 'ust i have had housing lows and it is just a _ i have had housing lows and it is just a beautiful cherry on the top of a wonderful celebration of an album _ of a wonderful celebration of an album my— of a wonderful celebration of an album my love. it�*s of a wonderful celebration of an album my love.— album my love. it's like a race, four albums — album my love. it's like a race, four albums and _ album my love. it's like a race, four albums and three - album my love. it's like a race, four albums and three kids. i album my love. it's like a race, i four albums and three kids. that's a lot of productivity. thea;r four albums and three kids. that's a lot of productivity.— lot of productivity. they are robabl lot of productivity. they are probably going _ lot of productivity. they are probably going to _ lot of productivity. they are probably going to be i lot of productivity. they are probably going to be in i lot of productivity. they are i probably going to be in therapy later~ _ probably going to be in therapy later~ i'm — probably going to be in therapy later. i'mjogging. yes, we work hard. _ later. i'mjogging. yes, we work hard. i'm— later. i'mjogging. yes, we work hard, i'm exhausted but i do love making _ hard, i'm exhausted but i do love making music —— joking... it's a joy and it's_ making music —— joking... it's a joy and it's a _ making music —— joking... it's a joy and it's a privilege to be part of this line—up. gn and it's a privilege to be part of this [whip-— and it's a privilege to be part of this line-u. ., , ., . ,, this line-up. on the album toadnack that feels good. _ this line-up. on the album toadnack that feels good, zero. _ this line-up. on the album toadnack that feels good, zero. why - this line-up. on the album toadnack that feels good, zero. why is i this line-up. on the album toadnack that feels good, zero. why is it i that feels good, zero. why is it important?— that feels good, zero. why is it imortant? �* . , . important? i'm celebrating the fact that life does _ important? i'm celebrating the fact that life does feel _ important? i'm celebrating the fact that life does feel good _ important? i'm celebrating the fact that life does feel good and - important? i'm celebrating the fact that life does feel good and the i that life does feel good and the music— that life does feel good and the music i— that life does feel good and the music i am making does feel good. i think— music i am making does feel good. i think i'm _ music i am making does feel good. i think i'm a _ music i am making does feel good. i think i'm a more confident artist now than— think i'm a more confident artist now than when i came in with that first record — now than when i came in with that first record and so i am allowed to

use! _ first record and so i am allowed to use! ., ., ., ,. , use! now. you have described ourself use! now. you have described yourself as — use! now. you have described yourself as a _ use! now. you have described yourself as a bit _ use! now. you have described yourself as a bit of— use! now. you have described yourself as a bit of a _ use! now. you have described yourself as a bit of a prude, i use! now. you have described l yourself as a bit of a prude, but for people who listen to the album they are going to think anything but. i might like to play some in the bank robbery might be too much for the news channel but it's —— it might be too much for the news channel. �* , , , ., might be too much for the news channel. �*, , , ., , , channel. it's sensual, sexy, pleasurable, _ channel. it's sensual, sexy, pleasurable, it's all- channel. it's sensual, sexy, pleasurable, it's all the i pleasurable, it's all the things we like to— pleasurable, it's all the things we like to feel when we are on the dance — like to feel when we are on the dance floor and... fire like to feel when we are on the dance floor and. . .— like to feel when we are on the dance floor and... are my blushing at this moment? _ dance floor and... are my blushing at this moment? does _ dance floor and... are my blushing at this moment? does that - dance floor and... are my blushing at this moment? does that feel i dance floor and... are my blushing i at this moment? does that feel good? no. do you blush you sing it? i no. do you blush you sing it? i think about donna summer who says i love think about donna summer who says i love to— think about donna summer who says i love to love _ think about donna summer who says i love to love you baby and she thought — love to love you baby and she thought about herself is a different character _ thought about herself is a different character and are going to a different— character and are going to a different character and is essentially musical theatre when i perform _ essentially musical theatre when i perform these songs so its character based _ perform these songs so its character based and _ perform these songs so its character based and it's fun sulkily. nine out

of 12 are from _ based and it's fun sulkily. nine out of 12 are from london _ based and it's fun sulkily. nine out of 12 are from london in _ based and it's fun sulkily. nine out of 12 are from london in the i based and it's fun sulkily. nine out of 12 are from london in the last i of 12 are from london in the last eight winners of the mercury prize have all come from london. what eight winners of the mercury prize have all come from london. what is auoin on? have all come from london. what is going on? london _ have all come from london. what is going on? london is _ have all come from london. what is going on? london is an _ going on? london is an incredible city, _ going on? london is an incredible city, it's— going on? london is an incredible city, it's an — going on? london is an incredible city, it's an inspiring place. i have — city, it's an inspiring place. i have been— city, it's an inspiring place. i have been to la before and you think is fooled _ have been to la before and you think is fooled by— have been to la before and you think is fooled by being amazing but i think— is fooled by being amazing but i think there is a great and an honesty— think there is a great and an honesty to london and incredible talent _ honesty to london and incredible talent here and personally i make better— talent here and personally i make better use — talent here and personally i make better use it when i'm in london. and we _ better use it when i'm in london. and we do— better use it when i'm in london. and we do have to ask you about yesterday's really sad news. sinead o'connor. ., . ., , . o'connor. how much of her music media? i o'connor. how much of her music media? i just _ o'connor. how much of her music media? ijust remember - o'connor. how much of her music media? ijust remember nothing l media? ijust remember nothing compares — media? ijust remember nothing compares to you and just asking my dad deployed in the back of a car and you — dad deployed in the back of a car and you saw that video and performance and ijust think she was a trailblazer— performance and ijust think she was a trailblazer and will be sorely missed — a trailblazer and will be sorely missed. ~ . ., ,., a trailblazer and will be sorely missed. ~ . ., ,, . ., missed. what made her so special? hones , missed. what made her so special? honesty, fearlessness, _ missed. what made her so special? honesty, fearlessness, that - missed. what made her so special? honesty, fearlessness, that voice, l honesty, fearlessness, that voice, she sung _ honesty, fearlessness, that voice, she sung with the angels. it was transcendental.—

she sung with the angels. it was transcendental. jessie ware, thank ou for transcendental. jessie ware, thank you forjoining _ transcendental. jessie ware, thank you forjoining us. _ transcendental. jessie ware, thank you forjoining us. i— transcendental. jessie ware, thank you forjoining us. i have _ transcendental. jessie ware, thank you forjoining us. i have stopped l you forjoining us. i have stopped blushing now. the winner of the mercury prize will be announced on the 7th of september and i have stopped blushing.— the 7th of september and i have stopped blushing. colin, thank you and alwa s stopped blushing. colin, thank you and always good — stopped blushing. colin, thank you and always good to _ stopped blushing. colin, thank you and always good to hear _ stopped blushing. colin, thank you and always good to hear from i stopped blushing. colin, thank you | and always good to hear from jessie ware. and also the legacy of sinead o'connor. on day eight of the women's world cup and the match between the united states and the netherlands ended one all. captain lindsey horan came to the rescue of the defending champions after the netherlands had threatened an upset. the united states had won 13 matches in a row at the women's world cup before this game. in the last few minutes portugal have beaten vietnam 2—0. co— hosts co—hosts australia are currently in action against nigeria. co—hosts australia are currently in action against nigeria. plenty more action to come today and our correspondent shaimaa khalil is in sydney for us. ican i can see the bbc news and sports page is talking about how 17 minutes into the game and its really tough

day for between the two sides of the moment. it day for between the two sides of the moment. , , , ., moment. it is very tightly fought and i was looking _ moment. it is very tightly fought and i was looking at _ moment. it is very tightly fought and i was looking at the - moment. it is very tightly fought and i was looking at the page i moment. it is very tightly fought | and i was looking at the page but also watching the game on the big screen and australia has started very strongly, there are many moves in the nigeria box but there were two chances for nigeria thatjust missed that last touch and there is so much excitement here. let me move a little to show you. a huge crowd in that fan zone and all eyes are on that big screen, there is excitement, nerves and so many cheers as well for this match and that would hopefully guarantee australia's place in the next round. they have one in 2015 against nigeria 2—0 but they are playing with a sam carr and mary fowler but they are more than making up for

being really dangerous in the nigeria box. the super falcons the nigerian team are extremely experienced and there are very good in terms of their defence but they need to be a bit more clinical and push a bit harder when they are at the australia box. —— mark sam kerr. but there is no excitement —— low lack of excitement here for the final 16. lack of excitement here for the final16. i lack of excitement here for the final 16. . . lack of excitement here for the final 16. .. y., �* lack of excitement here for the final16. .. y., �* , final16. i can tell you've been talkin: final16. i can tellyou've been talking for— final16. i can tell you've been talking for days _ final16. i can tell you've been talking for days on _ final16. i can tell you've been talking for days on end i final16. i can tell you've been talking for days on end and i final 16. i can tell you've been i talking for days on end and probably cheering along at matches as well. you mentioned the excitement in the air but i would imagine as well that the pressure is really growing in some of the teams to get into that next stage of the match. does it feel a bit different now as you watch these matches in all the fans? that's right, it does and i think it also makes it very real when you see some teams walk out of the tournament as well. zambia left the

world cup yesterday so as we see more teams and that it becomes more real how and it becomes, there is more pressure. there is also pressure on australia, notjust because they want to secure their place in the final 16, they are the co—hosts and they had such a strong start in the first game when they won against the republic of ireland i-o, won against the republic of ireland 1—0, even without their captain sam kerr and they know their pressure is on and the whole country is behind them and they know that the crowds are building up so there is a bit of pressure and nervousness because they want to deliver to their fans in the country, notjust of the team, but the co—hosts as that workup. team, but the co-hosts as that worku -. �* ., team, but the co-hosts as that worku. �* ., ., , ., team, but the co-hosts as that worku. �* ., . , ., workup. and of the fans that you have met and — workup. and of the fans that you have met and spoken _ workup. and of the fans that you have met and spoken to, - workup. and of the fans that you have met and spoken to, how. workup. and of the fans that you i have met and spoken to, how many would you say are supporting the home team and how many have travelled from elsewhere in order to cheer on other teams? it’s cheer on other teams? it's interesting. _ cheer on other teams? it's interesting. i—

cheer on other teams? it's interesting. i have - cheer on other teams? it�*s interesting. i have been here since the morning and speaking to fans that travelled all the way from the united states and the having just been here in australia, they travelled to new zealand as well to watch games there and i think the families are watching are saying it's really important to bring our girls and boys to see women in their element playing at the top level. thank you so much for chatting with us again. speaking to us from sydney and the women's world cup. we are going to bring you some breaking news that comes from the transport for london. they have been fined £10 million in relation to the train derailment in 2016. as we go through the next few days and into the early part of next week, the weather still doesn't look like is going to remain unsettled. today what we have is a lot of cloud

around, there is a humid field today and we have rain but some will see brighter skies as we head through the afternoon. we have a clutch of weather fronts which have brought heavy rain through the course of yesterday and also overnight and this morning moving from the west to east. it lingers across parts of scotland, slowly moving northwards and is pushing southwards and remaining across the channel islands. in between, a lot of cloud but some bricks developing for example in the midlands and lincolnshire and northern ireland but as the sun comes out that could produce sharp showers. temperatures ia-2a. produce sharp showers. temperatures 1a—2a. forthe produce sharp showers. temperatures 1a—2a. for the cricket today, we could see interruptions due to some showery outbreaks of rain in the afternoon but you can see how unsettled it remains. notjust at the oval, but for many of us as we go through the next few days. into this evening and overnight we hang on to a fair bit of high cloud, still a bit of showers and the rain going across scotland and some clear

skies and it's going to feel humid following on from a humid day. temperatures falling away of between ten and 15 or 16 degrees. so, during the course of friday, low pressure is close to us and you can see the squeeze on the isobars and this one across the north east of scotland will push north eastwards. the other one coming in from the atlantic doesn't quite reach many of us through the course of the day and it will throw more cloud and showers into northern ireland and tomorrow will be a drier day but still with showers around but they won't be as frequent as today in the cloud will tend to break up more readily. 15 in the north to 23 as we push down towards the south. into saturday and we still have this area of low pressure plunked across us. look at the squeeze on the isobars on saturday and sunday as it moves from the west and towards the east. that will bring more unsettled conditions and we will see spells of rain or showery rain across parts of the

northern half of the country and is going to be windy as well and there will be fewer showers as we push further south but feeling cooler.

shell reports profits of $5 billion, but they're down by 56% from a year earlier as oil and gas prices cool

after russia's invasion of ukraine. rates on the rise again. the us hikes the cost of borrowing to a 22—year high — with europe also poised for an increase. but are we finally reaching the peak? welcome to world business report — i'm tadhg enright. we start today talking about profits in the energy sector. for shell, two huge numbers tell the story. in the three months to the end ofjune, shell reported profits of a massive $5 billion. but that was a huge 56% lower than the same time last year when prices were surging in the immediate aftermath of russia invading ukraine. and here in the uk, there's been a massive surge in the energy provider centrica, particularly in its division british gas which supplies gas and electricity to households. its profits were £969 million — equivalent to $1.25 billion between january and june of this year — a 900% increase.