storm isha is forecast to bring rain and winds of up to 80mph. and winds of up to 90mph. a deadly blast hits a market in the occupied city of donetsk in eastern ukraine. at least 25 people are dead. more than 25,000 people have now been killed in gaza since the war with israel began, according to the hamas—run health ministry. and the fifa president calls for stadium bans forfans and automatic forfeits for teams whose supporters shout racist abuse. a new storm is heading towards the uk with gusts of wind of up to 90 mph and warnings of a risk to life. the met office has said that storm isha is �*relatively rare�* as it's likely to affect the whole of the country. the strongest winds are expected on sunday night into monday morning when three amber warnings come into effect.

we're keeping a watch on lots of different locations across the uk this afternoon, these are live pictures from shetland and storm isha has already hit ireland. these are pictures from gweedore in county donegal. for more details about the expected impact of storm isha, i spoke to chris fawkes from bbc weather. the widespread nature makes it pretty unusual, but also the strength of this storm, i think it is probably going to be one of the strongest storms we have seen in the whole of the 23/24 season, so it does mean business. let's take a look at what is coming our way, then. and really, some of the strongest winds that we are going to get from this will bring some significant damage. we are looking at the risk of disruption, not only to transport but power networks are likely to be damaged by some of these very strong winds that could reach 90—odd miles an hour in the worst—affected areas. let's take a look at some of the systems we have got coming in.

where is it right now? it's this lump of cloud you can see, and specificallyjust out to the west of the republic of ireland, it's the hook of cloud you can see there kind of drooping down, it is that bit that has the very most dangerous winds in the system. and as i say, we are likely to see gusts reaching 90—odd miles an hour. the forecasters over in ireland and met eireann have actually issued red weather warnings for north—western counties of the republic, as this is expected to move in. for us here in the uk, it's going to bring, you know, different winds for different areas but there is nowhere that is immune from seeing trees toppled down, that could happen just about anywhere overnight tonight, and so the risk of disruption is pretty widespread. 60—70 mile—an—hour gusts seem quite likely across large areas, but for west wales, stronger than that. it is actually gusting 72 miles an hour right now in snowdonia and this system is nowhere near us yet. tonight is going to be the worst, is it? yeah, it's basically this evening, overnight and into the early hours of monday morning.

and i think in capel curig, which is in snowdonia, i wouldn't even be surprised if we got close to 100 miles an hour from this system, you know. winds this ferocious, you're not just talking about trees getting pulled down, you could actually get some structural damage to buildings as well, and we may see some of those strong winds affect northern england as well. but there is worse. right. the zone of really strong winds is going to be going further northwards. so i talked about, you know, the republic of ireland already having red weather warnings for this. in northern ireland, there is a big gradient in winds. i think 60—70 mile an hour, yeah, we're going to get that for sure, but the core of those really strong winds from that hook could actually come into northern counties of northern ireland and if that happens, gusts could reach 80 or even 90 miles an hour, really serious stuff. and then the swathe of really strong winds tracks up the western and northern side of scotland where again, we could get some guests of 80—90 miles an hour. and how long is it expected to last? do you know, actually, the peak winds won't actually last very long, they'll probably peak for around two

or three hours, something like that. for the central lowlands of scotland, it is specifically as you get westerly wind, which isn't going to be for that long. you know, the winds are going to start off in the south—west, they'll briefly go westerly, bringing some very, very strong winds and then when they go to a north—westerly, actually the scottish mountains will give them a bit of shelter there, so we are going to see different timings of when the fiercest winds come through from the same weather system. just really briefly, what is the difference between the red, the different coloured warnings? well, all of our warnings in the uk are based on two things, the expected impact of the weather, 0k, and the expected impact are the very highest impacts that we expect from any storm system. the other thing that determines the weather warnings is the likelihood of it happening, how confident we are. i mentioned for example in northern ireland, we may see some stronger winds across northern counties, right now we do not know. if we knew that the winds were gusting 80—90 across northern counties of northern ireland, then that would probably require a red warning as well, so it is just

that lack of confidence. but the impact, make no two ways about it, this is a really major storm, probably the worst we have seen this 23/24 season. the impact�*s going to be widespread, disruptions to transport and power is expected. there's plenty more on the bbc website on the storm and where it will hit first. dozens of people are said to have been killed when a market and shopping district in the russian—occupied city of donetsk in eastern ukraine was hit by shelling. proxy officials there blamed ukraine, saying at least 25 people died and least 20 others were injured in the attack. graphic video from the scene shows many dead bodies in the street, as well as shattered shop fronts and stalls and damaged cars. russia's foreign ministry called it a �*barbaric terrorist act', accusing the west of complicity. the ukraine government has not yet commented. meanwhile, official sources in kyiv have confirmed to the bbc

that the explosion at an oil terminal outside st petersburg was a " special operation�* of the ukrainian security service. they said the sbu used drones to start a major fire at the baltic terminal in ust—luga, west of russia's second city. the ukrainians say fuel processed at the plant was being used to supply russian troops in ukraine, and that this strike significantly complicates logistics for the military. they also describe the attack as an economic blow to russia, which exports fuel from the terminal. let's bring in danny aeberhard, the bbc world service's europe editor. thank you for coming in. can you tell us through this attack in donetsk and what we know? it the attack was on _ donetsk and what we know? it the attack was on sunday _ donetsk and what we know? it the attack was on sunday morning - donetsk and what we know? it tiaz attack was on sunday morning today, there are some extremely distressing scenes. dead bodies, people crying as they embrace the victims. we note that amongst the injured, according

to the russian authorities, two were children. they are apparently said to be in a moderate condition. there are no children amongst those who died, but there are testimony from people who are to recover body parts from people who were working at the market. very, very disturbing. if those numbers are confirmed, this would make it the worst attack on a civilian area in a occupied, russian occupied part of ukraine since the conflict began. there have been other very serious strikes, one of them for example hit a military target in russia and another strike that killed lots of ukrainian prisoners of war, but in terms of civilian deaths, this is the worst since the start of the death. and since the start of the death. and the russian _ since the start of the death. and the russian proxy _ since the start of the death. and the russian proxy officials are blaming ukraine but ukraine has not confirmed it. blaming ukraine but ukraine has not confirmed it— confirmed it. ukraine does not usually confirm _ confirmed it. ukraine does not usually confirm the _ confirmed it. ukraine does not usually confirm the sorts - confirmed it. ukraine does not usually confirm the sorts of. confirmed it. ukraine does not - usually confirm the sorts of things but we will wait to see. it is a

significant attack. the russian foreign ministry is being extremely strong on this in terms of trying to use it as a justification after the fact, given the fact of course that russia initially invaded ukraine. it's sort of casting this as an attack by neo—nazis, and the ukrainian government, which is something no one outside of russia really believes. but it is a very serious attack and we'll have to see the number of people, and whether we can verify the numbers of dead and injured. can verify the numbers of dead and in'ured. ., , _, injured. keith has confirmed the seller attack _ injured. keith has confirmed the seller attack i _ injured. keith has confirmed the seller attack i mentioned, - injured. keith has confirmed the seller attack i mentioned, the l seller attack i mentioned, the explosion at a major gas terminal. —— kyiv has confirmed this other attack. -- kyiv has confirmed this other attack. , ., , , ., ., attack. this happened overnight, a video of huge _ attack. this happened overnight, a video of huge orange _ attack. this happened overnight, a video of huge orange viable - attack. this happened overnight, a video of huge orange viable over . video of huge orange viable over this gas plant. it is ran by one of the gas producers in russia, another

tech. it is used to produce liquid petroleum gas and they export it internationally but ukraine says some of that fuel is used to supply the russian military effort in ukraine, so it is of ecstatic importance. the russian authorities have not confirmed it was a drone attack —— it is of strategic importance. there is a economic interest here as well because for a long time ukraine could not hit this far north. it was only eight few days ago that russia for the first time confirmed there had been a drone attack on leningrad, this region around saint petersburg. it would be a coup for ukraine to have carried this out. and ust—luga is an extremely important port on the border, the biggest in terms of cargo tonnage and the whole baltic region. it is also the place where

the nord stream 2, one of the big gas pipelines that were sabotaged in 2022, where that starts. it is a really important site strategically. thank you very much. let's go back to talking about the storm that is about to hit the uk. we are expecting the rest of it is evening, sunday night into monday, lets speak to a reporter who is in blackpool. however things looking there. irate who is in blackpool. however things looking there-— looking there. we have got a little bit of an issue _ looking there. we have got a little bit of an issue earlier _ looking there. we have got a little bit of an issue earlier when - looking there. we have got a little bit of an issue earlier when we - looking there. we have got a little i bit of an issue earlier when we were speaking to you, the wind is really strong and it was a hero against our faces and it was difficult to walk across the road. and bit of that cloud but the whole of the uk pretty much bracing itself for a real battering from storm isha which is coming from that direction and has already started to have a real

impact in places. we were hearing in snowdonia they are already seeing winds of around 90 miles an hour, and the storm are still hundreds of miles away. we do not know what it is likely to bring, but a lot of problems we expect. energy companies are warning of likely parrot cuts, warning residents to get everything they need in case they do lose power and we are seeing from other storms that power can go down for some days, but they are ready. there are warnings of the hazardous conditions on the roads and are saying if you must travel, please slow down and deep aware of your car or truck buffeting around on the roads. lots of surface water, really strong winds. in northern ireland they have already got a red warning in place, but if we look out here, this tide is slowly coming in and some of the strongest warnings are around coastal areas,

strongest warnings are around coastalareas, mornings strongest warnings are around coastal areas, mornings of large waves hitting pavements and roads, and also bringing in dangerous debris. and warnings with those who are out walking, be careful of walking around trees and that may see flying debris around. the flood warnings in place across much of the uk. on warnings in place across much of the uk. 0n the london and a small area of the south—east look likely to avoid the worst damages, but we do not what storm isha will bring to us, so lots and lots of problems and lots of preparations ahead. there are warnings for the fairies, keep an eye on your flights and some cancellations among trains already, and the biggest warning as well for those who are going to have to be on the road. film; those who are going to have to be on the road. �* , . . ., ., , the road. any advice not to sleet next ear the road. any advice not to sleet next year window _ the road. any advice not to sleet next year window at _ the road. any advice not to sleet next year window at home, - the road. any advice not to sleet| next year window at home, which the road. any advice not to sleet i next year window at home, which is probably quite a good suggestion. the main thrust of it is coming overnight while fewer people will be out on the road, that is the one good thing about the timing of this.

yes, the eye of the storm is coming through other night and the effects will be felt right into tomorrow, but it is good, although losing power at night time or driving at night or being out at night. as you say, there are also warnings for households to keep things locked down, and often you see things like those big trampolines rolling down streets. the bends, pot plants, anything that can be caught by this wind and the winter is going to be so strong i think for many of us who have perhaps not seen that kind of wind, 90 miles an hour, 80 miles an hour, that is really damaging and dangerous wind conditions. thank you ve much. dangerous wind conditions. thank you very much- it — dangerous wind conditions. thank you very much- it is _ dangerous wind conditions. thank you very much. it is always _ dangerous wind conditions. thank you very much. it is always the _ very much. it is always the trampolines. thank you. the hamas authorities in gaza say the israeli offensive has now claimed more than 25,000 lives. bombardment of the territory has continued, and israel says it's killed more than 15 hamas fighters in its latest operations across gaza.

the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has again rejected the idea of creating a palestinian state, in defiance of washington's stance. with the latest, here's mark lowen from jerusalem. lives on a list that grows by the day. an overnight air strike adding them to a new milestone, more than 25,000 killed in gaza since israel's offensive began, says hamas. numbers out of date by the hour. israel's focus is now southern gaza, pounded from the air, backed by naval strikes. but there have been clashes in the north too. israel's army, vastly superior to hamas, is still facing significant resistance across the territory. the israeli defence forces released pictures of a new tunnel they say they found, booby—trapped and more than 800m long and, they say, it's likely to have held israeli hostages.

translation: in the tunnel, we found five cells, _ each had a toilet and a mattress, enclosed by metal bars. according to testimonies we have, about 20 hostages were held in this tunnel at different times, in difficult conditions — without daylight, with stuffy air, very little oxygen and terrible humidity that makes it difficult to breathe. but more than three months in, israel still hasn't destroyed hamas or got the remaining hostages home, and splits are growing here. anti—war protesters, still few, scuffled with police. most israelis have rallied around their flag but not their prime minister, and his continued opposition to a palestinian state is angering allies. i think it is very disappointing that benjamin netanyahu has said that. it is not in some sense a surprise. he has spent his entire political

career against a two—state solution. but the point is, which other routes is there to seriously resolve this? for now, every route is lined with suffering on both sides. for children, wracked with fever but unable to get medicine as gaza's hospitals run desperately short, and a lack of clean water makes disease rife. doctors resort to weak syrup to treat the young, often orphaned. but it does little to dull the pain of gaza's war. live now to our correspondent mark lowen who's injerusalem for us. tell us about the latest on the fighting, is it right to say that israel is focusing its attention is on the south of gaza at the moment? that is right, but around the north, for example, there were palestinian fighters who were reported to have tried to seize an opportunity at

this rate was moving tanks and troops to the south in order to lodge a renewed attack in the north, which led to renewed fighting. we are on the same answer to the israeli ground offensive and yet israel, as i said in my piece, whose army is vastly superior to that of hamas, they are facing stiff resistance. there is a report that us intelligence, in a classified report, estimates that israeli forces have only killed 20—30% of hamas fighters in gaza. that is far lower than israel's stated aim of the prime minister benjamin netanyahu of completely destroying hamas. and this has been reported in us media, and estimated that hamas has enough munitions to launch attacks against israel and israeli forces for many months to come, raising the spectre of a prolonged

war in which israel could get bogged down. �* ., war in which israel could get bogged down. �* . ., , down. and we have had this grim milestone of _ down. and we have had this grim milestone of more _ down. and we have had this grim milestone of more than - down. and we have had this grim milestone of more than 25,000 i down. and we have had this grim - milestone of more than 25,000 people now being killed in gaza. in terms of how israel is selling this at home, when you talk about them only having killed 20—30% of the hamas fighters they are targeting, how is the government selling it at home in terms of whether it has been successful so far or not? the mixed successful so far or not? the mixed success is possibly _ successful so far or not? the mixed success is possibly one _ successful so far or not? the mixed success is possibly one of— successful so far or not? the mixed success is possibly one of the - success is possibly one of the reasons why benjamin netanyahu has now started repeating this assertion against palestinian statehood, it is against palestinian statehood, it is a useful diversion to some extent to divert attention away from the lack of progress, to some extent, on the war aims. of progress, to some extent, on the waraims. 0bviously of progress, to some extent, on the war aims. obviously the main concerns year in israel remains the fate of the hundred and 30 or so hostages who are still not back home. it is unknown how many of them are still alive, and you saw there

in my report that protests that are against the war, that is relatively few in numbers but the protests of families of the hostages are larger and more frequent. polls now show them the majority of israelis want benjamin netanyahu and do not believe he is in fact, want him to prioritise the release of hostages over the aim of destroying hamas. given the fact that several weeks into this offensive, hamas is still wanting these regular attacks on israel, i think there is growing doubt of the ability of israel to completely destroy hamas and a growing desire for the fate of the hostages to be the priority now. thank you very much. now it's time for a look at today's sport with hugh ferris. it would appear novak djokovic is reaching top gear at the australian open. the number one seed and defending champion dropped just three games as he thrashed frenchman adrian mannarino to make the quarter finals in melbourne. the world number one is chasing

an 11th austrlaian open title, which would also take him clear of margaret court's all—time record number of 2a grand slam victories, but he started the tournament battling illness. following two tough matches, he only gave up those games in the third set, winning 6—0 6—0 6—3. djokovic is through to a record equalling 58th grand slam quarter final. i always look for the best performance for myself, so i put a lot of effort every single day into making it happen, and when it doesn't happen, i'm frustrated. so it is still there, the fire is still burning, and i think that is what allowed me to be where i am and achieve the things that i have achieved. djokovic will face taylor fritz in the last 8 with the american beating last year's finalist stefanos tsitsipas to reach his first australian open quarterfinal. djokovic has won all eight of their previous matches, including a straight—sets victory at the same stage in

last year's us open. coco gauff says she often forgets she's still a teenager after becoming the youngest woman to reach the australian open singles quarterfinals since 2008. the 19—year—old american booked her spot in the last eight by sweeping past poland's magdalena frech in straight sets. now in herfinal major tournament as a teenager, she is the second favourite to win, behind second seed aryna sabalenka. and gauff remains on course to play defending champion sabalenka in the final after she comfortably beat amanda anisimova in straight sets, adding another dominant performance to her list this week. up next for her is ninth seed barbora krejcikova after she ended 16—year—old mirra andreeva's run. liverpool can extend their lead at the top of the english premier league later when they travel to bournemouth. a win would take them five points clear. while the early game features bottom side sheffield united and west ham.

into the second half and it is one piece at bramall lane. you can follow both of those games on the bbc sport website. morocco can take a big step towards the quarterfinals of the africa cup of nations with a win in their second group game in ivory coast. the world cup semi finalists are playing dr congo having won their opening match in group f. into the early stages of the second half. it is that one goal in the sixth minute that has them with a 1-0 sixth minute that has them with a 1—0 lead. the other game in that group features tanzania who suspended their manager following their defeat to morocco. they play zambia. fifa president gianni infantino has called for the implementation of an automatic forfeit of games for teams whose fans commit racist abuse. it follows incidents which he described as "totally abhorrent" at udinese and sheffield wednesday on saturday. ac milan's win in udine was briefly suspended after alleged racist abuse from home fans towards milan goalkeeper mike maignan. coventry city's kasey palmer said he received similar abuse at hillsborough in a match

in england's championship. maignan has released a statement on social media, in which he says it isn't the first time it has happened to him and he isn't the first to receive such abuse. he is calling for the "entire system" to take responsbility. maignan also thanked his club ac milan and the udinese players for their support. and despite heading into the weekend ten shots off the lead, rory mcilroy has won the dubai desert classic for a record fourth time. a 63 on saturday put the northern irishman in contention and while his final round contained fewer fireworks, rivals adrian meronk and overnight leader cameron young couldn't take advantage and a two under par 70 was enough for mcilroy to win by two shots, and that's all the sport for now. post—mortems are taking place today, as police investigate the death of four members of the same family at a house in norfolk. the bodies of two young girls, a 36—year—old woman and a 45—year—old man were found in costessey on friday morning. frances read reports. a quiet crescent in norfolk,

now a crime scene after the deaths of four people. 45—year—old bartlomiej kuczynski and two children lived here. a 36—year—old woman, also related, had been visiting. all were found dead with injuries by officers on friday morning. forensic officers have arrived. the road in this quiet small community still sealed off. but this is now notjust the scene of four terrible deaths but also a possible investigation into the police itself. it now transpires police had been called at 6am on friday morning from inside the house, but officers didn't arrive until well over an hour later, at 7.15am, when a second call came in from a member of the public. by then, it was too late and the four bodies were found. and while norfolk constabulary investigate here, the iopc will now have to decide whether there is a case to investigate the police over their conduct,

action or inaction. officers say it's too early to speculate, but politicians say there are wider concerns. labour would put domestic abuse specialists into 999 control centres, so that we've got that expertise to deal with difficult cases. we don't know whether that would have made any difference or applied in this case, and there needs to be an investigation. but i do think there is a wider issue about making sure we have the proper response to these kinds of awful cases. postmortems for the man and woman are being held today to try to find out how they died, but questions remain about why the police here took so long to respond. frances read, bbc news, norfolk. there is plenty more on our website and on those weather warnings that

are in place for storm isha, which we are expecting tonight beat the worst night of that storm. check it out on the website. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. storm isha looks to be one of the strongest storms we've seen this �*23—�*21i season. there are widespread amber weather warnings covering the vast majority of the land across the uk. damaging winds are on the way, disruption is expected. storm isha, then, is this area of cloud you can see racing into our shores — it is continuing to strengthen, too. the strongest winds are found just on this hook of cloud you can see here, and within that zone, the winds are likely to gust to 90—oddmph. through the rest of this afternoon the winds will be picking up and we will see outbreaks of rain moving in widely, the rain combining with some snowmelt in scotland, given these temperatures, and so we are seeing a number of flood warnings increase in scotland

and across england as well. it's during this evening, sunday night, and into the early part of monday, that we will see those damaging gusts of wind work in, 60—70mph gusts quite widely across england and wales but it could reach 80mph across parts of northern and western wales, so there will be some trees down from that and some disruption but the strongest winds are further north, 60—70 in northern ireland, the core of the strongest winds could affect the north of the northern ireland, 80—90 not out of the question here, similar, 80—90mph gusts are possible in northern and western scotland but there will be some impacts elsewhere. so, it's a case of may be some power networks getting damaged, power cuts possible, certainly there will be some transport disruption and the impacts from this storm will still be being felt into monday, although it will stay blustery all day, the peak winds will be coming down, it will be a day of sunshine and some heavy showers, some of them thundery, a bit of snow over the scottish mountains, a coolerfeel to the weather, across northern areas, 7—8, 9—11 further south. we get rid of storm isha, but it will be followed up

by another deep area of low pressure for tuesday, again bringing a zone of heavy rain and some strong winds. across the northern half of the country gusts could reach 60—70mph but it is the rain which is probably cause for more concern and we will probably see some further flooding issues building in. the bulk of the rain clears through later in the day followed by blustery showers. temperatures about 9—11 in the south, about seven further north. we get a ridge of high pressure then building in for wednesday, which will be a quieter, calmer day, staying dry with some sunshine for many of us, a bit of drizzle comes in for thursday, and then for friday, again, we're back to brighter weather.

this is bbc news. the headlines... a deadly blast at a market in the occupied city of donetsk in eastern ukraine. kremlin officials say at least least 25 people are dead. more than 25,000 people have now been killed in gaza since the war with israel began — according to the hamas—run health ministry. widespread weather warnings are in place across the uk. storm isha is forecast to bring rain and winds of up to 90mph. and the fifa president calls for stadium bans forfans and automatic forfeits for teams whose supporters shout racist abuse.

(pres)more now on storm isha which is heading towards the uk more now on storm isha which is heading towards the uk with gusts of wind of up to 90 mph and warnings of a risk to life. the met office has said that storm isha is relatively rare as it's likely to affect the whole of the country. the strongest winds are expected on sunday night into monday morning when three amber warnings come into effect. winds have already reached 80mph in snowdonia in wales and yet storm isha is still hundreds of miles away. we're keeping a watch on several different locations across the uk this afternoon — these are pictures from shetland. and storm isha is already impacting the coast of ireland — these are pictures from gweedore in we can go live to cambridge and get the latest from the travel correspondent at the independent, simon calder. how are things on the trains at the moment?—

trains at the moment? well, if you can aet trains at the moment? well, if you can get your _ trains at the moment? well, if you can get yourjourney _ trains at the moment? well, if you can get yourjourney done - trains at the moment? well, if you can get yourjourney done in - trains at the moment? well, if you can get yourjourney done in the i can get yourjourney done in the next couple of hours, you will probably be ok. that is the message from the train operators, all the big intercity companies are saying, we will drop our ticket restrictions so that if you have got a train for six o'clock or seven o'clock tonight on one of the main lines such as between glasgow and north—west england and london, use it now and get in ahead because all doubted lee there will be cancellations later on. scotland is looking particularly difficult, scotrail has said if you are travelling beyond the central belt, which is the area between glasgow and edinburgh and the surroundings, then all the lines will be closing down from 7pm tonight, that is in about 3.5 hours from now, so that is an added pressure. and all the way across the uk, we are getting intensified warnings of possible problems, mainly to do with debris blowing onto the railway lines, and speed

restrictions that are imposed just in case there are fallen trees or indeed trampolines, which very often will take off from people's gardens and land on railway lines, causing huge amounts of disruption got no yeah, we always see those pictures of trampolines on the rail tracks, don't we? i presume there will be risks for drivers as well and the advice would be to try not to travel if you don't have to? very much so. national highways in england is saying, for example in south—east england, particularly in kent, that from about seven o'clock or eight o'clock this evening until the early hours of monday morning, we should certainly not be out in any kind of high sided vehicle, and effectively, as you say, if you don't have to travel, then please don't, that is the warning. a lot of problems with getting to and from airports in fact, manchester and hasjust said that their operations are ok but people are having difficulties on

the trains and the roads getting there. london heathrow, the busiest airport in europe, is having really serious problems, at the best of times it is extremely busy, and therefore because of the high winds, therefore because of the high winds, the so—called flow rate, the number of planes, the spacing between them, has increased, forcing them to reduce the number of planes, so we are up to 50 cancellations so far, most of them on british airways, but klm dutch airlines, lufthansa of germany, scandinavian airlines, have all cancelled flights as well and i have just been told that one british airways flight from amsterdam has just touched down at stansted, close to here. so i'm afraid it could well get even more lively on the trains and the planes, and many ferries across the channel, across the irish sea and in the western isles of scotland have also been cancelled, ahead of the storm. bud scotland have also been cancelled, ahead of the storm.—

scotland have also been cancelled, ahead of the storm. and what happens in terms of obligations _ ahead of the storm. and what happens in terms of obligations from _ ahead of the storm. and what happens in terms of obligations from the - in terms of obligations from the airlines, when things are cancelled, flights are cancelled, because of the winds, do they have to put them on the next available flight, or compensation, how does it work? really good question and thank you for asking it. so, really good question and thank you forasking it. so, if yourflight really good question and thank you for asking it. so, if yourflight is cancelled it does not matter what the cause is, the airline has to look after you, they have to provide you with another flight on any airline as soon as possible to get you to your destination. british airways, most of their cancellations on routes such as belfast, glasgow, edinburgh, amsterdam, there was other sorts of routes where they have multiple flights so they can get people there, they can put them on bigger planes. if you can't get where you need to be today, then the outline has to put you up in a hotel and provide you with meals as well. there won't be any cash compensation, however, because this is clearly beyond the control of the alliance. ., ., is clearly beyond the control of the alliance. ., ~ , ., , is clearly beyond the control of the alliance. ., ~' , ., , . is clearly beyond the control of the alliance. ., ~ , ., , . ., alliance. thank you very much for talkin: to alliance. thank you very much for talking to us. _ alliance. thank you very much for talking to us. i— alliance. thank you very much for talking to us, i expect _ alliance. thank you very much for talking to us, i expect we - alliance. thank you very much for talking to us, i expect we will. alliance. thank you very much for talking to us, i expect we will be | talking to us, i expect we will be hearing more from you tomorrow. simon calderfor us there in

cambridge. as we were saying, people in scotland have been warned to avoid unnecessary travel as storm isha sweeps in. with more information, here is ashley robson from transport scotland. irate information, here is ashley robson from transport scotland.— from transport scotland. we are exectin: from transport scotland. we are exoecting some _ from transport scotland. we are expecting some really _ from transport scotland. we are expecting some really difficult i expecting some really difficult driving conditions across the whole of scotland, today and tomorrow morning. the met office have issued a number of weather warnings, in particular the amber warning which is covering most of scotland from 6pm tonight. police scotland are also expecting a high risk of disruption, and we expect this to be across the travel network. we are asking people to consider delaying theirjourney until asking people to consider delaying their journey until the asking people to consider delaying theirjourney until the weather conditions improve, if this is not possible, then please ensure that you are suitably equipped to deal with the conditions that you might face out there. we would also advise drivers to check the traffic scotland website before they set out on a journey. live now to esyllt carr,

who's at euston station in london. we were just talking to simon calder about the problems on the trains which are expected, what are you hearing there?— which are expected, what are you hearing there? yeah, well, as lots of --eole hearing there? yeah, well, as lots of people here _ hearing there? yeah, well, as lots of people here who _ hearing there? yeah, well, as lots of people here who are _ hearing there? yeah, well, as lots of people here who are trying - hearing there? yeah, well, as lots of people here who are trying to l hearing there? yeah, well, as lots. of people here who are trying to get on trains but facing quite considerable disruption as the afternoon wears on. as we head from simon, lots of train companies are warning of delays and cancellations, in particular because the high winds mean that speed restrictions are being brought in on some lines which obviously affects timetables. avante west coast who run trains from houston up to the midlands and manchester, they had already told people not to travel today but in the last hour they have announced that they are going to be ending services early, so, in the next hour or so, the last services will be running, and then that will be it, and that is something that other train companies as we have heard arguing, ending their services early or at least advising people not to travel after a certain time. with the high winds it is perhaps not

surprising that very services have also been facing difficulties, many sailings across the irish sea today have been cancelled or delayed. whilst they have been operating across the channel they have also been disrupted. as we head from simon flights have been another problem, most uk airports have told us they are operating as normal but preparing for that weather to worsen, and people are being encouraged to check in with their airlines if they are planning to fly to see weather their flight is still running as normal. now, of course, all of this disruption is going to progress as storm isha develops throughout the evening and overnight and unfortunately there are warnings that people should expect yet more travel disruption into tomorrow morning's rush—hour. travel disruption into tomorrow morning's rush-hour.— travel disruption into tomorrow morning's rush-hour. thank you very much for that- _ we go live now to climate expert and former environment agency area manager for herefordshire

and worcestershire, dave throup. all of these weather warnings all the way across the uk, that is unusual, isn't it? it the way across the uk, that is unusual, isn't it?— the way across the uk, that is unusual, isn't it? it certainly is, i can't unusual, isn't it? it certainly is, ican't recall— unusual, isn't it? it certainly is, i can't recall as _ unusual, isn't it? it certainly is, i can't recall as widespread - unusual, isn't it? it certainly is, i i can't recall as widespread amber warnings as this, i've been doing it for 15—20 years, and certainly it is the widespread nature of this, that is what makes storm isha i think a particularly unusual beast in that the wind fields normally can be when narrowed down to a relatively small area, but in this case, you've got virtually the whole of the uk covered by these quite significant amber weather warnings. find covered by these quite significant amber weather warnings.- covered by these quite significant amber weather warnings. and in terms of how strong — amber weather warnings. and in terms of how strong this _ amber weather warnings. and in terms of how strong this is _ amber weather warnings. and in terms of how strong this is and _ amber weather warnings. and in terms of how strong this is and how- of how strong this is and how unusual it is in terms of the strength of it, i'll be seeing storm is getting stronger because of climate change?— is getting stronger because of climate chance? �* , , climate change? there's very little evidence to _ climate change? there's very little evidence to suggest _ climate change? there's very little evidence to suggest that, - climate change? there's very little j evidence to suggest that, common sense would suggest that as the atmosphere gets warmer, it gets more energetic, it has got more water in it, so we will be seeing more of

these, but the problem is there is so much natural variability, so actually proving that link is quite difficult. but having said that, nine named storms in three orfour months is quite significant. in terms of the damage that we can expect from winds we are hearing of potentially up to 90mph, when there is a multiagency response like this, when we have all these weather warnings in place, how does that work and how good are the services at working together at their response for something like this? yeah, this is something that has improved leaps and bounds in the last decade or so, coming after the 2007 floods, really, and this afternoon i'm sure there will be all sorts of tactical command group telecoms going on, they are organised on police force boundaries and all the various agencies, the ones that you would expect, police, fire, ambulance, but also local

authorities, nhs services, the power providers, the water companies, all get together to make sure they are as prepared as they can be and then as prepared as they can be and then as the incident unfolds, either it will get more intense or they will stand down but this is certainly an area that has come on hugely in the last ten years, so the benefits that we see in terms of being able to warn people better and having a response that is ready to go is hugely advanced.— response that is ready to go is hugely advanced. response that is ready to go is hu:el advanced. ~ ., ., ., hugely advanced. what more would you like to see done _ hugely advanced. what more would you like to see done in _ hugely advanced. what more would you like to see done in particular? - like to see done in particular? because we have flooding pretty much every year, and every year there is criticism that more wasn't done in the build—up to it when we knew these things were coming and i suppose in terms of the winds, we have got these warnings, we know that they are coming, what would you like to see done that isn't being done at the moment? it is like to see done that isn't being done at the moment?— done at the moment? it is very difficult because _ done at the moment? it is very difficult because what - done at the moment? it is very difficult because what we - done at the moment? it is very difficult because what we are l done at the moment? it is very - difficult because what we are seeing now is really the tip of the iceberg in terms of climate change. things

are going to get considerably worse than they are now, and i think it is theissues than they are now, and i think it is the issues around warning and informing people which is of most importance, because although these incidents are getting more severe, incidents are getting more severe, in fact the numbers of fatalities are actually going down, and that is are actually going down, and that is a direct result of the forecasting of the advanced warning and the multiagency response that we have just been talking about. so i think thatis just been talking about. so i think that is the area that really needs to develop. yes, you can have more money for infrastructure and defences, but the warnings are the things which are really saving lives. ., ., things which are really saving lives. ., ~' , ., , . things which are really saving lives. . ~ , ., , . ., lives. thank you very much for talkin: lives. thank you very much for talking to _ lives. thank you very much for talking to us. _ we'll keep you updated on the storm on our website. this is the scene at the moment on the israel—gaza border.

another day of protests against the far right is under way in germany. about 250,000 people joined demonstrations in cities across the country on saturday and have again come out onto the streets today. the rallies were sparked by plans backed by members of the alternative for germany party for the mass deportation of people from immigrant backgrounds. we can go now to our correspondent damien mcguinness who is in berlin. can you just talk us through the background, ijust mentioned this plan for mass deportations, tell us a bit more about what that was about? ., a bit more about what that was about? . , , ., ., about? yeah, this is a report that broke last — about? yeah, this is a report that broke last week _ about? yeah, this is a report that broke last week and _ about? yeah, this is a report that broke last week and it _ about? yeah, this is a report that broke last week and it was - about? yeah, this is a report that broke last week and it was about| about? yeah, this is a report that | broke last week and it was about a secret meeting in a villa in potsdam, near berlin, in which far right activists discussed this so—called masterplan to port millions of people who either were from abroad themselves or had immigrant heritage. and this would affect 20% of the population in germany, effectively, they also said they wanted to de—port people who

had helped refugees and also people who were in any left—wing. so, it really shocked people because it showed this idea that you can have different categories of german. and so, what has now happened over the past week, really, we've had on a daily basis lots of different demonstrations across the country, almost 100 different cities and towns this weekend alone have held mass demonstrations, today it is in berlin in front of the reichstag, the german parliament building, i have had to move a little bit away from the demonstration to broadcast because networks are down because of the tens of thousands of people being there, a lot of them using theirfans and being there, a lot of them using their fans and broadcasting as well. and it is always to really of how much of a huge debate this report and this so—called secret plan sparked because it really showed a division in german society, on the one hand, the afp, the far right party, doing very well in the polls, about 20% nationally, on the other

hand, mainstream politics and society and the majority of people i think it is fair to say, coming out to say, they don't agree with these far right politics. so, a very polarised situation here in germany right now and a big debate about weather to ban this party, in fact. i was going to ask you, how likely is it, these people are calling for the party to be banned, is that possible, how could it work? it is difficult, possible, how could it work? it 3 difficult, constitutionally, it could in theory be possible. there are mechanisms in the german constitution to ban parties which undermine the german democratic state. what you would have to do is to prove that the party as a whole wants to undermine german democracy. now that is very difficult. it has been proven that certain afd mps and members are antidemocratic, one court has officially defined the turing afd leader as a fascist, that is his legal definition now, that is what you are allowed to call him on

our. and so, you can define individuals from their views and from what they say as antidemocratic, but to define a whole party is difficult especially because this is a party which likes to say, or is trying to stay, on the right side of the law. in this particular row, the leaders of the afd say they don't agree with such plans to deport people with migrant heritage cup they say it is nothing to do with them, it is individual afd members, but it is clear when you listen to a lot of mps and members and supporters that there is often this tendency to look people who don't have your german heritage, if you like, and who have migrant backgrounds, as not properly german, and i think that is why this report sparked such outrage across germany because it tapped into that very legitimate fear that a lot of migrant communities have, that they're not really accepted by some parts of german society.— parts of german society. thank you ve much parts of german society. thank you very much for— parts of german society. thank you very much for talking _ parts of german society. thank you

very much for talking us _ parts of german society. thank you very much for talking us through i parts of german society. thank you j very much for talking us through all of that, damien mcguinness, in berlin. pakistan and iran have spoken of the need to normalise relations at the end of a week in which the countries carried out deadly air strikes against each other. the skirmishes targeted areas close to the border, where local people say they fear for the future. bbc urdu's sahar baloch has more from turbat in southern balochistan. this is turbat city of balochistan province. the situation in this particular city is tense. it is closer to the city of iran, which was recently targeted by pakistan in response to iranian strikes. for two consecutive years, pakistan is not only facing an economic crisis, but also a political one at home. there's been an increase in militant attacks across the country and also souring of relations with another neighbouring country, afghanistan. amid all of this came the tit for tat strikes between iran and pakistan. now the question is, who are the baloch groups the two countries claim to be fighting? the baloch are the indigenous people of the balochistan region

who are split among the iranian province of southeastern and baluchistan, the pakistani province of baluchistan and a small area of afghanistan. the insurgent groups in pakistani province of balochistan and the militants in the southeastern province of iran claim to fight for the larger autonomy of their respective countries. the people on both sides of the border are caught in a war they cannot control. experts say that social and political deprivation in both countries has fuelled armed resistance, which may increase due to the recent strikes. people on both sides are not only linked by marriage and similar cultural values, but also barter trade. this border provides livelihood to millions of people in both the countries, and any form of closure of this border would mean starvation for people. there are reports of two regional countries trying to prevent further escalation between iran and pakistan. also, recent statements shared by the foreign offices of both the countries suggest that there is a willingness to move towards dialogue rather than confrontation. this recent development is seen as a sign of relief by the people

of the two countries. intense fighting has been reported in recent weeks in ethiopia's north—western amhara province between local militias and government forces. despite the threat of violence, many 0rthodox christians are celebrating an annual religious festival in the historic city of gondar. held at a pool built four centuries ago, the event marks the baptism ofjesus. 0ur correspondent kalkidan yibeltal has been attending the festivities. the epiphany holiday include three days of festivities observed among followers of 0rthodox christianity, and we're now in the final stages. these faithful are escorting replicas of the ark of the covenant or tabots as they are called here, back into their respective parishes after the tabots spent days near a 17th century baptism pole. the tabots, which are found in every ethiopian parish, are said to have inscriptions of the ten commandments. the holy days themselves mark the baptism ofjesus christ

on the riverjordan, and the main event takes place on the second day, where many of the faithful, particularly among young people, leap into the pool in symbolic baptisms after priest and rights prayers are held. in this historic city of gondar, home to magnificent unesco registered castles, normally tens of thousands attend these holy days, filling the streets with dancing and choirs singing hymns, but this year, because of violence that's been raging in north—western ethiopia for months, far fewer people are attending. the holy days have significant spiritual, cultural and economic value for the city and its residents. many who are attending here told us that, given armed clashes in recent weeks, they are happy that the holy days are happening at all. it has been called the biggest health treatment

scandal in the uk, thousands of people were infected with contaminated blood in the 1970s and �*80s. but they're still waiting for a report into the scandal after an inquiry ended last year. one of those affected is mel mceye. she's been speaking to our reporter natalie bell. it's affected my life, big—style, health—wise. it's always challenging. if i get a small cold, for me, it'll develop into a chest infection. mel mckay was left hiv positive after being given contaminated blood during surgery as a child. my consultant said to me, "do you remember having to have some blood transfusions? " i went, "yes." "well, when you were little, you had one that went wrong." i didn't even know what hiv was at this point. it was very hard to digest. we were with mel today when she found out the publication of a final report into the scandal has been delayed further.

we kept always being pushed back and pushed pushed back and pushed back and pushed back even further and it feels like it's never ending. now that the post office is going on, it feels like that we're now being pushed to the back burner. it's time that we look into doing a documentary to get the rest of the public to understand how the nhs and the government had messed up and screwed up so many people's lives. around 30,000 people were infected with hiv and hepatitis c through contaminated blood in the 1970s and 1980s. concerns were first raised in 1983, but products continued to be used. an inquiry into the scandal started six years ago, and in 2022,

interim payments of £100,000 were given to survivors. in may this year, we'll find out the full findings of the inquiry. because of the length of their infection, they are dying at a rate of one every four days. it's absolutely vital that that money is released to them as soon as possible. for mel, she says it's notjust about the compensation, but finding out the truth. it should have never happened. they need to be accountable for what they've done for ruining so many people's lives. there are thought to be about 1,500 pairs of peregrine falcons in the uk and their eggs can be a target for thieves looking to sell them for thousands of pounds. this week, a man was jailed after taking eggs from a bird nesting in a quarry in bolsover. simon hare reports. an adult peregrine falcon sits guarding its nest, which is thought to contain three eggs. then the bird is startled by a rope from above. and a few moments later,

a man has abseiled down. he then proceeds to take the eggs and place them in a box he's carrying. it happened at bolsover moor quarry near bolsover in derbyshire in april last year. the footage was captured by investigators from the rspb trying to combat the persecution and taking of peregrine falcon eggs and chicks. effectively, these are birds that are being laundered as captive bred individuals and it is something that we see on an annual basis. nests failing in suspicious circumstances. and i think this is the third case that my team has caught on camera in the last few years. the man on the end of the rope was 34—year—old christopher wheeldon from darley dale seen here at an earlier court hearing in derby. he admitted disturbing the nest of a protected wild bird and taking eggs along with a string of shoplifting offences. jailing wheeldon for 18 weeks,

the districtjudge, stephen flint, told him that, "seemingly even the birds are not "beyond your thieving grasp. "you may conceive these as just eggs, but they are protected. "this was a deplorable thing to do." it's not very often that we get a conviction, let alone a sentence. so that's really positive for us. yeah. and how big a problem is it in derbyshire? it's quite a big problem in derbyshire. it's quite significant. it's a bit of a hot spot. the districtjudge also ordered the forfeiture and destruction of wheeldon's ropes and other equipment. it's believed the eggs would have been hatched out in an incubator before the birds were sold abroad as captive reared. simon hare, bbc news. stay with us here on bbc news. hello.

storm isha looks to be one of the strongest storms we've seen this �*23—�*2li season. there are widespread amber weather warnings covering the vast majority of the land across the uk. let's have a look at the different gusts that we will see around the country. i think in snowdonia they could get up to 100mph or so. further north, generally this is where the strongest wins will go. for northern ireland, 60—70 is very likely but we could have some strong winds over northern counties. 90mph gusts are possible for western and northern areas of scotland. was

because of this strong will blow down some trees, so we are talking about transport disruption, power networks likely to be damaged, power cuts very likely, and as well as all of that, the stronger gusts could result in structural damage with some grooves getting off buildings. by some grooves getting off buildings. by the time we get to monday the weather will be coming down. some of the showers will have hail and thunder mixed in across northern areas and there will be a bit of snow over the scottish mountains, feeling colder for many of us. on tuesday, another area of low pressure will be racing in off the atlantic bringing a return of heavy rain widely, so we are likely to see some further flood warnings issued across england and scotland. still an ongoing for the lying snow, and as the rain band goes through, we will have showers following. —— ongoing thaw. we can breathe a sigh of relief as we head into wednesday

thanks to this high pressure coming in from the west. there will be a few showers over north—western areas but otherwise it will be a dry day with some sunshine. the winds will be a lot calmer, still mild. beyond that, high pressure, often staying close by across england and wales, so, a dry spelljust around the corner, but the rain neverfar away from scotland and northern ireland. in the short—term, though, it is all about storm isha.

live from london. this is bbc news. widespread weather warnings

in place across the uk. storm isha is forecast to bring rain and winds of up to 90mph. it's causing disruption on trains, and even planes haven't been able to come to a halt. this is a live shot from porthleven harbour, cornwall — we'll bring you the latest on the impact of storm isha. in other news, a deadly blast rocks a market in the occupied city of donetsk in eastern ukraine. the kremlin says at least least 25 people are dead. more than 25,000 people have now been killed in gaza since the war with israel began, according to the hamas—run health ministry. hello, i'm lucy gray. a powerful storm is heading towards the uk with gusts of wind of up to 90 mph and warnings of a risk to life.

the met office has said that storm isha is �*relatively rare�*