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�* because 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. let's take a look at some live pictures from around the uk and this storm begins to hit. irst at heathrow, planes have been coming and going in the wind. a bumpy ride in for some passengers, with some current wind gusts there up to 60 miles per hour. we've seen some plane divert, and make a �*go round' as those gusts have hit. let's just stay with that, it let's just stay with that, it is let's just stay with that, it is landing but a let's just stay with that, it is landing buta bumpy landing. these are live pictures from the usually picturesque shetland in scotland. you can see the effect this weather system is having on the swell there. a little further south in glasgow, it's been raining. the severe wind warnings are in place there.

this is porthleven harbour in cornwall. again, you can see the swell crashing up against the town's seawall. it isa it is a webcam picture we're getting there perhaps affected by the weather as well. and this is a live idea of the conditions on berneray island from a webcam there. this is also off the scottish coast, even though the shot was frozen, perhaps not quite so rough. i'm joined by bbc weather presenter chris fawkes. we are already seen the impact but it hasn't even actually hit properly yet. it hasn't even actually hit properly et. ., , , ., , yet. no, it is hundreds of miles awa in yet. no, it is hundreds of miles away in one _ yet. no, it is hundreds of miles away in one of— yet. no, it is hundreds of miles away in one of the _ yet. no, it is hundreds of miles away in one of the things - yet. no, it is hundreds of miles away in one of the things that l yet. no, it is hundreds of miles| away in one of the things that is astonishing about that is in the last hour we have had a gust of 90 mounts an hour in snowdonia, so that has already happened. storm isha are still hundreds of miles away, we know the winds will get stronger across this part of the world and

probably get gusts in excess of hundred miles an hour, that is not out of the question on the most exposed sides of snowdonia. as a good through the next six hours or so. it good through the next six hours or so. , . good through the next six hours or so, , ., , good through the next six hours or so. , . , ., so. it is that the west at the moment _ so. it is that the west at the moment and _ so. it is that the west at the moment and heading - so. it is that the west at the moment and heading east. | so. it is that the west at the - moment and heading east. that is riaht, moment and heading east. that is right. let's — moment and heading east. that is right, let's look _ moment and heading east. that is right, let's look at _ moment and heading east. that is right, let's look at some _ moment and heading east. that is right, let's look at some charts. . moment and heading east. that is. right, let's look at some charts. we have had a met office amber weather warning, typical gusts of wind, 60-70 warning, typical gusts of wind, 60—70 miles an hour widely, enough to blow down some trees, and a risk of damage and disruption to power. satellite picture shows the approaching storm and the most damaging part of the wind is the hook of cloud that is to the west of the republic of ireland, in that there will be some gusts of wind that probably go over 90 miles an hour. we will that go? we are going to get different winds at different times across different parts of the country, but if you look at these winds, 60—70 miles an hour widely. in snowdonia, in the south—westerly winds they channel up the valley and thatis winds they channel up the valley and that is going to be one place where

we get some extraordinary gusts of wind. that is enough to cause some structural damage and could blow off some rooves from buildings, but generally speaking, the strongest winds are going to be further northwards. i am really quite worried about northern ireland. here, definitely going to get gusts of wind 60—70 miles an hour, i am confident of that but i think we could see some stronger gusts of wind, at— 90 miles an hour. we are going to know for sure in the next few hours, storm isha is coming in off the atlantic and we don't have many weather observations they are. we just know what the computers are telling us, but as the system is constant land we will actually start to be able to see some of those observations come in, first in the republic of ireland and that will ring alarm bells over the next two or three hours, if they come in at what the models are saying, we might need to upgrade these warnings. but it is also north and west of scotland. very damaging storm

system. we scotland. very damaging storm s stem. ~ , scotland. very damaging storm sstem. , ,. system. we could be expecting power cuts and the — system. we could be expecting power cuts and the like. _ system. we could be expecting power cuts and the like. the _ system. we could be expecting power cuts and the like. the only _ system. we could be expecting power cuts and the like. the only good - cuts and the like. the only good thing about this as it is happening at night when fewer people will be out on the roads. how long is this expected to last?— out on the roads. how long is this expected to last? depends what you are. for expected to last? depends what you are- for most— expected to last? depends what you are. for most parts _ expected to last? depends what you are. for most parts of— expected to last? depends what you are. for most parts of the _ expected to last? depends what you are. for most parts of the country, i are. for most parts of the country, early hours of morning, three o'clock in the morning, it will be out of the way. if you live somewhere like the central lowlands of scotland, the wind direction is really important because the when the wind is coming in a south—westerly direction, the central belt gets shelter from the southern uplands so the winter will not be as fierce. when he winds come straight through the central lowlands on a westerly, that is when we will get the strongest winds, probably in the last two or three hours and when they go to a north—westerly, there is protection from the scottish mountains for the north. it depends where you are. strongest winds probably lasting two or three hours for some, it could be six or seven hours for places at the north—west wales. six or seven hours for places at the north-west wales.— north-west wales. thank you very much. live now to esyllt carr,

who's at euston station in london. i suppose everybody who takes the rain is wondering about how many cancellations there are going to be. what are you hearing? chris cancellations there are going to be. what are you hearing?— cancellations there are going to be. what are you hearing? chris said the storm is still — what are you hearing? chris said the storm is still some _ what are you hearing? chris said the storm is still some distance - what are you hearing? chris said the storm is still some distance away, i storm is still some distance away, but the disruption is very much already here. lots of rain companies have announced delays and cancellations today, mainly because the silence means speed restrictions are put in place and some of the lines. avanti west coast who run celcius from here to the midlands and manchester and glasgow, they have already advised passengers not to travel today but in the last couple of hours they have announced they are ending their celcius early this evening, at quarter past six that will be the last service out of houston which will cause some disruption for passengers who are trying to travel. there have been similar warnings from trans— pennine and lner about avoiding celcius later this evening, as scotrail have announced they are going to end some

of their celcius only. we will not be surprised to hear that the high winds we have been experiencing, the ferries have also been disrupted today, there have been several cancellations on ceilings across the irish sea as well as delays, and even though they have been operating some channel celcius have also faced disruption. on flights, some channel celcius have also faced disruption. onflights, again some channel celcius have also faced disruption. on flights, again there have been some cancellations. heathrow has said there been 30 cancellations and other heathrow airports are saying they are operating as normal but keeping are operating as normal but keeping a very close eyes on those weather conditions and urging passengers to check that the airlines if they are planning to fly, to make sure their flight is departing as planned. british airways has told us it has made some changes to its schedule because of the weather. that is another one to watch. and for drivers, the conditions are challenging and will be more so later this evening, especially those high winds and that is a risk with lorries and also vehicles like

caravans and motor bikes. so all the four uk nations, highway agencies are warning drivers to take care. the storm is going to progress this evening, things are going to develop and this kind of travel disruption is expected to still be causing problems tomorrow morning. what problems tomorrow morning. what about the people _ problems tomorrow morning. what about the people whose flights were cancelled and the like? what are they able to do and their rights? in they able to do and their rights? in the first instance they are being told to contact their carrier. we are not yet clear how many flights have been affected yet, especially as things are still developing as the weather changes, but their airlines will be able to advise them as to whether they will be able to get on other flights or change their plans. with the train companies they are making a great deal that passengers are able to use the tickets tomorrow and tuesday if they are not able to travel today, and some other train lines are removing some other train lines are removing some of the restrictions on travel

some of the restrictions on travel so people can get home earlier if they are worried that it will not be working later. they are worried that it will not be working later-— they are worried that it will not be workin: later. ., ~ , ., , . our correspondent sharon barbour is in blackpool — and has this update on what conditions are like there. we had a little bit of a lull earlier when we were speaking to you. the wind was really strong and there was hael against our faces, it was difficult to walk across the road. a bit of a lull right now, but the uk, 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 some places. we were hearing that in snowdonia they are already seeing winds of around 90 miles an hour, and the storm is still hundreds of miles away, so we do not know what it is likely to bring, but a lot of the problems we expect. energy companies are warning

of likely power cuts, warning residents to get in case they do lose power and we see from other storms that power can go down for some days, but they are ready. the rac is warning of really hazardous conditions on the roads, and are saying if you must travel, please slow down and be aware of your car or truck buffeting around on the road. lots of surface water and strong winds, in northern ireland they have got a red warning in place for a when's, but if we have a look out to sea, this tide is slowly coming in and some of the strongest warnings around coastal areas, warnings around coastal areas, warnings again of large waves hitting pavements and bringing in a dangerous degree. warnings for those who are walking, be careful of walking around trees and any rate they see slight debris around. there are flood warnings in place across

much of the uk, only in london and a small area of the south—east looks likely to avoid the worst damages but we do not know what this storm, storm isha will bring to us so lots of problems and preparations ahead, there are warnings for the ferries, keep an eye on your flights and some cancellations among trains already, and the biggest warning is for those who are going to be on the road. find who are going to be on the road. and also hearing — who are going to be on the road. and also hearing the advice not to sleep next to your windows 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 roads, that is the one good thing about the timing of this. yes, the eye of the storm is coming through overnight and the effects will be felt right into tomorrow, but yes, it is good, although losing power at night time were driving at night are being out at night, there

are also warnings for households to keep things locked down. often you see things like this big trampolines rolling down streets, the bins, pot plants. anything that can be caught by this winter, and the wind is going to be so strong for many of us, we perhaps have not seen that kind of wind. 90 miles an hour, 80 miles an hour. that is really damaging and dangerous wind conditions. we have just had an update from network rail in scotland and they are seeing a weather specialist confirmed the forecast has worsened with the high likelihood of damage to scotland because like railway. all passenger and freight services will be suspended from 7pm with train still on the network completing jenny's undisputed section —— completing jenny's under speed restrictions. 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. danny aeberhard is the bbc world service's europe editor. he explained to me what we know

so far about the attack in donetsk. the attack was on sunday morning, to date, so some extremely distressing scenes filmed by the reuters news agency, dead bodies, people crying as they embrace the victims. we know that amongst the injured, according to the russian authorities, two were children. they are said to be any moderate condition. no children were amongst those who died. there is some testimony from people who had to recover body parts from people who were working at the market, very disturbing. i 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, but one of them, for

example, hit a military target in russia and there was 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 war. any since the start of the war. any russian proxy _ since the start of the war. any russian proxy officials are blaming ukraine, but ukraine has not confirmed it.— ukraine, but ukraine has not 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 that russia initially invaded ukraine, so it is casting this as an attack by neo—nazis in the ukrainian government, which of course is something that no one outside of russia really believes, so it is a very serious attack and we will have to see the number of people and

whether we can verify the numbers of dead and injured. but whether we can verify the numbers of dead and injured.— dead and in'ured. but kyiv has confirmed — dead and injured. but kyiv has confirmed the _ dead and injured. but kyiv has confirmed the seller— dead and injured. but kyiv has confirmed the seller attack - dead and injured. but kyiv has confirmed the seller attack i i confirmed the seller attack i mentioned on the explosion at a major gas terminal. what have they said about this? this major gas terminal. what have they said about this?— said about this? this happened overnight. _ said about this? this happened overnight, there _ said about this? this happened overnight, there was _ said about this? this happened overnight, there was a - said about this? this happened overnight, there was a video i said about this? this happened overnight, there was a video of said about this? this happened i overnight, there was a video of a huge explosion, a huge orange fireball over this gas plant. it is ran by one of the large gas producers in russia, it is used to producers in russia, it is used to produce liquid petroleum gas and they export it internationally but ukraine also says some of that fuel is used to supply deep russian military effort in ukraine, so it is of strategic importance. in russia, the authorities have not confirmed it was a drone attack but that is all the evidence seems to point in that direction thus far. there is an economic interest as well because for a long time ukraine could not hit this far north, it was only eight few days go back to russia for

the first time confirmed there had been a drone attack on leningrad, this region around st petersburg. it would be a coup for ukraine to have carried this out. and ust—luga, many people won't have heard of it, but it is an extremely important point on the baltic, the biggest in terms of cargo tonnage in the whole baltic region and it is 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. now it's time for a look at today's sport with hugh ferris. hello from the bbc sport centre. a 103rd minute penalty gave sheffield united what could be an important point in the english premier league. the bottom side drew 2—2 with west ham in a game that also included two red cards. the injury time spot kick was controversial and then bizarre as goalkeeper alphonse areola needed attention after he had committed the foul,

being replaced by lukas fabianski. the stand—in couldn't stop oli mcburnie converting. the blades stay bottom and are seven points from safety. liverpool can extend their lead to five points at the top of the english premier league, their match at bournemouth kicks off in the next 15 minutes. it's their first game back from their winter break and bossjurgen klopp believes the time off will be beneficial in their pursuit of success this season. it was really important to everybody, for everybody, from a personal point of view. perfect, absolutely. nobody wanted to have three or four weeks, absolutely. nobody wanted to have three orfour weeks, we absolutely. nobody wanted to have three or four weeks, we are looking forward to what is coming up. these 40s were just top—class and we had a break, and now we can go for the rest of the season. there's a significant shock on the cards on a day when the top three are all playing in spain's la liga. real madrid are 2—0

down at half—time against almeria at the bernabeu. they conceded after 38 seconds and a second goal has gone on since then, now trailing by 2—0. morocco have drawn 1—1 against dr congo. the squid after six minutes. the equaliser came 15 minutes from time. —— they scored. the other game in that group features tanzania, who suspended their manager following their defeat to morocco. they will 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. it would appear novak djokovic is reaching top gear at the australian open. the top 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 victory. but he started the tournament battling illness. following two tough matches, and 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. 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 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, finishing on ia under. you can follow that liverpool game and what is happening in spain, a potential shock for real madrid via

our website. 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. recapping our top story — a powerful storm is heading towards the uk with gusts of wind of up to 90mph and warnings of a risk to life.

there have been all sorts of problems for planes. here is one trying to make a landing but it is having to go back up again. just one wheel down on the runway and having to do one of those go around is because the gusts of wind are already so strong. we have already seen 90 miles an hour in snowdonia already, we have heard from scotland as well. scotland because like railway saying all passengers and freight services will be suspended from 7pm and any trains that are out in the network are going to have to complete their journey in the network are going to have to complete theirjourney under speed complete their journey under speed restrictions. complete theirjourney under speed restrictions. all sorts of information and updates on the bbc website throughout the night and over the next few days as we hear about all sorts of cancellations in travel.

hello there. storm isha looks to be one of the strongest storms of the 23/24 season. we are going to see some stronger gusts. we have already had a gust of 90 miles an hour in snowdonia and the winds will continue to strengthen here. the strongest winds are going to form around this hook in the cloud, to the west of the republic of ireland. that is where the most damaging winds are generally going to be. let's take a look at different gusts around the country, 60—70 quite widely. it is snowdonia will get gusts of wind of hundred miles an hour or so. further north, generally, this is where the strongest winds will go. northern ireland, 60—70 is very likely but we could see some stronger winds go across northern counties. the 90 miles an hour at gusts possible for western and northern areas of

scotland, winds the stronger will blow down some trees so we are talking about transport disruption, power networks are likely to be damaged as power cuts are very likely end as well as all that, the strongest gusts of winds could result in structural damage with reeves getting ripped off buildings. by reeves getting ripped off buildings. by the time we get to monday, the weather will be coming down, a blustery day of sunshine and showers, some sunshine charitable have... a close affinity for many of us. into chester, another area of low pressure is going to be missing in off the atlantic, this one bringing a return of heavy rain widely, so we are likely to see further flood warnings are issued across england and scotland, still an ongoing thought of the lying snow given the mild weather conditions and as the rain band clears through we will see showers for the. gusty winds for the northern half of the uk, gusts on tuesday reaching 60—70 miles an hour. a sigh of relief as we head into wednesday thanks to

this ridge of high pressure. there will be some showers around because north—western areas, otherwise nice and dry with some sales of sunshine, the wind certainly a lot calmer, still on the mall site. beyond that high pressure, often staying close by other england and wales, in the short term it is all about the storm.

this is bbc news. the headlines... widespread weather warnings are in place across the uk. storm isha is sweeping in bringing winds of up to 90mph. planes are already having difficulty landing at heathrow airport. a deadly blast has hit 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. uk defence secretary grant shapps has described comments by israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu rejecting a two—state solution as disappointing. and fifa's president has called for stadium bans forfans and automatic forfeits for teams whose supporters shout racist abuse. now it s time for today s episode of newscast,

with laura kuessnberg, paddy o connell and henry zeffman.