storm isha is sweeping in, bringing winds of up to 90mph. planes are already having difficulty landing at heathrow airport. they've been cancelled in cardiff, and the entire scottish train network is suspended. this is a live shot from cornwall, we will 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. there are major weather warnings

in place across the uk as a powerful storm sweeps towards the country. winds have already reached 90mph in snowdonia, in wales — and storm isha is still hundreds of miles away. scotrail has announced that all rail services will be suspended from 7pm — that'sjust under two hours from now. planes are still landing at heathrow airport, in london, but some have faced difficulty. at least one british airways flight had to take off again just as it was coming in. you can see itjust managed to get one wheel down there. some flights due to arrive at cardiff airport have been cancelled. we're keeping a watch on several different locations across the uk this afternoon — these are pictures from shetland. you can see the webcam is pause there, possibly due to the winds coming. this is porthleven harbour, in cornwall. again, you can see the swell crashing up against the town's seawall. and this is a webcam on berneray island, which is also off the scottish coast — and storm isha is already impacting the coast of ireland.

these are pictures from gweedore, in county donegal. i spoke to bbc weather's chris fawkes for an update on storm isha's approach. we've had a gust of 90 mph and snow dona. snow is show is still miles away. we know winds will get stronger across as part of the world, wind gusts in excess of 100 mph, that's not out of the question in the most exposed areas of snow dona as we go through the next six hours or so. let's take a look at a few charts. we've had the met office amber warning, few charts. we've had the met office amberwarning, covering few charts. we've had the met office amber warning, covering most parts of the country. typical gusts of wind 60—70 mph, enough to blow down some trees, hence the risk of damage to trees as well as power and transport. the most damaging part of the wind is the hook of cloud just

to the west of the republic of ireland. in there, there will be gusts of winds going up to 90 mph, so where will that go? now we will get different winds at different times across different parts of the country. but if you look at these winds— i've put on 100 mph there for snow dona, those winds tend to float up snow dona, those winds tend to float up the valley, so that'll be one place where we get some extraordinary gusts of wind. enough to cause some structural damage and blow some roofs of buildings, that sort of thing. but the strongest winds from storm isha will be westwards. i'm worried about northern ireland, winds up to 60—70 mph, i'm confident of that. but we could see stronger gusts of wind 80-90 could see stronger gusts of wind 80—90 mph. now we will know for sure in the next few hours. if you think about this, storm isha is coming if the microphone off the atlantic, we just know what the computers are

telling us. but we will actually start to be able to see some of those observations coming in first of the republic of ireland, then that will ring alarm bells over the next 2—3 hours. if they come in what the models are saying, we might even need to upgrade these warnings. but it's notjust northern ireland, its northern and western scotland that could get gusts of 80—90 mph, so a very damaging storm system. we could get gusts of 80-90 mph, so a very damaging storm system. we could be exectin: very damaging storm system. we could be expecting night _ very damaging storm system. we could be expecting night cuts, _ very damaging storm system. we could be expecting night cuts, the _ very damaging storm system. we could be expecting night cuts, the only - be expecting night cuts, the only good thing is this�*ll be happening when fewer people are out on the roads and the like. how long is this expected to last for this really strong gwen to? it expected to last for this really strong gwen to?— expected to last for this really strong gwen to? expected to last for this really stron: gwen to? , , ., strong gwen to? it depends on where ou are. i strong gwen to? it depends on where you are- i think _ strong gwen to? it depends on where you are. i think for _ strong gwen to? it depends on where you are. i think for most _ strong gwen to? it depends on where you are. i think for most parts - strong gwen to? it depends on where you are. i think for most parts of - you are. i think for most parts of the country, 3m will be out of the way. if you live somewhere like central scotland, the wind direction is really important —— 3am will be out of the way. the winds coming from a south—westerly direction, the winds won't be as fierce. when the

winds won't be as fierce. when the winds come straight through, that'll be when they get the strongest, in the last 2—3 hours, and when the winds go to a northwesterly, there is protection from the scottish mountains further north. so it depends where you are, but the strongest winds probably lasting too— three hours for some, could be 6-7 too— three hours for some, could be 6—7 hours for places like the northwest of wales —— 2—3 hours. 0ur 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 hail 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 90mph, 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 again of large waves hitting pavements and bringing in a dangerous degree.

—— dangerous debris. warnings for those who are walking, be careful of walking around trees and any rate they see dangerous 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. 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 — 90mph, 80mph. that is really damaging and dangerous wind conditions. live now to esyllt carr, who's at euston station, in london. we were already hearing that in scotland, all trains will be cancelled from 7pm tonight. just talk us through the disruption that's already happening. plenty of disru tion. that's already happening. plenty of disruption. their _ that's already happening. plenty of disruption. their last _ that's already happening. plenty of disruption. their last train - that's already happening. plenty of disruption. their last train here - disruption. their last train here will now be running in about an hour

to wolverhampton, they made that decision this afternoon, ending all their services this evening early. in several other train stop —— train companies are offering similar advice, telling passengers not to travel unless you need to this evening. scotrail also ending all their services from 7pm — all because of these high winds that are affecting not only the speed trains can travel on, but also there's a much higher risk of things like fallen trees and debris which could cause problems. now all these things could also cause problems for drivers, highways agencies are issuing warnings to drivers who might be out and about this evening to take care because of the potential risks that those high winds. we've also been hearing about flights, they've also been affected. we understand around 30 flights have been cancelled out of heathrow, british airways told us they had been affected and had to make changes to their schedule today

alongside other airlines, and people who had flights booked are being urged to contact their airlines to see whether or not their particular route is affected. now of course the storm is expected to intensify this evening and overnight, so although there are lots of people here just trying to get home this evening, some train companies have warned that they are expecting early morning services to be affected too, so it looks like this travel disruption will certainly extend into tomorrow's rush—hour. i disruption will certainly extend into tomorrow's rush-hour. i think we need some _ into tomorrow's rush-hour. i think we need some pictures _ into tomorrow's rush-hour. i think we need some pictures of - into tomorrow's rush-hour. i think we need some pictures of inside i we need some pictures of inside euston station behind you — how have people been reacting in terms of the cancellations of the early ending? had the message got out to people that trains would be finishing early? £31 that trains would be finishing earl ? . ~ , that trains would be finishing earl ? . . , , that trains would be finishing earl? . . , early? of auntie west coast actually this morning — early? of auntie west coast actually this morning issued _ early? of auntie west coast actually this morning issued a _ early? of auntie west coast actually this morning issued a warning - early? of auntie west coast actually| this morning issued a warning saying he was advising passengers not to travel today at all and they could use their tickets tomorrow or tuesday. it is the time progressed,

finally this afternoon they said their last train would be at 6:15pm but people had been warned much earlier that travel today on that route would be tricky, site don't think it's a huge surprise. there are lots of people here just watching the boards, trying to watch. there is a train leaving this evening but lots of them have already been cancelled so people have had to make other arrangements. thanks very much. don't forget, there's plenty on the bbc website, we got a live page there with all sorts of updates about where is the worst hit and the cancellations to travel, the travel disruption we are expecting. so do check it out on the bbc website. 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, stalls, and damaged cars. russia's foreign ministry called it a "barbaric terrorist act" and accused 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. if those numbers are confirmed, this would make it the worst attack on a civilian area in a 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. and the russian proxy officials are blaming ukraine, but ukraine has not 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 kyiv has confirmed the seller attack i mentioned on the explosion

at a major gas terminal. what have they said about this? this happened overnight, there was a video of a huge explosion, a huge orange fireball over this gas plant. it ran by one of the large gas 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. 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. 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. mark lowen told me where the fighting is now focused. around jabalia, in the north, for example, there were palestinian fighters who were reported to have tried to seize an opportunity as israel was moving tanks and troops to the south in order to launch a renewed attack there in the north, which led to renewed fighting around jabalia. so, you know, we're almost three months into the israeli ground offensive — and yet israel, as i said there in my piece, whose army is vastly superior to that of hamas, is still facing really stiff resistance. there is a report that us intelligence in a classified report estimates that israel israeli forces have only killed 20—30% of hamas fighters in gaza.

that is really far lower than israel's stated aim of the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, of completely destroying hamas. and also, this report, which has been reported in us media, has estimated that hamas still 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. and we've had this grim milestone, haven't we, of more than 25,000 people now have been 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 that they're targeting, how is the government selling it at home, in terms of whether it's been successful so far or not? well, i think the fact — the mixed success is possibly one of the reasons why benjamin netanyahu has now started repeating this assertion again

against palestinian statehood. it's a kind of useful diversion, to some extent, to divert attention away from the sort of lack of progress, to some extent, on the waraims. i mean, obviously, the main concern here in israel remains the fate of the 130 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, the protests that are against the war — that's relatively few in number — but the protests are families of the hostages are larger and more frequent. and the polls now show that the majority of israelis want benjamin netanyahu — don't believe that he is, in fact — want him to prioritise the release of the hostages over the potentially impossible aim of destroying hamas. and given the fact that, you know, several weeks into this offensive, hamas is still launching these regular attacks on israel, i think there is a growing doubt here over the ability of israel to completely destroy hamas, and a growing desire really for the fate of the hostages to be

the absolute priority now. 0rganisers say more than a million people have protested against the far right in germany this weekend. about 250,000 people joined demonstrations in cities across the country on saturday, our correspondent in berlin, damien mcguinness, has more. 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 "master plan" to deport 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 deport people who had helped refugees and also people who were in any way left—wing. so it really shocked people, because it showed this idea that you could have different categories of german.

and so, what's 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's in berlin, in front of the reichstag, the german parliament building. i've had to move a little bit away from the demonstration to broadcast because networks are down, because there's tens of thousands of people there, a lot of them using their phones and broadcasting, as well. and it's all a sign, really, of how much of a huge debate this report and this so—called "secret plan" sparked, because it really shows a division within german society. 0n the one hand, the afd, the far—right party, doing very well in the polls — above 20% nationally. 0n the other hand, mainstream politics and society and the majority of people, i think it's fair to say, coming out to say, well, they don't agree with these far—right politics. so a very polarised situation here in germany right now, and a big debate about whether to,

in fact, ban this party. well, i wasjust going to ask you that. i mean, how likely is it these people are calling for the afd to be to be banned, is that possible? how could that work? it's difficult. i mean, constitutionally, it could in theory be possible. there are mechanisms within the german constitution to ban parties which undermine the german democratic state. what you have to do is to prove that the party as a whole wants to undermine german democracy. now, that's very difficult — it has been proven that certain afd mps and afd members are anti—democratic. 0ne court has officially defined the touring afd leader as a fascist — that's his legal definition, that's what you were allowed to call him on air. and so, you can define individuals from their views and from what they say as anti—democratic, but as 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. aof a of her of her main story, storm isha is heading to the uk and it's already causing trouble. the main impact is expected overnight tonight, sunday night into monday morning. these are some pictures we have in the outer hebrides, and there will be many ferry services, most have been cancelled today and tomorrow because of the weather. i think we can also show you shetland — there's a lot of warnings in place about coastal areas because of the risk of large waves and also debris being blown in london. we can show you a bit of cornwall now as well, this is porthleven harbour in cornwall. stay with us for plenty of updates tonight on bbc news.

hello there. storm isha looks to be one of the strongest storms we've seen this �*23—24 season. met office amber weather warnings have been issued for the vast majority of the uk. typical gusts 60—70mph. but we are going to see some stronger gusts than that. we've already had a gust of 90mph in capel curig, in snowdonia, and the winds will continue to strengthen here. the strongest winds generally, though, are going to form around this hook in the cloud — you can see just to the west of the republic of ireland — that's where the most damaging winds are generally going to be. take a look at the different gusts, then, we'll see around the country. 60—70 quite widely. i think into snowdonia, we'll probably get some gusts of wind of 100mph or so. further north, generally, this is where the strongest winds will go. for northern ireland, 60—70 is very likely, but we could see some stronger winds go across northern counties. 80—90mph gusts are possible here, some 90mph gusts possible for western and northern areas of scotland. winds this strong will blow down some trees, so we're talking about transport disruption.

power networks are likely to be damaged, so power cuts are very likely. and, as well as all that, those stronger gusts of wind could result in structural damage, with some roofs getting ripped off buildings. by the time we get to monday, the weather will be calming down. it's a blustery day, a day of sunshine and showers. some of the showers will have hail and thunder mixed in across northern areas and it will be cold enough for a bit of snow up over the tops of the scottish mountains. a colder—feeling day for many of us. 0n into tuesday, we've got another area of low pressure that'll be racing in off the atlantic. this one bringing a return of heavy rain widely, so we are likely to see some further flood warnings get issued across england and scotland in particular. still an ongoing thaw of the lying snow here, given the mild weather conditions. and, as the rain band clears through, we'll see showers follow. gusty winds for the northern half of the uk, as well. gusts on tuesday reaching around 60—70mph. we can breathe a sigh of relief as we head into wednesday, thanks to this ridge of high

pressure building in from the west. 0k, there'll be a few showers around across northwestern areas — otherwise it's a dry day with some spells of sunshine. the winds certainly a lot calmer. still on the mild side, temperatures 10—12 celsius. beyond that, high pressure often staying close by across england and wales. so a dryer spelljust around the corner, but rain never far away from scotland and northern ireland. in the short term, though, it's all about storm isha.

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widespread weather warnings are in place across the uk. storm isha is sweeping in, bringing winds of up to 90 miles per hour. planes are already having difficulty landing at heathrow airport. some have been cancelled in wales. and trains in scotland are to be suspended. a deadly blast has rocked 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 described comments by israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu rejecting a two—state solution as "disappointing". hello, i'm lucy gray. 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", 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. winds have already reached that expected peak of 90 miles in snowdonia in wales — and yet storm isha is still hundreds of miles away. scotrail has announced that all rail services will be suspended from 7pm — that's just under two hours from now. planes are still landing at heathrow airport in london, but some have faced difficulty. at least one british airways flight had to take off again just as it was coming in. some flights due to arrive at cardiff airport have been cancelled. we can show you some live pictures. this is porthleven harbour in cornwall, we've been watching the

pictures for a few hours, where the swell has been crashing against the wall. we can also show you the outer hebrides. that is the life picture we have there. there have been all sorts of warnings about ferries between the scottish mainland and the outer hebrides, which have been cancelled today. and as we have been hearing, they will not be any trains across scotland from 7pm tonight. let's talk about trains. let's go live to cambridge, and get more information from simon calder — the independent�*s travel correspondent. the disruption is already starting, isn't it? it the disruption is already starting, isn't it? . ., , the disruption is already starting, isn'tit? . ., _ the disruption is already starting, isn'tit? . . i, , isn't it? it certainly is! things are not looking _ isn't it? it certainly is! things are not looking too _ isn't it? it certainly is! things are not looking too bad - isn't it? it certainly is! things are not looking too bad in - are not looking too bad in cambridge, but great northern and greater anglia, the two train operators here, both warning that it will be very bad later. i came here from king's cross in london, where

they are now warning not to... from newcastle tonight, which reflects the really terrible conditions expected in scotland. as you've been saying, scotrail cancelling all trains this evening, and those due to park before seven o'clock, many of them will leave and complete theirjourneys, but those are going to be with speed restrictions. speed restrictions pretty much wherever you are in the uk are going to be in force. there is such a high risk of debris being on the tracks, that drivers will operate at a reduced speedin drivers will operate at a reduced speed in case there are any obstructions from trees to trampolines. you've mentioned also the troubles in skies, with heathrow airport, we have already seen 50 cancellations. mostly british airways, short—haul european domestic flights, but on top of that

we have klm, scandinavian airlines, lufthansa, euro wings and aer lingus cancelling flights. that is because the number of aircraft they can get down safely has reduced. as you say, some quite exciting times for passengers! british airways flight 435 from amsterdam made a normal approach on the northern runway at heathrow, then the pilots decided the wind was too strong, they made a total go around, and then they got sent to the southern runway, decided that wasn't great either, and ended up that wasn't great either, and ended up in stansted, about 20 miles south from here. wherever you are travelling, by whatever means, this is very likely to be disrupted tonight. the message on all forms of transport is, basically, if you don't have to make yourjourney, please postpone it, possibly until tuesday. please postpone it, possibly until tuesda . �* ., ,

tuesday. and that is the thing, even when they get _ tuesday. and that is the thing, even when they get back _ tuesday. and that is the thing, even when they get back up _ tuesday. and that is the thing, even when they get back up and - tuesday. and that is the thing, even when they get back up and running, | when they get back up and running, we have planes in the wrong place. we are seeing images of the flight you were just we are seeing images of the flight you werejust mentioning we are seeing images of the flight you were just mentioning that eventually ended up in stansted trying to touch down, and then having to go straight back up again, only getting one wheel down. that is the one ended up in stansted. explain to me what happens to people who are meant to be flying overnight tonight or tomorrow morning who will not be, either because of the backlog or the current weather conditions? tally what they can do. under european air passenger rights, it is very clear that the airline that cancels the flight has to find them an alternative flight as soon as possible on any airline. that is easier said than done. we had dozens of cancellations at heathrow. across in dublin airport, they are up to over 100 cancellations now. so, it will be quite messy. the airlines are also supposed to provide accommodation for every passenger.

that again might be a problem if we get many more cancellations at heathrow. nobody will be getting cash compensation, because clearly this is beyond the airline's control. you will get aircraft in the wrong place, trains on the wrong place, ferries in the wrong places, and scotrail, again, they are saying the entire monday morning rush—hour is cancelled because they have to run trains on all the lines to ensure that they are safe before services resume. i think that pattern will be followed in large parts of the rest of the country, searchingly south—eastern between kent and london are saying that early trains are cancelled. —— certainly south—eastern. for early trains are cancelled. -- certainly south-eastern. for more anal sis certainly south-eastern. for more analysis on _ certainly south-eastern. for more analysis on the _ certainly south-eastern. for more analysis on the storm, _ certainly south-eastern. for more analysis on the storm, i've - certainly south-eastern. for more analysis on the storm, i've been l analysis on the storm, i've been speaking to our climate expert. i don't recall is widespread amber

warnings as this. that's what makes storm isha particularly unusual, the wind can normally be 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. in quite significant amber weather warninus. , ., ., , ., warnings. in terms of how strong this is and _ warnings. in terms of how strong this is and how _ warnings. in terms of how strong this is and how unusual- warnings. in terms of how strong this is and how unusual it - warnings. in terms of how strong this is and how unusual it is - warnings. in terms of how strong this is and how unusual it is in i this is and how unusual it is in terms of the strength of it, are we seeing storm is getting stronger because of climate change? there is ve little because of climate change? there is very little evidence _ because of climate change? there is very little evidence to _ because of climate change? there is very little evidence to suggest - very little evidence to suggest that. common sense would suggest that. common sense would suggest that as the atmosphere gets warmer and more energetic, it has more water in it, so we'll be seeing more of these. the problem is there is so much natural variability, so proving that linkage is quite difficult. having said that, mainly named storms in whatever it is, three or four months, is quite significant.

in terms of the damage we can expect from winds of potentially 90 mph, when is a multi—agency response like this, we have all these weather warnings in place, how does that work? how good either services at working together at the response was something like this? this working together at the response was something like this?— something like this? this is something _ something like this? this is something that _ something like this? this is something that has - something like this? this is i something that has improved something like this? this is - something that has improved leaps and bounds in the last decade or so. it came after the 2007 floods, really. this afternoon, i'm sure there will be all sorts of tactical command group telecom is going on, organised and police force boundaries and all the various agencies you would expect, police, fire, ambulance, local authorities, nhs services and power providers, water companies, they all get together to ensure they are as prepared as they can be, and then as this unfolds, either it will get more intense or they will stand down. this is certainly an area that

has come on hugely in the last ten years, and the benefits that we see in terms of being able to warning people better and having a response thatis people better and having a response that is ready to go, it is hugely advanced. that is ready to go, it is hugely advanced-— that is ready to go, it is hugely advanced. ~ ., ., ., , ., that is ready to go, it is hugely advanced. ~ ., ., ., ~ advanced. what more would you like to see done — advanced. what more would you like to see done in _ advanced. what more would you like to see done in particular? _ advanced. what more would you like to see done in particular? we - advanced. what more would you like to see done in particular? we are . to see done in particular? we are flooding pretty much every year, and every year there is fl°°ding pretty much every year, and every year there is criticism flooding pretty much every year, and every year there is criticism that more wasn't done in the build—up to it and we need these things were coming. in terms of the winds, we have these warnings and we know that they are coming, so what would you like to see done that isn't at the moment? it like to see done that isn't at the moment? , , ' . moment? it is very difficult, because what _ moment? it is very difficult, because what we _ moment? it is very difficult, because what we are - moment? it is very difficult, because what we are seeing | moment? it is very difficult, - because what we are seeing now is the tip of the iceberg, if you forgive the pun, in terms of climate change. things will get considerably worse than they are now. it is the issue around warning and informing people that is most important. although these incidents are getting more severe, in fact the numbers of

fatalities are actually going down, and as a direct result of the forecasting and the advanced warning and a multi—agency response we have just been talking about. i think thatis just been talking about. i think that is the area that really needs to develop. you can always have more money for flood defences or whatever, better infrastructure, but the warning is the thing that is really saving lives. pare the warning is the thing that is really saving lives. are climate ex - erts really saving lives. are climate experts talking _ really saving lives. are climate experts talking to _ really saving lives. are climate experts talking to me - really saving lives. are climate experts talking to me earlier. l really saving lives. are climate i experts talking to me earlier. just one more line on storm isha. there has been a tornado watch issued for northern ireland, parts of scotland and northern england. that means a tornado could hit western parts of the uk, and a met office forecaster has been speaking to pa news agency saying it is potential that we could see the odd isolated tornado largely tied in with the cold front. this is mainly western parts of the uk, northern ireland, scotland, northern england. this forecaster was saying they could cause significant damage, often unable collides scale, and

they don't tend to last very long. that is a tornado watch song for western parts of the uk. there is, of course, lots of information on the bbc website. we have a live page running there, and i expect it will cover the fallout of the strongest part of the storm that is happening overnight tonight. we have already seen gusts of 90 mph in snowdonia, so do check out the bbc website. the hamas—run health ministry in gaza says the number of palestinians killed there since the beginning of the war has passed 25,000. israel says it's killed more than 15 hamas fighters in its latest bombardment of the territory. i spoke to dr deborah harrington, who has just returned from two weeks volunteering at the al—aqsa martyrs hospital in central gaza. i was part of an emergency medical team that was coordinated by the medical aid to palestine and the international rescue committee. and we were doctors that were working alongside our

colleagues in al—aqsa, some of whom i know from previous visits, to help with the staggering humanitarian catastrophe that is happening in gaza at the moment and the state and suffering of people in the hospitals in gaza. and can you tell us about the sort of things that you were having to deal with? i mean, you're really a specialist in maternal and foetal medicine, weren't you? but i presume you had to deal with just whatever turned up? absolutely. so, actually, maternity care, because of the overwhelming numbers of trauma cases coming in has actuallyjust been moved out from hospitals to ever less and less facilities, which is, you know, in itself is a humanitarian crisis. but so what i was seeing most of the time, i did see the women, of course, that came in there,

but i was seeing huge numbers of casualties, and overwhelmingly children coming in through the emergency department. i also worked a little bit on the wards and also in the operating theatres. and just the sheer scale is overwhelming, the hospitals, is overwhelming the hospitals, and al—aqsa was the only, really, the main hospital working in the middle area until the last two days when we were actually forced to leave because of the escalating security situation around the hospital, because of the conflict around the neighbourhoods surrounding the hospital. and just to talk about the facilities and in terms of the medicine that you have, we've been hearing so much, of course, about how very little there is for you to work with. what were you using to treat all of these children that you were encountering? there was very limited supplies.

and one of the things, even if you cannot supply anything else, you can supply pain relief. and i am sad to say that actually there was...morphine wasn't even available on every day that we were working in the emergency department. so that giving somebody in there, suffering in there, from horrific burns, from amputations, from open chest wounds, from shrapnel injuries, you couldn't even comfort them with taking away their pain. there was very limited of everything. at one stage, we ran out of gauze, and you can imagine the type of injuries that we were seeing coming in through the emergency department caused by blast injuries, by gunshot wounds, by burns. and there wasn't even, at times, as basic things as gauze. every single thing was limited. we were managing patients on the floor of the resus room

and actually even sort of oxygen tubing reaching small children on the floor of a resus room wasn't possible. i can't describe the failure, the staggering failure, really, of humanity that is happening to people in gaza. it must have been very hard to leave or, i mean, orwas it? i don't know. it must have been a very strange feeling to leave, knowing that your help was so desperately needed. we all left with very mixed emotions. of course, we wanted to get back to ourfamilies, particularly at the time of year. but actually, i didn't want to leave my colleagues. i didn't want to leave the patients that were suffering. it was a very, very difficult wrench to leave when we did. i don't know if you can answer this, but so many of the children, i suppose, that were coming to you would have lost their parents, wouldn't they, or the people who looked after them? what is happening to those children who come in, who've lost the people

who look after them? where are they going? so i think that is a really important point that you raise. you know, we saw child after child coming in with either immediate family members, particularly their parents, not with them because they had been killed or seriously injured themselves, children who needed the comfort of their parents and just simply couldn't have it. and, you know, there is this terrible thing of seriously injured child with no with no living relatives. and those orphans are going to impact society, the palestinian societyjust going on and on and on. and they're, of course, looked after by friends, family. you know, the generosity of the gaza people sees no no limit. but those children desperately need care.

doctor deborah harrington talking to me there about her time working inside gaza. thank you to herfor coming on to talk to us. in the uk, postmortems were scheduled to take place on sunday for four members of one family found dead in 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. india's prime minister, narendra modi, will next week open a hindu temple for one of the faith's most—revered deities. it's being seen as the start of his election campaign. millions of hindus are celebrating the temple opening, saying it's a long—standing dream come true. but it evokes painful memories for muslims — a mosque that stood at the site was illegally torn down, triggering religious violence across the country. many accuse mr modi of violating india's secular constitution by opening the temple. from ayodhya, the bbc�*s south asia correspondent yogita limaye reports. cheering a display of hindu faith in a manner that's perhaps never been seen before in modern india.

"hail lord ram," they shout, in praise of one of their most—revered deities. ayodhya is described as his birthplace in hindu epics — and at the spot that millions believe he was born, a grand temple will now be opened by the prime minister. translation: our dream has finally become a reality. - it's like god himself has appeared before us. translation: i'm so happy that i've been able to see _ this day before i die. god should bless modi for building the temple. this city has shaped india. it sits on one of the country's biggest hindu—muslim fault lines. the temple, built at a spot where a mosque once stood.

many see it as a declaration of hindu dominance. translation: we don't _ want to destroy anyone's mosque - but what has been built on the birthplace of our god, we will not tolerate that from now on. the site was given to hindus by a supreme court order. hundreds of millions of dollars are being spent on the temple, funded from private donations. but the prime minister's presence would turn a religious ceremony into a state event, many say. especially controversial because of the history of the site. until 1992, a 16th—century mosque stood there — illegally destroyed after a mass campaign by hindu mobs. religious violence broke out across india. thousands were killed.

archive: ..temple in ayodhya, a campaign which has now led l to hundreds of death. to hundreds of deaths. for ayodhya's muslims, it was a painful time. this woman's husband was among 17 killed in ayodhya. "they cut his arms and legs off, and stuffed his body in a sack," she tells us. "on that day, i lost my biggest support, the person i shared my life with." her son says they never received any justice for his father, but he'd hoped the country's leaders would reach out to them. translation: they're building their temple, | and that is right, according to them. but they should have come to us and said what happened was wrong. they should've showed compassion — but they haven't.

many in the community told us they're worried there might be trouble again after the inauguration — and so, they were leaving the city for a few weeks. all major political parties have sought to appease voters through this politics of religion. but for prime minister narendra modi's bjp, its support of the temple — as part of its aggressive assertion of hinduism — is the reason why it's transformed from being a small party, just a few decades ago, to being seen as one that is virtually undefeatable now. at a local bjp office, preparations are on for the inauguration. i met a member of parliament from the party, lalu singh. do you think it's appropriate for the prime minister of a secular country to be the main figure at a major hindu religious event? translation: it's 100% right. this must happen. the culture of the majority community in the country dominates the nation.

this does not mean we do not respect minorities. if the prime minister is hindu, why should he not visit the biggest centre of the hindu faith? the opening of the temple is being seen as the start of prime minister modi's re—election bid — and it's expected to give him another resounding victory. one that could further polarise the nation. yogita limaye, bbc news, ayodhya. lets just get a quick reminder of our main story, storm isha, which is heading to the uk. we've seen gusts of 90 mph in snowdonia, and there are weather warnings right across the uk. this porthleven harbour in cornwall, and having all sorts of warnings about power cuts, but on coastal areas we have warnings that huge waves may affect the area,

there is a risk of debris being blown inland. there are pictures here of the hebrides. i think it is snowing there right now. there have been all sorts of problems with flights, lots of cancellations from belfast, and issues in cardiff, dublin and all sorts of cancellations. this flight was trying to land at heathrow, got one wheel down, and had to carry on. this plane actually ended up in stansted eventually. that is because of the wind. and london is expected not to be as badly affected as other areas, but as you can see, all sorts of impacts already. we're also hearing that in an hour's time, all across scotland, all trains be cancelled. that is the website we were just showing you there. all sorts of information and updates. do check it out on the bbc news website. hello there.

storm isha looks to be one of the strongest storms we've seen this �*23—24 season. met office amber weather warnings have been issued for the vast majority of the uk. typical gusts 60—70mph. but we are going to see some stronger gusts than that. we've already had a gust of 90mph in capel curig, in snowdonia, and the winds will continue to strengthen here. the strongest winds generally, though, are going to form around this hook in the cloud — you can see just to the west of the republic of ireland — that's where the most damaging winds are generally going to be. take a look at the different gusts, then, we'll see around the country. 60—70 quite widely. i think into snowdonia, we'll probably get some gusts of wind of 100mph or so. further north, generally, this is where the strongest winds will go. for northern ireland, 60—70 is very likely, but we could see some stronger winds go across northern counties. 80—90mph gusts are possible here, some 90mph gusts possible for western and northern areas of scotland. winds this strong will blow down some trees, so we're talking about transport disruption.

power networks are likely to be damaged, so power cuts are very likely. and, as well as all that, those stronger gusts of wind could result in structural damage, with some roofs getting ripped off buildings. by the time we get to monday, the weather will be calming down. it's a blustery day, a day of sunshine and showers. some of the showers will have hail and thunder mixed in across northern areas and it will be cold enough for a bit of snow up over the tops of the scottish mountains. a colder—feeling day for many of us. 0n into tuesday, we've got another area of low pressure that'll be racing in off the atlantic. this one bringing a return of heavy rain widely — so we are likely to see some further flood warnings get issued across england and scotland in particular. still an ongoing thaw of the lying snow here, given the mild weather conditions. and, as the rain band clears through, we'll see showers follow. gusty winds for the northern half of the uk, as well. gusts on tuesday reaching around 60—70mph. we can breathe a sigh of relief as we head into wednesday, thanks to this ridge of high pressure building in from the west. 0k, there'll be a few showers around across northwestern areas —

otherwise it's a dry day with some spells of sunshine. the winds certainly a lot calmer. still on the mild side, temperatures 10—12 celsius. beyond that, high pressure often staying close by across england and wales. so a dryer spelljust around the corner, but rain never far away from scotland and northern ireland. in the short term, though, it's all about storm isha.

live from london, this is bbc news. 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. some have been cancelled in cardiff, and the entire scottish train network will be suspended. 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 kylie pentelow. an amber warning for wind has come into force, as storm isha moves in —

affecting most of the uk. 90mph winds have already been recorded in snowdonia, in wales.