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. the storm is affecting transport — avanti trains have stopped services on the west coast main line, and scotrail will stop running at 7pm — just under an hourfrom now. some flights and ferry sailings have also been cancelled. first tonight, let's go to blackpool, where we can speak to reporter sharon barbour. what's the situation there? the winds have _ what's the situation there? tie: winds have certainly what's the situation there? tte: winds have certainly picked up here in blackpool, that storm isha has been rolling in across the atlantic from the irish sea, and behind my cameraman i can see the waves crashing in here and coming up, so i'll certainly be moving shortly from where we are, the rnli, the coastal authority is warning people to stay away from the coast, warning of the danger to life. as you say, plenty of disruption right across

the uk, and plenty more to come. storm isha has landed, and there are widespread warnings in place across the uk for heavy rainfall and gusts of winds of up to 80mph — and worse is forecast for overnight. there's also a risk—to—life warning in coastal areas. if you do come near the coast, please make sure that you err with caution. the idea is that even when it is rough, the wind and the waves will come over and they could sweep you out to the sea — and it's hard in this weather to try and find anyone. so please, if you do come down — or if not, please just steer clear of the sea if you can. well, the rain is here and the strong winds have already started to arrive — and the sea is on its way in. and the real warning is around coastal areas, with flood waves and debris posing a risk to life. here in blackpool, many are preparing to batten down the hatches. we are just wrapped up really warm and going to go home and stay inside, i think.

we just knew that the high winds were coming in — but we weren't really expecting it, and now, yeah. this was the scene in ireland earlier, and what's about to hit the uk. there's also plenty of disruption to travel, as people are advised to avoid it — and many services have been cancelled. 0ur messaging is to really consider whether your journey�*s absolutely necessary. if you do need to travel, think in advance, plan your routes, give people extra space, expect the unexpected. some flights have been operating today, but many have struggled to land — and there are currently air traffic control restrictions in place, leading to some flight cancellations. the storm's expected to bring further disruption overnight, and may affect power lines and mobile phone signals.

well, lots of disruption. the emergency services right across the uk giving lots of warnings, especially to drivers, saying there will be strong winds buffeting cars and lorries, so drive carefully. but they are really warning not to travel. plenty of train cancellations, as well as particularly in the north— so storm isha will affect most of the uk, which is quite rare. just london and a few small part of the northeast may avoid the worst parts of it, but as you've been hearing, the flights have been struggling, ferries have been cancelled, and trains have been cancelled. so lots of disruption warnings about power cuts potentially, we've seen in previous storms, those power cuts can last several days. the energy companies are all on standby, sold the whole of the uk bracing itself for what they say is one of the most serious storms of 2023—24.

they say is one of the most serious storms of 2023-24.— they say is one of the most serious storms of 2023-24. sharon we haven't seen the worst — storms of 2023-24. sharon we haven't seen the worst of— storms of 2023-24. sharon we haven't seen the worst of it _ storms of 2023-24. sharon we haven't seen the worst of it yet _ storms of 2023-24. sharon we haven't seen the worst of it yet either, - seen the worst of it yet either, have weak, because this is the beginning of it.— have weak, because this is the beginning of it. that's right, it is the beginning. — beginning of it. that's right, it is the beginning, it's _ beginning of it. that's right, it is the beginning, it's only - beginning of it. that's right, it is the beginning, it's onlyjust - the beginning, it's ohlyiust starting to hit the the beginning, it's onlyjust starting to hit the uk but, as we've been hearing, those winds of 90 mph in the snow dona area of wales, really strong winds, a red weather warning for ireland. so i don't think we really know how bad this will be. some of the people we spoke to in blackpool were surprised at how earlier the winds became strong that the weather started to turn so bad here. buti that the weather started to turn so bad here. but i have to say we did speak to quite a lot of people who knew nothing about the storm, who didn't know that anything like storm isha was on its way. so for those of you who haven't been tuning into the news, it might come as a bit of a surprised just how bad the storm might be. surprised 'ust how bad the storm miaht be. ,, ., ., ., ., ., ~ might be. sharon, for now thank you very much- —

live now to esyllt carr, who's at euston station in london. we heard from sharon that london won't be as badly affected as other areas, but you're seeing cancellations already there? that's ri . ht, cancellations already there? that's riaht, in cancellations already there? that's right, in around _ cancellations already there? that's right, in around ten _ cancellations already there? that's right, in around ten minutes - cancellations already there? that's right, in around ten minutes the i right, in around ten minutes the last of auntie west coast train here is leaving at euston, it will only go so far as wolverhampton after the train operator decided to and all its services early, so for people trying to get to the manchester or glasgow, there's really no options any more this evening. it's also a decision taken by scotrail there, ending their services early from 7pm this evening, which really reflects the widespread disruption seen across the train network because of those extremely high winds. they affect the speed at which trains can travel, which obviously has knock on effects on the timetable. drivers have also been warned about those

high winds that can cause problems for those particularly out in their cars, and the highways agencies across the uk are warning people out and about to take particular care. we've also heard flights have been affected, we know around 30 flights from heathrow have been cancelled, and people are being urged if they are due to fly to check with their particular airline to see if their route is affected by this bad weather. now of course lots of people here are just trying to get to where they need to be this evening — but as the storm is due to intensify tonight, and of course overnight some train companies, including scotrail and southeastern trains have warned that some of their services will be affected in their services will be affected in the morning as well, so it looks as though this disruption is due to affect rush—hour and people's commutes in the morning. we affect rush-hour and people's commutes in the morning. we heard from sharon — commutes in the morning. we heard from sharon that _ commutes in the morning. we heard from sharon that some _ commutes in the morning. we heard from sharon that some people - commutes in the morning. we heard from sharon that some people are l from sharon that some people are unaware of the store with dust storm was coming. are people turning up at the station not knowing what to do? there are lots of people here at the

station — of auntie west coast was one of the stations that put out warnings quite early and told people not to travel at all today. but this afternoon when the forecast was updated, they decided to take that decision to stop services altogether. but all the train warnings have been warning passengers that services were likely to be impacted, but i think as conditions are getting worse, we are release —— seeing even the trains that were supposed to be leaving be affected. the train companies say they can use their tickets for travelling tomorrow or tuesday, so it's leaving some people in a tricky situation. ., ~' , ., , it's leaving some people in a tricky situation. ., ~ , ., , . ., situation. thank you very much for now. 0ur reporter meghan 0wen is in the newsroom.

she is following the latest developments on storm isha. lets her mind ourselves that those amber warnings are in place from six p:m., but the met office has issued a tornado watch zone for northern ireland and scotland, and parts of northern england which show that a strong tornado is possible in these conditions. we also just heard they're some of the travel updates and disruption around the uk. now that includes flights — i want to show you some of the best pictures today, we see this british airways flight coming into heathrow and actually struggling to land because of the gusts of wind. if we crossed out to the milford haven, in wales, it's a similar picture with ferries — look at that rough crossing there. if we go to ireland, the irish coastline is being battered, so these waves already picking up today. in galway, a similar picture with some pretty huge waves. the last picture i want to show you is

this spectacular shot from a mountain structure of the kevin gourdon mountains — you can barely see the group because it's just obscured by that snow, so these are some of the pictures, we'll be bringing you the latest of elements and images from across the uk, and of course you can stay tuned to the weather forecast where we will provide all the information on this storm. ., ~' ,, , provide all the information on this storm. ., ~' , . provide all the information on this storm. ., , . ~ ., storm. thank you very much, megan. -- meghan- — storm. thank you very much, megan. -- meghan- we _ storm. thank you very much, megan. -- meghan. we will _ storm. thank you very much, megan. -- meghan. we will have _ storm. thank you very much, megan. -- meghan. we will have the - storm. thank you very much, megan. -- meghan. we will have the latest . —— meghan. we will have the latest for you at 26 past the hour. it's all on the bbc news 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 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 speak now to patrick bury, a senior lecturer in security at the university of bath,

and a former nato analyst. thanks very much forjoining us. can you just tell us what more you know about this latest attack in donetsk could yellow donetsk is about 12 miles from the front line where there's been heavy fighting. in there's been heavy fighting. t�*t terms of a blatant targeting of russian civilians in a market place by the ukrainians, i think that's potentially, and we will have to wait and see, but it would be out of pattern from the rest of their attacks that they've done on russia so far. yes, some russian civilians have been killed, but usually they are at least targets that the ukrainians are hitting inside russia, and this would be a mark of deliberately targeting civilians — that seems a little bit less likely than potentially other explanations, including ammunition falling short because it's so close to the front

line, that could be russian and ukrainian, an accident or something like that. we'lljust have to wait and see. the russians have said it's and see. the russians have said it's a barbarous terrorist attack — pot calling the kettle black really because they've been doing the same thing to ukrainians for years. what thing to ukrainians for years. what more do we _ thing to ukrainians for years. what more do we know— thing to ukrainians for years. what more do we know about _ thing to ukrainians for years. what more do we know about the situation on the front line?— on the front line? there's been heavy fighting _ on the front line? there's been heavy fighting there _ on the front line? there's been heavy fighting there for - on the front line? there's been| heavy fighting there for months essentially, and it's basically an isthmus which sticks out like a thumb in the ukrainian line. so what the russians are trying to do is encircle the north and the south, then force the ukrainians to withdraw. they haven't had to withdraw. they haven't had to withdraw fully yet, they are under a lot of pressure from the ukrainians, inflicting heavy casualties on the russians who are making tactical gains — they have the initiative and they're also inflicting heavy casualties on the ukrainians. but so far, there's been no major breakthrough in it's been an orderly withdrawal and ongoing heavy

fighting. so at the moment, no massive change. find fighting. so at the moment, no massive change.— fighting. so at the moment, no massive change. and finally, if we look at the — massive change. and finally, if we look at the wider _ massive change. and finally, if we look at the wider military - massive change. and finally, if we look at the wider military outlook, are there fears about whether there will be continuing support from the wider region? i will be continuing support from the wider region?— wider region? i think there is, i think there's _ wider region? i think there is, i think there's more _ wider region? i think there is, i think there's more questions i wider region? i think there is, i think there's more questions -| think there's more questions — although they are still very committed of course, and want to take back the land that's been taking from them by the russians— i think there's more questioning going on in ukraine, two years into a war, the national euphoria of the first year, then looking forward to the summer offensive which hasn't gone the way they would've liked would contribute to that. and then, of course you got this aid hanging over, the $60 billion in the us and £50 billion from the eu. in a —— and even the troops training, they are running short of troops, they need to get the troops out from the front line, they can't stay there that long— back to rest and recover, and

rotate. there's numerous problems they're facing, but so are the russians. the ukrainians have had some success in the black sea, pushing the black sea fleet, and having this deep strike battle which is going on, increasing the number of fires inside russia, unexplained fires, increasing the targeting of energy infrastructure and, as we saw in st. petersburg, the fuel supply dapo. it's vitally important this western aid gets through, so this'll be a long war. it will go until at least 2025—26 ukraine really needs to get planning when it knows what resources are coming, then craft its own strategy. it'll probably be defensive for 2024, hopefully train up defensive for 2024, hopefully train up more troops then have a go again 2025. but the key thing here is that the west shows that it's willing to stand up against vladimir putin in

the long run. stand up against vladimir putin in the long run-— the long run. patrick, thanks so much for now. _ israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has again rejected the idea of creating a palestinian state — despite president biden's belief it might still be possible. the uk defence secretary grant shapps called mr netanyahu's position "disappointing". the death toll in gaza since october 7th has now surpassed 25,000, according to the hamas—run health ministry there. more than 130 israeli hostages are still being held by hamas, which is designated a terrorist organisation by the uk and us governments. with the latest, here's mark lowen. 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's not, in some sense, a surprise — he's spent his entire political career against a two—state solution. but the point is, which other routes is there to seriously resolve this? here in israel, public patients with the war isn't limitless. and us intelligence is reported to have concluded that israel has only killed between 20—30% of hamas fighters, and that the group has enough weapons to continue striking back for months — raising the spectre of a prolonged conflict. and prolonged 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 a weak syrup to treat the young, often orphaned. but it does little to dull the pain of gaza's war. mark lowen, bbc news, jerusalem. live now to our middle east correspondent hugo bachega. hugo, let's go back to benjamin netanyahu — and it seems like there's no movement in his firm position on a two state solution. that's right, and there's no surprise here because this has been a long held position by netanyahu, of being against the creation of an independent palestinian state, the two state solution is the preferred plan by the international community that would seat the creation of a palestinian state sitting along israel. arab countries have now been

defending negotiations for the creation of a palestinian state as an exit strategy for this war. and we are seeing now that the prime minister has been reluctant to accept this idea — an idea that's defended also by president biden, who's been obviously a huge supporter of the israelis in this war. so again, it shows that the massive, huge differences between the positions defended by the israeli prime minister, and also the positions and views defended by the biden administration for gaza once the war is over. pare biden administration for gaza once the war is over.— biden administration for gaza once the war is over. are you getting any sense that netanyahu _ the war is over. are you getting any sense that netanyahu has - the war is over. are you getting any sense that netanyahu has support | sense that netanyahu has support from israeli people on this stance? well, i was in israel a few weeks ago and i think the feeling that i had was that people are still

supporting the israeli military in this war — remember, this is a country that has been traumatised by what happened on october 7th — but i think we are starting to see a lot of anger and frustration even inside israel, and inside the war cabinet of president netanyahu, with his reluctance to even discuss his plans and views for gaza after the war is over. and again, we are seeing massive differences between his ideas, the proposals defended by the biden administration, and also proposals being presented by other countries in the region. and arab leaders say that the creation of a palestinian state is perhaps the only way forward of negotiations for that to happen, it's the only way forward to put an end to this decades long conflict between the

israelis and palestinians.- israelis and palestinians. hugo, thank ou israelis and palestinians. hugo, thank you very _ israelis and palestinians. hugo, thank you very much. _ donald trump and his republican party rival, nikki haley, are making their final appeals to new hampshire voters with just days until the presidential primary on tuesday. with ms haley's campaign depending on victory in new hampshire, the former governor of south carolina ramped up her criticism of mr trump. ms haley questioned the former president's mental fitness, after he appeared to confuse her with the democrat nancy pelosi during a campaign speech. winning tuesday's primary, just eight days after his dominating win in the iowa caucuses, would streamline trump's progress toward securing a republican party presidential nomination. to discuss this, i am joined by dr thomas gift, who is director of the centre on us politics at university college london. thanks so much forjoining me. it seems like there is a bit of tit—for—tat going on here, who's likely to benefit from that? tit-for-tat going on here, who's likely to benefit from that? thanks so much for _ likely to benefit from that? thanks so much for having _

likely to benefit from that? thanks so much for having me, _ likely to benefit from that? thanks so much for having me, it's - likely to benefit from that? thanks so much for having me, it's great l likely to benefit from that? thanks | so much for having me, it's great to be with you. i think that it'll be a close race in new hampshire, between donald trump and nikki haley. and really they are wanting i—2 — but trump has a considerable lead, about 15 percentage points at this point. so if they keep going back and forth trading insults, it seems like we are probably more likely to just gravitate towards the status quo, which is trump winning in new hampshire and essentially creating a streamlined path for him to take the nomination. so i do think it would take something quite exceptional for nikki haley to have an upset — but she may claim victory regardless if she may claim victory regardless if she has a strong second—place, saying this is enough momentum to go into south carolina.— into south carolina. there is still a lot to into south carolina. there is still a lotto go _ into south carolina. there is still a lotto go in _ into south carolina. there is still a lot to go in this _ into south carolina. there is still a lot to go in this campaign, - into south carolina. there is still a lot to go in this campaign, can | a lot to go in this campaign, can you remind us why these many campaigns matter?— you remind us why these many campaigns matter? you remind us why these many camaians matter? �*, ., ., campaigns matter? there's a long way to no, but campaigns matter? there's a long way to go, but practically _ campaigns matter? there's a long way to go, but practically this _ campaigns matter? there's a long way to go, but practically this thing - to go, but practically this thing could end after new hampshire. after new hampshire, you go to nevada,

then south carolina, then a number of different states called super tuesday — but that's still a fraction of the overall number of primaries that'll be held across the country and every single state. but the thing is, these and quite soon — one candidate gets the momentum, shutting it down, then they run the table. and this year that's what it's looking like. so if trump takes first place in iowa and new hampshire, takes first place in nevada and south carolina, then i think it's basically over. haley will run out of money, fundraisers will run out of money, fundraisers will start to close their pocketbooks, and everyone will start rallying around trump. just pocketbooks, and everyone will start rallying around trump.— rallying around trump. just briefly, is an one rallying around trump. just briefly, is anyone predicting _ rallying around trump. just briefly, is anyone predicting anything - rallying around trump. just briefly, is anyone predicting anything otherj is anyone predicting anything other than a trump victory? i is anyone predicting anything other than a trump victory?— than a trump victory? i don't think an one than a trump victory? i don't think anyone with _ than a trump victory? i don't think anyone with smart _ than a trump victory? i don't think anyone with smart money - than a trump victory? i don't think. anyone with smart money is betting against donald trump. since the outset, i've been saying that trump has us on the bag, it looks more like a coordination that a primary and i don't think we've seen

anything to differfrom and i don't think we've seen anything to differ from that. thank ou for anything to differ from that. thank you for your _ anything to differ from that. thank you for your thoughts _ anything to differ from that. thank you for your thoughts there. - anything to differ from that. thankj you for your thoughts there. thank ou. and you for your thoughts there. thank you. and amber _ you for your thoughts there. thank you. and amber warning _ you for your thoughts there. thank you. and amber warning has - you for your thoughts there. thank you. and amber warning has come j you for your thoughts there. thank - you. and amber warning has come into force as storm — you. and amber warning has come into force as storm isha _ you. and amber warning has come into force as storm isha moves _ you. and amber warning has come into force as storm isha moves in, - force as storm isha moves in, affecting most of the uk. 90 mph winds have been recorded, and you can see here this plane attempting to land at heathrow — it didn't quite touch down properly so it's had to go back. this is the start of the storm coming in, we are expecting it to get worse overnight. don't forget we have the weather forecast coming up where you are, and also there it is, there is the life page, you can keep it up—to—date on the bbc news website. but for now, stay with us here on bbc news will re—will be back shortly with updates on all those stories. —— where we will be back shortly. 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 rocks 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". and fifa's president calls for stadium bans forfans, and automatic forfeits for teams, whose supporters shout racist abuse.