all bringing winds of up to 90mph. the emergency ser warning all the emergency services are warning those right across the uk of problems on the roads, problems with trains — and we've already seen some problems with planes. 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. and more than 25,000 people have now been killed in gaza since the war with israel began, according to the hamas—run health ministry. welcome to the programme. 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 services have now stopped running. there have also been heartstopping moments at heathrow airport. several planes — including this one — had to initiate a "go—around" after being hit by gusts while landing. you can see it get one wheel down, before accelerating again. it eventually landed at stansted. 0ur reporter sharon barbour begins our coverage from blackpool. 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. and sharon barbour sent this update a short time ago. well, storm isha has landed in the uk — winds have already been recorded in wales, in the snowdonia area, of 90mph. for much of the country here, looking at winds between 70—80mph, but we don't really know what storm isha will bring. all the emergency services are warning those right across the uk of problems on the roads, problems with trains — and we've already seen some problems with planes.

and of course, people walking around have even been warned to be aware of flying debris, particularly strong warnings around all of the coasts where the waves are expected to come right over onto roads — so warnings of being swept out to sea, warnings of being hit by debris. the worst of the storm is farfrom here, hundreds of miles still out to sea, of course, coming over from those snowstorms that were seen in north america coming through ireland, which is seeing really, really high winds — and the sea coming up here in blackpool now as we speak, the sea is expected to reach high tide in around two hours�* time. so, much, much worse to come, so the police, all emergency services on standby. and warnings, too, on the roads for motorists to be very wary of being buffeted by these high winds and poor visibility because of the heavy rain, as well. so the whole of the uk being buffeted already,

but preparing for far worse to come right through the night and into tomorrow. as we've been hearing, travel is being severely disrupted by the weather system. 0ur reporter essylt carr is at euston station, in london with more. well, there are no avanti west coast train services leaving euston this evening — the operator decided to end its services earlier this evening because of the weather. and it already told passengers not to travel today if they could avoid it. there's been lots of disruption already on that line that goes up through the midlands, to manchester and glasgow. and they're not the only operator that's taken that kind of operation — scotrail too are ending its services earlier this evening, as well. and it really reflects the kind of disruption that's been seen right across the train network today as those high winds take hold, which affect obviously the speed that trains can travel, and also pose a risk

of things like falling trees and debris on the tracks. now those conditions are also problematic for drivers, and highways agencies in very part of the uk have been warning people that, if they are out and about in their cars this evening, to take particular care. now elsewhere, flights have also been affected — we know around 30 flights out of heathrow have been cancelled today. and british airways told us its schedule had also been affected. so if you are travelling on a plane, than the advice is to check with your carrier as to when your particular route is affected. now obviously this evening, a lot of people's focus is on trying to get where they need to be, but some of the train companies have also warned that their services are likely to be affected in the morning, as well. scotrail and southeastern trains have said that their early—morning services will not be running as usual, so it does look as though the travel disruption that we've seen today will indeed extend into tomorrow morning's rush hour. 0ur reporter meghan 0wen is following developments from the bbc newsroom.

meghan, we are expecting this storm to get worse in the coming hours, but what are you hearing so far? yes, things are certainly picking up. let'sjust remind ourselves yes, things are certainly picking up. let's just remind ourselves that these amber warnings have been in place now for around an hour, and the met office a couple hours ago also issued a tornado zone warning for northern ireland, scotland and parts of northern england — which indicates that in these conditions, a tornado is possible. now we are also hearing lots of updates about travels, we heard earlier there is lots of disruption to trains and the roads, but also to flights. now i want to bring you some really powerful images we've got today — this is of a british airways flight flying into heathrow earlier, but actually not managing to land and having to take off again. we've also just received this video from scotland, and you can see that tree

just falling onto a car and completely crushing it. so clearly this storm is definitely under way. it's also pretty treacherous outside in the sea — this is wales here, we have a ferry crossing into ireland in pretty rough conditions. it's a similar picture if we cross here on the irish coastline — similarly in galway, we are seeing the wind is picking up. this was actually this afternoon, so that's only expected to get worse. and this powerful image was sent in by a listener — you can see his hiking group, he's a mountain guide, his hiking group completely obscured by the snow there. so some really powerful images, and of course it'll continue to disrupt things tomorrow. now we will bring you updates on bbc weather throughout the evening, and you can follow obviously on our website, as well. some breaking news

to bring you. a woman and man found dead in a house near norwich, in england, were found to have died from stab wounds to the neck. postmortems on two chlidren found dead there will happen on wednesday. norfolk police have referred themselves to the independent watchdog after officers didn't respond to a call from the home at 6am on friday morning — about an hour before the bodies were found. frances read reports from the scene. 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. 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 rever 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. 0ur middle east correspondent hugo bachega gave us the latest on benajmin netanyahu's unchanging position on two—state solution. 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 see the creation of a palestinian state sitting along israel. and arab countries have now been defending negotiations for the creation of a palestinian state as an exit strategy for this war. and we're 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.

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. let's bring in danny aeberhard, europe editor with the bbc world service. thank you so much forjoining me. what do we know about what happened in donetsk? well, it was a series of attacks that hit a market and shopping area in the southwest of the city. this is an area quite close to the front lines — so there's been serious fighting for a number of months around donetsk, so it's a hot zone. it happened in the morning, the local proxy head of the russian occupied parts of donetsk said it was at the busiest time of the day. and we've seen, as i say, distressing footage with distressing testimony from people who have had to pull parts of their loved ones, literally body parts after the attack, all sorts of bodies in the

snow, people crying, trying to hug their departed relatives and friends. so very distressing — it would be — the figures have crept up, the latest information from the head of the russian occupied area says 27 people have now died and 25 injured. two of the injured are teenagers apparently, according to him. and if those numbers are confirmed, this would make it the worst attack on a civilian part of occupied ukraine since the war began — obviously there have been worse attacks in occupied ukraine on military targets, there was an attack on a russian military installation that killed at least 89 people, there was also an attack on a prison in occupied ukraine where a large number, more than 50 ukrainian

prisoners of war died. and there have also been of course bigger attacks on civilians — but russian attacks on civilians — but russian attacks in parts of ukraine that are not occupied. so nevertheless, it's a serious attack. what does this attack and then what happened in st petersburg signify? it certainly feels like an escalation. now ukraine hasn't actually said anything yet about the attack in donetsk, but they have said, orsources attack in donetsk, but they have said, or sources have said they are behind this attack in ust—luga, the russian port on the baltic. ust—luga is a very important port, essentially the biggest port by cargo tonnage, in the whole of the baltic — very important for energy exports, it's the site of the nord stream 2 gas pipe where it started from — obviously that pipeline is not expert in anything, it got sabotaged in 2022 — but nevertheless

energy exports from ust—luga. so a very important port, and for a long time it was thought of as being beyond the reach of ukrainian drone attacks. so this is a worrying development for moscow, coming only a few days after russia said it sorted a ukrainian drone attack in the same region, leningrad, around st petersburg and i thought to be on an oil deco. and briefly, in terms of the wider conflict, are we seeing any signs of resolution? young neck absolutely none at the moment. both sides mention peace, but there is no sign at all that either of them are prepared to make compromises. they've got very firm redlines, and i think the talk of peaceis redlines, and i think the talk of peace is basically a pr exercise more than anything else at this stage. so i expect there'll be lots of serious fighting to come. danny, thank ou of serious fighting to come. danny, thank you very _ of serious fighting to come. danny,

thank you very much. _ let's return to our top story — a powerful storm is starting to impact the uk with gusts of wind of up to 90mph 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. live now to rhys struthers, who was due to fly to edinburgh, but finds himself stuck at dublin airport. so what happened ? so what happened? we were delayed until 4:15m so what happened? we were delayed until 4:15pm which _ so what happened? we were delayed until 4:15pm which was _ so what happened? we were delayed until 4:15pm which was later - so what happened? we were delayed until 4:15pm which was later pushed l until 4:15pm which was later pushed back to 7pm — most recently it was 9:15pm and i've not heard anything else, so i'm not sure if we'll be getting out at all tonight. find else, so i'm not sure if we'll be getting out at all tonight. and was the situation _ getting out at all tonight. and was the situation at _ getting out at all tonight. and was the situation at the _ getting out at all tonight. and was the situation at the airport - getting out at all tonight. and was the situation at the airport now, . the situation at the airport now, are there lots of people around youmaking you show us what's happening? i’ll youmaking you show us what's happening?— youmaking you show us what's haueninu? �* h, happening? i'll stand up and give ou a happening? i'll stand up and give you a picture _ happening? i'll stand up and give you a picture here. _ happening? i'll stand up and give you a picture here. sorry, -

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ou. to recap — an amber warning for wind has come into force, as storm esher 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 services have now stopped running. there have also been heartstopping moments at heathrow airport. several planes, including this one, had to initiate a "go—around" after being hit by gusts while landing. you can see it get one wheel down, before accelerating again. it did actually then later land in stansted — but it certainly would've been a bumpy ride on that. you can get all the latest updates on our website. as we've been saying, that storm is

potentially escalating throughout the evening, so that page will be updated with all the information that you need there. and of course, wherever you are, you can get the latest weather forecast coming up in just a few minutes. people in eastern parts of germany have been treated to a dazzling view as an asteroid blazed across the night sky. take a look at this — in a rare event, the event was predicted by astronomers just three hours before impact. that meant a researcher was able to capture these rather spectacular images. nasa predicted the tiny asteroid would disintegrate as a harmless fireball — and thankfully, that's what happened west of berlin, and meteors are objects in space that range in size, from dust grains to small asteroids. you're watching 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.

this is bbc news, the headlines... there are widespread weather warnings as storm isha sweeps into the uk and ireland. winds of up to 90 mph are felling trees, majorairports are cancelling or delaying flights. train services in scotland are suspended and the met office is warning people to sleep away from windows. a deadly blast rocks a market in the occupied city of donetsk in eastern ukraine. kremlin officials say at least 25 people are dead. more than 25,000 people have now been killed in gaza since the war with israel began — according to the hamas—run health ministry. 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.