of some localised flooding, perhaps across southern parts. that's the latest.

tonight at 10:00: west midlands police apologise after an inquestjury says their mistakes contributed to the murder of two women who'd repeatedly reported domestic abuse. raneem 0udeh and her mother khaola saleem were murdered by raneem's estranged husband. family members say they were badly let down. west midland police have failed khaola and raneem beyond imagination. they had so many opportunities to save their lives. the force says it will learn from its mistakes. also on the programme: the death of zara aleena, the law graduate attacked as she walked home in east london last summer. a man pleads guilty to her murder.

a last minute u—turn by fifa — with just two days to kick off, alcohol won't be allowed in the stadiums at the qatar world cup. i don't think it necessarily bodes well, given that they've had 12 years to think about these kind of things and they are changing it so last minute. i think people will be more upset at the u—turn than not being able to actually drink. and, continuing twitter turmoil — staff have been locked out of their offices, after the warning to work long hours or leave. on bbc 0n bbc london, councils are facing tough choices as one leader good evening.

west midlands police have apologised after an inquestjury found that mistakes made by the force "materially contributed" to the death of a woman and her mother, who had repeatedly reported domestic violence. raneem 0udeh and her mother khaola saleem were stabbed to death by raneem's estranged husband in 2018. he's now serving a minimum of 32 years in prison for their murder. in the final hours of her life, raneem 0udeh made six 999 calls to the police — her family says the force failed them "beyond imagination". 0ur correspondent phil mackie was at the inquest in birmingham. you may find details in his report distressing. raneem 0udeh on the left, and her mother, khaola saleem, a mother and daughter badly let down by the people who should have been protecting them. west midland police have failed khaola and raneem beyond imagination. they had so many opportunities

to save their lives. right up until the end. both were murdered while on the phone to the police, begging for help. days before the pair were murdered, a court granted an order preventing janbaz tarin from going anywhere near his former partner, but this is him, following her on a night out. there was a row, you can see raneem's mother intervening. then raneem made a series of 999 calls, but officers were busy elsewhere and no—one came. police emergency, what's the location of the emergency? hi, ijust called the police about half—an—hour ago, more than half—an—hour ago, and actually i'm in danger. my ex—partner came and he actually harmed me and harmed my mum, as well. the last call came later as she was being attacked and she and her mother were screaming. even though raneem called for help on a number of occasions

in the months before she died, the police either failed to record things properly, didn't investigate and when were calls made a priority, they didn't respond. i felt like they really empowered the perpetrator, rather than helping the victim. she lost hope. slowly, slowly she started not calling them as much as she was before. this was tarin being arrested a few days later. he had been making threats for months, but despite repeated calls, the police never made an arrest. the family said they hope the women's deaths would be a catalyst for change. the independent 0ffice the independent office for police conduct served misconduct notices on nine officers with west midlands police, five of whom were given management action, another received some extra training. west midlands police has issued a fulsome apology to the family today and said it really let them down, and it failed

in its duty to safeguard both raneem and, ultimately her mother as well. they have said they have invested more in extra resources, specifically to deal with cases of domestic violence. they have also created a new unit to review cases like this, in the hope that something like this won't happen again. speaking to the family today, though, they don't think any of this has gone far enough. just two days before the men's football world cup kicks off in qatar, the sport's governing body fifa has banned the sale of alcohol to fans inside stadiums. it's a last minute u—turn on a deal which was signed with qatar in 2010. budweiser — which has a multi—million dollar contract for the rights to sell its beer at the matches — says there's nothing it can do about it. from qatar, here's our sports editor dan roan. the qatar world cup had already moved to winter, now another unprecedented shift of the goalposts.

despite alcohol sales being tightly controlled in this muslim country, fans had been told beer would be available within stadia, butjust two days before the start of the tournament, fifa bowed to pressure from the hosts and announced an embarrassing u—turn, with sales now confined to fan zones. budweiser, a multi—million pound sponsor of the world cup, tried to make light of the situation in a since—deleted tweet, but some fans already here were unimpressed. i don't think it necessarily bodes well, given they've had 12 years to think about these kinds of things and they are changing it so last—minute. i don't really care about the beer, but it's, like, what else could change? just 2a hours ago at a legacy event in doha, the man responsible for delivering the world cup told me all was on track. we're ready, the team's ready, the operational team is ready, everything else is going on. we've always talked about football beyond the stadiums. a platform to bring people together, a platform to push forward progress for change and so on. this is what it's all about. but today's u—turn is just the latest controversy to hit an event that was meant to be

the perfect advert for this immensely rich gulf state. suspicion marring the build—up ever since fifa voted for it 12 years ago, despite extreme summer heat and no footballing history. the hosts denying allegations of corruption. but no matter how implausible it may seem to so many, the first world cup in the middle east has arrived. just as doha has risen from the desert over the last 30 years, no less dramatic has been the way that a host of new stadia and huge amounts of infrastructure have been built for this this ground—breaking world cup, one that the hosts hope will elevate the status of their country, but it's the human cost of such colossal investment that's brought with it unprecedented levels of scrutiny. thousands of migrant workers have died in qatar since 2010 and, while organisers insist very few are due to working on stadium construction, campaigners say official data is not reliable and recent reforms don't go far enough. today, a vocal critic of the tournament told me how he felt about being here.

there's this kind of queasy feeling around it at the moment. there are significant issues around this world cup, obviously, with human rights issues, what's happened with the building of the stadiums and workers�* rights and homophobia. well, i think it is tainted. but current players have had their say too, with england and wales among a number of teams who will wear armbands as part of a non—discrimination campaign in a country where being gay is illegal. i think any gay fans coming here would be safe. sadly, some of ourfan groups, three lions pride, most of the members have decided not to come. that's their personal decision, but we have repeatedly asked for assurances that gay fans would be safe here and we understand they will be. you have had the reassurances that you need? right from the top of the country, yes. qatar wanted this world cup to help boost its growing global influence and it's been stung by some of the criticism. others, however, fear football's showpiece is about to be exploited.

rarely has the build—up to this event felt quite so divisive. a man has pleaded guilty to the murder of zara aleena, the 35—year—old who was attacked as she walked home from a night out in east london last summer. jordan mcsweeney had only recently been released from prison on licence. helena wilkinson reports from the old bailey. days after zara aleena's murder, hundreds came together to honour her. they were in shock that another woman had been as woman had been killed as she walked home to herfamily, zara home alone. to herfamily, zara aleena was independent, bighearted and a joy. a law graduate, she had started work at the royal courts ofjustice in london and was the happiest she had ever been. but, her dreams, her life, ended.

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we did not create global warming. no media, sir, please. in these talks, developing countries have insisted on a dedicated fund for this loss and damage. developed countries said no, then late last night, the eu said it would agree, but there were conditions. we need to reduce the amount of damage by reducing emissions and putting that into the deal. we need a broader base of funding. we need other countries. saving the planet from disastrous consequences... the eu says it shouldn't only be wealthy countries that pay and it's got a point. take a look at how the emissions of the world's biggest polluters has changed over the last four decades. china has overtaken the us to become the world's top polluter and, look at this, india is now

in third position. but china and india have always said they are developing countries with huge populations and shouldn't have to contribute, so now there is a whole new set of issues under discussion. there is still a lot to be figured out. you've got over 200 countries trying to address multiple items at the same time and it's a difficultjob, as you can imagine. it's not easy. these talks were supposed to have ended this afternoon. it now looks like they will continue long into the night. the uk has entered a new era of higher taxes, according to the research body the institute for fiscal studies. it says middle earners are set for a shock — with taxes going up and prices soaring. the chancellor has admitted that families will face real challenges but said the measures he announced yesterday in the autumn statement will help tame inflation. 0ur economics editor faisal islam reports.

swindon, the day after an extraordinary autumn statement. even at this networking meeting of women entrepreneurs, the historic middle income hit is apparent to all in this squeezed swindon. just scary, really — me and my husband both work full—time, and our disposable income is shrinking month by month. 0ur mortgage has gone up, childcare costs have gone up, food bills, obviously energy bills. in terms of the pound in their pockets, most people will be worse off in coming years. this shows how the impact by 2028 of tax and benefit policy changes since a year agp differs. since a year ago differs. adding the policies before yesterday in blue, and from the autumn statement in yellow, middle to high earners were the hardest hit by changes to tax and benefits. those in the poorest households, earning around £13,000 a year stand to be a few hundred pounds better off by 2028. the richest households, with an average income of £135,000, will be more than £2,500 worse off.

but those in the middle, earning between 35,000, and 112,000, will be between £350 and £600 worse off, a significant proportion of their incomes. people on average earnings, maybe earning £25,000, £30,000, even £40,000 a year, they will be feeling a lot worse off over the next couple of years. prices are going up, their earnings will not be going up in general as fast as prices. good to see you again. visiting swindon after a set of forecasts that depict an historic economic challenge and constraints that could last years, the opposition top team, making a rather big claim. the labour party, under my leadership, is the party of sound money. we would make different choices. i do not hear anybody in our movement, trade union or otherwise or across the country, that can accept for a moment that it is fair to go, again, after working people. there is a key question in the back and forth between the main political parties.

can the opposition, currently riding high in the polls, diverge far from the plans outlined yesterday by the actual chancellor, whose plans were backed today by the imf? the measures we announced yesterday will make the recession lighter. it'll mean that around 70,000 jobs are saved, so i think that will give people confidence that, yes, this is difficult, but there is a plan, we are going to get through it. but some economists and union leaders urged labour not to even accept the premise of the borrowing black hole so that they could spend more on things like public sector pay. do you fundamentally except there is 2% of national income consolidation required, about £50 billion? i accept that they have done huge damage to our economy, not just the last 12 weeks, but over the last 12 years. and we will come into government and we will have to face that challenge. the baseline, you accept? we accept that because of the errors of this government that we are in .

difficult economic times now. the argument we have is not with the office l for budget responsibility, our argument is with - the government, that they have made the wrong choices. - so while their methods may differ, the government and opposition accept the same starting point, that there are £55 billion of tax rises or spending cuts required to repair the public finances. shared tough choices, for a tricky future. faisal islam, bbc news, swindon. meanwhile, the government has been criticised for its decision to delay the introduction of a cap on the amount people have to pay for their social care in england. 0ur social affairs editor alison holt is here with the details. thank you, jane. the government is trying to juggle finding money for a care system that has record staff vacancies and faces a crisis right now. against long promised reforms to help families in england who can face huge costs, for instance, providing care for someone with

dementia over many years. last year the government set out plans to introduce an £86,000 cap or limit to the care costs a person could face over their lifetime. at the moment, only those with savings or assets of less than £23,250 are eligible for council care, the reforms would also have increased that threshold to £100,000 allowing people to keep more of their money. but those plans, due to be introduced next 0ctober, are now on the backburner for at least two years, and that has a human cost. paula connor is living with the twin problems facing the care system in england — finding care and the cost. it's been very, very tough. and i'm a tough person normally, but it's destroying me. it is... her 89—year—old husband mick has dementia. he was stuck in hospital for weeks

as she struggled to find a good care home with a place. he's moved into one an hour away. it costs £65,000 a year, eating up savings set aside for both their retirements. £65,000 a year. it won't last more than two years, at the most. i don't understand why, when you've worked hard all your life, you have to pay. all right, a small contribution maybe. but these kind of fees are just horrific. and then, of course, when all that goes, what do i live off? we will fix the crisis in social care once and for all! fixing social care was a key promise made by the conservatives, with the cap on care costs central to those plans. sir andrew dilnot, who devised the policy, says he's astounded by the delay, and the need for reform is urgent. we have a system that is creaking, that is falling apart,

that is putting enormous pressure on the wonderful people who deliver the care, as well as the individuals who need the care, and theirfamilies. it's hard to think of a more vulnerable group than people in that position, and our system is something that we should all be ashamed of. the government says the delay frees up money to help provide more support for older and disabled people right now. but these are reforms that jeremy hunt argued for before he became chancellor. i do believe in those reforms that andrew dilnot has championed very much but, in the end, this two—year delay means that we can increase funding available to local authorities by £4] billion over the next two years. that's the biggest increase we've ever had in social care. for paula and otherfamilies, more help now is vital, but so is a plan for the future. alison holt, bbc news. you can find more analysis of the autumn statement and our cost of living —

tackling it together section on bbc news 0nline, that's bbc.co.uk/news, and by using the bbc news app. heavy rain has caused widespread flooding in parts of eastern scotland, including aberdeenshire and angus. rail services have been disrupted, roads closed and some homes are without power. and a search is under way after reports that someone was swept into the river don while trying to rescue a dog. lorna gordon is in ballater in aberdeenshire now. yes, it has eased now, but in some parts of eastern scotland, more rain has fallen the last 48 hours and would usually be experienced in the whole month of november. it has caused severe disruption on the rail networks, really tricky localised flooding on the roads, and in places like here in ballater,

where the river burst its banks, some homes have been flooded. police have been going door—to—door to check on residents. the power remains out on some streets, and dozens of people have chosen to spend the evening in a local hall where there is one thing hot food on offer. nearby, people living in 300 properties have been invited to leave their homes for the night to move to a local school to protect them from any local flooding. there is good news here, in that the water seems to be receding here in ballater, but there is a warning that river levels in some areas may not peak until the early hours of the morning. thank you, lorna. the former businesswoman elizabeth holmes has been sentenced in the united states to just over 11 years in prison for defrauding investors. her company, theranos, made her a billionaire with claims it could diagnose a range of medical conditions using a tiny testing device and just a few drops of

blood. but the technology didn't exist. the firm secretly used other companies�* testing devices to produce positive results. police in northern ireland say they are treating a bomb attack in strabane as the attempted murder of two officers. an explosive device caused damage to a patrol vehicle, shortly before 11 last night. a security alert is continuing and the affected area has been cordoned off. they�*re built to bring gas from russia to western europe. now investigators say a series of blasts on two underwater gas pipelines earlier this year were the result of "serious sabotage". swedish prosecutors found traces of explosives near the pipelines. the explosions in late september in the baltic sea, close to the danish island bornholm, targeted the pipelines nord stream 1 and 2. it comes at a time of tension between europe and russia because of the war in ukraine and during an energy crisis. russia denies any involvement.

0ur europe editor katya adler has been given exclusive access to the underwater site of the blast and sent this report. this is a new front line in russia�*s conflict against ukraine and the west. vladimir putin has warned energy infrastructure — how oil and gas travel from source to our homes — is at risk. this is why the west believes him. three explosions were detonated on major gas lines between russia and europe earlier this autumn. moscow denies responsibility. hello, good morning. we set off in search of answers, with exclusive access and the help of underwater drone experts. look how the concrete casing around the pipe was ripped apart. that, say intelligence sources, would need the force of a huge car bomb.

an explosion or something really just bending this metal, and you can really... it�*s been shot up out the sea bed? yeah. we learned the damage was far more extensive than widely believed. but we may never know for sure what happened here. as we filmed, a danish surveillance plane circled nearby, and also... we can see a swedish warship, danish warship and also russian offshore boat. is that usual, this kind of activity? no, it�*s not usual at all. not usual at all. the backdrop to this sabotage is russia�*s war. the countries investigating here are keeping intelligence close to their chest. so that was ripped off the pipeline itself? yes, at some point. but one thing has become clear from the pipeline debris. this explosion here in the baltic sea has heightened all of our awareness of the importance of undersea

infrastructure, but also the huge difficulty in protecting them. 0ur energy supplies rely on a spider web of subsea pipelines. also underwater are thousands of miles of internet cables, keeping us connected, and enabling trillions of pounds worth of financial transactions a day. you can see how vulnerable the system is. nato member norway is the main gas supplier now for the uk and eu. fears of sabotage and espionage means it has stepped up surveillance dramatically in the north sea. any further disruption of energy is obviously directly affecting european security. we see it as vital to protect it, and to provide a prolonged and steady presence. it is the first time the navy here has taken media on this patrol. we joined officers investigating

a growing number of drone sightings near the rigs. there�*s been a spate of arrests in norway of people suspected of spying for russia. political pressure is mounting. millions of families across europe fear the coming winter, and governments from france to the uk to germany want to know they really can rely on norway�*s energy supply. nato allies, including the uk, are scrambling to improve marine capabilities. if oil and gas infrastructure is attacked, and as you say, it is so crucial. could it be considered an act of war? an attack on allied critical infrastructure could trigger our collective defence clause. an attack on one ally can or will trigger the response from the whole alliance. strong words nato would rather not act on, preferring to avoid military conflict with russia. but closer to our homes, moscow is waging non—conventional warfare,

threatening our gas supply, hoping to destabilise europe and reduce support for kyiv. katya adler, bbc news, norway. a trade union representing twitter staff in the uk has written to the social media company expressing concern about the way they�*re being treated. employees were told by email yesterday that they are shut out of their offices until monday. twitter�*s new owner, elon musk, has told staff they must agree to work long hours at high intensity or leave. twitter�*s headquarters are in san francisco — from there, james clayton reports. 30 seconds left. 35 seconds. these employees are counting down the seconds before they leave twitter�*s offices for good. i�*ve been here nine years and nine months now. when elon musk bought twitter three weeks ago for £37 billion, he walked into the office holding a sink. let that sink in, he quipped. since then, twitter has gone

from crisis to crisis. more than 50% of twitter staff have already been sacked. for them, it�*s no laughing matter. he gave an ultimatum this week to remaining employees. either accept "extremely hardcore" working hours and conditions, or leave. many have had enough. 0ne employee who quit told me: i didn�*t want to work for someone who threatened us over e—mail multiple times about only exceptional tweeps should work here, when i was already working 60—70 hours weekly. twitter is a hugely influential communications platform, used by global politicians and opinion formers, with more than 200 million daily active users. staff working at twitter hq behind me have talked of chaos, that entire teams have been disbanded. the offices have now been closed until next week. and with so few people now left at twitter, there are concerns that if the platform runs into problems, there is no—one left to fix them.