this is bbc news with the latest headlines. rishi sunak is in kyiv meeting ukrainian president zelensky the uk's support. the president of fifa has expressed support for the lgbtq community and migrant workers — but hits back at western critics of the country's human rights record, accusing them of hypocrisy. i think for what we europeans have been doing in the last 3,000 years, around the world, we should be apologising for the next 3,000 years before starting to give moral lessons to people.

at cop27 — the un climate agency publishes a draft proposal for a deal to tackle the issue of loss and damage that included creating a new fund to help countries cope with the cost of climate change. emergency services are searching for a woman swept into a river as torrential rain batters parts of scotland causing majorflooding. rishi sunak has made his first visit to kyiv as prime minister, where he met with president zelensky and confirmed the uk's continued support.

people joined peoplejoined in people joined in with the words. the glory and freedom of ukraine has not yet perished. together we will ensure that the glory and freedom of ukraine will never perish. slava ukraini. , ,, .,~ ukraini. rishi sunak, the uk prime minister, speaking _ ukraini. rishi sunak, the uk prime minister, speaking are _ ukraini. rishi sunak, the uk prime minister, speaking are in _ ukraini. rishi sunak, the uk prime minister, speaking are in kyiv, - ukraini. rishi sunak, the uk prime minister, speaking are in kyiv, and his meeting with president zelensky. we'll go back to thatjust his meeting with president zelensky. we'll go back to that just as his meeting with president zelensky. we'll go back to thatjust as soon as we count, but in the studio with us we have our political correspondent. what you think the purpose of visit is? it is correspondent. what you think the purpose of visit is?— purpose of visit is? it is a surprise. _ purpose of visit is? it is a surprise. we _ purpose of visit is? it is a surprise, we didn't - purpose of visit is? it is a surprise, we didn't know| purpose of visit is? it is a - surprise, we didn't know rishi purpose of visit is? it is a _ surprise, we didn't know rishi sunak was on his way to ukraine, for security reasons they probably

didn't let us know about this visit in advance. borisjohnson made three visits to cave, that was the case with him to come we didn't know it would happen, and it's all about showing solidarity that britain remains committed in its support to ukraine. he has had an important week domestically with his chancellorjeremy hunt delivering chancellor jeremy hunt delivering the chancellorjeremy hunt delivering the autumn statement, jeremy hunt made it clear the reason why is because of the war in ukraine, when he tweeted out the video of him arriving in beating volodymyr zelensky, they said britain would be with ukraine till the end. regardless of the impact it would have on people's energy bills here in britain, he is still alongside president zelensky, but alongside this visit today there has been some funding amounts to, so a bowstring of the ukrainian air defence systems

against what the prime minister described as the barbaric aerial assault that we have seen over the past week or so, indiscriminate attacks on ukrainian cities, perhaps in response to the capture by ukrainian forces of the city of kherson, and after the tragic killing of people on a farm in poland, these say that they think that was ukrainian defence system, so that they want to give more support in this area so ukraine has a better chance of defending against aerial attacks in russia. he a better chance of defending against aerial attacks in russia.— aerial attacks in russia. he was at ains to aerial attacks in russia. he was at pains to rally _ aerial attacks in russia. he was at pains to rally support _ aerial attacks in russia. he was at pains to rally support for - aerial attacks in russia. he was at pains to rally support for ukraine, | pains to rally support for ukraine, wasn't he? he pains to rally support for ukraine, wasn't he?— pains to rally support for ukraine, wasn't he? . , , , wasn't he? he was, he spoke in very stron: wasn't he? he was, he spoke in very strong terms — wasn't he? he was, he spoke in very strong terms about _ wasn't he? he was, he spoke in very strong terms about the _ wasn't he? he was, he spoke in very strong terms about the need - wasn't he? he was, he spoke in very strong terms about the need to - strong terms about the need to support ukraine, and of emergency

responders in ukraine, people on the front line dealing with missile attacks in the city and across the country, he said it was deeply humbling to be in kyiv, and this defence system, an hundred and 25 guns in technology, it comes on top of more than a thousand anti—air missiles amounts by the secretary this month, given the problems at home i suppose with rishi sunak some questions over his judgment on appointments he made to his cabinet which i think has largely been well received by his own mps, a chance to strut his stuff on the world stage again, this is something that perhaps was a criticism of boris johnson that he turned up at kyiv when he was really struggling with domestic problems, but here yesterday and there will be few people who are criticising for turning up today, i would have

thought. it turning up today, i would have thou:ht. , , ., thought. it is widely thought the russian gender _ thought. it is widely thought the russian gender is _ thought. it is widely thought the russian gender is to _ thought. it is widely thought the russian gender is to search - thought. it is widely thought the | russian gender is to search string out the war as long as possible write and support. at a time and finances are strained at home it does become increasingly difficult to find money to support it, doesn't it? it to find money to support it, doesn't it? ., , ., ., ., it? it does, and at the end of the day western _ it? it does, and at the end of the day western democracies - it? it does, and at the end of the day western democracies rely . it? it does, and at the end of the day western democracies rely onj it? it does, and at the end of the - day western democracies rely on the support of the voters, and they are really starting to feel the impact, and labour pointed out at the dispatch box on thursday this is also about undoing some the damage caused by the not so many budget, the government didn't admit that specifically, although the government didn't admit that specifically, althoutheremy hunt specifically, although jeremy hunt admitting specifically, althoutheremy hunt admitting mistakes are made previous to the autumn statement it was all about dealing, he said, with global factors, the world recovering from the covid pandemic and the inflation caused by the war in ukraine and the spike in energy prices, but the longer this goes on the more people are going to struggle. we saw from various think tanks poring over the

statement yesterday, they were saying, look, the energy crisis will go on for some time, unemployment on the up, all of this is going to put strain on western leaders' ability to convince of the electorate they are going to be absolutely committed to their support in ukraine, but rishi sunak is sending a very strong message today. 0n the eve of the football world cup, fifa president gianni infantino has accused western countries of hypocrisy for criticising the human rights record of the host, qatar, where male homosexuality is illegal and qatari women need the permission of a man for a range of activities. football's governing body has come under fire for taking the world cup to qatar — but mr infantino said he had difficulty understanding criticism of the tournament. dan roan reports. earlier this week, the most powerful figure in football was all smiles at a world cup legacy event in doha, but fifa has been heavily criticised

for bringing the tournament here amid human rights concerns. and today at a press conference its president, gianni infantino, tried to hit back in an extraordinary monologue. today, i feel arab. today, i feel african. today, i feel gay. today, i feel disabled. today, ifeel a migrant worker. ifeel like them because i know what it means to be discriminated. but that was just the start. infantino then appearing to liken his own experience as a redheaded child of immigrants in switzerland to the plight of gay people in the middle east. as a foreigner, in a foreign country, as a child

at school i was bullied because i had red hair. qatar has been under mounting scrutiny, especially in europe, over its treatment of migrant workers and the lgbt community. infantino then turned on the critics. i think for what we europeans have been doing in the last 3,000 years around the world, we should be apologising for the next 3,000 years, before starting to give moral lessons. it's just hypocrisy. comparing qatar favourably to europe where he pointed out that 25,000 migrants had died trying to get into the continent since 2014, infantino then addressed fifa's late u—turn when it announced beer at world cup stadia would be banned. i think personally, if for three hours a day you cannot drink a beer, you will survive. gianni infantino intended just then

to hit back against this tournament's critics amid a barrage of negative headlines in the build—up. but after that remarkable hour and a half—long press conference on the eve of this tournament, once again the focus is away from the football. two weeks ago infantino asked teams to stick to the sport. but after his words today, this world cup seems more politically charged than ever. dan roan, bbc news, doha. 0ur presenter lucy hockings is in doha for us now. a very... avery... a a very... a of traffic, a lot of discussion going around as the celebrations of these matches kick off. ., �* celebrations of these matches kick off. . �* ., , off. yeah, we're not seeing the first ball kicked _ off. yeah, we're not seeing the first ball kicked for _ off. yeah, we're not seeing the first ball kicked for another - off. yeah, we're not seeing the first ball kicked for another 24' first ball kicked for another 2a hours or so, but as dan was saying, no one is really talking the no one is really talking about the football at the moment, everyone is

talking about the remarkable press talking abeut the remarkaéée press have teething abeut the remarkaéte press have seen the fifa boss. the from the fifa boss. the qatari officials, the fifa officials want us be talking about the football, —= l”; alts? is” 7; go away, teat itjzist we“ get assess ffiefl ' " made arguably mr infantino made things worse. you it feels arguably mr infantino made things worse. you it, it feels arguably mr infantino made things worse. you it, itjones like, watching it, peeplesjones just dropped. what was the reaction in the room? i’zre just dropped. what was the reaction in the room?— in the room? i've been to a few gianni infantino _ in the room? i've been to a few gianni infantino press - in the room? i've been to a few- gianni infantino press conferences, they last _ gianni infantino press conferences, they last five or ten minutes at most, — they last five or ten minutes at most, and _ they last five or ten minutes at most, and we thought at first that's perhaps— most, and we thought at first that's perhaps what would happen here and we would _ perhaps what would happen here and we would get into a question answer session. _ we would get into a question answer session, which is everyone expected, but the _ session, which is everyone expected, but the way— session, which is everyone expected, but the way started, he said, i'm not happy, — but the way started, he said, i'm not happy, basically, with what's going _ not happy, basically, with what's going on — not happy, basically, with what's going on. one hourand not happy, basically, with what's going on. one hour and 19 seconds later, _ going on. one hour and 19 seconds later, he _ going on. one hour and 19 seconds later, he wrapped up. it was extraordinary. he said he couldn't understand the criticism of qatar,

why this _ understand the criticism of qatar, why this barrage of attack ever since _ why this barrage of attack ever since qatar controversially won the i’i l ht since qatar controversially won the right to _ since qatar controversially won the right to host the tournament in december 2010, right to host the tournament in december2010, he right to host the tournament in december 2010, he couldn't understand why the west was particularly critical, he said it was — particularly critical, he said it was - the _ particularly critical, he said it was the to particularly critical, he said it was - the - to out was wrong for the west to hand out moral_ was wrong for the west to hand out moral lessons to qatar, they should be apologising for what went on 3000 years ago _ be apologising for what went on 3000 years ago. he was really, really strong, — years ago. he was really, really strong, it— years ago. he was really, really strong, it was rambling, meandering, it went _ strong, it was rambling, meandering, it went all— strong, it was rambling, meandering, it went all over the place, but he basically— it went all over the place, but he basically ticked off every criticism levelled _ basically ticked off every criticism levelled at qatar and defended it. what _ levelled at qatar and defended it. what is _ levelled at qatar and defended it. what is your sense of how qataris are feeling? it seems here they are incredibly proud of what they have achieved, they're hoping this world cup will bring attention not only to introduce football to a new audience, and the extraordinary development we have seen here in qatar, the infrastructure, they say they are proud of it. what are you hearing? i they are proud of it. what are you hearin: ? ~ ,, . . hearing? i think the qatari organisers _ hearing? i think the qatari organisers will— hearing? i think the qatari organisers will be - hearing? i think the qatari organisers will be happy i hearing? i think the qatari i organisers will be happy with hearing? i think the qatari - organisers will be happy with what infantino _ organisers will be happy with what infantino said, he defended them and

also shifted attention away from here _ also shifted attention away from here i_ also shifted attention away from here. i was at a fan festival event, ithink— here. i was at a fan festival event, i think it _ here. i was at a fan festival event, i think it opens formally, officially tonight here on saturday night, _ officially tonight here on saturday night, but there was a concert a couple — night, but there was a concert a couple of— night, but there was a concert a couple of days ago, there are thousands of people there, it was full, tens— thousands of people there, it was full, tens of thousands locked outsidem _ full, tens of thousands locked outside... i think the message, people — outside... i think the message, people didn't realise they had to show— people didn't realise they had to show this— people didn't realise they had to show this special app you had to have _ show this special app you had to have the — show this special app you had to have the event, so it could have been _ have the event, so it could have been handled better, but it was good—natured. nobody seem to be that upset you _ good—natured. nobody seem to be that upset you couldn't get in, they seem to be _ upset you couldn't get in, they seem to be revelling in the atmosphere, and to— to be revelling in the atmosphere, and to a _ to be revelling in the atmosphere, and to a man, woman and child they were _ and to a man, woman and child they were really— and to a man, woman and child they were really looking forward to this world _ were really looking forward to this world cup, and they all said that the coverage, especially from the west— the coverage, especially from the west media was misleading. they want people _ west media was misleading. they want people to _ west media was misleading. they want people to come to qatar and see what it has— people to come to qatar and see what it has to _ people to come to qatar and see what it has to offer and they feel it is a good — it has to offer and they feel it is a good place to live and they couldn't _ a good place to live and they couldn't understand the criticism. you think— couldn't understand the criticism. you think this is impacting on the

players? you think this is impacting on the -la ers? , , ., you think this is impacting on the .la ers? , , ., ., you think this is impacting on the -la ers? , , ., ., ., ,, players? depending on who you talk to, some players? depending on who you talk to. some have _ players? depending on who you talk to, some have been _ players? depending on who you talk to, some have been very _ players? depending on who you talk to, some have been very vocal- players? depending on who you talk to, some have been very vocal in i players? depending on who you talk| to, some have been very vocal in the build-up. _ to, some have been very vocal in the build—up, denmark for one, a couple of them _ build—up, denmark for one, a couple of them have — build—up, denmark for one, a couple of them have said they find it very difficult _ of them have said they find it very difficult to — of them have said they find it very difficult to be here, they won't forget — difficult to be here, they won't forget what has happened, the criticism, — forget what has happened, the criticism, the build—up, and if they could _ criticism, the build—up, and if they could do— criticism, the build—up, and if they could do is— criticism, the build—up, and if they could do is make a noise about it. others _ could do is make a noise about it. others were — could do is make a noise about it. others were saying, hang on, i'm 0thers were saying, hang on, i'm here_ 0thers were saying, hang on, i'm here to— 0thers were saying, hang on, i'm here to play— others were saying, hang on, i'm here to play football, just want to focus _ here to play football, just want to focus on — here to play football, just want to focus on the game. it depends on which _ focus on the game. it depends on which team — focus on the game. it depends on which team which individual you speak— which team which individual you speak to — which team which individual you seak to. which team which individual you seakto. ., _ which team which individual you seakto, ., ,y , which team which individual you seakto. ., _ , ., speak to. the controversy is not d in: speak to. the controversy is not dying down _ speak to. the controversy is not dying down a — speak to. the controversy is not dying down a going _ speak to. the controversy is not dying down a going away, - speak to. the controversy is not dying down a going away, and i speak to. the controversy is not l dying down a going away, and we speak to. the controversy is not - dying down a going away, and we are just about 2k hours away from the opening ceremony and the opening match as well, and we will keep you across the developments from here in joining us now is stephen cockburn, head of economic and socialjustice at amnesty international. what do you make of the speech made by gianni infantino?i what do you make of the speech made by gianni infantino?— by gianni infantino? i think 'ust like was said i by gianni infantino? i think 'ust like was said there i by gianni infantino? i think 'ust like was said there i i by gianni infantino? i think 'ust like was said there i found h by gianni infantino? i thinkjust like was said there i found it i like was said there i found it jaw—dropping to listen to. it really felt like it was a way to try and dismiss very legitimate human rights

criticisms, to try and treat them as culture war issues rather than universal values, what we would have preferred to see from this is for gianni infantino to speak up and say there have been human rights issues, there have been human rights issues, there is an enormous amount to do, but we will do something positive, set up a compensation scheme for workers, guarantees for lgbt people, but we didn't see that. we got a deflection, and running away from the issues. d0 deflection, and running away from the issues. , ., ~ deflection, and running away from the issues-— the issues. do you think this is 'ust to the issues. do you think this is just to deflect _ the issues. do you think this is just to deflect mounting - the issues. do you think this is i just to deflect mounting pressure leading up? just to deflect mounting pressure leading up?— just to deflect mounting pressure leadin: u? , ., ., , leading up? there is no doubt there is mounting — leading up? there is no doubt there is mounting pressure _ leading up? there is no doubt there is mounting pressure and _ is mounting pressure and frustration, it has been 12 years there have been endless reports from ourselves and others are in the treatment of workers who have not been paid their wages would have had to work in inhumane conditions or

who have died and gone home in coffins and have not been compensated. we had 12 years to deal with it, 12 years to ensure that workers are well treated and compensated. it should not come down to the last moment. i think the fault in this is an in fee for not dealing with it earlier. there was one potentially positive thing said today which is that they will set up a legacy scheme which we will learn about after the world cup. if you want to do something they could invest some of the $6 billion revenue they will make in this world cup into this legacy fund to support workers directly, that would show that may be the organisation can take human rights seriously. if not, this world cup will be tainted. what this world cup will be tainted. what is stran . e this world cup will be tainted. what is strange is — this world cup will be tainted. what is strange is that _ this world cup will be tainted. what is strange is that this _ this world cup will be tainted. what is strange is that this all seems to be coming to the surface now and discussed in a very heated fashion now, as you say, this has been going on for 12 years. qatar's values are its laws are no surprise to anyone.

yeah, we've been talking about this for 12 years, many people have been talking about this for 12 years. on the workers' rights issues, in the last years there have been changes, which people should recognise. changes which have not been enforced yet. of course there is more media attention of the day before the world cup, but a few weeks ago we had infantino saying, let's focus on football. that is impossible to do until we deal with the broader human rights questions, because it's impossible to talk about sports without talking about human rights now. players want to talk about it, fans want to talk about it, football associations want to talk about it and we need fifa to talk about it. do you think attention will be diverted once the matches start a will there be a lasting impact on fifa? i will there be a lasting impact on fifa? ~ �* , will there be a lasting impact on fifa? ~' �* , ., , fifa? i think it's inevitable there will be a change _ fifa? i think it's inevitable there will be a change of _ fifa? i think it's inevitable there will be a change of focus - fifa? i think it's inevitable there | will be a change of focus towards the matches, but i think unless these adj issues are addressed and done so proactively these questions will linger, through the tournament and afterwards. we will continue to

work on issues around qatar and human rights long after this world cup, we hope other people do too, there is a risk attention disappears, but we need to all keep scrutinising what happened and that the only way we can make progress. the boss of a housing association which rented out a mouldy flat to awaab ishak�*s family has been sacked. the two—year—old died in 2020 after exposure to mould in his home, a coroner concluded this week. his father repeatedly raised the issue with rochdale boroughwide housing but no action was taken. its board said it has "taken the decision to remove gareth swarbrick from his post as chief executive of rbh with immediate effect". at the cop27 climate summit in egypt, talks are in overtime and a new draft agreement has been published in the last hour. whether the 200 countries attending the summit will adopt it isn't at all clear but the new draft has changed. one major update — the ambition

agreed seven years ago in paris, to keep global warming at 1.5 degrees celsius, has gone back into the text. new zealand has already said the draft agreement "abandons any hope of achieving this" goal. the draft also includes a proposal for a deal to tackle the issue of "loss and damage" with the creation of a new fund to help poorer countries that have been particularly hit by climate change. victoria gill is sharm el—sheikh for us now. fairly significant changes here. yeah, the most significant being this issue of loss and damage that you were just mentioning there, as a separate draft document which we are kind of keeping up with all of these side deals on separate issues on some of the real kind of holding points that are holding back and entrenching these discussions, and the really big one here is loss and damage. loss and damage being

establishing a fund for some of the most vulnerable and the poorest countries that are already suffering the devastating impacts of climate change, something that the developing world has been pushing forfor some time, a developing world has been pushing for for some time, a specific fund paid into by the richer countries that have historically been responsible for most of the emissions to cover the devastation when it can't be adapted to, when homes and land are washed away. we have been speaking to people from nations that are being lost under the sea, places like tuvalu, a low lying at all, and that is where we have a bit of an advancement today. not a deal with the new draft that looks like it could have made a new breakthrough, because a specific fund for that loss and damage will be established here. there are reports video has been done, that it has been agreed to, but we have not confirmed that yet. we're just

hearing noises that the developing countries that are pushing back very hard on that issue being kicked down the road are looking at that very positively. that could really break the deadlock here, and if it does thatis the deadlock here, and if it does that is a huge breakthrough. its decades that these poorer nations have been battling for this, so if a fund is established here, that is a huge breakthrough for the most vulnerable nations represented here at cop27. the difficulty being there in the past countries have committed funds and failed to deliver. yeah, exactly. money is such an entrenching issue here, and there are different pots of money that have been talked about and debated over the issue of climate finance for adaptation, over the issue of climate finance foradaptation, mitigation, and for adaptation, mitigation, and these foradaptation, mitigation, and these are issues especially for shifting economies, mitigating climate change and reducing

greenhouse gas emissions, say helping a country like indonesia move away from coal to more sustainable low carbon energy production measures, that's something the developed world, richer nations are really keen to do, because its investment and partnership for them and it's pushing towards a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, but what people from the most vulnerable countries are said to us here at cop27 while we have been reporting here is that four out it's already too late to talk about mitigating the effects of climate change. if you look at what happened in pakistan earlier this year, if your home is being washed away, it's not something that can be mitigated. it has to be a fund for the restitution for people to move and re—establish. the finance minister from tuvalu was talking about how their only option is to build up, reclaim land and build their nation higher so it can keep its head above sea level. so,

this is a big issue for those countries specifically, so that is a separate fund, specific fund for loss and damage, that is what is holding this division between rich and poor in deadlock, and it is something that could get it over the line. it could be something that really greases the wheels, we haven't seen it yet, we haven't seen the negotiators had back into the room for the key final session, the final primary we are all here for, the sun is starting to go down here already, but it's been a key deadlock issue here, so it could push things into that final negotiation tonight, we just will wait and see. joining me now is professor klaus dodds who has done research in the areas of geopolitics and security, ice studies and the international governance of the antarctic and the arctic. how encouraged are you by these developments, that if he is a fund

is emerging for countries who have to mitigate the impact of climate change, and also 1.5 degrees coming back into the text? this change, and also 1.5 degrees coming back into the text?— back into the text? this is a really im ortant back into the text? this is a really important development, - back into the text? this is a really important development, all - back into the text? this is a really important development, all creditj back into the text? this is a really i important development, all credit to countries like pakistan, the hosts, egypt, who have all contributed to keeping this loss and damage narratives front and centre of cop27. i'd also pay tribute to youth activism that has been really striking, in this cop, compared to other iterations, and in the end the richer countries who have historically been responsible for climate emissions are coming to terms with the fact that there is no going back, we have to talk and now act on loss and damage. the difficulty now _ act on loss and damage. the difficulty now is _ act on loss and damage. the difficulty now is what is realistically achievable. well, the difficul , realistically achievable. well, the difficulty. i _ realistically achievable. well, the difficulty, i suppose, _

realistically achievable. well, the difficulty, i suppose, is— realistically achievable. well, the difficulty, i suppose, is thinking l difficulty, i suppose, is thinking about the cost of not doing something, so it is perfectly obvious when you think about the sort of enormous damage wrought on pakistan this summer that had at least a $30 billion price tag, if you then start to scale that up and think about some of the really quite dire predictions that come from exceeding 1.5 degrees, if nothing else, collective self interest to determine that the richest countries of the world really, really start to ta ke of the world really, really start to take this very, very seriously. has there been _ take this very, very seriously. has there been enough discussion of fossil fuels? there been enough discussion of fossilfuels? they there been enough discussion of fossil fuels? they are pretty much the centre of the problem. let’s fossil fuels? they are pretty much the centre of the problem. let's be candid about _ the centre of the problem. let's be candid about this, _ the centre of the problem. let's be candid about this, cop27 _ the centre of the problem. let's be candid about this, cop27 has - the centre of the problem. let's be candid about this, cop27 has not i candid about this, cop27 has not been without its challenges. this is also a cop that has attracted a fair share of headlines which discussed the presence of oil and gas lobbyists. we have not been able to get texts, thus far at least, that talks about the phasing down on

fossil fuels, talks about the phasing down on fossilfuels, the talks about the phasing down on fossil fuels, the other thing talks about the phasing down on fossilfuels, the other thing i think it is vitally important to understand is the geopolitical environment is not a good one, so at the moment all the talk has really been about energy security and actually how we continue to need oil and gas as transition fuels in order to secure energy security, so in that sense we have got this sort of double whammy of oil and gas lobbyists trying to delay things and then a geopolitical situation that seems to suggest the oil and gas need to be part of the energy mix as we deal with the repercussions of ukraine. a search has resumed for a woman who is thought to have been swept away into a river as torrential rain battered parts of eastern scotland yesterday. the wet weather is continuing to cause disruption to travel — with roads and rail services seriously affected. some properties have been flooded and a number of towns have set up refuge centres for householders who have had to leave their homes.

robert townsend reports. this was the scene in fife after heavy rainfall brought severe flooding to parts of the road network. elsewhere, in dunfermline, commuters faced impassable conditions. whilst floodwaters also rose across parts of edinburgh. the past 2a hours have seen heavy rain and winds batter much of the east coast. residents, with the help of fire crews, tried their best to defend their homes against flooding, until the rising water levels proved too much. when the water started seeping through the floorboards, through the tiles in the bathroom, initiallyjust come all the way through, and itjust spread into the bottom level of the house. what can you do? put down towels? well, that's not going to help. it's happened before, and i mean, it's really upsetting because it's uprooting my family again. for some, the conditions brought devastation to property. i'm back at square one. all these floors are going to have to come up now. that partition's going to have to come out.

the plaster boards. for others, it was an anxious wait to see if they'd be spared the very worst of the weather. i've got a nine—month—old son and so, you know, - when you've got a baby in the house, it's much worse worrying _ about where are you going to go, i and all the things you need to take for him and stuff. rail travel has also been severely disrupted, with cancellations and speed restrictions across much of the network. sailings to and from shetland have faced cancellations, with supplies on supermarket shelves now running low. drivers have been urged to avoid unnecessaryjourneys where possible, with some river levels still not thought to have reached their peak. what we are asking people to do is plan ahead, make sure themselves and the vehicle are prepared for the journey. take notice of the police scotland travel advice warning. with disruption expected to continue into the weekend, residents are being urged to follow official advice. robert townsend, bbc news.

we have been hearing about how pro minister rishi sunak has been visiting president zelensky in ukraine. he is being given a press conference, but we know from the visitors he has announced £50 million in support for ukraine in anti—missile weaponry, anti—aircraft guns and technology to counter the drones, the iranian supplied drones that we are seeing operating over ukraine by russian forces. now it's time for a look at the weather with helen. it's a drier day ahead for most, albeit a rather chilly one for many, but we still have the legacy of the last three days of rain across eastern areas in the north—east of scotland still having severe flood warnings in force. now, that weather front is still with us, it's still

blowing a gale through the northern isles, but the rain is gradually petering and out there is some bright weather in between, the patchy fog clearing, but we've got more rain for northern ireland before dark, and it will feel chilly out and about despite that hazy sunshine, and overnight that rain will make its way across most parts of the uk, again another 15, 20 millimetres possible in places, so, as a result of the wind strengthening without rain and the cloud, it won't be quite as chilly as it was last night, but it will be another wet start for some eastern areas before that clearance out of the way, and then it's a day of sunny spells and scattered heavy showers, the odd rumble of thunder, and, again, feeling a tad chilly.