a conservative majority of overturn a conservative majority of more than 19,000. the overturn a conservative ma'ority of more than 19,000.* overturn a conservative ma'ority of more than 19,000. the voters here have turned — more than 19,000. the voters here have turned their _ more than 19,000. the voters here have turned their back _ more than 19,000. the voters here have turned their back on _ more than 19,000. the voters here have turned their back on a - more than 19,000. the voters here have turned their back on a failed i have turned their back on a failed tory government. they've had enough of the _ tory government. they've had enough of the decline of the last 13 years and they— of the decline of the last 13 years and they are crying out for change. and in_ and they are crying out for change. and in egypt, age —— aid trucks are backed _ and in egypt, age —— aid trucks are backed up— and in egypt, age —— aid trucks are backed up waiting to enter gaza to ease the _ backed up waiting to enter gaza to ease the humanitarian situation. live from london. this is bbc news. two people have died as storm babet brought— two people have died as storm babet brought torrential rain to scotland. a van_ brought torrential rain to scotland. a van driver— brought torrential rain to scotland. a van driverwas brought torrential rain to scotland. a van driver was hit when a falling tree hit his vehicle in angus yesterday and a 57—year—old woman died in angus after being swept into a river. the met office has issued a second red weather warning for the north—east of scotland from midnight tonight. fiona landing reports from north of dundee where people have had to leave their homes because of

flooding. in the dark, they hadn't realised how deep it was. the south asked river burst its banks at around four in the morning. 70—year—old muriel has lived here for 20 years. last night she was adamant she was not leaving. when i heard the water _ adamant she was not leaving. when i heard the water in _ adamant she was not leaving. when i heard the water in the _ adamant she was not leaving. when i heard the water in the garage - adamant she was not leaving. when i heard the water in the garage of - adamant she was not leaving. when i heard the water in the garage of the l heard the water in the garage of the house, this is how close we got to escaping in our car which is a hybrid but we thought for a moment we were trapped in it because we couldn't get the doors open. but we feel rescued now. david and islay and their beloved spaniels were sheltering in the attic for help came. i had been up in the attic since five o'clock basically, since the water started coming out of the house. this is still an ongoing operation and the teams have so far

rescued around 50 residents this morning. no one knows for sure how long this water will remain here but it is thought it might stay flooded for the next couple of days. and listen to this. just a0 miles up north in aberdeen, winds of up to 70 mph. along the coast, these homes were submerged. and damage. yesterday the body of a 57—year—old woman was rescued from a river in angus. and within the last hour, police have confirmed the death of a 56—year—old driver after a falling tree hit the van near forfar. some parts of scotland have been issued a new red danger to life weather warning for tomorrow but for today, it has been downgraded to amber as it has been downgraded to amber as it travels south. parts of northern england and the midlands are bracing themselves for what is to come.

what is happening at the moment? the rain has what is happening at the moment? inez rain hasjust stopped before what is happening at the moment? “i1e: rain hasjust stopped before we what is happening at the moment? “i“1e: rain hasjust stopped before we came rain has just stopped before we came in it but it's thick and fast during the course of the morning and as you can see it in my shoulder, a rescue operation, a substantial rescue operation, a substantial rescue operation is under way and the morning evacuating people are trying to reach people who have been stranded as you saw in the report from the owner and in the course of the last half hour we've been moved further and further up the street because there are real concerns that the river esk which burst its banks leading to the evacuations is going to rise again. why? because we had another red weather warning for angus and other parts of scotland which were affected by yesterday's red weather warning which means we will expect more rain and more wind and that comes into effect from

midnight and and that comes into effect from midnightand is and that comes into effect from midnight and is expected to last for 2a—hour is. and as we've also heard, the storm has already sadly proved deadly. a57—year—old woman died when she was swept away in a nearby river yesterday evening and a 56—year—old man died when a tree landed on his van in the town of forfar, just south of where i am also yesterday evening. it's fair to say that scotland has borne the impact of storn babet so far and it looks like we are in line for further tricky conditions in the next 2a hours or so. conditions in the next 24 hours or so. ., . conditions in the next 24 hours or $0. ., ., . ., , conditions in the next 24 hours or so. ., ., _, , ., so. how are communities in the town hoinu ? so. how are communities in the town heping? i've — so. how are communities in the town heping? i've been — so. how are communities in the town hoping? i've been here _ so. how are communities in the town hoping? i've been here in _ so. how are communities in the town hoping? i've been here in many - hoping? i've been here in many occasions _ hoping? i've been here in many occasions over _ hoping? i've been here in many occasions over recent _ hoping? i've been here in many occasions over recent years - hoping? i've been here in many occasions over recent years and hoping? i've been here in many - occasions over recent years and this area does flood frequently and people are used to that but there was a sense yesterday where people were advised to evacuate and it might not be as bad as predicted and many people chose to stay put which is why as we saw in fiona is report,

many people had to be rescued in the small hours and i've spoken to a couple who've been to visit that ugly sister, 86 and 8a and they live in flats at the bottom of the road behind me. they didn't want to leave and frankly they won't be able to leave now because the water has come into the building on the bottom floor is flooded however police are aware that they are making sure they are looked after but it's a situation where it is down to personal choice and many people chose to leave earlier and they are meeting up with relatives and some of the evacuation centres which have been is set in and around here which are providing food and drink and warm clothing for those who might not be back in their houses for some time but some people are choosing to stay here and that is very much a case of the police keeping on track of who they are, where they are making sure they remain safe. louise, thank you for speaking to

us. turning now to our reporter louise hosie — louise, whats the situtation there?— you said stonehaven had escaped the worst and it was on the edge of the red weather warning region. what is the situation at the moment? we can see louise speaking, but we obviously cannot hear her, so we will come back to louise and a few moments and see if we can re—establish the line there. let's take you to england. because storm babet has been affecting the rest of the uk. like we say, notjust scotland affected. the uk. like we say, not “ust scotland affectedfi the uk. like we say, not “ust scotland affected. that's right, and amber weather _ scotland affected. that's right, and amber weather warning _ scotland affected. that's right, and amber weather warning meaning i scotland affected. that's right, and amber weather warning meaning a | scotland affected. that's right, and - amber weather warning meaning a risk of flooding and traffic disruption which runs from the north—east england, down the spine of england

to the east midlands. and here in richmond in north yorkshire in the prime ministers constituency this is really the midpoint of the amber weather warning and we can feel it. it's been raining pretty much continuously here for the last two or three hours and that's really started to affect river levels so you might notice behind me the river swale which is running higher and harder than it was a couple of hours ago than when we first arrived and the rain has been coming down pretty much continuously and that starting to have a knock—on effect. we've seen significant levels of disruption to travel and the number of rail services. there were no trains between derby and sheffield and between derby and nottingham and rotherham central station is closed because of the weather and trains were running slowly between newcastle and edinburgh because of high winds and we have seen disruption to tram services around sheffield where some of the super trams have had to stop running and

we've seen bits of localised flooding in parts of the country as well so in sheffield one of the parks, i've seen pictures of enclave park underwater and we expect the river levels to rise further and that might cause localised flooding around the edge of the river, but that's unlikely to cause problems here because peoples houses are not on the edge of it but in other parts of yorkshire, that is not the case and there is housing that is closer to the river air where river levels are rising and there are warnings of possible flooding around courting lee and the castlefield area of west yorkshire. so certainly the weather is bad here and it's due to continue for a number of hours and even if the rain stops you will have issues of run—off from hills into rivers which might cause river levels to rise again and that can cause flooding later into the weekend. we

see rivers draining down and we've seen things that happen upstream can have large impacts too. you seen things that happen upstream can have large impacts too.— have large impacts too. you are riaht and have large impacts too. you are right and it's — have large impacts too. you are right and it's raining _ have large impacts too. you are right and it's raining quite - have large impacts too. you are right and it's raining quite hardl right and it's raining quite hard the property is not at risk of flooding. in a couple of days down the line the weather might seem fine but the river levels carry on rising because the water is running downstream and the problem is it doesn't take much water if water gets into your home, it doesn't take much for it to have a devastating impact on people have to leave the property is a new strip the plaster back and it takes months for a property to dry out and if your houseis property to dry out and if your house is affected by flooding it's notjust house is affected by flooding it's not just the house is affected by flooding it's notjust the immediate day of the flooding and water levels but the months after that that it takes to dry out the property and repair it before you can get back in and the

effects are absolute devastating to people whose homes have flooded. that is roman bridge in richmond in north yorkshire. chris dearden is in flintshire in wales and these amber and yellow warning stretch from east anglia through to the south—west of wales and we can see the water behind you. what is the situation on the ground?— behind you. what is the situation on theuround?�* .,, , . , the ground? almost a slightly patchy situation because _ the ground? almost a slightly patchy situation because whilst _ the ground? almost a slightly patchy situation because whilst it _ the ground? almost a slightly patchy situation because whilst it is - situation because whilst it is raining hard in a number of parts of the country the disruption, if you like, is quite localised so we got a5 or a7 schools closed across wales but most of those in flintshire and mould have closed and some of them have closed as a proportion. electricity supply is somewhat patchy at the moment because as you can see there are certain roads where the water is coming up to the steps of peoples houses. you might be able to see across the way a number of houses have put extra

sandbags in front of their doors to keep the water out. the biggest issue for them is that if anyone tries to drive down the street with a axa it creates a bow wave that is at risk of washing the water into peoples houses which is causing a bit of concern. you probably can't quite see round the corner with the fire brigade busy pumping out where the flood water got into somebody�*s basement and garage that we think has been affected and i can't quite get down there to check because the water is just higher than the tops of my wellies and the fire brigade are leaving it to that but certainly here rain falls persistently and heavily and people are continuing to watch to see the flood levels don't get higher. watch to see the flood levels don't aet hiaher. ~ . watch to see the flood levels don't aet hither.~ ., , watch to see the flood levels don't unethiher.~ ., , ., get higher. what is the impact on infrastructure _ get higher. what is the impact on infrastructure and _ get higher. what is the impact on infrastructure and travel? - get higher. what is the impact on infrastructure and travel? mainly| infrastructure and travel? mainly across the border _ infrastructure and travel? mainly across the border areas - infrastructure and travel? mainly across the border areas where i infrastructure and travel? mainly - across the border areas where wales and the north—east and east england so an awful lot of trains cancelled and out of chester that's a key hub for this part of the world between north—east wales and chester for

work or leisure and it has impacted the a 55 because the main road across north wales has been rather congested because the road speeding onto it have been closed are impassable with floodwater. one thing i can say is one road, it was like driving along the bed of a flooded river pillar one point to get into mould this morning because there was quite a torrent of water coming down in the valley and a fair amount of disruption under general advice is to be careful if you are driving for a flood affected area and don't travel unless you have do. chris, thank you very much and i can see plenty of reporters on screen to the side of me across the uk and you can get all of their insight and analysis on the latest on the ground on the live page on our website. our weather presenter, chris fawkes joins me now from the newsroom. what's the outlook?

well, storm babet is still battering parts of the uk, 60 mph winds driving these massive waves into the north sea coast. this was a south shields earlier today and we had a millimetres of rain or thereabouts across the wettest parts of scotland and it's been wet over the pennines and it's been wet over the pennines and into parts of north wales also the north midlands are seeing a lot of rain, and the rain has been causing big problems with flooding. five severe flood warnings in force in scotland for stretches of the river north and south esk bit as well as the severe flood warnings in scotland, we have 16 other flood warnings in scotland, five for wales and the hundred and 33 for england. the majority of those across the midlands where we saw disruption to transport and schools have been shot as well. the weather warnings, we have amber warning stretching from the north midlands to the scottish borders and as we go through this evening and overnight we get another batch of warnings in force for

scotland including a renewed red warning across parts of angus and aberdeenshire and that will be enforced notjust a night but into tomorrow as well where we expect another 70 up to 100 millimetres of rain. that falls on top of what is already falling, so the severe flooding we've seen across parts of scotland and elsewhere is quite likely to get worse before it gets better as storm babet continues to bring the deluge across our shores. that's the latest. it goes without saying, stay safe where you can. turning now to an extraordinary defeat for the conservatives in two byelections. labour overturned huge conservative majorities in the previously safe tory seats of mid—bedfordshire and tamworth in staffordshire. in tamworth, the labour candidate, sarah edwards, won the seat with 11,719. it gives the party a majority of 1,316 votes. this means the swing from the conservatives to labour was 23.9%. and in mid bedfordshire, the labour candidate, alistair strathern, won the seat with 13,872. it gives the party a majority of 1,192 votes. this means the swing from the conservatives to labour

was 20.5%. and the conservatives have blamed low turnout, saying their voters stayed at home. our political correspondent iain watson reports. and the conservatives have blamed low turnout, saying their voters stayed at home. our political correspondent iain watson reports. two previously tory seats, two big wins for labour. keir starmer has been to visit both with big swings for his party from the conservatives in tamworth, but his first stop this morning was to celebrate his close victory in mid bedfordshire. we know that voters here have voted for us and they have put their trust and the confidence in a changed labour party and we will repay them for that trust and confidence. we do so humbly.

there is no wonder keir starmer is looking so pleased with himself. before polling day campaigners here told me that it would be between a conservative hold and a historic labour victory, but now his party has overturned the biggest numerical majority at a by—election ever and in a seat which has been conservative since before the second world war. some voters said... i voted conservative last time because that is the way things were going. but now it is a time for change, definitely it is. i am not too keen on keir starmer. some other voters were shopping around for alternatives to the conservatives as well. they said the track record for the mp who had resigned when she didn't get a peerage had been a line of attack for labour. nadine dorries was absent.

i voted for the lib dems, mainly because i wasn't prepared to vote for the conservatives. i sort of wish i now had voted for labour. why is that? because i think the country is ready for a change. the lib dems fought a robust campaign increasing their vote and coming a close third, but by potentially eating into conservative support i asked keir starmer�*s campaign coordinator if on reflection it had helped labour. would you like to give thanks to ed davey? they got the politics and the policy is wrong and the entire campaign wrong. the idea of the labour party has just scored this incredible victory owing to the lib dems is fanciful. although mid bedfordshire was a spectacular win, tamworth was even more significant for labour and it could suggest that it was a move back to when they voted for tony blair.

the defeated conservative candidate made a hasty exit and the government blamed traditional voters who hadn't turned up at all. people stayed at home and what people want for us is to focus on the priorities we have to deliver. we still have to demonstrate to them it is worth getting out of their house and voting conservative like they usually do. the conservatives believe they will have a narrow path to victory at the general election, it now feels more a bit like a tightrope. the truth is two by—election results, both of them extremely bad news for the conservatives. whatever criteria you use, they are up there, very clearly, in the top ten of worst conservative performances against the labour party. by—elections often attract a protest vote, but what is bound to worry conservative mp5 is that labour have just won two seats that were so safe and so solid until yesterday.

live now to westminster, and our correspondent charlotte rose. the parties have had time to celebrate the success and lick their wounds over the course of the day. how are they reacting to the by—elections? figs how are they reacting to the by-elections?_ how are they reacting to the b -elections? �* , , ., by-elections? as we said, these are historic wins — by-elections? as we said, these are historic wins for _ by-elections? as we said, these are historic wins for labour _ by-elections? as we said, these are historic wins for labour and - by-elections? as we said, these are historic wins for labour and defeats | historic wins for labour and defeats for the conservatives. for the labour party, sir keir starmer, you could hear him in the package, he wants to say to people that he remains humble and will not take their votes for granted going into their votes for granted going into the next election. for the conservatives, there seems to be agreement on what has gone wrong that their voters did not turn out but there isn't necessarily agreement on the scale of the problem and we have had various government ministers this morning trying to downplay these results wearers on social media the uk's former chief negotiator, lord david frost has said the current polls are dreadful for us but these results are worse and there are others in the party saying there needs to be a sense of realism because of your

voters are not turning out, there's a reason for it. ”5 voters are not turning out, there's a reason for it.— a reason for it. is it possible to extrapolate — a reason for it. is it possible to extrapolate these _ a reason for it. is it possible to extrapolate these results - a reason for it. is it possible to extrapolate these results and i a reason for it. is it possible to - extrapolate these results and paint a picture nationwide because it's often said by—elections as a stand—alone don't represent what happens at a general election. yang it's difficult to extrapolate the results and paint a picture of what might happen at the next general election because a, the resources to focus intensively on these areas and we know labour in particular has bought a strong ground game and have a huge amount of data in the areas they've been working due to canvassing they have been doing and it's unlikely they would be able to put in that much effort in every constituency at the next election. that said, it's clearly an indication of mood, and i was saying before there is maybe a difference in terms of perception in the conservative party about how wrong this has gone and there is also a difference in terms of what people think the remedy is to put it right, some on the right of the conservative party you have mps

saying we need to show we can deliver on migration both legal and illegal because that is a priority of british voters and there are also saying that we need to see tax cuts at the autumn statement due next month, something that the chancellor has suggested he does not want to do. on the other side of the conservative party, though is perhaps more in the centre or left, they take a different view and one mp speaking to the bbc today has said that the politics of division and toxicity will never win throughout the ballot box and says that the party needs a more unifying and respectful tone. so a difference in opinion there as to what the party can do to try and win some of the voters back to make sure they turn out at the next election. thank you, charlotte. do head to our website with a fascinating article by sirjohn curtis. the un secretary—general has visited the rafah crossing from egypt to gaza and called for aid trucks to be allowed

into the palestinian territory as soon as possible. he described this as the difference between life and death for those suffering the effects of israel's blockade. our middle east correspondent tom bateman has this report. in gaza, the rescuers are still saving who they can, but the civilian death toll continues to mount, amid israel's bombardment. and frustration is spilling over. translation: we don't want to receive aid. - we want the destruction and the killing of children in their sleep to stop. we are tired. israel says it hit more than 100 hamas targets overnight, killing a top figure involved in the october the 7th massacres. with a million people homeless, scrambling for food and water. the supplies are readyjust over the border in egypt. but despite hopes the trucks would start rolling today, they are at a standstill. the world's top diplomat headed to the crossing himself to put on pressure.

what we need is to make their move. to make the move to the other side of this wall. to make them move as quickly as possible and as many as possible. president biden, just back from the region, promised funding for more weapons for israel to fight hamas, but he made another call for restraint. we mourn every innocent life lost. we can't ignore the humanity of innocent palestinians who only want to live in peace and have an opportunity. and after his meeting with the saudi leader yesterday, the british prime minister rishi sunak is now in cairo, amid talks to try to stop this crisis spreading. but there was more rocket fire from gaza deep into israel last night. and the israeli—occupied west bank is at boiling point. dozens of palestinians have been killed by israeli forces and settlers in the last fortnight.

the israeli army has been putting these kind of roadblocks all over the place. it's stopping ordinary palestinians moving from city to city. and that is adding to the very volatile atmosphere. this is no longer about the current crisis spreading from gaza to the west bank, it is already here and it's getting worse. meanwhile, for the israelis whose loved ones are being held hostage by hamas or still missing, there are few answers. shira perez's brother daniel is a soldier, among those who fought the attack on an army base near gaza. it's impossible to accept, and i think me personally, i've become numb to the situation because if i accept how truly hard and truly sore this is, i don't think my body will be able to accept it. israel's forces, massed on the gaza perimeter, are

still waiting for the order to go in. it could come at any time. the rest of the region is bracing itself. tom bateman, bbc news, jerusalem. just trying to show the impact of storm babet in scotland. this is brechin in north—eastern scotland following the flood defences being breached at aam, another red weather warning in force from midnight tonight until midnight tomorrow. let's take a look at the coming forecast with matt taylor. the met office have introduced another red warning for heavy rain. this is all day saturday, similar areas but slightly smaller zones compared to where the red warning was today, another hundred millimetres on top of saturated grounds and further severe flooding possible and also on saturday more amber warnings across parts of

eastern scotland. let's get back to today because the amber warning has come into force across the eastern pennines, the peak district, parts of north—west england and here is where the rainfall will be at its worst through the rest of today and the rainfall total starting up. improving conditions across the south west midlands and parts of south wales compared with the rain eases off in north wales and the midlands and across the flood hit areas of eastern scotland there will be respite from the rain this afternoon with sunshine developing but strong winds remain in place across scotland and strong winds across scotland and strong winds across northern england to which only adds to enhancing rainfall on the eastern side of the pennines and peak district and the latest winds across the south with one or two showers. increasingly edging its way into northern and eastern parts of scotland again. a few clear skies here and there and it will be told and the wind will make it feel

pleasant across scotland into tomorrow morning. this is the set up a saturday with low pressure held in place by the stubborn area of high pressure in the north—east. more in the way of strong winds through the english channel and longer spells of rain possible developing through the day, some heavy thundery and persistent rain to the north and east of scotland are piling into those areas really badly hit by floods so far. in between, parts of northern ireland and north wales and the north midlands, some brighter skies developing add one or two showers developing and temperatures right for where we should be in october. if you're looking for drier weather, it will come for most on sunday and a few showers will remain into sunday but overall a lot more drier weather than we had, and the best of the sunshine is in northern ireland, england and wales, but do not drop your guard then, because next week we will see further bouts of rain pushing in from the atlantic. take care.

talk is good — the us and the european union hold their annual summit today. electric car subsidies expected to be high on the agenda. and a big business conference begins next week in saudi arabia at a time of heightened tensions. i'll speak to the chief executive of the so—called davos in the desert.

welcome to world business report. let's start in the us, where president biden will very shortly be welcoming the european commission president, ursual von der leyen, and the european council president, charles michel, for the eu—us summit. the conflicts in the middle east and in ukraine will weigh heavily on the agenda, of course. they will also be discussing the trump—era metal tariffs, which are not popular with business groups on both sides of the atlantic, as well as tackling the global overcapacity of steel and aluminium. but the brussels delegation also wants to discuss the us inflation reduction act, which contains subsidies for the manufacture of electric vehicles. let's speak now to our north america business correspondent michelle fleury, who's in new york.