hello, i'm kasia madera. at least ten infants have died after a fire broke out in the children's ward of a government hospital in northern india. sixteen other babies are being treated for their injuries, some are in a critical condition. local officials say the blaze in the intensive care unit of the hospital in the town othansi was possibly caused by an electrical fault in an oxygen concentrator. doctors and medical staff were seen breaking the windows of the smoke—filled ward to rescue the children, before fire crews arrived. the deputy chief minister of uttar pradesh has been addressing media. translation: according to the latest information, the fire - broke out due to a short—circuit. many newborn children died. the government has ordered a high—level inquiry and after the report comes in, those found guilty will be treated harshly. the prime minister has also offered his condolences to

the bereaved families. sumedha pal is our correspondent in delhi. she has more detail on exactly what happened at the hospital. so the incident reportedly took place late last evening between 10.30—11pm in the indian standard time. we know for a fact that the fire broke out around this time, and the authorities while are trying to ascertain the actual cause which led to the fire. it is being stated that since the neonatal facility is a highly oxygenated unit that could have contributed to the spread of the fire. as far as the facility is concerned, about 50 infants were receiving treatment at the facility and as the fire spread, the windows were broken to rescue the children, and about 44 infants were rescued from the facility. as far as the immediate updates are concerned, many of them are injured and are still receiving

treatment at the facility, while some parents are still looking to find their missing children. the electrical fault, as you mentioned, is being stated as one of the factors. however, an investigation will ascertain the actual factors which had contributed to the fire. 0h, absolutely tragic. unimaginable what those parents are experiencing right now. do we know these kind of fires? does this happen often in these kind of facilities? yeah. this is, in fact, the second most prominent instance of a hospital fire, which has been reported from india in may earlier this year in new delhi, which is the national capital. a similar such incident took place where six babies were killed, and it was as well an incident where fire had spread out through a neonatal intensive care facility. and just in terms of what this raises about

concerns when it comes to safety protocols in these government hospitals, there must be so much reaction about and concern raised. absolutely. so several opposition leaders, including the families, are raising very pertinent questions about whether or not the electrical maintenance at these facilities was carried out on time, whether or not fire extinguishers were present. and what about the fire alarms? so these are some very critical questions which are being raised about the the maintenance of these facilities, as well as the infrastructure which exists in both private facilities as well as the government facilities. sumedha pal. here in the uk, the prime minister says we will defend

the government's decisions on tax made in the budget "all day long". sir keir starmer was speaking at the welsh labour conference in llandudno where farmers protested outside. many are unhappy about a new 20 per cent inheritance tax to be added to farm estates worth more than a million pounds. here's damian grammaticas. in the north wales coast, the rumblings of protest, could this well to a political problem for the government? the morale, problem for the government? the morale. the _ problem for the government? tue: morale, the mental problem for the government? tte: morale, the mental health, everything is at an all—time low and what do they do? they kick us again.— kick us again. galvanised by the budget _ kick us again. galvanised by the budget and _ kick us again. galvanised by the budget and the - kick us again. galvanised by - the budget and the government's decision to levy inheritance tax on farms, they descended here from across wales and as far away as yorkshire today. this government has made the one decision which is destroying the more our comedy mental well—being and the economic viability of farms. we

do not work for ourselves, we have work to produce food for others for an asset which will be passed on and in the end, the alternative is the fragmentation of the farms bought by large companies. farms have long been exempt from inheritance tax, the government says only the very biggest will now pay and at a rate still lower than other property and a maximum of a few hundred will be affected every year. hundred will be affected every ear. �* , , ~ , year. addressing the welsh labour conference, - year. addressing the welsh labour conference, the - year. addressing the welsh l labour conference, the prime minister did not mention inheritance tax but did say he believes is tax—raising budget is the right one for the country. i will defend our decisions in the budget all day long. the consequence he said of the welsh government will get more funding than ever. t get more funding than ever. i will defend facing up to the harsh right of fiscal reality,

defending the tough decisions necessary to stabilise our economy and i will defend protecting the payslips of working people, fixing the foundations of our economy and investing in the future of britain and the future of wales. ., g; ~ , wales. out of 32 welsh parliamentary - wales. out of 32 welsh parliamentary seats - wales. out of 32 welsh parliamentary seats at| wales. out of 32 welsh i parliamentary seats at the election labour 127, critical voices getting louder and seeds of protest being planted by farmers who say their ability to pass their businesses to future generations is under threat. let's go live to plan that no. —— lets go live to llandudno. let's speak to our news reporter carwyn jones who's at the protest. a different atmosphere, many

farmers here, beeping horns on dozens of tractors arriving here. i spoke to a few of the farmers on the streets and they had many concerns that the main concern heard here this morning was this changed to agriculture inheritance tax was many farmers here calling the change absolutely disastrous. now a range of claims about how many farms will be affected by this has been shared and the largest estimate we have heard a 70,000 across the uk that relates to the total number of farms that could ever be affected and the number of farms likely to be impacted each year is likely 500. here in wales the first minister has said initial calculations showed a tiny proportion of farms were involved but said that the number was still being figured out so quite the reaction outside the welsh labour party conference here in llandudno today. are they at all appeased

in any way when the government is talking about married couples, threshold increases for married couples and then the tax—free allowance on main residence when it is being passed to children or grandchildren arguably bringing the total amount for a farming couple not to be taxed up to 3 million, does that breakthrough at all or cut through to the behind you? yes, well, they had many concerns here today, they were here throughout the morning but they were calling this specific policy here about inheritance tax the last nail in the coffin, that is one of the descriptions here and some of the farmers were hoping to speak with some of the members inside, we are not sure if that did happen today but many farmers here concerned today. and i guess they will not be much pleased that sir keir starmer did not even mention this when he gave his speech.

he did not mention farmers at all during his speech but he did defend the decision is made in the budget today but of course as i said that he did not mention the farmers or the protests here outside the conference so many of the farmers here were expecting to hear some sort of reaction from the prime minister here.- the prime minister here. thank ou ve the prime minister here. thank you very much _ the prime minister here. thank you very much for _ the prime minister here. thank you very much for speaking - the prime minister here. thank you very much for speaking to l you very much for speaking to us live on this protest, appreciate that. more on our website. but turning to ukraine... ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky says he would like to end the war with russia next year through "diplomatic means". he's been speaking with ukrainian radio a day after saying russia s war on his country will end sooner than it otherwise would have done, with donald trump's return to the white house. but mr zelensky said vladimir putin was not interested in agreeing a just peace. let's get more on his comments regarding a trump

administration's impact on the war in ukraine. translation: we are a great| nation and we have to prove it. therefore, i believe that the war will end. there is no exact date, but for sure i emphasise once again what the policy of this team that will now lead the white house. the war will end faster. this is their approach. this is their promise to their society. and it is also very important for them, not only for the sake of ukraine. ukraine also accused germany of attempting to appease russia, after the german chancellor, 0laf scholz, spoke by phone to vladmir putin for the first time in two yea rs. mr scholz said he urged president putin to begin talks with ukraine to achieve a just peace. mr zelensky said the call undermined efforts to isolate russia. in the last few hours, president zelensky has described the battlefield situation as �*difficult.’ a short time ago, i spoke to 0leksiy goncharenko. he's a ukrainian mp and member of the ukrainian delegation to the parliamentary assembly

of the council of europe. i asked him about the phone call beween 0laf scholz and president putin and a proposed russian peace—plan regarded as unacceptable to ukraine. so for me, the main point is what was said during this conversation. what putin said about his so—called peace plan. it's clear. what is important for me is if, and i don't know the answer for the moment, chancellor scholz, did he message putin that if putin hopes that after american elections, the western support of ukraine can disappear, that it is a false hope that it will never happen?

that's the most important because putin feels himself emboldened because he hopes that american elections and the fatigue in the western countries can lead them to to abandon ukraine, to give up on ukraine, and to to give putin to realise his goals. that's what i'm interested in and, i don't know the answer. a short time ago, the leaders of the leading g7 democracies released a statement promising their "unwavering support for ukraine for as long as it takes". "we stand," they say, "in solidarity contributing to ukraine's fight for sovereignty, freedom, independence, territorial integrity and its reconstruction. we recognize, too, the impact of russia s aggression on vulnerable people across the world." it goes on to say "russia remains to the sole obstacle to just and lasting peace. the g7 confirms its commitment to imposing severe costs on russia through sanctions, export controls and other effective measures. we stand united with ukraine." a little earlier i spoke to sergey radchenko, professor of internatioinal relations atjohns hopkins university. he told me about the challenges facing president zelensky handling a new world order.

president zelensky is clearly targeting his message towards washington. trump has said on a number of occasions that he wants to see a quick end to this war, and zelensky has already spoken to trump and now has said that that basically america acting from strength will be able to force putin to the negotiating table. but i'm wondering whether there's some wishful thinking here in his approach to this question, because of course, putin continues his war, and there's no indication that he has abandoned his goal of conquering large parts of ukraine.

what do you envisage in terms of the mood going forward with donald trump, will he stop aid immediately? what do you think will go forward?— will go forward? presumably the u -acomin will go forward? presumably the upcoming security _ will go forward? presumably the upcoming security advisor - will go forward? presumably the upcoming security advisor had i upcoming security advisor had says tough things about russia, escalating sanctions, permitting ukraine to strike targets inside russia, but we know there are other people in the trump administration would basically be happy to be done with ukraine and trump himself i worry that he does not have the focus to deal with this question in a very determined, long—term fashion and this is how putin approaches that, it is a long—term game for him. now it's time for a look at today's sport with mike.

-- paul —— paul scott is there for in both eyes on the boxing matches. big night for boxing which is where will start. we start with a big night of boxing, and ireland's katie taylor, successfully retained her undisputed, light—welterweight title, with a contentious points win, over amanda serrano in texas. the pair served up another classic, in their rematch, but taylor repeatedly leaned in, with her head, opening up a cut on serrano's forehead in the fourth round, and she was eventually deducted a point for headbutting in the eighth, but it wasn't enough for the puerta rican, all threejudges, scoring the fight 95—94 for taylor. itjust happens sometimes

when you're fighting against a southpaw especially, the fighters coming close and it just happens. it was completely accidental and now they are calling me a dirty fighter or whatever but that was not purposely done, i'm in there fighting and it is a rough sport. the other event there, had caused much debate and controversy. youtuberjake paul, beat 58—year—old mike tyson, on a unanimus decision. tyson, the two—time former heavyweight champion, looked miles off the pace in a drab contest, and some fans weren't happy with what they'd seen, booing at the end. i tried to give the fight the best site i possibly could but when someone is just surviving in the ring basically and it is hard to make it exciting so i could not really get him to engage me or slip shots and do something super cool or whatever but i don't care about what people have to say, they will always have something to say and it is what it is. 0nto rugby union's autumn internationals and when you're on a four match losing run, the last side you want to come up against is the double world champions, south africa. that's the daunting prospect, facing england, at the allianz stadium in twickenham, later. the south africans swept the scots aside, last time out, whereas england lost to australia. but the hosts will have the giant presence of six foot five freddy steward back

in their side. i'm really excited. you know, i've been working really hard the last couple of months to try and push my game on, on the back of not being selected. so, you know, i'm very grateful for this opportunity. what better game to come back for than south africa at home? they're a brilliant outfit. they're very well rounded. you know, they've got some power up front and they've got some, you know, excitement in their back line, some brains, some experience. so it'll be a tough challenge for us. but you know, the environment we've created, the boys want to tackle, you know, stuff like this head on. we're ready for it. it's got to be personal. i mean, it's another man trying to run through you in a game. it doesn't get more personal than that. so every game for us is is personal. and this one isjust because it's away. it's in twickenham. it's a big game. and we know you know what they've been going through. we know how much they will because we've been in this position before.

you know it will be for us not to be prepared for a game like this then would not be learning from our own journey. australia have clinched a t—20, series victory, against pakistan in sydney today. the hosts won the toss and chose to bat, but pakistan did well to restrict australia tojust 147 for nine from their 20 overs — haris rauf taking four wickets. despite an impressive 52 runs from usman khan — pakistan fell 13 short and were all out for 134. australia have won the three—match series 2—nil after winning the opening game in brisbane and today's match in sydney. in basketball�*s nba, lebronjames, recorded a triple—double, for the fourth game in a row, the first time he's done that, in his illustrious career — leading the los angeles lakers,

to a 120—115 wind, over the san antonio spurs, in the nba cup while the minnesota timberwolves, had to survive a record—breaking night from de'aaron fox — the sacramento kings guard scored 60 points, the most in a single game ever by a kings player, but the kings eventually fell to a 130—126 defeat in overtime. anthony edwards finishing off the game with that effort. and that's all the sport for now. as always, thank you very much. much more sport throughout the day. azerbaijan's cop29 climate summit faces mounting criticism over a series of events that have frustrated proceedings. argentina's abrupt snub of the climate talks has raised alarm that presidentjavier milei, an ally of us president—elect donald trump, could be looking at pulling out of the paris accord. the azerbaijan government has also been accused of a crack down on environmental activists and other political opponents, which it denies. and in an open letter, some leading climate experts say the summit is "no longer fit for purpose"

and in need an urgent overhaul. signatories to the letter include former un secretary—general ban ki—moon and a former un climate chief. the bbc�*s azeri service editor, konul khalilova is at the cop 29 summit in baku, and told us more about argentina's depature from the cop. argentina's departure this week was unpredicted. argentine officials say they are pulling back to review the situation, but it puts argentina's future in cop process into picture. it has raised questions about whether this decision is related to the expected meeting between the president of argentina and the president elect, trump. their officials say they are withdrawing from cop 29 only, from this year's event. but there are worries that if the us under

donald trump leaves the paris agreement next year, then the countries like argentina will follow them. during his first presidency, donald trump pulled the us out of the paris agreement. thenjoe biden brought his country back. but now its expected to be out again after trump takes over next year. and also another thing overshadowing the cop 29 are the protests. human rights activists have criticised the cop 29 azerbaijan for jailing journalists and human rights activists and environmental activists. this is the third year in a row that the cop hosting country has been accused of oppression. the critics say that there are more than 300 people in jail allegedly imprisoned under political motives. but azerbaijani government strongly rejects these accusations and say there there are no political prisoners in the country. this week, azerbaijani president's aide hikmet hajiyev was put this

question to and he told the journalist asking the question that you operate in this country, you are able to ask me this question independently and that shows that we have free environment for the for everyone here. nazanine moshiri from the crisis group gave us her assesment the summit so far. i think people are really nervous about how these cop talks are going at the moment. i've been speaking to negotiators, to campaigners, but i have to say, and i've covered previous cops, that around this time we usually do have that kind of nervousness. and then in week two, there is a political momentum that grows whereby you have more energy brought to the talks. but the problem now, as your correspondent mentioned there is that it's being overshadowed by the political keep dynamics by various conflicts going on. you know, looking at what's happening in the middle east, ukraine, and, of course, the re—election of donald trump hasn't helped matters. but i have also spoken to people who've told me, look,

keep you know, donald trump... yes. he withdrew from the paris agreement when he came into power in office last time. they see this as kind of like the sequel to that. and the fact is that things still continue. talks still continue. there were still agreements made, but the problem is who is going to step in if the us does withdraw? who is going to step up and help raise $1 trillion a year in climate financing needed for the world's most vulnerable people in those developing countries that need notjust financing for mitigation, but also for adaptation to deal with the impacts of climate change and also overshadowing cop 29, arguably, are all of those world leaders who were not there, but some interesting groups that were there. i know that you even met the taliban during this. —— and also overshadowing cop 29, arguably, are all of those world leaders who were not there, but some interesting groups that were there. i know that you even met the taliban during this cop 29. yes.

well, at crisis group, we we have been talking about trying to get the taliban to, to cop. and they were not invited by the un. these are un—led led negotiations, but the azerbaijani government did give them accreditation. they have observer status here. and i think the most important thing for them, obviously, is to try to get climate financing. it's still very, very controversial. there are a lot of projects, i think, about 32 projects which are on hold at the moment in afghanistan, which would help them deal with the impacts of of climate change. but i think, you know, it's very interesting that they are talking about the impacts on women and children who are disproportionately affected. but again, you know, their presence here doesn't really mean much because they're not part of the negotiations yet.

to georgia now... and, in the breakaway region of abkhazia, russian media are reporting anti—government protesters have refused to leave the parliament building.the reports suggest the protesters have rejected a proposal by the president that he would stand down and call an election in return for their departure. georgia's election commission has confirmed that the governing party won last month's parliamentary poll — an announcement that sparked angry scenes. as the election commission chief prepared to rubber stamp the results, he was attacked with black paint. an opposition member of parliament threw the paint, causing uproar. 0fficial election results gave a 54% majority to georgian dream, whose opponents say it wants to steer the caucasus nation away from europe and back into russia's orbit. your watching bbc news. hello again, started off rather rainy and drizzle this morning. cloudy but more cold air pushing and so while the mountains across scotland looking pretty bare at the moment, we may start to see some whiteness, some snow falling over the coming days and you can see in the pressure chart we have a cold front moving southwards which will bring the rain and drizzle and it will continue to move southward taking the mild air with it and for all of us as we get to sunday under the influence of this colder more arctic air and that will bring in some

showers across scotland with some gales in the far north, showers turning increasingly wintry over higher ground and we'll see some sunny spells in northern ireland and eventually northern england and for england and wales in general thing fairly cloudy was still some rain and drizzle moving its way southwards for the afternoon. temperatures here are 11—12 c put a noticeably called the day across scotland. through tonight, the rain and drizzle will continue to clear with some clear skies developing across further parts of the country. clear skies in north west england, scotland, a touch of frost with some wintry

showers over higher ground and temperatures in the south about 5—6 c but there will be some dry and sunny weather from any with england and wales, northern ireland seeing rain moving and to the afternoon and further showers over higher grounds of scotland and then an even colder day with temperatures down to four celsius in aberdeen and feeling noticeably colder elsewhere across the uk. into next week which is when things get a bit more complicated with milder air spreading in from the south—west but as it hits, this is the boundary where we could see some snow on the northern edge. we look to the northern edge of that across northern england, northern ireland, risk of some snow here and there showers develop with the risk of some ice as well but we have to keep a close eye on this part of a monday evening, snow over higher ground, some to lower levels as well the details is still a bit uncertain so stay tuned to the forecast.

this is bbc news. the headlines... president zelensky says russia's war on ukraine will end sooner than it otherwise would have done, with donald trump's return to the white house injanuary. it comes as ukraine accuses germany of attempting to appease russia. ten infants have died in a hospitalfire in northern india — 16 other babies are receiving treatment. local officials say the blaze in the intensive care unit may have been caused by an electrical fault. here in the uk, farmers stage a protest outside the welsh labour conference in opposition to government plans to change an inheritenee tax. the changes affect farms worth more than £1 million.

and, the former world heavyweight boxing champion, mike tyson, has lost his fight against the youtuber, jake paul. meanwhile, ireland's katie taylor successfully defended her light—welterweight title against puerto rico's amanda serrano. now on bbc news...ukrainecast. hello, i'm vitalii shevchenko, co—host of the bbc�*s podcast ukrainecast. earlier, my colleague victoria derbyshire and me recorded a conversation with the former nato secretary generaljens stoltenberg. he worked with donald trump before and now he discusses what donald trump's second presidency means for the alliance for ukraine and what keeps him awake at night. ukrainecast from bbc news.