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galvanised by the budget and the government's decision to levy inheritance tax on farms, they descended here from across wales and as far from across wales and as far away as yorkshire today. away as yorkshire today. this government has this government has made the one decision made the one decision which is destroying the morale, which is destroying the morale, the mental wellbeing and the the mental wellbeing and the economic viability of farms. economic viability of farms. we don't work for ourselves, we don't work for ourselves, we work to produce food we work to produce food for others, for an asset for others, for an asset which will be passed on. which will be passed on. and in the end, the alternative and in the end, the alternative is the fragmentation is the fragmentation of the farms bought of the farms bought in the budget all day long. by large companies. by large companies. honking honking farms have long been exempt farms have long been exempt from inheritance tax. from inheritance tax. the government says only the government says only the very biggest will now pay, the very biggest will now pay, only at a rate that's only at a rate that's still lower than for other still lower than for other property, and only a maximum property, and only a maximum of a few hundred will be of a few hundred will be affected every year. affected every year. applause applause addressing the welsh labour addressing the welsh labour conference, the prime minister conference, the prime minister did not mention inheritance did not mention inheritance tax, but did say he believes tax, but did say he believes his tax raising budget is his tax raising budget is the right one for the country. the right one for the country.
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i will defend our decisions| i will defend our decisions| in the budget all day long. the consequence, he said, is that the welsh government will get more funding than ever. i will defend facing i up to the harsh light of fiscal reality. i will defend the tough - decisions that were necessary to stabilise our economy, i and i will defend protecting of our economy and investing in the future of britain - and the future of wales. out of 32 welsh parliamentary seats at the election, labour won 27. but critical voices are getting louder and seeds of protest being planted by farmers who say their ability to pass their businesses to future generations is under threat. damian grammaticas, bbc news. our news reporter carwynjones is at the protest. earlier he explained the concerns he'd been hearing from farmers.
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the atmosphere outside the conference here was quite different. to the atmosphere inside. hundreds of farmers gathered here, many holding placards, many beeping the horns on the dozens of tractors that arrived here today. now, i spoke with a few of the farmers on the streets. they had many concerns, but the main concern heard here this morning was this change to agriculture inheritance tax. many farmers here were calling that change absolutely disastrous. now, a range of claims about how many farms will be affected by this has been shared. the largest estimate we've heard is 70,000 across the uk, but that relates to the total number of farms that could ever be affected. now, the number of farms likely to be impacted each year is likely 500. now, here in wales,
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think there are prospects of those being changed. 0ne now, here in wales, the first minist yourself is those being changed. one question to ask yourself is question to ask yourself is what you saw there, maybe a what you saw there, maybe a couple of hundred farmers or couple of hundred farmers or cell. the question will be can cell. the question will be can this galvanise into a wider this galvanise into a wider protest, movement. there is an protest, movement. there is an event planned this week when event planned this week when farmers are due to come to farmers are due to come to london and we have seen in the london and we have seen in the past agricultural protests can past agricultural protests can galvanise and can get quite galvanise and can get quite troublesome and can be quite a troublesome and can be quite a lot of sympathy for farmer so lot of sympathy for farmer so could be something that could could be something that could grow into a difficult political grow into a difficult political issue. ., . ., , issue. ., . ., , issue. how much revenue does the government _ issue. how much revenue does the government think - issue. how much revenue does the government think they - issue. how much revenue does i issue. how much revenue does the government _ issue. how much revenue does the government think - issue. how much revenue does the government think they - issue. how much revenue does i the government think they could raise from this? because that the government think they could raise from this? because that is what this was about in terms is what this was about in terms of the recent budget, trying to of the recent budget, trying to raise funds and a difficult raise funds and a difficult time. i time. i raise funds and a difficult time. ., �* ., .,. raise funds and a difficult time. ., �* ., .,. time. i don't have the exact fiaure time. i don't have the exact figure but — time. i don't have the exact figure but i _ time. i don't have the exact fiaure time. i don't have the exact figure but — time. i don't have the exact figure but i _ time. i don't have the exact figure but i think _ time. i don't have the exact figure but i think it - time. i don't have the exact figure but i think it is - time. i don't have the exact time. i don't have the exact figure but i think _ time. i don't have the exact figure but i think it - time. i don't have the exact figure but i think it is - time. i don't have the exact figure but i think it is a - time. i don't have the exact figure but i think it is a newi figure but i think it is a new low hundreds of millions, figure but i think it is a - time. i don't have the exact figure but i think it is a newi figure but i think it is a new low hundreds of millions, billion or two. not a huge billion or two. not a huge amount. the question that many amount. the going to sadist.
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thought he was going to sadist. the original draft talked about those with the broadest shoulders had to help in the current situation. that mine was taken out because many farmers would that they struggle to make their businesses profitable as is —— that line was taken at. businesses profitable as is -- that line was taken at.- that line was taken at. thank ou for that line was taken at. thank you for taking _ that line was taken at. thank you for taking us _ that line was taken at. thank you for taking us through - you for taking us through all of the angles and that story. there's plenty more on that story on the bbc news website, as well. at least ten infants died when 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.
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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. after the report comes in, those found guilty will be treated harshly. the prime minister has also offered his condolences to the bereaved families. outside the hospital, relatives of those inside gathered for news. there was anger that information has been slow to come and that no explanation has been given as to exactly what happened. translation: we used to hear the medical facilities _ were well—organised, well arranged here, but today no alarm went off after the short circuit. what kind of arrangement is that? there were no staff. what kind of
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arrangement is that? any doctor, official, senior official should come here and give us an explanation. india reporter sumedha pal is in dehli. thank you forjoining us. really distrusting details in this story. what more do we know —— really distressing details. will there be an inquiry?— details. will there be an inuui ? , ., inquiry? the state government has announced _ inquiry? the state government has announced an _ inquiry? the state government| has announced an investigation they are investigating to a certain cause of this fire. what we also know is the reason that have come from the ground is ten confirm —— but there are about three infants who are still being identified and whose identities are still being asserted so there are parents who are still distressed and trying to fine the mincing infants and looking for their children. the mincing infants and looking fortheir children. —— the mincing infants and looking for their children. —— trying to find the missing infants. 0ne to find the missing infants. one of the parents who lost a
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child said she did not know the whereabouts about her child and the authorities are trying to give her answers. so distressing scenes unfolding as far as the medical facilities are concerned. the state has also announced a financial compensation package. they are giving the families of the... the bereaved families £5,000 and those injured are also being given financial compensation. they are still trying to a certain white because the fire and who is responsible to the damaged and has taken place —— a certain what caused the fire. irate has taken place -- a certain what caused the fire. we had a messa . e what caused the fire. we had a message online _ what caused the fire. we had a message online of _ what caused the fire. we had a message online of the - what caused the fire. we had a message online of the deaths. what caused the fire. we had a | message online of the deaths as a heartbreaking and it was said that this person prays to god that this person prays to god that the families have strength during this last. i have lived
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and worked in india for a number of years and reported on a number of fires that many said were caused by a lack of fire safety regulations. we don't know the details in this case but there are certainly reports that an electrical short circuit or some sort of fault could have caused the fire. , , . fire. definitely and the readers _ fire. definitely and the readers of _ fire. definitely and the readers of the - readers of the opposition are also raising these questions alongside the families who want answers —— make the leaders. there are several questions including why did the fire alarm now go off on time and where there are knife fire extinguishers and were they being used or not the question is that the families are asking. we know that this was the second big prominent fire that has taken place this year. in may in new delhi a similar sort of incident had taken place where at least six babies were killed at a neonatal facility like this one. thank ou facility like this one. thank you very — facility like this one. thank you very much _ facility like this one. thank you very much for - facility like this one. thank you very much for bringing| facility like this one. thank. you very much for bringing us up you very much for bringing us up to date and what is an
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incredibly distressing story. —— on what is an incredibly distressing story. in the breakaway georgian region of abkhazia, russian media are reporting anti—government protesters have refused to leave the parliament building. they entered the building on friday, calling this on the region's president to resign over an investment agreement with russia. reports suggest the protesters have rejected the president's proposal to stand down and call an election in return for their departure. there have been angry scenes, too, in the georgian capital, tbilisi. as the election commission chief prepared to confirm last month's election results, an opposition politician threw black paint on him. 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. 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
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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. president zelensky there. 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 years. 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.
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let's speak to former british ambassador to ukraine, leigh turner. welcome to bbc news. not to get through on this. let me talk to you first about that phone call that the chancellor held with president putin. to think it undermines an end to the conflict in a peaceful, just way? it conflict in a peaceful, 'ust wa ? , ., , . way? it is worth bearing in mind that _ way? it is worth bearing in mind that this _ way? it is worth bearing in mind that this whole - way? it is worth bearing in mind that this whole war l way? it is worth bearing in l mind that this whole war up until now has been a for putin because ukraine has defended itself far better than anyone had expected with enormous cost to russia about three years after russia's full scale invasion. all that time, putin has been hoping that the support that ukraine gets from other countries such as the us, the uk and european union countries will fall apart, we will start to see that united front disintegrate. and one of the elements of that united front is to not give putting
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credit and not see him as being a realistic interlocutor. you will remember that the last time the chancellor spoke to putin life was just before the invasion of ukraine when putin said to the chancellor, we are not going to invade you claim, i promise. so —— we are not going to invade ukraine. so if different countries start talking to ukraine independently they will be worried that it will be the beginning of a dam break in carrying away supporters whether it is germany, the us... whether it is germany, the us. .. ., whether it is germany, the us... ., , whether it is germany, the us... ., whether it is germany, the us. .. you focus on the us and there is focus _ us. .. you focus on the us and there is focus on _ us. .. you focus on the us and there is focus on an _ us. .. you focus on the us and there is focus on an incoming | there is focus on an incoming trump administration and won a major. what is your to? i trump administration and won a major. what is your to?- ma'or. what is your to? i think major. what is your to? i think -- on an _ major. what is your to? i think -- on an incoming _ major. what is your to? i think -- on an incoming trump - -- on an incoming trump administration _ -- on an incoming trump administration and - -- on an incoming trump administration and what l -- on an incoming trump . administration and what that might you. administration and what that
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might you-— administration and what that miaht ou. , ., �* ., ., might you. they don't want to a- ear might you. they don't want to appear to _ might you. they don't want to appear to be _ might you. they don't want to appear to be crying _ might you. they don't want to appear to be crying over- might you. they don't want to appear to be crying over that l appear to be crying over that result but there is a strong stance on president elect charm's position any promises that he will end the war in ukraine in a day even though we are not sure how he will do that so they will be worried in kyiv that the us administration when it changes injanuary will cut aid to ukraine in order to, as they see it, put pressure on ukraine to reach a settlement with russia. the problem is no conceivable landing zone that is remotely acceptable to both sides. from the russian side, putin keeps making these maximalist demands about nato withdrawing from eastern europe or reducing the size of the ukrainian army to never being in nato. 0n the ukrainian side, it is very difficult to see how president zelensky can give up
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brand in exchange for peace after tens of thousands of ukrainians have been slaughtered in an invasion entirely caused by russia. so it is not at all clear how any possible peace formula at any pace could come about. former british ambassador _ pace could come about. former british ambassador to - pace could come about. former british ambassador to ukraine, | british ambassador to ukraine, really great to get your insights and what is a very interesting and important topic at the moment.— now it's time for a look at today's sport. hello from the bbc sport centre. we start with tennis, and the atp tour finals have reached the semi—final stage. world number one jannik sinner is on court later on saturday, taking on casper ruud in turin. right now, the first semi—final is under way, with american taylor fritz taking on two—time champion alexander zverev. they've been on court for around a0 minutes and it's currently advantage to american fritz.
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he got a break of serve in the sixth game. meanwhile, the billiejean king cup is ongoing in malaga, with japan taking on italy. there was an upset in the opening match — world number 135 ena shibahara came from a set down to beat elisabetta cocciaretto, ranked 54th in the world. the result gave japan a 1—0 lead, butjasmine paolini has just levelled the tie by beating moyuka uchijima in straight sets. 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 this 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.
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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 saw youtuberjake paul beat 58—year—old mike tyson on a unanimous decision. tyson, the two—time former heavyweight champion, looked miles off the pace, in what was a drab contest. some fans weren't happy with what they'd seen, booing at the end. 0nto rugby union's autumn internationals and when you're on a 4 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 6 foot
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5 freddy steward back in their side. really excited. i have been working really hard the last couple of months trying to push my game up on the back of not being selected so i am very grateful for this opportunity. what better game to come back for then south africa? they are brilliant and very well rounded and have got some power up front and have got some excitement in their back line. they have some experience so it will be tough for us but the environment we have created... we are ready for it. french club lyon will be demoted to ligue 2 at the end of the season if they do not improve their finances, they coul also be banned from signing players injanuary. lyon ownerjohn textor is also co—owner of premier league club crystal palace, and the largest shareholder of brazilian club botafogo. the dngc, the body which oversees the accounts of french professional football clubs,
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made the ruling on friday. lyon will also have their payroll supervised. the seven—time french champions are likely to have to sell several key players injanuary to get their accounts in orderand maintain their top—flight status. australia have secured a t20 series victory, after a 13—run win over pakistan in sydney. the hosts won the toss and chose to bat — pakistan restricting australia to 147—9 from their 20 overs, haris rauf taking four wickets. despite an impressive 52 from usman khan, pakistan fell short — all out for 134. australia have an unassailable 2—0 lead in the three match series. and that's all the sport for now. thank you very much, paul. 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, the azerbaijan government
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has also been accused of a crack down on environmental activists and other political opponents, which it denies. the spanish region of valencia is still counting the cost of last month's floods. the raging waters caused a trail of destruction with wrecked cars piled up. many of the roads are still clogged with damaged cars. the valencia chamber of commerce estimates 137,000 vehicles have been damaged or destroyed by the floods. 224 people were killed in the floods, 216 of them in valencia. iran's foreign ministry has categorically denied widespread media reports that its un envoy this week held talks with the us billionaire, elon musk. the meeting is reported to have taken place at the iranian ambassador's residence in new york, and to have focused on how to ease tensions between the countries.
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the us does not have diplomatic relations with iran, but this meeting would have been classified as private because it took place a day before mr musk officially joined the incoming trump administration, asjoint head of its new cost cutting department. hopefully you had a chance to look up at the sky last night and take in the dazzling beaver moon, the fourth and final supermoon of the year. a supermoon is when the moon is closest to the earth, appearing bigger and brighter than normal and there won't be another until october. the unusually bright and clear moon made for some impressive pictures, as will vernon reports. a super sight to behold. last night's supermoon over glastonbury tor in somerset. from around the uk, stargazers sent us these magnificent pictures. known as the beaver moon, this will be the last supermoon of the year. the supermoon is just when the moon is closer to us, so its orbit is not circular.
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it's elliptical, so there are points in which it is closer to the earth than others. and of course, the closer it is, the larger it looks. so that's what we call a supermoon is when it's a full moon, and it happens to be very close in its orbit. the spectacular sight was also visible around the world, shining here over lebanon's war—torn capital, and in hanoi, where residents came out to see the moon dazzling in the night sky. it's been a good yearfor supermoons. last month's hunter's moon was even brighter. but are we getting more of them? it's just i think a lot now is social media has made them kind of a bit more well known, so people are more aware of them that they're going on. so, they were happening all the time anyway. but same with the names for them. people are more aware of them, which is great because people look up at the night sky. and more cosmic treats could be in store this weekend. a meteor shower similar to this one seen in croatia in august,
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could be visible in our skies on sunday night. but moon superfans will have to wait a while. there won't be another one of these on show until october next year. will vernon, bbc news. that is it for this half hour, do stay with as. we have had a wintry look as the tempter has started to drop. the low pressure will go to scandinavia and change the wind direction towards the arctic in the uk. the colder air will arctic in the uk. the colder airwill begin to arctic in the uk. the colder air will begin to arrive in scotland today. from 16 to 60 6 degrees in aberdeen —— from 16
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to 6 degrees in aberdeen. some clear skies must follow and wintry showers continuing in northern parts in scotland and weather weather in northern scotland crossing the sea. the winds will ease overnight in scotland and we will have clear skies in the east and north—east of england. frost and a bit of ice in places early on sunday morning but some sunshine here. more cloud elsewhere and where showers will continue to affect scotland. wintry in the north over the hills and some wetter weather in northern ireland, heading over the sea and heading over the sea and heading into wales and england. temperatures in double figures in southernmost parts of england and wales but a lack of their fold england and wales but a lack of theirfold —— a lot colder further north and less cold in scotland. as we head into monday milder air towards the south and longer boundary between the two and a deepening area of low pressure which is
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possibly bringing in snow monday night. wintry showers continuing in northern scotland on monday and thickening cloud coming in in many areas. rain in southern england and getting wetter in northern ireland as the pressure begins to arrive. so a cold day and temperatures are beginning to drop further across the palace and midlands. through the evening and overnight we may find some snow in northern ireland but especially in southern scotland and northern england which could be over ten centimetres of snow. could bring some disruption to... will continue overnight and into tuesday morning than the low pressure moves away and more snow showers in northern scotland which will continue into next week in the blast of colder air will push its way south.
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this is bbc news. the latest headlines: ukraine's 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
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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 inheritence 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 youtuberjake paul. now on bbc news, the media show. hello, i'm ros atkins. and i'm katie razzall. this week on the media show — how will the mainstream media evolve after donald trump's victory? with x and podcasts being central to the national discussion, legacy media is looking at ways to stay relevant. we'll speak to different outlets on how they're going about tackling that challenge. and the man behind the global tv hit taskmaster, which sees comedians undertaking weird and wonderful tasks. that's all coming up on the media show here on the bbc.
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