hello, i'm rajini vaidyanathan. we begin here in the uk. hundreds off angry farmers have protested outside the welsh labour conference. they're furious with the uk government's decision to impose a 20% inheritance tax on farm estates worth more than £1 million. that's around $1.25 million. but the prime minister says he will defend the government's budget announcements all day long. here's damian grammaticas. on the north wales coast, the rumblings of rural protest. could this swell into a real political problem for the government? the morale, the mental health, you know, everything is at an all time low. and what do they do? they 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 morale, the mental wellbeing and the economic viability of farms. we don't work for ourselves, we 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. honking. farms have long been exempt from inheritance tax. the government says only the very biggest will now pay, only at a rate that's still lower than for other property, and only a maximum of a few hundred will be affected every year. applause. addressing the welsh labour conference, the prime minister did not mention inheritance tax, but did say he believes his 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, 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 the payslips of working people, fixing the foundations - 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. let's speak to one of the farmers protesting outside the labour conference earlier, farmer and broadcaster gareth wynjones, whom you heard

a moment ago in the report from north wales. welcome to bbc news. first of all tell us about the strength of feeling around this. unbelievable. travelling there this morning, i was unsure how many people would turn up but i would say majority of the farming communities in north wales turned up today and they were in their lorries, tractors, we even had entire businesses that came there to show their support. it was unbelievable, absolutely unbelievable, absolutely unbelievable, and itjust unbelievable, and it just filled unbelievable, and itjust filled my heart with joy that we stood together in solidarity against this ridiculous new inheritance policy.- against this ridiculous new inheritance policy. you say it is ridiculous _ inheritance policy. you say it is ridiculous but _ inheritance policy. you say it is ridiculous but the - is ridiculous but the government has said that there will be tough decisions that are necessary to stabilise the economy. isuppose are necessary to stabilise the economy. i suppose what the prime minister and others in

his government might say is that everyone has to shoulder the burden while the government tries to do it can to try to get the economy back on track. what would you say to that? they mistake the government has done is that they haven't in their maths beforehand. they say it could affect 20% of farms but we are looking into it now and the stats are coming out that it could be 70% of the farms. so whoever is in charge of the maths in treasury has to go back to school. another point i will bring up here, it is very important, labour should be protecting the poor people in society. if this inheritance tax comes up, our industry is on its knees already and we will have to up our products that we sell which is food, up 20%. who will suffer? the poor people in society, the people that labour should be supporting and protecting. so food inflation and shortages is just on the horizon unless keir starmer wakes up and smell the coffee

because the other opportunity today in his speech to speak about agriculture or them welsh farmers who stood outside waiting for him to say something, he didn't. he didn't even mention farming and agriculture in his opening speech and he ran out of the back door, got out of the back door like a coward. he would not come and face the crowd, the people that came there all over north wales. all over north wales they came to see and say their frustrations and they should have at least sent a spokesperson. three of us were very fortunate to meet the rural affairs minister. we had a positive meeting with him but at the end of the day it is mr starmer that is steering this ship and he must do so any right direction before the country goes hungry. did you su ort country goes hungry. did you support the _ country goes hungry. did you support the labour _ country goes hungry. did you support the labour party - country goes hungry. did you support the labour party and j support the labour party and did you vote for keir starmer�*s

party in the last election? i party in the last election? i don't want to go into my personal preference for voting, democracy is what it is they had a majority and i abide by democracy. but i do not abide by stupid rules and regulations that will destroy the country and that is what people need to realise is that the poorer people in society will suffer with food inflation and shortages. he needs to start to listen and stop running away like a coward. he needs to stand his ground and come and meet the people that are challenging him with facts, not fiction. fax. the want to build a better britain on our bellies and we will not do that without the farmers. and we will not do that without the farmers-— the farmers. thank you very much for — the farmers. thank you very much for sharing _ the farmers. thank you very much for sharing your - the farmers. thank you very i much for sharing your thoughts on those ongoing protests and as you are saying there, really strong feelings from farmers

who are in wales at the moment. that is a broadcaster as well as a farmer. now let's take you to india where at least ten newborn babies have died when a fire broke out in the children's ward of a government hospital. 16 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 indian prime minister, narendra modi, has posted on x calling the deaths heart—wrenching and saying his deepest condolences are with those who have lost their children. the deputy chief minister of the state of uttar prades, where the hospital is, has also 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. relatives gathering outside the hospital expressed 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 arrangement is that? any doctor, official, senior official should come here and give us an explanation. earlier i spoke to our india reporter sumedha pal.

she sent us this update. the state government _ she sent us this update. tie: state government has announced a three tier investigation they are initiating to a certain cause of this fire. but we also know is the reason that ten confirmed deaths have happened but there are about three infants who are still being identified and whose identity are still being figured out so there are parents who are still distressed and trying to find the missing infants and are looking for their children. one of the mothers who has lost an eight—year—old stated that she did not know the whereabouts of her child and the authorities are still trying to give them answers. so quite distressing scenes unfolding as far as the medical facility is concerned. the state has also announced a financial compensation package they are giving the families of they are giving the families of the bereaved carl £5,000 and those who have been injured are

also given financial compensation. the state is still trying to figure out what really caused the fire and who is responsible for the kind of damage that has taken place. let's take you to the eastern european country of georgia. and just weeks after elections which opposition say were rigged, the head of the country's electroal commission has been doused with black paint, at a meeting to confirm the results. let's show you the scene. as the election commission chief prepared to confirm last month's election results, an opposition politician threw black paint on him. official 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. it comes a day after protesters entered the building, calling 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.

several of donald trump's nominees for key posts in his future government, are facing heavy scrutiny, including claims of misconduct. police have revealed that his choice for defence secretary, fox news host pete hegseth, had been investigated for an alleged sexual assault in 2017. he was never arrested and denies wrongdoing. cbs news reports that pete hegseth was once flagged as a potential insider threat by fellow military personnel. a former member of the minnesota national guard, he has a tattoo on his bicep reading deus vult, a latin phrase meaning "god wills it", a rallying cry for christian crusaders in the middle ages. hegseth has denied any connection to extremist groups. meanwhile, the man picked to be donald trump's attorney general, matt gaetz, is facing

allegations of misconduct while he was a congressman. trump's health secretary nominee, robert f kenneder, is facing severe criticism for his vaccine scepticism. trump's pick for us ambassador to israel, mike huckabee, said in 2017 "there was no such thing as a settlement" describing them as "communities." trump has named his election campaign spokeswoman, 27—year—old karoline leavitt, as his white house press secretary. north dakota governor, doug burgum, will lead the interior department, an agency whose portfolio includes both on—shore and off—shore drilling. let's speak to niall stanage, white house columnist with the hill. i can't speak today. i don't know what is wrong with me! always good to know what is wrong with me! always good— always good to talk to you. let's always good to talk to you.

let's start _ with the former fox news host, pete hegseth. with the former fox news host, pete hegseth-— pete hegseth. there was never any charges — pete hegseth. there was never any charges that _ pete hegseth. there was never any charges that were - pete hegseth. there was never. any charges that were confirmed against him. the more common criticism against him is that he has little experience and if he has little experience and if he becomes dispensed to secretary he will be leading in partner with 3 million employees. that is the main knock against him in my opinion. knock against him in my opinion-— knock against him in my oinion. ., ., opinion. we also have the appointment _ opinion. we also have the appointment of— opinion. we also have the appointment of the - opinion. we also have the i appointment of the attorney general matt gaetz who is also somewhat controversial even within his own party.- within his own party. yeah, i think he _ within his own party. yeah, i think he has _ within his own party. yeah, i think he has much _ within his own party. yeah, i think he has much more - think he has much more controversial and a personal level. just to take one example

a senator suggesting that he had been showing improper photos from your cell phone to colleagues on the floor. he denies that as he denies other wrongdoing but he was embroiled in a house ethics committee investigation. he resigned almost immediately after being nominated with brings the ethics committee investigation to a close. we are now embroiled here as to whether people are going to get access to the findings of that report up to the findings of that report up until its conclusion. another that has raised eyebrows was his proposed candidate to become the next health secretary robert kennedy who also is controversial for his views on vaccines. that's ri . ht. it his views on vaccines. that's right- it is — his views on vaccines. that's right. it is perhaps _ his views on vaccines. that's right. it is perhaps worth - right. it is perhaps worth stressing that we are not only talking about his views on the covid vaccine. robert f kennedy

jr has been, to put it generously, an extreme sceptic of vaccine for years. he has pushed the claim that vaccines cause autism which is discredited. he was involved in a case where two if —— infants tragically died even though it was not related to the vaccine... highly controversial. , ., controversial. lets ask you about the _ controversial. lets ask you about the press _ controversial. lets ask you about the press secretary. | controversial. lets ask you i about the press secretary. a very key role for the incoming shot administration.

what is your thoughts about her? ,, , . what is your thoughts about her? ,, , her? she is an extreme loyalist which, i think— her? she is an extreme loyalist which, i think the _ her? she is an extreme loyalist which, i think the one _ her? she is an extreme loyalist which, i think the one thing - which, i think the one thing worth emphasising on a historical footnote is that she will be the youngest white house press secretary ever. she is 27 years old at the moment. it is also worth noting of course that trauma has a his had a chequered relationship with the press during the first term. there was one who never held a white house press briefing ever and has become alienated from the former president.— alienated from the former president. , ., ., president. there will be a lot of peeple _ president. there will be a lot of people who _ president. there will be a lot of people who voted - president. there will be a lot of people who voted for - president. there will be a lot i of people who voted for donald trump. they will be very pleased with his picks? unquestionably. people who voted for him one in real radical change and if you look through these appointees it is

not the uneasy coalition we saw the first term between old school republicans and shot supporters. this is all cheque loyalist. supporters. this is all cheque lo alist. , ., ., , ., loyalist. -- these are all shot loyalist- _ loyalist. -- these are all shot loyalist- -- — loyalist. -- these are all shot loyalist. -- trump. _ loyalist. -- these are all shot loyalist. -- trump. thank- loyalist. -- these are all shotl loyalist. -- trump. thank you. 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 semifinal stage. world number one jannik sinner is on court later on saturday, taking on casper ruud in turin. right now, the first semifinal is under way with american taylor fritz taking on two—time champion alexander zverev. they've been on court for around 35 minutes and it's currently advantage to the american. fritz taking the first set six games to three courtesy of a solitary break of serve in the sixth game. meanwhile, the billiejean king

cup is ongoing in malaga with japan taking on italy. t here 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 in the eighth, but it wasn't enough for the puerta rican, all threejudges, scoring the fight for taylor. the other event there saw 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 what was a drab contest.

some fans weren't happy with what they'd seen, booing at the end. onto rugby union's autumn internationals and england — on a four—match losing run — face double world champions, south africa later, at the allianz stadium in twickenham. the south africans swept aside scotland last time out, whereas england lost to australia. 6—foot—5 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. 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, 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. rory mcilroy looks sure of winning a sixth race to dubai title. he needs to finish in the top 11 at the season ending dp world tour championship and he'll head into the final round in dubai tied for the lead with denmark's rasmus hojgaard and france's antoine rozner. they're all 12 under par overall. mcilroy had six birdies and just two bogeys.

the world number three could have claimed the outright lead but missed a birdie putt at the last hole. and that's all the sport for now. we might think you very much, paul. —— thank you very much, paul. ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky says he would like to end the war with russia next year through diplomatic means. mr zelensky said kyiv should only start negotiations with moscow from a position of strength. and that russia's president putin was not interested in agreeing a just peace. let's hearfrom him. 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. all of this comes as the german chancellor, olaf scholz, 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 leigh turner is a former british ambassador to ukraine. this hole war up until now has been a disaster for putin because ukraine has defended themselves better than anyone expected with enormous harm to russia and all of 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 and were struck to see that united front disintegrate. —— will start to see. one of the elements of the united front is not to give put in credit or see him as being a realistic

interlocutor. the last time the chance i spoke to putin was before the invasion of ukraine. putin said to them, we promise we will not invade ukraine. so if different countries start talking to putin independently, ukraine will be very worried that that is the beginning of a dam break that will carry away its supporters whether it is germany, the uk, the us. you talk about _ germany, the uk, the us. you talk about the _ germany, the uk, the us. you talk about the us _ germany, the uk, the us. you talk about the us and - germany, the uk, the us. you talk about the us and of course, there is a lot of focus on what an incoming shot administration white two to the current equation. what is your take on the? —— incoming trump in ministration. {iii take on the? -- incoming trump in ministration.— in ministration. of course the russians having _ in ministration. of course the russians having openly - in ministration. of course the - russians having openly welcomed trump plasma collection and they don't want to appear to be crying over that result. but

there is a strong reservoir of isolationism in president trump's position and he promised that he will end the war in ukraine in a day and we are not quite clear how he will do that. so they will certainly be very worried in kyiv that the us administration when it changes injanuary will cut the us administration when it changes in january 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 that there is no conceivable landing zone that is mostly acceptable to both sides. from the russian side, putin keeps making these maximalist demands about nato withdrawing from eastern europe were reducing the size of the ukrainian army to 50,000 in ever being a needle. on the ukrainian side, it is very difficult to see how president zelensky can give up land 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. that is it for this _ pace could come about. that is it for this half _ pace could come about. that is it for this half an _ pace could come about. that is it for this half an hour. - pace could come about. that is it for this half an hour. to - it for this half an hour. to stay with us and bbc news. —— do stay with us on bbc news. we have had a wintry look as the temperature has started to drop. there will be some snow for some northern parts of the uk in the next few days. the low pressure will go to scandinavia and change the wind direction towards the arctic in the uk. that colder air will begin to arrive in scotland today. from 16 to 6 degrees in aberdeen. some clear skies must follow and wintry showers continuing in northern parts in scotland and 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. frosty and a bit icy in places early on sunday morning

but some sunshine here. more cloud elsewhere and 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 into wales and england. temperatures in double figures in southernmost parts of england and wales but a lot colder further north and feeling cold, though with less strong winds in scotland. we still have some wintry showers _ we still have some wintry showers continuing in northern scotland —

showers continuing in northern scotland during the day on monday at scotland during the day on monday a— scotland during the day on monda an . ~ . ., monday at with thickening cloud cominu in monday at with thickening cloud coming in across _ monday at with thickening cloud coming in across many - monday at with thickening cloud coming in across many areas - monday at with thickening cloud | coming in across many areas and wayne across wales and southern england and getting wetter in northern ireland is that low pressure begins to arrive so a cold day and temperatures are beginning to drop further against wales and the midlands but through the evening and overnight, me way may well find some snow especially in scotland and northern england, about ten centimetres which will bring some disruption to the northern pennines and that snow will continue overnight into tuesday morning and then that moves away and more showers into scotland and those will continue for much of next week and that blast of cold air will push its way southwards.

this is bbc news. the headlines: ten infants die in a hospital fire in northern india — 16 other babies are receiving treatment. local officials say the blaze in the neonatal intensive care unit may have been caused by an electrical fault. 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. ukraine is also accusing germany of attempting to appease russia. here in the uk, the latest

home office figures show that people from afghanistan are more likely than any other nationality to try to get to the uk by crossing the english channel. and the former world heavyweight boxing champion mike tyson has lost his fight against the youtuberjake paul. meanwhile, ireland's katie taylor successfully defended her light—welterweight title against puerto rico's amanda serrano. tropical storm sara has brought severe flooding to the central american country of honduras. the intense rainfall has also caused landslides in parts of the country. more than 1,000 hondurans have been forced to seek refuge in shelters. the us national hurricane center forecast between 15 and 25 inches of rain in northern honduras over the next few days, with up to 35 inches striking isolated areas. meanwhile in the philippines, thousands of people have