we'll start the day off in double figures, but still some very adverse weather conditions. it's still going to be very wet across the far south of england, into south—east england. still gusty winds towards these irish sea coasts. some sunny spells, but some showers following on behind the storm. do take care. bye— bye.

this is bbc news, the headlines: two the headlines: men from south wales have pleaded two men from south wales have pleaded guilty to being part of a vast operation of smuggling thousands of migrants to europe. an australian teenager becomes the sixth person to die in suspected methanol poisoning in laos. donald trump nominates veteran prosecutor, pam bondi, as his new attorney—general after matt gaetz withdraws his nomination for the role. a woman in the united states has become the first person to receive a double lung transplant done by a robot. all of those stories are coming up, time to cross to gavin the sports news of the day. hello from the bbc sport centre. new manchester united head coach, ruben amorim, has given his first press conference since

joining the club. united sacked erik ten hag last month with the club lying 13th in the table and without a premier league title in over a decade. but former sporting manager amorim believes he's the man to turn things around. i believe i am a dreamer and i also believe in myself, i believe in the club, i think we have the same idea, the same mindset, so that can help. but i truly believe in the players also. i know that you guys don't believe a lot in these players, but i believe a lot. i think we have room to improve and i want to try new things. you guys think is not possible, i think is possible, we will see in the end. so the red half of manchester has a new manager and the manager of the blue half has a new contract. pep guardiola signed a new two—year deal at champions city on thursday and says the reason it's not less than that amount of time is to avoid speculation about his future next year.

i don't want next season, september or october, end of season, again, again, again. that was the main reason, i don't want to be in that position. the end of the contractors there, i would like to stay two more but i also know there is not two more years. we have an incredible, incredible, legendary players here in the team, but you have to perform. if you don't perform, the chairman, the fans, will say, what is going on? and you have to change. staying with the premier league, clubs have voted to approve changes to rules governing commercial deals. friday's vote took under 30 minutes, and came after an independent panel found aspects of the premier league's rules to be unlawful earlier this year, following a lawsuit instigated by manchester city. clubs voted 16 in favour and four against, those four were city, newcastle united, nottingham forest and aston villa. max verstappen could clinch the formula one title this weekend, but he didn't fare too well

in the first day of practice at the las vegas grand prix. he ended up down in 17th with lewis hamilton setting the fastest time. lando norris, whose title challenge has fallen away somewhat, was second fastest. red bull's verstappen, who can clinch his fourth drivers�* title this weekend, ended up two seconds off the pace, but the dutchman will win the title, as long as he doesn't lose more than two points to norris in the race this weekend. germany face the netherlands for a place in the davis cup final, in the next hour. italy will have their chance to make it there on saturday afterjannik sinner once again proved the star man for them. sinner first won his singles match to level the tie with argentina and then beat the pair of andres molteni and maximo gonzalez with doubles partner matteo berrettini to complete the comeback. they'll face australia in the last four tomorrow in what is a repeat of last year's final. it was action—packed opening day of the first test between australia and india in perth. india won the toss and decided to bat and it looked like

that had backfired when they were bowled out in two sessions forjust 150. australian bowlerjosh hazlewood doing a lot of the damage with four wickets. but australia also struggled to make runs. they were 67—7 at stumps, trailing by 83 runs. captainjasprit bumrah also with four wickets. the cleveland browns came from behind to beat the pittsburgh steelers 2a—i9 in a dramatic game on thursday night. the two teams fought through blizzard conditions in ohio. the browns led early, before the steelers came back to make it 19—18, calvin austin amongst the scorers. but the browns hit back immediately with nick chubb barging into the end zone for his second touchdown of the match. and that's all the sport for now. let's return to that poisoning story, a second australian teenager has died of suspected methanol poisoning, bringing to six the number of foreign tourists who have died after apparently drinking tainted alcohol in laos.

just in the last few minutes, the parents of the british woman the parents of the british woma , ., the parents of the british woma ,, ., ~ , , woman simone white, this is the icture of woman simone white, this is the picture of the _ woman simone white, this is the picture of the 28-year-old, - picture of the 28—year—old, they have just released a statement saying, we are devastated by the loss of our beautiful, kind and loving daughter simone. she was one—of—a—kind and had the most wonderful energy and spark for life. she was a soul that gave so much to so many and was loved by herfamily, friends and colleagues. simone has been taken from us too soon and she will be sorely missed by her brother, grandmotherand will be sorely missed by her brother, grandmother and entire family. the statement ends by saying our hearts go out to all the other families who have been affected by this terrible tragedy. that is a statement just released from simone white's parents in the last few minutes. let's stay with this. the bbc�*s rupert wingfield—hayes has the latest from bangkok.

she was treated in a hospital in the capital of laos. this she was treated in a hospital in the capital of laos.- in the capital of laos. this is a growing — in the capital of laos. this is a growing tragedy _ in the capital of laos. this is a growing tragedy as - in the capital of laos. this is a growing tragedy as we - in the capital of laos. this is a growing tragedy as we can | a growing tragedy as we can see. a six person confirmed dead today. we do not really know how many other people may have been sickened in this incident, although it does appear this happened some time ago. we think that is certainly the two young australian women, they became sick about nine days ago. so it is quite a while now since that happened. it is hoped that means that

more people are not falling sick now. there is a police investigation we understand going on in vang vieng, and one of the things that comes out of this is the laos has been described as people on social media as a wild west place where stuff is not regulated. young backpackers are going there to have fun, they are going there to enjoy themselves, but they may not really understand the risks of drinking locally made liquor in this unregulated environment. as we heard in that report, a very, very small amount of methanol can be fatal, as little as 25 millilitres of methanol in another drink can cause severe illness and even death. i think the message going out from people here is if you are going to laos, you need to be really, really careful about what you consume. there is the bbc website with the live pages we are running with all the latest developments. do head there for more information on that major news story.

the cop29 climate summit has released a new draft climate finance deal that would have developed nations take the lead. but a european negotiator has said the new draft deal is too costly. let's speak to lord nick stern, the author of the 2006 the stern review which was the first detailed economic assessment of the impact of climate change in the uk. he is also the chairman of the grantham research institute on climate change and the environment. welcome to bbc news. can you understand some of the anger reflected on the programme about half an hour ago from some of the developing world delegates who are there at the cop29 gathering. one of them when they were told said, is this a joke? i when they were told said, is this a joke?— when they were told said, is this a joke? this a “oke? i do understand. the this ajoke? i do understand. the current _ this ajoke? i do understand. the current figure _ this ajoke? i do understand. the current figure they - this ajoke? i do understand. the current figure they are l the current figure they are

using for this so—called new collective quantified goal of around 250 billion a year by 2035 is in our view very much on the low side. we would think that a figure closer to 400 billion from the rich countries would be more in order. that would be more in order. that would be more in order. that would be part of a much bigger story of by 2035 overall flows of around 3 trillion to the emerging markets outside china. a big chunk of that would be private sector. the slice from the rich countries attributable directly to their activity should be closer to 400 billion then the 250 billion in 2035 thatis then the 250 billion in 2035 that is currently written down. so i do understand where the developed world is coming from. the rich world of course is always going to claim poverty, but they are the rich world and i think they could and should do much more if we are to

deliver on the paris agreement to hold temperatures well below 2 degrees and make efforts to hold them to 1.5.— hold them to 1.5. yes, and we can aet hold them to 1.5. yes, and we can get bogged _ hold them to 1.5. yes, and we can get bogged down, - hold them to 1.5. yes, and we can get bogged down, it - hold them to 1.5. yes, and we can get bogged down, it is - hold them to 1.5. yes, and we can get bogged down, it is so | can get bogged down, it is so easy to do in terms of numbers, what each side once. but is part of this current dispute and unhappiness around the numbers being talked about partly because of all the broken promises exactly on this issue over previous years? yes. issue over previous years? yes, back in the _ issue over previous years? yes, back in the paris _ issue over previous years? yes, back in the paris agreement - issue over previous years? 1913 back in the paris agreement of 2015, which is the landmark agreement, they confirmed the idea of a float from the rich countries of about 100 billion a year by 2020, and they didn't make it until about 2023. so they didn't make it in the end, but it was late. and of course time is of the essence, this is a very urgent story. so i do hopein a very urgent story. so i do hope in these final hours that the rich countries can up their game, and you have to remember that most of this flow that we are talking about in the 250 billion which should be closer

to 400, comes through the multilateral development banks, places like the world bank, development bank and so on and a cost very little for the rich countries to expand their ability to lend. so while it may sound rather big in some ways, we should recognise that if you go through the multilateral development banks, you can get tremendous leverage, and from moderately small amount going into those, you can really up there game and that would go most of the way to do what we need to do to deliver on paris. has way to do what we need to do to deliver on paris.— deliver on paris. as you were talkin: , deliver on paris. as you were talking. we — deliver on paris. as you were talking, we were _ deliver on paris. as you were talking, we were seeing - talking, we were seeing pictures of collapsing icebergs, we were seeing drought, flooding, the consequences of climate change. lets get away from the figures, whatever figure they agree at the end of this, what are they going to principally use that money for in developing countries?— countries? this is about investment. _ countries? this is about investment. it - countries? this is about investment. it is - countries? this is about investment. it is aboutl investment. it is about investment. it is about investment in a whole new model of growth which is much more would attractive than the dirty and destructive models of the

past. it is about investing in solar and wind and investing in the grids that can take that electricity around. that means electrifying whole parts of africa which have not yet got electric power. it means bringing down the cost of electricity. this is a tremendous investment, not only in cutting emissions, but also in cutting emissions, but also in driving forward a new form of growth. it is investment that helps with adaptation which can protect against storm surges and so on. it is investment that can help protect natural resources, investment can help bring underground railways to cities and build cities where you can move and breathe. this is real development investment that increases the incomes of people increases the incomes of people in the developing world and gives them a real chance. so it is not simply about cutting emissions, it is about both, it is about cutting emissions in that process driving forward a much more attractive model of development. much more attractive model of development-_

development. good to talk to ou, development. good to talk to you. thanks _ development. good to talk to you, thanks for _ development. good to talk to you, thanks forjoining - development. good to talk to you, thanks forjoining us - development. good to talk to l you, thanks forjoining us here in the programme. in the next minute or so will be live in washington, the latest on the trump appointments. we know matt gaetz has been dumped and the other names now. around the world and across the uk, you are watching bbc news.

you are watching bbc news, let's talk about the situation in ukraine. after russia raised the stakes in the war against ukraine by firing an experimental ballistic missile, the nato military alliance has said it won't be deterred from supporting kyiv. nato will meet on tuesday to discuss russia's launch of the hypersonic intermediate range missile, but says it will not change the course of the conflict. joining me now is samuel ramani, a military and geopolitical analyst and an associate fellow at royal united services institute. he is also the author of putin's war on ukraine.

thank you forjoining us on the programme. it was a witch that started —— a week that started joe biden... the uk then using storm chasers, the russian response. where in your assessment we end this week? well, we end in a moment of severe escalation i think on the russian side. we are seeing the russian side. we are seeing the use of the intercom intercontinental ballistic missile, which was linked as retaliation for the us and germany agreeing to deploy long—range us missiles. so the russians also... something they have talked about since ukraine used advanced weaponry in the spring. this is a week where we see months of escalation effectively culminate in climax. ., ., effectively culminate in climax. ., climax. how do you view the

threats to — climax. how do you view the threats to the _ climax. how do you view the threats to the us, _ climax. how do you view the threats to the us, to - climax. how do you view the threats to the us, to the - climax. how do you view the | threats to the us, to the uk, made by vladimir putin? well, we always _ made by vladimir putin? well, we always take _ 1540