and at least four dead. central beirut has come under attack again in a massive israeli air strike which has killed at least four people. several yellow weather warnings are now in place across the uk as storm bert brings high winds, rain and snow. the laos government says it is "profoundly saddened" by the poisoning deaths of six foreign tourists. and a un aid convoy arrives in a camp in darfur, sudan, for the first time since a famine was declared there in august. hello, i'm catherine byaruhanga. we start in lebanon, where israel has carried out a powerful air strike on central beirut overnight. lebanese media says

an eight—storey residential building collapsed after being hit by several missiles. local reports say four people have been killed and more than 20 injured. search and rescue efforts are under way. eyewitnesses say the explosions shook the city. israel's latest attacks comes despite renewed efforts for a ceasefire. since the escalation of the conflict in september, israeli air strikes have killed several top hezbollah leaders in beirut. let's cross live to beirut and speak to our middle east correspondent hugo bachega. tell us what is happening there. , , , ., there. this is the sight of this massive _ there. this is the sight of this massive israeli - there. this is the sight of| this massive israeli attack that happened overnight. hours later there is still a massive operation here to remove the rubble. a search effort is also under way. just moments ago we saw our second body being removed from other the rubble.

this is a densely populated district. as you can see there is a lot of damaging nearby buildings which gives us a sense of the scale of the attack that happened here. this attack that happened here. this attack happened at around four o'clock in the morning and was felt and heard all across the city. the first time this part of beirut has come under attack. there is a huge crater over there where this attack happened. several explosions were heard as a result of this attack that happened here in central beirut. these happens, as we've seen, as more efforts for a ceasefire... there have been talks with lebanese officials to try to reach a deal to end this conflict between israel and hezbollah.

the scale of this attack suggests that a senior hezbollah figure was the target. we haven't had any reaction from hezbollah so far. a massive attack in central beirut. ., ., , , a massive attack in central beirut. ., beirut. how does this attack fit into the _ beirut. how does this attack fit into the picture _ beirut. how does this attack fit into the picture of- beirut. how does this attack fit into the picture of what . fit into the picture of what was seen in terms of the conflict over the past few weeks in terms of lebanon. we have seen _ weeks in terms of lebanon. - have seen there has been escalation in the israeli campaign against hezbollah. in the southern suburbs of the city where hezbollah is based has been repeatedly attacked. also the israeli military is carrying out a grand invasion... ground invasion. we've seen significant efforts

from international diplomats trying to reach a ceasefire in this conflict. discussions with the senior officials... including... we haven't had any reaction following those talks, following the differences between the lebanese demands and also the israeli demands and also the israeli demands and those talks trying to reach and those talks trying to reach a deal in these negotiations. negotiations that hezbollah was willing to accept a deal... negotiations under fire, these attacks are going to continue despite these negotiations for a ceasefire.—

a ceasefire. our middle east correspondent _ a ceasefire. our middle east correspondent there - a ceasefire. our middle east correspondent there who - a ceasefire. our middle east| correspondent there who will a ceasefire. our middle east - correspondent there who will be bringing us more updates here on bbc news. parts of the midlands, northern england and scotland are now under a yellow met office weather warning for rain and snow. northern ireland has been under a similar alert since midnight, as storm bert makes its way across the uk. further warnings for ice, snow, rain and wind will be brought in this morning. national highways have also issued a severe alert for snow in yorkshire. i'm joined by bbc weather presenter chris fawkes. thank you for coming into the studio. this is a complex where situation happening across the uk? , ., ., 4' situation happening across the uk? , ., ., ~ ., uk? the things were looking at is heavy snow. _ uk? the things were looking at is heavy snow, heavy _ uk? the things were looking at is heavy snow, heavy rain - uk? the things were looking at is heavy snow, heavy rain and i is heavy snow, heavy rain and strong winds. let's take a look at strong bert. the met office

haveissued at strong bert. the met office have issued an amber weather alerts for this. the rain is bumping into the cold there and you can see the white on the radar picture. the amount of snow, well, across the high ground of northern england were looking at 20 or 30 centimetres of snow. a similar thing for southern scotland with those amber warnings, those top—level warnings. further northwards we also have amber weather warnings for snow. these amber weather warnings are the most serious that we have for storm bert. that amber warning is valid until five o'clock this evening. it's notjust across the higher ground. the snow is coming down to lower levels. this picture shows the scene very snowy scene in harrogate in north yorkshire. i've been looking at some of the road in this part of the world and the aim is really struggling at the

moment. are we talking about one of the biggest rows across northern england which is grinding to a halt with the heavy snow coming down. there is more of that to come across this morning. we are going to see further ram packed to trap transport —— impact to transport. it is not the only hazard we've already seen gusts of wind in the isles of scilly. some of the strongest gusts will work up into the 70s. the wins will become really strong across most of the uk reaching gale force. strong enough to bring down tree branches, so we could see localised disruption just about anywhere. the final issueis just about anywhere. the final issue is the rainfall. we looking about huge amounts of

rain. overthe looking about huge amounts of rain. over the high ground we could see hundred and 50 millimetres of rain, and that rain is incessant and is building up hour by hour. we'll see the effect later today and into tomorrow with likelihood of some nasty flooding. what into tomorrow with likelihood of some nasty flooding. what is the official— of some nasty flooding. what is the official advice _ of some nasty flooding. what is the official advice for— of some nasty flooding. what is the official advice for people - the official advice for people waking up to weather like this? check on the weather conditions if you are planning on going on a journey, if you are planning on going on ajourney, bear if you are planning on going on a journey, bear in mind there are some road shirts. the a56 is shut. the woodhead pass is shut. on lower level routes, the aim, i would not be going on that this morning. leave it till this afternoon when the snow will turn back to rain and will start to see some improvements in weather conditions. for now there is transport disruption around and because the snow is coming down

in big wet to chunky flakes, that snow is going to be really good at sticking to power cables and branches which could collapse under the weight, so we are quite likely to see some power cuts from the severe weather. power cuts from the severe weather-— power cuts from the severe weather. ., ~ , ., , . let's speak to our reporter oli constable, who's in barnard castle in the northeast of england. you are on the age of 66, it looks very beautiful but i'm sure it is seen as causing a lot of concern?— lot of concern? it's a very beautiful _ lot of concern? it's a very beautiful part _ lot of concern? it's a very beautiful part of - lot of concern? it's a very beautiful part of the - lot of concern? it's a very i beautiful part of the world, with or without the snow. and this is part of the amber weather warning that has been in place since seven o'clock this morning this is the a66. the snow gates are not close today and that is surprising, national highways said officially they should be

closed but we've had cars and trucks going past us all morning. we've also had snow ploughs and graters coming trying to keep people on the move. moving that huge amount of snow out of the way, and gritting behind them. we were told that we would expect 30 millimetres of snow, it's not quite got that extreme. i've done a very un—scientific test and it seems to be ten centimetres. we are being told about that disruption being caused... in scotland... in harrogate. we are being told about issues on the rails. avanti west about issues on the rails. ava nti west coast about issues on the rails. avanti west coast is telling us people should not travel this morning because of the issues, and also issues on the trans pennine express routes north of

carlisle. that's because of all these issues. north yorkshire police telling us they're dealing with eight crashes due to... warning against all but essential travel. only go out if you have to do because of the treacherous conditions. were also hearing about power cuts. we are hearing that that is happening as well. teams out and about on the ground trying to restore some kind of normality. we are seeing those pictures from other parts of the country in other parts of this region affected by this amber weather warning, showing the disruption that is being caused. what happened this afternoon as the temperatures warm up on this blizzard —like conditions stop, well hopefully it will enable people to get out and about the conditions will improve quite

considerably. let's speak to our scotland correspondent, catriona renton who is keeping an eye on the sitution what should people in scotland be preparing for? where starting to we starting to see storm bert the amber warning for snow and ice is in place untilfive warning for snow and ice is in place until five o'clock this afternoon and that covers parts of the highlands and aberdeenshire. �* , , aberdeenshire. there's been significant — aberdeenshire. there's been significant snowfall - aberdeenshire. there's been significant snowfall in - aberdeenshire. there's been| significant snowfall in central and southern scotland, and there is an amber weather warning covering dumfries and galloway and the borders, there

was a crash on the main road earlier this morning, apparently the weather conditions were very poor there but now it has now been cleared up. we are expecting disruption on the roads. police advise people to really think about whether travel is necessary on the roads. we've had some rail disruption in the past week and we expect of that today, depending on how the weather pans out. and again on the ferries, watch out for disruption on those. when the shops open, people can starting to clear the pathway and the snow is starting to rile up a bit on the pavements. actually the place waking up and people looking really as a very pretty wintry scene. i'm sure that this is something that will please people that i hear on their holidays. with that

always comes the warning to prepare. i have a fact for you the uk's lowest november temperature for ia years was recorded at two o'clock in the morning in a small village in the highlands. we can see what we are expecting across the day. we are expecting it to get worse appear before it gets better were expecting it to clear about five o'clock this afternoon, but there are more weather warnings, yellow warning so not quite so severe, for wind and warning so not quite so severe, forwind and rain. so warning so not quite so severe, for wind and rain. so rotten stuff. . ~ for wind and rain. so rotten stuff. ., ~ , ., for wind and rain. so rotten stuff. ., ~' , ., , for wind and rain. so rotten stuff. ., ~ , ., , . stuff. thank you very much. just to say _ stuff. thank you very much. just to say that _ stuff. thank you very much. just to say that if _ stuff. thank you very much. just to say that if you're - just to say that if you're watching here in the uk we have watching here in th