as a group representing small island states walk out of a key meeting at cop29. two amber weather warnings — meaning a risk to life and property — are now in place across the uk, as storm bert brings high winds, rain and snow. a massive air strike on a multistorey building in the heart of lebanon's capital leaves 15 people dead and more than 60 injured. and more than 60 injured. talks at the cop29 climate talks at the cop29 climate summit in azerbaijan summit in azerbaijan are on the verge of collapse are on the verge of collapse after poor countries after poor countries walked out of a meeting walked out of a meeting saying their financial needs saying their financial needs are being ignored. all around the world. are being ignored. negotiations were deadlocked over how much money richer nations should richer nations should provide poorer ones. provide poorer ones. our climate reporter 0ur climate reporter esme stallard is at the summit esme stallard is at the summit in baku where she says in baku where she says tensions are rising. tensions are rising. well, it is quite manic here. well, it is quite manic here. you'll probably see behind me you'll probably see behind me there's a lot of the world's there's a lot of the world's press, but also. press, but also. negotiators from countries negotiators from countries

all around the world. they've been in meeting room 11, talking to the president about the latest cash offer on the table by richer countries, including the eu, the uk and the us for developing countries here are not happy. we've just found out that aosis, which basically represents all the small island states, they all negotiate together as a bloc. they've walked out, they said they are not being heard. we've also just heard in the last few minutes that the least developed countries. so that's a massive group of countries amongst the poorest countries in the world has said they are temporarily pulling out. so we don't know quite what that means, what will actually bring them back to the table. but likely they are looking for a higher cash offer. john podesta, the us climate envoy, is a little bit more positive. he said he hopes this is the storm before the calm. so as you can see, there is a lot going on here and we're just trying to keep up with things as they move very quickly.

they still propose that wealthier countries would give $250 billion a year by 2035. so how much is the figure that developing nations would be happy with if they said. so, we've heard from the africa group of countries, they said they're looking for a figure closer to 500 billion. it's notjust the total amount of money they're looking for by 2035. they're also looking for that to come more in the form of grants. so typically a lot of the money these countries have been given historically to help tackle climate change and also prepare for it has been in the form of loans. and all this has done is increased their debt burden, they say. so they don't want any more money like that. so it's notjust a straight forward discussion about numbers here. it's also about dates. who's giving them money and in what form. 0bviously, obviously, there is a huge amount of concern that the state these talks are in but a

little earlier this afternoon the eu climate commissioner said that we are doing our utmost to build bridges with literally every one. it’s utmost to build bridges with literally every one.— literally every one. it's not eas , literally every one. it's not easy. it's _ literally every one. it's not easy. it's a _ literally every one. it's not easy, it's a fair _ literally every one. it's not easy, it's a fair asked - literally every one. it's not easy, it's a fair asked to i literally every one. it's not i easy, it's a fair asked to stay constructive. there is no alternative to do do whatever we can. it is extremely rare according to a delicate from christian aid to see a delegation walk out of a negotiation flight just happened here. the only time i can remember it happening was when the africa group did it in warsaw in 2013. so, developing countries to dismissing that offer of $250 billion per year by 2035 to help tackle climate change and they want a figure closer to $500 billion preferably in the form of grants that they don't have to repay rather than loans which just increase their debt burden. if you want to take a look at every twist and turn of what is happening in azerbaijan

verities. 0ur live page on the bbc news website, where anger from those developing countries is palpable. all of our correspondence are updating by the minute what is happening at the minute what is happening at the summit. a little bit later here on bbc news will be looking at the implications of a trump administration and what that might mean for how the united states engages with climate change. more now on storm bert, which has been sweeping across the uk in the past few hours. snow, heavy rain, strong winds and further snow have hit large

train lines out of operation because of flooding. now here in dundonald where i am, which is just on the outskirts of east belfast, we have some residents out of their home because their street has been flooded overnight, have around a row of around 12 houses, as you can see the operation going on behind me. most of those residents are stuck inside their homes. the mother of one man i spoke to this morning said her son had woken up and went down to see around 2 or 3ft of water in his home this morning. the fridge was floating around the kitchen and lots of dirty water around there, so they're trapped inside their houses at the moment. while the fire service try to pump the water away out of the street. another resident i spoke to, she'd been lucky enough, she woke up just after seven to see the water encroaching on the street and slowly rising. she had left to go and get sandbags because, she says the street does flood quite often, but it doesn't actually encroach on homes that often. she said by the time she returned, that water had entered her house

and her and her sister had been lucky enough to escape that flood. but it will take some time here. a lot of disruption for residents. 0ne local politician i spoke to said there is an inter—agency meeting taking place right now to discuss emergency accommodation and the response to the flooding for those affected, but i think it will be a few hours before this street is cleared. certainly we can see that water slowly receding, but really it's about 3 or 4 foot high at the moment, and that will be the case and that will be the case across a few areas of northern across a few areas of northern ireland this afternoon. ireland this afternoon. so for those residents it's so for those residents it's a wait and see situation. a wait and see situation. just some breaking news from a just some breaking news from a wales where we are hearing five wales where we are hearing five adults and five children have adults and five children have been rescued following a been rescued following a landslide. the emergency was landslide. the emergency was raised just before 2pm this raised just before 2pm this

afternoon. two pumps afternoon. two pumps from wrexham are still at the scene. according to the north wales fire and rescue service, material from fire and rescue service, materialfrom higher fire and rescue service, material from higher ground fire and rescue service, materialfrom higher ground has material from higher ground has fallen materialfrom higher ground has fallen around the property necessitating these five adults and five children needing to be rescued. we will keep an eye on that. no reports of any casualties but we will bring you the latest on get it. a man in his 60s has died in hampshire after a tree fell on his car during storm bert. earlier our reporter simon jones gave us more details. hampshire police say they were called this morning to report that a tree had come down on a car on the a31; southbound in the kingsworthy area. the police say that a man in his 60s who was driving a black mercedes was pronounced dead at the scene and his family has been informed. another car was also damaged but there were no injuries with the people who were inside that second vehicle. the police are appealing

for anyone who may have witnessed what happened to come forward or anyone that might have dash cam footage because they were driving along the road at that time. in terms of the investigation, the police tell me that they are still looking into what caused the tree to come down. 0ur weather presenters tell me that at that time of day just before eight o'clock this morning the wind was probably blowing at about 45 mph which is normally not enough to bring a tree down. it is possible that the tree was damaged already so it did not require winds to be that strong to bring down that tree. that's all going to part of the investigation. that part of the a31; southbound was closed for several hours, there was reduced traffic along that road. we have just heard from national

simonjones reporting simon jones reporting there. simonjones reporting there. we have also got a live page on what is happening weather—wise across the uk and i'm just reading that three people have been rescued from a vehicle on the isle of man by fire crews after they were trapped when floodwaters rose on a road on the island. the island rescue service said it had been responding to several flooding incidents in the wake of heavy rains and rising water levels. they are urging people not to travel unless they really have to. please, do not travel through flood water they said, evenin through flood water they said, even in shallow water can be extremely dangerous. news reporter 0livia richward filled me in on the situation in the north yorkshire town of pately bridge. it is absolutely freezing here and the slush is now ankle deep. well, people here in north yorkshire woke up to absolutely beautiful scenes. there was loads of snow. i live about half an hour away and we had about 2.5in. it was fantastic but it very soon turned to rain. and of course that's caused a lot of problems here in pateley bridge.

we're in a valley and all of the roads out of this village are very steep. so this morning there were cars sliding all over the place and struggling and having to abandon their vehicles to come in and out of the village. things are an improving picture, at least as far as the roads are concerned. but the problem now is that it's solid rain and there's loads of slush underfoot, so the roads are still hazardous because there's big piles of slush and snow collecting in places and bits of flooding across the north. there has been some disruption. you talked about the cancellations, delays and diversions that have been taking place at newcastle airport. i understand that planes are now landing there again and hopefully things will be getting back to normal. there's also been a football fixture called off in blackburn. they were due to play portsmouth. well, maybe the away fans will be pleased that fixture has been cancelled and will be rearranged. also, you mentioned there have been power cuts. we think that there's about 1500 homes in western north yorkshire without power, and northern power grid are working as hard as they can to restore power. but conditions are very

unpleasant and some roads are very inaccessible. the little side roads are still very inaccessible, but here in pateley bridge it is in terms of driving at least an improving picture, albeit not very nice to be standing out here at all. where are we going next? i think we are going here... catriona renton who was keeping an eye on the sitution in pitlochry. she told us what people in scotland should be preparing for. two of the other parts of scotland have been worst affected than here today. but we are all right. so, this isjust a normal day. and is this your business? yeah. yeah, this is our business. so, will this affect you, do you think? probably. um, yeah. because obviously people have been told not to travel and stuff, which you're going to have to say anyway because you sometimes can't predict it too accurately,

but that's what it is. oh, it's horrible actually. we knew it yesterday. but yeah, this is worse rather than last year. so we didn't expect this kind of weather in this year. but everybody said this will be worse. so, tell me, what do you think about the weather. oh, it's lovely! absolutely fabulous here. i take it you'rejoking? yeah, yeah. can't wait to get on the bus. where are you off to? paisley. so you're actually going through - the weather as it is, then. so hopefully it'llj be just snowing. somebody made a mistake, ithink. we were expecting 20cm of snow from 7:00 this morning? but we got rain, so. are you here on holiday? no, we live here. you live here? sorry. and so, i mean, forfolk that live here, this is no biggie, is it? no, it isn't. this is nothing. this is just a walk in the park. but actually, we're on the way up to a bothy, a wee up in the highlands, if anyone knows where that is. and, yeah, we're actually just a bit scared

of the weather and, you know, but we're going to be all right. yeah. if it's bad, we'll turn back. but if not, we're going to get a nice fire on, nice fire - on and a wee party. how the people of pitlochry are going to cope with the weather. the uk government has launched an independent review of the role of physician associates in england because of increasing concerns about their use in the nhs. they are health care professionals with two years of training, who support doctors but the british medical association says they are being asked to do tasks they are not meant to. the health secretary wes streeting said there were legitimate issues that needed looking at — but has also criticised the "toxic nature of the debate", saying it had left pas feeling demoralised. here's our health editor hugh pym. morning, how are you today? that is so kind of you, thank you. starting the day with a cup of tea. busy for you? always is, yes. but with patients waiting, rosie gets on with her first case. lovely, let me get the door for you. oh, the door is open. my name is rosie, i'm

a physician associate. i had the gall bladder removed and everything and i still get cramps in my stomach. there is a private examination and the patient needs reassured. —— the patient leaves reassured. take care, bye—bye. one of several appointments where patients get to see a pa quicker than a gp. yes, i've seen that lady a few times before so i feel a bit of a rapport with her and she actually requested to see me today, which was nice. can you reach to get up on here or do you need a little bit of help? like other pas rosie did a relevant degree and a two—year masters. examinations like this are part of the role. do you want to show me your tummy? is that 0k? perfect. take some deep breaths in and out like you are trying to blow out a candle so... there was supposed to be a blood test but it has been cancelled... the practice gps say they would be lost without pas and struggle to keep up with demand. can i take your date of birth first? but elsewhere, a row has blown up which claims pas may be acting above their qualifications and there may be

patient safety concerns. the doctor's' union, the bma, has called for recruitment to be halted. the debate is so heated this practice didn't want to be named and rosie didn't want to give her full name. i potentially felt a little bit vulnerable having my full name out there and i didn't want to be subjected to any, abuse maybe sounds harsh, but abuse online, which i think is really sad because you should be able to come on and say what you do as a job and, you know, iam really proud of myjob and working for the nhs. doctors want the review to clarify precisely what pas can and can't do and how they are supervised. rosie is happy with that as long as it diffuses the row. hugh pym, bbc news. earlier this year a group of

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