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. 60,000 homes in the republic of ireland are without power after the storm struck overnight. 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 we'll bring you the story of george harrison's guitar, which has been sold at an auction for over £1 million. hello, i'm martine croxall. welcome to the programme. international talks on climate change are in deadlock, with developing countries walking out of a meeting with the hosts, azerbaijan. this was the moment that the

delicates left. —— the delegates. they say the cash offered by richer nations to help them tackle global warming is much too low. reports from the cop29 summit say the offer has risen to about $300 billion a year. the eu is calling for an annual review of global efforts to phase out fossil fuels — but saudi arabia is reportedly opposed. the summit was originally scheduled to end on friday. here is cedric shuster, samoan chairman of the alliance of small island states, explaining why the decision to walk out was taken. we came here to this cop for a fair deal. we feel that we haven't been heard and there is a deal to be made and we have not been consulted. that's why we are here but... we are here to negotiate, but we have walked out because at the moment, we don't feel that we are being heard in there. the uk's energy minister, ed miliband, was also questioned about the standoff— saying parties are working to agree to the best possible outcome. parties will have to decide the deal that is offered, and whether it is an acceptable

deal or not. personally, i think we need to move forward, that by significantly increasing the climate finance available to developing countries, we can both help them and help the world in accelerating the clean energy transition. it is a significant scaling up from the 100 billion... is it over ten years? by 2035? we will keep working for the best possible outcome. live now to our climate reporter, esme stallard, who's at cop 29 in baku. it all sounds very fraught. it is, things are moving very quickly. 0ver is, things are moving very quickly. over the last couple of hours, it seems like the negotiations were breaking down to a number of countries including ireland states like the bahamas and jamaica walked out of the talks altogether. we had some of the groups of the poorer nations of the world say they were temporarily walking out and that was over an agreement how much money they would get to help prepare for

and help tackle climate change. we thought those negotiations were ongoing but suddenly, the cop president, cold are primarily —— called a plan array which is basically where all the countries get together. behind me, thejournalists are trying to get into that room see what is being talked about. we think that the present will go through some of the things i have been talking about over the last few weeks, which are less consensus, and then we are waiting to see what is happening. it may bell be that discussions will go through the night or they will pause those discussions and go until tomorrow. if this country say they may pull out, do we have they may pull out, do we have the numbers left? there has to be 66% of countries still here to make sure that anything agreed actually goes free. this is all about _ agreed actually goes free. this is all about a _ agreed actually goes free. this is all about a new _ agreed actually goes free. this is all about a new draft proposal that has not been published but you have managed

to get your hands on a copy and it would seem that the amount of money on offer has gone up? exactly. so there was an author put a couple of days ago, which was $250 billion by 2035 from richer countries like the uk, the us and the eu to those poorer countries. straight off the bat, these poor country said, is this a joke? this is not enough to cover what we need. so negotiations went on overnight and in the draft deal, we saw that numbered up to 300. but african countries are saying they want 500, for example. it is notjust the number, it is about who is contributing to that number. under the paris agreement, it should be richer countries was up should be richer countries was up in this draft deal, it is suggesting other developing countries that have may be growing the economy should be contributing which is a red line for those poorer nations. in terms of who is really

pushing for these talks to continue, who is eight besides the eu? they have said, we have got to stick with this, this is the only option we have got. 50 the only option we have got. so the only option we have got. sr the least the only option we have got. 5r the least developed countries, that poorer group of countries that poorer group of countries that will negotiate together, they were temporarily walking out which suggests they may be interested in clive at the table. we had from a delegate that they were in the room where the us and the eu just half an hour ago. it should be the cop president, azerbaijan, who should be pushing for this. we had one delegate from power shift africa, that is an observer, charity, saying that there were not doing a good job, they were fumbling around in the dark. it seems like the president may be penning everyone together as is needed. thank you very much, esme stallard in baku. well, earlier i spoke to nick bridge, who was the uk foreign secretary's special

representative for climate change from 2017 until 2023. he gave me his take on the recent cop29 developments. the central question of this whole event is this big finance number, can poor and vulnerable countries be supported ? and they were always going to have a very big demand, quite understandably. and other countries who are going to provide this money have their constraints back home and so forth. so there was always going to be a very difficult ending. i'm not too surprised. i know that there's a lot of good intentions, a lot of hard work going on. i've heard, you know, from the uk team that they're working flat out overnight. we've just heard from the eu that they're remaining constructive. so yeah, this is the big sort of moment in which these crunch talks often happen. and i think everybody knows what's at stake. what needs to happen, though, beyond cop? i mean, these summits happen, but they don't happen in isolation. they need to be other organisations and institutions, surely, that are coming up with ideas. yeah. no, you're completely right. the big thing that every

country needs is to get its own house in order. and the great story there, as many people know, is that there's this clean energy revolution happening. it's in everyone's interest to clean up their air and their water and their soil and shift to transform our economies. it's good for growth, it's good for communities. and so every country should be getting on with this. and the frustration a bit is that the cop and other such meetings can get into a zero—sum game. "i will if you will," when actually it's in everyone's interest to crack on and press ahead. so, you know, one thing is turning that zero—sum mentality into a sort of sense of win—win, because we all depend on the poor and vulnerable countries being protected and having stable economies and being able to mitigate these huge crises and extreme weather events that they're facing. and it's getting a lot worse very quickly. now, the wider point — we've just had the g20 meeting of the world leaders who barely touched on this, and we've got to have a big block of time

in which world leaders come together and spend time together, agreeing it's a shared challenge and we spend so much time instead talking about other conflicts, other very important conflicts, but other ways of looking at tariffs against each other�*s electric vehicles and all this sort of stuff. it's pretty crazy when you actually step back and take the time to absorb the sort of strain our earth's system is under, and how rapidly we're moving into a destabilised world and a degraded world. just reading some of the reporting on the bbc website's live page, and it's quoting a veteran climate talks observer from africa saying that the latest draft deal is even weaker than past versions, as it no longer specifically requires rich nations to contribute cash. the money could come from anywhere. and his view — this is mohamed adow of power shift africa — is that with donald trump coming into the white house, they're afraid of what that might mean.

and so if the money's not going to come from america, there need to be other contributors, too. is that a fair assessment? well, i think what's beginning to be built at the talks is a core contribution from governments, ideally gra nt—based. so these are not loans that are going to end up turning into debt and so on. but then around that, there's a lot you can do in the international development banks, the world bank, the imf, the international financial institutions. and there's a lot you can do out there in the wider economy to raise finance in new ways. we're hearing talk, you know, we need to be looking at frequent flyers. we need to be looking at the extraordinary inequality of wealth and the wealthy folks who are not being taxed properly across jurisdictions. there's all sorts of ways of having a core contribution from governments, but building that into a much bigger number. and part of the negotiation is obviously the poorest countries want to know, "hang on a minute.

"let's get specific — how much, from where?" and this bigger number is fantastic. but how does that come about? how do you propose to crowd in all of this private sector money which is out there? so there's a trust issue here, which is very hard to bridge because, you know, in the past, the rich countries failed to deliver their 100 billion a year commitment. so these other countries want to know that it's locked down and they want to know what it is exactly. you can follow what is happening at cop 29 on our live page on the bbc news website where that new draft proposal is explained. along with all the many acronyms that get bandied about at the summits and can be a bit of a reordering. all of the explanations are there for you on the website. —— bewildering. storm bert is sweeping across the uk, with strong winds, heavy rain and snow causing disruption on the roads and on the railways. there are weather warnings covering much of the uk, with different areas braced for more snow, ice, rain

or high winds, in some cases until tomorrow morning. a man has died after a tree fell on his car on the a31; in hampshire this morning. it's not clear if the tree came down during the strong winds caused by storm bert. graham satchell reports. storm bert has been battering the country since first thing this morning. this is lyme regis in dorset, the heavy winds gusting up to 70 mph. with warnings that trees may come down in some parts of the country. it's the snow and ice that are causing most problems so far. this is renfrewshire in the west of scotland, with drivers struggling on the road. there has been an amber weather warning in place for much of scotland and the north—east of england for heavy snow. it looks like a picture postcard in the scottish borders, but authorities are saying that some rural areas could be cut off. gritters have been out since the early hours, with national highways describing some routes as treacherous. farmers have also been

helping to clear the roads. these extremes do seem to be happening more frequently. but one thing is for sure, right across the country today, farmers are going to be out tending their livestock. travel has been widely affected, with trains, and some flights cancelled or diverted. the advice for those thinking of travelling in the worst affected areas is clear. if you don't need to travel, don't travel at all. if you work this weekend, work from home, stay home. yeah, it is essential that you are not travelling in this weather, because it is causing disruptions. there has already been flooding in northern ireland. this is dundonald. more than 1,000 homes in wales are without power. storm bert is likely to cause more disruption as the day goes on. graham satchell, bbc news. with more on this, simonjones joins me from our newsroom. where are the worst affected places across the uk? i

where are the worst affected places across the uk?- places across the uk? i am luc i places across the uk? i am lucky i am _ places across the uk? i am lucky i am the _ places across the uk? i am lucky i am the warmth - places across the uk? i am lucky i am the warmth of l places across the uk? i am i lucky i am the warmth of the newsroom because storm bert has certainly been causing a huge amount of trouble, particularly in the uk for the bit has been described by the met office as a multi—hazard event and that is certainly proving to be the case because we have had areas seeing snow, seeing torrential rain, seeing wind and also ice. in terms of the incidents, it has been quite difficult keeping across all of that because there have been so many. 0n the a 3k near winchester this morning, a tree came down onto a car and a man in his 60s was killed. the road was shut for much of the morning while they managed to clear the tree away and also take away what remained of the vehicle. north wales has recorded gusts of winds as 82 mph. there was a mudslide, a landslide and that led to the

rescue of five adults and five children. there have been problems with snow, particularly in parts of scotland. as that snow has started soaring because warmer weather is now being blown and thatis weather is now being blown and that is going to create a risk of ice. there are more than a 100 flood warnings across the uk. places have been left without power. we have got tens of thousands of homes that have lost power during the course of the day. and the power networks are warning that we may see problems into the rest of today and also tomorrow. they say the worst may yet be to come and in terms of the overall picture here in the uk, if you look at the weather warnings, there are warnings for wind and rain in place for much of scotland, from northern ireland, wales and also said southern england allowed us of the day and pretty much all of tomorrow as well. —— last.

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which simon hasjust get all the headlines, some of which simon has just referred to and also the conditions that some part of the uk are having to cope with. all of the detail right there on the website. lebanese officials have denied any hezbollah officials were in an eight—storey beirut building flattened in israeli air strikes which the lebanese health ministry says killed at least 15 people and wounded more than 60. a security source told aljazeera tv there was "no truth" to reports of a his brother presence. truth" to reports of a hezbollah presence. the health ministry says 13 others were killed in attacks on baalbek district. eight victims, including a mother and four children, were killed in one village and five in another. the israeli military says it has struck a number of hezbollah—linked sites over the past 2a hours. in a separate development, reuters is reporting a spokesperson for hamas' armed wing saying a female israeli hostage was killed in an area of northern gaza struck by israeli forces. hugo bachega reports

from beirut. a crater in central beirut, after a massive israeli air strike. an attack that happened without warning at four o'clock in the morning when many here were sleeping. hours later, a heavy smell of explosives was still in the air. bunker buster bombs were apparently used in the attack and one eight—storey residential building collapsed. this is the site that was hit, and there is still a massive operation happening to remove the rubble. there is a heavy security presence as well. this attack was so powerful, it was heard and felt across the city. israeli air strikes have killed top hezbollah leaders in beirut. there hasn't been any reaction to today's attack from either the israeli military or hezbollah. but the suspicion is that this

could have been another targeted assassination. it was a very powerful explosion that happened. all of the windows and glass are over me, and my wife and my children. my home now is a battlefield, if you see it. 0k, one person is hiding here, should they destroy three buildings where the people are sleeping inside? across lebanon, israeli air strikes have intensified, despite new efforts for a ceasefire. israel calls it a strategy of negotiations under fire, and says the attacks will continue. hugo bachega, bbc news, beirut. now it's time for a look at today's sport with gavin. we have got some breaking news in tennis to tell time grand slam champion novak djokovic has appointed andy murray to coach him into and through the australian open next year. they made the announcement on social media in the last few minutes.

djokovic said, i am excited to have one of my greatest rivals as my coach, looking forward to competing in australia alongside andy. andy murray said he was looking forward to spinning time on the same side of the net as novak djokovic for a change. what a great story there. let's get up to speed in the premier league — which returns after the international break — and chelsea continued their pursuit of the top two — after victory in the early kick off. they won 2—1 at leicester city in the first of this weekend's fixtures. enzo maresca's chelsea side dominated against his former team, nicolas jackson scored his fifth goal in four consecutive away games to give them an early lead before enzo fernandez headed home with 15 minutes to go. leicester pulled one back in stoppage time, jordan ayew with the goal from the penalty spot. the foxes stay 16th for now, but chelsea happy with their first premier league win since the end of october a good performance. 0verall, a good performance. overall, i think we deserved to win the game. a good game to learn many things. i think for the first

half an hour, we were in complete control of the game then we started to make some mistakes and we lost a little bit of control and then the second half, again, we created chances, we scored and overall, we deserved to win the game. i 1537 00:20:17,358