of a key meeting at cop29. more than 30 flood warnings have been issued 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 airstrike on a multi—storey building in the heart of lebanon's capital leaves 15 people dead and more than 60 injured. hello, i'm martine croxall. negotiators at the cop29 summit are making further efforts to the resolve differences between rich efforts to resolve differences between rich and poor countries over climate financing after talks reached deadlock, with developing countries walking out of a meeting with the hosts, azerbaijan. in what appears to be a cop29 president urges nations to �*bridge

the remaining divide�*. he said time is not on our side. the was the moment the delegates left discussions. 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 dollars 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. the 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 clean energy transition as a significant scaling up from the 100 billion. it's only ten years, by 2035? we'll keep working for best possible outcome. and we are going to go to the summit now in baku. azerbaijan are hosting. i think that we can see the president of cop still speaking and trying to encourage people to stick with it. because of too many countries leave it is very difficult for any of those

negotiations to continue. two thirds of countries signed up to the un climate convention need to be present for decisions to be made. so if too many of the countries go home there's nothing binding that can be done. 0ur climate reporter, esme stallard, is on the ground at the conference in baku, where she says the situation is evolving rapidly. things are moving very quickly. over the last couple of hours, it seemed like the negotiations were breaking down. so a number of countries, including island states like the bahamas and jamaica, said they were walking out of the talks altogether. we had some of the group of the poorest nations in the world say they were temporarily walking out, and that was over an agreement about how much money they were going to get to help prepare for and tackle climate change. now, we thought those negotiations were ongoing. but suddenly in the last five minutes, the cop president, which is azerbaijan, who are hosting this year's un climate summit, called a plenary, which is basically when all the countries get together. and behind me, the world's journalists are trying to get

into that room to see what is being talked about. we think what's going to happen is that the president will go through some of the other things they've been talking about over the last two weeks, which are less contentious, and then we are waiting to see what happens next. it might be that he decides that negotiations will carry on through the night on that finance issue, or he will pause negotiations for today and go to tomorrow. but one other thing we are looking out for is that with those countries saying 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 through. now, this is all about a new draft proposal. hasn't 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 a offer 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 back.

those poorer countries said is this a joke? this isn't enough to cover what we need. so negotiations went on overnight. and in that draft deal that you said we got our hands on, we saw that number go up to 300. but african countries, for example, are saying they want 500. so they're not happy. it's notjust the number as well. it's about who's contributing to that number really. under the paris agreement, it should be richer countries in this draft deal that we've seen. it is suggesting that other developing countries that maybe have gained a bit more money grown their economies, like china, like saudi arabia, should also be contributing, which is a red line for those poorer nations. in terms of who's really pushing for these talks to continue, who is it besides the eu? because they've said, look, we've got to stick with this. it's the only option we've got. so the least developed countries, that core group of countries that all negotiate together and power in numbers if you like. so they were temporarily

walking out, which suggests to me maybe they're still interested in coming back to the table. and we did hearfrom one delegate that they actually were in the room with the president and the eu just half an hour ago, so maybe they are still interested, but really it should be the cop president azerbaijan pushing for this. and there's been a lot of criticism of the presidency over the last couple of days. we had one delegate from power shift africa that's an observer, a charity, saying that it were not doing a good job. an observer, a charity, saying that they were not doing a good job. they were fumbling around in the dark. so it seems like the president maybe isn't pulling everyone together as is needed. let's speak to namrata chowdhary — head of public engagement at climate advocacy and campaign group 350.org who is at the conference in baku. thank you forjoining us. what is the mood there at the moment?— is the mood there at the moment? �* , ., ., moment? i'm struggling not to draw a parallel _ moment? i'm struggling not to draw a parallel with _ moment? i'm struggling not to draw a parallel with that - draw a parallel with that weather report about how stormy

it is. it is feeling a bit like that here as well. it is stormy with a lot of emotion in the room. a lot of pressure on the delegates who are going in but also important to remember that also important to remember that a lot of pressure and a lot of emotion is being felt by those that they represent. the people that they represent. the people that are actually suffering from the impacts of climate crisis around the world. all that emotion is pouring into the room now. and we are really holding the line is you perhaps will see with the videos that are coming to you from baku. how the civil society coalition is actually holding the line and reminding delegates that what we need is a breakthrough another breakdown. we what we need is a breakthrough another breakdown.— what we need is a breakthrough another breakdown. we can see some pictures _ another breakdown. we can see some pictures i _ another breakdown. we can see some pictures i think _ another breakdown. we can see some pictures i think that - another breakdown. we can see some pictures i think that you i some pictures i think that you sent to us of people protesting with their placards saying global north, pay up. talking about the developed nations which under the paris agreement are meant to be committed to providing finance. how unusual

is it in your experience for a delegation to walk out even if it is temporary?— it is temporary? these outbursts _ it is temporary? these outbursts of _ it is temporary? these outbursts of emotion l it is temporary? these i outbursts of emotion are it is temporary? these - outbursts of emotion are not unknown and not unprecedented. it does happen and we do have temporary holes quite often in talks but really important is to find a way to power on through because that is what diplomacy is all about, we need to find a way to get developing countries and developed countries and developed countries to come to the agreement that is so desperately needed right now. there are groups and coalitions, the alliance of small island states came at the least developed countries, like—minded developing countries, all forming coalitions and having hectic meetings trying to reach their red lines and agree what they can agree to. but the context that we are offering here is that we are offering here is that it that we are offering here is thatitis that we are offering here is that it is important to remember what is at stake and essentially what the developed

rich countries are doing is bargaining over the lives of those in developing countries. but they are saying that $500 billion a year by 2035 in the current economic climate is unrealistic. current economic climate is unrealistic— unrealistic. the unrealistic nature of— unrealistic. the unrealistic nature of that _ unrealistic. the unrealistic nature of that is _ unrealistic. the unrealistic nature of that is what - unrealistic. the unrealistic nature of that is what we i unrealistic. the unrealistic- nature of that is what we would challenge, if you did a financial analysis to look at the trillions of dollars that went into the fossil fuel subsidies, if you look at the trillions of dollars of military spending that we see, thenit military spending that we see, then it would not seem so unviable to put that 1.3 trillion that were asking for a full climate finance. tell trillion that were asking for a full climate finance.- full climate finance. tell us, how concerned _ full climate finance. tell us, how concerned are - full climate finance. tell us, how concerned are you - full climate finance. tell us, how concerned are you that | how concerned are you that these talks are going to collapse? because for any decision to be binding there needs to be two thirds of countries there and some of them are leaving, some necessarily having to leave because they cannot afford to change their flight to stay. in deed and there that is the inequity of this process because the longer that these

discussions drag on the more inequitable it becomes. as you quite rightly said there are delegates that simply cannot afford to stay. we have seen that there are delegates and civil society delegates as well, notjust as part of the un programme, there have been protests about the cost of food, people struggling to find comfortable places to stay. and so it is all those costs that feed into the inequity here and that determine who has a voice and who does not. we've seen some fairly disturbing, we've heard some fairly disturbing reports of how the voices of some delegates are simply being spoken over or they are not getting enough space to present their view. and that is leading into the inequity of discussions in covert and overt ways. discussions in covert and overt wa s. . ~' discussions in covert and overt wa s. ., ~ y discussions in covert and overt was. ., , . discussions in covert and overt was. .,~ , . ., ways. thank you very much for “oininu ways. thank you very much for joining us- _

this is what is happening at the summit, the cop president from the host country azerbaijan is running through some agenda items and has been saying that time is not on our side. as he urges delegates to stay with the talks and try to get finance deal across the line. you can follow all of the developments on the bbc news website where there is an explanation of why small island nations walked out of the talks earlier and what happens if too many countries leave before they reached agreement. 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. five adults and five children had to be rescued from a house

in north wales following a landslide. 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. and simonjones and simon jones has and simonjones has the latest on the storm. and simon jones has the latest on the storm.— on the storm. luckily i'm in the warmth _ on the storm. luckily i'm in the warmth of _ on the storm. luckily i'm in the warmth of the - on the storm. luckily i'm in l the warmth of the newsroom because the storm has been

blowing in and causing a huge amount of trouble particularly in the uk. it has been described by the met office as a multi—hazard event and that is certainly proving to be the case because we've had areas seeing snow, torrential rain, wind and also ice. in terms of some of the incidents, it has been quite difficult to keep across all of it because they have been so many. tommy a31; 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 way and also take away what remained of the vehicle. north wales has recorded gusts of wind of 82 miles an hour. and there was a mudslide, a landslide which led to the rescue of five adults and five children. they have been problems with the snow

particularly in parts of scotland. as the snow has started to soar because warmer weather is now being blown in thatis weather is now being blown in that is going to create a risk of ice and in terms of flooding there are more than 100 flood warnings in place across the uk. and places had been left without power. with tens of thousands of homes that have lost power during the course of the day. and the power networks are warning that we could see problems into the rest of today and also tomorrow. they say the west 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, northern ireland, wales and also southern england that lasted all of today and pretty much all of tomorrow. so we are not out of the woods yet. find not out of the woods yet. and where else — not out of the woods yet. and where else other _ not out of the woods yet. and where else other than than the uk is affected?—

uk is affected? well the storm has been battering _ uk is affected? well the storm has been battering ireland - uk is affected? well the storm has been battering ireland as l has been battering ireland as well, badly affected with flooding and northern france, a strong wind and that means some disruption on the cross—channel ferries between dover and calais. also transport badly affected and particularly in the uk we have a number of operators in northern england saying they cannot run normal services. the advice to people is check before you set out, some flights for example have been delayed or cancelled is from newcastle airport. in some areas the roads are treacherous so best to stay inside and monitor it all from there. lebanese officials have denied any hezbollah officials were in an eight—storey beirut building flattened in israeli airstrikes — 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 hezbollah presence. the health ministry says 13 others were killed in attacks on baalbek district. 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 as 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 airstrike. an attack that happened without warning at 4:00 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 story residential building collapsed. this is the site that was hit, and there's still a massive operation happening here to remove the rubble.

there's a heavy security presence as well. this attack was so powerful that it was heard and felt across the city. there hasn't been any reaction to today's attack from either the israeli military or hezbollah. it isa it is a very horrible explosion that happened. all of the windows, the glasses are all over me and my wife and my children. my home now is a battlefield, if you see it. 0kay, one person is hide here. should destroy three buildings with the people are sleeping inside? across lebanon, israeli airstrikes 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. in the philippines security agencies have stepped up safety protocols

after vice president sara duterte made a threat to president ferdinand marcos junior�*s life. speaking at an early morning press conference, the vice president said she would have the president assassinated if she herself were killed, saying she'd already contacted a hitman about killing him and his wife. 0ur asia editor michael bristow gave us this update... first of all, i think it's worth noting that this is quite an extraordinary statement. we're talking about two of the most senior politicians in the philippines, the vice president, saying she's going to assassinate the president. really extraordinary kind of comments from her. why is she doing it? these two people were together. they were elected in 2022 on a joint ticket. she was part of the gover