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there's been travel disruption across large parts of the uk as storm bert brought high winds, torrential rain and heavy snow. officials in lebanon say more than 50 people have been killed in israeli air strikes on beirut and baalbek. and, is this the new tennis dream team? andy murray will coach novak djokovic at the australian open in 2025. hello, i'm karin giannone. welcome to the programme. the host of the un climate summit in azerbaijan has urged delegates to bridge their divisions and strike a deal. delegates at cop29 have now agreed on a global market to buy and sell carbon credits. but there's still a fierce dispute over the main question of how much richer nations
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should pay poorer countries, to help them deal with the impact of climate change. some taking part have walked away from the meeting in baku and the talks, which have already overrun, could collapse. from baku, here's our climate editorjustin rowlatt. we're a day over the deadline for an agreement, and the representatives of dozens of the world's least developed countries storm out of a key meeting. we've just walked out. we came here to this cop for a fair deal. we feel that we haven't been heard, and there's a deal to be made, and we are not being consulted. there is real anger here. we need to hold the historic polluters accountable for the crisis they have caused. and we cannot let the great escape that they are actually planning in baku. baku will be remembered as the place that betrayed the world. john, how's it going? poor countries want more cash.
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richer countries say they'll keep on talking. i'm hoping this is the storm before the calm. are you confident that might be the case? well, we're going to keep working and see whether we can pull it back together. but cash is hard to come by in developed countries like the uk, which face cost of living crises. they're saying half a trillion minimum or they won't do a deal. they're saying no deal is better than a bad deal. in the end, parties will have to decide the deal that is offered and whether it's an acceptable deal or not. currently, developed countries pay $100 billion a year. energy secretary ed miliband says the new offer of 300 billion by 2035 is generous. not when you take into account inflation, say poorer countries. this is what they always do. they break us at the last minute. they push it and push it and push it until our negotiators leave, until we're tired, until we're delusional from not eating, from not sleeping. and all the while,
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the clock keeps on ticking. the issue now is time. these talks have already overrun by a day and a half, and ministers have started to fly home. now, decisions can only be made at these cop conferences, with two thirds of the delegates in the room. unless an agreement can be made in the next few hours, these talks will collapse. that would be a huge blow to the global effort to tackle climate change. countries need to make their carbon cutting commitments for the next decade early next year, and without a finance deal they're unlikely to be ambitious. justin rowlatt, bbc news, baku. 0ur climate reporter, esme stallard, is at the talks in baku — she told me more. the island states pulled out of the island states pulled out of the talks, they were so frustrated with what was being proposed on that new pot of money for developing countries to help them deal with climate change. but the cop president
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here who is overseeing things call the country is back in to the room behind me and i started going through some of the smaller items on the side and at the end, he said we are going to come back and a couple of hours, let's get back into the negotiating room. so they have now gone into the room is behind me to talk about things a little further. i havejust come out of a press conference with a brazil delegation and they said those countries that initially walked out a few hours i have been brought back to the table. their chief negotiators said it took them by surprise that they walked out but clearly a sign of the frustrations here. there is still a glimmer of hope that we might get a deal tonight in the early hours. might get a deal tonight in the early hem-— early hours. that is a significant _ early hours. that is a significant bit - early hours. that is a significant bit of - early hours. that is a i significant bit of news, early hours. that is a - significant bit of news, that the delegates that walked out has returned to the negotiating table _ has returned to the negotiating table for— has returned to the negotiating table for that matter of how much — table for that matter of how much money should go to primary missions— much money should go to primary missions from richer nations. it is _ missions from richer nations. it is very— missions from richer nations. it is very light, looking at the — it is very light, looking at the time _ it is very light, looking at the time where you are, after ten oflock— the time where you are, after ten o'clock at night, the prospects of this going through the night, does there have to be a — the night, does there have to be a certain number of people
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present— be a certain number of people present that talks to continue? yes, _ present that talks to continue? yes, absolutely. this was due to end at 6p in local time yesterday, so we are more than 24 yesterday, so we are more than 2a hours past the point when it was meant to end. there is something in this un process which effectively means 66% of countries must be present for anything past to stand, so we are hearing that some delegates, like myself, i booked on flights tomorrow morning, so if it goes past that point, we might not even have enough countries in the room to get a deal so they are very much up against the clock this evening.— this evening. tell us what is the sticking _ this evening. tell us what is the sticking point _ this evening. tell us what is the sticking point now. - this evening. tell us what is the sticking point now. we i this evening. tell us what is i the sticking point now. we are talking — the sticking point now. we are talking about the figures on the difference between what the poorer _ the difference between what the poorer countries want and what the richer— poorer countries want and what the richer nations are prepared to offer. — the richer nations are prepared to offer, which was, when i test— to offer, which was, when i last looked, $250 billion per yeah _ last looked, $250 billion per ear. , , last looked, $250 billion per ear, , , ., , , last looked, $250 billion per ear. , , , year. yes, this has been called the finance _ year. yes, this has been called the finance kop _ year. yes, this has been called the finance kop and _ year. yes, this has been called the finance kop and that - the finance kop and that clearly is the issue. it is about the amount of money that richer countries are going to put forward, they put forward
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$250 billion by 2025, that was rejected outright by the developing countries here, they call that a joke. they were hoping more money would be put on the table. we saw a copy of the document that effectively called the walk—out and only 300 billion was put forward which make weren't happy with. we may get more money on that, we'rejust not sure we may get more money on that, we're just not sure at the moment. those talks are possibly going to go on through the night. there are updates from our reporters. 0ur reporter has just reported that the talks are still going on, it is suspended for the moment but it is due to start back any moment now, there is a lot of coming and going and there is clearly some sense that there are talks that are worth having, still, before that deadline really, of so many delegates having to leave because they got flights but tomorrow, because of course
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it has overrun already. so we will keep updating that and you can get the very latest from the cop29 summit going on in baku, azerbaijan. 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 some 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 near llangollen in north wales, following a landslide. and a man died when a tree fell on his car in hampshire. it's not clear if the tree came down during the strong winds caused by storm bert. 0livia richwald sent this report from pateley bridge in north yorkshire. storm bert announced its arrival is with winds that battered lime regis. a man in his 60s died after a tree fell on a car near winchester in hampshire. heavy snow made roads treacherous for drivers,
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this was renfrewshire in scotland, and saw bus services disrupted across the central belt. heavy rain caused flooding in parts of northern ireland including this railway line. five adults and five children had to be rescued from a property after a landslide in north wales where heavy rain and flooding also led this river to burst its banks. newcastle airport was badly affected with some flights cancelled, diverted and delayed. these pictures were taken from inside the airport. and it has been a day to stay in if you could. these extremes do seem to be coming more frequently but one things for sure, right across the country today, farmers are going to be out tending their livestock. power outages affecting tens of thousands of homes in northern ireland, wales, england and scotland. it has been pretty tough out there. the weather conditions this morning were the most challenging with the snow, quite heavy in areas,
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difficulty getting access to some of the locations where we needed to carry out repairs. that's improved through the day as the rain has melted quite a lot of the snow so that's improved. the snow which fell across the north of england was inches deep, and is now rapidly melting so the concern now turns to flooding, with several environment agency flood warnings already in place. in addition, there are yellow warnings from the met office for snow, rain and wind, affecting large swathes of the country. disruption is likely to continue overnight and tomorrow with some weather warnings in place until nine o'clock tomorrow morning. storm bert has been described as a multi—hazard event and the advice in the worst—affected areas is to check before travelling. but if you're heading out, make sure you're at least dressed for it. 0livia richwald, bbc news.
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let's speak to scott patient who is a local councillor in west yorkshire, in the north of england. scott, thank you for waiting to talk to us. tell us what things i like where you are. it talk to us. tell us what things i like where you are.— i like where you are. it has been a long _ i like where you are. it has been a long and _ i like where you are. it has been a long and tiring - i like where you are. it hasj been a long and tiring day. i like where you are. it has - been a long and tiring day. we expected storm bert, we are not strangers to storms around here but we have seen the river react and as you mentioned earlier, some of the snow melted, and that is an added complication, interns are not just the river reacting and rising which causes concern for residents and communities but also how affects surface water issues. in the calder valley where i live, and where our communities live, we see how quickly surface water issues can cause problems for the main highway, and indeed we saw that today in around hebden bridge.
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the road became full of water quite quickly meaning road closures in place, massive disruption to events happening and to businesses as well. and we have seen it receded somewhat but very alive to the fact that the rain is still there and the winds are still there and the winds are still there and the winds are still there and we still got flood warnings in place.- there and we still got flood warnings in place. right, so art of warnings in place. right, so part of the _ warnings in place. right, so part of the problem - warnings in place. right, so part of the problem i'm - warnings in place. right, so - part of the problem i'm hearing in what you are saying is the fact that there was snow and then there was this much milder air which has caused the melting quite quickly of that snow and ice.— melting quite quickly of that snow and ice. yes, very much so. snow and ice. yes, very much s0- that _ snow and ice. yes, very much s0- that is — snow and ice. yes, very much so. that is the _ snow and ice. yes, very much so. that is the variable, - snow and ice. yes, very much so. that is the variable, so i so. that is the variable, so when we come to look at flood warnings and we liaise with our colleagues at the environment agency and the council, you can account for radar warnings and what the weather is likely to do, but that variable that the sheer amount of snow that was on the hills, because we are in the south pennines here, a beautiful part of the world, but as you might imagine, lots of steep sided hills and
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valleys, so with water at the bottom, so that water has to go somewhere and inevitably it makes the river react, it makes the highways react and despite gully clearing by the council, which is much needed at this time of year post—autumn, the drains can only cope with so much, so, actually, testament to our brilliant floodwater network of community people on the ground really looking up for their communities, making sure road closures were put in place and providing reassurance and stand bags to those businesses that need it. i have seen localised flooding but nothing to the extent that we have seen before with other named storms.— have seen before with other named storms. and your flood wardens are _ named storms. and your flood wardens are very _ named storms. and your flood wardens are very vital- named storms. and your flood wardens are very vital people | wardens are very vital people doing vital work because you have said —— you have had several bad floods in the last decade. ~ , ,., , several bad floods in the last decade. , ,., , decade. absolutely, storms in 2015 and 2015 _ decade. absolutely, storms in 2015 and 2015 caused - decade. absolutely, storms in 2015 and 2015 caused severe l 2015 and 2015 caused severe flooding, hundreds and hundreds of residents and businesses and
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schools, my own children's schools, my own children's school fees twice flooded and heartbreak to have to throw away their work, musical instruments etc, so we are really live to it. some of our communities have seen massive alleviation schemes that are brilliant and so welcome but as your report saw earlier, the work at cop climate change, this weather is more likely so the resilience of our communities need is very, very life and we are looking for solutions for it all the time but it is great that people are on the ground posting messages from trusted sources so that people do feel there are people fighting their corner. what people do feel there are people fighting their corner.— fighting their corner. what are ou fighting their corner. what are you exnecting _ fighting their corner. what are you expecting from _ fighting their corner. what are you expecting from the - fighting their corner. what are you expecting from the next i fighting their corner. what are | you expecting from the next 24 you expecting from the next 2a hours, scott? ilibie you expecting from the next 24 hours. scott?— you expecting from the next 24 hours, scott? we are expecting to be watching _ hours, scott? we are expecting to be watching the _ hours, scott? we are expecting to be watching the weather - to be watching the weather report deciduous lay, as always, and ready to react, so we had not hung up our high viz jacketjust yet but it looks like we are expecting some more
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rain overnight, so we are going to keep our eye on that, so not too much sleep happening this evening. but it does seem like it eases somewhat, but the calder valley stretches a long way all the way down to hebden bridge so it is a long catchment and although the bulk of the snow has melted, down into the main catchment there is still some up there, and i think named storms provide variables that you can't quite consider so there is only so much looking at the radar can help us understand, but we are anxious but ready. {lilia help us understand, but we are anxious but ready.— anxious but ready. 0k, scott, thank you _ anxious but ready. 0k, scott, thank you very _ anxious but ready. 0k, scott, thank you very much - anxious but ready. 0k, scott, thank you very much for - anxious but ready. 0k, scott, i thank you very much for talking to us, thank you very much. there is a lot more, and if you need the updates, they are on our live page on the bbc website and the bbc news app, it is being updated all the time of the developments on what storm bert is doing and the aftermath of storm bert, what may happen in your area.
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now it's time for a look at today's sport. we begin in the premier league. manchester city have now lost five games in a row for the first time since 2006 after losing 4—0 to tottenham at the etihad stadium. it is the first time they have lost three successive premier league games under pep guardiola, who signed a two—year contract extension 48 hours ago. this was also city's worst home league defeat since a 5—1 l
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