live pictures from baku in azerbaijan, of this plenary session, where delegations and the press are waiting for a deal announcement not yet closed. there's been travel disruption across large parts of the uk as storm bert brought high as storm bert brought high winds, torrential winds, torrential rain and heavy snow. rain and heavy snow. the ukjustice secretary, shabana mahmood, has attacked the assisted dying bill, the assisted dying bill, saying it could lead to a slippery slope saying it could lead towards death on demand. officials in lebanon say more officials in lebanon say more than 50 people have been killed in israeli air strikes than 50 people have been killed on beirut and baalbek. hello and welcome, hello and welcome, i'm karin giannone. the un climate summit i'm karin giannone. in azerbaijan has issued a final draft proposal aimed a final draft proposal aimed at addressing a bitter at addressing a bitter dispute between richer dispute between richer and poorer countries and poorer countries

over climate financing. over climate financing. this is the line seen

end of that he saw light at the end of the talks. the cop29 document pledges "at least 300 billion dollars" a year to help less developed countries most affected by climate change. those countries are demanding 500 billion. from baku, here's our climate editor, justin rowlatt. the figure of 300 billions has now provisionally been agreed upon. from baku, here's our climate editor, justin 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. 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, 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. they are still waiting in baku

at 204 in the morning. as we were hearing from justin rowlatt there, it all paused while many delegates from the poorer island nations, the small island nations and poorer countries walked out. but they had since gone back in, things have got going again and a deal has been agreed. the final draft deal has been published it covers how much developed countries should give to developing to help them tackle climate change. the headline figure, $300 billion, that is about 240 billion a year by 2020 -- 2035. they had about 240 billion a year by 2020 —— 2035. they had been offered previously $250 billion and this is what caused all the frustration and anger because that figure was not being increased by the richer nations. but it went up by $50 billion a year and that has made a huge difference. it seems that hint has got through and that is going to be the

result of this two weeks and more of talks there in baku. now, a reporter there in the talks said it is also worth noting that the $300 million includes public and private sources so not all of it would have to be paid for directly by governments. another line out of those talks is that china's contribution will be voluntary to the wider financing financing that has been agreed of $1.3 trillion by the 2035 figure, a un backed report, but really the main figure we are about here is the $300 billion from richer nations to poorer nations and that has come out in the last hour or two of talks. let's go straight to our climate reporter, esme stallard, at cop29 in baku. the country is called back into

the plenary, the main meeting behind me. we think that is because they do have a draft text on the table ready to gabble through are disgust but it needs to be translated into all of the un official languages. there are some signs of positivity, some of my couege of positivity, some of my college so in that row behind me and we are seeing the poorer nations talk and the eu and some of those ocean island states that to pull out earlier in the day, talk and in groups which suggest they are seeing some potential way forward. so, although there has been a suspension of what the president says, 20 to 25 minutes, we think this is just procedural, it doesn't mean that people are walking out cardy and all that sort of drama, this could actually be a sign that something is about to be agreed?— be agreed? exactly, we might still see something. _

be agreed? exactly, we might. still see something. obviously, still see something. 0bviously, things are very fluid here, but we are keeping an eye on those talks behind us, keeping an eye on the negotiators coming in and out. we know the eu was in there, we can see them talking to the us negotiators so we don't think at this point there is a mass walk—out planned, certainly, but we're just waiting with bated breath now a little bit but it does feel like we are getting to the closing stages.— like we are getting to the closing stages. esme, is this specifically. _ closing stages. esme, is this specifically, we _ closing stages. esme, is this specifically, we hope, - closing stages. esme, is this specifically, we hope, talks i specifically, we hope, talks that are going on very soon and resuming pretty soon, is this directly about that figure that has been debated and debated again, that $250 billion per year to help developing countries with the challenges of plaque —— climate change, which they say isn't enough? yes, we think that is the main sticking point. unlike last year where there was one big agreement, there are a few different streams of talks going on but the key sticking point is that finance element, we think they are just finalising the details around

that. $300 billion which we know is on the table at the moment and the copies we have seen front 9pm tonight, so a few hours ago, so the latest draft, that —— is that enough for the latest —— for the poorer nations to accept that? we know early in the week that saudi arabia, on behalf of the arab group, suggesting they wouldn't accept any deal that suggested about transitioning away from fossil fuels, even though that was agreed last yearin though that was agreed last year in dubai, and for countries like the eu, the us, uk, they said they needed to make sure that countries were still committed to that before they could feel like finance could be signed off, so there is a bit of toing and froing going on, and that will agreed tonight. going on, and that will agreed toniaht. �* ., , going on, and that will agreed toniaht. �* .,, ., ., going on, and that will agreed toniaht. �* ., ., ., tonight. and there was a lot of anuer tonight. and there was a lot of anger and _ tonight. and there was a lot of anger and frustration - tonight. and there was a lot of anger and frustration the - tonight. and there was a lot of anger and frustration the part | anger and frustration the part of the island nations, they walked out earlier, developing countries, they left the room, they didn't believe that richer nations couldn't stump up more than that, at the time, $250

billion, now 300 billion, was that —— what was the figure they had in mind, esme? 50. they had in mind, esme? so, they had in mind, esme? so, they were — they had in mind, esme? so, they were saying _ they had in mind, esme? srr, they were saying definitely they had in mind, esme? 557, they were saying definitely has a goal, closer to $500 billion by 2035, crucially they also wanted that to come in the form of grants. that is because typically a lot of the money they have received historically has come as loans, which all it does is increase their debt burden so that is something they were looking to avoid. that is the key goal but actually, the broader ambition is that by that same date from private funding as well, the $1.3 trillion could be mobilised, it seems like a massive amount of money but they say that is only a fraction of really what is needed, so not only can they reduce their emissions and move away from fossilfuels reduce their emissions and move away from fossil fuels but actually prepare for climate change, we have seen many extreme events this year and it is expected this will be the hottest year on record so they say that figure is only kinda matches they need. we say that figure is only kinda matches they need. we use the hrase a matches they need. we use the phrase a lot _

matches they need. we use the phrase a lot to _ matches they need. we use the phrase a lot to help _ matches they need. we use the phrase a lot to help them - phrase a lot to help them tackle the challenges of climate change, but was physically with that money before? , ., , before? so, it broadly falls into three _ before? so, it broadly falls into three different - into three different categories, the first one is the one we have typically mostly money for and that is investment in things like renewable energy, electric vehicles, anything that helps these countries reduce their emissions, so typically a lot of the money has gone to these countries so they use less coal power, for example, they start to build solar panels. but also they want more money for adaptations, preparing for the worst impacts of climate change so that might be for example building better at defences. adaptation has historically received a very small amount of that overall funding pot and that overall funding pot and thatis that overall funding pot and that is because you just can't get on the returns on investment you see, and the third pot of money which we actually think won't necessarily be specifically allocated money but more suggestion is a loss and damage. this was a very controversial issue last year, effectively it is money for

countries that have already been impacted by climate change. the reason it is so controversial is the richer nations were worried they could be seen to be admitting liability, effectively, for climate change, they could be on the hook for it. so i think thatis on the hook for it. so i think that is something they are not really convinced should be in this text, fully. this is the scene where it is all taking place, they are sitting and waiting for the official announcement of the deal having been reached. the talks are now running 32 hours late. it was meant to close at 1800 local time, on friday, 2pm on uk time on friday, it is now 2am, orto 12am on uk time on friday, it is now 2am, or to 12am local time in baku. but it doesn't take —— the longest was in 2019 in madrid, that run over by nearly

44 hours. we are waiting for the official announcement that the official announcement that the deal has been agreed, that $300 billion dealfor poorer nations. itjust shows that this is extremely difficult to negotiate, given how long this has gone over, and how many challenges there have been along the way, that walk—out by delegates earlier on obviously showing how strong feelings are running and how high emotions are there on this issue, but it looks like we are going to hear very soon what exactly has been agreed and officially announced. so, we will go back to that conference hall as soon as they get up and announce it. there is the live page, which really is being updated minute by minute, you can hearfrom all our correspondents they're trying to make sense of so many comings and goings in and out of that conference hall, so do have a look at that on the bbc

news website or the app and we will be back to hear any developments. 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 with winds that battered lyme 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, 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, it was quite heavy in areas, 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. weather presenter elizabeth rizzini updated me on the storm and let me know what we can expect through the next few days. a lot more rain to come

of course, and strong gusty winds now. we saw the snow melt earlier on today, so of course that's not an issue any more. the snow turned back to rain fairly quickly with the milder air streaming in with the storm. so it's all about the wind and the rain now. there are still a lot of weather warnings in force, and now a number of flood warnings as well, and flood alerts too. but flood warnings are more serious. and there's all of the details on those on on the bbc weather website. but there's more rain in the forecast overnight tonight and through the day tomorrow. and for some places, we'll still be seeing severe gales. so through northern irish sea coast, for western scotland, northern ireland still gusts of wind through the day tomorrow of up to 60 to maybe 75 miles an hour. and for channel coasts tomorrow it's going to be windier than it was today. so here we could see gusts of wind of up to 60 to 65 miles an hour. and that's enough to cause some damage. widespread gales too inland, and yet more heavy rain

for much of england and wales, but also some sunshine developing. and, of course, it stays mild now for the time of year. so, sharp contrast to how cold it was earlier on in the week. so as you say, the big factor tomorrow is going to be the wind speeds in certain parts of the country. the worst of the rain for storm bert, is that now over? not for some places, no. i think for the far south of england, it's going to be worse tomorrow than it was today, because of course, the rainfall totals are now starting to to mount up. so for south west england, central southern england, stretching up towards parts of east anglia, parts of the midlands, still a lot more rain to come, notjust tonight, but through the day tomorrow, and also for parts of southern scotland, eastern scotland again, there's more rain to come in the forecast. north western parts of the uk, so that's really western scotland, northern ireland, there's more showers that are going to be digging in and it's staying very windy here as well as we head through the next 24 hours or so. i was going to ask you how long

before the uk and ireland can say, it's all over now and breathe a sigh of relief, at least for now? well, it's certainly not over tomorrow, but as we head into monday, the centre of low pressure will still be across the far north of the uk, so it's staying very windy across parts of scotland, northern ireland, maybe into northern england and there'll be some rain, i think, still for parts of scotland, but further south for much of england and wales, the winds will be lighter. there'll still be some showers in the west, but i think in the south a definite improvement into monday. also feeling a bit cooler. and then for all of us, it's over by the time we get to tuesday. but it will start to feel cooler again. not as cold as it was earlier on through the week, but a definite change by then. the ukjustice secretary shabana mahmood has attacked the assisted dying bill before next week's commons vote. in a letter to her constituents, shabana mahmood said the proposed legislation could lead to a slippery slope towards death on demand, and said she was profoundly concerned about the bill. the vote on friday will be the first in the commons on assisted dying since 2015.

0ur political correspondent hannah miller explained why senior government ministers are speaking out. they've been asked not to put their personal opinions out there. , , . their personal opinions out there. , ,, ., ., there. this is a letter shabana mahmood _ there. this is a letter shabana mahmood sent _ there. this is a letter shabana mahmood sent out _ there. this is a letter shabana mahmood sent out to - mahmood sent out to constituents which has now been published online. it has long been known she was against assisted dying, particularly on religious grounds so that is not particularly a surprise. it has long been known that she was against assisted dying, particularly on religious grounds, that is not particularly a surprise, but i think this letter is particularly detailed, it is three pages long, it goes through the provisions in the bill, particularly in relation to coercion, how to stop someone from being coerced into going ahead with the process of assisted dying. and she describes

that as particularly weak, she says the bill is silent on how they should be done and claims that a judge would be expected to discover for themselves that someone had been coerced. she also cites previous scandals such as the post office horizon scandal, the hillsborough disaster as proof, she says, that those acting on behalf of the state are not always benign, that leads her to the conclusion that the state should never offer death as a service. so it is a particularly strong letter in which she has made her concerns very clear. she is not the first minister to be speaking out, we also heard the health secretary wes streeting say he wouldn't vote for the bill. just explain the difference between a government bill and this, a private member's bill. so, it makes it particularly difficult, actually, to predict exactly what is going to happen, because normally when a government brings forward a bill, it has the government's backing, they have a majority of mps behind them, those mps are generally expected to vote with the government and the bill passes and it happens. what we have now is a bill that has been brought by a backbench mp who argues that it has some

of the strictest protections in the world. and each individual mp can vote exactly as they would like the prime minister has said that he will not be would like. the prime minister has said that he will not be putting pressure on mps to vote one way or an other and that makes it very hard to sit here with 650 of them all voting next friday to know which way it will be likely to go. and it is a free vote, they have not been pressured by their party to vote in any particular direction. take us through that process, it is going to be friday the 29th, this is going to be debated, and what is the process after that, how long does it have to go? if it goes ahead, if mps vote in favour of it on friday, just under a week's time now, which i think is a big if at this point, were to go ahead, there would then be a committee stage, there would be further scrutiny, it would be looked at in the house of lords as well. so, while it would be seeing the mps given

their support in principle for this and more details would then emerge and be looked at, and there would be a much more scrutiny of it after that, and then would then be a further vote before it actually became law. so, it would be highly unusual for something to go through at this stage and then not go ahead and become law eventually, but it is possible, it is possible that there might be mps who think, ok, i am all right with a principle, i want to get more details on i want to work to be done on this, i want to see exactly what it would look like, and then they could take the decision again before anything actually becomes law. lebanon's health ministry says at least 50 people have been killed in israeli attacks across the country. the israeli military said it had struck several sites linked to hezbollah over the past 24 hours. from beirut hugo bachega reports. a crater in central beirut after a massive israeli airstrike.

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'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 has been no reaction from the israeli military. reports say this was an attempt to kill a senior hezbollah official who is believed to have survived. a very horrible explosion happened. all of the windows, the glass, are all 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 with the people 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. a quick look at what is going on in baku because at oh to 25 in the morning, delegates are still in the conference for —— conference hall. however, we are waiting for an imminent announcement that they have reached a deal of $300 billion of money going from richer nations to poorer nations to help them cope with climate change. hello. initially today storm bert brought some significant and disruptive snow,

but that has been petering out and turning back to rain through the day with milder air working its way in. many places have seen a lot of rain. northern ireland has had some issues with flooding. we've also seen widely some pretty strong winds and widespread gales remain a part of the forecast through the rest of this weekend. flooding rain also a concern. so on the satellite picture we can see storm bert. this hook of cloud on the satellite picture. 0ur deep area of low pressure, the centre of which is passing to the northwest of the country. we did see that snow through the morning, but notice on the radar picture, it largely turned back to rain through the afternoon, but some places have seen quite a lot of rain. there is a lot more to come through tonight, particularly wet across wales and southwest england. the increasing risk of flooding here. very windy everywhere. widespread gales, but particularly strong winds in northern scotland through irish sea coast and the south coast. but look at the temperatures

as we start sunday morning. considerably milder than it has been lately, so our deep area of low pressure continues to drift quite slowly to the northwest west of the uk. apologies for interrupting, we are going straight to baku to hearfrom the president are going straight to baku to hear from the president of cop. i invite parties to turn to agenda item eight, matters to relating to finance, long—term finance. at the resumed first meeting of the cop on monday the 11th of november, the contact group was established. i also appointed a senior member of my delegation to undertake residency consultations on this item. i invite the cop to adopt the draft decision contained in this document. thank you. i

invite the cop to consider agenda item 14, climate change. this matter was considered by the sbi. at its plenary meeting of the 16th of november, the sbi agreed to dismantle the cop forfurther sbi agreed to dismantle the cop for further consideration. at the resumed meeting of the cop on monday the 18th of november, i invited two representatives to facilitate discussions on this matter. i also appointed members of my delegation is to undertake residency consultations on some elements. i invite the cop to adopt the draft decision contained in the document. that is following the oral amendment. document. that is following the oralamendment. paragraph document. that is following the oral amendment. paragraph 23 will be replaced by the following text. encourages the

secret area to consider making sure that all budget proposals have considered effects on gender equality in its own organisational structure and to appoint gender local points in relevant departments. provided this does not add to the overall cost but increases efficiency. no objection. thank you. applause i invite parties to turn to agenda item won nine... if you're watching bbc news, let's explain what we are watching, we are watching azerbaijan pots minister for ecology and

natural resources and present of cop29 setting out what has been reached in cop29 in these very much over the running talks there in baku. mexico, ou talks there in baku. mexico, you have — talks there in baku. mexico, you have the _ talks there in baku. mexico, you have the floor. - speaks in spanish. we don't have a translationjust speaks in spanish. we don't have a translation just yet of the spanish being spoken at the moment by the mix can delegate, but let me update you on what has been going on because we think that the deal has been announced, of the $300 billion that richer countries have now

agreed to pay poorer