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whilst some celebrate, other nations, including india, say the deal falls far short of what is needed. thousands of homes in the uk remain without power because of storm bert with heavy rain and thawing snow bringing flooding to many areas. and state media injordan says a man has been shot dead and two police officers injured in an exchange of fire near the israeli embassy in amman. hello, i'm lauren taylor. world leaders have agreed an 11th hour deal on climate finance at the cop29 summit in azerbaijan. wealthier countries have pledged $300 billion a year by 2035 to help poorer nations tackle climate change, but there wasn't universal support for the deal
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with the indian delegation calling the figure "a paltry sum". just hours before, it looked like the talks were on the verge of collapse after a group representing underdeveloped and lower—lying nations walked out of the conference room. they eventually came back to the negotiating table but were angered by the offer from wealthier nations, which was far short of the $500 billion they wanted. from baku, here's our climate editor, justin rowlatt. it was in the early hours of this morning when the key text was agreed. two ——to huge applause from the room. this deal was hard—fought. at one stage, the talks looked that to collapse. representatives of dozens of the world's least developed company stormed out of a key meeting. we developed company stormed out of a key meeting.— of a key meeting. we have “ust walked out. i of a key meeting. we have “ust walked out. we i of a key meeting. we have “ust walked out. we came �* of a key meeting. we have “ust walked out. we came here h of a key meeting. we have just walked out. we came here to l walked out. we came here to this cop for a fair deal and we feel we haven't been heard and
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there is a deal to be made and we have not been consulted. fist we have not been consulted. at the same time, there was an effort by a group of fossil fuel rich countries, led by saudi arabia, to water down the promise made it last years cop to transition away from fossil fuels. the final deal here includes both a $300 billion a year commitment to helping developing countries tackle climate change and that strong language on cutting emissions. i'm very pleased that we've got this deal through. it's the right thing for britain. it's the right thing for speeding up the right thing for speeding up the clean energy transition which is good for britain in that it will help protect us against climate change and that's the right thing to do, and it will also help generate jobs and growth for people in britain. it's an 11th hour deal at the 11th hour for claimant and to keeping 1.5 degrees alive. it's the right thing to do for britain and the right thing for the world.-
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thing for the world. some --eole thing for the world. some peeple are _ thing for the world. some people are saying - thing for the world. some people are saying this - thing for the world. some | people are saying this deal isn't generous enough, the developed nations are dodging the debt they owe the developing world. 0thers the debt they owe the developing world. others are saying it shows that despite the divisions, despite donald trump threatening to pull america out of the process, the world can come together in this cooperative un effort to tackle the existential threat. of climate change. justin rowlatt, bbc news, baku. there's been mixed reaction to the deal. the indian representative at cop29 said they had strong reservations to the agreement and accused developed countries of being unwilling to fulfil their financial obligations to the rest of the world. here's their delegate, chandni raina. this document is nothing more than an optical illusion. this, in our opinion, will not address the enormity of the challenge we all face. therefore, we oppose the adoption of this document. we oppose the adoption of this
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argument. india opposes the adoption of this document and please take note and regard of what we have just said from the floor of this room. let's speak to henna hundal, national coordinator of climate live usa and cop29 delegate, who hasjust returned from baku. thank you very much indeed for being with us. a deal finally agreed but as we just heard some unhappiness with it. what do you make of it? i some unhappiness with it. what do you make of it?— do you make of it? i think it is a complex _ do you make of it? i think it is a complex situation. - do you make of it? i think it is a complex situation. on | do you make of it? i think it. is a complex situation. on the is a complex situation. 0n the one hand you have about 198 parties having to come together and have a fortnight to reach a consensus which includes parties whose economies are driven primarily by fossil fuels and others whose economies are being destroyed by fossil fuels, the fact that you could get an agreement out of that type of a heterogeneous group is actually quite extraordinary and something to celebrate but at the same time, we know this agreement has fallen quite short of what we know is actually needed. economists have estimated we
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actually need $1 trillion of climate finance by 2030, one 0.3 trillion x 20 35, about half coming from the public sector, half coming from the private sector and this has fallen quite short of that so i think it is room to celebrate but also room to recognise that we have much more work to do. the german foreign minister annalena baerbock described this talks as a last stand by the fossil fuel world. do you think it is a fair description? i think we certainly have seen a lot of fossil fuel lobbyists who attend these conferences and that has been a point of concern among many people. it is also a matter of these conferences structurally involve bringing multiple parties and people and those with different interests around the table. it's really very wide net that you are casting and so, it can be quite challenging to reach an agreement when you have all of these people coming different ambitions, visions, agendas and goals and to finally read something like even $300 billion of climate finance, but something worth celebrating but
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i think is definitely room for improvement here i'm certainly really taking a hard look at the role of the fossil industry and potentially having a role of these talks are something that we need to do for sure. how much was the absence of key leaders and countries represented here — but how much difference did that make to the mood and momentum of the cop29? i think it is undeniable that president—elect donald trump, his return to office next year cast a long shadow over the proceedings of the conference and i heard talk about that both overtly and tacitly. people writing of the united states's participation for the next four years. it was kind of stunning to witness, given i was there a cop26 in scotland in 2021 and then president biden�*s climate envoyjohn kerry played a crucial role in negotiating the final deal that was reached in the 11 hour. so i think united states's role is coming into question, the saw fred president macron and german chancellor scholz and the japanese prime minister, the japanese prime minister, the canadian prime minister
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trudeau also not make face and i think it is important that is there enough political will to actually execute on the path that was reached? i think it remains an open question. much ofthe remains an open question. much of the money — remains an open question. much of the money that _ remains an open question. much of the money that is _ remains an open question. much of the money that is supposed i of the money that is supposed to be delivered he will actually come from the private sector isn't it? how likely is it to materialise?— it to materialise? that's something _ it to materialise? that's something we _ it to materialise? that's something we need - it to materialise? that's something we need to l it to materialise? that's - something we need to keep our eye on. it certainly important. if we look at for example the loss and damage fun, last at cop28 in dubai, millions of dollars were pledged by countries for the fund which was designed to provide developing countries with money to specifically navigate the extreme weather disasters that they are facing, that are causing so much destruction and devastation and we've been only a fraction of that money actually materialise. so i think it is probably one reason why the conference extended into overtime in the manner that it did and was particularly fraught because not only do we need to reach the numbers, those climate finance numbers, that the economist telling us but we have to make sure that these are empty promises. and so, i think there is that sentiment felt along a lot of people and
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increasingly so as to what some of these promises not quite materialise over the years. thank you, indeed, for your thoughts. storm bert continues to batter the uk with heavy rain and thawing snow bringing flooding to many areas, as well as causing disruption on the roads and on the railways. there are weather warnings for wind and rain covering much of the uk with thousands of homes still without power. and a man died when a tree fell on his car in hampshire on saturday. louise pilbeam reports. uk and ireland are dealing with the mess caused by storm bert today. and the wild weather is not going away. almost every area has a met office where the warning in place for sunday, eitherfor warning in place for sunday, either for heavy warning in place for sunday, eitherfor heavy rain, warning in place for sunday, either for heavy rain, strong winds or flooding. yellow warnings meaning travel disruption and moderate danger is likely are in place from scotland down to the south coast of england with more than
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200 flood alerts. northern ireland has seen some of the worst flooding with 6500 homes without power at one point and roads and railways submerged. we are the only ones out of our houses. we left and move the cards and got the sandbags and while we were out the water reached the properties and we cannot get back in and everyone else is stuck inside. disruption to troubles on the roads and train services will continue today with passengers urged to check online schedules. where thick snow fell in scotland and northern england, a click —— quick for lead to concerns of flooding with plans in place. the roads are becoming _ with plans in place. the roads are becoming quite _ with plans in place. the roads are becoming quite full- with plans in place. the roads are becoming quite full of- are becoming quite full of water quite quickly, earning road closures in place, massive disruption to events that are happening and to businesses as well. and we've seen it received somewhat but very life to the fact that the rains still there and the winds are still there and the winds are
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still there and still have flood warnings in place. parts of wales have _ flood warnings in place. parts of wales have been _ flood warnings in place. parts of wales have been lashed i flood warnings in place. parts i of wales have been lashed with the equivalent rainfall for the whole of november in just a day on saturday. 0n the southwest coast of england, yellow met office warnings are in place 0ffice warnings are in place for winds until nine o'clock tonight. the wintry weather is set to ease by tomorrow morning. louisa pilbeam, bbc news. state media injordan say a man has been shot dead and two police officers injured in an exchange of fire near the israeli embassy in the capital amman. they say the man had fired at a police patrol. jordanian police have cordoned off an area near the embassy, which already has high security, after shots were heard in the rabiah neighbourhood. witnesses said ambulances rushed to the scene. the area is a frequent flashpoint for demonstrations against israel. the israeli military says it is investigating claims by hamas that a female israeli hostage has been killed in the north of the gaza strip.
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hamas, which is proscribed as a terrorist organisation by several western countries, has posted a video of the hostage and said she was killed in an area under attack by the idf. meanwhile, rallies have been held in israel to call for the release of the remaining hostages. relatives and supporters took to the streets of tel aviv, carrying pictures of their loves ones and banners with negative slogans about israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. meanwhile, lebanon's health ministry says 3,670 people have now been killed in israeli attacks since october 2023, with more than 50 people killed on saturday. in beirut, at least 20 people were killed and more than 60 others were injured in a strike which flattened an eight—storey residential building. and near the city of baalbek in the east, 15 others were killed, including a mother and herfour children. the israeli military says it's targeting hezbollah facilities and fighters. with me is mohamed taha
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from bbc arabic. lots to talk about. tell us about the incident injordan. thejordanian security managed to kill the attacker or the man who was exchanging fire with security forces in jordan, near the israeli embassy. this area is a scene of demonstrations from around a year, when this war started, from around a year, when this warstarted, because from around a year, when this war started, because people want to the end of this war and the situation in gaza. 0nce want to the end of this war and the situation in gaza. once the war started, thejordanian war started, the jordanian authority war started, thejordanian authority announced all of the israeli diplomats injordan is persona non grata, the embassy practically is empty. but the incident that a man fired rounds on thejordanian security and they managed to kill him, it is reflecting the anger in thejordanian street from the continuation of the war in gaza. figs from the continuation of the war in gaza.— from the continuation of the war in gaza. as you mentioned the war continuing _ war in gaza. as you mentioned the war continuing and - war in gaza. as you mentioned the war continuing and the - the war continuing and the latest on this israeli hostage that hamas has spoken about.
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tell us about that. how significant is it that they are mentioning it? it’s significant is it that they are mentioning it? it's significant that the hostage _ mentioning it? it's significant that the hostage was - mentioning it? it's significant that the hostage was killed, l mentioning it? it's significant i that the hostage was killed, as hamas was saying, in the north of gaza. we saw the israelis intensified the war in northern gaza and jabalia in particular in the last weeks. there are many people who were killed. there is that injury of the manager of kamal adwan hospital last night and there is the massive siege around jabalia and the camp ofjabalia to massive siege around jabalia and the camp of jabalia to try to reach a breakthrough there. now, hamas is saying you know, all of this israeli efforts managed to kill one of their hostages and also, the statements, this came along with a statement of the israeli president, who said that he spoke with the american president—elect donald trump and he told him they understand that half of the hostages are still alive. this is an
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alarming statement because what we understood before that hamas is only having between a0 and 50 hostages alive and now, with the israeli president's statement now we understand this number could be up to 100. apparently, there is a weight that he put behind this and apparently we may see a breakthrough in the hostage exchange deal and ceasefire in the coming weeks. fiend exchange deal and ceasefire in the coming weeks. and talking ofthe the coming weeks. and talking of the potential _ the coming weeks. and talking of the potential deals, - of the potential deals, lebanon, there was some talk of a negotiated ceasefire there and it is gone a bit quiet in the last couple of days and there has been what seems like an intensification with the attack on beirut yesterday? indeed. eu officials at the moment are trying to negotiate a continuing negotiation with that side. the israelis are not happy with the eu and france involved in the negotiations.
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they want this to happen through the americans. also we may not see any breakthrough in that front unless — and tell the american president gets in office injanuary. the main point in the negotiation at the moment that israel want to have a continuous access in southern lebanon, the lebanese authorities and has polar also are refusing of having this —— has polar. they are flexible on the points that this area has been armed and put the hezbollah in the northern river of litani but they do not want to have israeli forces in this area. they are open to have international forces but there are negotiations what other nationalities these forces could be in the negotiations could be in the negotiations could continue but all the indications are still in the coming weeks, we may see a ceasefire on both fronts on
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gaza and in lebanon. the type that's right- — gaza and in lebanon. the type that's right. thank _ gaza and in lebanon. the type that's right. thank you, - that's right. thank you, indeed. —— lets hope that's right. russia is ready to carry out cyber attacks against britain and nato allies in a bid to weaken support for ukraine, according to a senior uk minister. the chancellor of the duchy of lancaster, pat mcfadden, is due to give a speech to the nato cyber defence conference at lancaster house on monday, where he will warn that moscow poses a grave cyber threat, capable of crippling power grids and disrupting critical infrastructure. the warning comes after a cyber attack on south korea linked to a russian group retaliating over military monitoring. let's speak to erik gartzke, professor of political science and director of the center for peace and security studies at the university of california, san diego. thank you, indeed, for being with us. it's quite a strong warning we are expecting from pat mcfadden. how would you characterise the threat at the moment, the cyber threat from russia? , , , ., , , russia? yes, it is serious, but we need _ russia? yes, it is serious, but we need to — russia? yes, it is serious, but we need to place _ russia? yes, it is serious, but we need to place these - russia? yes, it is serious, but we need to place these things| we need to place these things in context. cyber attacks can
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be very broad but their effects tend to be relatively superficial. it's not the same as dropping a bomb on something. it is not the same as invading a country. indeed, these attacks, while they could be very scary for ordinary citizens, they are not going to have a significant military effect and that indeed is the nature of the problem for the russians. they are running out of options, they are in a quagmire in ukraine and even if they succeed at this point, it's going to be some pot —— somewhat of a pyrrhic victory because they have lost so much troops and wealth and goodwill on the battlefield, for whatever outcome it may be, so they are very unhappy about what they see as an escalation by the west, the use of storm shadow for example and atacms in, on russian territory and are looking for ways to
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intimidate the west and discourage us from doing anything further. so this is part of a larger programme of trying to scare and intimidate the west, so that we don't continue to assist the ukrainians and also to kind of fracture the coalition, mostly nato, that is supporting the ukrainians in theirfight. fire ukrainians in their fight. are ou ukrainians in their fight. are you exoecting _ ukrainians in their fight. are you exoecting a _ ukrainians in their fight. are you expecting a ramping up of potential attacks within nato countries, aside from what they are doing in ukraine? attacks that pattern of canon perhaps talking about british businesses being a —— pat mcfadden talking about british businesses being a target all the electricity grid in the uk? all of these things are possible but in a very real sense, what the russians have to do these things, it is less successful than if they can threaten them and get most of what they want without having to use force. the russians are on the horns of a dilemma and have been since the war began.
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0n the one hand they want to intimidate the west end discourage it from helping ukraine and on the other hand they don't want to provoke the west into doing exactly the thing that they want the west not to do. and so in fact, while russians have been quite active in cyber attacks well before the war, for example there was a cyber attack carried out in the netherlands against the lad that did the research to identify the nerve agent that was used against the skripal family agent that was used against the skripalfamily in the uk, both been tapping that down —— lab. they actually arrested one of the private groups in moscow but was leaving some of these attacks and put them under house arrest. they have been trying to keep the west from being provoked into helping ukraine too much but as the west keeps inching towards more and more involvement in the war, the russians are getting, well, desperate. they have a limited number of pools they can exercise to try to
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intimidate and restrain the west. �* , ., , intimidate and restrain the west. , ., , ., west. briefly, how prepared are nato countries _ west. briefly, how prepared are nato countries to _ west. briefly, how prepared are nato countries to cope - west. briefly, how prepared are nato countries to cope with - west. briefly, how prepared are nato countries to cope with any| nato countries to cope with any such cyber attacks? the best protected actors are the ones that the russians most want to impact which is the military and key government sectors. the ublic is and key government sectors. the public is less _ and key government sectors. tue: public is less well and key government sectors. tte: public is less well protected, although governments are waking up although governments are waking up to these problems and each year are getting better at this. there is no guarantee that the russians will not be able to do this. the best case we have to limit the russians in acting in this way is it won't work. indeed, the british are historically an example to everyone in their admonition to keep calm and carry on because it's precisely the thing that will make the russians�*s threats and, if indeed they carry out an attack, that will be an inaudible.— carry out an attack, that will be an inaudible. thank you for our be an inaudible. thank you for your thoughts- _ a british businessman caught on camera confessing to illegally selling millions of pounds of luxury perfume to russia is not facing
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criminal charges, the bbc has learned. david crisp was arrested last year but his case was later dropped by hm revenue and customs, the tax—collecting agency which is also responsible for enforcing sanctions. selling luxury goods to russia is a serious offence punishable by up to 10 years in prison, but campaigners say the uk is far behind other countries when it comes to punishing violators. will vernon reports i'm from london. no kidding? i live i'm from london. no kidding? live in i'm from london. no kidding? i live in dubai. your _ i'm from london. no kidding? i live in dubai. your russian - live in dubai. your russian market? — live in dubai. your russian market? don't _ live in dubai. your russian market? don't tell - live in dubai. your russian| market? don't tell anyone, live in dubai. your russian - market? don't tell anyone, we are doing _ market? don't tell anyone, we are doing really _ market? don't tell anyone, we are doing really well. - market? don't tell anyone, we are doing really well. good - market? don't tell anyone, we are doing really well. good for| are doing really well. good for ou. we are doing really well. good for you- we ignore _ are doing really well. good for you. we ignore government i you. we ignore government edicts. that _ you. we ignore government edicts. that was _ you. we ignore government edicts. that was reddish - edicts. that was reddish businessman david crisp confessing to violating sanctions against russia. th confessing to violating sanctions against russia. in an undercover— sanctions against russia. in an undercover video _ sanctions against russia. in an undercover video shared - sanctions against russia. in an undercover video shared with l undercover video shared with the bbc -- undercover video shared with the bbc —— british. this old luxury perfume, he rub shoulders with celebrities, but they did not know about his activities in russia. his business partner did not know
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either, but david gower ruffalo got a and hide the private investigators who filmed the undercover video —— garofalo. he also contacted the hmic. any months went by, disinterested in further evidence that we found, and we learned that they had appeared to have dropped the case. i was stunned. i could not think of a case that was more cut and dry or more slam dunk case where all the evidence was there.- slam dunk case where all the evidence was there. hmrc told us they have — evidence was there. hmrc told us they have implemented - evidence was there. hmrc told us they have implemented the | us they have implemented the most severe sanctions on russia and find companies or violations. they would not tell us why they dropped the david crisp cases they don't comment on individual investigations but the bbc understands hasn't been a single criminal conviction for breaching trade sanctions since russia invaded ukraine almost three years ago. but mr garofalo took the evidence to a civil court to remove his partner from evidence to a civil court to remove his partnerfrom the company. in the provisional
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ruling, thejudge said company. in the provisional ruling, the judge said the video was compelling evidence that mr crisp knew he was breaching sanctions. and documents show david crisp tried to conceal sales of more than £1.7 million to russia. tt than {1.7 million to russia. tt we don't prosecute people, who the hell is deterred from breaching sanctions? so iain duncan smith _ breaching sanctions? so iain duncan smith mp _ breaching sanctions? so iain duncan smith mp says - breaching sanctions? so iain duncan smith mp says the i breaching sanctions? so iain - duncan smith mp says the david crisp case shows sanctions enforcement is inadequate in britain. —— sir. we also this is outrageous and we have to sanction these people and all the rest of it but then without any prosecutions, you think well, that's gone away now. there needs to be arrest, prosecution and incarceration if we are going to get on top of this and if we don't do that, then there is no such thing as sanctions. th that, then there is no such thing as sanctions.- thing as sanctions. in a statement, _ thing as sanctions. in a statement, david - thing as sanctions. in a statement, david crisp| thing as sanctions. in a - statement, david crisp told thing as sanctions. in a statement, david crisp told us
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ukrainians are still dying every day at the hands of russia. but experts say some other western businesses continue to trade illegally, making millions in moscow in violation of the law. will vernon, bbc news. the ukjustice secretary shabana mahmood has attacked the assisted dying bill before next week's vote in the house of commons. in a letter to her birmingham constituents, ms 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. the polls have just opened in romania's presidential election, which has been dominated by concerns about inflation, emigration, corruption and the war in neighbouring ukraine. while more than a dozen names appear on the ballot paper, there are only four or five serious contenders.
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polls suggest that prime minister marcel ciolacu, of the social democratic party, is the favourite but will probably have to face a run—off vote. the president in romania has considerable power and influence, especially over foreign policy. the incumbent, klaus iohannis, has already served two terms, and cannot run again. a number of unidentified drones have been spotting flying over a number of british airbases that are used by the us air force. the incidents involving the unmanned aerial systems took place at three raf sites in the east of england this week. a spokesperson for the usf declined to say whether the drones were considered hostile, but did go on to say they had the right to "protect" installations. back with headlines in the moment. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. well, storm bert has given us some very severe weather conditions right across the uk through the day on saturday —
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heavy snow, rain, strong gusty winds. potentially more disruption to come, too — it's not over yet. here are some of the strongest wind gusts through the day on saturday. higher wind gusts recorded across some mountainous regions, and it could be windier still for parts of the channel coast on sunday than it was on saturday. there's been a lot of rain around as well, a number of flood warnings in force. that number could well rise for the rest of the night and through the day on sunday. there's more rain to come, certainly more strong, gusty winds. here's the centre of the low moving very slowly northwards and eastwards, tight squeeze on the isobars. more snow melt across scotland tonight, and that could add to the flooding problems perhaps here with the rising temperatures into tomorrow morning, that milder—feeling air. still gales, particularly for exposed coasts, and a lot of heavy rain piling into south west england and wales. but look at the temperatures as we start off the day on sunday and compare that to how cold it was earlier on through the week, so a very mild start to the day. there's more rain across south west england,
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in through wales and stretching up to yorkshire, humberside perhaps, moving southwards and eastwards through the day. some hazy sunshine, drier weather to the north of that, and more showers packing into western scotland and northern ireland. but very windy for western scotland, down through the northern isles and for northern ireland as well. gusts of wind here of up to 75 miles an hour. up to 65 for some of these channel coasts, too. but a very mild day — we could get to 17 celsius, perhaps, given any brightness in the far south east of england — that rain clearing away from here as we head into monday morning. still very windy towards the north. there'll be heavy, persistent outbreaks of rain still here. it is a cooler day across the board but certainly drier further south. still a few more showers out towards the west, perhaps. as we head through monday and into tuesday, the storm is moving off towards scandinavia, so we are going to see lighter winds across the board. in fact, the winds are coming in from the north, so it is going to be feeling cooler. watch out on wednesday — there could be more rain in the south from another
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an eleventh—hour deal at the cop29 climate summit after negotiations on financing for poorer nations went into overtime, but not everyone's happy, as some nations including india say the dealfalls far short of what is needed. storm bert continues to batter the uk, with heavy rain and thawing snow bringing flooding to many areas. there are weather warnings for wind and rain covering much of the uk, with thousands of homes still without power. state media injordan say a man has been shot dead and two police officers injured in an exchange of fire near the israeli embassy in the capital, amman. they say the man had fired at a police patrol. now on bbc news, talking business. welcome. here is what is on the programme. the soaring cost of
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