compromise deal is reached at the _ compromise deal is reached at the summit - _ compromise deal is reached at the summit but i is reached at the summit but whilst some countries celebrate poorer countries say it comes nowhere near to meeting their challenges. sir keir starmer promises to tackle the uk's "bulging benefits bill" — warning it is "blighting society". i know from speaking to ourjob coaches, ourfantasticjob coaches injob centres, that there are people who can work and who aren't. thousands of homes in the uk remain without power because of storm bert , with heavy rain and thawing snow causing flooding in many areas israel's government says an israeli rabbi missing in the united arab emirates has been found dead. and — max verstappen finishes fifth at the las vegas grand prix — winning his fourth consecutive formula one world title

hello, thank you forjoining us. nearly 200 countries at the un's climate talks in azerbaijan have reached a deal that offers developing countries $300 billion — that's £21i0 billion — per year by 2035 to help them fight climate change. negotiators in the country's capital, baku, struck the deal overnight — just hours after it looked like disagreement over key issues might derail the conference entirely. not everyone was happy. poorer countries had asked for $1.3 trillion to help them fight the climate battle. the african group of negotiators described it as "too little, too late" — with the indian delegation calling the figure �*a paltry sum'. from baku, here's our climate editor, justin rowlatt. applause. it was in the early hours of this morning when the key text was agreed to huge applause from the room. this deal was hard —fought.

at one stage, the talks looked set to collapse. representatives of dozens of the world's least developed countries stormed out of a key meeting. we've just walked out. we came here to this cop for a fair deal. we feel we haven't been heard and there's a deal to be made and we are not being consulted. at the same time, there was an effort by a group of fossil fuel—rich countries, led by saudi arabia, to water down a promise made at last year's cop conference 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. 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 climate and for keeping 1.5 degrees alive. it's the right thing to do for britain and the right thing for the world. some people are saying this deal isn't generous enough, that developed nations are dodging 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. as we've been reporting, the finance deal drew heated reaction from developing nations. here's the india 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 document — 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. financial times climate correspondent attracta mooney has been following developments from baku. the deal was reached after two weeks of intense negotiations. it was a pretty hard fight. developing —— developed nations said they could not meet the demands because of strapped cash. also the political climate is difficult to try and pitch modern money to the developing world when their own

economies are struggling. at the same time, economists have said that the world needs $1.3 trillion in climate financing but adaptation to warmer temperatures and a warming world. the gap between what has been agreed is that rich nations will lead the way in providing at least $300 billion per year by 2035 and that they will build a bridging mechanism by building that gap between $1.3 trillion. that is needed. is there an expectation that the 300 billion figure will actually be delivered to developing countries because money pledged already has not been paid so far. that money pledged already has not been paid so far.— been paid so far. that is the big concern _ been paid so far. that is the big concern of— been paid so far. that is the big concern of many - been paid so far. that is the . big concern of many developing nations. i'm coming into these talks many developing nations were worried that whatever was promised would not be delivered. the last goal was

100 billion by 2020 and rich nations were later meeting that goal and that meant that the trust was really not there between the two groups. it talks a lot of diplomacy to get everyone together. it really did look like talks were going to collapse right until the second the gavel came down yesterday, last night. just . ive yesterday, last night. just cive us yesterday, last night. just give us a _ yesterday, last night. just give us a sense _ yesterday, last night. just give us a sense of- yesterday, last night. just give us a sense of the - yesterday, last night. just give us a sense of the mood at the conclusion of cop29 because in the lead up there are real questions about whether there be an agreement reached. was there —— what is the mood as delegates leave? it there -- what is the mood as delegates leave?— delegates leave? it is very mixed. delegates leave? it is very mixed- i — delegates leave? it is very mixed. i think— delegates leave? it is very mixed. i think poorer- delegates leave? it is very i mixed. i think poorer nations are very angry that the money they need is not there and it's very hard to them to access money at a cheaper rate in financial markets. they argue that they really do need some assistance. but they also felt they really needed a deal, at

this cop29. because of the changing political circumstances particularly the incoming presidency in the us. there is a view that the us will not be a contributor to any kind of climate financing the next years. the mood is mixed. i think it's to say that the developed world are being accused of not opening their purses and the developing world feel that they have not got enough cash. it feels like no one is particularly happy but at least there was a deal. the uk prime minister has promised his government will tackle what he calls the nation's "bulging benefits bill", warning that it is "blighting our society". sir keir starmer was writing in the mail on sunday newspaper before an announcement next week of the "biggest overhaul of employment support in memory", which is expected to include changes to job centres. 0ur political correspondent shelley phelps told me more about the government's plans. pension secretary liz kendall has been speaking

to the bbc�*s sunday with laura kuenssberg programme this morning, and she's been talking about her plans. they're going to be released later on in this week. a white paper called get britain working. and so as part of that, the government is billing this as the biggest employment reforms for a generation, telling us we're going to see radical changes. now, the government says that getting people back to work is at the heart of its plans for economic growth. it says it's had concerns about figures showing that a near a record 2.8 million people have been out of work due to long term sickness. so, we understand that as part of these plans that they're going to be announcing, there'll be an overhaul ofjobcentres, as you were saying. plans for employment services to work closer with the nhs and the labour government is also talking about what it calls its youth guarantee. so this is the idea that young people have got to be earning or learning. support for them to get them into the workplace. and as part of this, liz kendall, the work and pensions secretary, she was asked by laura kuenssberg if a young person

doesn't take that up. would they faced sanctions and we can hear a bit of what she had to say. yes. and the reason this is so important is we will transform those opportunities for young people. we will put in place a youth guarantee so everyone has the chance to be earning or learning. but in return for those new opportunities, young people will have a responsibility to take them up. and let me tell you why. because if you lack basic skills in today's world, that is brutal. if you are out of work when you're young, that can have lifelong consequences in terms of your future job prospects and earning potential. and it is also bad for your health. so we, the government, we will face up to our responsibility, unlike the last government, of having that guarantee in place. but young people in their return will have that responsibility to take it up. also on the programme was the shadow housing secretary,

the conservatives', kevin hollinrake, and he was asked whether his party would back labour's plans on these reforms. he said he welcomed that there were reforms coming forward, but obviously they need to see the detail on this. he was questioning whether labour would take what he described as the difficult decision if it was needed in some cases for cash benefits to be reduced. but we can hear a little bit of what he had to say in terms of his response to the points liz kendall was making. we are seeing a number of people leaving the place of work because of mental illness, a huge rise. and that's a huge cost for the taxpayer, of course. so we had plans in place. i think you referred to them earlier in your interview with liz kendall. that will reduce that number by 400,000. saving saving the taxpayer an awful lot of money. it's not just about saving money. it's also about getting people into work. you know, we most of us feel we are. 0ur mental health is better when we're at work. but there are incentives in the system to leave the place of work to go on cash benefits. and that's one of the things i'll be looking for in these changes labour are going to make. are they going to make that

difficult decision to reduce cash benefits, because that currently incentivises people to leave the place of work? so, at the end of 1a years in charge, you made it easier for people sometimes to take the cash and stay at home than go out to work? but certainly... we didn't make it easier. what happened was that the pandemic, this new phenomenon as a result of the pandemic, that's the big rise. we saw about 8 or 900,000 people added to those, to the number of people on long term sickness. about 40% of them are about through mental health that we were dealing with, that the provisions we brought forward on the work capability assessment was a starting point of that, and that was what will prove effective, as you referred to earlier. but there's more we should do. i welcome the fact that labour are looking at this. i want to make sure they do the right things rather thanjust talk a good game. it's the actions that count. but what? so that's a bit of the politics on this from the opposition parties. but i think the politics of this for labour within the party themselves will be interesting. you werejust mentioning a moment ago, keir starmer writing

in the daily mail today, using some quite strong language, talking about wanting to tackle the bulging benefits bill that he said was blighting society. but, you know, he clearly that is designed to appeal to people who want to see tougher measures. but not all of his backbenchers and some campaign groups will agree with that. the met office issued a yellow wind warning for the uk on sunday morning, covering central and eastern parts of england until nine o'clock tonight. the warning states that the storm is creating "dangerous conditions. in wales, homes and cars are underwater as storm bert continues its destructive toll. more than 100 flood warnings and alerts have been issued across the country, with bridges closed and roads shut. a major incident has been declared in rhondda cynon taf, south wales, after heavy rainfall caused severe flooding. the river taff has burst its banks in pontypridd, north of cardiff. a man is considered missing in the conwy valley in north wales after hours of torrential rain from storm bert left the river swollen.

wind warnings are also in place for several counties across the island of ireland as storm bert brings challenging conditions. landing overnight on friday, the storm has flooded villages, submerged roads, and disrupted travel. in southern ireland, the town of killybegs has seen homes, charities, and official buildings affected, while the river feale in west limerick has burst its banks. storm bert has also caused significant travel disruption and danger on the roads. tragically, three men have died as a result of the storm. a man in his 60s lost his life when a tree fell on a car on a road in hampshire. two other fatal collisions occurred as the storm gripped england. louisa pilbeam reports. the uk and ireland are dealing with the mess caused by storm bert today. and the wild weather is not going away. new weather warnings are in place for either for heavy rain, strong

winds or flooding. yellow warnings, meaning travel disruption and moderate danger are likely, are in place from scotland down to the south coast of england, and more than 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're the only ones out of the houses. we left and moved the cars, doing all the sandbags. and while we were out, the water reached the properties and we can't get back in and everybody else is stuck inside. disruption to travel on the roads and for train services will continue today with passengers urged to check online schedules. where thick snow fell in scotland and northern england, a quick thaw will lead to concerns of flooding with local authorities in areas ready with plans in place. the roads becoming quite full of water quite quickly,

meaning road closures in place, massive disruption to events that are happening and to businesses as well. and we've seen it recede somewhat but very live to the fact that the rain's still there and the winds are still there and we've still got flood warnings in place. parts of south wales have been lashed with the equivalent rainfall for the whole of november in just a day. on the south—west coast of england, yellow met office warnings are in place for winds until nine o'clock tonight. the wintry weather is set to ease by tomorrow morning. the storm is set to ease by tomorrow morning. louisa pilbeam, bbc news. to the middle east now... israel's government says an israeli rabbi missing in the united arab emirates has been found dead. the office of the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, said zvi kogan, who was last seen on thursday , was murdered. it described his death as an act of anti—semitic terrorism.

rabbi kogan represented the orthodoxjewish group, chabad, in the uae. israel has vowed to hunt down the suspected killers. our security correspondent frank gardener is injerusalem for us and updated me on the death. this is a murky and alarming case where it appears that this rabbi, who managed a supermarket in the united arab emirates, he was abducted on thursday and his wife, who is american, reported him missing. it took some time for the emerati authorities to react to this but they have now found both his abandoned car and his body. the suspicion here is that he was abducted, taken away, possibly driven across the border into amman but the suspects are three uzbek nationals, according to israeli media, who are reported to have fled to turkey. israel has said that not only do they mourn this and condemn it as a vile anti—semitic attack, in the words of the president isaac herzog, but they

have vowed to hunt down the perpetrators of this. i think it is quite a worrying development because for, you know, security in the united arab emirates, the wider gulf, but obviously for israel, because there is something called the abraham accords, which was brokered by then president trump, so from 2020 onwards the uae, the united arab emirates and bahrain established full diplomatic relations with israel which meant that tourists could visit from both countries. but obviously there are now huge tensions from the war in gaza and now in lebanon and that has meant that there have been some demonstrations outside the israeli embassy in abu dhabi, for example, but also outside the supermarket, the kosher supermarket that this rabbi, zvi kogan, managed. iran is also a suspect in all of this

because the israeli authorities suspect that he may have been under surveillance by iranians agents in the uae. and, frank, the israeli government is also investigating the killing of, hamas says, of an israeli hostage in gaza, what is happening there? this is a completely separate incident. if you remember back on october seven last year, during and after that massive hamas led raid into southern israel, around 250 men, women and children were dragged across the border into gaza and turned into hostages. now, quite a large number of them were released under a ceasefire deal brokered by qatar in november of last year but around 100 are still remaining. many are dead but many are thought to still be alive. yesterday, hamas, which is a proscribed terrorist organisation by many countries, but they are the, or have been

the de facto government in the gaza strip, they released a video which purported to show a dead hostage, a woman, and they said she was killed by the actions of the israeli military in the gaza strip, in the north where there is still a lot of fighting and air strikes going on. there are horrendous casualty figures there. almost every day we hear about air strikes where a lot of civilians have been killed. by israeli air strikes in the north of the gaza strip. they produced this video, the idf, that's the israel defense forces, say they are investigating, they are in contact with the family but they don't have the body so it's hard for them to know. they have warned that sometimes hamas plays psychological tricks to try and demoralise their enemy. so, it is something that we have been quite cautious about because there is no, as yet, official confirmation from the israeli

side whether this person has been killed or even a name released. the pti party of pakistan's jailed former prime minister, imran khan, has begun a planned march on the capital, islamabad. the high court in the city had already ruled the protest unlawful. it's directed the government to take all necessary measures to maintain law and order. here's our bbc urdu reporter in islamabad — farhatjaved. as we walk in the city today or try to drive around, it seems as if islamabad has been transformed into a fortress. and that's because of a call for protest, for a nationwide protest by former prime minister imran khan. and as you can see behind me, such containers have been placed at every road leading to the capital and within the city as well, essentially blocking any access to the city. the streets are empty and an eerie silence has fallen over the city. these roads, which are usually very crowded on a sunday, are empty today,

and there's a large deployment of security forces across the capital. imran khan's party, which is also known as pti. they are demanding release of imran khan as well as other party workers who have been taken into custody in the last two years. they say that the charges they are facing are all politically motivated and allegation that the government denies. now, this is not the first time that imran khan's supporters are gathering for a protest. but what makes it different and bigger is the fact that imran khan's wife, bushra bibi, is leading this protest for the very first time. while authorities are determined to stop imran khan's supporters entering into the capital, his workers are determined to reach the capital. we are seeing footages and videos and photos from across pakistan where his party workers are gathering and they say that they are, that they would reach islamabad no matter what. they are carrying medicines, they are carrying food items. they are also carrying

blankets, even if they have to stay anywhere on the roads. now, for residents like myself, it's a challenging day. many, especially daily wagers, are struggling to get to work and many others are wondering how they would reach their offices and schools tomorrow. as the week begins, many markets are closed in several parts of the country and in the capital. here in islamabad, there is a sense of uncertainty that hangs in the air. the polls have 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. polls suggest that prime minister marcel ciolacu (pron: 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. nick thorpe gave us this update. romania has the longest border of any eu country with ukraine. it is also a very important base for nato on the southeast or eastern flank of nato. there have been explosions when russians have bombed two ports on the river danube, where the common border between ukraine and romania, and also romania is an important country in terms of the supply of weapons from western countries to ukraine. so most of the candidates standing want to continue that policy, but a very strong nationalist candidate of the gold party, he has also been coming up well and doing better and better in each election, and obviously this is probably going to go to a second round in two weeks' time because it is unlikely that any of the candidates would get enough to win on this round. so if he were to get into the second round, then it would really turn it into some kind of referendum

over how romania should work together, or be more critical of ukraine, and of course its position in the nato alliance, romania �*s position. you mentioned that the vote is likely to go to a run—off. how important is romania both for the eu and the nato alliance, as you were mentioning there? romania is the sixth biggest country in the eu, according to population. rather like poland and rather like a southern poland. romania is very important in the eu. it is hoping now in the coming weeks to finallyjoin the border free area, so it is important both economically and it is also a source of labour. several million romanians work across western europe, in italy, spain, britain and many other countries. of course, for ordinary romanians in this election, pretty much as most elections are fought over the economy and the importance of bringing down one of europe's highest inflations, and also

this sense often in many european countries nowadays, many countries across the world are seeing a battle between the old elite, whether that is on the left or the right, or modern upcoming more nationalist or populist politicians. max verstappen has been crowned formula one champion for the fourth consecutive time. he nowjoins michael schumacher, lewis hamilton, juan manuel fangio and sebastian vettel in this elite club of champions. there are still two more races left in the season, but a fifth place finish in las vegas was enough for verstappen to secure the championship. george russell won the race, with lewis hamilton second. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. storm bert refuses to relinquish its tight grip across the uk. today, it's all going to be

about heavy rain and gale force gusts of winds. and these are some of the rainfall totals we're starting to see now. over the last 36 hours, it's parts of wales that have seen the heaviest of the rain — just shy of 100mm. and it's here where we're likely to see further heavy rainfall as we go through the day today. in fact, in the last few hours, we've seen some heavier pulses pushing up through the sout—hwest into wales and north—west england. flood warnings are starting to arrive now. there could be some localised flooding before storm bert moves away. the centre of the low starting to hook itself to the north—west of the uk. but that trailing weather front will stay with us throughout the day. it's going to gradually drift its way steadily eastwards, the rain becoming light and patchy through the midlands by lunchtime as the rain heads into east anglia and the south—east. a frequent rash of sharp, squally showers driven by severe gales, though, around the far north and west of scotland. some areas close to the coast could see gusts of wind widely 60 possibly 70mph.

but it's a mild story as well. double figures right across the country, 17 or 18 degrees. if we get that, that could be a date record. now, as that rain starts to ease away overnight, things will quieten down for england and wales. but the centre of the low, storm bert, starts to drift its way across scotland, so here it stays showery and windy through the night. not a cold start to our monday morning, and monday will be a day of mixed fortunes. we keep squally showers and strong winds through scotland and northern ireland. england and wales on the whole will be drier and quieter with some sunshine. just a few scattered showers as the wind turns round to a westerly. and a little bit fresher as well, with that westerly wind — 8—10 degrees the overall high. moving out of monday and looking at a little bit further ahead, bert will finally ease over into scandinavia. little ridge of high pressure quietens things down for tuesday.

we will keep a close eye on this front, which could threaten more rain into south—west england and wales, but overall, it's a quieter but slightly cooler story as we go through the week ahead. take care.

this is bbc news, the headlines: an eleventh—hour deal at the cop29 climate summit after negotiations on financing

for poorer nations went into overtime. but many aren't happy, as some nations, including india, say the deal falls far short of what is needed. sir keir starmer promises to tackle the uk's "bulging benefits bill," warning it is "blighting society." i know from speaking to ourjob coaches, ourfantasticjob coaches in job centres, that there are people who could work, who aren't. 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 country, and over 200 flood alerts in place. thousands of homes are still without power. hello, i'm catherine byaruhanga. about 11.2 million working age people are on health benefits, an increase of about a million in five years.

and the bill for health—related benefits is stands at