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as authorities confirm they've recovered a body in wales. are the water levels higher are the water levels higher than you were expecting? than you were expecting? absolutely, yes. absolutely, yes. a last minute compromise deal a last minute compromise deal at the un climate summit — at the un climate summit — but poorer countries say it but poorer countries say it comes nowhere near comes nowhere near addressing their challenges. addressing their challenges. a hospital in northern gaza a hospital in northern gaza says its director was injured says its director was injured in an israeli drone attack. in an israeli drone attack. uruguayans are voting in the second round of their presidential election — with polls suggesting it'll be a close race. moana, the polynesian girl who saved her village from a millennial curse, is back in cinemas with a new adventure. we're at the london premiere. this is bbc news. police in north wales say they've recovered a body in the search for a 75—year—old man who disappeared on saturday.
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roads. in north wales a 75—year—old who was reported missing by the river conwy yesterday, they have found a body in that search. these floods, this storm, they are claiming lives and putting others at risk. and this weather is still a raging torrent tonight. —— and this river is still a raging torrent tonight. across south wales, water levels are high, rivers have burst their banks and homes are flooded, bringing misery for people who in many cases have been hit for a second time. didn't have enough time to move the van. by the time i got back it went from one foot to a metre and i only went around the corner so within five minutes it was up by a metre. what time was this? this was just after nine. paul has lived here for more than 20 years and it's paula has lived here for more than 20 years and it's the second time in four years her home has been underwater. their believe is because there are flood defences in place the flood defences work.
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—— their belief is because there are flood defences in place the flood defences work. but as you have probably seen yourself the flood defences don't work. this is the desperate effort to try and stop the river water getting back into these houses and at the moment they are winning but the fear is the river level will rise further because the rain keeps coming down. in parts of wales a month's worth of rain has fallen over the past 2a hours. it's been a very busy time for the emergency services and they declared a major incident this morning when they were inundated with calls. and listen to the local council leaders' assessment of how well this rainfall and its impact were forecast. we took decisions ourselves to step up resources and have a depot. even as bad as things were this morning, unless i have missed it because i've been up since 5:30am, i don't think an amber warning was issued. i've not seen it and i am surprised there wasn't a red warning because due to storm dennis we saw an amber warning well in advance and a red warning issued in the early hours, so that needs to be reviewed.
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some of the water from welsh hills flows into england. this was in worcestershire where a wall collapsed and the river burst through. landslides have affected a couple of roads and coal tips are being checked to make sure they aren't unstable. it's been a difficult day for everyone here and it is still a really nervous time for people right across the valleys. there is huge frustration and worry for people who have been flooded time and time again. they say the flood defences which were improved after storm dennis for maga years ago haven't worked and haven't kept their homes dry. there was frustration and anger about how they have been hit once again. —— four years ago. there is a risk to life. the council leader there were saying he was surprised a red warning hadn't been declared by the forecasting authorities, so it isn'tjust people concerned by what they are seeing, the
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emergency services are stretched. they are pleading with people not to be on the roads. there is a sense of the worst has passed but it is still raining and there is still raining and there is still more rainwater to come down off the hills and as it is funnelled into these valleys it still poses a risk. let's speak to rhondda resident scott groves, who has been helping out his community today. thank you for coming on the programme. thank you for coming on the programme-— thank you for coming on the programme. thanks for having me. talk programme. thanks for having me- talk us — programme. thanks for having me. talk us through _ programme. thanks for having me. talk us through what - programme. thanks for having me. talk us through what you | me. talk us through what you have seen _ me. talk us through what you have seen today. _ me. talk us through what you have seen today. as it - me. talk us through what you have seen today. as it comes| have seen today. as it comes fairly often — have seen today. as it comes fairly often to _ have seen today. as it comes fairly often to us, _ have seen today. as it comes fairly often to us, the - have seen today. as it comes fairly often to us, the banks i fairly often to us, the banks have exploded again so we have had homes that have been flooded, businesses that have been destroyed and people cannot get to where they need to go. we have vulnerable people out and houses are getting washed out time and time again. i don't want to sound like a beggarfrom time again. i don't want to sound like a beggar from this area but we need more help, we need more funding. this happens every couple of years here. we
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aren't sure why the council didn't know this was coming because i'm a business owner and i was prepared. we are getting bags together and delivering them to houses and businesses. we were to be what we could but it wasn't enough because we need more help and more funding.— more funding. what were you able to do _ more funding. what were you able to do when _ more funding. what were you able to do when you - more funding. what were you able to do when you were - more funding. what were you able to do when you were outj able to do when you were out today? able to do when you were out toda ? ~ , able to do when you were out toda ? g ,~ ., today? my company along with some other — today? my company along with some other companies, - today? my company along with some other companies, we - some other companies, we managed to pull cars from dangerous places. we managed to sandbag off dangerous areas. we managed to get people to where they needed to go. we have a really good community. that is what i always want to say about the rhondda, we back each other as best we can but now we need help from someone higher up, we need betterfunding, you know. we heard some talk today about even authorities being surprised that water levels, river levels, that extra levels
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of warning weren't given out. does that seem to ring true to what you experienced? absolutely. it's quite frightening. you can do your own research. we had a very dry november. so i have seen it time for a while. even if you aren't100% sure, it isn't a lot to provide people with sandbags if they wish to use them. there were no resources available. no council vans on the roads delivering. some people were hand delivering to people. again, community support has pulled us through today but now we have to deal with the ripple effects after this. businesses are going to close just before christmas. that'll put people out of work for christmas. that won't be great for the rhondda. we are insured but payments won't come until after christmas. the ripple effects we have to deal
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with are really frightening. thank you for coming onto the programme. after days of talks and 30 extra hours of bitter wrangling, the cop29 climate conference finally agreed a deal in the early hours of the morning in baku. the world's richest nations pledged more than $300 billion a year by 2035 — to help poorer nations deal with climate change — and develop without needing to rely on fossil fuels. but despite the amount being three times the current existing pledge, some developing nations criticised the deal as insufficient. here's our climate editorjustin rowlatt. it was in the early hours of this morning when the key text was agreed. to huge applause from the room. but some delegates from developing countries were angry, and just listen to how that went down in the room. i regret to say that this document is nothing more than an optical illusion.
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this, in our opinion, will not address the enormity of the challenge we all face. applause therefore, we oppose the adoption of this document. that the developing countries is having _ that the developing countries is having to deliver $300 billion_ is having to deliver $300 billion to 2035 is a joke. it is not something we should take lightly. 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, it's the right thing for speeding up the clean energy transition, which is good for britain and it will help protect us
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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 iith—hour deal. 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. with me is graihathackson the host of the bbc s climate question podcast. why is this final agreement controversial?— controversial? developing countries _ controversial? developing countries came _ controversial? developing countries came in - controversial? developing countries came in with - controversial? developing | countries came in with this controversial? developing - countries came in with this big ask, $1.3 trillion every single year and they say they need that in order to ditch fossil fuels and adapt to this harsher
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climate and importantly if we want to avoid the worst effects of climate change as a globe we need every single country to do that and finance is critical to that. what the developed world offered was $300 billion a year, so far short of what developing countries say they need. that is why it has been so controversial because the money on the table isn't enough so say the developing countries.— so say the developing countries. ., ., so say the developing countries. ~ ., ., , ., ., countries. what does all of this say about _ countries. what does all of this say about the - countries. what does all of this say about the whole i countries. what does all of - this say about the whole summit process? this say about the whole summit rocess? . ., , , this say about the whole summit rocess? . . , , ., process? increasingly over the last few years _ process? increasingly over the last few years we've _ process? increasingly over the last few years we've had - last few years we've had questions raised about whether it is fit for purpose and that's largely because the last couple of cop presidencies we have seen, the team there appearing to promote fossil fuel deals when they should in theory be doing the opposite of that, trying to transition away from fossil fuels. that said, you know, it's a slow process by its nature. diplomacy is slow. you have to get nearly 200 countries to agree to one text and that means things can be slippery, let's say, but
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also slow to ensure that you bring everybody go along. by the nature of the beast it is generally quite slow. whether it is fit for purpose or not, lots of former un chiefs including banking moon have said not. but how to improve it remains. fin said not. but how to improve it remains. ., , ., ., , remains. on the money that has been pledged. _ remains. on the money that has been pledged, how— remains. on the money that has been pledged, how does - remains. on the money that has been pledged, how does it - remains. on the money that has been pledged, how does it work| been pledged, how does it work or how is it supposed to work. —— former un chiefs including ban ki—moon. brute -- former un chiefs including ban ki-moon._ -- former un chiefs including ban ki-moon. we see so much distrust and — ban ki-moon. we see so much distrust and lack— ban ki-moon. we see so much distrust and lack of _ ban ki-moon. we see so much distrust and lack of confidence | distrust and lack of confidence at this cop over the money. but the money can come in the form of grants. it can also come in the form of low—interest loans. but also by the private sector so that could be the government investing with companies. that is why people like ed miliband are saying this is great for
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british businesses to invest abroad and bring in money to the uk economy. in the past... it is quite difficult because what developing countries are saying is that governments cannot control that private finance aspect, right? and that's why they think it's not a good deal because they cannot guarantee that money will reach them. ., ~ guarantee that money will reach them. ., ,, ,, guarantee that money will reach them. ., ~' ,, , guarantee that money will reach them. ., ,, , . guarantee that money will reach them. ., ~ , . ., them. thank you very much for that. officials at a hospital in northern gaza say their director has been seriously injured in an israeli drone strike. dr hossam abu safiya heads the kamal adwan hospital, one ofjust two medical facilities partly operating in northern gaza. medical sources say the israeli military targeted the hospital's oxygen facilities and diesel storage with drones. we have asked the israeli army for comment. israel does not allow foreign journalists free access to gaza so a freelancer for the bbc has interviewed dr hossam abu safiya. translation: we have been
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asking the world to send - doctors with surgical specialties so we can treat those who arrive at kamal adwan hospital with injuries requiring surgical intervention. today, i was injured myself. we urgently need medical supplies, tools and ambulances to continue our humanitarian work. unfortunately, my condition has worsened and the bleeding returned, which was expected because i need a vascular surgeon. however, after the arrest of our medical staff four weeks ago, we no longer have any specialists available. this is why we have been urgently calling for surgical delegations to be sent to gaza. the united arab emirates's news agency says three suspects have been arrested over the killing of the israeli—moldovan rabbi zvi kogan in the gulf state. the office of the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, said zvi kogan — who was last seen on thursday — was murdered. it described his death as an act of antisemitic terrorism.
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the united arab emirates's news agency says three suspects have been arrested over the killing of the israeli—moldovan rabbi, zvi kogan in the gulf state. rabbi kogan, an envoy of the ultra—orthodox jewish group chabad lubavitch, had been missing in dubai since thursday. the recovery of his body comes after his abandoned car was found an hour's drive away from his home. the israeli government has pledged to purse his killers. here in the uk seniorfaith leaders representing christians, muslims, jews, hindus and sikhs have warned that vulnerable people could be left feeling they have a �*duty to die' — if this week's vote on allowing assisted dying in england and wales is passed. 29 religious leaders signed the letter published in a sunday newspaper. parliament will debate the issue on friday, with mps given a free vote. here's our political correspondent hannah miller. ahead of a week in which parliament will make a decision that's one of the most profound it will ever face, some faith leaders are urging mps not to give terminally ill people the right to die. i'm very concerned that as it stands the bill doesn't have sufficient safeguards to ensure that no—one can be pressurised into choosing early death either because they feel a burden themselves or potentially that they are caused to feel
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a burden by others. a letter signed by 29 seniorfigures including the bishop of london, the roman catholic cardinal archishop of westminster and the chief rabbi says... the bill only applies to terminally ill people who have mental capacity and are thought to have less than six months to live. two independent doctors and a judge would have to agree a person satisfies the criteria and is not being coerced. a doctor would prepare the substance but the individual would have to take it themselves. those who support the bill insist the safeguards are some of the most stringent in the world. i believe in giving people as much power, say and control as possible over the things that matter to them most. i believe the bill has the right safeguards
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to make sure that that can be done properly. 0ne shadow minister who saw his mother die in distressing circumstances agrees. there has been a good discussion on this, a good debate, it's important that debate continues on friday when it is discussed. if you ask the public and people who express a view, about 80% of the public say they would like this choice but others have expressed concerns about whether the state can be trusted with the responsibility of assisted dying. 0thers others have questioned whether the state can be trusted with the state can be trusted with the responsibility of assisted dying. those people sat in care homes feel protected with the arm of the state around their shoulders knowing they are protected who will feel incredibly vulnerable the moment this passes into law. even if this vote passes on friday there will be months of further debate and scrutiny before it becomes law but this week will tell us whether parliament supports the principle of assisted dying and that's one of the most consequential decisions
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mps can take. people are voting in the second round of uruguay�*s presidential election. the centre—left opposition candidate yamandu 0rsi came first in last month's vote but didn't secure an outright majority. in the run—off, he's facing alvaro delgado of the governing republican coalition. 0pinion polls suggest a close race. with me in the studio is mimi swabyi. expected to be close? this is the second — expected to be close? this is the second round _ expected to be close? this is the second round of- expected to be close? this is the second round of an - the second round of an extremely close presidential race between two fairly moderate candidates. 0n the opposition side, the ce ntre—left, opposition side, the centre—left, you have yamandu 0rsi who is going against the figure of continuity for the centre—right, governing republican coalition alvaro delgado. he also has the backing of the third placed an eye. but it is an incredibly tight race. it is thought that less than 25,000 votes will be the difference between these two front runners. that is in a
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very small population of 3.4 million people. to give you an idea of how close it is. they are moderate candidates, not too dissimilar, so their differences will be very important but also minute. {aide important but also minute. give us a bit of— important but also minute. give us a bit of background of the political climate in the country. political climate in the country-— political climate in the count . ~' , ., , country. unlike the sharp left and riaht country. unlike the sharp left and right divides _ country. unlike the sharp left and right divides we - country. unlike the sharp left and right divides we have - country. unlike the sharp left. and right divides we have seen dominate latin american politics this year, the political arena landscape in uruguay is actually quite stable. it hasn't got many tensions. there are two parties here who overlap significantly on many topics from public security, cost of living crisis, and these are issues that have dominated campaigning. the centre—left candidate, yamandu 0rsi, who was marginally ahead according to some opinion polls has sought to reassure people he will not drastically change any policies in what is traditionally a fairly moderate and calm country, a very
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