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absolutely, yes. a hospital in northern gaza says its director was injured in an israeli drone attack. exit polls in the first round of romania's presidential election show the current prime minister, marcel ciolacu, leading the 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 the london premiere. hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones. hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones. welcome to the programme. welcome to the programme. police in north wales say police in north wales say they've recovered a body of britain for a second day — they've recovered a body in the search for a 75—year—old in the search for a 75—year—old man who disappeared man who disappeared on saturday. on saturday. brian perry was walking his dog brian perry was walking his dog in an area affected in an area affected by significant floodwater, by significant floodwater, next to the river next to the river conwy near trefriw. conwy near trefriw. there's been no formal there's been no formal identification but the police identification but the police say his family have been say his family have been informed. informed.
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storm bert is battering parts storm bert is battering parts of britain for a second day — there are more than 100 flood warnings in place. wales was badly hit this morning. the uk prime minister keir starmer has said on x... "thank you to the emergency services who are working tirelessly to protect communities — my thoughts are with those impacted." danjohnson reports from the river taff, in pontypridd. 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. paula has lived here for more than 20 years, and it's
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the second time in four years her home has been underwater. 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 — 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, who declared a major incident this morning when they were inundated with calls.
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warning well in advance and a red warning issued in the early hours, so that needs to be reviewed. 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. danjohnson, dan johnson, bbc news, danjohnson, bbc news, and pontypridd. the welsh first minister, eluned morgan, has described the flooding in wales is "absolutely devastating" and says discussions had begun about financial support for those affected. it's been a really difficult weekend, and i would like to thank the emergency services for all of the support they're giving to people affected. i think this is the second time many of those have suffered as a result of the storm. there has been huge investment
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since the last storm hit, so we've managed to protect lots more properties than last time, but obviously this is absolutely devastating just before christmas for those who have been impacted. and will there be the emergency funding available as there was after storm dennis in these communities to help people recover? already those discussions have started, and of course, we will do everything we need to do to put measures in place to support people who have undergone this really, really difficult situation at a difficult time of year. some people have said there just wasn't enough warning over this weekend, that although it was a storm and there were warnings on saturday, they found that this morning had took them by surprise, the speed at which the water started rising. we certainly knew storm bert was coming, so there was an amount of preparation,
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but when you get the kind of enormity of rain we've had over the past few days, and it's still coming down, then we have got to recognise that it's going to be difficult. but we hope people will be able to recover, and we will give our support along, with local authorities who have been doing a sterling job. i know the deputy first minister has been out and about this morning in areas most impacted. i have been visiting places as well on the way back from pembrokeshire. our weather presenter, elizabeth rizzini, has more detail on the conditions to come. well, i'll show you what's happened already. this is the radar picture — so you can see all the rain. where we saw the snow, it turned quickly back to reign, of course, this is over the last 36 hours, so you can see why we've had the flooding. it's just been relentless for parts of wales, particularly the south and east, and for southwest england. you can see
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here, 150 mill metres plus — that's what we've seen over the last day or so, through the weekend, amounting to a month's worth of rainfall in just a short space of time. that's what we've got all the flooding. and what's to come? well, there's still a bit of rain to come — i won't be as bad as it was, but here's a pan of rain. it is clearing away from these flood affected parts as we had there tonight, and it'sjust as we had there tonight, and it's just clearing the southeastern corner. but there will be a few showers following behind, so it showers and clear spells behind, as you can see the bulk of the rain is digging in further north and west. that's how we start off the day tomorrow. but there will be more showers tomorrow — again, they'll be piling into western wales. there with the southeastern corner of wales as well, but it won't be as bad, and more for the southwest of england. but it is a quiet week of whether i had, lewis, but the number of flood warnings could still rise as we head through the next day were so still. —— the next day or so
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still. let's speak to enrico zucco, an owner of a business in pontypridd that has been impacted by flooding caused by storm bert. thanks for coming on the programme. thanks for coming on the programme-— thanks for coming on the rouramme. . ., ., 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 - me. talk us through what happened _ me. talk us through what happened today? - me. talk us through what happened today? i - me. talk us through what happened today? i went i me. talk us through what. happened today? i went to me. talk us through what - happened today? i went to work, as i usually _ happened today? i went to work, as i usually do. _ happened today? i went to work, as i usually do. i _ happened today? i went to work, as i usually do. i go _ happened today? i went to work, as i usually do. i go in _ happened today? i went to work, as i usually do. i go in every - as i usually do. i go in every day except monday, so i start early every day. and when i arrived at work, the street was fine, it was obvious he raining a lot, and the drive to work was a bit ropey to say the least. but within half an hour, the water levels just started to rise rapidly. the water levels 'ust started to rise rapidly._ to rise rapidly. and what did ou to rise rapidly. and what did you manage _ to rise rapidly. and what did you manage to _ to rise rapidly. and what did you manage to do? - to rise rapidly. and what did you manage to do? so - to rise rapidly. and what did you manage to do? so i- to rise rapidly. and what did you manage to do? so i saw to rise rapidly. and what did - you manage to do? so i saw the water levels _ you manage to do? so i saw the water levels rising _ you manage to do? so i saw the water levels rising and - you manage to do? so i saw the water levels rising and i - you manage to do? so i saw the water levels rising and i knew i water levels rising and i knew i had to act quickly. luckily we've got flood barriers installed at the shop, and i just got them in place as quickly as i can. i put them in upside down in the panic that i
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was in — but with the help of regular customers, we managed to plug the gaps and avoid any serious damage to the business. and we are seeing the pictures they are in the street outside, just directly outside the walls there of your place — do you know what's happened to some of the other businesses around? well, a lot of the other businesses weren't as lucky as i was, even if they did have flood barriers in place, they wouldn't have been affected because they actually flooded from the inside of the shop back onto the river. so yeah, directly opposite me, story of old books, three shelves of books worth have just been completely sodden. it's a very sad site, you know, the barbers across the road, the beauticians next door — it's tragic, really. beauticians next door - it's tragic, really.— beauticians next door - it's tragic, really. and what do you make of the — tragic, really. and what do you make of the warnings - tragic, really. and what do you make of the warnings that - tragic, really. and what do you make of the warnings that you | make of the warnings that you were given, or support by the authorities?—
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were given, or support by the authorities? well, you know, i don't live _ authorities? well, you know, i don't live under _ authorities? well, you know, i don't live under a _ authorities? well, you know, i don't live under a rock, - authorities? well, you know, i don't live under a rock, i - authorities? well, you know, i don't live under a rock, i knewj don't live under a rock, i knew there was going to be some rain, and i'd heard there was a yellow weather warning — but often with the yellow weather warnings, not much comes of it anyway. so we didn't really think too much about it. so yeah, it would've been better to have some more to the point warnings, and may be specific to us as businesses on the street because it has been so badly affected by floods in the past with storm dennis. and past with storm dennis. and this is the — past with storm dennis. and this is the time _ past with storm dennis. and this is the time of _ past with storm dennis. and this is the time of year - past with storm dennis. and this is the time of year of course that's crucial for so many small businesses to be firing on all cylinders, open, up firing on all cylinders, open, up and running. absolutely like i said, up and running. absolutely like i said. my _ up and running. absolutely like i said. my shou _ up and running. absolutely l age: i said, my shop is managed to get out of it without too much damage. but the book shop and other shops on that street, they really only really heavily on christmas time. so you know, ijust on christmas time. so you know, i just feel greatly for them. but the community that came out
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today were just exceptional. i think that's what makes the town such a special place, and i think we all town such a special place, and i think w— i think we all can come together— i think we all can come together now - i think we all can come together now through l i think we all can come - together now through this, and hopefully we will bounce back. well good luck certainly with that, thanks for coming on the programme. you can keep up with the news on the live site. 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.
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translation: we have been 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, zvee kogan in the gulf state. rabbi kogan, an envoy of the ultra—orthodox
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jewish group chabad lubavitch, had been missing in dubai since thursday. earlier on sunday, the israeli government said his body had been found by security services in the uae. iran has rejected any involvement in the murder. an israeli foreign ministry official has told reuters that the body would hopefully be repatriated to israel on monday. our security correspondent injerusalem, frank gardner, has more on the background to the case. he was part of an organisation which was worldwide — and all of its members are israeli, but they promote jewish of its members are israeli, but they promotejewish interests, jewish ways of life. he was managing a kosher supermarket, and it appears on sunday, he was either abducted or lured away, and his car was found a half hours drive away from where he was. so this is quite a shocking incident for israelis who are in the gulf.
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the uae normalised relations with israel as part of the abraham accords, which was done under then—president donald trump's presidency. so there is a joint investigation taking place. hello from the bbc sport centre. liverpool are eight points clear at the top of the premier league after coming from behind to beat southampton 3—2 at st mary's. the visitors went ahead through dominik szoboszlai, but southampton equalised soon afterwards with a penalty from adam armstrong. mateus fernandez scored for the home side to put them 2—1 in front, but then two goals from mo salah gave liverpool the win and extended their lead at the top of the table following
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manchester city's defeat on saturday. it wasn't a surprise for us because we saw how they played against city and arsenal, and newcastle in away games, let alone home games against a top team. so it wasn't surprise that they made it difficult for us, but we dominated the complete game because if we went down after an hour or two, it made it really difficult for us. ruben amorim's era at manchester united began with a 1—1 draw at ipswich united. having recently arrived at the club. it all started very well as marcus rashford scored the openerjust 81 seconds into the game. however, omari hutchinson levelled for ipswich before the break. man united still remain in the bottom half the table. not a good result, but it was a tough league with high intensity. but we did very well. we should have more balls after the first goal, but we are learning in competition. so
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it was really hard for them, they were thinking during all they were thinking during all the game, they were thinking what to do — it was not fluid and is normal with two trainings, but they tried, just ask to try, to run — they tried to do it, and we will see in the future. leicester city have sacked their manager steve cooper after just five months in charge. cooper leaves with immediate effect, following leicester's 2—1 loss to chelsea yesterday. the club is in 16th in the premier league table. in a statement leicester thanked cooper and his backroom staff for their contribution. first team coach ben dawson will take interim charge for their game against brentford next weekend. leicester say they have already begun the process of appointing a new manager. rugby union — and scotland have beaten australia 27—13 at murrayfield in the last game of their autumn nations series to finish the year on a high. tries from top scorer duhan van der mervwe and captain sione tuipulotu helping scotland to the win. england ended their five—game losing run by putting
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in a dominant performance against a japan side that had the former england head coach, eddiejones in charge. egnland won 59—14. max verstappen has won a fourth consecutive formula one drivers championship, under the lights at the las vegas grand prix. he becomes just the sixth driver in history to win four world titles. verstappen did exactly what he needed to do, finishing in fifth place, just ahead of title rival lando norris who was in sixth, to take the championship with two races still to go. george russell won the race for mercedes, his third career victory, finishing ahead of team—mate lewis hamilton. tennis — and italy have won a second consecutive davis cup title by beating the netherlands 2—0 in malaga. matteo berretini who supported the italian team from the bench when he was injured last year, defeated botik van de zanshulp in straight sets. before the world number one, jannik sinner, ended his remarkable year by beating
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tallon greekspor. it's a team double for italy after they also won the billie jean king cup this week. cricket — and england women have beaten south africa in theirfirst t20. they won by four wickets in east london. chasing 143, nat sciver—brunt top scored with 59, she was out in the final over, but sophie ecclestone secured the victory with four balls to spare. england take a 1—0 lead in the series. and that's all the sport for now. we will have more for you later. polls have closed in the first round of presidential elections in romania — with a vote that's been dominated by concerns about inflation, emigration, corruption, and the war in ukraine. unofficial exit polls indicate that the current prime minister, marcel ciolacu, has received most votes. he will take part in a run—off against the second—placed candidate. let's speak to our centrtal europe correspondent nick thorpe, who is in budapest. bring us up—to—date with the
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latest. bring us up-to-date with the latest. , bring us up-to-date with the latest. . ~., : bring us up-to-date with the latest. , . ., latest. yes, marcel ciolacu, the current _ latest. yes, marcel ciolacu, the current prime _ latest. yes, marcel ciolacu, the current prime minister, | latest. yes, marcel ciolacu, l the current prime minister, a social democrat is in the lead both in the exit polls and the first very small numbers of rural votes counted. in second place, as far as we can see from the exit polls anyway is alayna les kony of the save romania union, a centre—right candidate representing more intellectual voters. but the surprise of the night is a very strong showing in exit polls and real votes counted of the far right candidate — there's a second far right candidate, george simeon, who's also doing well in this poll. so basically, it looks like it'll be a pretty close fight, a big battle for the place and the chance to challenge marcel ciolacu in the runoff in two
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weeks' time.— ciolacu in the runoff in two weeks' time. 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... applause ..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. this, in our opinion,
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will not address the enormity of the challenge we all face. therefore, we oppose the adoption of this document. that the developing countries are saying that it's taking the lead with $300 billion til 2035 is a joke, and 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 am very pleased that we have 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, in that it will help protect us against climate change, and that's the right thing to do.
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and it will also help generate jobs and growth for people in britain. it's an 11th—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. a pakistani government team has managed to mediate a seven—day ceasefire deal between rival sectarian groups, ending days of clashes that have killed more than 80 people over the past three days.
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the violence erupted in korum, a mountainous district near the border with afghanistan. the recent clashes broke out when gunmen ambushed convoys of shia muslims travelling under police escort earlier this week, killing a2. while pakistan is predominantly sunni muslim, nearly half of korum's 800,000 residents are shia muslims, a division that fuelled sectarian tensions. people are voting in the second round of uruguay�*s presidential election. the centre—left opposition candidate, yamandu orsi, 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. opinion polls suggest a close race. young people who refuse to take upjobs or training will face penalties, as part of the uk government's planned changes to the welfare system. the work and pensions secretary, liz kendall, will announce a package of legislation on tuesday to, in the government's words, "get britain working". speaking on the sunday with laura kuenssberg programme this morning, she told the bbc, "if people repeatedly refuse to take up the training or work responsibilities, there will be sanctions
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on their benefits." 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
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