exit polls in the first round of romania's presidential election show the current prime minister ciolacu leading the race. the foreign office is investigating reports that a former british soldier fighting for ukraine has been captured by russia. moana, the polynesian girl who saved her village from a millennial curse, from a millennial curse, is back in cinemas is back in cinemas with a new adventure. with a new adventure. we're at the london premiere. we're at the london premiere. hello, welcome to the hello, welcome to the of homes have been flooded. programme. i'm lewis vaughan programme. i'm lewis vaughan jones. jones. the first minister of wales, the first minister of wales, eluned morgan, has described eluned morgan, has described the impact of storm bert the impact of storm bert on her country as on her country as "absolutely devastating". "absolutely devastating". more than 100 flood warnings more than 100 flood warnings are in place across england, are in place across england, scotland and wales because of scotland and wales because of high winds and rain. high winds and rain. in north wales, a body has in north wales, a body has been found in the search been found in the search

for a missing dog—walker. for a missing dog—walker. in south wales, hundreds in south wales, hundreds of homes have been flooded. the prime minister keir starmer said on social media, "thank you to the emergency services who are working tirelessly to protect communities — my thoughts are with those impacted." dan johnson reports from 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.

paula has lived by the river taff in pontypridd for more than 20 years. it's 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. 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 our resources and have a depot and crews in. but 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. 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, bbc news, in pontypridd. and phil mackie reports now from the flooded town of tenbury wells in worcestershire. hey, everyone, get back! get back! it was like a muddy—brown tsunami. a torrent of water pouring into the centre of tenbury wells. move back, move back! everybody, move back! move, move, move! the town sits on the river teme, but this didn't come from the river. instead, it poured in from the brook which runs alongside the main shopping streets. this timelapse shows how the wall holding it back couldn't cope, after 2a hours of nearly relentless rain.

the water's actually receded since i've been here. it was up to waist height in places. and luckily, we moved everything last night and this morning. in her pottery studio, louise preston is assessing the damage. now, the big problem, as you can see, is that our window is broken. somebody drove a tractor down the street and it's taken out the window. notjust our window, but also the other shop owners. now the cleanup has to start. we alljust keep our fingers crossed, and the town always pulls together really well in times like this. there are whole swathes of england where, like wales, travel is difficult and flood warnings are in place. this is baby luca, who was pulled out of the family car as it started to become submerged near todmorden. whilst i was on the phone to the emergency services, water started rising

into the car. so i thought, "i need to get me and my son out of here." so i've climbed out of the driver's seat, ran round to his side, unstrapped him and got him out as quickly as i could. and i'd say the water was about chest—high, so i was holding him up as high as i could, running out of the water. ilive here... back in tenbury, these floods are happening more often. for years, they've been promised new defences, but the projected costs have escalated. maybe this will mean they finally get built. we heard from danjohnson earlier. let's speak to him now — he's in pontypridd. hi, dan. just bring us up to date with the latest there. lip date with the latest there. up to 300 date with the latest there. ii? to 300 homes have been inflated across south wales over the last two days. it's been a truly awful time for people here, and although the river levels are now subsiding here and it has finally stopped raining at least for the time

being, people are onlyjust beginning to count the cost of what has happened and how effective they have been. there is real anger and frustration, because for many people in these valleys, it's not the first time they have been flooded, it is the second time in four years for many of them, even though they were told improved flood defences had been put in place in many places, those flood defences have not been effective enough to keep peoples homes dry, so there are huge concerns and angry bitterness about the forecasting, about the level of warnings that were issued and the amount of preparation that was able to be done ahead of this storm, even though we knew it were coming, even though the certain warnings had been issued. so, large concern. even the council leader here was saying he was very surprised a red weather morning had not been issued, because he considered conditions here over the last one for hours or so were so severe that they did pose a risk to life, and we that in north wales, one gentleman appears to have lost his life, a 75—year—old who was swept away by the river conway yesterday when i was flooded,

the search team looking for him as pulled the river of although that has not been identified yet, does look like brian p lost his life in these floods. that underlines how dangerous the situation has been across wales over the last two days, and it shows you how devastating it has been. lives have been taken, lives have been ruined. there are people in miseryjust beginning to count of exactly what this has cost them, and they are asking, what do they need to do to stop this happening again, if we are told climate change is going to be more intense rainfall on and when that hits the welsh mounds comes down these rivers come into these valleys and it these homes. people are asking, what will be needed to stop something like this happening again again and again in the future? ~ . .., again again and again in the future? ~ . , again again and again in the future? . , , . future? what can people expect in the next _ future? what can people expect in the next 48 _ future? what can people expect in the next 48 hours _ future? what can people expect in the next 48 hours or- future? what can people expect in the next 48 hours or so - in the next 48 hours or so there? . ., , ., there? yeah, it does feel at there? yeah, it does feel at the worst — there? yeah, it does feel at the worst of _ there? yeah, it does feel at the worst of it _ there? yeah, it does feel at the worst of it has - there? yeah, it does feel at the worst of it has passed i there? yeah, it does feel at. the worst of it has passed now. as i say, the water levels are receding here. exactly where i'm stood now, this afternoon, was literally underwater by was

wading through here, whereas now i can stand on dry land alongside the river. the river level has dropped probably metre so during this afternoon, but there is still lots more rainwater to wash off the hills, come down these rivers, and it is what are the —— whether the rivers can cope. authorities feel the rust of this has probably pass, they are warning people not to be complacent, that there could still be risk tomorrow and if it starts raining again, then the risk will increase once more. there are shoe issues like coal tips, slagged heaps, big piles of earth on the landscape that are risk. we know from have dangerous that can be, when that sort of land slip happens, and they are a risk of that happening. authorities are out checking those sorts of areas, making sure people are safe. roads have been washed away by these landslides already, homes have been devastated notjust by floodwater but by debris flushing down the hills, so all

sorts of dangerous risks, dangerous conditions out on the roads, so people are being warned to not make dreams if they don't have to, to keep safe and keep an eye on the weather and the warnings, but there are questions, and the council leader was very clear he was going to put the questions to the met office and other authorities responsible for forecasting and issuing these warnings. of course, flood protection is not a science that is precise, but people feel they did not have a proper, their idea of physically how severe this flood was going to beat and when the river levels would peak. everybody�*s hope now as they have seen the worst of it, that the threat is receding. before i let you go, want to pick up on one thought that you alluded tojust a pick up on one thought that you alluded to just a little earlier, and we were reading details a little earlier of one woman for example in pontypridd saying, this is exactly the same area around her that flooded, in exactly the same place, they tried to warn the authorities, they told them after the events four years ago, and nothing changed. can

you just expand exactly what did happen four years ago and why people have that frustration?— why people have that frustration? ., . ~ ., frustration? yet, going back to four years. _ frustration? yet, going back to four years, people _ frustration? yet, going back to four years, people here - four years, people here experienced storm dennis, something similar to what they've been through over the last couple of days. it was a devastating experience for many of these properties here, especially alongside the river taff in pontypridd. and ever told the flood defences would be improved after that. we have heard from the authorities todayis heard from the authorities today is the river levels over the last one he four hours actually peaked somewhere higher than they did four years ago during storm dennis, and thatis ago during storm dennis, and that is like homes have been affected once again. four years ago, the devastation was truly widespread, write down this valley and many of the other south wales valleys, does not appear on this occasion that as many homes have been affected in the book for those that have been flooded for a second time in four years, of course it feels devastating and they're disappointed that the flood defences have not been improved enough to keep them dry and that the flood warnings were not issued clearly enough,

quickly enough, severely enough on this occasion. 0ne quickly enough, severely enough on this occasion. one woman was telling she had had a knock on the door to tell her the water was rising, she could see coming into her house and it is as she started bailing out her own front room that she heard the flood warning, through leo the flood warning, through leo the authorities — two little, too late. that is the message from people who are just getting to clear up here. dan, thank you _ getting to clear up here. dan, thank you for _ getting to clear up here. dan, thank you for that. _ live now to our correspondent phil mackie. talk us through where you are and what has been happening there. , , , , ~ , and what has been happening there. ,, , i. there. this is tenbury wells on there. this is tenbury wells on the border— there. this is tenbury wells on the border with _ there. this is tenbury wells on the border with trop _ there. this is tenbury wells on the border with trop shire, - there. this is tenbury wells on j the border with trop shire, and about midday today, a wall that used to be standing about here which normally holds back a brook burst, he could not take the force of the water behind it. you can see the debris everywhere, straw and across the street, and a wave came rushing in, through their in onto the town of macklin, all of these businesses you can see and many more beyond and back

that way have been flooded during the day —— the town of macklin. the water levels have dropped... there was a river at the other end. they might get some flooding on that in the morning. the fourth or fifth flood since 2020 here. in 2020, the then borisjohnson government promised £5 million towards new flood defences for tenbury wells. nothing has happened since then. the concept is collated, it is feared those defences may never be built, and if they are not ended he flooding like this many of these businesses might have to ship out complete the because they don't get any insurance, they cannot afford constant need to be cleaning up your floods —— can afford to be constantly cleaning up after floods. . ~ constantly cleaning up after floods. ., ~ , ., ., floods. phil, thank you 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. the israeli army says it is looking into the reports. 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 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 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 denied allegations in israeli media that it was involved. an israeli foreign ministry official says the body could be repatriated to israel on monday. the uk foreign office is investigating reports that a former british soldier fighting for ukraine has been captured by russia. with me is our news correspondent, simonjones. hi, simon, and what more do we know? if

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