but take a few steps out into a more exposed area, just for a few moments, and it becomes hard to stand, and you get a sense ofjust how powerful this storm is. for this flight landing in edinburgh, a shaky touchdown, after a first attempt was thwarted by winds. on the ground, too, there was severe disruption. bridges closed to high sided vehicles. buses and trains cancelled, too. high sided vehicles. there's more damage, i think, than i've seen in my time in the railway. this is only the damage that we know about just now. once the red warning has passed, network rail staff will start to go out and check the routes, whether that's on foot, whether that's using special trains to check or using the helicopter to inspect the routes from the air. that's going. on the a1, this lorry, buffeted by strong winds, narrowly avoided a head on collision.

the driver of this car was rescued after being trapped by falling trees, while for another motorist, a lucky escape. the emergency services, doctors, among the few who had to venture out. you know, i've been driving about visiting patients and this is, um, it's just carnage. there's fences down all over the place and debris everywhere. and, you know, it's a real proper storm. this was the worst storm to hit the scottish mainland in more than a decade. buildings destroyed, debris crushing cars. its winds were exceptional and vicious. its impact and its cost could take days to become clear. the winds of the storm gusted to more than 100 mph, and conditions have eased considerably but the amber warning for wind is still in place until tomorrow morning, so caution is still being urged and

there are still problems on the transport network. the scotrail trains will not run until at least noon tomorrow, at the very earliest, and at least 100,000 homes that tonight remain without power, and with snow and rain forecast over the weekend, there will be concerns for those who are left without hot water and heating, and engineers will be working around the clock to restore the power to them.— the power to them. thanks for “oininu the power to them. thanks for joining us- _ storm eowyn made landfall on ireland's atlantic coast overnight, causing damage to buildings and leaving people without power and water. a man died after a tree fell on his car in county donegal. here's our ireland correspondent chris page.

this is what life—threatening weather looks and sounds like. after gathering force over the atlantic ocean, storm eowyn hit ireland with its full ferocity. in the middle of the night, winds, which were already strong, turned savage at galway aquarium. the storm caused a surge of floodwater in county kerry. a couple are counting themselves fortunate not to have been killed when the gale inflicted this on their house. we are very lucky that we are alive and if this would fall inside, we'd be buried underneath. i'd say about 3:00, last night. and it was just the worst nightmare you can have, really. there was chaos in cities, too. in dublin, an ice rink was largely flattened. the emergency services believe that lives were saved because most people followed advice to stay at home. well, now that the storm has blown through, people are seeing the scale of the damage and destruction. communities are coming together,

but clearing away the fallen trees, repairing the electricity network and making the roads safe again could well take some time. several unwelcome records have been set today. never before has a red weather warning applied across the whole of the irish republic and northern ireland. in bangor in county down, this leisure centre took a huge hit. houses in whiteabbey, near belfast, suffered damage. it's become a frequent scenario during the storms of recent years. the tree went through the conservatory a few years ago. last year during some storms, again, substantial damage to the roof. and again this year. so yeah, a recurring problem. nobody seems to want to know. or have anything to do with it. there was a sense of helplessness in the places which experienced the worst of the winds.

the dangerous, violent gales passed in a few hours, but across the island of ireland, storm eowyn has left a deep, long lasting and costly mark. chris page, bbc news. today's exceptional winds are being driven by a phenomenon known as a sting jet — our weather presenter chris fawkes is here to explain. this has been an exceptionally powerful storm. widespread problems as we have seen. the fifth named storm of the season, and we can see it here in western scotland, the strongest wind was in the republic of ireland with a top gust of 114 mph, and the centre went off—line in the minutes recorded afterwards, maybe damaged by the ferocious winds. in northern ireland a gust of 92 mph, the strongest in northern ireland in over a quarter of a

century. this is storm eowyn as it makes its way to the uk, and within the storm system we have different flows of air, with the air rising about we get the big cloud and precipitation falling from the cloud, falling into a zone of exceptionally dry air, and some of that precipitation evaporates which causes the air to cool down, and it becomes dense and very quickly it accelerates downwards to the surface of the earth and it is the downward exhilaration that is the stings yet. we think this is responsible for the winds reaching 114 mph around the western side of ireland, then the very powerful damaging winds crossing ireland and into scotland, which had winds of about 100 mph. sting jets were first discovered in the aftermath of the great 1987 storm and this forecast did not go to plan and in the aftermath of scientists looked at the evidence and try to work out what went wrong with the forecast and they

discovered these phenomena called sting jets. storm eowyn was also powered by a very strong jet stream. the jet stream is becoming stronger because of climate change, so every one degree of warming of global average temperatures, the jet stream has increased by about 2%. it doesn't sound like much, but it's increasing. and the jet stream is the thing that is driving these weather systems. so, a strongerjet stream will mean more intense storms. we still have an amber weather warning in place for northern scotland and the winds are still strong enough to still blow down some trees so storm eowyn is not finished in terms of the potential for disruption for transport and power supplies for northern scotland and i will have the important pit forecast details in a short little while. —— full forecast. hamas has named the four israeli hostages, all of them female soldiers, who will be released

tomorrow, in exchange for 180 palestinian prisoners held in israel. this is the second such exchange under the gaza ceasefire deal which came into force last sunday. jon donnison sent this report. it contains scenes of hostages being taken that you may find upsetting. dawn on october 7th 2023, and the nahal oz israeli military base was being swarmed by hamas gunmen. then just 19, naama levy was one of several female soldiers to be taken hostage. these pictures were released with permission from their families. now, 475 days after she was abducted, naama's nightmare could finally be over. she's one of four israeli soldiers named by hamas to be freed tomorrow. the others are 20—year—old

karina ariev, daniella gilboa, also 20, and 19—year—old liri albag. three months ago i met with naama levy's mother, ayelet. her message to her daughter then: stay strong. you just need to survive. just take it day by day, hour by hour. i'm doing the same, i'm thinking of you all the time, and you will get through this, you will come back to our hug and to our love and to heal. and you will have so many, many years and moments of happiness in your life, and you will be an inspiration to others. so you just have to hang in there. mummy�*s waiting for you. "our sisters�* voices are screaming out to you," reads the sign, as this afternoon injerusalem, other hostage families and their supporters

continued their vigil — finally, with some hope. so for the families here in israel, it's another anxious night of waiting, another night of uncertainty. and on the palestinian side, there are families waiting too. last weekend, 90 palestinian prisoners, mostly women, were bused out of israeli jails to be back with their loved ones. around 180 more are expected to be freed tomorrow. this time, some of them convicted of murder in israeli courts. and in gaza, amid apocalyptic scenes, and where israel does not currently allow international journalists to go, more displaced palestinians should, as part of the deal, from tomorrow be allowed to go home — if they've still got one. "we were hoping to go home to rafah," mahmoud says, "but the house was bombed, it's gone." "what can we do?"

after so much misery and death, tomorrow will bring some happiness and relief, but the war and this decades—long conflict is not over. in the last few hours we have heard from the palestinian prisoners association that this exchange should happen between eight and nine o'clock uk time tomorrow morning, but i would not be surprised if it slips because, really, everything depends on what time hamas can get those israeli hostages out of gaza in the morning and that can be pretty complex. just a reminder, this isjust one pretty complex. just a reminder, this is just one week into a six week process in which we are expected to see a further 26 israeli hostages exchanged for around 1600 more palestinian prisoners.- more palestinian prisoners. thanks for “oininu more palestinian prisoners. thanks

forjoining us- _ an nhs trust in liverpool has confirmed that it treated axel rudakubana for four years, including in its community mental health service, but that he stopped engaging with the service nearly two years ago. rudakubana was yesterdayjailed for life with a minimum term of 52 years after he murdered three young girls at a dance class in southport last summer. joining me now is daniel sandford, and, daniel, there are still many questions that need answering. yes, jane, yes,jane, in the yes, jane, in the aftermath of the horrific attack in southport, eight of the girls who had been stabbed were taken to alder hey children's hospitalfor were taken to alder hey children's hospital for treatment, alice da silva aguiar�*s injuries were too bad, she didn't make it, but seven of the girls who were treated there survived, and today that same nhs trust has confirmed that it was responsible for the attacker, alex rudakubana's mental health rudaku ba na's mental health treatment. rudakubana's mental health treatment. he had been in their care

until 2023, when the trust says he stopped engaging with their services. we had been referred to their care at about the same time that he was caught with a knife at school, saying later that he had taken it there to use it. two and a half years later, he was also found with a knife on a bus by police, and of course, as many people know, he was referred three times to the counter extremism programme prevent, but they didn't take on because he didn't have a specific radical ideology. the trust said today that it was 17 months before the attack that he stopped engaging with their treatment, and by then prevent had decided for the third time that they would not take on, so he was left to his own devices, to plan for the attack. and today the parents of child c, a nine two side five data, said there are men more questions questions that need answering, for our daughter and the other children without that day, it is the least they deserve. the cut and promise to engage with the families as they prepare for the forthcoming public inquiry. —— the government as

promised. a woman whose four sons died in a fire at their home in south west london while she was out shopping has been jailed for ten years. deveca rose left her two sets of twins home alone in december 2021. helena wilkinson reports. four young brothers, described by family today as brilliant and beautiful. three—year—olds logan and layton, and bryson and kyson, who were four. they died together in a fire at their home after being left alone by their mother. today, deveca rose was sentenced to ten years in prison for manslaughter. there are no other words to describe this case as anything other than a deeply tragic one. the lives of four young children, gone in just a few moments through an intense fire. deveca rose left her sons at home to go shopping at sainsbury�*s, but within 20 minutes an intense fire ripped through the house.

it was started by either a discarded cigarette or a tea light. firefighters found the four boys under a bed, unconscious, but they couldn't be revived. bryson, kyson, layton and logan were beautiful, loving children who did not deserve this. the impact they made on us in their short lives cannot be measured and will never be forgotten. the sentencing hearing heard that the boys' mother, deveca rose, had complex psychiatric needs and that during covid she went to her gp to say that she couldn't cope. social services had also been involved. the boys' father said he would never recover from losing his beautiful, funny, happy sons whose lives had onlyjust begun. helena wilkinson, bbc news, at the old bailey. alexander lukashenko, the hardline leader of belarus and ally of vladimir putin, is on track to extend his 30—year rule this weekend in an election

dismissed as a sham by his critics. the claim that he'd won the last presidential election four years ago sparked mass protests which were crushed in a brutal police crackdown. so what's the mood before this election? our russia editor, steve rosenberg, is in the capital, minsk, to find out. drive around minsk, and what you won't feel is election fever. there's little campaigning, no big billboards with the candidates, and no doubt who'll be declared the winner. alexander lukashenko has ruled belarus with an iron fist for more than three decades. once dubbed europe's last dictator, he's running for a seventh term. not that he sounds very excited about it. "i haven't been following the campaign," he tells factory workers. "i've got no time."

there was a time when it seemed his time was up. in 2020, belarussians accused alexander lukashenko of stealing their votes at the last election. in the brutal crackdown, thousands of government critics were arrested. defiant and with russia's support, mr lukashenko held on. in the 31 years that alexander lukashenko has ruled belarus, america has been through five different presidents, britain nine prime ministers. but his critics point out that he's only managed to managed to keep power by dispensing with democracy. today, alexander lukashenko's most vocal critics, his staunchest opponents, are either in exile or in prison — and therefore not on the ballot. but he is. the communist party leader is one of four other candidates

who've been allowed to run. i think i know why. at this campaign event, we hear him declare there is no better choice than his opponent, alexander lukashenko. translation: because he's a man of the people, - a man of the soil who has done everything to make sure that here we don't have the kind of chaos they have now in ukraine. that message strikes a chord with some in belarus. in the town of oktyabrsky, there is concern a change of leader may spark instability. "i want a stable salary, stability in the country," sergei says. "other candidates might not keep their promises, and i don't want to lose what i've got." fear of the unknown and fear of the government. in belarus, both work in alexander lukashenko's favour. steve rosenberg, bbc news, minsk.

in lebanon, israel's fragile ceasefire agreement with hezbollah is on a knife edge. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu's office said today that israel will not withdraw troops from southern lebanon on monday, as initially agreed. the country is still reeling from last year's intense fighting, including one israeli air strike that destroyed an apartment block, killing 73 people. israel says the building was a terrorist command centre, but a bbc investigation has found most of the victims were civilians. nawal al—maghafi investigates. this is the site of lebanon's deadliest attack. an israeli air strike destroyed a residential building in the village of ain el delb in southern lebanon. once home to more than 100 people, all that remains here are memories of the lives that were lost. it was the 29th of september. hisham al—baba went to the building to visit his sister denise.

shortly after, four more israeli missiles headed towards the building... ..causing the entire apartment block to collapse... ..trapping dozens of families under the rubble. this video shows the moment that hisham al—baba was pulled from the rubble, seven hours later, only to find out he'd lost his sister denise, her husband and their two children.

in total, 73 people were killed. ain el delb is a quiet residential neighbourhood. everyone i've spoken to felt safe here. they even invited family members to seek refuge here after fighting escalated in the south. they've also told me that they've never witnessed any hezbollah military activity. so why was this building targeted? the israeli army, the idf, told us it had eliminated a hezbollah commander and that the building was being used as a terrorist command centre — but didn't provide any evidence to support this. we investigated their claim and found evidence that six of those killed were connected with hezbollah�*s military wing but none were commanders. we sent the idf their names. it didn't tell us if they were the targets of the strike but said that the overwhelming majority of those killed were confirmed to be terror operatives. but our investigation found

that at least 60 people killed were civilians. 23 of them were children. and we found that this pattern of striking entire buildings, leading to high civilian casualties, has been a feature of israel's war with hezbollah. we examined ten israeli strikes across lebanon. they killed more than 200 people. the idf told us these strikes hit terror infrastructure, command—and—control centres and hezbollah operatives. in one strike, it said it hit a building where a hezbollah terrorist was hiding. at least 28 people were killed in that attack. but the attack in ain el delb remains the most deadly. for now, a fragile ceasefire has held, but no—one knows how long this relative peace will last. nawalal—maghafi, bbc news, southern lebanon.

one of the frontrunners at the oscars is a three and a half hour long film about a hungarian architect who survives the holocaust and forges a new life in america. in the brutalist, adrien brody is nominated for his role as the architect and british actor felicityjones for playing his wife. our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba has been speaking to them and the film's director. they do not want us here. who do you mean? the people here — they do not want us here! post—war america, and hungarian immigrant laszlo is trying to rebuild his life through his work as an architect. speaking, rather appropriately, surrounded by the brutalist buildings of london's barbican centre, adrien brody explains how the role has a personal resonance. it's an opportunity for me

to honour my ancestral struggles, my mother and my grandparents' hardships and loss in fleeing hungary in the �*50s, and the details and hardships that that they experiences that very much parallel the lived experience of my character. feel free to call me elizabeth... felicityjones plays his wife but says it can be a struggle finding female parts like this, where the character is independent and intelligent. where? oxford - to study english. i find i've got to find someone who has some kind of spunk or, you know, has some fight in them, some sense of defiance is so key, so when i read this script, it was an absolute no—brainer. the film's relationships are personal and intimate. the movie itself is epic, not least its three and a half hour running time.

are audiences potentially going to be put off by something of this immense length? for me, i think that the length of a movie is similar to the length of a book. you know, a double album, you know, painting with a big canvas, and at the end of the day, especially because the film has an intermission, you know, it's only 100 minutes on each side, so it's not so bad. the film has gathered ten oscar nominations, with its main cast and its director all being recognised. in just over a month's time, they'll find out if this epic story can achieve epic success at the academy awards. lizo mzimba, bbc news. now before the weather, spolier alert if you weren't actually watching tongiht�*s final of the traitors. we're about to reveal the winners. in a dramatic conclusion, two faithfuls defeated the traitors. project managerjake brown and former soldier leanne quigley won.

they split the £94,600 prize money. time for a look at the weather, here's chris fawkes. torque no spoiler required for the weather, all about storm eowyn today, bringing widespread disruption to power supplies and transport across northern areas of the uk in particular.— the uk in particular. where is it at the uk in particular. where is it at the moment? _ the uk in particular. where is it at the moment? it— the uk in particular. where is it at the moment? it is— the uk in particular. where is it at the moment? it is close _ the uk in particular. where is it at the moment? it is close to - the uk in particular. where is it at. the moment? it is close to shetland, but the centre of the low pressure, the winds are not that strong, the strongest winds are to the south of the low�*s centre, and that brings a strong gust of winds to orkney and northern areas of mainland scotland, where the winds will be strong enough, 80—90 mph gusts, to bring down a few trees. so storm eowyn has not finished with us in terms of the potential for disruption, the winds will stay disruptive overnight for

northern scotland. as well as that, plenty of showers for scotland and northern ireland, some coming through a sleet, snow over higher hills. furthersouth, through a sleet, snow over higher hills. further south, scoring rain across england, the rain is short lived but intends. —— squally rain. in due tomorrow morning, still very windy across the north of scotland, gusts of 65—70 mph around orkney. into the afternoon, the winds will slowly calm down, but plenty of showers in scotland, blustery rain heading into northern ireland through the afternoon. either side, for most of england and wales, dry weather with sunshine around. but sunday has another named storm, this one has been named by the spanish forecasters, it will be bringing heavy rain and strong winds into the uk. the strongest gust in the irish sea, up to 70 mph, strong enough to bring down trees, so some localised disruption, but not on the scale,

nothing like come of what we saw from storm eowyn, which has been especially disruptive. even after that, next week stays unsettled, often wet and windy. on bbc london: a mother whose four children died in a house fire is jailed.

i'm joining you from washington and this is bbc world news america. on his first domestic trip as president, donald trump visits two states hit hard by disasters — and says he might abolish the federal disaster relief agency. thousands of anti—abortion demonstrators march in washington — a day after president trump pardoned 23 abortion activists. and storm eowyn brings winds of over 100 miles per hour — one person has died and more than a million are without power in the uk and ireland. on the fourth full day of his presidency, donald trump has visited hurricane—affected areas of north carolina — he is now on his way

to fire—ravaged los angeles where he will arrive shortly.