jonah fisher, bbc news in folkestone. vegas on saturday night — tearfully saying she doesn't know when she will perform again. the singer hasjust finished her 100 show residency at caesars palace and after two years of performing she said she plans to take a �*big break�* from music. she has performed for 4,000 people every friday and saturday for the last two years. you're watching bbc news. plenty more to come on the website. live from london. this is bbc news. britain braces itself for more disruption from storm bert after severe floods devastate parts of wales. a far—right, pro—russia candidate takes a surprise lead in the first round of romania's presidential election. and a bbc undercover investigation exposes a fertility scam fuelling a black market trade in babies in nigeria. hello, i'm martine croxall. more than 150 flood warnings are in place across the uk after storm bert battered britain this weekend. wales' first minister, eluned morgan, has described the disruption caused as "absolutely devastating". hundred

jonah fisher, bbc news in folkestone. we'll have more on that story next. see you in a moment.m storm bert and some strong, gusty winds too — this time, strongest across the southern half of the uk. here are some of the highest wind gusts here. gusts of wind in yeovilton in somerset of 76 miles an hour, and that is the strongest gust recorded at this site for 3h years. and some curiously mild air too — 19 celsius in santon downham in suffolk. but of course, of most concern has been just how much rainfall we've been seeing — parts of south—eastern wales, of course, seeing some severe flooding. there are plenty of flood warnings in force across the uk and that number could well rise as, of course, all of that rainfall just continues to feed into the rivers. and here's the area of low pressure associated with storm bert. it's gradually pulling its way further northwards and eastwards, still a tight squeeze on the isobars, the centre of the storm still over the north of scotland. as we head through the rest of the night and into tomorrow morning, still gales here. still a few more

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