i'm martine croxall at church housein i'm martine croxall at church house in westminster at a mass lobby organised by the national farmers�* union where the chancellor will be urged to drop the inheritance tax plans for funds. a court in hong kong sentences 45 democracy activists to jail in a controversial national security trial. —— the inheritance tax plans for farms. up to 12 centimeteres of snow has fallen across parts of the uk and more is forecast as the country has its first taste of winter. zoe ball announces she�*s stepping down from hosting the radio 2 breakfast show next month, after six years at the helm. hello, i�*m karin giannone. thousands of farmers are protesting in westminster this morning to oppose the government�*s planned changes to inheritance tax. from april 2026, farms with a value of one—million pounds or more will be subject to an inheritance tax of 20%. let�*s go to central london with my colleague, martine croxall. reporter: thank you very much. thousands of farmers from all over the country are descending on westminster for two events. there will be potential

at church housein i am martine croxall at church house in westminster where the national farmers�* union have organised a lobby of 1800 members to urge the chancellor to scrap inheritance tax plans. a court in hong kong sentences 45 democracy activists to jail in a controversial national security trial. it is an unfair trial, it is an unreasonable trial. even one day, they don�*t deserve to be in prison. 620 leaders meeting in brazil voice support for peace in ukraine, as the country marks a thousand days since the start of russia�*s full—scale invasion. you are watching bbc news, i�*m karin giannone. thousands of farmers are protesting in westminster this morning to oppose the government�*s planned changes to inheritance tax. let�*s go to westminster now. good morning, martin. reporter: thank you very, very much. todayis thank you very, very much. today is the day the countryside comes to the capital, i arrived at westminster at around 7:a5am and there were already tractors in a parade past the houses of parliament, ready for their rally later today. the weather has not been kin

hello, i'm martine croxall. after months of campaigning the wait is finally over.ion day and america will decide the country's 47th president. in what has been one of the closest run races in living memory, the final polling shows it's a toss—up between donald trump and kamala harris. polling stations are now open for voters in vermont. in the next hour new york and the most of the rest of the east coast will be able to cast their ballots. well, in the last hours of the campaign both candidates have held their final rallies. a lot of focus will be on the seven key states, or swing states, that will decide the election. so there'll be extra attention on voters in georgia, arizona, nevada, wisconsin, michigan, north carolina, and pennsylvania, where the result could have particular influence on the overall outcome. in a long—held tradition, the small new hampshire town of dixville notch opened its voting booths at midnight local time. six voters turned up — and in a reminder of how tight this race is, their votes were evenly split between harris and trump. remember,

i'm martine croxall.ne and russia have launched their biggest drone attacks against each other since the start of the war. according to the ukrainian military, russia launched 145 drones overnight targeting various parts of the country. ukraine s air defence says they were able to down 62 drones. meanwhile, russian officials stated that they had destroyed 70 ukrainian drones across six regions. administration. king charles and other senior royals lead events to mark remembrance sunday. hello. i'm martine croxall. ukraine and russia have launched their biggest drone attacks against each other since the start of the war. according to the ukrainian military, russia launched 145 drones overnight targeting various parts of the country. ukraine s air defence says they were able to down 62 drones. meanwhile, russian officials stated that they had destroyed 70 ukrainian drones across six regions. according to the mayor of moscow, 32 ukrainian drones were destroyed as they approached the russian capital, resulting

let's go to martine croxall in central london with more. we can show— central london with more.ntral london with more. - can show you what is happening outside a church house, where i have been based this morning. farmers for a separate event, a protest, are gathering in whitehall to make their feelings known about the changes to inheritance tax and how it will affect agriculture and business assets. i will be speaking to people at that event. but here at church house, national farmers' union, which has organised this mass lobby, has 1800 delegates to speak to their mps. lobby, has 1800 delegates to speak to their mp5. the hope from the union is that once mps here the angerfrom from the union is that once mps here the anger from members of the nfu, they will apply some pressure to the government to change course on this policy. but the chancellor rachel reeves says there won't be any changes, even though she does understand the strength of feeling. the conservatives described this as a cruel policy. the shadow secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs is victori

hello, i'm martine croxall.a 75—year—old man who disappeared yesterday. brian perry was walking his dog in an area affected by significant floodwater, next to the conwy

hello, i'm martine croxall. cop 29 climate conference has finally agreed a deal — in the early hours of sunday morning — in baku. the world's richest nations pledged more than $300 billion — that's £240 billion — a year to help poorer nations. the money will be used to mitigate the impact of climate change and help them develop without needing to rely on fossil fuels. despite the amount being three times the existing pledge, many smaller nations criticised the deal as being insufficient. here's our climate editor, justin 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. this, in our opinion, will not address the enormity of the challenge we all face. therefore, we oppose the adoption of this document. at the same time, there was an effort by a group of fossil fuel rich

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". hundreds of homes remain underwater and many roads have been turned into rivers as a result of the torrential downpours with some areas seeing more than a month's rain in the past 48 hours. vincent mcaviney reports. pontypridd was only under a yellow weather warning, but over the weekend it was one of the parts of the uk where storm bert dumped more than 80% of november's expected rainfall in less than 48 hours, passing the record set by storm dennis in 2020 in some areas. it's been more than enough for the river taff to burst its banks again, flooding up to 300 homes and commercial properties across this county. a major incident was declared in parts of south wales with standing water, fallen trees and landslides closing a number of roads. council leaders are alarmed they weren't

hello, i'm martine croxall.cross the uk after storm bert battered britain this weekend. wales' first minister, eluned morgan, has described the disruption caused as "absolutely devastating". hundreds of homes remain underwater and many roads have been turned into rivers as a result of the torrential downpours with some areas seeing more than a month's rain in the past 48 hours. vincent mcaviney reports. pontypridd was only under a yellow weather warning, but over the weekend it was one of the parts of the uk where storm bert dumped more than 80% of november's expected rainfall in less than 48 hours, passing the record set

was cleared of being responsible for a bomb hoax at his army barracks. 0ur news correspondent martine croxallside the court. thank you very much. i'm at woolwich crown court where just before 11 o'clock the jury of ii before 11 o'clock the jury of 11 people returned their verdicts in the case of daniel khalife, the 23—year—old former royal signals soldier. he had previously changed his plea last week during evidence admitting that he was guilty of escaping from wandsworth prison where he was being held on remand in september last year. but the jury returned an unanimous guilty verdict on charges of spying for iran, breaching the official secrets act and terrorism act but he was found not guilty of by a makeshift sling made of kitchen trousers. the driver, unaware of the stowaway underneath, made his way through london's early—morning traffic. the lorry, with daniel khalife clinging on underneath, stopped at these lights and a motorist following behind saw him drop to the ground, roll out, stand up, flick his fringe and casually walk off. it was the beginning of a massive nationwide manhunt. b

hello, i'm martine croxall. welcome to the programme.erbaijan. this was the moment that the delicates left.

our news correspondent martine croxall is live outside the court. thank you very much.the jury thank you very much. yes, the jury here at woolwich crown court came back here to turn their verdictjust court came back here to turn their verdict just before 11:00am and daniel khalife, a 23—year—old former royal signal soldier was just 23—year—old former royal signal soldier wasjust in a 23—year—old former royal signal soldier was just in a blue shirt and wearing khaki trousers and his reaction was to put on his glasses after the first verdict was returned. to look again at the vertex, he has been found guilty of spying by breaching the terrorism act and the official secrets act by passing information to ukrainian agents —— at the verdict. —— two ukrainian agents. he admitted that he had escaped from prison. in the third count of perpetrating a bomb hoax, the trialfound him not guilty. his barrister tried to assert that his attempts to become a double agent for the british government by passing information, fake information he often claimed he was handing to the iranians, w

hello, i'm martine croxall. welcome to the programme.rnational talks on climate change are in deadlock, with developing countries walking out of a meeting with the hosts, azerbaijan. this was the moment that the delicates left. —— the delegates. they say the cash offered by richer nations to help them tackle global warming is much too low. reports from the cop29 summit say the offer has risen to about $300 billion a year. the eu is calling for an annual review of global efforts to phase out fossil fuels — but saudi arabia is reportedly opposed. the summit was originally scheduled to end on friday. here is cedric shuster, samoan chairman of the alliance of small island states, explaining why the decision to walk out was taken. we came here to this cop for a fair deal. we feel that we haven't been heard and there is a deal to be made and we have not been consulted. that's why we are here but... we are here to negotiate, but we have walked out because at the moment, we don't feel that we are being heard in there. the uk's energy minister, e

hello, i'm martine croxall.e in north wales say they've recovered a body in the search for a 75—year—old man who disappeared yesterday. brian perry was walking his dog in an area affected by significant floodwater, next to the conwy river near trefriw. there's been no formal identification, but the police say his family have been informed. storm bert is continuing to batter parts of britain for a second day with wales being badly hit this morning. a major emergency has been declared in pontypridd after the river taff burst its banks. there are nearly 50 flood alerts in place for wales with continued heavy rain causing flooding to roads and railway lines, with a number of rivers bursting their banks. olivia richwald reports. volunteers fighting the floodwater to protect homes and businesses. this is the aftermath of storm bert in pontypridd, wales. the storm has been described as a multi—hazard event. some people here have been flooded for the second time infouryears, despite flood prevention measures. my heart g

let�*s speak to my colleague martine croxall.we of conversations you've been having with farmers.- of conversations you've been having with farmers. we are a bit bedraggled _ having with farmers. we are a bit bedraggled this _ having with farmers. we are aj bit bedraggled this afternoon, it�*s very wet underfoot. but the bad weather didn�*t stop thousands of people turning up from all over the country. they gatherjust from all over the country. they gather just up the from all over the country. they gatherjust up the road from where i am now outside downing street to make their case. they are convinced that many of these farms will become unviable because of the inheritance tax plans that the government has proposed in the recent budget. well very kindly, to young farmers who farm are hundred of arable land in hertfordshirejust farm are hundred of arable land in hertfordshire just outside london have stayed to talk to us. they are sensibly dressed in caps and wax jackets. william, tell us first of all what you believe these inher

changes will close a tax loophole and only affect a small minority of farms. 0ur news correspondent martine croxalloung farmers from hertford. the bad weather didn�*t stop thousands of people turning up from all over the country. they gathered just up the road from where i am outside westminster. they are convinced that many of these farms will become unviable because of the inheritance tax plans that the government has proposed in the recent budget. very kindly to young farmers who farm are hundred and 80 acres of arable land in hertfordshirejust land in hertfordshire just outside land in hertfordshirejust outside london have stayed to talk to us. they are sensibly dressed in caps and wax jackets. william and robin monday, thank you very much for staying with us. william first of all, tell us what you believe these inheritance tax plans will do the viability of your farm? it plans will do the viability of your farm?— plans will do the viability of your farm? plans will do the viability of our farm? ., , ., ,., your farm? it means on the sad day when _ your farm? it means on the sad day when you —

hello, i'm martine croxall. let's us add to the death of barbara taylor bradford. was one of britain's most successful author, prolific writer, her debut novel sold more than 30 million copies and went to be a huge tv hit. she wrote a total of a0 novels during her career, all of which were bestsellers around the world. she once said she wrote about a mostly ordinary women who go on to achieve the extraordinary, which you could argue was a bit like her. barbara taylor bradford, who was died at the age of 91, there will be many tributes paid to her, and we will bring you some of them when we hear about them. more than 1a0 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". hundreds of homes remain underwater and many roads have been turned into rivers as a result of the torrential downpours — with some areas seeing more than a month's rain in the past a8 hours. vincent mcaviney reports. pontypridd was only under a yellow weathe

hello, and welcome — i'm martine croxall.in north wales say they've recovered a body in the search for a 75—year—old man who disappeared on saturday. brian perry was walking his dog in an area affected by significant floodwater, next to the conwy river near trefriw. there's been no higher than you were expecting? absolutely, es. addressing their challenges in the united arab emirates has been found dead. formula one world title. police in north wales say they've recovered a body on saturday. brian perry was walking his dog in an area affected by significant floodwater, next to the conwy river near trefriw. there's been no formal identification but the police say his family have been informed. storm bert is continuing to batter parts of britain storm bert is continuing to batter p neighbouring fire onto other neighbouring fire and rescue services, who then helped — and rescue services, who then helped us_ and rescue services, who then helped us deal with the call flow — helped us deal with the call flow. ,., . , helped us deal

hello, i'm martine croxall.n the early hours of sunday morning — in baku. the world's richest nations pledged more than $300 billion — that's £2110 billion — a year to help poorer nations. the money will be used to mitigate the impact of climate change and help them develop without needing

i'm martine croxall. according to the ukrainian military, russia launched 145 drones overnight targeting various parts of the country. ukraine 5 air defence says they were able to down 62 drones. meanwhile, russian officials stated that they had destroyed 70 ukrainian drones across six regions.

i'm martine croxall. after months of campaigning the wait is finally over.t's election day and america will decide the country's 47th president. in what has been one of the closest run races in living memory, the final polling shows it's a toss—up between donald trump and kamala harris. in the last hours of the campaign both candidates have held their final rallies. here's what kamala harris has been saying in philadelphia. so, america, iam asking for your vote. and here is my pledge to you. as president, i pledge to seek common ground and common sense solutions to the challenges you face. i am not looking to score political points. i am looking to make progress. and i pledge to listen to those who will be impacted by the decisions i make. i pledge to listen to experts. i pledge to listen to people who disagree with me. because, you see, i don't believe that people who disagree with me are the enemy. i'll give them a seat at the table. that's what real leaders do. that's what strong leaders do. earlier, former president trump held one of his final rallies in

that was my| colleague martine croxall talking to henry stefan. is the world today on bbc news. president biden has welcomed a deal to end a seven—week strike by tens of thousands of factory workers at the us aviation giant boeing. the agreement will see them receive a 38% pay rise during the next four years, as well as a substantial bonus and improved retirement funding. 33,000 employees, mainly in washington state and oregon, will now return to work. our business correspondent theo leggett told us more about the deal on offer. your lemat it's significant better than the one that was originally offered, i think thatis originally offered, i think that is the weakness that boeina that is the weakness that boeing has. _ that is the weakness that boeing has. the - that is the weakness that boeing has. the originall that is the weakness ii�*ué�*ii boeing has. the original offer was for the 25% pay increase overfour was for the 25% pay increase over four years. what the workers ended up with was 38% over four years, which is much, much better. the bonu

hello, i'm martine croxall.olice in north wales say they've recovered a body in the search for a 75—year—old man who disappeared on saturday. brian perry was walking his dog in an area affected by significant floodwater, next to the conwy river near trefriw. there's been no formal identification but the police say his family have been informed. storm bert is continuing to batter parts of britain for a second day with wales being badly hit this morning. authorities in south wales held a news conference and announced that between 200—300 properties were affected by the flooding. let's speak to our correspondent danjohnson who's in pontypridd. a major incident declared by the fire service, we hear? absolutely. they were inundated with calls this morning from flooded homeowners, around 300 of them affected across south wales which put pressure on the emergency services. they have called in extra resources from across wales and from england as well. that major incident remains in place. there are emergency teams out

martine croxall is there. calling people into the first session of this mass lobby that has been organised by the national farmers�* union. as we have been hearing since the budget, there is a lot of argument about how many farmers are going to be affected by the plans to introduce a 20% inheritance tax on agriculture and business assets, which hasn�*t been in place before. so who is right? ben chu, our correspondent from bbc verify, has been looking at the numbers. how many farms will be affected by the changes to inheritance tax in the budget? well, farming groups are claiming around 70,000 in total, but the treasury estimates fewer than 500 a year. but there have been reports that the environment department, defra, thinks the number might be higher than the treasury�*s figure and has been pushing for more mitigations to protect farmers. so what�*s the reality on these numbers and where do they come from? well, defra�*s farm business survey suggests between 30—35% of farms in the uk could be valued at over £

hello, i'm martine croxall.egotiators at the cop29 summit are making further efforts to the resolve differences between rich efforts to resolve differences between rich and poor countries over climate financing after talks reached deadlock, with developing countries walking out of a meeting with the hosts, azerbaijan. in what appears to be a cop29 president urges nations to �*bridge the remaining divide�*. he said time is not on our side. the was the moment the delegates left discussions. they say the cash offered by richer nations to help them tackle global warming is much too low. reports from the cop29 summit say the offer has risen to about 300 billion dollars a year. the eu is calling for an annual review of global efforts to phase out fossil fuels — but saudi arabia is reportedly opposed. the summit was originally scheduled to end on friday. here is cedric shuster, samoan chairman of the alliance of small island states, explaining why the decision to walk out was taken. we came here to this cop for a fair