and that is the highest number in a season since the met office started naming them in 2015. roads and train lines have also been affected. navteonhal is in nottinghamshire, where a major incident was declared after rising water from the river trent flooded more than 100 properties. driving into an island. this is worse than the year 2000. simon lives in gunthorpe. it s one of the worst affected places by the flooding in nottinghamshire. the situation is so bad that most vehicles can t get through the floodwater, so he s using his modified four by four to help transport people and supplies. he s agreed to let us join him. we shouldn t have to do this, but you can tjust stand by and let people struggle and let people miss doctors appointments. there s a lot of elderly people and vulnerable people around here, so you ve got to do your bit. there are only two routes in and out of gunthorpe. one is up there, and it s underwater. and then there s this one, which is even worse. so
music. and flavour of the year indie rock band the last dinner party are named the bbc s sound of 202a. hello, i m ben thompson. welcome to the programme. hezbollah has repeated its warning of a fierce response to the killing of a hamas leader, saleh al arouri, in beirut on tuesday. they say that lebanon will be exposed to more israeli operations if they don t react. it comes as lebanon lodged a complaint with the un about the incident. the complaint says israel used six missiles in the attack that targeted him. tensions are still high in his hometown in the occupied west bank following the killing, as shaimaa khalil reports. the town of al arura in the west bank, saleh al arouri s hometown, is in a state of mourning. but there s also deep fury and rage at his killing. protesters have come out after the friday prayers protesting, chanting his name, chanting for continuation of resistance and condemning the war. saleh al arouri s killing may have taken a significant name off
the person leading the polls by a massive margin in the republican presidential nominations is of course donald trump injust under an hour he s expected to give a campaign speech in iowa. well, right from the start of his speech president biden wasted no time laying out the choice for the american people, highlighting differences between him and his likely republican challenger, donald trump. the choice is clear, donald trump s campaign is about him. not america, not you. donald trump s campaign is obsessed with the past but not the future. he is willing to sacrifice our democracy, put himself in power. our campaign is different. for me and kamala, our campaign is about america, it s about you, it s about every age and background that occupies this country, it is about the future that we will continue to build together. our campaign is about preserving and strengthening our american democracy. three years ago tomorrow, we saw with our own eyes the violent mob storm the unit
the lebanese capital, earlier this week. there s also the action from houthis in yemen attacking shipping going through the gulf. so there there s a lot of concern that this could expand into a much wider regional conflict, and that is why secretary blinken is visiting so many countries. he ll be coming to israel and to the palestinian territories last on the tour, having visited many other countries and capitals in the region first. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let s look at some other stories making news. london underground strikes are to go ahead after talks with transport for london failed to make progress. earlier this week, tfl warned there would be severe disruption across the tube network from the evening of sunday, the 7th of january until the morning of friday, the 12th of january. workers are walking out over pay, grading structures and travel facilities. two teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 16 year old boy was killed