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
hello, i m ben thompson, welcome to the programme. we start with news that the israeli defence minister has said that israel will retain security control of gaza after the fighting has ended and all hostages have been reef free. this comes as america and europe s most senior diplomat ticks head to the middle east to press israel and its strategy. they do appear to reject positions put forward last year by washington. under you have gland s so called fork proposals, hamas would no longer control gaza and israel would retain overall security control. a multinational force would take charge of rebuilding the territory. neighbouring egypt would take on an as yet unspecified role. but gaza would be run by unspecified government of palestinians as long as they are not hostile towards israel. and there would be no resettlement of israelis in the territory. well, the deputy secretary general of the fatah central committee, the hasty decision making body of the fatah party which contr
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hello, i m with your top business stories. should one of britain s most influential newspapers be owned by the abu dhabi royal family? that s a question the uk government has been grappling with since the 169 year old daily telegraph agreed to a major investment from a uae backed firm late last year. redbird imi is backed by shekih mansour bin zayed al nahyan who also owns manchester city football club. the deal has been put on hold until later this month while uk media regulators examine it. but the man leading the bid, the former boss of cnn jeff zucker, has dismissed concerns about editorial interference by the gulf government at the telegraph and its sister magazine the spectator. speaking exclusively to our business editor simonjack, he said the deal will provide much needed investment in uk journalism. we think it is a two terrific brands that have been under invested in for a long time and is a great opportunity to export these brands, to invest in these brands, br