. his homework done on the bus on his way to glasgow-— way to glasgow. thank you both very much forjoining _ way to glasgow. thank you both very much forjoining us. _ way to glasgow. thank you both very much forjoining us. i _ way to glasgow. thank you both very much forjoining us. i will— way to glasgow. thank you both very much forjoining us. i will have - much forjoining us. i will have time to blow my nose now, because it is whether and some sports coming up i'll stop newsday is back at 11 and i'll stop newsday is back at 11 and i am back at 11:30 pm. good evening. i'm tulsen tollet with your sports news and where else to start but with tennis at indian wells, where cameron norrie has reached the semi finals after an impressive win over diego schwartzman, victory in california also confirming him as the new british men's number one. norrie is also likely to move into the top 20 in the world rankings — he won the first set without losing a game and he wrapped up the second set 6—2, against the world number 15. the whole match tookjust under an h

for there to be a chance of success at cop $26.00 in glasgow. we asked you above what the scientists tell us that are the levels of emission that should be needed in 20, said he, and in 2050. and it is clear that he had leads nowhere. if developed countries will try to blame emerging economies and the emerging economies will try to blame developed countries. this is the moment for everybody to the maximum g. 20 leaders have been arriving in the italian capital, including some like the australian prime minister, scott morrison, and the brazilian president jebel scenario, who faced the most criticism from climate campaigners. a senior un sources told me that the priest summit negotiations conducted by the leaders envoys known sherpas have been extremely difficult. there's been some positive movement on the global distribution of coby 19 vaccinations, but on the key issue, the climate emergency has been absolutely no progress. another issue complicating things is the fact that some leaders, notably rushes president putin and china's president. she

glasgow wants to show its best face to the world for this conference. it could well be the biggest gathering of world leaders in british history. christiana figueres will be there. she's environmental royalty, having played a crucial role in previous climate summits. she says it is vital that governments are involved in the review process. everybody�*s voice has to be there. that's the whole purpose. this is not a single thread, this is a tapestry woven by many, many threads. but there is no time to waste. every second, more carbon dioxide is building up in the atmosphere. what the world needs now is ambition. justin rowlatt, bbc news. well, as you heard injustin�*s report — india is another country highlighted in the documents seen by bbc news. as a rapidly expanding economy, it's one of the world's biggest polluters. the country is also seeing at first hand the effects of climate change on weather patterns. recent flash floods in the south of the country have claimed the lives of more than 150 people. from kerala, here's our south asia correspon

listen, look up to 6 begins in glasgow to morrow. quite literally. it is the last chance saloon we must now translate fine words into still finer actions. and as the enormity of the climate, jalap challenge dominates people's conversations from news rooms to living rooms. but as the future of humanity and nature herself are at stake. it is surely time to set aside our differences and grasp this unique opportunity to launch a substantial green recovery by putting the global economy on a confident, sustainable trajectory, and thus saber planet. while our environment editor nick clark is in glasgow for this and he gives us more contacts now on why cop 26 is important to say there's a lot at stake here in glasgow. busy is an understatement, the science tells us what needs to be done, and we'll see in the holes behind me over the next 2 weeks. if national leaderships have what it takes to step up, the world is overheating, and extreme weather is already hitting hot. and to demonstrate the importance of this conference, we return to every in greece scene o

clark is in glasgow to say there's a lot at stake here in glasgow. busy is an understatement, the science tells us what needs to be done, and we'll see in the whole, behind me over the next 2 weeks. if national leaderships have what it takes to step up, the world is overheating, and extreme weather is already hitting hard. and to demonstrate the importance of this conference, we returned to every year in greece scene of those devastating wildfire in the summer weather still picking up the pieces sh. in early august with temperatures at unseen highs, wildfires ripped across southern europe. the land was parched and the fires quickly spread, nor the levia in greece was a hardest hit. inferno lasted for 2 weeks, thousands were evacuated. today you can see what's left. the devastation in this area was total. people are well used to annual wildfires here, but not on this scale. not with this much last thousands of hector's of forest and livelihoods just incinerated. and because of the fires a new threat, as the rain comes so do floods and mudslides, the f

in glasgow they were on the streets today demanding action, and in rome, too. the world is going to be watching. john sopel, bbc news, rome. climate change has been high on the agenda for the g20 leaders. from rome, they'll head to glasgow for the crucial cop26 summit on how to reduce global warming. but for the uk and france, the row overfishing rights has continued to cause friction. borisjohnson said today there is "turbulence" in relations between london and paris, and the french are threatening to block some british boats from their ports next week. from rome, our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. 0ld rivalries and fierce fights, rome's coliseum has hosted a few. but it's the uk and france this time both flexing their strength. france threatening to disrupt trade if their boats don't get more access to fish the channel. do you think france is trying to punish the uk with this row overfishing permits? i think that the things that unite france and the uk are far more important than the things that divide us, and i must say we are a bit worried that

in glasgow. the all get is, are not good. neither peasant g, a, china, nor present piece of russia will even be in attendance with the horse conscious. first minister is not invited. as part of the u. k. delegation. if leaders in the u . k are incapable of pitting as a personal rivalries in the run up to the summit. then what hope is there for substantial decisions, the quieting, we'll sacrifice or johnson has been fainting, uncharacteristically pessimistic, and run up to cope. stressing the difficulties in agreeing joint action. this may be a deliberate tactic looking to under problem isn't over deliver. for example, rumor has it that the investment fund of an annual 100000000000 paints of climate finance for the promise to the developing world in 2009 will be a nightstand, glasgow as finally being made. however, in the real world, gas and cool price, it's stored to record ties and the refusal of the you kick up to prioritize carbon captain scotland leaves the bitter taste for the pain minister political power to trumps clim

borisjohnson is going to have his work cut out in glasgow next week. jon sopel, bbc news, rome. 0n the all important climate goals, and the president of the cop26 summit has said the 620 conferences make or break because it makes up 80% of the world�*s greenhouse gas emissions, so getting agreement on them is essential. so these 620 leaders are still arriving for their dinner, we have got the president of the eu commission, ursula von der leyen, who is posing the hair meeting with the italian president and prime minister, and meetings have moved on from the diocletian baths, the ancient place, to the presidential palace next. presidential palace next baths, the ancient place, to the presidential palace next to ursula von der leyen, you will see the prime minister and president of italy, holding those introductory talks and we are waiting for the other leaders to arrive that special gala dinner. perhaps overshadowing the main theme somewhat of 620 talks are the bilateral disputes, and there are some tensions in the air between some western allies, not

there is a serious risk that glasgow will not deliver. several l glasgow will not deliver. several reasons climate announcements might leave the impression of a rosy picture. unfortunately, this is an illusion. the current national deterrence contributions formal commissions by governments still condemn the world to a calamitous 2.7 increase, even if recent pledges were clear and credible, and there are serious questions about some of them, we are still inching towards climate catastrophe, and in the best case scenario, temperatures will still rise well above 2 , and thatis will still rise well above 2 , and that is a disaster. b5 will still rise well above 2 , and that is a disaster.— that is a disaster. as we saw in john sobel's — that is a disaster. as we saw in john sobel's reports, _ that is a disaster. as we saw in john sobel's reports, credit i that is a disaster. as we saw in| john sobel's reports, credit and break has been telling the bbc but she hopes can be achieved at the top 26. she was speaking just before joining a protest in the city of london, uk busine

let's go to josh letterman joining me from glasgow. josh, huge aspirations there, but what are these leaders truly hoping to accomplish? >> reporter: well, they are hoping, alex, to try to keep the paris agreement goal of limiting climate change to 1.5 degrees celsius in the hopes of still being something that's possible for the world to achieve. already, the planet has warmed more than 1 degrees celsius, about two degrees farenheit, because of huge driven global warming and the most recent u.n. research finds that it may be too late to keep alive that goal of limiting it to 1.5 degrees. anything beyond that and you start to see catastrophic effects of climate change, more frequent extreme weather, hurricanes, drought, hunger and disease. what these leaders want to do is get the countries attending this summit more than 120 leaders expected to attend, to pledge to take action not next decade or 20 years from now but this decade. president biden has a tough job todd here because his credibility is in question on the world stage over thi

glasgow wants to show its best face to the world for this conference. it could well be the biggest gathering of world leaders in british history. christiana figueres will be there. she's environmental royalty, having played a crucial role in previous climate summits. she says it is vital that governments are involved in the review process. everybody�*s voice has to be there. that's the whole purpose. this is not a single thread, this is a tapestry woven by many, many threads. but there is no time to waste. every second, more carbon dioxide is building up in the atmosphere. what the world needs now is ambition. justin rowlatt, bbc news. in other stories. buckingham palace has revealed that queen elizabeth has spent a night in hospital, after cancelling a visit to northern ireland. a spokesperson said the queen, who's 95, underwent "preliminary investigations" at a private hospital in central london. she returned to windsor castle on thursday. she's said to be in good spirits. they have kept these to a degree of privacy in part because of the queen's me

our environment. edison at clark joins us now from glasgow. nick, what do you make of that g. 20 communicate design actually set the tone for these glasgow talks with the appropriate level of urgency. do you think it's helpful, but really the 2 need to go hand in hand. you can't have one without the other and that's exactly what they can be trying to do. here at the climate conference in glasgow right now, it's just about preliminaries preparations. they're getting ready for the world leaders arriving tomorrow to deliver their national statements. over the next couple of days, we have heard from one or 2 people, including the cop president l at charmer, who is being down playing expectations, which is interesting in the context of what we've just heard about that communicate the g 20 same that the this conference may not achieve of at 1.5 degrees figure that the world needs. i remember right now with global commitments as they are, we're heading for 2.7 degrees celsius. if that stays the same, it will be catastrophic. we've had this continuing

those of us who sit in this chamber will— glasgow. those of us who sit in this chamber will disagree _ glasgow. those of us who sit in this chamber will disagree often - glasgow. those of us who sit in this chamber will disagree often and - chamber will disagree often and often very vigorously, but in the years ahead we will also, i hope, find the resolve, indeed the courage to reach beyond our disagreements and find consensus and common purpose where we can. the and find consensus and common purpose where we can. the queen also used her speech _ purpose where we can. the queen also used her speech to _ purpose where we can. the queen also used her speech to reflect _ purpose where we can. the queen also used her speech to reflect on _ purpose where we can. the queen also used her speech to reflect on happy - used her speech to reflect on happy memories of the many times she spent in scotland with her late husband the duke of edinburgh. she said this was a time to look to the future and a new generation. alexander mackenzie, bbc news.

a murder inquiry is under way in glasgow after a 14—year—old boy was stabbed in the city. the duke and duchess of cambridge arrive at the new environmental award, the earthshot prize,

glasgow wants to show its best face to the world for this conference. it could well be the biggest gathering of world leaders in british history. christiana figueres will be there. she's environmental royalty, having played a crucial role in previous climate summits. she says it is vital that governments are involved in the review process. everybody�*s voice has to be there. that's the whole purpose. this is not a single thread, this is a tapestry woven by many, many threads. but there is no time to waste. every second, more carbon dioxide is building up in the atmosphere. what the world needs now is ambition. justin rowlatt, bbc news. well, india's leader narendra modi has confirmed he'll be attending that climate change summit in glasgow. india, an expanding economy that's one of the world's biggest polluters, will be a key voice at the negotiating table. the country's also seeing at first hand the effects of climate change on the weather. recent flash floods — across both india and nepal — have claimed the lives of more than 150 people. 0ur sou

but i've been, john kennedy says that glasgow is the last best for humanity. let's concentrate in the best. what is it, professor on? i'm no fan of large scale nuclear, but i wonder where the, the small module a nuclear reactors will end up coming favorable in certain places. it's like, well be another dream, like the fowl, the actor, like what fusion white the most of it. i don't think that's quite like that because we do have small reactors in nuclear submarines. the technology at that small scale exists and is functioning and has been as become reliable and established. if it can become something that you and i would be happy, at least not too unhappy to have someone near us knowing that it's safe maybe that is the way to deal with this some laptop you spoke about repealing the planet? less interesting concept. little the pilot, we broke it at those type of fix it. what do you mean by that? well, we've got to stop bending fossil fuels and we've got to get come outside and methane out of the atmosphere, which is does a very important, but we're probably not

the cop-26 in glasgow. why? because they failed to make the big commitments here. i think there's a lot of domestic questions that surely the president must be as you are saying preparing for, by think the international question is going to be why have only 12 of

refuse workers have decided to -o glasgow refuse workers have decided to go on— glasgow refuse workers have decided to go on strike bang on november wincaps— to go on strike bang on november wincaps 26— to go on strike bang on november wincaps 26 kicks off, and so have the er _ wincaps 26 kicks off, and so have the er and — wincaps 26 kicks off, and so have the er and he moved towards action on scotland's national rail when the leaders _ on scotland's national rail when the leaders come to town, so, yeah, we will see _ leaders come to town, so, yeah, we will see a _ leaders come to town, so, yeah, we will see a lot — leaders come to town, so, yeah, we will see a lot of union power, lots of echoes— will see a lot of union power, lots of echoes of the 1970s lots of discontent that we will be digging out the _ discontent that we will be digging out the archives. to see what it was like, _ out the archives. to see what it was like. but. _ out the archives. to see what it was like, but, yeah, with inflation going — like, but, yeah, with inflation going up. _ like, but, yeah, wit

buckingham palace announces queen elizabeth won't be travelling to glasgow next week for a major climate summit on the advice of her doctors. the united states revokes china telecom's authority to operate in america, citing "national security concerns." a vote in brazil on president bolsonaro�*s handling of covid. a report recommends he be tried for crimes against humanity. a stark warning from the un. it says the current plans of governments around the world to cut carbon fall well short of what's needed to avoid dangerous climate change. and can lego save the world's endangered coral reefs? scientists use the famous plastic blocks to try to repair undersea damage. live from our studio in singapore... this is bbc news. it's newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. it's been announced within the past few hours that queen elizabeth will not be attending the global climate summit hosted by britain, which will begin this weekend. the queen, who's 95, had been expected to play a key role in welcoming world leaders to the gathering in glasgow. instead, she'll record a special video mess

of the world are on glasgow for the cup 26 summit?— of the world are on glasgow for the cup 26 summit? president biden and man world cup 26 summit? president biden and many world leaders _ cup 26 summit? president biden and many world leaders are _ cup 26 summit? president biden and many world leaders are due - cup 26 summit? president biden and many world leaders are due to - cup 26 summit? president biden and many world leaders are due to arrive | many world leaders are due to arrive in the coming days for those critical cop26 climate talks as you said. the eyes of the world very firmly fixed on this city. this comes at a time of real industrial troubles within scotland and specifically within scotland and specifically within glasgow. this strike we are talking about involves the rmt union, the biggest union, the biggest rail union north of the border. there is potentially significant disruption on the way. notjust for those significant disruption on the way. not just for those thousands significant disruption on the way. notjust

glasgow is the starting point. people who are here in milan representing some of the most vulnerable and small island nations are really concerned that we are still a long way from the trajectory of keeping global temperature increase this century to within this key threshold of 1.5 celsius. we are already in a 1.1 world. we are facing increasing frequency and severity of storms and flooding. a 1.5 world is very scary to think about, especially for islands like us, and what's even scarier is that we are still not there, in terms of ambition, in terms of cutting down emissions. this vast coal mine in india, a country that still depends heavily on coal for energy, is just a glimpse of what a challenge it is to slash carbon emissions. but leaders here agree that meeting that challenge is now urgent. by 2030, we need to reduce emissions globally by a5%, but what we need is everyone to come forward and if there is a gap we are going to have to set out how we will close this gap in this decisive decade. the true test, br

we they gather in glasgow in a few days time?— they gather in glasgow in a few da stime? ~ ., , ., days time? we need a couple of thins. days time? we need a couple of things. dramatically _ days time? we need a couple of things. dramatically increased l things. dramatically increased that may be hard of the us is not able to provide serious commitment from congress. we will see in the next few days. and we need real commitment, finally, to this long—standing promise of serious financial aid the global south and the global north so that they can make this transition.- make this transition. sounds like that is — make this transition. sounds like that is not _ make this transition. sounds like that is not coming, - make this transition. sounds| like that is not coming, well, i say not coming, they're going to be a bit disappointed, you know, to be a bit disappointed, you know. we — to be a bit disappointed, you know, we have _ to be a bit disappointed, gm. know, we have seen a lot of these conferences and most of them have ended in disappointment. we are running out o

he's in rome for the g20 summit, before heading to glasgow for cop 26. president biden has also met france's president emmanuel macron. mr biden said that the us had been clumsy in the way it struck a submarine deal with australia which scrapped france's own agreement with australia. lawmakers in poland have approved plans to build a wall along much of its border with belarus, following a surge in the number of migrants trying to enter the eu. as the row over post brexit fishing rights escalates, france has asked the european commission to look at levvying retaliatory tariffs on british imports. france says dozens of its boats have been denied fishing licences.

this is a big part of the you and climate summit and glasgow next week. so what does success at comp $26.00 looked like? well remember, the science says we need to prevent temperatures from rising beyond ideally one and a half degrees celsius. but the 2021 production got report out last week shows current government plans will produce more than double the amounts of fossil fuels required to make that happen. so in glasgow, we need a strong declaration that commit to net 0 emissions by 2050, as well as big reductions by 2030. developing nations were once a considerable financial package to help them adapt. and that needs to be ambitious commitment to phasing out cole and protecting forests, editing shorts and cop $26.00 will be deemed a failure. and then who knows what lies in store. so a major focus at 20 sakes will be an attempt to set goals to end deforestation for us, of course, a crucial for the health of the planet. and we've come here to the co pay the mountains in romania, which is home to $1.00 of the largest remnants of virgin forest and europe,

she has already had to pull out of a visit to the climate conference in glasgow.

in september, you rated the chances of success in glasgow at six out of ten. what would you say this morning? i would say they are about the same. i'd say they are about the same. look at that. borisjohnson hopes he will make history, brokering an agreement to slow down the warming of the planet. it is the metaphor. either cop succeeds or the dark ages, that's what i'm saying. but he's trying to corral many dozens of countries. there is certainly no one emperor that can rule supreme. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, rome. 6orgeous shots of the coliseum there. the 620 leaders will travel on monday from rome to glasgow for that un climate conference, and ahead of that, the swedish environmental activist 6reta thornburg has arrived in glasgow, where she was mobbed by supporters and journalists, too. and there will be those tough talks in the climate conference ahead to try to achieve that global warming cap, to try to achieve net zero carbon emissions, all discussions starting here in rome on the second day of the 620 and then continuing long into 6lasgow as well. we

the cop-26 in glasgow. why? because they failed to make the big commitments here. i think there's a lot of domestic questions that surely the president must be as you are saying preparing for, by think the international question is going to be why have only 12 of these g-20 nations, only 12 of them committed to net zero by 2050? why have you fallen short? what is holding everyone up? what is a conversation going on behind closed doors? what's russia telling you? what's china telling you? what are the pressure points on them, why can't you make it happen because for whom the bell tolls it's the next generation. we heard that from prince charles. we heard that from the u.n. secretary gen and so many leaders saying it's the future generations that are being let down by the current leaders so that's got tonight sort of big ticket international question i would say. >> so, will, you reminded us earlier that the united states has come in strong into the cop-26, that they are bringing former president and the current president. they have secretary kerry. they have the gov

we're looking at highs of 17 celsius in london and glasgow. and temperatures rising a little through the central belt of scotland, around 1a celsius for glasgow and edinburgh as well. into next week, the low pressure is firmly in charge, often going to be pretty windy, and we're going to see this very long weather front. this could bring some heavy prolonged outbreaks of rain, at the moment, it could be affecting the hills in wales, perhaps bringing some localised flooding, but otherwise very mild weather. could see temperatures up to 20 celsius in london on tuesday. this is bbc news, the headlines: here in the uk, police say the murder of a member of parliament has been declared an act of terrorism. sir david amess was repeatedly stabbed while meeting his constituents in south—east england. a 25—year—old man, thought to be a british national of somali origin, has been arrested. the islamic state group has said it carried out an attack that killed more than a0 people, at a mosque in the afghan city of kandahar. the mosque is used by the

he didn't apparently want to go to the glasgow cop26 summit, although now he says he will. what do you feel about the political leadership you're getting? we are a big, noisy, colourful democracy. i have this funny crack about my country — we always do the right thing after we've exhausted all other options. but i do think, stephen, i do think that australia is coming on board, the prime minister coming. you know, notjust me, many of us spoke to the prime minister, said you really need to be there. we have trading partners all over the world. we have to not only do the right thing, we have to be seen to be doing the right thing. but mostly, stephen, i'd say this about my country — we might be slow getting into the blocks, but we will be very fast coming out of the blocks. and stephen, i'm just one company, but the enthusiasm is out there. i went net—zero by 2030. you've had rio tinto, one of the great companies here, come out and say they'll be 50% down. now, that is by 2030. big industry's starting to embrace this, stephen, they're starting to see the lead. they're s

president xi also will not be at the g20 nor will he be in glasgow. any chance these world leaders had or plans they had to pull him aside to try to make the case that china needs to be doing more on climate change, well, it's simply not going to happen. the same is true for russian president vladimir putin who will be absent as well as leaders of mexico, japan, and saudi arabia. now, wolf, obviously you are waiting to see president biden meet with the pope, pope francis. he is a climate change believer. this is a guy who has faith in the climate science and he has made that clear for years, blaming global corporations, politicians and energy companies for the mess that we're in right now on climate change. and as you mention, climate change campaigners, activists, they are not waiting to make their voices heard. several cities around the world, we'll see protests, even today ahead of the glasgow summit. the one in london will be led by teenage climate change activist and climate celebrity greta thunberg. the protest specifically is outside the standa

reporter: glasgow wants to snow its best fails for the world for this conference. it could be the biggest gathering of british leaders in history. christiana will be there. environmental royalty. she says it is vital that governments are involved in the review process. >> everybody's voice has to be there. that's the whole purpose. this is not a single thread. this is a tapestry woven by many, many threads. reporter: but there is no time toupees. every second, more corbin dioxide is building up in. atmosphere. what the world needs now is laura: india's leader has confirmed he'll be attending that u.n. such on climate change in glasgow. host be a key volleys at the negotiating table. india is one of the world's largest plumers and the currently is seeing firsthand the effects only the weather. recent flood across independence air and me pam have claimed the lives of more than 150 people. our correspondent sent this report from the southern india statement and viewers may find some of the inches distressing. reporter: india's coach paradise is testament to the beauty

buckingham palace announces queen elizabeth won't be travelling to glasgow next week for a major climate summit, on the advice of her doctors. the united states revokes china telecom's authority to operate in america, citing "national security" concerns. a stark warning from the un — it says the current plans of governments around the world to cut carbon fall well short of what's needed to avoid dangerous climate change. and can lego save the world's endangered coral reefs? scientists use the famous plastic blocks to try to repair damage undersea. hello and welcome to the programme. we start with breaking news from brazil. the president, jair bolsonaro, will face charges over his handling of the pandemic after a senate vote. a report holds him responsible for many of brazil's more than 600,000 covid deaths. live now to our correspondent katy watson in brasilia. she has been focused on this storey for us all day. the senate committee finally voting, recommending that president bolsonaro faces the charges, so what can you tell us about the developments in the last hours?— the last hour

welcome to glasgow! so around 1,000 people, including jack and kim, have opened their homes to delegates, and more are needed. i'd heard that poorer countries were getting priced out of coming — i was absolutely horrified that only the richer countries' voices would be heard in terms of politicians and lobby groups, so i felt it was really important that everybody was included. when glasgow people opened their door to us, we are very delighted to come also, voice our concern. some schools on the conference doorstep will have to close briefly. these pupils may never have expected world leaders to be driving past their classroom windows — and they've got a message they want to pass on. i kind of feel...like, kind of stressed and annoyed about it because it's just disrupting our lives. i'd just rather that so many people didn't come — only the world leaders. they're not going to get here, like, being eco—friendly. - and also i feel like they're just going to talk about things - but not actually do i

the motorcades will be sweeping through rome this weekend, through glasgow next week. world leaders tasked with saving the planet. so, no big deal, then. around the world, there have been protests of varying size to chivvy world leaders into action. this was the scene in tel aviv today. in glasgow, outside where the summit will be held next week, the demonstrators seemed to be outnumbered by security guards. and in london, greta thunberg was the star attraction — she's buried somewhere in this mob of photographers — and she had this message for president biden. when you are leader of the most powerful country in the world, you have lots of responsibility. and when the us is actually, in fact, expanding fossil fuel infrastructure, that is a clear sign that they are not really treating the climate crisis as an emergency. and this salvo to other nations from the former california governor and terminator star. all of those countries that come and give speeches, this "we are not going to go and losejobs because of going greener" — they're liars. or they're alljust stu

we need a glasgow in a few days' time? - need a couple of things. one is dramatically increased ambition. that may be hard of the us is not able to arrive a serious commitment from congress. we will see the next few days. and we need real commitment finally to this long—standing promise of serious financial aid to the global south and the global north so that they can make this transition. it sounds like thatis this transition. it sounds like that is not going to to come. they are going to be a bit disappointed, if i put it that way? we see a lot of these conferences. kyoto, kobe naked. most them have ended in disappointment. we are running out of time and that is why there will be civil society there will be civil society there pushing hard. we will see. as you pointed out we began, the title of my last book was a little depressing so i'm not here to give you a glib optimistic outlook to tell you we need everybody pushing really hard. i we need everybody pushing really hard.— we need everybody pushing really hard. i appreciate that as the line

he 10 celsius in aberdeen and 12 celsius for glasgow. now, saturday night, we will see a more active weather system move in bringing rain across northern ireland, some heavy rain in scotland. maybe a few spots for western parts of england and wales, but it is probably that the rain is going to be a little bit lighter an patchier nature here, and that takes us into sunday. a lot of cloud to start the day, still thick enough for an odd spit of rain. this is generally pushing eastwards with weather generally trying to improve and brighten as the day goes by, there will be a few sunny spells coming through from time to time. now, temperatures — mild again. we're looking at highs of 17 celsius in london and glasgow. and temperatures rising a little through the central belt of scotland, around 1a celsius for glasgow and edinburgh as well. into next week, the low pressure is firmly in charge, often going to be pretty windy, and we're going to see this very long weather front. this could bring some heavy prolonged outbreaks of rain, at the mom

it's not just glasgow. this is a critical moment but it's also a jumping off point going into next year to continue to do everything possible. what president biden has talked about is seeing this as a decisive decade between now and 2030, because whatever goals we set for 2050, including making sure that we keep warming at 1.5 degrees celsius, if we're not taking the steps over the next eight to ten years to actually do that, we won't hit the target. but glasgow is a critical milestone, but there's going to be a lot of work following from glasgow. >> president biden said at cnn's town hall last week that the u.s. would come to taiwan's defense if china invaded. your spokesperson said there's no change in u.s. position so i just want to clarify, has the u.s. committed directly to the taiwanese government that it will come to taiwan's defense if china invades? >> there is no change in our policy. we've had a longstanding commitment, by the way, that senator biden supported when he was in the senate, longstand

i'll see how that goes over then and glasgow kimberly. some of the other big news that came from rome was from the sidelines of the meeting. can you talk us through some of the takeaways from those yeah, you touched on some of them at the beginning, but allow me to go into little bit more detail with respect to the a sideline meeting that occurred with the secretary of state from the united states of his chinese counterpart, there was a bit of a stern warning issued by the united states to china. what we know, according to a senior state department official, is that antony blank and warned his counterpart that any sort of unilateral action against a wine is something that the united states cannot condone, cannot support. and in fact, the only thing the united states is looking for in terms of taiwan and the escalations that have been of concern in some months is the fact that they want to see status quo. the other big issue for the united states between these 2 adversaries, and this is not new, it's been simmering for some time. is the is

very soon, world attention will be focused on glasgow and the latest effort to get countries across the world to intensify efforts to decarbonise their economies and avert disastrous climate change. breaking with business as usual requires political will and massive investment in clean technology. my guest is andrew forrest, an australian billionaire who made his fortune in mining. "part of the problem, not the solution," you might think. well, he's out to convince you otherwise — but do his green credentials stack up? andrew forrest, welcome to hardtalk. good to be back, stephen, thank you. it's great to have you here. now, look, people around the world are going to look at you, a man who has made billions out of mining for metals, generating many tens of millions of tonnes of carbon dioxide in the process. they are going to struggle to see you as a green crusader. well, i'd like to reach out to them and say if people like me don't turn green, then we all have a serious problem. it's not those people who don't really produce many emissions, you know. if they turn green, well, let's a

this is the | environmental activist arriving tonight in glasgow station. it's complete chaos, she is mobbed by people and photographers, there is a lot of jostling, people and photographers, there is a lot ofjostling, the police do not have much control there, but itjust shows that you have all these world leaders, i think it's 120 coming into glasgow, but someone who is a total start at just 18 as into glasgow, but someone who is a total start atjust 18 as greta thunberg who gets all this attention. it thunberg who gets all this attention-— thunberg who gets all this attention. ., , , , ., attention. it really is the youth -aushin attention. it really is the youth pushing this — attention. it really is the youth pushing this but _ attention. it really is the youth pushing this but ultimately - attention. it really is the youth pushing this but ultimately it l attention. it really is the youth l pushing this but ultimately it all depends on whether they are heard. it does, and actually i think it's a shame _ it does, and actually i think it's a shame t

the time for closing this leadership gap must begin in glasgow. nuala: here is the analysis of our environment correspondent. >> this is the emissions gap report in its 12 year. every year, it is highlighted in the gap between the good intentions of countries to bring down emissions and the reality of their plans. once again, it highlights this yawning gap. scientists say, to keep this 1.5 degrees threshold alive, this century, emissions have to go down by roughly half by 29 years' time. the plans, when added up, say we have cut carbon emissions by seven point half -- 7.5 by then. it underlines the challenge that world leaders will face when they arrive in glasgow in five days. there's always hope, and i think there is some hope in this report, pointing to the fact that long-term strategies, net zero goals, as they are called, li we heard about from australia just a short while ago -- that these do give hope. the report says, if countries live up to the promise on net zero, we will have warming this century, but not as bad as what we are currently

the glasgow. we locked the lever. several recent climates announcements might leave the impression of a rosy picture. and fortunately, these is an illusion. the current national determined contributions. furthermore, commitments by governments still condemned the world to a calamity. 2.7 degree increase. even if recent pledges were clear and credible, and there are serious questions about some of them, we are still good evening towards climate catastrophe. while if that sounds negative, i can tell you what i've been told off the record by senior un source who didn't want to be named. and that's the pre some negotiations that take place then known as the sherpas, the invoice of different leaders. they've been extremely difficult. i'm told on cobra 1900 vaccinations, perhaps some positive movement there. but on the key issue of climate really absolutely no progress so far. and i think they're going to continue negotiating the sector general, making it quite clear that it's absolutely vital what that

just shifts now from room to the scottish city of glasgow. the called 26 climate change summit. leaders from every region in the world are expected to discuss that plans to cot emissions. now the sudanese teacher's committee has called for a strike in all states of sudan. it comes a day after hundreds of thousands of people rally to denounce last. monday's military, co soldiers use tear gas and blocked roads. at least 4 people were killed it. but morgan brings us the latest now from the streets of heart to him. where on one of the main roads in for that capital hudson central business district, and normally on a normal day around this time, which is mid afternoon in hot assume the roads are jammed with scars and the shops are open. and that's because this road connects to many state institutions and many banking institutions in the heart of the capital. but right now, there are very few cars on the streets and many shop remain closed. and this is a week after the military takeover. now today is the 1st day of the work and we, many people here

then they announced she will not attend the summit in glasgow this week. johnny diamond reports. but this fortnight essentially gives her a couple of weeks now of not travelling, not meeting people, only carrying out virtual engagements, light desk—based duties, to recover from what seems like a sort of bout of fatigue. you know, she's carried out, what, three different engagements in the last three days. she has smiled broadly through a couple of them. she doesn't appear to be actually unwell, as many of us would see it. but she's clearly been a bit too tired to do travel, either to northern ireland, that was cancelled last week, or to glasgow, that was cancelled this week. and the doctors have said, look, no more travel for a couple of weeks. she will miss the festival of remembrance. that happens on the evening before remembrance sunday, but she will get to remembrance sunday. and the reason i bang on about this is because it is absolutely the most important day in the queen's calendar. it's the most important day in the royal calendar, but it is a very important day for her

he's not planning to attend the g 20 in rome in a couple of weeks time, just ahead of glasgow. and private campaign is, will tell you that because of that, they weren't really expecting him to turn up anyway, what matters? they say he's that in his place, china sends negotiate his armed with a proper mandate to be able to reach a deal around the table at cop $26.00 to move on from china's already stated aims and targets to inject from fresh ambition into them. as is required of all the countries attending, of course, a 100 leaders will be their president biden included. and it is upon that hope that a deal can still be done in glasgow that the success of cop $26.00 rest. and that will be judged on whether by the end of it, that one and a half degree target is still deemed to be alive. and that is really down to china right now for a check on the world, whether his rom, grease is being hit hard moment by the weather is a slightly revolving storm. it's been named, is the 2nd one in a week in this one. i think worse in the last, the rain is falling heavily. coffee was 140 is all o