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borussia dortmund can still qualify for the knock out stages. so psg, ac milan and newcastle all with something to play for. just over half an hour played. kylian mbappe and his psg superstars are in germany, taking on table toppers dortmund. as you can see, both games 0—0. it is a straight shootout. whoever wins goes through. whoever wins goes through. manchester city have become just the second english side to win all their champions league group games after beating red star belgrade 3—2. in a much—changed city line up, 20 year old micah hamilton had a dream debut by opening the scoring for the european champions injust the 19th minute in belgrade. fellow 20 year old oscar bobb made it two just after the hour mark. kalvin phillips on just his second start of the season scored city's third.
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the draw for the last 16 will be held on monday. chelsea manager emma hayes says laurenjames is "not in a good place" after being subjected to "disgusting" and "unacceptable" online racist abuse. the england international was targeted after appearing to stand on an arsenal player's foot during chelsea's wsl defeat at the emirates on sunday. i think it's disgusting, the amount of abuse she's received from the public, from the media, the press, talking about a young player here that no question is always working to learn, in the background and gets involved. but some of the language i've seen used to vilify her externally i think is unacceptable. i think some of the derogatory and very misleading conversations that are happening during the commentary, during the games and on social media is something that we should reflect upon. the turkish football federation has
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announced that matches in all top—tier leagues will resume next tuesday after being suspended due to an on—field attack on a referee by a club president. referee halil umut meler, who was punched in the face at the end of a match by the president of mke ankaragoojew, has been discharged from the hospital where he was receiving treatment for a fractured eye socket. it's understood he will continue to referee. greg norman says there will be more big name players wanting tojoin live golf following jon rahm's decision tojoin the saudi funded tour. norman is its chief executive and helped convince the masters champion to make the move where is reportedly set to earn upwards of $560 million us dollars. to have him onboard was critically important to our next steps into future about what we want to do and it will create a domino effect. there'll be more apples falling from the tree, no question about it,
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because liv continues to grow and develop and we have only played 22 events around the world in a very short period of time. sincejon rahm signed less than a week ago now, i know my phone is blowing up, i know we probably have 8—12 players who are very keen to sit in and thought ——talk about coming on board. so time will tell. we're pretty much subscribed. we were in abu dhabi last week doing a promotion series and we got three young kids, one from japan, one from finland and from zimbabwe, so you just think about the three opportunities we have given to those three individual guys to come and play on liv league. to being filled, it may be within two or three, so out of that 8—12 players that are knocking on our door now, we only need two or three of them. joe we only need two or three of them. linton, the bra has joe linton, the brazilian midfielder has just scored after the half—hour
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mark for newcastle. i—o has just scored after the half—hour mark for newcastle. 1—0 up against ac milan which means if scores remain the same it will be newcastle heading into the champions league knockout stages for the psg and kylian and mbappe and a myriad of superstars would be heading down into the europa league. and that's all the sport for now. i'm guessing it's very noisy at st. james is park. the americans might describe president zelensky�*s visit to washington on tuesday as something of hail mary. a last ditch attempt to try and move the needle on 60 billion dollars of military aid that is badly needed at the front. the trouble is before he had even left the us capitol, it was clear his efforts had failed. "i admire him, said republican senator lindsey graham but he didn't change my mind at all about what we need to do." and this was the response of the house speaker — mikejohnson. we needed clarity on what we are doing in ukraine and how we will have proper oversight of the spending of precious taxpayer dollars of the american citizens,
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and we needed transformative change at the border. thus far, we got neither. i told the national security advisor, the secretary of state, the secretary of defence, that these are our conditions, because these are the conditions of the american people, and we are resolute on that. president zelensky would have expected that type of reaction, he is pretty astute when it comes to american politics. but what would have been more concerning would be the language of presidentjoe biden. ukraine will emerge from this war, proud, free and firmly rooted in the west, unless we walk away. we will continue to supply ukraine with critical weapons and equipment as long as we can. as long as we can. not as long as it takes. that is a small but highly significant change in emphasis, and a sign that perhaps the republicans are winning the argument. that will be warmly welcomed in moscow. the kremlin is already renewing its offensive. a wave of missile strikes hit
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the capital, kyiv, last night. ukrainian officials say at least 53 were injured. the country's air defences intercepted many of the missiles, but falling debris damaged homes, a children's hospital and set fire to cars around it. the air force says it also shot down attack drones in the odesa region. from kyiv, our correspondent jessica parker sent us this update. i'm standing in a children's playground in a district of kyiv. but part of it has been totally destroyed. let me show you some of what we can see here. first of all, you'll see a group of people just here and there's a massive crater in the ground — that must have been the point of impact from last night's blast. and then look up at the apartment�*s — windows blown out everywhere. some of those flats have been completely destroyed, others very badly damaged. they're doing what they can to try and make those buildings structurally safe or the site as safe as possible. and then also just look over here. there is a burnt—out car. now, what we're told
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is it was actually parked near the apartment blocks, but the force of the blast blew it over here right into the middle of the children's playground. we've been speaking to residents. clearly, many of them are having to find somewhere else to stay. some have family and friends they can go to. others are having to go to a school that is being provided as a temporary shelter. one man i spoke to, he got very visibly upset when we were talking because he said he had seen some of his neighbour's children injured following last night's missile attack. and he also called, as i spoke to him, for continued western support, that, of course, as president zelensky has been in washington, dc to try and unlock a $60 billion package of military aid, but so far has failed to break the deadlock. indiscriminate bombing of civilian areas. indiscriminate bombing of civilian areas. we are joined now by andriy zagorodnyuk — former minister of defence of ukraine. always good to have you on the program. i look at those pictures and i know that so many of the
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missiles of brought down by western supplied air defenses. how much of that you have left and what happens if it runs out? {iii that you have left and what happens if it runs out?— if it runs out? of course the military doesn't _ if it runs out? of course the military doesn't say - if it runs out? of course the military doesn't say how - if it runs out? of course the i military doesn't say how much if it runs out? of course the - military doesn't say how much it has left but certainly is they are not blank effort. certainly kyiv is the most protected city. i have to say that i was there the night before and i heard the rockets myself i hadn't seen them because it was late at night. but you could very clearly hear them. at night. but you could very clearly hearthem. basically at night. but you could very clearly hear them. basically like a plane flying over your head. and then exploding with air defence interception. it's very difficult to imagine what could be the devastation and destruction if these are not intercepted. i devastation and destruction if these are not intercepted.— are not intercepted. i said that putin was _ are not intercepted. i said that putin was taken _ are not intercepted. i said that putin was taken advantage, i are not intercepted. i said that i putin was taken advantage, does are not intercepted. i said that - putin was taken advantage, does it feel to you in ukraine that there has been a change in the russian offensive because of what is happening in washington? ida. offensive because of what is happening in washington? no, not at the moment — happening in washington? no, not at
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the moment. we _ happening in washington? no, not at the moment. we clearly _ happening in washington? no, not at the moment. we clearly see - happening in washington? no, not at the moment. we clearly see that - the moment. we clearly see that president zelensky is trying to basically bring back us politicians to common sense. and russia is certainly using their moment in media. they sort of developing that mode of desperation and momentum. of course if the continues all of this wanes. i think that we will have some kind of a way out with us politicians out of this. clearly we have majority in both parties looked up have majority in both parties looked up at the moment, they are playing their political process games. and essentially, ukraine really risks of having stockpile of ammunition diminish and that's a real risk. there is reporting in the new york times that the white house is trying to push president zelensky to a different strategy, instead of fighting for every inch of ukraine
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they wanted to focus, the report says on the industrial areas, the seed to get the green out and on protecting kiva. with that in mind was not a slip of the tongue from the president yesterday, as long as we can? what do you think that was a reference to what the new york times is reporting? i reference to what the new york times is reporting?— is reporting? i wouldn't really over it anal se is reporting? i wouldn't really over it analyse theirs. _ is reporting? i wouldn't really over it analyse theirs. generally - it analyse theirs. generally speaking, the whole rhetoric of current white house administration is that they need to continue, they need to push this through and so on. at the moment they cannot because they have this blocked in congress. but we don't see changes here in the strategy of the administration. there could be a debate about the operational plans, like a winter campaign. but there is no strategic change at all. ran campaign. but there is no strategic change at all-— campaign. but there is no strategic change at all. ron desantis who was re orted change at all. ron desantis who was reported primaries _ change at all. ron desantis who was reported primaries and _ change at all. ron desantis who was reported primaries and very - change at all. ron desantis who was reported primaries and very much i change at all. ron desantis who was reported primaries and very much inj reported primaries and very much in line with how president trump thinks
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of the ukraine issue, he said last night that his priority is israel. and it was incumbent on the europeans to do more to protect ukraine. if the republicans were to get in, do you think that the europeans have put themselves on enough of a war footing to be able to to sustain the war in ukraine or have they just not to to sustain the war in ukraine or have theyjust not done enough? ida. have they 'ust not done enough? no, the have theyjust not done enough? no, they haven't — have theyjust not done enough? iifr, they haven't put on war footing. there's been a lot of discussion about the upscaling of industrial capacity, making more ammunition, more guns and so on. at the moment we don't see massive dramatic change in europe yet. i think it's coming. there is a significant recognition of threats in europe so they actually do this but i don't think they are doing this even according to the plans they had. yes, we will have a substantial issue if us is out he does not like ukraine is going to lose it and russia will
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completely win. because ukraine will fight with whatever we have. what completely win. because ukraine will fight with whatever we have.- fight with whatever we have. what it does it do to — fight with whatever we have. what it does it do to the _ fight with whatever we have. what it does it do to the row _ fight with whatever we have. what it does it do to the row on the - fight with whatever we have. what it does it do to the row on the front? l does it do to the row on the front? at the moment this is not impacting front line today. people do understand there is political issues we've already been through the times when the west was saying ok, ukraine is going to disappear and 72 hours. we're still here we're still fighting. eitherway, we're still here we're still fighting. either way, just yesterday the united published that we have either killed or may be wounded, basically incurred casualties to 90% of russian army which they had before the invasion. 90%. certainly when somebody saying ukraine fails to counter offensive or where they need to remember we destroyed 90% of the russian army. which is the third largest army in the world. this is us official data, it's not even saying it. we're going to progress. the thing is, every time us
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politicians delay that it means more casualties, perhaps among the civilians and certainly military personnel which could've been every single day. it’s personnel which could've been every sinuleda. h ._ personnel which could've been every sinuleda. h , single day. it's extraordinary 'ust how many russians i single day. it's extraordinary 'ust how many russians have i single day. it's extraordinaryjust how many russians have died . single day. it's extraordinaryjust how many russians have died in| single day. it's extraordinaryjust i how many russians have died in the front and how many they put into the battle and the fact that president putin seemingly doesn't seem to care about how many died. andriy zagorodnyuk, thank you for your time. in russia, the jailed opposition leader, alexei navalny, is still missing. the opposition leader was due to appear in court on monday via video link but didn't appear. his team say he has been removed from the penal colony where he was serving his sentence, since then they have heard nothing. there is speculation they may be preparing further charges in moscow. although he is already serving 19 years in some of the harshest conditions. another explanation might have something to do with this. the billboards ads appearing in the russian capital. at first glance, the new years greeting would appear innocent enough. but there is a qr code on this,
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which when scanned takes you to a not putin website, full of information about why vladimir putin should not be re—elected to a fifth term. and all of it put together by navalny�*s tech savy supporters. david hertzenhorn is the russia, ukraine and east europe editor for the washington post. he's also author of a new book, the dissident — a biography of alexei navalny. always good to talk to you what are you hearing from that navalny supporters about his whereabouts? they are growing increasingly alarmed. it's been a day since they've had contact with him and they've had contact with him and they've now began a social media campaign asking where is mill valley, also in russian for that where his he now, scouring prisons in moscow, chasing rumours in the press that he may be in a detention in the capital. others that are not panning out. they say at this point they don't know where he is and his former spokeswoman who is close to him he says at this point they don't
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know if he's alive. he's been in ill health. he's gone missing for eight days, wasn't brought to court appearances. he was supposed to be at three times within the past week or so. you are seeing increasing alarm in the navalny camp. obviously when peeple — alarm in the navalny camp. obviously when peeple are _ alarm in the navalny camp. obviously when people are moved _ alarm in the navalny camp. obviously when people are moved between - alarm in the navalny camp. obviously. when people are moved between penal colonies we know it's difficult to get information even for lawyers who represent the people of russian prisons. is it unusualfor represent the people of russian prisons. is it unusual for prisoners to go missing for such a length of time, eight days? this to go missing for such a length of time, eight days?— time, eight days? this is quite a lona time, eight days? this is quite a long period _ time, eight days? this is quite a long period of — time, eight days? this is quite a long period of time _ time, eight days? this is quite a long period of time we've - time, eight days? this is quite a long period of time we've seen l time, eight days? this is quite a i long period of time we've seen this before with navalny shortly after he was first arrested upon returning to moscow from a treatment in germany after he was poisoned with a chemical weapon. two months later he was convicted on trumped up political charges, he had been in a detention centre in moscow was transferred to a more strict prison colony and for several days his whereabouts were unknown. he hadn't arrived there yet. this is now gone on for quite a long time. his lawyers haven't been attached, the
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kremlin is saying they don't attract prisoners and they don't know where he is. as you pointed out, there is an election campaign underway. a lot of folks asking if vladimir putin is so afraid of alexander navalny even with them locked up in prison who come a sentence on these charges for 30 years, is he so terrified of this man that is had to make them disappear?— man that is had to make them disauear? , , , ., disappear? does president spokesman was asked yesterday _ disappear? does president spokesman was asked yesterday and _ disappear? does president spokesman was asked yesterday and he _ disappear? does president spokesman was asked yesterday and he said - disappear? does president spokesman was asked yesterday and he said we i was asked yesterday and he said we don't have the inclination or the ability to check on each prisoners whereabouts.— whereabouts. how should we characterise _ whereabouts. how should we characterise that _ whereabouts. how should we characterise that statement? j whereabouts. how should we - characterise that statement? let's look at the history. the president spokesman and has followed his balls and often refused to even utter navalny his name. this is how hard they have tried to make them disappear. —— followed his boss. the person you reference, constantly trying to diminish them and not given any time in the russian television channels when he was aspiring to run for office, ran for mayor 2013, try to run for
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president. it was barred from the ballot. clearly they have tried in various ways. of course the most sinister women as we believe a team of assassins try to poison him with a chemical weapon.— of assassins try to poison him with a chemical weapon. a chemicalweapon. david hertzenhorn thank ou a chemicalweapon. david hertzenhorn thank you very — a chemicalweapon. david hertzenhorn thank you very much _ a chemicalweapon. david hertzenhorn thank you very much for _ a chemicalweapon. david hertzenhorn thank you very much for that. - a chemicalweapon. david hertzenhorn thank you very much for that. we - thank you very much for that. we will continue to keep our eye on lexi the bolognese whereabouts. he is been missing for eight days. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. bbc news, bringing you different stories from across the uk. on the 10th of december 1993, hundreds of miners took part in this march to mark the end of littleton colliery. 30 years on, some still feel the closure was a mistake. i still firmly believe it was purely a political motive by the then government, because the industry, they didn't like it. it was a huge employer in the staffordshire village of huntington, nearly 2000 miners worked there at its height. you could see where all the coal had been extracted.
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for some, it was more than just a job, it was a second home. when you get down the pit, it is a different home. it made you feel comfortable. quite a lot of people must think we must be insane to be inside it. but i really enjoyed it, it is hard to believe that i actually enjoyed it. lifelong friendships were made down the pit, ron and ray still go for a drink every friday with other ex—miners. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. the first minister of wales — mark drakeford — has announced he's standing down as labour leader after five years, triggering a contest to find his successor. mr drakeford, who's 69, says he'll remain as first minister until his party elects a new leader. our wales correspondent hywel griffith reports. a calming presence on the political landscape. when mark drakeford became first minister, most thought brexit was the coming storm. but in 2020, an even
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bigger challenge emerged. guiding wales through the pandemic put him on the map, and occasionally on a collision course with borisjohnson. dear me — he really, really is awful. as he announced his plan to stand aside, he reflected on the change around him. bore da, good morning. in a five—year period which has seen wales deal with austerity, brexit, the covid pandemic, the climate crisis, wars in ukraine and the middle east, and four different prime ministers so far, there will be lots to reflect upon. the latest of those pms led tributes in westminster. i know everyone will want to join me in wishing mark drakeford all the best as he moves on from his many, many years of devoted public service. quietly and patiently, mark has been a titanj of labour and welsh politics, - and we thank him for his service. the sudden loss of his wife earlier this year may have shaped today's decision,
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but as a politician, his emotions have only rarely come to the surface. you think you turn up here this afternoon and claim some sort of moral high ground? what sort of world do you belong in? most of the rows were over long nhs waiting lists in wales and poor performance in schools. so could he have done better? the things i regret the most are where i feel we could have done more, gone further. you're not in this job for long, you want to get the maximum out of it, and where there were opportunities we could have taken to go even further, do even more, probably i regret that. although he weathered several storms and secured victory for labour in the last senedd elections, there were some questions mark drakeford always struggled with. what is my favourite cheese? well, that's probably the hardest question i've had so far, because i really like cheese.
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labour plan to choose his successor by easter. whoever gets the job will need to prepare pretty quickly for the general election expected next year and then the senedd election in wales in 2026. hywel griffith, bbc news, at the senedd. how would you feel if you woke up tomorrow and your money was suddenly worth half of what it was worth today? that is what the people of argentina are facing. the new president, javier milei, has warned his country they need to prepare for painful austerity measures. and that includes devaluing the peso by more than 50% against the dollar. the country is battling soaring inflation, with prices rising by around 150% over the past year. it's struggling with high government debt. it owes the international monetary fund 44 billion dollars. and around 40% of the population is living below the poverty line. professor luis arguero is the academic director at the belgrano university school of economics in argentina.
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welcome to the program. how do peach bowl budget in argentina when they don't know what the value of their currency is? —— how do people budget? currency is? -- how do people budaet? ~ ., ., . , currency is? -- how do people buduet? ., ., . , budget? we have to decide every day what to do with _ budget? we have to decide every day what to do with our _ budget? we have to decide every day what to do with our money put - budget? we have to decide every day what to do with our money put up - what to do with our money put up before the election and especially before the election and especially before the election and especially before the government started a couple days ago, just a couple of days ago. making a rush to the supermarket to buy other things they could because they knew there'd be some kind of devaluation. we didn't know the numbers of that devaluation it was announced yesterday it was 50%. we have in the last day a great increase in prices. obviously consumers have to make everyday decisions and money burns in our pockets and we tried to buy as quick as we can. the pockets and we tried to buy as quick as we can. , , .,~ , .,
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as we can. the line is breaking up a bit. the as we can. the line is breaking up a bit- the idea _ as we can. the line is breaking up a bit. the idea he _ as we can. the line is breaking up a bit. the idea he said _ as we can. the line is breaking up a bit. the idea he said during - as we can. the line is breaking up a bit. the idea he said during the - bit. the idea he said during the election was too dollarized the argentinian economy. is this his first step towards that? this argentinian economy. is this his first step towards that?- first step towards that? this is very difficult — first step towards that? this is very difficult to _ first step towards that? this is very difficult to say _ first step towards that? this is very difficult to say for - first step towards that? this is very difficult to say for them i very difficult to say for them argentina has accumulated valley imbalances throughout the last four years with the last administration of fernandez. and these imbalances on the prices of for example a bus or subway, which cost five to 6 cents of a pound. so these prices have to be increased, electricity prices, gas prices, untila month ago the price of a litre of gasoline was about $0.3 or pounds a liter. we expected some kind of increasing prices in normalisation of the economy. some of us believe this is the first step towards the
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normalisation of the economy. it will take time, it will take several months, probably a year. after that we will see if javier months, probably a year. after that we will see ifjavier milei continues with his plans to adopt the dollar as a form two formal currency of argentina. probably not using the dollar for every military currency, for every day but a basket of currencies where we can choose whether to use the local peso, doll or other currencies. luis whether to use the local peso, doll or other currencies.— whether to use the local peso, doll or other currencies. luis arguero we will leave it — or other currencies. luis arguero we will leave it there _ or other currencies. luis arguero we will leave it there because _ or other currencies. luis arguero we will leave it there because the - will leave it there because the line is breaking up. the currency in argentina is about to be devalued by a half. we can show you quickly live pictures of gaza this evening. we're following events in the strip, bombardment which continues. it's date says it's going to reserve its right in terms of
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supply m—16 rifles to israelis over fears there be handed to settlers of the west bank. maybe theyjust first signal from the biden administration that he is going to condition some of the supplies to israel. the panel is coming out. hello there. given all the rain that we've had over the past few weeks, it's still pretty wet out there. but the next few days at least will turn drier and also the temperatures will be rising. now, this area of low pressure brought cloud and some rain and drizzle to eastern parts of england. that's moving away. the next weather system is coming in from the atlantic. but in between the two, well, we did have some sunshine earlier on, particularly in northern ireland and here in scotland. but where we have the clearer skies in the first part of the night, there's the risk that temperatures could fall just below freezing in places. but that window of clearer skies will close as the night goes on because all that cloud will come in from the atlantic. it's going to bring some rain and briefly some snow over the scottish mountains,
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perhaps the northern pennines, but it should turn back to rain later on in the night as temperatures start to rise. so these are the numbers by first thing thursday morning. and by this time, the rain will have cleared away from northern ireland and just about the whole of scotland. but we will see some further patchy, mostly light rain and drizzle affecting england and wales, and that cloudy, damp weather could continue across the south—east well into the afternoon, but otherwise we'll get some sunshine following on behind, a few showers for northern ireland and scotland, mostly in the north of scotland, where it's still quite blustery. but if anything, temperatures are going to be a degree or two higher than what we had today. as one weather system moves away, we look to see another one coming in from the atlantic as we move into friday. this is going to be focused more to the north—west of the uk. we'll see more cloud coming into northern ireland and also in scotland, showers in the north of the country being replaced by some rain and drizzle. elsewhere, it should be dry and a lot more sunshine more widely across england and wales, where the winds will be lighter. still, temperatures 7—8 celsius across eastern parts of england, but further west,
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it is much, much milder. and this milder atlantic air and some brisk winds will come rushing in across the whole of the country in time for the start of the weekend. we've got colder air to the north of that weather front, which may move southwards on sunday to bring some patchy rain. but on saturday, it's staying to the north of us, just bringing the chance of some rain in the north of scotland. again, it looks like it's going to be windy here and across northern ireland. the winds are lighter as you head further south, but there won't be as much sunshine for england and wales on saturday. but it is mild air and those temperatures will be widely12—13 celsius.
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hello, i'm christian fraser. you're watching the context on bbc news. a climate deal in dubai, the world agrees to transition away from fossil fuels — but the language weaker than some had hoped. we'll explore what the deal at cop28 means, and whether the pledges will be honoured. polling out today suggests rishi sunak is now as unpopular as borisjohnson, was the day he resigned as prime minister. will the rwanda bill turn around his fortunes? our panel this evening — the former conservative education secretaryjustine greening, and joining us from new york, vanity fair's special correspondent, brian stelter.
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we all know the main driver of climate change is the burning of fossil fuels. but in 27 previous cop summits, there has been no mention of reducing our reliance on oil and gas. finally, that has changed. 190 countries accepted a text this morning that calls on the world to "transition away" from fossil fuels, especially in energy production — and that is significant. finally, there's universal recognition that if we are to keep temperature rises to 1.5 celsius above pre—industrial levels, then we need to triple renewable energy capacity, globally by 2030. but there is nothing in the text that requires the countries to do so and it contains "a litany of loopholes", according to the small island states, who are already suffering the impacts of the climate crisis. let's hear what one expert had to say about it. the signal really to the industry is that this is an industry which is
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structurally in decline. you've got the rise

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