labour is ditching its policy of spending £28 billion a year on its green investment plan in a major u—turn. two people are killed in a blast near polling station in southwest pakistan, as millions head to vote—in a new government. one of the first things we noticed was that pretty much on the dot at 8am, our internet was cut and we could not make any phone calls. a volcano in south—west iceland erupts for the second time this year. hello, i'm luxmy gopal.

is the planet warming faster than we thought, and are current targets signed—off by world leaders enough to tackle the most damaging effects of global warming in the years to come? new evidence from the eu's climate service, copernicus, highlights that for the first time, the world was 1.5 degrees warmer than pre—industrial levels for a whole year. scientists say a combination of greenhouse gas emissions and dramatic sea temperature rises are to blame. our climate editor, justin rowlatt, explains the significance of the 1.5 celsius figure. 1.5 is reckoned to be a boundary, an arbitrary boundary at which we avoid the worst effects of climate change. there was a landmark un paper back in 2018 which found there would be really significantly greater impact at 2 degrees and urged all efforts to be made to try and keep

temperature rise to 1.5 degrees, 1.5 was also the target set at a landmark climate summit in paris in 2015, world leaders agreed they would make all possible efforts to keep it to 1.5 so nudging as close as we are to 1.5 and having passed it for a single year does not mean the boundary has been passed, it is a longer term average, ten years or more above 1.5 to breach the paris commitment but for a single year, it shows just how close to the boundary we are getting and when you drill down into the figures you see just how dramatic the temperatures have been over the past 12 months. eight of those months were record high temperatures for those months, the highest august, september, october and november, all the way through to january and sea temperatures too have been very high as well with record daily temperature set every single day

since april last year. what could the long—term impact be of this 1.5 degree breach? what climate scientists say is we can expect to see more of the kind of extreme weather we have seen all over the world in the last few years. we're talking about the heatwaves and droughts we have seen which have led to forest fires all around the world. we have also seen extreme rainfall events that have caused drought and they say we can expect more of that. that will challenge our ability in some places to grow food as effectively as we do at the moment and may cause water supply issues in places around the world. really dramatic impact. another way of looking at it is the effect on the natural world. 1.5 degrees, some of our coral reefs will survive, the consensus seems to be among coral scientists

that at two degrees centigrade of warming, 99% of coral reefs we could expect to die so it is a really dramatic tipping point for ecosystems like coral reefs if we see temperatures continue to rise which they say we will unless we urgently cut carbon emissions that are the key driver of the warming we are seeing. here in the uk, labour is ditching the party's promise to spend £28—billion a year on environmental projects if they win the next election. it's a major u—turn for opposition leader, keir starmer. labour's position on the policy in recent weeks has been increasingly muddled, with some seniorfigures refusing to use the £28bn figure in interviews, while others, including sir keir, continued to do so. sources insist the party's green prosperity plan, which includes creating a publicly—owned green power company, is not being dropped altogether. an official announcement is expected later today. the bbcs chief political correspondent henry zeffman explained the context of this u—turn

a little earlier. they said they would spend £28 billion a year should they win the general election to help britain on its transition to a net zero economy. that policy has been softened a little in a couple of different technical ways, the key figure 28 billion was still there until we are told today from the labour party will say that while it is still committed to the green reat transition to what they call their green prosperity plan, investing in things like home insulation, clean steel plants, battery technology and so on, they will not be committing any longer to that figure, £28 billion a year of green investment. of course we had seen already the conservative government scaling back its green policies. so where does this leave the potential commitment from this country's government after the next election towards green policies?

an interesting question. the government is still bound by a law passed in parliament some years ago when theresa may was prime minister to hit net zero by 2050 and there are of course all the carbon budget agreements signed annually at cop summits that the uk government is committed to by force of law, but i think what you probably are seeing with both parties, more emphasis on this in the conservative party than the labour party, is attempts to ensure that the transition to net zero does not hit the poorest households in britain hard. that there are ways to mitigate the financial impact on households of making that transition. and of course plenty of green campaigners will argue the biggest cost to households would be if climate change runs amok and therefore affects the climate, the environment, the economy profound ways. i don't think that's principally what labour have made this u—turn,

it's more about heading into a general election which we know it will take place this year, they want to emphasise their fiscal prudence at a national level and this move is designed to reassure voters, swing voters who might still be unsure about that fiscal prudence. the latest from the prime minister rishi sunak has been on a visit to north cornwall and reporters asked him about his recent comments on gender and other issues. first question. _ gender and other issues. first question, will— gender and other issues. first question, will you _ gender and other issues. f "st question, will you apologise to brianna ghey�*s families for the trans— comments made yesterday? like trans- comments made yesterday? like esterda i trans— comments made yesterday? like yesterday i was completely shocked by brianna's case, it is almost impossible to come to terms with and for brianna's — impossible to come to terms with and for brianna's mum to talk with such

empathy— for brianna's mum to talk with such empathy and compassion about that i thought— empathy and compassion about that i thought was inspiring and showed the very best _ thought was inspiring and showed the very best of humanity. i have nothing — very best of humanity. i have nothing but the most heartfelt sympathy for her entire family and friends _ sympathy for her entire family and friends. but to use that tragedy to detract _ friends. but to use that tragedy to detract from the very separate and clear point— detract from the very separate and clear point i was making about keir starmer's — clear point i was making about keir starmer's proven track record of multiple — starmer's proven track record of multiple u—turns on major policies because _ multiple u—turns on major policies because plan i think is both sad and wrong _ because plan i think is both sad and wrong and — because plan i think is both sad and wrong and demonstrate the worst of politics _ wrong and demonstrate the worst of politics. the wrong and demonstrate the worst of olitics. ., ., , ., ., politics. the father has demanded an a olo: so politics. the father has demanded an apology so will _ politics. the father has demanded an apology so will you — politics. the father has demanded an apology so will you honour— politics. the father has demanded an apology so will you honour that? - politics. the father has demanded an apology so will you honour that? if. apology so will you honour that? if you look at what i said i was very clear. _ you look at what i said i was very clear, talking about keir starmer's proven— clear, talking about keir starmer's proven track record of u—turns on major— proven track record of u—turns on major policies because he does not have a _ major policies because he does not have a plan — major policies because he does not have a plan. a point only proven invited _ have a plan. a point only proven invited to— have a plan. a point only proven invited to a's porch that the labour party— invited to a's porch that the labour party and _ invited to a's porch that the labour party and keir starmerare party and keir starmer are apparently party and keir starmerare apparently planning to reverse on their signature economic green spending — their signature economic green spending policy, that demonstrates the point _ spending policy, that demonstrates the point i — spending policy, that demonstrates the point i was making. he was

someone — the point i was making. he was someone who changes his mind on a number— someone who changes his mind on a number of— someone who changes his mind on a number of things and that's a legitimate thing to point out and demonstrate he does not have a plan for the _ demonstrate he does not have a plan for the country. and demonstrate he does not have a plan for the country-— for the country. and your dental recovery plan — for the country. and your dental recovery plan announced - for the country. and your dental - recovery plan announced yesterday, can you guarantee everybody will now have access to an nhs dentist whenever they live? it have access to an nhs dentist whenever they live ?_ have access to an nhs dentist whenever they live? it has not been easy enough — whenever they live? it has not been easy enough for— whenever they live? it has not been easy enough for people _ whenever they live? it has not been easy enough for people to - whenever they live? it has not been easy enough for people to access i whenever they live? it has not been i easy enough for people to access nhs dentistry— easy enough for people to access nhs dentistry over the past couple of years. _ dentistry over the past couple of years, particularly as a result of the impact _ years, particularly as a result of the impact of the pandemic which hit dentistry— the impact of the pandemic which hit dentistry services almost harder than _ dentistry services almost harder than anything else because they were hardest _ than anything else because they were hardest to— than anything else because they were hardest to continue during covid. the announcements will make a significant difference quickly. 2.5 million _ significant difference quickly. 2.5 million more nhs appointments to get levels back up to pre—covert, attracting _ levels back up to pre—covert, attracting dentists to work in underserved areas like the south—west where i am today, mobile vans going _ south—west where i am today, mobile vans going into underserved communities, it is a very significant new investment in dentistry so everyone can get the

access— dentistry so everyone can get the access they need. is dentistry so everyone can get the access they need.— access they need. is there no guarantee — access they need. is there no guarantee people _ access they need. is there no guarantee people will - access they need. is there no guarantee people will benefit access they need. is there no - guarantee people will benefit from this and get an nhs dentist appointment? taste this and get an nhs dentist appointment?— this and get an nhs dentist a- ointment? ~ ., ., ., ,, .,, appointment? we want to make it as eas as appointment? we want to make it as easy as possible _ appointment? we want to make it as easy as possible and _ appointment? we want to make it as easy as possible and the _ appointment? we want to make it as easy as possible and the new - appointment? we want to make it asj easy as possible and the new funding will make _ easy as possible and the new funding will make a _ easy as possible and the new funding will make a significant difference and soon. — will make a significant difference and soon, it will be rolled out imminently. ithink and soon, it will be rolled out imminently. i think it is a significant step and a way to bring down _ significant step and a way to bring down waiting lists. like your affections and saw throats particularly for kids, not going to the gp, — particularly for kids, not going to the gp, just going to the pharmacist will add _ the gp, just going to the pharmacist will add up _ the gp, just going to the pharmacist will add up and people can get the health— will add up and people can get the health care they need. keir starmer is announcing _ health care they need. keir starmer is announcing that _ health care they need. keir starmer is announcing that scrapping - health care they need. keir starmer is announcing that scrapping of- health care they need. keir starmer is announcing that scrapping of the | is announcing that scrapping of the green prosperity plan, why do you think you did that? i green prosperity plan, why do you think you did that?—

think you did that? i have seen those reports, _ think you did that? i have seen those reports, it— think you did that? i have seen those reports, it is— think you did that? i have seen those reports, it is a _ think you did that? i have seen those reports, it is a serious i those reports, it is a serious moment, _ those reports, it is a serious moment, it is a serious policy and it looks _ moment, it is a serious policy and it looks like — moment, it is a serious policy and it looks like he's trying to wriggle out of— it looks like he's trying to wriggle out of it — it looks like he's trying to wriggle out of it it — it looks like he's trying to wriggle out of it. it demonstrates what i have _ out of it. it demonstrates what i have been— out of it. it demonstrates what i have been saying, u—turns are on major— have been saying, u—turns are on major things, have been saying, u—turns are on majorthings, he have been saying, u—turns are on major things, he cannot see differently because he doesn't have a plan _ differently because he doesn't have a plan. then you cannot deliver change — a plan. then you cannot deliver change for— a plan. then you cannot deliver change for our country. in contrast our plan _ change for our country. in contrast our plan is — change for our country. in contrast our plan is working people can see that, _ our plan is working people can see that, inflation has come down, mortgages are coming down, economic conditions _ mortgages are coming down, economic conditions have improved so we have been able _ conditions have improved so we have been able to cut people's taxes, someone — been able to cut people's taxes, someone earning £35,000 receiving a tax cut— someone earning £35,000 receiving a tax cut of— someone earning £35,000 receiving a tax cut of 400 and 50p that cut in injanuary— tax cut of 400 and 50p that cut in injanuary shows if tax cut of 400 and 50p that cut in in january shows if we stick with our plan — in january shows if we stick with our plan we can give everyone peace of mind _ our plan we can give everyone peace of mind there is a bright future ahead — of mind there is a bright future ahead and _ of mind there is a bright future ahead and we can have a renewed sense _ ahead and we can have a renewed sense of— ahead and we can have a renewed sense of pride in our country, that's— sense of pride in our country, that's what i'm working to deliver but this— that's what i'm working to deliver but this you newton demonstrates they don't— but this you newton demonstrates they don't have a plan. that but this you newton demonstrates they don't have a plan.— they don't have a plan. that was rishi sunak _ they don't have a plan. that was rishi sunak speaking _ they don't have a plan. that was rishi sunak speaking earlier. - they don't have a plan. that was

rishi sunak speaking earlier. as| they don't have a plan. that was - rishi sunak speaking earlier. as you probably noticed new the beginning of the clip, he declined to apologise over the comments he made that prime minister is questions about labour's that prime minister is questions about labour�*s trans— that prime minister is questions about labour's trans— policies and this is after the murdered transgendered mother brianna ghey�*s was visiting parliament and his father said he should say sorry for what he called on degrading remark made and as you head there, rishi sunak defending himself saying it was it was legitimate to raise a series of u—turns by keir starmer during that including the definition of a woman and rishi sunak ending that interview by criticising labour's announcement expected that it will no longer spend £28 billion a year on environmental projects if it wins the next election and we have been talking about the warming climate and there is plenty more on that on the bbc news website.

people in pakistan are voting in general and provincial elections — after a campaign period marred by violence. election day has seen the authorities unexpectedly cut mobile phone and mobile internet services because of what they call deterioriating security. the move is already being widely criticised. in the city of quetta in balochistan, a province that saw deadly militant attacks before the election, some polling stations are largely empty because of security threats and cold weather. earlier, i spoke to our south east asian correspondent, samira hussein, to ask whether we've seen lower voter turnout so far. iamata i am at a government station and you can see it is queueing up, this is the man's voting area, voters will come in, have documents checked, go across and get a ballot paper, cast votes for the national and eventual assemblies. one of the first things we notice when we arrived was pretty much on the dot of 8am this morning when the polls opened our internet was cut and we could not make any

phone calls despite the fact the caretaker government here said they would not be cutting the internet unless there was a security threat. the second thing we've noted would the amount of security here, police and just across the road a large amount of armed security officials as well. this election has had security concerns in the run—up. an increased number of violent incidents but there has also been large questions about how free and fair this election is. the former prime minister imran khan is still very popular here in pakistan but he is disqualified and currently behind bars. his party have continued but saveit bars. his party have continued but save it as a campaign of harassment against them which is something the authorities here have continually denied. for both of those reasons there is a focus on exactly what happens in the elections today.

let's look at some other stories making news. the co—op retail chain is urging mps to make assaulting or abusing a shop worker a specific criminal offence in engalnd wales. the company said there'd been a 44% increase in incidents of shoplifting and violence in its stores within the past year. it's already a criminal offence in scotland. the prime suspect in the disappearance of three—year—old madeleine mccann is expected to stay silent at his forthcoming trial in germany on unrelated sexual offences. christian bruckner is due in court next week, accused of five offences between 2000 and 2017 in portugal. he is already serving a jail sentence for rape. bruckner has denied any involvement with mccann's disappearance. friends of the woman who was injured in a chemical attack in south london the prince of wales has thanked the country for its support after his father was diagnosed with an

unspecified form of cancer. he took a step back last month when his wife had abdominal surgery. you're live with bbc news. officers have been searching for abdul ezedi since the attack in south london. our correspondent is in london. what are the details of this latest development? the latest details this latest development? the latest detai . , this latest development? the latest detai ., , ., details were revealed this morning and they see _ details were revealed this morning and they see two _ details were revealed this morning and they see two warrants - details were revealed this morning and they see two warrants were i and they see two warrants were issued for searches for two properties linked to the suspect, 35—year—old abdul shokoor ezedi. those searches were carried out near newcastle city centre. in the early hours of this morning and see no arrests were made and the manhunt

continues for this suspect who is wanted for questioning on suspicion of attempted murder in relation to a 31—year—old victim and her two children who all suffered from a chemical liquid that was used in that assault. as for the victim, they have revealed the 35 euros suspect was in a relationship with her and they believe the motive for the chemical attack on her and her children may have been because that relationship broke down. he is a wanted man and the police have appealed for him to hand himself in and the search continues and today is now the eighth day of that manhunt. is now the eighth day of that manhunt-— is now the eighth day of that manhunt. . ~' ,, ., , is now the eighth day of that manhunt. ., ,, i. ., , , manhunt. thank you for bringing us

latest. manhunt. thank you for bringing us latest- some _ manhunt. thank you for bringing us latest. some breaking _ manhunt. thank you for bringing us latest. some breaking news. - manhunt. thank you for bringing us latest. some breaking news. the i manhunt. thank you for bringing us l latest. some breaking news. the bbc understands michael matheson has resigned as scotland's health secretary as he was being investigated for the use of his parliamentary ipad on holiday in morocco, news that has just come through to us from one of our political correspondent in the past few minutes. the background to that. the early findings of an investigation into the health secretary's £11,000 data roaming bill due to be given to him in january according to holyrood officials. that was reported a few weeks ago and the charge had been initially paid out of the public purse. that is the latest in the past few minutes. michael matheson has resigned as scotland's health secretary, that is what the bbc understands.

in russia, the only presidential hopeful to oppose the war in ukraine says he has been blocked from running for election. anti—war candidate boris nadyezhdin was hoping to challenge vladimir putin in next month's elections. he had submitted more than the required number of signatures, but the kremlin has now said problems were found with those signatures. mr nadezhdin says the country's central election commission did not register his candidacy. in a post on social media, he says he'll appeal to the supreme court. a previously low— profile politician, boris nadezhdin was the only anti—war figure left as a prospective candidate. tell us a bit of the context behind this. .,. . tell us a bit of the context behind this. ., . ., , tell us a bit of the context behind this. .. ., , .., ., this. each and every candidate in russia is supposed _ this. each and every candidate in russia is supposed to _ this. each and every candidate in russia is supposed to collect - russia is supposed to collect 100,000 signatures from members of the public who are willing to endorse their candidacy. russia's central electoral commission disqualified more than 50% of the signatures collected by him which means he will not be allowed to run. this ruling comes as no surprise to anyone at all because kevin how

tightly the kremlin controls russia's electoral system it is hard to believe anything that is not allowed to happen within that system does not come with the kremlin's approval. so even if mr nadezhdin had been allowed to run given the current climate in russia, it would have been naive to believe he would have been naive to believe he would have been naive to believe he would have been allowed to campaign freely or win this election. mr have been allowed to campaign freely or win this election.— or win this election. mr nadezhdin is takin: or win this election. mr nadezhdin is taking this _ or win this election. mr nadezhdin is taking this to _ or win this election. mr nadezhdin is taking this to the _ or win this election. mr nadezhdin is taking this to the supreme - or win this election. mr nadezhdin| is taking this to the supreme court but what is likely to change? titer? but what is likely to change? very little if anything. _ but what is likely to change? very little if anything. in _ but what is likely to change? - little if anything. in fact, so many russia watchers are saying that the only reason why he was allowed to try and run was to create this illusion of democracy in russia. and

also to allow the people who are dissatisfied with the so—called special up in ukraine, ieee russia's war against special up in ukraine, ieee russia's waragainst ukraine, to special up in ukraine, ieee russia's war against ukraine, to allow them to vent their anger and dissatisfaction and annoyance by queueing up to sign the paperwork for mr nadezhdin because he was the only person trying to run on an anti—war platform. but that was allowed to happen in a way that didn't really threaten vladimir putin's rule and the reality is that people who were very effective, very angry against vladimir putin such as alexei navalny are injail or in exile such as most of alexei navalny�*s supporters or dead, such

as the activist opposed to vladimir putin. . ~ as the activist opposed to vladimir putin. ., ~' ,, as the activist opposed to vladimir putin. ., ,, i. ., , , putin. thank you for bringing us the details on that. _ as the fighting in gaza continues and a new round of negotiations is expected to start later in cairo, sponsored by egypt and qatar. the us secretary of state has said hamas's proposals do leave a window open for a truce. our middle east correspondent, nick beake, has more details we know, according to a senior palestinian official who's just been talking to the bbc, that a new round of talks are underway in cairo and of course, egypt as well as qatar, the gulf state, are really important players in what's happening here. they're basically intermediaries in these indirect talks between hamas and israel. and this senior palestinian official has just told us that he believes the negotiations will be very complex and difficult and that there will have to be lots of rounds of talking.

certainly, antony blinken, the united states' top diplomat, who is still here in israel at the moment, he believes there is an opportunity for the differences between hamas and israel to be to be reached, to be sort of bridged and that there is room for negotiation. the thing is, though, if you watched last night the press conference from benjamin netanyahu, the israeli prime minister, he was saying that really the hopes of a ceasefire are very low, because he's rejected the proposals put forward by hamas. and he says, in fact, the military operation in gaza will be intensified in the days and weeks to come. so that really has dashed any hopes that were lingering last week that we might be moving towards a more imminent ceasefire. yes. so with the us being a major ally and a financial backer, the fact that antony blinken is putting forward this message of hope around negotiations, will that exert pressure on the israeli government? well, certainly mr blinken met the prime minister yesterday behind closed doors and today he's meeting other members of the war cabinet.

separately, there is pressure on benjamin netanyahu from a lot of different directions, notably members of the government here on the right right wing members who say that the military campaign has to be successful in that hamas must be destroyed. at the same time, you've got the families of the hostages who were taken on october the seventh applying pressure to mr netanyahu, saying that the priority has to be to try and retrieve their loved ones. so from lots of different directions, he is under pressure. interestingly, though, the language used by antony blinken last night, he says he absolutely supports the goal to destroy hamas and says he thinks about the hostages in israel all the time. but also, he said just because hamas dehumanized israelis on october 7th and continues to dehumanize the hostages, he said that does not give a licence to dehumanize other people. and he was referring, of course, to to gazans, the palestinians in gaza.

ijust want i just want to remind you ijust want to remind you of i just want to remind you of the breaking news from a few minutes ago. michael matheson has resigned as scotland's health secretary after an £11,000 data bill on his official ipad. it comes hours before he was due to give a major announcement to the scottish parliament on the subject of minimum unit pricing for alcohol. the minister has been awaiting a report on the huge ipod roaming bill during a family holiday. it has led opposition parties to accuse him of lying over when he knew the large data usage had occurred. stay with us. hello again. some of us today are going to see some snow.

some of us already have seen some snow as we've gone through the course of the morning. but by no means are we all going to see it. a lot of it will be falling on higher ground where it could well lead to some travel disruption. at lower levels, we're looking at a mixture of rain, sleet and snow at times. and with the developing easterly wind, that snow will be blowing. now, the met office has two amber weather warnings in force. that means increased likelihood of disruption due to the severe weather across northern parts of wales and northwest shropshire and the peak district and also parts of the pennines. so if you are traveling, you could have up to 25 centimetres of snow, ten inches on the higher routes. but it's rain has become further south and this is all pushing northward. it's getting into the rest of northern england, northern ireland and southern scotland. behind it there'll be a bit of a lull with a few showers before the next band of rain comes in. and as a result, it's going to be mild. ahead of it there'll be some hazy sunshine, but you can see it's going to be a cold day for most of us, and especially if you're exposed to the easterly wind and the snow. now, through this evening, this band of rain almost catches up with the first band of rain,

sleet and snow as it pushes steadily northwards, and with a lot of cloud around, especially in the south, it's going to be a mild night. that mild air traveling a little bit further north, but still cold in the north with the risk of ice. as we head on through the course of friday this is the low pressure bringing us all this inclement weather. weather front continues to push steadily northwards so we could see some transient snow in the morning across the pennines, for example, before it turns back to rain and more snow coming in across scotland, particularly so in the east. with that brisk easterly wind, they'll be drifting and blowing with blizzards on the tops of the grampians. come further south, there'll be some cloud around, some bright spells and some showers. but note how that mild air is continuing to travel that bit further north. and you can see that quite nicely here on the air mass chart, the yellows indicating the milder air pushing all the way up towards all but the far north of scotland during friday into saturday. and as that happens, what you'll find is the snow risk will also push that bit further north through the course of saturday. leaving behind it, fair bit of cloud, some sunny spells and a few showers. and these are our temperatures — 3 in lerwick, widely 7 to 12 across the rest of the uk.