fim—m planet for worst threat to the planet for thousands of years, is that the kind of language that is actually going to make an impression on people?m depends on how we then interpret that into policies. i was looking at the global data. i'm originally from bangladesh, and you have the capital of bangladesh is meant to be the third most polluted city in the world according to data from the who, and you think, these are also countries who are really facing the brunt of climate change, bangladesh has a sea rise and, just on the delta, horrific for people and it has been on the cusp for a long time but these are also countries trying to get on their own two feet and developing rapidly. there are immediate gains that people who have beenin immediate gains that people who have been in poverty for a very long time feel from these dots adopt this progress, and you just have to find

the right balance between providing these people with the cushion they need and being able themselves to work out the cushion they need, to protect themselves from climate change, but also not hitting them where it hurts in terms of income, and earning a living. you need to put... you need to feed your children today to think about how they are going to survive in the next couple of decades, so that is the real challenge, striking the right balance. tricky, though, isn't it? you have got countries like bangladesh like you say and others in the developing world who might argue they need fossil fuels in order to lift their citizens out of poverty. does it help that you have someone poverty. does it help that you have someone like sir david attenborough who is not a bloke wandering around ina who is not a bloke wandering around in a white coat but someone who the public might feel familiar with in terms of the way he puts forward his vision in television programmes?

terms of the way he puts forward his vision in television programmes7m helps, but one of the real challenges for figures like david attenborough who want to talk about climate change is that for an individual it is really hard to know if you are making a difference, the extent of the climate change we are facing is going to require an enormous amount of radical action from government and international cooperation on things like flights and the kinds of energy that we invest in. as an individual you are told that things you can do, reuse plastic bags or wash out a peanut butter jar and recycle it plastic bags or wash out a peanut butterjar and recycle it but ultimately the real thing that people can do is to put enormous pressure on their government and as an individual it is very difficult to make the change he is calling for. we will go on to the telegraph, backsto ps. for. we will go on to the telegraph, backstops. explain all this. backstop will be indefinite, mps are told. did you write this? this would

be the attorney general who was in the house of commons. he said it would be indefinite? did he really say that? he committed to the customers backstop with the eu because what he has admitted to and people had known this for a while, it will not be, the uk will not be able to unilaterally decide to leave the customs union, so if we fail to agree a proper free trade deal before brexit day, in march next year, after the transition period, sorry, the backstop kicks in and then the main gripe that the brexiteer mps have that we have no way of leaving that arrangement by ourselves, we have to decide with the eu and that goes to a joint committee where the eu in the uk

have an equal say in if they can't decide that goes to the european court ofjustice. decide that goes to the european court of justice. that decide that goes to the european court ofjustice. that doesn't mean it will be indefinite? we don't have the unilateral right to leave the customs union and if the eu wants to keep us in and if we cannot agree and if both parties cannot agree to leave then we are stuck in it for ever. if, if. backstop will be indefinite, that is not true. laughter but it's not. it means that if we cannot convince the eu... a lot of ifs. if you look at our record, we have not been able to commence the eu are very much at all so they have played us like a fool. that is the message coming out today and he is saying that it's a real risk that this will happen but in the attorney general's mind this is a risk worth taking. 0k. jessica. the distinction

of the attorney general is trying to make is that the backstop could be indefinite if we never come to an agreement with the eu through this joint committee, that we have an a cce pta ble joint committee, that we have an acceptable alternative to it. what he then tries to draw the distinction is that politically which is almost... lawyers don't like this but this is just as important as legally, politically it is whether there is the will to leave the backstop and what he is arguing and you can take exception to this or not, politically the eu do not want us to be in the backstop for ever and we don't want to be in this for ever and so even if legally we could be, politically it doesn't look like we will be. that is the crucial thing. the difference between code and will. and that is what could and possibly will leave theresa may without the victory that she needs next week. people are suggesting. yes, what fights will

say and also some remain mps will say and also some remain mps will say —— say and also some remain mps will say — — what say and also some remain mps will say —— what brexiteers will say and also some remain mps will also say, that the eu backstop isjust as uncomfortable... just as comfortable for the eu as it is for us, and they say they have not seen much evidence of this, the brexiteer mps, we had the exchange between jacob of this, the brexiteer mps, we had the exchange betweenjacob rees—mogg and ollie robins and the new brexit secretary stephen barclay this morning, with exactly this conversation, and stephen barclay was trying to convince jacob rees—mogg that it will be just as uncomfortable for the eu and that is why we won't be in it permanently and jacob rees—mogg said he not seeing any evidence of that and he

says it will only be uncomfortable for the uk. but the eu does not want a non—member getting access to the single market and being at the customs union, so on that simple measure it would be uncomfortable for the eu? yes, the backstop, the eu does not want businesses in northern ireland to know about this, but this puts businesses in the north in a very competitive position compared to the south. why would you moves to —— move manufacturing over? it puts them in a very good position, so it does divide the four freedoms which is the thing the eu says they don't want, but politically the backstop is very tricky for the eu and that is the argument ollie robins will use as they will not want to keep us in it for any longer, but it depends if you buy that. clearly the people on the front of the independent are

clear that they do not buy it. chaco myrna, —— chaco the likes of caroline lucas and others. i'll be getting closer potentially if theresa may loses the vote next week, to a peoples right? —— are we. vote next week, to a peoples right? -- are we. if she loses next week it is very difficult to tell what will happen and anyone who says what they —— who happen and anyone who says what they — — who says happen and anyone who says what they —— who says they know what is going to happen is lying, it is very murky and probably anything could happen. the thing about the people's vote is billed as something that will bring us together, but i don't see that happening. that seems to be the strategy they are falling on, this will heal the wounds. strategy they are falling on, this will heal the woundslj strategy they are falling on, this will heal the wounds. i don't quite see that. if you look at polls,

signatures isi see that. if you look at polls, signatures is 1 million see that. if you look at polls, signatures isi million signatures, but we had a massive vote where many people voted for remain and many more voted for brexit, and so if you compare the numbers it is not much, but they are looking at certain polls which people are trying to ta ke polls which people are trying to take hope from, but the pulp which just came out a few minutes ago where the latest figures shows the support for uk remaining a full memberof the eu, support for uk remaining a full member of the eu, 44%, for, 45% against. the next one, second referendum, 40% for, 50% against, so polls will be like this, you will often find a poll which either side can take comfort from it but it is what happens when you actually go to vote. don't lie to me when you try to tell me what you think will happen next week. the favourite game in westminster is to war game every single possible scenario, what if she loses by 100 votes, will she

have to go straightaway? what if she only loses by 50 votes? can she go back to brussels and make a few changes to the political declaration? can she bring some labour mps that time around? will the labour front bench change their opinion? will theresa may resign under those circumstances? she says she won't deliver a second referendum. it is impossible to tell what will happen over the next ten days. we will now go to the telegraph. old people pumping iron. elderly should try weightlifting. jessica? i'm the oldest person here. i get down the gym now and again. surely weightlifting should be for anyone who can do it. it keeps you fit. i don't see why not. if that is the sort of thing they are

recommending, it is not something i can imagine my grandparents doing. one of them is coming up to 92 and the other one is nearly 98. wow. they are in reasonable health. maybe this is something i should recommend to them. what is the story? pensioners should be prescribed weightlifting and protein powders to help their health. this is research in the university of dublin recommending this, amongst a series of recommendations in ways people can of recommendations in ways people ca n reverse of recommendations in ways people can reverse ageing or help them avoid accidents in their old age, but this is an eye—catching recommendation. do you fancy that when you are 90? yes. this is a nice way of talking about it because we hear so much about, the ageing society and the problems that come with it, but this is also a good

news story, people are living longer. i never met my grandfathers, it was considered normal in bangladesh when they died in their 60s. bangladesh when they died in their 605. it bangladesh when they died in their 60s. it is good that we are trying to find this way of keeping our elderly healthy and that is really important and more research and studies are coming out saying what they need to do to look after themselves. right, 0k. maybe some bench presses between the three of us! you will be back at 1130. that's it for the papers this hour. the headlines are coming up. we have starry skies in many parts of the country, it will be a colder night than last night. a few showers

coming off the irish sea and they will fade away, shower is going to the north—west, brushing northern ireland and into western scotland, bringing the risk of icy patches, because we have the frost already and that develops more widely, and even further south we might have a pinch of frost, colder than it was last night. lowest temperatures are likely to be in eastern scotland, -6, likely to be in eastern scotland, —6, and if you miss —— and a few mist patches. cloud amounts will increase, sunshine turning hazy and thenit increase, sunshine turning hazy and then it clouds over in the south west wales, and later northern ireland, far south—west of england getting a bit of rain towards the end of the afternoon. temperature struggling, a bit colder than today across wales and the midlands and the south, and we have wet weather pushing its way north into the colder air on wednesday. this is bbc news. the headlines: as critical international talks begin, sir david attenborough warns

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