you're watching bbc news at 9 with me rebecca jones. the headlines at 9. "the moment of crisis has come" — david attenborough tells the bbc efforts to tackle climate change need to happen now as global temperatures reach an all

time high. this is an urgent problem that has to be solved. and what is more, we know how to do it. that is the paradoxical thing, that we are refusing to take steps we know have to be taken. those comments from sir david attenborough come as the bbc launches a year of special coverage on climate change. prince harry will make his first public appearance since he and his wife meghan announced they'll be "stepping back" from their roles as senior royals. the nhs demands gambling companies take urgent action to tackle addiction and its effects on people's mental health. an aide to donald trump's lawyer claims the president "knew exactly what was going on" when ukraine was pressured to investigate his democratic rival. and in sport... why children in scotland

are to be banned from heading footballs. good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9. the naturalist and broadcaster sir david attenborough has given a new warning about climate change, telling the bbc — "the moment of crisis has come". in an exclusive interview to mark the start of the bbc‘s our planet matters series, sir david called on governments to do more to tackle the threat before it's too late. here's our science editor, david shuckman. the moment of crisis has come. we can no longer prevaricate. as i speak, southeast australia is on fire. why?

because the temperatures of the earth are increasing. that is a major international catastrophe. and to say, oh, it's nothing to do with the climate, is palpably nonsense. and who has been affecting the climate? we have. we know that perfectly well. so that we have to realise that this is not playing games. this is notjust having nice little debates and arguments and coming away with a compromise. this is an urgent problem that has to be solved. and what is more, we know how to do it. that is the paradoxical thing. we are refusing to take steps that we know have to be taken and, every year that passes makes those steps more difficult to achieve. what is your take on the degree of urgency that needs to be felt now? we have to change and we have to change not by appeals to different kinds of optimism,

but to deliberate, compelling, life—or—death decisions. and so where on the bigger scale are these decisions needed to come next? answer — china. china is the most populous country in the world and it is also having problems. it is also having problems with its climate. if the chinese come and say not because we are worried about the world, but for our own reasons we are going to take major steps to curb our... because our climate is changing. we are going to do it. that would be the big change that would happen. from your observations and travels, what is your sense about whether people understand the importance to their own lives of the functioning of the natural world?

the natural world is not just an inanimate object from which you can plunder riches and plunderfood and which is whatever you require. we actually depend upon the natural world for every breath of air we take and every mouthful of food that we eat. that may sound extreme, but if you have the basic understanding of the way the world works, the natural world, you know that we breathe oxygen and that oxygen isn't renewed automatically, it comes from plants. and if you wreck the oceans and knock down the forests, you reduce the amount of oxygen there is in the atmosphere for us to breathe. we depend upon the oceans more and more. as the human population increases, we cannot afford to eat in the way that we have. because we can't grow enough to do that. if we are going to exploit the earth in the way we need to do in order to get food, the way to do that is to produce vegetable

food. the steps that have taken place in this country in the past decade have been extraordinary. many people would never have predicted them. there has been a huge change in public opinion. people can see the problem, particularly young people can see the problem. that must force governments to take action. the nations of the world, particularly young people in the nations of the world, can see the writing on the wall more clearly than perhaps older people who are set in their ways and set in their opinions and do not want to shift and for whom it is easier to say, don't worry about that. it'll happen. that no longer holds. young people realise that is not the case. there are serious problems facing us unless we change our ways. and for that we must thank the younger generation that is coming along, because my generation has made a mess

of it. and we'll be talking to david shukman our science editor — at quarter past nine. the bbc news channel will be in glasgow tomorrow, focusing on climate change. we want to put your questions on this complex issue to our experts. you can do so on twitter using the hashtag #bbcyourquestions and you can email us on yourquestions@bbc.co.uk. please remember to leave your name and where you are from. prince harry will make his first public appearance this morning since he and his wife meghan announced they will be "stepping back" from their roles as senior royals. the duke of sussex will conduct the draw for the 2021 rugby league world cup and, in his role as patron of the sport, will launch a new mental fitness charter to run alongside the competition. jon donnison has more. prince harry, seen here at the challenge cup final last summer,

is patron of the rugby football league. today his first public appearance since he and his wife announced they want to step back from their roles as senior royals will be to host the draws for the rugby league world cup, to be held in england in 2021. rugby league isn'tjust a sport, it's a community. in the run—up to the tournament, harry is launching a charter to look at mental health within the sport. something like the mentalfitness charter will help us make real progress in getting rid of the stigma associated with mental illness, and remind people that it is not just about being physically fit, but, more importantly, mentally strong. so prince harry is not stepping back from a public role just yet. he also appeared in an invictus games video, released last night. but how much of this kind of thing the sussexes will be doing in the future remains unclear.

meghan is now in canada, where she was photographed at a local women's centre. it might provide some respite from the headlines at home and questions over whether the duchess‘s father might testify against her in her lawsuit against the mail on sunday. prince harry is expected to join his wife in canada next week. jon donnison, bbc news. our royal ccorrespondent sarah campbell is outside buckingham palace for us. i wonder will this be the last public engagement that we see prince harry in doing for while, at least? the simple answer is we do not know. all we have been told from the palace, because there was talk before today would prince harry be jetting back to canada where meghan is now, and archie, would he go straight from here? we know that is

not the case because we have been told there are meetings in his diary for the early part of next week, but there are no other public engagements in the public royal diary. so that could be it for at least some time and that is one question people will be asking as they watch harry carry out this royal engagement later today, because this is what he has been doing the past few years, representing the royal family. doing the past few years, representing the royalfamily. being in charge of one of his organisations as patron. the question is how much longer will he be doing this because this has been a tumultuous week for him and meghan and the royal family. a tumultuous week for him and meghan and the royalfamily. it a tumultuous week for him and meghan and the royal family. it was only last wednesday they dropped the shock announcement they were stepping back from royal duties. then there was the summit at sandringham on monday, and the queen's personal statement issued afterwards, basically saying she wished they had not wanted to step

back from royal life, but she accepted that decision and understood the reasons why. yesterday, we had the news meghan markle‘s father thomas may testify in court against her in her ongoing privacy case against the mail on sunday. so nothing over the past week seems back to normal in royal terms. but that is what people will be thinking about as they watch harry doing this draw for the rugby world cup. will he remain patron of organisations like this, and, if so, how will it work if he is spending a considerable amount of time based in canada and also based here? and behind—the—scenes, those discussions are taking place behind palace doors as to what exactly harry and meghan‘s future role will be. as to what exactly harry and meghan's future role will be. still many unanswered questions, as you say.

ministers from five countries that lost citizens when a ukrainian passenger plane was shot down over iran are meeting in london today. the representatives from canada, ukraine, sweden, afghanistan and britain, will demand a transparent investigation, accountability, and financial compensation for the victims‘ families. meanwhile, investigators from canada have arrived in tehran tojoin the inquiry, and said that iran so far is showing signs of cooperating with the visiting authorities. our correspondent martin patience joins us from the lebanese capital. how much access do we understand the investigators are getting? according to canada's transport minister, two investigators, a team visited the crash site yesterday. we understand the iranian authorities allowed them to examine some wreckage from the

plane crash. according to reports, canadian officials say the iranian authorities have told them they will have access to the flight recorders, the black boxes, of this flight. canada is clearly getting some access, however the canadians want to keep up the pressure. one canadian official said canada will get to the bottom of this. clearly canada believes that tehran, the iranian authorities, were not forthcoming in the initial days and they believe by maintaining pressure with support of other countries, they may get the exact truth of exactly what happened to that airlinera exactly what happened to that airliner a week ago. thank you. the head of nhs mental health services in england has demanded urgent action from the gambling industry to reduce the number of people becoming addicted. claire murdoch says incentives such as free bets and tickets should be banned to stop what she calls

the "vicious gambling cycle". the industry says it's determined to make gambling safer. it's thought there are about 430,000 people with a serious betting problem in the uk. a total of 14 nhs clinics for treating gambling addiction have been planned in england, with the first one in london also offering help for children from the age of 13. speaking on bbc radio 4 this morning, ms murdoch outlined her main concerns. this industry, which by the way invest more than eli; billion a year in advertising alone, and which helps it generate its £14 billion profit, invests amongst other things in aggressive advertising, the use of social media. when you've got problem gamblers who are trying to stop gambling, it becomes really difficult for them to get away from it. so there are things like free bets.

i'm calling upon the industry, for example, to stop taking bets by credit cards, which allow people to build up debt. i want them to stop targeting loss—making customers, who i am told are called vips, which, if that's true, is cynical beyond belief. they target those loss—making customers by offering them hospitality, inviting them to events, sending them a free bet. and of course we saw last week incredibly poor practice around having to bet to view, if you are a punter who wants to see your team play you had to open an account or place a bet to what your heroes play. that is ahead of nhs mental in england. alex macey is a former police officer whose gambling addiction cost him £250,000. he joins us from weymouth. we are grateful and thanks for

coming to talk to us. can you tell me about what happened to you. most of my adult life was spent in a spiral of gambling addiction and harm. andi spiral of gambling addiction and harm. and i guess it was a mask really and escapism from underlying issues existing in my life. probably a depression that was undiagnosed and anxiety. i think it is important that we have this message on the nhs because this gambling it is thought is inherently linked to mental illnesses and a lot of people have extreme mental illnesses, more extreme mental illnesses, more extreme than i. by default it should be considered as a mental health condition that is linked to disordered gambling. was it your experience of being targeted in some of the ways claire murdoch just described, did it

sound familiar? absolutely. i have looked back at my gambling history and i can see there isa gambling history and i can see there is a bombardment of adverts and text m essa 9 es is a bombardment of adverts and text messages that you cannot escape, even when you try your best to come out of that spiral. for others, other people have spent massive amounts more than i have, which has not only resulted in massive hardship for them but resulted in crime. and if you get people committing crime to fund gambling and theirare no committing crime to fund gambling and their are no checks made and no basic money—laundering checks being made and people are ending up in prison for this, i'm scratching my head to wonder where is the accountability on the companies involved? if accountability on the companies involved ? if people accountability on the companies involved? if people are going to prison, fair enough they are holding their hands up, i did wrong. but that money stays on the books of gambling companies and this

is something i am wanting to look into. the betting and gambling council said its take —— my it takes responsibility to customers seriously. what do you want them to do? i want them to look at the basics. unfortunately, the gambling commission do not seem to have been proactive in sorting this mess out. we are asking the gambling companies to look at the harmful measures such as vip exploitation. vip, to rich people happy to lose their money and can people happy to lose their money and ca n recover people happy to lose their money and can recover the next day. things like —— reverse withdrawals encourage people to spend more than they should do. let's look at the basics. i know there is a debate that if we tackle the industry to

hard, we may see unregulated companies coming in. we have to tackle the unregulated market and make sure they are blocked off from coming to this country also. make sure they are blocked off from coming to this country alsolj suppose coming to this country also.” suppose these companies want to make money. how confident are you they will make the kinds of changes you wa nt to will make the kinds of changes you want to see without it being necessary actually for it to be regulated and legislated?” necessary actually for it to be regulated and legislated? i think we have come to a tipping point where there is so much attention on this issue. so they have to come on board, they know that. i will happily work with them and so will others to try to achieve these basic aims. otherwise, we will have this ha rd aims. otherwise, we will have this hard regulation, because the exploitation and suffering has to end. let's hope the right things can be done and we can work together and achieve those common aims. alex macy, thank you.

the headlines on bbc news. david attenborough tells the bbc efforts to tackle climate change need to happen now as global temperatures reach an all time high. prince harry will make his first public appearance since he and his wife meghan announced they'll be "stepping back" from their roles as senior royals. the nhs is demanding gambling companies take urgent action to tackle addiction and its effects on people's mental health by banning incentive like free bets. russia's parliament will vote on whether to approve the new candidate to become prime minister after the country's entire government resigned. and in sport the third test between england and south africa is and joe root won the task. sibley and crawley open the batting and england we re crawley open the batting and england were without loss. manchester

united are through to the fourth round of the fa cup after beating wolves i—0. marcus rashford went off injured. british tennis player liam broady describes an e—mail sent to players aboutair describes an e—mail sent to players about air quality at the australian open asa about air quality at the australian open as a slap in the face. more on that in about 20 minutes. let's get more now on that warning from the naturalist and broadcaster, sir david attenborough , who said "the moment of crisis has come" in efforts to tackle climate change. in an exclusive interview with our science editor david shukman, to mark the start of the bbc‘s ‘our planet matters' series, he praised the efforts of young people and called on governments to do more. and david shukmanjoins me now. i know you have spent a lot of time with david attenborough. what struck me from your interview was

he sounded exasperated, is that fair? that is right. we have heard him speak about this subject before and he has made documentaries about it and addressed the united nations on the need for urgency in tackling climate change. but this time i think you hear a different tone of frustration with the fact that the science is becoming clearer about the need for action and what steps should be taken, there is clamour from the streets and particularly young people, louder and louder, demanding action. at the same time, absolutely stultifying lack of progress internationally in negotiations hosted by the un. put that together and you are right, he is exasperated. the answers are clear, the motivation is clear, the a nswer clear, the motivation is clear, the answer is not happening.” clear, the motivation is clear, the answer is not happening. i pick up on your phrase about young people because that was the other thing that struck me, that he almost feels embarrassed this happened on his

watch. i was reflecting on the length of his career and for along while presumably, climate change was not an issue. definitely, although some scientists in the 70s and particularly 80s started to raise concerns about it, perhaps arguably it took longerfor sir concerns about it, perhaps arguably it took longer for sir david and other programme makers to engage with the subject. i think he feels acutely that throughout most of his life, he was not considering the effects of our lifestyles, how human activity is affecting the climate, whether in the loss of natural habitat as forests are chopped down to make way for farmland to grow our food, or the use of fossil fuels, heating the planet. in the past 15 yea rs i heating the planet. in the past 15 years i think he has definitely engaged with this more and more vociferously and we are seeing evidence of that now. he is calling on governments to do more. what needs to be done? the question. it

is and for some time now but particularly the past 18 months or so, scientists, the un climate panel, have laid out the options that need to happen. if you want to avoid, they say, the worst effects of global warming, a rise of above 1.5 degrees compared to the preindustrial level, we have warmed 1 degrees compare to that period. they say another half degree and you bump intoa they say another half degree and you bump into a safety limit and beyond that all kinds of dangerous effects will intensify. they are saying the way to avoid that, and it is possible although difficult, is for emissions of gases heating the planet to be basically halved in the next ten years. that is an enormous challenge if you think about how we use fossil fuels, all challenge if you think about how we use fossilfuels, all our challenge if you think about how we use fossil fuels, all our activities contribute to the problem. but that is what science has laid out, a tight timetable. at the moment, we are not heading in the right

direction and emissions are going up, not down. people are looking to a crucial event towards the end of this year, a un summit in glasgow on uk soil, where heads of state and governments from around the world will gather. that is seen as a chance to try to persuade governments to come up with tougher targets, to actually enshrine and make promises that they will reduce emissions dramatically and rapidly. and if you like to turn the tide on the direction in which climate change is going. but we will have to see if that happens. sir david attenborough has given the interview to mark the start of an ambitious series on the bbc to mark climate change. are you able to give us a sense of what that will involve? an incredible array of programmes on television and radio, on the web, and we are in use will offer a range of coverage. my colleague is in

antarctica right now, the first journalist to visit a glacier that scientists are worried about and is showing signs of melting. a great programme through the course of the year running up to the summit in glasgow. which means we will be talking to you again. thanks. parliament in russia is due to vote on whether to approve mikhail mishustin — a relatively unknown technocrat — as prime minister, following the surprise resignation of dmitry medvedev. the entire russian cabinet stepped down on wednesday after president vladimir putin set out constitutional changes that could prolong his hold on power. with me now is our moscow correspondent sarah rainsford. are these changes designed to keep president putin in power? that is certainly how commentators here see this. they are calling it part of or the start of the transition and that

means that vladimir putin has to step down as president in 202a. he will have been wondering for a long time how he plans to do that because nobody expects him to disappear from the political scene. the expectation is he wants to remain the real power in the land. there are hints about how he might do that in the constitutional reforms. it is spreading the power a little more among the key institutions, removing some powers from the presidency and slightly increasing the powers of parliament in how the prime minister is appointed. what is critical to watch is it is beefing up a body called the state council which vladimir putin already heads. at the moment it does not do a lot, just consultations, but in future that body could be more powerful and may be the way, the vehicle through which mr putin decides in future to carry on holding power in some form in russia. the russian parliament is

due to hold this session later, i think within the next hour or two in which mps will vote whether to accept or reject the new prime minister. is one to assume it will be part? yes, we know that for a fa ct be part? yes, we know that for a fact because we have seen from the videos posted by the parliament today that the new candidate per macro prime minister has been visiting all the party factions in parliament and they have been expressing their support for him. only the communists are planning on abstaining from voting, but there is abstaining from voting, but there is a majority of pro—kremlin parties and they have already said they will support him. what was shocking yesterday was not so much the constitutional changes but the fact the prime minister stepped down with no one seeing that coming. we think he did not see it coming. what is happening is a technocrat is being appointed in his place and i think thatis appointed in his place and i think that is partly about addressing

concerns people have in russia about economic and social problems and i think mr putin wants to be seen to be addressing those problems, changing focus from the international agenda to the domestic one and that part of his bigger plan to stay in power. thank you. the us house of representatives has passed a resolution to submit articles of impeachment against president donald trump to the senate for a trial. the resolution passed largely along party lines by 228 votes to 193. house speaker nancy pelosi signed copies of the articles alongside the team of democratic lawmakers who will prosecute the case against mrtrump. in a separate development, an associate of rudy guiliani — mr trump's personal lawyer — has accused the president of lying about what he knew of his administration's dealings with ukraine.

in a tv interview, lev parnas said mr trump knew that military aid would be withheld from ukraine unless it investigated joe biden — a potential rival in this year's presidential campaign. mr parnas, who is facing separate criminal charges, said mr giuliani was never investigating corruption in ukraine. instead, the intention was to damage mr biden. the president denies the allegations. here's what mr parnas told rachel maddow on msnbc when asked what the main innacuracy was coming out of the white house. that the president didn't know what was going on... president trump knew exactly what was going on. he was aware of all of my movements. i wouldn't do anything without the consent of rudy giuliani or the president. i have no intent, i have no reason to speak to any of these officials.

i mean, they have no reason to speak to me. why would president zelensky‘s inner circle or minister avakov or these people, or president poroshenko meet with me? who am i? let's just catch up with all of the weather now with carol. good morning. good morning, and good morning. good morning, and good morning to you at home. it has been a wet start for some of us and if you haven't had the rain yet, it will come your way before the end of the day. a weather front heading east and another heading north across scotland. one look at the isobars tells you it will be windy wherever you are. the strongest winds at the moment across parts of the north, the western parts of the south but later, the wind will pick up south but later, the wind will pick up further east as this rain starts to arrive. the strongest winds will a lwa ys to arrive. the strongest winds will always be in the west, looking at gales, particularly wales and south—west england. more than that, severe gales with exposure and also on the hills. temperatures into about 13 degrees but feeling cooler in the wind. that system moves northwards, so we will have

gales tonight across the north of scotland. rain clears away across the south—east and then showers, some heavy and thundery with some hailand some heavy and thundery with some hail and tomorrow is just that, a mixture of sunny spells and showers, some heavy and thundery with hail and some hills now and feeling cooler.

hello, this is bbc news with rebecca jones. the headlines... "the moment of crisis has come." david attenborough tells the bbc efforts to tackle climate change need to happen now as global temperatures reach an all—time high. prince harry will make his first public appearance since he and his wife meghan announced they'll be "stepping back" from their roles as senior royals. the nhs demands gambling companies take urgent action to tackle addiction and its effects on people's mental health. an aide to donald trump's lawyer claims the president "knew exactly what was going on" when ukraine

was pressured to investigate his democratic rival. cameras will be allowed to film in crown courts in england and wales and wales for the first time, meaning high—profile cases can be watched on tv and online. time now for the morning briefing, where we bring you up to speed on the stories people are watching, reading and sharing. let's have a look at what's on this morning's list of google trends, the tool which shows what you've been searching for this morning. as you can see, there's a lot of sport on there. england have just started the third test against south africa, and there's a bbc article there about cricket and love island. this yea r‘s contestants are in cape town, and bowler mark wood has admitted that members of the cricket team are fans of the show.

at number five on the trending list is ant mcpartlin of ant and dec. it's reported that the tv presenter has agreed to hand more than half of his £50 million forturne to his ex—wife, the make—up artist lisa armstrong, according to reports in several tabloid newspapers today. the sun's dan wootton broke the news late last night. the newspaper says that it's one of the biggest celebrity divorce settlements in british history. but lisa denied the claims on twitter, writing... now for some good social media news. a second—hand book shop in hampshire has been inundated with orders, after a tweet about not making a single sale one day went viral. petersfield book shop tweeted a picture of their store on tuesday with the caption...

nearly 16,000 people retweeted it — including the author neil gaiman — which resulted in more than 300 messages and 95 orders overnight. they posted another picture of the orders received, writing... now, spectacles on, let's have a look at what you are watching on the bbc website. no—one is this story about unseen footage from david bowie. it has been released by de university in leicester and it has come from there archive —— de montfort. it is footage shot by a

friend and we might be able to see some to whet your appetite. it is the first time it has been seen for 21 yea rs the first time it has been seen for 21 years and that is proving extremely popular on their website. the second most popular story, stu d e nts the second most popular story, students escape gym as micro burst tea rs students escape gym as micro burst tears down wall. this is cctv footage of a primary school in north carolina which shows students running to safety as a micro burst, look at that, rips through the gymnasium. low battery, sorry, need to plug it in! micro burst, in case you are wondering, are wind surges that move in straight lines. well worth watching that, i won't play it any more encase the phone really does die. but there you go, it gives a flavour. that's it for today's morning briefing. victoria derbyshire now with what she's got coming up in her

programme at ten: , we have been putting things off. we have been putting things off year after year. we have been raising targets and saying, oh, well, if we do it within the next 20 years or if we do it... the moment of crisis has come. we can no longer prevaricate. we will also talk to the founder of the animal rights organisation peta, who says you can't be a meat—eating environmentalist. is she right? plus, if your child plays football and you live in scotland, soon they will be banned from heading the ball. do you back that decision? also reaction to nhs chiefs demanding urgent action by the gambling industry to reduce the number of people becoming addicts. join us live at ten on bbc two, the bbc news channel and online. sport now and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's sally.

good morning. a ban on children heading footballs could come into force in just a few weeks in scotland because of fears of a link between head injuries and dementia. the scottish fa could announce the ban on under—12s heading the ball soon, after it highlighted a report that said former players are more at risk of dying from the disease. our sports correspondent chris mclaughlin has more. commentator: as usual, billy mcneill will be up for this. there's mcneill, it's a goal! billy mcneill scoring for celtic in 1969 typically with a header. commentator: brilliantly taken by mcneill. the club's former captain and manager died last year after suffering from dementia. this just months before a study revealed former players are 3.5 times more likely to die of the disease. they've been discussing the issue here at the national stadium for months, and although there's no firm evidence linking heading a ball to dementia, the scottish fa are taking no chances and children under the age of 12 will be banned

from heading in training. we need to take some sensible, pragmatic steps at the moment and that's largely going to be to try to reduce the overall burden, the overall number of times that you players head, and heading in training is much more common than in matches. kyle mcculloch does one—to—one youth coaching. he's also coached in the us, where a ban on children heading the ball has been in place since 2015. they see players like ronaldo on tv scoring wonderful goals with his head. i think that might be the problem here — how we try and un—coach them. there has been some serious situations where players have lost their lives, ex—legends and players have gone on to get dementia and things like this. so i'm glad the sfa are leading the rest of football and doing something like this, because it's very, very important. chris mclaughlin, bbc news. manchester united's1—0 win over

wolves in the fa cup was marred by an injury to marcus rashford. juan mata's goal was all that separated the teams and enough to secure a trip to watford or tranmere in round four. but with a visit to anfield coming up on sunday, united fans would have been concerned to see rashford only last 16 minutes as a substitute before going off with a back injury. united manager ole gunnar solskajer admits the decision to bring on rashford turned out to be a mistake. yeah, that backfired but you've got to go for them once in a while and it seems like he's got a knock there and he couldn't run, so let's test him the next couple of days. hopefully ok for sunday, i don't know. let's have a look at some of this morning's back pages and it's that win for united that features heavily. "juan and only" is what the mirror has gone with. the mail features marcus rashford's injury but leads on a potential

premier league inquiry into the how everton are handling a potential naming rights deal for their new stadium. and, in the times, it says mark cavendish's tokyo gold medal hopes have been dashed after he was left out of the track cycling team for this month's world cup. british tennis player liam broady has described an email sent to players about air quality at the australian open as a "slap in the face." in a post on twitter, broady says it "boils his blood" to think he was made to play a qualifying match on tuesday. the player goes on to question whether conditons were healthy at a time when people were being warned to keep animals indoors. the third test between england and south africa is underway in port elizabeth. the four—test series is finely poised at 1—1 and joe root‘s side have won the toss and chosen to bat. dom sibley and zak crawley have opened the batting and, a few moments ago, england were 50 without loss.

earlier, captainjoe root confirmed thatjofra archer was not fit enough to play as he is still recovering from an elbow problem. you can follow england as progress via the cricket social on 5 live sports extra. former england coach paul farbrace is among the guests following the action. that is all for now. the headlines on bbc news... david attenborough tells the bbc efforts to tackle climate change need to happen now as global temperatures reach an all time high. prince harry will make his first public appearance since he and his wife meghan announced they'll be "stepping back" from their roles as senior royals. the nhs is demanding gambling companies take urgent action to tackle addiction and its effects on people's mental health by banning incentive like free

bets. just want to bring you some news from our home affairs correspondent danny shaw that the number of people cautioned or convicted for carrying knives in england and wales has reached record highs. in the 12 months to the end of september last year, 14,135 offences of knife possession were dealt with by police and the courts. now, that is the highest number since the figures we re highest number since the figures were first compiled in 2009. we will bring you more on that as we get it. for the first time, tv cameras are to be allowed to film in crown courts in england and wales. it means that sentencing remarks in serious high—profile cases can be seen on tv and online. our legal correspondent clive coleman reports. this is a moment of history. this is the first time that we've been allowed to broadcast television

pictures in court number one in the old bailey, the most famous criminal court in the world. it's here that people like the kray twins, ruth ellis, the last woman to be hanged in britain, the wartime traitor lord haw—haw and the yorkshire ripper, peter sutcliffe, were tried and sentenced. but when they were sentenced, the only members of the public got the only members of the public who got to see it with a few people sitting up there in the public gallery. to see it were the few people sitting up there in the public gallery. new laws will allow television cameras to film judges' sentencing remarks in murder, terrorism and other serious high—profile cases. it's a radical extension to the operation of open justice and has been welcomed by thejudiciary. there are two reasons, i think. the first is that it's important that the justice system, what happens in our courts, is as transparent as it is possible and is consistent with the interests ofjustice. and the second is that it aids public understanding of what the courts are doing. the new measures will apply to crown

courts in england and wales. filming in the scottish courts has been allowed since 1992, subject to strict conditions. you may stay seated. you were convicted after trial of the murder of margaret fleming... so is there an unequivocal welcome fulfilment judges passing sentence? ——so is there an unequivocal welcome forfilming of judges passing sentence? if the public see their face in the living room and are able to identify them more readily, they are, unfortunately, more likely, we think, to be personally attacked and possibly details published about them which shouldn't be. the change in the law doesn't mean that television and online audiences will experience the full drama and turbulence of a criminal trial. like that in america's 1995 trial of oj simpson for the murder of his ex—wife nicole and her friend ron goldman. we the jury in the above entitled action find the defendant orenthaljames simpson not guilty of the crime of murder.

victims, witnesses, lawyers, jurors, none of those will be seen. but it does mean that, for the first time, millions of viewers will get to see and hear the sentencing remarks ofjudges in some of the most serious criminal cases that come before the courts. clive coleman, bbc news. when a lorry driver on the m1 saw a car crash and burst into flames, he rushed to the driver's aid and pulled her from the burning wreckage. 30 seconds later, the car exploded. yesterday, john was rewarded for his bravery, and earlier both he and pari mistry, the woman whose life he saved, spoke to bbc breakfast. iamon iam on my i am on my way back up north to find somewhere to sleep, i've got an hour left on my 15 hours. the traffic to my city matrix, up, the traffic is backing up, i moved into the left

hand lane and this car in front of me literally explodes. this car has hit it from nowhere, the car sort of lifts up, spins two or three times and then goes back up onto the floor and then goes back up onto the floor and itjust and then goes back up onto the floor and it just into and then goes back up onto the floor and itjust into flames. we are looking at the pictures, so explain to us, several of the car is drawing to us, several of the car is drawing toa to us, several of the car is drawing to a halt. this is from your dash cam we are watching and that is you running towards the fire. that's right, when i arrive at the door, it opens quite easily because it's been hit from the back and there is pari and, luckily, she is in the foetal position. she is looking at me with her knees tucked under her chin. i struggled with the seat belt for a second or two, knowing i've only got seconds before the thing goes up and out she comes, see. i don't really remember much but i wasjust driving home from work, just a regular day andl home from work, just a regular day and i had a massive accident and,

luckily, john was there to save my life and, yeah, just, i remember being on the pavement and i wasjust cold, i was a bit confused. i couldn't really talk much and, yeah, the memories after that were just critical care four days after that. ijust realised i was bowled and i had this massive accident. talking to bbc breakfast about that incredible story. seismologists in the philippines are continuing to warn of a possibility of a hazardous eruption at taal volcano despite a reduction of activity. seismologists in the philippines are continuing to warn of a possibility of a hazardous eruption at taal volcano despite a reduction of activity. they say eruptions have waned to emissions of steam and ash plumes. it s now been five days since the volcano, around 70

kilometres south of the philippine capital manila, began erupting. a little bit of a relief for the firefighters battling the bushfires in australia. rain has fallen on parts of south eastern australia. up to 80 millimetres of it in some parts of new south wales and its expected to continue towards the weekend. the hope is for slow, steady and substantial rainfall across all the fire affected areas. here's sydney correspondent shaimaa khalil with the latest. up up until just three up untiljust three days ago, some of the trees around me were still smouldering, still had a little bit of smoke around here and some were actually on fire. bushfires have a lwa ys actually on fire. bushfires have always been a story of the australian summer, but almost everybody i've spoken to here have they have never seen anything on this scale and most of them are

linking this to climate change. they are saying something is different, this is just not normal. it started early, it is relentless and the scale of it is just really huge. the bureau of meteorology has confirmed 2019 has been the hottest and driest year on record in australia and we are already seeing the effects of that for the last few weeks or so. so, despite the rain, despite this being a little bit of a brake in the weather with the cooling down, we could still see temperatures rise and these bushfires flare up again. one of the firefighters told it to me quite succinctly, he said we are just at the mercy of things that we have absolutely zero control of. if it gets dry, if the temperatures rise and the wind picks up, you can't control these fires. you can contain them but you can't control them. dozens of injured koalas have arrived at the kangaroo island wildlife park's makeshift animal hospital. the australian government rescue programme is intended to care for those injured in the bushfires that have devasted wildlife.

the australian environment minister has said the country's koala population had taken an "extraordinary hit" as a result of bushfires and warned they could be listed as "endangered" for the first time. fires and floods regularly make the headlines across the world. but what impact do events like these have on our planet s climate? every month, bbc weather will examine the latest data to help give us a guide to the global picture. here s ben rich with climate check. welcome to climate check from bbc weather. every month, we will be using the latest data from experts around the world to give you a picture of the states of our changing climate. so, as we begin the 2020s, what do we know? well, 2019 was the second warmest year on record. according to copernicus, that is the eu's climate monitoring service, continuing what has been an accelerating trend of rising temperatures in recent

years. the average global temperature was 1.2 degrees above pre—industrial levels. close to 400 separate temperature records were broken in the northern hemisphere summer alone, including in the uk, where temperatures reached 38.7 degrees in july, which was also the hottest month ever globally. and temperatures haven't just been rising over land, a new study suggests sea temperatures reached a new record high and that is important. the oceans cover most of the earth's surface and scientists say they absorb 90% of the excess heat caused by an greenhouse gases. one of the key greenhouse gases is carbon dioxide, measured here at mauna loa in hawaii and, in december, the average level was close to 412 parts per million. now, to put that into some context, for a million years, until the start of the industrial revolution, it never climbed above

300. but it has been rising since then more and more quickly in recent years, a sign, scientists say, of the way we live today. warmer air is able to hold more moisture and that means more extreme rainfall. the usa, large parts of south america, the uk and europe all saw severe flooding in 2019 but the east of africa was particularly badly hit, with two huge cyclones, idai and kenneth and then, later in the year, heavier than usual seasonal rains which brought devastating floods too kenya, somalia and tanzania. this was due in part to something called a positive indian ocean dipole, but what is that? well, sea temperatures on the western side of the indian ocean were far higher than normal. warming the air, helping shower clouds to erupt, driving those intense downpours. but on the eastern side of the ocean, sea temperatures were lower than normal,

suppressing rainfall in australia, which, according to its national forecaster, had its hottest, driest year on record. now, these climate stripes have become a popular way of visualising trends in temperatures and these are australia's. they go back to 1910. cooler years showing up in blue, warmer years showing up in these red colours. the hot weather and parched lands gave perfect conditions for the bushfires, which have burned an area equivalent to about 15 million football pitches so far. scientists expect climate change will make these hot, dry years more frequent and more extreme. there were also unprecedented fires in the arctic, which released well over 100 million tonnes of harmful carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. that extra co2 could help to accelerate the rising temperatures, making wildfires even worse in future years. something called a positive feedback loop. scientists say temperatures in the arctic are already climbing twice as quickly as

elsewhere. just look at the impact on sea ice. it's post—summer september minimum was the joint second lowest on record. so what can we expect in 2020? the uk met office predicts global temperatures will again be more than a degree above pre—industrial levels. the first day of the year brought flooding in indonesia thanks to the worst monsoon rains in decades and the australian bushfire season, well, that is far from over. we will be keeping track of the world's weather and climate trends in more additions of climate check throughout 2020. trends in more editions of climate check throughout 2020. the bbc news channel will be in glasgow tomorrow, focussing on climate change. we want to put your questions on this complex issue to our experts. you can do so on twitter using the hashtag #bbcyourquestions and you can email us

on yourquestions@bbc.co.uk. please remember to leave your name and where you are from. you can find out more about our plans for covering climate change in 2020, at bbc.co.uk/news or on the bbc news app. how's the weather forecast. yesterday, a bit of sunshine across many parts of the uk. today, we return to the wet and windy conditions. it has been a fairly decent start to the day, that is in the scottish borders, some moody skies, the burst of sunshine towards eastern areas generally but it is this area of low pressure developing which will move its way in and look at the white lines, the isobars, the pressure pattern. the closer those lines are, the windier the weather. we will see gales around the irish sea coast, particularly so towards wales, the south—west of england, gusting 60, may be 70 mph and the rain spreads eastwards. but it won't reach the far east of england until later on, so staying fine and dry and a south—westerly wind bringing

mild conditions, temperatures 8-12dc. the mild conditions, temperatures 8—12dc. the rain will clear away overnight to be followed by an occluded front. this will bring an enhancement of showers during friday. no showers initially across western areas of england and will move their way eastwards, some sunshine on either side. frequent showers in the north—west of scotla nd showers in the north—west of scotland and northern ireland, they could be wintry of a higher ground. temperatures lower than yesterday, attaining a bit chilly, highs of 6-10. attaining a bit chilly, highs of 6—10. then into the weekend. you may have heard already but it will turn much drier, much sunnier, lighter winds but it will be colder. we will see the return of some frost. seeing what is going on, this area of low pressure slips away towards the south end as it does so, high pressure develops into saturday and that will stick around into sunday as well. lighter winds, that will stick around into sunday as well. lighterwinds, but that will stick around into sunday as well. lighter winds, but we will see one or two showers around northern and western areas of

scotland. for most of us, a dry day on sunday. saturday, should be lots of sunshine, blue skies, it will be quite chilly, temperatures of 6—8 and then, through the night into sunday morning, those temperatures will fall away and they are likely to fall below freezing. so there will be frost around first thing on sunday morning but, once again, just like saturday, they should be plenty of dry and sunny weather around. lighter winds again, perfect weekend after what has been wet and windy so farduring after what has been wet and windy so far during this week. ideal conditions to be out and about. temperatures into the afternoon, they will get up to around six or seven celsius. this more settled speu seven celsius. this more settled spell of weather likely to continue into next week, but, again, there will still be some overnight frosts to contend with. bye—bye.

hello, it's thursday, it's ten o'clock, i'm victoria derbyshire and we're live from new broadcasting house. sir david attenborough is warning that "the moment of crisis has come" and climate change needs to be tackled now. we have been putting things off year after year.

we have been raising targets and saying, oh, well, if we do it within the next 20 years ,or if we do it... the moment of crisis has come. we can no longer prevaricate. we'll talk to the founder of the largest animal rights organisation in the world — peta — which has signed up loads of celebs to its anti—fur campaign and succeeded in getting major retailers to stop stocking angora products because the fur is plucked from live rabbits. —— might use to be plucked. the head of mental health services in england is demanding urgent action to stop the "vicious gambling cycle" and tackle its impact on people's health. i want them to stop targeting loss—making customers, who i am told are called vips, which, if that's true, is cynical beyond belief. they target those loss—making customers by offering them hospitality, inviting them to events, sending them

a free bet.