because they know what the action should be. we know what the problems are, we know how to solve it. why aren't they doing it? and, of course, the answer is, that to do it you've got to get the agreement of the entire human race. no one, at no time in the history have the nations of the world until now, said, ok, well, we're taking rather more of our share and we will retreat a bit and let you have a share, and that kind of unselfishness is not an attitude that has been present in human politics ever, in a worldwide sense. and it's got to come, because if it doesn't we will lose the lot. sir david attenborough, of course. time for a look at the weather. here's darren bett.

good afternoon, it was a cold and frosty start today, but at least we had the sun out for many places and the highest temperatures today are likely to be across western parts of scotland. whilst it is sunny for many of us we have seen some cloud bubbling up a cross eastern side of england and there are a few showers coming in across east anglia, the southeast, at the moment, mainly to the east of london. this was the scene earlier on in norfolk, there is a rainbow in the shot as well. one or two of those showers could be on the sharp side and there is a cool north—easterly breeze filtering them in as well, breezy through the english channel too. winds light, typical temperature is 11—13 . higherfor western parts typical temperature is 11—13 . higher for western parts of scotland and western parts of northern ireland, cooler in the south—east of england where there are showers and those could drift towards hampshire before fading away as the sun goes down. skies will clear overnight. temperatures will fall quickly. we'll get mist and fog later on towards the home counties but like

last night it will be a cold one, we are looking at a frost in many places with temperatures down to “4 or —5 in some rural areas. tomorrow, cold but sunny start for most, the fog should be gone by nine or ten o'clock. we'll see more fair weather cloud bubbling up across england and wales on friday, sunny towards coastal areas and some sunshine for scotland and northern ireland away from the north, that's where we've got some rain in the western isles. otherwise it should be dry and temperatures similar to today. as we head towards the weekend that rain in the western isles doesn't get any further across, that when the front moves away high pressure will block off for the time being more weather systems coming in from the atlantic. it's another chilly start to the weekend but the promise of a dry day with some spells of sunshine, not a bad day at all. it will feel warm when the sun is out, breezy to once western scotland and northern ireland where we will see the cloud coming in and the sunshine a bit more hazy. temperatures could reach 14-15 , more hazy. temperatures could reach

14—15 , near normalfor the more hazy. temperatures could reach 14—15 , near normal for the time of year. the second half of the weekend finally the weather fronts start to make inroads into the north—west of the uk. more cloud on sunday for scotland and northern ireland, in the north—west of scotland and western parts of northern ireland, some patchy light rain. some cloud could push into england and wales but probably through the midlands and eastern england it will be dry and eastern england it will be dry and quite a bit of sunshine here and crucially it will be a bit warmer as well, temperatures reaching 15—16 degrees, much better than we are seeing today and perhaps crucially the signs of some warmer weather for most of us as we head into next week will stop a reminder of stop our top story. the number of people waiting to start hospital treatment in england reaches a record high, of 4.7 million people. that's all from the bbc news at one. of 4.7 million people. it's goodbye from me. of 4.7 million people. on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc�*s news teams where you are.

good afternoon. it's 1.30pm and here's your latest sports news. the british number one dan evans is taking on the world number one novak djokovic in the third round of the monte carlo masters. in what is meant to be the brits least favourite surface he secured a double break in the first set, and despite djokovic levelling at four all, evans took it 6—4. he's 30, evans, but has never played djokovic before. he won his first match on clay in almost four years in the first round, and is in good form, having secured his first atp tour title this year too. great britain have named their team for friday's billiejean king cup play off tie with mexico, what is the revamped fed cup. there's a return for katie boulter in the first match. she suffered a stress fracture in her back the last time she played for britain two years ago. she's been picked ahead of the higher ranked harriet dart.

there's nojohanna konta, so heather watson leads the team. victory would put them through to a one—off qualifier, the winner of which competes in a new—look12—team final in april next year. merseyside police have launched an investigation after a window on real madrid's team bus was smashed as it made its way to anfield before last night's champions lague quarter final against liverpool. hundreds of supporters lined anfield road, with a small minority throwing objects. the club have called the incident "unacceptable and the shameful behaviour" of "a few individuals". as for the game, it finished goalless, meaning liverpool are out of europe having failed to overturn their 3—1 first leg defecit. tonight the focus is on the europa league. arsenal have work to do if they're to reach the semi finals. they're in the czech republic for their second leg against slavia prague, which is delicately poised at 1—1. manchester united, meanwhile, host granada at old trafford. united have a 2—0 advantage heading into the second leg — making them big favourites to reach

the final four, where ajax or roma await. but manager ole gunner solskjaer insists his side won't be complacent. we now know the draw for the first round of this year's world snooker championship, as ronnie o'sullivan begins his quest to win a record—equalling seventh world title. he'll begin the defence of the trophy against debutant markjoyce, who's ranked 46th in the world. elsewhere, uk championship winner neil robertson starts against liang wenbo, while the world number one judd trump will face liam highfield. mark cavendish�*s run of three consecutive stage wins at the tour of turkey has come to an end as the race reached the mountains on stage five. the manx missile, who led the race this morning, will get his next chance at a stage win on stage 7 on saturday. it wasn't going to be a day for the sprinters, with two category one climbs towards the end of the stage. jose manuel diaz of spain won to take the overall lead by four seconds. with fewer than 100 days to go until the tokyo olympics,

adam peaty has given us a taste of what he's capable of. competing at the british olympic selection trials, he won the 100 metre breast stroke with ease. his time of 57.39 seconds was more than a second quicker than anybody else — and he's now recorded the 20 fastest times in the history of the event. scotland will be without captain rachel malcolm for their six nations match against italy this weekend. it's one of four changes made by scotland, with evie gallagher coming in to make herfirst start in place of malcolm. the winners on sunday will go on to meet either france or ireland in a third—fourth place play—off. and ben stokes has been named leading cricketer in the world for the second year in a row by wisden. he's currently injured with a broken finger, ruling him out of the ipl. but there was also a surprise inclusion in the bible of cricket. kent's darren stevens has become the oldest person since 1933 to be named as one of wisden's five cricketers of the year, and the fourth oldest recipient

of all time at 44 years old. that is it from me for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. thanks, john. good afternoon. you are watching bbc news. i'm jane thanks, john. good afternoon. you are watching bbc news. i'mjane hill to take you through the next few hours of our coverage. we are talking a lot about the pandemic and impact on nhs waiting times. we will have more on that end other stories besides. let's start with the situation in brazil. more than a year into the pandemic, deaths in brazil are now at their peak. but what is most shocking in brazil is the number of babies dying from covid—19. since the beginning of the pandemic, 1,300 babies under the age of1 have died from covid—19. with exclusive access to one children's icu

in the northeast of the country, nathalia passarinho has this report. the touch of a hand, a warm voice, but no familiarfaces. with no visits allowed due to the fear of infection, it is doctors and nurses who offer comfort to the children. the hospital staff have bought phones and tablets with their own money so parents can have at least some contact with their children. for now, this is the closest this mother can get to her newborn baby. translation: it has been - an immense challenge working in the icu without any parents being able to visit.

worried, she asked for a covid test. translation: the doctor said, my dear, don't worry. _ there is no need for a covid test. it's probablyjust a minor sore throat. weeks later, lucas' condition worsened. he was finally admitted to an icu, but help came too late. translation: i keep thinking a covid test could have saved my son, - because then he would have received proper treatment. but the doctor simply didn't want to. he just gave a diagnosis off the top of his head. more young children are known to have died of covid—19 in brazil than anywhere else in the world. the death toll for

babies under one is 22 times higher than in the united states. why are there more children dying of covid in brazil than in other parts of the world? translation: we have a serious problem detecting cases. - we don't have enough tests for the general population — even fewerfor children. because there is a delay in the diagnosis, there is a delay in care for the child, so only when they are already seriously ill do we get a diagnosis. the children in this hospital have won their first battle. they were offered an icu bed and proper treatment. but now they must wait, hopefulfor this moment... ..of finally being reunited with their parents. nathalia passarinho, bbc news. the us secretary of state

antony blinken is visiting kabul, where he's been speaking to afghanistan's president, ashraf ghani. the trip comes just hours after president biden announced the withdrawal of the remaining us troops from afghanistan by september 11th. the move leaves millions of afghans facing a deeply divided country. the taliban still control many areas, including parts of balkh province. from there, our correspondent secunder kermani reports. victory, they believe, is theirs. as american troops prepare to leave afghanistan, the taliban promise to create what they call an islamic government. but where does that leave millions of ordinary afghans? we've been given rare access to their territory to find out. early morning, we set off from the northern city of mazar—i—sharif. this province was once one of the most stable. now it's one of the most violent.

we're just around half an hour's drive outside the main city, and already we're in taliban territory. our hosts have put on a show of force. their violent insurgency has cost the lives of tens of thousands of people. through checkpoints like this, the militants assert their authority. where's the government control, then? us troops will be withdrawn later this year. but the fighting here will likely continue. negotiations between the taliban and afghan government have achieved little so far. for the past year, you've not been fighting against the americans, you've been fighting against other afghans, other muslims. haji hekmat is the taliban's shadow mayor in this

part of balkh province. he gives us a tour of the area. one, one, one. one? class one? there are girls. in the 1990s, the taliban banned female education. and in other areas, there are reports they still don't allow older girls to attend school. but here, at least, they're supporting it. the school is funded by the government, but monitored by the taliban. local sources told us the taliban removed art and citizenship studies from the curriculum, adding islamic subjects, but otherwise follow

the national syllabus. the taliban wanted to present us with a positive image. throughout the trip, we were accompanied by them at all times. residents we spoke to at a local bazaar expressed support for the group, saying they brought security, but later, we were told about villagers being slapped for shaving their beards or having stereos smashed for listening to music. many, particularly in afghan cities, fear the taliban want to recreate the repressive islamic emirate of the 1990s. do you think that you did things wrong back then, and would things be different now? there is a diplomatic push for the taliban to agree to a power—sharing agreement. so far, though, the group has shown

little desire to compromise. the price of peace may well mean giving into more of their demands. the headlines on bbc news... david cameron has indicated that he's prepared to give evidence to mps investigating how the government responded when he lobbied ministers on behalf of the collapsed finance company greensill capital. latest figures reveal the total number of people waiting for routine operations and procedures in england is 4.7 million, the highest since modern records began in 2007. surge testing for the south african covid variant is expanded — it's now taking place in parts of smethwick and cape hill in the west midlands as well as four london boroughs — in a bid to halt its spread.

a second wave of coronavirus infections continues to surge in india. 200,000 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours — a daily record. there've been reports of a shortage of hospital beds and life—saving drugs, and in the western state of maharashtra, new restrictions have come into force. however, that hasn't been enough to stop some mass gatherings. millions of hindu devotees have been making their way to participate in the kumb mela festival. tanya dendrinos reports. a ritual cleansing of sins. hindus believe the ganges river to be holy. devotees bathing for salvation, and faith outweighing concerns in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. translation: there is fear of coronavirus. - but faith is at its peak. kumbh repeats itself every 12 years. we left our dailyjob to come here.

translation: we definitely have a fear of infection, - because people are extremely careless. they are only wearing masks because they fear getting a fine. they are not afraid at all. on the contrary, they are peddling conspiracy theories, that it's a government created scare, which is far from the truth. millions have taken part in the ritual, but fears surrounding the spread of infection are well placed. hundreds have tested positive year. across the country, the second wave is wreaking havoc. tighter restrictions have come into effect in the state of maharashtra, with only essential services able to operate for the next 15 days. with no work and little hope, migrant workers attempted to leave mumbai yesterday. translation: it's the common man who suffers the most. _ i have no ration card or any other local documents. only those who are locals will get some rations, like groceries. outsiders don't get anything at all.

how will migrant workers at least feed themselves? that's why they are leaving for the villagers. the situation, as impossible as the pandemic itself. with close to 40 million cases recorded, india is now second only to the united states. despite its mass vaccination drive, the road ahead still appears to be fraught. tanya dendrinos, bbc news. a major landslide has sent 4,000 tonnes of rock tumbling onto a beach on dorset�*sjurassic coast. it's the biggest landslip to happen there in 60 years — and as you can see, the incident has dramatically changed the coast�*s landscape. our correspondentjohn maguire is on the beach near the landslide. earlier, my colleague annita mcveigh asked him what conditions caused it to happen. it's a combination of wet, dry geology, coastal erosion, all sorts of different factors.

we'll unpack the science for you in just a second. i just wanted to show you this, really. since we've been here this morning, the currents and tides have brought this silt across, which is still material that's coming down from the landslide, and although we are shooting into the sun here, so it's a bit tricky — and of course we're keeping a safe distance — that gives you an idea ofjust how much material has come down. it looks like mud to the naked eye, but when you look very closely, there are huge boulders in amongst it, and out into the water you can also see trees and bushes and some of the vegetation that would have come down from a certain part of the cliff as well. we think the cliffs here are probably around 500 feet high, so a spectacular sight to say the least. sam — sam scriven — good morning to you, from thejurassic heritage trust. a geologist. annita was asking what's caused this, essentially — the science behind it. what do we think�*s happened?

it's a completely natural event, of course, some in one sense, it'sjust the cliffs doing their things. but it is down to the arrangement of the geology we've got. at the base, there is this grey clay, then at the top, some beds are quite porous sandstone that have soaked up quite a lot of water over the wet winter months. you can see it dribbling out across the top of that grey clay down the cliff face. these wet patches are where the water is literally flowing out from inside the cliff, out onto the cliff face. so of course you've got this heavy, wet sandstone on top, and then as it starts to dry out, its properties start to change, and it weakens and it collapses. but why here, why this particular spot? nobody knows, and these things are always completely unpredictable. and they do happen quite often. although this is a very large one and it's spectacular to us to see, this stretch of coastline, these events happen fairly regularly, don't they? yeah, it's one of the best things about the world heritage site here, is that it's a largely natural

coastline which is allowed to evolve on its own with natural processes, and this is it, this is the coast doing its thing. i mean, some people will look at this and think that it's damaging the coast in some way and, of course, it's a hazard for people, but this in a sense is the coast being created — this is how this beautiful environment forms. of course no—one's going to come and clear this away, but will natural elements return that stretch of the beach that's now covered to shingle, as we have here? well, it's interesting. i mean, i think what's likely to have happened is that that's going to have brought down a whole load of very big boulders with it. but, as you said earlier, a lot of it's very loose mud and sand and clay which will be slowly stripped away naturally by the sea and the rain, so if you came back here after the winter, for example, a lot of that would probably be gone, but what's left maybe a big what's called a boulder arc, and so that might be there for hundreds of years yet, so we may never get back to this shingle beach in that spot again. and we know the national trust that

owns the land here and the cliff tops have closed the coastal footpath that runs across the edge of the cliff, so, clearly, people should respect nature, respect what's happening here, and keep their distance. yes, that's right. i mean, the footpath has been diverted, i should say, so the countryside rangers here in dorset have been working with the national trust on that, but, yes, they've cordoned off 250 metres of cliff top. and within that cordon, they're still expecting some of the cliff edge to collapse, so it is an active event. not only here on the beach in front of us, with the silt and the mud being washed away — i mean, you can imagine how treacherous it would be if you tried to cross that there — but the cliff edge, too, is dangerous. so the basic message is, yes, definitely, you can observe it from a safe distance, but best to stay away. to be honest, the drone footage, and the spectacular photographs that have been taken from the air by people is the best way to look at this thing. you won't get a better view than that. sam scriven — thank you very much indeed — from thejurassic heritage trust. i don't know whether you'll be able to see this, annita, it might be a little bit trickyjust

to pick out — as i say, especially shooting into the sun — where the top of that lower grey cliff is, there are sheep there. sheep obviously were grazing. we can see them, john, yes, we can see them. they didn't come down with the landslide. that wasjohn that was john maguire that wasjohn maguire speaking earlier in the day. he was on the jurassic coast after that enormous rock fall there, the biggest one to 60 years. sean logan, a 25—year—old piano prodigy from edinburgh, found solace in his music throughout lockdown, saying it opened up the world to him. sean, who has autism, is now the focus of a new short film called harmonic spectrum which examines the role music has played in helping sean navigate life with his condition. hope webb went to meet him. sean is 25 and spends most

of his days writing music here. here is edinburgh's pianodrome, an amphitheatre made solely from recycled pianos, and constructed by artists and volunteers. it's currently in storage as it awaits the return of live performance. through the medium of art, i was able to sort of interface with people a lot better and with a lot more clarity than i was otherwise able to, what with having an autistic spectrum disorder, meaning that you kind of have a deficiency when it comes to the understanding of people. you can take people through a story and, in doing so, for me, i realised from an extremely young age, that i could help not only bring people into my world and show them what i was thinking and feeling about the world around me, but i was able to understand them better. local film—makers recently discovered his talent and now he's the subject of a new short film. the documentary, called

harmonic spectrum, has been shown at the glasgow film festival and is now being screened across the country. we've had such a positive response. not so much from musicians and things like that, but from other people on the spectrum that also pursue their creative interest. having people take interest in me because of my art, i wouldn't have been shown what i needed to learn and how in order to now be where i am, where i can co—operate with people to have a film being made. i want to be able to help other people get there because i know what i was like when i wasn't there. my hope is that, with the film, we will be able to make a positive impact on those things. hope webb, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren. hello there. after that cold and frosty start

this morning, at least we're seeing some sunshine across much of the country. there are still a few showers, though — the're continuing to run in across east anglia — the odd rainbow, as well, those showers pushing in to the southeast of england, too. but for western scotland, where we've got the sunshine, here we could see the highest temperatures today — round about 15 degrees or so. these are the numbers at the end of the afternoon — it's quite a bit cooler around those north sea coasts with the onshore breeze. it's also cooler where we've got the showers for east anglia and the south—east of england — a nagging north—easterly breeze here, and it'll be breezy through the english channel, as well. could be one or two sharp showers for a while, probably extending their way down into hampshire by the end of the day. as the sun goes down, the showers fade away, we'll have clearing skies overnight. later in the night, bit of patchy cloud for lincolnshire, and some areas of fog likely around the home counties too, but with clear skies and light winds, the temperatures will fall away sharply and, like last night, we're going to have a frost across many parts of the country.

sunny start for most, the fog shouldn't last too long towards the home counties, and then we'll see the cloud bubbling up a bit more than today across england and wales, spreading over land with more in the way of sunshine for coastal areas. sunshine for scotland and northern ireland. away from the north—west, we're going to find some rain arriving in the western isles. generally, temperatures similar to those of today — around 11—13 typically. now that rain that's coming into the western isles doesn't get any further in because that weather front moves away. we've got another front coming in from the atlantic, but this is a bit further away from the uk for the time being — it's getting blocked off by that area of high pressure, keeping it dry on saturday. so the dry weather is continuing and, after a chilly start, we're going to find a fair bit of sunshine across the uk. it may well turn a bit more hazy towards the north—west, with the breeze picking up as well, but it should be a dry day, and we could find temperatures as high as 14 or 15 degrees — so near normal for this time of the year. second half of the weekend, the weather front is getting closer and it looks like we'll see more cloud across scotland and northern ireland on sunday. some light and patchy rain in the north west of scotland, the western side of

northern ireland. some of the cloud could push into england and wales, but it's going to be dry here. there'll be more in the way of sunshine through the midlands and into eastern england, and it's here we're likely to find those temperatures rising to around 15 or even 16 degrees — so for these areas it's quite a bit warmer than it is today.

this is bbc news. the headlines... the number of people waiting to start hospital treatment in england reaches a record high — of 4.7 million people. the nurses within the nhs are going to have to continue to work at levels beyond what you would normally expect, and that comes on top of the last year and a half where, because of covid, they have been working...going above and beyond. the conservative head of a watchdog looking at mps and civil servants working in the private sector, says the whole system needs urgent reform. prince charles and camilla view some of the floral tributes laid in memory of prince philip — as more details are released about the duke of edinburgh's funeral. two years after a huge fire devastated notre dame cathedral