this is bbc news, i'm sally bundock with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. failing to act on climate change would lead to disaster — the british prime minister's stark warning to the united nations ahead of cop 26. we have an awesome power to change things in the next a0 days. we have to choose, the world has to choose what kind of awesome we are going to be. india's dependance on coal continues as pressure grows to move away from fossil fuels. we have a special report. suchis such is the demand that the country is planning building or

expanding dozens of mines in the coming years and also continuing to import coal. germans say climate change is one of the most important issues as they prepare to go to the polls, but the green pa rty�*s vote is failing to take root. and heading for the us — 19,000 mainly haitian migrants are stranded in a colombian town near the border with panama. the british prime minister, borisjohnson, has told the un general assembly that november's climate summit in scotland is a critical turning point for humanity. mrjohnson called for substantial reductions in carbon emissions by 2030. he urged developing countries to phase out power generation from coal, but said richer countries needed to help fund the changes.

my my friends, the adolescents of humanity is coming to an end, and must come to an and. we are approaching that critical turning point in less than two months, injust over a0 days, when we must show that we are capable of learning and maturing and finally taking responsibility for the destruction we are inflicting, not just on destruction we are inflicting, notjust on our planet, but upon ourselves. it's time for humanity to grow up, time for us to listen to the warnings of the scientists, and if you look at covid, if you want to see an example of the gloomy scientists being proved right, it's time to grow up and understand who we are and what we are doing. let's take a listen to a little more of boris johnson's speech now, in which he warned of the impacts of inaction,

from melting ice caps, to drought, and mass movements of humanity. 0ur grandchildren will know that we are the culprits and they will know that we knew that we were warned, and they will know it was this generation that came centrestage to speak and act on behalf of them, on behalf of posterity, and that we missed our 0. and they will ask themselves, what kind of people we were to be so selfish, and so shortsighted. injust we were to be so selfish, and so shortsighted. in just a0 days time, we need the world to come to glasgow to make the commitment necessary and we are not talking about. the rise in temperatures, we can't do that. but to restrain that growth as

i say to 1.5 degrees. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes listened to the speech, hejoins me now. we got a bit of a taste there, it was very colourful, very typical of borisjohnson, with typical of boris johnson, with a typical of borisjohnson, with a bit of a quotation from various literature and all sorts. , ., ., various literature and all sorts. , ., ~ sorts. yes, from a greek playwright. _ sorts. yes, from a greek playwright. to _ sorts. yes, from a greek playwright, to kermit - sorts. yes, from a greek| playwright, to kermit the sorts. yes, from a greek- playwright, to kermit the frog would you believe, it was the full cultural spectrum, i think he was aiming for a wide audience, notjust the global leaders listening in new york but this was a message going out to the rest of the world as well, really, now was the tipping point, just a few short weeks to go, until cop26, he is chairing that summit, a tremendous amount of pressure on the british prime minister of course the almost 200 countries taking part to make those crucial decisions and i think that was boris johnson's

final opportunity on a world stage to have this clarion, really for people's attention, people �*s serious attention, and we heard a little bitjust now on adolescents and growing up, that really permeated the entire speech, and it was a serious message that now is the time to grow up, we are no longer teenagers, there is no—one else to put right the wrongs of mankind as they apply to the climate, everyone has to take responsibility, that includes governments but also the private sector.— includes governments but also the private sector. how was his seech the private sector. how was his speech received? _ the private sector. how was his speech received? it _ the private sector. how was his speech received? it seemed i the private sector. how was his| speech received? it seemed to, at least in _ speech received? it seemed to, at least in the _ speech received? it seemed to, at least in the hall, _ speech received? it seemed to, at least in the hall, to - speech received? it seemed to, at least in the hall, to have - at least in the hall, to have been received very well stop if you read social media, a lot of the reaction was that he did not say anything particularly new that hasn't been highlighted over months, indeed years about climate change, he said himself it is too late to stop the increase in temperatures but every country

should strive to try to limit the increase in global temperatures to one and a half degrees. those kinds of messages we have heard before but i think the thing that took people not necessarily by surprise because it is boris johnson's surprise, but the passion with which he delivered those messages, clearly with an eye on that summit.— eye on that summit. peter, thank yom _ eye on that summit. peter, thank you. that _ eye on that summit. peter, thank you. that come - eye on that summit. peter, thank you. that come up i eye on that summit. peter, l thank you. that come up with the reaction to that speed from borisjohnson. in less than six weeks' time, a crucial climate conference, known as cop26, will take place in scotland. one of its main goals will be to persuade industrialised nations to phase out their dependence on coal. but how should fast developing nations such as india satisfy their huge demand for energy, while trying to curb emissions? our correspondent, rajini vaidyanathan, reports now from the east indian state of 0dissa. india's coal belt helps

power this vast nation. more than two—thirds of the country's energy production still depends on it. such is the demand that the country is planning on building, or expanding, dozens of mines in the coming years and also continues to import coal. there's pressure on india to reduce its emissions, but cutting coal use is a tricky balance. a major pollutant in the country, the dirtiest of fuels, coal is also a major source ofjobs in these communities, which are some of india's poorest. india cannot live without coal. our country is a developing country. coal is one of the major resources for indians. if we stop the coal production under the pressure of the world community, then how can we maintain our livelihoods?

and how can india meet the energy needs of the population of more than 1.3 billion? a growing middle class is driving that demand, although the average indian still uses far less energy than the average brit or american. india is already shifting to cleaner sources, like solar. experts say the country needs more investment to make the switch to renewables. india has already set out some of the most aggressive renewable energy targets in the world. the more rapidly we can get more investment, more capital, more money into solar, wind, bioenergy and so forth, the quicker we can keep shifting away from the older energy infrastructure. but making that shift means reaching communities like these, where the oldest and most basic forms of energy are the only option. jhuna is one of the tens of millions of indians who still don't have

access to power. "there's no electricity, there's no water. "if we don't have coal, we can't cook. "if it's harmful, what can we do about it?" she tells me. "we have no other option. "at night, we burn coal and keep it in the house "so we also have some light." what people here want so badly is what so many in the west have long taken for granted. in india, progress comes at a price. it means cutting the cord with coal could take time. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news. the united nation's world food programme is warning that more than one million people are facing starvation on the indian ocean island of madagascar. they say the worst drought

there in a0 years has decimated crops. the south of the island has been hardest hit. also adding to the problems is that the country's borders have been closed for more than a year which means money from tourism has been non—existent leading to an economic crisis as well. torrential rain and high winds have battered large areas of spain. the storm hit its mediterranean coast and the balearic islands. the emergency services were inundated with calls as homes and businesses were flooded. worst hit were the islands of mallorca and menorca. closing arguments have begun in the new york sex trafficking trial of r kelly — the r&b singer who's accused of grooming and sexually abusing women and underage girls. earlier he declined to testify in his own defence. the jury is expected to retire to consider its verdict later on thursday. britney spears has asked a los angeles judge to end her father's thirteen year conservatorship

over her personal life and finances at a hearing next week. a petition filed by her lawyer on wednesday said the pop star wanted to get married and was in the process of crafting a prenuptial agreement, which would as it stands require the approval of her father, jamie spears. climate change is one of the most important issues for german voters as they head to the polls this weekend. even so, germany's green party, which had initially surged in the opinion polls, is now lagging behind other parties who propose a less stringent approach to tackling the problem. 0ur berlin correspondent jenny hill reports. it's getting harder for germans to ignore climate change. the fairytale forests which carpeted this country are dying. this bug which proliferates in warmer, drier

conditions is boring into and killing the weakened trees. nothing the foresters can do, but cut down the affected trees, try to stop the spread. translation: we never thought the forest would react so quickly to climate change. what shocked us was it was notjust the conifers affected, but also old oak and beech trees. time is running _ old oak and beech trees. time is running out _ old oak and beech trees. time is running out for _ old oak and beech trees. time is running out for the - old oak and beech trees. time is running out for the planet, l is running out for the planet, and for germany's green party which had high hopes for this election. support has grown in recent years, boosted by younger voters. recent years, boosted by youngervoters. but recent years, boosted by younger voters. but there chancellor candidate is lagging behind in the polls. there is no doubting how passionately many germans feel about climate change, but that alone may not be enough to put her into the chancellery. after all, this is

the country which invented the motorcar. some worried about the pace of change, how to protect the environment, without killing off industry. translation: i would like to know who was going to pay for all of this. if the car industry get the kneecap and turns, maybe hundreds of thousands, maybe even a million people lose theirjobs, maybe there should be a slower solution. together perhaps we can slow down global warning but when i see china opening up 200 airports in a thousand coal power stations, 200 airports in a thousand coal powerstations, i 200 airports in a thousand coal power stations, i do wonder how small germany is supposed to save the world. it’s small germany is supposed to save the world.— save the world. it's widely acknowledged _ save the world. it's widely acknowledged angela - save the world. it's widely i acknowledged angela merkel save the world. it's widely - acknowledged angela merkel has not done enough to tackle climate change, despite initial efforts to address the problem on the stage. are germany's politicians have come under pressure from a new generation of activists. most parties have tailored their manifestoes

after this summer's deadly floods, and then know voters priorities are changing.- priorities are changing. none ofthe priorities are changing. none of the parties _ priorities are changing. none of the parties have _ priorities are changing. none of the parties have enough . of the parties have enough measures to reach the goals of climate protections, only the greens have a large amount of measures which come close to the goals, and the emission targets we have to do and have to reach. the others do not. they come close they come close, but still not sufficient. in the german forest they are replanting different species which they will hope will prove more resistant to a warmer drier future. change, it seems is inevitable for a country which must now decide how best to safeguard its future. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: trying news, still to come: to get to the us but stranded trying to get to the us but stranded on the columbia panama border, we examine the fortunes of 19,000 mainly haitian

migrants. benjohnson, the fastest man on earth, is flying home to canada in disgrace. all athletes should be clean going into the game. i'm just happy that justice is served. it is a simple fact that this morning these people were in their homes, tonight those homes have been burned down by serbian soldiers and police. all the taliban positions along here have been strengthened, presumably in case the americans invade. it's no use having a secret service which cannot preserve its own secrets against the world. and so, the british government has no option but to continue this action even after any adverse judgment in australia. concorde had crossed the atlantic faster than any plane ever before, breaking

the record by six minutes. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: the british prime minister, borisjohnson has warned the un general assembly, that failing to act on climate change would lead to disaster. let's discuss that speech in more detail now. dr zeke hausfather is a climate scientist and the director of climate and energy at breakthrough institute, a global research center seeking technological solutions to environmental problems. hejoins me now from oakland, california. i understand that you listened to the prime minister �*s speech. to the prime minister 's speech-— to the prime minister 's seech. ~ . .,~ ., speech. what did you make of it? i think _ speech. what did you make of it? | think it— speech. what did you make of it? | think it was _ speech. what did you make of it? i think it was impressive. i it? i think it was impressive. quirks not with standing it showed that he is taking the

issue seriously. i think the idea of humanity as a teenager species is an evocative metaphor. in many ways we are waking up as a species to the power that we have and we are still recognising that even we are in a position of managing our own climate. and that is key because our choices today will affect our climate for hundreds of generations to come. the brutal mass of climate change is that the world will continue to warm until emissions are down to net zero and even then they will not fall for millennia to come. so the decisions we make today arkady. {iii so the decisions we make today arkad . u, , so the decisions we make today arkad . _, , , arkady. of course he is giving a rallying _ arkady. of course he is giving a rallying cry _ arkady. of course he is giving a rallying cry before _ arkady. of course he is giving a rallying cry before the - a rallying cry before the summit in glasgow in november. are you hopeful, given what he has been saying and what presidentjoe biden and others have been saying over the last few days, that there will be the right kind of commitment made next month? i the right kind of commitment made next month?— the right kind of commitment

made next month? i think we are in a better— made next month? i think we are in a better position _ made next month? i think we are in a better position to _ made next month? i think we are in a better position to have - in a better position to have action now than we have ever been before and the negotiation process. there has been a perfect storm this summer that when the assessment report, that being a wake—up call to humanity, between extreme events that we have been seeing unprecedented heath waves in the warmer summer on record in the warmer summer on record in the northern hemisphere, catastrophic flooding, wildfires in many places so climate is on the mind of people in a way that really has not been the case until recently. increasingly people are seeing that climate change is not a problem for our children, it is a problem with us right now and if that does not motivate, i don't know what will. �* , not motivate, i don't know what will. a . will. as you say, so much has happened _ will. as you say, so much has happened just _ will. as you say, so much has happened just this _ will. as you say, so much has happened just this summer . will. as you say, so much has i happened just this summer that have caused all of us globally to be quite aware of this problem. you look for technological solutions to these problems, what can people watching the programme now do? if there was one thing they could do now to make a difference, what would you say that is? personal choices are

important. we can choose to eat less red meat, for example. cows will always be methane intensive. people can fly less, thatis intensive. people can fly less, that is a big carbon footprint. at the end of the day wheels and a government to take action, to set policy at home and increase the flow of credit clean energy and also to subsidise and fund the development of technology we will need in the future. we have a lot of the technology today that we need but we do not have all of them. the estimation is that at least half the technologies we will need a mature technologies today and half the technologies are not mature, they still need dramatic cost declines in deployed in a large scale. we can do that. we can both deploy the technology we have today for things like solar wind, nuclear, electric vehicles and build the technology we need for the future for the hard to decarbonise sectors like agriculture, industrial heat and aviation. thank you very much for your time.

and aviation. thank you very much foryourtime. interesting to have your take on the prime minister �*s speech. this is a conversation that we will continue later in our business coverage, of course. gas prices have been soaring across europe and that causes issues right now. so other alternative energies are something we will discuss in detail later. the colombian authorities say 19,000 migrants, heading for the us, are stranded in a town near the border with panama. elsewhere, angry scenes broke out at haiti's main airport after migrants were deported to the country from the us after a texas border town saw an influx of migrants in recent weeks. mark lobel reports. back where the us says they belong. an unwelcome homecoming for these haitians, literally left to pick up the pieces after heading off in search of greater things, for some as far back as one decade ago. but battling on across the

caribbean sea, these haitian and south american migrants remain undeterred. on a long determined march to america, if they can catch a boat to exit columbia first. we they can catch a boat to exit columbia first.— columbia first. we want to cross from _ columbia first. we want to cross from here _ columbia first. we want to cross from here to - columbia first. we want to | cross from here to panama before the united states closes its border. they are going to take away our dreams did i come from peru, i have been struggling. from peru, i have been struggling-— from peru, i have been struggling. from peru, i have been stru~lin~. �* , ., struggling. but stranded in colombia. _ struggling. but stranded in colombia, robert - struggling. but stranded in colombia, robert is - struggling. but stranded in colombia, robert is not i struggling. but stranded in i colombia, robert is not alone. translation:— translation: almost 19,000 mi . rants translation: almost 19,000 migrants are — translation: almost 19,000 migrants are stranded - translation: almost 19,000 migrants are stranded in i translation: almost 19,000 migrants are stranded in this l migrants are stranded in this municipality. they are trying to catch transport across the water but we must respect the quota of 250 passengers each day. quota of 250 passengers each da . �* , , ., day. after passing through columbia's _ day. after passing through columbia's bottleneck, i day. after passing through | columbia's bottleneck, the migrants journey can take them on a treacherous walk for days through panama and then to costa rica. neighbouring nicaraguan and then honduras and what a mile, eventually landing in mexico. finally

crossing the border with america, which has become a game of cat and mouse sitting on the us side, texas patrol cars line up at this border town. buses take some migrants back to mexico where they seek shelter in makeshift camps. translation: i shelter in makeshift camps. translation:— translation: i feel disappointed - translation: | feel| disappointed because translation: | feel - disappointed because we translation: | feel _ disappointed because we crossed over to the us and it was not what we expected. they were mean to us. imagine, they treated us like we were trash. they did not give us food, water, there were no doctors, nothing. many children, pregnant women, things are really hard for us. elsewhere, mexican authorities _ really hard for us. elsewhere, mexican authorities read i really hard for us. elsewhere, i mexican authorities read hotels looking for them. to deport them on from there. for america's president, this pileup is a political problem. thousands are being moved to processing centres. plane journeys are ramped up this

week to fly migrants back home. all the while, others continue to wade in, risking their lives to wade in, risking their lives to get to america. now time for the latest sports news. hello, i'm gavin ramjaun — and this is the latest from the bbc sport centre. we start with football and manchester united are out of the english league cup — after losing at home to west ham united. it was one of three all—english premier league ties on wednesday. manuel lanzini scored the only goal of the game after only 9 minutes as west ham avenged their 2—1 defeat by united in the premier league on sunday. chelsea beat aston villa a—3 on spot kicks, after a 1—all draw. and tottenham needed penalties to beat wolves after blowing a 2—0 lead in normal time. they won the shoot—out 3—2 to reach the ath round. in italyjuventus have claimed their first league victory of the season — at the 5th attempt. but they had to come from behind to win 3—2 at spezia. the home side scored either side of the break, to cancel out moise kean's opener. butjuve then got two

in a six—minute spell — with federico chiesa and matthijs de ligt getting the goals that won it for them. and real madrid are back on top of la liga after thrashing mallorca 6—1 at the bernabeu. karim benzema opened the scoring after only three minutes — and got another in the second—half, to take his tally to eight for the season. marco asensio went one better — scoring a hat—trick, before he was replaced by isco who completed the rout. staying with la liga, under—fire barcelona play cadiz on thursday, and manager ronald koeman seems to be feeling the pressure. the dutchman walked out of a camp nou press conference ahead of thursday's match without taking any questions. instead he read out a statement, saying "the team must be supported, in words and actions," europe's ryder cup team have been attempting to win over the hearts of the home fans when the us take on europe at at whistling straits this week. the european team appeared in the traditional dress of the �*cheeseheads' — a nod to the local nfl side. even though the us are

favourites to win with all 12 of their players ranked inside the world's top 21, that was gavin with the sport. the traditional dress of the cheese heads. now we know. and finally we take you to syria where displaced children have composed letters of peace. this paper roll spans 75 metres, it's being held up by syrian children in idlib province who've written messages and drawn pictures of their hopes and dreams. the roll has toured many of the camps across northern syria housing children displaced due to war. it was displayed to mark the international day of peace, with some of the messages reading "i dream of returning home" and "i want the war to end". we have all the top business stories next and we will let you know the latest in the

story that has dominated this week, that being gas price. the increases and the impact it is having across the uk, europe and elsewhere. we will talk about that and other top stories, see you soon. hello. wednesday wasn't a bad day at all for the greater part of england and wales. but, quite a significant but, a different kettle of fish at least for a time through wednesday in parts of scotland and northern ireland, where you had to contend with the weather front which is bringing this increase in cloud and at times bits and pieces of rain. through into thursday, we're going to see quite a vigorous area of low pressure dragging its way over towards southern parts of scandinavia. notice how tightly packed those isobars are. the wind will be a real feature across the north of mainland scotland and especially through the northern isles. it isn'tjust the strength of the winds, there will be showers if not longer spells of rain. here, we have the gusts and you'll see i'm indicatimg they are 65, possibly 70mph

as we get on through the daylight hours of thursday morning. even further south, the gusts really quite significant. wednesday's weather front just producing the odd bit and piece of rain and sufficient cloud across wales for a time and then slumping to the southwest of england. all the while the low pressure moves away from scotland, pulling its frontal system with it. a weak linkage back towards more cloud and rain getting towards the western side of scotland. but with sunshine through wales, the midlands and eastern england through the afternoon, 22, possibly 23 degrees. much of the weather action across the northwestern corner of scotland as we bring new weather fronts in with a low centre close to the eastern side of iceland. through friday, the windsjust beginning to fall back to the west and the southwest — a relatively mild direction. any suggestion of the cold air behind tonight's lowjust over the northeast of scotland, that will be pulled away and will all be flooded into this moisture—laden west to south—westerly air flows as you get on through friday. anywhere facing those western shores could well pick up enough cloud for the odd bit of rain, but again, some brightness and could be looking at 22, 23 degrees.

come the weekend, it won't be west and southwest, it will be south and south—westerly winds which will pump really mild air up and across the greater part of the british isles. it's not wall—to—wall sunshine, nor is it dry for everybody. there will be a scattering of showers, but for the time of year, i suspect it will feel very pleasantly mild.

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