this is bbc news. the headlines at 7pm... the pope meetsjoe biden and calls for radical decisions with a special message sounds for the bbc. translation:— message sounds for the bbc. translation: this crisis lays in front of us _ translation: this crisis lays in front of us radical— translation: this crisis lays in front of us radical decisions - translation: this crisis lays in front of us radical decisions that | front of us radical decisions that are not easy, but each hurdle also represents an opportunity batch cannot be wasted.— represents an opportunity batch cannot be wasted. protesters across the world call— cannot be wasted. protesters across the world call for— cannot be wasted. protesters across the world call for further _ cannot be wasted. protesters across the world call for further action - the world call for further action against climate change. gratitude burke had this message for president biden stapley when you are the leader of the most powerful country in the world to me you have a lot of

responsibility. bud in the world to me you have a lot of re5ponsibility-_ responsibility. and when the us are ex-aandin responsibility. and when the us are expanding fossil _ responsibility. and when the us are expanding fossil fuel _ expanding fossil fuel infrastructure, that is not treating the climate crisis as an emergency stop at the queen has been advised to rest from public duties for a further two weeks following concerns about her health. the further two weeks following concerns about her health.— about her health. the uk has seen the highest _ about her health. the uk has seen the highest recorded _ about her health. the uk has seen the highest recorded level - about her health. the uk has seen the highest recorded level of - the highest recorded level of coronavirus infections since the pandemic began in march 2020. figures suggest 1.3 million people would've tested positive last week. the british government warns that may retaliate if france blocks british fishing boats in the growing row over post brexit fishing rights. facebook and play turned whistle—blower tells the bbc with the company's rebrand could mean for consumer privacy. the? the company's rebrand could mean for consumer privacy-— consumer privacy. they are asking us to reveal even _ consumer privacy. they are asking us to reveal even more _ consumer privacy. they are asking us to reveal even more personal- consumer privacy. they are asking us to reveal even more personal data i to reveal even more personal data than they do today, because they want us to fill our homes with microphones and sensors that they will have complete access to, and then say, just trust us. in will have complete access to, and then say, just trust us.— then say, 'ust trust us. in half an hour is then say, just trust us. in half an hour is time _ then say, just trust us. in half an hour is time to _ then say, just trust us. in half an hour is time to my _ then say, just trust us. in half an hour is time to my will—

then say, just trust us. in half an hour is time to my will be - then say, just trust us. in half an hour is time to my will be joined | then say, just trust us. in half an i hour is time to my will be joined by foreign correspondents based in london with an outside perspective of events in the uk. that's datelined london coming up at 7:30 pm. hello, welcome to the bbc news. it's good to have your company. ina in a message recorded for the bbc, pope francis called on all of those at the summit to act now to tackle global warming and the rising toll of emissions. afterwards, he met us presidentjoe biden who is in... the white house president praised the leadership in fighting the climate

crisis. our north american editor is travelling with president biden and filed this report. a rare papal media message for an urgent crisis. the environmentalist pope francis taking to the bbc airwaves just before glasgow's climate conference. you are the most significant warrior for peace i have ever met. at information i would the like to be able to give you a coin. i hope my son would want to give this to you stop at the president gave him a coin as a gift and then joked about his irish heritage. on the only irishman even ever met who has never had a drink. the irishman even ever met who has never had a drink-— had a drink. the pope chose the bbc toda in had a drink. the pope chose the bbc today in particular _ had a drink. the pope chose the bbc today in particular thought _ had a drink. the pope chose the bbc today in particular thought for - had a drink. the pope chose the bbc today in particular thought for the i today in particular thought for the day on radio for her to deliver a fair message to the political elite ahead of next week's crucial copp 26 summit. translation: the political

decision-makers _ summit. translation: the political decision-makers who _ summit. translation: the political decision-makers who will _ summit. translation: the political decision-makers who will meet - summit. translation: the political decision-makers who will meet at i summit. translation: the politicall decision-makers who will meet at cap decision—makers who will meet at cap 26 in glasgow are urgently summoned to provide effective responses to the present ecological crisis. and in this way to offer concrete hope to future generations. jae in this way to offer concrete hope to future generations.— to future generations. joe biden aurees to future generations. joe biden agrees with _ to future generations. joe biden agrees with the _ to future generations. joe biden agrees with the pope _ to future generations. joe biden agrees with the pope about i to future generations. joe biden agrees with the pope about the | agrees with the pope about the urgency, but will words he agrees with the pope about the urgency, but will words be matched by actions? the motorcades will be sweeping through rome this weekend through glasgow next week. world leaders tasked with saving the planet. no big deal, then. around the world there have been protests of varying size to levy or lead us into action. this was the scene in tel aviv today. the demonstrators seem to be outnumbered by security guards. in london, greta ten berg was the star attraction. she is

buried somewhere in this level of photographers. and she had this message for president biden. imilieu message for president biden. when ou are message for president biden. when you are the — message for president biden. when you are the leader— message for president biden. when you are the leader of _ message for president biden. when you are the leader of the _ message for president biden. brush you are the leader of the most powerful country in the world and you have lots of responsibility, and when the us is actually in fact expanding fossilfuel expanding fossil fuel infrastructure, that is a clear sign that they are not really treating the climate crisis as an emergency. from the former california governor and terminator style. bill from the former california governor and terminator style.— and terminator style. all of those countries that _ and terminator style. all of those countries that come _ and terminator style. all of those countries that come to _ and terminator style. all of those countries that come to give i and terminator style. all of those i countries that come to give speeches say we _ countries that come to give speeches say we are _ countries that come to give speeches say we are not going to go in these 'obs say we are not going to go in these jobs because of going green. they are liars — jobs because of going green. they are liars. they are just stupid and they— are liars. they are just stupid and they don't— are liars. they are just stupid and they don't know how to do that. joe biden they don't know how to do that. biden on this they don't know how to do that. he biden on this trip to they don't know how to do that. jr2 biden on this trip to your plans to show that america is leading the world on tackling climate change, but his 85 vehicle convoy, most of which were flown in from the us, may not be leading by example. or in this holy city, practising what you preach. joe biden has praised the

pope for his leadership over climate change and also on vaccine distribution around the world. at that meeting was all sweetness and light, his encounter with president background of france altogether more difficult after that defence cooperation deal signed between the united states, britain and australia which has cost the french tens of billions in lost submarine contracts. joe biden conceded that the americans had been clumsy over at and had been under the impression that the french had been told. i'm not sure whether they can stand made up, they seem to have healed some of their divisions though. john soap up there in rome. the un secretary general antonio ginter as it has also been speaking before copp 26. he has warned that there is a serious risk that the climate summit will fail to deliver. he said some tough decisions will need to be taken in the coming weeks. , ., , ., , weeks. there is a serious risk that glasaow weeks. there is a serious risk that glasgow will _ weeks. there is a serious risk that glasgow will not _ weeks. there is a serious risk that glasgow will not deliver. -

weeks. there is a serious risk that glasgow will not deliver. several l glasgow will not deliver. several reasons climate announcements might leave the impression of a rosy picture. unfortunately, this is an illusion. the current national deterrence contributions formal commissions by governments still condemn the world to a calamitous 2.7 increase, even if recent pledges were clear and credible, and there are serious questions about some of them, we are still inching towards climate catastrophe, and in the best case scenario, temperatures will still rise well above 2 , and thatis will still rise well above 2 , and that is a disaster. b5 will still rise well above 2 , and that is a disaster.— that is a disaster. as we saw in john sobel's — that is a disaster. as we saw in john sobel's reports, _ that is a disaster. as we saw in john sobel's reports, credit i that is a disaster. as we saw in| john sobel's reports, credit and break has been telling the bbc but she hopes can be achieved at the top 26. she was speaking just before joining a protest in the city of london, uk business district against the use of fossil fuels. you can see

her they are at the meeting. we were here a little bit more of what she had to say in her bbc interview which has been broadcast on sunday and andrew my�*s programme. let which has been broadcast on sunday and andrew my's programme. let me ask ou and andrew my's programme. let me ask you about — and andrew my's programme. let me ask you about the _ and andrew my's programme. let me ask you about the most _ and andrew my's programme. let me ask you about the most powerful- ask you about the most powerful person coming to copp 26 in glasgow, joe biden. he has announced a £500,000,000,000 plan to deal with climate change and he has been working very, very hard with congress and so forth. how well do you think he's been doing? that he be a leader in climate change? of course, everyone has the possibility, but if they continue like now, no. i possibility, but if they continue like now, no.— possibility, but if they continue like now, no. i 'ust wonder what more he can _ like now, no. ijust wonder what more he can do, _ like now, no. ijust wonder what more he can do, he _ like now, no. ijust wonder what more he can do, he is— like now, no. i just wonder what i more he can do, he is challenging in the courts to stop mining and stop oil extraction and federal lands, you know, using all his political capital in congress to try to get this through. he's working quite hard. itide this through. he's working quite hard. ~ ., this through. he's working quite hard. . . , ., this through. he's working quite hard. . . ,., , , hard. we all understand, activists, we understand _ hard. we all understand, activists, we understand that _ hard. we all understand, activists, we understand that this _ hard. we all understand, activists, we understand that this doesn't i hard. we all understand, activists, l we understand that this doesn't fall on one single person, but of course when you are a leader of the most powerful country in the world and

you have lots of responsibility. when the us is actually in fact expanding fossilfuel expanding fossil fuel infrastructure, that is a clear sign that they are not really treating the climate crisis as an emergency. was a fair and retrospective say blah blah blah about ten? it was a fair and retrospective say blah blah blah about ten? it was not directed to one _ blah blah blah about ten? it was not directed to one person. _ blah blah blah about ten? it was not directed to one person. i— blah blah blah about ten? it was not directed to one person. i lots i blah blah blah about ten? it was not directed to one person. i lots of- directed to one person. i lots of quotes from lots of world leaders, but i think... quotes from lots of world leaders, but i think. . ._ but i think... laughter and but | think... laughter and as _ but i think... laughter and as l _ but i think. . . laughter and as i said, _ but i think. . . laughter and as i said, that i but i think. . . laughter and as i said, that will l but i think... laughter. and as i said, that will be but i think... laughter - and as i said, that will be at the climate conference, the bbc, covering on sunday. that coverage will be from 9am gmt, of course, clocks change on the beacon, christian fraser will be on later in the day, and there will be interviews with participants and campaigners throughout the week. coverage on bbc news from sunday. of course, the queen has been advised by her doctors to rest for at least the next two weeks. she said she can

undertake light desk duty, but not any official visits. let's speak to our rail correspondent. johnny, following a brief stay in hospital and a previous call for her not to attend the climate summit next week, what can we beat them if anything into this latest announcement? i think what you can read in two weeks' time, steely determination to attend the remembering service on whitehall in central london on the 14th of november. the reason i say thatis 14th of november. the reason i say that is not only because the palace has said it is herfirm intention to do so, but this fortnight essentially gives her a couple of weeks now of not travelling, not meeting people, only carrying out virtual engagements, light desk —based duties to recover from what seems like a bout of fatigue. you know, she's carried out three

different engagements in the last three days. she has smiled broadly through a couple of them. she doesn't appear to be actually unwell as many of us would see ads, but she has clearly been a bit too tired to do travel, either to northern ireland, that was cancelled last week or two glasgow, that was cancelled this week. the doctors have said no my travel for a couple of weeks. she will miss the festival of weeks. she will miss the festival of remembrance that happens on the evening before remembered sunday, but she will get to remember and sunday, and the reason i hang on about this is because it is absolutely the most important day in the queens calendar, it's the most important day in the royal calendar, but it is a very important day for her personally. the fact that it was marked up by the palace is indicative, i think, marked up by the palace is indicative, ithink, but marked up by the palace is indicative, i think, but this fortnight is about. it's just a chance to say there's not much in the diary, but we will not be doing any travel. we will keep it and keep the queen in windsor and we will be back on remembrance sunday the 14th.

johnny, our rail correspondent, thank you very much. the uk recorded high levels of covert infection in the week to last friday than at any time last winter. the office for national statistics estimates that 1.3 million people or one in every 55 of us would have tested positive in that period. in the last hour or so, the government is not smart flex ability among people in england can bc put yourjabs. our health editor has more. boosterjabs like these being delivered in leeds today are seen by ministers as vital in the drive to keep the head of the virus. they are offered six months after a second dose, but from today, there will be flexibility on that, with some getting the jabs more quickly, including in care homes. what we have done now is working with the nhs is to say that you can have more flexibility and be more pragmatic on the timing, and what that really means is if someone is very close to the six—month point but not quite there, then the nhs can just be pragmatic. so, for example, if someone, a doctor, is visiting a care home

——infections among school children have been one of the main factors in the recent rise in covid cases. overall numbers are now falling a little, but half—term may be part of the as fewer pupils come forward for tests. the office for national statistics does regular household testing, which picks up the underlying trend. the latest ons survey suggests that last week 1.3 million people in the uk had the virus, higher than injanuary. in england, one in 50 people have the virus, in wales, it was 1 and a0. in both scotland and northern ireland, one in 75 people. there were increases in all the uk's nations. so what might be ons data tell us about this week when it's published? i wouldn't be surprised to see a reduction in our data in the next week or so. however, what we saw this time last year was that

little half—term reduction followed by a significant increase. so, i really am not being complacent there. covid hospital admissions are about a quarter of a level they were in january, thanks to protection offered by vaccines. but there are warnings that the months ahead could yet be challenging, with the spread of the virus. we seem to have stalled at a high level of infection, which is not where we want to be as we move into winter. it is really difficult to tell what is going to happen next. we could have exponential growth, or we could see a gradual decline. wales has the highest infection rates in the uk, and new measures are being brought into tackle the virus. covid passes are being extended to cinemas, theatres and concert halls and other venues may yet be included. the first minister said the pandemic is from over. hugh pym, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news...

the pope has met the presidentjoe biden in rome, calling for radical decisions at next week's climate change summit in a special message found for the bbc. protesters around the world call for more action on climate. they've beenjoined in london by greta tunbridge what this message for president biden. the queen has been advised to rest from public duties following raise about her health. the french ambassador to the uk has been summoned to the foreign office where he was met with british government officials and escalating increasingly acrimonious route between the two countries of the post brexit fishing rights. it is government ministers warned of potential retaliation if uk trailers are blocked from landing their catch at french ports. the latest murder political correspondent. jersey is on the front line of the fight over fishing rights, caught in an escalating row. authorities here and across the uk

say they have issued licences to french boats that can prove a history of fishing these waters, as agreed after brexit. but france says dozens have been unfairly denied. the local fishermen, like their counterparts across the channel, are frustrated and worried. the feeling amongst the fleet yesterday was one of absolute despair. certainly, there are really difficult times ahead and our big worry down here is how are we going to try and preserve the fleet and come out the other end with a fishing fleet intact. this week, a british trawler was detained by french authorities in a dispute over paperwork — a warning shot about what might follow. france has threatened further checks on vessels, said it could stop british boats landing at french ports, even suggested it could disrupt cross—channel trade or energy supplies. today, uk ministers said they were prepared to retaliate. two can play at that game, is what i would say, but in the first instance, what we're doing is raising this

with the european commission. it is always open to us to increase the enforcement we do on french vessels, to board more of them, if that is what they are doing to our vessels. today the french ambassador was summoned to the foreign office, a rare public rebuke for the threats made. but while the language on both sides is ramping up, they are still talking. both here and in france, fishing is an emotional issue which carries political clout. borisjohnson promised british fishermen brexit would mean a better deal. in france, president macron is facing an election, which brings its own pressures. both sides have reasons to take a tough stance but both know a serious escalation could be damaging. this spring, french boats staged a protest offjersey over the same issue. the uk says it wants a diplomatic solution to this ongoing dispute. france has set a deadline of tuesday

for it to be resolved. there is a time for flexing muscles and putting, you know, _ your trump cards on the table. there are times for negotiations. the next step is really negotiation. this afternoon, the prime minister left downing street to head to rome to meet world leaders, including president macron, who arrived earlier. there, the two are expected to have talks on the fringes, to see if they can relieve this tension. alex frese. plus government has given the green knight to build a controversial while on the wall with belarus. it's in response to what it saysin belarus. it's in response to what it says in unprecedented waves of migrants and refugees in recent months. they have a key is the belarusian government of facilitating a new migration route into the block, retaliating for eu sanctions against its capital, minsk. in england, treatment for menopause is to be made treatment but the government announcing that prescription charges for hormone

replacement therapy will be significantly reduced, when it will now only have to pay once a year for hrt prescriptions which the government says could save up to £200 annually. in scotland, northern ireland and wales, prescriptions are free. now, a woman has been found guilty of murder after stabbing to death or has been following a row over a birthday meal. nowjackson, 66, attacked her husband with a kitchen knife at their home in somerset in february. missus jackson claimed he was violent and coercively controlling her. she was sentenced to life in prison at bristol county court this afternoon. our correspondent reports. february this year, and police arrive at a bungalow on the somerset coast. hello, madam. do you want to just step outside for me a minute? pennyjackson opens the door, filmed on police body cam. inside, her78—year—old husband is dying. the retired lieutenant colonel has called police to say she stabbed him.

paramedics arrive. as she waited for the police, she told 999 she stabbed her husband with a kitchen knife. while she waited, penny jackson wrote this note entitled "confession".

she said, "i have taken so much abuse over the years," adding, "may he rot in hell." in court, the retired accountant said she was ashamed of what she had said and done. she admitted manslaughter but denied murder, claiming she had been subjected to coercion, control and physical violence throughout their 21t year marriage. but the judge said it was pennyjackson who had been the controlling one in their marriage. he said he had no doubts that she had intended to kill her husband, and he added, she had shown not one shred of remorse for what she'd done throughout this whole trial. there has only been one voice in this trial and that's of penelope jackson. david jackson hasn't been able to respond to the allegations put to him around the history of domestic abuse, and that was a really difficult issue for the jury to make a judgment on. david and penny's daughter read a statement in court. she said from the moment an officer

knocked on her door in february, her world changed forever and she knew she'd lost not only her dad but her mum too. jon kay, bbc news. with facebook changing its name, a whistle—blower has told the social networking charger a brand isjust an attempt to save its image and sweep structural problems under the carpet. she spoke to our disinformation reporter, marianna. today was the first time when she spoke to me when she's reacted to this name change and this venture from facebook, or as it's now called meta, into the metaverse this new video game world that they are announcing and launching. she explained to me her concerns about the decision to focus and invest in this as opposed to user safety, which she has been raising the alarm about. i was really shocked to see the rebrand in the last couple of days, yesterday versus last week.

because a big reason why they have tackled and anti—vax content but they haven't tackled that misogyny content is theyjust don't have enough people working on safety. and i was shocked that they could afford 10,000 new engineers working on video games, but they couldn't keep women safe. when she was talking about heat targeting women there, she was referring to a panorama investigation where we had looked into hate online and what we found was that a dummy trial account that we set up was pushed more and more anti— in content on facebook and instagram. they told us that they tried to not promote harmful content and that they tackle hate, but she is concerned that this investment is going into software engineers, as she explained, to do with video games as opposed to protecting women or other users on their platforms. she also spoke extensively about her concerns to do with the metaverse and this new technology, and particularly her concerns about transparency and also about privacy, and she explained that to me. everything i have seen so far about the switch towards video games

has given me great pause, because a core part of what has allowed facebook to go off the rails is a lack of transparency. i've seen nothing from them committing to public data, to getting access to academics, and yet, they are asking us to actually reveal even more personal data than they do today because they want us to fill our homes with microphones and sensors that they will have complete access to, and then say, "just trust us." so ijust don't understand why we would want facebook to penetrate even further into our lives when they have been demonstrated —— even further into our lives when they haven't demonstrated a commitment to keeping us safe. i don't want facebook�*s microphones in my home. she also praised what's happening here in the uk with online safety legislation, and that is what mps are discussing. its proposed legislation that could enforce a duty of care on the social media sites to their users, and it's something that she is actively encouraging, particularly because it's more advanced here in the uk than it is in the us. but she does have concerns about loopholes in that bell that she fears facebook could be prepared to exploit in order to protect itself from regulation. i think it's really important for us

to make sure that we close the loopholes and regulations, so, for example, if we have an exemption for political speech, i think it's going to be used it to exempt any bad behaviour, like someone calling for the death of an mp is going to be considered political speech. so i think it's really important for us to stand our ground and make sure that we have regulations that actually have enough teeth and then to make sure we hold facebook responsible. i think the uk has an amazing advantage, which is you guys have been really paying attention to this and playing a huge amount of ground work over a the us is just not as far along on thatjourney, so i think unquestionably, whatever you guys pass is going to be like a light in the darkness, and it's going to give a scaffold at least for whatever the united states will do. in response to her claims, facebook told us that they have no commercial or moral incentive in providing anything other than a positive experience to lots of their users, and that they are committed to both privacy and safety when it comes to the new metaverse.

now francis is visiting other european countries where she will again be commenting to policymakers about her fears that user safety is not being prioritised by facebook. that was marianna stone talking to us earlier. time now for a look at the weather. good evening. there is yet more rain in the forecast for this weekend. not great news for those in many parts of the uk that could really do with a chance to dry out. but the one thing we can say is that the various bouts of rain should move through fairly quickly, so there will be some drier, clearer, even sunnier gaps in between. this is how things turned out today. heavy rain that drifted across parts of wales, northwest england and made for a really soggy afternoon across scotland. we saw some showers following on,

and then this line of showery rain pushing in from the west. and that is going to work its way eastwards as we move through friday night into the first part of saturday morning. things, though, by the end of the night should be drying out again across northern ireland, and for the eastern side of scotland, down the eastern side of england where we hold onto clear skies, one or two places will turn a little bit chilly. but tomorrow morning will start cloudy and wet for many, thanks to this frontal system which will be pushing its way eastwards. but at least it is moving eastwards. so it offers the promise of something drier and brighter following on from the west. you can see our band of rain as it slides eastwards across scotland, moving out of wales fairly quickly, sliding eastwards across england. northern ireland will start the day with sunshine, holding on to that through the day, albeit with one or two showers. and those sunnier skies with a scattering of showers will spread further east as the day wears on. top temperatures between 11—15 celsius. if anything, a little cooler and fresher than it has been during today. another slice of clear skies

for saturday night, so, again, it will turn a little chilly in places, but there is another weather system working in from the west. don't forget, though, through the early hours of sunday, the clocks go back an hour. you will get an extra hour in bed, but while the clocks change, the weather story doesn't, really. it stays unsettled. low pressure dominating for sunday, in fact, potentially quite a deep low, so not only rain in the forecast, we're likely to see some quite strong winds as well. again, the band of rain should move through quite quickly. heavy showers following on behind with some sunshine, some very strong winds, which could touch gale force around some western coasts. top temperatures for sunday afternoon, again, quite a cool, fresh feel between 10—14 celsius. and we stick with some cool, perhaps even chilly weather as we head into next week. we will see showers for a time, but it should turn drier for midweek onwards.

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