this is bbc news the headlines at 8pm: the crucial climate change conference has got under way in glasgow. the cop26 summit is widely seen as the last chance to save the planet from irreversible damage caused by climate change. earlier, the leaders of the world's richest nations were meeting in rome, where the climate challenge was spelled out clearly. if we don't act now, the paris agreement will be looked at in the future not as the moment humanity opened its eyes to the problem but the moment we flinched and turned away. us presidentjoe biden said the 620 countries had made tangible progress on climate, the pandemic and the economy and that the world was ready for american

leadership on global issues. what we've seen again here in rome is, i think, the power of america showing up and working with our allies and partners to make progress on issues that matter to all of us. the british government says it's up to france to solve the post—brexit fishing row with the uk by stepping back from threats over access to its ports. three people have died and another is in a critical condition after a group of paddleboarders got into difficulty on a welsh river in pembrokeshire. tonight, world leaders are flying from rome to glasgow as the long—awaited climate

summit cop26 has opened. world leaders, prominent scientists and advisers are ready for nearly two weeks of talks, with one principal aim — to get the world to commit to reduce carbon emissions and avoid a climate catastrophe. in the past hour, us president biden has been speaking in rome. he said that the agreements made at the g20 summit in rome, including pledging to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees above celsius, showed the power of america showing up. we'll have more on that in a moment, but first this report from our political editor, laura keunsberg. a roman sunday stroll, a stylish dog seems the perfect accessory among the ancient alleys. what conflicts, what epic political struggle lives

have these streets seen? history around every corner. then spot 15 of the most powerful leaders in the world taking in the sights. a coin in the famous fountain to guarantee a wish, but it might take more than tradition to stop the uk and france pulling away. others watch on as the two allies are stuck in a spat over fishing rights in channel waters. even borisjohnson wanted italy to inspire progress ahead of the cop climate meeting getting under way at home. if we don't act now, the paris agreement will be looked at in the future not as the moment humanity opened its eyes to the problem but the moment we flinched and turned away. what chance do you think you really have of making progress with 200 countries in glasgow, when you haven't made enough progress with 20 countries here and you don't seem able to sort out the question of a few dozen fishing permits with one

of your closest allies, with the french? and we had a wide—ranging and frank discussion, as you would expect, between long—standing friends and very close allies. downing street even contradicted his claim that both countries had agreed to sort it out. for number 10, it's up to france to back down on its threats to disrupt trade across the channel. the view from his presidential palace is that both countries had agreed to take mysterious sounding measures to resolve the spat. the irritation on both sides of the channel shows no signs of fading, and for borisjohnson, a rumbling row with an important ally like france is not exactly helpfuljust when he is trying to achieve afarwider, granderaim, persuading all his counterparts around the world that slowing down the changes to the climate is a non—negotiable whose time has come. it's not easy, though, some countries don't want to move as fast, the russians questioning

the uk ambition for countries to absorb as much carbon as they emit by 2050. why do you believe 2050 is some magic figure? i want an answer, because you ask me the question. being convinced that 2050 is not negotiable. but the prime minister has regal backing, and for the heir to the throne, it has been a moment long in the making. now, after i suppose very nearly 50 years of trying to raise awareness of the growing climate and environmental crisis, i am at last sensing a change in attitude. cop26 begins in glasgow tomorrow, quite literally it is the last—chance saloon. as the diplomatic caravan moves from rome's streets to scottish streets, borisjohnson still has a lot of arm twisting to do. hope may spring eternal, reality does not.

us presidentjoe biden has spoken about the result of talks between global leaders at the g20 summit in rome. he said tangible progress has been made on climate change, the pandemic and the global economy. i'm proud to g20 endorse the global minimum tax, this is something the united states has been driving for for over a year, building united states has been driving for for overa year, building momentum up for overa year, building momentum up to this achievement by not say this is an incredible win for all of our country is. instead of nations competing each other to attract investments by bottoming out corporate tax rates, this sets a minimum floor of 15% to ensure that giant corporations begin to pay theirfair share, giant corporations begin to pay theirfairshare, no giant corporations begin to pay theirfair share, no matter where they're headquarters, instead of hiding profits overseas. should've also agreed to announce a fund in the future for countries to draw on

to help prevent, if necessary, and responded to the next pandemic, to prepare for the next time around. yesterday, together with prime minister johnson yesterday, together with prime ministerjohnson and merkel and smock ron, we came together and reiterated our shared belief that diplomacy is the best way to prevent iran from gaining a nuclear weapon, and we discussed how best to encourage iran to resume serious, good faith negotiations. also voted to note that even as i have been here in rome, as you may guess, and some of the american porters may expect,... ijust miss meeting with a broad coalition on how to address the supply chain backlogs that the world's been dealing with and that we are facing back at home and how to make sure we have access to all the products we need, from shoes to furniture to electronics, automobiles, to make sure we talk about how better to secure a against

these future shocks with the pandemic and climate change or other disasters. the build back better framework which is, god willing, going to be voted on as early as sometime this coming week, that i announced on thursday, includes for the first time ever several billion dollars to help strengthen the supply chains to make sure we have access to everything we need. and it's going to give workers and folks making these products just a little bit of breathing room. were also going to make it betterfor them bit of breathing room. were also going to make it better for them to afford everything from childcare while they're at work for karen are kids, two years of free, high—quality preschool, and finally, today i was proud to announce, together with our close eu partners, another critical win for american workers and a climate agenda. united states and european union have agreed to negotiate the world's first trade agreements based on how much carbon is in a product, as we

negotiated the steel and aluminium terrace at four in place. we made an agreement and might i add, strong support of the us steel workers back on, and i want to thank them and thank tom conway who spoke to today, president of the night and steelworkers, for his partnership in arriving out of the steel. the deal will immediately remove a point of significant tension with our friends in the european union. it rejects the false idea that we cannot grow and act on —— grow economy and support american workers were tackling the climate crisis at the same time. we are talking a lot during the g20 and con 26 but was no tackling the climate crisis has been an all hands on deck effort. american workers are critical part of the solution. let's cross to rome now, where our correspondent mark lowen has more.

what will come out of this is what was finally put down and agreed on that final communique. so, the pluses and the negatives? in terms ofthe pluses and the negatives? in terms of the climate _ pluses and the negatives? in terms of the climate pledges, _ pluses and the negatives? in terms of the climate pledges, the - pluses and the negatives? in terms of the climate pledges, the final. of the climate pledges, the final communique had a bit of a mixed bag, really. 0n the aim of capping global warming ati.5 degrees, really. 0n the aim of capping global warming at 1.5 degrees, above preindustrial levels, the g20 leader said they would pursue efforts to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees and use meaningful and effective actions to do so. but really, beyond that, there were very few concrete actions or ideas as to what they were to do in order to keep that dream of 1.5 were to do in order to keep that dream of1.5 degrees were to do in order to keep that dream of 1.5 degrees alive. and that will now probably go through to the glasgow summit for days of wrangling it to try to the nitty—gritty of the actions they have to take to move towards 1.5 degrees cap. in terms of the other thorny issue which is

achieving net—zero carbon emissions by 2050, that was the aim of some western leaders, including italy we understand, and quite possibly america, to have 2050 in the final communique, but it doesn't appear because all we talk about is this net—zero carbon emissions by or around mid century. we understand that has been watered down because of opposition into a 2050 date from the big emitters, including china, india, russia, were all about 2060 instead of 2050. i think that will disappoint a lot of environmental activists. disappointed alsojoe activists. disappointed also joe biden, activists. disappointed alsojoe biden, because he said in that press conference that some people find it disappointing, this g20, i too find it disappointing because russia and china did not show up in terms of their commitments. that gives you a sense of the disputes under tough talks that have been at this g20 summits, which will continue at the cop26 glasgow talks over the next 11

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no my details are immediately available. no details of any injuries, that is all we know at any moment. two trains have been involved in a crash near salisbury and close to andover. more as and when we get it. turning to glasgow now, where formalities have started to open the un conference on climate change, known as cop26. officially, the presidency was handed overfrom chile to the uk and italy, who are sharing the honour. in his opening statement, the cop president alok sharma said this two—week summit is the world's last, best hope. with a wrap—up of the day's events in glasgow, here's our correspondent rebecca morrelle. a gloomy start to proceedings in glasgow, but there are high hopes for a sunnier outcome. in a socially distanced

conference centre, a reminder we are still in a time of covid, as alok sharma formally takes the reins for what some say is the last chance to save the planet. floods, cyclones, wildfires, record temperatures, we know that our shared planet is changing for the worse. and we can only address that together through this international system. the world meteorological organisation warned today that these extremes are the new normal. but it's developing countries who are suffering the most, and they say the onus should be on richer nations. malawi, like many countries that are developing, have been at the receiving end of climate change issues, pretty much brought by those developed nations who continue to emit so much carbon. central to these talks is a vital number — 1.5 degrees. if temperatures go above this, we move into dangerous territory.

the world is already 1.1 degrees above preindustrial levels, and we are seeing the impacts of that right now. but even if every country does what it is promising, we're on course for 2.7 degrees by the end of the century. activists are demanding more action now, led by greta thunberg, mobbed as she arrived in glasgow. we can always prevent things from getting worse. it's never too late to do as much as we can. after nearly three decades of talks, there are questions over how much can be achieved here. the fate of the planet is in their hands. cop26 has officially begun. the effects of climate change are already clear for some nations more than others. bangladesh is among the most vulnerable, so our science editor david shukman looks now at one village there

and what it needs. in a village on the coast of bangladesh, people are using mud to try to hold back the sea. it's all they've got. the rising level of the ocean means they are getting flooded more often. and we saw the same villagers struggling in the same way back in 2009. the people who have done least to cause climate change are suffering the most from it. if the forecasts of climate scientists are right and the sea rises even more, may be by a metre by the end of the century, how on earth are these millions of people going to cope? with life so precarious, this community has long been desperate for international help. that is why this woman wanted to share her story at the climate summit in copenhagen 12 years ago.

she told me she was pleased to be there and believed that world leaders would do something. they didn't. now her life is tougher than ever. extreme weather is striking more often, and there is still very little assistance. translation: we have no idea what we can do. - if people can help us, something can change. we don't have the money to move to other places. i have nothing that i can give to my children. along some stretches of coast, there are now rows of sandbags to try to keep the sea at bay. a new school provides shelter during cyclones. fresh water is harder to find. most supplies are contaminated by the rising sea. more than a decade ago, developing countries were given a promise that by now they would be getting $100 billion a year in climate aid.

here we are at the glasgow summit, and that promise still hasn't been fulfilled. the 100 billion was just a promise that has not been kept, and its importance is that leaders who made the promise are not keeping their promise and therefore, these leaders have no credibility. back in bangladesh, she says she doesn't want her children and grandchildren to suffer more than she is. but they are facing a hotter and more hostile climate, so there's real pressure for the talks in glasgow to get somewhere. rubbish collectors and street cleaners in glasgow have confirmed they will go ahead with strike action throughout the cop26 summit. it was thought that a deal had been made between unions and the council, but the gmb union has today said that strike action will go ahead as planned, accusing the council of bad faith on pay consultations, saying they had not been given enough time to consider the last—minute pay deal offered

by the council on friday. hundreds of passengers hoping to travel to glasgow for the cop26 climate summit by train have been left waiting inside london's euston station after a fallen tree halted services. pictures on social media showed the concourse packed with people, many of whom were hoping to travel north for the climate conference, which began today. travellers acknowledged the irony of the situation, as many were forced to book domestic flights to the conference on climate change as a result of the cancellations. earlier in laura kuenssberg's report, we heard the uk prime minister confirm that he discussed the ongoing fishing dispute with the french president after the westminster government said it was up to france to fix the tensions around permits for french fishing boats. let's listen now to what

president emmanuel macron had to say on the issue. translation: the prime minister and i have spoken today. - we gave the prime minister's team some documents on how to work towards a solution. now the ball is in their court. if the british do not budge on this, will have to put retaliation measures in place on the 2nd of november. the ball is in the uk's court. if the british continue what they are doing and do not come to an agreement on it, it will be regrettable, but i have to respond and defend ourfishermen. let us micromanage about seven years coming into us here at bbc news concerning a train. we have had reports of two trains that have been involved in a crash near salisbury. we understand it may have been a

derailing between salisbury and grateley. were going to speak to a local reporters there. james, can you bring it up to date? the details are still sketchy _ you bring it up to date? the details are still sketchy but _ you bring it up to date? the details are still sketchy but what _ you bring it up to date? the details are still sketchy but what we - you bring it up to date? the details are still sketchy but what we do - are still sketchy but what we do know is that two trains appear to have collided at or inside a tunnel close to salisbury. wiltshire police say they are on the scene, clearly, other emergency services are there too. we have heard from a controller, a network rail controller, a network rail controller, who has told us, this is unconfirmed, but there are 13 what they described as walking wounded passengers on that train. it appears there are no serious casualties but certainly injuries and those injuries described as walking wounded. we also believe the train driver is trapped inside the cab and efforts are under way to try to get him or her out of the train. we know

that at least one carriage is on its side as well, so that is presumably making that work a lot more difficult. we also know that two helicopters are there, one from the police and the other from the coastguard, which we believe has been scrambled from wales. so clearly, this is a critical incident occurring outside of salisbury. first of all, how busy it normally with that route be on a sunday evening? i with that route be on a sunday evenin: ? ~ , ., , , with that route be on a sunday eveninu? ~ , .,,.,_ evening? i think probably it could be particularly — evening? i think probably it could be particularly busy. _ evening? i think probably it could be particularly busy. i'm - evening? i think probably it could be particularly busy. i'm not - be particularly busy. i'm not entirely aware way of the train was coming from or going to, trains out of london have been disrupted today by bad weather, so it might be that more people were on the train if other services were cancelled. that's also the end of half time, so people may be returning to their homes or schools, so not entirely clear but it's either on the main

line between london and salisbury or between, i think it's more likely, to be between salisbury and southampton. flan to be between salisbury and southampton.— to be between salisbury and southamton. . ,, ,. , southampton. can you describe the area, as southampton. can you describe the area. as far— southampton. can you describe the area. as far as _ southampton. can you describe the area, as far as you _ southampton. can you describe the area, as far as you know, _ southampton. can you describe the area, as far as you know, in - southampton. can you describe the area, as far as you know, in terms | area, as far as you know, in terms of the details, your local knowledge, what is that area like at the crash site? we knowledge, what is that area like at the crash site?— the crash site? we know it is the for certain _ the crash site? we know it is the for certain tunnel, _ the crash site? we know it is the for certain tunnel, recently - the crash site? we know it is the for certain tunnel, recently close to salisbury. are not entirely clear which line it is on but if it is close enough to salisbury, that will be relatively straightforward for emergency services to get to but outside of salisbury, wiltshire is a rural county, so i'm not entirely sure where the passengers on this train will be taken, but a huge response down there now. what train will be taken, but a huge response down there now. what advice has been given — response down there now. what advice has been given to _ response down there now. what advice has been given to anyone _ response down there now. what advice has been given to anyone concerned? i has been given to anyone concerned? sorry, can you say that again? what sorry, can you say that again? what advice has been _ sorry, can you say that again? what advice has been given _ sorry, can you say that again? what advice has been given to _ sorry, can you say that again? what advice has been given to anyone concerned about passengers who may

have been on this two trains? at the have been on this two trains? at the moment, have been on this two trains? at the moment. let — have been on this two trains? at the moment. let me _ have been on this two trains? at the moment, let me look— have been on this two trains? at the moment, let me look up, _ have been on this two trains? at the moment, let me look up, certainly l have been on this two trains? at the i moment, let me look up, certainly uk rail and south western railway were sharing details on what was happening and that services were to any details about the services yet though i am sure that information will be coming shortly because will be people concerned. one update to tell you about is that the accident investigation branch is heading the scene and says it is a train collision and will carry out preliminary investigations once it gets to the scene. no information about where the train was coming from or going to or information for people may be concerned about those on board. fine people may be concerned about those on board. ., , ., , .,, on board. one more question, please, what time to — on board. one more question, please, what time to this _ on board. one more question, please, what time to this happen? _ on board. one more question, please, what time to this happen? it _

on board. one more question, please, what time to this happen? it would - what time to this happen? it would have been about _ what time to this happen? it would have been about an _ what time to this happen? it would have been about an hour _ what time to this happen? it would have been about an hour ago, - what time to this happen? it would have been about an hour ago, is i what time to this happen? it would have been about an hour ago, is atj have been about an hour ago, is at the moment, it's still early days. i appreciate that, i will let you get back to that to get my details for us. if you are just back to that to get my details for us. if you arejustjoining is, we are getting the latest details about are getting the latest details about a crash that has taken place near salisbury. eight the collision happened at grateley to the east of the city, close to andover. went to stand one train has derailed and we are getting more information over the course of the hour, so do stay with us on bbc news. you can see the tweet published on the wiltshire police twitter feed. will return to the story about fishing rights and fishing licenses and many other subjects as well.

chris mason joins me and many other subjects as well. chris masonjoins me in the and many other subjects as well. chris mason joins me in the studio. are we anywhere at nearer reaching a solution to this? fin are we anywhere at nearer reaching a solution to this?— solution to this? on the face of it, no. when solution to this? on the face of it, n0- when you _ solution to this? on the face of it, no. when you look _ solution to this? on the face of it, no. when you look at _ solution to this? on the face of it, no. when you look at what - solution to this? on the face of it, no. when you look at what the - solution to this? on the face of it, | no. when you look at what the two sides have been saying, ask questions as they were in the closing press conferences at the g20 summits, but the british prime minister and the french president, both sides really taking in their heels and saying it is for the other side to climb down. borisjohnson has said he is particularly irritated, possible was his words, about this letter that was leaked at the other day from the french prime minister. there has been some arguments about the precise translation of that letter though there is a phrase in it that says that it should be obvious to european union citizens that leaving the european union comes with its downsides, basically. and the view from number 10 is that breaks the

spirits, if not the letter, of the trade and cooperation agreements, the brexit deal that was done between both sides by not from the british side zyprexa was the decision of this often british people and it should be attended by both sides to make the new arrangements work by not safe from the french perspective, they are currently saying they are going to push ahead with these threats on tuesday, to make trade between the two sides of the uk and france harder. perhaps that's not quite looking as severe as it might have done. what's interesting is, away from the rhetoric on both sides, there is clearly politics on both sides, front selection eminence, british government is keen to make sure to substrate and the best from brexiting standing up for itself, looking away from the rhetoric when you hear voices from those in the channel islands, caught up in the middle of their surrender licensing of boats, it does seem like there may be some movement towards if not a resolution any recognition that some sort of compromise needs to be arrived at one way or another. but

both leaders arrived in rome for the 620 both leaders arrived in rome for the g20 arguing about fish and have left rome at the end of the g20 still arguing about it and no resolution yet. arguing about it and no resolution et. , , ., , arguing about it and no resolution et. ., yet. everybody was watching her no body language _ yet. everybody was watching her no body language in — yet. everybody was watching her no body language in rome _ yet. everybody was watching her no body language in rome and - yet. everybody was watching her no body language in rome and how- yet. everybody was watching her no i body language in rome and how they were when they met. it will be unfortunate at this roll over to cop26 and dominic there as well? i think that is unlikely to, to be honest. granted, that ultimately to soar there and will be asked questions about it and there are deadlines happening during the cop negotiations, particular the first two days of cop negotiations in glasgow, tomorrow and tuesday, known as the world leaders' so much. but the whole question around trying to reach these binding targets on global warming are an infinitely bigger scale than what is a relatively small scale row between two albeit fairly large northern

european powers. we'll seen over the last couple of days the prime minister and the french president meeting each other having family photos, fist pumping, they had a brush by meeting today, an informal meeting about this topic on the margins of the g20. clearly, there is tension on both sides, the language are spiky on both sides, but i'm not sure it is likely to make a significant difference to like that it is unlikely to have a deal at cop, even if it might take up deal at cop, even if it might take up the tension in the early days. thank you. plenty of showers out there at the moment with a of rain where the rain centring on scotland. there is low pressure pushing in from the west of staying a blustery and showery through the course of the night and temperatures sit between five and nine degrees. plenty showers around to start the new working week but the wind

direction swinging to a northerly, driving a cooler air down from the north. so if you are caught in those showers with the blustery wind, it will feel disappointingly cool in comparison to recent days. nine degrees the high. to the still in situ state, we could start with early morning frost around. fewer showers on tuesday, most widespread across northern scotland, northern ireland are one or two running down through the irish sea looks even with a little more sunshine and lighter winds, temperatures are set to struggle. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... the crucial climate change conference has got under way in glasgow. the cop26 summit is widely seen as the last chance to save the planet from irreversible damage caused by climate change. earlier, the leaders of the world's richest nations were meeting in rome,

where the climate challenge was spelled out clearly.