this is bbc news. i'm david eades. our top stories: leaders at the climate change summit in glasgow make progress in the race to limit global warming. the cop26 host says it's time to deliver on the promises. the eyes of the populations of the world are on you and the eyes of the british government and all the other governments that care about this are all negotiators and we have your numbers. relief in australia as a four—year—old girl, who was taken from a campsite more than two weeks ago, is found alive and well. us authorities give the go—ahead for children between the ages of five and eleven, to be given the coronavirus vaccine. and, as the race to be the next governor of virginia hots up, we report on what the outcome could tell us about the us,

a year after president biden�*s victory. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. two days of conference, two significant agreements. the leaders gathered at the cop26 climate change summit have made bold commitments to end deforestation by 2030 and to reduce emissions of methane — one of the most potent greenhouse gases — by some 30%. it's enough for the british prime minister and host of the cop, borisjohnson, to say he is cautiously optimistic about the progress being made. but as heads of government leave their national delegations to focus on more detailed discussion, mrjohnson also warned

against false hope. our political editor, laura kuenssberg, has been following the day's events. when cultures clash can they still agree? when there is so much difference, there can be dissent. shouting there are so many faces in glasgow, so many facets of what could be done. mr dicaprio, are you pleased with what has happened this week? hollywood stars might campaign but less developed countries may well complain. the united nations fears there is not enough trust to bridge the gaps, but deals are being made. more than 100 leaders signed a promise to stop the destruction of forests in nine years�* time. the american president displayed a real sense of progress. we are preparing to wrap on another busy day in scotland. i think we got a lot done. but there are obstacles. he was less than impressed that not every country is willing to be part of the journey.

the fact that china, trying to assert, understandably, a new role in the world as a world leader, not showing up? come on. the single most important thing that has the attention of the world is climate, everywhere. away from the main stage, down a quiet corridor in a tiny office is big resistance. instead of president xi, one of the most powerful people you probably have never heard of in his place — china's climate negotiator, xie zhenhua. he criticised developed countries for not coming up with cash to help the less wealthy go green and warned focusing too much on limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees, as borisjohnson wants, could destroy the consensus. but his attention was cast across as many foreign leaders as possible today but they have departed now, leaving

instructions for their negotiators. around 100 countries have already signed up to cut the potent greenhouse gas methane by nearly a third by the end of the decade. the prime minister can bank progress on clean technology, as well as those promises on methane and forests but, remember, there are good reasons why only a day ago he was warning, overall, these talks could fail. i am cautiously optimistic in the sense that on the way to the g20 in rome i said to somebody on the plane, that if this was a football match then the current score would be 5—1 down in the match between humanity and climate change. i think today after two days of talks with around 120 world leaders is that we have pulled back a goal or perhaps even two. and i think we are going to be able to take this thing to extra time, because there is no doubt that some progress has been made.

the first 48 hours here have been frantic and today there has been a flurry of promises that should hypothetically make a difference but it is now the hard bargaining really starts. remember, borisjohnson wants a deal that keeps global warming within safe limits but here in glasgow right now, it is far too early to be sure if that's in reach. there will be clashes and arguments, different voices and different views. but borisjohnson cannot be sure what may greet him in glasgow if, at the end of this vast summit, he returns. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, glasgow. many other challenges revolve around finance and the need to entice investment on a huge scale. mark carney is boris johnson's finance adviser for the conference and he's been speaking to the bbc�*s christian fraser. we're increasingly going

to see, though, as government policy toughens up, is clearer, fills in, like different words for the same thing, about what's needed to get us to 1.5 degrees is companies will have to notjust say theoretically, "this is what it will happen," but actually, "i do have to write off some of those." we saw a tiny bit of that earlier, last year, about a year ago with some of the major oil companies, who wrote off some of the excess reserves thatjust don't make sense in a 1.5—degree world but it is a drop in the bucket thus far. one of the problems at the moment is what we call carbon leakage. you get territory like the eu who put the price up of carbon, carbon taxes, more expensive for companies, and then companies relocate to another part of the world where it is cheaper. do you think there needs to be thought about a global carbon price? i do think we need

a global carbon price. it wouldn't exactly match — the price, may be higher in the uk then it is in sub— sahara or developing africa or a small island states, given the relative resources, but everyone should have a price on carbon but i am not naive about it. i don't think it will happen overnight. one of the objectives that prime minister trudeau and the prime minister of sweden and president biden and the head of the world trade organization and myself talked about yesterday was to get the coverage of the carbon price up to two—thirds of global emissions by the end of the decade. a four—year—old girl, who went missing from a campsite in the australian outback more than two weeks ago, has been found alive and well, according to police. 0fficers broke into a home 100km from the campsite and found cleo smith in one of the rooms.

shaimaa khalil is following the story for us from sydney. i tell you, david, we don't get a chance to report on good news stories and, you know, happy endings often, do we? and what a story to wake up to! literally in the morning we all got that alert that cleo smith has been found alive and, as you say, this is a story that has gripped australia. the whole country was following this from the day it was announced that she mysteriously disappeared from her family's tent at a campsite on the western australian coastline. and as the days went by everybody was expecting the worst. the family, of course, didn't give up hope. the police were searching, it was one of the biggest search operations for western australian police, on the theory that she was abducted, and today the police came out and said she was alive, she was well, she was found in a locked house. they went to that locked

house after a tipoff, that's all they told us, they found her in one of the rooms in the western australian town of carnarvon. one of the police officers carried her and asked her "what's your name? " and she answered "my name is cleo". and that is when they realised they had found her. we heard from the mother, she expressed her relief on social media saying that the family was whole again. the ordeal lasted more than two weeks. we also heard from the prime minister, scott morrison, who is in the uk who said the country's prayers have been answered. let's get some of the day's other news: a former policeman has won the race to become the mayor on new york and the first person of colour was also elected in boston. and currently glen

young ken is leading his competitor terry mcauliffe and the heavily favoured democratic governor phil murphy is now also being challenged. focusing on their situation in virginia. with me is our washington reporter suzanne kianpour. terry mcauliffe is in trouble here? ., ., terry mcauliffe is in trouble here? ~ , terry mcauliffe is in trouble here? ~ ., here? looks like he is although glenn youngkin _ here? looks like he is although glenn youngkin appears - here? looks like he is although glenn youngkin appears to - here? looks like he is although glenn youngkin appears to be l glenn youngkin appears to be having a very good night. terry mcauliffe addressed supporters and did not concede and want the boats to keep going and i spoke to some supporters who were there and they said the mood was a bit grim. there was disappointment about the campaign that terry mcauliffe

ran in terms of focusing a bit too hard on anti—trump and going against the trunk campaign and they were more focused on issues in the glenn youngkin campaign so yes, terry mcauliffe appears to be in trouble but that also looks like joe trouble but that also looks likejoe biden�*s party, the democrats, may be in trouble in the midterms next year and that is why virginia in the selection is so and we are paying so much attention to it. not a welcome flight home for joe biden if he sees that on his arrival and lose because virginia was a great success story 12 months ago, from the presidential perspective? exactly, joe biden won virginia with flying colours in the presidential election of last year, so this strategist, strategists are looking at this is potentially a referendum on joe biden. it's important to

look historically when before the republican government mcdonald was elected, that was seen as a referendum on barack 0bama and so virginia is seen as a state that is effectively as a state that is effectively a litmus test, for what the mid—term elections look like. and also a test of howjoe biden has done for the first few months, nearly a year, in office. what the issues that it has in the most —— has heard him the most? has in the most -- has heard him the most?— has in the most -- has heard him the most? one, the state of vir: inia him the most? one, the state of virginia has _ him the most? one, the state of virginia has a — him the most? one, the state of virginia has a large _ him the most? one, the state of virginia has a large military- virginia has a large military presence, many veterans who were angry as to how the afghanistan withdrawal was handled. that is definitely a factor in this govern our race. the luke venna governor looks like it will swing republican

as all of the attorney general, —— the lieutenancy governor. someone from the republican party said that glenn youngkin was a better candidate and terry mcauliffe was too dark and ran on anti—trump and politics in america is often a personality contest. if one personality contest. if one person even went as far to call glenn youngkin very barack 0bama —like. 0ut there shooting hoops. but this is definitely about president biden and a referendum and the democrats have had an issue when it comes to education and is largely seen that educated women in virginia may have been the main part of the electorate who, potentially, may have turned virginia red in the governors race. at

virginia red in the governors race. ~ ., virginia red in the governors race. �* ., ., �* virginia red in the governors race. ., ., �* ., race. a lot forjoe biden to sift through. _ race. a lot forjoe biden to sift through. thank- race. a lot forjoe biden to sift through. thank you. i children between the ages of five and eleven the united states will begin receiving coronavirus vaccinations as early as wednesday. the move comes after the us health regulator the centers for disease control — cdc — signed off on the measure on tuesday. but there is a challenge regarding takeup — polls are showing a large proportion parents aren't prepared to let their child have the vaccine. dr ashistha is a us expert on the covid—19 vaccination and gave me his reaction to today's news. first and foremost, it is great to see the advisors vote unanimously so not much controversy about whether the vaccines are safe for kids and a pulse that one third would get the kids right away, including me and most doctors, by the way, will get their kids vaccinated. my suspicion is that another 40— 50% will go

slowly. that another 40- 5096 will go slowl . , ., ~ ., slowly. they will talk to doctors _ slowly. they will talk to doctors and _ slowly. they will talk to i doctors and paediatricians slowly. they will talk to - doctors and paediatricians and over time they will be persuaded that the evidence are that kids are much, much better off getting the vaccine.— off getting the vaccine. when ou are off getting the vaccine. when you are confronted _ off getting the vaccine. when you are confronted with - off getting the vaccine. when | you are confronted with those who say they do not want their child having something like that, how do you persuade them? i begin by telling my own story. as i said, i'm a dad and a look at the data and i am a physician but also a dad and getting my own kids vaccinated. i think that is important. people value that. but what i talk about is the alternative to a vaccine is getting covid and this virus will be endemic, with a very long time and all the evidence says it is much worse for kids to get covid thenit worse for kids to get covid then it is for them to have any of the side—effects we have seenin of the side—effects we have seen in the vaccines. it is not a close call and i'm finding that parents are open to hearing that. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come:

the family making the practical changes needed to play a part in the fight against climate change. the israeli prime minister, yitzhak rabin, the architect of the middle east peace process, has been assassinated. a 27—year—old jewish man has been arrested and an extremistjewish organisation has claimed responsibility for the killing. at polling booths throughout the country, they voted on a historic day for australia. as the results came in, it was clear — the monarchy would survive. of the american hostages, there was no sign — - they are being held somewhere inside the compound — - and student leaders have threatened that, should i the americans attempt. rescue, they will all die. this mission has surpassed all expectations. voyager one is now the most distant man—made object anywhere in the universe, and itjust seems to keep on going. tonight, we prove once more that the true strength

of our nation comes not from the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals. this is bbc world news. the latest headlines: leaders at the climate change summit in glasgow, make progress in the race to limit global warming. the cop26 host, borisjohnson says it's time to deliver on the promises. there's relief in australia, as a four—year—old girl, who's been missing for more than two weeks, is found alive and well. every week at this time we take a look at climate change, bringing you stories with big implications for our planet's future. this week, in �*climate critical�* — how great is the international ambition at this pivotal time? 0pportunities seized,

or missed, in glasgow over the next 10 days will determine our future on this warming planet. tuesday�*s announcements on ending deforestation and reducing methane emissions this decade have created a positive outlook. but how far do those measures go to bring down global warming? for all the commitments made by individual countries, the level of contributions so far still fall far short of what�*s needed. there�*s a 66% chance of the world hitting a global temperature rise of 2.7 degrees celius by the end of the century — well in excess of the 1.5 degrees many are calling for. to get back on track, the world must almost halve emissions in the next eight years. let�*s speak to andrea hinwood, the un environment programme�*s chief scientist.

shejoins us from nairobi. thank you for your time. i was speaking to a colleague of yours. 0nly yesterday, his exuberance was quite infectious with the deal on deforestation. the trouble is, we have been in some of these places before, haven�*t you? how confident are you that we are in a different role now? it is interesting, it is nice talking with you this morning, david. what we have seen — we have seen this before, unfortunately. i was very excited when i saw this declaration, and some of the information coming through, but it is actually a close repeat of our sustainable development goal 15.2, which gave us — you know, it is essentially giving us ten more years to achieve it. we had said with a sustainable development goals, by 2020 we would promote the implementation of of sustainable management of all types of forest, helped

deforestation and restore degraded forest, so we are now saying that by 2030 we will achieve that. so it is great, everyone has joined achieve that. so it is great, everyone hasjoined up, it is absolutely something that must happen, but i think the other thing is that we really need to do something about our greenhouse gas emissions. and so, so far, i guess we have to look at a lot of the commitments that are coming through, do an analysis as to whether we have more than we currently had. and you know better than anyone that we are way — i say we rather grandly — you know, all of these countries put together our way off the target, even of two degrees, let alone — we talk about 1.5 degrees and the impact that will have. the forecast says something like 2.7 degrees. we don�*t even dare talk about what those ads look like with a 2.7 degrees warming. you have to wonder, if people don�*t realise that what we are actually talking about is

limiting the temperature increase to 1.5 or two degrees. that is, we are already on the trajectory to increase the temperature, we already see the effects of that across the globe every day. you see another flood, heatwave, globe every day. you see anotherflood, heatwave, a fire or whatever else we are seeing. record temperatures reported in particular locations. so we are on a trajectory for increased temperature. so what we really need to do is, we are trying to stop it so it doesn�*t go to highway, in fact, the cost of dealing with the impacts of that are going to be far higher than what we are actually trying to do now. so, this is why unep is saying in particular that we need to take action now, early, and as much as we can so we have the time to plan for those things to take more carbon out of the economy. but, andrea, let me ask you this then because it seems to be true in so many areas of disaster that there is still

not a willingness to grasp what is in front of us. i haven�*t been directly affected by a wildfire, so i am not bothered enough. how on earth do you get over that hurdle? yes, this is where we really start to talk about shared responsibility. everyone is pleading with our governments to actually look at there is evidence—based because that is what is in front of us, and take the action we need to start transitioning our economies and our energy sector is now, and so that we achieve this incredible reduction in the next eight years, which then gives us more time. but it is also all of us, and so i think some of the messages we are giving, we are certainly painting a pretty bleak picture but actually we have lots of solutions as well. and i think some of the challenges we have is presenting this global information and making it relevant, as you say, to the

present on the ground — what does it mean for me in my day—to—day activities? , does it mean for me in my day—to—day activities?, and day—to—day activities? , and we�*re day—to—day activities?, and we�*re going to have to start communicating with different groups, clubs, to actually say, well, this is what climate change and what changing the way we operate means in this particular group. and it is implemented. there are lots of solutions out there. 0k, andrea, iwill stop solutions out there. 0k, andrea, i will stop you there, partly because that moves us very neatly — thank you very much for your time, by the way. we hope that you watch this piece as well, but this brings us neatly onto this particular report. we have been hearing about all of the agreements that leaders are trying to read. and as andrea was saying, what can the rest of us do? 0ur science correspondent victoria gill has been to meet one family who are looking to the future. busy family life makes it difficult to count our carbon emissions, but for this family in leeds, decarbonising their daily routine has has become a priority. i think edie constantly likes to remind me that i need to be better.

do you think it could be made easier, you know, to make the changes that you would like to make? it would be better for the environment if we switched to eating more plant—based things, but we don't really do a lot of that at the moment and we could be better with that. as a parent, iam busy, but actually, i need to just make these changes for the better, really. it�*s kind of the next generation that will be left with these problems. and we�*ll all need to be part of the solution. according to one in—depth study of our energy use, the uk could halve its demand for energy by 2050 without compromising our quality of life. we�*ve got to reduce emissions so quickly over the next ten years that it means that everybody needs to be involved in the debate and in positive changes. low emissions, researchers say, means less consumption. as well as cutting our meat intake, most of us could reduce how many calories we eat. buying less and repairing more could help make a dent in the mountain of electrical waste we produce every year, and researchers are calling for investment in public transport and cycling networks to increase

tenfold in the next decade to help us all decarbonise our travel. to work out what that means for the day to day, we organised for edie and jo to get expert advice. i�*d never want anyone to feel guilty about their carbon footprint. it�*s not always easy to make changes. you could consider journeys under a particular distance, a shortjourney, could be done by cycling or walking. well, we are definitely up for the challenge, aren't we, edie? yes, we will try our very best this week. come on, mister! we are just about to walk to the shop. this week we�*ve been driving less and walking more and also using plant —based alternative. edie, jo, how did it go? the challenge? we started this week. we tried really hard to walk where that was reasonably practical, but i don�*t think we ate as many plant—based alternatives as we could have done. i think they've done fantastically well. lots of the changes can lead to a healthier, more active lifestyle as well, and i think that is what's

small steps, this issue is going to face us in many ways. this is bbc news. goodbye for now. hello there. it�*s staying pretty cold now for the rest of this week. there will be quite a bit of sunshine around by day, but it will be chilly at night with frosts and fog in places. now, through the day there will be quite a bit of sunshine in central and southern areas, but also some showers. this mainly affecting coastal areas. got low pressure to the north of the uk, this is where we are seeing the strongest of the winds today and weather fronts enhancing the shower activity. although most of them will be affecting coastal areas all around the country down into west wales and the southwest, northern parts of northern ireland and much of the eastern side of the country. some of the showers across the northeast, east of england will push into the midlands. so a bit cloudy here, more than we have had the last few days. some of the showers heavy with some hail and thunder mixed in, and they will be wintry over the high ground, particularly across northern scotland with the strongest

of the winds. further south the winds will be lighter. it�*s going to be a chilly day wherever you are, highs of six to eight in the north, nine to 11 further south. through wednesday night it stays quite blustery in the north, further coastal showers and many central areas will turn dry with lengthy clear skies again. winds will be lighter here. but stronger winds across the eastern side of england, more cloud. not quite as cold here as what it will be further west, and across the north we will have some frost and also some patches of fog. now as we move towards thursday into friday we start to see a change to the weather. this area of high pressure begins to build in from the west. it kills off lots of the showers, but what it is also going to do is cut off the arctic air supply as our wind begins to veer more west and southwesterly direction. so that will bring milder air back to our shores as you can see here from the orange and yellow colours. thursday, then, another cold start with frost and fog around. and then it is bright. plenty of sunshine around, more sunshine around on thursday. still a few showers across the eastern coasts again down into the far southwest. later in the day, thicker cloudy, patchy rain pushing

into the northwest of the uk as we start to pick up westerly winds. temperature slowly rising here, otherwise for most again it is a chilly day. as we move out from thursday into friday we start to see an area of high pressure toppling down towards the south of the country, and that will allow this area of low pressure to move in across the north at the start of the weekend. so it will be turning milder towards the end of the week, particularly as we head on into the weekend. low pressure will start to bring wetter and windier weather to northern areas, and will tend to stay drier and brighter the further south and east you are.

this is bbc news, the headlines: leaders at the climate change summit in glasgow say they�*ve made progress in the race to limit global warming. there have been bold commitments to end deforestation by 2030 and to reduce emissions of methane. the cop26 host, borisjohnson says it�*s time to deliver on the promises. a four—year—old girl who disappeared from a campsite in australia more than two weeks ago has been found alive inside a locked house. cleo smith vanished from her family�*s tent near the town of carnarvon in october. a man is being questioned by the police. america�*s centers for disease contro and prevention has given its final approval for children aged five to eleven to receive the pfizer—biontech covid vaccine. federal administrators say the decision has cleared the way for the vaccination of up to 28 million children.

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