this is bbc news, broadcasting in the uk and around the globe. i'm joanna gosling. our top stories: australia's prime minister—elect gets ready to take to the world stage — promising a new approach on climate change. there is a change of government, there will be some changes in policy, particularly with regard to climate change and our engagement with the world. deadline day for the report into lockdown breaches in downing street— those named have until 5pm to respond ahead of its long—awaited publication. the ukrainian government says it won't agree to a ceasefire with russia that involves giving up

territory in an apparent hardening of its position. a city remembers — five years on from the manchester arena bomb that killed 22 people. hello and welcome to bbc news. australia's incoming prime minister, anthony albanese, has vowed to sweep aside his country's reputation for dragging its heels in the fight against climate change. wildfires, bleached out coral reefs and flooding have made made australia a byword for climate—fuelled disruption. mr albanese looks set to be sworn—in as prime minister on monday, before he heads to tokyo for a meeting with the leaders of the us, japan and india. he's signalled a major shift in climate change policy, saying australia could become a renewable energy superpower.

the quad leaders�* meeting is an absolute priority for australia and it enables us to send a message to the world that there is a change of government, there will be some changes in policy, particularly with regard to climate change and our engagement with the world on those issues. our sydney correspondent shaimaa khalil has more on anthony albanese�*s priorities. the new leader, anthony albanese, wasted no time in saying that climate action, climate policies are going to take centre stage for his government. in his acceptance speech he said that australia could be a renewable energy superpower, it could be a leader in that field and whether or not he forms a majority or a minority government with a coalition, he will have to work with green mps and the independents who've put climate action as the centre of theircampaigning. but this is not going to be an easy task. remember, australia yet is a country that has been on the front line of a of climate disasters, whether that be the bushfires of 2019, 2020 or the catastrophic floods that have happened a couple

of months ago. but it is also a country that is still very much economically wedded to fossil fuels. so to convince people, especially in the mining industry, in regional australia that have been economically dependent on this industry is going to be difficult. but anthony albanese has called for change, has called for safe change and i think it was a message for those areas as well that this is not going to happen overnight, but there's going to be a plan to phase out fossilfuels. there are other things that the new prime minister will have to deal with and that has to do with engaging the rest of the world. he's going to be sworn in on monday and then fly out to tokyo to meet with presidentjoe biden, to meet with the leaders ofjapan and india in the quad meeting, he indicated earlier how important

that is going to be for australia. and a big foreign policy issue is the relationship with china, of course. that has been very tense over the past couple of years. how anthony albanese and his government are going to engage with china is quite crucial. but generally you do see a shift, you do see a change in the way that he wants to do things. earlier today anthony albanese said i want to see change. i want to see change in the way politics operates in this country. and i think this is a message from him, notjust for australians but for the rest of the world as well. as shaimaa said, anthony albanese promises to turn australia into a renewable energy powerhouse — but what exactly does he mean? at the moment, roughly 96% of australia's power is generated through using fossil fuels, with coal providing around a0%. that requires the use of around 130 million tonnes of coal each year. mr albanese has promised to reduce australia's emissions by 43% by 2030 — dropping to net zero by 2050. he hasn't said what he plans to do about fossil fuels,

but he has promised to make electric vehicles cheaper, roll out 85 solar banks around australia to ensure more households can benefit from rooftop solar and install 400 community batteries across the country. the potential for solar and wind power in australia is huge. however, there's still the question of its fossil fuel exports. it provides more than a third of the world's coal exports each year, worth roughly $41; billion, and bringing an end to that could be hard. i'm joined now by bob ward from the grantham research institute on climate change at the london school of economics. what would happen there be a

coalition which is looking like a strong possibility? he is seeing a 43% cut but other parties who may end up governing with him wanting to go even further. if end up governing with him wanting to go even further. ii he end up governing with him wanting to go even further-— go even further. if he ends up rel in: go even further. if he ends up relying on _ go even further. if he ends up relying on the _ go even further. if he ends up relying on the green - go even further. if he ends up relying on the green party - go even further. if he ends up relying on the green party are go even further. if he ends up - relying on the green party are the several independence who have made increased gains he will have to negotiate for something more ambitious and climate change. the outgoing government targets for 2030 were to reduce emissions by 20 eight to 26% compared to 2005 and that was widely regarded as unambitious. labor and anthony albanese have been putting forward 43% but the green party have been putting forward 75% reduction and it is not clear what they would do about tackling poll which is a major problem in tackling

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get away from petrol and diesel driven vehicles saw the potential is absolutely enormous if anthony albanese can make progress on that. he has said that business in australia know that action on climate change is good forjobs and economy and i want to join the global effort. how big a task all be face on people who will rely on their fossil fuel sector on income and jobs to actually embrace this shift? ht and jobs to actually embrace this shift? . ., , , and jobs to actually embrace this shift? . . , , ., and jobs to actually embrace this shift? . . ,, and jobs to actually embrace this shift? . . , ,, ., shift? it certainly is an issue that there are a _ shift? it certainly is an issue that there are a lot _ shift? it certainly is an issue that there are a lot of— shift? it certainly is an issue that there are a lot of local _ shift? it certainly is an issue that i there are a lot of local communities in australia relying very heavily on the coal industry but it is not alone. we have seen in germany they are very dependent on coal but they are very dependent on coal but they are already making the shift away and they are looking at places where

they will shut down coal mines that they will shut down coal mines that they build new car manufacturing plants and the workers can be redeployed and also the kind of things that can be in which i hope no —— anthony albanese that will start to do. i hope he will look very seriously at that look sharply. in a country with so much sunshine and so much space renewables it seems like a no—brainer that would be relatively easy to switch to. and be relatively easy to switch to. and there are be relatively easy to switch to. iwc there are challenges, of be relatively easy to switch to. ch there are challenges, of course. you have to establish the infrastructure and connected to the grid. at the moment the australia power system is set up for the convenience of its coal industry and the coal industry lobby is very hard to keep the status quo to try to stop renewables coming part of the grade. you need

to make greater strides in storage because sunshine of course, you don't get sunshine during the night or on cloudy days so you need to be able to manage that intermittency but frankly what has happened in australia is that they have tended to vastly underestimate the cost of call because they have not taken into account the huge damage it is causing in australia and around the world and i think that has been the difference in this election campaign. there are a number of people recognising a clear connection between the call use and the call mining in australia and the disasters they are facing through wildfires, flooding and stronger stance and i think they have finally sunk in. president biden has arrived injapan from south korea on the latest leg of his asian tour.

he was welcomed by the japanese foreign minister, yoshimasa hayashi, and the us ambassador tojapan, rahm emanuel. mr biden is scheduled to meet japan's prime minister fumio kishida and emperor naruhito ahead of tuesday's quad summit, which brings together the leaders of australia, india, japan and the united states the long—awaited report into gatherings in downing street during lockdown is expected to be published within days. the senior civil servant sue gray has given people she intends to name in her report until 5pm today to respond. meanwhile, pressure is growing on the prime minister to explain what was discussed at a meeting between him and ms gray several weeks ago. 0ur political correspondent iain watson reports. the long—awaited report into gatherings at the heart of government is being finalised this weekend, and it's expected to be published within days. the senior civil servant sue gray has contacted all those she is intending to name or criticise, and they have the long—awaited report into gatherings at the heart of government is being finalised this weekend, and it's expected to be published within days. the senior civil servant sue gray has contacted all those she is intending to name or criticise, and they have

until 5:00pm today to respond. but if some of them challenge her account of what went on here, the report could be delayed further, and labour are questioning why borisjohnson met sue gray a month ago if she was supposed to be working independently of downing street. number ten say the prime minister hasn't seen the contents of the report or tried to influence it. but labour is calling for all the evidence, including more than 500 photos or cctv images of gatherings, events and parties which went on here during lockdown, to be made public. that won't happen, but it is possible some photos will be published if sue gray thinks they are relevant. for example, if she wants to make a point about social distancing, or lack of it, then we may well see images of crowded rooms. there haven't been new calls from conservative mps for borisjohnson to go, but when the detail of some of the gatherings in downing street is revealed, it could still prove damaging. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blakejoins me now. we are in a bit of a holding position. we are in a bit of a holding position-—

we are in a bit of a holding osition. ~ . , ., position. we are but it will not sto us position. we are but it will not stop us stocking _ position. we are but it will not stop us stocking for _ position. we are but it will not stop us stocking for a - position. we are but it will not stop us stocking for a bit - position. we are but it will not l stop us stocking for a bit longer and the wait for the report by —— it will not stop us from talking for a bit longer and the sue gray report is forthcoming. throughout there has been obviously a huge expectation on what she will say. we know a flavour of it from the interim report published back injanuary of it from the interim report published back in january that identified failures ofjudgments published back injanuary that identified failures ofjudgments in leadership saying some of the event should not have been allowed to happen in the way they did that this will be all about the detail and all about the conclusion that sue gray and her team have reached about the nature and extent of the events which were happening. in the last couple of days we have seen a bit of a debate about omitting which —— a meeting held with sue gray and the prime minister and slightly

different versions from the government team and the sue gray team. nadim zawahi it is very clear that the prime minister has never sought to interfere our influence sue gray saying that he would welcome her publishing all the evidence. sue gray has complete control over this. sue gray has complete control over this i_ sue gray has complete control over this i have — sue gray has complete control over this. i have not seen the report. she will— this. i have not seen the report. she will publish that report. i would — she will publish that report. i would absolutely welcome it. it is the right— would absolutely welcome it. it is the right thing to do. i think it is important — the right thing to do. i think it is important that the prime minister then come back to the dispatch box and respond to it as he has promised he would _ and respond to it as he has promised he would do — and respond to it as he has promised he would do. ultimately what matters is people _ he would do. ultimately what matters is people understand what happened and then— is people understand what happened and then learn the lessons from it. learning _ and then learn the lessons from it. learning the lessons will be a think a phrase we hear repeated after the publication of this report and as nadim zawahi said the prime minister

has committed to coming to parliament and making a statement on the findings of sue gray an her report. 0nce the findings of sue gray an her report. once that is over and the metropolitan police investigation has concluded into all of this as well, the labour leader so keir starmer faces well, the labour leader so keir starmerfaces questions well, the labour leader so keir starmer faces questions over an eventin starmer faces questions over an event in the north of england where he and his staff were pictured having a takeaway curry and that has meant that while labour still argue there was lawbreaking on an industrial scale completely of a different magnitude to what sir keir starmer was facing it does make it more difficult to criticise what borisjohnson was doing. pat mcfadden has been talking about the promise by sir keir starmer if he

has been fined or broken the law to resign it showed great integrity and leadership and he takes adherence to the law very seriously and if you contrast that to the culture that has been exposed both by what the met has discovered and what we are likely to see in the report from sue gray we see that culture comes from the top. gray we see that culture comes from the to -. , ., , gray we see that culture comes from theto. , ., the top. there will be names and we know a group _ the top. there will be names and we know a group of— the top. there will be names and we know a group of around _ the top. there will be names and we know a group of around 30 - the top. there will be names and we know a group of around 30 people . the top. there will be names and we l know a group of around 30 people and senior officials and civil servants have been contacted by sue gray and her team and they have until five o'clock this evening to respond and reject if they see fit —— objective they see fit to anything that has happened. if that happens that will

hold up the process, if there is any legal challenge to the findings of people being included, that is something that could still delay this report further. downing street though will be very keen to get it out as soon as possible and draw somewhat of a line under theirs. that is the unknown, quite who will be named and implicated and in what way will be crucial and also the level of detail involved. we have heard talk of photographs and perhaps text messages and e—mail and what's up conversations being published in full. —— whatsapp. labour saying that should all be in there for everyone to see. we heard earlier about the promise by australia's incoming prime minister to tackle climate change. other parts of the world are also facing extreme weather. days of flooding and landslides in eastern india have left more than 50 people dead. nearly a million people

have been affected. water levels in rivers are also running high in bangladesh where about two million people have been hit by the floods, as mark lobel explains. rain's normally considered a blessing in this north—eastern corner of bangladesh. it's now called a curse. homes and livelihoods left submerged after excessive downfalls. translation: we are living one bed on top of another. half of our home is underwater. if the waters rise, we don't know what we will do. my poultry is decimated and i don't have a boat to bring food from elsewhere. the worst floods here for nearly two decades, leaving two million people marooned. rain's normally considered a blessing in this north—eastern

translation: it's been two weeks since there was sun. excessive rain has devastated whatever i managed to collect. i can't dry this up. it's rotting. i'm appalled. officials say over 100 villagers here were inundated after floodwater rushing from india's north beach breached a major embankment on the barak river, costing at least ten lives this week. these parts of bangladesh are neighbouring areas in india and are prone to flooding but experts say climate change is increasing the likelihood of extreme weather like this. for survivors, tens of thousands are without power. this school now a sanctuary. translation: all my furniture is ruined. the entire house is submerged with water up my neck. in india's assam state, which borders bangladesh, at least ia people have died in landslides and floods triggered by torrential rain that submerged swathes of farmland and damaged thousands of homes.

translation: there's water everywhere. we need rations, medicine, but the government has not provided so i appeal to them, give us what we need. west of assam, at least 33 people were killed in thunderstorms on thursday. across the region, millions now waiting for the waters to recede with many hopes now washed away. mark lobel, bbc news. it's the ukrainian government says it will not agree a ceasefire deal with moscow that involves ceding territory — in an apparent hardening of its position. a presidential adviser said making concessions would backfire on ukraine because russia would immediately escalate the war after any break in fighting. 0ur correspondent, joe inwood, is in the capital, kyiv, and has benn giving us the latest.

i think what we have seen here is a restating of a pposition implicit throughout. president zelensky has always maintained that negotiations are an option on diplomacy is still the preferred way forward but still they said their precondition would be getting all their territory back so i think what we have always seen as the public statement it would like to talk but an acknowledgement that essentially what the ukrainians have always wanted is all their territory and large parts of the south so there is no overlap here. the adviser was stating that the only way you are going to have a diplomatic solution to this is after a significant amount of fighting

and i think that was probably a reality we have always known. we are seeing pictures of president zelensky meeting the portuguese prime mnister and there have been a number of meetings like this and many pledges of military and financial support. how much of a difference is that now making on the battlefield? i think an increasing amount. at the start of this month president zelensky was saying they needed more, they needed it faster and his position is gradually shifted to kind of acknowledge they are getting the support they need and people are giving it to them with the urgency with which they need it. i think the big missing picture, the missing piece of the puzzle here in terms of their military support are still air defences. they are being given some air defence systems but what we really need, and we saw this yesterday from a statement from the russian saying they had destroyed

a big shipment of military aid, they're still not getting the very latest in air defence systems. i think that is really not getting enough of that on every other front i think some of the equipment is starting to come through. i have seen personally modern western equipment being sent to the front lines and i think they will always need more, though, especially given the increased russian pushes we are seeing. how much are you hearing about life gradually returning to normal? just yesterday i travelled from lviv and there it feels pretty normal. there is still a curfew and stillair raid sirens but life there feels quite normal and down in 0desa i think it feels quite normal. in the capital it is returning to normality. i think it is occupied areas where we are seeing the return to normality taking longer partner because people are scared to return but also

the level of destruction. i have seen pictures of people coming from irpin but it is an absolute scene of devastation and then kharkiv we are seeing people starting to come out of the shelters. i think it is very much dependent on the level of destruction on the number of people forced from their homes. presidentjoe biden has said that everyone should be concerned about a rare outbreak of monkeypox that has been detected in at least a dozen countries around the world. speaking in south korea before boarding a plane tojapan, mr biden said that us health officials were working hard to find a cure. here in the uk, dr susan hopkins, chief medical adviser of the uk health security agency, said more monkeypox cases are being detected on a daily basis. this is a new disease spreading and documented that we have not seen before. we

documented that we have not seen before. ~ ., ., ., ~ ., before. we do not from africa and re orts in before. we do not from africa and reports in the _ before. we do not from africa and reports in the last _ before. we do not from africa and reports in the last few _ before. we do not from africa and reports in the last few weeks - before. we do not from africa and reports in the last few weeks that| reports in the last few weeks that there are some individuals who are particular traits such as immuno suppressed individuals and young children. the risk to the general population remains extremely low at the moment and i think people need to be allowed to attend really need clinicians to be alert to it and send the test of their concern. for the general population, if you're feeling unwell stay at home and avoid contact with others and if you develop a rash immediately seek medical care either by calling your gp or a sexual health clinic, whatever is more convenient for you but we are saying to people if you have got symptoms avoid close contact with others and seek medical attention. the duke and duchess of cornwall will star in a special episode of eastenders next month, to mark the queen's platinum jubilee. they visited the set in march, but the fact they'd taken

part in filming was kept under wraps until now. prince charles and camilla will play themselves, as they make a surprise appearance at a street party on the square. hello, sunshine on the way for many parts of the uk this afternoon, but for some it will be accompanied by a serving of showers. driest, brightest, closest to this area of high pressure. so across southern and eastern most counties of england. low pressure to the northwest, feeding in more in the way of cloud. the sun is going to have a pretty good breaking that cloud up in many areas, but it is likely to produce some showers i think across western wales and northern england into the afternoon

and potentially some thunderstorms for southern scotland and northern ireland. up to 23 degrees though, in the sunshine towards the southeast, just 13 or ia where we have a band of more persistent rain across northwestern scotland stretching up to the northern isles and more rain to come out of that through the course of the night for northern most scotland. elsewhere, we are looking at an essentially dry night and a mild night, with temperatures widely in double figures. for monday. it's a bit of a two pronged attack in terms of our weather. we've got weather fronts trying to push down from the north and we've got an area of low pressure trying to push in from the south. the theme really for the week ahead is that it's going to be unsettled and it will also turn cooler. this area of low pressure could make for some pretty intense rain across eastern most counties of england through monday and then i think they will start to produce some showers that lumped together into longer spells of rain, particularly for wales in the southwest come monday afternoon. we are having some questions around exactly where this rain sits across eastern england through monday and how heavy it is. so just keep that in the back of your mind through the course of the day.

but cooler as you can see for everyone. very typically. tuesday, low pressure to the east of the uk means i think many eastern areas will see some quite heavy showers. there'll be strong winds along the length of the north sea and some of this rain could also be fairly persistent before the low drifts away. towards the west, a very different story actually. light winds, sunshine and a pretty pleasant and quiet day. but by midweek we've got an area of low pressure coming in from the atlantic and all areas that will turn it windy and bring a chance of showers just about anywhere. that does look like things will start to settle down again towards the end of the week and we might see some warmth creeping back in by then, too.

now on bbc news... nick robinson in conversation with people who influence our political thinking about what has shaped theirs.

hello, welcome to political thinking, a conversation with rather than an interrogation of someone who shapes our political thinking about what has shaped theirs. my guest this week once described herself as young, black, and loud, and nimco ali has plenty to be loud about. she led a global campaign to end the cutting of girls, fgm, female genital mutilation, and in that role, she met borisjohnson when he was running to be mayor of london. she became an adviser to him, a friend of his and of his girlfriend, now wife, carriejohnson. nimco ali has praised the prime minister as "a real champion of women's rights and one of my feminist heroes." he appointed her as a government adviser on tackling violence against women and girls. nimco ali. hi. welcome to political thinking. thank you very much. are you still getting used

to being the campaigner who suddenly finds herself on the inside, walking through the