this is bbc news. welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. our top stories... as world leaders gather in egypt for the cop27 summit, can they prevent geo—politics from casting a shadow over the fight against climate change? this conference must be about concrete action. nurses in the uk are set to hold their first—ever national strike, expected before christmas a passenger plane has crashed into lake victoria in tanzania while attempting to land in stormy weather , so far 26 people have been rescued. with the us midterm electionsjust days away, president biden and former presidents obama and trump have all hit the campaign trail, in the push for victory in a critical contest.

it's a choice. a choice between two vastly different visions of america. next tuesday you must vote republican in a giant red wave. the un's annual climate change summit has opened in eygypt at the red sea resort of sharm el—sheikh in the past hour. over the next 12 days, more than 120 world leaders and thousands of delegates will attend the conference — billed as the "world's watershed moment on climate action". the un says the global effort to cut emissions is �*woefully inadequate�*, warning it's putting the world on track for a �*catastrophe�*. there's no question progress is needed — so will cop27 move the dial on tackling climate change?

here's our climate editor, justin rowlatt. it has been a year of record—breaking temperatures and climate—related disasters around the world, but africa has been hit particularly hard. huge floods displaced more than a million people in nigeria last month. cyclones ripped through madagascar earlier this year. while another year of low rainfall pushed parts of somalia and elsewhere in east africa even closer to famine. it's easy to see why egypt says this should be a cop — a climate conference for africa. take a look at historic emissions. developed countries in places like europe and america got rich burning fossilfuels. lots of nations in asia, notably china, are now doing the same. but take a look at africa's share. it is tiny. less than 8% of the total. and that's the issue. developing nations say we didn't cause the climate problem,

so why should we pay to fix it? egypt is saying it's time for the rich world to come good on its promise of 100 billion a year to help finance developing countries to move away from fossil fuels and adapt to the changing climate. and there will be some new demands too. remember the terrible floods in pakistan this summer? well, the developing world is also asking for cash to help with the loss and damage climate—related disasters like this are already causing. there's a lot of money for war, for instance, you know, in the system always when it's needed. 20 years there was a war next door. it was costing $300 million a day. so, no, i don't think it's an impossible ask. last week, the head of the un warned of a crisis of trust if there isn't progress on the issue. but with a war in europe and soaring food and energy prices, wealthy countries warn they already

have lots of calls on their cash. they don't want to sign up to an open—ended commitment that could end up costing hundreds of billions of dollars. the us climate envoy, john kerry, told the bbc the world's focus should remain on trying to cut emissions to minimise future climate change. we have an enormous challenge ahead of us to stop the damage from happening, and lots of countries are contributing to that damage today, including in the developing world. so we have to move faster to get off of coal. we have to move faster to reduce fossil fuel consumption. so there is real potential for conflict and disagreement at the conference. the last cop ended on a high note, with ambitious pledges from many nations. this year is about implementing those pledges, and that is a much more ambitious task.

in short, don't expect any big breakthroughs in egypt. justin rowlatt, bbc news. last year's climate conference president alok sharma opened the summit with this passionate speech urging countries to step up with their efforts to combat climate change. this conference must be about concrete action. and i hope that when the world leaders join us today, they will explain clearly what their countries have achieved during the last year and how they will go further. it is very simply a matter of trust. without its constituent members, delivering on those commitments and agreeing to go further, the entire system falters. live to sharm el—sheikh, we can speak to our science correspondentjordan dunbar.

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money and that phrase is a loss and damage. this is the idea that the rich world needs to find a mechanism to transfer money to the parts of the world hit hardest by climate change but who have polluted the lease and don't feel they deserve to ny- lease and don't feel they deserve to pay. that will be a real sticking point because of the inflation, energy prices, food prices there is less money floating around so it will be a tough, tough agreement to get. the biggest ever strike by nurses in the uk looks set to go ahead , the first national strike organised by the royal college of nursing. the final results are still being counted — but the union says a large majority of nurses have voted to walk out. the strike action was decided in a ballot of around 300—thousand members of the rcn — supported by over 50% members. a starting salary for a band 5 nurse is £27,000

though experienced staff can earn much more. but spending cuts and inflation have seen salaries eroded. the royal college of nursing is now calling for a rise of 5% on top of the rate of inflation. our health editor, hugh pym, reports. there've been a series of ballots among the rcn's 300,000 members at individual workplaces. pay rises lower than inflation over several years and workforce shortages are reasons given by the royal college of nursing for the strength of feeling, which led to the ballot of members. detailed results of the voting, including turn—out, will be formally announced within days. the general secretary, pat cullen says the signs are that across the uk members have spoken very clearly in favour of strike action. the rcn says any strikes would affect planned nhs treatment and appointments, but not emergency care. in england and wales, there have been pay awards of £1,a00 this year, the scottish government has offered just over 2,200. there has been no formal offer yet

in northern ireland. department of health covering england says recommendations of the independent pay review body have been followed and unions should think hard before taking action which might affect patients. the royal college of midwives and ambulance staff members of the gmb union have already voted for strike action in scotland. unison, with members including paramedics and some hospital staff, is still balloting. hugh pym, bbc news. staying in the uk, uk politics now and a senior government minister has denied that the prime minister rishi sunak knew details of bullying allegations against sir gavin williamson before he gave him a job. wendy morton has confirmed she raised concerns about sir gavin's actions last month. our political correspondent ian watson has this

update. in fact, correspondent ian watson has this update. infact, he correspondent ian watson has this update. in fact, he doesn't. correspondent ian watson has this update. infact, he doesn't. david wallace lockhart is here with me with a fresher update! tell us what has been said about this. {begin has been said about this. gavin williamson _ has been said about this. gavin williamson 's _ has been said about this. gavin williamson 's former _ has been said about this. gavin williamson 's former defence l williamson �*s former defence secretary, former education secretary, former education secretary, was sacked by boris johnson but he returned to government when rishi sunak became prime minister. he is now a minister in the cabinet office. the sunday times has obtained texts he sent to wendy morton, then the chief whip, shortly after the queen died. in it gavin williamson appears to be upset he is not getting any of the government's allocation to funeral tickets to go to the funeral, he accuses wendy morton of rigging that allocation. in a series of texts he warns wendy morton not to push him about, he says there is a price of

everything, there are a few we cannot quote because of the language and wendy morton complained to the party about these texts. what is making this situation even more uncomfortable for the prime minister rishi sunak �*s we now know he was told gavin williamson was the subject of a complaint before he put him into government, so he made that decision afterwards. on the same day he said he would run his government with integrity and humility. we have heard from the chancellor, the duchy of lancaster, a cabinet position here, oliver dowden. he has been on television this morning and is actually gavin williamson's direct boss and this is what he had to say. these were sent in the heat of the moment_ these were sent in the heat of the moment at— these were sent in the heat of the moment at a very difficult time. gavin _ moment at a very difficult time. gavin accepts he shouldn't have said these _ gavin accepts he shouldn't have said these things and he regrets it and we should — these things and he regrets it and we should all treat each other with respect _ we should all treat each other with respect and courtesy and that was

not the _ respect and courtesy and that was not the case. it was no secret that gavin _ not the case. it was no secret that gavin williamson and others indeed dhint— gavin williamson and others indeed didn't enjoy a good relationship with the — didn't enjoy a good relationship with the chief whip at the time. it was not _ with the chief whip at the time. it was not the case though that the prime _ was not the case though that the prime minister saw the detail. interesting oliver dowden saying the prime minister was aware of a complaint but he didn't know the detail. we have also heard from justine greening, a former conservative politician, was a cabinet minister, sat around the cabinet table with gavin williamson and here is what she had to say. this is the third time under the third _ this is the third time under the third prime minister that gavin williamson has been generating bad headlines one way or another. the texts _ headlines one way or another. the texts he _ headlines one way or another. the texts he sent to the chief whip were unacceptable and rishi sunak doesn't have the _ unacceptable and rishi sunak doesn't have the bandwidth for this kind of negative _ have the bandwidth for this kind of negative publicity when he is building _ negative publicity when he is building up towards a really important event on the 17th of november, the budget. it is unacceptable but it is hugely

unwelcome for the government to have this as _ unwelcome for the government to have this as a _ unwelcome for the government to have this as a distraction.— this as a distraction. where does this as a distraction. where does this no? this as a distraction. where does this go? the _ this as a distraction. where does this go? the line _ this as a distraction. where does this go? the line we _ this as a distraction. where does this go? the line we seem - this as a distraction. where does this go? the line we seem to - this as a distraction. where does| this go? the line we seem to get from oliver _ this go? the line we seem to get from oliver dowden _ this go? the line we seem to get from oliver dowden is _ this go? the line we seem to get from oliver dowden is a - this go? the line we seem to get i from oliver dowden is a complaints process has begun, the government should not get involved in that, a conservative party process and therefore we should wait and see. what is really interesting and justine greening was alluding to there is we have a prime minister who wants to be talking about plans for the economy, wants to be talking about the fact he flies to egypt this evening to go to the cop27 summit and this evening to go to the cop27 summitand try this evening to go to the cop27 summit and try and make progress on climate change today, but stories like these are going to dominate throughout today and it is probably not an issue he particularly wants to deal with at this moment but in terms of what is gavin williamson's future depends on what this complaints process brings about. let's bring you some breaking news through in the last hour. an aeroplane has crashed

into lake victoria in tanzania while attempting to land at a nearby airport. the owners of the plane say 26 people have been rescued so far , the police chief said 43 were on board but it is not known if there were fatalities. the aircraft, which had departed from the capital, dar es salaam, fell in the lake victoria due to storms and heavy rains, according to state media. these are pictures we are getting and you can see extraordinary scenes where this plane is still upright albeit in the lake. luckily the area where it landed, the water is not very deep as we can see from those people standing in the water. an extraordinary situation where that plane landed, crash landed into lake victoria but amazingly, it seems the majority of passengers on board were able to get off and we can see them standing there, awaiting rescue. we will keep you updated on that.

the crucial us midterm elections — which will decide who controls congress — are just a couple of days away and president biden and former president obama have taken to the stage together at a campaign rally in pennsylvania. mr biden urged the cheering crowd in his home state to back the democrats' john fetterman for the senate. he said the elections would shape the country for decades to come. this isn't a referendum this year, it's a choice. a choice between two vastly different visions of america. vastly different. maybe it's in our blood butjohn and i believe that all, it's all about fighting for working and middle class people. the way i have said from the beginning, my objective when i ran for president was to build an economy from the bottom up and the middle out. it's a fundamental shift compared to the mega republican trickle down economics. booing. no, really.

a fair economy that gives working people a fair shot. that's on the ballot. fundamental rights are on the ballot. truth and facts and logic and reason and basic decency are on the ballot. democracy itself is on the ballot. the stakes are high. speaking at a rally in pennsylvania to back the republican candidate, donald trump stressed the importance of defeating the democrats on tuesday. there is only one choice to end this madness, and it is indeed madness. if you support the decline and fall of america, then you must vote for the radical left democrats. if you want to stop the destruction of our country and save the american dream, then this tuesday you must vote republican in a giant red wave.

so, the midterms are typically considered a referendum on the first two years of a president's term in office. the party in power often takes a beating, so this tuesday's votes are considered the most important for years. christian fraser is in the bbc�*s election results studio in washington dc. so every four years we focus on a presidential election, but what happens in between in a midterm election two years into a president's term isjust as important. it has a huge impact on the direction of the country because whoever controls congress, the house and the senate controls much of the agenda. so, let's start with the senate. one thing you have to remember is that senators are elected to staggered six year terms, so actually only a third of the 100 seats are up for grabs this time, and right now you will see that the senate is very finely balanced. there are 48 democrats plus two independents who vote with them and sitting up here is the vice

president, also a democrat who has the sole power to break a tie. so that is 51 versus the republicans' 50, which means the fight for control of the senate could hinge on a single race. now, only a handful of these senate elections are what we would call truly competitive. so let me take you through three of the likely deciders we will be focusing on on tuesday night, starting with this one, pennsylvania, where democrats are battling for an open seat that was formerly held by a republican and a race that's been tightening. dr mehmet oz, who was endorsed by donald trump, now neck and neck with the progressive john fetterman, lieutenant governor who fights on despite suffering a stroke in may. just as close is the race in georgia, where another trump endorsement, herschel walker, is tied with the democrat and incumbent senator raphael warnock. and also in nevada, catherine cortez masto, elected in 2016 as the state's first latina senator, is defending

against the republican adam laxalt and very much up against it. the house is slightly different because all the members are elected every two years, so all 435 seats are in play. this time, republicans need only a net gain of five to take control of the chamber. now, roughly speaking, there are 30 seats in what we would call the toss up column that will dictate whether the republicans reach a majority and how large that majority will be. and the republicans have history on their side because a new president's party often loses seats in the midterms, especially a president with approval ratings like those ofjoe biden at 39%. that is lower than donald trump in 2018 when he lost the house to the democrats, lower than barack obama in 2014 and 2010. and that's because for the republicans, the issues are on their side. the economy and inflation are polling as the biggest draw for voters. remember, though, that the vast

majority of legislation in this country is passed at state level, not the federal level. and these past decades, state legislatures have gained power and influence over a patchwork of laws that define people's lives, whether it's reproductive rights, health care, education, guns, huge swathes of important law decided at the state level. threats to american democracy very much in the minds of american voters. but the riot at the capitol hill onjanuary 6th, on the dayjoe biden was to be confirmed as president, underlines just how fragile the system has become. the united nations human rights chief has written an open letter to elon musk, saying that human rights should be central to the management of twitter. volker turk�*s letter follows the billionaire's sacking of half of twitter�*s staff — including the entire human rights team — after he bought the company. emer mccarthy reports.

the controversy surrounding elon musk�*s twitter takeover keeps growing. the united nations waded into the debate on saturday in an open letter to musk. un high commissionerfor human rights volker turk said like all companies, twitter needs to understand the harms associated with its platform and take steps to address them. respect for our shared human rights should set the guardrails for the platform's use and evolution, adding, i urge you to ensure human rights are central to the management of twitter under your leadership. musk laid off half of twitter�*s seven and a half thousand staff, including the entire human rights team. the people that worked on this were especially proud of things they've done in ethiopia, ukraine, afghanistan and other places where there's a lot of conflict. they'd gone out of their way to protect users who were, could be targeted. journalists, human rights

advocates and others. sometimes their twitter, their use of twitter would give away their locations, other identifying details. and so their physical protection that was necessary. moderation rules. musk said on friday that the apps commitment to content moderation remains unchanged. meantime, twitter has confirmed it will allow users to buy a blue tick. before musk took over, blue checkmarks next to a person's username meant twitter confirmed the account belonged to the person or company claiming it. once exclusively available to high profile individuals and companies they'll soon cost $8 a month. the latest taste of what twitter under musk may look like. emma mccarthy, bbc news. ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky has accused iran of "lying" and "terrorist cooperation" by supporting russia's war in ukraine. it comes after tehran admitted it had supplied drones to moscow — but insisted there was no evidence they'd been deployed

in the conflict. the west believes russia has used the drones to hit key infrastructure targets. sylvia lennan—spence has more. wave after wave of drone attacks raining down on ukrainian cities far away from the front lines. russia's campaign to devastate ukraine's power grid has left millions without electricity. it has also raised questions about the origin of the weapons being used. and after weeks of denials, iran has finally made an admission. translation: the drone part is correct. _ we provided a limited number of drones to russia many months prior to the ukraine war. iran still claims it is neutral in the conflict but ukraine president zelensky has accused iran of lying about the true extent of its involvement. translation: we shoot down at least ten iranians _ drones every day. we are certain that iranian instructors have been

teaching russian terrorists how to use these drones, yet tehran remains completely silent about it. the shahed 136 drones in question are known as kamikaze drones. named after the japanese suicide pilots in world war i! because of the way they are completely destroyed on impact. and their impact has been devastating. in just the past month, one third of ukraine's power stations have been reportedly destroyed. as a consequence, rolling blackouts and restrictions on electricity have been imposed just as winter arrives. the us, eu and uk have all imposed sanctions on iran but some analysts believe iran's leaders are willing to accept this punishment as part of a broader geopolitical strategy. it wants to show to the western alliances it has a capability and it can impact beyond the region in the middle east. they are looking for an average over europe and the us from

this drone export. iran average over europe and the us from this drone export.— this drone export. iran has claimed that it will not — this drone export. iran has claimed that it will not remain _ this drone export. iran has claimed that it will not remain indifferent . that it will not remain indifferent if there is irrefutable proof of its drones being used in ukraine. but this latest confession may only bolster the impression of iran as a destabilising force in global security. let's get some of the day's other news. tickets for next year's glastonbury festival have sold out. standard ticket prices have increased for next year to 335 pounds or 380 dollars, up from 280 pounds or 315 dollars this year. when coach tickets for the music festival in somerset went on sale last week, they sold out in just 23 minutes. the line up is thought to be revealed next spring. a shock loss in cricket's t20 men's world cup sees south africa out of the competition — after losing to the netherlands. the netherlands were the lowest ranked team to reach this stage. temba bavuma, the south african captain, says "it will be

a hard one to swallow." you are watching bbc news. goodbye for now. hello there. for most of you, today is the day of sunshine and showers. the showers lasting about an hour, then the sunshine will come back out. it was a mixed picture earlier this morning, a nice sunrise, but actually there was rain coming down as vicky braved the elements to take us that weather watcher picture. what's going on on the big picture? yesterday's rain is mostly cleared out of the way, but the weather front that brought it is still loitering across east anglia and southeast england. lots of showers. meanwhile, packing into the west of the uk, these showers moving through, giving an hour's worth of rain, then the sunshine comes back out. but the rain is likely to be heavy, whereas across southeast england and east anglia the rain will accumulate and here 20 to 50 millimetres, bringing the risk of some localised surface water flooding. now the rain is going to be much more extensive across east anglia,

probably stretching into lincolnshire and the east midlands through most of this afternoon. so particularly wet spell of weather for these areas, but otherwise lots of showers around. the winds picking up, gusts running into the forties of miles an hour today across wales and the south west. but it's mild, temperatures double figures just about everywhere, 12 to 1a degrees your high. overnight tonight, those south—westerly winds continue to blow, bringing further pulses of rain up from the south west. it's going to be a mild night. by the end of the night, 1a degrees in plymouth. a bit cooler than that, though, in rural northeast scotland where actually you might start off with a little bit of sunshine here tomorrow morning. otherwise, tomorrow is another unsettled looking day. south—westerly winds with us once again, bringing further pulses of rain at times, often a lot of cloud too. and the winds will continue to strengthen with gales developing towards the southwest as we go through the afternoon, temperatures 15 or 16 degrees, the highest temperatures across southern wales, southern areas of england. but then through monday evening it gets even windier.

and i think across wales and south west england, around the coast and hills, we could be looking at gusts of wind reaching 60 miles an hour or so. that's strong enough to bring down one or two tree branches, so there could be some localised impacts. the rest of the week, it stays pretty windy with low pressure continuing to fire showers or longer spells of rain at the uk. the south—westerly winds continuing to bring up very mild air indeed. so temperatures well above average thursday 16 in edinburgh, belfast, cardiff, a 17 for london. but expect further showers or longer spells of rain.

this is bbc news. the headlines: as world leaders gather in egypt for the cop 27 summit — can they prevent geo—politics from casting a shadow, over the fight against climate change? this conference must be about concrete action. nurses in the uk are set to hold their first—ever national strike, expected before christmas. a passenger plane has crashed into lake victoria in tanzania while attempting to land in stormy weather, so far 26 people have been rescued. with the us midterm elections just days away — president biden, and former presidents obama and trump have all hit the campaign trail,

in the push for victory in a critical contest. it isa it is a choice. a choice between two vastly different visions of america. this tuesday you must vote republican in a giant red wave. now on bbc news, political thinking with nick robinson. hello and welcome to political thinking, a conversation with rather than an interrogation of someone who shapes our political thinking about what shapes theirs. in a new cabinet dominated by public schoolboys and oxbridge graduates, the new education secretary stands out. gillian keegan's old school, a comprehensive in knowsley

called st augustine's, was nicknamed st disgusting before it was shut down a couple of years after she left.