this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. 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 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's a choice, a choice between two vastly different visions of america. this tuesday, you must vote . republican in a giant red wave. tickets for next year's glastonbury festival have sold out. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. the un's annual climate change summit has opened in egypt at the red sea resort of sharm el—sheikh. over the next 12 days, more than 100 world leaders and thousands of delegates will attend the cop27 conference, billed as the "world's watershed moment on climate action."

in his opening speech, the conference president, sameh shoukry, announced that financing for climate change—induced damages in poor countries will be included in the official agenda. we begin with this report from 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 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. the first speaker to address the summit was alok sharma, who chaired last year's climate conference in glasgow. here's a little bit of what he had to say. 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 their commitments and agreeing to go further, the entire system falters. paris gave us the agreement.

katowice and glasgow gave us the plan. sharm el—sheikh shifts us to implementation. no—one can be a mere passenger on this journey. this is a signal that times have changed. at c0 p27, the at cop27, the un has released its annual state of the global climate report with yet another warning that the target is to limit temperature rises to 1.5 celsius is barely within reach, the past eight years are on track to be the hottest on record, and the un secretary—general has described the latest report is a chronicle of climate chaos, and has called for c0 p27 to answer chronicle of climate chaos, and has called for cop27 to answer the planet's distress signal with ambitious credible climate action. that is, on the opening day of cop27 today, at the start of talks.

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 300,000 members of the rcn, supported by over 50% members. a starting salary for a band five 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. 0ur 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. the 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.

and within the last few minutes, a breaking development to bring you — the un has said the past eight years are on track to be the hottest on record — bringing ever more impacts of climate change. live to sharm el sheikh, we can speak to our environment correspondent matt mcgrath. leaderboard the state of the climate this year makes for pretty grim reading for all the delegates here. it pretty grim reminder. the melting of grocers across europe is one of the instances and the others sea level rising... so pretty grim

reading, pretty grim messages in this report, but coming at an interesting and opportune time as delegates open the conference here in sharm el—sheikh this morning. what are they talking about? what are the priorities for this conference?— are the priorities for this conference? , ., ., , are the priorities for this conference? , ., , ., conference? the goals are as usual to find ways _ conference? the goals are as usual to find ways of _ conference? the goals are as usual to find ways of cutting _ conference? the goals are as usual to find ways of cutting emissions i to find ways of cutting emissions and helping the country is suffering the impact of climate change. as of this morning, the delegates have been discussing the agenda, and they want to include a discussion about a funding facility or a way of giving money to countries suffering the effects of climate change right now, in practice they call it loss and damage, and it is bizarre to think we have all this financial funding for climate change over the years but it does not... do other things such as health cut emissions from electricity. they will see this as a sense of progress and discussion, if

you like him on the question of loss and damage funding funding this facility into the future, a big ask for the developing countries who want to see this most, and it seems they have got their way on that at they have got their way on that at the start of the conference. thank ou, the start of the conference. thank you. matt- — the start of the conference. thank you. matt- matt — the start of the conference. thank you, matt. matt mcgrath - the start of the conference. thank you, matt. matt mcgrath in - the start of the conference. thank| you, matt. matt mcgrath in sharm el—sheikh at the start of the cop27 climate conference. 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. 0liver dowden said that sir gavin regretted the texts he sent to a colleague, and that they were not acceptable. but he insisted the prime minister had not seen the details. 0ur political correspondent david wallace lockhart gave me more details. gavin williamson is, of course, former defence secretary, former education secretary, was sacked by borisjohnson 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 a woman, wendy morton,

who was then the chief whip, in charge of party management when liz truss was prime minister 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 that the sunday times got hold of, he warns wendy morton not to push him about, he says there is a price for everything, there are a few we cannot quote because of the language in it. and wendy morton complained to the party about these texts. what is making this situation even more uncomfortable for the prime minister, rishi sunak, is 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. 0n the same day he stood on the steps of downing street, he said he would run his government with integrity and humility.

we have heard from the chancellor of the duchy of lancaster, a cabinet position here, that's 0liver dowden. he has been on television this morning and is actually gavin williamson's direct boss and this is what he had to say about what's come out. these texts were sent in the heat of the moment at a very difficult time. gavin accepts that he shouldn't have said these things that and he regrets it and we should all treat each other with respect and courtesy and that was not the case. it was no secret that gavin williamson and others indeed didn't enjoy a good relationship with the chief whip at the time. it was not the case, though, that the prime minister saw the detail. interesting there, 0liver dowden saying the prime minister was aware of a complaint but he didn't know the detail of all of this. we have also heard this morning from justine greening, a former conservative politician, was a cabinet minister, sat around the cabinet table with sir gavin williamson and here is what she had to say

about what's come out. this is the third time, under the third prime minister that gavin williamson has been generating bad headlines, one way or another. the texts he sent to the chief whip were unacceptable and rishi sunak doesn't have the bandwidth for this kind of negative publicity when he's building up towards a really important event on the 17th of november, the budget. so, it's unacceptable but it is hugely unwelcome for the government to have this as a distraction. where does this go, david? the line we seemed to get from oliver dowden this morning is a complaints process has begun, the government should not get involved in that, it's a conservative party process and therefore we should wait and see what happens there. what is really interesting and whatjustine greening was alluding to there is we have a prime minister who wants to be talking about plans for the economy, even more short—term, he wants to be talking

about the fact he flies to egypt 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 hangs on the balance of on what this complaints process brings about. 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, crashed into lake victoria due to storms and heavy rains, according to state media. 0ur correspondent mayeni jones is following all the developments. the owners of the aircraft have released a statement. they say so far there have been no deaths, that 26 people have been taken to hospital for further treatment and that the rescue

operation is ongoing. they've promised to obey the public as the rescue operation proceeds and they also say they've set up some information desks in dar es salaam in order to give information to family members who may be looking for it. it is absolutely extraordinary, looking at the pictures. we can see people being helped up out of the water by the rescuers. many people standing in the water. it looks like they are probably actually observing what has happened because this happened in shallow water. we can see the plane still upright. yeah, exactly, they were only 100 metres away from the airport when the aircraft landed on water. as you say, the images show people on boats, people in the lake, trying to help the rescue

operation and i think that is why they have been able to rescue so many people. at the moment, we know that there were 39 passengers on board, most of them were adults, but they are reporting that there was one infant. the rescue operation is ongoing and regional bodies have already reached out, offering their condolences and support, including the african union and the east african regional bloc. hopefully many more people will be able to be rescued but at the moment, the owners of the aircraft say no fatalities so far. 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've said, from the beginning of my cam... 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 0zian, mega, maga, 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... applause. ..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's 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 progressivejohn 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 sixth, on the day joe biden was to be confirmed as president, underlinesjust how

fragile the system has become. the american singer and rapper aaron carter has died at the age of 34. aaron carter was nine when he first sang with his brother nick carter's band, the backstreet boys, in 1997, joining them for a series of concerts. he forged a solo career from the late �*90s, with four albums selling millions of copies. tickets to next year's edition of the glastonbury festival went on sale this morning, and completely sold out in about an hour. fans wanting to go to the event found themselves refreshing their internet browsers constantly in the hope they might get through to buy tickets. ade cartwright has been to every glastonbury festival since the late �*80s, and even got married at the festival. i spoke to him earlier about his experience of getting tickets. i volunteer there now, i look after a team of litter pickers, so i would get my ticket anyway, but i was online this morning trying to get tickets for friends of mine.

luckily, everybody i wanted to get tickets for has got them, so that is great, but we got all of our tickets after 10.00 when they said it had sold out, so keep going! that is optimistic, because it is a bit more than that now, but is it stressful, going through that? not getting tickets for me, but it is so stressful, you get more nervous than anything. years before, when i was just trying to get tickets for myself, that was just as bad, but other people relying on you getting on a ticket, i think that is worse. it must be horrendous not to get the tickets. so you automatically get a ticket now, albeit you have to work, but have there been years prior to that... you're saying you always got tickets? yeah, always got them. the online ones, some years managed to get 15,

16 tickets for other people as well. other years, managed to just get the last couple of tickets for myself and my wife, but always managed to get them. tell us about getting married at glastonbury. we did a big flash mob engagement, the bbc came down and filmed it for me, and went back the year afterwards and got married. we had a lovely ceremony, i sang my lyrics in the peace garden in glastonbury. the only other person to perform on the peace stage that weekend was the dalai lama, so i was his support act. i don't think he knows that.

twitter has confirmed plans to allow users to buy blue—tick verified status, which was previously only available to high—profile individuals and organisations. the company said the feature would be open to users in certain countries who sign up to its twitter blue service for £7 per month. the policy change is controversial, amid concerns that the platform could be swamped with fake accounts. hello there. for most of you, today is a 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 a braved the elements to take us at that weather watcher picture. what's going on in the big picture? yesterday's rain has 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 a particularly wet spell of weather for these areas, but otherwise, lots of showers around. the winds picking up, gusts running into the 40s of miles an hour today across wales and the south west. but it's mild, temperatures double figures just about everywhere, 12 to 14 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, 14 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 coasts 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, 17 for london. but expect further showers or longer spells of rain.

hello this is bbc news, the headlines. the last eight years are on track to be warmest on record — that's according to the united nations. the announcement comes as world leaders gather in egypt for the cop 27 summit to continue the battle against climate change. a passenger plane has crashed into lake victoria in tanzania while attempting to land in stormy weather — so far twenty—six 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. the united nations has

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