this is bbc news. i'm ben brown. the headlines at five. union leaders say nurses are likely to take their first ever national strike action before christmas. downing street says the prime minister believes "abusive" text messages sent by the cabinet minister gavin williamson were "unacceptable. " in a keynote speech to party members — the lib dem leader sir ed davey — reiterates his call for a general election, saying the current government does not have a shred of credibility left. the united nations�* annual climate change summit has begun in egypt with a warning that a year of extreme weather must be a wake—up call for the planet. and with the us midterm elections just days away, president biden and donald trump continue on the campaign trail,

in the push to win crucial votes. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. nurses are likely to take their first ever national strike action according to their union. the royal college of nursing is still counting ballot papers returned by its 300,000 members but says those counted so far suggest support for strike action, possibly before christmas. the rcn wants a 5% pay increase above the rate of inflation. nurses working in accident & emergency and critical care would be exempted from striking to maintain services. the government said nurses should "carefully consider" the impact on patients.

and as our health editor hugh pym reports, other health workers could also soon be staging industrial action. possible strike action is already looming in parts of the nhs in scotland. members of two unions, including ambulance staff at the gmb, have voted for walk—outs. though they have called for talks with members. gmb members have voted to reject that pay offer, so we are currently making plans for over 4,000 gmb members working in all roles across the nhs and the ambulance service to take action, possibly this side of christmas. so what we are doing is urging the cabinet minister to come back to the table with a vastly improved offer. 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 their members. detailed results of the voting,

including turnout, will be formally announced within days. there have been a series of ballots among the rcn's 300,000 members at individual work places. the general secretary pat cullen said the signs are that across the uk members have spoken very clearly in favour of strike action. the rcn said any strikes would affect planned nhs treatment and appointments, but not emergency care. in england and wales, there have been pay awards of £1,400 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 said the recommendations of the independent pay review body have been followed, and unions should think hard before taking action, which might affect patients. 0ur correspondent anisa kadri says this action by nurses comes after a series of strikes across the public sector over the past few months.

we have seen strikes and disruption on the railways. talks and disruption on the railways. just managing to a\ latest talks just managing to avert the latest strikes by that union just this week of course. and the cost—of—living is going up, people's pay isn't going as far and now nurses say they want a pay rise of 5% above the inflation rate. well the government's called on them to consider the impact on patients if this strike goes ahead. so how likely is it they would get that kind of pay rise? we are going to hear the government's financial plans in the autumn statement this month and we will expect to hear plans for tax rises and spending cuts. the nhs may be protected from that, but when we hear the government's rhetoric, it seems agreement isn't imminent. are any of the uk nations close to offering the sort of money that the nurses�* union areliking for? no, in short. the uk nations, none have a offered

the 5% above the 12% of inflation. so nurses earn, morejunior nurses around £27,000 a year. that rises to £55,000 for the most senior nurses. a few more numbers, in england and wales nhs have been given five. 4.7% more. and in scotland they have £2,200 more. that is 8% more for a newly qualified nurse. we are yet to hear what is on offer in northern ireland per year yet. the department of health in england says they have consulted independent bodies and they have followed the pay recommendations, it wants unions to think hard before carrying out strike action. the nurses say they can't see a future in a profession that is not valued nor treated fairly.

downing street has said the prime minister believes expletive—laden text messages sent by the minister, sir gavin williamson are "unacceptable". a source from number ten has told the bbc that the first time rishi sunak saw the exchange between sir gavin, and the former chief whip wendy morton, was in this morning's newspapers. wendy morton's complaint is being investigated. here's our political correspondent david wallace—lockhart. sir gavin williamson was sacked from the cabinet by boris johnson last year. rishi sunak made him a minister again this month, the very same day the prime minister promised. integrity, professionalism, and accountability. but was now know that rishi sunak was aware that sir gavin was the subject of an official complaint made by the former chief whip, wendy morton. shortly after the death of the queen, gavin williamson texted miss morton to accuse her of rigging the process for allocating spaces

at her majesty's funeral to punish certain mps. he called this "absolutely disgusting". she replied, saying that was not the case. in one of a number of texts sir gavin sent featuring expletives, he warned her, "there is a price for everything". many more messages were exchanged. this morning, gavin williamson's departmental boss said sir gavin regretted the messages he sent. that's not acceptable, he shouldn't have said it, he has said he regrets doing so. what is the consequence for him? he has given some context that this was at the time of heightened frustration, it was, remember him as a backbencher to the chief whip. so if you're in a bad mood it's ok to talk like that to a colleague? this is not acceptable. however, there is this complaints process ongoing and it was not the case that the prime minister had seen this exchange. but a former cabinet colleague of gavin williamson suggested the prime minister doesn't have time for these kind of scandals.

the texts he sent to the chief whip were unacceptable and i think rishi sunak doesn't have the bandwidth for this kind of negative publicity. labour are questioning the prime minister's judgment. what it says is that rishi sunak was making decisions simply in his own narrow short—term interest as far as the conservative party leadership was concerned, not the national interest. rishi sunak had already faced criticism for reappointing suella braverman as home secretary, shortly after she sent official documents from her personal e—mail. today's revelation prompt more questions about the team the prime minister has assembled. the liberal democrat leader sir ed davey has reiterated his call for a general election, saying that the current government "does not have a shred of credibility left". in a speech to activists in london, after his party's conference had to be cancelled because of the queen's death — the lib dem leader also set out plans to help home—owners

with mortgage payments. the united nations cop27 climate conference got underway this morning in egypt with the outgoing chairman — britain's alok sharma — telling delegates that �*inaction' will only defer climate catastrophe and asking. "how many more wake up calls does the world actually need?". the prime minister rishi sunak is flying in today along with other world leaders for the 12 day conference. our environment editorjustin rowlatt looks now at some of the issues on the agenda. 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. matt mcgrath is at the cop27 summit with the latest. the conference have adopted an agenda that is a critical piece of work, this question about loss and damage about the damages that

have been impacted on developing countries by rising temperatures, that is on the agenda and that is seen as a significant step for developing countries. the world leaders are coming here, about 120 are coming in here, but not the leaders of china, india, japan, australia, or canada. rishi sunak is coming tomorrow and will make a statement and obviously be making his announcements at that point. but we are expecting things from him and from other leaders to show that they're committed to this process, committed to the battle against climate change and they're not too distracted with other issues in the world. how much of this is about making new promises on climate change and how much about making sure that people keep to the existing previous promises they have already made and don't do any backsliding? yeah, rishi sunak is talking about backsliding and a lot of people

here are talking about backsliding. last year in glasgow, all the countries who attended agreed they would put new plans on the table by the end of the year to cut carbon and go beyond what they had promised and only 25 of them have done that. it is the same with other promises, particularly on the 100 billion that has not been delivered this year. so there is a lot of i suppose sarcastic views on the promises that people have made. but the egyptian authorities and the government are keen to get some new stuff from the governments that come here and they will be pushing hard to get some new commitments. the headlines on bbc news... union leaders say nurses are likely to take their first ever national strike action before christmas. downing street says the prime minister believes "abusive" text messages sent

by the cabinet minister gavin williamson were "unacceptable". and with the us midterm elections just days away, president biden and donald trump continue on the campaign trail, in the push to win crucial votes. the crucial us midterm elections, which will decide who controls congress, arejust a couple of days away. president biden and former president 0bama 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 the country for decades to come. isn't a referendui it's this isn't a referendum this year, it's a choice. a choice between two vastly different visions of america. maybe it's in our blood byjohn and

i believe it's all about fighting for working middle class people. the way i've said for my beginning, my objective when i ran for president was to build an economy from the bottom up in the middle out. it's a fundamental shift compared to the laws and mega maggart republicans and trickle—down economy. no, really. a, and trickle-down economy. no, reall. �* . ., , and trickle-down economy. no, reall. . ., , ., , really. a fair economy that gives workin: really. a fair economy that gives working peeple _ really. a fair economy that gives working peeple a _ really. a fair economy that gives working people a fair _ really. a fair economy that gives working people a fair shot. - really. a fair economy that gives| working people a fair shot. that's on the _ working people a fair shot. that's on the ballot. fundamental rights are on_ on the ballot. fundamental rights are on the — on the ballot. fundamental rights are on the ballot. truth and facts and logic— are on the ballot. truth and facts and logic and reason and basic decency— and logic and reason and basic decency are on the ballot. democracy itself is _ decency are on the ballot. democracy itself is on _ decency are on the ballot. democracy itself is on the ballot. the stakes are high! — speaking at a rally in pennsylvania,

in support for 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 that 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. in well earlier i spoke to drjulie norman, a lecturer in politics and international relations at university college london and a co—director of the centre on us politics there. she told me former president trump has played a major part in the election campaign. trump has cast a long shadow of these midterms, even though he's not on the ballot. i think many of us expect them to announce a candidacy regardless of how the elections go.

it is candidates when he is rightly leaving the party, in case a candidate to be in back. and if the party itself does less well it is expected to say he can come in and move it forward, he is personally the woman needs to be on the ballot. i don't think it's unexpected that we will see him make an announcement soon. you think he will run? i do. he's the front runner for right now for republicans. right now for republicans trump is still the number one choice and he would be very strong going into a primary. what about the democrats and joe biden whose languishing in the polls? how much is at stake here for joe biden in particular?— joe biden in particular? there's a lot at stake _ joe biden in particular? there's a lot at stake for _ joe biden in particular? there's a lot at stake for biden. _ joe biden in particular? there's a lot at stake for biden. often - joe biden in particular? there's a lot at stake for biden. often we i joe biden in particular? there's a i lot at stake for biden. often we see that midterms is a referendum on the president and that is one reason why the incumbent party often loses some seats in the midterms. biden especially has been very unpopular over the last year, has not been able to get out from that hold to the extent that some of his own democratic candidates have really not wanted to campaign with him as

strongly as they may be typically would. whatever happens to the midterms it will firstly set bidens agenda for the next two years but also set up what will be realistic in 2024, if it seems likely for him to have a chance at seeking the democratic nomination again, going for reelection or a single for him to step aside. for reelection or a single for him to step aside-— for reelection or a single for him to ste aside. ~ ., , ., , ., ~ to step aside. what is at stake here in terms of — to step aside. what is at stake here in terms of the _ to step aside. what is at stake here in terms of the house _ to step aside. what is at stake here in terms of the house and - to step aside. what is at stake here in terms of the house and senate? | in terms of the house and senate? talk us through what could happen and the implications depending on what happens in these elections. irate what happens in these elections. we have what happens in these elections. - have the two houses in the congress that are up for reelection right now. the house of representatives, right now democrats have a five seat razor thin majority there. it's very likely that the republicans will take back control of the house. the senate is neck and neck for that right now it's a 50—50 split and there are several key races are pretty much all of them are in a dead heat going into tuesday. they could go either direction. we expect that one or both houses will likely come under republican control for

that what that means in reality is a bit of a mixed bag. they will probably be a lot of gridlock on capitol hill, a lot of trying to put forward bills but ones that biden can still veto, will probably see a lot of talk around new investigations, around hunter biter, covid, these things republicans want to get back at democrats own investigations. —— hunter biden. and really forward 2024 try to get the issues that republicans want. first going into the presidential election are the front of voters minds over the next two years. so are the front of voters minds over the next two years.— the next two years. so the presidency. _ the next two years. so the presidency, if _ the next two years. so the presidency, if the - the next two years. so the i presidency, if the democrats the next two years. so the - presidency, if the democrats to lose control of one or both of houses, will be president be pretty much powerless, will the white house be paralysed after that? his powerless, will the white house be paralysed after that?— paralysed after that? his ears will be much more — paralysed after that? his ears will be much more tired. _ paralysed after that? his ears will be much more tired. we - paralysed after that? his ears will be much more tired. we do - paralysed after that? his ears will - be much more tired. we do something called a executive action where the president take some steps that are beyond congresses rematch. usually it's presidents try and use it only when absolutely necessary. i think

biden would get a lot of pushback from congress if he uses it too much. we will see a lot of republican manoeuvring trying to take control of budget priorities, pushed back at policies at the democrats have put in place with different entitlement programmes and trying to rein a backend. it will be really hard for biden to avoid that. this is always a problem with the american constitution. in terms of separation of powers, he could quite easily end up with the paralysis of power. easily end up with the paralysis of ower. , ., easily end up with the paralysis of ower. ., , , ., ., power. some actually see that as an advanta . e power. some actually see that as an advantage that _ power. some actually see that as an advantage that the _ power. some actually see that as an advantage that the slim _ power. some actually see that as an advantage that the slim majority - advantage that the slim majority can't run away with power, there are those systems of checks and balances. but it does mean that a lot get stuck and we have gridlock periods as well. depending on what side of the aisle you're on that kind of determines how you feel about it. an aeroplane has crashed into lake victoria in tanzania while attempting to land at a nearby airport. nineteen people are now known to have died. the owners of the plane say 26

people have been rescued so far, the police chief said forty—three people were on board. the aircraft, which had departed from dar es salaam, crashed into lake victoria due to storms and heavy rains, according to state media. our correspondent mayeni jones is monitoring all the developments. news of the aircraft started trickling in on social media and local media around 10am tanzanian time for that we know that 43 people were on board the airplane, including a 39 passengers. the airline said there were 13 adults and one infant on board of the plane. they are blaming bad weather for the emergency landing. what i witnessed told state television that they saw the aircraft aiming for the airport, missing and then crash landing into the nearby lake for the rescue operation is under way. video and pictures from the scene show boats full of rescue workers surrounding the aircraft which

appears to be in shallow water. very little of this is visible above water and they are gradually taking people out and trying to rescue people out and trying to rescue people who are on board. the authorities say they are in touch with the pilot of the aircraft and they are still alive, helping rescue workers with the operation. there is already been a lot of reaction to the crash. the president has released a statement sending her condolences to the families of those affected. saying they will do everything they can to support the investigation and the rescue effort. there've also been statements of similar sentiment of the african union and the head of the east african regional bloc, precision airline, the aircraft that is involved is the biggest private aviation carrier in tanzania. it's been active since 1993. it's partly owned by kenya airlines, it says it is set up information desk to

provide help and information for any family members of those affected. with the social media network twitter being a source of controversy lately, some users are moving to a new app — mastodon. it's been around since 2016 but it's seen a rise in users over the last few weeks. its creator eugen rochko says it's gained 230 thousand new users since elon musk took over twitter at the end of last month. earlier i spoke to technology journalist chris stokel—walker — he explained how mastodon works. you posed tweets on twitter, you post toots on mastodon. we're talking about an app or a service named after an extinct woolly mammoth. short form text messages that you share with your followers. they can then be distributed to

other people. the idea is you build up other people. the idea is you build up a community much in the same way that you do with twitter now. so as we said, that you do with twitter now. so as we said. quite _ that you do with twitter now. so as we said. quite a — that you do with twitter now. so as we said, quite a lot _ that you do with twitter now. so as we said, quite a lot of _ that you do with twitter now. so as we said, quite a lot of people are leaving twitter to go to it. what are the pros and cons of mastodon? one of the pros of right now is mastodon is not owned by eli musk. probably what the people are adopting it so much because they are concerned about the future direction of twitter and some of the decisions already been made. in terms of columns, sadly there are quite a few. it is not as intuitive or easy as twitter is. in part because of the fact that it is what's called open source software, it's a little bit geeky, it's been developed by those who have it knowledge for that you need a little bit of understanding of that in order to do it. you sign up to mastadon, you have to do what's called picking a server. 0n the one hand that's really important because you have to trust that server and who is running

it because it will hold your private information, your password, your username, anything that you posed to that. on the other hand it doesn't matter that much because even though you pick one server you can still share anything with the world. it's a little bit like picking a gmail or hotmail account rather than picking a specific website that you will only stick on.— only stick on. sounds a bit complicated _ only stick on. sounds a bit complicated for _ only stick on. sounds a bit complicated for me. - only stick on. sounds a bit complicated for me. how. only stick on. sounds a bit | complicated for me. how is only stick on. sounds a bit. complicated for me. how is it moderated? that is one of the questions because obviously, people now have concerns about twitter with elon musk in charge. is mastadon, is it better in terms of how how is moderated and policed? in it better in terms of how how is moderated and policed?- it better in terms of how how is moderated and policed? in the last week we made _ moderated and policed? in the last week we made significant - moderated and policed? in the last week we made significant changes | week we made significant changes included large number of lay—offs which we don't know the moderation. mastodon is very much in terms of which of those over to pick at the very start. which is why you want to think hard about this to cast around a bit and choose one very carefully

before making your mind up. essentially each server owner, that could be you or me or a big corporation, they decide on the rules that people have to adhere to on their servers. from there you can connect to the rest of the world in what's called the federal verse which is a federated universe. i love it. it's not only mastodon that's not the only option to twitter. if you're disaffected with twitter. if you're disaffected with twitter want to go somewhere else one of the other options?— twitter want to go somewhere else one of the other options? there are a laundry list _ one of the other options? there are a laundry list of _ one of the other options? there are a laundry list of individual _ one of the other options? there are a laundry list of individual options i a laundry list of individual options you can pick from right now. there is an alkyl wt social which is building up a little bit of steam but nowhere near as much is mastodon. mastodon seems to be the one at people pick. for those that are not necessarily unhappy iran was happening with twitter but wanted different direction, we know that donald trump has his own social media, based on mastodon, called

true social. there are lots of others out there including text versions, video version, you can use any other social media platform heaven forbid some of us might even go back to facebook, which i think most people abandoned years ago. do you think people would go back to twitter once all the fuss is tied down? i twitter once all the fuss is tied down? ., �* down? i think we're in the middle of a storm at the _ down? i think we're in the middle of a storm at the minute. _ down? i think we're in the middle of a storm at the minute. once - down? i think we're in the middle of a storm at the minute. once things| a storm at the minute. 0nce things start to settle down elon musk will reuse lies that you get up going the way he's doing. i would say set up your mastodon but also bear in mind you're probably be coming back to twitter in a few weeks. the kennet and avon canal dates back to the start of the nineteenth century, and now a new set of volunteers is helping to restore the historic waterway. refugees from afghanistan, syria and iran are all getting involved as they wait for their asylum claims to be processed. matt treacy reports.

we will start with a painting on this a lot beam. so it is a great opportunity to help people and help the community as well. 23—year—old saddam is originally from sudan. in my previous life we had a terrible life. we got here nothing like safely and no one could shelter you but i feel safe here. jobs like this have always been done by a mix of volunteers but this is the first time the canal and river trust has worked with the local refugee support charity, to involve people they work with. people like 19—year—old abdullah, from syria. it has given me more opportunity to bring my eagerness,

——build my english. so i meet so many people that are helping me spend my time with them while i am waiting with positive permission from the uk. i like working, physically working for an ideal. in my country i do farmer, i am a farmer in my country so i dream like doing it like physically work. everyone gain something from this. i know that our regular volunteers say so much it helps them, their sense of well—being, being out on the waterways doing something useful, and the results are instantly there, for everyone to see. it has been very interesting. i thoroughly enjoy volunteering . myself and i am enjoying the fact that these guys are helping out as well _ i understand that they have very little to do, as they are just sitting around waiting for their applications to be processed, so, for them to have something productive to go and do, clearly, the ones that have come along have been keen and happy to be doing something and lovely

to work alongside. they are learning all sorts of things. they didn't know that you can eat blackberries. so, they have been interested in picking. and it has helped us to enjoy the surroundings more. it is my second home, my first entry is my first term so this is my second home so i will be here to help them. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav danaos. hello there. it's been very wet for some of us this weekend. this unsettled theme does continue into the start of the new week, with low pressure nearby, rain and gales followed by sunshine and blustery showers. but then by around mid—week, wednesday into thursday, high pressure starts to build in. it'll settle things down. it'll also turn very mild with our air source coming in from the south. but at the moment we've still got

low pressure with us, quite a few isobars on the chart, so blustery showers, sunny spells through the afternoon and that theme continues into the evening and overnight with clear spells, blustery showers, even longer spells of rain pushing from south to north, and the winds picking up — gale force across the south west. southern areas seeing temperatures in double figures. we could see mid single digits across the north east of scotland. so for monday, then, it's an unsettled start, blustery showers, longer spells of rain spreading from the south to the north and the winds picking up, touching gale force across many southern and western coasts, in excess of 50 miles an hour, maybe up to around 60 miles an hour near coasts and over hills. but a blustery day for all areas, but mild for the time of year. the mid—teens for many. but it might not feel like that because of the strength of the wind and also all the showers around. then through monday night, a band of heavy rain and gales spreads across the country. so for tuesday, we're in the same theme of blustery showers and sunny spells. most of the showers again affecting southern and western areas.

some of them will be heavy, some rumbles of thunder, the strongest of the winds around southern and western coasts cnce again. probably the greater chance of staying drier will be towards the north and the east. of staying drier will be but again, very mild, 15 to 16 celsius in the south, low teens further north. some subtle changes into wednesday — high pressure beginning to build across the south west, pushing this area of low pressure northward. so i think the windiest, wettest weather will tend to be across the north and the west of scotland. further south, fewer showers around, one or two around, mind you, but a greater chance of staying dry with some sunshine. again, mild in the south, low teens across the north. and then as we move into thursday, that area of high pressure over the near continent builds in, pushes these weather systems out at bay, and we start to draw our air in from the azores and the subtropics. so it really will be very mild through thursday and friday with temperatures well above the seasonal norm. now, it's not going to be completely sunny and dry. there will be still a few showers in the northwest of the uk. quite a bit of cloud around,

but noticeably mild.

the united nations' annual climate change summit has begun in egypt, with a warning that a year of extreme weather must be a wake—up call for the planet. the planets distress signal is ambitious and we need credible climate action. iltlul’iiiii ambitious and we need credible climate action.— climate action. will have all the latest and _ climate action. will have all the latest and also _ climate action. will have all the latest and also in _ climate action. will have all the latest and also in the _ climate action. will have all the i latest and also in the programme. nurses could be heading for strike action over pay since the reunion. downing street since rishi sunak things offensive messages sent by government minister served gavin williamson is unacceptable. in argentina beat them at twickenham,

only the second time ever. the top 17 climate summit for dire warnings of the state of the planet. extreme temperatures wildfires trout and flitting of all been made worse by the last eight years being the hottest on record according to the world meteorological organisation. the un secretary told delegates that the planet is sending out a distress signal and set the summit which will be attended by about 30,000 people needed to produce ambitious, credible climate actions. 0ur climate editor reports.

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year. as challenging as our current moment— year. as challenging as our current moment is, — year. as challenging as our current moment is, an action is myopic and can only— moment is, an action is myopic and can only defer climate catastrophe. expects _ can only defer climate catastrophe. expects heated negotiations, egypt says the rich world needs to come home on its promise in developing cut carbon and adapt to a changing climate. and help vulnerable nations but the climate related impacts that they are already experiencing. the fear is the talks could be deadlocked. the ukraine war has driven up food and energy prices worldwide and developed nations are expected to say that they do not have the cash to spare.- expected to say that they do not have the cash to spare. many times he been given _ have the cash to spare. many times he been given commitments - have the cash to spare. many times he been given commitments and i he been given commitments and promises — he been given commitments and promises but _ he been given commitments and promises but we _ he been given commitments and promises but we have _ he been given commitments and promises but we have not- he been given commitments and promises but we have not been. he been given commitments and i promises but we have not been given action— promises but we have not been given action and _ promises but we have not been given action and it's — promises but we have not been given action and it's been _ promises but we have not been given action and it's been kind _ promises but we have not been given action and it's been kind of— action and it's been kind of destroying _ action and it's been kind of destroying the _ action and it's been kind of destroying the fraction i action and it's been kind of| destroying the fraction that action and it's been kind of- destroying the fraction that we have and trust _ destroying the fraction that we have and trust in — destroying the fraction that we have and trust in our— destroying the fraction that we have and trust in our leaders. _ destroying the fraction that we have and trust in our leaders. in -

destroying the fraction that we have and trust in our leaders.— and trust in our leaders. in egypt, they would _ and trust in our leaders. in egypt, they would find _ and trust in our leaders. in egypt, they would find it _ and trust in our leaders. in egypt, they would find it vivid _ and trust in our leaders. in egypt, they would find it vivid evidence i and trust in our leaders. in egypt, | they would find it vivid evidence of what is at stake. the red sea is home to some of the most magnificent and biodiversity coral reefs in the world but coral is incredibly vulnerable to climate change. scientists say virtually all the world coral reefs could be gone by the end of the century, possibly sooner and think what that means. an ecosystem that has taken hundreds of millions of years to evolve gone forever. let's be clear with the issue here is, these talks will be about cash and we know how difficult those conversations can be. the developing world argument is very simple thing to the virtual world, you have burning fossilfuels you have burning fossil fuels you need to help us out here. they want help cutting carbon and adapting to climate change and this year, they say they also want help with the

loss and damage of changing climate is already causing. these are going to be difficult discussions. nurses are likely to take their first ever national strike action according to their union. the royal college of nursing is still counting ballot papers returned by its 300,000 members but says those counted so far suggest support for strike action, possibly before christmas. the rcn wants a 5% pay increase above the rate of inflation. nurses working in accident & emergency and critical care would be exempted from striking to maintain services. the government said nurses should "carefully consider" the impact on patients. and as our health editor hugh pym reports, other health workers could also soon be staging industrial action. possible strike action is already looming in parts of the nhs in scotland. members of two unions, including ambulance staff at the gmb, have voted for walk—outs. though they have called for talks with members.

detailed results of the voting, including turnout, will be formally announced within days. there have been a series of ballots among the rcn's 300,000 members at individual work places. members of spoken clearly in favour of strike action. the rcn said any strikes would affect planned nhs treatment and appointments, but not emergency care. in england and wales, there have been pay awards of £1,400 this year. the scottish government has offered just over £2,200. there has been no formal offer yet in northern ireland. there indicating there ready to hear back from health units but two of already had mandates for strike action after votes amongst their members. ambulance staff in scotland are members of the gmb levelled at

this stage walk—outs and are calling on ministers for talks. it we are making plans for over 4000 members working in all roles across the nhs in the ambulance service to take action and possibly the side of christmas. action and possibly the side of christmas-— action and possibly the side of christmas. ., ., , christmas. so, what were doing is uruuin christmas. so, what were doing is urging the cabinet _ christmas. so, what were doing is urging the cabinet to _ christmas. so, what were doing is urging the cabinet to come - christmas. so, what were doing is urging the cabinet to come back. christmas. so, what were doing is| urging the cabinet to come back to the table with vastly improved offer? f . . the table with vastly improved offer? j ., ., ., offer? they're all waiting for the outcome of _ offer? they're all waiting for the outcome of the _ offer? they're all waiting for the outcome of the nurses _ offer? they're all waiting for the outcome of the nurses vote i offer? they're all waiting for the outcome of the nurses vote and | offer? they're all waiting for the i outcome of the nurses vote and other health units still balloting to assess the potential impact on the nhs in the middle of the winter. downing street has said the prime minister believes expletive—laden text messages sent by the minister, sir gavin williamson are "unacceptable". a source from number ten has told the bbc that the first time rishi sunak saw the exchange between sir gavin, and the former chief whip wendy morton, was in this morning's newspapers. wendy morton's complaint

is being investigated. here's our political correspondent david wallace—lockhart. promised a new appointment to give a pledge. this promised a new appointment to give a ledue. , ., ., pledge. this government will have inte . ri . pledge. this government will have integrity. professionalism - pledge. this government will have integrity. professionalism and i integrity. professionalism and accountability at every level. fin accountability at every level. on the same day, he brought his lights or gavin williamson back in the government but now we know 24 hours earlier, rishi sunak had been told a potentially serious completed been launched about served gavin's behaviour. that complaint of bullying and intimidation came from the former chief whip, a senior member of liz truss government and published in the sunday times, he accuses her of rigging the ticket allegations in september to exclude mps peace were critical of liz

truss, something she denies. a number of these texts involve expletives and once there's a price for everything. so, what did his boss make of this? idat for everything. so, what did his boss make of this? not acceptable, ou should boss make of this? not acceptable, you should not _ boss make of this? not acceptable, you should not have _ boss make of this? not acceptable, you should not have said _ boss make of this? not acceptable, you should not have said this, i boss make of this? not acceptable, you should not have said this, he i you should not have said this, he this, _ you should not have said this, he this, he — you should not have said this, he this, he says he regrets doing so. what _ this, he says he regrets doing so. what is _ this, he says he regrets doing so. what is the — this, he says he regrets doing so. what is the consequence for him? he had given some context for this was at the _ had given some context for this was at the time — had given some context for this was at the time of heightened frustration.— at the time of heightened frustration. ~ , frustration. the prime minister gavin williamson _ frustration. the prime minister gavin williamson his _ frustration. the prime minister gavin williamson his text i frustration. the prime minister gavin williamson his text was l frustration. the prime ministerl gavin williamson his text was in frustration. the prime minister- gavin williamson his text was in the sunday newspaper and yes, rishi sunak finds the content unacceptable. and they will not comment further whether the conservative parties and looking at the official complaint against or gavin but the opposition parties are not holding back and liberal democrats have called for them to be sacked in libya said the issue is not gavin williamson's judgment, it is rishi sunak�*s. to make he was making decisions and his own narrow short—term interest as far as the

conservative leadership was concerned. conservative leadership was concerned-— concerned. not the national interest- — concerned. not the national interest. already _ concerned. not the national interest. already facing i concerned. not the national- interest. already facing criticism des - ite interest. already facing criticism despite breaking _ interest. already facing criticism despite breaking the _ interest. already facing criticism despite breaking the ministerial| despite breaking the ministerial code and served gavin williams has previously been sacked by theresa may and boris johnson. previously been sacked by theresa may and borisjohnson. a former conservative cabinet minister questioned the wisdom of allowing them to return. i questioned the wisdom of allowing them to return.— them to return. i think this is the third time _ them to return. i think this is the third time under— them to return. i think this is the third time under the _ them to return. i think this is the third time under the third - them to return. i think this is the third time under the third prime | third time under the third prime minister— third time under the third prime minister that— third time under the third prime minister that gavin— third time under the third prime minister that gavin williamson i third time under the third prime i minister that gavin williamson has been generating _ minister that gavin williamson has been generating bad _ minister that gavin williamson has been generating bad headlines. i minister that gavin williamson has i been generating bad headlines. rishi sunak wants to _ been generating bad headlines. sunak wants to signal that his focus. signal that his focuses on fixing the economy. it personnel problems could threaten his promise of a fresh start. iain watson, bbc news, westminster. 19 people have been killed after a passenger plane crashed into lake victoria in tanzania while attempting to land in stormy weather. the aircraft had taken off from the capital dar es—salaam. the authorities say they did manage to rescue 26 people, who have been taken to hospital. emergency workers had to use small boats to reach the passengers.

the liberal democrat leader sir ed davey has called for a general election, saying the conservatives have unleashed chaos on the economy — and he proposed a plan for cash grants to help homeowners badly affected by rising interest rates. sir ed was making the keynote speech following the cancellation of the lib dem party conference in the wake of the queen's death. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake has more. sir ed davey leads a party with only a small showing at westminster, trying to punch above its political weight. boosted by recent by—election wins, he came to rally liberal democrats in london today, and attacked the conservative government for the damage he said they had done. never again can the conservatives claim to be the party of homeowners. never again can they claim to be the party of business. never again can the conservatives claim to be the party that balances the books. the conservatives are the party of chaos! applause

homeowners were paying a penalty after the mini budget, he said, and called for those struggling with their mortgage to get financial support. i'm proposing a new mortgage protection fund, to cover the extra cost for those families seeing their payments rise most sharply. to protect them from falling into serious arrears, or even facing repossession. sir ed turned his fire on the new prime minister and again called for voters to have their say. rishi sunak, your government does not have a shred of credibility left. it does not have a shred of legitimacy left. and if you had a shred of integrity left, you would call a general election now. applause for a party sensing opportunity, that can't come soon enough. frankly, the people out there are demanding a general election. they deserve a general election. morale is riding high, _ especially after our three fantastic by—election wins recently.

sir ed davey stepped up his attacks on the conservatives in this speech, arguing the lib dems are best placed to beat them in certain areas. but the early general election he is calling for looks unlikely, so he and his party still face a fight to make themselves heard. seven years after their coalition with the conservatives ended, the lib dems hope they return to prominence, if not power, isn't far away. jonathan blake, bbc news, westminster. with all the sport now, here's lizzie greenwood—hughes at the bbc sport centre. thanks. we're starting with rugby union because there's been an upset at twickenham this afternoon. england, beaten by argentina in their opening autumn international. it was close — 30 points to 29 — but a famous victory for the pumas. 0lly foster has the details. ten months may seem a long time, but the next few weekends will go a long way to deciding which england players will be lining up at the world cup. this test against argentina carried extra significance, because they will face

the pumas in france next year in their opening match. a tough time with injuries, but it was argentina who would have picked up a few bruises as they tried to stop him going over. emiliano boffelli capped argentina in the game with his flawless kicking in the first half, and his try gave them the lead early in the second. they followed that score with another, minutes later, santiago carreras with the breakaway. england responded immediately, replacementjack van immediately, replacement jack van poortvliet spotted a immediately, replacementjack van poortvliet spotted a gap and powered through it. despite a flurry of tries, the match was decided by the boot. emanuel boffelli's sixth successful penalty saw argentina over the line by a single point. the last time they won at twickenham, 16 years ago, the england head coach was sacked. food for thought for eddiejones. and his players have already started the inquest into this defeat. 0lly foster, bbc news. it's been an historic world gymnastics championships for great britain, because jessica gadirova won the gold in the floor event to take gb's tally to six medals.

last to compete, she held her nerve to win with a large margin in liverpool. it's her third medal of these championships including all—around bronze and team silver. plenty of football today — and arsenal beat chelsea to go back to the top of the premier league. gabriel scored the only goal at stamford bridge. arsenal are two points clear of manchester city again, having played the same number of games. rangers' hopes of winning the scottish premiership were dented at stjohnstone, who beat them 2—1 today — james brown scoring a wonder goal. rangers are seven points behind leaders celtic. england have got through to the semi—finals at the wheelchair rugby league world cup with a game to spare. they've won both group matches so far, this time thrashing spain in an 18 try, 104—12 victory in london. gemma dryburgh has won the japan classic to become the first scottish golfer to win an lpga event for 11 years. the world number 199 said it was a dream come true

as she carded a seven under par final round to win by four shots. it's dryburgh's first tour title. that's it from me. all the rest of the day's football is on our website. back to you. that's it — we're back with the late news at ten. now on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. goodbye. serious concerns have been raised about the funding of children's mental health services after six teenagers in west sussex took their own lives last summer. speaking at an inquest into the death of one of those teenagers, the county coroner highlighted a number of missed opportunities where organisations could have shared key information. lucinda adam reports. mason clark was a child who loved the outdoors, had a passion for carpentry and loved gaming. but when childhood from this meant he suffered with his mental health from the age of eight, his mum struggled to get help

from the services available. mason took his own life last september. initially it was because of his age and then later on, i had to speak to the gp, and there were thresholds. so to access the next level of mental health services there are certain thresholds you have to meet, and he wasn't meeting those thresholds. even if he had met the threshold, there were nine months plus waiting lists at that point. so we looked at alternative options, there were other local services that we were trying to tap into. some of them we spoke to, we were told we would get service, but nothing ever came out of that. the senior coroner for west sussex agreed there were a number of missed opportunities to share information between mason's school, his gp, counsellors, police, and nhs services. penelope schofield added:

i wish west sussex was an unusual example, but sadly, we've seen that all over the country. there are systemic issues with mental health services. if you look at the funding, very little funding is going into mental health services, if you compare that to physical conditions. yet the rates of people with mental health issues are increasing. between may and september last year, six teenagers took their own lives in west sussex. mason, kaylee taylor and robin skilton were just 14. marcy walton was 16. marcus o'neill and another boy were both 17. the access to appropriate and suitable mental health care provision has time and time and again been inflicted by the same problems, of failure to communicate between the agencies and that those children and young people have been unable to access the services which,

quite potentially, may have saved a number of lives. over the past decade, suicides among adults have risen by 14%. but among young people and children, while still relatively low, numbers have risen steeply by 74%. out of those, suicides among 10—14—year—olds are rising fastest of all. they've more than doubled. at 16, alice wilkie started a blog to help young people in sussex talk about their worries. during the pandemic especially, she says it was teenagers who were left trying to comfort their friends in crisis. it got to that point - where they were just trying to use their friends as sort of therapists, i guess, i and that can take quite a big toll- on that other person's mental health especially, because they are harbouring all of the stuff i their friends have been telling them but also with the struggles - they have themselves.

these mothers in horsham set up a support group for parents concerned about their children. within 48 hours we had 1,500 people signed up to the facebook group and it went mad. they needed help there and then. and we were having counsellors, trying to send them their numbers, it was like, we cannot wait 18 months. we need this now, our children are suffering now. unless, as a parent, unless you are screaming really loudly, or unless your child ends up in hospital, there are children going through the cracks, and that's a sad thing and i don't think it is going to stop. jade hutchens took his own life in 2020. he was 18 and child services closed his case without any referrals to adult services. the coroner said that was a gross failure. your child turns 18, _ that does not mean they are adults. you know, being 18, i

it is actually the worst age from 18 onwards, up to about 20. - he said to me, mum, i everywhere you took me, nobody seems to be listening to me. you know, they don't do early help. why is it that everything has to be worse before i a child is referred — why? _ demand for mental health services in west sussex has more than doubled in the past two years. all the authorities who are involved in caring for these young people have made a significant changes since their deaths. the coroner is calling on the government for more funding to avoid more lives being at risk. hello there. it's been very wet for some of us this weekend. this unsettled theme does continue into the start of the new week, with low pressure nearby, rain and gales followed by sunshine and blustery showers. but then by around mid—week, wednesday into thursday, high pressure starts to build in. it'll settle things down. it'll also turn very mild with our air source

coming in from the south. but at the moment we've still got low pressure with us, quite a few isobars on the chart, so blustery showers, sunny spells through the afternoon and that theme continues into the evening and overnight with clear spells, blustery showers, even longer spells of rain pushing from south to north, and the winds picking up — gale force across the south west. southern areas seeing temperatures in double figures. we could see mid single digits across the north east of scotland. so for monday, then, it's an unsettled start, blustery showers, longer spells of rain spreading from the south to the north and the winds picking up, touching gale force across many southern and western coasts, in excess of 50 miles an hour, maybe up to around 60 miles an hour near coasts and over hills. but a blustery day for all areas, but mild for the time of year. the mid—teens for many. but it might not feel like that because of the strength of the wind and also all the showers around. then through monday night, a band of heavy rain and gales spreads across the country. so for tuesday, we're in the same theme of blustery showers and sunny spells. most of the showers again affecting southern and western areas.

some of them will be heavy, some rumbles of thunder, the strongest of the winds around southern and western coasts once again. probably the greater chance of staying drier will be towards the north and the east. but again, very mild, 15 to 16 celsius in the south, low teens further north. some subtle changes into wednesday — high pressure beginning to build across the south west, pushing this area of low pressure northward. so i think the windiest, wettest weather will tend to be across the north and the west of scotland. further south, fewer showers around, one or two around, mind you, but a greater chance of staying dry with some sunshine. again, mild in the south, low teens across the north. and then as we move into thursday, that area of high pressure over the near continent builds in, pushes these weather systems out at bay, and we start to draw our air in from the azores and the subtropics. so it really will be very mild through thursday and friday with temperatures well above the seasonal norm. now, it's not going to be completely sunny and dry. there will be still a few showers in the northwest of the uk.

quite a bit of cloud around, but noticeably mild.

this is bbc news the headlines at six. union leaders say nurses are likely to take their first ever national strike action before christmas. downing street says the prime minister believes abusive text messages sent by the cabinet minister gavin williamson were unacceptable. in a keynote speech to party members — the lib dem leader sir ed davey — reiterates his call for a general election, saying the current government "does not have a shred of credibility left". the united nations' annual climate change summit has begun in egypt — with a warning that a year of extreme weather must be a wake—up call for the planet. and with the us midterm elections just days away, president biden and donald trump continue on the campaign trail, in the push to win crucial votes.