tonight at ten: dire warnings for the future of the planet, as the cop 27 climate conference begins in egypt. delegates are told the last 8 years have been the hottest on record —accelerating the effects of climate change we must answer the planet's distress signal with action — ambitious, credible climate action.

the prime minister rishi sunak arrived in egypt this evening — after reversing his initial decision not to attend. and tonight mr sunak made his first public comments about the expletive—ridden text messages sent by sir gavin williamson whom he appointed to government. downing street says rishi sunak thinks offensive messages sent by government minister sir gavin williamson are "unacceptable". the devastated ukrainian city of mariupol, where an estimated 1,500 new graves have been found — we have a special report. and, in the us, campaigning reaches fever pitch as the democrats and the republicans pull out their big names for the mid—term elections. good evening. the cop 27 climate summit has begun in egypt with dire warnings about the state of the planet.

extreme temperatures, wildfires, drought and flooding have all been made worse by the last eight years being the hottest on record, according to the world meteorological organization. the un secretary general antonio guterres insisted the summit had to produce "ambitious, credible climate actions". our climate editor, justin rowlatt, has the latest. cyclones ripped through madagascar earlier this year. floods displaced more thani million people in nigeria last month. while another year of low rainfall pushed parts of somalia and elsewhere in east africa even closer to famine. our planet is sending a distress signal, the un conference in egypt was warned. the last eight years, they have been the warmest on record, making every heatwave more intense and life—threatening especially for vulnerable populations. sea levels are rising at twice the speed of the 1990s,

posing an existential threat for low—lying island states and threatening billions of people in coastal regions. rishi sunak arrived this evening. the british prime minister will urge the world to move further and faster on the switch to renewable power. he joins representatives of more than 200 nations. it is essential progress is made, they were told today. whilst i do understand that leaders around the world have faced competing priorities this year, we must be clear. as challenging as our current moment is coming in action as challenging as our current moment is, inaction is myopic, and can only differ climate catastrophe. but expect heated negotiations. egypt says the rich world needs to come good on its promises of cash to help developing countries cut carbon and adapt to our changing climate. and there will be demands for money to help vulnerable nations

with the climate—related impact they are already experiencing, like the terrible floods in pakistan that left one third of the country under water earlier this year. the fear is the talks could be deadlocked. the ukraine war has driven up food and energy prices worldwide. developed nations are expected to say they don't have cash to spare. many times we have been given commitments and promises. i but we haven't, we haven't been given action. - and of course a promise - that is broken, it kind of destroys the trust that we have in our leaders. - you don't have to go far from the coast in egypt to find vivid evidence of what is at stake. the red sea is home to some of the most magnificent and biodiverse coral reefs in the world. but coral is incredibly vulnerable to climate change. scientists warn virtually all the world's reefs are likely

to be lost by the end of this century, probably sooner. this only one issue on the table here in egypt, and that is cash. rishi sunak is expected to tell the 120 or so world leaders here tomorrow not to backslide on their promises of finance and support made at glasgow last year. but developing countries are looking for more than a hundred billion dollars every year. you got rich, causing the climate crisis by burning fossil fuels, they have said to developed nations, you need to pay to solve it. conversations about money are never easy and we are expecting some difficult discussions here over the next few days. thank you. downing street says the prime minister

believes text messages sent by sir gavin williamson to the conservative mp wendy morton are "unacceptable". a formal complaint and investigation were already underway before the expletive—laden exchanges were published in today's sunday times. until this afternoon, rishi sunak said he was aware of the complaint when he appointed sir gavin as a minister, but not the content of the messages. here's our political correspondent iain watson. last month, a new prime minister, a new approach, and a firm pledge. this government will have integrity, professionalism, and accountability at every level. on the same day he brought his ally sir gavin williamson back into government, 2a hours after he was told sir gavin was facing a potentially serious complaint about his behaviour. he sent wendy morton, a senior member of liz truss's government, a series of texts complaining,

in no uncertain terms, about the treatment of mps who had not backed the truss leadership campaign. even accusing her of rigging the ticket allocations to the queen's funeral, something she denies. a number of his messages contain expletives. he warns, "there is a price for everything". that is not acceptable, he should not have said it. he has said he regrets doing so. he has given... so what is the consequence for him? he has given some context that this was at a time of heightened frustration. downing street said the first time the prime minister saw sir gavin williamson's texts was in a sunday newspaper and, yes, rishi sunakfound the content unacceptable. but number 10 won't comment further while the conservative party is looking into the official complaint against sir gavin. rishi sunak was already facing criticism for bringing suella braverman back to the home office despite her reaching the ministerial code. breaching the ministerial code. labour and the liberal democrats are criticising hisjudgment. and a former conservative minister

questioned the wisdom of returning sir gavin to the front rank after he had been sacked by theresa may and boris johnson. this is the third time under. the third prime minister that gavin williamson has been generating bad headlines.| so, personnel problems could threaten the prime minister's promise of a fresh start. iain watson, bbc news. and our political editor chris mason is in sharm el—sheikh. the prime minister has spoken about his row for the fist time? == the prime minister has spoken about his row for the fist time?— his row for the fist time? -- first time. his row for the fist time? -- first time- yes _ his row for the fist time? -- first time- yes he _ his row for the fist time? -- first time. yes he gave _ his row for the fist time? -- first time. yes he gave app _ his row for the fist time? -- first time. yes he gave app interview| time. yes he gave app interview to the sun and repeated that gavin williamson's behaviour was unacceptable and he said i welcome that he has expressed regret. but the big question is given this behaviour wouldn't be acceptable in any other work place, why is it acceptable in government? strikingly, the prime minister when pushed didn't commit to retaining

sir dpa vin after the conclusion of this investigation that is ongoing. we will have to wait for that to conclude and then see how the prime minister reacts. of course the context is that there is already criticism of the prime minister's judgment, pause he brought suella braverman back in as home secretary so soon after she had resigned from that very post. the prime minister show has escaped the domestic fray, well the questions followed here, but he has escaped it and his first adventure on to the international stage as prime minister, having occupied every conceivable position, no i won't come, maybe i will come, yes i will. and this is a symptom of a tuur tuesday turbulent period. he

will talk too the french president about climate and also the issue of small boats. plenty on the agenda in the next few days.— the southern ukrainian city of mariupol has been left in ruins after being subjected to fierce russian bombardment early in the invasion. the city was besieged by russian forces and ukrainian officials now estimate that at least 25,000 people were killed there. analysis for the bbc by the human rights organisation the centre for information resilience has discovered an estimated 1,500 new graves dug at the edge of the city. so what of the people who lived there? our correspondent hilary andersson has been speaking to adult and child survivors from the city for bbc panorama. they give vivid and distressing testimony, and there is a reference to suicide — inevitably you may find this upsetting. artem has seen what no child should. he was in mariupol�*s

theatre when it was bombed. his two—year—old sister nastia had to be dug out of the rubble. how do you grasp horror when you're six? mariupol, once a golden city, was left devastated after a massive bombardment. all spring, the city was besieged, cut off from the world. we have spent six months speaking to people who lived through it. entire blocks of flats were turned into infernos. around 90% of the buildings destroyed in mariupol were homes. ukrainian officials estimate 5,000 to 7,000 people were crushed beneath the rubble. olga was an accountant

before the war, married to valeriy. she loved to dance. one night in march, she was sleeping in her cellar, valeriy and her parents were upstairs, when their house was hit. as it got light, olga was still trapped and alone.

finally, after eight hours under the rubble of her house, she was pulled out by a cable attached to her leg. olga was the only survivor of that night. for more than two months, each day brought terror — for women, children, even pregnant mothers. this was mariupol�*s maternity hospital. and this photo one of the most disturbing images of the war. her name was irena.

she was a local clothes shop manager, due to give birth in three days' time. oxana at a nearby hospital tried to save her life. more people were killed here than in any other european city since world war two. these are their graves.

artem lost his granny. hilary andersson, bbc news. and you can see hilary's full report in the panorama special — mariupol: the people's story — which will be on bbc one at 9pm on tuesday. it's the last weekend of campaigning before voters in the united states take part in a major set of elections to elect members of congress — known as the mid—terms. congress is made up of two houses — the house of representatives and the senate.

currently, the democrats have a majority in both. but if the republicans take control of one, president biden will find it difficult to get his legislative programme passed. the cost of living, abortion rights and immigration are issues that have dominated the campaign. the political map currently looks like this. and this weekend the focus has been on pennsylvania — a senate race which is too close to call. our north america editor sarah smith reports. pennsylvania, where this election is so tight the president himself is here asking for votes. and he's brought a friend — a democratic double act. well, folks, three days. three days. until one of the most important elections, one of the most important elections of our lifetime. pennsylvania matters, because victory here could give either party a majority in the senate and this

race is too close to call, so democrats are raising the stakes. truth and facts and logic and reason and basic decency, are on the ballot. democracy itself is on the ballot. the stakes are high. the campaign message that american freedoms are under threat concerns the committed democrats who waited hours to see the presidential pair. what is on the line in this election if the democrats lose congress? 0h, our democracy is at stake. it truly is. why does pennsylvania matter so much? because women matter, because our race matter, because black lives matter. presidents biden and obama can certainly draw a crowd, even though none of them are standing for election this year. the results though they really matter tojoe biden. they will determine whether he can or cannot get anything done for the next two years. these results also mat

tore donald trump. these results also matter to donald trump. well, thank you very much, and hello pennsylvania, one of my favourite places! in the same state on the same night, donald trump is blaming the democrats for inflation, increased immigration and rising crime. 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. victory here for one of his hand—picked candidates, the tv celebrity dr mehmet oz, could spur trump on to announce soon that he is running for president in 202a. in georgia, another key state, there is an entire weekend festival devoted to shrimp and grit — a traditional southern dish that tastes better than it sounds! there's also a very tight race for the senate seat.

the trump—backed candidate here is another celebrity, a former football player, herschel walker. he said he supports a total ban on abortion. but his campaign's been rocked by two ex—girlfriends claiming he pressured them into terminations. have you heard the news story about herschel walker? yes. would it put you off voting for him? no, because he said it wasn't true it hasn't been proven. i guess i don't count that kind of stuff, because there is no proof. i know this is such a volatile election that who knows what somebody will be paid to say? in this incendiary atmosphere, when voters don't know what to believe and leaders warn of the violent threats to democracy itself, the election results may welljust ignite further potentially dangerous division. sarah smith, bbc news, southern georgia. the liberal democrat leader, sir ed davey has proposed a plan for cash grants to help homeowners badly affected by rising interest rates.

he was making a keynote speech following the cancellation of the lib dem party conference in the wake of the queen's death. our 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 home owners. 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! home owners 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 costs 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 sled of integrity left, you would call a general election now. 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 op the conservatives in this speech, arguing the liberal democrats 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 liberal democrats hope a 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, rita. good evening. england's rugby union head coach eddiejones says "silly mistakes" were to blame for their surprise defeat to argentina at twickenham. they were beaten in their opening autumn international 30 points to 29, as olly foster reports. ten months might seem a long time, but the next few weekends will go a long way to deciding which england players line up at the world cup. this test against argentina carried significance, because they will face the pumas in their opening match. argentina picked up a few bruises.

argentina picked up a few bruises. argentina stayed in the game with the kicking. and they scored a try, followed by another breakaway. england responded, with a gap being spotted. but the match was decided by the boot. this sixth successful penalty saw argentina win by a point. the last time they won at twickenham 16 years ago, the england coach was sacked. match of the day 2 is on after the news with all the premier league highlights, but here are the headlines. arsenal are back on top of the table after beating chelsea 1—0. elsewhere there were wins for aston villa, crystal palace, liverpool and newcastle. well arsenal are also top of the women's super league. steph catley scored straight from a corner kick in their 4—0 win at leicester city. rangers' hopes of winning

the scottish premiership were dented at stjohnstone, who beat them 2—1 — james brown scoring a stunning goal. rangers are seven points behind leaders celtic. it was another golden day for great britain at the gymnastics world championships. now their most successful in history after teenagerjessica gadirova battled through injury to claim gold in the floor event — britain's 6th medal in total. that's it, there's more on our website — including the latest from the rugby league world cup. rita. now time for the weather with matt. plenty of rain in the last week and it helped the rivers to respond. it will take longer for the reservoirs to lift up. here is kent and sussex, where we have seen almost double, if not more than double our november

rain fall. still some wet weather this week. but brighter at the end of the week. low pressure will feed in and strengthen winds and tomorrow a mild start, a lot of cloud around on monday. a grey day, rain for all areas. heaviest in wales and dumfries and galloway and sunshine to end the day in northern scotland. the breeze will pick up. the breeze is from the south—west and so it is mild at 12 to 16 degrees. tomorrow evening a wild spell in the west. rain and gusty winds that will sweep across all parts. you could have a few windows rattled through the night monday into tuesday. winds up to 60mph. into tuesday, we have low pressure to the north—west. but there is a mixture of sunshine and

showers on tuesday. a changing sky and some heavy showers starting in the west and pushing east through the west and pushing east through the day. another blustery and mild day. more sunshine and showers on wednesday. by the end of week, there will be some sunshine. that's all from us — stay tuned for the news where you are. goodnight. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are parliamentary journalist, tony grew, and the former conservative pensions minister, ros altman. tomorrow's front pages, starting with... let's start with the metro, which reports on the death of a 17—year—old boy in halifax, who passed away on bonfire night after an incident involving fireworks.

as the un's climate change conference begins in egypt, the independent leads with comments from prime minister rishi sunak, who says it's still possible to "limit global temperature rises to 1.5 degrees celclius". the telegraph also reports on the cop27 summit, and says that the uk may support reperations being paid to developing countries adversely affected by climate change. but the guardian says the uk, the us, canada and australia have fallen billions of dollars short in contributing to climate funding for developing countries. the i leads with the news that around 300,000 nurses are set to go on strike across the uk, and says it would impact a&e patients as well as non—urgent care. and finally, the sun reports on matt hancock's decision to head for thejungle, with prime minister rishi sunak reportedly saying he was "dissapointed" in the former health minister. welcome to you both. let's start

with the daily telegraph. britain is opening the door to climate reparations. tony, take us through this one. ~ ., , reparations. tony, take us through thisone. ., , , this one. what could they be offering? — this one. what could they be offering? it _ this one. what could they be offering? it is _ this one. what could they be offering? it is all— this one. what could they be offering? it is all pretty - this one. what could they be i offering? it is all pretty unclear at the moment. i think the uk has agreed talks without talking about reparations. this would be something thatis reparations. this would be something that is reasonably new and novel. this is the idea that the companies that cause global warming will pay the country that haven't caused global warming reparations to help them with climate change adaptation. that leads to problems, principally which companies are responsible, how do you prove that? it money will have to be planned weather gets a part of it. which companies will receive the money and what will they do with it and how will it be audited? i think it's something the uk has said they are open to talking about but that's different than coming to an agreement. figs about but that's different than coming to an agreement. as we know it for some it's _ coming to an agreement. as we know it for some it's there's _ coming to an agreement. as we know it for some it's there's a _ coming to an agreement. as we know it for some it's there's a lot _ coming to an agreement. as we know it for some it's there's a lot of - it for some it's there's a lot of talking. ultimately, it's what they all commit to do that counts.

absolutely. but rishi sunak seems to be saying _ absolutely. but rishi sunak seems to be saying is that i think the government recognises there is a case _ government recognises there is a case for— government recognises there is a case for those developing countries who have _ case for those developing countries who have not created the kind of damage — who have not created the kind of damage to the climate that the already— damage to the climate that the already developed nations have done over the _ already developed nations have done over the past few decades. albeit, in most _ over the past few decades. albeit, in most cases inadvertently, where we had _ in most cases inadvertently, where we had the — in most cases inadvertently, where we had the industrial revolution and when the _ we had the industrial revolution and when the greenhouse gases and emissions were driving growth here we didnt— emissions were driving growth here we didn't realise we're actually damaging the planet. now that it is quite well— damaging the planet. now that it is quite well known and understood i think— quite well known and understood i think but— quite well known and understood i think but the developing nations are saying is, _ think but the developing nations are saying is, you had your growth and you cause — saying is, you had your growth and you cause this problem. you need to contribute _ you cause this problem. you need to contribute to — you cause this problem. you need to contribute to helping to clear it up rather _ contribute to helping to clear it up rather than — contribute to helping to clear it up rather thanjust contribute to helping to clear it up rather than just demanding that we ourselves— rather than just demanding that we ourselves cut our emissions, which will stunt— ourselves cut our emissions, which will stunt our growth. 0r

ourselves cut our emissions, which will stunt our growth. or for those countries — will stunt our growth. or for those countries that are being damaged by