this is bbc news, i'm lukwesa burak, these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. world leaders arrive at the cop climate summit in egypt, amid warnings from the un that the past eight years are on track to be the warmest on record. at the moment we are way behind where we ought to be stopped and not one country is doing nearly enough. a growing political row in london, over text messages sent by sir gavin williamson to a colleague. president zelensky says russia is planning more air strikes on ukraine's vital infrastructure, as a new report warns ukraine is in danger of running out of air defence weapons.

researchers in the uk say blood that has been grown in a laboratory has been put into people, in a world—first clinical trial. it could help scientists manufacture rare blood groups. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. world leaders are addressing the cop27 summit in egypt today, as they try to rally global support for tackling climate change. talks this year will focus on three things. first — the implementation of what's known as the paris agreement. this in 2015, countries agreed to try to limit global temperature rises to one—point five degrees celsius. second, action on loss and damage ,

that's developed nations finding ways to compensate and assist developing nations, following decades of environmental damage. and thirdly, there's a promise to be more transparent about the process. rich countries will also outline how they plan to reduce their carbon emissions with countries most affected by rising temperatures describing how climate change is impacting them. the bbc�*s climate editorjustin rowlatt reports from sharm el sheikh you don't have to go far from the coast in egypt to find vivid evidence of what's at stake. the red sea is home to some of the most magnificent this and biodiverse coral reefs in the world. but coral is incredibly vulnerable to climate change. scientists say virtually

all the world's coral reefs could be gone by the end of the century, possibly sooner now. think what that means. an ecosystem that's taken hundreds of millions of years to evolve, gone forever. rishi sunak arrived in egypt last night. these talks are reckoned to be the world's best hope of tackling climate change. the british prime minister will be announcing millions of pounds of funding for clean energy and forest protection today. he'll say the uk is steadfast in its support of countries on the front line of climate change. it's been another year of climate—related extreme weather. terrible floods left a third of pakistan underwater, for example. another year of drought pushed a0 million people in east africa closer to famine. developing nations are demanding not

just millions, but hundreds of billions of pounds of assistance from the rich world. nicola sturgeon, the scottish first minister, will also be in egypt today. she played a key role in the last un climate talks in glasgow and says it is time rich countries coughed up the cash they promised to help the developing world rise to the climate challenge. one bit of good news though. the egyptian reefs are particularly resistant to marine heating, according to local scientists. the negotiators here will need to summon similar reserves of resilience if progress is going to be made at the conference. justin rowlatt, bbc news, sharm el—sheikh, egypt. joining us now is harjeet singh, head of global political strategy at the climate action network, a global network of civil society groups in 130 countries. great to have you with others. i

want to start off first with what you think we achieved following cop 26, let's start there.— 26, let's start there. thank you for havin: 26, let's start there. thank you for having me- — 26, let's start there. thank you for having me- i— 26, let's start there. thank you for having me. i think— 26, let's start there. thank you for having me. i think it— 26, let's start there. thank you for having me. i think it is— 26, let's start there. thank you for having me. i think it is a _ 26, let's start there. thank you for having me. i think it is a very - having me. i think it is a very difficult question because we have gone really backers when it comes to climate action. we have seen countries moving away from climate targets and investing more in fossil fuels, we know fossilfuels targets and investing more in fossil fuels, we know fossil fuels are partly responsible for the climate crisis, and the health and energy crisis, and the health and energy crisis we are facing right now. there is also backsliding we have seen from rich countries, particularly the dash for gas in africa, and we will see that these countries are not providing climate finance, so they have again not met their target of providing $100 billion a year, and we have seen on loss and damage, some progress, just yesterday it has been agreed that we will be discussing loss and damage finance. it has happened after years

of fight to put on the agenda. that is the only little positive thing i see. 0n everything else, we're going backwards. see. on everything else, we're going backwards. , ., ., ., ., , backwards. loss and damage, how is that defined? — backwards. loss and damage, how is that defined? what _ backwards. loss and damage, how is that defined? what is _ backwards. loss and damage, how is that defined? what is the _ backwards. loss and damage, how is that defined? what is the for - backwards. loss and damage, how is that defined? what is the for that. i that defined? what is the for that. 7 that defined? what is the for that. ? , , that defined? what is the for that. ? intensifying floods and storms and risin: seas ? intensifying floods and storms and rising seas have _ ? intensifying floods and storms and rising seas have been _ ? intensifying floods and storms and rising seas have been caused - ? intensifying floods and storms and rising seas have been caused by - rising seas have been caused by decades of fossil fuel emissions and there's not been any process in the system, the climate change un system, the climate change un system, to provide support to people who are already suffering from the impacts, losing their homes, farms and income. yet not a single penny has been provided to them to recover from these impacts and that is what we call addressing loss and damage, so the system has failed so far, and now the discussions will begin and had to repay support to most people. how would you suggest we do start to provide support? i how would you suggest we do start to provide shanon?— how would you suggest we do start to provide sopport?_ provide support? i think the first thins to provide support? i think the first things to agree _ provide support? i think the first things to agree and _ provide support? i think the first things to agree and a _ provide support? i think the first things to agree and a new - provide support? i think the first| things to agree and a new stream provide support? i think the first. things to agree and a new stream of finance has to be established, act,

cop27, yesterday when the agenda was agreed, it was decided that no later than 2024 we need to have the control system. what does that mean? we need to have an agreement and that's what we as claim action are demanding, that we should agree on setting up a new frontier and in the next few years we can work towards operationalising that finance. there are people around the world who have lost their home to floods, such as people in pakistan, and people facing famine in somalia, they are not getting adequate support, so they need to see hope coming from cop27 and that's what the role of leaders who are coming here to attend this cop27 is. do leaders who are coming here to attend this com is.— leaders who are coming here to attend this cop27 is. do you think the riaht attend this cop27 is. do you think the right people _ attend this cop27 is. do you think the right people or— attend this cop27 is. do you think the right people or anyone - attend this cop27 is. do you think the right people or anyone sitting| the right people or anyone sitting around a table quiz man yes, we are watching the the old dawn is them that hold the purse strings or as big business? are they right people

sitting around the table? we big business? are they right people sitting around the table?— sitting around the table? we have governments _ sitting around the table? we have governments who _ sitting around the table? we have governments who will _ sitting around the table? we have governments who will decide, - sitting around the table? we have i governments who will decide, when sitting around the table? we have - governments who will decide, when we talk about the un space, the response ability of governments, absolutely big businesses must pay on the other big polluters. we know 100 companies are responsible for more than 70% of cumulative emissions, but who will tax these companies? it is governments, they have to be built in and show courage, but right now we see that they are in bed with these companies, and that's why fossil fuel companies are making money while people, ordinary people are suffering from the energy crisis, from the climate crisis, so governments have a decisive role to penalising taxis big companies so that people who are facing several crisis can be supported. we cannot just expect private companies to come up with a solution on their own, they have not already last 30 years, it is governments who will make that happen. we

years, it is governments who will make that happen.— years, it is governments who will make that happen. we know this is a lona time, make that happen. we know this is a long time. a — make that happen. we know this is a long time, a long-term _ make that happen. we know this is a long time, a long-term plan, - make that happen. we know this is a long time, a long-term plan, or- make that happen. we know this is a long time, a long-term plan, or is. long time, a long—term plan, or is it? be hearing a lot about we are running out of time, and we talk about the leaders and their political life span is relatively sure. what is the incentive to get them to act? hill instead of incentive i would say we need pressure from people on the ground. citizens have to hold their leaders to account. we cannotjust see them paying lip service, and if i talk about the uk claiming to be the climate leader, we have seen the uk backsliding and awarding 100 licences to countries that stuck oil and gas. 0n licences to countries that stuck oil and gas. on one hand we allow leaders to make tall claims and run the other hand to extract oil and gas, so we cannot allow that to happen. we have to call their bluff, called out. citizens have a particular role in holding them to account. we talk a law that

developed nations taking the biggest action. what about developing actions which mac is it fair to say you need to pay us to take action? don't they have their own role to play? absolutely. they also have to chance play? absolutely. they also have to change their — play? absolutely. they also have to change their policies, _ play? absolutely. they also have to change their policies, do _ play? absolutely. they also have to change their policies, do their - play? absolutely. they also have to change their policies, do their best| change their policies, do their best to implement this and make sure the sauce provided are helping people who are facing crisis and going towards green energy, but let's understand when we talk about rich countries to pay, we are talking about a globaljustice. the crisis we are right now has facing been caused by hundred and 50 years of greenhouse gas emissions being put into the atmosphere, so developing countries need support to make that transition and it will not only require billions were trillions of dollars, a report looking atjust a few days ago saying we will need 4—6 chilling dollars a year to transition to a low carbon economy —— trillian. we need to make sure new are available and a good

covenant system in developing countries must be insured through a strong civil society and media so they are held to account as well and support their citizens.— support their citizens. thank you very much _ support their citizens. thank you verv much for— support their citizens. thank you very much for your _ support their citizens. thank you very much for your time - support their citizens. thank you very much for your time this - support their citizens. thank you - very much for your time this morning here on bbc news. the reason we are speaking to him here is because what you can see on your screen at the moment, some of the world leaders attending cop27 in egypt. you can see they are gathering on the stage there for what is referred to as the family photo. the pressure is on, really. that 1.5 magic figure is what people are talking about. a number of african and developing nations. representatives from

zambia, a number of arab nations on stage, the cop27 climate conference kicking off in egypt. the family photo before it some of the heavy negotiations start to take place. borisjohnson, the negotiations start to take place. boris johnson, the former negotiations start to take place. borisjohnson, the former uk prime minister, is also there, but a lot of controversy and discussion around the attendance of the current prime minister rishi sunak who initially said he would not attend but now is attending the climate conference in egypt. the key of course to try and tackle the climate crisis that is facing the world. a lot of discussion over loss and damage, how to release those finances. i think thatis to release those finances. i think that is rwanda's leader there to the

bottom, representatives of south africa, zimbabwe also there and a number of other key players in those discussions. we have been speaking to a number of voices here on bbc news. sir david king, who served as the government's permanent special representative for climate change bewteen 2013 and 2017, spoke to me earlier about why he believes the developed world isn't doing nearly enough. at the moment we are way behind where we ought to be, not one country is doing nearly enough. the climate crisis advisory group that i chair

is producing four country reports on the key countries in the debate at the moment. and not one of those countries is doing nearly enough. so i think the point i'm making is if we want a manageable future for humanity, which surely we do, we need to understand the nature of the crisis we are in. we will get to that in a moment. first off, i wonder if i could go back one stage. why are we not doing enough? doing enough for various reasons. one is we have failed to have, since 1992, leadership from the united states. the united states is normally the country we would all turn to for leadership on an issue like this. why has the united states failed the world? the power of the fossil fuel lobby. it is as simple as that. we all know how powerful the lobby systems are in the us democratic system, the gun lobby and so on, and the most powerful lobby of all is the fossil fuel lobby, and senators and congressmen are

virtually and in reality in the pockets of these lobbies. so i think we have failed to get that sort of leadership, britain provided leadership under tony blair and gordon brown, very open leadership from 1997—2010, and subsequently under david cameron and theresa may we continued the good work that was begun but since then we have been slipping back and we're talking now about the absurdity of opening up new oil and gas wells in the north sea, absurd because this does nothing, has nothing to do with the crisis in ukraine. it would take at least ten years before any new oil or gas reached the marketplace, and therefore, since the war in ukraine is sure to be over by then, we will

be left saddled with an investment that will not produce results. so i think what we see is this sudden return to looking for more coal, oil and gas, and around the world, not ljust britain. excuse me ifi comel across as rude, but we seem to be hearing the same thing over and over again. and there doesn't seem to be any real progress. i'm afraid you're | right, you're not being rude at all| as we have failed to respond. let's remember, since 1992 we've been discussing at cop meetings, progress on managing this climate change disaster. at first it wasn't a disaster and if we had operated quickly and got in place everything we needed to by 2000,

we would not be in the straits we are in now. so 2015 we finally reached an agreement in paris, and that agreement said we must stay below 1.5 degrees above the preindustrial level, as you were saying, but what are the chances of that today? we are now over 1.3 celsius above the preindustrial level, and we are rapidly approaching the 1.5. and the more on the climate crisis and cop27 as it develops. leaders currently gathering for the family photo. treasury sources have indicated that the chancellor is leaning towards more spending cuts than tax rises, as he finalises his plans to fill the hole in the public finances. the measures will be assessed by the independent 0ffice for budget responsibility,

beforejeremy hunt announces the details later this month. let's speak to dame deanne julius who is a founding member of the bank of england's monetary policy committee, now fellow at the chatham house policy institute. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. first off, how big is how critical is that hole in the public finances? we critical is that hole in the public finances? ~ ., �* ~ ., critical is that hole in the public finances? ., �* ~ ., ., critical is that hole in the public finances? ~ ., ., , ., finances? we don't know for sure how bi it is finances? we don't know for sure how big it is because _ finances? we don't know for sure how big it is because that _ finances? we don't know for sure how big it is because that will _ finances? we don't know for sure how big it is because that will be _ finances? we don't know for sure how big it is because that will be the - big it is because that will be the budget responsibility that really gives us the final numbers, but is probably around 40—50,000,000,000, and that is over a five year horizon, so it's not an immediate problem, but is an immediate problem to figure out how that's going to be over time. to figure out how that's going to be overtime. in to figure out how that's going to be over time. , ., over time. in terms of filling it, what do you — over time. in terms of filling it, what do you expect _ over time. in terms of filling it, what do you expect what - over time. in terms of filling it, what do you expect what do - over time. in terms of filling it, | what do you expect what do you over time. in terms of filling it, - what do you expect what do you hope

to see come the budget? what what do you expect what do you hope to see come the budget?— to see come the budget? what we've heard so far — to see come the budget? what we've heard so far is _ to see come the budget? what we've heard so far is that _ to see come the budget? what we've heard so far is that it _ to see come the budget? what we've heard so far is that it will _ to see come the budget? what we've heard so far is that it will be - heard so far is that it will be shared between cuts in expenditure and increases in taxes. 0n the spending side, i expect we will see some cuts in the real terms cut from a cash point of view that probably won't be cuts, and that sense again economist distinction but actually when inflation is running a 10% is quite an important distinction. i suspect some of the investment plans will be cut, we've been hearing rumours about the railway investment and that certainly is something that has a big chunk coming up in the next few years, so there may be cuts there. on the tax side, tax rises will certainly go up. i think that has been pretty clear from what the chancellor has said, as well as rishi sunak. probably those will include some additional taxes on the

energy sector, notjust oil and gas i think, but also the renewable sector, they've had quite a big windfall from the higher price of natural gas to which their own tariffs are linked. it may also be some additional taxes on the banking sector. the banks have been benefiting from higher interest rates, particularly higher interest rates, particularly higher interest rates on the reserve balances they have with the bank of england, so thatis have with the bank of england, so that is a bit of a technical issue, but it could be many billions of pounds, so an important area to look forfor pounds, so an important area to look for for changes pounds, so an important area to look forfor changes in their pounds, so an important area to look for for changes in their tax pounds, so an important area to look forfor changes in their tax rate. talking about important areas, out of everything you have listed so far, does or will that go far enough to make a difference? what, in your opinion, is the most critical economic approach or action that the chancellor can take? i’m economic approach or action that the chancellor can take?— chancellor can take? i'm not sure there is one _ chancellor can take? i'm not sure there is one that _ chancellor can take? i'm not sure there is one that is _ chancellor can take? i'm not sure there is one that is critical. - chancellor can take? i'm not sure there is one that is critical. what | there is one that is critical. what is critical is that he comes up with

a believable and a sustainable plan, so that he can meet the requirements of the national debt falling as a percent of gdp. that is necessary for his own credibility, the government's credibility, but also for the markets to believe this country is back on track. i think one of the most important benefits, if you can call it that come of this budget, budget that will have some difficult choices in it, it will provide some certainty as to where we are going, that's important for business, four people plus two jobs and is something we have not had, really, borisjohnson resigned back injuly. really, boris johnson resigned back in jul . �* ., ., really, boris johnson resigned back injul . �* ., ,, ., in july. are we talking of austerity. _ in july. are we talking of austerity, basically? - in july. are we talking of austerity, basically? i. in july. are we talking of - austerity, basically? i suppose, it de-ends austerity, basically? i suppose, it depends on _ austerity, basically? i suppose, it depends on what _ austerity, basically? i suppose, it depends on what you _ austerity, basically? i suppose, it depends on what you call - austerity, basically? i suppose, it depends on what you call it. - austerity, basically? i suppose, it depends on what you call it. i - austerity, basically? i suppose, it. depends on what you call it. i think most of us feel we are in austerity right now. the cost of living crisis is something, because of inflation, that has caused most household certainly to reassess their spending

plans and make sure that they do have the income to cover the necessities. that is what austerity is all about, it's really about inflation, that is why it is so important that the bank of england get inflation back under control. how long is that likely to take realistically? i how long is that likely to take realistically?— how long is that likely to take realistically? i think it will take a ear, realistically? i think it will take a year. 18 _ realistically? i think it will take a year, 18 months, _ realistically? i think it will take a year, 18 months, something | realistically? i think it will take . a year, 18 months, something like that. we should see a fall in the inflation rates in about six months because the high rates will drop out of the calculation over that period, but personally i think he bank of england has been a little bit too pessimistic in its latest forecast, talking about a two—year recession, shallow recession, but nonetheless a very long one. i think that's probably not going happen, but we will see in the course of the next six months or so. i think a few more increases in interest rates, probably up into the 5% range, and that of course feed through people's

mortgages. we hope the budget may have some aspects in their to protect the lowest income people against those mortgage rates. there has been talk _ against those mortgage rates. there has been talk of _ against those mortgage rates. there has been talk of an _ against those mortgage rates. there has been talk of an extension - against those mortgage rates. there has been talk of an extension to - against those mortgage rates. there has been talk of an extension to the windfall tax on energy companies. how much will that help or how much is that needed? i how much will that help or how much is that needed?— is that needed? i think it will hel. i is that needed? i think it will help. ithink_ is that needed? i think it will help. i think it _ is that needed? i think it will help. i think it is _ is that needed? i think it will help. i think it is something l is that needed? i think it will i help. i think it is something the energy companies by now pretty much expect. but it is not going to fill the hole by itself, that's for certain. i think it's probably part of the prime minister's statement that everybody is going to have to bear some of the costs either through taxes, if they are in profit, orthrough through taxes, if they are in profit, or through expenditure, savings, if they are public sector. there isn't a single magic bullet to this one. it is the case that because of the pandemic our government and many other governments have increased the size of the budget deficit significantly to get us through the pandemic. and

we are now facing some of the consequences through the higher inflation, extra money put into the economy has caused. a cabinet minister has confirmed that the prime minister knew a complaint for harassment and bullying had been filed against a tory mp before he was given a ministerial position. 0liver dowden says sir gavin williamson knows he should not have sent expletive laden texts to a colleague and regrets it. rishi sunak has said that the texts were �*not acceptable' — 0pposition parties have called for an independent investigation. speaking earlier on bbc breakfast, the business secretary grant shapps says it was �*not right�* for the mp, gavin williamson to send a series of angry texts to a colleague, i thought they were deeply

inappropriate and i could see they were written, i imagine, in a moment of frustration. but it is a reminder never to send these messages in haste because you will end up having to repent at leisure and they are not messages anybody should send to anyone else and certainly not a colleague. he has apologised, which is right and there is a process going on where that whole incident is being reviewed right now as well. mr shapps was also asked about the situation at the manston migrant centre in kent — he said there were concerns it was tipping into becoming a detention centre when he briefly took over as home secretary after suella braverman was asked to resign by liz truss. certainly, the concern was that we would be in a position where people were unintentionally being detained, which would not be legal. so i wanted to make sure we remained

within the law or at least showed that we were trying to rectify the situation. the advice i had was very, very clear on that. the home secretary obviously agrees, because she has continued to follow the same policy that i put in place. earlier we heard more on both these stories from our chief political correspondent, nick eardley. the prime minister has told the sun newspaper overnight that some of the messages that mr williamson sent to the chief whip a few weeks ago were inappropriate, that mr sunak said he hadn't seen them before he gave gavin williamson a job that means he attends cabinet. but there are just, i think, those questions about whether mr sunak should have done more to act on warnings he was given. so we are told that mr sunak was warned before mr williamson was given a job that there was a complaint against him. he was still given thatjob. just a recap very briefly

on what this is all about. so gavin williamson... sorry, messages emerged over the weekend of gavin williamson texting wendy morton, who was in charge of party discipline, saying that he was unhappy at the way that seats had been dished out for the queen's funeral, there was a lot of swear words in there. there's a lot of anger from mr williamson. some people think there were some implicit threats when he said that there was a price for everything that ms morton was doing. and there have been those questions over whether that was appropriate conduct. clearly, a lot of people think that that wasn't appropriate. and the question the prime minister is now facing is whether he should have acted on those warnings he was given about mr williamson's conduct. and if you add into the mix what we've heard about

suella braverman, the questions about her being re—appointed, home secretary, given her email, use, the use of private email accounts to send official government business and all those questions about whether she did enough to make sure the government was complying with the law when it came to rehousing asylum seekers and migrants. it does just add up to this picture, which is pretty uncomfortable for the prime minister about whether he's made the correctjudgments when putting his cabinet together. russian attacks are leaving millions of ukrainians without electricity and water at times. now a new report is warning that ukraine is in danger of running out of air defence weapons to stave off russian missile attacks. the report by the royal united services institute says russia could try to repeat its devastating bombing campaign that reduced syrian cities to rubble — unless western nations send more supplies. i've been speaking to our security correspondent, frank gardner who explained the potential impact of this report. the report's authors have spent some

time in ukraine talking to intelligence officials, air defence operators and examining the wreckage of russian missiles and sort of bomb damage on the conclusion they have reached is that the only reason that russia has held back from the kind of even more devastating air campaign that it had in syria is that ukrainian air defence systems have been able to hold them off, but it is running out of those, because fairly early on in the war russia sent a huge number, well over 300 advanced fighterjets to try and dominate ukraine's skies, to achieve what this cold air supremacy. he wasn't able to do that because ukrainian weapons were able to shut down a lot of them, as well as some very brave ukrainian pilots, but you came's supplies are dwindling, because in the last few weeks they've been coming under sustained bombardment from russian ballistic cruise missiles and drones. these drones that loiter above a target and basically propel themselves into it, pull themselves up and ukraine cannot sustain this for that much longer, so the report as saying that it is really quite urgent for western backers, countries like britain, the united states, even germany and so on, to resupply ukraine with the means to defend itself, otherwise it's going to face potentially the same fate that syria

has where entire areas of cities like aleppo are simply flattened by russian bombing because there is nothing to stop russian aircraft taking to the air. do we know of supplies from the allies are on route? it does take a while for these things to work through. it does on part of the problem is ukraine, is a former member of the soviet union, is systems are very much the eastern bloc systems, so it's fighterjets, for example, its air defence systems are russian designed s 3005.

so what it's gradually doing is transitioning to western nato systems, but that mean straining people up in the west in western nations, places like britain, but it takes time. you've got the logistical problems of during the war, shipping those people out of ukraine to the west to get trained up and getting the weapons into ukraine without the convoys getting hit by russian missiles. so it is quite a major challenge, and with winter now almost let's retun to our lead story — rishi sunak is to address the cop27 climate summit in egypt later today and will call for a "global mission for clean growth". on his first overseas trip as prime minister, he'll tell delegates that it's

essential for countries to stick to commitments made at last year's conference in glasgow. but representatives from many developing nations will strengthen their calls for wealthier countries to pay for the impacts of climate change. the issue has been formally added to the agenda for the first time at a cop summit. joining us now is the director of the international center for climate change and development, saleemul huq. your hopes for this conference? i have high hopes, as you just mentioned the issue that is first and foremost in the minds of the developing countries generally and the vulnerable developing countries in particular, is this new issue of finance for losses and damages which are happening and we are very pleased to see that the agenda has

been adopted yesterday and we now look forward to two more weeks of negotiating, actually delivering on the promise. negotiating, actually delivering on the promise-— negotiating, actually delivering on the promise. could you quickly list those agenda _ the promise. could you quickly list those agenda items, _ the promise. could you quickly list those agenda items, you - the promise. could you quickly list i those agenda items, you mentioned one? .,, , those agenda items, you mentioned one? , ., ., ., those agenda items, you mentioned one? . . . , those agenda items, you mentioned one? ., ., ., one? the loss and damage is a new arenda one? the loss and damage is a new agenda item _ one? the loss and damage is a new agenda item but _ one? the loss and damage is a new agenda item but there _ one? the loss and damage is a new agenda item but there are - one? the loss and damage is a new agenda item but there are agenda l agenda item but there are agenda items that include finance, adaptation support for the vulnerable countries, particularly the african continent and they are very concerned about support from the adaptation and keeping the global goal on 1.5 degrees alive, even though it is slipping away by the minute and by the day. realistically, which is the most attainable of those four items? mi attainable of those four items? all are attainable of those four items? rii are attainable if we have the political will, and we shall try to drum up the political will, starting

with the leaders coming in and making their speeches. they are here to do speeches, not to negotiate and we want them to give us good speeches. d0 we want them to give us good speeches-— we want them to give us good speeches. do you think that is primarily. _ speeches. do you think that is primarily. they _ speeches. do you think that is primarily, they are _ speeches. do you think that is primarily, they are there - speeches. do you think that is primarily, they are there to i speeches. do you think that is| primarily, they are there to be seen, are they taking action? what progress has been made, for example, since glasgow? hot progress has been made, for example, since glasgow?— since glasgow? not a lot, i am afraid. since glasgow? not a lot, i am afraid- we _ since glasgow? not a lot, i am afraid. we still _ since glasgow? not a lot, i am afraid. we still hope _ since glasgow? not a lot, i am afraid. we still hope we - since glasgow? not a lot, i am afraid. we still hope we can . afraid. we still hope we can galvanise more progress this year in cop27 in egypt. we remain hopeful that countries will be willing to take further action is further that what they have promised in glasgow. we remain hopeful they will do that, it is in their own interest to do it. ., ., , , it is in their own interest to do it. some of the words use, you galvanise. _ it. some of the words use, you galvanise. you _ it. some of the words use, you galvanise, you remain - it. some of the words use, you| galvanise, you remain hopeful, it. some of the words use, you i galvanise, you remain hopeful, it it. some of the words use, you - galvanise, you remain hopeful, it is in their own interest, but they don't seem to be looking that far ahead, so how do you get the message across? it ahead, so how do you get the message across? . ' . ahead, so how do you get the message across? , m ,, , across? it is difficult, especially for politicians _

across? it is difficult, especially for politicians who _ across? it is difficult, especially for politicians who have - for politicians who have short—term... if they don't deal with the longer term problem today, it is going to become a crisis tomorrow. they do realise that, i am certain. they need to be starting to take action today to prevent it becoming a crisis tomorrow. for example, they worried about ukraine... the war going on and the price of energy. that is nothing compared to what will happen with climate change, but it will happen a little later. they will have to deal with it, whether they like it or not. eitherthey with it, whether they like it or not. either they deal with it well starting out or they deal with it very badly when it happens. the developing _ very badly when it happens. the developing nations are saying the idea of loss and damage is really key here. this cop is taking place on the african continent and we are

talking 54 countries and there is one negotiator for africa, talking 54 countries and there is one negotiatorfor africa, one negotiator for 54 countries, how deep the case for africa? this cop has been described as africa's cop, is it a fair label that you it is a fair label, but not being in africa myself, the cop is for all developing countries, notjust developing countries, not just africa developing countries, notjust africa but we do accept africa should be the priority.- africa but we do accept africa should be the priority. they are all represented _ should be the priority. they are all represented here _ should be the priority. they are all represented here and _ should be the priority. they are all represented here and they - should be the priority. they are all represented here and they work i represented here and they work together and they negotiate as a group, which is as it should be. along with the other developing countries, small island states, the countries, small island states, the countries in latin america, we do work together quite strongly and firmly. the agenda item you mentioned came because we work together. it would not have been possible if he had not done so. we are 'ust possible if he had not done so. we are just looking at some of the big hitters sitting in the audience and

they are actually listening to the egyptian president addressing the opening stages of this cop conference. there are a number of side events that will also be taking place, which are the ones we should be watching out for? me place, which are the ones we should be watching out for?— be watching out for? we will be doinu a be watching out for? we will be doing a number, _ be watching out for? we will be doing a number, so _ be watching out for? we will be doing a number, so let - be watching out for? we will be doing a number, so let me - be watching out for? we will be doing a number, so let me do l be watching out for? we will be doing a number, so let me do a be watching out for? we will be - doing a number, so let me do a self advertising on the ones we will be doing, focusing on loss and damage on how we can help the most vulnerable victims in the most vulnerable victims in the most vulnerable countries, which will be our priority. they will be many others as well. i am not in there right now, there is very high security, i am talking from my hotel. tomorrow there will be different side events, meetings about actions but it is more than just negotiators from governments talking about a particular language and the text we agree at the end, it

brings together thousands of people from all over the well from different sectors, companies, civil society organisations, academics and we do a lot of networking on the side and we have generated a huge number of what i call coalitions of the willing, he were willing to take action. governments, together with other actors... action. governments, together with other actors---_ other actors... who are they? it is nice to hear _ other actors... who are they? it is nice to hear something _ other actors... who are they? it is nice to hear something positive, l other actors... who are they? it is| nice to hear something positive, so i will press you on that, who are willing to take action?— i will press you on that, who are willing to take action? there is one called the race _ willing to take action? there is one called the race to _ willing to take action? there is one called the race to resilience - willing to take action? there is one | called the race to resilience which i am part out, many developing governments, with civil society actors helping the poorest adapt to climate change. there is another one called race 20 which you may have heard of, which is some governments together with many companies who have committed to reduce their emissions to zero by 2050 or even

earlier than that. these are commitments, made by genuine commitments, made by genuine commitments and genuine governments coming together a meeting on the sidelines of the cop and they will be many more of the similar coalitions of action. i will ask you to keep your eye on the actors who are doing things rather than the talkers who are simply talking. i think this is the nub of what i am trying to get up. many people are not aware... yes, we know civil society groups are the ones who are shouting and talking and demanding action, but in terms of the actors who are delivering, has anybody delivered? . who are delivering, has anybody delivered? , ., ., , who are delivering, has anybody delivered?— delivered? yes, one group of countries _ delivered? yes, one group of countries called _ delivered? yes, one group of countries called the - delivered? yes, one group of countries called the climate | countries called the climate vulnerable forum and they are 58 countries. this was created over ten years ago initially by the president of the maldives. this is a proactive

group of vulnerable countries. they are helping each other develop their ability to cope with the impacts of climate change because they are vulnerable. they are looking at how they can reduce their own emissions cells. there are huge amounts of action taking place and they don't necessarily get a lot of media attention. necessarily get a lot of media attention-— necessarily get a lot of media attention. . , ., attention. that is true, we have 'ust attention. that is true, we have just learnt _ attention. that is true, we have just learnt something _ attention. that is true, we have just learnt something there - attention. that is true, we have just learnt something there you j attention. that is true, we have - just learnt something there you have just learnt something there you have just described and nations who do not deliver on their commitments. it is fantastic to stand at these conferences with the family photo with the greek text, would it be worth making these failed deliverables, would it be worth making them accountable? brute deliverables, would it be worth making them accountable? we should certainl do making them accountable? we should certainly do that. _ making them accountable? we should certainly do that. i _ making them accountable? we should certainly do that. i am _ making them accountable? we should certainly do that. i am myself - making them accountable? we should certainly do that. i am myself in - certainly do that. i am myself in favour of what i call an accountability cop, separate from this one. we need the cop of making everybody, notjust government leaders, but also companies who have made promises and pledges, make them

accountable to deliver on what they have actually promised to do. i have suggested this to the youth groups. the youth groups should form their own cop and call it the accountability cop and call on their uncles, aunts and grandfathers to follow through on what they have promised to do. we follow through on what they have promised to do.— follow through on what they have promised to do. we were talking to sir david king _ promised to do. we were talking to sir david king earlier _ promised to do. we were talking to sir david king earlier and _ promised to do. we were talking to sir david king earlier and talking i sir david king earlier and talking about the perennial issue, which is finance. he said the finance is there, they found the finance to get countries, nations, regions and the globe to the pandemic, the key is how to release the finance, what would you suggest, what is the mechanism to release the finance? david is exactly right, the finance is always available, it depends on what is prioritised to spend money on. i will give you an example of a misdirected priority, which is the military. the defence industry and the defence of the developed countries in particular so trillions

of dollars for doing absolutely nothing useful and in fact, just destroying things. it is not a good use of money and could easily be diverted, even a small fraction of that could be diverted for tackling what is a truly global problem, climate change. the military aspect of that is important.— of that is important. there are also, of that is important. there are also. lets _ of that is important. there are also, let's look— of that is important. there are also, let's look back _ of that is important. there are also, let's look back at - of that is important. there are also, let's look back at fossil l also, let's look back at fossil fuel. there are calls that the developed nations leave it behind and slowly transition to renewables but you have countries in some developing nations that are now trying to develop their own fossil fuel resources. should they be doing that and the argument is, we need to develop as well, who are you to stop us doing that? i think they are old arguments. us doing that? i think they are old arguments-— us doing that? i think they are old aruuments. , , ., , , , arguments. everybody realises they need to transition _ arguments. everybody realises they need to transition as _ arguments. everybody realises they need to transition as quickly - arguments. everybody realises they need to transition as quickly as - need to transition as quickly as possible, nobody wants to stay on

fossils any more, they want to transition. the ability and cost to transition. the ability and cost to transition is getting easier and easier and it makes no now to invest in coal, it will make less sense to invest in petroleum after that a natural gas after that. there is an inevitable move to transitioning out of fossil fuels that is going to happen everywhere. some places lower than others, some places faster than others but everybody will have to do it. in others but everybody will have to do it. , ., ~ , others but everybody will have to do it. in terms of the key actors we have heard _ it. in terms of the key actors we have heard a — it. in terms of the key actors we have heard a lot _ it. in terms of the key actors we have heard a lot of— it. in terms of the key actors we have heard a lot of the - it. in terms of the key actors we have heard a lot of the blame i it. in terms of the key actors we i have heard a lot of the blame being placed on the us in terms of progress not being made, is that still the case? the progress not being made, is that still the case?— still the case? the us certainly held us back _ still the case? the us certainly held us back for _ still the case? the us certainly held us back for four _ still the case? the us certainly held us back for four years i still the case? the us certainly l held us back for four years under held us back forfour years under president trump, that is for sure. notjust keeping us in neutral, it made us move backwards. we have a lot of catching up to do if we want to be proactive leaders and be considered as leaders. we are glad the biden administration is taking this seriously, they have put in

domestic legislation in the us that is extremely useful in the right direction. we hope they will do more on the international front, particularly the finance part. the us hasn't committed the level of finance they should be doing or what we call theirfair share. we hope they will do that now. fiifi we call their fair share. we hope they will do that now.— we call their fair share. we hope they will do that now. ok, thank you to seak they will do that now. ok, thank you to speak to — they will do that now. ok, thank you to speak to el _ they will do that now. ok, thank you to speak to el shake, _ they will do that now. ok, thank you to speak to el shake, waiting - they will do that now. ok, thank you to speak to el shake, waiting to - they will do that now. ok, thank you to speak to el shake, waiting to go l to speak to el shake, waiting to go into his own cop27. don't forget, plenty more on this on the bbc news website. the us is of course vital to any progress on fighting climate change. and us political leaders have been hitting the campaign trail in the final hours before crucial midterm elections. the polls will determine who controls congress for the next two years and they'll almost certainly set

the agenda for the next presidential contest in 2024. donald trump and joe biden have both been lending their weight to their chosen candidates' rallies over the weekend. 0ur north america correspondent nada tawfik reports from the trump rally in miami. drain the swamp! donald trump's name may not be on the ballot this election, but his agenda sure is. with the stage set for a republican sweep in florida, the former president sought to energise the crowd of his supporters in miami, and to urge them to vote to repudiate democrats' policies. if you want to stop the destruction of our country and save the american dream — you don't hear too much about the american dream over the last two years — then this tuesday you must go out and vote republican in this giant red wave.

his nearly—90—minute speech touched on familiar themes, including the border wall and the investigations against him. donald trump has been emboldened by the latest polls showing his party is likely to take one and perhaps both chambers of congress. once again, he teased his potential return. in order to make our country successful, safe and glorious, i will probably have to do it again — but stay tuned. cheering. donald trump hasn't announced he's running again, but his supporters are already preparing for it. in the meantime, the upcoming midterm elections have certainly heightened the feeling that they are in a battle to save america. i'm voting for conservatives' voices that are pro—god, pro—country, pro—family, pro—life. i'm a father and i want my

daughter to be raised with make america great again. there's a lot at stake in the midterm election — for one, the control of congress — but also donald trump's status if he goes after the presidency once more. nada tawfik, bbc news, miami. just ten days since elon musk completed his £38 billion deal to buy twitter and the controversy generated by the world's richest man shows no sign of slowing down. he's announced that twitter will ban unlabelled parody accounts without a warning and some users have been so annoyed at mr musk�*s behaviour they're talking about moving to rival social media sites. our technology editor, zoe kleinmanjoined me earlier with the latest on this story. yes, it is hard to believe this has only been going on for ten days. elon musk is saying he will immediately suspend any accounts

that are impersonating other people. they seem to be mainly account impersonating him, because there has been quite a few people doing that over the weekend. it is interesting to see the power he has, he is very much in control of this operation, very much making the decisions and making them on the hoof as well, sharing them with his 112 million twitter followers as and when it happens. the reaction on twitter has been interesting. people are feeling uneasy, people talking about leaving and they are going to find alternatives. the one that popped up into the fore is this platform called mastodon that has been around for about three years.

it has had over a million new users since elon musk took over at twitter. it is still small numbers compared with twitter, but it is a sign things are taking off very quickly. there is news they have suddenly realised, if you can confirm this, they actually need a lot of the staff and expertise that they fired? there are some reports around suggesting some staff who were told were losing theirjobs on friday have been asked to come back. we have not been able to verify that. they have been given three months pay and told officially they are still working and still on the books. we need to know exactly what it is they have been asked to do. elon musk has said he had no choice but to lay off 50% of twitter�*s workforce, about 7500 employees around the world, we think about 1000 in the uk. we think twitter is losing about $4 million a day, about £3.5 million a day and he has to do something to make it profitable. he is introducing a fee

to have a verification badge, a blue tick for example and he is trying to do things differently. it is a fact twitter hasn't made a revenue in ages and hasn't grown its user base either. he does have to do something but the question is what to do? whatever he's doing doesn't seem to be going down very well. researchers in britain say blood grown in a laboratory has been given to people for the first time. the blood was developed from harvested stem cells which are grown and encouraged to form red—blood cells. if the tests are successful, researchers hope to be able to use the technology to make very rare blood groups, which is vital for people who need regular transfusions. earlier i spoke to professor cedric ghervaert, a consultant haemotologist who's one of the lead researchers on the project.

it is a very significant development. these technologies that are coming out of academic research need to be translated into human studies. in reaching that point is the result of ten years of work with the very large team across several institutions. but it is very significant because as you mentioned, this is a technology that will benefit patients with very rare blood groups that are otherwise very difficult to transfused, because we simply cannot find blood donors that match them to treat them in hospital. so some of that blood has been given to people, this is the first time that has happened, so what can you tell us about that? what are we doing at the moment is a micro dosing study. we are only giving two spoonfuls of red cells that have developed in the lab and relabel them. after the infusion into healthy volunteers, we can actually track how long they survive and that will tell us whether they actually survive just as well and will be better than the standard red cells we derive from blood donors.

the volunteers are invited and they are matched to blood donors who give us the stem cell. from the stem cell in a period of 20 days we make the red cells and then we inject those after they have been labelled. we check how long they survive in the circulation and we compare that with the red cells from the same donor prepared in the standard way. just how much does this cost? the costs of the production of the cells is still high compared to what a standard compiling of red—cell cost, which is about £130. but the next step will be once we have proven these cells do work will be upscaling and manufacturing which will reduce the cost to the point that actually this will become a project and a product that is usable by the nhs. when we talk about rare blood types, what are we talking about, who are we talking about and who is

it out there waiting for help? it is mostly for patients who have inherited blood disorders, particularly people with sickle cell anaemia but also thalassaemia. these are people who need regular transfusion and if we match them, we usually match them for a very small portion of the blood groups that are present on the red—cell. we have heard of abo and reshus blood group but red cells carry 100 different other blood groups that we need to match four. that we need to match for. it is for those blood groups where it is difficult to find a match. these people come from an ethnic minority that is underrepresented in our donor population. that is where the mismatch comes from. the hope is that we can then store some cells that have the right blood groups to match to patients who are difficult to transfusion and we can support them without

creating the risk of immunisation. in sharm el sheikh we have the un secretary—general addressing world leaders at cop27. let's listen in. in just days our planet's population will cross a new threshold. the 8 billion members of our human family will be born. this milestone puts into perspective what this climate conference is all about. how will we answer the maybe 8 billion asking, what did you do for the world and for our planet when you had the chance? excellencies, this un

climate conference is a reminder that the answer is in our hands. and the clock is ticking. we are in the fight of our lives and we are losing. greenhouse gas emissions keep growing, global temperatures keep growing, global temperatures keep rising and our planet is fast approaching a tipping point that all make climate chaos irreversible. we are on highway to climate hell with all foot still on the accelerator. the war in ukraine, other conflicts have caused so much bloodshed and violence and a dramatic impact all over the world. but we cannot, we cannot accept that our attention is not focused on climate change. we must, of course, work together to

support peace efforts and then tremendous suffering. but climate change is on a different timeline under different scale. it is the defining issue of our age, the central challenge of our century. it is unacceptable, outrageous and self—defeating to put it on the back burner. indeed, many of today's conflicts are linked with growing climate chaos. and the war in ukraine has exposed the profound risk of our fossil fuel addiction and today's prices cannot be an excuse for backsliding or green washing. if anything, they are a reason for greater urgency, stronger action and effective accountability. excellencies, un activity is the cause of the climate problem, so human action must be the solution. action to establish ambition, action to rebuild trust, especially between

north and south. the science is clear, any hope of limiting temperature rise to 1.5 degrees it means achieving global net zero emissions by 2050. but the 1.5 degrees goal is on life support and the machines are rattling. we are getting dangerously close to the point of no return. and to avoid that dire fate, all g20 countries must accelerate their transition now in this decade. developed countries must take the lead, but emerging economies are critical to bending the global emissions occur. last yearin the global emissions occur. last year in glasgow i called for coalitions of support for high emitting emerging economies to accelerate the transition from cold towards renewables. we are making progress with the just energy transition partnerships, but much

more is needed. and that is why at the beginning of cop27 i am calling for a historic pact between the developed and developing economies, especially the emerging economies, a climate solidarity pact. a pact in which all countries make an extra effort to reduce emissions this decade in line with the 1.5 degrees goal. a pact in which a wealthy companies and the financial institutions provide financial and technical assistance to help emerging economies speed their renewable energy transition. a pact to end dependence on fossil fuels and the building of new coal plans by phasing out coal in 0ecd countries by 2040. a pact to provide universal, affordable and sustainable energy for all. a pact in which developed and emergency

economies can have resources for the benefit of humankind. the two largest economies, the united states and china have a particular responsibility tojoin and china have a particular responsibility to join efforts to make this pact a reality. and this is our only hope of meeting our climate goals. humanity has a choice, cooperate or perish? it is either a climate solidarity pact or a collective suicide pact. translation: me a collective suicide pact. translation:— a collective suicide pact. translation: ~ ., , ., ,, translation: we also need progress in ada tation translation: we also need progress in adaptation in _ translation: we also need progress in adaptation in order _ translation: we also need progress in adaptation in order to _ translation: we also need progress in adaptation in order to reinforce - in adaptation in order to reinforce our resilience to climate change now and in the future. today around 3.5 billion people are living in highly vulnerable countries, vulnerable to climate change. in glasgow,

developed countries promised to double their contributions between now and 2025. we need a road map. we need a road map for implementation also, we need to recognise this is a first stage, adaptation resources must exceed 300 million per year by 2030, half of the climate change funding must be focused on adaptation. international financial institutions and global banks need to change economic models and they need to do their share. this is to boost adaptation models and they must serve as tools to leave more financial resources to serve efforts to fight climate change. countries and communities must have access to that funding which must be funnelled

to key initiatives such as the adaptation pipeline accelerator. they must acknowledge a harsh truth, there is no adapting to a number of catastrophic events causing enormous suffering around the world. the deadly impacts of climate change are here and now. loss and damage can no longer be swept under the rug. it is a moral imperative. it is a fundamental question of international solidarity and climate justice. those who contributed least to the climate crisis are reaping the whirlwind persona by others. and many are blindsided by impacts for which they had no warning or means of preparation. this is why i'm calling for a universal early warning system coverage within five years, and it is why i'm asking that all government tax the windfall profits of fossil fuel companies. let's redirect that money to people

struggling with rising food and energy prices and two countries are suffering a loss and damage caused by the climate crisis. on addressing loss and damage, this cop27 must agree on a time bound road map reflective of the scale and urgency of the challenge. in this road map must deliver effective institutional arrangements for financing. getting concrete results on loss and damage is a litmus test of the commitment of the government to the success of cop27. excellencies and friends, the good news is that we know what to do, and we have the financial and technological tools to get the job done. it is time for nations to come togetherfor done. it is time for nations to come together for implementation. done. it is time for nations to come togetherfor implementation. it done. it is time for nations to come together for implementation. it is time for international solidarity across the board. solidarity that respects all human rights and guarantees a safe space for

environmental defenders and all actors in society to contribute to our climate response. let's not forget that the war on nature is itself a massive violation of human rights. we need all hands on deck for faster, rights. we need all hands on deck forfaster, bolder climate rights. we need all hands on deck for faster, bolder climate action. rights. we need all hands on deck forfaster, bolder climate action. a window of opportunity remains open, but only a little shaft of light remains. the global climate fight will be won or lost in this crucial decade on our watch. and one thing is certain. those that give up are sure to lose. so let's fight together and let's win, for the 8 billion members of our human family and for generations to come. thank you.

that was the un secretary antonio gutierrez and directing —— got 27. he said the global climate fight will be lost on this crucial decade on our watch. he said the war on nature in itself a messy violation of human rights and he said the deadly impact of climate change is here and now. loss and damage can no longer be swept under the rug and he said all governments should tax the profits of fossil fuel companies with a windfall tax to help with the cost of the climate crisis. he said, we know what to do and we have the tools to get it done. we need to do it. ., ~ tools to get it done. we need to do it. . ~ , ., tools to get it done. we need to do it. thank you antonio gutierrez, secretary-general. _ it. thank you antonio gutierrez, secretary-general. i— it. thank you antonio gutierrez, secretary-general. i would - it. thank you antonio gutierrez, secretary-general. i would like | it. thank you antonio gutierrez, i secretary-general. i would like to secretary—general. i would like to welcome the president of the uae.

there will be a sequence of speeches from the leaders addressing cop27, which is kicking off in earnest today. latertoday which is kicking off in earnest today. later today the uk prime minister rishi sunak will be addressing the conference, calling for a global mission for clean growth an borisjohnson spoke this morning at a fringe event and we will stay across what is being said at the conference and keep you updated. let's bring you a round—up

of what cop27 is about. world leaders meeting at the climate summit with the un saying progress on cutting the emissions that cause global warming has been woefully inadequate since its last climate conference in glasgow. rishi sunak will address the summit later and is expected to call for a global missing for clean growth. and arrived at the summit this morning after initially saying he would not be attending. one of his first meetings was with the newly elected prime minister of italy. his predecessor borisjohnson is at the conference and has been speaking at a new york times event where he called on leaders not to go weak on net zero emissions commitments. brute net zero emissions commitments. we can see net zero emissions commitments. - can see the scale of the problem. but we also have the rudiments, actually, much more than the rudiments of the solution. we have in our hands the ability to fix this problem. the only way forward is by

patient negotiation and compromise and i wish all success to the negotiators now, and investment in the right technology, investment in the right technology, investment in the right technology both at home and abroad. and we have got to end the defeatism that i think is correct in since last year, and putin's energy blackmail and keep up our campaign to end global dependence on hydrocarbons and if we retain the spirit of creative optimism, promethean creative optimism, promethean creative optimism that we saw at glasgow, we can keep alive the hope of restricting the rise in temperatures to 1.5 and keep 1.5 alive. speaking earlier, sir david king, who served as the government's permanent special representative for climate change bewteen 2013 and 2017, said the developed world isn't doing nearly enough, urging leaders to do more. we're not doing enough for various reasons. one is we have failed to have since 1992 leadership from the

united states. and the united states is normally the country we would all turn to for leadership on an issue like this. why has the united states failed the world? the power of the fossil fuel lobby. it's as simple as that. we all know how powerful the lobby systems are in the us democratic system, the gun lobby and so on. and the most powerful lobby of all is the fossil fuel lobby and senators and congressmen are really virtually and in reality in the pockets of these lobbies. so i think we have failed to get that sort of leadership. britain provided leadership under tony blair and gordon brown, very open leadership, from 1997 until about 2010 and then subsequently under david cameron and theresa may, we continued the good work that was begun. but since then we have been slipping back and we

are talking now, the absurdity of opening up new oil and gas wells in the north sea. absurd, because this has nothing to do with the crisis in the ukraine, it would take at least ten years before any new oil or gas reached the market place and therefore since the war in ukraine is sure to be over by then, we will be left saddled with an investment that will not produce results. so i think what we see is this sudden return to looking for more coal, oil and gas around the world, it's not just britain. rishi sunak said sir gavin williamson... we will talk about that in a while. we are staying with cop27. we are not staying with cop27

and we will move on to politics and return to co p27 and we will move on to politics and return to cop27 in a little while. prime minister rishi sunak has said that sir gavin williamson's expletive—laden text messages to a cabinet colleague were "not acceptable". yesterday it was confirmed that the prime minister knew a complaint for harassment and bullying had been filed against a tory mp before mr williamson was given a ministerial position, but rishi sunak claims he wasn't aware of the "substance" of the messages. opposition parties have called for an independent investigation. let's talk to our political correspondent damian grammaticus. it rumbles on. what is the latest? yes, it does, and i she was saying, rishi sunak has now commented last night saying he believed they were inappropriate and that's been repeated by the business secretary, grant shapps today on broadcast interviews this morning. he was

following the line that was being used yesterday that these were a sort of made in the moment comments, these comments. these text messages by gavin williamson and remember it was back when arrangements for the queen's funeral were discussed, but that has raised many questions about whether, basically, for rishi sunak particularly whether he should have done more to find out more about what the issue was. downing street have said he was made aware there was a complaint against gavin williamson before he chose to reappoint him to his cabinet. should he have found more out about that? is there any situation in which it's acceptable for such messages to be used and i think they are questions that he will face now he is in sharm el—sheikh and which haven't gone away, which are still dragging on, as you say.

we heard from antonio gutierrez and he said that the war on climate change will be won or lost on our watch, he said, in this next decade. what is your view of how that will go in that decade? this what is your view of how that will go in that decade?— go in that decade? this is an extraordinary _ go in that decade? this is an extraordinary time _ go in that decade? this is an extraordinary time to - go in that decade? this is an extraordinary time to be i go in that decade? this is an i extraordinary time to be alive. go in that decade? this is an - extraordinary time to be alive. we have really dropped the ball on this one and have to get emissions down and get them down really quickly. we are talking tens of percent reductions in carbon emissions in the next two years by 2030, so we are talking a marshall plan, a

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transition a reality and we have to do it really quickly.— do it really quickly. how much is ridin: on do it really quickly. how much is riding on cop27 _ do it really quickly. how much is riding on cop27 then? _ do it really quickly. how much is riding on com then? a - do it really quickly. how much is riding on cop27 then? a huge i do it really quickly. how much is - riding on cop27 then? a huge amount. we had these — riding on cop27 then? a huge amount. we had these meetings _ riding on cop27 then? a huge amount. we had these meetings before - riding on cop27 then? a huge amount. we had these meetings before and i we had these meetings before and there is always a cynic and people saying it'sjust there is always a cynic and people saying it's just a talking shop, but this is the world leaders coming together. with business leaders, sectors of societies and communities actually trying to drive change. we know we have to get carbon dioxide levels down and we know we need to get it below 2 degrees and we talked about 1.5 degrees global average which seems meaningless to many people and doesn't sound too bad but we are now hitting 2.4 up to 2.8 based on the current range of where the emissions are coming. 2 degrees was the limit for paris and the means beyond that, the planning's refrigerate in the arctic might disappear in summertime. these are really important parts of the climate system that can amplify warming even more, so we need to get

those carbon emissions down. remember the changes we have seen now with a third of pakistan under flood, fires across europe and california, incredible heatwaves in england and many viewers will have seen those. and experience. those arejust seen those. and experience. those are just one change is about 1.2 global average temperatures, we are talking double that which is what we are expected to hit by the end of the century and we need to get that carbon down and we need to support each other and get used to living in this newly disrupted world, because unfortunately we've left it too late to avoid the worst. we are now in this massive period of climate change. so this massive period of climate chanle, y., ., this massive period of climate chance. ., this massive period of climate chance. . ., change. so you are saying that the chances change. so you are saying that the changes we _ change. so you are saying that the changes we have _ change. so you are saying that the changes we have seen _ change. so you are saying that the changes we have seen so - change. so you are saying that the changes we have seen so far, - change. so you are saying that the changes we have seen so far, and| changes we have seen so far, and antonio gutierrez spoke about that as well, saying the deadly impacts of climate change are here and now and the loss and damage caused by it can no longer be swept under the carpet. that cannot be rolled back. all that can be done is mitigating things getting worse going forward?

there are technologies where you can draw carbon from the atmosphere and thatis draw carbon from the atmosphere and that is something we will see a lot more of. traditionally it was a case that we had to reduce emissions, and now we will have to get used to living with that and supporting the rest of the world, particularly the developing world in living and coping with this disruptive world and that is a huge challenge but there are things people can do. it should not be a case ofjust giving up should not be a case ofjust giving up and saying it's all a disaster and the onus is on leaders to find solutions. we can all do things. you might have a pension or a super, and you are an investor. if your pension fund is investing in fossilfuel companies, they have a fiduciary duty to look after your future. if they are investing in those companies, that is not doing you any favours, so you shift your investments out. if you're thinking about new purchases, new car, home, stove, if you're living like that, think about electrifying, and the

key thing is education, education is the single one thing we can do to draw down emissions, particularly young girls around the world, half the population we are not educated enough to make life choices, less people, less impact on the environment, and huge things we can all live individually do and if we did it collectively, we can make a world of difference.— did it collectively, we can make a world of difference. thank you very much, world of difference. thank you very much. chris — world of difference. thank you very much, chris turney. _ you can follow all the latest developments on the cop27 negotiations in egypt on our live page at bbc.co.uk /news. the headlines on bbc news: world leaders arrive at the cop climate summit in egypt — amid warnings from the un that the past eight years are on track to be the warmest on record. a growing political row in westminster over text messages sent by sir gavin williamson to a colleague. downing street says the prime minister believes the expletive—laden messages are "unacceptable". treasury sources indicate

that the chancellor is leaning towards more spending cuts than tax rises, as he finalises plans to fill the hole in the public finances. the number of children who need help with their speech and language has risen in the uk — particularly for those who began school after the first lockdown. nhs waiting lists for speech and language therapists are also at their highest—ever, with some families waiting more than a year. playing, listening and learning. all things we expect our children to do in school. but for lewis, this is huge progress. speech hasn't come easy. you couldn't hold a full conversation with lewis. it came to a point where he pointed at things, like if he wanted a drink he'd point, point for a cup because he wanted to drink.

because he was too nervous to tell me what he wanted in case i didn't understand. it was just... it was just really a struggle. they are describing words and describing words are... adjectives. lewis is not alone. in the past year, there has been an increase in children needing help with language. here at northwood community school in knowsley, teachers have seen a rise, particularly among five and six—year—olds who missed out on opportunities to learn during the pandemic. at its purest level, it's a communication and language need, but obviously it affects their concentration, their associated behaviours, their ability to regulate themselves. lots of sensory needs on top of that as well. so classroom teaching has had to look very different for that group moving forward. garden, what could we say about a garden? tell me something about your garden. the school also has a specialist speech hub where children are given extra help with trained staff and therapists. for children like these, who may have missed out

because of the various lockdowns on pre—school or attending speech and language therapy or even socialising, help like this now is essential. otherwise, experts say, it can have a massive impact on a child's education or even simple things like making friends. we've seen that, particularly in the pandemic. it's exacerbated existing problems that children may have had and it's also produced children who are struggling because theyjust haven't had that exposure to talk or the opportunities to develop their, you know, a range of new words. so it's undoubtedly made things worse. a is for apple. good boy! we say, ah. very good. but this is an issue that is also affecting much younger children, too. in scarborough, three—year—old sheamus has been on the nhs waiting list to see a speech and language therapist for almost a year. dah, very good.

at first sheamus was very frustrated because he didn't have, he didn't have signing, he didn't have anything at all to express himself. so he was quite angry, he'd get quite upset. we could see that all these words were bubbling up in him, but he just wasn't able to tell us them. so since we've had the signing, things have improved massively. we've worked so hard to get him where he is, but we don't know how to go further without extra help to move him on. back in knowsley, lewis has big plans for the future. what would you like to be when you grow up? a police officer. and why do you want to be a police officer? so i can arrest people. i can hold a conversation with lewis now, and i couldn't before. the gratitude i have for the school and the hub, it's...

like i could never, ever repay them for what they've done for lewis. he's. .. you know, he's just... he's such a better boy. the government says it is investing in early years development and training for professionals to help children get the support they need. vanessa clarke, bbc news, knowsley. i'm nowjoined by the chief executive at the royal college of speech and language therapists, kamini gadhok. thanks forjoining us. how concerned are you by this?— are you by this? we've been raising our concerns— are you by this? we've been raising our concerns to _ are you by this? we've been raising our concerns to government - are you by this? we've been raising our concerns to government for i are you by this? we've been raising l our concerns to government for some time now as we've been undertaking surveys of our members, who have been telling us about the increase in referrals of children, and it is unprecedented, i think, in referrals of children, and it is unprecedented, ithink, and certainly it has been borne out by government data that shows children

at two and a half years of age are not meeting the expected standard of communication through health visits and screening assessments. we have been raising concerns both about the number of children who are being referred as well as the severity of the communication needs they have. along with that, we have those children who could not access speech language therapy during the lockdown is so some of their needs have got worse. ., ., , , , worse. there are two issues. children _ worse. there are two issues. children that _ worse. there are two issues. children that would - worse. there are two issues. children that would have i worse. there are two issues. i children that would have needed speech, language therapy anyway, but also kids who have just not picked up also kids who have just not picked up the verbal skills that they would have normally done as a result of being locked down at home and not having the extra socialisation? that's right. we've got to a situation where those children who did not get an opportunity to socialise have got more significant speech language communication needs and she would not normally see the numbers that are now being reported,

and in terms of the waiting list, we understand it's gone up over 65,000 for children waiting to be seen by a speech language therapist. during the lockdown period, we raised concerns about speech therapist being redeployed to other services are not being able to do, even offer what we helped to set up for the professionals, which is using digital health and digital technology to support access to services during that period of time. however, not all families can access digital services, because many are living in digital poverty, so we have this backlog of children who are in the system as well as the children who are coming up and needing support. children who are coming up and needing support-— children who are coming up and needing support. children who are coming up and needin: su ort. ~ ., ., needing support. when we hear about the im act needing support. when we hear about the impact on — needing support. when we hear about the impact on the _ needing support. when we hear about the impact on the children _ needing support. when we hear about the impact on the children and - needing support. when we hear about the impact on the children and we i the impact on the children and we heard about the impact on seamus with his mother describing the frustration that he felt, communication is obviously vital and for these kids who found themselves unable to communicate what they wanted to, does it have a

longer—term impact? absolutely. brute longer-term impact? absolutely. we know longer—term impact? absolutely. - know the importance of children learning to communicate at an early age actually affects their learning and development and the socialisation. it also affects their mental health and behaviour so it's important we think about this not just around early language and communication for socialisation to make friends but also in terms of learning so we know for children who have poor language at the age of five, they are six times less likely to reach the expected standard of english at the age of 11 and in terms of mental health, we know there is a big focus around mental health and young people are referred to mental health services being three more likely to have communication needs, similarly with behaviour, over 80% of children with emotional and behavioural difficulties have communication needs, so it's really important we identify and support these children

early on. i think we forget how important it is to communicate, as we said, notjust to socialise and make friends, but to learn and access educational opportunities. that's a really interesting point you just made there about children with mental health difficulties at a later stage often having communication issues. do you have a view on which one comes first? they are obviously wrapped up together. you can imagine if you are struggling to communicate your needs and make friends, that will inevitably affect your well—being, so it's very much foundational skill to communicate and it is a door to everything we do as human beings, whether it is to make friends or communicate with family, to access your home language or culture in your home language or culture in your community or to learn, so inevitably it affects your mental health and well—being and if you're not able to make friends, that's

another huge impact for children, if they can't make friends and if they are bullied at school because they cannot communicate or be understood. thank you forjoining us. let us know if you've had experience of this. you can get in touch with me directly on twitter. us political leaders have been hitting the campaign trail in the final hours before crucial midterm elections. the polls will determine who controls congress for the next two years and they'll almost certainly set the agenda for the next presidential contest in 2024. donald trump and joe biden have both been lending their weight to their chosen candidates' rallies over the weekend. our north america correspondent nada tawfik reports from the trump rally in miami. donald trump's name may not be on the ballot this election, but his agenda sure is. with the stage set for a republican sweep in florida, the former president sought to energise

the crowd of his supporters in miami, and to urge them to vote to repudiate democrat's policies. if you want to stop the destruction of our country and save the american dream, you don't hear too much about the american dream over the last two years, then this tuesday you must go out and vote republican in this giant red wave. his nearly 90 minute speech touched on familiar themes, including the border wall and the investigations against him. donald trump has been emboldened by the latest polls showing his party is likely to take one and perhaps both chambers of congress. once again, he teased his potential return. in order to make our country successful, safe and glorious, i will probably have to do it again, but stay tuned. donald trump hasn't announced he's running again, but his supporters are already preparing for it. in the meantime, the upcoming midterm elections have certainly heightened the feeling

that they are in a battle to save america. i'm voting for conservative voices that are pro—god, pro—country, pro—family, pro—life. i'm a father and i want my daughter to be raised with make america great again. there's a lot at stake in the midterm election, for one, the control of congress. but also donald trump's status if he goes after the presidency once more. nada tawfik, bbc news, miami. researchers in britain say blood grown in a laboratory has been given to people for the first time. the blood was developed from harvested stem cells which are grown and encouraged to form red—blood cells. if the tests are successful, researchers hope to be able to use the technology to make very rare blood groups, which is vital for people who need regular transfusions.

now it's time for a look at the weather with carol. hello again. the weather for the first half of this week is looking rather unsettled, but things do quieten down for the second half of the week. today will be fairly cloudy with some rain, some of that heavy and thundery, pushing north east and also a lot of showers. there will be some brightness around but fairly limited, and we are also looking at gusty winds with highs of between ten and 16 degrees. if anything, the wind will pick up as we go through the evening and overnight period as a band of squally rain moves from the west towards the east, followed in hot pursuit by heavy showers in the west. these are the overnight lows between ten and 13 degrees but the wind will be a feature, especially with exposure in the west and also through the english channel. coupled with high tides and some very large waves. tomorrow, if anything, we are back into sunshine and showers, if you than today and a bit more sunshine on the winds will still be

noticeable but not as strong as the day for most and temperatures between 12 and 15. hello this is bbc news, i'mjoanna gosling. the headlines: world leaders arrive at the cop climate summit in egypt amid warnings from the un that the past eight years are on track to be the warmest on record. a growing political row in westminster over text messages sent by sir gavin williamson to a colleague. downing street says the prime minister believes the expletive—laden messages are "unacceptable". treasury sources indicate that the chancellor is leaning towards more spending cuts than tax rises as he finalises plans to fill the hole in the public finances. the number of children needing speech and language support at school has risen by 10 percent in england over the past year, partly due to covid lockdowns limiting social interactions.

sport and time for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. good morning. southampton have sacked their manager ralph hasenhuttl following yesterday's 4—1 league home defeat to newcastle. hasenhuttl leaves with the club third from bottom in the table with just 12 points after 14 games and only one win from their last nine. scoring goals has been a problem for the saints and hassenhuttl bemoaned his players wasting opportunities against newcastle. they had seven shots on goal and four on target and scored four goals and we had 16. and seven on target and we had 16. and seven on target and scored one. i cannot say that we played a bad game, but not a bad game is not enough. this cashing

character is always there in this group. it is always about the final quality to finish games up. the group. it is always about the final quality to finish games up.- quality to finish games up. the in the champions _ quality to finish games up. the in the champions league _ quality to finish games up. the in the champions league liverpool. quality to finish games up. the in i the champions league liverpool drew real madrid. a repeat of last year's final. manchester city are going to face leipzig. tottenham will take on ac milan. chelsea play borussia dortmund. so this is the draw in full. the first legs of those ties will be played on 14th and 15th or 21st and 22st february next year. england's cricketers are preparing to be without batsman dawid malan for their t20 world cup

semi final against india on thursday. malan hurt his left groin during the sides win over sri lanka on saturday. england's physios are monitoring the injury over the next few days and spare batter phil salt is standing by if malan fails to improve he's a big player and he has been for a number of years, he's a big player and he has been fora number of years, one he's a big player and he has been for a number of years, one of our best players. i don't know, but it doesn't look great to be honest with you. but i think he had a scan yesterday and we had the day off, we just arrived and we don't really know a lot. i'm not sure it is looking great. it's been an historic gymnastics world championships for great britain in liverpool. jessica gadirova took gold in the floor event to take gb's tally to a record breaking six medals. earlier in the competition she'd helped the team get silver before taking a bronze medal in the womens all round. this victory makes her only the fifth british world champion in history. i feel like that's why i love floor

so much, because i can show off my artistry and be powerful with the tumble, it's got quite a nice mix to all of it. ronnie o'sullivan beat judd trump to win the champion of champions for a fourth time. trump staged an incredible fightback from 6—1 down to pull back to 7—6, including this maximum 147 break. but it was o'sullivan who then pulled clear to win by 10—6. it's his 77th career title. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. let's stay with ukraine — and the southern city of mariupol — which 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 at least 25,000 people were killed there. our correspondent hilary andersson has been speaking to survivors from the city for bbc panorama. they give vivid and distressing testimony. and a warning that hilary's report contains references to suicide, and you may find some of it upsetting. artem has seen what no child should. he was in mariupol�*s theatre when it was bombed. his two—year—old sister nastya 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 — forwomen, 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. oksana 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. you can see that on bbc1 tomorrow. the bbc�*s children in need has announced the first round of funding from its we move fund, youth social action programme. 66 organisations across the uk have been awarded a total of over £2.2 million. it's money that will go toward programmes empowering black children and young people through youth social action. it's part of a ten year programme first announced in 2020 on bbc radio 1 extra who are working with children in need to support the programme. with me here in the studio is the bbc radio1 dj richie brave, who first announced the we move fund on his show. we're also joined by priscilla igwe, managing director and one of the founders of the the new black film collective — which is one of the organisations benefitting from this first round of funding. welcome both of you. thank you. tell

me more about _ welcome both of you. thank you. tell me more about the _ welcome both of you. thank you. tell me more about the fund _ welcome both of you. thank you. tell me more about the fund that - welcome both of you. thank you. tell me more about the fund that you - welcome both of you. thank you. tell| me more about the fund that you work with, because it is notjust about getting kids to get involved in making film, is it? it is very special kids with a very particular background and advocating for their lived experience.— lived experience. absolutely, these ounu lived experience. absolutely, these young people _ lived experience. absolutely, these young people have _ lived experience. absolutely, these young people have sickle _ lived experience. absolutely, these young people have sickle cell- young people have sickle cell disease and it is important for them to be safe. there has been some issues in the nhs where they may not have the full treatment and there are some cases where people have lost their lives. so we are empowering the young people to educate people, whether it is health or emergency care, or is it stop and search situation at school or the work place, so people know about the disease and what to watch out for. a lot of people still don't know. tell us about sickle cell disease? it i lot of people still don't know. tell us about sickle cell disease? it is| us about sickle cell disease? it is when the blood _ us about sickle cell disease? it 3 when the blood cells are sickle cell

shaped and they may get blocked and it may cause a lack of oxygen in the body and that could cause people to have collapse, have extraordinary pain, be screaming and need pain relief. especially when young black boys and girls need care and they need pain relief, they may be seen to get drugs. need pain relief, they may be seen to get drugs-— need pain relief, they may be seen to get drugs._ that l to get drugs. that happens? that does happen. _ to get drugs. that happens? that does happen, that _ to get drugs. that happens? that does happen, that still _ to get drugs. that happens? that does happen, that still happens i does happen, that still happens unfortunately. if they're able to advocate and get things like special bracelets like people with diabetes have or carry a card, they can inform a person, i'm not making this up inform a person, i'm not making this up and we have a problem here. so because other diseases like say cystic fibrosis, that is well known and more funding. so we need to advocate, because young people will be empowered to advocate and hopefully change policies to get the same amount of funding to get

research. i think a cure is out there for this disease. it doesn't take much _ there for this disease. it doesn't take much of— there for this disease. it doesn't take much of a _ there for this disease. it doesn't take much of a leap _ there for this disease. it doesn't take much of a leap to - there for this disease. it doesn't take much of a leap to see - there for this disease. it doesn't take much of a leap to see howl take much of a leap to see how someone would not be believed. so this project must be empowering, giving the kids a voice? yes. this project must be empowering, giving the kids a voice?— giving the kids a voice? yes, big time, we giving the kids a voice? yes, big time. we are _ giving the kids a voice? yes, big time, we are so _ giving the kids a voice? yes, big time, we are so grateful- giving the kids a voice? yes, big time, we are so grateful for- giving the kids a voice? yes, big time, we are so grateful for this| time, we are so grateful for this funding, we are getting 50k over eight month and we will get a lot done. a film, short films, young people are so clever with social media to create stories and these things that will get the idea and understanding of what this condition can really do, because it can kill unfortunately or shorten life, people's life experience and opportunities. and their life expectancy is what i was trying to say. i expectancy is what i was trying to sa , , ., ., expectancy is what i was trying to sa . . we expectancy is what i was trying to say-_ we really - say. i understood. we really appreciate — say. i understood. we really appreciate it. _ say. i understood. we really appreciate it. ritchie, - say. i understood. we really appreciate it. ritchie, this.

say. i understood. we really appreciate it. ritchie, this is say. i understood. we really i appreciate it. ritchie, this is is one of 66 _ appreciate it. ritchie, this is is one of 66 groups _ appreciate it. ritchie, this is is one of 66 groups that - appreciate it. ritchie, this is is one of 66 groups that are - one of 66 groups that are benefitting from the money. tell us more about the other groups and how the decisions were taken around where the money goes. £22 the decisions were taken around where the money goes. £2.2 million, this was championed _ where the money goes. £2.2 million, this was championed by _ where the money goes. £2.2 million, this was championed by young - where the money goes. £2.2 million, this was championed by young blackl this was championed by young black people. _ this was championed by young black people, that is how the decisions were _ people, that is how the decisions were made, 20 young black people came _ were made, 20 young black people came together to make the decision a and for— came together to make the decision a and for us _ came together to make the decision a and for us and one extra it is the things— and for us and one extra it is the things that — and for us and one extra it is the things that create the music. if we look what — things that create the music. if we look what halved in 2020 after the murder— look what halved in 2020 after the murder of— look what halved in 2020 after the murder of george floyd, there was a move _ murder of george floyd, there was a move towards equity being offered into black — move towards equity being offered into black communities and offering black children experiences they hadn't — black children experiences they hadn't been before. it is something we dance _ hadn't been before. it is something we dance around, so for this, for us on one _ we dance around, so for this, for us on one extra. — we dance around, so for this, for us on one extra, championing it was a no-brainen — on one extra, championing it was a no-brainen it— on one extra, championing it was a no—brainer. it is really exciting for me — no-brainer. it is really exciting for me. ~ ., , , no-brainer. it is really exciting for me. ~ ., ,, ., ., for me. when the groups that are caettin for me. when the groups that are getting the _ for me. when the groups that are getting the money _ for me. when the groups that are

getting the money get _ for me. when the groups that are getting the money get the - for me. when the groups that are getting the money get the call, i for me. when the groups that are getting the money get the call, itj getting the money get the call, it must be a big moment for them, because it can have such an impact? yes, people were in tears. interestingly, so 9pm this sunday coming _ interestingly, so 9pm this sunday coming we have a special show that is focussed — coming we have a special show that is focussed on one of the groups that won, — is focussed on one of the groups that won, or were given the money and we _ that won, or were given the money and we have — that won, or were given the money and we have have somebody from children _ and we have have somebody from children in— and we have have somebody from children in need to talk about the process — children in need to talk about the rocess. ., ., , ., children in need to talk about the rocess. ., . , ., , ., process. you have been involved, you described the — process. you have been involved, you described the role _ process. you have been involved, you described the role you _ process. you have been involved, you described the role you play _ process. you have been involved, you described the role you play as - process. you have been involved, you described the role you play as kind i described the role you play as kind of amplifying the voice. how important has it felt to you to be doing this. important has it felt to you to be doin: this. �* . important has it felt to you to be doing this-— doing this. i'm a black man from south london, _ doing this. i'm a black man from south london, who _ doing this. i'm a black man from south london, who grew - doing this. i'm a black man from south london, who grew up, i i doing this. i'm a black man from i south london, who grew up, i went to some _ south london, who grew up, i went to some of— south london, who grew up, i went to some of these initiatives and they were _ some of these initiatives and they were underfunded when i was young. i won't _ were underfunded when i was young. i won't give _ were underfunded when i was young. i won't give away my age. but i came through— won't give away my age. but i came through community work and that is why i'm _ through community work and that is why i'm passionate about what i do. my show— why i'm passionate about what i do. my show is — why i'm passionate about what i do. my show is a — why i'm passionate about what i do. my show is a talk show and we talk about— my show is a talk show and we talk about black issues. this underpins exactly— about black issues. this underpins exactly what i do on my show and exactly _ exactly what i do on my show and exactly what i do on my show and exactly what we do on one extra as a

station _ exactly what we do on one extra as a station the — exactly what we do on one extra as a station. the culture and the experience is integral to the music. for me. _ experience is integral to the music. for me. i_ experience is integral to the music. for me, i was welling up when i was in the _ for me, i was welling up when i was in the room — for me, i was welling up when i was in the room with them, i think what we are _ in the room with them, i think what we are doing — in the room with them, i think what we are doing is amazing, we are changing— we are doing is amazing, we are changing lives. we don't always acknowledge having the initiatives feels great, but we don't always acknowledge that we are changing the course _ acknowledge that we are changing the course of _ acknowledge that we are changing the course of the lives of a lot of young — course of the lives of a lot of young people. if we look at us communities collectively, it is important we put it into children, because — important we put it into children, because it — important we put it into children, because it makes life better for us as adults. . .. because it makes life better for us as adults. ., ,, , ., the possibility of a first ever national strike by nurses looks like it could happen before christmas. the royal college of nursing is due to unveil the results of its ballot in the next few days. the final results are still being counted but sources have told the bbc a large majority have voted in favour of a walkout — in a dispute over pay. our health reporter laura foster has

been talking to nurses who've voted for and against the action: exhausted. undervalued. overworked. saddened. overwhelmed. stressed. geraldine and diane's feelings about theirjobs are very different from when they started as nurses seven years ago. we do an extraordinaryjob in an ordinary world. they've both voted in favour of striking. to be able to afford things and family life, i make sure i do extra shifts on the weekend. you know, iwork full time during the week and i then also have to give up my weekends so i don't get to see my son. i love being a nurse. i love what i do. i love seeing children thrive. i love empowering parents. but at the same time, i always have to think about myself outside of the nurse role. i need to live, i need to eat. i have dreams, i have aspirations. and if financially i'm being impacted, everything else will fall apart. you know, i don't want to wince at my bank account every month. the royal college of nursing says a typical full—time nurse earns roughly the same as the average full—time worker in the uk. that's about £33,000. but the starting salary for a band

five nurse is closer to 27,000. karen uses tiktok to help people understand nurses' wages, and disagrees with the idea that nurses should be happy with their pay. if people genuinely felt £27,000 was a good salary, universities would be inundated with people applying to be a nurse. nurses wouldn't be leaving in record levels. nhs would be retaining staff, and that's just not happening. so clearly that money is not enough. and nobody�*s saying a nursing role is any more important or any less important than any other public sectorjobs. this is just our fight. job sites say they're noticing more and more nurses choosing to leave for less stressful roles, even if it means earning less. warehousing, retail, customer. service and administrative roles. those roles would typically pay considerably less i than an average nursing role.

those sectors would typically offer something in the region _ of £10 to £12 an hour, i compared to about £17 to £20 an hour in nursing roles. so what would happen if union members vote for strike action where you live? the union would give notice to the health trusts and boards where members have voted to go on strike. on an agreed date, those nurses would stop working. there would still be safe staffing levels in emergency care and for urgent services, and it would be similar to the number of staff there'd be on christmas day. there could be disruption to pre—planned appointments. some might have to be cancelled. ian in cornwall is concerned that strikes would be unsafe. how did you vote in the ballot, and why did you vote that way? i voted no. i decided no, because i felt we were going to put patients at risk. i know our leader at the rcn, royal college of nursing, have said we will not be putting patients at risk. but during this crisis,

during this nursing crisis, if we reduce the staffing levels any further, the only outcome could be patient safety. so this is the reason that i voted no. the welsh government, and the uk government who are responsible for health care in england, say they've met the recommendations given by the independent nhs pay review body. in scotland, the scottish government says that its pay offer means its staff will be the best paid in the uk. meanwhile, in northern ireland, no formal pay offer has yet been made. any strike action would cause disruption, but many nurses feel they've been left with no alternative. those who don't hear must feel that it's going to be at the detriment of our patients, sadly. but this may be the only way for people to truly realise that we deserve more. we deserve better. laura foster, bbc news, east london.

all captive birds in england must be kept indoors from today, to try to stop the spread of bird flu. more than 200 cases have been confirmed since october last year and about 5.5 million birds have died or been culled. the restrictions are aimed at preventing house birds from interacting with wild birds, but the risk to people from the virus is said to be very low. commuters in the uk who want to travel by train this morning have been urged to check if their services are running, after a planned strike was called off. the majority of rail operators say that because the walkout was cancelled so late, they will still be running a reduced timetable. some services on wednesday are also likely to be disrupted. on tuesday, people across the us will vote in midterm elections. they're typically considered a referendum on the first two years of a president's term in office — with the party in power often taking a beating. that's why many are calling the votes on tuesday some of the most important in years. christian fraser — who's in the bbc�*s election results studio in washington dc — takes us through the races.

a midterm election is a barometer of the national mood and a verdict on the national mood and a verdict on the president's performance and the results will dictate whatjoe biden can achieve. pennsylvania is an open seat that belonged to the republican. this man, thejohn the john fettimam, who thejohn fettimam, who suffered from a stroke. his opponent is diss missed by democrats as a carpet bagger from missed by democrats as a carpet baggerfrom newjersey. but in their one televised debate may have tipped

it. i one televised debate may have tipped it. ., one televised debate may have tipped it. . ., , one televised debate may have tipped it. i had a stroke, he has never let me forget — it. i had a stroke, he has never let me forget that. _ it. i had a stroke, he has never let me forget that. and _ it. i had a stroke, he has never let me forget that. and i _ it. i had a stroke, he has never let me forget that. and i might i it. i had a stroke, he has never let me forget that. and i might miss l me forget that. and i might miss some words during this debate, mush two words together, but it knocked me down and i'm going to keep coming back up. me down and i'm going to keep coming back u -. , ., ., me down and i'm going to keep coming backu. , ., ., ., back up. then georgia, it has a republican _ back up. then georgia, it has a republican governor _ back up. then georgia, it has a republican governor and i back up. then georgia, it has a republican governor and two i republican governor and two democratic senators n2020 they voted for this man, rafael war knock. but he is in a fight with the former nfl star herschel walker. walker is a flawed candidate, despite being pro—life it is alleged he paid two women to have apportions. of the republicans running for office, 307 are have raised doubts about the validity of the 2020 elections. one

is carrie lake, running for the governor in arizona against the secretary of state, katie hobbs. another is running for governor in pennsylvania against the democratic attorney generaljosh shapiro. he said if he wins he will choose a secretary of state with the power to make corrections to elections. this time, more than ever before, state elections will matter, for if these elections will matter, for if these election deniers win positions, they will be empowered to decide the fate of the election in 2024. an already record—breaking us powerballjackpot grew to a whopping $1.9 billion after no one secured a winning ticket in saturday night's drawing. the estimated $1.6 billion that was up for grabs on saturday had been the largest lotto prize ever offered. to win the big prize, a player must guess all six lucky numbers,

including the final "powerball." the next chance for ticket buyers to clinch the jackpot will be this evening's draw. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol. the weather this week will be changeable. the first half of the week low pressure is in charge, the second half, high pressure takes over. forthe second half, high pressure takes over. for the first half we are looking at wind and rain. but it brightens up in the second half and it will be mild for the time of year for the week. rain heavy in places. you may a hear the odd rumble of thunder. some showers in the north and the south and gusty winds. temperatures 11 to 16 degrees. as we head into the evening the winds pick up. especially through the irish sea, the south—west of england and the english channel, coupled with

high tides, we will see some big waves. this is the risk of some localised flooding from this. it will be accompanied by a band of rain moving west to east, followed by showers in the west. inland we are looking at gusty winds. this gives you an idea of the the kind of strength we are looking at. 71 in the channel, 39mph, gusts around birmingham. it is going to be another mild night. so as we head into tomorrow, low pressure still in charge. ourfront bringing this rain pushes away and as you can see, it is still going to be windy. but not as windy as today. except for in the west and the south, with exposure, where it still will be gust y. tomorrow is a mixture of sunshine and showers. but fewer showers and temperatures 12 to 15 degrees. as we head into wednesday, the ridge of high pressure builds in, so although some of us will start with showers,

they will be fewer in the afternoon, exceptin they will be fewer in the afternoon, except in northern and western scotland. we might see a few in northern ireland as well. temperatures still on the mild side for the time offier. of year. into the weekend you can see this ridge of high pressure building. in the north we still have some fronts that will bring some rain. but the winds coming from a mild direction from, the south, so temperatures if anything are going to climb more to about 16 or 17 for some.

this is bbc news. i'm joanna gosling. the headlines at 12. a stark warning at the copper 27 summit. the secretary—general says humanity must cooperate or perish as the next 20 years are set to be the warmest on record.— the next 20 years are set to be the warmest on record. greenhouse gases kee on warmest on record. greenhouse gases keep on growing. — warmest on record. greenhouse gases keep on growing, global _ warmest on record. greenhouse gases keep on growing, global temperatures are rising, and our planet is fast approaching tipping points that will make climate chaos irreversible. a growing political row in westminster over text messages sent by sir gavin williamson to a colleague. downing street says the prime minister believes the expletive—laden messages are "unacceptable". yet again, we are having a

discussion about the prime minister'sjudgment, this discussion about the prime minister's judgment, this time discussion about the prime minister'sjudgment, this time in relation to gavin williamson. he's clearly got people around the cabinet table who are not fit to be there. the number of children needing speech and language support at school has risen by 10 percent in england over the past year, partly due to covid lockdowns limiting social interactions. the importance of children learning to communicate at an early age actually affects their learning and their development and their socialisation. it also affects their mental health and their behaviour. southampton have sacked their manager after a poor run of form left the club in the premier league relegation zone.

the secretary general of the united nations antonio guterres has warned that the world is on a path to self destruction. mr guterres has warned world leaders at the cop27 climate summit in egypt that humanity must �*co—operate or perish' in the face of accelerating climate change impacts. the un says progress on cutting the emissions that cause global warming has been "woefully inadequate" since its last climate conference in glasgow. prime minister rishi sunak will address the summit later and is expected to call for a "global mission for clean growth". he arrived at the summit earlier this morning, that's after initially saying that he would not be attending. one of his first meetings was with the newly elected georgia meloni, the prime minister of italy. he's also been attending a meeting with the kenyan president william ruto. his predeccessor borisjohnson is also at the conference. speaking at a new york times event

earlier today he called on leaders not to go weak on net zero emissions commitments we can see the scale of the problem, but we also have the rudiments, actually much more than the rudiments of the solution. we have in our hands the ability to fix this problem. the only way forward is by patient negotiation and compromise and i wish all success to the negotiators now, and investment in the right technology, investment in the right technology, investment in the right technology both at home and abroad. and we have got to end the defeatism that i think has crept in since last year. ender putin's energy blackmail, keep up our campaign to keep global dependence on hydrocarbons. and if we retain the spirit of creating optimism, promethean creative optimism that we saw at glasgow, we can keep alive the hope of restricting the rise in temperatures to 1.5. keep 1.5 alive.

in his address to leaders at the conference, un chief antonio guterres said that humanity faces a �*stark choice' in the midst of international crises that have �*battered economies and shaken international relations' the clock is ticking. we are in the fight of our lives, and we are losing. greenhouse gas emissions keep growing. global temperatures keep growing. global temperatures keep rising, and our planet is fast approaching tipping points that will make climate chaos irreversible. we are on a highway to climate hell, with our foot still on the accelerator. the war in ukraine, other conflicts have caused so much bloodshed and violence and their dramatic impacts all over the world.

but we cannot accept that our attention is not focused on climate change. we must work together to support peace efforts and end of the suffering that climate change is on a different timeline and scale and is the defining issue of our scale —— our age. it is the defining issue of our century. it is unacceptable, outrageous and self—defeating to put it on the back burner. indeed, many of today's conflicts are linked with growing climate chaos. and the war in ukraine has exposed the profound risks of our fossil fuel addiction and today's crisis cannot be an excuse for backsliding or green washing. if anything they are a reason for greater urgency, stronger action, and effective accountability. excellencies, human activity is the cause of the climate

problem, so human action must be the solution. action to re—establish ambition and action to rebuild trust, especially between north and south. the science is clear. any hope of limiting temperature rise to 1.5 degrees means achieving global net zero emissions by 2050. but that 12.5 degrees goal is on life support and the machines are rattling. we are getting dangerously close to the point of no return. and to avoid that dire fate, all g20 countries must accelerate their transition now in this decade. speaking earlier, sir david king, who served as the government's permanent special representative for climate change bewteen 2013 and 2017, said the developed world isn't doing nearly enough, urging leaders to do more.

we're not doing enough for various reasons. one is we have failed to have since 1992 leadership from the united states. and the united states is normally the country we would all turn to for leadership on an issue like this. why has the united states failed the world? the power of the fossil fuel lobby. it's as simple as that. we all know how powerful the lobby systems are in the us democratic system, the gun lobby and so on. and the most powerful lobby of all is the fossil fuel lobby and senators and congressmen are really virtually and in reality in the pockets of these lobbies. so i think we have failed to get that sort of leadership. britain provided leadership under tony blair and gordon brown, very open leadership, from 1997 until about 2010 and then subsequently under david cameron and theresa may, we continued the good work that was begun.

but since then we have been slipping back and we are talking now, the absurdity of opening up new oil and gas wells in the north sea. absurd, because this has nothing to do with the crisis in the ukraine, it would take at least ten years before any new oil or gas reached the market place and therefore since the war in ukraine is sure to be over by then, we will be left saddled with an investment that will not produce results. so i think what we see is this sudden return to looking for more coal, oil and gas around the world, it's not just britain. joining us now is the sustainability reporter at insider, catherine boudreau.

welcome, joining us from sharm el—sheikh. we had strong words from antonio gutierrez, so how much is that likely to corral the world leaders as the summit gets under way? leaders as the summit gets under wa ? �* . . leaders as the summit gets under wa ? �* , . ., , ., leaders as the summit gets under wa? . ,., way? it's a great question. more than 120 world _ way? it's a great question. more than 120 world leaders _ way? it's a great question. more than 120 world leaders are i way? it's a great question. more i than 120 world leaders are attending this climate summit in sharm el—sheikh on the red sea and tens of thousands ofjournalists, climate thousands of journalists, climate diplomats, thousands ofjournalists, climate diplomats, they are all here looking to turn these goals into real action, and i think what we've seen so far is that the world is way off track to keep global warming below catastrophic levels because countries simply are not curbing their greenhouse gas emissions fast enough, so we have to speak that up. catherine, just going to leave it there because our connection is not

great. we might be able to speak to us but thanks for che —— taking the time tojoin us. we're nowjoined by c0p21i president michal kurtyka — the conference was held in poland in 2018 — he is the former polish minister of climate and environment. he serves in an advisory role to the president of cop27 in egypt and will be travelling to the conference tomorrow. thank you forjoining us. looking at the intervening years, how much has changed and how much has been achieved since you were the president of cop? we achieved since you were the president of cop?— achieved since you were the president of cop? achieved since you were the resident of co? ~ . ., president of cop? we are entering a eriod of president of cop? we are entering a period of chaos _ president of cop? we are entering a period of chaos since _ president of cop? we are entering a period of chaos since the _ president of cop? we are entering a period of chaos since the beginning | period of chaos since the beginning of the war in ukraine on the 24th of february. we are right now entering cop27 and 620, the biggest cop27 and g20, the biggest international event since the eruption of the war, and i think world leaders have started to

understand that indeed we are entering into an e—book or chaos, and we start trying to understand what are the possible solutions to get out from this chaos. the world has changed tremendously since 2014. i led a very successful summit which allowed the rule creation, so the rule book serving the paris agreement and allowing it simply mentation. after article six was completed in glasgow we had a completed in glasgow we had a complete operational plan for the paris agreement but the expectation of international communities and societies is of course much bigger, but it would be extremely complicated to satisfy this expectation as this summit is happening in extremely complicated international situations. calling for world solidarity right now and

world cohesion will be extremely, extremely complicated. so world cohesion will be extremely, extremely complicated.— world cohesion will be extremely, extremely complicated. so when you talk about it — extremely complicated. so when you talk about it happening _ extremely complicated. so when you talk about it happening amidst - extremely complicated. so when you talk about it happening amidst an . talk about it happening amidst an extremely complicated international situation, you are talking about events that have come along, the war, for instance. you are not talking about the impact of climate change? talking about the impact of climate chance? ., talking about the impact of climate chan . e? ., ., talking about the impact of climate chance? ., ., ., , ., ., talking about the impact of climate chance? ., ., , ., ., ., change? no, we have a combination of three crises- — change? no, we have a combination of three crises. first _ change? no, we have a combination of three crises. first of _ change? no, we have a combination of three crises. first of all _ change? no, we have a combination of three crises. first of all the _ change? no, we have a combination of three crises. first of all the covid - three crises. first of all the covid crisis, and let's not forget that african nations were very much disillusioned regarding western support regarding, for example, the sharing of vaccines, so they are looking at europeans are now saying, 0k, what is your credibility? after war and the aggression of russia to ukraine erupted, additional elements were added to this disillusionment, to this problem of credibility. high energy prices dragged by the

european energy supply structure all over the world, and food costs increases, fertilisers in shortage, so there is a lot which has changed since counterweights, especially in the last two years, and it's putting the last two years, and it's putting the world on new tracks. we don't know exactly what will be the solution, so this cop is to listen and to find out what a possible way out of this crisis. we are stopping the area of negotiations after glasgow, there is no appetite for international communities to get additional climate routes, but there must be more that happens on the ground, so from global negotiations and local info mentation is, we need

to put a bigger stress on technology, especially technology availability for the countries. we 'ust have availability for the countries. we just have to say goodbye to viewers watching on bbc two. just a technical thing there, but to pick up technical thing there, but to pick up on what you are saying, you were talking about your concerns and stopping the era of global negotiations as a result of all of these things that came along and of course the disillusionment for different countries. how worried are you that all of this but what needs to be done on climate change won't happen, because there is too much focus on what is going on individually for countries in difficulty with issues besides climate change. i’m difficulty with issues besides climate change. i'm extremely worried and — climate change. i'm extremely worried and i'm _ climate change. i'm extremely worried and i'm going - climate change. i'm extremely. worried and i'm going tomorrow climate change. i'm extremely - worried and i'm going tomorrow to sharm el—sheikh and i will see

myself how the situation is evolving. i wish i was wrong and i will be wrong, but i'm afraid that we have many elements that suggest we have many elements that suggest we should manage expectations. so what is to be done? otherwise if we lead ourselves like that we will not only be disillusioned, but in a depressive mood in this regard, if i may say, so i think we should put an enormous dress on different types of solidarity. it will be complicated for the countries to show solidarity in terms of financial support. their budgets are extremely tense already and the expectation of the countries with the loss and damages of $100 billion are very high, and rightly so, so where can we find new chapters for solidarity? my guess is in technology will transform, technical transfer in helping these

countries to get instruments, tools and not only to provide the money for which they will be able to buy technologies from the same countries that transferred to them the money. thank you very much indeed for joining us, the cop 24 president and former environment minister of poland. a stark warning at the cop summit as the secretary general of the un says humanity must cooperate or paris amid warnings that the past eight years are on track to be the warmest on record. a growing political row in westminster. downing street says the prime minister believes expletive laden text messages sent by sir gavin williams to a colleague are unacceptable. whilst labour criticises the prime minister's judgment in appointing gavin williamson to the cabinet. the number of children needing speech and language support at school has risen by 10% in england over the past year, partly due to covid

lockdown is limiting social interaction. southampton have sacked their manager ralph hasenhuttl following yesterday's 4—1 league home defeat to newcastle. he leaves with the club third from bottom in the table with just 12 points after 14 games and only one win from their last nine. scoring goals has been a problem for the saints and after their loss to newcastle, before his departure, hassenhuttl bemoaned his players wasting opportunities. they had seven shots on goal, and for on target and scored four goals, and we had 16 and seven on target and we had 16 and seven on target and we had 16 and seven on target and we scored one. i cannot say we played a bad game, but not a bad game is not enough. the character is there in this group, but it is about there in this group, but it is about the final quality to finish games off. the draw for the last 16

of the champions league hasjust taken place with four english teams learning their fate. liverpool, who were in as one of the unseeded teams, drew real madrid — in a repeat of last year's final. manchester city will face rb leipzig, tottenham take on ac milan and chelsea will come up against borussia dortmund, as they all look to reach the quarter—finals. so here's a check on the draw in full. away from the english teams, bruges play benfica, eintracht frankfurt take on napoli, inter face porto and paris st germain play bayern munich. the first legs of those ties will be played on either the 14th and 15th, or the 21st and 22nd february next year ican i can tell you in the last couple of minutes the draw has been made for the europa league play—offs, the two legged ties to determine which teams will proceed to the knockout stage, and as you can see, manchester united were in the pot and have been

drawn against none other than barcelona. what a big tie that one is. it's been an historic gymnastics world championships for great britain in liverpool. jessica gadirova took gold in the floor event to take gb�*s tally to a record—breaking six medals. earlier in the competition she'd helped the team get silver before taking a bronze medal in the women's all—round. this victory makes her only the fifth british world champion in history. i feel like that is why i love the floor so much because i can show off my artistry through emotions and be powerful with the tumbles, so it's got a nice mix to all of it. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's all the sport for now.

world leaders are meeting at the cop27 un climate summit in egypt today. some internationals are boycotting the event because of the international human rights record and there are tens of thousands of political prisoners in the country including the british egyptian activist. there are currently tens of thousands of political prisoners in the country, including the british—egyptian activist alaa abd el—fattah. fears for mr el—fatteh's safety are growing after he stopped drinking water, adding to his seven—month hunger strike. joining us now from london alaa abd el—fattah's sister mona seif. first of all, tell us how your brother is what is the latest on his hunger strike? louie brother is what is the latest on his hunger strike?— hunger strike? we don't have any u dates hunger strike? we don't have any updates about — hunger strike? we don't have any updates about health _ hunger strike? we don't have any updates about health or - hunger strike? we don't have any i updates about health or well-being updates about health or well—being since we received a letter last week that he was informing us that he has escalated to a full hunger strike starting on the 6th of november a water strike so today is day two of the water strike but our mother is in front of the prison in egypt

awaiting our weekly letters, so we are hoping that by the end of the day we will have a letter and an update. fix. day we will have a letter and an u date. �* ., day we will have a letter and an udate. �* ., , ~ day we will have a letter and an udate. �* . , ~ ., , , update. a water strike. that must be causina update. a water strike. that must be causing you — update. a water strike. that must be causing you enormous _ update. a water strike. that must be causing you enormous concern - update. a water strike. that must be causing you enormous concern aboutj causing you enormous concern about your brother's welfare? yes. causing you enormous concern about your brother's welfare?— your brother's welfare? yes, it is. since he started _ your brother's welfare? yes, it is. since he started the _ your brother's welfare? yes, it is. since he started the water- your brother's welfare? yes, it is. since he started the water strike l your brother's welfare? yes, it is. | since he started the water strike it set the clock and made it, well, basically made the window of a few days where we either save him or lose him entirely, but honestly, i understand even if it is too much to digests, i understand his decision to do so and he has been dealing with this ordealfor the to do so and he has been dealing with this ordeal for the last nine years and he has made his it his task to put a lot of the people who are very vocal in 2011 and who were prominent back then to put them in prison and set an example and he is one of them, and i think he is right

in believing that the egyptian regime's plan for ali is for him to stay in prison until he dies, so he feels like there is this opportunity with cop27 happening in egypt, the small window of chance if we can push, he might be reunited with the family rather than spend the rest of the coming years dying slowly in prison. the coming years dying slowly in rison. , ,, ., ~ the coming years dying slowly in rison. , ,, .,~ , prison. rishi sunak has said his case is a priority _ prison. rishi sunak has said his case is a priority for _ prison. rishi sunak has said his case is a priority for the - prison. rishi sunak has said his case is a priority for the british | case is a priority for the british government as a human rights defender and a british national, and he is going to be raising his imprisonment with the egyptian government while he is in sharm el—sheikh. does that give you any comfort? it gives me a certain comfort. ~ ., comfort? it gives me a certain comfort. ~ . ., , ., ., ., comfort. we have finally managed to make that a — comfort. we have finally managed to make that a priority _ comfort. we have finally managed to make that a priority with _ comfort. we have finally managed to make that a priority with everyone'sl make that a priority with everyone's help and with the help of many amazing mps. and he has been

tortured in prison. and i truly feel or truly believe that if he manages, the world leaders managed to convince him to be satisfied. if he manages to bring ali back home alive. and if rishi sunak returns without ali, he will not make it out of the prison. and egypt knows it is our last hope and then he will be able to save my brother for my family. prime minister rishi sunak has said that sir gavin williamson's

expletive laden text messages to a cabinet colleague were 'not acceptable'. yesterday it was confirmed that the prime minister knew a complaint for harassment and bullying had been filed against a tory mp before mr williamson was given a ministerial position, but rishi sunak claims he wasn't aware of the 'substance' of the messages. speaking this morning , the labour leader sir keir starmer was asked about the prime minister's judgement when it came to appointing ministers. it's so disappointing yet again we are having a discussion about the prime minister is judgment, are having a discussion about the prime minister isjudgment, this time in relation to gavin williamson. he's clearly got people around the cabinet table not fit to be there, and that's because he was so weak and wanted to avoid an election within his own party. and i think the only way out of this, because these debates will go on because these debates will go on because of the weak position the prime minister is in, and i think we should say to the public that they should say to the public that they should have a choice, do you want to carry on with this chaos or the stability of a labour government.

that is why there is such a powerful case for a general election. let's talk to our political correspondent damian grammaticus. rishi sunak has said the text messages are not acceptable. how long does this go on? there is an investigation, is there? i long does this go on? there is an investigation, is there?— long does this go on? there is an investigation, is there? i think we will see the _ investigation, is there? i think we will see the pressure _ investigation, is there? i think we will see the pressure continued i investigation, is there? i think we | will see the pressure continued for a bit and yesterday we had the labour party saying that they think mr williamson is not fit for government and then turning the focus onto rishi sunak and that is part of the reason why i think this will continue, that question when keir starmer said, yet again at the beginning of what you just heard that that he was referring to rishi sunak�*s other decision to appoint a cabinet suella braverman as home secretary, and the arguments that have raged around that. he has now pointed to two instances which is why you will see this continue. you talk about investigation but there

is what ministers call a process which seems to be not an investigation, but the fact that a complaint has been submitted, naming mr williamson to the conservative party, and the conservative party is looking into that but it's not a formal investigation as we understand it, as it seems from what is being said this morning, but that i think will raise questions about whether the party, rishi sunak, the government, how seriously they take allegations like this or a charge like this about inappropriate behaviour. we have seen the text messages released over the weekend, full of swear words and in place of threat to wendy morton, who was then the chief whip, but i think the reason this will continue, the focus not just on mr reason this will continue, the focus notjust on mr williamson, on rishi sunak, on the day he said he was going to bring in a government where

accountability would be central, he also made these decisions to appoint people to his cabinet, in this case with mr williamson, knowing a complaint had been made. shall with mr williamson, knowing a complaint had been made. all captive birds in be kept _ complaint had been made. all captive birds in be kept indoors _ complaint had been made. all captive birds in be kept indoors from - complaint had been made. all captive birds in be kept indoors from today i birds in be kept indoors from today to stop the spread of bird flu. more than 200 cases have been confirmed since last year and around 5.5 million birds have died or been culled. the restrictions are aimed at preventing house birds from interacting with wild birds but the risk to people with the virus is said to be very low. commuters in the uk who want to travel today have been turned —— told to check if their services running after a strike was called off. the majority of rail operator safe because the walk—out was cancelled so late they will still run a reduced timetable. some services on wednesday are also likely to be disrupted.

it was pretty soggy for many of us over the weekend which is probably an understatement. find over the weekend which is probably an understatement.— an understatement. and there is more rain in the forecast _ an understatement. and there is more rain in the forecast through _ an understatement. and there is more rain in the forecast through the - rain in the forecast through the rest of the day and overnight tonight, so for the rest of the afternoon, it's quite a messy picture and there will be splashes of rain and some of it on the heavy side but equally there might be some brighter breaks for a time coming into southern parts of england and south wales. it is mild, between 11 and 15 degrees but behind me you can see this band of rain, and this is a really active when the front of that will be pushing its way east. a short, sharp burst of heavy perhaps thundery rain accompanied by squally, gusty winds of up to 60 or 70 mph and some rough seas around some of the kos which could bring some of the kos which could bring some coastal flooding and lap band of wet and blustery weather continues to journey north—east through the rest of the night and these are the temperatures as we start tomorrow morning. as we go through tomorrow with sunshine and showers but the showers tend to ease on wednesday and it will turn quite

a bit milderfor the end of the week. the headlines: a stark warning from the united nations at the cop climate summit in egypt — its secretary general says humanity "must cooperate or perish" amid warnings the past eight years are on track to be the warmest on record.

we will find out what the progress will be, live from egypt. also this lunch time: a growing political row in westminster — downing street says the prime minister believes expletive—laden text messages sent by sir gavin williamson to a colleague are "unacceptable". whilst labour criticises the pm's judgment in appointing mr williamson to the cabinet. world leaders are meeting at the cop27 un climate summit in egypt today. antonio guterres has warned world leaders the clock is ticking on redeucing emissions.

rishi sunak will speak at the conference this afternoon and will say that the fight against climate change can become a "global mission for newjobs and clean growth" and that it's essential that nations stick to commitments made at last year's summit in glasgow. chris turney is pro vice—chancellor of research at the university of technology in sydney — he specialises in environmental science and spoke to us earlier. this is an extraordinary time to be alive. we have really dropped the ball on this, we have got to get emissions down quickly, we are talking tens of per cents by 2030. we are talking a marshall plan, a reengineering of the global economy to make that a reality. ianthem reengineering of the global economy to make that a reality. when antonio guterres talks _ to make that a reality. when antonio guterres talks about _ to make that a reality. when antonio guterres talks about all— to make that a reality. when antonio guterres talks about all the - guterres talks about all the governments know what to do, the tools, they have the tools to get it done, he also called for a wind fall tax on the profits of fossil fuel companies in order to help with the cost of the climate crisis. do you

believe there is the will to pull all these things together and deliver? i all these things together and deliver? ~ ,., ., , all these things together and deliver? ~ ., , , deliver? i think so. the reality is that we know — deliver? i think so. the reality is that we know the _ deliver? i think so. the reality is that we know the world's - deliver? i think so. the reality is i that we know the world's economy, the way we live is going to fall after a cliff. the reality is industry knows this, society knows this. individuals, we all know this as well. we just knead to get on with it. the fossilfuel companies are just one example where we can use the skills as engineering experience to actually help us make that transition a reality and we have to do it really quickly. so how much is riding _ have to do it really quickly. so how much is riding on _ have to do it really quickly. so how much is riding on cop _ have to do it really quickly. so how much is riding on cop 27? - have to do it really quickly. so how much is riding on cop 27? 0h, - have to do it really quickly. so how. much is riding on cop 27? oh, gosh, a hue much is riding on cop 27? oh, gosh, a huge amount _ much is riding on cop 27? oh, gosh, a huge amount to _ much is riding on cop 27? oh, gosh, a huge amount to be _ much is riding on cop 27? oh, gosh, a huge amount to be honest. - much is riding on cop 27? oh, gosh, a huge amount to be honest. we - much is riding on cop 27? oh, gosh, l a huge amount to be honest. we have had these meetings before and this always the cynic says it is just a talking shop. but it is the world's leader, business leader, sectors of communities, actually trying to drive change. we need we have to get

carbon dioxide levels town and we need to actually try to get it below two degree. we talked about 1.5 global average warning, that sounds meaningless to people. but now we are hitting up to 2.8 based on where the emissions are going. 2 degrees was the limit for paris. beyond that, things like the ice sheet may fall into the ocean, sea ice may disappear during the summer. these are important parts of climate system. we need to get those emissions down. the changes we have seen now, with a third of pakistan under flood, seen now, with a third of pakistan underflood, we have seen seen now, with a third of pakistan under flood, we have seen fires seen now, with a third of pakistan underflood, we have seen fires in europe and california, we have seen incredible heat waves in england for many of the viewers will have seen and experienced, those arejust changes of 1.2 global average

temperature. we are talking of double that pi the by the end of the century. we need to get used to living in this disrupted world, because we have left it too late to avoid the worst. we are in this massive period of climate change. you're saying that the changes that we have seen so far and antonio guterres spoke about that as well, and said the deadly impacts of climate change are here and now and the loss and damage can't be swept under the carpet. that can't be rolled back, all that can be done is mitigating things getting worse? there are technologies where you can draw carbon from the atmosphere and thatis draw carbon from the atmosphere and that is something i think we will see more. it was always a case of we have to stop reduce emissions. now we are going to get used to living with that and supporting the rest of the world in living and coping with this disruptive world. that is a huge challenge. there are things people can do. it shouldn'tjust be

a case of giving up and saying it is a case of giving up and saying it is a disaster. we can all do things. many of the viewers, you might have a pension or a super, you're an investor. if your pension fund has invested in fossil fuel companies, they have to look after your future and that is not doing you any favours. so shift your investments out. if you're thinking about new purchases, perhaps if you're thinking of a new car or a stove, thinking of a new car or a stove, think about electrify being. and education is the single one thing that we can do to draw down emissions, particularly young girls, around the world, half the population we are not educating enough to make those life choices, less people, less impact on the environment, more resilient. huge things we can do and if we did it

collectively, we can make a world of difference. treasury sources have indicated that the chancellor is leaning towards more spending cuts than tax rises, as he finalises his plans to fill the hole in the public finances. the measures will be assessed by the independent office for budget responsibility, beforejeremy hunt announces the details later this month. we can speak to pauljohnson now who's director of the leading economic research group the institute for fiscal studies. thank you forjoining us. so when you hear that phrase, he is leaning more towards spending cuts than tax rises to fill the hole in public spending, what do you think? melt rises to fill the hole in public spending, what do you think? well of course george _ spending, what do you think? well of course george osborne _ spending, what do you think? well of course george osborne back - spending, what do you think? well of course george osborne back in - spending, what do you think? well of course george osborne back in the i course george osborne back in the 20105 did 80% on spending and 20% on tax. that makes it hard to do a lot of spending cuts, because we have had spending cuts in a big way already over the last several years. over the next decade, i think taxes will go up, because the pressure on

spending, health, social care, pensions, is only going in one direction. if they're really looking at spending cuts, i suspect a lot will come from investment spending, thatis will come from investment spending, that is the easiest to cut. but we have to ask yourselves what the timing of these proposed cuts is. and of course it is easy to propose cuts two or three years down the line, after the next general election, ratherthan line, after the next general election, rather than introducing them immediately. so i think the thing we need to ask is, spending cuts when? as much as is it spending and is it tax? 50 cuts when? as much as is it spending and is it tax?— and is it tax? so when is key and where and _ and is it tax? so when is key and where and you — and is it tax? so when is key and where and you indicated - and is it tax? so when is key and where and you indicated there i and is it tax? so when is key and where and you indicated there is| and is it tax? so when is key and - where and you indicated there is not much scope for spending cuts and investment might be the area that is looked at. in terms of delivering, what is it 35 billion more? is that

enough? we what is it 35 billion more? is that enouuh? ~ .�* what is it 35 billion more? is that enouuh? ., �* ~ ., what is it 35 billion more? is that enouuh? ~ .�* «'., , what is it 35 billion more? is that enouuh? ., �* ~ ., , ., enough? we don't know the size of the hole. enough? we don't know the size of the hole- and _ enough? we don't know the size of the hole. and it _ enough? we don't know the size of the hole. and it is _ enough? we don't know the size of the hole. and it is important - enough? we don't know the size of the hole. and it is important to - enough? we don't know the size of the hole. and it is important to be | the hole. and it is important to be clear that there are different ways of defining what the hole is and how you define it, there will be a lot of uncertainty about it. that is one reason i think there is a reasonable case for the chancellor to say that most of what he is going to do will wait for a couple of years, while some of that uncertainty begins to clear up. but if you are looking at tens of billions and you're looking at that in the short run, you have got a big problem if you're trying to do it through spending. even given the current spending plans that we have got, it will be hard. they will put in place a year ago when we thought inflation would be 2%. now that is not right. we see the nurses potentially striking, teachers are balloting for strike action, because they're being pay rises way below inflation and they have all had pay cuts over the last

decade as well. and pay is a very big fraction of over all public spending. cutting pensions and welfare is very difficult for obvious reasons. cutting the health service, that is the biggest bit of public spending is almost certainly impossible. so you're really struggling to find big spending cuts, at least in the short run. thank you very much. pauljohnson, so the spending review is going to be on 17th november and that is when we will get the answers to those sorts of questions that we were talk about there. the number of children who need help with their speech and language has risen in the uk — particularly for those who began school after the first lockdown. nhs waiting lists for speech and language therapists are also at their highest—ever, with some families waiting more than a year.

playing, listening and learning. all things we expect our children to do in school. but for lewis, this is huge progress. speech hasn't come easy. you couldn't hold a full conversation with lewis. it came to a point where he pointed at things, like if he wanted a drink he'd point, point for a cup because he wanted to drink. because he was too nervous to tell me what he wanted in case i didn't understand. it was just... it was just really a struggle. they are describing words and describing words are... adjectives. lewis is not alone. in the past year, there has been an increase in children needing help with language. here at northwood community school in knowsley, teachers have seen a rise, particularly among five and six—year—olds who missed out on opportunities to learn during the pandemic. at its purest level, it's a communication and language need, but obviously it affects their concentration, their associated behaviours, their ability to regulate themselves.

lots of sensory needs on top of that as well. so classroom teaching has had to look very different for that group moving forward. garden, what could we say about a garden? tell me something about your garden. the school also has a specialist speech hub where children are given extra help with trained staff and therapists. for children like these, who may have missed out because of the various lockdowns on pre—school or attending speech and language therapy or even socialising, help like this now is essential. otherwise, experts say, it can have a massive impact on a child's education or even simple things like making friends. we've seen that, particularly in the pandemic. it's exacerbated existing problems that children may have had and it's also produced children who are struggling because theyjust haven't had that exposure to to talk or the opportunities to develop there, you know, a range of new words. so it's undoubtedly made things worse.

a is for apple. good boy! we say, ah. very good. but this is an issue that is also affecting much younger children, too. in scarborough, three—year—old sheamus has been on the nhs waiting list to see a speech and language therapist for almost a year. dah, very good. at first sheamus was very frustrated because he didn't have, he didn't have signing, he didn't have anything at all to express himself. so he was quite angry, he'd get quite upset. we could see that all these words were bubbling up in him, but he just wasn't able to tell us them. so since we've had the signing, things have improved massively. we've worked so hard to get him where he is, but we don't know how to go further without extra help to move him on. back in knowsley, lewis has big plans for the future.

what would you like to be when you grow up? a police officer. and why do you want to be a police officer? so i can arrest people. i can hold a conversation with lewis now, and i couldn't before. the gratitude i have for the school and the hub, it's... like i could never, ever repay them for what they've done for lewis. he's. .. you know, he's just... he's such a better boy. the government says it is investing in early years development and training for professionals to help children get the support they need. vanessa clarke, bbc news, knowsley. with me is the executive producer of bbc�*s tiny happy people, joe mcculloch. it has activities and play ideas to help people find out about babies

and toddlers' early developing. and janette cooper. janet, what has your experience been over the past year or so? , , �* , ., experience been over the past year orso? ,,�* ,., ,, or so? this isn't 'ust a new issue, children-s _ or so? this isn'tjust a new issue, children's speech _ or so? this isn'tjust a new issue, children's speech and _ or so? this isn'tjust a new issue, children's speech and language i children's speech and language issues have been growing over a number of years, but the pandemic accelerated the speed of the amount of children that have issues. what we have seen are lots of children who have not had opportunities to interact and socialise in communities, we have seen children who struggle to pay attention and listen. and we have seen children who are behind in their understanding and ability to speak words and speak them clearly. a lot of children struggling out there and lots of support needed at the moment. ., ., lots of support needed at the moment-— lots of support needed at the moment. ., ., ., , , moment. you mention it has been rurowin moment. you mention it has been growing over— moment. you mention it has been growing over a _ moment. you mention it has been growing over a number— moment. you mention it has been growing over a number of- moment. you mention it has been growing over a number of years, l moment. you mention it has been i growing over a number of years, why do you think that is? i growing over a number of years, why do you think that is?— do you think that is? i think there is lots of things, _ do you think that is? i think there is lots of things, child _ do you think that is? i think there l is lots of things, child development is lots of things, child development is not straight forward anyway. but

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is all— use face to face settings. the idea is all the _ use face to face settings. the idea is all the activities, based resources, support parents and carers _ resources, support parents and carers to— resources, support parents and carers to develop the language and communication skills of children. it is about— communication skills of children. it is about getting children ready for school. _ is about getting children ready for school, they can thrive in the formal— school, they can thrive in the formal learning environment. we have a simple _ formal learning environment. we have a simple message, that isjust talk to your— a simple message, that isjust talk to your child from as early as possible _ to your child from as early as possible. and you know we are empowering parents and carers to show _ empowering parents and carers to show them that they're the most important — show them that they're the most important person in their child's life and — important person in their child's life and they can make a massive difference. — life and they can make a massive difference, probably a bigger difference, probably a bigger difference than they can do and very easily— difference than they can do and very easily as— difference than they can do and very easily as well. difference than they can do and very easily as well-— easily as well. janet, the role of arents easily as well. janet, the role of parents and _ easily as well. janet, the role of parents and those _ easily as well. janet, the role of parents and those around - easily as well. janet, the role of parents and those around a - easily as well. janet, the role of| parents and those around a child easily as well. janet, the role of i parents and those around a child is vital, when you talk about issues and notjust you, it has been discussed the, the issues around lockdown and the lack of social interaction. why do they have such

an impact, it is not like the children are not having any input? i think when you think about how we have learned to communicate, it is socialising with the world around us. if we are only getting it from one source, that is the limited amount of people we are interacting with and a limited amount of words that we are hearing and experiencing, children need to be out in the world and to have that sensory experience of the world as well. you know, you can look in a book, which is fantastic for learning language, and learning about a tree, if but you have have been outside and seen a real tree, that consolidates the language. we need children to interact in a wide variety of environments with a wide variety of environments with a wide variety of environments with a wide variety of people. {aide variety of environments with a wide variety of people-— variety of environments with a wide variety of people. give us some tips that the web-site _ variety of people. give us some tips that the web-site offers, _ variety of people. give us some tips that the web-site offers, joe. - variety of people. give us some tips that the web-site offers, joe. you l that the web-site offers, joe. you know, it that the web-site offers, joe. you know. it is — that the web-site offers, joe. you know, it is split _ that the web-site offers, joe. you know, it is split into _ that the web—site offers, joe. you know, it is split into different age groups. _ know, it is split into different age groups, because you know children are learning at different kind of paces— are learning at different kind of

paces and also they need different input _ paces and also they need different input at _ paces and also they need different input at different ages. it can be simple _ input at different ages. it can be simple things like going out to the park and _ simple things like going out to the park and looking at the trees. it could _ park and looking at the trees. it could be — park and looking at the trees. it could be kind of you know cooking, your talking — could be kind of you know cooking, your talking about what you're cooking — your talking about what you're cooking with a child. there is something called continued talk, where _ something called continued talk, where you talk about what the child is interested in. if the child is looking — is interested in. if the child is looking at— is interested in. if the child is looking at something, you talk to them _ looking at something, you talk to them about what they're looking at, it is proven — them about what they're looking at, it is proven they will take in what you're _ it is proven they will take in what you're talking about more than if you're talking about more than if you just — you're talking about more than if you just get them to look at something that they're not locking at. just— something that they're not locking at. just a — something that they're not locking at. just a real variety of activities in and around the house. that you _ activities in and around the house. that you don't need any money to do these _ that you don't need any money to do these activities and it is using every— these activities and it is using every day— these activities and it is using every day objects like pots and pans. — every day objects like pots and pans. or— every day objects like pots and pans, or having an activity when you're _ pans, or having an activity when you're hanging out the wash and talking _ you're hanging out the wash and talking about the clothes you're putting — talking about the clothes you're putting out. it is simple things. very— putting out. it is simple things. very accessible.— putting out. it is simple things. very accessible. thank you very

much. ukraine's power supply has been hit. for than 4.5 million people have experienced power cuts. our correspondent has been to a city in central ukraine, one of the worst affected areas. in this dark, the torch acts as an ice—breaker. light here is in short supply. and life is harder as a result. this family only have electricity for a up of hours at a time. some black utilities are planned and some

aren't. translation: they think ukraine is weaker and will die soon because of power outages and people will flee, making it easier for russia to take over ukraine. making it easier for russia to take over ukraine-— over ukraine. moscow is trying to pressurise _ over ukraine. moscow is trying to pressurise places _ over ukraine. moscow is trying to pressurise places it _ over ukraine. moscow is trying to pressurise places it can't - over ukraine. moscow is trying to pressurise places it can't reach. l pressurise places it can't reach. translation: everyone understands it it not working, they can only make people _ it not working, they can only make people angrier. it not working, they can only make people angrier-_ it not working, they can only make people angrier. russian strikes have re ortedl people angrier. russian strikes have reportedly destroyed _ people angrier. russian strikes have reportedly destroyed a _ people angrier. russian strikes have reportedly destroyed a third - people angrier. russian strikes have reportedly destroyed a third of - people angrier. russian strikes have reportedly destroyed a third of the l reportedly destroyed a third of the country's power stations this past month. they're not influencing the battlefield. but they're forcing places like this nursery to adapt. a new generators from poland becoming the latest toy. some of the children have learning

disabilities and blackouts can coincide with air—raids. translation: i think if they come today, they will be killing usjust because we are ukrainians. we will buy gas cylinders and generators, we will stand to the end.— will stand to the end. russia wants to lower ukraine's _ will stand to the end. russia wants to lower ukraine's morale - will stand to the end. russia wants to lower ukraine's morale ahead i will stand to the end. russia wants to lower ukraine's morale ahead of the long winter. but through all the cities we have been through, there is no one person who said i want the war to end because of the power cuts. they're being felt, but there is history at play. ukrainians have always faced threats to their existence. it is why survival is central to people's identities. under candle and phone light, there is always room for salsa. i’m under candle and phone light, there is always room for salsa.— is always room for salsa. i'm not auoin is always room for salsa. i'm not going trans _ is always room for salsa. i'm not going trans to — is always room for salsa. i'm not going trans to stop _ is always room for salsa. i'm not going trans to stop dancing - is always room for salsa. i'm not going trans to stop dancing saysj is always room for salsa. i'm not - going trans to stop dancing says the teacher, because _ going trans to stop dancing says the teacher, because it _ going trans to stop dancing says the teacher, because it really _

going trans to stop dancing says the teacher, because it really saves - going trans to stop dancing says the teacher, because it really saves us. | teacher, because it really saves us. there is nothing this war doesn't touch. or interrupt. regardless of where you are in ukraine. us political leaders have been hitting the campaign trail in the final hours before crucial midterm elections. the polls will determine who controls congress for the next two years and they'll almost certainly set the agenda for the next presidential contest in 2024. donald trump and joe biden have both been lending their weight to their chosen candidates' rallies over the weekend. our north america correspondent nada tawfik reports from the trump rally in miami. donald trump's name may not be on the ballot this election, but his agenda sure is. with the stage set for a republican sweep in florida, the former president sought to energise the crowd of his supporters in miami, and to urge them to vote

to repudiate democrat's policies. if you want to stop the destruction of our country and save the american dream, you don't hear too much about the american dream over the last two years, then this tuesday you must go out and vote republican in this giant red wave. his nearly 90 minute speech touched on familiar themes, including the border wall and the investigations against him. donald trump has been emboldened by the latest polls showing his party is likely to take one and perhaps both chambers of congress. once again, he teased his potential return. in order to make our country successful, safe and glorious, i will probably have to do it again, but stay tuned. donald trump hasn't announced he's running again, but his supporters are already preparing for it. in the meantime, the upcoming midterm elections have certainly heightened the feeling

that they are in a battle i'm voting for conservative voices that are pro—god, pro—country, pro—family, pro—life. i'm a father and i want my daughter to be raised - but also donald trump's status if he goes after the presidency once more. nada tawfik, bbc news, miami. researchers in britain say blood grown in a laboratory has been given to people for the first time. the blood was developed from harvested stem cells which are grown and encouraged to form red—blood cells. if the tests are successful, researchers hope to be able to use the technology to make very rare blood groups, which is vital

for people who need regular transfusions. one of the uk's best—known comedians, peter kay, has announced his first stand—up tour in more than a decade. the 49—year—old has been out of the spotlight for much of the last four years — after he cancelled a string of shows in 2017 due to "unforeseen family circumstances". announcing the new tour last night, he said it was good to get back to what he loves doing best. now the weather. for many parts of the uk there — now the weather. for many parts of the uk there was _ now the weather. for many parts of the uk there was no _ now the weather. for many parts of the uk there was no shortage - now the weather. for many parts of the uk there was no shortage of - now the weather. for many parts of| the uk there was no shortage of rain over the weekend and there is more to come through the rest of today and into tonight. accompanied by some squally gusty winds. we can see the reason on the satellite. this stripe of cloud with a clear back edge, a sign that we have an active system that will bring a burst of very heavy rain and very squally winds as it works eastwards today into tonight. this cold front will

bring that spell of turbulent weather. the rest of today will bring some rain here and there. a fair amount bring some rain here and there. a fairamount of bring some rain here and there. a fair amount of cloud. the cloud breaking at times. temperatures between 12 and 15 degrees. but here is that active system, that cold front, swinging in through the evening to northern ireland, wales and south—west england especially. a short, sharp burst of heavy rain, accompanied by gusty winds, gusts up to 70mph. some rough seas as well. there could be some big waves crashing into our coastline. the rain continues to journey north and east through the rest of the night. some showers following behind and a relatively mild night at 7 to 13 degrees. this front will clear tomorrow, lingering for a time in shetland. they have wen a mixture of sunshine and showers. some of showers will be heavy and thundery. still windy, still some rough seas

around the coastlines and temperatures again 11 to 15. that is a touch above the norm. into wednesday, another sunshine and showers day, as the day wares on, the showers will becoming fewer and further. temperatures 12 to 15 degrees. breezy. to the end of the week we will see this system moving through, it is a warm front. we will see some rain continuing into the north—west corner. but this will leave us in a wedge of very warm air and so temperatures for the end of the week are going to be unusually high for november. we are looking at day time highs of 17, rain in the north west, sunshine further south—east.

a stark warning from the head of the un. as world leaders gather in egypt, antonio gutterres says progress on cutting emissions since last year's summit has been woefully inadequate: that 1.5 degree goal is on life support and the machines are rattling. we are getting dangerously close to the point of no return. we'll find out what the prospects are of progress in combatting emissions, live from egypt. also this lunchtime: the growing political row about gavin williamson and his expletive—laden text messages. number 10 says the prime minister retains full confidence in the minister.