this is bbc news, i'mjane hill, the headlines at five o'clock. as world leaders gather at the cop climate summit in egypt, the head of the un says progress on cutting emissions since last year's meeting has been woefully inadequate. 1.5 degrees goal is on life support and the machines are leaking. we're getting dangerously close to the point of no return. the growing political row about gavin williamson and his expletive laden text messages sent to a colleague, the prime minister describes the language used as "unacceptable". there's a rise in the number of children needing help with speech, particularly among those

who started school after the first covid lockdown. 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. the head of the united nations has warned the cop27 climate conference in egypt that nations must co—operate in the effort to reduce global emissions — or perish. antonio guterres decribed the progress made since last year's gathering in glasgow as woeful. the prime minister, rishi sunak, is expected to warn world leaders

later that it's essential that countries stick to the commitments made then — to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees celsius above pre—industrial levels. our climate editorjustin rowlatt reports from the conference. the world leaders swept into the conference centre in the egyptian desert this morning. among them the british prime minister, rishi sunak. there was a formal handshake with the un chief, all 120 world leaders at the talks get one. some of the most fraught discussions in the three decade history of these climate summits have begun. fraught because the egyptians say this conference is all about delivering on the promises made at glasgow last year. what that really means is coming up with cash to help the developing world tackle climate change. we are in a political environment that is still suffering from the war, from distrust and from the political environment that not is helpful to international corporations.

at the same time i'm seeing the opportunity. the world is way off course and according to the un, we almost need to halve emissions by 2030. at the moment, they are still rising. we are on track for warming of almost three celsius, a catastrophe for humanity, according to the un. the clock is ticking. we are in the fight of our lives and we are losing. greenhouse gas emissions keep growing, global temperatures keep rising and our planet is fast approaching tipping points that will make climate chaos irreversible. and the leaders of the biggest emitting countries are not here. chinese, indian, russian and indonesian leaders are not coming at all. president biden will be coming, but not until friday. will that affect the outcome?

the secretary—general has been clear for a number of years that heads of states need to come. but with relationships as difficult as they are and countries have made commitments. all of these countries have net zero commitments by 2050. for the head of states to not come, maybe this is the year they can get away with it. these talks are going to be difficult, but bizarre as this gathering in the desert is, it is the best hope the world has our progress on the climate issue. just to flag, we are waiting to hear from the prime minister rishi sunak was due to address delegates there really, anytime we understand that things are running a little bit behind schedule so we're just keeping an eye out for that succession of politicians and others addressing the delegates and we are keeping an eye out and running a little bit behind but when we do see

rishi sunak stand up to give his address, we will be straight back there for that. but the delay is useful because it gives us a chance now but the delay is useful because it gives us a 110w we can speak now to rosalind skillen who is a youth delegate at the climate conference in sharm el—sheikh. we have heard that of the human say that progress in glasgow has been woeful. what do you make of that? yes, i think the human secretary general spoke with force in everything he said is really true and he physic were almost building back on climate commitments in some cases. the science is not changing, it is getting worse and likely set, we have to have emissions by 2030 and it doesn't look like their commitments on track to be this and so, feel different and cop 27 and

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price for inaction? yes, i think that they _ price for inaction? yes, i think that they do — price for inaction? yes, i think that they do not _ price for inaction? yes, i think that they do not cut _ price for inaction? yes, i think that they do not cut through i price for inaction? yes, i think. that they do not cut through the same extent that they should and the society has been limited in some way and so, we do have cop 27, the first ever and that's really for children and young people to come together and young people to come together and talk about the issues and topics are important to them but i don't think it'sjust about are important to them but i don't think it's just about the government or the multilateral organisations but also the voice of the private sector and lobbyists behind that and i think this is an influence there as well and what i would really like to see is more generational dialogue. to see is more generational dialogue-— to see is more generational dialouue. ,, ., dialogue. so, you feel even in an event such _ dialogue. so, you feel even in an event such as _ dialogue. so, you feel even in an event such as that _ dialogue. so, you feel even in an event such as that one, - dialogue. so, you feel even in an event such as that one, there - dialogue. so, you feel even in an event such as that one, there is. dialogue. so, you feel even in an i event such as that one, there is not enough of that? should be listened to more, frankly?— to more, frankly? yes, i think it is to more, frankly? yes, i think it is to be more — to more, frankly? yes, i think it is to be more reciprocity _ to more, frankly? yes, i think it is to be more reciprocity and - to more, frankly? yes, i think it is to be more reciprocity and more . to be more reciprocity and more young people having a conversation in the arena and policymakers, i think being able to create policy

recommendations from this perspective presents them to get feedback and things like that would be really helpful and just to have more reciprocal conversations to take the day look forward because it is like in some ways, it remains a very exclusive and for the voices of young people, it often raises levels of pushing people towards this and so, it is very important that we have this policymaking and will be taken more seriously. we have this policymaking and will be taken more seriously.— taken more seriously. we talked about the clarity _ taken more seriously. we talked about the clarity at _ taken more seriously. we talked about the clarity at the - taken more seriously. we talked about the clarity at the head - taken more seriously. we talked about the clarity at the head of l taken more seriously. we talked i about the clarity at the head of the un spoke with and is not usually frustrating for you that you set through all of these panels and give all of these opinions and ideas back and glasgow and that it seemed to move on. what does that do for someone was campaigning like you? yes, usually frustrating and in some ways, you are not left with other options, failure is not an option and no one can afford to give up and

so, we have to keep up the momentum you need to take care of ourselves we just need to keep the pressure on and failure is not an option. we we just need to keep the pressure on and failure is not an option.— and failure is not an option. we are waitin: to and failure is not an option. we are waiting to hear _ and failure is not an option. we are waiting to hear from _ and failure is not an option. we are waiting to hear from the _ and failure is not an option. we are waiting to hear from the prime - waiting to hearfrom the prime minister, rishi sunak is waiting to speak there quite soon diligently to hearfrom him, to give you some confidence that world leaders are taking this on board? yes. confidence that world leaders are taking this on board?— confidence that world leaders are taking this on board? yes, i would like to hear— taking this on board? yes, i would like to hear from _ taking this on board? yes, i would like to hear from the _ taking this on board? yes, i would like to hear from the prime - taking this on board? yes, i would i like to hear from the prime minister like to hearfrom the prime minister and not only demonstrating claimant leadership, but also taking climate responsibility in the sense that this is taking place in egypt and so, the issues on the agenda are a lot more about climate finance and uk and ireland as backing up on this and things disproportionately affected by climate process and historic commissions the two prayer phrase, i think i want to see more

globaljustice, more solidarity and pakistan are leaving on the damage of reparations and as of the un secretaries speaking it's really important topic and i think the rishi sunak should engage with that and yes, really move the conversation forward on climate finance and loss and damage. let’s finance and loss and damage. let's see whether _ finance and loss and damage. let's see whether indeed _ finance and loss and damage. let's see whether indeed he _ finance and loss and damage. let's see whether indeed he does address those points and it's really good to talk to you. we'll be talking again and that is rosalind who is a youth delegate at that conference. laying out some little things that you would like to hear spoken about at the conference.

as that conference gets under way, climate change activists here brought england's busiest motorway to a standstill this morning. six police forces were involved in an operation to clear protestors from the m25. in total , 23 people were arrested . in total, 23 people were arrested. 19 were detained on gantries or trying to get on motorway gantries. some had locked or glued themselves to the structures. the m25 is now clear. people across the us will vote tomorrow in decisive elections, the midterms. currently the democrats have a majority in both houses of congress — the senate and house of representatives — but if the republicans take control of one, then president biden will find it difficult to get his plans approved into law. so these polls will ultimately shape the agenda for the next presidential contest in 202a. here's christian fraser to explain more from washington. a mid—term election is a barometer of the national mood. it is a verdict on the president's performance thus far and the results

of a mid—term election will dictate whatjoe biden can achieve with the rest of his term. of 596 republicans running for state—wide or federal office, 307 have raised doubts about the validity or integrity of the 2020 election. and one of them is carrie lake, who is running for governor of arizona, against the secretary of state currently in charge of elections, katie hobbs. another is doug mastriano, running for governor in pennsylvania against the democrat in pennsylvania, josh shapiro. he was a trump pick who told voters that if he wins he would choose a secretary of state with the power to make corrections to elections. this time, more than ever before, state elections will matter, because if these election deniers win governor or secretary of state positions, they will be empowered to decide the fate of the election in 202a.

barbara plett usher is our correspondence and i spoke 0ur correspondent barbara plett—usher is in washington for us. quite often midterms will be talked about is crucial, but how can we describe them, almost referendum on the first two years of someone's presidency. the first two years of someone's presidency-— the first two years of someone's presidency. midterms are usually seen as a reflection _ presidency. midterms are usually seen as a reflection is _ presidency. midterms are usually seen as a reflection is the - presidency. midterms are usually seen as a reflection is the track. seen as a reflection is the track record but the fact of being focused on so much this year is because there's a strong chance that the republicans could take over both houses of congress and almost certainly the house of representatives moving in the direction in the senate although the races are closer there. and that would mean the president biden would have challenges to curing his agenda in the next two years not only

domestic issues such as inflation and his responses to that, and international issues because the republicans of suggested they would stop aid to ukraine and as they suggested, that they have so many republican candidates who have questions of the fluidity of the election and some them to be quite high positions in the state structure and the ones who handle the results of elections so they have an impact on 2024 and so, it does feel it is quite a bit at stake in this midterm election and more in the midterm election and referendum of a president's track record. big of a president's track record. big of an issue _ of a president's track record. big of an issue is roe v wade and the issue of abortion rights? how much issue of abortion rights? how much is that played out during the course of the campaigning? i5 is that played out during the course of the campaigning?— of the campaigning? is quite issue riaht after of the campaigning? is quite issue right after the _ of the campaigning? is quite issue

right after the decision _ of the campaigning? is quite issue right after the decision was - of the campaigning? is quite issue right after the decision was made, there's a backlash against and the democrats believe that they might be able to write that with the position give them a boost at the polls. but that has died down a little bit and it's not a stronger factor as it was me look at opinion polls carried out in the economy which is always a concern in these elections is reasserted itself is very much the top issue. inflation, gas prices and so on. in the opinion polls show that the republicans pull better. there's still a hope among the democrats they could gain some words of the abortion issue especially among suburban women especially among suburban women especially among that electorate. but that will make much difference is they originally thought.— make much difference is they originally thought. capitol hill. full coverage _ originally thought. capitol hill. full coverage of _ originally thought. capitol hill. full coverage of all _ originally thought. capitol hill. full coverage of all the - originally thought. capitol hill. full coverage of all the results| full coverage of all the results here on bbc news.

the head of the un says progress on cutting emissions since last years meeting has been woefully inadequate. the growing political row about kevin williamson and his expletive laden text messages a colleague. the prime minister has described the language used is unacceptable. and there has been a rise in the number of children needing help with speech and language. particularly among those who started school after the first covid—19 lockdown. we are waiting to hear from the prime minister in egypt but still

dominating really, they're still big problems and questions for rishi sunak even for those who are over there in egypt, is pressure following his appointment of the cabinet office minister who sent those expletive laden text messages to a senior conservative in speaking to a senior conservative in speaking to our political editor, chris mason, rishi sunak is describe those messages is unacceptable. yes, there's an independent investigation process that is happening and i want to see the results of that, obviously. i'm very clear that this language is not right, unacceptable and the fact that kevin williamson has expressed regret about them we will see with the investigation says. if it regret about them we will see with the investigation says.— the investigation says. if it is unacceptable _ the investigation says. if it is unacceptable that _ the investigation says. if it is unacceptable that while - the investigation says. if it is unacceptable that while you | the investigation says. if it is - unacceptable that while you keep him as a minister? has unacceptable that while you keep him as a minister?— as a minister? as an independent compliance _ as a minister? as an independent compliance process _ as a minister? as an independent

compliance process being - as a minister? as an independent i compliance process being conducted at the moment, we'll be right to let the process completed before making any decisions about the future. let's get more from damien following this at westminster because how difficult is it, damien that there's a prime minister who was in egypt and meant to be talking about climate change and omissions still being asked about kevin williamson? most of his interview there with chris mason was not about climate change at all and the issues you think you want to be trumpeting on that stage but was all about his domestic political choices and who he has appointed to his cabinet and gavin williamson and the like in the issue of the migrant crossing the channel as well, asylum—seekers there. i think, channel as well, asylum—seekers there. ithink, troubling issues channel as well, asylum—seekers there. i think, troubling issues and problems are following and he has not been able to escape those and interesting there are the comments

about gavin williamson he corrected himself and started saying there had been, there was an independent investigation, but he said, when he repeated, a process, there is simply a complaint that is been made to the conservative party which is considering the text messages that kevin williamson said in deciding whether or not to have a full investigation into it. it i reach that stage yet and it raises questions about how serious the party will take place and also, it's not independent, think it's worth saying too. it is a party process and rishi sunak assessing questions about his ownjudgment in and rishi sunak assessing questions about his own judgment in the labour party —— labour party says this is going back to hisjudgment party —— labour party says this is going back to his judgment as party —— labour party says this is going back to hisjudgment as prime minister, who he has appointed to his cabinet knowing that there was a complaint even though downing street says, he did not know if there's a question of should he have.

investigation process, but if you'll call it, has the potential to run on for a period of time and that drags it out and all of this at a time when you touched on it and the issue of both crossings is being discussed as well. —— boat. that of both crossings is being discussed as well. -- boat.— as well. -- boat. that being discussed — as well. -- boat. that being discussed as _ as well. -- boat. that being discussed as well _ as well. -- boat. that being discussed as well and - as well. -- boat. that being discussed as well and we i as well. -- boat. that being i discussed as well and we have as well. -- boat. that being - discussed as well and we have seen just this afternoon in the house of commons, having to answer urgent questions on that about the questions on that about the questions of the processing centre and he said this afternoon in the week or so since the serious overcrowding problem was revealed in the fact that the government had been holding people, keeping people therefore i think 30 plus days in some cases, he told the comments that it was clear that the law stated the government could only keep people there for 24 hours if it

then, if it feels than releasing people who might be destitute, and at a duty to provide care for them and so, in a week or so, more than 2000 people, 2300 and been moved out and so the numbers are back down to what the place is designed to hold and he said many of them had to be put into hotels and there is nothing the government wants to continue long term but said that he wanted them to get back to a situation with a laws are being broken, implying that perhaps it had been. interesting. thank you very much for now. damien. thank you. 21 minutes past five. all captive birds in england — including free range poultry — 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 and a half million birds have died or been culled. the risk to people from the virus is said to be very low.

blood grown in a laboratory has been given to people, in a world—first clinical trial. research teams from bristol, cambridge, london and nhs blood & transplant are testing tiny quantities, equivalent to a couple of spoonfuls, to see how it reacts inside the body. as our health correspondent catherine burns reports, researchers used stem cells from donated blood. 5,000 people do this every day in england, but for patients with rare blood types there might only be one or two people who can donate to them. researchers hope to change that. we are really excited because this is the first time we have been able to grow enough red cells from stem cells in laboratory to transfers them into healthy volunteers. we really think this is going to be a possible way of making red cells in the future for patients who we currently find it really difficult to find much blood for. it starts with a normal donation. stem cells are isolated

from the rest of the blood and put into a special solution for around three weeks. this encourages the cells to multiply and to develop into red blood cells. these big containers have about 24 litres of solution and they will become about one or two teaspoons of red blood cells. so far that has been injected into two healthy volunteers. it is a complex process, trying to recreate something our bodies do far more efficiently than any lab can right now, but scientists want to see if the lab grown cells have some advantages over nature. this donated blood will contain millions and millions of red blood cells. some of them will be fresh and at the start of their life cycle, others will be older and near the end of theirs, and researchers hope that the lab grown cells will all be able to survive in the body for longer. the hope is that people who need regular transfusions will then not need them so often. this will help patients with conditions like sickle cell,

disorders that affect red blood cells. it would mean a lot having to not have so many blood transfusions and also i would not have the impact of the side effects from the blood transfusions that i have now. i do get allergic reactions. all this comes during a blood shortage in england. this is not a solution to that problem. this trial is the first step of a long process, and even if everything works out we will still rely on hundreds of thousands of donors giving their time and their blood. catherine burns, bbc news. the number of children who need help with their speech and language has risen — particularly for those who began school after the first covid lockdown. the bbc�*s shared data unit found there are 10% more children in year one in england who've needed extra help over the last year. nhs waiting lists are also at their highest ever for speech and language therapists. here's our education reporter vanessa clarke.

i'mjamie and i like cats. my name's kendall and i like watching telly. a vital skill for life, communication. for this group of children at northwood community primary in knowsley, this is an important catch—up session in the school's specialist language hub. experts say repeated lockdowns had a serious impact on children's�* speech. children being at home and not being exposed to good language role models and not being able to interact in school, you know, and have those conversations and that reciprocal flow, i think that's had a massive effect. for seven—year—olds lewis, online learning and a lack of socialising with friends ended in frustration. have a good day, babes. you couldn't hold a full conversation with lewis. he'd point for a cup because he was too nervous to tell me what he wanted in case i didn't understand. there has been a 10% increase in children needing help with language skills, particularly for five

and six—year—olds. for lewis, help by trained staff has made a huge difference. i can hold a conversation with lewis now. the school and the hope, i could never ever repay them for what they've done for lewis. he's such better boy. he's such a better boy. this issue does notjust affect children who are directly impacted by the pandemic, but those coming after. there are significant waits for community care services, particularly for speech and language therapy. 65,500 children are currently on the waiting list and that figure is rising. in scarborough, three—year—old seamus has been on the list for a year. his mum has been teaching him sign language. we feel like if he'd been seen sooner we would have been able to work on things a lot easier. now i feel that he's sort of fallen behind again. and even though he's coming on so well, he's going to really struggle when he goes to preschool,

when he starts school because he's not had this catch—up time that would have made such a difference and might even have brought him up to where children of his age are. the government says it is investing in training for early years professionals and is committed to putting students' education back on track after the pandemic. seamus' family are hoping he won't have to wait too much longer to get the help he needs. vanessa clarke, bbc news, scarborough. reminded the most train companies are running reduced services even though three days of strikes by the union, including one scheduled for todayis union, including one scheduled for today is been cancelled. the strikes are called off on friday but i was too late for many services to be reinstated. some services this wednesday are also likely to be disrupted. much more to come in the next half an hour but we will pause

and take a look at the weather prospects and they come from been rich. good evening to you. things start to turn a little bit turbulent out there for some of us and very wet and very blustery weather to come during tonight and the sea is already quite rough for this weather watcher in cornwall in this been a bit of patchy rain around through the day and some rain quite persistent across cyprus and scotland and out towards the west as his band of rain here that is going to swing its way in and some very bright green and yellow indicating some intense downpours and thunder and lightning and maybe some hail and lightning and maybe some hail and some gusty winds with 50 or 60 or maybe even 70 mph, some really rough seas as well. that could give rise to some coastal flooding in the sweat and blustery weather tends to weaken as it pushes northeastward through to stay and that substrate tomorrow morning and quite mild with the sunday in showers and some of

the sunday in showers and some of the showers quite thundering and still pretty windy as well. not as many showers on wednesday as we head towards the end of the week, things are set to turn quite a lot milder and because the temperatures as high as 16 or 17 degrees.

hello this is bbc news. i'm jane hill. the headlines. as world leaders gather at the cop climate summit in egypt — the head of the un says progress on cutting emissions since last year's meeting 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. the growing political row about gavin williamson and his expletive laden text

messages sent to a colleague — the prime minister describes the language used as "unacceptable". my my name is kendal and i like watching talley. there's a rise in the number of children needing help with speech — particularly among those who started school after the first covid lockdown. 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. just a reminder we're waiting for rishi sunak do to address the climate summit in egypt shortly. we will go back and hear that. right now we will catch up on all the latest sports news. liverpool have drawn holders real madrid in the last 16 of the champions league in a repeat of last season's final. it's the fourth time in six seasons that the sides

will have met in the competition. premier league champions manchester city face german side rb leipzig, while tottenham play italian giants ac milan. chelsea also have german opposition in borussia dortmund. another huge tie — has paris st germain up against bayern munich. the first legs of those ties will be played in february next year. in the europa league knockout round play—offs, manchester united have been drawn against barcelona. this stage of the competition sees the eight runners—up from their europa league groups, playing the eight teams who were third in their champions league group. everything is been called up against japan and norway later this week. the defender willjoin the 24 player group to which aren't due to injury. they both gone back to their respective clubs for treatment. they will travel to spain to continue

their preparations for next years world cup. i their preparations for next years world cup-— their preparations for next years world cu-. �* , . ., world cup. i wasn't expecting going to united and _ world cup. i wasn't expecting going to united and have _ world cup. i wasn't expecting going to united and have such _ world cup. i wasn't expecting going to united and have such a _ to united and have such a good start. 0bviously to united and have such a good start. obviously to get the call up is pretty crazy. i've not much time to sit back and think about it for them it's kind of wanting to the next. some managers might not feel ralph to put the youth in. i was so lucky and she trusted me and play be from a really young age. it's really nice for her to trust the youth. it's our duty to show her what we're about. this after the exact essay, the austrian was dismissed after yesterday's 4—1 defeat to newcastle. it is the club served bottom in the table, just 12 points after 14 games this season and just one win from last nine.

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. the action is at the rugby league world cup with both scotland and wales in action. you can follow it right now on the red button. scotland up against the world champions france right now for top of group b. a commanding lead for them, 38—6 so far in the first half of the first half. scotland lost their opener and later wales will take on the usa. we will see how their progress goes. remember you can say right up to date with all the latest sports news on the bbc sport website. ali foster will hear with sports day but that is it from me.

thank you, sarah. we can return to politics, climate change all the issues dominating today. rishi sunak issues dominating today. rishi sunak is in egypt for that climate conference for cop 27. still hasn't started his speech to the delicate so we will bring you that as soon as that gets underway. a number of domestic issues are dominating the headlines as well. including the appointment of sir galvin williamson and conditions as a migrant centre in kent. as we been reflected, rishi sunak has been talking while in egypt to our political editor chris mason about lots of those key issues. he did start talking about climate change. he did start talking about climate change. let's talk about the £6 billion climate fund in the uk that was meant to run from 2021 to 2026. will it be delivered in full and in the timeframe?

it's great to be here at cop to build on the legacy of glasgow but also continue the leadership our country has shown in tackling climate change. of course this is about the future and the planet we leave our children but it's also about the here and now. at home, many people are grappling with high energy bills as a result of the illegal war in ukraine which highlights the need to improve our energy security and transition juice cheaper, safer, cleanerforms of energy, but i've also had the to world leaders, including president macron, about all the different ways we can work together, including tackling illegal migration. i will come to than a second, but on the specifics of the climate fund, the money and time frame, are you committed to what was set out before? we remain committed to the 11.6 billion we announced. and the timeframe? and we are seeing the benefit that can bring to countries around the world as we help countries like kenya transition to net zero

but also bring exciting opportunities for british companies and involving the private sector, which is the right thing to do but also help those countries transition to a cleaner future and creating jobs in the process. i know you are not committing to the timeframe, and if it's a longer time frame, that is a delusion. the plan to do this for five years and the pace would always be depended on products being available at the right time but we remained committed to the plans i will make it clear in my statement later today. you just mentioned you met the president of france. what are you going to do in specific terms about the people crossing the channel in small boats? it was great to meet president macron to talk about illegal migration but the other areas in which you want to co—operate closely with the french, but this is an issue that affects many countries and i've been talking to other european leaders as well about our shared challenge in tackling illegal migration and i think there is an opportunity for us to work closely not just with the french but other countries as well.

you will hear more details about that in the coming weeks as those conversations happen amongst our teams, but we are leaving this with renewed confidence and optimism that working together with our european partners means we can make a difference and grip this challenge of illegal migration and stop people coming illegally. buy when and by what order of magnitude question on how soon will things improve and how soon will fewer people be attempting these perilous we want the situation to resolve itself as quickly as possible and it is a complex issue. it is not one simple solution that will solve it overnight and i wouldn't be being honest if i said there was. there's a range of things we need to do but i want people to be reassured that i am determined to grip this and have spent an enormous amount of my own time on it and have spoken to several european leaders about it today and there is a range of things we will action as quickly as we can to get a grip of the situation and reduce the amount of illegal

migration we are seeing. you say you want to be honest, but is not the honest truth that your home secretary, the person you chose to appointjust six days after she resigned from post, has made the situation worse, made it worse at manston where plenty of people, according to some, have been held unlawfully. the home secretary is at the moment making sure that we reduce the numbers at manston and we are making very good progress on that and we want to return it to the operation to where we would like to see it, but in the long term, to make sure we don't have a situation like we saw at manston happening again we need to reduce the number that will require the home secretary and others to work constructively with partners around europe to stop people coming in the first place and there is a range of things we need to do to make it a reality and that is what the home secretary is focused on what i am focused on as well. you appointed a minister who was abused that out on his conversations via text with a click.

there is an independent complaints investigation happening , does that amount to bullying question that there is an independent complaints investigation happening. there is an independent complaints process happening and i want to see the results happening but i've been clear that the language is not right and not acceptable and that is why i welcome the fact that gavin williamson has expressed regret about that and we will now wait to see what the investigation says. if it's not acceptable, why are you keeping him as a minister? there is an independent complaints process be conducted at the moment and it would be right to let the process conclude before making any decisions about the future. let me ask you about the case of the british citizen who is on hunger strike, and now on water strike in jail. you promised to raise this with the egyptian authorities here. have you managed to do that and to what effect? i am hoping to see the president later today and i will of course raise this issue. it is something that notjust the uk but many countries want to see resolved.

let me ask you about matt hancock. former cabinet colleague, now eating goodness knows what in the australian outback. one of your fellow conservative mps. your view on what he is doing? i've said already that i think it was a disappointing decision he made to participate in the programme at this time and i very much support the decision that the chief whip has taken to suspend the conservative whip from matt hancock. so he's no longer a conservative mp. will he get it back? the whipping matters are questions for the chief whip but i've been clear i was disappointed with the decision he made on those lots must be getting on with at this time and that is what i think people should be focused on. borisjohnson has said he is he in a purely supportive role. how would you describe it? it is great that former prime minister is here. really? it says something great about the uk that not only we have the current prime minister and a former prime minister and it demonstrates our leadership on this issue globally and boris was a stalwart champion of building

a greenerfuture and deserves enormous credit and praise for that. and as i said, its enormous credit to the uk that we have notjust one but a former prime minister and that is the uk leading on tackling climate change, something we should be proud of. prime minister talking to our political editor. you will gather how many issues are in his injury from the sheer range of questions there. not all that by any stretch was about climate change, was a? we will be talking more about all those elements over the course of the day, as you would expect. we're going to focus right now on the climate issue. he was in sharm el—sheikh, he issue. he was in sharm el—sheikh, he is at that summit. we've had very strong words at the start of today's session from the secretary—general of the united nations, very strong words about progress and how progress from the last cop in glascow has been woeful, that is the

word that was used up let's discuss all of this and what could possibly be achieved. he is from the energy and climate intelligence unit. well we can speak now to gareth redmond—king. i thought it was really interesting listening to a tiny is at the start of the day. was he accurate to point out everything he did, do you think? absolutely. what he said we have known for very long time. we have known for very long time. we have known the choice that's facing humanity is to act this or to face ever worsening climate impacts and eventually parts of the planet becoming unlivable. we've known for a long time. it comes to exact become starker this year because we're seeing much worse climate impacts this year. we saw a third of pakistan under water. we see record temperatures in almost all parts of

the world, including in the uk. the other reason it is become starker this year is the world to become a much more dangerous place for lots of other reasons. we've got russia's war against ukraine, food crisis, energy crisis and the fact is that all of these crises are linked. a lot of people refer to it as a poly crisis it's good that 70 leaders are here in sharm el—sheikh because actually, the solutions to the climate crisis that leaders will be talking about here are the solutions to all of those other crises as well put up to bring down the cost of energy, cutting off theirfunding for put war machine and for securing our food future. that for put war machine and for securing our food future.— our food future. that all makes sense. our food future. that all makes sense- iout _ our food future. that all makes sense. but is _ our food future. that all makes sense. but is it _ our food future. that all makes sense. but is it can _ our food future. that all makes sense. but is it can happen? if| sense. but is it can happen? if antonio guterres says nothing has been achieved since glascow, what can happen there where you are over the next few days that will galvanise an actual happen? there is

a law that happens _ galvanise an actual happen? there is a law that happens outside _ galvanise an actual happen? there is a law that happens outside of - galvanise an actual happen? there is a law that happens outside of the - a law that happens outside of the cop's. because of the decisions made here and the paris agreements in 2015 started a real momentum on climate action. the glascow actually propelled forward further and actually we're seeing stuff happening out there in the real world that isn't necessarily reflected in the target. we've not had new target yet this year from the european union, the united states or china. that's three of the worlds biggest emitters. but what we see in all three of those big emitting economies is huge momentum on climate solution. you got the us committing half $1 trillion to climate action. you got china building, the offshore wind they built in 2021 was the equivalent to the amount that was held in the whole world in the previous five years. that is renewables at a

phenomenal rate. ironically, vladimir putin and cutting off gas to europe, putin is 71 for climate action but ironically he is speeding up action but ironically he is speeding up the push to net zero as they raced to get off russian gas. and turbo—charge their renewables was of a lot of very good things happening out there in the real world driven ljy out there in the real world driven by markets, driven by sensible decisions like governments to choose cheaper energy technologies rather than fossil fuels. there are some big issues that need to be resolved here. in the most important one facing leaders of the next couple of weeks is the support to developing countries, to climate vulnerable countries, to climate vulnerable countries who can least afford these devastating impacts.— later this week, union leaders are expected to announce the biggest—ever nurses strike

in the uk, amid a dispute over pay. ahead of the likely walk—out, by members of the royal college of nursing, our health reporter laura foster has been talking to workers who've voted for and against the action. exhausted. 0verworked, saddened. geraldine and diane's feelings about theirjobs are different from when they started seven years ago. they have both voted in favour of striking. to be available to avoid things in family life i do extra shift on the weekend. i work full—time in the week and i gave up my weekends and i don't get to see my son. i love being a nurse, i love what to do, but it financially i am being impacted, everything else will fall apart. i have dreams, i have aspirations.

i don't want to wince and 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 work in the uk. that is about £33,000. but the starting salary for a ban five nurses closer to £27,000. karen uses tick—tock to help people understand wages. apologies to leave the piece on nursing and the strike that will be and also that we will go back to egypt. the prime minister at the podium to address the council. there is always room for hope. i believe we found room for hope in glascow. with one last chance to create a plan to temperature rises to one part 5 degrees. we made the promises to keep that goal within

reach. and the question today is this, can we summon the collective will to deliver them? i believe we can. when we began our cop presidencyjust one third of the global economy was signed up to net zero. today it is 90%. and for our part, the uk, which was the first major economy in the world to legislate for net zero will fulfil our ambitious commitment to reduce emissions by at least 68% by 2030. and because there is no solution to climate change without protecting and restoring nature, and glascow more than 140 countries, which are home to over 90% of the worlds forests made an historic promised to a halt and reverse forest loss and land degradation by the end of this

decade. and just this afternoon i co—hosted the first meeting of the forest and climate leaders partnership to ensure this is delivered. central to all our efforts is honouring our promise on climate finance. i know that for many finances are tough right now. the pandemic all but broke the global economy. and before coming here today i spent last week working on the difficult decisions needed to ensure confidence and economic stability in my own country. but i can tell you today that the united kingdom is delivering on our commitment of £11.6 billion. as part of this we will now triple our funding on adaptation to 15 £5 billion by 2025. let me tell you why. first, i profoundly believe it is the right thing to do. listen to

the prime minister of barbados as she describes the existential threat posed by the ravages of climate change. 0r look at the devastating floods in pakistan, where the area underwater is the same size as the entire united kingdom. when you see 33 million people displaced with disease rife and spreading through the water you know it is morally right to honour our promises. but it is also economically right to. climate security goes hand in hand with energy security. putin is abhorrent war in ukraine and rising energy prices across the world are not a reason to go slow on climate change. they are a reason to act faster postop because diversifying our energy supplies by investing in renewables is precisely the way to ensure ourselves against the risks of energy dependency. it is also a

fantastic source of newjobs and growth. in glasgow we began an approach globally using aid funding to unlock billions of pounds of private finance for the development of new green infrastructure. so instead of developing countries being unfairly burdened with the carbon debt of richer nations and somehow expected to forgo that same path to growth we're helping those countries deliver their own fast track to clean growth. in the uk is making further commitments to support this today, including by investing £65 million in a range of green investment projects in kenya and in egypt. i'd like to pay tribute to president for bringing us all together and to thank the uk's president of cop 26, alloc schommer for his inspiring work to deliver on

the paris agreement and glasgow climate pact. by ordering the promises we made in glascow and by directing public and private finance towards the protection of our planet we can turn our struggle against climate change into a global mission for newjobs and clean growth. and we can bequeath our children a greener planet and a more prosperous future. that's a legacy we could be proud of. as we come together once again in common cause today there really is room for hope. together let us fulfil it. thank you.- let us fulfil it. thank you. thank ou, let us fulfil it. thank you. thank you. your _ let us fulfil it. thank you. thank you, your excellency. _ let us fulfil it. thank you. thank you, your excellency. it - let us fulfil it. thank you. thank you, your excellency. it is - let us fulfil it. thank you. thank you, your excellency. it is my i you, your excellency. it is my pleasure _ you, your excellency. it is my pleasure to welcome his excellency

president _ pleasure to welcome his excellency president of armenia. your excellency, you have the floor. the prime minister _ excellency, you have the floor. tue: prime minister speaking excellency, you have the floor. tte: prime minister speaking with excellency, you have the floor. t"t2 prime minister speaking with some passion, talking about tripling the money for adaptation at 15 5 billion ljy money for adaptation at 15 5 billion by 2025. he said it is the right thing to do. we did expect some comments about finance from him but not as long a speech that we might perhaps have been expecting we will be on picking all of that with our political correspondents in our environment analyst later on. the time five to six on a busy evening for the tricky charming but we're going to see if we can squeeze it want more story for you here tonight away from that climate summit because there will be much more on that coming up on the six o'clock

news. we will talk a little bit about ukraine because president volodymyr zelensky said russia is preparing its forces for a large—scale attack on his countries infrastructure, focusing on the energy sector. ukraine's power supply has been cut by a third and people are being urged to reduce electricity use with a mother and four and half million people have experienced power cuts in the last month. i ukraine correspondentjames waterhouse has been to the centre of the country. that's one of the worst affected areas. in this dark, a torch acts as an ice breaker. light here is in short supply, and life is harder as a result. the zamorsky family only have electricity for a couple of hours at a time. some blackouts are planned and some aren't. 12 year—old illeana is under no

illusions as to what's behind them. translation: they think ukraine is weaker and will die soon - because of power outages and people will flee from here, making it easier for russia to take over ukraine. moscow is trying to pressurise places it can't reach. translation: everyone - understands it's not working. they can only make people angrier. explostions. russian strikes have 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 generatorfrom poland becoming the latest toy. some of these children have learning disabilities and blackouts often

coincide with air raid sirens. translation: i think if they come i today they will be killing us just l because we are ukrainians. we will buy gas cylinders, wood burning stoves, generators. we will be standing until the end. russia wants to lower ukraine's morale ahead of what will be a long winter. and yet, out of all the cities we've been through, there hasn't been one person who said, "i want the war to end tomorrow because of these power cuts". yes, they're being felt, but there's history at play. ukrainians have always faced threats to their existence. it's why survival is central to people's identities. there is nothing this war doesn't touch or interrupt... regardless of where you are in ukraine. james waterhouse, bbc news, kremenchuk.

much more coming up shortly in the six o'clock news for them you can keep up—to—date with everything at that climate summit throughout the evening here on the bbc news channel. right now it is time for the weather prospects from ben rich. hello we've got strong and gusty winds through tonight accompanied by a band of very heavy rain, perhaps with thunder and lightning mixing end. the culprits are very active weather fronts which you can see here, tracking its way eastward with those heavy bursts of rain, wind gusts of 50, it 70 mph. that wet and windy weather tending to weaken some what is towards the northeast to the early hours of tuesday for the players bells and showers following on bianca. that leads us into sunshine and showers day tomorrow, some showers will be heavy, could be thundery. they will be bowing quickly because the wind will still be quite a feature, dusting in excess of four hours per for the

temperature is just a touch bbee excess of four hours per for the temperature isjust a touch bbee hat above the average 11 to 15 degrees without those temperatures you have further to rise later in the week for that wednesday still sunshine and showers but maybe not quite as many showers and by thursday we could well be looking at highs of 17 degrees.

today at 6:00pm, the world is "on the highway to climate hell" — the grim warning from the head of the united nations. as leaders gather in egypt for the latest summit, humanity is told to "cooperate or perish" in the fight to save the future of the planet. the clock is ticking. we are in the fight of our lives and we are losing. the measures to combat climate change agreed last year have seen very little progress, but the uk says the goals are still in place. we remain committed to the 11.6 billion that we announced in the last year for international climate finance, and actually today, we are seeing the benefit that that can bring to countries around the world.

we'll have the latest from justin rowlatt at the summit,