this is bbc news — i'm lukwesa burak, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. climate talks are extended as nations argue over who should pay for the destruction caused by global warming. theranos boss, elizabeth holmes, is sentenced to more than 11 years for medical diagnosis fraud. qatar bans the sale of alcohol in world cup stadiums, just two days from kick—off. twitter closes its offices to staff until monday — the white house expresses concerns about user data. and "gross sabotage" — the verdict of the swedish prosecutors investigating the series of blasts that damaged the nordstream

pipelines in september. hello, and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. talks at the un climate summit in egypt hang in the balance after delegates were given an extra day to negotiate on funds for poorer countries being ravaged by the climate crisis. maldives — among those most affected by global warming — said the meeting was very close to a deal. however, a european union plan for a special fund for the most vulnerable nations hasn't got the backing of china and the us, who would be expected to contribute. our climate editor justin rowlatt is in sharm el—sheik. tropical storms in the caribbean. drought in kenya.

floods in pakistan. the science says these weather events are being made more severe by climate change. so, who should pay for the loss and damage they cause? that is the question here in egypt. vulnerability should not become a death sentence and that is what it is slowly becoming for countries that are in the frontline of climate impacts that we did very little to create. we did not create global warming. no media, sir, please. in these talks, developing countries have insisted on a dedicated fund for this loss and damage. developed countries said no, then late last night, the eu said it would agree, but there were conditions. we need to reduce the amount of damage by reducing emissions and putting that into the deal. we need a broader base of funding. we need other countries. saving the planet from disastrous consequences... the eu says it shouldn't only

be wealthy countries that pay and it's got a point. take a look at how the emissions of the world's biggest polluters has changed over the last four decades. china has overtaken the us to become the world's top polluter and, look at this, india is now in third position. but china and india have always said they are developing countries with huge populations and shouldn't have to contribute, so now there is a whole new set of issues under discussion. there is still a lot to be figured out. you've got over 200 countries trying to address multiple items at the same time and it's a difficultjob, as you can imagine. it's not easy. these talks were supposed to have ended this afternoon. it now looks like they will continue long into the night. justin rowlatt, bbc news, sharm el—sheik, egypt. rachel kyte is dean of the fletcher school, at tufts university, and a senior climate

change adviser to the un secretary—general, antonio guterres. she was recently at cop27 and told me the last—minute negotiations were nothing unusual. well, i think this is the 27th cop, and i think only six of them have finished on time. so unfortunately, it's somewhat predictable that they'd run over. but they've run over after quite a chaotic two weeks, and they're really sort of blocked, really, on fundamental issues, as your video showed. so this question of who pays, in what mechanism, and who benefits from financing for loss and damage is really at the nub of what's going on as we speak now. you said it's been chaotic — why? it's a difficult year to get everybody�*s attention on climate change, even though we're in the middle of a crisis. we've got geopolitical tensions, the us and china haven't really been talking

much of the year. i think egypt took a particular approach to the organisation and the treatment of civil society, and the press, etc, which added complications. and then, of course, the war in ukraine exacerbated spikes in fuel that's driven inflation. so the genuine erosion of trust between developing and developed countries has laid bare when we try to get down to difficult issues, of how we show solidarity with the most vulnerable. rachel, i wonder if we could take anything from this, what has been achieved at this cop? so in terms of the text, it's still not lost. they will work tomorrow — and i think it's important that the eu and the uk have facilitated that they've moved, there's now a realisation that loss and damage has to be paid for. there have been pledges of funding to come into

different mechanisms, and there's an offer on the table. i think the us has been criticised for being very good at saying what it doesn't want, and not being very good at saying what it does want. covid has its way through the us delegation, and nowjohn kerry is sick, so whether he can actually be on the floor for these final delegations is up in the air. i wonder if i could push on this — because everybody is lauding the fact that loss and damage is on the agenda, this is a huge advantage — but do you think that's where it'll stop? and it won't be until the next cop, or a couple of cops down the line, that loss and damage starts to deliver? is itjust getting in the text? no, it should be much more than getting it in the text, but the first fight two weeks ago was to get onto the agenda — we got it on the agenda, now the discussion is, is there an agreement on a facility now or next year, orjust an agreement on some kind of vague set of processes that will be followed? officially there has to be

a transfer of funds, and how that happens and what that's called is what they're arguing over right now. but there's been substantial progress on other forms of finance outside of loss and damage, and i think away from the negotiations, there's been lots of deals being done which i think is positive. she is a climate change adviser to the un secretary—general. the founder of theranos, elizabeth holmes has been sentenced to over 11 years in prison forfraud by a court in california. she was found guilty on four counts of conspiracy to defraud investors earlier in the year. holmes had claimed that her company had found a revolutionary way to use blood test data, but many of those claims were found to be false. our north america correspondent david willis has been following the case. well, elizabeth holmes, lukwesa, is a startup superstar — or at least she was.

her company theranos was once valued at more than $9 billion, but it came unstuck pretty quickly following a series of investigative articles by the wall streetjournal newspaper. now back injanuary of this year, elizabeth holmes was convicted on four separate counts — three of investor fraud, one of conspiracy. and she has just been sentenced to more than 11 years injail — that is less than prosecutors in this case had called for, they wanted to see her go to jail for 15 years or more. it is considerably more, however, than her defence team had asked for — they'd asked for 18 months of home confinement. now elizabeth holmes gave evidence to the sentencing hearing today, saying she was sorry for what had happened, that theranos was her life's work — or had been — and she said she was devastated by her failure, and she said,

"i tried to realise my dream too quickly. " it's an indication, i think, lukwesa, of how this case has grabbed the popular imagination, that the court in san francisco was full for this hearing, as indeed it was throughout the three—month trial of elizabeth holmes. that was david willis. let's get some of the day's other news. the us attorney general has appointed a former war crimes prosecutor as special counsel to handle investigations into donald trump. jack smith will rule on whether criminal charges should be filed against the former president relating to the removal of top—secret documents to his florida residence and to the january 6th capitol riots. it comes days after mr trump announced he planned to run for the white house again. mourners have poured onto the streets of the gaza strip for the funeral of 21 people

killed in a fire in an apartment block. at least eight of those who died were children. most of the dead were members of the same family. it's not yet clear what caused the blaze on the top floor of a residential building. manchester united say they are taking "appropriate steps" after cristiano ronaldo gave an interview in which he said he was "betrayed by the club". the portuguese forward said he had "no respect" for manager erik ten hag, and claimed he is being forced out of old trafford. ronaldo is now in qatar as portugal's captain in the world cup. talking of the world cup — because with just two days to go before the tournament starts in qatar, football's governing body fifa has banned the sale of alcohol to fans inside the stadiums. it's a last—minute u—turn on a deal signed with qatar 12 years ago. budweiser — which had signed

a multi—million dollar deal for rights to sell its beer at the matches — says there's nothing it can do about it. from qatar, here's our sports editor dan roan. the qatar world cup had already been shifted to winter. today, at the 11th hour, another unprecedented shift of the goalposts. budweiser, which paid £63 million to sponsor the world cup, tried to make light of the situation and this evening, fans already

here were unimpressed. 2a hours ago at a legacy event in doha, the man responsible we're ready, the team's ready, the operational team is ready, everything else is going on. we've always talked about football beyond the stadiums. the players are here, everybody�*s here, the excitement for the world cup is coming along. we've always talked about the world cup being a platform to bring people together, a platform to push forward progress for change and so on. this is what it is all about. but the u—turn today is just the latest controversy to hit an event that was meant to be the perfect advert for this immensely rich gulf state. suspicion marring the build—up ever since it was voted for 12 years ago by fifa, despite extreme summer heat and no footballing history. the hosts denying allegations of corruption. no matter how implausible it may seem to so many, the first world cup

in the middle east has arrived. just as doha has risen from the desert over the last 30 years, no less dramatic has been the way that a host of new stadia and huge amounts of infrastructure have been built for this ground—breaking world cup, one that the hosts hope will elevate the status of their country. is not reliable and recent reforms don't go far enough. today, a vocal critic of the tournament told me how he felt about being here. there is this kind of queasy feeling around it at the moment. there are significant issues around this world cup, obviously, with human rights issues, what's happened with the building well, i think it is tainted. and because of that and other

human rights issues. but current players have had their say, too, with england and wales among a number of teams who will wear armbands as part of a non—discrimination campaign in a country where being gay is illegal. i think any gay fans coming here would be safe, but sadly some of our fan groups, three lions pride, most of the members have decided not to come. that is their personal decision, but we have repeatedly asked for assurances that gay fans would be safe here, and we understand they will be. you have had the reassurances you need? right from the top of the country, yes. qatar wanted this world cup to cement its growing financial and diplomatic links with the west and it has been stung by some of the criticism. others, however, feel that football's showpiece is about to be used. rarely has the build—up to this event felt so divisive. you are watching bbc news,

a reminder of our headlines... cop27 talks have been extended for negotiations on the issue of compensation for poorer countries who have sustained loss or damage from global warming. elizabeth holmes, founder of theranos technology firm as been sentenced to more than 11 years injail for medicalfraud. the white house has urged twitter to explain how it's ensuring the safety of users data after mass resignations at the firm. employees have been told by email that they can't get into offices, and have had their badge access disabled until monday. twitter�*s new owner, elon musk, has told staff they must agree to work long hours at high intensity — or leave. james clayton reports from san francisco. 30 seconds left. 35 seconds. these employees are counting down the seconds before they leave twitter�*s

offices for good. i've been here nine years and nine months now. when elon musk bought twitter three weeks ago for £37 billion, he walked into the office holding a sink. "let that sink in," he quipped. since then, twitter has gone from crisis to crisis. more than 50% of twitter staff have already been sacked. for them, it's no laughing matter. he gave an ultimatum this week to remaining employees. either accept "extremely hardcore" working hours and conditions, or leave. many have had enough. one employee who quit told me... twitter is a hugely influential communications platform, used by global politicians and opinion—formers, with more than 200 million daily active users. staff working at twitter hq behind me have talked

of chaos, that entire teams have been disbanded. the offices have now been closed until next week. and with so few people now left at twitter, there are concerns that if the platform runs into problems, there is no—one left to fix them. one twitter investor, though, says it's too early to write off mr musk. this whole assumption that somehow everything is going to be worse is completely ridiculous, when twitter has been so mismanaged and so poorly run for so long. i think it's a little premature to justjudge elon is a failure when he's been there for three weeks. mr musk though, seems confident. he tweeted. .. he clearly thinks twitter needs radical change. but the world's richest person is showing both his risk—taking and his ruthlessness. james clayton, bbc news, san francisco. medical regulators in the us have approved what they are calling a "game—changing" drug

for people at high risk of type one diabetes. it's the first licensed medication which can delay the onset of the condition. our medical editor fergus walsh reports. diabetes charities say this is the biggest advance in the treatment of the condition since the discovery of insulin a century ago. type one diabetes develops when the immune system attacks and destroys cells in the pancreas which produce insulin — the hormone which manages blood sugar levels. the new drug, teplizumab, works by reprogramming the hostile immune cells to disrupt their attack on the pancreas. in trials, it delayed the onset of type one by about three years. in the uk, about 400,000 people have type one diabetes — 29,000 of those are children, and rates are rising sharply.

having type one diabetes means a lifetime of checking blood sugar levels and injecting insulin. it's a 24—7 condition and, unless well managed, can trigger a whole range of health problems. so having a treatment that delays its onset is a breakthrough, and should lead to even better treatments in years to come. this changes everything, because now if we can find people who are at risk of developing type one diabetes, we can treat them, and we can delay the onset of that condition and give them many years before they need intensive insulin therapy. he enjoyed everything about life. beth baldwin's son, peter, was just 13 when he died from a diabetic emergency. the condition had developed suddenly, and was undiagnosed. she now works to raise awareness of the early signs of type one, like extreme thirst, fatigue, and unexplained weight loss. we were in hospital for six days, and his body

just couldn't cope. it was too much for him. the onset of type one can be so quick, if you don't recognise it early enough. what happened to peter can happen to anyone, and we were just really unlucky. teplizumab is not yet licensed in the uk, but is going through rapid assess by medical regulators. finding those at risk of type one who could benefit will require screening, through blood tests, if this treatment is to be of maximum benefit. fergus walsh, bbc news. police in northern ireland say they are treating a bomb attack in strabane as the attempted murder of two officers. an explosive device caused damage to a patrol vehicle, shortly before 11pm last night. a security alert is continuing and the affected area has been cordoned off. they're built to bring gas from russia to western europe —

and now, investigators say a series of blasts on two underwater gas pipelines earlier this year, were the result of "serious sabotage". it comes at a time of tension between europe and russia over the war in ukraine — and during an energy crisis. russia denies any involvement. our europe editor katya adler has more. this is a new front line in russia's conflict against ukraine and the west. vladimir putin has warned energy infrastructure — how oil and gas travel from source to our homes — is at risk. this is why the west believes him. three explosions were detonated on major gas lines between russia and europe earlier this autumn. moscow denies responsibility. hello, good morning. we set off in search of answers, with exclusive access and the help

of underwater drone experts. look how the concrete casing around the pipe was ripped apart. that, say intelligence sources, would need the force of a huge car bomb. an explosion or something reallyjust bending this metal, and you can really... it's been shot up out the sea bed? yeah. we learned the damage was far more extensive than widely believed. but we may never know for sure what happened here. as we filmed, a danish surveillance plane circled nearby, and also... we can see a swedish warship, danish warship and also russian offshore boat. is that usual, this kind of activity? no, it's not usual at all. not usual at all. the backdrop to this sabotage is russia's war. the countries investigating here are keeping intelligence close to their chest. so that was ripped off the pipeline itself? yes, at some point.

but one thing has become clear from the pipeline debris. this explosion here in the baltic sea has heightened all of our awareness of the importance of undersea infrastructure, but also the huge difficulty in protecting them. our energy supplies rely on a spider web of subsea pipelines. also underwater are thousands of miles of internet cables, keeping us connected, and enabling trillions of pounds worth of financial transactions a day. you can see how vulnerable the system is. nato member norway is the main gas supplier now for the uk and eu. fears of sabotage and espionage means it has stepped up surveillance dramatically in the north sea. any further disruption of energy is obviously directly affecting european security. we see it as vital to protect it, and to provide a prolonged

and steady presence. it is the first time the navy here has taken media on this patrol. wejoined officers investigating a growing number of drone sightings near the rigs. there's been a spate of arrests in norway of people suspected of spying for russia. political pressure is mounting. millions of families across europe fear the coming winter, and governments from france to the uk to germany want to know they really can rely on norway's energy supply. nato allies, including the uk, are scrambling to improve marine capabilities. if oil and gas infrastructure is attacked, and as you say, it is so crucial. could it be considered an act of war? an attack on allied critical infrastructure could trigger our collective defence clause. an attack on one ally can or will trigger the response from the whole alliance.

strong words nato would rather not act on, preferring to avoid military conflict with russia. but closer to our homes, moscow is waging non—conventional warfare, threatening our gas supply, hoping to destabilise europe and reduce support for kyiv. katya adler, bbc news, norway. i'm just going to take you to italy — or rather the skies above rome. our correspondent, mark lowen filmed the murmuration of starlings — thousands of them soaring through the air while somehow avoiding any collisions. the birds are on theirjourney from northern europe to africa for the winter — stopping off for some sleep — there's a theory it's about safety in numbers, but look at

that. that's it from myself for now, you can always get a hold of me on twitter. will be back in a moment with your headlines. hello. well, the rain clouds are starting to clear, and the weather is improving across scotland after what has been a very wet couple of days. and of course, not just scotland, but northern england, too. here's the radar from the last 12 hours or so — and in aberdeenshire, in char, we had about 160 millimetres of rain injust the last two days or so. but that rain is getting lighter. it's not going to be a completely dry day, though, on saturday. how about the weekend overall? well, it will be a mixed bag for most of us, certainly some sunshine in the forecast, but blustery showers are expected too. here's the satellite picture — and this weather front fast approaching will be sweeping over us, but not until saturday night. so actually, during the course of saturday, we'll be

in between weather systems — here's that weather front fast approaching ireland — but out towards the east, we have the remnants of a weather front, it's starting to rain itself out. and then look at this central part of the uk — lots of fine weather right from the morning onwards. now the morning will be chilly, three celsius in belfast at 8am in the morning, six celsius there in the midlands, and certainly earlier than that, that will have been a frost in the countryside. now, the forecast through the afternoon shows plenty of bright, if not sunny weather in central parts of britain. in the east, that rain fizzles away from that thicker cloud. but out towards the west, that's where the next weather front is sweeping in from — and belfast will have a wet saturday evening. and then, overnight, that weather front�*ll basically sweep across the country, so most of us will get at least some rain. here it is early on sunday morning, early hours, it sweeps out into the north sea. and then, behind it, quite a few isobars there, so quite blustery winds and also frequent showers. now, some of the showers will be heavy, possibly even

thundery in some western areas, particularly in the northwest here, but many of us will have a fine day. now it will be quite cool air, rushing in off the atlantic, temperatures typically into single figures across most of the uk, maybe in the south touching around 11—12 celsius for a moment or two in the afternoon on sunday. how about the outlook into next week? it is looking unsettled, monday will be a wet and windy day for some of us. and those temperatures holding around single figures in the north, closer to double in the south. bye— bye.

this is bbc news, the headlines cop27 talks have been extended as countries argue over compensation for poorer countries who have suffered loss and damage from global warming. a new proposal from the united states and the eu has been circulated as discussions continue. the founder of theranos, elizabeth holmes, has been sentenced to more than eleven years for defrauding investors. her company claimed to have produced a medical device which could diagnose a wide range of conditions from a blood sample. qatar has announced a ban on alcohol in world cup

stadiums two days before the tournament starts. majorsponsor, budweiser, had a multi—million—dollar deal with the organiser, fifa, to sell its