this is bbc news — these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. the president of fifa has expressed support for the lgbtq community and migrant workers on the eve of the qatar world cup — but hits back at western critics of the country's human rights record, accusing them of hypocrisy. i think for what we europeans have been doing in the last 3,000 years, around the world, we should be apologising for the next 3,000 years before starting to give moral lessons to people. gridlock at cop —— the european union says the draft agreement from the climate summit is "unacceptable" the head of ukraine's biggest

private energy firm says people who can afford it should leave the country before winter takes hold. the prime minister rishi sunak says he wants to make britain's streets safer for women and girls, after a number of high profile cases over the past year. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. 0n the eve of the football world cup, fifa president gianni infantino has accused western countries of hypocrisy for criticising the human rights record of the host, qatar, where male homosexuality is illegal and women need the permission of a man for a range of activities. football's governing body has come under fire for taking the world cup to qatar: but mr infantino said

he had difficulty understanding criticism of the tournament. i think for what we europeans have been doing in the last 3,000 years, around the world, we should be apologising for the next 3,000 years before starting to give moral lessons. i am not qatari, i am not arab, iam not african, iam not gay, i am not disabled. i am not really a migrant worker. but i feel like them, because i know what it means to be discriminated, to be bullied, as a foreigner in a foreign country, as a child at school i was bullied because i had red hair and i had these red, how do you call them, freckles.

after his statement, our sports editor dan roan challenged mr infantino on some of his comments. to some in the west, the critics are being hypocritical. isn't it hypocritical to, on the one hand say that fifa stands for equality and non—discrimination while at the same time supporting an event in a country which has discriminatory laws? if you were to exclude all the countries who have discriminatory laws or other human rights problems. we're playing football only. maybe you and me. maybe because i don't know. i know that me, i don't discriminate. but you. i don't know. i hope not. so. i think it is real to bring that football, brings people together

and unites the world. and i think we have to do that. and i think we have to welcome everybody in qatar. gay people are welcome in qatar. and we need to engage. we don't need to provoke. we need to engage. we need to discuss. how many? how many gay people were prosecuted in europe? sorry. it was a process. we went through a process we seem to forget. i got this update in the last hourfrom doha from our sports correspondentjohn watson i think you just had to look at the way that gianni infantino was holding himself there, he looked very cross, he looked very angry, he is obviously responding to the negative headlines, the negative coverage that has come fifa's way, ever since the awarding of this controversial world cup to qatar. but as you say, if he was hoping to take the spotlight away from some of

those issues and put the focus onto football, which, as we know, gets under way here tomorrow with the opening match, the hosts qatar taking on ecuador and i think perhaps he is mistaken, isn't he? it is worth looking at some of the other comments he said in that near hour—long monologue, where, as i say, he did look frustrated, at times almost angry. he went on to say he is not gay, he is not a migrant worker, but he says he knows what it is like because he was bullied for having red hair. he has accused the western media for hypocrisy in its treatment of the migrant workers. remember, it has been reported that 6500 migrant workers have died here in qatar since the tournament was awarded some 12 years ago. qatari authorities say that figure has been misrepresented because it doesn't directly attribute the numbers who died within that who were working on world cup—related projects and related infrastructure projects in a country, let's not forget, where only 15% of the population are qatari nationals. he himself as well, fifa

have written a letter to member associations teams competing in this world cup, saying it is now time to focus on the football. the fa and the fa of wales responded by saying, simply, "human rights are for all." these issues, it appears, are not going to go away anytime soon and as you say, if gianni infantino hoped this press conference would draw a line under some of that and allow the football to take centre stage, i think perhaps with these comments he is very much mistaken. and john, there was also this issue of alcohol and whether fans will be able to drink alcohol. i don't know if you have had a chance to speak to people and what they make of, well, i suppose the uncertainty around the rules, which i gather have now been clarified? indeed. it is striking the right balance and i think that is something that the organisers and fifa have been trying to do ever since this tournament, i guess,

was awarded to qatar, it was always going to be a very different experience for many, a very different experience for fans and as we know, watching a football match back in the uk, a lot of that for fans involves enjoying a beer before a football match. it was looking as though beer was going to be sold at all eight of the world cup venues, but yesterday fifa rowed back on that under pressure from the qatari organisers. they had already been asked to make the visibility of the beer kiosks less visible to fans going into stadiums and then they decided to issue that blanket ban on the sale of all alcohol in stadiums on match days, which will make it a different experience for many, but as we know the fans will be arriving here. do you necessarily need to enjoy alcohol, to have a beer to enjoy the football? and let's not forget, this is being staged in an islamic country for the very first time, where, as we know, drinking alcohol outdoors is against the law. and that was the balance that the qatari organisers were

going to have to try and make, as we know with so many of these other issues at play. but it was just one part, wasn't it, one part of the spotlight that fell on this tournament and how the organisers were going to deal with that, but yes, that move will change the world cup experience for those fans who are going to be coming here for this tournament. but it is one small part of a number of bigger issues which are really at play, ben, in the lead up to this world cup. 0ne like no other. how much will the world warm in years to come? it may well depend on what is being discussed right now in egypt, at the climate summit cop 27. talks have gone into extra time and divisions between countries are coming to the fore. egypt has the presidency —— and it is trying to push through a draft agreement that says countries should commit to keeping temperatures well below 2 degrees celcius. but there has been strong opposition

from the european union, back in 2015, the paris agreement aimed who say that is not ambitious enough —— and no deal would be better than a bad deal. back in 2015, the paris agreement aimed to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees, preferably to 1.5. this commitment was reaffirmed at cop 26 in glasgow where leaders said they could stick to the 1.5 pledge, but only just. now 7 years on from the paris agreement the draft agreement at cop 27 has dropped any reference to 1.5 degrees this is what the european negotiator, told reporters. we wa nt we want a good decision. but it is better have bad should the known decision. all partners will have to work very hard to make that possible. a good decision means that we remain on track to keep 1.5

alive. we do not want 1.5 celsius to die here and today. that to us is completely unacceptable. joining me now joining me now is our climate editor justin rowlatt who is at cop27. climate editorjustin rowlatt who is at cop27. one of the big differences as this 1.5 goal. that is what developed nation state must be in the final text of the outcome here. just moments ago i spoke to alloc sharma who is the president of cop 26, the glasgow summits, the one last year in the uk. he is adamant that we have to keep 1.5 alive, we cannot roll back from glasgow, is what he said. how serious our europe about walking away from this deal? would they compromise the ongoing discussions that these talks represent, because they are so firmly attached to that? there is a

lot of brinkmanship, there is a lot of bargaining, so the text the egyptians have presented may actually be to try to draw the europeans themselves to make a compromise on what they are saying around the conditions they have for around the conditions they have for a fund. equally europeans may be saying they want to pull out as a way of encouraging developing nations to sign up for the compromises that they are talking about, in terms of who can contribute and who can benefit from the fund. they are saying that countries like china, indonesia, china, saudi arabia, should be contributing to loss and damage and the impact of climate change, for more vulnerable countries. there are all sorts of things on the table. how close are we to an outcome? it is impossible to say here. on the one hand it looks like deadlock, on the other, people suddenly realise this is the compromise where the discussion will eventually land, they may suddenly end up coalescing around it. there was a proposal floated that looked liked, we could

be certain, looks like it had been drawn up by the uk with australia and new zealand which talked about pushing these really tricky decisions about who pays for loss and damage, and he would receive loss and damage into a committee that would report next year, and a final decision would be made next year, so 202a. that would mean rid tricky issues we are wrestling with would be delayed, but the europeans will only agree to that, they say, if there is more commitment from developing countries to cutting emissions, to keeping 1.5 alive. it is the endgame. in egypt at the moment, we don't know where we stand. we could go on into tomorrow, we could have a decision within hours. i simply don't know. bier? hours. i simply don't know. very honest of— hours. i simply don't know. very honest of you. — hours. i simply don't know. very honest of you, just _ hours. i simply don't know. very honest of you, just in. _ hours. i simply don't know. very honest of you, just in. forgive me if this sounds despondent but i thought the summit was meant to be one where they agreed on actual concrete steps, to reduce emissions, notjust making the pledges. if they can't even agree on what the target

is, what hope is there of agreeing any of the commitments and the actual steps that need to be taken to bring carbon emissions down? i think some of this is that mikel think some of this is that mike i think some of this is that mike i think some of the positions people are taking at the moment are in order to bounce other parties into the kind of agreement that they think they'll get. i'll be very surprised indeed if we didn't see 1.5 in the final text. does egypt want to be the country that backed away from that totemic goal? i think it probably doesn't. equally it doesn't want to allow a decision to be made later about a fund. it says we have to have a fund for developing nations to cover the costs of loss and damage. that is where we're at. they are in the middle of haggle. the fact that that 1.5 goal isn't in the text doesn't mean it won't be in the text when we finally get there. you are seeing the process of a compromise being

achieved. yes, this was supposed to be the implementation cop, but as we said at the beginning, that is the part of this, getting countries to deliver on their promises. it has been disappointing, i said to one observer, what is the issue here? they said it is money, money, money and money. this is ultimately what these talks are about, transfers of money between nations, and who should pay is of italy really contested. it is difficult stuff. the hope is we won't crash these talks, they won't collapse, the europeans won't pull out, and they will continue. but is it going to be an ambitious settlement? frankly, i can say with some certainty it won't be, but will it keep the talks going? let's hope it does. justin, thank ou going? let's hope it does. justin, thank you for— going? let's hope it does. justin, thank you for analysis, _ going? let's hope it does. justin, thank you for analysis, justin - thank you for analysis, justin rowlatt our climate editor in egypt. joining me now is nicola day who is the deputy head of "rathbone greenbank investments"

whose expertise are in ethical and sustainable investments aimed at helping tackle climate change.nicola has just returned from cop27 at sharm el—sheikh. are you feeling more optimistic, or about where you were before the summit? , ., ., ., ., , , summit? there is a lot of optimism cominu summit? there is a lot of optimism coming out — summit? there is a lot of optimism coming out of _ summit? there is a lot of optimism coming out of cop _ summit? there is a lot of optimism coming out of cop 27. _ summit? there is a lot of optimism coming out of cop 27. certainly - summit? there is a lot of optimism coming out of cop 27. certainly at l coming out of cop 27. certainly at the higher level there are the frameworks, the policy is being discussed in these final negotiations, really looking at the cover text. there is that at the top level, but underneath, there is a lot of collaboration of a lot of organisations, really trying to get things done on the ground. we have heard from lots of areas trying to set up projects across the international collaboration across policymakers, banking organisations, financial organisations. it really galvanises a lot of that at cop 27,

as well as these headlined policies that obviously we need really within the corporate world, we need those long—term policy frameworks that are really going to act as a trigger to mobilise finance into these low carbon areas.— mobilise finance into these low carbon areas. ., ., , ., carbon areas. from the outside, to an one carbon areas. from the outside, to anyone who _ carbon areas. from the outside, to anyone who is _ carbon areas. from the outside, to anyone who is just _ carbon areas. from the outside, to anyone who is just casually - carbon areas. from the outside, to anyone who isjust casually coming j anyone who is just casually coming to this, haggling over the difference between 1.5 degrees temperature rise, had an too, haggling over that not .5 difference, why is that so significance from funding and tackling climate change point of view? it tackling climate change point of view? , , , .., ., view? it is very significant from the real evidence _ view? it is very significant from the real evidence base, - view? it is very significant from the real evidence base, the - the real evidence base, the scientific analysis behind it. we have heard from plenty of scientists at cop 27, that really it's making sure there is a clear understanding, that every fraction of that 1.5 matters now. we at where at 1.1

haven't got long when 1.5 will be in sight, so we know that would be a catastrophic event that we are already seeing on the ground. it does make a huge difference, it makes a huge difference to looking at projects on the ground, and how resilient they will be. if we are trying to set up renewable energy projects, and we know their success will depend on having a stable climate in the background, then it really matters. it really matters to be able to stabilise things now, and then you can really go and galvanise then you can really go and galvanise the funding for a lot of these projects. we need that base case so we need to make sure that we do have stabilisation and agreement, that

1.5 is the necessary alignment, not the 2 degrees, really, from the paris agreement.— the 2 degrees, really, from the paris agreement. the 2 degrees, really, from the paris aareement. ~ ., ~ ., paris agreement. when we talk about the investment _ paris agreement. when we talk about the investment in _ paris agreement. when we talk about the investment in green _ paris agreement. when we talk about the investment in green and - the investment in green and sustainable and ethical investments, if it is such a growth area, and if it is so vitally important for achieving these goals, and people are told the returns will be worth those investments, why isn't there more of a rush for big institutions, pension funds, on that kind of scale? why are they not rushing to put their money into these kinds of investments? that put their money into these kinds of investments?— investments? that is a really important — investments? that is a really important issue. _ investments? that is a really important issue. they - investments? that is a really important issue. they have l investments? that is a really - important issue. they have certainly been a lot of investment into sustainable investments, people saying really that these are the investments into the areas that are going to be the newer areas. we are going to be the newer areas. we are going to be the newer areas. we are going to see more of the incumbent industries that are not moving at the right pace or scale, they will

have stranded assets. we are seeing galvanising into these new clean, low carbon technologies, realising those are ones for the forward vision. a crucial is that investing into some of these ventures, particularly in the developing nations, where as we've only seen about 2% of climate finance going into africa and that's an area where there are a lot of projects that can set up on the ground. unless we get multilateral banks involved with those areas and get guarantees and insurances, then it is quite high risk still. it is de—risking those investments. risk still. it is de-risking those investments.— risk still. it is de-risking those investments. ~ , . investments. must leave it there, but thank you _ investments. must leave it there, but thank you very _ investments. must leave it there, but thank you very much, - investments. must leave it there, but thank you very much, nicola i investments. must leave it there, i but thank you very much, nicola day from rathbone greenbank investments. almost half of ukraine's energy system has been crippled by a recent wave of russian missile and drone

strikes — and 10 million ukrainians are without power. officials in kyiv have warned the capital city faces a "complete shutdown" of its power grid, as temperatures drop below freezing. earlier i spoke to our correspondent in kyiv — shutdown" of its power grid, as temperatures drop below freezing. earlier i spoke to our correspondent in kyiv — catherine byaru hanga. 17 regions are now suffering power shutdowns because there are attacks targeting ukraine's power infrastructure. 0ne targeting ukraine's power infrastructure. one of these strikes involved over 19 cruise missiles. i have been speaking to the head of one of ukraine's biggest energy companies. he told me he is worried that if we have another one of these strikes in ukraine, the whole system could crumble. now he his advice to ukrainians is that if they can afford to, they should try to leave the country. that is because that

would take away some pressure on the system. he says that energy companies are in a position now where they have to choose whether to supply power to people's homes, or to hospitals treating wounded soldiers. the government in its part hasn't officially asked ukrainians to leave, but it is telling them to prepare for tough conditions over the next few months. north korean leader kimjong—un says his country is capable of detering any nuclear threat, after testing another intercontinental ballistic missile. the missile was fired from pyongyang airport and landed in the sea, east of the korean peninsula. the north korean leader wasjoined at the launch by his daughter, belived to be named kim chu—ae. this is the first time any of kimjong un's children have appeared in public. i'm joined by simon chelton,

associate fellow at security think—tank rusi, and a former defence attache in tokyo. q. this missile test was a real cause for concern. what has been the reaction there?— reaction there? this is not the first missile _ reaction there? this is not the first missile that _ reaction there? this is not the first missile that has - reaction there? this is not the first missile that has come - reaction there? this is not the l first missile that has come close reaction there? this is not the - first missile that has come close to japan, and other missiles have overflowing japan. this has been going on for some time. there is an acceptance that this level act activity has been ongoing for some time. it is threatening, it seems to be creating a greater instability, but i don't think it's more than that at the moment, other than that japan doesn't find it a welcome development.— japan doesn't find it a welcome development. japan doesn't find it a welcome develoment. ~ g ., _ , development. when kim jong-un says he is capable — development. when kim jong-un says he is capable of— development. when kim jong-un says he is capable of deterring _ development. when kim jong-un says he is capable of deterring any - he is capable of deterring any nuclear threat, this looks far more and of an aggressive stance in a defensive one? we and of an aggressive stance in a defensive one?— and of an aggressive stance in a defensive one? we would all think

that. defensive one? we would all think that- north _ defensive one? we would all think that. north korea _ defensive one? we would all think that. north korea has— defensive one? we would all think that. north korea has been - defensive one? we would all think that. north korea has been on - defensive one? we would all think that. north korea has been on thej that. north korea has been on the path for creating, what you might call, nuclear deterrent for some considerable time, before he took over. there are three particular elements to that. one is to create a nuclear device which has been done. 0ne nuclear device which has been done. one is to create a delivery system which will be various different types of missiles, and the third stage, which were not sure yet has been done, is to create a warhead that could go into a mess. what they seem to be demonstrating, through a whole range of missile test, is that there missile technology is developing to the point of becoming credible. ~ ., ., ., ., ., credible. what to read on to the fact that he _ credible. what to read on to the fact that he was _ credible. what to read on to the fact that he was accompanied i credible. what to read on to the | fact that he was accompanied by credible. what to read on to the - fact that he was accompanied by his daughter? fact that he was accompanied by his dau:hter? , ., ., ., daughter? there is a lot of speculation, _ daughter? there is a lot of speculation, and _ daughter? there is a lot of speculation, and with - daughter? there is a lot of| speculation, and with north daughter? there is a lot of- speculation, and with north korea, nobody is ever quite sure. what you can be sure of is, that first of these occasions are intentionally surprising. they are carefully scripted. my personal view is that this is to say that the kim dynasty, after all he is the grandson of the

founder of north korea, is here for the foreseeable future and the next generation is already being groomed in potential leadership. when his daughter will be a future leader is a different issue, but there is an element of stability of the dynasty within a communist regime, which we do find slightly unusual.— do find slightly unusual. simon, thank ou do find slightly unusual. simon, thank you for— do find slightly unusual. simon, thank you for your _ do find slightly unusual. simon, thank you for your take - do find slightly unusual. simon, thank you for your take on - do find slightly unusual. simon, thank you for your take on all i do find slightly unusual. simon, thank you for your take on all of that. let's take a look again at the world cup in qatar... in 2010, paul the octopus �*correctly�* predicted results in the 2010 world cup. however, these days the experts are the analysts who trawl through the reams of data about players and teams. and where there is data there is mathematics. and, particularly, mathematical models. joshua bull is a mathematical modeller and he'sjoining us now. what is your take on it? what do the

numbers tell us and what predictions are you making? it is numbers tell us and what predictions are you making?— are you making? it is always difficult predicting _ are you making? it is always difficult predicting what i are you making? it is always difficult predicting what is i are you making? it is always i difficult predicting what is going to happen with football, because it is a very noisy game. my model is saying brazil have got far and away the better chance, followed closely by argentina. the better chance, followed closely by argentina-— by argentina. how have you done that? what _ by argentina. how have you done that? what have _ by argentina. how have you done that? what have you _ by argentina. how have you done that? what have you looked i by argentina. how have you done that? what have you looked at? l by argentina. how have you done l that? what have you looked at? in by argentina. how have you done i that? what have you looked at? in my model i'm looking mainly at two things, the expected goals, so this is the statistic that tells us how the team has done in a game. regardless of what the scoreline actually was, it approximates, if you were to repeat that game a thousand times, what scoreline would you expect to get. that is one thing. then the other thing i have been looking at is the relative strength of different teams, so obviously if england are playing italy, then you might expect... i

have adjusted based on how strongly the opposition is. we have to say goodbye to our viewers on bbc world news. we will continue on the bbc news. we will continue on the bbc news channel. you mentioned england there. how do you rate their chances?— there. how do you rate their chances? g ., , , ., chances? my model gives us about three or 496 _ chances? my model gives us about three or 496 chance _ chances? my model gives us about three or 496 chance of _ chances? my model gives us about three or 496 chance of winning, i chances? my model gives us about i three or 496 chance of winning, which three or 4% chance of winning, which is not terrible, but not great. i do think my model is pessimistic on us compared to other people, just because we have had a string of poor results against weaker teams and that has brought us down a bit on my model. i'm hoping we will outperform that. ~ . model. i'm hoping we will outperform that. . ., ., model. i'm hoping we will outperform that. ., ., that. what about wales? today feature in your _ that. what about wales? today feature in your predictions? i that. what about wales? today i feature in your predictions? they do but they don't _ feature in your predictions? they do but they don't picture _ feature in your predictions? they do but they don't picture very - feature in your predictions? they do but they don't picture very high. i but they don't picture very high. they have a reasonable chance of getting out of the group, but i think if they manage that, it is not

looking hopeful.— looking hopeful. when you look at the specifics _ looking hopeful. when you look at the specifics of _ looking hopeful. when you look at the specifics of it, _ looking hopeful. when you look at the specifics of it, do _ looking hopeful. when you look at the specifics of it, do you - looking hopeful. when you look at the specifics of it, do you drill- the specifics of it, do you drill down to the data of how well individual players might do in the tournament? i individual players might do in the tournament?— individual players might do in the tournament? , ., ., tournament? i personally have not, but ou tournament? i personally have not, but you definitely _ tournament? i personally have not, but you definitely can. _ tournament? i personally have not, but you definitely can. one - tournament? i personally have not, but you definitely can. one of i tournament? i personally have not, but you definitely can. one of the i but you definitely can. one of the reasons i made this model is to try to show people the process of how mathematicians go about building mathematical models. we have 20 minute explainer. the key thing that the assumptions is that all models are approximations, so you can keep adding more and more details about how individual players perform, people have asked are we counting the heat in qatar and things like that, and you definitely can include all of these things. we are just trying to show the process behind building these models and trying to see whether we can outperform paul the octopus. that see whether we can outperform paul the octopus-— the octopus. that is the bar that has been set _ the octopus. that is the bar that has been set high. _ the octopus. that is the bar that has been set high. joshua, i the octopus. that is the bar that| has been set high. joshua, thank the octopus. that is the bar that i has been set high. joshua, thank you very much.

now it's time for a look at the weather with helen willetts it was a fine but frosty frosty start. still severe flood warnings out for parts of scotland in particular and flood warnings out in other eastern areas. we still have the remnants of the cloud bearing all the rain in recent days. still falling into saturated grounds. further west, some sunshine turning hazy with the approach of rain into northern ireland through the afternoon, and feeling chilly with that restarting to strengthen. still though strong winds across shetland. through the evening and overnight most will have another spell of wet weather, another 15 millimetres of rain potentially, not quite as chilly overnight sunday but still with that rain around first thing to clear away. with that rain around first thing to clearaway. it with that rain around first thing to clear away. it should do for the second half of the day, brighter skies, sunny spells, but a scattering of showers following

behind. some of those will be heavy with a rumble of thunder, and another pretty chilly day. temperature is just a little another pretty chilly day. temperature isjust a little bit below average.

hello, this is bbc news with me, ben. the headlines: the president of fifa has expressed support for the lgbtq community and migrant workers on the eve of the qatar world cup — but hits back at western critics of the country's human rights record, accusing them of hypocrisy. gridlock at cop — the european union says the draft agreement from the climate summit is "unacceptable". the head of ukraine's biggest private energy firm says people who can afford it should leave the country before winter takes hold. the prime minister rishi sunak says he wants to make britain's streets safer for women and girls, after a number of high profile cases over the past year. now on bbc news, in the lead up to the world cup, life at 50 c explores the human impact of our changing climate, examining the impact of extreme heat on migrant workers in the gulf.