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.

summer in qatar is very hot. very hot. i am talking temperatures of 50 celsius. unbearable, to be honest. unbearable. thanks to climate change, the gulf is heating up at twice the average global rate. temperatures regularly hit 50 degrees. citizens of these oil—rich countries can keep the heat at bay, for now. you can find air—conditioning everywhere. in your car, in your home, in the office, in the malls, in the cinema, everywhere. but for the migrant workers, it is a different story. it is important to recognise the symptoms of heat stress on yourself and others. boss!

this woman's husband was called dan. in 2015 he went to work in the gulf, first in saudi arabia,

then in qatar. the gulf is home to well over 1a million migrant workers, mostly from asia and africa. they come here to support their families back home.

in late september 2019, while dan was in qatar, the country hosted the world athletics

championships. the races revealed that no amount of fitness can protect the body from extreme heat. commentator: hello and welcome. it is time for the women's marathon here. from the glorious corniche of zohar, the capital of qatar. one of the most impressive skylines in the world. i can remember coming here 15 years ago and most of those blocks were not even there. ethiopia's female long—distance runners have won 26 olympic medals. they are among the world's finest. a $60,000 prize awaited the winner of the marathon. one of the favourites was ruti aga.

the marathon started at the supposedly cooler time of midnight, but in these hot, humid conditions it felt like it was over a0 degrees. there are the athletes. back to in the top ten all—time. the there are the athletes. back to in the top ten all-time.— there are the athletes. back to in the top ten all-time. the heat and humidity has _ the top ten all-time. the heat and humidity has been _ the top ten all-time. the heat and humidity has been a _ the top ten all-time. the heat and humidity has been a big _ the top ten all-time. the heat and humidity has been a big topic - the top ten all-time. the heat and humidity has been a big topic in i the top ten all-time. the heat and l humidity has been a big topic in the build-up— humidity has been a big topic in the build-up to — humidity has been a big topic in the build—up to these championships and they have _ build—up to these championships and they have laid on extra medical staff _ they have laid on extra medical

staff if— they have laid on extra medical staff. , ., ,. ., ., , staff. it will be fascinating to see this race unfold. _ staff. it will be fascinating to see this race unfold. so _ staff. it will be fascinating to see this race unfold. so they - staff. it will be fascinating to see this race unfold. so they are - staff. it will be fascinating to see i this race unfold. so they are under way, then. isn't that amazing? of the athletes already getting sponges, cold water to douse themselves. after just a0 minutes, afterjust a0 minutes, athletes began collapsing from heat exhaustion. we began collapsing from heat exhaustion.— began collapsing from heat exhaustion. ~ . ., ., ., exhaustion. we are hearing that one athlete has already _ exhaustion. we are hearing that one athlete has already succumbed - exhaustion. we are hearing that one athlete has already succumbed to i exhaustion. we are hearing that one | athlete has already succumbed to the conditions and is actually in quite a bad way. and there is a sad sight. being loaded onto one of the many ambulances. ruti being loaded onto one of the many ambulances-_ being loaded onto one of the many ambulances. ~ . ., , , , ambulances. ruti aga realised she is well was in trouble. _

it isa it is a bad day for the ethiopians. goodness me. well, ruti aga and her fellow athlete has dropped out. for ethiopians out, that is a big huge shock. �* ., ., , ., shock. altogether, nearly half the athletes dropped _ shock. altogether, nearly half the athletes dropped out _ shock. altogether, nearly half the athletes dropped out of _ shock. altogether, nearly half the athletes dropped out of the - athletes dropped out of the marathon.

this woman whose husband left nepal for qatar is visiting in a remote village. after they got married, she now lived here. dan was now working on the family farm, but which is hard to make a living.

in the last 15 years, more than 2000 new pally workers have died in qatar alone. a recent study found that 571

deaths over eight years caused by cardiovascular disease, over a third would probably due to heat stress, which is preventable. this man works for the qatari department of labour, which is responsible for migrant workers. —— man department of labour. we told him about dhan�*s death and that his family and doctor believed it was caused by heat.

across the gulf, extreme heat is affecting ever more people. besides causing heart failure, it can also

leave workers with life altering illnesses. hem worked in the uae forjust two years before his kidneys failed.

doctor richey says that in any week he sees two or three patients whose kidney problems began in the gulf. treatment is expensive and has to be

paid for by the state. yet nepal is one of the world's poorest countries. few nepalis have received compensation either from the companies they worked for from the countries themselves, which are among some of the world's richest. for migrant workers, even raising safety concerns can be dangerous, as a kenyan called malcolm found out. i a kenyan called malcolm found out. i used to be a security guard in qatar. i myself have been posted outside. injust the qatar. i myself have been posted outside. in just the shortest amount of time you can be covered from head to toe in sweat, you are completely drenched. it is that hot. it was

around mid—2020, this was around the peak of summer. during this time, the minister of labour prohibits people from working under the sun from around ten am— 3pm. people from working under the sun from around ten am- 3pm. malcolm was aauardin from around ten am- 3pm. malcolm was guarding buildings _ from around ten am- 3pm. malcolm was guarding buildings owned _ from around ten am- 3pm. malcolm was guarding buildings owned by _ from around ten am- 3pm. malcolm was guarding buildings owned by the - guarding buildings owned by the qatar foundation, guarding buildings owned by the qatarfoundation, a charitable trust with links to the qatari royal family. with links to the qatari royal famil . ., ., ., ., family. on one occasion, we had one vip, a family. on one occasion, we had one vip. a member— family. on one occasion, we had one vip, a member of _ family. on one occasion, we had one vip, a member of the _ family. on one occasion, we had one vip, a member of the royal- family. on one occasion, we had one vip, a member of the royalfamily, l vip, a member of the royalfamily, visit the property. she arrived at around ten or "am, i think, and by this time the temperatures are crazy high. i was working in the cctv control, so i could see. people are posted on differentjunctions and these guys were outside from 7am in these guys were outside from 7am in the morning until around close to 1pm probably when she left and during this time, mind you, people are prohibited from working outside, so this was a violation, actually. this is the charitable foundation. i mean, any person who is supposed to

be mindful of other people's welfare, it is this person. i saw people sweating, i saw people just struggling to keep still and all that. and this person came and saw people standing outside and did nothing about it. and this went on for the remainder of summer and nothing was done. fast forward to 2021. the guard is still standing outside for extended periods of time and i am thinking, summer isjust around the corner. i have to do something about it. i wrote an article describing what happened, just the reality of what we go through on a day—to—day. my company gave me up. they... they handed me over to the authorities. they thought that i was working with, you know, foreign agents to spread

disinformation and spoil qatar. for the first two weeks, i had no contact with anyone, i was... blindfolded, all those things, handcuffed, so i didn't really know where i was. i didn't have any hope. the embassy, the kenyan embassy came to visit me. they mentioned that a lot of people are working to have me sd lot of people are working to have me 3d and all that, so that is when i gained —— to have me freed. that is when i gained some level of courage. after a month in solitary confinement and a $6,800 fine, malcolm is back in kenya. we cannot chance malcolm is back in kenya. we cannot chan . e the malcolm is back in kenya. we cannot change the climate _ malcolm is back in kenya. we cannot change the climate crisis _ malcolm is back in kenya. we cannot change the climate crisis without - change the climate crisis without freedom of speech. we have to speak out about certain things. if qatar gets any hotter... i think the people who fill it be migrant workers...

backin back in nepal, kidney patient hem and otherformer migrant back in nepal, kidney patient hem and other former migrant workers are trying to find ways to improve conditions. labour unions are illegal in some states like the uae, but workers still find ways to help each other.

under the clear skies last night it turned out to be the coldest once in spring last year, but further east, the north—east in particular, still a severe flood warnings, more details on sepa's website there are about the threat to life because of that river flooding. about the threat to life because of that riverflooding. not about the threat to life because of that river flooding. not as much flooding around today, but the last three days has brought the best part of 200 millilitres of rain. still more rain to come, even though it is lighter today, more rain to come, even though it is lightertoday, more more rain to come, even though it is lighter today, more coming down off the atlantic in the night. a chilly feel out there, despite

that sunshine, so it does look like it will be dry to start with the rugby league world cup finals. however, as we go through the latter part of the evening overnight the rainfall advances into the western part of scotland, england and wales and overnight makes its way into the most part and again into areas where the ground is saturated and there are still flood warnings in force. as a result of the strengthening wind and all that cloud and rain not quite as chilly overnight for most. perhaps a tad on the cold side for parts of east anglia and later for northern ireland, but that rain should clear for the northern ireland, but that rain should clearfor the morning and like the recent rain that has stayed put for recent days, we will have brighter skies with heavy blustery showers, so showers for most areas, but most frequent in the west and wintry of the holes in enough as well, so again in chilly, 10—12 c. yet more rainfall pausing off the atlantic as we go into monday, again gale force winds around that area, both low pressure in the south and then in the north. it could be we

have another 20—30 millilitres of rainfall on this weather system as it pushes across england and wales, into northern ireland and southern scotland, still chilly to the north of fat as well. the outlook therefore is a rather unsettled picture, right into next week as well. you can get any warnings on the website, the scottish website, sepa, for those warnings.

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. at cop27 — the un climate agency publishes a draft proposal for a deal to tackle the issue of �*lose and damage' that included

creating a new fund to help countries cope with the cost