this is bbc news. welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm arunoday mukharji. our top stories: delegates at the un climate conference in egypt have agreed a major deal on climate change. fifa's president hits back at western critics of qatar's human rights record, accusing them of hypocrisy. for what we europeans have been doing in the last 3000 years around the world, we should be apologising for the next 3000 years before starting to give moral lessons. malaysia's general election results are in but for the first time ever, there's no outright winner.

donald trump's twitter account is reinstated after a public poll sees 52% of voters back the former us president's return. we start with a breaking story and in the last few minutes, we've heard that delegates meeting through the night at the un climate summit in egypt have approved a deal. i hear no objections and it is decided. the breakthrough has come after lengthy talks which meant the summit stretched way past its orginally planned end time. another deal to help poorer countries suffering loss and damage caused by global warming has also been agreed.

we can now speak to michael ross, who's a professor in the political science department and the institute of the environment and sustainability at ucla. thank you, michael, for being with us. what do you make of the agreement arrived at so far? , ., , ., .,, far? the beginning was almost two ears far? the beginning was almost two years - — far? the beginning was almost two years - just _ far? the beginning was almost two years - just two _ far? the beginning was almost two years - just two weeks - far? the beginning was almost| two years - just two weeks ago two years — just two weeks ago in the year when secretary general said that we were on the highway to hell with our foot on excelerator. with the agreement, we asked on the highway but perhaps not pressing as hard the accelerator. it is important from a justice perspective and also diplomatically that the western countries, the wealthier countries, have agreed at least in principle, too often — — to offer some compensation to the poorest countries who will be most

harmed by the pollution that rich countries have created. were still trying to piece together exactly what has been agreed upon and i know you have been tracking this closely. do we have more clarity on some of the details of what has been arrived at? i the details of what has been arrived at?— arrived at? i think what happened _ arrived at? i think what happened was - arrived at? i think what happened was the - arrived at? i think what - happened was the delegates agreed to have a un commission that will sort out the details over the coming year. the contentious issues, namely who is going to pay into the fund, who is going to benefit from the fund, what role will china have, whether it is putting on a receiving benefits, many of the details were placed on the back burner and given to the committee that will meet over the next year to resolve these issues. it looks like it is reallyjust issues. it looks like it is really just the frame relevant work of an agreement that such a fund should exist — such a

framework. with details to be ironed out over the coming year. ironed out over the coming ear. , . , ironed out over the coming ear, , ., , ., ironed out over the coming ear. , .,, ., ., ironed out over the coming ear. , ., ., ., ., year. this was one of the ma'or stickin: year. this was one of the ma'or sticking point. i year. this was one of the ma'or sticking point, willi year. this was one of the ma'or sticking point, will this i year. this was one of the ma'or sticking point, will this be i sticking point, will this be enough and insurance for developing nations who have been making the argument? it sounds like it will be. it sounds like it will be. it sounds like it doesn't meet their criteria for agreement and they have said they were not agree to a final statement unless there were some concession on this, some progress to a fund. that looks like now they will go ahead and conclude on a final consensus statement. conclude on a final consensus statement-— statement. how would you compare — statement. how would you compare this, _ statement. how would you compare this, michael, - statement. how would you | compare this, michael, two deals on the path that we have seen? because many times, as you have also expressed concern in the past, you have deals and any have a watered—down version eventually. any have a watered-down version eventually-— eventually. yes, so there is a historic dimension _ eventually. yes, so there is a historic dimension to - eventually. yes, so there is a historic dimension to this, . historic dimension to this, which is, for 30 years, the

lower income countries have been demanding some sort of compensation, some acknowledgement that they are the ones who will suffer the most, that there is this egregious justice. most, that there is this egregiousjustice. a most, that there is this egregious justice. a final this has been addressed. they insisted on it this year. it has finally been progressed. that is important. 0n the other hand, there is a central contradiction which is that, no matter what covenant is agreed to in egypt, during the conference, the world in order of magnitude behind of work should be in terms of taking truly progressive actions it will need in order to stay within the 1.5 degrees limit that they are nominally bound to. ~ . . ., that they are nominally bound to. ~ . ., ., , ., that they are nominally bound to. a ., ., to. michael, would you say there is — to. michael, would you say there is also _ to. michael, would you say there is also needed - to. michael, would you say there is also needed for. there is also needed for cautious optimism because what we are hearing at the moment is there was not a forceful enough

mention about cutting back fossil fuels?— mention about cutting back fossilfuels? , ., , , fossil fuels? yes, that is been one of the _ fossil fuels? yes, that is been one of the toughest _ fossil fuels? yes, that is been one of the toughest issues. i one of the toughest issues. there was a report that over 600 fossil fuel industry lobbyists were present at the meeting, next years meeting will be at the united arab emirates, the world sixth largest crude oil exporter, and the effort to highlight the central role of fossil fuels, and the urgent need to faze them down quickly, that keeps getting put off. so, it is troubling but also a feature of this whole process over the last 30 years that governments have been incredibly reluctant to touch on this issue. it is so sensitive.— to touch on this issue. it is so sensitive. ~ . ., , so sensitive. michael ross, we appreciate _ so sensitive. michael ross, we appreciate you _ so sensitive. michael ross, we appreciate you joining - so sensitive. michael ross, we appreciate you joining us - so sensitive. michael ross, we appreciate you joining us in - appreciate you joining us in sharing your thoughts on this developing story.

the president of fifa has called western countries �*hypocrites' for criticising qatar's record on human rights. gianni infantino was speaking ahead of the men's football world cup which kicks off on sunday and it comes after intense scrutiny from the west in the build up to the tournament, over issues including the country's treatment of women, gay rights and conditions for migrant workers. here's our sports editor, dan roan. despite everything, qatar's determined to put on a show — a celebration to mark the opening of the fan park in doha tonight on the eve of the world cup. but fifa's come under fire for bringing the event here amid human rights concerns and today, the game's most powerful figure turned on his critics in an extraordinary speech. today, i feel gay. today, i feel disabled. today, ifeel a migrant worker

because i know what it means to be discriminated. but that was just the start, infantino then appearing to liken his own experience as a red—headed child of immigrants in switzerland to the plight of gay people in the middle east. as a foreigner in a foreign country, as a child at school, i was bullied because i had red hair. qatar's been under mounting scrutiny, especially in europe, over its treatment of migrant workers and the lgbt community. and infantino then turned on the critics. i think for what we europeans have been doing in the last 3000 years around the world, we should be apologising for the next 3,000 years before starting to give moral lessons. it's just hypocrisy. 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?

the only weapon that we have is this — is the ball. and we have to try, with this, to engage. infantino praised qatar for recent labour reforms and said europe was in no position to criticize on migrant rights. but his comments have been condemned. ifound itjaw—dropping to listen to. it really felt like it was a way to try and dismiss very legitimate human rights criticisms, to try and treat them as culture war issues rather than universal values that fifa has committed to uphold. as for fifa's late u—turn with beer banned at world cup stadia, infantino was no less defiant. i think, personally, if for three hours a day you cannot drink a beer, you will survive. well, gianni infantino intended just then to hit back against this tournament's

critics amid a barrage of negative headlines in the build—up. but after that remarkable 1.5—hour—long press conference on the eve of this tournament, once again, the focus is away from the football. 0rganisers hope tonight's festivities will kick—start the excitement. but right now, this world cup seems more divisive than ever. dan roan, bbc news, doha. earlier, i spoke to the former australian footballer craig foster, who's now a human rights and refugee ambassador. in fact, becoming a figure who wants to be seen to pit west against east.

about but as soon as economics are involved — or politics, in infantino's case — they dispense with so very, very quickly, was the right question and there is no response. in fact, infantino said well, the real power is through the ball. that's exactly the point — human rights policy and therefore, you're obligated to bring that to life, but let's put that aside for the moment. you know, these comments, to say that let's just get on with football and don't worry about humans are so ridiculous that they're bordering on being dangerous but it does show, i think, perhaps the political nature he's trying to gain support — he's of course about to be

surrounded it? well, it definitely has but it is actually a really powerful moment in i guess in the sport and rights movement, but in global sport overall, this next month is an opportunity for us all to have a conversation about what the power of that ball is, as infantino tried to say, and the power it actually has to bring positive change to people. we should commend qatar on the legal reforms in relation to the kafala system and albeit in one of the richest per capita gdp countries in the world, the minimum wage that's been implemented — is disgracefully small — at least there is one for the first time. they have through the power

of football become one for your actual human rights policy and stop deflecting from these issues where people have been deeply harmed and can you please stop talking about your private school education and conflating that with people who have lost their lives and families who are in debt and destitute, or the lgbtqi community who continue to be oppressed — in relation to qatar but nonetheless we must still continue to raise throughout this tournament all of the other transgressions which are so important. i am just going to switch focus and also the focus on the fact that we are just a few hours away from the kick—off of the first match and ultimately we want to focus on the match as well. let's talk a bit about the games, how do you feel about the teams going in?

and this is my 10th world cup of both male and female. given that it is unique because it is in the middle of the european season, we are seeing now bad news with benzema, we have seen many other players get injuries just i think fatigue is going to play a big part. and we don't quit know. ——quite know. i think the lineups in the first few games are going to be very unpredictable. we cannot assume, for example, in the australian context, playing against france, the world champions, who is going out for france? coaches are going to have to make very different decisions to what they've made in the past, when they have had a number of weeks to recuperate after the european season. so, i would say brazil are obviously in great form but the problem is we could see some of the elder players, the legends, lionel messi and others, also potentially struggling to get through this tournament given the packed schedule that they've had in the run—up to it. so, i think — i am expecting

a really unpredictable tournament. and very quickly, weather — how much of a factor is that going to be for the players? well, i hope it's not really. of course, it seems and we have seen all the pictures about england team training and they had the mist machine and the like, getting used to it. those who are playing at 1:00pm or a little bit later in the afternoon, it is certainly going to be a challenge coming out of europe. however, those who are playing in the evening should be fine. this was always going to be an issue. i think people are thinking it is going to be a greater factor perhaps than what we anticipated, nevertheless, i think the temperatures are not extreme at this time of the year, as much of a factor as the fatigue, the dense and packed playing schedule that we have seen the top players in the world being put through and to see how they are able to manage their lineups, the amount of times the top players in the world are able to play in this world cup and in actual fact whether we get a final

with the two best teams, not just the two best squads. you are watching bbc news. the headlines: negotiators at the un climate talks in egypt have signed a major deal on climate change. fifa's president has hit back at western critics of qatar's human rights record and accused them of hypocrisy. results from the general election in malaysia indicate that for the first time the country has no outright winner. the former ruling party, umno, suffered its worst ever performance, but a breakaway coalition which includes a conservative islamist party did better than expected. 0ur south east asia correspondent jonathan head explained what we can expect to happen next. a great deal of bargaining. and to the two leading coalitions, both claiming

they have enough seats to form a government, well, the reformist coalition led by veteran opposition politician anwar ibrahim has the most seats but is 30 short of a majority. the next is a breakaway from unmo, an ethnic malay coalition, perikatan nasional. they have about nine or ten seats fewer than mr anwar ibrahim's coalition, but if they get enough parties on their own side, they too could form government. so there will be a huge amount of bargaining. today could be very intense. what we need to look at in this election is what it indicates. it has been quite striking, what we have seen from it. the last election was in 2018 and ended years of unbroken unmo rule. but that happened because a breakaway faction joined the reformists and got enough seats to throw them out. that coalition broke up. what we saw this time was ethnic malays, 60% of the population, moving from unmo — not towards the reformists and anwar ibrahim but towards this breakaway coalition of perikatan nasional, and in particular to a conservative islamic party. the basic preferences have

not changed that much. the reformist wing in malaysia, which includes the ethnic chinese minority, can't really break into majority territory. it seems to be stuck at a kind of ceiling. we don't know which of those top two coalitions is going to be able to form a government. i think it will be challenging for mr anwar, even though he has more seats, simply because it's harderfor him to pull other parties around malaysia into coalition with him. jonathan, what does this mean? what does this political uncertainty mean for malaysia in the days ahead? well, a couple of things. we've seen some striking exits from politics, most notably of all 97—year—old mahatir mohamad, the dominant figure in modern malaysian history, who came back remarkably at the age of 92 five years ago. he's stood for parliament,

he's lost his seat. he's finally — at that incredible age, it looks like his political career is over. some other big names went as well. malaysian politics is going to be very fluid from now on. people are not satisfied with any of the coalitions, and we're going to see constant jostling. they will have to get used to coalitions that might not last long, but remake themselves as different partners. also, clearly, the conservative ethnic malay vote stays conservative. it's not going over to the reformist wing. that has split malaysia between urban, ethnic chinese reformist malays and rural malays, who are conservative and very muslim. that split remains right down the middle. in essence, it is quite a polarised country. let's get some of the day's other news: long queues have formed outside peru's busiest airport, which remains closed more than a day after a crash between a plane and an emergency truck. the aircraft was about to take off when the vehicle hit its wing. no passengers died, but two firefighters were killed and three others are in a serious condition. they had been taking part in a training exercise. turkey has carried out air raids in northern syria in response to a deadly bomb

attack a week ago in istanbul. kurdish—led forces in syria said the city of kobane was hit as well as two densely populated villages in the region. the turkish government has blamed kurdish militants for the istanbul blast, which killed six people and injured more than 80. nasa expects humans to visit the moon for lengthy stays sometime this decade. officials say that as part of the agency's artemis mission, habitats will need to be created there to support scientific operations. donald trump is now back on twitter. people got used to his often—fiery tweets when he was in the oval office, but he was banned by the social media network following the 6january riots. now the new owner of twitter, elon musk, confirmed he will be able to rejoin, and it's all down to people power after mr musk held a poll on the subject. where else but on twitter? earlier i spoke to our reporter tom brada about elon musk�*s latest decision. it's been a tumultuous first three weeks since he's been in charge, and this is possibly the most controversial thing that has happened under his reign. on friday he posted a poll

asking should the former president donald trump be allowed to rejoin twitter? should his account be reinstated? and the result has come through. we should be able to see it now. 51.8% of people voted yes, 48.2% voted no, which means, yes, the majority of people voted in favour to reinstate his account. we should also — we have reaction from elon musk in just the past hour or so, he has already tweeted. he specifically tweeted — i will get it on my phone for you. i'm not a latin expert, but that means the voice of the people is god, which means he will act on what that popular decision is. and he seems to have been true to his word. if you go and search for donald trump's account, you can now see that it has been activated again, and the most recent tweet that you can see is from back in 2021. 8january, i believe, was that last tweet, and you'll remember the original reason

he was kicked off the platform was for inciting the capitol attack. but trump doesn't want to come back to twitter, does he? so that's the interesting thing. we haven't yet had an official statement from donald trump, but he's been very hesitant to commit to rejoining the platform in the past. but in the past couple of hours he has been asked about the situation on twitter, the poll, and he did give this response. i hear we're getting a big vote to also go back on twitter. i don't see it, because i don't see any reason for it. so when he says he doesn't see any reason for it, he's actually been quite specific about why he won't be rejoining twitter. in the past — and i'd like to direct you to a statement he made on fox news back in april — he has specifically said he won't be rejoining. when he spoke to fox back then he said — and this was before elon had bought twitter — he said i hope elon musk buys twitter. so clearly a fan of elon

himself, but he has said, i'm going to be staying on truth. and he is talking about truth social, the social media app which he owns and which he runs and is also on. the point is that if he tweets, which is what a lot of his fans want him to be doing, he won't actually see any money come directly his way. whereas if he stays on truth social, the app that he runs, he will hope to draw more people onto that platform, and he will potentially make the calculation he can make more money by exclusively staying there. but don't forget he recently announced that he will be running for the presidency again. when he was originally kicked off twitter he had around 80 million followers, so this is a man who we know enjoys the limelight. it may be difficult for him to resist the temptation to rejoin. a massive snowstorm has paralysed large parts of western new york state, prompting officials to restrict traveljust ahead of the busy thanksgiving holiday. naomi choy smith reports. this could be a storm for the record books. snowplow

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hello there. weather headlines in recent days have been dominated by the relentless heavy rainfall that we've seen across eastern scotland. in aboyne in aberdeenshire, we had 1.5 months of rain since last wednesday, and there's more wet weather to come. but it looks likely over the next five days that the heaviest of the rain will be further south and west. the darker the blues, the heavier the rain. and you can see, across the far north—east, hopefully not quite as much. there's still some wet weather to come, though, on sunday from this frontal system. around an inch of rain before it clears through. it will clear quite quickly, though, on sunday morning, easing away from eastern scotland and south—east england, allowing for some

sunshine to come through. but a brisk westerly wind will quickly drive in some sharp, squally showers, some of these heavy, with some hail and some thunder. but most of the showers will be out to the west. so with the sunshine, we're likely to see temperatures about where they should be for this time of year — 7—12 degrees. now, the showers will start to fade away through the evening, and we keep some clear skies potentially in the far north—east of scotland. but at the same time, the next system moves in — yet more wet and windy weather on its way, accompanied by gale force gusts of winds in the strongest and heaviest of the rain. but ahead of it, under the clear skies, perhaps temperatures here low enough for a touch of light frost. now, some of that wet weather will gradually push its way steadily north and east on monday. a level of uncertainty as to just where that rain is likely to gather, but keep abreast of the forecast. rain is likely through northern ireland, parts of wales, south—west england, and eventually into north—west england.

scattered showers following on behind. drier but cooler conditions in the far north of scotland. and that colder air potentially sitting in scotland for a couple of days, tapping into the cold air that's sitting across scandinavia. that means that these weather fronts potentially could enhance the risk of some wintry showers to higher ground as they drift out of aberdeenshire into the northern isles. but on the whole on tuesday, there'll be some sunny spells coming through, and again a similar kind of feel to the weather — 7—11 degrees. the remainder of the week stays unsettled, a real autumnal flavour. there'll be showers or longer spells of rain. it'll be windy with it. the best of the drier weather, however, into the far north—east.

this is bbc news, the headlines: delegates at the un climate summit in egypt have approved a major deal on climate change. as part of the agreement, a fund will be set up to help poorer countries pay for some of the loss and damage caused by global warming. fifa's president, gianni infantino, has accused critics of qatar's human rights record of hypocrisy, saying europe should apologise for its historic actions. concerns were raised about qatar's policies on homosexuality and how it treats migrant workers from asia and africa. donald trump's twitter account has been reinstated after the firm's new boss, elon musk, let users decide whether he should be allowed to return to the platform.