this is bbc news broadcasting in the uk and around the globe. our top stories. delegates at the un climate conference in egypt agree a major deal on climate change. however there's been criticism that the overall plan lacks ambition. the first ever world cup to be held in the middle east kicks off later today. quite i will play ecuador this afternoon. —— quite i will play ecuador this afternoon. -- qatar. 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. the housing secretary, michael gove, has written to every council and social housing provider in england, to warn that deaths like that of two—year—old awaab ishak must "never be allowed to happen again".

hello and welcome to bbc news. the un climate summit in egypt has ended with a deal to help poorer countries suffering the effects of global warming. i hear no objections. it is so decided. applause the breakthrough comes after lengthy talks which meant the summit stretched way past its orginally planned end time. but there's been criticism that the overall plan lacks ambition. our science correspondent victoria gill reports from sharm el sheikh. it's been a global event marked by chaos, deadlock and delay. but as the sun rose over sharm el—sheik, a deal was finally struck. if you have no objections,

it's so decided. applause. things are still being finalised in here but on the overall deal, it is done and there's a mixture ofjubilation and disappointment and just utterfatigue. developing countries that are most vulnerable to climate change finally have something to celebrate. this deal includes a historic dedicated fund for what's called loss and damage. a fund that richer countries will pay into for the most vulnerable countries to cover the enormous cost of a warming world. it has been 30 years and finally i'm so happy that we are delivering a fund in a continent that is most vulnerable to the climate crisis. a continent that is currently experiencing flooding, in nigeria, for example, that has left over 800 people dead. in my own country, kenya, i'm not sure if you have a reason to come for safari in kenya because our elephants are dying, our lions are dying. but for many, this agreement goes nowhere nearfar enough. it doesn't push countries to ratchet up their efforts to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases, the root cause of global warming. and many believe the deal dials back

on what was agreed at the last un climate conference in glasgow. promises and pledges won't stop the planet from heating up, but, for now, the chaotic climate politics has concluded. victoria gill, bbc news. our environment correspondent navin singh khadka joins me now. we saw that landmark agreement on loss and damage, which kind of came in quite late. how significant is it? if in quite late. how siunificant is it? , ., ., ~ how significant is it? if you talked about that agreement, _ how significant is it? if you talked about that agreement, it - how significant is it? if you talked | about that agreement, it definitely is a huge achievement, people are saying it's been a struggle for 30 years but what people are also saying, experts are saying, you know, this manage to address, to deal with the impacts of climate change, loss and damage, but it did very little to address the causes of climate change and that brings in the 1.5 goal. climate change and that brings in the 1-5 goal-— climate change and that brings in the 1.5 goal. climate change and that brings in the1.5 coal. . ,

the 1.5 goal. there were concerns it ma not the 1.5 goal. there were concerns it may not even _ the 1.5 goal. there were concerns it may not even make _ the 1.5 goal. there were concerns it may not even make it _ the 1.5 goal. there were concerns it may not even make it to _ the 1.5 goal. there were concerns it may not even make it to the - the 1.5 goal. there were concerns it may not even make it to the final. may not even make it to the final agreement. what has it ended up with? it agreement. what has it ended up with? , ' , with? it is there, 1.5, but you will see it is not _ with? it is there, 1.5, but you will see it is not in _ with? it is there, 1.5, but you will see it is not in the _ with? it is there, 1.5, but you will see it is not in the mitigation - see it is not in the mitigation section which is about how do we do it, in the science section, why there is a concern it's been watered down. ., , ., , there is a concern it's been watered down. . i. , , ., there is a concern it's been watered down. . , ., , , ., ., down. can you 'ust explain what those down. can you just explain what those distinctions _ down. can you just explain what those distinctions mean? - down. can you just explain what - those distinctions mean? mitigation, how do ou those distinctions mean? mitigation, how do you do _ those distinctions mean? mitigation, how do you do it? _ those distinctions mean? mitigation, how do you do it? the _ those distinctions mean? mitigation, how do you do it? the focus, - those distinctions mean? mitigation, how do you do it? the focus, the - how do you do it? the focus, the question was how do you do it? countries need to copy solid achievable plans. the un this morning we don't have a credible pathway so there is the stress, the demand we need to get the ending of or at least facing down of other fossil fuels like oil and gas, or at least facing down of other fossilfuels like oil and gas, not just cold, but that didn't happen. it's just a repetition of glasgow last year, phasing down of cold. 0il last year, phasing down of cold. oil and gas still going on. that's why there's the question how do you do it? that question is a big thing. we

talk about loss and damage and the caveats and all that.— caveats and all that. experts are now saying _ caveats and all that. experts are now saying the _ caveats and all that. experts are now saying the planet _ caveats and all that. experts are now saying the planet is - caveats and all that. experts are now saying the planet is on - caveats and all that. experts are | now saying the planet is on track caveats and all that. experts are i now saying the planet is on track to warm by 2.7 degrees? yes. now saying the planet is on track to warm by 2.7 degrees? yes, basically, ou see, warm by 2.7 degrees? yes, basically, you see. the — warm by 2.7 degrees? yes, basically, you see, the whole _ warm by 2.7 degrees? yes, basically, you see, the whole idea _ warm by 2.7 degrees? yes, basically, you see, the whole idea was - warm by 2.7 degrees? yes, basically, you see, the whole idea was at - you see, the whole idea was at current policies, the un said we are on course for 2.8 and that is disturbing. we know 1.5 is the threshold. at 1.1 we are seeing all this, so as a result, you know, there's a massive push for 1.5. everyone seems to agree 1.5 is very important, but how? in everyone seems to agree 1.5 is very important, but how?— important, but how? in reality, has 1.5 been important, but how? in reality, has 1-5 been given _ important, but how? in reality, has 1.5 been given up _ important, but how? in reality, has 1.5 been given up on? _ important, but how? in reality, has 1.5 been given up on? people - 1.5 been given up on? people wouldn't say _ 1.5 been given up on? people wouldn't say it _ 1.5 been given up on? people wouldn't say it but _ 1.5 been given up on? people wouldn't say it but if- 1.5 been given up on? people wouldn't say it but if you - 1.5 been given up on? people wouldn't say it but if you talk| 1.5 been given up on? people l wouldn't say it but if you talk to experts, that question remains still unanswered. how do you do it? you don't have the answer and they still got away with fossil fuels, forget about cutting down, even phasing

down is not there and this issue is about subsidies and all that. that is why some countries are saying, well, they will be more impact, but good news we have a loss and damage fund. but who will foot the bill question but who will put the money there? who will get it? the tug—of—war between developed countries and china and india, that fate is still there. it countries and china and india, that fate is still there.— fate is still there. it could be some time — fate is still there. it could be some time before _ fate is still there. it could be some time before the - fate is still there. it could be some time before the fund l fate is still there. it could be| some time before the fund is fate is still there. it could be - some time before the fund is set up? establishing a fund is already so complicated and getting the money is no question because countries and said fast economies like india and china will have to put in and they are not happy about that and instead they are still developing countries. thank you. the 2022 men's world cup will get under way in a few hours time with the organisers hoping questions about the wisdom of staging the tournament there will be replaced by focus on the football. fifa's president, gianni infantino, has accused the west of "hypocrisy" in its criticism of qatar's human rights record while officials in doha say, qatar is being singled out unfairly for criticism. john watson reports.

after years of continued controversy, today the first world cup in the middle east finally begins in qatar. a largely desert state with little footballing history. all eight world cup venues sit in and around the capital, doha. the al bayt stadium to the north will stage today's opening match between the hosts and ecuador. 32 nations are competing for football's biggest prize, and it all leads here, the lusail stadium, the venue for the final in 29 days' time. questions over qatar's human rights record have plagued the hosts ever since it won the bid to stage the tournament, and on the eve of kick—off, further criticism followed after comments made by the fifa president, gianni infantino. 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. freckles? wales and england are in the same group and both play their first games tomorrow. over the next 2a hours, thousands of fans will flood into qatar. after 12 years, today the football finally starts. fifa hopes the sport will now take centre stage, but the questions show no signs of going away. voters in nepal are standing in long queues to cast their ballots in a general election which is being held amid growing frustration over a worsening economy and political instability.

the governing alliance is widely expected to win another term, although several young and independent candidates are running in an attempt to take advantage of the public�*s dissatisfaction with the major parties. about 18 million people are eligible to vote and the results could take up to two weeks to be declared. 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 tuba to leading coalitions both claiming they have enough seats to form government, well the reformist coalition led by a fellow politician has the most seats but fall short of

majority. the next coalition is that breakaway, an ethnic malay —based coalition, who have about nine or ten seats fewer than the reformist coalition but if they get enough parties on their side they could form a government so they'll be a huge amount of bargaining and today will be very intense but i think what we need to look at where the election is what it indicates and it's been quite striking about what we have seen from it, the last election in 2018, it ended 61 years of unbroken rule but that happen because a breakaway faction joined the reformist and got enough seats to throw them out. that's coalition broke up in what we saw this time was ethnic malays, 60% of the population, moving not towards the reformists but towards and in particular to a coalition and in partiaalar tax a islamist coalition and in particoiar to a islamist party, coalition and in particolar to a islamist party, the conservative islamist party, the basic voting premises are not changed that much on the reformist wing in malaysia which includes the

ethnic chinese minority, can't really break into majority territory. it seems to be stuck in a ceiling and we just don't know which of those top two coalitions is going to be able to form a government. i think it will be challenging simply because it's harderfor them to put other parties around malaysia into coalition with him. here in the uk, the housing secretary, michael gove, has written to every council and social housing provider in england, to warn that deaths like that of two—year—old awaab ishak must "never be allowed to happen again". an inquest found that the boy died from a respiratory condition caused by mould in his home in rochdale. on saturday, the head of the housing association which rented out the flat to awaab's family was sacked. duncan kennedy reports. he was only two years old. but awaab ishak�*s death brought together the people of rochdale in a mixture of horrified sorrow and reflective anger. this is wrong. it's tragic. it's like something out of a victorian novel.

it's like oliver twist. things need to change. you can't have this happening. it goes on and on and nothing is being done. caused by damp in his family's flat. photos show the walls engulfed with the mould. now michael gove has acted.

as an avoidable loss and said, "where people complain about damp and mould, you must listen. where you find them, you must take prompt action." mr gove said the government's housing bill, now going through parliament, will bring tougher regulation to the sector and said that the death of a child like awaab ishak must never be allowed to happen again. duncan kennedy, bbc news. the uk health secretary steve barclay has defended the decision to delay reforms to social care. he argues that it was a "difficult decision" , but that there was an "immediate issue in hospitals" with discharging people that needed to be addressed. i'm joined now by our political correspondent charlotte rose. charlotte, the ongoing fallout from the decisions that were announced this week by the government

financially, there was money for social care in the health service but this issue of reform, tell us more about what's being said today. that's right, we have to put this into broad context because governments and leaders for the past decade have been telling us that changes, structural reforms, are needed to the social care system. they point to the fact that it's unfair someone who has a medical condition gets free treatment on the nhs, but for those who require social care, they may have to sell their home in order to try and pay for those costs. the reforms that had been proposed by borisjohnson would have set a cap so that no individual would have to pay more than £86,000 within their lifetime for social care. there was also a number of other reforms meaning that more people would have been able to get help. with the care packages they needed. that was all going to be paid for via a levy, the health and social care levy, something we were all paying through our national

insurance. that was then scrapped by liz truss and so all of a sudden that money was not there for that payment and so steve barclay, the health secretary, said this morning they had to make some very difficult choices. a very difficult decision to delay those reforms. we remain very committed to them but we recognise there is an immediate issue, particularly in hospitals we have 13,500 people who are ready to discharge but were not able to do so. that is having a knock—on effect in areas like ambulances and the flow through hospital, and the prime cause of that, not the only cause, but the prime cause, on that is around social care so it's right that we are targeting investment, 2.8 billion next year, 4.7 billion the year after. part of that clear commitment from the prime minister and the chancellor to invest in health and care. 8 billion going into 2024, so we are prioritsing the funding we need to get that flow into the hospitals, and key amongst that is getting more funding into social care. so there you have got the

explanation of what the government is putting in and why they are doing it. they feel in order to be able to tackle some of the backlogs, which, as we've been hearing this morning, many existed before covid but certainly got worse during the pandemic, you need to tackle a backend and be able to get out of hospital in order to not have delays to ambulances being able to get people into hospital. from labour, they wear posh this morning on whether they would be giving the nhs the funding that it wanted. 0bviously the funding that it wanted. obviously the nhs asked for £7 billion. it's got 6.6 billion over two years. john ashworth saying this morning he was not able to fully commit to that but saying if labour was in government they would come at that point, look at the finances and they said labour had always funded they said labour had always funded the nhs to the amount it wanted. let's talk about brexit because there's talk of a swiss style post—brexit agreement. tell us more about what is being said on that

front and what a swiss style agreement would be? this front and what a swiss style agreement would be? front and what a swiss style aareement would be? , ., , ., agreement would be? this would be a kind of deal where _ agreement would be? this would be a kind of deal where the _ agreement would be? this would be a kind of deal where the uk _ agreement would be? this would be a kind of deal where the uk agreed - agreement would be? this would be a kind of deal where the uk agreed to i kind of deal where the uk agreed to have slightly more cooperation with the eu, so we would work more closely with them in terms of trade, have certain bespoke deals, it would probably mean we would be accepting more people arriving in the uk in terms of emigration although it would mean going back into the single market or customs union. this is something which has featured on a few of the papers this morning. but steve barclay the health secretary saying to laura kuenssberg no, this is not something i recognise. he said they worked hard to ensure we did get autonomy, the uk was separate from the eu, and critically separate from the eu, and critically separate from the european court of justice which is something and are a swiss deal we might have to take more rulings from them, so he's saying no, that's not going to happen. i guess the reason this kind of ideas being floated is because of figures which came out from the

office for budget responsibility. this is the financial watchdog for the government, showing the amount of trade the uk has lost with our closest trading partner, the eu. and suggestions this morning from tony danko, the head of the cbi, but essentially at the government wants want to spend any money doing it, the easiest way for them to do that is to look at closer cooperation with the eu to try to boost that kind of trade but clearly, you heard from steve barclay who said that's not something he recognises because he knows on the right wing of the conservative party they would be extremely anxious having gone through the brexit process and fought hard to get a deal which they saw would agree the uk's sovereignty and control of our borders, they don't want any kind of rolling back on that and want to keep the deal as they see it that were signed under borisjohnson. they see it that were signed under borisjohnson— they see it that were signed under boris johnson. ., ~ , ., , . boris johnson. thank you very much, charlotte. labour has said it will replace the house of lords with an elected chamber if it wins the next uk general election. speaking in the observer, the labour leader sir keir starmer

said the plan would help restore public trust in politics. the appointments process for the lords has come under increasing scrutiny in recent years, 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 january 6th 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. james clayton reports. when elon musk bought twitter, he walked into its headquarters in san francisco with a sink. let that sink in, he quipped. now the world is letting the news sink in that donald trump, former us president's account has been reactivated. mrtrump was given a permanent suspension after the capitol hill riots. twitter said that his account threatened the fueling of further violence.

since then, donald trump has set up his own social media company, truth social. however, when elon musk bought twitter, many wondered whether he'd be allowed back. initially, elon musk said he would set up a council that would make decisions on controversial reinstatements. but then a seeming change of heart. a twitter poll asking his followers whether he should return. mr musk said that 15 million people voted. those voting for a reinstatement narrowly won. donald trump, though, says he's not leaving truth social, saying the platform is special. but he also urged his followers to vote in the poll. why would he care if he had no intention of coming back? truth social is a minnow compared to twitter. last week, donald trump declared he wanted to run again for us president. being active on twitter would give him far more reach. twitter�*s first few weeks haven't been short of news. he sacked thousands of workers

and had to pull a new verification system after users pretended to be famous people and companies. but mr musk says that with all the publicity, the company is seeing a record number of users. it's certainly likely that if donald trump returned, that upward trend would continue. james clayton, bbc news, san francisco. a massive snowstorm has paralysed large parts of western new york state prompting officials to restrict travel just ahead of the busy thanksgiving holiday. naomi choy smith reports. this could be a storm for the record books. snow pummelled the buffalo area, falling on homes and burying them in two metres of snow, leaving even winter—weary residents stunned. crazy, crazy. we went downstairs to see if we could open the door, and we could barely open the door. i was hoping it wasjust going to be kind of — it might miss us, but it got us.

and i feel a little stir crazy now. children woke up to a winter wonderland, and dogs couldn't wait to dive in. but for many, the conditions were dangerous. hundreds of people had to be rescued. luckily the cops came and gave me a push. what we're talking about is a major, major storm. and new york's governor called on the national guard, deploying 150 members to help with snow removal in erie county. a risk to life. some residents tried to shovel their way out. the storm even forced the local football team to move their game to another state as heavy snow smothered the buffalo bills' stadium. and with more snowfall on the way, buffalo is bracing itself for a tough road ahead as one of the busiest travel day of the year, the thanksgiving day

holiday, approaches. brewing beer can be energy intensive, and that can have an impact on the environment, but now one british brewery is looking at ways it can produce its pints more sustainably. the deya brewing company is trying to offset its carbon footprint by investing in a patch of welsh peat. steve knibbs went along to take a look. brewing has a bigger impact on the economy than you would think. here in deya, they make about a million pints per year, many of the hops coming from america new zealand, use lots of water, energy, the caking, counting and running the brewery. after the company did an audit of the carbon emissions, they decided to do something about it. 0ur carbon, labels, heat recovery, carbon credits, and we will look at bigger projects such as c02 recovery, we want to look at solo, there is a lot of stuff in—house, recycling streams, educating us as a company, like our employees, and then offsetting

big capital projects. deya is speculating to accumulate. the company has invested over £60,000 and the restoration and maintenance of 65 acres of peatland in snowdonia. it was once a carbon and is now releasing it into the atmosphere. they integrate carbon stores, they have a lot of agent carbon stored in them, and it gets oxidised so you have tons of greenhouse gases pumping out the stuff, and you are losing the precious carbon store, so we want it like this stuff on the top, rather than like that, so we really need to put a cap on those greenhouse gas emissions. but this is the long game. it will take 35 years for the restored peatland to stop releasing the equivalent ofjust three years of deya's emissions coming showing the scale of the sustainability challenge. around 70— 80% of the company's emissions come from offside, such as suppliers and transport.

others have a part to play. a whole heap of emissions are used to create the molton the hops and stuff, so it is quite tricky because we have not massive control over those factors, which is why we have to work to reduce in—house and the offset will come. the brewery also believes that its customers should understand the environmental impact of what they are drinking, so on every can, on every level, they have printed the carbon footprint per beer. i think we're doing a decentjob of where we are at now - considering our size, i the funds that we have, it's a complicated picture - that we are trying to understand | as we go along, but trying to be | transparent and honest and open about things the whole time. like many businesses, deya is now monitoring its emissions each month, tweaking where it can to numbers down. like many others, looking to the long—term, there is no quick fix when it comes to sustainability.

thanks for your company. you're watching bbc news. hello. many had more rain through the night, that still filtering into the river systems, and we still have flood warnings in force. more details on that and the weather warnings on the website. and there are more showers to come today, even once the main rain clears away, it will linger in 0rkney, the showers could be quite heavy, and we have more rain to come this week. this is the predicted rainfall over the next four or five days, and you can see that most areas are going to see some rain, particularly southern and western areas initially. but by the end of the week, many parts could have another 30 to a0 millimetres of rainfall. as for the rest of the day, you've still got that rain just sitting across 0rkney, just dragging its heels to clear aberdeenshire. heavy showers with hail and thunder

behind, and blustery winds as well, making it feel quite chilly. in fact, the air is chillier out and about today, cold enough for some snow on the very tops of the mountains in northern parts of england and scotland as well. so nine to 11 in the south. some blustery showers around, though, which continue through this evening and initially overnight, but then they fade away, and before dawn we get more rain pushing back into the southwest, to northern ireland as well. but ahead of that, a cold night. so we'll have some frost and some fog issues first thing for the morning commute on monday morning, the fog taking a wee while to clear away. and then we've got the rain and wind to contend with, potentially, in southern and western areas. if this area of low pressure does develop, we could have some very lively winds and gales across southern and western areas nudging that rain northwards into the rest of england and wales, across northern ireland. the question mark is how far north it will travel during the day on monday. but for many further south, another 20 to 30 millimetres of rain, and not feeling particularly pleasant. it's still chilly in the north, even

with the showers, and cold enough for some snow over the hills. and that's because we're tapping in to this cold air sitting across scandinavia through the next couple of days. the weather front swinging north and coming into that colder air, and it will give a smattering of snow over the hills, mostly from showers in the north. perhaps a quieter day on tuesday. in terms of bands of rain, it's more likely to be a showery day for most of us. still chilly, particularly in the north. but there are more weather fronts waiting in the wings towards the southwest, which means that the outlook for the week ahead is still an unsettled one. temperatures do rise later in the week.

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