this is bbc news. the headlines at four... the opening ceremony of the football world cup takes place in qatar — and the first match is beginning around now. a shooting outside a gay nightclub in the us state of colorado leaves five people dead. police have named the suspected gunman, who's been arrested. like the suspect has been identified as anderson lee aldrich, a 22—year—old male. the housing secretary, michael gove, writes to every council and social housing provider in england, to warn that deaths like that of two—year—old awaab ishak must never happen again.

labour's leader says they would replace the house of lords with an elected chamber if they win the next general election. good afternoon. the football world cup has begun in qatar with a spectacular firework display and a message of unity from the oscar—winning actor morgan freeman. the opening ceremony at the main stadium in doha, which resembles a bedouin tent, is being attended by football fans from all 32 countries involved. world leaders including the presidents of turkey and egypt and the saudi crown prince are also there. it's the first time the tournament's been held in the middle east. among the highlights of the the opening ceremony is one of the singers from the the k—pop band bts. the first match kicked off a few minutes ago at four o'clock between qatar and ecuador. there's been a number of controversies in the lead—up

to the competition over qatar's record on human rights and its laws against homosexuality. this world cup will be the first in which fans from all the competing nations find themselves staying in the same place from the start of the tournament. nesta macgregor has been looking at what they can expect. well over a million people are due in qatar for the world cup. this fan village just north of doha will host some of them. it has 1,800 tents, costs £175 a night. it's just opened, and those fans have started to arrive. when we saw pictures online of this, it seemed like a really fun idea. kind of having the vibe. like a festival. exactly. but once we got here, our impressions were not precisely all positive. the tents are made of this really thick plastic, which with the nice and warm weather we're having right now makes it extremely hot. right now it's unbearable to be inside. have you had a wander to see the cubicles where you shower?

yeah, i just showered. yeah, the water is, like, brown when you open it, so it's not really that exciting. i brushed my teeth with my water bottle because that was cleaner than the water over there. what do you think of the place? for me, it's not a good experience. from my reservation, - it's a hotel, not a village, 0k? nesta gasps. so, 3,300 us dollars! very, very expensive. very. it's not that good here. and you're going to walk away having spent that much money? yes. i feel excited, you open and i go in. ok, i can do that. my heart's racing for some reason. welcome. 0h, 0k. it's nice. we have a fan. no air condition? no. no, no, just the fan.

and locks for the door. so this is security? yes. right, anyone staying in the fan village can also use this fan park just across the road. there is a big screen behind me where you can watch the game. you can also take a dip in the sea or have a beer. and all around me you can see people frantically doing odd jobs, trying to get this place ready. the world cup is just hours away and the fans seem to be ready, but the venue doesn't appear to be. the staff at the village assured me that all of this would be ready in time for the big kick—off. and you can see the potential to deliver the month—long beach party that was promised. a first—ever winter world cup was always going to be a unique experience, and for many reasons, qatar 2022 is living up to that. see you in the morning. the housing secretary, michael gove, has written to every council and social housing provider in england to warn that deaths like that of awaab ishak must "never

be allowed to happen again". an inquest found that the 2—year—old died from a respiratory condition caused by mould exposure in the housing association flat in rochdale where he lived. i'm joined now by conor 0'shea from generation rent, the campaign group that fights for private renter�*s rights. thank you forjoining us. can i first of all get your reaction to the fact that this was the cause of awaab �*s death in 2022? yes. the fact that this was the cause of awaab 's death in 2022?— awaab 's death in 2022? yes, it reall is awaab 's death in 2022? yes, it really is an _ awaab 's death in 2022? yes, it really is an awful _ awaab 's death in 2022? yes, it really is an awful situation. - awaab 's death in 2022? yes, it l really is an awful situation. mould and damp do kill, it is a simple fact, and the fact that it is prevalent anywhere in the rented sector is terrible, but the fact that it sector is terrible, but the fact thatitis sector is terrible, but the fact that it is widespread is bad. find that it is widespread is bad. and how prevalent _ that it is widespread is bad. and how prevalent is _ that it is widespread is bad. and how prevalent is it in the private rented sector? because of course we have been hearing about its prevalence in social housing, but what about on the private side of things? it what about on the private side of thins? , ., , .,

things? it is more prevalent in the rivate things? it is more prevalent in the private rented _ things? it is more prevalent in the private rented sector— things? it is more prevalent in the private rented sector than - things? it is more prevalent in the private rented sector than it - things? it is more prevalent in the private rented sector than it is - things? it is more prevalent in the private rented sector than it is in l private rented sector than it is in the social rented sector, which is quite striking considering that this death occurred in the social rented sector. there is a number of reasons for that. the homes in the private rented sector tend to have slightly worse energy efficiency, which means that they are harder to heat and that they are harder to heat and thatis that they are harder to heat and that is exacerbated by the current fuel crisis, which means that essentially people are less likely to be heating their homes, and the homes that they do have, once they are heated and not as efficient as they could be, which means it is easierfor they could be, which means it is easier for damp they could be, which means it is easierfor damp to get they could be, which means it is easier for damp to get in. michael gove has said _ easier for damp to get in. michael gove has said that _ easier for damp to get in. michael gove has said that this _ easier for damp to get in. michael gove has said that this must - easier for damp to get in. michael| gove has said that this must never happen again. how are reassured are you by his words? we happen again. how are reassured are you by his words?— you by his words? we have to be reassured _ you by his words? we have to be reassured that _ you by his words? we have to be reassured that people _ you by his words? we have to be reassured that people are - you by his words? we have to be reassured that people are taking | you by his words? we have to be - reassured that people are taking the issue seriously. it is of course terrible that it has taken the death of a young child for it to become a prominent national issue, but ultimately the words need to be backed up with actions. we need to see more funding towards the councils, we need to see enforcement of the standards being made easy and local authority level, and we also

need to see a change in the culture and the regulation around the private rented sector in general. the end of section 21 hopefully coming in the rent reform bill will give renters the power to not fear an eviction if they raise an issue in a flat, and it will hopefully mean that these issues are treated earlier and not left to become the terrible situation that we see in for example russia. and terrible situation that we see in for example russia.— terrible situation that we see in for example russia. and do you think there is the — for example russia. and do you think there is the willingness _ for example russia. and do you think there is the willingness to _ for example russia. and do you think there is the willingness to see - for example russia. and do you think there is the willingness to see this i there is the willingness to see this change among all parties involved? we at generation rent have been assured that there is willingness for all of the political parties. reform in the private rented sector was part of the conservative party manifesto 2019. they have assured us that the reform bill is coming in this parliament, and that has been echoed by the other parties in parliament. ultimately we need to see action, though. we can't wait on words and platitudes, we absolutely do need to see movement, because as you see, the situation in the private rented sector is poor at the

moment. �* , ., , ., moment. and in terms of private landlords, _ moment. and in terms of private landlords. do _ moment. and in terms of private landlords, do you _ moment. and in terms of private landlords, do you feel— moment. and in terms of private landlords, do you feel that - moment. and in terms of private landlords, do you feel that this l landlords, do you feel that this would be a fairly straightforward change to implement? brute would be a fairly straightforward change to implement?— would be a fairly straightforward change to implement? we hope so. landlords generally _ change to implement? we hope so. landlords generally speaking, - change to implement? we hope so. landlords generally speaking, we i landlords generally speaking, we have good landlords, and people will respond if they think that their tenants are in danger, but of course those rogue landlords, people who are living outside of regulation, need to be brought to line, and we need to be brought to line, and we need to be brought to line, and we need to make sure that the situation is caught earlier than we have seen obviously in the cases with terrible black mould taking the lives of children. . ~ black mould taking the lives of children. ., ,, , ., black mould taking the lives of children. ., ,, y., black mould taking the lives of children. ., ,, . ., children. thank you so much for shafinu children. thank you so much for sharing your _ children. thank you so much for sharing your thoughts _ children. thank you so much for sharing your thoughts on - children. thank you so much for sharing your thoughts on that, i children. thank you so much for- sharing your thoughts on that, conor 0'shea from generation rent. developing countries have welcomed a landmark agreement aimed at compensating them for the damage done by climate change. nearly 200 countries at the cop 27 summit in egypt agreed to set up a fund. the summit also repeated a commitment to limit global warming to a one and a half degrees celsius rise since pre—industrial times, but delegates couldn't agree on further commitments to cut emissions. here's our climate

editorjustin rowlatt. this is what this climate conference will be remembered for. 0bjections is so decided. an agreement to create a fund to help vulnerable nations with the loss and damage climate change is causing. the deal on loss and damage is undoubtedly a breakthrough, but there is huge disappointment in this room, disappointment that the rest of the text is not more ambitious. leaders of delegations met to discuss how they could change the wording to increase the effort to cut emissions. the aim of these summits is to raise ambition every year, but today's deal goes no further than what was agreed last year in glasgow. what is low emission energy? there's even a clause which could allow natural gas to be classified as green.

there was a very strong move by some of the petro states to try and unwind some of those decisions and in fact go back to pre paris kind of arrangements. and so, i mean, as you can tell, because how late we are, there was sort of trench warfare on that. many countries wanted the targets to be much stronger. emissions peaking before 2025, as the science tells us is necessary. not in this text. clear follow through on the phase down of coal. not in this text. a clear commitment to phase out all fossil fuels. not in this text. and the energy text weakened in the final minutes. but the deal on loss and damage is genuinely a breakthrough, of working together.

the problem is, the rest of the deal is so disappointing. it means what could have been a triumph for egypt is likely to end up being judged a failure. justin rowlatt, bbc news, sharm el—sheikh, egypt. about labour's plans.

there because of their expertise in different fields, from the conservatives, labour, the lib dems and greens. you then have some hereditary peers and also some religious members as well, so there is a whole mix, all serving in the same chamber, but their role is really to look at legislation. and what is the nature of the criticism around the current system as it is? there have been concerns about the size of the chamber. at the moment there are 784 peers, so there is concern about how much it costs the taxpayer, but also the idea that the government of the day

is able to stuff the lords with their friends and allies in order to make it easier to get legislation through. there has been particular criticism of borisjohnson there are a lot of questions still to be asked, because we are being told, labour is saying, that they would about, which chamber is the most important. there are questions to be asked,

and i don't think we can underestimate how radical a constitutional change this would be. but we also have to remember that this is not the first time that this kind of thing has been suggested. and this might be another issue where if labour did come to power at the next election, it might go the same way. a shooting at a gay nightclub in the us state of colorado has killed five people and injured at least 18. a statement by the q club in colorado springs said it was devastated by what it calls a hate attack. at a news conference, the police chief of the colorado springs police department, gave more details about the incident. initial evidence and interviews indicate that the suspect entered club q and began shooting people

inside. at least two heroic people inside. at least two heroic people inside the club fought with the suspect and were able to stop the suspect and were able to stop the suspect from continuing to kill and harm others. we owe them a great debt of thanks. local police said the suspected shooter was arrested inside the club, and was being treated in hospital. the chief of police also identified him at the press conference. the suspect has been identified as anderson lee aldrich, a 22—year—old male. at least two firearms were found at the scene, and we are working to identify the firearms and who they belong to. i can confirm that the suspect used a long rifle during the shooting. detectives are currently seeking multiple search warrants, so please be patient with the release of information as this is a large and complex scene, and it will be time consuming to process.

detectives are also looking to identify if there were any other individuals who assisted the suspect. the motive of the crime is part of the investigation, and whether this was a hate crime is part of that investigation. that was a ress part of that investigation. that was a press conference _ part of that investigation. that was a press conference by _ part of that investigation. that was a press conference by the - part of that investigation. that was a press conference by the police i a press conference by the police chief of the colorado springs police department. let's speak to our north america correspondent peter bowes. what more do we know about the incident? ., ., , . ., , incident? the authorities, officials at news conference, _ incident? the authorities, officials at news conference, have - incident? the authorities, officials at news conference, have been i at news conference, have been describing the timeline in terms of what happened. they started to unfold just before midnight local time. it was four minutes to midnight when the police issued the first call. there was an officer on the scene within four minutes, and two minutes after that the suspect was arrested, not through the actions of those officers arriving at the club but as officials have described, two heroic individuals, people who were already inside the club, who managed to stop that

individual carrying on with that shooting spree, and it is clear from what the authorities are saying are very likely to have saved some lives. we know that five people have died. 18 have been injured. and they are in various states of health and hospital. some are in a critical condition with life—threatening injuries. the suspect is also in hospital at the moment, in custody also. the injuries that that person has, that he has, we know the details, with one of the officials saying that he won't be released from hospital care until the doctors give the say—so. from hospital care until the doctors give the say-so— give the say-so. and, peter, as we heard, the — give the say-so. and, peter, as we heard, the 0 _ give the say-so. and, peter, as we heard, the q club _ give the say-so. and, peter, as we heard, the q club said _ give the say-so. and, peter, as we heard, the q club said in _ give the say-so. and, peter, as we heard, the q club said in a - heard, the q club said in a statement that this was a hate attacker, described as a hate attack, but as we heard in the press conference, police are not saying anything definitive about the motive at this stage. anything definitive about the motive at this stage-— at this stage. they are not describing _ at this stage. they are not

describing it _ at this stage. they are not describing it as _ at this stage. they are not describing it as a - at this stage. they are not describing it as a hate - at this stage. they are not i describing it as a hate attack at this stage. they are not - describing it as a hate attack at this stage, or indeed whether the investigation will be conducted on that basis. the reason being, it is simply too early to say, and they are still talking to people and interviewing people who are at the scene. that said, it has got to be said that the tone of the press conference was that an alleged hate crime is certainly on everyone's mines. there was talk of this club, the q club, being considered in the local community as a safe haven for the lgbtq community. so that is where people's mines are going, but officially as far as the official investigation is going, there is still much evidence to be gathered. peter, thank you for bringing us the latest on that. sport, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's hugh. hello. fifa have asked the 32 teams in all of us to focus on the

football. been 15 minutes or so and plenty to talk about. the hosts qatar are playing ecuador in the opening match of the tournament. they thought that they had scored in the first five minutes, qatar, but that was ruled out by var, it is ecuador who lead by one goal to nil. that continues on bbc one. and wales are preparing for their opening match against the usa tomorrow, but they'll have to play without one of their most experienced players. joe allen hasn't been able to train with the whole wales squad and hasn't played for swansea since september. he was a key part of wales' euro 2016 semi—final side, but is out with a hamstring injury. we could have pushed him, maybe, but

thenif we could have pushed him, maybe, but then if he breaks down, he is definitely out of the tournament, then, let alone the second game, so risk and reward. yes, we would have liked him available for the first game, but we are not going to push him to the point of completely losing it. james maddison an injury concern for england, who also get under way tomorrow against iran. the leicester midfielder missed training again today and along with defender kyle walker won't play any part in the match tomorrow. gareth southgate has confirmed in the last few minutes that england will take the knee. it's been the perfect return for chelsea manager emma hayes, she was on the touchline following an emergency hysterectomy to watch her team go three points clear at the top of wsl. they beat spurs 3—0 at stamford bridge. erin cuthbert with the pick of the goals while sam kerr and guro reiten were also on the scoresheet. three other games today, two of which are into the second halves. rachel daly scored a hat—trick in aston villa's 3—1win over reading.

liverpool got an equaliser in injury time to draw 3—3 at brighton and end a six—game losing streak for them. west ham and leicester are into their second half in the late kick—off, and that currently goalless. max verstappen has claimed another victory in the final grand prix of the season in abu dhabi. the world champion started from pole and won comfortably to claim a record extending fifteenth win of the season. charles leclerc finished ahead of sergio perez to beat the mexican to second in the drivers�* championship and also secure runners up spot in the constructors championship for ferrari. lewis hamilton failed to finish ending the year without a win for the first time in his formula one career. rory mcilroy has finished as the leading golfer on the european tour for a fourth time, securing the number one spot after his fourth place in the dp tour championship. the season—ending tournament in dubai was won by spain'sjon rahm, who claimed a two—shot victory after leading into the final round. but although mcilroy was four shots back, it was enough to finish above us

open champion matt fitzpatrick in the money list, winning the so—called race to dubai. mcilroy was the same overall winner in the pga tour version, while he's also the current world number one. the final of the uk snooker championship under way in york. these are live pictures. it is between ding junhui and mark allan. it will be ding junhui's fourth title if he manages to claim it, and this is live on bbc two currently, as he completes yet another century break, three at the barbican in york. and hejust might miss break, three at the barbican in york. and he just might miss out on getting that black. you can watch that on the website or via the iplayer as well. and will we watch this black go all the way into the top right—hand

corner? he hasjust missed it. he is in the head to the website. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. and there is more at 6:30pm. so close. thank you. donald trump's twitter account has been reactivated, after its new owner, elon musk, let his followers decide in an online poll whether mr trump should be allowed back. the former president was banned from the site injanuary last year following the rioting on capitol hill. mr trump then set up his own platform — truth social — and claims to have no interest in returning to twitter. technology journalist chris stokel—walker explains more. just as with elon musk, donald trump doesn't necessarily stick to his word all that often, so i would imagine that the temptation to be reconnected with hundreds of millions of people and the thing that got him into the white house back in 2016 will be too great an opportunity for him to pass up. this is a significant step backwards for twitter in terms of how it

deals with hate speech, so we know that twitter about a year ago, january 2021, decide that this was beyond the pale, what donald trump was doing, he had incited violence on the capitol onjanuary the 6th and had used twitter as a big megaphone to do that and they decided that was not acceptable speech. but then of course a new boss comes in, and elon musk has decided that he is a free speech absolutist, that may mean different things to different people. certainly he has started to take baby steps towards this, so we saw earlier in the week him while coming back canadian psychologistjordan peterson who was known for having relatively unpalatable views. then donald trump is back now. i guess the question is, who is going to be next? do you start the potentially slippery slope of hate speech rejoining twitter after years of going away? it is hugely problematic, and the engineers outsourced

for content moderation were cut last week, and around a thousand who won't let go decided to resign. there aren't enough people running this, so there are two sides, the content moderation issue and how you police content deemed unsuitable, but then there is also i thinkjust the infrastructure issue. we are hours away from the world cup, as you have been reporting on the channel. that will see a huge spike in numbers of users wanting to convert on the platform, coupled i think with the interest in donald trump and the speculation that will invariably happen on twitter about it, we are going to see huge numbers going to the platform, and i reported today for the observer newspaper here in the uk that are relatively central part of the twitter engineering team up until relatively recently said he thinks it is a 50—50 chance as to whether or not the site goes away and disappears, temporarily at least, today.

ijust want i just want to bring you ijust want to bring you some breaking news. police have begun a murder investigation after two children died and a woman has been left critically injured in a fire at a flat in nottingham. it happened in early hours of this morning. the fire happened on the first floor flat of a two—storey building in clifton. but his breaking news that is coming to us there from nottinghamshire police. they say that woman remains in a critical condition, and we will bring you more on that as we get it. condition, and we will bring you more on that as we get it. the metropolitan police says a file of evidence about cash—for—honours allegations involving one of the king's charities, has been passed to the crown prosecution service. 0fficers began an investigation following a series of newspaper articles which claimed that a saudi donor to the prince's foundation was offered help to secure a knighthood. earlier i spoke to our correspondent simonjones. that was following a series of newspaper allegations in which it was alleged that the then head of the prince's

foundation charity, michael fawcett, had offered to help a prominent saudi businessman and donor, a man called mahfouz mubarak, get an honour, and also british citizenship. in september we know that the police spoke to a man in his 40s and a man in his 50s under caution, and now scotland yard have said they have given a file of evidence to the crown prosecution service. it will now be up to the cps to consider that evidence, to consider whether there is enough evidence to bring any charges and whether it would be in the public interest to do that. in terms of buckingham palace, what they have said is they don't want to give a running commentary on an ongoing police investigation, but when these allegations first emerged, the spokesperson for the then prince of wales denied he had any knowledge of what is claimed, any knowledge of what potentially might have happened. now, in terms of michael fawcett, he has always said he will cooperate fully with the police investigation, and the saudi businessman has said he has done nothing wrong.

0ur correspondence simonjones speaking to me earlier. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt. hello, more rain to come through this week ahead. but for tonight, things turning a good deal quieter. the showers you've seen through the day gradually fading away into the nights, continuing for a time inland and will continue in the very far north east of scotland. but later in the night, cloud, wind and rain starts to push lift in temperatures up here. but through much of england, north east wales, scotland, a widespread frost to take us into your monday morning. in the south west, though, as i said, not quite as cold, but it's because here we'll have some very strong winds to start the day, gusting up to around 70 or 80 miles an hour through the day as they switch from a southeasterly direction to a northwesterly one as this area of rain goes through. so a wet morning here. rain spreads through the morning through a good part of wales. it's there in northern ireland as well. through the afternoon, midlands, east anglia, the southeast will start to see cloudier, wet conditions develop. some of that will edge into parts of northern england.

but the far north of england, much of scotland, you'll have a dry day. the winds will pick up. it will feel rather chilly, but a lot of sunshine, just a few showers in the very far northeast. bye for now. hello this is bbc news with luxmy gopal. the headlines: the opening ceremony of the football world cup takes place in qatar — and the first match is under way. fifa's president 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. a shooting outside a gay nightclub in the us state of colorado leaves five people dead. police have named the suspected gunman who's been arrested the housing secretary, michael gove, writes to every council and social housing provider in england, to warn that deaths like that of two—year—old awaab ishak must never happen again. labour's leader says they would replace the house of lords with an elected chamber, if they win the next general election. now on bbc news in the lead up to the world cup, life at 50 celsius 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.