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this is bbc news. welcome, if you're watching here in the uk, or around the globe. i'm anjana gadgil. our top stories — a landmark deal for developing countries at the cop27 climate summit — but little progress on cutting emissions. the deal on loss and damage is really a breakthrough but there is huge disappointment in this room, disappointment that the rest of the text is not more ambitious. the world cup kicks off with a lavish opening ceremony in doha, after months of criticism and controversy, but the host nation qatar is beaten by ecuador in its opening game. vigils are held for five people, killed in a shooting outside a gay nightclub in the us state of colorado. survivors speak of how
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they hid from the gunman. we heard everything, and all i can think about is everything. my can think about is everything. my life. just everything. friends, family, loved ones. scientists discover the true ferocity of a huge volcanic eruption off the coast of tonga earlier this year, with debris stretching for kilometres across the sea bed. michaelj fox. applause the actor michaelj fox is awarded an honorary oscar for his campaign to fund parkinson's research. hello and welcome. the united nations climate summit cop27 has ended with a landmark deal for developing countries. but there's been disappointment that there was no commitment to further cuts in greenhouse gases. negotiators in egypt agreed
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to set up a fund to help poorer nations deal with damage caused by climate change, like flooding. un chief antonio guterres said it was "an important step towards justice". but there's been criticism that there were no new pledges to cut emissions. here's our climate editorjustin rowlatt. these talks were supposed to end on friday. they went through friday night and then through saturday night. it was 4:15 on sunday morning when the gavel finally came down on the loss and damage deal. i hear no objections, it's so decided. applause. the exhausted delegates only managed a ripple of applause. but this is a landmark deal on an issue that has dogged these talks for decades.
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clearly, this will not be enough, but it is a much—needed political signal to rebuild broken trust. the voices of those on the front lines of the climate crisis must be heard. hurricane ian tears through cuba earlier this year. today's deal creates a fund to help vulnerable nations cope with the loss and damage climate—related storms, droughts and floods are already wreaking in their communities. 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 dials back on what was agreed last year in glasgow. we need to switch to renewable power, it says, but also low emission energy.
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what is low emission energy? it is understood the phrase was included, after pressure from the saudi delegation, and other fossil fuel—rich countries, and it is feared it 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, it was sort of trench warfare on that. many nations wanted the targets for emission reductions 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
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in the final minutes. but the deal on loss and damage is genuinely a breakthrough, says the woman who led negotiations for developing countries. it's given me hope. it's restored faith in multilateralism. it's given us all hope in the cop system and literally in the power of working together. the problem is, for many here, 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. earlier, i spoke to bill ripple, ecology professor at oregon state university, about the deal that was struck. the loss and damage fund that was passed is truly incredible, and really important progress could help the climate victims in low income regions. but in addition to that, the bad news is, the cop27 text failed to mention phasing out
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fossil fuels, this was fought by some countries, it is important to have the wording in the text about completely phasing out fossil fuels, not just coal. how far do you think we have progressed since cop26 in glasgow, has progress been made? well, there has been some progress, there has been a lot of negotiating, but when it comes right down to it, the emissions are particularly going to increase and some say we are on the road to climate hell with much more suffering, around the corner, we need to do much more than we are at the present. there is a proposalfor a fossil fuel non—proliferation treaty, which would be a transformative way of keeping fossil fuels in the ground,
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this would include coal, oil and natural gas. you talked before about loss and damage, why was that so controversial? well, it's a matter of the wealthy countries being willing to give the money, agreed to the new treaty of loss and damage, so that is a huge breakthrough, because the rich countries, are actually the ones that have caused this climate change problem much more than the poor countries, so this is onlyjustice to give, pledge money to help the climate victims in the lower income areas. finally, thousands of delegates
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flying to a climate change conference, us this best way to address the issues around climate change? there were many private jets that went to the climate conference, and i'm not sure all of those private jets were needed for the in—person conference, but some things can be done virtually, online, but other things are best to have in—person meetings, so that is a tough call, as to whether this should be an online meeting or not. the main thing is we get some action, to stop burning fossil fuels, to have some kind of treaty to leave fossil fuels in the ground. bill ripple. after months of criticism and controversies surrounding the tournament, the 2022 football world cup in qatar has finally kicked—off.
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fans were treated to a visually striking opening ceremony at the al bayt stadium, with hollywood actor morgan freeman appearing before the crowds, to say football could unite communities and countries. in the first match, qatar became the first host nation ever to lose its opening game at the tournament. ecuador beat them 2—0, with many people leaving the stadium before the game had even finished. our correspondent shaimaa khalil watched the game and the opening ceremony with a group of qatari locals in doha's main market. you can feel the buzz and the excitement here in the heart of doha, at souq waqif — different languages being spoken, different flags, very animated fans. so far, the controversy has overshadowed the football in this world cup. but for so many here, especially the qatari crowd, this is the day they've been waiting for. naji alnaimi works here in the market. he tells me this
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is a proud day. translation: i don't know how to describe how i feel. _ we've been waiting for this moment for 12 years. my small country is now the centre of the world. people of all religions and nationalities have gathered here. this is their country. they are all welcome here. before, we have some difficult days and months, for the world cup.
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failed to produce an outright winner. the veteran opposition leader, anwar ibrahim, whose coalition alliance has won the largest number of seats, and the former prime minister, muhyiddin yassin, both said they could form a government with the help of other parties. on monday morning. initial reports say it had a magnitude of 5.4 and was at a depth
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of 80 kilometres. there are no reports of damage or injury. court papers have revealed that the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange, ftx, owes its 50 biggest creditors a total of more than $3 billion. according to a bankruptcy filing in the united states, the biggest single loss is more than $220 million. the names of the creditors have not been revealed. north korea's government has criticised the head of the un, antonio guterres, after he condemned pyongyang's latest missile test. its foreign minister accused
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mr guterres of having a �*deplorable attitude' and failing to be impartial. the un security council will meet on monday to discuss the issue, at washington's request. stay with us on bbc news. still to come — we'll tell you which hollywood heavyweights were honoured with oscars at this year's governor's ball. the first of a new generation of leaders. as leader of the conservative party easily securing _ the majority she needed.
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after a few minutes, but nobody seemed to mind very much. cuba has declared nine days of mourning following the death of fidel castro at the age of 90. this is bbc world news. the latest headlines — a landmark deal for developing countries at the cop27 climate summit but little progress on cutting emissions. president biden has said the us "must not tolerate hate" after five people were shot dead in a gay nightclub in
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colorado. a 22—year—old suspect was arrested at the scene. our north america correspondent barbara plett—usher reports. sirens wail. it was nearly midnight when the gunman walked into a dance party at club q. he was armed with a long rifle and started shooting immediately. two clubgoers quickly tackled him and stopped the killing. joshua thurman heard the gunshots. he took shelter in a dressing room with a drag queen performer. we heard everything and all i could think about is...everything. my life... just everything. friends, family, loved ones. the suspect was named as 22—year—old anderson lee aldrich. police are investigating whether this was a hate crime. a service in honour of the victims was joined by colorado's governor jared polis, who is gay. his husband also
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addressed the mourners. colorado should be a place where every person can live their life in peace, be who they are, love who they want to love, and we will settle for nothing less. this attack came on the eve of a day to remember transgender people killed in violent assaults, sharpening the grief of a community that feels under threat. barbara plett usher, bbc news, washington. i've been speaking with heidi beedle, a reporter with the colorado times recorder. i began by asking her how the community there is coping with this tragedy. people in colorado springs are pretty devastated, the lgbtq community, we came together for the vigil event at the church where governor polis spoke and there was an outpouring of grief and just dismay at this tragedy. it's a very close—knit
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community in colorado springs and club q, more thanjust being a bar ora nightclub was a social hub in very conservative el paso county colorado, and it'sjust had a tremendous impact on everyone within the community. and, heidi, as a member of the lgbtq community yourself, how has this hit you on a personal level? it's awful, to be quite honest. as a journalist who covers these things, i'm also a trans person, and within the lgbtq community, everybody kinda of knows everyone and everybody knows me as, like, the queer reporter and i'm one of the people that covers a lot of these issues and it's very difficult. i know, when i got to the vigil, a big part of the crowd that showed up today — it was over capacity and they had to do, like,
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several services to get everyone in — but, you know, it wasjust really wanting to see your friends, to see people that you know, to make sure they're ok. and it's hard, you know? it's just incredibly difficult. and it's — you know, it all hits so close to home. you know, i was a former high school english teacher and one of my students was — one of my former students — was at the club last night and suffered a tremendous loss, and it's just — it's terrible. is there a feeling among the community of being targeted or being under threat? i think yes. i mean, i — certainly, i cover politics and extremism here in colorado and with the midterm elections just last month, you know, we saw you know, for the last 1.5 years or so, you know, an increase in kind
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of anti—lgbt rhetoric, particularly targeting transgender people and drag events. and across the country here in the united states, drag events have been the subject of often violent protests, you know? there was an incident in tulsa, oklahoma, where a doughnut shop that hosted a drag event was vandalised with a molotov cocktail. extremist groups like the proud boys have been showing up at drag events and a lot of us, you know, we're shocked but not surprised. like, it was only a matter of time until something like this happened. and when you have political figures like representative lauren boebert and gubernatorial candidate heidi ganahl, who are spreading misinformation and fear—mongering about lgbt people, something awful like this just seemed almost inevitable. heidi beedle speaking there. scientists have discovered the true ferocity of a huge volcanic eruption off the coast
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of tonga in january. research ships found flows of debris stretching at least 80 kilometres across the sea bed, and scientists say the force of the eruption displaced an amount of material equivalent to 4,000 egyptian pyramids. well, earlier, iasked marine geologist kevin mackay, who was the leader of this project, how powerful this eruption was. in terms of the explosion itself, it was the largest explosion ever recorded by modern instrumentation for a volcano. the plume itself rose 53 kilometres into the atmosphere and that puts it beyond the stratosphere, it puts it into the mesosphere. and the soundwave was so loud, it was heard audibly in alaska. i mean, this was truly the most dramatic event in volcanic history since possibly krakatoa in 1883. so, what work have you been carrying out to establish
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the full nature of the eruption? so, the problem we have with this particular volcano is it's an underwater volcano. if a volcano erupts on land, it's reasonably easy to assess the effects of that eruption by looking at fallen trees and you can actually clearly see the blast radius and debris that's flowed out but because this volcano was underwater, it requires quite a significant scientific expedition to actually go out to sea and actually map this area. we assumed, based on the size of the explosion, that an area of about 2000 square kilometres would be affected by this eruption — that's an area of about 20 kilometres radius from the volcano. but what we discovered once we mapped this is we didn't map enough. this volcano even exceeded our maximum expectations about how far the effects of this eruption was on the seafloor. it really was an absolutely outstanding event. and how has it changed
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the geological make—up of the area? well, surprisingly, the volcano itself is intact, and that's unusual because when volcanoes erupt of this magnitude, usually blow themselves up — think mount vesuvius or mount st helens or krakatoa. in this case, the volcano was intact but has left a hole in the centre, called a caldera, that's two kilometres across, 850 metres deep — i'm not sure what that is in feet, but it's an absolutely outstanding event — and we know that debris from this eruption has spread out up to distances over 80 kilometres, and this debris is in the form of avalanches, underwater avalanches that have just completely smothered the seafloor, just destroyed all life and, in places, have buried the seafloor in up to 70 metres thick of new material. some incredible pictures, kevin mackay speaking to me earlier.
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the stars were out in force in hollywood for the annual governors ball, which is when the honorary oscars for lifetime achievement are handed out. this year, back to the future star, michaelj fox was amongst the honorees. wendy urquhart reports. michaelj fox. cheering and applause. michaelj fox was diagnosed with parkinson's disease at the peak of his acting career, and he's campaigned tirelessly since then to fund research. i am so grateful to all these people, and thousands more, who will make a world without parkinson's a reality. i'm not sure i communicate it all that well but it's humbling in the deepest way to stand here and accept your kindness and your approbation when, truly, the effort is being driven by others so deserving of this attention. i'm grateful to them and to you, because my optimism is fuelled by my gratitude and with gratitude, optimism is sustainable. several stars paid tribute to the actor at the event, including tom hanks.
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not only is it admirable, it's courageous. but i'm not surprised because from what i know from the work i've done with the guy, he has an awful lot ofjoy and so, i'm glad he's here. singer—songwriter diane warren, the australian director peter weir and caribbean film—maker euzhan palcy were also honoured, and actress viola davis said the latter was an inspiration to her. i was like, "there's someone out there making films "on a higher scale, who is black." and that's how i see euzhan palcy — excellence. the black—tie gala was heaving with hollywood heavyweights eager to attend the event, which was spun off from the regular oscars in 2009 to de—clutter the main show. wendy urquhart, bbc news. you are watching bbc news. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @anjanagadgil.
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we've got headlines coming up to you shortly. —— we've got headlines coming up for you shortly. hello, there. over the next few hours, we're going to see some frost and fog forming. it is going to be a chilly start to our monday morning. some of that will be slow to lift away and then, as we go through the day, some wet and windy weather will start to dominate from the south—west. but temperatures could be as low as minus four or minus five degrees in a few spots first thing this morning. the wet weather, though, starting to show its hand and that will gradually drift its way north and east as we go through the day, not really getting into northern england and scotland, however. gusts of winds in excess of 70 to 80 miles an hour first thing, so a very stormy start to the day in the south—west. some of that rain really torrential as it pushes its way
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steadily north—east, moving into northern ireland, across parts of wales, the midlands, eventually into south east england and east anglia as we go through the afternoon. that means northern england and the bulk of scotland after that cold, frosty and foggy start will see some sunshine coming through. a few isolated showers and where it's cool to higher ground, some of these could be wintry in flavour. six or seven degrees the high here, top temperatures of ii celsius perhaps, but it looks likely that we see the cooler air clinging onto the far north of scotland. further south, we'll see a few weak weather fronts and producing some milder, showery weather first thing on tuesday morning. the showers in the north of scotland still have the tendency perhaps to be of rain, sleet and snow. elsewhere on tuesday, not a bad day — dry with some sunshine coming through, a few scattered showers, temperatures around six to ii celsius, so on the cool side, really. now, as we move out of tuesday into wednesday, the next batch of wet and windy weather starts to push in from the atlantic, the isobars once again squeezing together, and the rain could be quite heavy at times. this time, it is going to push
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its way into the north of england and across to scotland, so there will be some more rain potentially for the north—east of scotland, maybe some snow to higher ground here. behind it, we'll see sunny spells and a few scattered showers being driven on along those west coasts. again, those temperatures around nine to 12 celsius. it looks likely that we will see slightly drier weather thursday into friday before more wet and windy weather returns into the weekend.
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this is bbc news. the headlines — vigils have been held forfive people killed in a shooting outside a gay nightclub in the us state of colorado. twenty five people were injured. survivors have been speaking of how they took shelter and hid from the gunman. a 22—year—old suspect was arrested at the scene. world leaders had attended the opening event which featured an appearance by actor morgan freeman. vigils have been held for five people killed freeman. vigils have been held forfive people killed in a shooting outside a gay in the
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