what they had done to us, be careful. be careful in the future because many clubs can make suggestions, and there are a lot of clubs that can be accused, like we have been accused, without maybe being innocent. i don't know whta's going to happen in the future. do you suspect that this is been driven by the clubs? this is been driven by the other clubs? of course. it's the premier league. why do you think? i don't know. you have to go to the ceos and all these kind of people and ask them. go to the press conference and ask them. one game in the championships tonight, a few days after manager carlos corberan signed a new long—term deal after an impressive start as west brom manager — his side have been beaten 2—0 in the west midlands derby at st andrews. a first senior goal for hannibal.

the on—loan manchester united man scoring with a clever free kick. they are 10 points clear of the bottom three now while west brom missed the chance to go fifth. in scotland it's fifth round weekend in the scottish cup and hearts are into the quarter finals with a 2—0 win at championship strugglers hamilton. stephen humphrys capping off a nice team move here to make it 1—0 before cammy devlin wrapped up the win in the second half. holders rangers play partick thistle on sunday. england captain owen farrell will wear the number ten shirt in their second six nations match against italy at twickenham on sunday. it means harlequins fly—half marcus smith drops to the bench. before that there are two matches tomorrow scotland host wales at murrayfield, and before that — there's a game in dublin that could have a big say in where the title is heading this year. the favourites ireland face the grand slam champions france. patrick gearey has more:

2:15 tomorrow afternoon in dublin might be as close as a 6 nations gets to high noon. the world number one and the champions but what feels like an ending is in fact the start. try for ireland! they began by sweeping aside wales but it was different for france they went to the edge against italy but fall back. scared to wake them up them up or will ireland's play on deeperfears. i wish i was going down to the game with the kids because this is the time of game that everyone wants to be part ofand, yeah, home advantage. it has to be a weapon for us, does not. we all have our responsibility. translation: i imagine myself| as an amish player thinking i lost eight rounds in the last few years. i think i have all of the motivation

to be ready this weekend. it is the kind much we all want to play. we play against the number one in the world, a stadium with a crazy atmosphere we have all of the ingredients to have a match to remember. in scotland's challenge topics. it still looks like a dream sequence and english tacklers jaws on the floor. a third calcutta cup when in a row belongs to the history from the scottish head coach it is also a thing of the past. they have been working on wales. there has been an edge to training like last week, we have had physical sessions. meetings and how players are talking to each other. and it all seems like their focus is on improving this week which is all you can ask for. but which wales awaits? the team that took the game to ireland in the second half was a different beast to the one that started so badly and the side which will face scotland is different again. out goes such pillars of welsh rugby as allen jones and income five new faces.

this is in between times for the welsh, over the horizon for murrayfield is the world cup in france. this game is important for us, but we need to think long term as well. we need to think of the next seven or eight months so we have a huge disparity between those experienced players with a number of caps they got in a lot of the youngsters. change can bring vulnerability steve borthwick�*s ambition to build a new england hit a hitch again and a team influx must now face a united italy, a nation they have never been beaten by. if some things that didn't need fixing that they would not have appeared so clearly we have a job to do and there are things that need improving. we are confident we can do that. we also understand that it is a particular period of time but we are desperate to win. by monday one grand slam dream will be over some may rise atop the world others made tumbled to the back to the earth this 6 nations

is always in motion. for the second season running, london irish are into the premiership rugby final after beating northampton by 30 points to 18, scoring three tries to the visitor's two. irish will face either exeter or sale sharks in the final — with those two sides playing each other on sunday. in cricket, sri lanka stunned the hosts south africa in the opening match of the women's t20 world cup, winning by three runs chasing 130 for victory in cape town, south africa lost wickets at crucial stages — making mistakes running between the stumps and twice suffering runouts. spinner inoka ranaweera was the pick of the sri lankan bowlers, taking 3—18. well england play there first match of the world cup tomorrow in paarl. they're up against west indies. henry moeran and alex hartley are in south africa with the test match special team: england's tournament gets under way on day two against a side they know well.

the west indies. when it comes to tournament, things can be a bit different? especially when it comes to the west indies. they caused an upset on the 50 over world cup. england will know in world cups, england are the strongest side going in. england will inevitably played down their chances considering australia are very much favourites. where you see their chances? if they don't get to the final, i think it's a loss for england. i think they can get there. they have a new head coach who brings a refreshing outlook. i think that's a really healthy place to be in. when you have that healthy mentality, you ended up winning games anyway. the results don't matter, let's just entertain. it seems like this team is quite relaxed.

quite a simple format. two groups of five. pressure on the hosts, south africa. less pressure on england, but pressure on australia because of the expectation. so much expectation. australia expected to win. they are expected to take on that trophy once again. they lost to ireland in a warm—up, so you never know what can happen. is that why you're wearing green? could be! gets under way on saturday. india will be looking to build a match winning lead when they resume their first innings on day three of their first test against australia... a meeting of the world's top two sides in nagpur. it's been built on a century from captain rohit sharma and unbeaten 50s from ravindra jadeja and axar patel. whlie australia spinner todd murphy has taken five wickets on his debut. india will resume on day three on 321 for 7, a lead of 144 runs. that's all the sport for now.

west brom missing the chance to go fifth. from all of us here good night. this is bbc news, we'll have the headlines and all the main news stories at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. we face a massive dilemma. last year was officially the uk's warmest year on record. london was burning. california's fuel—choked, highly flammable forests combined with drier conditions linked to climate change. swathes of land across - southern pakistan have been

turned into islands. national records have been broken in eight countries and regional records in three others. climate change is making extreme weather more likely, so tackling it is more urgent than ever, but... prices are rising at their fastest rates for 40 years. food and fuel and energy. all of us have seen the cost of living going up. cost of living. we buy less and we buy cheaper products. if they're not going to give us the wage rises, we can't compete with inflation. the uk has been trying to lead the global effort to tackle climate change. it's time for humanity to grow up. but climate change is far from the prime minister's only concern. our country is facing a profound economic crisis. but warnings about the effects of climate change are getting louder. we are on a fast track to climate disaster. climate activists say there is no time to waste.

my if we don't end our contribution to climate change, we will see more frequent and extreme weather events. so here's the question, can britain afford to tackle climate change? let's start this journey with a phrase you need to understand. net zero. when we burn fossil fuels, we release carbon dioxide. some of it is taken up by plants as they grow, the oceans absorb a fair bit, but the rest goes up into the atmosphere. and carbon dioxide is a bit special. it traps the sun's heat. it's why we don't freeze during the night. but the more we put into the atmosphere, the warmer the world gets, which is where net zero comes in. the idea is we need to reduce emissions as much as we can, but at the moment there

are lots of things which we just can't make carbon—free, things like concrete or aircraft. so scientists and engineers are trying to find ways to capture greenhouse gases from the atmosphere and store them away forever. the aim is the net result will be zero emissions, hence the name net zero. and back in 2019, the then—prime minister theresa may made this promise. we will be ending our contribution to climate change by 2050 and legislating for a net zero emissions target. borisjohnson continued the effort and made climate policies a cornerstone of his premiership. the uk government has decided to become the world leader in low—cost, clean power generation. cheaper than coal, cheaper than gas. and all the major parties have put the net zero principle at the heart of their strategies. it's a rare consensus in british politics.

aberdeen is the oil and gas capital of europe. let us resolve today to now make it the net zero capital of the world. i move trillions of dollars, yen, i euros and pounds out of fossil fuels and into renewables. 100% clean power by 2030. so what's the problem? well, a group of vocal tory mps say we are moving too fast. nobody knows what this costs. everyone says, "i love it. it's a great idea, here's the bill of it." and then the public starts saying, "ah, why are we doing this "when the uk is a 1% outputter of c02 and china is 30% and growing?" the net zero scrutiny group was set up by two prominent eurosceptics, craig mckinlay and steve baker, who's a junior minister in the new government. young people in my constituency are at once learning to drive - and also demanding green measures. i i think they're going to be veryl disappointed when they discover

they can't own a car, can't go on holiday. i |we'll have expensive heating that| comes up to a lower temperature. they've been saying the net zero plans are too big, too hasty, and most important, too expensive for voters to stomach. they claim to have up to 50 supporters in parliament, but wouldn't give us their names. the net zero scrutiny group says it isn't questioning whether climate change is real, but its leaders are closely associated with a think tank operating out of that building over there, the global warming policy foundation. now, it has been questioning the scientific consensus on climate change for years. the group says climate policy is a ticking time bomb in uk politics. we've been down this road before with brexit and that's why i'm - warning that we'll have a terrible political crisis if _ we don't sort it out. sound familiar? and guess who's taken up the issue?

we want a referendum. on whether the net zero agenda makes sense. what are our demands? a petition calling for such a referendum was submitted to parliament, but it got fewer than 25,000 signatures. no major political party supports the idea either. nigel farage has made his career questioning established consensus, so small as his campaign may be, is he onto something? how's things? things are all right, if you can afford it. | why a referendum on net zero? one of the reasons i've got involved in this debate is this. _ we've been busy for the last 15 years. . i we are exporting manufacturing jobsi by having some of the most expensive electricity against america, - against europe, against obviously the far east and our competitors. so we export jobs - and we import energy. we could produce our own energy, i which interestingly would be a lower c02 output for the world. all i'm arguing is this.

am i saying that we should not move towards sensible forms _ of renewable energy? no, i'm not saying that. what i am saying is that i if we think by closing down british manufacturing, if we think by not - producing our own gas, - coal that we still need for steel, etc, that we're somehow saving the world, it's a delusion- and a very expensive one. we led the world into the industrial revolution that created this kind of huge production of carbon dioxide. why don't we lead the world out of it with new clean technology? because... become world beaters in a new industry. because, number one, - you can't do it at the moment without the backup of substantial amounts of fossil fuel. _ and therefore the logic is, rather than importing it, l we may as well produce it ourselves. the point i'm making in this- discussion with you is not that i'm saying global warming is a load of nonsense, is not that - i'm saying we should - ignore our responsibilities

to future generations. i'm not saying any of that. what i'm saying is what we're doing in the name of combating _ it is making us uncompetitive - and is not actually, in many cases, lowering global c02. well, there are two things... we can boast... well, there are two things there... we can boast that c02 levels in this country are down 44%. _ the reason is we'vel exported much of it. actually, that's because we switched from coal to gas, which is a much lower carbon content, and we've started using lots of offshore wind. there are a couple of things, though. let's, on the broader point, you say we're beggaring ourselves. arguably, we're creating new industries, new renewable, clean industries... greenjobs! i know! isn't it marvellous! ..and exporting and beginning to export the skills we've got here in the uk abroad. who's building the offshore wind turbines in america? british engineers. i tell you what we're not exporting. electricity, we're importing it. can you believe it? we import electricity. but that makes a lot of sense. i mean, why wouldn't you buy it if there's a surplus

in france and you need it? what the ukraine war has showed us, actually, - is when it comes to energy, - food, the things without which life, normal life of any kind can't - continue, there is an argument, even if it's a titsy bit more - expensive, there is an argument for self sufficiency. there is an argument on not - being dependent on foreign regimes. that was so interesting. mr farage clearly thinks he's onto something. he clearly thinks that he can mobilise millions of people against net zero. so, you know, is a movement forming? is the momentum beginning to gather? i mean, to be honest, i'm not so sure. but let's be honest, the political elites here in britain massively underestimated the popularity of brexit. so could the call for a net zero referendum become the springboard for a political movement? hi, esther. how are you doing? hi, justin. i'm good. esther webberfrom politico has been

following the story closely. it does seem at the moment that there's been no kind of real breakthrough or kind of moment that has seen the campaign explode or really hit home. say, if you can contrast what's happened here with, say, the gilets jaunes movement in france, which was driven a lot by petrol prices. so, esther, you've written about the parallels between brexit and net zero. what do you think they are? first of all, you have the personnel. so there's a kind of subset of the conservative party who are questioning how these policies are made and who has consented to them, just as there was with brexit. so the campaigners are really looking at lower income voters and trying to sort of position them against what they call the kind of cosy elite consensus.

and they're trying to use that same kind of wedge argument on net zero. has net zero got the traction that brexit had? you see in polls, there's sort of general and rising support for the idea of tackling climate change by the government. but it's more of a split when you drill down into people's views on how those things should be paid for. and that's the kind of area that the sceptics are looking to get into. do you think the energy crisis that was brought about by the ukraine war, do you think that will dilute the commitment of politicians in westminster to net zero? what's really interesting, i think, about the dynamic of this current conservative party is we've had a lot of new mps elected in seats that have never been tory before,

the so—called red wall. and people are seeing that perhaps those mps are going to be sceptical of net zero. in fact, it's more mixed than that. and a lot of those mps see the net zero agenda as key to creating newjobs in places like the northeast. well, the net zero sceptics have certainly plugged into some serious concerns — the energy crisis, inflation, the cost of living. what about the costs of not zero? the costs of not decarbonising our economy? that is certainly what lots of climate activists argue. hey, sepi, how are you doing? great to see you. good to see you. thanks very much.

got this nice electric car. fantastic. sepi golzari—munro is an energy and climate analyst. so, sepi, we are in the middle of a massive cost of living crisis. is this really the time to be pouring money into going net zero? fossilfuels, gas, oil, coal, they're inherently volatile markets. they cost an absolute fortune and they've driven up household bills. that's simply unacceptable. fossil fuels are actually driving the cost of living crisis, and they're working against our national interest. so, sepi, what would we see if we didn't go net zero? if we don't go net zero, we don't end our contribution to climate change. and if we don't end our contribution to climate change, we will see more frequent and extreme weather events. we will see more extreme heat, flooding, which is going to cause

untold damage to human lives, livelihoods, agriculture, biodiversity, our infrastructure, our economies. the reality is, is that every fraction of a degree matters. the sooner that we can end our contribution to climate change, the fewer of these devastating events that we'll have to tolerate. how much would it cost us not to tackle climate change? there are economic costs and there are human costs. we know that 200,000 homes and businesses on the coastline of england alone are at risk of rising sea levels by 2050. and this is already happening. but that's, that's the human cost, but we will also see a cost to our economy, it's been estimates of around 7% of our gdp by the end of the century through climate impacts. you say it's worth the cost, worth investing in net zero but the truth is, what is the point if other

countries around the world, much bigger emitters than britain, britain's just i% of global emissions, other countries aren't making the effort? what is the point of britain making the investment? last year alone, china built more offshore wind capacity in one year in 2021 than the uk as a whole over a decade. we are in a position where we can actually get ahead, develop the technologies, develop the net zero dividend, not only for our citizens, but that we can then export across the world. it's a win—win. but what people like nigel farage say is, look, there's no democratic mandate. the public haven't been asked if they want to make these investments in tackling climate change, have they? there absolutely is a public mandate on this. we've seen it time and time again. climate change and environment is consistently in the top three concerns of the british public. going, legislating for net zero, going for net zero policies was on the front page of the conservative party manifesto in 2019, which the public voted for.

and we have, we've polled the public... but hold on, labour and the lib dems all support net zero as well. there isn't a choice for the public. there was no—one that they could vote for if they didn't support net zero. we've polled the public and we've seen that actually rather than wasting time on a referendum, by a factor of two to one, they just want to see the government to get on with delivering their manifesto commitment to implement net zero. i mean, look around you now. i mean, the truth is, these wind turbines aren't turning. renewable energy isn't a reliable source of power 24—7, is it? the point of a future electricity system is that it's diversified. you have a huge range of sources. you've got onshore wind, you've got offshore wind, you've got solar, you'll have hydrogen. you, depending on the policy choices that are made, you may even have some nuclear, you may have some abated gas. but the reality is, is that our electrical engineers,

these are serious people who have been working on this issue for a very long time, and they know what they're talking about, they're notjust some hippies protesting about climate change, they are saying that they can run on 100% renewables by 2035, which is the government target. so who are we to argue? even if we do transition to net zero, along the way, we're going to need to use some fossilfuels, yeah? so why not use domestic fossil fuels? why not exploit the resources in the north sea, the shale gas that we've got under our feet here, maybe? the north sea is a very mature basin. frankly, there's not really much more we can squeeze out of it. this isn't the 19805 any more, where we had prolific supplies of gas. there are not 50 years' worth of shale gas beneath our feet. actually, the best estimates say around six months�* worth at best. and to get at that is going to be hugely expensive, hugely disruptive, and the public simply don't want it.

as the bbc�*s climate editor, i'm often responsible for bringing some pretty terrifying warnings, warnings about the future of the places where we've built our lives, built our communities, which is why i've come to east yorkshire. this place already experiences some of the worst coastal erosion in europe. up to ten metres of coastline vanishes into the sea in a bad year. this is happening for a number of different reasons, but the rising sea levels and more extreme weather climate change will bring are likely to make the problem worse. now, how we get to net zero is an open question. depending on who you ask, you might get a different answer. but what most politicians

from all the main political parties agree is the need to get there. and the science is clear on this, reaching net zero and fast is our best hope of tackling climate change. hello. the weekend's here. let's see if the weather's going to be kind to us over the next couple of days. overall, actually not looking too bad. having said that, it's not necessarily going to be all that sunny. in fact, a lot of cloud has spread across the uk and you can see that layer of cloud across the country through the early hours. it's not cold, though. morning temperatures will be around six degrees in cardiff, will match

that in newcastle and in some spots it'll be even higher than that first thing on saturday. but the clouds will remain thick through most of the day. however, at times they will give way to a few sunny spells, particularly towards eastern areas of the uk. and the temperature's a little higher than of late. so we're talking double figures pretty much across the board, up to about 13 degrees celsius. sunday is going to be similar across the uk, may start off quite grey, perhaps misty, murky first thing, but overall, not a bad day.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm samantha simmonds. hope and despair in turkey and syria, as the painstaking search for survivors continues, after the earthquakes. in the second and the third day after the earthquake they are finding a lot of people. hardly finding anyone now, almost no one. us fighterjets shoot down an unidentified object over alaska. the pentagon says president biden, gave the order, to seek and destroy. the object was flying at an altitude of 40,000 feet and posed a reasonable threat to the safety of civilian flight. us northern command is beginning recovery efforts now. sports ministers from thirty—five countries meet online to discuss

whether athletes from russia and belarus should participate in next year's olympic games.