ukrainian president zelensky will himself_ ukrainian president zelensky will himself addressed the gathering imminently. it's expected to call for greater powers to halt aggression. an inquiry into mistreatment at an immigration removal centre — prompted by a bbc panorama investigation — calls for a 28—day limit for detainees. hello, welcome to the daily global, where we'll bring you the top stories from around the world. here in the uk, the bbc has learnt that prime minister rishi sunak is planning to water down significant commitments to net zero — and will argue that the uk has over delivered on confronting climate change and that other countries need to pull their weight. among a number of core policy changes, rishi sunak is considering pushing back the ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030 to 2035.

and the phasing out of all gas boilers by 2035 would be weakened. instead the government would only require 80% to be phased out by then. the prime minister is considering announcing these and other changes later this week. peter saulljoins me now from westminster. peter, what has prompted this watering down? i peter, what has prompted this watering down?— peter, what has prompted this waterin: down? ~ , ,, . ~ watering down? i think rishi sunak wants to make _ watering down? i think rishi sunak wants to make a _ watering down? i think rishi sunak wants to make a bit _ watering down? i think rishi sunak wants to make a bit of a _ watering down? i think rishi sunak wants to make a bit of a splash - wants to make a bit of a splash with this. we are waiting to see the exact detail of it, all of those things are very firmly on the table. we are expecting a speech from the prime minister at some point in the coming days. but this would represent a pretty big break really with the policies of some of his predecessors. borisjohnson in particular was very keen on the net zero agenda. no suggestions rishi sunak will scrap the overall target which that the uk be micro three by 2050 but some of the specific issues

that affect individuals on what he is going to look out. you mentioned the and of the sale of new diesel and petrol cars by 2030, one thing thatis and petrol cars by 2030, one thing that is being looked at. and gas boilers. another potential thing that could be pushed back as well. new energy efficiency standards for rental properties. all of these in the firing line. up to seven or eight different policies are being considered. so this was signify a major shift in direction from rishi sunak. he is someone, i guess, who kind of needs that at the moment. he is trailing in the polls behind the labour party, this, no doubt, will get tongue wagging. it already has a across westminster and i've been speaking to conservative mps and a lot of them are already digesting the news some saying, this is great actually, that the prime minister is bringing a sense of realism to some of the things that need to come about in orderfor of the things that need to come about in order for the of the things that need to come about in orderfor the uk to reach those net zero objectives. others

though, absolutely incandescent about it. read this from chris, conservative mp who wrote a big report about climate change to set, the decision will cost the uk jobs inward investment in future economic growth. he says that rishi sunak still has time to think about it again and not make, quote, the greatest mistake of his premiership. so there will be others in the conservative party who feel the same, opposition parties as well, overlyjumping on this is read. labour party saying this is a total farce, this country cannot go on with the conservative government in total disarray. the green party mp, caroline lucas tweeting in the last half an hour, accusing rishi sunak of being economically illiterate, historically inaccurate and environmentally boneheaded. so yes, he can arty see this is prompted to huge debate in british politics. thank you for bringing us the latest on that. life from westminster there. we will have more on that

leader is the story develops. presidentjoe biden has urged world leaders to defend ukraine's integrity against what he referred to as russia's naked aggression. speaking at the united nations in new york — he said russia must not be allowed to "brutalise" ukraine without consequence, warning that this would jeopardise every country's independence. mr biden was addressing the un general assembly. he said the us and its allies would continue to stand by ukraine in its fight for freedom. his government is expected to announce new military aid for kyiv, to coincide with a visit to washington by his ukrainian counterpart, volodymyr zelensky. let's listening to president zelensky who is just taken to the stage at the un. thank you very much i welcome all who stand for common efforts and i promise, being united we can

guarantee peace for all nations. what is more unity can per friend guarantee peace for all nations. what is more unity can perfriend or stash once more. ladies and gentlemen, mr secretary general, fellow leaders, so many wars but not as active defence against aggressors. in many cases the final war were the loudest year, the war after which no one would gather in the general assembly hall again. this world war was seen as a nuclear war, a conflict building and states on the highway to nukes. other wars, seemed less scary compared to the threat of the so—called great powers firing their nuclear stockpiles. so the 20th century taught the world to

restrain from the use of weapons of mass destruction, not to deploy, not to proliferate, not to threaten with ants not to test, but to promote nuclear disarmament. frankly, this is a good strategy, but it should not be the only strategy to protect the world from the final war. ukraine gave up its largest nuclear arsenal, the world then decided russian should become a keeper of such power. yet, history shows it was russia who deserved nuclear disarmament to the most. back in the 19905. disarmament to the most. back in the 1990s. and russia deserves it now, terrorists have no right to hold

nuclear weapons. terrorists have no right to hold nuclearweapons. no terrorists have no right to hold nuclear weapons. no right. terrorists have no right to hold nuclearweapons. no right. but truly, not the nukes are in the scary now. while nukes remain in place the mass destruction is gaining its momentum. the aggressor is weapon icing many other things in those things are used not only against our country, but against all of yours as well. fellow leaders, there are many conventions that restrict weapons, but there are no real restrictions on weaponisation. first, let me give you an example. the food. since the start of the full—scale war, the ukrainian ports in the black seeds have been blocked by russia. until now are ports on the danube river remain a target for missiles and drones. and it is a

clear attempt to weapon eyes the food shortage on the global market in exchange for recognition for some, if not all of the captured territories. russia is launching the food prices as weapons. the impact spans from the atlantic coast to africa to the southeast asia and this is the threat scale. i would like to thank those leaders who supported our black sea grain initiative. thank you so much. united, we made weapons turned back into food again. more than 45 nation saw how important it is to make

ukrainian food products available on the market. from algeria to spain, to indonesia and china. and even now, when russia has undermined black sea grain initiative we are working to ensure food suitability and i hope many of you willjoin us in these efforts. we launched a temporary sea export core door from our ports. we are working hard to preserve the land routes firm grain exports. it is alarming to see how some in europe, some of ourfriends in europe, play our solidarity and make a thriller from the grain and it may seem to play their own role, but in fact, they are helping set the stage. second, weaponisation of

energy. many times the world has witnessed russia using energy as a weapon. the kremlin weapon iced oil and gas to begin the leaders of other countries when they came to the red square. now, this threat is even greater. russia is weapon icing nuclear energy. not only is it spreading its unreliable nuclear power plant construction technologies, but it is also turning other country's power plants into real bombs. look at what russia did to our zaporizhzhia power plant. sheued to our zaporizhzhia power plant. shelled it, occupied it and now with radiation leaks. is there any sense to produce nuclear weapons when russia is weapon icing nuclear power

plants? scary question. the global security architecture offers no response or protection against such a treacherous radiation threat and there is no accountability for radiation so far. this for example for children. children. fortunately there are terrorist groups that attack children to put pressure on theirfamilies and attack children to put pressure on their families and societies. never before the rotation would become part of the government policy. not until now. we know the names of tens of thousands of children and have evidence on hundreds of thousands of others, kidnapped by russia in the occupied territories of ukraine and later deported. the international

criminal court issued arrest warrants for putin for this crime. and we are trying to get back home, but time goes by. what will happen with them, what will happen to them? those children and russia are taught to hate ukraine and all ties with theirfamilies are to hate ukraine and all ties with their families are broken and this is clearly a genocide. when hatred is clearly a genocide. when hatred is weapon iced —— weaponisation it never stops there. each decade russia starts a new war. parts of mulled over in georgia remain occupied. russia tort syria and to ruins and if not russia chemical weapons would have never been use their in syria. russia has almost

swallowed belarus. it is obviously a threatening kazakhstan and other baltic states. and the goal of the present war against ukraine is to tour our land, our people and resources into a weapon against the international rules —based order. many seats in the general hall may become empty will stop empty if russia succeeds with its treachery and aggression. ladies and gentlemen. the aggressor scatters us and brings ruins even without nukes. but the outcomes are alike. we see towns, we see villages in ukraine wiped out by russian artillery. level to the ground completely, we

see the war of drones. we know the possible effects of spreading the war into the cyberspace. the artificial intelligence could be trained to combat well before it would learn to help humanity. thank god people have not yet learned to use climate as a weapon. even though humanity is failing on its climate policy objectives, this means that extreme weather will still impact the normal global life and some evil state will also what denies —— weaponisation its outcomes. and when people in the streets of new york and others cities of the world went out on climate protests, we all have seen them and when people in morocco and libya and other countries die as and libya and other countries die as a result of natural disasters. and

when islands and countries disappear underwater and wind tornadoes and deserts are spreading into new territories. and when all of this is happening, when a natural disaster in moscow decided to launch a big war and kill tens of thousands of people, we have to stop it. we must act united to defeat the aggressor and focus all of our capabilities and focus all of our capabilities and energy on addressing these challenges. as nukes are restrained, lykes was the aggressor must be restrained and all of its tools and each work can become final, but it takes our unity to make sure aggression will not break it again. it is not a dialogue between the so—called great powers somewhere

behind the closed doors that can guarantee us all of the new war era, but open war of all nations for peace. last year i presented the outlines of the ukrainian peace formula and later in indonesia i presented the full formula and after the pasture it became the basis to obtaining the existing security architecture. now we can bring back to life the un charter and guarantee the full power for the rules —based world order. moreover i will present at a special meeting of the un security council details. the main thing and that is that it is not only about ukraine. more than 140 states and international

organisations have supported the ukrainian peace formula fully or in part. the ukrainian peace formula is becoming global, it's points offer solutions and steps that will solve all forms of weaponisation that russia used against ukraine and other countries and many used by other countries and many used by other aggressors. other countries and many used by otheraggressors. look, other countries and many used by other aggressors. look, for the first time in modern history, we have real chance to end the aggression on the terms of the nation which was attacked. and this is a real chance for every nation to ensure that aggression against your state, if it happens, god forbid, will and. state, if it happens, god forbid, willand. not state, if it happens, god forbid, will and. not because your land will be divided and you will be forced to submit to military or political pressure, but because your territory and sovereignty will be fully restored. we launched the format of

meetings between national security advisers and diplomatic representatives, important talks and consultations on how in hiroshima and copenhagen and in data on the implementation of peace formula. we have prepared global peace assignment and place and i invite all of you who do not tolerate any aggression tojointly all of you who do not tolerate any aggression to jointly prepare the summit. i am aware of the attempts to make some shady dealings behind the scenes. evil cannot be trusted. ask yevgeny prigozhin. please cure me. let unity decide everything openly. —— please hear me. while russia is pushing the world to the final where ukraine is doing everything to ensure ukraine after russian aggression, no one in the

world will dare to attack any nation. weaponisation must be restrained. war crimes must be punished, deported people must come back home. and the occupier must return to their own land. we must be united to make it and we will do it. that was president vladimir and zelensky of ukraine giving his speech at the un general assembly. he started by condemning russia's nuclear weapon sink russia had no right to have nuclear weapons. he also talked on how russia was weaponisation the global food shortage and weaponisation energy, notjust oil in class but nuclear energy. let's find out a bit more and chew over some of the details of

president zelensky�*s speech with my colleague who is there any work for us. live now to my colleague caitriona perry in new york. what was it that stood out for you and that presidents speech? i think ou all saw and that presidents speech? i think you all saw there _ and that presidents speech? i think you all saw there and _ and that presidents speech? i think you all saw there and there - and that presidents speech? i think you all saw there and there was - and that presidents speech? i think you all saw there and there was a l you all saw there and there was a simmering anger and frustration coming from zelensky there sitting in front of the un general simply because of listen to him at the podium he said, we could be on the verge of a world war iii which could be the final war as he put it. focusing in on the axis that russia has two nuclear weapons. that warning that there may be no one sitting in the seats in the general assembly in time to come if russia was not stopped. as he said himself that was a scary thought. he spoke about how there were no restrictions on weaponisation at the moment. that there putin was what an amazing food and when he spoke about the collapse of the grain deal and that ports were being blockaded by russian he

said that putin was also what amazing energy and nuclear energy and that the world was worried about the construction of power plants and construction of nuclear energy, but what he was doing was using existing plants and turning them into as zelensky described them, dirty bombs. he also said people were being weapon eyes in particular children. he spoke about, he said he has evidence of mass a bit —— kidnappings and deportations and has the names of tens of thousands of children who have been either kidnapped or deported from ukraine. he had evidence of other hundreds of thousands of people who fall into that boat in saying that there was an icc arrest warrant for putin for that and that ukraine was trying to get the children back home but clearly that this was a genocide. he spoke of how russia seems to want to start a war in each decade. he singled out mulled over, syria, kazakhstan, belarus. and he said ai and technology was being up and as

he described a war of drones which of course we are already seeing there and he said he was concerned that al could be trained to kill. he then interestingly tied climate change into all of this. referencing the protest that we have seen on the streets of new york here and other cities about climate change in recent days and weeks. he said that, we are seeing people in morocco and libya died from the effects of climate change. we are seeing islands go underwater in deserts spread and he said in the midst of all of this, as he put it, there is one a natural disaster in more —— one a natural disaster in more —— one natural disaster in moscow who decided to launch a big war in the middle of all of these natural disasters and kill tens of thousands of people. as zelensky said we must stop it. of people. as zelensky said we must sto it. , . . stop it. interesting that reference to climate change _ stop it. interesting that reference to climate change because - stop it. interesting that reference to climate change because mr- to climate change because mr zelensky mentioned the possibility of theoretically russia or any other

aggressor weapon amazing that as well. it added to the list of aspects that were being weaponisation by russia. —— weaponisation. how far does the speech by zelensky go further than what he said before? i speech by zelensky go further than what he said before?— what he said before? i think the lanauuae what he said before? i think the language in _ what he said before? i think the language in it — what he said before? i think the language in it is _ what he said before? i think the language in it is far— what he said before? i think the language in it is far more - what he said before? i think the. language in it is far more pointed than we have seen before. he only referred to putin by name once or twice and one of those references was when he said just ask yevgeny prigozhin about putin's promises a reference thereto the leader of the wagner group who died in a plane crash recently. and he referred to russia as the aggressor, putting it it on the international stage. also repeatedly returning to the concept, a warning of a nuclear work could just be around the corner and that is what is of most concern to him ——

nuclear war. is what is of most concern to him —— nuclearwar. he is what is of most concern to him —— nuclear war. he said it is a composition for the entire international community to take part in. he said evil cannot be trusted. he can reference to the peace plan that ukraine has put forward and appealed to all of the world leaders gathering here to discuss and negotiate and agree a peace plan as he said, to end this possibility of a nuclear war or as he put it, the last war. �* , ., , ., last war. briefly, for viewers who are 'ust last war. briefly, for viewers who are just joining — last war. briefly, for viewers who are just joining us _ last war. briefly, for viewers who are just joining us midway - last war. briefly, for viewers who l are just joining us midway through arejustjoining us midway through that speech by mr zelensky. remind us of what president biden says about ukraine?— us of what president biden says about ukraine? , �* , about ukraine? president biden this mornin: about ukraine? president biden this morning reiterated _ about ukraine? president biden this morning reiterated that _ about ukraine? president biden this morning reiterated that unwaveringl morning reiterated that unwavering support that the us has had for ukraine. he referenced about the founding principles of the un charter of integrity, the protection of sovereignty and set at the international community did not protect these when it came to ukraine, the naked aggression, of

russia, that the existence of the un was under threat itself.— was under threat itself. thank you. i colleague — was under threat itself. thank you. i colleague outside _ was under threat itself. thank you. i colleague outside of— was under threat itself. thank you. i colleague outside of the - was under threat itself. thank you. i colleague outside of the un - i colleague outside of the un summarising some of what was said about ukraine by zelensky and biden. much more on the website. go to the bbc news website with a lot more on that. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. well, it has been a very wet and windy day for a number of you today. we had some large, impressive waves running in off cardigan bay, pummeling the coastline of west wales, and it was wales that had some of the strongest wind gusts, 68 mile an hour gusts there in aberdaron. and some of these strong winds have been causing a few issues. earlier on today, the m48 seven crossing was shut during the morning and the m4 crossing has been running with some speed restrictions as well. now, this area of low pressure contains the remnants of hurricane lee, and it's this that will continue to bring wet

and windy weather overnight and into wednesday, as well. now, it's not been that windy in scotland today, but things will change overnight as heavy rain moves in here and the winds really strengthen. it's going to be a gusty night for the vast majority and very mild 15 or 16 degrees. but these strong winds have the potential to cause some problems where the irish sea coasts in wales, gusts of 60 to 70 miles an hour tomorrow morning. again likely to lead to some disruption. inland gusts more like 40, 50, maybe a bit stronger than that in terms of miles an hour — strong enough to cause one or two issues. and we've got similar wind speeds for northern ireland and for scotland, the strongest winds working into western scotland where again, we could see gusts of around 60 to 70 miles an hour. now, once this band of really heavy, squally rain has moved through, the winds actually will drop pretty quickly behind it across the midlands, wales and western areas of england. so you will know when that weather front has pushed its way through. now by thursday, the area of low pressure becomes slow moving to the north of scotland. it will be bringing a band of heavy rain across scotland

and northern ireland with gale force gusts of wind here. england, wales, the winds calming down a bit, but it is an unsettled day, a day of sunny spells and heavy showers, probably some thunderstorms mixed in with those. and there's a tendency for temperatures just to edge down a degree or two. that continues to be the case into friday. again, an unsettled day, the same low pressure still there, still with those strong north—westerly winds showers most frequent across northern and western areas, but a few getting blown into central and eastern portions of the uk as well. so nowhere is immune from seeing an odd downpour and those temperatures just edging back a little bit closer to average for the time of year. now, this weekend, saturday's the better of the two days, dry and sunny for most of the day. bit of rain returning later on in the west, but we're back to wet and windy conditions by sunday.

this is bbc news, the headlines. president biden appeals to the united nations general assembly, urging world leaders to stop what he described as russia's "naked aggression" against ukraine. azerbaijan launches a military operation in the disputed territory of nagorno—karabakh, saying it won't stop until ethnic armenian separatists surrender. elon musk suggests there could be a paywall to use x, the platform previously

known as twitter. the uk government has appointed commissioners to take over birmingham city council, after it this month declared itself essentially bankrupt. a damning report on the mistreatment of detainees at an immigration removal centre has recommended that no one should be held for more than 28 days while awaiting deportation. at the moment there is no time limit. the report is the result of a public inquiry triggered by a bbc panorama documentary in 2017, which investigated the mistreatment of men held at brook house near gatwick airport. the report found a "toxic" culture among staff, and that it was a place of "stress and distress". our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds's report contains offensive language.

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