15, 50 years' time. 50 government has a role for sure. i do think markets will be important, but equally so is setting out where you want the markets to reach. and the iea stresses that national plans to phase out fossil fuel use still need to speed up. and we saw here in the uk last week how fraught and contentious the politics of net zero can still be. yet today's iea report nevertheless delivers some good news on how technological advances can help us get there. let's talk to camilla born — a climate advisor who was the deputy director of strategy with the uk government for the cop26 climate conference in glasgow. welcome to you. how optimistic are you feeling? i’m welcome to you. how optimistic are you feeling?— you feeling? i'm feeling hopeful, if ou told you feeling? i'm feeling hopeful, if you told me _ you feeling? i'm feeling hopeful, if you told me when _ you feeling? i'm feeling hopeful, if you told me when i first _ you feeling? i'm feeling hopeful, if you told me when i first started - you told me when i first started working on this more than an

attacker ago that we would be where we are today i would not have believed you so moving that fast is exciting. i am worried about how we move forward and handle the politics but i am hopeful. people like cleaner energy and clean air and there's so much we can do with the technologies available to us. the percentage _ technologies available to us. the percentage of — technologies available to us. the percentage of emissions reductions from green technology in the market has significantly increased in the past couple of years as the iea points out today, do you think the rate of change will continue or will it speed up? it rate of change will continue or will it speed up?— it speed up? it is speeding up all the time as _ it speed up? it is speeding up all the time as people _ it speed up? it is speeding up all the time as people experience i it speed up? it is speeding up all i the time as people experience what it is like to drive an electric car, it is like to drive an electric car, it is like to drive an electric car, it is very nice and speeding up one costs are falling. with over 90% costs are falling. with over 90% cost in the fall of, full in the cost in the fall of, full in the cost of solar and that increases the access we have all across the planet and we can mull things out faster and we can mull things out faster and the numbers are showing it. that is what is positive about this

report. as is what is positive about this re ort. �* ., ., is what is positive about this reort. �* ., ., , report. a lot of the debate in this count is report. a lot of the debate in this country is about _ report. a lot of the debate in this country is about how _ report. a lot of the debate in this country is about how we - report. a lot of the debate in this country is about how we can - report. a lot of the debate in this. country is about how we can afford the green transition when we are in a cost of living crisis. what do you make of that kind of debate or the way that is framed? i make of that kind of debate or the way that is framed?— way that is framed? i think it is challenging. — way that is framed? i think it is challenging, we _ way that is framed? i think it is challenging, we all— way that is framed? i think it is challenging, we all know - way that is framed? i think it is challenging, we all know we i way that is framed? i think it is i challenging, we all know we want way that is framed? i think it is - challenging, we all know we want to move away from russian gas and want cheaper energy and if you look at the cost of different energies it is very clear that clean energy is the cheapest and so we want to move to more not less of that. and if we have an energy efficient home it cost less to heat it and run appliances and that is something we want. we need to navigate that but also we have old housing stock and we need to manage that, we need to catch up and also make sure that heat pumps work for everyone, all research shows it is possible but we have to navigate this. we have built our power structures on fossil fuels and moving away from it is not straightforward and something that we have to navigate in the next few

years. at least these trends are with us. ., , u, years. at least these trends are with us. .,, , , years. at least these trends are with us. _ ., with us. people care deeply about climate change _ with us. people care deeply about climate change and _ with us. people care deeply about climate change and they - with us. people care deeply about climate change and they can - with us. people care deeply about climate change and they can see i with us. people care deeply about. climate change and they can see why economically as well as for the environment it makes sense but sometimes they feel absolutely overwhelmed by the negative news that we get and that we report and they feel as an individual that there is little that they can do about it anyway. what would you say to them? i about it anyway. what would you say to them? ., . about it anyway. what would you say tothem? ., ., _ , to them? i do have sympathy, i can feel that too _ to them? i do have sympathy, i can feel that too but _ to them? i do have sympathy, i can feel that too but we _ to them? i do have sympathy, i can feel that too but we are _ to them? i do have sympathy, i can feel that too but we are all- feel that too but we are all belonging to things so if we belong to a family, to workplace, to the community, there is an opportunity to make change in the community, to vote to change the electricity made available to it and engage with different technologies so i think we do have more power than we think it is about harnessing the power we have so we can move forward and write the wave of cheap affordable and effective clean energy. find

and effective clean energy. and briefly what _ and effective clean energy. and briefly what else _ and effective clean energy. and briefly what else needs to happen and by when in your view? i briefly what else needs to happen and by when in your view?- briefly what else needs to happen and by when in your view? i think we need better— and by when in your view? i think we need better clarity, _ and by when in your view? i think we need better clarity, clarity _ and by when in your view? i think we need better clarity, clarity around . need better clarity, clarity around the targets and commitments is the thing that drives investment, it would seem that china has done better on zero and the us is then betting on it as well and that is where the money goes and whether dynamism is and politics and businesses and we need that clarity also in this country so we continue to attract that investment.- to attract that investment. thank ou ve to attract that investment. thank you very much- — that's it from us tonight. see you tomorrow. breaking news from around the world, 24 breaking news from around the world,

2a hours a day, this is bbc news. david walliams is suing the company that makes itv�*s britain's got talent. the high court case against freemantlemedia follows his exit as a judge. the action is listed as dealing with data protection. the firm declined to comment. you're live with bbc news. the uk's home secretary, suella braverman, has used a speech to an american right—wing think tank, questioning whether international rules on the rights of refugees are "fit for the modern age". she argues the definition of what constitutes someone being a refugee has shifted, and that the fear of discrimination for being gay or being a woman

shouldn't be enough to qualify for international refugee protection. but the speech has faced criticism, with the un defending its convention on refugees and saying it has saved millions of lives. mark easton reports. just a few miles from where the home secretary made her speech today, international powers met in 191m to debate the idea of universal human rights. but suella braverman came to washington to argue that the refugee convention that followed doesn't make sense in a world ofjet travel and the internet. it is therefore incumbent upon politicians and thought leaders to ask whether the refugee convention and the way it has come to be interpreted through our courts is fit for our modern age or in need of reform. today, he and his kind are leaving their homes as evacuees... more than 60 million people were displaced by the second world war and world leaders agreed a refugee convention, promising protection to those who couldn't return to their country

of origin because of a well—founded fear of persecution. the home secretary argues persecution no longer means what was intended. we have created a system of almost infinite supply, incentivising millions of people to try their luck, knowing full well that we have no capacity to meet more than a fraction of the demand. there is undoubtedly a growing global challenge. over the last 50 years, the number of extra people seeking international protection each year has increased to more than 10 million, according to the united nations, and the countries which host the most refugees are turkey, 3.6 million, iran, 3.4 million, colombia, 2.5 million. the uk has around 230,000. so, does this mean the current asylum model the current asylum model is broken, or that the need for it is even greater? the guardians of the refugee convention and the rights of those seeking asylum are the un high commission for refugees. they fear the home secretary's

intervention may undermine international consensus on displaced people. certainly, it's something we're concerned about . and we're always concerned whenever the relevance of the convention- is called into question. if the home secretary's ideas became reality, what impact would that have on people fleeing persecution? certainly, more restrictive - interpretations of the convention would become extremely risky. the home secretary told her us audience uncontrolled migration presented an existential threat to western culture and and that the asylum rules were far too generous. we will not be able to sustain an asylum system if, in effect, simply being gay or a woman or fearful of discrimination in your country of origin is sufficient to qualify for protection. however, research by bbc verify shows that less than 2% of asylum seekers to the uk last year included sexual orientation as part

of their claim, and most of those came from pakistan, bangladesh and nigeria, where same—sex relationships are punishable by life imprisonment or even death. i think the home secretary has totally failed to tackle the tories' asylum chaos, so she's ramping up the rhetoric and looking around for someone else to blame. suella braverman's speech is not about changing uk policy, yet, but with polls suggesting the tories are likely to lose the next election, her comments will boost her popularity with right—wingers, ahead of what some anticipate will be a bitter fight for the soul of the tory party. mark easton, bbc news. ukraine is seeking to establish whether a senior russian naval commander was killed in an attack on crimea last week. on monday, kyiv said the leader of russia's black sea fleet was killed by a missile strike on their headquarters. moscow, though, insists admiral viktor sokolov is in fact alive.

the russian ministry of defence has shared a video with sokolov appearing via video link in a meeting between russian officials. the kremlin insists the meeting took place on tuesday after ukraine had claimed sokolov being dead. these video images have not yet been verified. with more, here's our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse. even by the standards of this information war, it is very hard at the moment to verify the claims that are being exchanged exchanged by both sides. we had the triumphant assertion from ukraine yesterday that admiral sokolov, the commander of russia's black sea naval fleet, that he was killed in last friday's missile strike on russia's headquarters in sevastopol in occupied crimea. kyiv said 3a senior officers were killed. this morning, you have dmitry peskov, the kremlin spokesman,

saying he had nothing to say about these claims from kyiv. and then, shortly after that, russia's defence ministry released a clip of an apparent recent meeting featuring defence minister sergei shoigu addressing a packed room and who was doubled in on video call. shoigu addressing a packed room, and who was doubled in on video call so, it's very difficult to verify when this footage was taken, whether it was edited. but he appeared alive, engaged in the meeting. and then, we have a follow up statement from ukraine's special special forces, saying they are now clarifying just whether he was they say they now cite what they call open sources in their recent claims. so, it's becoming incredibly messy. it's short of a rowing back, but it's just a demonstration of how difficult it is to establish just what happened. what we know is that russia's naval headquarters was at least heavily damaged, and that in itself is hugely significant in a symbolic sense.

beyond that, i don't think we're any clearer. a prominent thai activist has been jailed for four years under the country's much—criticised royal defamation, or lese—majeste law. arnon nampa had said there should be a public debate about the role of the thai king. thailand's lese—majeste convictions have risen to a record high over the past three years. the speaker of canada's parliament resigned on tuesday, days after he singled out a ukrainian veteran who apparently fought for the nazis during world war ii for a standing ovation during a visit by ukraine's leader. this is when mr rota apologised in the parliament last week afterfacing growing pressure to step down. mr rota said he regretted his decision to recognise the man and accepted full responsibility. anthony rota told lawmakers from the parliamentary floor, expressing his "profound regret for my error", saying his resignation would be effective by the end of wednesday.

it's with a heavy heart that i rise to inform members of my resignation as speaker the house of commons. it has been my greatest honour as a parliamentarian to have been elected by you, my peers, to serve as the speaker of the house of commons for the 43rd and 44th parliament. i have acted as your humble servant of this house, carrying out the important responsibilities of this position to the very best of my abilities. let's get you the highlights from day 3 of the asian games. the first ever e—sports gold medal has been won at the tournament in china. there was also success for hong kong in the rugby sevens, whilst one south korean tennis star has issued an apology after a meltdown. 0ur reporter nicky schiller is in the newsroom with more. one of the most sought—after tickets for the games is for the ea sports. for the games is for the e—sports. it is making its debut as a medal event and it was china,

the hosts, who won the very first gold medal. they beat malaysia playing arena 0f valour. now, from the newest gold medal to one of the more traditional — gymnastics — and home favourite and twice world champion jang bo heng, he won gold again, taking the all round individual title to add to the men's team triumph. it was a golden day for hong kong in the pool. siobhan haughey won the 100 metres freestyle. that's her second gold, and she says she's got more to give. i knew i had the ability of going faster, so i'm really glad that i could do it here at asian games and break the asian record. and yeah, itjust proves that i'm not at my peak yet and hopefully, i can keep going and keep swimming faster. hong kong also successfully defended their rugby sevens title — the men beating south korea 14—7. also successfully defending their title were iran. they beat hosts china to take the men's volleyball gold. the south korean team have been in the spotlight for the wrong reasons. on sunday, one of theirjudo players

was disqualified for slapping an opponent in the face. and their star tennis player, guangzhou nu, had a meltdown after a shock defeat on tuesday. as you can see, he smashed and destroyed his racquet. he refused to shake the hand of his opponent. well, he has now issued a letter of apology. in it, he described it as a "careless act", going on to say... finally, there was a royal touch at the games as thailand's princess sirivannavari took part in the equestrian team dressage event. her royal highness says the king encouraged her to "go for it". that's all for now — stay with bbc news.

hello there. storm agnes is going to be bringing some very strong winds to irish sea coasts during wednesday, could bring some disruption at the moment. agnes is rapidly developing underneath this powerful atlantic jet stream. there's some evidence that we might see a sting jet form. see a sting jet form — that's something that really accelerates the winds — and at its peak, well out to sea, the winds are modelled to reach 120 miles an hour in gusts, do some ferocious winds. so some ferocious winds. they will stay well away from land. and, actually, by the time agnes works across the uk, it will be working in as a weakening area of low pressure. still, though, the winds strong enough to bring some disruption, as we'll see in a moment. now, if you're outside at the moment, you might notice the winds picking up across wales and south—west england. otherwise, it's a breezy kind of night. it's quite cool for scotland, where there'll be one or two showers. quite cool for scotland, where there'll be one or two showers, the weather turning increasingly mild as we head into the first part of wednesday morning for england and wales. now, the strongest winds

from agnes will be working through irish sea coasts where gusts could reach 60s—70s of miles an hour, strong enough to bring some disruption. it will be a bright start with some sunshine for scotland, and eastern england having a relatively quiet day. it's through the afternoon that we get this swathe of really strong winds moving in, the winds strong enough to bring some power cuts, maybe some transport disruption, ferries perhaps running with cancellations or delays. and we'll probably see some trees being blown over as well due to those strong winds. and the winds continue overnight across northern england and scotland, so very windy here wednesday night before agnes starts to clear out into the norwegian sea. we then get a ridge of high pressure just ahead of the next system, and what that means is actually, for thursday, many of us, at least for a time, will see a slice of dry weather with a bit of sunshine as agnes works away before the next band of rain works in through the course of the afternoon. some of the rain could be quite heavy in the west thursday afternoon. continues to be mild — temperatures about 16—20 degrees

celsius, and another relatively mild day on the cards for friday. there will be lots of showers around for scotland, northern ireland, the far north of england, perhaps merging together across the far north of scotland to bring some wetter weather, whereas across southern areas of england and wales, it looks like being a dry day on friday with some warm spells warm spells of sunshine. temperatures 16—21. what about the weekend weather prospects? well, things look quite unsettled at the moment. we're looking at the risk of showers or some longer spells of rain for many of us this weekend, but it will stay on the mild side. bye for now.

this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines at the top of the hour, as newsday continues straight after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk from tallinn. i'm stephen sackur. estonia has vivid memories of invasion and rule from moscow, and that collective hurt underpins this country's staunch support for ukraine in its war with russia. but standing up to vladimir putin doesn't come risk—free for this small baltic nation. my guest today is estonia's prime minister, kaja kallas. are people here beginning to question her decision—making when it comes to russia and ukraine? prime minister kaja kallas, welcome to hardtalk.