we're going to ruin, but are not the future problems. climate change is already here. as a start, donald trump, —— as the summit starts, donald trump, and climate change sceptic has been re—elected. gathering to mark armistice day. the british prime minister attended armistice day ceremonies in paris. donald trump has spoken to president putin saying speculation of the media is pure fiction. welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news interviews and action. 2024 is on track to be the hottest year on record.

there are reports that average global temperatures are expected to exceed by one celsius above what they were in the in the registry or revolution. in the in the registry or revolution.— the in the registry or revolution. ., ,., revolution. in the global situation, _ revolution. in the global situation, we _ revolution. in the global situation, we are - revolution. in the global i situation, we are worried. revolution. in the global - situation, we are worried. the temperature now is one point 54 above the previous levels. of course with the level of uncertainty, but still working. we are speaking at the start of the two—week conference. we must be totally honest, the un environmental programme shows— un environmental programme shows that policies are leading

to three — shows that policies are leading to three degrees of warming. these — to three degrees of warming. these temperatures would be catastrophic for billions. they would — catastrophic for billions. they would threaten the existence of community representatives in this room. colleagues, we are on the — this room. colleagues, we are on the road to ruin. these are not _ on the road to ruin. these are hot the — on the road to ruin. these are not the future problems. climate _ not the future problems. climate change is already here. many— climate change is already here. many world leaders and heads of state not attending the conference in baku. justin rowlett explains what it can achieve. cop29 is definitely the most important event of this year. this climate conference is the most significant international meeting azerbaijan has ever hosted, and the country has not skimped on the preparations. but some things you can't control. my plan will terminate the green new deal, which i call the green new scam. greatest scam in history, probably. # it's fun to stay at the ymca! like when the biggest

economy in the world elects a climate sceptic. last night, workers were putting the finishing touches to the conference venue. mr trump has said he'll pull out of the key part of the un climate talks. the us has sent a delegation here, but any promises they make are likely to be overturned when trump takes office injanuary. and top of the agenda this year is the trickiest topic of all. they are calling this the money cop, because the focus is on finance. negotiators want to agree a new goalfor how much money richer countries should be paying to poorer countries to move away from fossil fuels and also adapt their countries to climate change. at the moment, its $100 billion a year. the hope is it will be hundreds of billions of dollars a year. developing countries would like it to be more than $1 trillion. i can give you some of the statistics. activists involved in the talks say they don't think the summit will be derailed. it takes collective response.

if we're going to be able to hold warming to below 1.5, it will take the whole world to come together. geopolitics, the biggest geopolitical challenge the world faces is climate change. if we don't tackle it, we don't have a planet. raising $1 trillion a year was always going to be a tall order, but with the us set to pull out of the game, it will be even harder. and that could have an impact on climate action for years to come, because the less money raised, the less likely countries are to dial up their carbon—cutting ambitions. justin rowlatt, bbc news, baku. let's speak now to the finland myth minister of climate. very good to have you with us minister. from what we were hearing from our climate area, i wonder what your expectations

are from the summit and what you realistically think can be achieved. you realistically think can be achieved-— you realistically think can be achieved. . , , achieved. the most necessary art is achieved. the most necessary part is that — achieved. the most necessary part is that we _ achieved. the most necessary part is that we must - achieved. the most necessary part is that we must confirm l part is that we must confirm commitments from facing out to fossils that we managed to agree about a year ago in dubai. that is the minimum level we must confirm the world that we are really serious with this game. the second, of course, very heavy task is to have some kind of agreement about the future commitments between the countries, and here, it is also necessary that we... that the commitments must reflect the current global economy and sources of emissions, not the one that existed more than 30 years ago. but minister, you use the world commitment, but many leaders have not made a commitment to even attend the summit. we've just had a biodiversity cup

which failed to reach agreement.- which failed to reach agreement. which failed to reach aareement. ., �*, ., agreement. that's also true, but on the — agreement. that's also true, but on the other— agreement. that's also true, but on the other hand, - agreement. that's also true, but on the other hand, in - but on the other hand, in colombia where i served the last 40 hours negotiating over the whole night as well, we managed to do an historical agreement about doing this gene sequencing for profits to be channelled back to nature work, which means an additionali billion annually at least a positive nature work. so were also positive steps are being taken and i'm also looking forward that even if we have had troubles before, george w bush took as away from the kyoto protocol and donald trump tucker away from it when he stepped tufts president previously and we will have future challenges as well. but they're one thing that is for sure is that we must accomplish

this challenge of mitigating climate change and in the end humankind will be smart enough to do that together. flan humankind will be smart enough to do that together.— to do that together. can i ask ou to do that together. can i ask you about _ to do that together. can i ask you about that _ to do that together. can i ask you about that particular - you about that particular concern, the us one of the biggest producers and consumers of fossilfuels, and biggest producers and consumers of fossil fuels, and trump biggest producers and consumers of fossilfuels, and trump is biggest producers and consumers of fossil fuels, and trump is a known climate sceptic. how does that change motivation around the world to reach certain targets as he takes control again? targets as he takes control auain? , ., , , , targets as he takes control auain? , ., _ , ., again? obviously, it will be a challenge _ again? obviously, it will be a challenge if— again? obviously, it will be a challenge if the _ again? obviously, it will be a challenge if the us _ again? obviously, it will be a challenge if the us will - again? obviously, it will be a challenge if the us will be i challenge if the us will be less ambitious in this global climate, but on the other hand, we have to remember that the us has been already withdrawing itself from global climate work, actually twice in this century, and still we have survived and still we have been accelerating the speed of cleantech and clean revolution. and of course, this situation,

especially expresses the importance in china rough becoming an active player in climate agenda, and i really hope that china will see its own interest, because it has a huge cleantech industry which is exporting cleantech and the industry depends very much on the idea that the world is going forward in getting rid of fossils and china is quite obviously one of the winners in a post—fossil world and hopefully understands its responsibility in pushing this development to go forward. you mentioned _ development to go forward. you mentioned the _ development to go forward. you mentioned the 40 hours that you spent in colombia, and the success you had on one particular aspect of those talks, but there were major failures in colombia as well. we have to acknowledge that expectations are low on what's going to be achieved in azerbaijan. do you feel that the whole model of cop29 or in

general needs to be re—established? general needs to be re-established?- general needs to be re-established? ~ ., ., re-established? we have more than 100 countries _ re-established? we have more than 100 countries which - re-established? we have more than 100 countries which have | than 100 countries which have their... we have tojust than 100 countries which have their... we have to just agree. we have been able to take steps forward. as you referred to colombia once more, i really also would recommend most of the global south to rethink their position because they must understand that it is not easy to actually get the hundreds of billions of euros funding to nurture all climate work. what happened in colombia, we ended up fighting about the structure of the management of major funds, which is secondary aspect, and we really need quite tough criteria and management on how to use the man —— the funds which the donors are giving. i agree these secondary aspects

will not be disturbing the possibility to go forward with climate finance when it comes to baku. we need to broaden the contributor base. europe cannot alone take all the bills that come from other countries, especially if we are broadening the traditional donor base from what it has been.— what it has been. thank you very much _ what it has been. thank you very much for— what it has been. thank you very much forjoining - what it has been. thank you very much forjoining us. . what it has been. thank you very much forjoining us. at| what it has been. thank you i very much forjoining us. at 11 o'clock this morning, cities and towns across europe fell silent to mark armistice day. music: last post. so keir starmer attended the service in paris. with the president of france the pair

observed a two—minute silence. the two leaders held talks before the commemorations got under way as a show of european unity. big ben strikes the hour. and as the clock struck ii, silent set over london, people standing side by side in silence at the cenotaph. that quite was echoed in cities throughout the uk, from edinburgh to belfast and cardiff. here in ypres, people observe the day with poppies throughout the streets. here we are in the city of ypres. it's always incredibly moving. i've been there myself to mark the moment in the belgian city.

these are pictures coming to us from earlier in the day. while campaigning, donald trump vowed to champion crypto currency if he won the election. mr trump once dismissed digital currencies is a scam, but sought the backing of donors from the industry during his campaign. to haiti now, where the prime minister has been fired by the country's ruling council, and it's less than six months to since he took office. it was put into the lead haiti during ongoing gang security lead crisis. he has stated his ousting is illegal. he has

named business men and didier feel as his replacement. to stay with us on bbc news throughout the day. we will be continuing to cover what's happening at cop29 and we have the bbc news page up and running as well. journalists are there covering implications of our warming planet, speaking to some of the leaders who were there about what can realistically be achieved at this cop29. questions on the country around human rights. to stay with us for that. you watching bbc news.

welcome back. russia is now denying a us media report that vladimir putin and donald trump spoke by phone after mr trump

is back election victory. mr putin's spokesperson calling the report completely made up. mr trump is the report completely made up. mrtrump is like the report completely made up. mr trump is like team have neither confirmed or delayed the claim. he said it does not correspond at all to reality. it is completely made up, it's false information, there was no conversation. apparently this call was made from mara largo by donald trump. let's take it to cbs correspondent jarryd held who take this doctor is now from new york. but to speak to you. from the us side in the washington post, what was said during this call?— during this call? you're in this reported _ during this call? you're in this reported phone - during this call? you're in this reported phone call, | this reported phone call, between president—elect trump and putin, we're hearing trump reportedly advised president putin not to escalate the war in ukraine, reminding him washington's sizeable military

presence in europe. trump promised to bring an immediate end to the wall, but it's not clear what rout he was taking supporting that. at, clear what rout he was taking supporting that.— clear what rout he was taking supporting that. a huge amount of interest _ supporting that. a huge amount of interest on _ supporting that. a huge amount of interest on comings - supporting that. a huge amount of interest on comings and - of interest on comings and goings at mara largo and the fact that donald trump are starting to put together his team. what do we know so far one thing we know so far is that you former un ambassador is not going to be included in his administration. she is not going to be included in his administration.— is not going to be included in his administration. she was at one time in —