tv Breakfast BBC News November 24, 2024 6:00am-9:00am GMT
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good morning. welcome to breakfast with sarah campbell and rogerjohnson. our headlines today: a climate deal rescued from the jaws of defeat — a summit in azerbaijan finally reaches an agreement, with more money for developing nations and tough language on cutting emissions. it is an 11th hour deal, at the 11th hour for climate and keeping 1.5 degrees alive. it is the right thing to do for britain in the right thing for the world. heavy rain and thawing snow combine to bring flooding as storm bert continues to batter parts of the uk. good morning. the weather story is dominated by storm bert. england and wales, goforth costs of winds and heavy rain mr west to east and
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severe gales will battle the coast across scotland and northern ireland with a rush of squally showers. more details from me throughout the morning. faith leaders unite in their opposition to the assisted dying bill and there's strong criticism from thejustice secretary over a lack of legal safeguards. more problems for manchester city — the champions are beaten again. it's five defeats in a row for pep guardiola — the longest losing streak of his managerial career, as they're thrashed 4—0 by tottenham. it's sunday, the 24th of november. our main story: nearly 200 countries at the un's climate talks in azerbaijan have reached a deal that offers developing countries $300 billion — that's £2110 billion per year by 2035 to help them fight climate change. negotiators in the country's capital, baku, struck a deal overnight —
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just hours after it looked like disagreement over key issues might derail the conference entirely. our climate editor, justin rowlatt, reports. applause. it was in the early hours of this morning when the key text was agreed to huge applause from the room. this deal was hard —fought. at one stage, the talks looked set to collapse. representatives of dozens of the world's least developed countries stormed out of a key meeting. we've just walked out. we came here to this cop for a fair deal. we feel we haven't been heard and there's a deal to be made and we are not being consulted. at the same time, there was an effort by a group of fossil fuel—rich countries, led by saudi arabia, to water down a promise made at last year's cop conference to transition away from fossil fuels.
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the final deal here includes both a $300 billion a year commitment to helping developing countries tackle climate change and that strong language on cutting emissions. i'm very pleased that we've got this deal through. it's the right thing for britain. it's the right thing for speeding up the clean energy transition, which is good for britain in that it will help protect us against climate change, and that's the right thing to do, and it will also help generatejobs and growth for people in britain. it's an 11th hour deal at the 11th hour for climate and for keeping 1.5 degrees alive. it's the right thing to do for britain and the right thing for the world. some people are saying this deal isn't generous enough, that developed nations are dodging the debt they owe the developing world. others are saying it shows that despite the divisions, despite donald trump threatening to pull america out of the process, the world can come together in this cooperative un effort to tackle the existential threat
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of climate change. justin rowlatt, bbc news, baku. we will talk more about that later in the programme. but now we have the rest of the news. coming to work, the weather was rotten! more than 200 flood alerts remain in place as heavy rain and thawing snow from storm bert cause continued disruption across the uk. thousands of homes remained without power overnight after a man died in hampshire on saturday, when a tree fell on his car. louisa pilbeam has the story. the uk and ireland are dealing with the mess caused by storm bert today, and the wild weather is not going away.
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new weather warnings are in place for either for heavy rain, strong winds or flooding. yellow warnings, meaning travel disruption and moderate danger are likely, are in place from scotland down to the south coast of england, hundreds of flood alerts. northern ireland has seen some of the worst flooding with 6500 homes without power at one point and roads and railways submerged. along with these houses in east belfast. we're the only ones out of the houses. we left and moved the cars, doing all the sandbags. and while we were out, the water reached the properties and we can't get back in and everybody else is stuck inside. disruption to travel on the roads and for train services will continue today with passengers urged to check online schedules. where thick snow fell in scotland and northern england, a quick thaw will lead
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to concerns of flooding with local authorities in west yorkshire ready with plans in place. the roads becoming quite full of water quite quickly, meaning road closures in place, massive disruption to events that are happening and to businesses as well. and we've seen it recede somewhat but very live to the fact that the rain's still there and the winds are still there and we've still got flood warnings in place. parts of south wales have been lashed with the equivalent rainfall for the whole of november in just a day. it caused this landslide. 0n the southwest coast of england, yellow met office warnings are in place for winds until nine o'clock tonight. the storm is set to ease by tomorrow morning. louisa pilbeam, bbc news. 0ur reporter, 0li constable, joins us now from hebden bridge, in west yorkshire. it is very clear behind you that the
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issue today is potentially flooding, the volume of water that fell yesterday and continues to fall? that is correct. it has absolutely started to pour with rain again and notjust started to pour with rain again and not just those started to pour with rain again and notjust those issues, but with the thawing of the snow. this is the main road, there is a short drive to the next town over the river calder, thatis the next town over the river calder, that is where a lot of the water is coming from where the river has over topped and flooded some of the main road that cut through these villages and towns in the calder valley. yesterday we had the flood warnings in place, 46 remain including here. when the water started to rise yesterday, floods rns were heard, many people with their own flood defences as well as essential ones used by the environment agency and local councils, putting two people putting sandbags out as well. ——
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every time it rains there is a deep sense of panic because of what happened back in 2015. many homes flooded there. at the moment it does not seem as serious as that but the cleanup operation now begins. that is in hebden _ cleanup operation now begins. that is in hebden bridge. the prime minister has promised the government will tackle what he calls the uk's "bulging benefits bill", warning that it is "blighting our society". sir keir starmer was writing in the mail on sunday ahead of an announcement of the "biggest overhaul of employment support in memory," which is set to include changes to job centres. the cabinet minister, pat mcfadden, will warn a nato conference in london this week that russia has widened its use of cyber attacks. he is set to say that moscow is testing the defences infrastructure of nato countries on a daily basis. the united states air force has confirmed that a number of unidentified drones have been spotted over three airbases it uses
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in norfolk and suffolk. the sightings occurred between wednesday and friday over raf la kenheath, raf mildenhall and raf feltwell. military officials said it was unclear at this stage whether the drones were considered hostile and that they continue to monitor airspace around the bases. the justice secretary, shabana mahmood, has attacked the assisted dying bill as a "state death service", ahead off a vote on the proposals by mps on friday. if it passes, it would give some terminally ill people the right to choose to end their own life. faith leaders have also voiced their opposition to the measure, as simonjones reports. those backing the bill in parliament argue it would stop some terminally ill people having to go through harrowing deaths. those against one that people could be put under pressure to end their lives. now 29 faith leaders have published a letter and among them the bishop of
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london, the roman catholic cardinal of westminster and the chief rabbi and in it they say our pastoral royals is deeply concerned about the impact this bill would have on the most vulnerable, opening up the possibility of life—threatening abuse and coercion. it is easy to see how a right to die could alter easily and in a feeling of having a duty to die. it is a view shared by the bishop of bath and wales. i’m the bishop of bath and wales. i'm ve the bishop of bath and wales. i“n very concerned that as it stands the bill does not have sufficient safeguards to ensure that no—one can be pressurised into choosing an early death. either because they feel a burden themselves or potentially that they are caused to fill a burden by others. the potentially that they are caused to fill a burden by others.— fill a burden by others. the bill would give _ fill a burden by others. the bill would give someone _ fill a burden by others. the bill would give someone expected| fill a burden by others. the bill. would give someone expected to fill a burden by others. the bill- would give someone expected to die within six months the right to choose to end their own life. the legislation would require two independent doctors and a judge to determine whether the person satisfy the criteria, including a clear wish
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to do so, free from coercion. the medication to end life must be self—administered. the bishop of london who signed the letter is a former chief nursing officer for england. she and other signatories argued that what is needed is better palliative care for people at the end of their life. they say that at present such care is worryingly underfunded. but a leading rabbi believes religious leaders are out of step with their flocks. we believes religious leaders are out of step with their flocks.- of step with their flocks. we all ho -e to of step with their flocks. we all hepe to have — of step with their flocks. we all hope to have as _ of step with their flocks. we all hope to have as good _ of step with their flocks. we all hope to have as good a - of step with their flocks. we all hope to have as good a life - of step with their flocks. we all hope to have as good a life as i hope to have as good a life as possible, why shouldn't we have a good death as possible? providing people are terminally ill and mentally competent and they went a habit of their own free will, then whoever might i to deny them and who is anybody else to say that because of their theology, someone else has to suffer in the last few weeks or months. . , to suffer in the last few weeks or months. ., , g , . months. last night, the justice secretary shabana _ months. last night, the justice secretary shabana mahmood i months. last night, the justice - secretary shabana mahmood warned the bill could be putting the country on a slippery slope towards death on demand, in a letter to her constituents she wrote? — —... mps
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will vote on the issue on friday. simon jones, bbc news. here's louise with a look at the weather. it is all important this morning but storm bert this morning was really throwing it down when i got up! it is still there, roger. at the moment different conditions today. we don't have to be concerned about the snow but the strength of the wind is a significant feature and look at some of the wind gusts we had yesterday, in excess of 70 mph across south and west facing posts with the highest getting 282 mph. yes, it is all rain and wind today for many of us and the main area of renal be moving its way across england and wales. storm
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bert will anchor up in the north and west of the uk so there will be severe gales along the southern flank of centre but the trailing front is producing wet weather. this is what has been happening overnight. a very unsettled night but this spell of rain moving into the southwest and into wales. we have flood warnings out in some areas and this will increase as the rain continues to push its way steadily eastwards. scotland and northern ireland, sunny spells and scattered showers but squally showers as the wind gusts and severe gales, close to 70 mph, a exposed west coast. a tricky day ahead and on top of that because the wind direction is coming from the south, what a difference! already we have temperatures in the mid teens and because the height of 17 or 18, warmest november day on record, even in scotland after the real cold snap, temperatures back into double
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figures. very mild but still remains wet and windy for one more day at least. the rain will gradually ease to the southeast corner, the low start to push its way across scotland and we still have some windy conditions for scotland and northern ireland install some morning showers as well. temperatures through the early hours of monday morning sitting around 8— 11 degrees but for england and wales on monday, it will be a drier, sunny day with lighter winds coming through. we still have gusty winds and a frequent rush of showers as the low pressure of storm bert drifts away from the uk. still under the influence in scotland, 7—8 , 8— 10 degrees further south. but storm bert will start to ease away and tuesday will allow a quieter story for many, wejust tuesday will allow a quieter story for many, we just need to keep a close eye on this system down on the southwest. it could bring outbreaks of rain for some but on the whole
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