i'm of a certain age". i'm of a certain age" . caitriona perry life in dublin i'm caitriona perry life in dublin with two thirds of the seats in ireland's next parliament field, the two major government parties look set to return to power. and liverpool extend their lead at the top of the premier league to nine points and heap more misery on fading champions manchester city beating them 2—0. hello, i'm nicky schiller. welcome to the programme. after two years of discussions, attempts to secure the world's first ever global treaty to limit plastic production, in an effort to stop it polluting the planet, have collapsed in south korea. the world currently makes far more plastic than it can recycle, with much of it ending up in the oceans. at a week of talks, delegates from nearly 200 nations around the world could not agree on a unanimous declaration, with mostly oil—producing nations wanting to focus on waste, rather than production.

it comes two years after countries agreed that a global treaty was needed to tackle the issue of plastic pollution, particularly the impacts on the marine environment — and this should be completed within two years given the urgency of the issue. the chair of the talks says: "unresolved issues remain challenging and additional time will be needed to address them effectively". our environment correspondent jonah fisher has more. this was supposed to be the moment the world came together to tackle its addiction to plastic. but after two years of talks, the last week of it in south korea, there was no sign of a global plastics treaty. a few critical issues still prevent us from reaching a comprehensive agreement. the key one, whether we need to reduce the amount of plastic we make. this year, the world made

430 million tonnes of plastic and that figure could triple by 2060. just 9% of it ends up being recycled, with the rest going to landfill, being burnt or dumped at sea. plastic is mostly made from fossil fuels and at the talks it was oil producing countries who blocked any attempt to put cutting production in the treaty. there should be no problem with producing plastics, because the problem is the pollution, not the plastics. it has not addressed the issue of cutting pollution risks - undermining the global progress and exacerbating _ economic inequality. those who wanted action were left wondering if there was time to move ahead without the oil producers. high ambition countries need to step up and prevent a minority of groups from holding the rest

of the world hostage from achieving the type of agreement that we all know we need to. the only way to end plastic pollution is to reduce plastic production. this could have been a turning point for plastic pollution. it is nowjust another missed opportunity. jonah fisher, bbc news. eirijk lindebjerg from the wwf was one of the delegates at that summit in busan and he told me the vast majority of countries agreed on the urgent need for action only to be stopped by a handful of others. the negotiators are now deciding to suspend the meeting and continue later. the meeting saw a really vast majority of countries uniting around globally binding measures, and at the end, only to see that being stopped by a few countries and the need for consensus. it's obviously very serious in terms of the failure to address the plastic pollution crisis because

we can't really wait to stop plastic pollution. what was the sticking point that led to the collapse? there is a disagreement around whether there will be binding measures upstream. so will there be bans banning the types of chemicals in plastics that are potentially harming us? will there be bans on problematic products that we know are polluting the environment, and will there be product design requirements to ensure that the plastics we use can actually be sensibly recycled then reused. some countries don't want any kind of upstream measure in the treaty, while the vast majority do, so they are still stuck at that point. many of us try and cut out plastics, for example, using reusable bags rather than single throw away plastics and also, say, cutlery.

is any of that any good unless the big countries do the big things? we need binding global rules. we consumers can as we can but we need regulations, we need to not be overwhelmed by plastics every time we go into a supermarket. i think this meeting really was a wake—up call those countries wanting a strong treaty that they probably have to do this on their own or they need to vote. they cannot rely on consensus for getting such a deal in the future. so are you optimistic that there will eventually be a deal that will lead to a cut in plastics globally? i think it's inevitable. citizens are demanding it. we see growing support among governments. we see businesses, scientists rallying behind it. there has to be a deal. this was a huge blow, but now these ambitious countries must take this in their own hands ahead of the next meeting.

briefly, is there any particular country you would like to see do more? i think all countries need to do more. this is a collective responsibility and in particular the ambitious countries that have been strong here at this meeting need to also take it in their own hands and go for a vote potentially at the next meeting. eirijk lindebjerg from the wwf. to georgia now where thousands of protestors are on the streets for a fourth night, after the government announced it was suspending its bid tojoin the european union. these are the live pictures from the capital tblisi where the protesters are outside the country's parliament — many of them are chanting and holding georgian flags. police inside the building are targeting protestors outside with streams of water, trying to prevent anyone from getting too close. we can show you some pictures

there. that is trying to prevent them from getting onto those steps. some of the protestors have put up umbrellas. i want to show you some pictures from georgian television which have cameras all around. there have been some fireworks thrown at the building and police officers have been crouched down behind shields. there is a stand—off in the middle of the picture between protesters and police. the protests come after georgia's prime minister seemed to contradict the very comments that sparked the demonstrations. he's denied that his government is suspending moves to join the european union. he was speaking to the bbc�*s russia editor, steve rosenberg, who's in tbilisi. keep in mind, it was the georgian prime minister's announcement three days ago suspending — until the end of 2028 — georgia's bid tojoin the european union. it was that announcement

that has been bringing people onto the streets here since thursday. let's listen to what the prime minister said three days ago. translation: today we have decided not to put the issue i of opening negotiations with the european union on the agenda until the end of 2028. and because the idea ofjoining the eu is so popular with georgians, that decision to suspend accession talks caused shock and anger here. when i asked the prime minister today whether he understood the public mood, he said, "suspension? i didn't talk about that." the response is very clear. we have not suspended anything. we had delayed the integration. there are opposition leaders, there are the media outlets linked to the opposition, they are just lying to these people. but as we heard before, he had talked about suspending accession talks and the eu heard it too.

today the eu issued a statement criticising the decision and accusing georgia of backtracking, backsliding on democracy. steve rosenberg. and we have a live page with the very latest on those protests in tbilisi — for a fourth night in a row on the bbc news website site and app. you can watch that and read the latest. the masterchef presenter gregg wallace has hit out against allegations of inappropiate behaviour on the show, saying they've come from "a handful of middle—class women of a certain age". he released a statement on social media this morning, and his lawyers have previously said the allegations are false. 13 women have complained about him to a bbc news investigation. 0ur correspondent noor nanji has the latest. now, in the newspaper, i can see the complaints coming from a handful of middle—class women of a certain age,

just from celebrity masterchef. this isn't right. gregg wallace in an instagram video this morning, hitting back at his critics. the masterchef presenter has been under pressure after bbc news revealed a string of misconduct allegations against him. our investigation heard from 13 people across a range of ages who worked across masterchef and a number of different shows. one of them, kirsty wark, appeared on celebrity masterchef. the rest — former production staff. jemma — not her real name — says gregg wallace made her and her colleagues feel uncomfortable. working with gregg was tricky. he was constantly making sexually inappropriate jokes and comments. his behaviour was unacceptable in any kind of workplace. he's posted this video today. what do you make of that? i was mortified when i saw it

this morning, because it's so dismissive of the people that have come forward, especially the younger girls, and about their experiences. i don't know what class and age have to do with it. this morning, a veteran labour mp had this to say. it's not a crime to be a middle—class woman of a certain age, i would say. gregg doesn't get it. the world has moved on. i think the intervention is not wise. _ in terms of how he's _ going about defending himself, i understand the instinct, when you feel you're - backed into a corner, - but i don't think it's smart to come out talking like that - when, at the moment, he should probably be listening. since broadcast, more allegations have emerged, including from the author emma kennedy, who won celebrity masterchef in 2012. she says she complained about his behaviour at the time. responding to wallace's video, she told us... "whoever made the allegations doesn't matter. the allegations stand. and playing the �*they�*re having a go at me because i'm working

class' card is ridiculous." gregg wallace remains one of the most recognisable faces on tv, but now production companies and broadcasters across the industry are facing questions about their handling of the allegations and the fact he has remained on air. noor nanji reporting. frances read is also following the story — shejoined me earlier to discuss the wider questions around the case. we have seen this reckoning within industries, haven't we? notjust the media industry, but really across the board in a kind of definitive expectation of what is acceptable within a workplace. and a greater examination, i think, of what people have felt that they have had to put up with in various workplaces over the years. i think these wider questions in this case are actually quite specific. that's because it has emerged that there were complaints about greg wallace on celebrity masterchef as we saw in noor�*s report there in 2017. also on the show in 2018 called

impossible celebrities. they found that gregg wallace's behaviour was unacceptable and unprofessional and he apparently got a talking to by a senior boss. so, here are the questions. were the bbc responsive enough to complaints about him? should it have been more curious about his behaviour? is it satisfied that it did everything that it should within bbc policy, and whether that was satisfactory in itself, and is it now fully satisfied that people feel able to come forward, especially where there could be any kind of perceived imbalance of power? the bbc, for its part, said it has robust processes in place to deal with issues raised with it. it is clear that any behaviour below the standards expected by the bbc and will not be tolerated. it also warned of the jumping of conclusions, that it's inappropriate to comment on anything but could form part an investigation or otherwise influence it.

iran's top diplomat has been meeting syria's president in damascus, in what state media in tehran says is a show of support, after a lightning rebel advance cost the syrian government control of the country's second city aleppo. bashar al—assad said allies' help was vital in confronting what he called terrorists. iran was a staunch ally of president assad during the civil war that broke out in 2011. the meeting came as the defence ministry in damascus said russian and syrian warplanes had carried out more air strikes on rebel forces in the northern idlib and hama provinces. a monitoring group says the number of people killed since the rebel offensive began has risen to 412, including 61 civilians. many have died in air strikes on aleppo, a city which has fallen to the rebels. syria's army says it's recaptured several of the towns that had been overrun. barbara plett usher has the latest.

they are alive, rescued from the wreckage moments after the bombs struck. footage posted by the syrian civil defence group, the white helmets, shows the aftermath of an attack on the rebel stronghold of idlib, south—west of aleppo. the regime is fighting back. thousands of people have been displaced, fleeing aleppo and areas around idlib. their lives certainly upended by this escalation in syria's civil war. translation: we are following the news and god willing - the regime will fall. we count night and day to return as the kids are tired and shocked. we left and came here in our clothes and nothing else. the speedy capture of aleppo took everyone by surprise, a devastating blow to the regime. the rebels continue their advance, but here the city is coming to terms with a new normal. early signs that daily life goes on as before. and for those driven out

by previous battles, a chance to return. translation: | returned to| aleppo after it was liberated, after we were driven out. i came back to experience thisjoy, to witness its greatness, its old neighbourhoods cleaned up after being desecrated by the assad regime and the collaborators. it isn't clear if the insurgents can hold on to the territory captured, but they have exposed the weakness of bashar al—assad's rule and his dependence on foreign powers to prop it up. russia and iran are trying to bring the situation back under control, but consumed by their own conflicts. the front lines of syria's civil war have been redrawn and nobody knows what comes next. barbara plett usher, bbc news. ijust want i just want to bring you ijust want to bring you some breaking news that we are getting from theo leggett who is our business correspondence. the chief executive of global

automotive group has stepped down with immediate effect. full statement said it has protected the resignation of the leader since 2021. it is the leader since 2021. it is the world's fifth largest automotive group. it is the parent company of vauxhall but it also controls a number of other brands including peugeot, citroen, chrysler and jeep. other brands including peugeot, citroen, chryslerand jeep. it has been struggling with falling sales, especially in north america. also here in the uk the boss has recently courted controversy after announcing the vauxhall plant in luton would close with the loss, or putting at risk at least, of over 1000 jobs. the company hasn't said why he has stepped down but he was due to stepped down but he was due to

step down in 2026 the box of the vauxhall owner has stepped down with immediate effect. now we are going to catch up on the day's sport. liverpool have moved 9 points clear at the top of the premier league after a deserved 2—0 win over the champions manchester city at anfield. city have slipped down to fifth after their fourth league defeat in a row and its seven games without a win in all competitions. 0ur reporterjoe lynskey was at the match. well, we knew before the fixture how significant the result would be for both liverpool and manchester city. for the home side, notjust to win but do so comfortably could represent a giant step for them in this title race. this lead to liverpool overmuch is a city is now 11 points. and though they tend to be slow starters.

they've never come back for more than ten points back. it is six defeats for manchester city, four defeats in a row in the premier league. there will have to be more soul—searching for pep guardiola's team as they get to this busy period of fixtures starting against nottingham forest on wednesday. what a start it has been for arne slot, the dutch manager came in the summer looking to make the necessary tweaks to take this liverpool to the next level. they have remarkably played 20 games and won 18 of them, and with this result, so far this season in europe they beat in the champions of germany, the champions of spain just this week, and now most significantly, they have beaten manchester. this result may now put them so far ahead that the english champions are knocked out of the title race altogether. let's get more from

anfield now and get the thoughts of liverpool manager arne slot the performance was great because i think if you want to win against a team like city you have to be good in every part of football. high defending, low defending, builder, high, low. they bring so many challenges to you and so many challenges to you and so many challenges to you and so many problems they can cause you. we weren't perfect but we came quite close to managing it all. (00vruben amorim has his first league win since taking over at manchester united , a comprehensive 4—0 thrashing of everton at old trafford. marcus rashford scored twice as did joshua zirkzee.. united are up to ninth, while everton remain just two points above the relegation zone. elsewhere chelsea beat aston villa 3—0 while spurs drew 1—1 with fulham. there were two games in the scottish premiership, rangers won 1—0 away at stjohntone but they

are still 11 points behind leaders celtic and 7 behind second placed abderdeen who slipped up at bottom side hearts. it finished 1—all at tynecastle the fiorentina midfielder edoardo bove is being treated in intesnive care after collapsing during their serie a match at home to inter milan. the 22—year—old, on loan from roma, fell to the ground in 16th minute , with both sets of players immediately signalling for the medical staff and forming a protective ring around him before an ambulance took him to a hospital close to the stadium. it's been reported that he has regained conciousness. the match was abandoned shortly after the incident and will be replayed at a later date. world champion max verstappen won the penultimate race of the formula one season in qatar. the dutchman started from second, but took the lead at the first corner and held on for his ninth win of the season. charles leclerc�*s second place saw ferrari cut mclaren�*s lead in the constuctors�* championship to 21 points.

that will be decided in the final race in abu dhabi. a penalty for lando norris seeing him finish tenth. it's the final of the uk championship in york, the world number 0nejudd trump taking on barry hawkins in snooker�*s first triple crown event of the season. trup is looking to secure the fifth triple crown title of his career, but last won this title in 2011, he was 5—3 up heading into the evening session, in the last couple of minutes trump, who is looking for his fifth triple crown title, has made it 7—5. they have shared the evening session so far. it is the first to ten. if you are watching in the uk you can watching in the uk you can watch that final from york on the bbc sport website. i will have another update in the next hour. votes are still being counted in ireland's general election — but more than half the seats have now been filled. let's speak to our chief presenter caitriona perry, who's in dublin for us.

there are still some seats outstanding but the two biggest government parties, fianna fail and fine gael will book the global trend for incumbent government parties and they will actually be returned to power. not the same story for thejunior government partner, the junior government partner, the junior government partner, the green thejunior government partner, the green party, which will be almost wiped out, holding on to just one of its 12 seats. fianna fail looks like adding on several seat so it will be in a position to form a coalition government with fine gael coalition government with fine gael. a little earlier i spoke to the deputy leader of fianna fail, jack chambers, and asked him how he would go about building that coalition. there is little common _ building that coalition. there is little common ground - building that coalition. there is little common ground withj is little common ground with sinn — is little common ground with sinn fein_ is little common ground with sinn fein in terms of the economy, the economic model, and sinn — economy, the economic model, and sinn fein's position on the european _ and sinn fein's position on the european union is something we disagree — european union is something we disagree with. we see them as eurosceptics. there isn't a common_ eurosceptics. there isn't a common platform to engage with sinn fein— common platform to engage with sinn fein and it is important we are— sinn fein and it is important

we are consistent in our message post the election. we said before the election that we would discuss government formation with like—minded parties _ formation with like—minded parties. we've had a good period _ parties. we've had a good period irr— parties. we've had a good period in government with fine gael— period in government with fine gael and — period in government with fine gael and there are other parties _ gael and there are other parties now that we can have iwader— parties now that we can have broader discussions with. it depends— broader discussions with. it depends on the final seat toiai _ depends on the final seat total. , ., total. of the winners of the da are total. of the winners of the day are those _ total. of the winners of the day are those smaller- total. of the winners of the i day are those smaller parties. the social democrats and labour, both who will have added to their tallies. and you heard theirjack chambers mentioning sinn fein. the leader of that party, mary lou mcdonald, says she intends to try to build a coalition of the left to seek a government term as well. but the numbers are looking really difficult at this point for her to manage to do that. and another point to note. there have been some expectation that there might be a surge to a far right candidates, anti—immigrant candidates, anti—immigrant candidates, as indicated in other countries. that has not emerged here in ireland. but

with a few seats still outstanding the focus now moves to building a government, and all of the parties are in agreement on one thing, that thatis agreement on one thing, that that is not as likely to happen for several weeks.— for several weeks. thank you very much. — for several weeks. thank you very much. 90 _ for several weeks. thank you very much, go and _ for several weeks. thank you very much, go and rest - for several weeks. thank you very much, go and rest your| very much, go and rest your voice. i think you need a touch of guinness may be. that will help the voice. stay with us here on bbc news. we have the voice. stay with us here on bbc news. we have headlines coming up news. we have headlines coming up next. hi there. good evening. well, it's been a mild weekend for this time of year. areas of cloud around at times, but also some spells of sunshine today. and we've also seen a good scattering of showers out towards the west. now, still the theme of sunshine and a few showers continues as we head through the next few days. but the big change is it will be turning colder with the chance of some wintry showers over higher ground in the north and a cold northerly wind developing, and that's going to set up overnight tonight, as our fronts continue to push further eastwards. it will just allow all of this colder air to spill down

from the arctic, squeezing the milder conditions out of the way by the time we get to the end of the day tomorrow. but this is tonight. perhaps some of this rain turning wintry, again over the higher ground of scotland, as we start to see that northerly wind take hold. a few more showers in the north and the west, and some showers, too, towards the channel coast, clearing away by tomorrow morning. still mild in the south, but it's already a chilly start to the day across northern ireland and scotland. still the chance of some wintry showers here, and as ourfront, our cloud and rain sinks further southwards, there could be some wintriness over the fells and over the pennines, perhaps, as we head through the day on monday. more cloud across the midlands, east anglia and towards the south of england by the end of the afternoon, but brighter skies developing behind, but you can see a clear contrast in the cold air in the north, and still those milder conditions hanging on further south for a time at least. but it will turn colder as we head into tuesday morning with the winds lightening and a fairly widespread frost to start the day with some mist and some fog patches around

some of it, freezing fog. a little milder across eastern coastal areas of england, and still the chance of a bit of a breeze here and maybe one or two wintry showers over the north york moors, but generally dry on tuesday. however, we've got our eye on this front, which, as it pushes eastwards and hits the colder air, is likely to turn to snow, certainly over the higher ground of scotland, maybe even here to some lower levels, but milder further south and west, so more likely to fall as rain. but a largely dry day, still feeling cold. and then, again, we could see some wintriness over the pennines, over the fells as that front continues eastwards on tuesday night into wednesday. but it's all cleared by wednesday, and wednesday does look mostly dry. areas of cloud, but brightening up. there will be a bit of lying snow around, and it's still feeling rather chilly on wednesday. milder on thursday.

this is bbc news. the headlines. attempts to secure the world's first ever global treaty to limit plastic pollution have collapsed under pressure from oil— producing nations. big anti—government protests are taking place under pressure from oil—producing nations. big anti—government protests are taking place for a fourth consecutive night in the georgian capital, tbilisi. the demonstrations were sparked by the prime minister saying he would suspend moves tojoin the eu. he's now denying those comments. the masterchef presenter gregg wallace has hit out against allegations of inappropiate behaviour on the show, saying they've come from "a handful of middle—class women

of a certain age". his lawyers have previously said the allegations are false. and counting continues in ireland's general election, nearly two thirds of the seats in parliament have now been filled. but it could be weeks until a government is formed. we will have the full forecast at nine, and now ukraine. at nine, and now ukrainecast. hello, i'm lucy hockings, co—host of the bbc�*s ukraine cast podcast with vitaly shevchenko. it's been a fortnight since president biden authorised the use of us missiles and weapons into russia. john sullivan was ambassador to russia under presidents biden and trump. this week we asked him what the new trump administration means for the war. ukrainecast from bbc news. ambassador sullivan, i'm fascinated by your office.

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