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narrator: funding was also provided by, the freeman foundation. and by judy and peter blum kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. announcer: and now, "bbc news". >> hello, i am sarah. you are watching the context on bbc news. >> if we continue down this path, we risk losing the consent of the british. >> the decisions that -- has taken today revealed this is a week prime minister undermining the economic interest of this country. he was a clearing out the mess, that was the essence that he was saying of decisions made by previous conservative governments.

sarah: over the next two hours we are going to discuss and digest the main stories of the day, including the prime minister making climate targets for achievable and affordable or has he just made net zero by 2050 even less likely to happen. rolling out -- rolling out the red carpet. france welcomes king charles and queen camilla. a surprise for inflation. what does it mean for household budgets. sexual harassment anxiety all part of life for many teenagers in the u.k.. we will look at how this is impacting youngsters. the u.k. prime minister has

announced a major u-turn on efforts to tackle the climate crisis, saying he wants to adopt a more realistic approach to meeting net zero by 2050. in a fairer and better way which eases the burden on british people. he has delaying the ban on the sale of diesel until 2035 and set up 2030. but he says he remains committed to reaching net zero by 2050, meaning the u.k. will no longer add to the total amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. for more on all of this, here is chris mason. chris: how we get about, how we live our lives. the government in flurry about it. all eyes on downing street, the

prime minister's ideas heavenly. his planned speech rush forward. >> i know people in our country are frustrated with our politics. i know that feels much yet is promised but not delivered. i know they watch the news and read the papers. >> he said various agreement promises were unrealistic, even counterproductive, including this one. >> we are going to ease the transition to electric vehicles. you will still be able to buy petroleum diesel, cars and vans until 2035. even after that, you will still be able to buy and sell them secondhand. the test should be, do we have the fairest credible path to reach a net zero by 2050 in a way that brings people with us? since i have become prime minister, i have examined our plans.

i do not think they need that task. we seem to have defaulted to an approach which will impose on exceptional cost on british families, costs that no one was told about. >> the person behind the stuff being diluted today was a boris johnson and he is not happy. he said a business must have certainty about our net zero commitments. we cannot afford to falter now or in any way lose our ambition for this country. >> the reaction of business, noisy. there is fury. ford says our business needs three things from the u.k. government, ambition, commitment and consistency. a re -- relaxation of 2030 would undermine all three. >> it is not returning back in

the u.k. should be leading it bold as a market and manufacturer. >> easing off of the phasing out of gas boilers replaced by heat pumps. they told us there is no green versus cheap debates, it is a false argument that only seems to delay the vital work of transforming our economy. this is a misstep on many levels. >> i am concerned about affordability in cost of living prices wheinflation is 6%. these targets are going to put costs on the british taxpayer. i am against that. >> boris johnson says you rob

them of certainty. is this all because the election? >> lots of people are going to have their views. i respect their right to disagree with me. explain to countries all across the country's why they disagree with me they are willing to impose those costs on those families in pursuit of something when it is not necessary, when we could meet our carbon targets without it. that is a question for then. i think my approach is the right one. >> what he has done today pushed into it by liz truss is undermine a crucial bit of our economy. undermine a crucial bit of our growth strategy in this country. we should be taking advantage of the transition to electric vehicles.

>> fury and praise grabbing attention seizing the agenda is what it is all about. the big question now, will it be popular? chris mason bbc news. sarah: let's be to our political correspondent. thank you for joining us. always good to talk to you. let's think about the timing on this. on the one hand we are looking at what is coming out of new york, the main theme is climate change, urgent action needed to prevent climate change appeared here we have the prime minister of the u.k. who wasn't at the united nations yesterday saying something different. why now? >> i think the first important thing to say is get this into some kind of context. rishi sunak is not zero.

he is a man on the rise of european politics. he is someone who believes that the best way of dealing with climate change is through the operation of free market. he is against the idea of a changes forced on consumers or individuals. let's get that one out the way. the kind of context he is coming from. the timing is intensely political impact was caused by the conservatives managing to hold onto the seat of expectations in the west of london. one of the reasons they were able to do that was that their candidate was against sort of green policy to do emissions. i think that number we behind on the polls have decided maybe this is one of those dividing issues much beloved of modern politicians where he positions himself as realistic and sensible on climate change versus those on the other side,

crazed sellers who want to bankrupt the british people. sarah: the criticism has been extraordinary across the board. we are talking about business ford, the carmaker. you have the ceo calling it a misstep on many levels. regardless of the politics, the business community has come out against this. >> i think that part of it will bother rishi sunak. i do not think he will enjoy that very much. the criticism he will use and pushback against the critics. if you remember i was talking about this use, this dividing line. a lot of the conservative party criticism from opposition parties.

these people are against me. the people against me want to impose very high cost on british consumers and voters. what have they got to say about it. some of the criticism he will use against his upon us. sarah: it is always difficult to find out what is actually new and significant in terms of policy change appeared limiting the number of people and cars or tax on meat. what was significant in your mind and what was mainly not going to happen anyway? >> the here in westminster is pretty political and the use of -- you outline a string of policies, like the idea of how would people you can get in the car, a tax on meat in order to just say, do not worry everybody i'm going to protect you from

those things. sarah: good to talk to you. thank you. let's talk now to daisy. she's the head of energy and environment at public first. good to talk to you. could you give us your initial reaction to the speech which i presume you watched this afternoon? >> fascinating speech. i think the real question a lot of us is asking is it what question is he trying to answer. daisy: there was a premise at the beginning of this that the u.k. public is clamoring for marseilles on this issue. i think a lot of us who have been watching this for a long time it was in the manifesto. it has been talked about extensively since there has been a series of consultations inuding assemblies. a lot of the action taken has

not involved in the public directly. this involving things like the carbon price for. the government has been increasingly frustrated that they aren't getting as much credit as they could be for being leaders. you could see that coming through the prime minister speech today. a lot of the questions that he set up for this big policy to answer is --. they believe it is a good thing in of itself should be taken action on the climate crisis. they aren't really asking for less of tt. we found that they would like more of it. sarah: throughout the speech, along the lines of democracy, consultation, this was not an about imposing things on people. he very much placed in on this is what the public would want.

daisy: a lot of the argument dependent on him and playing policies were going to be inflicted on the people appeared gas boilers, he made a sound like everyone is going to have someone forcibly come into the house and rip out their gas boiler and being told they must replace it with. that is not how the policy is being conceived. there is a rule that new houses should not have a gas boiler imposed upon them. eventually, you would not be able to replace your gas boiler with a new gas boiler. his characterization of this -- does not mean everyone living and drafty houses does not reflect the state of the technology in the market. by 2035 at think we could have expect that technology to come along a great deal further. if you do not convert everyone over or start making that by 2035, most gas boilers these

days last for 15 years appeared if you do not do carbonized seating by 2050 unless u start by 2035. i think one of the things that is interesting about the speech is it is being placed as we are not watering down our commitments to net zero by 2050. we're going to do it more pragmatically and change of policies leading up to that. i am not sure that the british -- just learned to believe you can achieve 2050 without committing to the policies that are required to meet that. to believe that you have to agree with the prime minister that a load of these lessees are unnecessary to begin with. that undermines faith in that zero and other government policies. why should we believe his next policy initiative when he has just canceled these ones. sarah: head of energy environments at public first. rishi sunak directed his

commerce to the public saying he was doing this to democratize, to take decisions that people wanted him to take. let's talk to carlos, a doctor and surgeon at nhs. good evening to you. thank you so much for joining us. he would categorize as somebody who is trying to do their best in terms of helping the country get towards net zero and 2050. carlos: thank you for having me. i think they have been making a significant effort. all sorts of things like that. i changed my car to a hybrid ended in number of things that i could do. i think that was to question on the bbc earlier today was about

how the economic situation have impacted. of course the strike is on the news. it is no secret that our salary has been crushed in the last 10 years. it is all linked and it kind of coattails our ability to do what we would like to do in that sense. sarah: the two main things that the prime minister talked about this evening was extending the deadline. extending the deadline for having to buy an electric car and also for installing heat pumps in your house. as somebody that you bought some land, planted some trees, you are trying to do your bids, do you think the prime minister is speaking to you? carlos: not really. personally, i do not agree with extending the deadlines.

solving sanctions to make it easier for us to do it in fact. sarah: what did you make of his characterization. the commitment is still there for net zero 50. when you remove or extend those deadlines is that still possible? carlos: i am not sure it is also blue but it is unlikely. in is less likely that we reach their. it is likely that we disengage people and that journey. sarah: what message is being sent today? carlos: as a member of the public what i would like to see is more engagement in terms of -- for us to do these things, not less. at the moment, things like the

infrastructure for electric cars is simply not there. the price is quite high. they have made no incentive, no policy of incentive. sarah: thank you so much for joining us this evening. around the world and across the u.k., this is bbc news appeare s. a metropolitan police officer is to be charged with eight murder of a 24-year-old black man. he was hit by a bullet that went through the windscreen of the car he was driving. the police con officer has not been named appeared british gymnastics has published a list of 62 people as part of its plan to reform the sport. those name have been given

a ban. for the first time of history of nhs and junior doctors have been on strike across england and the dispute over pay. thnhs says it is having to pay millions of pounds to plug gaps in starving. there's no sign of an end to the dispute. you are live with the bbc news. to france where president macron is hosting a dinner at the palace of versailles for king charles and queen camilla. the royal couple arrived in paris rlier today at the start of a three-day state visit. king charles will become the first british monarch to address both houses of the french parliament on thursday. a trip had to be postponed in

march because protest. what can go across to paris and speak live to my colleague. lewis, good evening to you. the red carpet has been laid out today from france to britain for the king and queen. >> all of the guests, 100 and 60 or so including celebrities are inside right now. they are having a very nice dinner this evening. crucially for us there will be speeches. we will get to get a sense of what king charles iii message it will be during this visit. we have already have a sense of what this visit is about.

he flew in around lunchtime this afternoon for the start of this three-day state visit. a couple of days here in paris. as they touched down and climbed off the airplane and make the short trip to the center of paris then towards the ark. the ceremony at the ark was quite poignant emotional move and part of the trip because that was the place where they remembered to share history. there remembered all of those who had fallen in world war ii. they also had moments as he just saw all of those pictures together. that is the president of france at the office having a bilateral meeting, which basically means a chat between the two of them.

we do not know exactly what was said, but we can guess of the sense of some of the things that we are being steered towards. things like presenting a united front on the war of ukraine, defense issues, environments, climate change. interesting timing of all of this. king charles. it has been a busy day so far. it is still in october. we are waiting to get a sense of what king charles said in that speech. as we wait, let's get a bit of analysis. we can speak to and beat michael. -- andy michael. thank you so much for coming to the program. let's look at the relations between france and the u.k. the whole trip was about strengthening the ties. ready assume the relationship as

it stands right now -- what do you assume the relationship as it stands right now? >> the issues with brexit. it was overseen by many in paris. france maybe not have been pulling its weight. this is a time can visit, which was supsed to happen during the year. now is a interesting time for king charles, there's a sense that rishi sunak direction of

the world has lost steam, and some ways there is a real desire to use the monarchy in a way between france and united kingdom. >> interesting. given all of that, that as neatly laid out in the context of the backdrop. what difference in real terms do you actually think that visits like this could make? >> these visits are a mixture of politics. there were a number of things that were discussed. to what extent they would have an effect? that is up to question. and let of the real work would be behind closed doors.

it is limited. yet we know prince charles was well known for that, i think over the first year. he has kept out of politics. many thought that would be difficult. it comes to one of those things that really has to -- interventions. it is interesting to note. >> i am so sorry to cut you off in full flow. we are right up here against the end of the program. thank you very much for coming on. i appreciate your thoughts. and that phrase, i am going to

steal that. that sums it up pretty well. in the last couple of minutes we have heard the speech from king charles has finished. we will have more on that. back to you, sarah. narrator: funding for this presentation of this program is provided by... narrator: financial services firm, raymond james. narrator: funding was also provided by, the freeman foundation. and by judy and peter blum kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. ♪ ♪

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