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>> they will reach broad agreement. and it tells would be morally inexcusable, economically shortsighted, and politically unwise. >> president obama calls for urgent action from israeli and palestinian leaders in new york. security forces in honduras clashed with supporters of the ousted president, who is returning from exile. welcome to "bbc world news" -- broadcast to our viewers on pbs in america and also around the globe. coming up later, clearing the jungle, a french riot police detained nearly 300. and as london fashion week reaches the grand old age of 25, can it still retain that maverick image?

hello. if public commitments from world leaders were all it took, there would within days be a dramatic and binding international agreement to combat climate change. all day at the un, they have been declaiming, but rhetoric is easier than the technical fine print. the aviation industry is promising to have emissions by 2015. china said cuts but said no specific target. president obama faces a battle pushing through anything in the u.s. from new york, the bbc's diplomatic correspondent. >> threat to life on the planet is clear. most scientists, all governments agree, global warming must be limited, greenhouse gas emissions cut. president obama, feeling the political heat of american resistance to big change, came to the united nations with an appeal, not a promise. >> our generation's response to this challenge will be judged by history, for if we fail to meet

it boldly, swiftly, and together, we risk consigning future generations to an irreversible catastrophe. >> air travel is certainly not the world's worst polluter, but it is highly visible. after years of pressure, major airlines now say they will cut emissions in half by midcentury. cleaner, less thirsty engines will have to play a big part. >> we've got to demonstrate that we will invest in new technology. we will invest in research. we will play our part. >> although air travel produces less than 2% of their commissions now, the number of flights is climbing, and there is a suggestion the industry could produce a quarter of emissions in the developed world by 2015. the airlines say that emissions will not level off until 2020, but the new pledges to cut drastically after that, down by

50% by 2015. today's united nations is really all about pressure on big polluters to make dramatic concessions. that puts both the american and the chinese president firmly in the spotlight. together, their countries are responsible for 40% of all global emissions. so all eyes on china's president as he arrived. until now, the leader of the world's largest population has refused binding pledges, blaming the rich west for historic pollution, but the chinese to worry about climate change, especially now they have overtaken america as talk polluter. the staggering pace of china's industrialization means their emissions will keep rising, but now, they are talking about limiting that arise. its president, the united nations increased energy efficiency so that emissions would grow less quickly than his economy. china's concession should

improve prospects for a new global climate treaty at copenhagen in december. but for that, everyone has to give ground. >> president obama's agenda at the united nations switched swiftly from climate change to the middle east. he called on all sides to act with a sense of urgency as he embarked on talks with israeli and palestinian leaders. he is aiming to restart the stalled peace process that the white house -- but the white house is playing down any expectations of a sudden breakthrough. >> president obama's motorcade and the security that always comes with leaders from a violent part of the world brought the streets around the hotel where the meeting was held to a standstill. unfortunately for president obama, his hopes of a middle east are gridlocked, too. for months, his plan was to use the united nations general assembly this week to start a brand new peace process, aimed

at giving the palestinians independence alongside israel. once they were all inside the waldorf-astoria hotel, the meeting could not have been easy. he has humiliatingly refused repeated american requests to keep an old promise about freezing construction in the occupied palestinian territories, so the palestinian president will not take part in direct talks. president obama must have been exasperated by what he had hoped would be a major summit had become a photo opportunity. >> despite all the options, despite all the history, despite all the mistrust, we have to find a way forward. we have to summon the will to break the deadlock that has trapped generations of israelis and palestinians in an endless cycle of conflict and suffering. >> since 1967, israel has been building homes for jews in

defiance of international law. the settlement to break up the land, making it harder for palestinians to reclaim it. more meetings lie ahead. back at his hotel, it is not certain that president abbas could deliver any kind of deal as palestinians are hopelessly split, but first, both palestinians and israelis have to talk. >> we did not wake up with our conscience aching. we're talking about interests, talking about a region, talking about peace, and we are talking about a requirement for peace. >> it will not happen today in new york, but sorting out the conflict matters because it has a unique capacity to export trouble, not just in the middle east, but in the wider world as well. that is why president obama made it a priority when he came to office, and that is why despite all the difficulties, he cannot give up now.

>> we will be explored much more on that in just a few moments. >> security forces in the honduran capital are taking control of the area are around the brazilian embassy. this is significant because the ousted president has taken refuge there in return to the country in secret. thousands of his supporters clashed with police outside the building. >> fighting on the streets of tegucigalpa has thousands of supporters of the ousted president gathered outside the brazilian embassy. he had taken refuge inside. he said he was ready to dialogue with the interim government, but today, he got his answer, and it was his followers who bore the brunt. >> there are prisoners throwing tear gas bombs and shootings. they are corrupt. we want them to help us take out

these people. >> mr. zelaya's supporters are hoping groups may help and that brazil might media, but the current president has given that idea short shrift. >> the brazilian embassy should give them asylum or hand them over, and i want to warn our friends in the red and black shirts that we are not going to allow property to be damaged. >> brazil has called on the interim government in honduras to negotiate, and he himself has called for a new dialogue. >> my presence here is an opportunity to turn honduras into what the people want, a society with teeth and dialogue and consensus. >> but with a curfew in the capital and riot police on the streets, that consensus seems a distant prospect. >> burglaries in south africa have increased by 27%, and

overall, crime is up, and the number of murders has fallen by more than 3%. the figures come from the latest crisis is 6 -- the latest crime statistics. the threat from dissident republicans, who rioted for three nights last week shortly after three people were jailed for plotting a rocket attack on a police patrol. the bulgarian ambassador of france is to be the next head of the united nations cultural agency. at least 270 migrants, many of them minors, have been detained in northern france, as police cleared out the makeshift camp known as the jungle. it has been housing asylum seekers trying to smuggle themselves into britain. there were some clashese enoughm

asylum. more than a quarter of those rounded up are minors, children who have been living in this squalor for months. on a tour of the site, the french immigration ministers said the closers sends a strong message to traffickers that squashing no longer offered a

ticket to england. the authorities were quick to wipe out all traces of the camp, but the migrants themselves will not be cleared away so easily. looking at all the bathetic bits and pieces still lying around here, it is almost unimaginable to think that this used to be home to 800 migrants. but something does not add up. police today arrested 276 people, so where did all the rest go? some of the detained man will be given asylum in france, but all want to come to britain. >> some say they have family members in the uk. others said they had the perception that it would be easier to find a job in the u.k. the perception that the u.k. is the land of milk and honey seems to be arise in these migrants. >> many will simply be deported.

no matter, they say. they will just try again. they still have their eye on britain. >> to come for you on "bbc world news," is a long time coming. probably another two weeks before final results in the afghan presidential election. what about the allegations that the recount is just a waste of time? first, one of the greatest rivalries in chess has been renewed. 25 years ago, kasparov played karpov for the world title in a match that lasted five months. now, in valencia, that are playing again. this time, they're meeting will be strictly limited to 12 games. >> kasparov vs. karpov. the chess lovers, this is as great as the game gets. locking horns 25 years since their first historic encounter.

today in spain, they resumed their rivalry with the first of 12 quick fire games. when they first met, though, it was more at it. the year was 1984, and for nearly half of, karpov's impregnable play against kasparov's material brilliance. the match was called off after five months after fears the players were exhausted. by the time they met again the following year, kasparov was ready to take the crown, a title he held until 2000. he then swapped the thrust of the chess board for that of russian politics, briefly being arrested and then imprisoned for political dissent.

>> this regime is criminal. >> in jail, his old opponent visited him. their rivalry is intense, but the respect mutual. today's contest, a reminder why for so many of the 10 million people who will be watching, they remain the best players ever to have lifted upon -- lifted a pawn. >> this is "bbc world news." headlines for you this hour -- world leaders attending a united nations climate summit in new york have been warned time is running out to tackle global warming. palestinian and israeli leaders have agreed to restart middle east peace talks after an appeal from president obama. back to our coverage of those key middle east talks and our special correspondent, so the thomas, is in washington president obama told us today

that his special envoy george mitchell will be meeting israeli palestinian negotiators to get next week, and george mitchell himself forced a great deal of optimism about the challenges ahead. >> while differences remain between them, we have made very substantial progress, and without being argumentative, i would not characterize their positions as being so far apart right now. secondly, it is precisely because there are still differences, and that we need to move forward that the president elected to hold this meeting for the very purpose of seeking to impress upon the parties the need for urgency and to close these final gaps. >> the need for urgency -- that is how to think about what needs to be achieved. with me is the director for middle east affairs at the institute of world affairs. settlement -- that is one of the big obstacles, isn't it?

we do not see any obvious news by netanyahu to step back to give ground on settlements. >> it is a very tough issue because netanyahu is between a rock and a hard place. he has a coalition government that does not want to stop settlement, and at the same time, he cannot afford to have a breach with the president of the united states by defying him, so i think on the settlement issue, some real creative ambiguity will be necessary so that the americans and the palestinians mula by which at least some settlements are stop, or there is a temporary halt. after all, this is a real estate problem, so what is robust with the land is the key to success of the peace process. >> i like that phrase creative ambiguity. we did hear george mitchell saying let's not talk about preconditions. this could be delinking of the

settlement issue in a way. >> i think there will probably be a deal linking of the settlement issue because it was a request by the united states, by the president of the united states, and what they are talking about, senator mitchell and the president, is starting final status negotiations. so the israelis have always claimed that all of these issues will be solved in final status negotiations, so i think there is a bit of fudging and a little bit of ambiguity beginning to emerge. >> what more has to be given from the arab side? saudi arabia, for example, could play more of a key role here. >> saudi arabia is absolutely vital to everything the u.s. is trying to do here. i think the saudis might be more forthcoming in presenting to the israeli public as well as to the american public the content of the framework that was presented first in 2002, which in fact says that once the

palestinian issue is resolved, all of the arab states have committed themselves to full normal regular relations with israel, and when the palestinian-israeli treaty is signed on the white house lawn, that all the other arab states that have not yet signed should be there to also begin the process of normalization, so it needs to be marketed. >> you said both sides are reluctant to play their cards at this point. can you sum up why there is that feeling? >> both sides are each other's present victims, and they do not want to let go of their pain and trauma, but at the same time, until they know what is the destination, where are they going? what will the final outcome look like? what guarantees, assurances, economic aid -- they are not going to show their final concessions, what they are really ready to give. they are too weak, traumatized, so it is not part of what they

will be able to do. >> we have to leave it there, but thank you very much. >> thanks to you both. now, the head of the commission investigating the widespread allegations of fraud in last month after an election is saying the final results will not be known for 10 to 14 days. western governments have pushed for a thorough investigation. they want whoever is declared winner to be seen as a credible victory. that is not a point of view shared by many afghans. in the capital, the bbc's alan little has been gauging opinion. >> it is one of the holiest times of the year. the muslim festival that marks the end of ramadan, the month of fasting. it is a time to celebrate. what do afghans think of a presidential election so slot by claims of corruption? the message from the mosques is clear. >> we cannot expect to have a proper western-style election in

afghanistan. the situation here is not favorable to that. we cannot meet all the expectations. we should accept the election results, even if it is only a small achievement. it is hard to find afghans who want to face the trauma of a second round. this bus driver and his family voted for the opposition candidate. a second round runoff is the only hope for him. even so, they are against it. >> i don't know what we would achieve in a second round. all costs money. a lot of people here are poor. we should expect -- accept the results, -- spend money on other things. >> i afghanistan, elections bring violence. it took real courage to vote last month, and few here want to do it again. i went to the home of a prominent human rights activist, surely a credible, transparency -- transparently clean process is vital. >> why would i be enthusiastic

about the second round? would it be a free and fair second round? if you ask ordinary people, they are tired of the situation. let's all just get it over a period we need to have a normal life. >> the election rules might still demand a second round, but many here believe the turnout would be lower and the result less credible still than that of the clot first round. if there is public demand for a second round or a long drawn-out investigation into fraud, it is coming from outside the country. governments who have troops here fighting and in some cases dying have to keep persuading their populations back home that it is worth the sacrifice. an election that is widely perceived to be corrupt or even stolen makes testifying before efforts harder. >> the 25th london fashion week ends tomorrow peered around 60 events in six days showcasing

some of the biggest names in british fashion. many designers are actually younger than the show itself. in 25 years, it has made a tradition of bringing to the for some of the brighter young people in the industry. we went along to get an idea of what the future may look like. >> london fashion week, 1984. a young man completely stole the show. his collection was amazingly designed. the emergence as a young fashion stars set the trend for the next 25 years. since then, london has developed a reputation as a maverick of fashion shows -- edgy and innovative. >> they have wonderful fashion schools here that really teach them to put creativity and

talent and imagination first, and i think that is very helpful and also because there's less emphasis here on selling. >> london has a reputation for nurturing new talent. in 1993, an organization was set up to provide funding for young designers, and working for atlanta weller is launching her first collection. >> it is a great opportunity because there is so many more people coming because they want to see something new and creative, and london is the kind of creative fashion city. >> and as the experience of one reason credit goes to show, appearing at fashion week can do wonders for your career. this is a young british designer christopher cain's latest collection. he first appeared at london fashion week three years ago, and now, his designs are on sale

here and talk show. that is really what london fashion week is designed to do -- give young designers the opportunity to be spotted by all the big buyers. after all, fashion is a serious business, and it is about getting the clothes off the catwalk and on to real people. but in these tough economic times, it is harder than ever to break into the fashion industry. with high street stores now able to reproduce the latest trends as quickly, people can get there fast and fixed at a fraction of the price. in the past, london fashion week has been criticized for being vague on ideas but low on professionalism. there were claims it lacks commercial credibility, and top designers started going elsewhere. but this year, the top designers are here in force.

the presence of major labels is crucial. the british -- is the british fashion council is to convince the industry that london is still worth watching. the challenge now is to show it can attract big names without forcing new talent off the runway. >> just briefly, a reminder of our main news. president obama has warned the united nations climate some in new york this generation will be judged by history if it fails to tackle global warming. china's president says developed countries have to take account of the needs of developing ones and help them make use of clean energy technology. thanks for being with us on "bbc world news." >> funding for this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, the newman's own foundation, the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, union bank, and "bright star," a new film by

jane campion. >> union bank has put its financial strength to work for a wide range of companies, from small businesses to major corporations. what can we do for you? >> he was a dreamer. >> i was floating above the trees with my lips connected to those of a beautiful figure. >> were they my lips? >> she was a realist. >> my sister has met the author. she wants to read it to see if he's an idiot or not. >> with every word he wrote -- >> a thing of beauty is a joy forever. >> inspired the romance that would live forever. >> i get anxious if i don't see you. >> i must warn you of the trap you are walking into. >> you know i would do anything. >> "bright star," from jane campion, now playing in select cities. >> bbc news was presented by

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