agreed in new york and russia's insistent does not include an automatic threat of force if. fails to comply. that would need another resolution. venezuelan television, syrian president bashar al-assad insisted his government sees no obstacle to the mission but fromd of obstructionism the opposition which he alleged also had chemical stockpiles. is once the security council approves the resolution, it could reopen the door to a broader international conference on the conflict. but there are still significant hurdles ahead to make the plan work. the child, bbc news. regionresponse from the itself. kevin connolly is in beirut for us. kevin, if you could start with perhaps the assad perspective. the bottom line is, there is a will is -- resolution now. should he be unhappy or happy? suppose we don't really know what the inner

workings of president siv's regime are, let alone, his mind. but probably the syrians will feel they have given ground here where they have had to give ground in the face of overwhelming international pressure. so they are, i suppose, trying to do the minimum necessary to avoid the american use of force at some point in this conflict. the minimum necessary to keep their own allies on board. week, aill see next pretty extraordinary week in syria actually. we already have on the ground united nations chemical weapons inspectors, trying to verify what has happened, when chemical weapons have been used in the past and where. they will be joined now by more inspectors. this time from the opcw, and their task will be to measure and verify the stockpiles which are in syria as a necessary first ordered their destruction. you can't get rid of stuff until you have measured it and agreed to how much there is. in the midst of all but the danger and chaos of civil war,

next week we will see a really unprecedented wave of attention on any chemical arsenal i suppose in history, certainly an unprecedented level of international measurement and verification of what is really happening with syria's chemical weapons. rebels, i, as for the suppose all of this means any chances of military intervention are pushed so much further down the track. >> i think that is right, david. it is now very difficult to say with precision, i think, in all of that swirling diplomacy, where we are, the ultimate threat of some kind of american military intervention. and that, of course, this made the rebels who were relying on a threat of american military intervention of some sort to shift the battlefield and there've they've are and now it does not look like it will happen, at least for now. >> good to speak to you. let's get the view from moscow. daniel is our correspondent there now. i suppose it has been a remarkable diplomatic t --

diplomatic tour de force for moscow and president putin. >> i think they will be very satisfied. i -- they achieve a number of goals. deflected the threat of a missile attack from the americans against their chief ally in the middle east. to agree to the destruction of syria's chemical weapons removes a headache from russia. there was always a risk president assad would use the arsenal and bring russia into disrepute at the same time. they reasserted themselves on the world stage diplomatically. and even after that deal between john kerry and sergei lavrov, russian foreign minister -- to insert a chapter 7 clause in the resolution, which would allow the use of force, but the russians have stuck to their guns and made sure the only mention of chapter 7 was that if there were to be an

noncompliance, then the issue could be brought back to the security council for consideration for the possibility of a chapter seven resolution, which, of course, russia could veto if they wanted. >> it does sound like a capri much what they wanted. wh about the idea of a new geneva conference of pushing toward a complete, comprehensive deal? >> the russians have been very clear all along that they want to go down that route. but they have always said that the block -- blockage was the fact that the syrian opposition would not come to the table. it is not quite clear whether that is the real general blockage or whether there is some other problems as well, not least of all the fact that russia is saying that charon has be at theehran has to talks, which will be a problem for the americans. but the russia saying they want to go into this geneva process. there has to be some doubt and american diplomats minds about that because they would be worried perhaps it is in

russia's interest of the civil war to carry on while assad is apparently gaining the upper hand. much, indeed. authorities in pakistan have appeal to separatist militants in baluchistan to halt their attacks and a region hit by an earthquake tuesday. the provincial government said insurgent attacks will hamper relief efforts. 400 people are known to have died in the earthquake and thousand have been left homeless. the government says official rescue teams will have not managed to reach many of the villages because of poor infrastructure. our reporter is in the provincial capital quite a -- quetta and he spoke to the head of disaster management authority for the region. is one of the largest and most widespread of earthquakes that could happen in baluchistan and unfortunately it has happened in the most impoverished and the farthest of the districts of the province. >> we are hearing from people on

the ground that there is a desperate need for new doctors, medical supplies. do you have enough resources to take care of the people in need? >> as far as medical requirements are concerned, we -- it is not the availability, but the issue distances. the nature of the area. affectedthat have been are so widespread, and they are so scattered that it is not easy to immediately get the medicine and required help to every place on time. this thing happened in the first two days, but today -- >> there are many charity groups inside and outside pakistan who want to help. to go tollowing people these affected areas? >> people who live here, people from adjoining areas, people from the cities like karachi, everybody who can help, they are

already helping. >> what about international aid groups, charity groups? >> there is a policy decision which i believe the government will take. we are focusing on rescuing the people. once we know the extent of the damage, only then can we decide about whether to go for appeal, to go for international help her not. foret's get some other news you now. at least 17 people have been killed in an explosion on a government bus in pesahwar in northwest pakistan. it was detonated by remote control on a packed bus carrying staff home from work. at least two women are thought to be among the dead. no group is admitted -- has admitted to carrying out the attack. snoopy 2 is released showing the devastation caused to an ape -- a nairobi shopping center by militants. at least 67 people are known to have been killed in the attack of the westgate shopping mall. part of the complex's roof collapsed following an explosion

and rows of burned-out cars can be seen down in the shopping center car park. three days of national mourning in kenya come to an end today. a four story residential building has collapsed in mumbai, killing at least six people, and several others have been rescued and taken to hospital but about 25 are still feared trapped under the rubble of the apartment block. just the latest in a series of building collapses in the city, which already killed more than 100 people this year alone. our reporter is in mumbai. latest, if youe can, on those who are still unaccounted for. dozens have been coming in to try to clear the debris and pull out any survivors. administer the came to visit a short while ago said at the time

the building collapsed there were about 45 people feared trapped in the debris. some of these were pulled out, as you said, and around six are dead and others have been admitted to hospitals nearby. but we have seen crowds of him -- onlookers gather and some of those have family members who are still unaccounted for. so, this operation will will be for quite some time. and it has been raining on and off, which is not making things much easier for people. but this is just the latest of a long incident -- list of incidences in mumbai, and it seems like these have sadly become common. >> thank you very much, indeed. we will keep across that story as it develops. thank you for being with us here on bbc world news. come, including -- our fault. the world's leading scientists say they are warming the planet. in a few minutes we go live to the man responsible for that claim. they with us.

there has been a sixth successive day of clashes in bangladesh where workers from garment factories have been protesting about their low wages. demonstrations have been taking place near the main industrial .reas in dhaka the workers say they are the lowest paid staff in the world. nasaey held bricks from hurled bricks from factory rooftops and police retaliated with rubber bullets and tear gas. -- fifth dayk the of protests in this industrial suburb. thousands are working better pay. the current, wages $39, the lowest in the world. the salary we get is only $39, and the house rent is 32. how can we survive with what is left? can i buy rice and the essentials with it? >> the bangladeshi voting industry currently employs about 4 million people. last yr the country exported more than $20 million worth of

ready-made garments but workers argue they are not benefiting from the growth. they are asking for 104 dollars each month, an increase of $65 on the monthly minimum wage. garmentccidents in the industry has highlighted the poor working conditions for factory workers in bangladesh. thanril of this year, more 1100 people were killed after an eight story factory building collapsed. there has also been numerous at that rate fires, including one last november that killed 112 workers. authorities in global clothing companies have since pledged to improve standards, that this weeks protesfactory owners say t afford a significant raise in the minimum wage due to uncertain economic conditions and also global brands are not willing to pay higher prices amid stiff competition. trade unions have so far been unwilling to back down and they are demands.

leading scientists say they are 95% certain that humans are the dominant cause of global warming since the 1950s. a long-awaited report by the un- sponsored climate panel details the physical evidence behind climate change and says it is virtually certain that pollution is at least partly responsible for rising temperatures. very quick look at some graphic details of that for you. drawing on the experience of 800 experts and 9000 buddies, that is the warning. let's go over down to rebecca morrell in stockholm with the latest. >> yes, well, i am here in stockholm where a major report into the state of the planet's climate has been released today and scientists are saying that climate change is happening, unequivocal. and we are seeing unprecedented of facts on the earth. temperatures are going up.

the ocean temperatures are going up. air temperature, too, and sea levels are rising and ice is melting. they say this is the most comprehensive assessment they have today and they think man is to blame for these problems. i am joined by a professor who is chair of the ipcc. you say you are 95% certain that climate is caused by people. how can you be so sure? >> simply because there is a substantial amount of published literature now, all of which clearly shows, and we have actually quantify this to the extent of saying 95%. although this clearly shows that humans are causing climate change. and my -- may i say that the bulk of this effect has been felt since the middle of the 2050 century, since about or so, whatever things are largely the result of human actions. >> you say that but since 1998

the rise in temperature seems to have stalled, the so-called global warming pause. tricks are saying climate scientists have your models wrong. why didn't you predict this? >> we are not predicting the weather. when you look at changes in the climate you have to look 20 or 30 years. there are variations in temperature and variation in the climate for a variety of reasons. but if you look at the trend, that is up word. there is no question about it. in fact, the world meteorological association -- organization came out with its report that said a decade from 2001-2011 has been the warmest in recorded history. we ourselves in this report have shown that the last three decades where we've got a diagram showing the temperature increases taking place, they are substantially higher than what has taken place earlier. say that the year 1998 was an unusually warm year,

so if you are going to look at changes that have taken place after that period, obviously they are going to show a trend which is not necessarily as high as what has been recorded earlier. some ways are in losing the battle against public opinion. you're scientists are meeting a consensus on this but the public are not as convinced. will this report actually make any kind of difference? >> i should think so. because i think of the findings of this report are disseminated than the public will be convinced, they will be able to separate minor changes in the climate that take place over sure periods of time with what we are really doing in terms of the trend in climate change in terms of sort of the profound effect that human actions are having on the climate of the planet. i think the findings of this report, once they get to the public, will really convince them. >> the ipcc has come under criticism after the 2000 seven report.

haven't you lost credibility with policymakers and governments -- after the 2007 report. producedport that was in 2007 was an excellent report. it really had a major impact in informing the public and creating awareness all around. forad an error in that, which we apologize. but we also learned from that experience and we now have in place much stronger procedures and practices. and we are absolutely certain that what we are going to produce now will be a very high quality, as was indeed the case earlier. but we did have that error in the glaciers which we apologize for -- apologized about and corrected. theome people would say process itself is problematic, sort of science by committee. you are having to deal with thousands of comments from the outside world every time you publish a draft. can this 30 page summary really hold true in the face of it?

>> the fact is, we have referred to 9002 hundred documents, published documents, in this particular report -- 9200 documents. over 55 thousand comments. but in this plenary session we have governments that accept the report word for word. but i can assure you the last word is always that the authors. the benefit of getting government people in looking at the semantics of what we produce is that the language we make in -- in the summaries for policymakers has a language that is intelligible, that is understood, and not purely technical language that we use. you it is asure objective, robust, scientifically valid report. now, policymakers -- and this

is really down to governments to act. nothing has really happened at the last big climate meeting. can you really expect something to happen again? you produce these reports and then nothing happens afterward. >> i think action takes place at various levels. of course, it would be wonderful if we had a global agreement to deal with climate change, but the heartening the -- feature is in towns, cities, provinces, states, and even countries, there is a substantial amount that is happening and people are doing things on their own as well. i think all of this gives you a foundation by which perhaps a strong agreement can be entered into at the global level. much for that.ry this is just the start of the process. over the course of the next year there will be another two huge reports -- impact of climate on people, animals, and the environment, and the last one looking at whether there is

anything we can do about global warming and if so, what it could be. but there will be lots of screws the -- scrutiny on all these reports when they come out. >> rebecca morrell in stockholm. with me is the head of the grantham institute for climate change at imperial college in london. professor, thanks for joining us. let's pick up from some of that. does this, in your view, reestablish the ipcc's credibility? because it was rocked, was in it, with the previous report? report, no error was found that it actually. so, i see that as building on the previous science reports and it is building and giving yet more confidence that climate is changing, that humans are involved in the change, and that it is headed in the direction which is viewed as dangerous. >> obviously what you would want would be things to be done. one of the other findings is that the speed of warming has slowed which, of course, for

most people out in the real world thing, ok, maybe, it is not as bad as it but maybe we're not doing the damage without it how do you get over it? >> and can be difficult because everyone looks in their back garden, last winter and yesterday and the memories are short and the view is local. but you have to get beyond that and actually say, well, let's look at the last 50 years. we see the changes that have taken place. they are huge. but even if we look in a shorter timescale, the arctic ice will we know how that has disappeared. we can now measure green line -- ice sheet melting at accelerating rate. those are pretty devastating things. >> they are. at the same time also since six years ago we had a major international financial collapse almost, but a major recession. so, a lot of energy supplies fell for a while. to a certain extent, the heat went out of the issue, didn't it? it does not feel as urgent today as it did six years ago. >> i think people have been

distracted from this issue, and in some ways, everyone is hoping we could return to the way we were. but this is actually an opportunity to go onto the next stage in our development. we have had fossil fuel. we have done that. and there are technologies that open up huge opportunities. new industries. so there is a lot of noise from the old industries -- >> i appreciate you are not a politician, but things like carbon trading and other issues, they are falling backwards and not going forward. we seem to be caught in a political world where all of this is very unpalatable stuff the short term again. >> i think governments need to see this as an opportunity, it is an opportunity for their industry to have energy security where you actually have more control of your energy. and this is a way forward. yes,e should say, governments, please look beyond the next five minutes. let's look a little further. i have grandchildren. i want the world to be something they can live in. we would all wish for that,

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welcome back to "newsline." i'm yuko aotani in tokyo. here are some of the stories we're following this hour. >> the five permanent members of the u.n. security council have agreed on a draft resolution demanding that syria eliminate its stockpile of chemical weapons. officials at tokyo electric power company have taken a big step to restarting two idled reactors. the same type as those that melted down at fukushima daiichi. and relaxing restrictions. a major hub of commerce in china hopes to boost foreign investment through free trade. the five permanent members of the u.n. security council have made a breakthrough on syria. their foreign ministers have been negotiating the issue on the sidelines of the u.n. general assembly. they've agreed on the draft restlugs destroy the country's stockpile of chemical weapons. the council is expected to vote on the draft as early as friday. >> we did reach agreement with respect to the resolution. we're now doing the final work

on pulling that language together, but it's our hope that that process between the organization for the prevention of chemical weapons and the united nations and its resolution can now move forward. >> the united states and european countries have been calling for the inclusion of harsh measures in the draft if syria fails to comply. they include military action. russia and china have opposed the idea. a high-ranking u.s. official says the security council held a closed door meeting to discuss the details of the draft resolution. russian foreign minister lavrov says his country and the u.s. have drawn ape road map for destroying sir why's chemical arsenal. it first needs to be approved by the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons. once approved, the draft resolution could be brought before the council for a vote within 24 hours. japan's prime minister shinzo abe has made his debut address at the u.n. general

assembly. he told the leaders he wants japan to become more active in maintaining world peace. miki ebara has more. >> his first goal was for japan to be a proactive contributor to peace. >> translator: i will have them be more aisktly engaged in collective u.n. security measures. including peace keeping operations. >> abe has used the term proactive contributor to peace in the past but this is his debut at the general assembly, making it a global promise for the first time. this is significant especially for the japanese. abe is basically saying japan will aim to particinate more peacekeeping operations around the world. abe is also hinting that he'd like japan's defense force to

participate in collective self-defense if need arising. he was referring to the u.n. chart cher er which is like a ns constitution. it states that nothing shall impair the inherent right of individual or collective self-defense if an armed attack occurs against a member of the u.n. abe's comments already causing ripples. a chinese foreign ministry spokesman says if japan wants to make contributions to world peace and stability, it should walk the talk and not create tensions. abe also stressed that issues such as female empowerment and protecting women's rights are at the top of japan's agenda. >> translator: japan intends to make efforts towards measures that will ensure the participation of women and all stages, including the prevention and resolution of