the president of last year's cop summit, alok sharma spoke of his disappointment. friends, i said friends, isaid in friends, i said in glasgow that the 1.5 degrees was weak. unfortunately, it remains on life support. the first ever world cup to be held in the middle east kicks off later today. the hosts qatar will play ecuador this afternoon. malaysia's general election results are in — but for the first time ever there's no outright winner. donald trump's twitter account is reinstated after a public poll sees 52% of voters back the former us president's return. the housing secretary, michael gove, has written to every council and social housing provider in england, to warn that deaths like that of two—year—old awaab ishak must "never be allowed to happen again". hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. the un climate summit in egypt has ended with a deal to help poorer countries suffering the effects of global warming. i give no objections, it is so decided. however, critics say the cop talks fell short when it came to limiting the globa

the president of last year's cop summit, alok sharma spoke of his disappointment. i said in glasgow that the pulse of 1.5 degrees was weak. unfortunately, it remains on life support. the first ever world cup to be held in the middle east kicks off later today. the hosts qatar will play ecuador this afternoon. malaysia's general election results are in, but for the first time ever there's no outright winner. donald trump's twitter account is reinstated after a public poll sees 52% of voters back the former us president's return. the housing secretary, michael gove, has written to every council and social housing provider in england, to warn that deaths like that of two—year—old awaab ishak must "never be allowed to happen again". now on bbc news, click. as cop27 winds up in egypt, this week, we will look at some of the latest tech that is trying to clean up our planet. we will muster up a mass of moss that is mopping up the mess in the air. that's easy for you to say. we will find out if hydrogen can do the heavy lifting. and check out our latest merch. and if you d

the president of last year's cop summit, alok sharma, spoke of his disappointment. i said in glasgow that the pulse of 1.5 degrees was weak. unfortunately, it remains on life support. the first—ever world cup to be held in the middle east kicks off later today. the hosts, qatar, will play ecuador this afternoon. malaysia's general election results are in, but for the first time ever there's no outright winner. donald trump's twitter account is reinstated after a public poll sees 52% of voters back the former us president's return. the housing secretary, michael gove, has written to every council and social housing provider in england to warn that deaths like that of two—year—old awaab ishak must never be allowed to happen again. now on bbc news, political thinking with nick robinson. hello and welcome to political thinking. if you add up the headlines from the budget that we're not supposed to call a budget, the dramatic drop in living standards, the recession, the tax rises and the spending cuts, you've got an enormous job of work for those who speak up for and try

the president of last year's cop summit, alok sharma, spoke of his disappointment.was weak. unfortunately, it remains on life support. labour has said it will replace the house of lords

alok sharma who is president of the cop26 said he was disappointed that he was not going and world leaderss this mean the uk is backing away from climate commitments. so a big momentum for him to go to cop27 and i think the un will be pleased that he is going. it is significant i think that leaders do a turn particular because the uk was host to the last un climate conference and there is a kind of ceremony for you hand over responsibility from the current host to the next sofa in the uk to egypt. i think the egyptians and the un will be pleased that rishi sunak will be pleased that rishi sunak will be pleased that rishi sunak will be there to oversee the process. will it move the needle on climate change negotiations? maybe a bit, i spoke to the un secretary—general last week and he said leaders are important, they turn up and they play a role in galvanising the meetings and they bring energy and encouraged negotiators who do the behind—the—scenes kind of deals to kind of aim high and be ambitious about the kind of agreements they reach. so the hope will be that this will make a differenc

cop27 climate conference got underway this morning in egypt with the outgoing chairman — britain's alok sharmaill only defer climate catastrophe and asking �*how many more wake up calls does and asking "how many more wake up calls does the world actually need?". the prime minister rishi sunak is flying in today along with other world leaders for the 12 day conference. our environment editorjustin rowlatt looks now at some of the issues on the agenda. it has been a year of record—breaking temperatures and climate—related disasters around the world. but africa has been hit particularly hard. huge floods displaced more than a million people in nigeria last month. cyclones ripped through madagascar earlier this year. while another year of low rainfall pushed parts of somalia and elsewhere in east africa even closer to famine. it's easy to see why egypt says this should be a cop — a climate conference — for africa. take a look at historic emissions. developed countries in places like europe and america got rich burning fossilfuels. lots of nations in asia, notably china, are now doing the same. but

last year's climate conference president alok sharma opened the summit with this passionate speech urgingheir efforts to combat climate change. this conference must be about concrete action. and i hope that when the world leaders join us today, they will explain clearly what their countries have achieved during the last year and how they will go further. it is very simply a matter of trust. without its constituent members, delivering on those commitments and agreeing to go further, the entire system falters. live to sharm el—sheikh, we can speak to our science correspondentjordan dunbar. what are the specific goals of cop27? ~ , ., cop27? well, cop is unique in that it brinus cop27? well, cop is unique in that it brings together _ cop27? well, cop is unique in that it brings together scientists, - it brings together scientists, activists, world leaders, people who wouldn't normally get together once a year to tackle climate change and this will be about how. glasgow was about what people were going to do, this is about how they are actually going to reduce emissions. that is going to redu

the first speaker to address the summit was alok sharma, who chaired last year's climate conference inittle bit of what he had to say. this conference must be about concrete action. and i hope that when the world leaders join us today, they will explain clearly what their countries have achieved during the last year and how they will go further. it is very simply a matter of trust. without its constituent members delivering on their commitments and agreeing to go further, the entire system falters. paris gave us the agreement. katowice and glasgow gave us the plan. sharm el—sheikh shifts us to implementation. no—one can be a mere passenger on this journey. this is a signal that times have changed. at c0 p27, the at cop27, the un has released its annual state of the global climate report with yet another warning that the target is to limit temperature rises to 1.5 celsius is barely within reach, the past eight years are on track to be the hottest on record, and the un secretary—general has described the latest report is a chronicle of climate chaos, and has called for c0 p27 to answer c

the president of last year's cop summit, alok sharma spoke of his disappointment. malaysia's general election results are in, but for the first time ever there's no outright winner. donald trump's twitter account is reinstated after a public poll

the first speaker to address the summit was alok sharma, who chaired last year's climate conference inittle bit of what he had to say. this conference must be about concrete action. and i hope that when the world leaders join us today, they will explain clearly what their countries have achieved during the last year and how they will go further. it is very simply a matter of trust. without its constituent members delivering on their commitments and agreeing to go further, the entire system falters. paris gave us the agreement. glasgow gave us the plan. sharm el—sheikh shifts us to implementation. no—one can be a mere passenger on this journey. this is a signal that times have changed. i'm joined now by navin singh khadka, environment correspondent with the bbc world service. he joins us from london. delegates have agreed that they will at least discuss compensation for poorer countries affected by climate change disasters. how significant a breakthrough is that on what sort of reform might that take? the? breakthrough is that on what sort of reform might that take?— reform might that t

in the next episode of newscast, i'll be chatting to alok sharma, who's the cop26 president who willing to this episode. we'll be back very soon. bye. newscast. newscast from the bbc. hello there. for much of the country, today was a dry and sunny day, but it's turning quite cold right now, especially for eastern parts of the uk. out to the west, things are changing. we've got a big area of low pressure in the atlantic, and swirling around it, this band of cloud on that weather front there. and that is moving its way in from the west, so we're seeing the cloud increasing and rain pushing in from the atlantic. but ahead of it, one or two showers coming in off the irish sea, and the showers in scotland retreating towards the northern isles. western areas sees the cloud thickening, that rain arriving. eastern areas still dry. these are the temperatures by the end of the night, but before then, we could see temperatures even in eastern england getting close to freezing once again. so, a chilly start for eastern areas where it may start dry first thing, but that rain moving very slowly ea

in the next episode, i'll be speaking to alok sharma, the cop26 president who will be handing over hisvery soon. bye. newscast. newscast from the bbc. hello. it's been a wet start to november and, as a result of half a month's worth of rain across some south—eastern areas, still flood warnings are in force. but it looks like a window of drier weather for the day ahead before we look to storm martin out in the atlantic, which is going to throw these weather fronts our way — here it is, that storm system — and then plenty of showers follow behind. the concern, again, is, though, this weather front will become slow—moving across southern and eastern areas. and even ahead of that, there are still, through the remainder of the night, a few heavy, thundery downpours to contend with — in southern areas in particular — and gusty winds as well, so lots of spray and standing water on the roads if you're out in the next few hours — those gusts up to 50—60 mph — but high pressure's building in and the showers will dampen for many. and it's a cold start this morning. a touch of frost across norther

joined bofis minister alok sharma joined boris johnson ?uss. gosh, boris johnson? liz truss. gosh, that's a rogue's gallery it. in opposing the ban . also this opposing the ban. also this houn opposing the ban. also this hour. yes talking of health care. the stuff from where we are from we've more on it because nurses prepare to and their demand for an increase in pay- their demand for an increase in pay. but i'm asking whether or not these demands are reasonable or unreasonable . they putting or unreasonable. they putting that purses before patients. i really want to drill down and we ask patients have a right know whether or not all that demands are reasonable. i'll be back in are reasonable. i'll be back in a moment . a very good afternoon to you. before we back to patrick at 330. i'm rosie, right, giving you a news update . more than 50 you a news update. more than 50 conservative mp have signed a letter urging the prime minister to introduce legislation to ease the migrant crisis . the group the migrant crisis. the group says firstly p

the president of last year's cop summit, alok sharma, spoke of his disappointment.riends, i said in glasgow that the pulse of 1.5 degrees was weak. unfortunately, it remains on life support. labour has said it will replace the house of lords with an elected chamber if it wins the next general election. sir keir starmer said the plan would help restore public trust in politics. good afternoon. the world cup will get under way in just a few hours�* time. organisers hope questions about the wisdom of staging the tournament in qatar will be replaced by focus on the football. fifa's president, gianni infantino, has accused the west of "hypocrisy" in its criticism of qatar's human rights record — while officials in doha say qatar is being singled out unfairly for criticism. john watson reports. after years of continued controversy, today the first world cup in the middle east finally begins in qatar — a largely desert state with little footballing history. all eight world cup venues sit in and around the capital, doha. the al bayt stadium to the north will stage today's o

we had this from president biden and the kop president alok sharma.potentially, other countries around the world and even the uk, does this go further? the world and even the uk, does this no further? �* , ., ., ., go further? there's a lot of discussion. _ go further? there's a lot of discussion. and _ go further? there's a lot of discussion. and a - go further? there's a lot of discussion. and a quick - go further? there's a lot of - discussion. and a quick thought about suggestions today of higher taxes generally.— taxes generally. yes, this is something _ taxes generally. yes, this is something the _ taxes generally. yes, this is something the treasury - taxes generally. yes, this is - something the treasury briefing and talking about more people, everyone will have to pay more tax. exactly where those taxes are going to fall, whether big oil giants will be in their sites, you won't know until their sites, you won't know until the budget on the 17th of november. caroline davies, for now, thank you. the boss of national grid has renewed warnings th

considerable pressure notjust from environmentalists and the opposition but also from backbench tory mps, alok sharmald leaders, saying it looked like britain was backing away from some of its climate commitments. the un will welcome this. the un chief antonio guterres told me how important he thinks it is that leaders go to galvanise and encourage ambitious agreements to be made. there is also an important ceremonial role the uk plays, as the former hosts of the un climate conference in glasgow last november. they have a responsibility to hand over the process of the talks to the new host and i think the un and organisers will be very pleased that rishi sunak will be there to oversee that process. rishi sunak will be there to oversee that process— 0ur political correspondent david wallace lockhart is in central lobby in the commons for us now. the asylum system dominated pmqs — what did we learn? sir keir starmer gets to pick the topics he asks about at pmqs and i think the fact he wants to talk about the boat crossings on a channel, the fact he wants to talk about asylum processing problems shows h

this is alok sharma, president of last year's cop26, speaking sunday. >> mission speaking before 2025. clear follow-through on the phasedown of coal, not in this text. clear commitment to phase out all fossil fuels, not in this text. and the energy text weakened in the final minutes. friends, i set in glasgow 1.5 degrees was weak. unfortunately, he remains on life support. amy: we will have more on the cop27 agreement after headlines. in colorado, a gunman shot and killed five people at an lgbtq nightclub in colorado springs just before midnight saturday. at least two dozen others were injured. police said at least one person inside club q confronted the shooter, likely preventing further bloodshed. among the victims, 40-year-old kelly loving, a trans woman visiting from denver, and club q workers derrick rump and daniel davis aston, a trans man. police have taken a 22-year-old suspect into custody. this is joshua thurman, a survivor of the massacre. >> heard them saying check certain people because they are critical. we heard everything. all i could think about is everything. my life

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, boris _ boris johnson, such as alok sharma, borisjohnson and alec boris johnson, such as alok sharma england and wales have been cleared to serve when they should have failed vetting procedures. the police watchdog looked at eight forces, reviewing hundreds of vetting files. his majesty's inspectorate of constabulary, fire and rescue services focused on the poor treatment of women, and sexual misconduct, following the murder of sarah everard by a serving officer. the review found officers with criminal records, significant debts, or whose families had links to organised crime. police chiefs have promised to put the problems right. tom symonds reports. in 2012, nicola brooks reported she was being abused and stalked online. an inspectorfrom sussex police handled her case, but he carried on visiting her even after his involvement ended. no—one questioned him, and he should never have been able to get to me in that period. an investigation found he abused his position to engineer a brief sexual relationship with nicola at a difficult point in her life. as my investigation proves, they t

pressure there, notjust from environmentalists and the opposition but also from backbench tory mps, alok sharmapresident of the cop summit. there was also criticism of particularly developing countries that looked like he was backing away from some of the climate commitments. the un will certainly welcome the change of mind. the un chief told me how important he thinks it is that leaders go to galvanise the process and encourage ambitious agreements to be made. there is also a really important ceremonial role that the uk plays, as the formal host of the un climate conference in glasgow last november. they have a responsibility to hand over the process of the talks to the new host, the egyptians. i think the un and organisers will be very pleased that rishi sunak will be there to oversee that process. hundreds of police officers have been cleared to serve in the police when they should have failed vetting procedures, a damning report has found. 0ne serving officer had a conviction for domestic abuse — and another stood accused of sexual assault. the police watchdog looked at eight forces and als

had to much on his plate, he said, after pressure from various people, including boris johnson, alok sharmad up that conference in glasgow last year, they all said, listen, mate, we really think you should go, so he changed his mind and will be coming with this bag agenda and will be arriving here later today, we understand. —— big. be arriving here later today, we understand. -- big.— be arriving here later today, we understand. -- big. justin, how much actually gets — understand. -- big. justin, how much actually gets done _ understand. -- big. justin, how much actually gets done at _ understand. -- big. justin, how much actually gets done at events - understand. -- big. justin, how much actually gets done at events like - actually gets done at events like this, because lots of people be confused, but lots of these delegations, they flew into london yesterday, they had that reception at buckingham palace, then they are flown onto sharm el sheikh, it feels like one rule for one people and one for everybody else right now. you mean in terms _ for everybody else right now. you mean in terms

despite the historical agreement for the compensation fund, conservative mp and, president of cop26 alok sharma life support. this comes as little progress has been made on the agreement to cut greenhouse gases. the agreement to cut greenhouse gases . but for the agreement to cut greenhouse gases. but for a the agreement to cut greenhouse gases . but for a country that gases. but for a country that and its less than 1% of carbon emissions and has legislated to reach net zero by 2052, we really need to climate reparations. so in the great british debate this i'm asking should the uk pay climate reparations. i'm joined now by and blind cat and policy director at the grantham institute on climate change and environment at the london school of economics , bob ward. well, of economics, bob ward. well, thank both for joining of economics, bob ward. well, thank both forjoining me live in the studio right. so first of all, i'm going to start with you, brian . so what is what why? you, brian. so what is what why? why they having this compensation fund? well, i don't know. okay. let me go to why we havin

secretary simon has attracted the backing of liz truss of boris johnson and of the former president alok sharmal today that indeed have surpassed the numbers for that amendment to overturn and the government's majority . so the government is majority. so the government is looking talk with these rebels to see what sort of accommodation they can make. in my view, it seems likely that the government will come round to accepting this amendment in some form , allowing some form of some form, allowing some form of onshore wind power to go ahead with that crucial community consent mechanism . the winds of consent mechanism. the winds of change, tom at downing street, thanks very much indeed for that. more for you a little later, of course . but let's get later, of course. but let's get an update now on the news an update now on all the news headunes an update now on all the news headlines with rosie . good headlines with rosie. good afternoon. it's 1230 for i'm rosie. right. keeping you up to date today on gb news the number of people in england and wales describing themselves as christian has fallen

it is worth knowing that we finished the uk's presidency, alok sharma was the president, refinish it but the prime minister today announcing £65 million of funding to make sure that energy can be produced elsewhere in the world in a way which is sustainable. and actually, i am in a way which is sustainable. and actually, iam here in a way which is sustainable. and actually, i am here in teesside today, announcing a green refinery for lithium, the first, not only in this country, but the first in europe. it will be taking place right here in the north—east, being built right here. you right here in the north-east, being built right here.— right here in the north-east, being built right here. you mention when rishi sunak — built right here. you mention when rishi sunak was _ built right here. you mention when rishi sunak was chancellor. - built right here. you mention when rishi sunak was chancellor. in - built right here. you mention when| rishi sunak was chancellor. in fact, the government cut the greenhouse grant. would you say the uk presidency was a success? figs grant. would you s