our science editor david shukman has the latest.o slow down the release of the gases heating the planet? can it do what it takes to reduce the melting of the polar ice? and will this be enough to limit the rise of the sea? with the conference now entering its final days, delegates are trying to find common ground, and the uk, as host, has come up with a draft of a possible agreement. seven pages of text, welcomed as a first step by some but criticised by many. the words are almost meek and mild in many places, and the world is on fire. we've seen the australian wildfires, koalas being burnt alive. we need to make sure that we have got power and proactive commitments on the table. any document like this is bound to be a compromise, so it calls for the first time for coal to be phased out — the dirtiest fossil fuel — but it doesn't give a date. it pushes for 1.5 celsius to be the limit of global warming, but currently, no one is on course to achieve that, and it urges countries to update their climate plans not in 2025, but far sooner

david shukman, our _ this problem. david, many thanks. david shukman, our science - this problem. ukman, our science editor. david shukman, our science editor. david is in one part of the conference arena, just across the river clyde from bbc scotland. in another part of the arena we can join laura kuenssberg. we heard the prime minister was very clear in spelling out what he saw as the dangers. what are they telling you about levels of optimism or pessimism around the outcomes? downing street's view for some months as they have been working up to this is it is not impossible that they will be able to achieve that 1.5 target that you explained a few minutes ago. that is their headline ambition, to try credibly at the end of this fortnight to say, yes, it is still potentially in touching distance and countries gathering here at this huge event have been able to do enough to keep the prospect of that limiting the rise in temperatures to the level of 1.5. but they have also believe, as they do today, that it will be extremely difficult to get there. this is about big politics, big cas

our science editor, david shukman, joins me now. weeks of talking, the negotiations should have ended four hours ago but they continue into the night and the weekend so do you detect any sense that there may be a deal? —— two weeks. i that there may be a deal? -- two weeks. ~ ., ., , weeks. i think all the indications are from conversations - weeks. i think all the indications are from conversations i - weeks. i think all the indications are from conversations i have i weeks. i think all the indications l are from conversations i have had that there will be an agreement at some point. quite what is in it exactly, when we get it, i don't think anyone can predict. it is a measure of the desperation of this process that alok sharma, the chairman of this, will have consultations all night long with key countries and with groups of countries in an effort to produce a new draft of the agreement in time for tomorrow morning and then a whole series of meetings after that. but there are some fundamental questions that remain to be settled, wh

david shukman, bbc news, glasgow.ts of climate change have been felt in parts of california, where emergency workers say they're now battling fires covering more than a million acres of land. 0ne giant blaze, which began near the dixie creek in the north of the state, took nearly three months to bring under control. 0ur climate editor, justin rowlatt, reports on the widepsread damage caused to livelihoods and the environment. meet general sherman, the biggest individual organism in the world. this giant sequoia is 84 metres tall, and it is 2200 years old. these trees are restricted to 70 groves on the western slope of the sierra nevada. that's all that's left? yeah, very narrow little patches ofjust the right remaining habitat. it is a habitat that has always included fire. so, these trees are exquisitely adapted to cope with fire. listen to this. hollow knocking. the bark is full of tiny air pockets, and it's about a metre thick, so that insulates it from the heat of the fire. and then if you look up at the canopy, t

david shukman, bbc news, in glasgow.anjali amerasinghe is the executive director of action aid usa. she is an expert on climate change and finance and joins me now from washington. good evening to you. we have had various pledges and promises, lots of positive noises and a draft agreement. what are your hopes of an actual real final agreement at the end of friday?— actual real final agreement at the end of friday? that remains to be seen. _ the end of friday? that remains to be seen, obviously. - the end of friday? that remains to be seen, obviously. things i to be seen, obviously. things are in the back door negotiations. ministers are involved at this point. the real question is whether there will be enough. what we have seen so far is wiring. we have not seen the kind of ambition needed to keep global temperature rise to manageable levels and in particular we see this in the context of finance where we are not seeing enough rich countries putting finance under the table.— rich countries putting finance under the table

david shukman reports. david: this is what the talks are about, keepi the planet safe to live on.t 10 peak filled this view, he was struck by what we keep adding to the air and what that is doing to the climate. he has come to the conference in glasgow to spell out the dangers. >> every sunrise and sunset we see the atmosphere 16 kilometers thick and that's it. that is what protects all lif down here on the planet. if we put things into the atmosphere, wildfires, you see them covering entire continents. this mode disperses and that is when you really appreciate it does not have anywhere else go. we are all on this planet together. david: the challenge at this massive gathering is to get delegates from nearly 200 countries to agree on what to do. to try to slow down the pace of climate change. after 10 days of talking, what has been achieved in terms of heading off the risk of a planet getting hotter? just before the conference started we were on course for an increase of 2.7 degrees celsius, are really dangerous prospect. now if everyone keeps the promises they have made in recent

our science editor david shukman has the latest. >> can the world agree to slow down the release of the is the planet? can it do what it takes to reduce the melting of polar ice? will this be enough to limit to the rise of the sea? with the conference now entering its final days, delegates are trying to find common ground. the u.k., as host, has come up with a draft of a possible agreement, seven pages of text, welcomed as a first step by some criticized on many. >> the words are almost meek and mild in many places. the world is on fire. we have seen the australian wildfires. we have seen koalas burnt alive. we need to make sure we have power and proactive commitments on the table. >> any document like this is bound to be a compromise. so, it calls for the first time for coal to be phased out, the dirtiest fossil fuel, but it does not give a date. it pushes for 1.5 degrees celsius to be the limit of global warming. currently, no one is on the course to achieve that. it urges countries to update climate plans, not in 2025, but next year. but there is no obligation. >> there is no room fo

david shukman, bbc news, in glasgow.nese—american climate co—operation at the asia society policy institute. i asked him, if the blame placed on china and india for watering down the deal was fair? it very much depends on whether you take the glass half—full or glass half empty approach here. i think if you have the glass half—full approach to what we saw yesterday it's important to acknowledge that china has never, in an international impact of acknowledge the need to phase down fossil fuels including coal. and that's quite significant even if we know the direction of travel that beijing is going in and we need them to move much sooner ideally than they have committed to. the other thing that's really interesting about that as well is as we are already seeing in their domestic media landscape they are able to use what happened in glasgow to actually help them accelerate that shift and sell that shift at home. if you take a glass half—empty perspective of course one thing that i think really interesting politically has h

david shukman, bbc news, in glasgow.mall and low—lying island nations are among the most vulnerable to the impact of climate change, countries like tuvalu in the pacific. the volcanic archipelago, halfway between hawaii and australia, is just two metres above sea level and its government is so concerned about rising sea levels that this week it announced it was looking into how to protect its legal status as a nation state, after it becomes entirely submerged under water. the existential threat faced by small islands was brought home this week by tuvalu's foreign minister, simon kofe. in a recorded video message to cop26 delegates, he called for bold, alternative action while standing knee—deep in seawater — showing how rising sea waters are already having fast and lasting effects on his country. earlier my colleague christian fraser, who is at the summit in glasgow, spoke to the foreign minister of tuvalu simon kofe about that video message. i decided to take that shot in the water. the location where delivered my state

david shukman, bbc news, in glasgow.cisions that are taking place at cop26 over the next week and a half. and the bbc will be across all the latest headlines for you. do stay with us en that story across the channel and on our website. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. a luxury apartment block under construction in nigeria's commercial capital, lagos, has collapsed. rescue workers are using heavy lifting equipment and life detection kits to search through heaps of rubble and twisted metal for survivors. a member of nigeria's national emergency management agency said four people had been rescued so far and four bodies recovered. covid—i9 has killed more than five million people since the world health organisation reported the outbreak of the disease in late december 2019, according to a new tally. the number takes into account deaths recorded by national health authorities, and represents only a fraction of the actual coronavirus—related deaths, which could be two to three times higher than the off

our science editor david shukman is in glasgow and has this report.he endgame of the conference — urgent consultations with governments back home, checking the agreement line by line, assessing every word. the warnings about rising temperatures are clear, but national interests are at stake so the talks go on. we are not there yet on the most critical issues. there is still a lot more work to be done and cop26 is scheduled to close at the end of tomorrow. so, time is running out. so, to try to maintain momentum, relatively easy decisions were passed tonight, and this follows initiatives by groups of nations last week. a plan to cut methane, a potent greenhouse gas, though some important countries aren't taking part. a promise to end deforestation by 2030. but we have heard this kind of thing before. and a call to end the use of coal, the dirtiest fossil fuel. but what matters is agreements that governments can't wriggle out of. so, in this final stretch, what are the big arguments that still need to be settled? well, the first is how often countries s

david shukman, bbc news, in glasgow.roblems with supply chains affecting growth. the latest figures show gross domestic product grew by 1.3%, less than many analysts expected, as our economics editor faisal islam explains. polishing metal in the midlands. this west bromwich manufacturer can see the growth in the economy since the depths of the pandemic lockdown. but some of the shine is now coming off. we've seen month—on—month growth. we did see in august and the early part of september that it dropped slightly, but a lot of that was because our customers physically couldn't get hold of the material. it was stuck at ports, it couldn't come into the uk to be processed. now that's all since come in, causing bottlenecks in production. and that is exactly what's seen in the big economic numbers, too. the pandemic rebound beginning to fade with normal service not quite resuming. we're on the right path, but of course there are global challenges ahead, and that's why the budget set out a plan to build a stronger economy with

david shukman, bbc news, in glasgow.india and china have faced heavy criticism after demanding last—minute changes to the climate deal on the issue of coal. india relies heavily on coal for its economic development. 0ur south asia correspondent rajini vaidanathan reports on the challenges the country faces in tackling climate change. india's sacred yamuna river, a symbol of purity. turned toxic. what looks like harmless bubbles is poisonous foam, much of it caused by industrial waste and sewage. this man is a fisherman who lives and works here. all the chemicals are thrown in the river, he tells me. it's disgusting, but it's not a natural disaster but humans who have done this. what we're seeing here in many ways represents india's overall challenges when it comes to climate change. one of the country's holiest rivers, now horribly polluted. the cause, waste from nearby factories that create jobs and help to drive economic growth. coal was centre stage at the cop summit, in a tussle over economic and environmental needs.

david shukman, bbc news, in glasgow.emitter of greenhouse gases. 0ur china correspondent steve mcdonnell has more on beijing's position on the climate deal. china is the world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gases. 0ur china correspondent steve mcdonnell has more on beijing's position on the climate deal. well, china's decades of breakneck economic growth have come at times, been catastrophic for the natural environment. it has also lifted millions of people out of poverty. this dramatic change in people's living standards has been fuelled, by and large, bike you'll fired power. now, in recent times china has built huge wind and solar farms, but officials still not sure when they can phase out coal, so they are wary of making pledges to do so. that said, we should not be too pessimistic because the communist party here is already using its media to tell its people that coal is an especially big part of the problem. beijing has also said that the world's richest countries have benefited the most from coal—fired power, so

david shukman has the latest. leaders are singled out for failing to keep their promises, for allowing the planet to become dangerously overheated. on what is meant to be the last day, demonstrators laid down at the gates of cop26 to ram home the point that lives are being lost because of climate change. appeals for action came in the conference halls as well, activists calling on governments not to water down key points in the agreement — a plea echoed by the most vulnerable nations. our safety, the safety of my children and yours, hangs in the balance. as i said to the high ambition coalition this morning, it's time for us to level up. this will be the decade that determines the rest of human history. we cannot let it slip by. but some disputes are proving really difficult to settle. over coal, and what to say about phasing it out. how often countries should update their climate plans — every year, to reflect the urgency, or less often? and how much climate aid to give the poorest nations, notjust now, but over

david shukman, bbc news, glasgow.reet press conference, borisjohnson said the deal sounded the death knell for coal power and addressed criticism that india and china had watered down the proposals. this summit, cop26, was never going to be able to halt climate change. as you rightly said, we were never going to be able to stop it now in its tracks at glasgow. that was never on the cards. but what people thought we could conceivably do was slow the rate of increase and equip ourselves with the tools to turn it around. and the reason i'm so optimistic is that i think for the first time, humanity is genuinely equipping ourselves with the equipment we need to halt anthropogenic climate change altogether. and so when you look at some of the things we are doing on coal, cars, cash and trees, you can see the individual commitments that we're making, i think alok will speak about coal, but it is an immense thing to get a commitment from 190 countries to phase down or phase out coal. i don't know whether the language phase do

david shukman, bbc news, in glasgow.ost under threat to climate change are island nations. to find out more about their concerns, i've been speaking to tina stege, climate envoy for the marshall islands. we are a very small but very focused team and we had our plans in place. it was wonderful that my minister was leading our delegation. up until yesterday when he had to leave the few other members to start quarantine before going back home to the islands. but he left us here, he put some wind in our sails and we just have to finish the race. this morning, on the outstanding issues, the high ambition coalition came together which the island shared. which the island chaired. i chaired the meeting. you chaired the meeting withjohn kerry, the european embassy in the room? it was a big meeting. we had a lot of our numbers who came, a lot of us who had signed on to the statement so they were all in the room and we had great representation from my island brothers and sisters, and we had the chairs of the ldc group and others re

david shukman, bbc news, in glasgow. who's a climate scientist at stanford university and chair of the global carbon project. he has been guiding us through much of the past two weeks. david there was talking about the importance of words on a page and those words did shift at the very last minute. the idea of phasing down on coal, i don't know what it means, do you? i don't know what it means, do ou? . , . you? i regret that switch. phased down _ you? i regret that switch. phased down is _ you? i regret that switch. | phased down is ambiguous you? i regret that switch. - phased down is ambiguous and lacks a schedule. [30 phased down is ambiguous and lacks a schedule.— lacks a schedule. do you leave copd, as — lacks a schedule. do you leave copd, as it — lacks a schedule. do you leave copd, as it were, _ lacks a schedule. do you leave | copd, as it were, disappointed or overall do you think it has achieved much as much as it might have?— might have? somewhat disappointed. _ might have? somewhat disappointed. there - migh

david shukman, bbc news, in glasgow.abed 3.5 miles below the surface of the ocean have found that its capacity for absorbing carbon emissions is decreasing because of climate change. the latest discovery by the international i—atlantic project, which receives significant funding from the eu, has revealed that if global temperatures increase to predicted levels the ocean will no longer act as the earth's largest carbon store. 0ur science correspondent victoria gill reports. diving to ocean depths of up to 3.5 miles. this is the abyssal zone, where robotic explorers are taking samples from places no—one has ever touched. a third of the carbon dioxide in our atmosphere dissolves in the surface of the ocean. when tiny marine plants and animals feed on that carbon, it becomes part of a cycle that's made the deep ocean and its muddy floor earth's largest carbon store. in an aquarium like this, you get a snippet of the life in the shallower parts of the ocean, but in the deep ocean floor, there are single—celled organisms that

david shukman, bbc news, in glasgow.'s former aides, steve bannon, has been indicted by a federal grand jury. he's charged with two counts of contempt of congress in connection with his failure to comply with a summons issued by a house select committee is investigating the storming of the capitol on january 6 this year. our correspondent peter bowes joins me now, live from los angeles. peter, just walk us through exactly what it is steve bannon has been charged with here. well, he has been charged with two counts, the first count is refusing to hand over documents that the committee had requested, documents that the committee believes are relevant to their investigation. the second count is for refusing to appear in person to give a deposition to the committee. he steadfastly refused. he is claiming executive privilege, which is really stems from something that the former president donald trump has said some time ago, almost an instruction to some of his closest allies, but executive privilege could be used, this is the

david shukman, bbc news, glasgow.ggest c02 emitter and climate protests are held there. howey 0u is a chinese youth climate activist who has been hailed by greta thunberg as a �*true hero'. i asked her how she felt about china's continued reliance on coal power. i think rather than pointing fingers at china as my experiences in germany and in uk does as an activist, i usually was put as, why don't you protest in china? i think the focus is distracting the people from realizing that currently china have so much manufacturing and the multinationals from other countries which are polluting china's water and river as well as the land and air. and it is one of the parts of the global system, which it is just this toxic system that makes the climate and ecological crisis. and rather than pointing the fingers at china, why you, bbc and other international media not educate the international audience to realize the economic system as well as examine and really think about the resources that you get from the toxic system. i wa

david shukman, bbc news, in glasgow. the renowned climate scientist, peter gleick. he works at the pacific institute in oakland, california. you guided us through the last few weeks and i would be very keen to get your perspective on what this overall package looks like. david sugarman saying there that there still a possibility for getting to right destination. yes, i appreciate you having me back on again. thank you very much. that was an excellent introduction. i waiver back and forth between optimism and pessimism. without a doubt there was good news that came out of the cop. we got emissions cuts larger than we have seen previously in agreements, enough potentially to reduce the increase in temperature to around two degrees by the end of century. we got an agreement ethane which was unique to cut methane emissions, a very powerful greenhouse gas. we got an agreement to preserve forests and too slow and hopefully stop deforestation by a very large number of countries. and the uk made a very strong commitment. the us

david shukman, bbc news in glasgow.below the surface of the ocean, have found that its capacity for absorbing carbon emissions is decreasing because of climate change. the latest discovery by the international i—atlantic project has revealed that if global temperatures increase to predicted levels, the ocean will no longer act as the earth's largest carbon store. 0ur science correspondent victoria gill reports. diving to ocean depths of up to three and a half miles. this is the abyssal zone, where robotic explorers are taking samples from places no one has ever touched. a third of the carbon dioxide in our atmosphere dissolves in the surface of the ocean. when tiny marine plants and animals feed on that carbon, it becomes part of a cycle that has made the deep ocean and its muddy floor earth's largest carbon store. in an aquarium like this you get a snippet of the life in the shallower parts of the ocean. but on the deep ocean floor there are single—celled organisms we can't even see and it's those that are responsible

david shukman, bbc news, in glasgow. so many strands to follow there.te coverage and reporting from cop26. go to bbc.com/news. there's a live page with the latest news as it breaks in glasgow as well as videos, the bbc�*s reality check and interactive features where you can see how climate change is affecting you and how you're affecting stay with us on bbc news, still to come: the french president says he will delay retaliatory measures against the uk, while talks about post—brexit fishing rights continue. the israeli prime minister, yitzhak rabin, the architect of the middle east peace process, has been assassinated. a 27—year—old jewish man has been arrested and an extremistjewish organisation has claimed responsibility for the killing. at polling booths throughout the country, they voted on a historic day for australia. as the results came in, it was clear — the monarchy would survive. of the american hostages, there was no sign — - they are being held somewhere inside the compound — - and student leaders have threatened that, should i the americans

david shukman, bbc news, in glasgow. — director of policy & campaigns at action aid usa — he's head of international climate justice work. ijust wonder what i just wonder what you make as what has turned into the key talking point of the back of this deal. which is this watered—down phasing out of coal to phasing down, whatever that means. we coal to phasing down, whatever that mem— coal to phasing down, whatever that mean— that means. we are bitterly disappointed _ that means. we are bitterly disappointed by _ that means. we are bitterly disappointed by the - that means. we are bitterly disappointed by the cop26| disappointed by the cop26 outcome overall. we are in a time of dual crises. we are seeing unprecedented global cooperation and leadership by example especially from wealthy countries and especially at copper. countries and especially at comer. ~ ., , copper. waiters the disappointment - copper. waiters the l disappointment come copper. waiters the - disappointment come from in terms of primarily around... == te

david shukman, bbc news, in glasgow.istinguished professor of atmospheric science and director of the earth system science center at penn state university, he joins me from state college, pennsylvania, based on the pledges made so far at cop26, is enough being done to avert a climate catastrophe? thank you. it is good to be with you and you are right. we are not going to get the sort of progress that many of us hoped for. but there has been a fair amount of progress that is artie been made in the correspondence booked about that earlier if you take all the pledges that have been made at this point, and the totality of those pledges and the totality of those pledges and you plug them into a computer model. would you find is that it likely now comes in at below two celsius. we have likely kicked the planet less than two celsius warmer relative to the preindustrial. that is roughly half of where we were headed just a decade ago towards four celsius. four degrees would've been a catastrophic future. two celsius is going to b

studio: david shukman, thank you.f yorkshire county cricket club has apologised to the former captain azeem rafiq after his experiences of racism at the club. lord patel said the club's investigation into mr rafiq's allegations after which no one was disciplined had been badly handled. our sports editor dan roan reports. headingley has witnessed some of the greatest revivals in the history of english cricket but leading yorkshire out of an unprecedented crisis could surpass them all. and having been installed as the club's new chairman, vowed lessons would be learned. after 158 years, we're ready to change, we're ready to accept the past and we're ready to become a club which people can trust to do the right thing. a report found former player azeem rafiq was a victim of racial harassment and bullying at yorkshire but the club took no action what happened to you must never happen again. yorkshire are setting up an independent whistle—blowing hotline for other victims of discrimination to come forward and, after critic

our science editor david shukman is at the conference. deeper floods. biggerfires.her temperatures. climate change is being felt around the world, so the talks in glasgow are notjust about the future, they're about coping with a hotter and more hostile planet right now. pushing for an urgent response is the former us president barack obama. getting a rock star reception here and saying it's not too late. our planet has been wounded by our actions. those wounds won't be healed today or tomorrow or the next. but they can be healed. and addressing young activists, he appealed to them to keep up the pressure for change. the most important energy in this movement is coming from young people. applause they have more at stake in this fight than anybody else. you are right to be frustrated. folks of my generation have not done enough to deal with a potentially cataclysmic problem that you now stand to inherit. many young people have suffered cataclysm already. a typhoon in the philippines eight years ago claimed 6,000 lives, and one survivor, the daughter of a fisherman, fe

david shukman, bbc news, in glasgow.has been confirmed the united arab emirates will be hosting cop28 summit. it is a most important climate conference. we will put all our capabilities to make the conference a success. let's get some of the day's other news. a ninth person has died as a result of last week's crush at the astroworld music festival in the us state of texas. bharti shahani, a university student, was 22. police are investigating the stampede last friday when fans pushed towards the stage during a performance by the rapper travis scott. hundreds of people were injured. a us federal appeals court has temporarily blocked the release of white house records to a congressional committee investigating donald trump's role in the attack on the us capitol injanuary. the papers had been due for release on friday. police investigating a violent attack on a french footballer have released one of her team—mates without charge. aminata diallo, who plays for paris saint—germain�*s women's team, was arrested on wednesday. s

david shukman, bbc news, in glasgow.nguished professor of atmospheric science, and director of the earth system science center at penn state university, earlier he told me the cop26 summit is likely to disappoint those wanting decisive climate action. we're not going to get this progress that many of us have hope for. but there has been a fair amount hope for. but there has been a fairamount of hope for. but there has been a fair amount of progress that has already been made in your correspondence spoke to that earlier. if you take all the pledges that have been made at this point and the totality of those pledges and you plug them into a computer model, what you find is that the warming likely now comes in below two celsius. we likely keep the planet less than two celsius warmer relative to the preindustrial. now, that is roughly half of where we were headed just a decade ago to four celsius. four celsius, they'll be a catastrophic future. two celsius, they'll be a tough future and want to get below one half degrees cel

david shukman, bbc news, in glasgow.from the earth system science center at penn state university. earlier he told me the cop26 summit is likely to disappoint those wanting decisive climate action. we're not going together progress we had hoped for, but there has been a fair of progress made, and your correspondence spoke to that earlier. if you take all of the pledges made at this point and at the totality of those pledges, and you plug them into a computer model, what you find is that warming now comes likely and at below two celsius, would likely keep the planet less than two celsius warmer, relative to the preindustrial. that is roughly half of where we were headed just one decade ago, towards four celsius. four celsius would be a catastrophic future. two celsius, that will be a tough future, we want to get it below 1.5 celsius, and a lot of work still has to be done to get there, but this isn't the end. glasgow isn't the end of the process. in some sense, it is the beginning of an era where we are starting to make s

david shukman, bbc news, glasgow. boy with his opposite number this evening walking the hallways. clearly those discussions still ongoing. with me is james murray — the editor of business green what do you make of the new timeline? it's to be expected. this been only one that is ever ended on time but the sweepstake in the media room runs from sunday lunchtime through to late saturday evening. it was at the landing zone, currently. very different takes on where it is a stance. and, just a short time ago, they said if you told me in copenhagen in ago, they said if you told me in cepenhagen_ ago, they said if you told me in co enhauen :: ::' , ., ~ copenhagen in 2009, will be talking about getting _ copenhagen in 2009, will be talking about getting rid — copenhagen in 2009, will be talking about getting rid of _ copenhagen in 2009, will be talking about getting rid of the _ about getting rid of the internal combustion engine, getting rid of coal, ending subsidies for fossil fuels, i'd say you are mad. is really positive

our science editor, david shukman.n the programme but now let's have the day's other news with clive. huw, thank you for that. the driver of one of two trains involved in a collision last night near salisbury, in wiltshire, has suffered injuries believed to be "life—changing". an investigation is underway into the cause of the crash, in which several other people were hurt. the collision happened at fisherton tunnel in salisbury, around 7pm in the evening. the line will remain closed for the next three days, affecting services linking cardiff and bristol, with the south coast. jon kay, has the latest, and a warning, his report contains some flashing images. questions tonight at the fisherton tunnel. these two trains were travelling into salisbury in the same direction but somehow collided and ended up side by side. it mostly hurts in my shoulder, up here, that's where the major sprain is... cameron was on board, heading home from a halloween party, about to get off when suddenly... this most awful noise, which i now kn

david shukman, bbc news. want to get in touch about any 0— about any of the stories you've seen, about any of the stories you've seen. like _ about any of the stories you've seen, like your— about any of the stories you've seen, like your hopes - about any of the stories you've seen, like your hopes and - seen, like your hopes and ambitions for cop26, i'm on twitter. i'm looking forward to hearing your thoughts. you're watching newsday on the bbc. australia opens up to national travel after strict border controls. the israeli prime minister, yitzhak rabin, the architect of the middle east peace process, has been assassinated. a 27—year—old man has been arrested and an extremist jewish organisation has claimed responsibility for the killing. at polling booths throughout the country, they voted on an historic day for australia. as the results came in, it was clear — the monarchy would survive. of the american hostages, there was no sign. they are being held somewhere inside the compound. and student leaders hav

david shukman, bbc news.imate change conference on our website, including a look behind the scenes as delegates from almost 200 countries discuss how to cut carbon emissions. that is all@bbc.com/news. well, you can also download the bbc news app stop if you want to get in touch with me on any of the stories you have seen on newsday so far, your hopes and ambitions perhaps for the cop26, i'd love to hearfrom you. i'm on twitter. well, you are watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme... australia opens up to international travel after imposing some of the world's strictest border controls. the israeli prime minister, yitzhak rabin, the architect of the middle east peace process, has been assassinated. a 27—year—old jewish man has been arrested and an extremist jewish organisation has claimed responsibility for the killing. at polling booths throughout the country, they voted on an historic day for australia. as the results came in, it was clear — the monarchy would survive. of the american ho

david shukman, bbc news.aw enforcement agencies failed to act in a whole range of tips ahead of the january six storming of the us capitol. the paper says the fbi had been warned in december that donald trump supporters were discussing on line how to sneak guns into the capitol and arrest members of congress. i joined now by dublin barrett, one of the washing post reporters worked on that investigation. thank you very much forjoining us. i don't want to steal your thunder here but you have this vast number ofjournalists vast number of journalists looking into vast number ofjournalists looking into this and there were alerts from local officials, fbi informants, social media companies, former national security officials, researchers, elected politicians. how on earth did this get by?— politicians. how on earth did this get by? well, two things ha en. this get by? well, two things happen- the _ this get by? well, two things happen. the fbi _ this get by? well, two things happen. the fbi got - this get by? well,

from glasgow, here's our science editor david shukman. line, assessing every word. the warnings about rising temperatures are clear, but national interests are at stake, so the talks go on. we are not there yet on the most critical issues. there is still a lot more work to be done. and cop26 is scheduled to close at the end of tomorrow. so, time is running out. we still have a monumental challenge ahead of us. there's been a boost from china, the world's biggest polluter, and america — the second biggest — that they will work together, the latest in a flurry of initiatives here, a plan to cut methane, a potent greenhouse gas, though some important countries aren't taking part. a promise to end deforestation by 2030. but we have heard this kind of thing behold the before. but we have heard this kind of thing before. and a call to end the use of coal — the dirtiest fossil fuel — but what matters is getting agreements that governments can't wriggle out of. so, in this final stretch, what are the big arguments that still need to be settled? w

let's hear once more from our science editor david shukman.s believe the deal has been watered down far too much. the activist greta thunberg has already thanks she thinks the deal is more bhah bhah bhah —— blah blah blah. what is your view? fin blah blah. what is your view? on the one hand, called _ blah blah. what is your view? on the one hand, called comedy _ blah blah. what is your view? on the one hand, called comedy dirtiest - one hand, called comedy dirtiest fossil fuel is named and shamed one hand, called comedy dirtiest fossilfuel is named and shamed in a un climate document for the first time. also there will be a picking up time. also there will be a picking up of the pace of the views of climate plans and meetings, it will be harder for governments to dodge their responsibilities under this, and there is a much greater recognition of the aid needed to be given to the poorest countries. but football that round, and developing nations so not enough urgency about getting the help they need. —— flip all that round. i think on balance we

but what matters now is how the governments of the world actually respond. 0ur science editor david shukmany. i think it's quite interesting i just don't want to go too far in any kind of comment. but if you've got one of the worlds big emitters, india, which for years has said we are developing, we still have millions living in poverty, big international commitments on climate change for us. that's for the rich world to do, they industrialise for us is that it's been a point of principle that principle actually. for the better vigorous plan for solar energy but haven't wanted to get involved in the whole net zero thing. for narendra modi to return up thing. for narendra modi to return up here on this global platform and say yeah, there's a target. it's a long way off i mean 2070, 50 years. you know, it's very easy to criticise and say they could do basically nothing and they can keep expanding or whatever. but then one of the things which i think does bite is the idea that half india's energy will come from renewable sources by 2030. i talked to a lot of people who aren't quite sure how th