is the fijian word for welcome which is what's happening. at the moment in the plenary chamber you can see the pictures what i can tell you that been happening just before that the. this year's un world climate summit has been formally opened it was opened by the president of the previous summit which was in merrick ash in morocco last year this time last year he's now handed over the gave all to the the new president of the world climate summit that is the fijian prime minister. who is just greeting the german environment minister barbara hendricks if you're seeing live pictures his name is frank by name a rama he's been making some quite forceful statements in the. in the days leading up to this summit saying that he's bringing special urgency to this climate summit and to the issue of global warming since his island fiji is one of the most vulnerable to the impact of climate change remember perhaps last year twenty sixteen. cyclon winston hit fiji huge amount of damage more than a billion. u.s. dollars in damage fiji by the way the first

one one thing that the fijian bringing to the table obviously the perspective of a small island nation the first small island nation to preside over this kind of climate summit and that perspective is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change is giving. the people that they represent a very powerful voice in these negotiations are giving voice to the vulnerable there in bonn that's christopher spring date for us thanks so much well there's growing uncertainty about the situation in zimbabwe right now president robert mugabe is under house arrest the military appears to have seized power but denies staging a coup the head of the african union told the a.f.p. news agency however that he thought the crisis quote seemed like a coup and call in the military to halt their actions the soldiers took over a national television station to say it wasn't a coup to both our people. and you will do beyond our borders we wish to make it abundantly clear that this is not a military takeover of government what this is met with defense forces is doing is to pacify a degenerate in political

well that was quite a moving moment and very typical of this fijian president see of this. climate conference here in bonn bringing to it what the prime minister called the spirit means well come in fijian and as i say quite a moving address by that boy from a small island in the fijian archipelago. making all sorts of very valid points particularly saying that climate change is here to stay until we do something about it. and it was just symbolic also. he was a representative of the young generation who will be paying the price for the impact of climate change if we adults don't pull our socks up and get our act together let me just bring in this point let's weisz are the team leader for international climate policy at german watch the german think tank let's just wanted to get some feedback from you on those speeches we just heard the german president. frank talking about global justice talking like that young fijian boy about small vulnerable states who are paying the price of click climate change although they haven't really. contributed much to what is causing climate

one one thing that the fijian bringing to the table obviously the perspective of a small island nation the first small island nation to preside over this kind of climate summit and that perspective is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change is giving. the people that they represent a very powerful voice in these negotiations are giving voice to the vulnerable there in bonn that's christopher spring gate for us thanks so much. here's a look now at some of the other stories that are making news around the world at least fourteen people have died another thirteen are seriously injured after flash flooding hit towns west of the greek capital athens four days of heavy rain turned many streets into rivers and forced residents to take weapons on their balconies trench will reign of this type is quite unusual in greece poor infrastructure means that many of the homes there are vulnerable to flooding. russian lawmakers have backed measures that would force some international media outlets to register as foreign agents the move is seen as a response to u.s. pressure on russia's st

the additional fijian welcome ceremony so the talks are being held here in germany fiji is in the chair as one of the countries are suffering climate changes worst effect its prime minister warned that failure was not an option a delegate are working to care expected global temperature increases at one point five degrees celsius or less. instead of taking their seats in class they're taking to the streets these youths staged a demonstration near the climate conference center and bone. they want the global community to limit greenhouse gas emissions. conference participants say the paris climate agreement of twenty fifteen was a step in the right direction countries have national climate targets now but they have to be solidified. this is an urgent moment and so i expect delegations to come here ready to do their jobs to get the rules set for paris and make progress but also individually to say what they're ready to do more. there's a south pacific and billions in von island nations threatened with submersion amid rising sea levels are getting special attention at the climate conference

campus and the nearby conference center is where the actual climate negotiations will be held is the fijian word for a welcome. fund a city of three hundred thousand has to grapple with the flood of visitors the key is a functioning and low emission transport system. not ready to fit us at its height even to what we encourage all the participants at the conference to arrive using public transport there are no parking spaces around the conference venue but there are shuttle bus arrangements that have been set up with carbon neutral buses. we're well positioned with special deutsche bahn trains to cologne and copeland's where some of the accommodations are. many other towns in the area are also housing participants quite a few people will be travelling to and from the conference every day dutch avella will be reporting extensively on the climate negotiations the building is right in the middle of the conference area. yes business with. mr know that i lowish oath and you will always remain my beloved parents. longstaff psalms two i asked him for. the guns he was a totally normal boy with the m

worldwide ever to relocate a village to another place due to rising sea levels and we can expect the fijian prime minister who is presiding over these talks to put that at the forefront of talks he says is going to bring a particular urgency to this summit he may well put very high on the agenda the issue of loss and damage so in other words the impact that climate change is already having on some countries across the world and the very contentious issue of compensation who is going to pay for that damage there are a lot of questions to be answered there in bonn a date of years christa first brigade covering the climate conference at kicking off today thank you very much. now to some other stories making news around the world vietnam has been hit by heavy flooding after a powerful typhoon killed at least forty four people and left more than a dozen missing over one hundred thousand homes in the country's south central region up in just roy or damage. in belgium and sacked catalan leader carlos to morrow and four other former ministers have been conditionally released from custody they turne

the fijian just kept going bypassing the leinster defence one by one.solo try, he let nick grigg finish the job. the final score was 31—21 to glasgow. scarlets are still top of the pro 1a‘s conference b after they beat benetton 20 points to 8. centre scott williams scored two days after being recalled into the wales squad. scarlets missed out on a bonus point though. elsewhere there was a convincing win for munster who thrashed welsh side dragons a9—6 and there's was also one game in the anglo welsh cup — in which sale beat worcester. 2a-21. now the opening ashes test in australia is less than three weeks away but england have had an injury scare to two key players. bowlers steven firm and moeen ali will miss the first two warm—up games. firm is struggling with a knee injury, although scans have shown it's not as serious as they feared. moeen has a side strain but he's hoped to be back in full training in a week or so. well england's first warm—up game is a two dayer against a western australia eleven starting in the early hours of tomorrow morning and

countries joining talks on how to tackle climate change the conference opened with a traditional fijian welcome ceremony the tiny pacific island chairing the conference already it's. he's suffering the effects of global warming and lacks the resources to host the event on the island itself go shares are working to cap an expected global temperature rise at two degrees or less in his opening remarks fiji's prime minister pleaded for urgent action to stop the pace of global warming we must not fail our people. that means using the next two weeks in the head to do everything we can to make the planet's agreement work and to advance emission and support for climate action before twenty twenty. two meet our commitments in full not back away from them. and to commit ourselves to the most ambitious target of the plan is a given. to kept the global average temperature at one point five degrees celsius over that of the pre-industrial age. as mentioned fiji is particularly vulnerable to climate change our correspondent in heartache sent us the following report on how the island nation is dealing

environmental think tank thanks for talking with this is morning in his opening speech there the fijian prime minister who's chairing this year's conference he said that this was a moment of truth in climate negotiations obviously he's trying to highlight the urgency of these talks do you think this is a moment of truth what makes this a critical juncture thank you for having me on the show and definitely it's a critical juncture the science tells us in paris agreement come from that we have to say well under two degrees to avoid the most catastrophic impacts of which many we're already seeing so this is a key window that we have before two thousand and twenty two not only peak but start to decisively to crease global emissions and that means that we have a small window that where it's technically and economically feasible to achieve this aim so yes it's a decisive and critical window what do you think will come out of this conference or let me put it another way what do you think would constitute success in your opinion at this conference. there's three elements that would constitute s

ways to tackle climate change of the conference opened with as you see right there a traditional fijian welcome ceremony there the talks are being held here in germany fiji is sharing this conference as one of the countries suffering climate changes worst effects its prime minister warned that failure is not an option particularly for fiji. delegates are working at this conference to find ways to cap the expected global temperature increases at one point five degrees celsius or less we must not fade out people that means using the next two weeks in the head to do everything we can to make the bet is that women work and to advance emission and support for climate action before twenty twenty. two made out commitments in full not bicker way from them and to commit ourselves to the most ambitious target of the bet is that given to kept the global average temperature at one point five degrees celsius over that of the pre-industrial age. all right we want to pull in louise born she is our environmental issues editor she joins us tonight from the german city of bonn always good evening to you

just three years away but a key sort of watershed in climate policy around the world earlier the fijian prime minister frank. anima rama who is presiding this climate summit said that negotiated negotiators rather had reached an agreement on what he called pre twenty twenty goals what is he talking about while he's talking about all the commitments countries have already made both developed and developing countries at the climate conference and came kuhn made pledges by how much they want to reduce their emissions for a number of developed countries those are legally binding also in the second commitment period of the kyoto protocol. and a number of countries have said here in the first week of the talks let's talk about how well you're doing are you actually meeting your commitments to reduce your emissions this is an urgent problem we need action now we have to look how well you're going to be doing in the next three years we can it's important to talk about twenty thirty targets it's important to talk about a twenty fifty vision but we cannot lose sight of the immediate future about

that is why the government has bought five and a half thousand acres of fijian man.s to the world stage, people will wake up and realise there are real people affected. barbara what's happening if the predictions are correct? the sea may rise by up to 18 centimetres by 2030. does not sound a lot, but a low—lying land, that will be quite devastating? absolutely. already in the village we went to yesterday, which has been abandoned because of rising sea levels, what would happen the higher tides willjust keep getting higher, storm surges would increasingly sweep through the village. became very u nsafe sweep through the village. became very unsafe for the people there. they had to move. it is no easy task. costing around £300,000 just to move that land. if there is another 67 communities that has seen move, that is a big costs. also it is the emotional cost. if you can imagine having to leave behind the graves of iran censors, loved ones, pa rents. graves of iran censors, loved ones, parents. it has been a huge emotional ride for the people who have had to be relocated

one one thing that the fijian bringing to the table obviously the perspective of a small island nation the first small island nation to preside over this kind of climate summit and that perspective is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change is giving. the people that they represent a very powerful voice in these negotiations are giving voice to the vulnerable there in bonn that's christopher spring date for us thanks so much. at least fourteen people have been killed in flash floods in two coastal towns in greece people were woken by torrents of water raging to their homes after a night of heavy rain the prime minister has declared a period of national mourning. this is a site very few people are used to seeing but especially great. to rancho rain is rare in greece and so is flooding on the scale. of. the waters trapped many residents in their homes of forced them to take refuge on their rooftops. risky services say it remains unclear how many people are missing particularly in coastal regions west of athens where a number of people were swept out to sea. some residents

the conference opened with a traditional fijian welcome sarah to -- welcome ceremony.iji is chairing this conference, as one of the countries suffering the worst from climate change. they said failure is not an option, particularly for fiji. delegates are working at this conference to find ways to cap the expected global temperature increases at 1.5 degrees celsius, or less. >> we must not fail our people. that means using the next two weeks and the year ahead to do everything we can to make the paris agreement work, and to advance ambition and support for change before 2020. to make our commitments in full, not back away from them. and to commit ourselves to the most ambitious target of the paris agreement, the cap of the global average temperature at 1.5 degrees celsius, over that of the preindustrial age. brent: we want to pull in louise osborne. she is our environmental issues it -- editor. she joins us from the german city of bonn. good evening to you. people watching us will think, you had the paris climate agreement two years ago. so why do need this conference

broad i wouldn't canoe as part of the exhibits and it was part of one of the main messages of the fijian presidency is that we're all in one boat climate change doesn't know any borders so we've got to get paddling red sonja will delegates gathering in bonn for the conference that will take place this coming week so nadine from environment thank you very much. every bit of sports in german soccer bursa dortmund host byron munich in the biggest clash of the weekend the hosts are in second place and trailed by in munich by just three points but they've been in poor form recently mandan managing to take just one point in the last three games on the other hand byron have a one hundred percent record since your pint this took over last month all things considered you could forgive dortmund fans for feeling a little nervous out of the game we had the streets to find out what they think has gone wrong in recent weeks. dortmund might be second in the table but their fans are not happy. we started well with the new coach but now the rot is setting around sounds as if you played a lot of bad games

that kick proving the difference on what was a famous night for the fijians.mforta ble new zealand rugby union looking comfortable against scotland, the latest court 28—10 to new zealand. they were losing for a little bit, and it is 17—17 in the ireland against fiji match. manchester united still leading against newcastle at old trafford. there will be more sportsday on the bbc news channel throughout the evening. we will be back at 7:30pm. good night. good evening. not a bad evening for sitting in and watching sport, particularly across the southern half of the country. it has been miserable out there. it is rain, misty low cloud, it is going to take a while longer to clear. but it will clear for most of us, and once a while longer to clear. but it will clearfor most of us, and once it does it will be a cold night. it is already a cold evening across scotland, wintry showers over the hills. you can see clearer air coming southwards. here, more limited frost, but there could be a limited frost, but there could be a limited amount of fog as well. for the majori

that kick proving the difference on what was a famous night for the fijians.s. tonga survived a bit of a scare to reach the semi—finals for the first time — they just scraped past lebanon, winning 2a—22. and tonga will be england's next opponents — if england beat papua new guinea tomorrow. this is rugby union. a clutch of autumn internationals against this afternoon. australia take on england at twickenham where are correspond and joe wilson is posted later date. a disappointing performance from england against argentina last week. eddiejones said it was like watching a bad movie. it is interesting because so much of the week in terms of the england build—up has been reflecting back to the game against argentina. at times the game against argentina. at times the mood and the way the rugby writers have been talking about it and the media, you would think england had lost. but of course they won quite comfortable. but it is a measure of how i eddiejones has raised the bar as england coach at that seemed like a failure. when i spoke to him in the wake said it do

a fijian, eligible for new zealand, but switching to england, and is in eddiejones‘s squad, after threestion is whether three years is long enough for residency. why not make it five, why not make it never? yes, well, ithink that's another debate. that is one for the lawyers? it's one for the administrators. world rugby are looking at that at the moment. everyone accepts three years is too short. what do you think? three years is definitely too short. could be five, could be seven. seven — as many as seven years? i think, if you don't do something, it means that the islanders, in particular, who leave fiji, samoa, tonga, to go to new zealand or australia, it's notjust england, they're going to do it if the rules allow. you can't blame the player, can you? so you might say seven years? residency is the minimum. does that have a cat's chance of coming through? i think maybe five years. but even — is five years enough? but again, the whole point here is that the game is turning on its axis. and actually, there are real financial and planning challenges that will have a longer—term impact,

that kick proving the difference on what was a famous night for the fijians.football school. disappointing. that's it for sports day, thanks for watching. we back through the evening. it has been a cold david willey have had the sunshine had the cloud and rain in the south, still with us. it is moving away southwards so it will dry up through the night, under the starry sky it will be a cold night. cold across the board, even if temperatures do not quit quit down to freezing, because that is debate on how quickly this will clear from the south but it will leave moisture behind and patchy fog potentially across wales and southern england and northern ireland. for most this is the country said, around freezing and even in towns and cities. exist that to sunday, the blue on the charts showing it takes a while for the first to lift as will fog. then right but cold on the east, much drier and southern england and wales, patchy rain to the west, cloud at this time of year with the low sun, feeling cold and grey, only five to 6 degrees foremost, a little milder next

both sides joining together at the end of the game in a traditional fijian show of mutual respect anda listen to this. england will want to silence that aussie attack if they reach the final. although they have a flying winger of their own, jermaine mcgilvary, who has been in fine form with 11 tries in 11 england matches. and they may well have to silence the tongan support too. david woods is in auckland. the support of the tonga is fanatical fans event in downtown auckland this week, thousands came just to see their heroes and grab a memento. england's task is to match the emotion and they will need to produce their best form of the world so produce their best form of the world so far. there is a real excitement, the potential organ can be involved in and do and we have not hit 100% yet but we feel there is more in us and if we can get that, especially this week, we will put ourselves in the final and it is a special form. there have been a couple of minor scares the england, sam burgess twisted an ankle at kevin brown has had to train alone after head injury in last week's game but

let's talk about nathan hughes, a fijian eligible for new zealand, but switching to england and is inafter three years here. so the question is whether three years is long enough for residency. why not make it five, why not make it never? yes, well, i think that is another debate. that is one for the lawyers? it is one for the administrators. world rugby are looking at that at the moment. everyone accepts three years is too short. what do you think? three yea rs short. what do you think? three years is definitely too short, could be five, could be seven. seven, as many as seven years? i think tom if you don't do something, it means that the islanders, in particular, who leave fiji, samoa, tonga, to go to fiji or australia, it is notjust england, they are going to do it if the rules allow a —— new zealand or australia. you can't blame the player, can you ? australia. you can't blame the player, can you? so you might say seven years' residency is the minimum. does that have a cat's chance of coming through?” minimum. does that have a cat's chance of coming through? i think maybe five ye

statements about fate of humanity but the delivery is weak no numbers just big pledges and you know the fijians the islands they don't need any more words they actually need the actions. the summer the midst of that media scrum you might find president micro who's actually leaving for the thing and as he departs he will know that the same old issues remain mainly the problem of finance and compensation for the poorer nations affected by the emissions of the rich is one of two long like tomatoes ations ahead for these calls it's crazy because al-jazeera born yet. news now because peru have clinched the final spot for next year's football world cup they beat new zealand two million lima to become the thirty second qualifier meanwhile italy's football coach is paid the price for his team's failure to secure a spot in russia jumping out of ventura was fired just days after italy's playoff loss to sweden the four time champions failed to reach the world cup for the first time since one nine hundred fifty eight and france has unexpectedly been named as hosts for the twenty twenty three rugby world cu

decision the couple launches this dialogue which will start in generally twenty eighteen under the fijian presidency the spirit of these talks has been upbeat and the paris agreement it seems is on track so i think that we're in a very good place twenty eighteen is the year to step it up this year to climate action and i think what we have here set on the road ahead that's a lot of homework to do it's not easy but i think we're seeing will and decisiveness governments governments cities states private sector to move. so progress but is it enough for those most immediately threatened by climate change not enough is being done it's certainly not enough for the survival of the pacific and there needs to be increased ambition there needs to be a greater responsibility taken by developed countries they need to keep in the ground and they need to move towards a safe and just transition to renewable energy. keeping fossil fuels in the ground was always on the agenda in and outside the conference holds german coal phase out from angela merkel but the u.k. and canada launched an alliance of twenty

statements about fate of humanity but the delivery is weak no numbers just big pledges and you know the fijians the islands they don't need any more words they actually need the actions. of some or the midst of that media scrum you might find president micro who's actually leaving for the evening and as he departs he will know that the same old issues remain mainly the problem of finance and compensation for the poorer nations affected by the emissions of the rich is one of two long nights we goes ations ahead for these poles it's crazy because al-jazeera born yet . three says at least thirteen people have died after flash floods hit the western outskirts of athens heavy overnight storm turned roads into rivers sweeping away cars and buildings the death toll is expected to rise a little mare as people are still trapped in their homes more bad weather is forecast for the coming days scientists have discovered an earth like planet eleven light years away from our own the ross one twenty eight b. it thought to have a warm rock environment that may support life but new world was found after more th

as a symbol to the fijian presidency the traditional double. has pride of place over the top to the point being that when it comes to climate change we're all in the same boat at the same time there's a gathering force in the fight against global warming and that's a younger generation. i mean this is our fourth and after revolution the most exciting to time to be alive for me there's a you know it's going to go down in history as the time when we shifted away from fossil fuels on to sustainable solutions and i want to be a part of that. and in other nations will celebrated approach like that making opportunity of the crisis that is climate change may not suit the white house around the world it seems it is a concept that's gaining momentum. al-jazeera. a quick recap of the top stories here russia has vetoed a u.s. led attempt to extend an international inquiry into the use of chemical weapons in syria it means the united nations team investigating the use of deadly sarin gas in syria will be disbanded russia has issued vetoes before to prevent

countries joining talks on how to tackle climate change the conference opened with a traditional fijian welcome ceremony the tiny pacific island is chairing the conference it's already suffering the effects of global warming and lacks the resources to host the event on the island itself to go shares are working to cap an expected global temperature rise at two degrees or less. our correspondent in heartache sent us the following report on health fiji is dealing with rising sea levels caused by climate change. when in rico goes out fishing this has become a familiar sight. empty nets. we're used to. when i was small i usually went out to sea with my grandfather and father but we didn't have to come as far as we are now we would only go as far as the closest reefs get a good catch and then go back now it's different we have to go from one reef to the next because there's nothing that the sea is getting warmer what we did then was. the changing climate is also taking its toll and. enrico's village. the sea level is rising and. is slowly being swallowed by the ocean. the salt water makes th

as a symbol to the fijian presidency this traditional double. has pride of place over the top to the point being that when it comes to climate change we're all in the same boat at the same time there's a gathering force in the fight against global warming and that's the younger generation. i mean this is. the most exciting to time to be alive. you know it's going to go down in history the time when we shifted away from . it and i want to be a part of that. nations will celebrate it approach like that making opportunity of the crisis that is climate change may not suit the white house around the world it seems it is a concept that's gaining momentum. al-jazeera. zimbabwean president robert mugabe has made his first public appearance since been put under house arrest by the military. is attending a university graduation in the capital harare if he does say anything a little later on obviously we're going to dip in and hear what he has to say because he's been confined to his home since the military on wednesday. making significant progress in talk

and germany i think intends to stay in the background to some extent doesn't want to overshadow the fijian presidency germany is also in a bit of a tight spot with regard to its own climate policies that it's becoming ever more clear that the promise of a forty percent emissions reduction by two thousand and twenty is not going to be reached in germany and that's due among other things to the transport sector where emissions have increased as well as the continued use of coal and particular brown coal which is a very polluting fossil fuel that makes up coal about a quarter of germany's energy mix still so even though germany has maybe a third of its energy mix from renewables there's still a lot of fossil fuels in there and that really damages its credibility as a climate leader and so anyway already mentioned this bonn conference is huge more than twenty thousand delegates almost two hundred countries talking about write a range of topics and there is one in geo that's proposing smaller conferences in the future focusing on specific topics like coal or agriculture just briefly if you can

i think so i think just being here just making the pacific visible just making fijian communities visible just bringing to you know the middle of the year paean center what specific impacts of climate change is already caused to be optimistic about because i think that i've seen in the two weeks that we've been here with this program that there are a lot of us in different parts of the world that don't have a very authentic realisation of what's going on elsewhere so just being able to tell our story is just being able to let our european friends know that look this is what it means to use as much coal as you do on this side of the world is i think already very powerful and last night we saw the launch of the oceans pathway. but in a ship i think that in itself is a cause to be optimistic for a future where everyone can come to the table ok what about people back home in fiji do they believe that the paris agreement and the details being worked out in bonn will some of the problems that you've told us and. yes you know at home there is a lot of skepticism about what really can happen on a

statements about fate of humanity but the delivery is weak no numbers just big pledges and you know the fijians the islands they don't need any more words they actually need the actions. this summer in the midst of that media scrum you might find president micro who's actually leaving for the thing and as he departs he will know that the same old issues remain mainly the problem of finance and compensation for the poorer nations affected by the emissions of the rich is one of two long like tomatoes ations ahead for these poles it's crazy because al-jazeera born yet. so ahead on al-jazeera and sport australia shoots for a place of the world cup and russia sana has that story for. with. a five hundred year old painting believed to be the work of leonardo da vinci has sold for four hundred fifty million dollars in the u.s. portrait of jesus is the most expensive piece of art ever sold in auction we get this in one thousand fifty eight the painting was sold at auction for sixty bucks because at the time it was believed to have been painted by a student of davinci rather than the master himself even

i think so i think just being here just making the pacific visible just making fijian communities visible just bringing to you know the middle of the year paean center what specific impacts of climate change is already caused to be optimistic about because i think that i've seen in the two weeks that we've been here with this program that there are a lot of us in different parts of the world that don't have a very authentic realisation of what's going on elsewhere so just being able to tell our story is just being able to let our european friends know that look this is what it means to use as much coal as you do on this side of the world is i think already very powerful and last night we saw the launch of the oceans pathway. but in a ship i think that in itself is a cause to be optimistic for a future where everyone can come to the table ok what about people back home in fiji do they believe that the paris agreement and the details being worked out in bonn will some of the problems that you've told us and. yes you know at home there is a lot of skepticism about what really can happen on a

with this this isn't the cup branches down which will start in generally twenty eighteen under the fijianpresidency the spirit of these talks has been upbeat and the paris agreement it seems is on track so i think that we're in a very good place twenty eight is the year to step it up this year to climate action and i think what we have here set on a good road ahead that's a lot of homework to do it's not easy but i think we're seeing will and decisiveness governments governments cities states private sector to move ahead so progress but is it enough for those most immediately threatened by climate change not enough is being done it's certainly not enough for the survival of the pacific and there needs to be increased ambition there needs to be a greater responsibility taken by developed countries they need to keep in the ground and they need to move towards a safe and just transition to renewable energy. keeping fossil fuels in the ground was always on the agenda in and outside the conference holes in coal phaseout from angela merkel but the u.k. and canada launched an alliance of twenty

agreement that means all countries were asked to go back and look at how well they're doing and the fijian presidency that hosted these talks in bonn the island nation of fiji they're going to host a process next year that they're calling the talent our dialogue which basically means we're looking at how well we're already doing in achieving our climate targets what's already being done how well the national climate targets will add up to keeping global warming below one point five degrees as was decided in paris already know by looking at going for at least three degrees of warming with the current level of ambition and then coming back in this year long dialogue and saying what do we need to do to increase them but the summit in bonn was also about support for the most vulnerable the poorest countries that are already impacted by climate change an important outcome is that progress was made to keep the adaptation fund a life that's a fund that was set up on the kyoto protocol you know needs to move and that the paris agreement to have some long term future needs more funding some additio

from there the fijian sets off, bypassing the leinster defence one by one and just as it seemed he'ds point. elsewhere scarlets beat benetton and munster thrashed the dragons. are you impressed, naga? very impressed, but what i'm worried about is the leinster team because their manager must go, how on earth could you let that happen?m their manager must go, how on earth could you let that happen? it was so quick, wasn't it? theyjust fell around him. but between you you would think you could stop him. how many players, seven or eight? falling like flies. now before we go here's britain's tour de france champion chris froome as you've never seen him before. no, he's not a yellow lawrence of arabia, but he could possibly have a career in martial arts movies after he stops racing bikes. this was the pre—race entertainment ahead of the saitama criterium injapan. is that a bit of wushu? one yellow jersey to another. as you can see, ninja froome is clearly not a man to be messed with after displaying his considerable skills with a throwing star. a p pa re ntly apparently that's the official

as a symbol to the fijian presidency the traditional double. has pride of place over the top the point being that when it comes to climate change we're all in the same boat at the same time there's a gathering force in the fight against global warming and that's a younger generation. that's i mean this is our fourth enough to revolution over the most exciting to time to be alive for me this is like you know it's going to go down in history books as a time when we shifted away from fossil fuels onto more sustainable solutions and i want to be a part of that. begins in other nations will celebrated approach like that making opportunity of the crisis that is climate change may not suit the white house but around the world it seems it is a concept it's gaining momentum. al-jazeera told him the chalange will be going to the polls to choose a new president next sunday one of the key issues was the increasing attacks by the injured and did in this welfare chase who want to take back their ancestral land and game more autonomy newman has more from the

statements about fate of humanity but the delivery is weak no numbers just big pledges and you know the fijians the islands they don't need any more words they actually need the actions. the summer the midst of that media scrum you might find president macro he's actually leaving for the thing and as he departs he will know that the same old issues remain mainly the problem of finance and compensation for the poorer nations affected by the emissions of the rich is one of two long nights we goes ations ahead for these poles it's crazy because al jazeera born yet. al-jazeera exploiting a child labor a common practice around the world including in this brick factory in argentina and scientists believe they have found a planet much like earth and a solar system eleven light years away. and it support the military and play are making a big impact in its debut at the end of this season and. hello proper weather is chucky and now to the plains states and this is the picture seen by satellite and that's the area to watch surprise me for the most active weather is to little system save in the area of lo

as a symbol to the fijian presidency the traditional double. has pride of place over the top the point being that when it comes to climate change we're all in the same boat for the same time there's a gathering force in the fight against global warming and that's a younger generation that's i mean this is our fourth industrial revolution the most exciting to time to be alive for me this is you know it's going to go down in history books as the time when we shifted away from. lucy and i want to be a part of that. the genes in other nations will celebrated approach like making the crisis that is climate change may not suit the white house around the world it seems it is a concept it's gaining momentum. a company that owns and runs the keystone pipeline says it has leaked an estimated two hundred ten thousand gallons of oil into agricultural land in the u.s. state of south dakota said officials do not believe the leak polluted drinking water systems a monday regulators will announce their decision whether to approve an expansion of the pipeline th

to host instead now the conference in bonn has already got underway beginning with a traditional fijian welcoming ceremony the goal is to come to an agreement on capping an expected global temperature rise to one point five degrees celsius a lot is at stake over the next two weeks we must not fail. that means using the next two weeks in the hand to do everything we can to make the planets to be. and to advance emission and support for climate action before twenty twenty two made our commitments and. not bicker way from them. and to commit ourselves to the most ambitious target of the bed is a given. kept the global average temperature at one point five degrees celsius over that of the pre-industrial age. and i was fiji's prime minister there opening the conference in bonn will for more on the global climate conference we're joined now by tata steel mill and he's an expert on climate change with germany's rosa luxemburg foundation that's a think tank affiliated with the left party thanks for talking with us today is the bond climate conference gets underway how close are we tell us to ac

campus and the nearby conference center is where the actual climate negotiations will be held is the fijian word for. welcome. bunn a city of three hundred thousand has to grapple with the flood of visitors the key is a functioning and loading mission transport system. not ready to feed us at its height even when we encourage all the participants at the conference to arrive using public transport there are no parking spaces around the conference venue but there are shuttle bus arrangements that have been set up with carbon neutral buses. we're well positioned with special deutsche bahn trains to cologne and copeland's where some of the accommodations are. many other towns in the area are also housing participants quite a few people will be travelling to and from the conference every day dutch avella will be reporting extensively on the climate negotiations the building is right in the middle of the conference area. and will not take a look at how a taxi already feels is feeling the effects of climate change the marshall islands and the middle of the pacific ocean get threatened by rising se

it was a famous night for the fijians. they are into the world cup semifinals for the third time.that beat new zealand in their previous game. tonga will be england's opponents, if england beat papua new guinea tomorrow. andy murray has split with his coach ivan lendl for the second time. under his guidance, murray won three grand slam titles, two olympic golds and made it to world number one, but he's been plagued with injury all season, and he'll continue to work on regaining his fitness, leading up to january's australian open. the battle between tommy fleetwood and justin rose to finish the year as europe's number one golfer is getting exciting. it's advantage rose, who's two shots off the pace at the dubai championship — and two clear of fleetwood. they're chasing this man, defending champion matthew fitzpatrick, who's leading the field going into round three. he's ten—under par, one shot ahead of tyrrell hatton. the race to dubai concluding in dubai. they've got to dubai, they just have to race to the end of the tournament to see who is the best. then get home from dubai. th

us about this conference knowing the challenges that you went through when you were president the fijian presidency this time what kind of issues are they going to face look we should understand that this call it is important because it is the for so long we implement a very significant and we should suffer due consideration of the bodies have been has brought us i believe in good framework but we said. there will be defused so this is the timing we are going to have that decision why we call for full what we. call it that these tanks date of dialogue currently hold. because. it will be. day to day. basis. take. these bonds. what they have got over likes to the m.d.c. they cannot now given the situation here with the president trying to say that he's going to pull out of the paris agreement but there's still a u.s. delegation here kind of impact do you think that will help the momentum appears fortunately not too much and let me say that it is not just optimism it is releasing let me book through it tom after the u.s. announcement. we see all the parties have remained of the no mistake t

rules for paris next year in poland we've got creation of this talent show a dialogue which is a fijian notion tallon no means open robust honest conversation and storytelling to look at the gap between what countries are already doing to reduce their emissions and where we need to be to meet the temperature limitation goals in the paris agreement united nations estimates we're only about a third of the way to where we need to be projecting out to twenty thirty and the discussion next year will be how do we close that gap how do we increase ambition to avoid the worst impacts of climate change are old and great again a perspective appreciate that update from that within they didn't make it easy ations ok we'll be back with you and hopefully we'll have more news better news from him but we look forward to talking about thanking. was the. this is a drawing up in many parts of the himalayas it's being blamed on a mix of deforestation climate change and a lack of water conservation but new technologies interrogation are now helping make the soil certainly again so we have stress to travel t