henry chu we seem to be in a moment of decision with the government.e in a moment of decision with the government. thus far saying it is sticking with plan a, but when you compare us to other nations, how comfortable should we be at the moment? should we worried, and if we should be worried, how worried? i don't think there is any cause for comfort at all right now in infections with the coronavirus here in britain are triple combined that of germany, france, italy and spain. there's no reason for complacency even there there was a very good and speedy vaccine roll—out at the beginning of the year. of course now we're into the fall and a lot of those shots might be waning intent of the immunity we are experiencing. deaths still at about 100 or more a day. when you put that together we are talking about nearly 1,000 a week and if you were saying that about any other disease we would be talking about a crisis. and yet some people, including the government, seem to have now concluded that this an acceptable level and that we just need to learn to live wit

latika bourke, henry chu and simonjack, thank you very much. thank you for watching.the opium trade, which has been a huge problem in the times, even of the western occupation. heroin was still getting from the opium fields of afghanistan to the streets of the west. that is a good financial resource if the taliban want to use it. and the threat of terrorist activity from groups allied to the islamic state. from all of us on dateline london, goodbye. good morning. saturday started off very wet for some of us but the story quickly improved to some sunny spells in the afternoon and just some isolated showers and areas have seen some pretty miserable weather recently including the borders, well, it was better today with glimpses of sunshine around. similar story today. sunday will start off pretty wet across some areas with a significant area of low pressure and into the southern flank of that low we are likely to see gale—force winds and that may act as a friend in some respects. it will push the heavy early morning rain quickly northwards and it will tend to linger acro

henry chu we seem to be in a moment of decision with the government. it is sticking with plan a, but when you compare us with other nations, how comfortable should we be at the moment? and should we be at the moment? and should be worried, and if we should be worried how worried? i should be worried, and if we should be worried how worried?— be worried how worried? i don't think there _ be worried how worried? i don't think there is _ be worried how worried? i don't think there is any _ be worried how worried? i don't think there is any cause - be worried how worried? i don't think there is any cause for- be worried how worried? i don't. think there is any cause for worry at all. _ think there is any cause for worry at all. it— think there is any cause for worry at all, it right now infections with the coronavirus ? cause for confidence. they are triple combined that of— confidence. they are triple combined that of germany, france, italy and spain _ that of germany, france, italy and spain. there's no reason for complacency even there there was a very

joining us to discuss that, henry chu, deputy news editor at the la times, who keeps the show on thening herald in australia.

latika bourke, henry chu and simon jack, thank you very much. thank you for watching.h us, pushing its way eastwards then a smaller ridge of high pressure for a time, so some sunshine returning to northern ireland, wales, south—west england, for instance. the cloud and the rain lingering for longest for eastern england and eastern scotland. quite breezy with that rain as well, but an improving picture this afternoon. it won't be as warm as recent days. temperatures around about ten to 15 degrees and there will be one or two scattered showers still moving in from the west as well, but predominantly dry later on as we head on into the evening hours. overnight, though, we're going to see the arrival of the next area of low pressure moving its way in, bringing some heavy rain and some strong winds to the south—west of england, wales and northern ireland through the early hours of sunday morning. further north and east, we've got clearer skies, so actually quite a chilly start across the north—east of scotland. don't forget that the clocks are going to be changing tonight,

joining us to discuss that, henry chu, deputy news editor at the la times, who keeps the show on thed whilst the us west coast sleeps. latika bourke, columnist for the age and the sydney morning herald in australia. here in the studio, the bbc�*s buiness editor, simonjack. cop26, which begins in glasgow this weekend, is supposed to be the moment when the world's nations present individual beefed up pledges to mitigate climate change, agree rules to prevent double counting, and honour previously agreed plans to ensure the poorest countries, too, can adapt to survive. the summit�*s host, that perennial optimist borisjohnson, says its success or failure "is in the balance". the queen, a valuable asset in the last—minute lobbying and arm twisting that characterises summits, won't now be there. on medical advice, say courtiers. still, her majesty was caught on microphone recently, saying of cop26 : "it is very irritating when they talk, but they don t do. henry, when might we be in the realm of expectation management for the summit? . , of expectation management for the summit? ., , �* .,