justin rowlatt, bbc news, plymouth.g of mont blanc — europe's highest mountain — shows it has shrunk by more than two metres in the past two years. (00v)as as fears grow over melting glaciers, mont blanc�*s official height has been on a downward slide for over a decade, losing on average 13 centimetres annually since 2001. a man who took a crossbow to windsor castle on christmas day in 2021 to "kill" queen elizabeth ii has been given a nine—year prison sentence. jaswant singh chail will be kept in broadmoor high—security psychiatric hospital before moving to prison. he's the first person in the uk to be convicted of treason since 1981 after pleading guilty in february. in the uk, polls have closed in south lanarkshire where voters are choosing a new mp for rutherglen and hamilton west. the seat was made vacant, because the former scottish national party mp, margaret ferrier, was ousted in a recall petition. she was thrown out of the party for breaching covid regulations. let's talk to our scotland editorjames cook who i

i asked justin rowlatt, the bbc�*s climate editor. mean, the exemplar of this would be china making kind of long—term investments with a kind of 100—year plan, maybe even a longer plan, looking ahead and saying, what do we need for our future? what future do we want for our society? democracy is frankly finding it much harder to do that long—term planning and stick to decisions that have been made. it's very interesting here in britain, you know, there was a climate act passed in 2008 and the idea was to bind future governments to commitments made kind of now about how we're going to cut carbon. we're still sticking to those targets. but it was quite interesting very recently, the prime minister here, rishi sunak, changed his position on, or appeared to change his position. it was a little bit more nuanced than it seemed, but appeared to change his position on how rapidly he wanted britain to approach net zero, reduce carbon emissions to the point where we're not adding any additional emissions to the atmosphere. and that's a very kin

justin rowlatt, bbc news, plymouth.uarter at one point today, following reports that it's urgently trying to raise up to £600 million to shore up its finances. the bank was set up in 2010 and has more than 2.5 million customers. let's talk to our business correspondent theo leggett. theo, what does this mean for customers of metro bank? should they be worried? well, i don't think customers should be too worried at this stage, although a 25% drop in the share price is clearly not a good look, metro bank insisted finances are pretty sound, it made a profit in the first half of the year, and it continues, crucially, to meet all regulatory requirements in terms of the financial buffers it is obliged to keep. on top of that, the compensation scheme guarantees the first £85,000 of each depositor�*s savings, so that is a buffer as well. that said, there are clearly concerns about the long—term health of this bank, and that is principally to do with the amount of money that it seems to be in line to have to raise over the next

justin rowlatt, bbc news, plymouth. in a missile strike in north—east ukraine, including a six—year—old boy. the ukrainian authorities say russia attacked a village in the kharkiv region. james waterhouse is in kyiv for us. james, what do we know? this is thought to be the deadliest missile strike for more than a year in ukraine. this small village has a population of at least 300, we are told that 51 people have lost their lives. what we are told, we have seen these images put out by authorities, showing several bodies covered in dust next to a rubble which was thought to be a grocery shop, what the authorities are saying is that most of them were gathered outside for the funeral for a ukrainian soldier. russia has been squarely blamed, accusing of launching a short range ballistic missile, so difficult to defend against because of the height and speed at which they fly. this is a village in close proximity, 30 kilometres or so, to one of the most volatile parts of the front line. it is common for places like that to c

month was, in my professional opinion — absolutely gobsmackingly bananas. " our climate editor justin rowlatta harvey, the environment editor at the guardian. the language makes you chuckle but it's pretty serious.— it's pretty serious. yes, it's much worse than _ it's pretty serious. yes, it's much worse than many _ it's pretty serious. yes, it's much worse than many scientists - it's pretty serious. yes, it's much worse than many scientists have | worse than many scientists have feared. bananas is the word. it's really coming home to pico to eight people that climate change is in something at the future is happening around us. ~ , , ~ ., around us. when we see these kind of record temperatures _ around us. when we see these kind of record temperatures it _ around us. when we see these kind of record temperatures it is _ around us. when we see these kind of record temperatures it is easy - around us. when we see these kind of record temperatures it is easy to - record temperatures it is easy to get a bit lost in the data. but that one graft that really did show how far above the average the

our climate editor, justin rowlatt, is here with more details. one scientist described the jump in temperatures this september as gobsmacking bananas. the new data show the average global temperature in september was 16.38 degrees celsius. that beats the previous record for september by half a degree, the largestjump ever recorded. now, take a look at this. the line in the middle of this graph represents average global temperatures for the month of september between 1991 and 2020. looking back to the 1940s, we could see septembers were colder than that for many years. but look, when we get to the year 2000, that changes. temperatures rise steadily into this year. and just look at that peak. now, of course, last month is part of a bigger picture. these squiggly grey lines you see here show the average temperatures across a calendar year. and this goes all the way back to before the industrial era began more than 200 years ago. the red line here represents 2016. that is the hottest year ever recorded. but look at this year from may you'll see it he

joining me now is our climate editor, justin rowlatt. a lot to cheer through there. september on record. how siunificant hottest september on record. how significant is _ hottest september on record. how significant is that? _ is very significant. september this year was 0.93 celsius hotter than the average. that is almost a whole degree celsius. you have to remember that this is an average around the whole globe. meteorologist say normally, they would expect the difference between years to be a fraction of a degree. so it really is a significant margin. it comes after the hottest summer ever experienced by the northern hemisphere. injuly but saw the hottest day ever recorded and highest week at the july pimp hottest highest week at thejuly pimp hottest month. highest week at the july pimp hottest month. climate scientists said thisjuly is probably the hottest month for years so that is before the last ice age and they are now predicting 2023 will be the hottest year ever beating 2016. so this is a really serious warning that the activities of human beings on earth,

our climate editor, justin rowlatt, is here. this sounds very sobering? it is sobering.tember was 0.93 celsius warmer than the average global temperature for the month, so almost a whole degrees celsius, huge margin when you remember it is an average across the whole globe. normally we would expect variations of a small fraction of a degree between years and it comes after, as you said, the hottest northern hemisphere summer on record. july we saw the hottest day, then the hottest week, then the hottest month ever recorded with scientist saying they thought it was almost certainly they thought it was almost certainly the hottest months 420,000 years, so since before the last ice age and as you said, experts think this is on track to be the hottest year on record, so as you say it is a very sobering finding.— record, so as you say it is a very sobering finding. this news can be overwhelming- — sobering finding. this news can be overwhelming. is _ sobering finding. this news can be overwhelming. is there _ sobering finding. this news can be overwhelming. is there cause - s

our climate editor, justin rowlatt, is here with more details.ook, when we get to the year 2000, that changes. temperatures rise steadily into this year. and just look at that peak.

i asked justin rowlatt, the bbc�*s climate editor.ur future? what future do we want for our society? democracy is frankly finding it much harder to do that long—term planning and stick to decisions that have been made. it's very interesting here in britain, you know, there was a climate act passed in 2008 and the idea was to bind future governments to commitments made kind of now about how we're going to cut carbon. we're still sticking to those targets. but it was quite interesting very recently, the prime minister here, rishi sunak, changed his position on, or appeared to change his position. it was a little bit more nuanced than it seemed, but appeared to change his position on how rapidly he wanted britain to approach net zero, reduce carbon emissions to the point where we're not adding any additional emissions to the atmosphere. and that's a very kind of democratic response in that he's thinking, well, lots of our motorists here in britain aren't going to like some of the policies that we've got, and if we water them down with an

justin rowlatt, bbc news. that made me jump! that made mejump! i know, i wasn't that made me 'ump!ot of people will be looking - lot of people will be looking forward to that. the weather is getting worse, sit watch that. enjoy it. you can watch planet earth iii on bbc one and the bbc iplayer from 6:15pm next sunday — that's a week tomorrow. we will be back shortly with the top stories. hello, this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. let's return to our main story now and the situation in the middle east. this morning we know that tens of thousands of people have fled northern gaza. many still remain after the israeli military gave them 24 hours to leave the area before it launches a major ground offensive. they were ordered to move south of the wadi gaza as israeli troops prepare to hunt down and destroy hamas, which is designated as a terror organisation by many western governments, including the uk. that deadline has passed. however, in the last hour or so, israeli forces have said that they will allow safe passage for gazans on two roads which lead to the south