robin brant, bbc news, wuzhou.er than most. the 22—year—old lives in a slum in west delhi and he has been studying remotely in the 1—room home he shares with his mother, and sister. at night, he studies by the light as his family sleeps. outside his home is one of the city's biggest open drains and a noisy railway track but despite all the hardships and against the odds, he has won the 2021 sydney scholars india equity scholarship and in august, he started his masters of international relations at university of sydney. earlier he joined university of sydney. earlier hejoined me and university of sydney. earlier he joined me and told university of sydney. earlier hejoined me and told me how his family react to the news of his family react to the news of his scholarship.— his family react to the news of his scholarship. oh, well, when this news— his scholarship. oh, well, when this news came _ his scholarship. oh, well, when this news came that _ his scholarship. oh, well, when this news came that i _ his scholarship

robin brant, bbc news, wuzhou.960s has won the nobel prize for literature. he's spent most of his life in the uk and for many years taught at the university of kent. the swedish academy praised his novels for their insight into the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee. a concert by the london symphony orchestra has been live streamed tonight free of charge into hundreds of care homes across the uk to thank staff and residents for their resilience during the pandemic. the special performance was staged by the bristol beacon project and conducted by sir simon rattle. 0ur correspondentjon kay reports. no bingo tonight. instead, residents at quarry house are waiting for a live performance by one of the best orchestras in the world. it's the first time we've had something like this for a long time. so yes, looking forward to it. we were at the final rehearsal this afternoon. the london symphony orchestra are used to big audiences, but tonight every care home in the uk is invited. i always believe that musi

robin brant reporting there. are particularly impacted. 0ur correspondent divya arya reports on attempts to climate proof homes in some of india's warmest cities. no shade, no shelter. temperatures can hit 48 degrees. home is a slum in this indian city. shakeela is struggling. she asks for water. the heat is wiping everyone out. translation: it is very hot. this is how we spend the day. it is hotter in the evening. we cannot sleep at night, even on the roof. it is very difficult. but help is at hand. krishna works for a housing trust that helps families cool their homes. the charity has found that homes like this can hit 46 degrees inside. translation: let me tell you, i was in a situation ten - times worse than you are. then they suggested i go for white paint. concrete holds the heat so the roof is like a sun trap, but if you paint the roof with white paint, it will reflect it. this simple solution will cool the house by three to four degrees. the housing trust offers her a loan of about 135 us dollars to pay f

robin brant reporting there. nine of the world's ten most polluted cities are india, many of them also extreme heat of 50 degrees. low income families are particularly impacted. 0ur correspondent divya arya reports on attempts to climate proof homes in some of india's warmest cities. no shade, no shelter. temperatures can hit 48 degrees. home is a slum in this indian city. shakeela is struggling. she asks for water. the heat is wiping everyone out. translation: it is very hot. this is how we spend the day. it is hotter in the evening. we cannot sleep at night, even on the roof. it is very difficult. but help is at hand. krishna works for a housing trust that helps families cool their homes. the charity has found that homes like this can hit 46 degrees inside. translation: let me tell you, i was in a situation ten - times worse than you are. then they suggested i go for white paint. concrete holds the heat so the roof is like a sun trap, but if you paint the roof with white paint, it will reflect it. this simple s

robin brant, bbc news, wuzhou.es and the all of this defendant effort to go on trial for alleged nazi era crimes has appeared in court in germany. accused of complicity in the murder of more than three and a half thousand people. prosecution says the man who was 100 years old was a guard at one of the camps. the uk government has slashed the number of countries on his covid—19 travelled that list from next monday, the list will be cut from 54 countries to just seven. it means people arriving in the uk from almost all destinations will no longer have to quarantine seven. it means people arriving in the uk from almost all destinations will no longer after quarantining hotels. and in south africa, events are being held to mark the 90th birthday of the nobel peace prize winner. he attended a service at saint georges cathedral in cape town where he served as the countries first black archbishop from the 1980s. the pandemic and spry challenges to many students but they are tougher than most. the 22 —year—old lives in the

robin brant, bbc news, wuzhou.all after president vladimir putin said that russia might boost supplies to europe initial while ago, the largest supplier of natural gas to europe said the company will always fulfil its contractual obligations.— always fulfil its contractual obligations. always fulfil its contractual obliuations. , , ., obligations. they emphasise and will continue to emphasise _ obligations. they emphasise and will continue to emphasise that - obligations. they emphasise and will continue to emphasise that it - continue to emphasise that it fulfils all of its contractual obligations to our counterparties and long—term contracts. we fully satisfy our requests by also playing with requests we have such a possibility. we have supplied foreign markets with record amounts of gas. foreign markets with record amounts of as. ., foreign markets with record amounts ofuas. ., ., foreign markets with record amounts of as. ., ., ., of gas. looking at some of the other stores in the — of gas. looking at some of t

roles of two of the world�*s big energy consumers, japan and china, starting with our correspondent robin brantoesn�*t like that. it believes it�*s subjective, it believes it is doing a lot to try and improve its role in terms of climate change, and it asked for that language to be removed. 0verall, china doesn�*t feature too much, but, of course, its role going forward in terms of this ipcc report, and the final one that will follow, and also the cop26 meeting in glasgow, is absolutely huge. john kerry, the us climate envoy believes china can do more. it has its own targets in terms of peaking carbon emissions by 2030 and trying to be net carbon emitter by 2060, but in terms of that target, below 2 degrees and 1.5 degrees, we are still yet to see a big declaration, big pledge from china in trying to limit what it can do in china to try to hit that target. to many people will be a bit of a surprise, because japan is not one of the big fossil fuel producers. japan doesn't have any coal or oil, so it imports all of its energy, or most of its energy, from the middle east and australia and elsewher