July saw the world heating up. Now political debates around energy and Climate Change also hotting up too. The government has said it will back hundreds of new licences for oil and Gas Production sites like this in the north sea. It has also confirmed it will support two new Carbon Capture and storage projects in northeast scotland and the humber. These would capture Carbon Dioxide where fossil fuels are burned and pipe it under the sea to store it. Climate campaigners fear it is a tactic to keep the Fossil Fuel Industry in business. The Prime Minister on a visit to aberdeenshire argued todays announcements would help the uk reach its net zero target by 2050 while still backing new oil and gas. Even in 2050, when we are at net zero, it is forecast that around a quarter of our energy needs will still come from oil and gas. Thats why technologies like Carbon Capture and storage are important. But what is important is that we get the oil and gas in the best possible way, and that means getting it from here at home. The conservatives have been keen to draw a Dividing Line with the labour party. Labour say it wouldnt back a new oil and gas licences, arguing they would be bad for the climate, not cut bills or create long term jobs, and would instead focus on investing in renewable alternatives. Quite frankly, i am astonished that rishi sunak is doubling down on his failing and weak policy on Climate Action. Businesses and individuals and families have suffered 13 years of failing tory energy policy. That has left us the worst hit of any Western European country during this energy crisis. The snp said it is important to keep the oil and gas workforce in scotland employed but have called for a Just Transition towards greenerjobs. This is a nuanced discussion, it needs a grown up approach, not the drill, baby, drill approach the westminster government is taking at this point in time, which ignores the reality of Energy Security in the years to come and lack of investment they are putting into renewables, but also ignores the reality of the Climate Crisis that we face. The Prime Minister faces tensions in his own party too, with some tory mps calling on the Prime Minister to water down the net zero target and others accusing him of being on the wrong side of history by backing more oil and gas. Dividing lines that are only set to grow as the next election nears. Ione wells, bbc news. So, would those Carbon Capture projects announced by the government be enough to offset the new push to drill more oil and gas . Heres our climate editorjustin rowlatt. Powering up britain, from britain is the Prime Ministers slogan. He says he wants to max out oil and Gas Production from uk reserves. Many Climate Scientists and environmentalists say the Carbon Dioxide emissions from these new projects will bust through the uks climate targets. So, will the Carbon Capture and storage projects he has announced today offset the emissions . Carbon capture and storage plants are designed to trap that planet warming c02 or take it directly from the atmosphere and store it underground. Take this gas fired power station, for example. As the natural gas is burned to generate electricity, the Carbon Dioxide is separated out. Its pumped underground to be stored in empty gas and oil reservoirs. The government has announced investments in a plant at st fergus on the north east coast of scotland and another in the humber. It has already announced plans for two other such plants. Government advisors say this technology is vital to meet net zero climate targets. Most sectors we can get to zero emissions, but theres a few where we still expect to have emissions in the future, so think of the steel sector, for example, or the cement sector, possibly aviation, even farming, so emissions continuing, actually, past 2050 and beyond. So we need Carbon Capture to reduce emissions to zero in those sectors, or close to zero, and actually to remove Greenhouse Gas emissions from the atmosphere and store those away too. We also need that Carbon Capture technology. Some environmentalists and climate Scientists Say Carbon Capture and storage is a dangerous distraction that could give polluters a licence to carry on polluting. And the cash the government is announcing is to try and kick start a new industry. It will be many years before it will be capable of trapping the millions of tonnes of c02 these new Oil And Gas Fields will produce. And there is another issue the uks ability to lead on the climate. Why would other countries listen if the uk urges them to scale back oil and Gas Production when it is chasing down its last reserves of oil and gas . Profjim skea is the chair in Sustainable Energy at Imperial College londons centre for environmental policy and the co chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change� S Working Group iii. Thank you for being here on bbc news. What do you regard as your biggest challenge as you take the helm at ipcc . I biggest challenge as you take the helm at ipcc . Helm at ipcc . I think one of our bi est helm at ipcc . I think one of our Biggest Challenges helm at ipcc . I think one of our Biggest Challenges is helm at ipcc . I think one of our Biggest Challenges is sitting helm at ipcc . I think one of our Biggest Challenges is sitting in l Biggest Challenges is sitting in with the Decision Making cycle in the climate convention. We are just finishing the first global stock tick of the Paris Agreement this year and another one in five years time. The big challenge is to get our reports out and get findings that would actually inform the Decision Making process. That is what is foremost in my mind at the moment. , moment. Informing the decisionmaking moment. Informing the l decisionmaking process moment. Informing the decisionmaking process is the moment. Informing the decisionmaking process is the whole Decision Making process is the whole point of the organisation, to distil the best science to this side global policy. It is the basic problem that we all know the science, we just are not taken the action required . Lets not taken the action required . Lets eat there are not taken the action required . Lets eat there are multiple not taken the action required . Let� s eat there are multiple questions associated with Climate Change we have entered the existential question. Human beings are causing the Climate Change we see at the moment. There is more work to be done on the specific Climate Action that might follow that conclusion. What kind of actions can we take to reduce emissions . What actions can we take to adapt to Climate Change . There is much work to be done on Physical Sciences because we can come up with big pictures on Global Warming but what happens to the climate at regional or local levels . Theres more work to be done in these areas. So, the signs cannot sleep and we have much work to do. We have seen throughout this we are, extreme weather across the planet. Jewell warned last year it was now or never to limit global heating to 1. 5 celsius that threshold above industrial levels. We are on course to cross that in addicted our so, arent we . We to cross that in addicted our so, arent we . To cross that in addicted our so, arent we . ~. ,. ,. , ~ arent we . We are on a knife edge with the 15 arent we . We are on a knife edge with the 1. 5 degrees arent we . We are on a knife edge with the 1. 5 Degrees Warming. Arent we . We are on a knife edge with the 1. 5 Degrees Warming. Our with the 1. 5 Degrees Warming. 0ur Colleagues working in the physical Sciences Tell Us we will reach 1. 5 Degrees Warming around 2030 or the early 20 30s, even in the most Ambition Scenarios where we cut emissions. In these ambitious scenarios, the temperature could come down at again a bit after that so it might graze or go over 1. 5 degrees and then go down again. One thing, temperatures can only come down again if we remove Carbon Dioxide from the atmosphere. So the question of some kind of Carbon Capture techniques or Carbon Dioxide removal have to be an important part of the picture. fin removal have to be an important part of the picture of the picture. On that point, how much can carbon of the picture. On that point, how much can Carbon Captured of the picture. On that point, how much can Carbon Captured due of the picture. On that point, how much can Carbon Captured due to | much can Carbon Captured due to mitigate what we are seeing . Is it central Going Forward or is a and sideshow . It central Going Forward or is a and sideshow . Central Going Forward or is a and sideshow . ,. , sideshow . It is somewhere in the middle. It has sideshow . It is somewhere in the middle. It has a sideshow . It is somewhere in the middle. It has a role sideshow . It is somewhere in the middle. It has a role to sideshow . It is somewhere in the middle. It has a role to Play Sideshow . It is somewhere in the middle. It has a role to play but l sideshow . It is somewhere in the j middle. It has a role to play but it is not the biggest part of the solution. We were very clear in our last report that gets in control of Global Warming and the Energy Sector involved a substantial reduction in fossil fuel emissions. That means scaling of Renewable Energy which is the biggest opportunity in the near term but also Carbon Capture storage has a role to play in the overall picture. Especially around gets into the 20 405, the middle of the century, before we phase out or fees down fo55il century, before we phase out or fees down fossil fuels, Carbon Capture storage has a role to play in all of the scenarios we looked at. Nowhere in the list that the scenarios we looked at. Nowhere in the list that you the scenarios we looked at. Nowhere in the list that you mentioned the scenarios we looked at. Nowhere in the list that you mentioned did in the list that you mentioned did you mention more guests, more oil, with new licenses. You mention more guests, more oil, with new licenses. What we said was substantial reductions with new licenses. What we said was substantial reductions in with new licenses. What we said was substantial reductions in fossil substantial reductions in fossil fuels u5e. Given the fact that oil, fuel5 u5e. Given the fact that oil, gas, Coal Re5erve5 do deplete, if you do nothing then production of fossil fuels will you do nothing then production of fossilfuels will go you do nothing then production of fossil fuels will go down. In fact, we did not characterise it in terms of the amount of reserves, we characterise it in the amount of fossil fuels that you burn. If they have not been abated, for example, using Carbon Capture storage. It does give future policymakers a choice as to whether they stick to the paris targets for climate or leave some of that oil and gas in the ground. Leave some of that oil and gas in the ground leave some of that oil and gas in the round. , w ,. , the ground. Does it make sense to ou to the ground. Does it make sense to you to issue the ground. Does it make sense to you to issue hundreds the ground. Does it make sense to you to issue hundreds of the ground. Does it make sense to you to issue hundreds of new you to issue hundreds of new licenses for gas and oil . You will be aware of the debates notjust in the uk, they have been taking place in germany and france, about various policie5 in germany and france, about various policies in a co5t of living cri5i5, people think will not be comfortable, and their ability to force them through. People talk about watering down green policies. Does that make any sort of sense given the crosswords we are at . We are a given the crosswords we are at . Are a Global Organisation so we cant comment on individual countries, but let me put it this way. We identified in our last report that the current emissions that were tied up with existing fo55il that were tied up with existing Fossil Fuel Re5erve5 that were tied up with existing Fossil Fuel Reserves and infrastructure and would exhaust the Carbon Buttocks for budget for 1. 5 Degrees Warming. It would not do it for 2 Degrees Warming, there would still be some space. It is not for p still be some space. It is not for up to answer those questions, it is for the governments. Some reserves will need to stay in the ground if you want to meet 1. 5 degrees, so we did not ask the question should we or should we not be developing new reserves . We focus on reserve all much oil and gas can reserve burn in the future without a base in it . You said ou the future without a base in it . You said you are the future without a base in it . You said you are optimistic when you have seen and watching all the pictures from around the globe, even in recent days and weeks, are you convinced about that . That there is still an avenue to pave the way out of this . ,. , still an avenue to pave the way out of this . ,. , still an avenue to pave the way out ofthis . ,. , of this . Just to say, it this important point, of this . Just to say, it this important point, even of this . Just to say, it this important point, even if. Of this . Just to say, it this | important point, even if we of this . Just to say, it this important point, even if we were to pass 1. 5 Degrees Warming, we shouldnt give up hope because we have still got Mitigation Measures to reduce emissions which are Cost Effective and will bring more benefits in terms of an impasse than the cost than the entailed. In that sense i am optimistic. We have agency over the future as human beings and i think we set that i was in our ipcc report. fit, beings and i think we set that i was in our ipcc report. In our ipcc report. A final brief thou ht, in our ipcc report. A final brief thought. I in our ipcc report. A final brief thought, i know in our ipcc report. A final brief thought, i know you in our ipcc report. A final brief thought, i know you want in our ipcc report. A final brief thought, i know you want to i in our ipcc report. A final brief. Thought, i know you want to dont want to get political in terms of individual countries but with your basic point b gets on with it . Absolutely, if we want to mitigate and adapt to the inevitable Climate Change we will get, we need to get on with it. The world would be a better place for it. On with it. The world would be a better place for it. Thank you for taking time better place for it. Thank you for taking time to better place for it. Thank you for taking time to speak better place for it. Thank you for taking time to speak with better place for it. Thank you for taking time to speak with us better place for it. Thank you for| taking time to speak with us first or. Jim skea. A british pensioner who killed his seriously ill wife in cyprus has walked free from court. David hunter was found guilty of the manslaughter of his wife janice at their home. Mr hunter had told the court, that she had begged him to end her life, because she was in so much pain. He was sentenced to two years in prison, but released because hed already spent most of that time behind bars. From paphos, fiona trott sent this report. Stunned. This is the moment the retired miner never dared to imagine. I cant describe it. Im sorry, i wish i could, i wish i could find words to describe it, but i cant. When youre under pressure for two year, wondering which way its going to go, you dont know what to think. I would like to say thank you to all the people who have donated to me, especially my mates, my workmates. I dont know where i would be without them. I hope im feeling the same as my family when im talking about that. Im talking about all my lads. Were all a family. When you work in a colliery, were a family. And that family, thousands of miles away in northumberland, were overjoyed that david hunter was finally free. Absolutely ecstatic. I couldnt, you know, if i won the lottery tomorrow, i wouldnt feel any better than i felt when i got that call today. Just absolutely brilliant. I mean everybody, you know, you could sense the emotion in the whole group. Its what weve been working for, its what weve hoped for, what weve wished for. This is the davey they knew, the lucky man who retired to cyprus with the wife he adored. But here inside their home, janice was suffering. She had blood cancer, so david killed her and tried to take his own life. He admitted what he did, and was found guilty of manslaughter last week. We think it was a fair decision, and one in line with the interests ofjustice. It is pity he spent so long in prison, but hes looking forward to getting out, and now this allows for him and his family to properly grieve. Absolutely wonderful. Janice was at the centre of his world. Hes now walking into a world and into a life without her. His friends say that is punishment enough. Fiona trott, bbc news Around The World and across the uk. This is bbc news. Lets take a look now at some stories developing in the uk. Rail passengers are facing more disruption this week, because of a ban on overtime by train drivers. Aslef union members, at 15 Train Companies in england are refusing to work extra hours from today until saturday. Theyre involved in a long running dispute over their pay offer, which Train Companies say is fair and reasonable. Banks offering unjustifiably low Savings Rates to their customers will face robust action, the uks financial watchdog has said. The financial conduct authoritys has now set out a 14 point plan to make sure that providers are communicating with savers more effectively and Interest Rates are passed on � appropriately�. Threejust stop 0il protesters who threw Orange Powder on to the pitch during an ashes test at lords Cricket Ground have denied aggravated trespass. Judit murray, daniel knorr, and jacob bourne, are accused of running onto the pitch during the second test match between england and australia onjune 28th. They pleaded not guilty at Westminster Magistrates Court and will go on trial on september 28th. Youre live with bbc news. To ukraine now where kyiv� s forces have been praised by president zelensky, for their advances around bakhmut a city of huge symbolic importance in the conflict. Russia captured bakhmut earlier this year, after almost 12 months of intense fighting. The bbc has been given exclusive access to a team of elite snipers, the ghosts of bakhmut, who are conducting night raids close to the city. 0ur defence correspondent Jonathan Beale joined them on a journey to the front line. Were on our way to a secret location, a place they call the edge of existence. Behind the wheel, the man simply known as ghost. He tells me his team of snipers are all known as the ghosts of bakhmut because they silently bring death. Their base is already well within range of russian artillery. Rumble. That was close. But theyll be going even closer towards enemy lines. Translation you can hide from artillery, but not from snipers. And their work is more precise than the shelling. Do you know how Many Russians your team have killed . Translation yes, the confirmed number is 524. 76 of those are mine. The ghosts have been operating on the Edges Of Bakhmut for the past six months, often looking for high value russian targets. They record every kill through their sights. Kusia will be the marksman for tonights mission. Before the war, he worked in a factory. Translation when i was a civilian, i didnt like weapons, but now ive had to take up arms to defend my country. Of course im scared. Only a fool wouldnt be. A quick blessing. We leave with dusk approaching. The music to lift the mood and mask the sound of artillery. Several times, the driver, kuz, warns incoming. They wear british supplied uniforms. The insertion of the team can often be the most dangerous part of the mission. From here, theyll have to walk another mile to reach their target. Explosion. And thats a big explosion. We soon discover that shrapnel has torn through one of the back tyres. Its a long, nerve racking limp home. Metallic clunking. Now the anxious wait for the teams return. Ghost says he hand picked each man for their patriotism. While he waits for news, he calls his seven year old daughter. Hes already taught her how to strip a gun. Seven hours later, the two man team are extracted. Early morning, just before the shelling resumes. The relief is palpable. Kusia, the sniper, says the mission was a success. Just one shot. 0ne shot, one target, he says. The commander, ghost, is just relieved theyre safe. Translation every trip could be our last. But we are doing a noble deed. Its also part of ukraines Psychological Warfare killing from a place that cant be seen and with a sound that cant be heard. Lets bring you the latest now on the Suicide Bomb Attack in Northern Pakistan the Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the blast that has killed at at least 54 people, the attack took place at a Political Party gathering of around it raises fears that pakistan could be in for a bloody election period, following months of political chaos prompted by the ousting of imran khan as Prime Minister in april last year. In the same thing for the Affiliate Groups as well. While this declaration did include the name of the individual they said was the Suicide Bomber it hasnt contain further detail of the motion and intention behind it but its not the first time attacks have been carried out in pakistan. Many are suggesting it appears to show a growing rift between the so called Islamic State and other religious groups operating in pakistan and that is becoming serious. The first pictures have emerged of the ousted president of niger, mohamud bazoum, since last weeks military coup. Photos were published online shortly after mr bazoum met the chadian leader, Mahamat Idriss deby, Who 5 On A Mission to resolve the crisis. Mr deby also held talks with the leader of the Military Junta Who led the takeover. The coup leaders are continuing to claim, 0ur correspondent chris ewokor is monitoring developments from neighbouring nigeria and he gave us this update a short while ago. Today, what were hearing right now is that more than 130 members of the ruling party, officials of the ruling party, including those in government, have been arrested by the leaders of the junta. And this could be as a result of the allegation from the junta that they are about to be attacked by france, which of course there has been no evidence. But yesterday, protesters tried to breach the security of the French Embassy in niamey. Some of them were burning, vandalising, and setting fire to anything in their way until they were dispersed through tear gas by security forces. What we understand is that the chadian president has visited, he said he held in depth discussions with the coup leaders as well as meeting with the detained president and the former president. However, many people are looking at what potentially having however, many people are looking at what potentially ecowas could do having issued the ultimatum, giving seven days to reinstate the detained president. To end this half an hour of verified live we wanted to show you a video thats one of the most watched on the bbc news website. Estonian athlete, jaan roose, has walked 150 metres along a slackline tied between two iconic towers in qatar. And that is 185 metres above the ground. If you were wondering a slackline is a rope made of strong fabric and stretched above the ground it holds less tension than a tightrope. But you can see the wind hes battling with as he makes his way across. Jaan roose is a three time slackline World Champion and this was the worlds longest single building slackline. Afterwards he said he felt fantastic. Hello there. It looks like summer is going to remain on hold for the rest of this week with low pressure always nearby. It is going to stay unsettled bringing spells of cloud, rain, even strong winds around for the time of year. It has been a wetjuly, many places have seen more than double what we expect in a normal month. Parts of north west england, preston, have seen three times what we expect in a normaljuly. It will stay unsettled into the start of august. This low pressure sitting on top of the country bringing a lot of cloud, outbreaks of patchy rain. There will be a few glimmers of brightness, the best in Northern Scotland again. Some of the rain across scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland later will pep up. Further south we could see something drier. The winds will be a feature across southern britain. Lighter further north. That combination of cloud, rain and stronger winds will make it feel cool, 18 to 20 degrees. This evening and overnight, it stays cloudy. Some clear spells across england and wales, Northern Scotland seeing the best. Patchy rain across Northern Ireland, southern scotland, and Northern England. Temperatures on the mild side. Temperatures on the mild side in the south. Cooler further north. Tuesday is quieter, in between weather systems. More sunshine across england and wales. Certainly across scotland and Northern Ireland and far south of scotland, and Northern England could see cloud with patchy rain. Generally, a bit better on tuesday, up to 22 in the south east. High teens in the north. It goes downhill rapidly into wednesday. This deep area of low pressure will spread across the country. Bringing heavy rain and also strong winds with gales, 50 miles an hour gusts, and heavy downpours, maybe thundery. The best of the weather in Northern Scotland. With sunshine and few showers. That will impact the temperatures. 16, to 20 degrees in the south. Staying unsettled for the rest of the week. Sunny spells, scattered showers, turning unsettled at the weekend, sunday looks pretty wet. This is bbc news, the headlines. Social care crisis as vulnerable patients face years of waiting in hospitals as assessments take longer, straining nhs bed availability. You cant find any carriers who would care for me. There are a lot of people like me. We are holding up beds and everything. So they should beds and everything. So they should be pushing us out, really. Teachers in england from the National Education union vote to accept a 6. 5 pay rise and call off their strikes. And its 55 years since britains first black female tv reporter made her debut we hear the inspiring story of Barbara Blake hannah. All of the stories here in a moment but first let sport and for a full but first let the drum of the series is continuing to the final day england have had a brilliant last hour. The aussies began the last day with the fifth and finest test at the oval meeting 249 to win. The aussies began the last day day of the fifth and final test at the oval needing 249 to win but lost the wicket of david warner leavng them 140 1. Steve smnith should also have been on his way before lunch too but was dropped by A Prematurely Celebrating Captain ben stokes
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