elections just days away, president biden and donald trump continue on the campaign trail, in the push to win crucial votes. hello and welcome to the programme the cop 27 climate summit has begun in egypt with dire warnings about the state of the planet. extreme temperatures, wildfires, drought and flooding have all been made worse by the last eight years being the hottest on record, according to the world meterological organisation. the un secretary general antonio guterres insisted the summit had to produce ambitious, credible climate actions . our climate editor, justin rowlatt, has the latest. cyclones ripped through madagascar earlier this year. floods displaced more than1 million people in nigeria last month, while another year of low rainfall pushed parts of somalia and elsewhere in east africa even closer to famine. our planet is sending a distress signal, the un conference in egypt was warned. the last eight years have been the warmest on record, making every heat
against him on thursday. and with the us midterm elections just days away, president biden and donald trump continue on the campaign trail, in the push to win crucial votes. hello and welcome to the programme the cop 27 climate summit has begun in egypt with dire warnings about the state of the planet. extreme temperatures, wildfires, drought and flooding have all been made worse by the last eight years being the hottest on record, according to the world meterological organisation. the un secretary general antonio guterres insisted the summit had to produce ambitious, credible climate actions . our climate editor, justin rowlatt, has the latest. cyclones ripped through madagascar earlier this year. floods displaced more than1 million people in nigeria last month, while another year of low rainfall pushed parts of somalia and elsewhere in east africa even closer to famine. our planet is sending a distress signal, the un conference in egypt was warned. the last eight years
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