good evening. a summer of extreme weather has shown the dangers posed by climate change, while the war in ukraine has prompted worries about the uk s energy security. today, the prime minister said it was important that britain produces more of its own energy, and announced that oil and gas drilling in the north sea will be expanded. a hundred new licences will be issued this autumn, with more potentially to follow. rishi sunak says that domestic production will cut the carbon footprint of imported gas, but critics say he s backtracking on pledges to cut co2 emissions. the government has also promised new funding for carbon capture projects. our climate editor justin rowlatt reports. powering up britain from britain is today s slogan. the more than 100 licences for companies to explore for and then drill to extract oil and gas are part of a plan to max out production from uk reserves. i d say it s entirely consistent with transitioning to net zero that we use the energy we ve
the tribal area of bajaur is near pakistan s border with afghanistan. it s not immediately clear what caused the explosion, though police suspect it was a suicide bomber. no organisation has admitted carrying out the attack. our pakistan correspondent, caroline davies has the latest, from the capital, islamabad. a sunday afternoon political rally by one of pakistan s biggest religious parties. hundreds crowded in, covered from the afternoon sun by a marquee, waving flags and chanting. then the speaker was interrupted by the explosion. some people were stretchered out, soaked in blood. others were simply carried by any hands that could offer help. the district hospital declared a health emergency and a call was put out for blood donations. as the wards filled up, some were taken by helicopter to nearby peshawar. the death toll rose quickly. police have said they have struggled to identify all of the dead. among those named is a local political leader. there has been an increas
they faced the philippines, they were emphatic. norway had been under pressure, they won 6 0. after a slow start they go through on goal difference. norway are former champions but for some teams in the group stage it is a breakthrough just to be here. morocco are ranked 72 in the world and yet they beat south korea for their first world cup win. history made by the score line and by their defender. morocco s nouhaila benzina became the first player to wear a hijab at the world cup. the last match of the day was lit up by columbia, the last match of the day was lit up by colombia, few give them a chance against the two time winners germany but in the 97th minute this. now they need another! they have done it! colombia won 2 1 and sydney felt south american. the co hosts may be out but the party goes on. so huge disappointment for new zealand and in just a few hours time, fellow co hosts australia will be doing all they can to avoid the same fate. they face olympic champion
good afternoon. 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 was released because he s already spent most of that time in custody. from cyprus, fiona trott. stunned. this is the moment the retired miner never dared to imagine. i can t describe it. i m sorry, i wish i could, i wish i could find words to describe it, but i can t. when you re under pressure for two year, wondering which way it s going to go, you don t 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 didn t know where i would be without them. i hope i m feeling the same as my family when i m talking about that. i m talking about all my lads. we re all a family.
the crisis in niger after last week s military coup are hosted by chad s president. and it s 55 years since britain s first black female tv reporter made her debut we hear the inspiring story of barbara blake hannah. all of those stories coming up in a moment or two. let s cross to the sports centre. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. we will start with the women s world cup. to reach the last 16. they had to beat olympic champions canada to be sure of progression, and went 2 0 up in the first half hayley rasso scoring both the goals. mary fowler then struck on the hour mark before steph catley sealed the 4 0 win from the penalty spot in stoppage time. we know we might not have the best team on paper, we might not have the most top players in the top class in the top league but we have something else, that no one can take away from this team and that is the identity and the dna and the belief with the support from the fans. we have something uni