for his predecessor, benedict xvi, who he says is very ill. the vatican says benedict s condition has worsened in recent hours. and britain is on course to record its warmest year ever, after a summer of heatwaves, wildfires and drought. we ll speak to a climate change specialist. hello, welcome to the programme. we start with the fallout from the announcement that china s borders will be reopened next month. in the last hour, the us announced it would require negative covid tests for travellers from china from the 5th of january. that follows tighter measures outlined by italy, japan, malaysia, taiwan, and india. american officials accuse the chinese authorities of a lack of transparency, as cases of covid have been surging there. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams reports. from the world s most populous nation, alarming scenes china s hospitals overwhelmed, covid infections soaring. the country s abrupt decision to dismantle much of its strict covid regime apparently
been a really good example. what the met office said a couple of weeks ago is it s looking like 2023 globally will be even hotter, so more droughts, more peak temperatures. so at the moment, the canary in the mind is singing, and we ve got to listen, we ve got to adapt and allow space for nature to do this adaptation. adapt and allow space for nature to do this adaptation. interesting, and resumabl do this adaptation. interesting, and presumably there do this adaptation. interesting, and presumably there isn t do this adaptation. interesting, and presumably there isn t exactly - do this adaptation. interesting, and presumably there isn t exactly a - presumably there isn t exactly a great deal of time for this adaptation? great deal of time for this ada tation? ~ ., . ., great deal of time for this ada tation? . ., . ., . ., adaptation? we are in climate change now, it s adaptation? we are in climate change now. it s not adaptation? we are in climate change now. it s not or ada
it s a pity that it was done at this stage it s a pity that it was done at this stage and it s a pity that it was done at this stage and not earlier. stage and not earlier. there is nothin: stage and not earlier. there is nothing in stage and not earlier. there is nothing in this stage and not earlier. there is nothing in this debate - stage and not earlier. there is nothing in this debate about i stage and not earlier. there is i nothing in this debate about the kind of supply chain model that we have been running in this country for a long time now. partly because of the convenience of the europeans in the market, the kind ofjust in time model. maybe it s not a bad thing if we move away from that, but actually getting to that stage is going to take time. i was talking and this is not a joke, talking to johnny baker, the candlestick maker, in my village, and he was saying he only used a taken three weeks to get a pallet of soil and now it takes 20 weeks. those kinds of change