the dutch foreign minister has said the training of ukrainian pilots on f 16 fighter pilots on f 16fighterjets should start sooner rather than later. the remark comes after the us president joe biden support for the joint ally training programme. you may remember, on friday president biden said he will support delivery of fighterjets to ukraine by allowing western allies to supply them. in the last few hours russia s ambassador to the us has responded. he questions how effective this will be. he said. there is no infrastructure for the operation of the f16 in ukraine and the needed number of pilots and maintenance personnel, is not there either. he also said. any ukrainian strike on crimea would be considered a strike on russia. it is important that the us be fully aware of the russian response . second important update to bring you. these conflicting claims about who controls what in the eastern city of bakhmut. ukraine s deputy defence minister says, its troops are sti
welcome to the programme. we start with the stark warning from the united nations that the next five years will almost certainly be the hottest since records began. they say it is now more likely than not that a key target to limit global warming to no more than 1.5 degrees will be breached with far reaching repercussions. let s break all this down for you. according to this report there is now a 66% chance that we will pass the 1.5 degrees threshold for at least a year. three years ago, scientists estimated there was less than a 20% chance of that happening. there is a 98% chance of seeing the warmest year on record before 2027. arctic heating will likely be three times higher than the global average. i have been speaking to the vice chair of the ipcc s working group, and she explained to me the scale of the issues the planet is facing. the roblem issues the planet is facing. the problem is issues the planet is facing. the problem is that issues the planet is facing. tue
who volunteered between 1960 and 1964. their risk was about 34% increased. so that s definitely something that we want to look at further. we don t know at the moment whether it s associated with any particular testing programme that was going on at the time or any particular experiences that they had at porton down. but we re very curious to find out more. ian says his life s been blighted by medical problems, including breathing and digestion, by long term health, with problems with chess. i used to be very, very prone to chesty coughs and also with mental health. he and other veterans have received compensation from the government, although it s not admitted liability. in a statement, the ministry of defence say they re grateful to those who took part and welcomed the findings. the researchers now want to hear more from those servicemen who volunteered in the early sixties to further understand the reasons for the early deaths. matthew hill, bbc points west. those campaign
Formally announce their candidacy. At the china congress, president xis Predecessor Hi Jintao is mysteriously led out of the hall by officials. Giorgia meloni has been officially sworn in as the Prime Minister of italy, she is the nations first female leader, and the first far right leader since the second world war. Summoned to give evidence under oath former us President Donald Trump is called by the Committee Investigating last years attack on the capitol building. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. Boris johnson will arrive at Gatwick Airport shortly as the battle to replace liz truss as conservative leader, and Prime Minister, intensifies. Officially neither he nor rishi sunak have said they definitely want the role. 0nly Penny Morduant has officially declared. But its widely being seen as a battle between the former Prime Minister and the man who worked with him as chancellor. Currently the bbc estimates 163 out of 357 tory mps have gone public wit