instruments to give us our best ever view of the moons and to assess whether they could be habitable. now on bbc news, global questions. welcome to global questions from sri lanka s capital, colombo. i am on one of the beautiful waterfront along the indian ocean stop sri lanka s stunning coastline makes it popular with visitors, this country, like many others in the region, suffers from extreme weather conditions. heat waves followed by torrential rain and rising sea levels. so, we are asking, is sri lanka something of a test case of what and what not to do in combating environment challenges? and will the historic cop27 agreement to help developing nations be enough to avert climate catastrophe? that is global question sri lanka, surviving climate change. applause welcome to the magnificent national museum here in colombo, which charts the history of this beautiful tropical island as it marks 75 years of independence from britain. i have got a panel from here enteral anchor
somalia has a long history of droughts, but due to climate change, the intervals between them are getting shorter, and this one is the worst in a0 years. it s estimated that more than half the population nearly 8 million people are currently living in drought affected areas. the situation is getting worse. it s growing into a full blown famine, where households have no food, and children suffer acute malnutrition. andrew harding s report comes from dolow, where people have come in search of life saving help, a warning that you are likely to find parts of it difficult to watch. from the parched plains of southern somalia, a weary exodus. these families have trekked for days across a hostile wilderness in search of food. tens of thousands have made similarjourneys in recent weeks, drawn to places like this. the crowded outskirts of dolow, a border town where some help is at hand. the local hospital, funded by britain since the last famine here back in 2011, is playing a vit
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the rules will have to be changed. china s president, xijinping, has been defending his controversial zero covid strategy as a historic communist party congress kicks off in beijing. the iranian authorities say four inmates are dead after a fire at a prison in the capital as protests continue. more than 1,000 paddington bears and other teddies left by the public in memory of the late queen elizabeth are to be sent to charity. good afternoon. the new chancellor, jeremy hunt, has asked conservative mps to get behind the prime minister, liz truss. he has insisted that she remains in charge of the government and said the country needed stability, not another protracted leadership campaign . mr hunt is holding talks with ms truss today on further changes to the government s tax and spending plans, which led to turmoil on the financial markets. she s faced another blow to her authority with criticism from the us president, joe biden. 0ur political correspondent, peter saull, repor