elsewhere in the us presidentjoe biden has vowed in other news china has passed its first foreign relations law aimed at providing a legal basis to hit back against sanctions and what chinese media called western hegemony. the law on foreign relations gives beijing the right to take quote countermeasures and restrictive measures against acts that endanger china s security and development interests. the move comes as the us and china becoming increasingly locked in a dispute spanning politics and trade. china has seen parts of its country gripped by a historic heatwave this month. but it s not the only country in asia affected india too, is sweating under a prolonged heatwave. the weather is putting stress notjust on people s health the climate was a topic discussed at the world economic forum gathering in the chinese city of tianjin this week. dr melissa lott an energy researcher with new york s columbia university talked to us earlier. she explained what needs to be do
we start with a troubling landmark for the climate as 2023 smashes the record, for the world s hottest year ever recorded. european scientists say, that 2023 left the records tumbling like dominoes . the average global temperature in the past 12 months was 14.98 degrees. that beats the previous hottest year set in 2016 by 0.17 degrees. the announcement was made by the eu s climate change service. and the met office in the uk believes this record could be short lived, as their forecasts suggest 2024 could be even hotter. earlier, i spoke to our climate editor, justin rowlatt, who told me that record was broken by some margin. yeah, it is interesting, isn t it? the margin, as you say, was 0.17 celsius. you might say, well, that doesn t sound very much to me, but remember, this is a global average, an average across the entire globe day and night across the entire year, and normally scientists say they expect it to be broken by a tiny fraction of a degree, 0.01, 0.02, not
through these early states, we were in iowa, now we re in new hampshire, jake, and what we re seeing emerge is when he s on the stump he s talking indirectly about former president trump. he s never naming him. it s when he gets off the stump and talks to media that we get those more direct hits that he s taking at him. and that seems to be kind of the needle he s trying to thread right now because remember, a lot of these voters he s talking to may have potentially voted, or most likely voted for former president trump in the past. so he has to kind of walk a fine line here. and what we re also seeing is how he is pitching himself to voters. and that s really starting to come into focus. and what we re seeing, the lane they re really carving out for him and that he s carving out for himself is that of a sitting executive. he s not a former anything. he is a sitting governor in florida. and when he talks to voters he s really going through and outlining what he and his team h
hello and welcome. the former chief executive of scottish national party peter murrell has been released without charge by the police, pending further investigation into party finances. mr murrell, the husband of former first minister nicola sturgeon, was arrested on wednesday morning. a police search resumed on thursday morning at the couple s glasgow home. our scotland correspondent james shaw has more details on the investigations that is being conducted at the glasgow house of peter murrell. as you can see, the scene behind me is a big police evidence tent obscuring the front of peter murrell and nicola sturgeon s house. inside the tent is a police van, and over the course of yesterday and it appears also this morning, police officers have been coming and going, bringing material out of the house and putting it into the van. so clearly, this is a live investigation at the moment. it is continuing, even though peter murrell himself was released by the police without charge
greatjimmy greaves scored 266 goals for spurs. this was came s 267th, and his 200 in the premier league. manchester city also had a record to break. they have never won in the stadium, or even scored a goal there. with the chance to close in at the top of the table, pep guardiola demanded more. he brought on kevin de bruyne, who found julian alvarez, who found his route to goal blocked by eric dier. alvarez had another go four minutes later. it was going to be one of those days for the defending champions. there was a little late drama, a second yellow card for cristian romero for this foul onjack yellow card for cristian romero for this foul on jack grealish. yellow card for cristian romero for this foul onjack grealish. spurs held on and it was to be harry kane s day. although it does mean his club s biggest rivals are still five points clear of city. what might nottingham forest continued their surge up the premier league. forest are now six points clear of the relegation