or 125 degrees fahrenheit. that formed an urgent backdrop for climate talks in beijing between us special climate envoyjohn kerry and his chinese counterpart. the two sides held hours of closed door meetings. they agreed to speak again in the future, but ultimately, the world s biggest carbon emitters failed to reach any new climate agreements in this round of talks. earlier, i spoke about the trip with david sandalow, a former us state department official. thank you for taking the time tojoin us here on the bbc, david sandalow. as we know, john kerry and his chinese counterparts held hours of talks but failed to come up with any new climate agreements. do you see that as a setback? absolutely not. this is the first time that secretary kerry had met with his counterpart in person in almost a year. i don t think it is an expectation of major breakthroughs or announcements. the good news is that normal climate diplomacy has been restored between
figures released by a chinese provincial government have revealed a surge in cremations at the beginning of the year, suggesting the true scale of coronavirus deaths in china. cremations increase by 72% in china. cremations increase by 72% in one province in the first three months, compared to last year. eight us months, compared to last year. eight us nuclear capable submarine has docked in south korea for the first time in decades. the americans promised to send the submarine back in april to deal with the growing threat that is posed by north korea. north korea last week warned that such a move may lead to a nuclear conflict. the us climate envoyjohn kerry, and china stop diplomat have expressed optimism that climate cooperation could redefine their troubled relationship and lead the way in tackling global warming. china broke off form formal contact on combating climate change last year in protest to a visit to taiwan by the senior
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morning convened a cabinet meeting in south korea and ordering that, all available emergency and police to mobilise in this particular area and especially the essential part in south korea where bent many people are confirmed dead . as of 11am this morning, south korea police confirmed they were about 40 people in total confirmed dead over the last two days. confirmed dead over the last two dam- confirmed dead over the last two da s. ., ., two days. 0k, david, for now. thank you two days. 0k, david, for now. thank you very two days. 0k, david, for now. thank you very much - two days. 0k, david, for now. thank you very much indeed. | thank you very much indeed. david 0h thank you very much indeed. david oh there in seoulfor us. the united states climate envoyjohn kerry is beginning meetings in beijing with the talks aiming to try to revive co operation on reducing greenhouse gases. china and the us are the world s two biggest carbon emitters. beijing has been praised for becoming
hour is mo elleithee, former spokesperson for the democratic national committee now the executive director of georgetown university s institute of politics and public service. and the businessman lord bilimoria the founder and chairman of the global beer brand, cobra beer. also on the programme. donald trump has been back in court today albeit virtually hearing an explanation of the terms of a protective order that largely bars the former president from publicising any material that had not already been made public. it s a relatively standard procedure but with donald trump, things are rarely standard. and we ll talk about the threat of climate change for national security. the us climate envoyjohn kerry has been addressing a uk parliamentary committee about the threats coming in the near future. but first, we start with that news that the former british prime minister borisjohnson