let s get down to business. a deal that doesn t go far enough that s the conclusion from some business leaders, who side with climate activists following the cop26 climate summit in glasgow. the watered down agreement to phase down the use of coal is seen as a landmark moment, though national governments were not moving aggressively enough. the head of the international chamber of commerce and the cbi both spoke to the financial times and said pressure needs to remain on global leaders to keep the 1.5 degrees celsius target in sight. a large number business leaders attended the glasgow summit. helen mountford is vice president of climate and economics at world resources institute. she was also there. helen, good to have you on the programme. since the deal emerged late saturday, there has been so much analysis. we have heard a lot about various people s disappointment. your reaction to the deal? to the deal? the deal is what it is, it is to the deal? the deal is what it
stand off. singer britney spears regains contol of her life and career, as a judge overturns a conservatorship imposed thirteen years ago. the official deadline for an agreement at cop 26 in glasgow has passed but delegates and negotiators are now working into the night to try and sign off undertakings that can be agreed across the board. a 3rd draft is being worked on to replace the last one where some of the language had been strengthened but also weakened elsewhere, for example on the requirements for governments to reduce the use of carbon emitting fossil fuels. experts recognise that the agreements made at the summit will not limit warming to under 1.5 degrees a key threshold which would avoid the worst effects of climate change. my colleague christian fraser is in glasgow the negotiation is still going on in the back rooms. continuing coverage of this, well past the 6pm deadline and there will be no agreement tonight. and the cop26 presidency set the third draft
the husband of the detained british iranian aid worker, nazanin zaghari ratcliffe, is ending his hunger strike outside the foreign office after 21 days. hundreds of migrants remain trapped along the border between belarus and poland caught up in the middle of a political stand off. and, the conservatorship that s controlled britney spears life for 13 years has been brought to an end. welcome to glasgow and the cop26 negotiations which are now in overtime, as negotiators from nearly 200 countries try to strike a deal on tackling climate change. a new draft agreement was published this morning. let s bring you some of the main points. most crucially, the reference to phasing out inefficient fossile fuel subsidies is still in the agreement. even after some countries reportedly wanted to remove it. the deal also asks all countries to upgrade their climate pledges next year, and rich countries are asked to double their climate adaptation finance by 2025 from 2019 levels. with
part one of the weekend was quite dull for many of us. we held onto cloudy skies, sunshine was limited. it s going to be pretty similar, i think for a sunday, with limited sunshine, a lot of cloud around, and there will be some rain as well, particularly across the northwest of the uk, closer to this area of low pressure and its weather front. it further south, pressure and its weather front. it furthersouth, it s pressure and its weather front. it further south, it s higher pressure, barely any isobars, so the winds will be late. it will be relatively mild for the time of year, particularly towards the western side of the country as we draw up the south westerly breeze. we start sunday morning ifound the south westerly breeze. we start sunday morning i found a rather cloudy note. some sunshine, but also some mist and fog patches to watch out for. it invented the afternoon, much of a linen veil should tend to see more holes breaking into the cloud with sunny spells. a few sho
of my children and yours, hangs in the balance. this will be the decade that determines the rest of human history. we cannot let it slip by. after several days of talks, what hope is there of an agreement in the battle against climate change? also on the programme: almost 1200 migrants crossed the channel to reach the uk yesterday, the highest daily figure yet. hundreds of teachers targeted by anonymous posts on tiktok schools call on the social media platform to act faster to remove them from their site. and a surge of covid cases in several european countries. tonight the netherlands is the first to bring back tough restrictions. and coming up on the bbc news channel: a huge night for scotland and england in world cup qualifying. we ll be live at wembley with all the latest. good evening from glasgow, where the cop26 climate summit is due to end about now, but where last minute haggling could see negotiations go on well into the night. the president of the summit, alok sh