we ll have the latest from justin rowlatt at the summit, where the prime minister rishi sunak hasjust been speaking. also on the programme. five years after the fire at grenfell tower, which claimed 72 lives, the official public inquiry is drawing to a close. many rail services are still badly disrupted despite a series of planned strikes being called off. how fast could you run in your slippers when you were a kid? laughter. and, peter kay announces his long awaited return to stand up comedy with his first live tour in 12 years. also this hour on bbc london. protests by climate change activists close parts of the m25 this morning, the same day world leaders gather for cop 27. good evening. the global climate summit known as cop 27 has started in egypt, with the darkest of warnings from the head of the united nations. antonio guterres said the world was on the highway to climate hell with no sign of slowing down, and that humanity needed to cooperate or perish . he declare
it s a choice, a choice between two vastly different visions of america. this tuesday, you must vote . republican in a giant red wave. and as tickets for the glastonbury festival sell out in minutes, what is the best way of getting yourself a place? hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. no one is a passenger on thisjourney. the un s annual climate change summit has opened in eygypt at the red sea resort of sharm el sheikh. over the next 12 days, more than 100 world leaders and thousands of delegates will attend the conference, billed as the world s watershed moment on climate action. in a win for developing countries, delegates have just agreed to discuss whether richer countries should pay compensation for climate fuelled disasters. we begin with this report from our climate editor, justin rowlatt. it has been a year of record breaking temperatures and climate related disasters around the world. but africa has been hit particularly hard. huge
in a critical contest. it s a choice, a choice between two vastly different visions of america. this tuesday, you must vote . republican in a giant red wave. tickets for next year s glastonbury festival have sold out. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the un s annual climate change summit has opened in egypt at the red sea resort of sharm el sheikh. over the next 12 days, more than 100 world leaders and thousands of delegates will attend the cop27 conference, billed as the world s watershed moment on climate action. in his opening speech, the conference president, sameh shoukry, announced that financing for climate change induced damages in poor countries will be included in the official agenda. we begin with this report from our climate editor, justin rowlatt. it has been a year of record breaking temperatures and climate related disasters around the world. but africa has been hit particularly hard. huge floods displaced more than a millio
from him. hello this is bbc news. the headlines. as world leaders gather in egypt for the cop 27 summit can they prevent geo politics from casting a shadow, over the fight against climate change? this conference must be about concrete action. nurses in the uk are set to hold their first ever national strike, expected before christmas a passenger plane has crashed into lake victoria in tanzania while attempting to land in stormy weather so far 26 people have been rescued. with the us midterm elections just days away president biden, and former presidents obama and trump have all hit the campaign trail, in the push for victory in a critical contest. it s a choice, a choice between two vastly different visions of america. this tuesday, you must vote . republican in a giant red wave. now on bbc news, the travel show. good girl! straight on! my name is lucy edwards and nine years ago, i lost my eyesight completely. since then, i ve been on a mission to use social media to sh