after 15 rounds of voting. a small group of republican rebels had derailed each previous attempt. the new speaker says it was the influence now on bbc news, click. as cop27 winds up in egypt, this week, we ll look at some of the latest tech that s trying to clean up our planet. we ll muster up a mass of moss that s mopping up the mess in the air. that s easy for you to say. we ll find out if hydrogen can do the heavy lifting. and check out our latest merch. if you don t like the band, don t worry, the logo comes back off. once again, the leaders of the world have been coming together in an effort to fight climate change. as cop27 comes to a close in egypt, campaigners and climate scientists are warning some key commitments aimed at securing the future of the planet are at risk. in the year since cop26 happened here in glasgow, there s been a lot of criticism that the event was all talk, not much action. change is not going to come from inside there. that is not leadership. th
my guest today is the president of finland, sauli niinisto. do finns now see russia as the enemy nextdoor? president sauli niinisto, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. mr president, finland hasjust made a major strategic shift. this country is now prepared to join nato. how big a deal is that? it is, but if you look back at the time before the cold war ended, that is the beginning of the 90s, we have all the time developed our interoperability with nato. our armament is, well, quite modern, us based, mostly. so, in a way, we have been very prepared all the time. but the changes, like you said, remarkable. it is remarkable because public opinion has moved so far so fast. just a year ago, polls suggested that 20 to 30% of firms liked the idea ofjoining nato, now it is 75 to 80%. is that based on a new level of fear of neighbouring russia? first of all, even though so many said a year ago that no reason to apply for membership of nato, they were not actually against nato, it was mo
iran has been widely condemned after executing two more anti government protesters. mohammad mahdi karami and seyed mohammad hosseini had appealed against their sentences for killing a member of the security forces, saying they had been tortured into making false confessions. military helicopters in western australia airlift more than 200 people cut off by devastating floods. the state s emergency services minister describes the damage as a once in a century event. prince harry reveals that he felt guilty for being unable to show any emotion in public after the death of his mother, princess diana. in an interview due to be aired later, the duke of sussex says he only cried once and describes meeting mourners whose hands were wet with tears. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for click. as cop27 winds up in egypt, this week we ll look at some of the latest tech that is trying to clean up our planet. we ll muster up a mass of moss that s mopping up the mess in the air. tha
elections just days away, president biden and donald trump continue on the campaign trail, in the push to win crucial votes. hello and welcome to the programme the cop 27 climate summit has begun in egypt with dire warnings about the state of the planet. extreme temperatures, wildfires, drought and flooding have all been made worse by the last eight years being the hottest on record, according to the world meterological organisation. the un secretary general antonio guterres insisted the summit had to produce ambitious, credible climate actions . our climate editor, justin rowlatt, has the latest. cyclones ripped through madagascar earlier this year. floods displaced more than1 million people in nigeria last month, while another year of low rainfall pushed parts of somalia and elsewhere in east africa even closer to famine. our planet is sending a distress signal, the un conference in egypt was warned. the last eight years have been the warmest on record, making every heat
against him on thursday. and with the us midterm elections just days away, president biden and donald trump continue on the campaign trail, in the push to win crucial votes. hello and welcome to the programme the cop 27 climate summit has begun in egypt with dire warnings about the state of the planet. extreme temperatures, wildfires, drought and flooding have all been made worse by the last eight years being the hottest on record, according to the world meterological organisation. the un secretary general antonio guterres insisted the summit had to produce ambitious, credible climate actions . our climate editor, justin rowlatt, has the latest. cyclones ripped through madagascar earlier this year. floods displaced more than1 million people in nigeria last month, while another year of low rainfall pushed parts of somalia and elsewhere in east africa even closer to famine. our planet is sending a distress signal, the un conference in egypt was warned. the last eight years