the bbc chairman s appointment. at an emotional meeting in new zealand, jacinda ardern hands over the leadership of her party and country to chris hipkins. the uk business secretary urges energy suppliers to stop moving vulnerable customers onto more expensive prepayment metres. millions around the world gather to celebrate the lunar new year. in china the tradition of giving remains strong. you re watching bbc news. now its time for global questions. welcome to global questions with me, zeinab badawi, from sri lanka s capital, colombo. i m on one of the city s beautiful waterfronts along the indian ocean. sri lanka s stunning coastline makes it popular with visitors, but this country, like many others in the region, suffers from extreme weather conditions heatwaves followed by torrential rain and rising sea levels. so, we re asking is sri lanka something of a test case of what and what not to do in combating environment challenges? and will the historic cop27 agreeme
what the world could do to help. also coming up on the programme. just a day to go before the us: control of congress hangs in the balance, as democrats and republicans make their closing arguments to american voters. before the us midterms. and we meet the family all 72 of them as we visit the four generations of one indian family living under a single roof. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am in singapore, and 1am in egypt where the cop27 climate summit has started in sharm el sheikh, 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 co operate or perish . last year s climate conference in glasgow agreed a number of pledges on cutting emissions, but the un says progress on these has been woefully inadequate . our climate editorjustin rowlatt is at the summit in egypt and sent this repor
world. you are watching cnn newsroom, and i m rosemary church. just ahead we are just one day away from the 2022 mid-terms, pivotal elections that will determine what the biden administration will be able to get done in the next two years. candidates are battling it out for the will of the voters across the country. we ll bring you details of the key races. and aid to ukrainian could be at risk if republicans take control of congress. a ukrainian mp shares her message. good to have you with us. so candidates across the united states are gearing up to make their final pitch to voters with just one day to go before the critical mid-term elections, and the stakes could not be higher. on the ballot all 435 house seats and 35 of the 100 senate seats, the outcome of this vote will determine who controls congress. in the house race ratings by inside elections shows republicans appear to have the advantage heading into tuesday. a party needs 218 seats to control the chamber, an
we report from the arctic circle, which is warming more quickly than any other place on earth. president putin warns that the coming decade will be the most dangerous and unpredictable since the end of the second world war. elon musk claims he s buying twitter to help humanity as the deadline approaches for him to complete the deal. and why british schools that try to ban pupils from wearing their afro hair in certain styles are likely to be breaking the law. black people are disproportionately affected by hair discrimination in the workplace and at school according to the equality and human rights commission, and the lasting impact in many cases can be devastating. welcome to the programme. there s been another grim warning from the un that there s no credible way of limiting the rise in global warming to one of the key thresholds. a new report talks of woefully inadequate action by the world s governments to keep the increase below 1.5 degrees celsius. as leaders prep
president putin warns the coming decade will be the most dangerous and unpredictable since the end of the second world war. a fresh election for the northern ireland assembly is likely to be called in december after the latest efforts to form a new governing executive end in failure. and prince harry announces the title and publication date for his memoir, promising a raw and unflinchingly honest account of his life as a senior member of the royal family. welcome to our viewers on pbs in the united states and around the world. the united nations says there s no credible way of limiting the rise in global warming to one of the key thresholds agreed at the paris climate talks in 2015. a new report says governments around the world have been this a new report says governments around the world have been woefully inadequate in their actions to keep the increase below 1.5 degrees celsius. as leaders prepare to gather for cop27, the global climate conference taking place this ye