hello, and thanks forjoining me here at the bbc s headquarters in central london for unspun world, the programme where bbc experts give straight answers to the big questions of the moment. are we actually making any progress whatever in combating climate change? well, hot air? there is also the possibility that we could use our ingenuity and our unique abilities as human beings, as homo sapiens, to get out of this. what s russia got up its sleeve for the parts of eastern ukraine that it s captured? there are further efforts taking place to amalgamate those parts into russia. and who said this? ukraine today could be east asia tomorrow. it was, in fact, the japanese prime minister. we ll take a look at how he s stepping up cooperation with nato. they re drawing a direct connection between what s taking place in ukraine, a desire to change the status quo there through force, and what china might be contemplating in taiwan. another big international conference on climate chang
Car sharing. So in other words, no mention of making it compulsory. In the final one here, this is insulation. Rishi sunak says we are stopping insulation upgrades. The Prime Minister has said that homeowners and landlords will no longer have to upgrade homes to an Energy Performance certificate grade c by Energy Performance certificate grade c by 2035. Energy performance certificate grade c by 2035. Flannels have welcomed their say that they wont have to pay for expensive upgrades, but bodies representing tenants a rep and his will have to pay much more in energy bills if they live in poorly insulative properties. What can we say having seen all of this . The Prime Minister says that he has blocked things that will help families up and down the country. A lot of things he has blocked has come from the Climate Change committee and just a quick reminder, its an independent body. It was set p its an independent body. It was set up 15 years ago to give advice to the government on Climate
We know he is going to address, hold a press conference, give a speech and take questions in Downing Street at liz30pm. There has been speculation through the morning following the link to the bbc yesterday of this potential big shift in Government Policy to push back net zero target dates that the government was scrambling, it was talking to industry, talking to other mps in the last few hours and all calling for clarity. What we now see is Downing Street confirming 4 30pm, the Prime Minister will address this issue and seeking to bring some clarity, which the car makers have been calling for an Opposition Party is already very critical of any move to change those targets. D0 critical of any move to change those taraets. ~. ,. ,. , critical of any move to change those taraets. ~. ,. ,. , targets. Do we know what some of the ro osals targets. Do we know what some of the preposals might targets. Do we know what some of the preposals might be targets. Do we know what some of the proposal
i thank you for the bipartisan support. as we approach christmas on behalf of all our ukraine families separated by war and all sons and daughters on the front, ukraine s greatest wish is to reach a victorious and. it s mr zelensky s third visit to washington since the war began and second in just the past few months. the aid he s seeking could turn the tide against russia as the war ticks closer to its second year, with no sign of resolution. congress has approved more than $111 billion in total since the war began. but the biden administration says that money is running out. mr biden told reporters after his meeting with zelensky, that it would be a christmas gift to russia s vladimir putin if congress fails to pass fresh aid. putin is banking on the united states failing to deliver for ukraine. we must prove him wrong. i will not walk away from ukraine. neither will the american people. president biden also said russia state media is celebrating republicans delaying aid
on khan younis and rafah in the south have continued as have those in the jabaliya refugee camp in the north. israel insists it s making maximum effort to avoid killing civilians. hospitals inside gaza are struggling to take in the casualties, with un officials describing a degree of panic in medicalfacilities that hasn t been seen before. the un says palestinians who are being told to leave areas which were previously seen as safe, are being pushed into a narrow corner of gaza. our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, reports. ominous warnings the israeli flares that hang in the night sky over gaza are followed by the thuds of explosions. rumbling explosion. and on the ground, israel s military says its offensive has now expanded to every part of the palestinian territory. it said its operations here will be of no less strength than those that have devastated the north. explosions, shouting. israel s already ordered more evacuations in the south of gaza, crowded