president biden and donald trump continue on the campaign trail, in the push to win crucial votes. the cop27 climate summit has begun in egypt with an agreement to discuss the possibility of wealthy countries handing money to poorer nations to help them cope with the impact of global warming. until now developed countries have resisted pressure to put, what s referred to as loss and damage , on the agenda. the conference heard a warning that the past eight years have been the warmest on record. our climate editor justin rowlatt reports. cyclones ripped through madagascar earlier this year. floods displaced more than a million people in nigeria. while rainfall was part of somalia and elsewhere in east africa even closer to famine. our planet is sending a distress signal. our planet is sending a distress siunal. , , , ., , ., signal. this is been the warmest on record making signal. this is been the warmest on record making every signal. this is been the warmest on record
in the push to win crucial votes. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. nurses are likely to take their first ever national strike action according to their union. the royal college of nursing is still counting ballot papers returned by its 300,000 members but says those counted so far suggest support for strike action, possibly before christmas. the rcn wants a 5% pay increase above the rate of inflation. nurses working in accident & emergency and critical care would be exempted from striking to maintain services. the government said nurses should carefully consider the impact on patients. and as our health editor hugh pym reports, other health workers could also soon be staging industrial action. possible strike action is already looming in parts of the nhs in scotland. members of two unions, including ambulance staff at the gmb, have voted for walk outs. though they have called for talks with members. gmb members have voted to reject that pay offer, so we are currently
up welcome to viewers in the uk and around the world. the cop27 climate summit has begun in egypt with an agreement to discuss the possibility of wealthy countries handing money to poorer nations to help them cope with the impact of global warming. until now, developed countries have resisted pressure to put what s referred to as loss and damage on the agenda. the conference heard a warning that the past eight years have been the warmest on record. our climate editor justin rowlatt reports. cyclones ripped through madagascar earlier this year. floods displaced more than a million people in nigeria. while another year of rainfall pushed parts of somalia and elsewhere in east africa even closer to famine. our planet is sending a distress signal. our planet is sending a distress signal, the un conference in egypt was warned. the last 80 years have been warmest on record, making each wave were life especially for vulnerable populations. sea levels are rising at twice the level