We are live in the capital. Millions are expected to join demonstrations around the world on friday demanding action on Climate Change ahead of next weeks un summit. Theyre expected to spread from the asia pacific, through europe and africa, to the americas. But the growing pressure to curb the emissions that are warming the world has not stopped President Trump overturning more environmental regulations. He is trying to stop california setting stricter targets for vehicles, and taken a big step towards opening up alaska for drilling. Aleem maqbool reports from another climate battleground in colorado. The North Fork Valley in colorado is an area of stunning diversity of landscape. Lush, green valleys beside striking, stark desert terrain, plateau mountains, and dense pine forests. But it also sits on one of the largest shale gas reserves in the us, leaving these pockets of untouched splendour severely under threat perhaps now more than ever. Well, this gas well has been in operation n
Millions are beginning tojoin a day of demonstrations around the world, demanding action on Climate Change, ahead of next weeks un summit. Theyre expected to spread from the asia pacific through europe and africa to the americas. We can take you live now to sydney, in australia, where protests are under way. We understand thousands of Australian School students walking out of classrooms across the country. They have particular problems with the current governments environmental policies. All this three days ahead of the Climate Summit in new york, and in the wake of the strikes in march this year in which 150,000 people marched in australia. 1. 5 million, roughly, took part worldwide. These strikes are expected to be bigger, and there is likely to be a stronger presence from unions, workers and companies who have signed up to strike in solidarity with the young activists. We will be speaking to oui activists. We will be speaking to our correspondent here in just a few moments, but i am
Those plants wants to lead this news hour including a political showdown birds in the us as a whistleblower complaint of portably involving donald trump s block from congress. On violence in afghanistan just mine days before the president ial election. And supports the world number 2 rory mcilroy has a day to forget at the p. G. A. Championship will have all the details in our sport ground up. Now the leader of israels opposition blue and White Party Benny Gantz he should be the nations next Prime Minister he appears to have rejected the current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is offer of a power sharing Unity Coalition making a 3rd election in less than a year more likely. Went to the polls on tuesday with 1009 percent of the votes counted ganss center right party has 33 seats thats just ahead of netanyahu is conservative look good party which has 31 seats but both are well short of the 61 seats needed for a majority in Israels Parliament president groovin rivlin has now has to deci
Passing on the complaint to congress the u. S. Media is reporting that this relates to a phone call between trump and a foreign leader well try to deny the accusation and heres what he tweeted another fake news story out there it never ends virtually any time i speak on the phone to a foreign leader i understand that there may be many people listening from various u. S. Agencies not to mention those from the other country itself no problem mike hanna has more from washington d. C. The original complaint went to the Inspector General who briefed members of congress in the course of this day according to those who he spoke to he said that the matter is credible and the complaint is of an urgent nature now he refused to divulge the exact details of the complaint or indeed confirm that it did relate to President Trump however he clearly gave enough information to make members of the House Intelligence Committee even more concerned the situation now the acting director of National Intellige
Millions are beginning tojoin a day of demonstrations around the world demanding action on Climate Change, ahead of next weeks un summit. Theyre expected to spread from the asia pacific, through europe and africa, to the americas. We can take you live now to sydney, in australia, where the protests are under way. We understand thousands of Australian School students walking out of classrooms across the country. They have particular problems with the current government, of course, and the governments environmental policies. All this three days before the un Climate Summit in new york and those strikes this year, 1. 5 million roughly took part worldwide. These strikes are expected to be bigger and there is likely to be a stronger presence from unions, workers and companies who signed up to strike in solidarity with the young activists. We will be speaking to our correspondent here in just a few moments. But we will come back to him injusta moments. But we will come back to him injust a m