government and lift all sanctions on the country. the male only meeting also declared that any armed resistance against the militants would be considered a rebellion. now on bbc news, dateline london. hello, and welcome to the programme, which brings together leading uk commentators with the foreign correspondents who write, blog and broadcast to audiences back home from the dateline london. this is our 1937 moment at least according to general sir patrick sanders, newly appointed head of the british army. his speech this week was a shot across the bows to the politicians attending two national international talking shops the nato summit in madrid and, before that, the g7 in the bavarian alps. both promised to support ukraine for as long as it takes. general sanders was arguing for muscular deterrents, the not very disguised message to presidents and prime ministers being, do you want history to remember you as it remembers neville chamberlain, who delayed war by appeasin
the nato summit in madrid and, before that, the g7 in the bavarian alps. both promised to support ukraine for as long as it takes. general sanders was arguing for muscular deterrents, the not very disguised message to presidents and prime ministers being, do you want history to remember you as it remembers neville chamberlain, who delayed war by appeasing hitler but did not prevent it? liz truss, the uk s foreign minister, seemed to get the message, declaring, we are keen to protect the defence of taiwan against beijing. this in a week when china s president xi jinping visited hong kong 25 years after british control came to an end. he was celebrating its rebirth. the uk isjoint guarantor of hong kong s freedoms. well, that went well, didn t it? in the studio with me, suzanne lynch, an irishjournalist now based in brussels for politico. polly toynbee, who has been writing a weekly column for the guardian since 1988 which means she s seen off six prime ministers so far. an
the president of cop28, sultan al jabar, said, it s an historic agreement that sets the world in the right direction. but many had wanted a strongerform of words calling for the phasing out of coal, oil and gas. our climate editorjustin rowlatt reports from dubai. we waited and we waited and then. hearing no objection, it is so decided. with the bang of a gavel, the deal was done. applause. and it got a standing ovation. so the hammer has just gone down here, and that was the fastest that an agreement text has ever been agreed. the presidency is calling this an historic agreement, but it is hedged around with questions and doubts. it calls on countries to contribute to ambitious actions to tackle climate change. now, i could do a single plate and claim to have contributed to doing the washing up, but would you consider that i had really pulled my weight? the president of these talks was in no doubt how important it was. together we have confronted realities, and we have
million cars after the us regulator found its autopilot system was partly defective. the company says it is issuing a software fix. and find out what we ve been watching, as for the first time, netflix releases viewer data on its catalogue. time for a look at the business news now with ben. what do you have for us? matthew, thank you very much. we start with news from tesla. the carmaker is recalling more than two million cars after the us regulator found its driver assistance system, autopilot, was partly defective. the recall applies to every tesla sold in the us since the autopilot feature was launched in 2015. tesla said it would send a software update over the air to fix the issue. our north america business correspondent michelle fleury joins us now. michelle, explain this, there are lots of cars but the fix is relatively simple, we think. if lots of cars but the fix is relatively simple, we think. if you listen to the relatively simple, we think. if you listen to