experts say this is crucial if humanity is to limit temperature rises to 1.5 degrees celsius above pre industrial levels. but island nations, which are hardest hit by climate change are not happy. they say their way of life is being threatened because there s not enough focus on cutting emissions in the short term. 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 in dubai, and that was the fastest that an agreement text has ever been agreed. the presidency, dr sultan aljaber, he s 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 pull
i m christine romans. laura, it was a year ago this week everything started to shut down. now we get a glimpse. a taste of freedom. what it will look like. i am laura jarrett. tuesday, march 9th. 5 a.m. in new york. we begin with good news this morning. some of you will finally be able to hug your grandkids again after a full year of coping with this pandemic, a major step forward in returning to something resembling normal life. new guidance from the cdc for people fully vaccinated against covid-19 giving the green light to many everyday activities and easing some restrictions and precautions. nearly 20% of americans have been at least partially vaccinated. almost 10% fully. but the cdc still recommends people avoid travel saying it risks creating a surge in infections. the airline industry pushing back saying highly filtered air and universal mask wearing makes claims a low risk environment. a cnn medical analyst agrees. so this is one of these examples where i think
Partner murdered by her ex boyfriend in a frenzied stabbing. Hes beenjailed for at least 23 years. Why millions of eggs in the uk now have to be classified as barn reared instead of free range from today. And found in a field in staffordshire, the iron age necklaces thought to be more than 2,000 years old go on public display. And coming up in the sport on bbc news Leicester City come to terms quickly with life after claudio ranieri. They beat liverpool 3 1 to move out of the relegation zone. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The coroner at the inquest into the deaths of 30 british tourists during a gun attack at a beach resort in tunisia has condemned the Police Response saying it was at best shambolic, at worst cowardly. He singled out a policeman who fainted through terror and panic, and a guard who took off his shirt to hide the fact he was an officer. Families of some of the british victims that died at the 5 star hotel in sousse injune, 2015, say they are prepari
By victims families. A potentially explosive report in the New York Times reveals that the us president is not all that he is trumped up to be an exhaustive report documents that Donald Trumps wealth came from his father who transferred it all to his children under dubious circumstances. Also in the program concerns over the Italian Economy are keeping the e. U. Worried but now it signals it is ready for a compromise on government spending. And there are all kinds of reasons you would not invited a cow to dinner but now there is one less excuse thanks to a cattle feed company in switzerland well tell you what that is all about. How you got to get us welcome to the program we begin with some strong numbers for
the u. S. Economy a survey by Payroll Processor a. D. P. Showed strong hiring by private businesses in the United States in september and Services Firms produced more and hired more workers the National Employment report showed private payrolls jumped by Two Hundred Thirty Thousan
Just one country badly affected by a changing climate as World Leaders gather in new york for the u. N. Climate summit. This is the business im joined on in berlin while we begin with the collapse of the worlds oldest travel Company Thomas Cook had stopped operating after failing to secure a last minute bailout thats left more than half a 1000000 holidaymakers around the world stranded well have more on that in a minute but heres a look back at that era thats now come to an end it all began 178 years ago as a father and son outfit offering modest trips between english cities but it grew into a multi 1000000000. 00 travel firm with global reach and 22000000. 00 customers at the turn of the century the group expanded rapidly buying up Tour Operators hotels and Airlines Across europe among the firms subsidiaries are Tour Operator necromancer which offers trips to customers in germany switzerland austria and others to that coax planes the groups the Airline Business comprise comprises of
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