the polling company. welcome to the programme. prime minister rishi sunak has changed his mind and will now attend the comp 27 climate summit in egypt. the u turn comes in the wake of widespread criticism, including from conservative mps after rishi sunak said he was too busy dealing with the economy. his change of heart comes from the un report of changes in europe of more than twice the global average in the past 30 years in the highest in any continent and when given reason is that a higher northern areas of the globe are the fastest morning. we are joined northern areas of the globe are the fastest morning. we arejoined by northern areas of the globe are the fastest morning. we are joined by a former un special representative on sustainability and a former adviser to the uk government for comp 26. she is at the university and welcome to the context and i noticed you are one of the people who signed a letter saying that rishi sunak should be there. what does it make such a
You ever, for a moment, considered going into something entirely disconnected from your own personal circumstances . Something like accountancy, law, geology . You know what, there are short people, restricted growth people in all of those professions. There are farmers, teachers, solicitors, everything. But i did not go that way. So as a social scientist, ive always been interested in what others experience and so obviously disability has to be top of the list. Let me ask you about growing up. Your family has its own history, which is important to talk about, i think. Your grandfather, it seems, experienced a mutation, a genetic mutation. My father. So, he was born in 1927. William shakespeare unfortunate name. And his father, geoffrey, who was a Junior Minister in the liberal government the last time the liberals were in coalition was very worried about it and was very upset about it because suddenly his child was short. The reason i mention the grandfather first because isnt it the
of pounds that saudi arabia has been investing in sport in recent years. the sense is that all of that has been gearing up to this moment, but i think it will come as a shock to people. after all, because of the extreme temperatures, it s likely that the traditional summer slot will have to be moved again, as it was in qatar. with all the disruption that that would entail. there is concern over the way that fifa appear to have paved the way for the saudis bid by accelerating and restricting the bidding process rules. and then, of course, because of saudi arabia s notorious human rights record, its discriminatory laws, there are those accusations of sportswashing by campaigners. now, the saudi authorities deny all that. they say this is about growing the game, diversifying their economy, boosting tourism, inspiring their people. they say some of the criticism is hypocritical, but others will say that money has been put before morals here. what is certain is that this once aga
jihad. hundreds of thousands of people taking to the streets, how frightening that must ve bean for jewish people living in our capital. the problem for keir starmer is why he has come down hard on andy mcdonald and disciplined him, there is clearly a revolt brewing in his party. around a quarter of labour mps have called for a ceasefire in some way, about half of his front bench have now openly called for a ceasefire as well is very important regional politicians like anas sarwar, sadiq khan and andy burnham. and the less that keir starmer is able to appear tough with members of his party on the issue, the more other members of the party. in fairness, sir keir has not deviated from his position in spite of the opposition on his shadow benches. he says, it is a complex situation. people who want a ceasefire would leave hostages in the hands of hamas with hamas still firing rockets at israel. he is under pressure to change the position and he has not. he is often criticised fo
not as heavy here. and brightening up across northern ireland and the west of scotland through the course of the afternoon. into saturday evening, bonfire night, not entirely dry, but certainly not a wash out. still some outbreaks of rain, chiefly in the south of england. and on sunday, that weather front pulling away towards the near continent. with it, some heavy rain for a while, and then showers follow on behind. so, here s sunday, a closer look. you can see that wet weather across parts of the east and south east of the country clearing away through the course of the day. elsewhere, some sunshine a rash of showers. quite windy where we have that heavy rain as well. once again, temperature similar around about 11 to 15 celsius. and then, as we approach next week, we ve got low pressure up towards iceland, keeping things fairly unsettled. bands of rain at times, or some showers at least. and once again, winds coming in from the south, so certainly nothing cold on the horizon. on m