Break from the past. It is a change. Its a different way to approach these decisions. Britains 0pposition Labour Party has condemned mr sunak s move and vowed to stick to the governments original net zero strategy. And the Scottish National party, which holds power in scotland, has also criticised the Uk Governments change of course. Earlier i spoke to the First Minister of scotland, humza yousaf. First minister, thank you so much forjoining us on bbc news. I want to start with the uk Prime Minister rishi sunak s announcement today on climate goals. The uk has been a leader on battling Climate Change. Where does this decision leave the uk . Well, it very firmly takes the uk out of the Global Consensus. The Global Consensus is we need to do more to tackle Climate Change. And the reason why scotland has been invited, for the first time, to the un for the Climate Ambition Summit is because we are showing leadership. So the same day we are showing leadership, the same day the whole world i
Through the first line of russian defences. Our security correspondent Frank Gardner has been working with the bbc verify team to determine whether ukraine is making any significant process. Ukraines big Counter Offensive in the south is making progress, but how far have their troops really got and can they break through russias defences to turn the tide of this war . Lets just remind ourselves. The Dark Red Area is the area occupied by Russian Forces. The purple area is ground that the ukrainians have recaptured. The russian defences consist of two major lines, each composed of several interlocking obstacles trenches, anti tank devices, minefields, all covered by artillery. The ukrainians have had to spend most of the last three months picking their way through minefields like this one. You can see the hidden mines circled in red here. And theyre doing this on foot, sometimes at night, often underfire, hence the slow progress to date. Theyre also having to find their way through obsta
Five americans who Hold Iranian Passport which the us describe as wrongfully detained, but they are regarded as hostages, used by iran as bargaining chips. The money that has arrived here this morning, 6 billion, they end it through selling oil to south korea. They cant access it directly, only third parties can use it to purchase non sanction goods, including food and medicine. But this disagreement over this money, it underlines the distrust which exists between these old enemies. Despite this rare moment of cooperation and the end of a deeply painful personal ordeal. Theres been such an ordeal, bell b so much anticipation from the families waiting to see their loved ones. Lets speak to richard rackley, father of the woman held in a prison from 2016. Richard, it is nice to see you. Have you been in touch with the family . Weve been in touch with the lawyers. My memory of this moment as a family is you are on tenterhooks and you are so nervous, you have messages coming in. Until it ha
Have arrived on the island over the past three days. Thats more than lampedusas local population which is around 6 or7,000. Nearly 126. 000 migrants have arrived in italy so far this year, almost double the figure by the same date last year. Lets hear what Giorgia Meloni had to say. However, if somebody here in europe were to think that these Global Crisis that we are tackling and facing could be just solved within the italian borders, then it would be a very big, huge mistake on their side, because this massive flow of immigrants is something which requires the involvement and the responsibility by everybody to be tackled, because its going to affect certainly the border, the frontier countries, but it will soon also involve all of the other countries. So we are all involved in this. We are all involved in trying to tackle and deal with this situation. And therefore the presence of president von der leyen is a sign of awareness in this respect. The head of the European Commission, Urs
The libyan red crescent described the scene as like a bombardment and earthquake at the same time. When the dams collapsed a wall of water weighing 1. 5 Million Tonnes crashed down the wadi derna river gouging out huge parts of the city before reaching the sea. To give you a sense of the power of that tsunami 20 centimetres of fast moving water is enough to knock adults off theirfeet here there was three metres of water sweeping away everything in its path. The human cost is colossal this man hasjust found his son and begs Rescue Workers not to touch him. Desperate scenes repeated again and again some people have lost 30, 40 50 members of their extended family. Live now to tripoli. Ahmed abar is a libyan activist. Hes been helping the residents of derna. What are people in the city saying to you . What are people in the city saying to ou . ,. , ,. ,. , to you . Unfortunately the situation is very bad. To you . Unfortunately the situation is very bad. For to you . Unfortunately the sit