Pivotal moment. A group of swiss women have won the first ever climate case victory in the European Court of human rights. Here they are. The court found switzerland had violated some of their human rights by not taking sufficient action on Climate Change. Switzerlands efforts were called woefully inadequate. This ruling could influence the law in 46 other europen countries, including the uk. It comes after last month was officially declared the worlds warmest March On Record. We start with this report from climate editorjustin rowlatt. The swiss women arrived at the European Court ready to fight. There has been a violation of article 8 of the convention. And they won, persuading the judges that switzerlands failure to do enough to cut Planet Warming Emissions could help create heat waves that could threaten the lives of older people. I am so, well, shocked, positively shocked, so happy we could contribute to the future, to a Better Future for our children. Todays ruling is not only to
Davis is pretty sure that not certain that the uk can secure a deal with the eu. Now on bbc news all the latest Business News live from singapore. From high skilled worker visas to import duties, how much can indias Prime Minister accomplished during his 48 hours in washington . And it has been almost 20 years since the asian prices tripled several economies in this region. We hear from Business Owners who lost everything. Hello and look into Asia Business report. Im sharanjit leyl. Indias Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on a visit to washington. It is his first meeting with donald trump and india us trade has grown to 115,000,000,02016 us trade has grown to 115,000,000,020 16 from 19 billion in 2000. But with rising protection in the United States and in particular a crackdown on visas for indians, it is harder to export for india. Hoping to get american and tension one stitch at a time. These products are headed to the us. 0ne one stitch at a time. These products are headed to the us
Hello. There are new claims about the movements of the british Prime Ministers adviser Dominic Cummings during lockdown. Hes faced calls to resign for driving more than 400km from london to the north east of england after his wife developed coronavirus symptoms. Downing street has defended mr cummings trip to be nearfamily, saying it had been essential for him to ensure he had child care. Heres our Political Correspondent iain watson. Youre supposed to be more than two metres apart borisjohnsons Senior Advisor Dominic Cummings, lecturing reporters on social distancing, but his opponents accuse him of breaking the lockdown rules himself. When his wife became ill at the end of march, he, she and their four year old child didnt self isolate at their london home but travelled more than 250 miles to County Durham. Well, its a question of doing the right thing. Its not about what you guys think. The governments guidance on self isolation says. But in a statement, downing street set out to ex
The Channel Island of guernsey has become the first part of the British Isles to remove nearly all its lockdown restrictions, after reporting no new cases of covid 19 for over three weeks. Robert hall has more. In a guernsey garden, eight week old Charlie Flood is meeting his widerfamily. Until now, his grandparents have only had glimpses of him at a distance. Today, the family can hold charlie and hug each other for the First Time Since lockdown began. Were so fortunate because in england, they cant do that. It must be so, so difficult for them. Were just really, really lucky. It feels absolutely amazing. It has been a long time coming. And it feels so nice i cant put him down on the 16th of may, guernsey moved into phase three of the lockdown exit plan. Guernsey families and friends can meet up under what is called a bubble system, gradually widening their contacts. Guernseys success against covid i9 is down to a community effort. Social distancing, combined with testing and tracing,
Police in hong kong arrest dozens of people participating in the first pro democracy protests since beijing announced plans to impose a new security law on the territory. The duke of cambridge reveals how becoming a father brought back the painful emotions he felt after his mothers death. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. The uk Prime Ministers closest aide, Dominic Cummings, is facing further pressure and scrutiny, with new allegations he breached lockdown rules and several members of the Ruling Conservative Party calling for him to resign. Both mr cummings and the government insist he acted reasonably and legally by driving from london to County Durham in march while his wife had coronavirus. But some conservative mps are demanding his resignation. Leading Brexiteer Steve baker tweeted that it is intolerable that borisjohnsons government is losing so much capital and said