within the coming years. they also say that a key temperature threshold, a rise in global temperature by 1.5 degrees celsius above pre industrial levels, is likely to be breached for the first time. our climate editorjustin rowlatt has more details. rising temperatures thanks to global warming are one reason but we are also seeing a change in a crucial weather system in the pacific ocean called el nino. for the last few years, winds blowing along the equator have been stronger than normal, pushing warmer water towards the coast of asia and helping deep, cold water well up on the coast of the americas. this phase is known as la nina, and is associated with below average global temperatures. we are now moving into the el nino phase, where winds are weaker which means warm water spreads across the pacific. now, that tends to increase global temperatures by about 0.2 celsius on average. that does not sound much, but it makes it almost certain, a 98% chance according to the un s w
agreed to up to $75 million to settle a case involving sex offender and former financierjeffrey epstein. the wall streetjournal first reported that the lawsuit alleged that the bank did business with epstein for five years while knowing he was using money in his bank accounts to further sex trafficking activity, and that the bank ignored red flags including payments to numerous young women. with me is news correspondentjessica parker to discuss this further. great to have you with us, tell us what deutsche bank is saying about all this. about all this. deutsche bank toniuht about all this. deutsche bank tonight are about all this. deutsche bank tonight are saying about all this. deutsche bank tonight are saying very - about all this. deutsche bank tonight are saying very little. | tonight are saying very little. it is officially no comment at the moment from the bank. but there have been pointed to a statement they made in 2020 where they talked about acknowledging the
against the company for faciliating financierjefrey epstein s sex trafficking ring. a woman listed anonoymously as jane doe in court papers filed the suit last year on behalf of herself and other accusers. she alleged deutsche bank did business with epstein for five years while knowing he was using money in his bank accounts to further his sex trafficking activity. the lawsuit alleged the bank ignored red flags including payments to numerous young women. epstein took his own life in a federaljail in new york in 2019 while awaiting trail on sex trafficking charges. the journal reports the settlement is expected to compensate dozens of epstein s accusers. in a statement to the newspaper, a spokesman for the bank said: in recent years deutsche bank has made considerable progress inremedying a number of past issues. according to thejournal s sources, the bank did not admit any wrongdoing as part of this settlement. this information has not been verified by the bbc but we
so the pride of australia perhaps is a little shaken by this and, yes, it means he s not physically going to a part of the world where the united states is very concerned. china s influence is growing too much. the hope was to have him go there and say, look, the united states is a close partner economically, politically, militarily. now, he can t do that. the one thing australia does get out of this, however, is a state visit here in washington. 0k. so they ll get all the pomp and circumstance at some point here in dc. and president biden s the white house has certainly said there s a reason he s coming back to deal with the debt crisis, of course. right. and now the president has appointed three trusted advisors to work on a deal with republican garret graves. they re all trusted parties on capitol hill. what should we expect for them in order to avoid a default byjune1st? so these are essentially the wingmen for the two guys that have to cut the deal. steve ricchetti, who you se
try to have an informal gathering of the quad injapan as opposed to in australia. so the pride of australia perhaps is a little shaken by this and, yes, it means he s not physically going to a part of the world where the united states is very concerned. china s influence is growing too much. the hope was to have him go there and say, look, the united states is a close partner economically, politically, militarily. now, he can t do that. the one thing australia does get out of this, however, is a state visit here in washington. 0k. so they ll get all the pomp and circumstance at some point here in dc. and president biden s the white house has certainly said there s a reason he s coming back to deal with the debt crisis, of course. right. and now the president has appointed three trusted advisors to work on a deal with republican garret graves. they re all trusted parties on capitol hill. what should we expect for them in order to avoid a default byjune1st? so these are essentially t