against him on thursday. and with the us midterm elections just days away, president biden and donald trump continue on the campaign trail, in the push to win crucial votes. hello and welcome to the programme the cop 27 climate summit has begun in egypt with dire warnings about the state of the planet. extreme temperatures, wildfires, drought and flooding have all been made worse by the last eight years being the hottest on record, according to the world meterological organisation. the un secretary general antonio guterres insisted the summit had to produce ambitious, credible climate actions . our climate editor, justin rowlatt, has the latest. cyclones ripped through madagascar earlier this year. floods displaced more than1 million people in nigeria last month, while another year of low rainfall pushed parts of somalia and elsewhere in east africa even closer to famine. our planet is sending a distress signal, the un conference in egypt was warned. the last eight years
president biden and donald trump continue on the campaign trail, in the push to win crucial votes. more than 100 world leaders are gathering for the annual un climate change summit cop27 in egypt. and it s begun with dire warnings about the state of the planet. extreme temperatures, wildfires, drought and flooding have all been made worse by the last eight years being the hottest on record, according to the world meterological organization. our climate editor, justin rowlatt, has the latest from the conference in sharm el sheikh. cyclones ripped through madagascar earlier this year. floods displaced more thani million people in nigeria last month, while another year of low rainfall pushed parts of somalia and elsewhere in east africa even closer to famine. our planet is sending a distress signal, the un conference in egypt was warned. the last eight years have been the warmest on record, making every heatwave more intense and life threatening, especially for vulnerable po
of doing everything possible to deprive the city of heat, electricity and water. estimates suggest about 40% of ukraine s energy system has been damaged or destroyed in russian attacks targeting vital infrastructure. the mayor urged the capital s three million remaining residents to make contingency plans to relocate. translation: putin doesn t need us ukrainians. - he needs territory. he needs ukraine without us and that is why everything that is happening now is genocide. his task is for us to die, to freeze or to make us flee our land so that he can have it. i also want to urge to give residents to consider everything. and the worst case, if we are left without electricity and water, if you have extended family or friends outside of kyiv who have their own water supply and oven for heating, please keep in mind the possibility of staying there for a certain
ukraine s president zelensky says russia is readying its forces for a large scale attack on his country s infrastructure. in his latest video address, mr zelensky said he believed moscow s forces would focus on ukraine s energy sector first. it comes as the mayor of the ukrainian capital, kyiv, has asked residents to make preparations to leave in case there s a total collapse of power supplies. vitaly klitschko accused russia of doing everything possible to deprive the city of heat, electricity and water. translation: putin doesn t need us ukrainians. - he needs territory. he needs ukraine without us and that is why everything that is happening now is genocide. his task is for us to die, to freeze or to make us flee our land so that he can have it. i also want to urge to give residents to the southern ukrainian city