July saw the world heating up. Now political debates around energy and Climate Change also hotting up too. The government has said it will back hundreds of new licences for oil and Gas Production sites like this in the north sea. It has also confirmed it will support two new Carbon Capture and storage projects in northeast scotland and the humber. These would capture Carbon Dioxide where fossil fuels are burned and pipe it under the sea to store it. Climate campaigners fear it is a tactic to keep the Fossil Fuel Industry in business. The Prime Minister on a visit to aberdeenshire argued todays announcements would help the uk reach its net zero target by 2050 while still backing new oil and gas. Even in 2050, when we are at net zero, it is forecast that around a quarter of our energy needs will still come from oil and gas. Thats why technologies like Carbon Capture and storage are important. But what is important is that we get the oil and gas in the best possible way, and that means ge
report, the mishandling of top-secret documents from his time as a senator butpr vice president and now made public. that report is beyond. biden has tried to say faves with the american public and it meriwas a shocking display ofco cognitive decline and we will play those outrageous remarks in a minute. but let s lay out the details in this report, devastating. according to the report, president biden willfully retained and disclosed classified materials after his vice presidency when he was a private citizen. investigators found classified documents including notebooks from meetings regarding highlyti sensitive material on foreign policy and national security carelessly stored in what appears to be his garage. and while the special counselhad found about biden handling of special documents is alarming, what it says about his cognizan state is quite frankly shockley and mike shocking. it should have every single american concern about the mental health, the cognitivee heal
main stories on newsnight, which isjust getting under way on bbc two. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are, but from the ten team, it s goodnight. controversy rages over rape trials withoutjuries in scotland. could a new pilot scheme improve convictions rates in rape trials, or undermine the principles ofjustice? we ll be speaking to a former snpjustice minister, who is implaccable opposed and the head of rape crisis is scotland who backs the principle. also tonight. the afghan interpreters and their families promised safety in britain, but stuck, some now for a year, in hotels in pakistan, under effective house arrest. now i m stuck here. the taliban are threatening me. i can t go to afghanistan, and i can t go to the uk. i m stuck in the middle of things. fresh momentum for donald trump as the fbi is heavily criticised for its handling of its investigation into alleged ties betw
to have captured a strategic town. tributes are paid to the 19 children and two teachers killed in the texas school shooting, as parents criticise the police for not taking faster action against the gunman. excuse me, sir. i supposed to move? how one man is taking a supermarket to court for refusing entry to his assistance cat. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc s lunchtime news. nottingham university hospitals nhs trust has been ordered to make significant and immediate improvements to its maternity services. concerns have been raised about avoidable deaths and injuries to mothers and babies. the care quality commission says the trust has serious staffing and cultural problems. yesterday the senior midwife donna ockenden was appointed to chair an independent review of maternity care at the trust, which has said it is working hard to make all the improvements necessary. sanchia berg reports. a warning, you may find some details and images distressing from the start of this
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