A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation. Wed like to hear from you about the uns call for us to change our diet to combat Climate Change. Would you consider a more plant based diet and eat less meat to save the planet . Have you already made a change . Get in touch. Just use bbcthebriefing. Lets begin with that question. How much are you prepared to do to help combat Climate Change . Un scientists are set to urge people to help by cutting down on meat and switching to plant based diets. But the experts, due to release their findings in a few hours, will stop short of calling on people to adopt vegetarian or vegan lifestyles. Heres our environment analyst roger harrabin. This alpine landscape was once covered by forest. The trees it sucked Carbon Dioxide from the atmosphere and regulated the climate. Then humans cleared some of the land for food. But cattle then humans cleared some
After pictures emerged of 2 texas policeman on horseback leaving a handcuffed black man down a road. And the United Nations Refugee Agency says a new italian your targeting Charity Migrant ships could endanger lives. And says it will exert maximum pressure on india over its decision to strip ended administered kashmir of its autonomy promised emraan can call for International Intervention following indias moves to change the status of the disputed region thats after indias lower house of parliament pushed through legislation to split ended administered kashmir into india troops have the area under lockdown the internet and phone lines are down curfews are in place and local political leaders have been detained. Asama been job it has more from a soft about and pakistan administered kashmir. Our fight will continue thats the message from these protestors and was after about in pakistan administered kashmir if you 100 gathered towards the anger against the Indian Governments decision to a
The big names on the move. He is on his way to inter milan from manchester united. And welcome to edinburgh, where we have singers, we have acrobats. A little worried about them in their warmup this morning. 4 Million People come to edinburgh throughout the month of august for the Edinburgh Festival. We have the red sofa here, all with the wonderful backdrop of edinburgh castle. Good morning. Today we are looking at another day of sunshine, and fewer showers than of late, but later, a deep area of low pressure is going to swing into the south west, bringing some heavy rain and strength ending when. I will have more in 15 minutes. Strengthening wins. Winds. It is thursday 8 august. Our top story a Police Officer is in a Critical Condition after being repeatedly stabbed with a machete in east london. The attack happened at around midnight. A man in his 50s has been arrested. Lets get more from our reporter simonjones, who is at the scene in leyton. Simon, what do we know . Well, the poli
A district all his life aged 74 he says over the years the rains have become more and more erratic drought induced by the el nino weather pattern has cut zimbabwes maize harvest by half and reduced water levels in dams and rivers to what Degree Program i did you miss that we dont eat in the morning and in the afternoon we eat only at night we eat as little as possible so that the food can last longer. The president has declared this latest drought a National Disaster and the United Nations wants more help to prevent a humanitarian crisis is raised its appeal to International Donors to 331000000. 00 were talking about people that truly are marching toward starvation if were not there to help the. 2. 3000000 people in this country by this fall. It will be substantially higher 3600000 people because only the season is coming upon us then by early next year well look at 5 point. 5. 3 you ever take 1000000 people. Those numbers mean about a 3rd of the countrys 15000000 population will need
A real kind of rivalry in tension within the region which can have a spillover effect for palestinians have been killed never gaza or Israel Border this video appears to show flares being fired into the air in the Southern Area east of that a valid as Israeli Soldiers shoot at the man the Israeli Army Says the palestinians were armed and attempting to breach the Border Pollution from calico plots internews is causing devastating damage to land and sea thats according to environmental groups the warning comes as the country plans to increase its exports of phosphates by 50 percent the chemical is mainly used in the fertilizers theyve a chase her is in the coastal city of god as seen some of the worst of the pollution. This away says was once considered as a World Heritage site by the United Nations it borders a bay that was a rich spawning ground marine life in the mediterranean but ammonia now hangs in the air above the palm trees as this Chemical Complex vents the toxic gases produced