we ll have the latest from justin rowlatt at the summit, where the prime minister rishi sunak hasjust been speaking. also on the programme. five years after the fire at grenfell tower, which claimed 72 lives, the official public inquiry is drawing to a close. many rail services are still badly disrupted despite a series of planned strikes being called off. how fast could you run in your slippers when you were a kid? laughter. and, peter kay announces his long awaited return to stand up comedy with his first live tour in 12 years. also this hour on bbc london. protests by climate change activists close parts of the m25 this morning, the same day world leaders gather for cop 27. good evening. the global climate summit known as cop 27 has started in egypt, with the darkest of warnings from the head of the united nations. antonio guterres said the world was on the highway to climate hell with no sign of slowing down, and that humanity needed to cooperate or perish . he declare
there are interesting discussions alongside the main speeches today, about how that might happen. there could be a restructuring of the architecture of international finance for example. changes to the way institutions like the imf, the world bank, the world trade organization operates, which may 0rganization operates, which may encourage private capital to come into the battle on climate change. we may not see progress from the governments, but progress may comes from the fringe of the conference. so there may yet be hope here from the sands of egypt, as chris mason put it. the sands of egypt, as chris mason ut it. , , ., ., the sands of egypt, as chris mason ut it. , ., ., ., the sands of egypt, as chris mason utit. , ., ., ., . ., put it. justin rowlatt, our climate editor at the put it. justin rowlatt, our climate editor at the cop put it. justin rowlatt, our climate editor at the cop 27 put it. justin rowlatt, our climate editor at the cop 27 summit, - put it. justin rowlatt
reconnect with the story. and that continues today. to think, if you can prove that one screw existed, you can prove that the whole machine existed. narrator: next, we dig through the sands of egypt and trek across the ancient deserts to unraifl a seething family saga of jealousy, faith, and betrayal when back to the beginning with christiane amanpour returns. psssssh. guaranteed. you picked a beautiful ring. thank you. we re never having kids. mmm-mmm. breathe. i love it here. we are never moving to the suburbs. we are never getting one of those. we are never having another kid. i m pregnant. i am never letting go. for all the nevers in life, state farm is there.
sands of egypt. we found buried fragments of huge arguments and what we found are just glimmers and hints of what must have been explosive controversies in the first century. what we discovered is that the question about women, and their leadership and their participation was not something made up in the 20th century or the 21st century but it was actually an issue in the christian movement from the very beginning.
catholics but at least not necessarily a huge bone of contention as in the past. with the rise of women s issues in protestantism, especially in more and more women becoming ministers in various protestant denominations, mary has become more on the front-burner for protestants as well. i mean, why are we busy running around just talking about peter and john? i mean, we should also talk about how mary is presented as a role model in the new testament. while the virgin was being turned into a goddess, the magdalene was being turned into a sinner. now the other mary is getting a second look thanks to some stunning discoveries in the sands of egypt. we found buried fragments of huge arguments and what we found