capital should be carbon neutral by 2030. it comes after a year of campaigning, but critics say the timeframe is unrealistic. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for witness history. hello and welcome to witness history. i m farhana haider at the people s history museum in manchester with more remarkable moments from the past as told by people who were there. in this episode, we look back at five campaigns and protest movements led by women. coming up, we ll hear about the fight for the equal right to pray for women at the western wall injerusalem. the argentinian forensic pioneer unearthing war crimes, the anti nuclear protest that was the biggest women led movement in the uk since the suffragettes, and a watershed moment for canada s indigenous people. but we start in london, and a story about the strikers in saris, a group of south asian women employed in the grunwick film processing factory. because of the poor working conditions, they decided to take a stand for work
welcome to bbc news. we begin in northern ireland, which is marking 25 years since the signing of the good friday agreement. the historic peace deal largely ended decades of violence in northern ireland. but uk prime minister rishi sunak says efforts must be intensified to restore the power sharing government that was central to the deal. it collapsed in the fall out from brexit and now the political dysfunction and security concerns are threatening to overshadow the historic milestone. rishi sunak willjoin the us president, joe biden, on a visit to northern ireland on tuesday to commemorate the good friday agreement. from belfast, laura cullen reports. it took 22 months of talks to largely end three decades of conflict. through it all, these leaders kept their sense of purpose. and in the end, they delivered an agreement that s fair and balanced and offers hope for the people of northern ireland. the agreement was based on the idea of cooperation between communities, and set
suella braverman, deserves a second chance after allegations of a security breach. shadow home secretary, yvette cooper, remains unconvinced. now questions about whether she has given an accurate description of what happened, she said she reported it straightaway, there are other reports that, no, she didn t and was confronted on this. polls open in brazil to chose either former left wing leader luiz inacio lula da silva orfar right incumbentjair bolsonaro as the next president. and why french vineyard owners are buying up land in south east england after a summer of record breaking temperatures. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. south korea is in mourning after more than 150 people were killed while out celebrating halloween. the crush happened after 100,000 people, many of them teenagers, gathered in one of the city s most popular nightlife districts for the first public halloween celebration since the covid pandemic. people have been
hello, everyone. i m kate bolduan. at this hour, we re tracking this massive winter storm sweeping across the united states. it is impacting the vast majority of americans today. just two days before christmas. the storm is bringing blizzard conditions. i mean i don t need to say it. you could see it. blizzard conditions and ice freezing rain and very strong winds to cities coast to coast. areas near the great lakes could see up to three feet of snow like buffalo. but the cold, record-breaking and life-threatening. more than 200 million americans are under windchill alerts. the storm has not knocked out power to at least a million customers so far and travel is starting to get back. more than 3700 flights have been canceled today and more than 2,000 others have been delayed. that is not even to speak of what the roads are like right now. we re going to get to. we have reporters stationed across the country. let s start with meteorologist al alice isson chinchar. up an dow