A crime. The president of kosovo indicted for war crimes he stands accused of nearly 100 murders. And the show must go on but when its the british theres a industry struggles to find a way forward a bit the covert 19 pandemic. A watershed moment that will cause the most serious violation of International Law thats how u. N. Secretary general Antonio Gutierrez has described israels plans to annex parts of the occupied west bank members of the Un Security Council and the arab league have been meeting to discuss israels move which could be put into motion as soon as next week most of them were united in their opposition with warnings that israels unilateral action could trigger a major escalation in the region. If implemented these moves could dramatically alter the local dynamics during instability across the uk by palestinian terror and maybe beyond this cult has been marked by periods of extreme violence but never been caught in the risk of escalation been accompanied by endless school
A deal is possible. 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. Tell us what you think. Just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. A day of Global Climate demonstrations has begun, with millions of people expected to skip school or work to join in. Crowds are already out on the streets in australia demanding action on Climate Change ahead of next weeks un summit. As the day progresses, protests are expected to spread from the asia pacific, through europe and africa, to the americas. You can see these pictures starting to come in from sydney, and we are as we said expecting to see this whole wave of Climate Change protests to ripple across the globe. Everyone united on many of these have risen from children over the last few months, very much a cause taken up by younger people. You can see they are clearly quite active there. When we can clearly quite active there. When we ca n cfoss clearly
In the opening game of the Rugby Union World cup. A capacity crowd of 50,000 at tokyo stadium watched the home team crush the outsiders. I day of worldwide protests are reaching its climax in new york where people are gathering to be addressed by Greta Thunberg. She hopes that this will mark a social Tipping Point. Millions commit many of School Children ranging throughout the day ranging from small disc demonstrations on the of allens two big marches in cities like melbourne and berlin. Earlier. Earlier, iasked robjackson, chair of the Global Carbon project, what he thought of the protests. God love them for making themselves heard. 0ur youth, our god love them for making themselves heard. 0uryouth, our kids god love them for making themselves heard. 0ur youth, our kids may accomplish what my generation of scientists and advocates have not. Hats off to them. And what impact do you think they will have if any . think they are having an impact and we are having an impact. People see and
at least 60 people have been killed in the winter storms that are sweeping across north america. the city of buffalo in new york state has borne the brunt of the arctic conditions. at least 27 people have died there. president biden has approved financial support for the state. let s talk to our north america correspondent nada tawfik. terrible time for people in buffalo. i have seen it described as the blizzard of the century, a monster storm, the worst weather people have ever experienced. what does today hold for people in new york state? exactly right, lucy, a number of people have said they have never seen anything quite like this. a winter advisory is still in effect in buffalo, until the afternoon they expect another 13 centimetres of snow so while the worst is over they ll still very much in this. the priority at the moment is as the emergency responders start to take out buffalo from this immense amount of snow they are trying to get vehicles that have been trapped,
at least 60 people have been killed in the winter storms that are sweeping across north america. the city of buffalo in new york state has borne the brunt of the arctic conditions. at least 27 people have died there. president biden has approved financial support for the state. our north america correspondent nada tawfik has this update. the worst is over in buffalo but it is not over yet, they expect around 13 centimetres of snow. numerous people had said they have never experienced anything this badge, hurricane force winds, near wipe out conditions in the city and the priority at the moment is trying to dig out of the residence. vehicles have been buried, the death toll is over 20 now, emergency responders the other number could go up as they clear out the city. a driving ban is still in effect, residents can hopefully get around as they are trying to clear the roads, there is the hope that people can get basic food supplies after several days stuck inside. then there is t