Hello and welcome to bbc news. President trump says congressional leaders are having serious discussions about tightening gun controls in the us in the aftermath of two Mass Shootings in the past week. Mr trump said senior members of the Republican Party were on board and hed also discussed the issue with the influential gun lobbyists, the National Rifle association. However with senators on their summer recess, theres no prospect of any immediate legislation. There has been no president who feels more strongly about the Second Amendment than i do however we need meaningful background checks so that sick people dont get guns. Our north america editor, jon sopel, is at the white house. This is his assessment of the situation. If this does happen, and they would be baby steps and it would come to nothing, it would be a republican president taking on the might of the National Rifle association, the most powerful lobbying organisation in the United States and what makes it even more surpri
Window closes. Manchester united need to find a new striker. Arsenal looked like they have got a new defender. And it could be a busy afternoon at tottenham. All of the details coming out. Coming up. We have two and a half hours to try thanks 0lly and helen and get ourselves a big money move. Has all the weather bad weather on the way. What you think chances are . Very the balloon fiesta in bristol has slim. Had to reschedule some flights, because we have some Stormy Weather could be a very busy few hours heading our way, just before half because there are still a lot of big deals that seem to be going through. Past. Lets bring in our sports thanks helen. Correspondent david 0rnstein with the very latest. Doesnt seem to be Anyone Around. First thing this morning, also coming up, well be speaking it looked like being a huge day for tottenham, still can be, to 80s pop star tiffany but what would have been marquee as she prepares signing in paolo dybala to perform in the uk. From juventus
Hello and welcome to bbc news. President trump says congressional leaders are having serious discussions about tightening gun controls in the us in the aftermath of two Mass Shootings in the past week. Mr trump said senior members of the Republican Party were on board and hed also discussed the issue with the influential gun lobbyists, the National Rifle association. However with senators on their summer recess, theres no prospect of any immediate legislation. We need intelligent background checks, 0k . We need intelligent background checks, ok . This isnt a question of nra, republican or democrats. I will tell you, i spoke to Mitch Mcconnell yesterday. He is totally on board. He said, ive been waiting your call. Is totally on i spoke to senators that in some cases, friends of mine, but ready hardline senators, hardliners and when i say that i say that in a positive way, hardline on the second amendment. And they understand, we dont want insane people, mentally ill people, bad people,
Should all be freed. And we discover why hundreds of young people in india have turned their backs on the Material World to become monks. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its news day. Hello its 8 00am in singapore 1 00am midnight in london, and we start with a warning from climate experts at the united nations. They say big changes to Food Production and eating habits are needed to limit Global Warming, and ease the pressure on the worlds land and water resources. Scientists suggest we eat more plant based foods and stress that action must come from all sectors of society to cut emissions. The top ten Greenhouse Gas emitters make up 60 of the worlds total emissions. China is the biggest, contributing over a quarter of global emissions with a population of 1. 4 billion. Its followed by the united states, which emits around 13 of the worlds emissions. Next is india, contributing to 7. 1 of emissions. Lets get the story from our science editor, David
And 50 years since the beatles walked across that zebra crossing fans still flock to abbey road. A major United Nations report on land use and Climate Change says we should all be eating less meat and making ourdiets more pla nt based. The un experts say were consuming too many meat and Dairy Products in the west and its helping to fuel Global Warming. But their new report stops short of saying people should become vegetarian or vegan. Heres our science editor david shukman. A wall of dust smothers the parched fields of oklahoma. The planet is heating up, which may make it harder to grow the food we need, just as the worlds population keeps increasing. Therell be 2 billion more of us by the middle of the century. And at the same time, up to a third of all food is wasted. And as it rots, it releases gases that raise temperatures even more. And this exacerbates Climate Change. The Un Climate Panel highlights these challenges in a major new report into how were damaging the land we depend