the uk has seen the highest recorded level of coronavirus infection since the pandemic began. eager tojust 1.3 mean people may have had the virus last week alone. and we visit the afghan city ofjalalabad, ground zero in a deadly battle for supremacy between taliban forces and militants from the islamic state group. hello, and welcome if you re watching on pbs in the us or around the world. three days before the crucial cop26 climate summit, the pope has called on the global leaders to make radical decisions and offer hope to the world. in a message recorded by the bbc, pope francis called on all those at the summit to act now to tackle global warming. later, he met the us presidentjoe biden, who s in rome for a summit of 620 leaders. our north america editorjon sopel is travelling with president biden and he sent this report. the ruler of the world s pre eminent superpower en route to meet the world s most powerful religious leader. but forjoe biden, only america s second rom
we have offered to the french many times for us to deploy british officers onto the beaches it s not something they feel that they need. where migrants are packed into flimsy, inflatable boats and sent off into the sea. record numbers of migrants are now reaching british shores this way, and the smugglers are always one step ahead. so who s winning the battle in the channel? we re out on patrol to ask why two of the world s richest and most powerful countries can t stop migrants crossing 20 miles of sea. it s four o clock in the morning, and we re out on patrol with general frantz tavart and his team of gendarmes. he runs a constant patrol of a0 active gendarmes and 90 reservists, paid for by the uk. together with the police, they patrol almost 90 miles of coastline around calais. this area is known as a goldmine for migrants, but tonight, the beaches are empty. it s a sign, says general tavart, that the french patrols are working. the smugglers may be moving away from cala
them and one for us. ukraine and russia continue to build up their forces in the east, ahead of a major escalation of the war. we re with ukrainian troops as they prepare for a fresh russian onslaught. and, ordinary lives transformed by an extraordinary war. we follow the fortunes of one suburban ukrainian family. and stay with us on bbc news for continuing coverage and analysis from our team of correspondents in the uk and around the world. good evening. for months, borisjohnson has maintained that all guidance on covid rules was followed in number 10. today, he was found to be the first ever sitting prime minister to have broken the law after it was confirmed that both he and the chancellor, rishi sunak, will be fined by the metropolitan police for breaching lockdown rules along with mrjohnson s wife, carrie. the met, who are investigating alleged breaches at 12 gatherings in whitehall and downing street, said that mrjohnson was fined for being at an event on his birthday
she good evening welcome to the programme. we start with some welcome news from pakistan, where all eight people trapped on a broken cable car stranded hundreds of metres above a river bed have now been rescued. ground forces have been managing the operation using a zip line after the use of rescue helicopters was called off because of night six children had been on their way to school with two adults in a remote mountainous region in the north of the country when two cables snapped. our pakistan correspondent caroline davies reports. maybe sorry, i don t think we have that report. let me fill in the details for you, all six children and two adults were rescued. here are the pictures here of the last people being brought back, caroline davies talked to us a short while ago about that report. six. davies talked to us a short while ago about that report. six children and two adults ago about that report. six children and two adults have ago about that report. six childr
hello, i m luxmy gopal. we start in the uk because there are calls for unity within the conservative party, after borisjohnson s decision to stand down as an mp. three tory mps have announced their resignations in the past 2a hours. they trigger a series of by elections and raise questions about the future of rishi sunak s government. the latest to announce he s stepping down with immediate effect was nigel adams a big supporter of former prime minister boris johnson. on friday another political ally of mrjohnson, nadine dorries, announced she was quitting to be swiftly followed by the former prime minister himself, claiming he was the victim of a witchhunt . that s after he received an advance copy of a report into whether he deliberately misled parliament over covid lockdown parties at downing street. three by elections will now be held at a time when rishi sunak s conservative party is languishing in the opinion polls. our political correspondent, damian grammaticas, ha