Hello and welcome to dateline london. Im carrie gracie. This week delhi is enveloped in toxic smog. Is that concentrating minds in government ahead of the madrid Climate Summit . Three weeks to go till the uk votes has it become the get brexit done election . And if not, then what . And as Prince Andrew quits public life, is it harder anywhere in the world to befriends with a sex offender . My guests today indianjournalist ashis ray, irish broadcaster brian oconnell, greg katz of Us News Agency associated press, and Agnes Poirier of french news magazine marianne. Welcome to you all. Four years ago, Climate Change barely registered as a voter issue in a british election. This time, its a priority. The same is true of the battle for the democratic president ial nomination in the us. But does voter anxiety translate into Government Action . Climate Scientists Say three in four countries have inadequate pledges on cutting emissions. Among them is india, whose capital has been choking on sm
Floods left many people homeless. For many local residents, it was a break from the flood clean up. Alasdair gill reports. Christmas in fishla ke has not been cancelled, at least the local fair hasnt. And its a warm and welcome respite from Flood Recovery for the villages residents. As you can see, its very full and very busy because of the determination here within fishlake to rebuild what we had and to do our best to keep it alive. 11 days ago, much of thorninghurst farm was under water. Today looks a lot better, but the hidden cost is huge. Farmer steven gilliard reckons hes looking at a bill of around £250,000. Contamination now, fuel burst, central heating tanks out the village. All that fuels flowed to me. And now sat all over the grassland, which we need to graze and were pedigree breeders, were now going to vaccinate for diseases which you you could get from flooded grazing land. Who pays for that . Looking at me at this moment. Community spirit here is what is getting people
Now, more than 100 people have had to be rescued by Emergency Services as parts of the midlands were hit by more flooding and drivers were caught out by rapidly rising water. There are more than 100 flood warnings currently in place in parts of england and wales. 0ur midlands correspondence reports where the river avon burst its banks. So would you like us to bring you out of the property, because of the water . You would like to be evacuated . Rescue boats have been launched throughout the day in evesham, as water levels on the avon continue to rise. Its been quite a protracted incident for us. Theres been a number of incidents across the county, and this is just one of many that our crews are dealing with currently. The river has reached its highest level since 2007, with only one road through evesham left open. This is one of the main routes through evesham, but half a mile is currently submerged beneath the floodwater. Its meant that many people havent been able to get through to t
About his relationship with the financiers Jeffrey Epstein. The prince has been accused of having links to the billionaire who killed himself in prison while awaiting trial on a sex trafficking charges. With an exclusive interview with bbc, Prince Andrew was asked asked about his relationship with one of the women, Virginia Roberts. She says she was forced to have sex with the duke three times. Prince andrew has denied all the allegations against him. Our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. He is continuing with royal duties. Last sunday he was at the cenotaph, laying a wreath with his nephews, and yet for month after month, he has been the focus of troubling questions. Prince andrew, the queens second son, one moment seen waving from the doorway of the new york home of a convicted child sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein, and photographed strolling through central park with him. The headlines have been lurid, relentless and deeply damaging. Most serious of all is the allegation that and
Proved, as they pushed for the two goals they needed, their defence was open up yet again. The tournaments top scorer getting the goal his performance deserved. His 11th of the competition. Indian, a co mforta ble the competition. Indian, a comfortable victory for the Saudi Arabian side. They avenged the final defeat of 2017 for the third Asian Champions League title. They also grabbed the last spot of the Club World Cup next month in qatar. Elsewhere, the brazilian side flamengo were given a rapturous welcome home, when they returned to rio dejaneiro as the champions of south america. They came from behind to beat river plate 2 1 in saturdays final of the Copa Libertadores in lima. Gabriel barbosa was the hero. He scored twice in the last five minutes and got sent off as flamengo won the cup for the second time in their history. In the english premier league, Manchester United came from 2 0 down to lead 3 2 at Sheffield United but still had to settle for a point, when the blades fough