5,500 additional gigawatts of renewable capacity to come online between now and 2030. Thats more than the current Power Capacity of china, the european union, india and the United States combined. China is leading the pack, responsible for 60 of the additional output. And solar is winning the renewable race, making up 80 of the forecasted growth. But Electricity Infrastructure is not keeping up. Up to 10 of renewable energy is going to waste because its not able to be stored at times when more is being generated than needed. For more, joining me now the ieas Executive Director, dr fatih birol. This is a rare piece of good news and shows what can be achieved when a real effort is made. It is extremely good news for everybody, i would say, almost everybody, i would say, almost everybody around the world, because renewables are growing very strongly and there is huge potential for them to grow, and the main driver of this is very strong, massive growth is not necessarily climate policies.
To return to butler, the city in pennsylvania where he survived an Assassination Attempt injuly. And Parkrun Marks 20 years of community spirit. The amateur Saturday Morning Run Event has grown from 13 runners in londons Bushy Park to millions around the world. Hello, im rajini vaidyanathan. More explosions have been reported during the night in the Hezbollah Dominated Suburbs of the lebanese capital, beirut. Theres also been an israeli strike on an Apartment Building in the northern lebanese city of tripoli. Israel also confirmed a strike on what it called a hezbollah Command Centre near a hospital. And hezbollah fighters are said to have clashed with israeli troops in lebanons Southern Border area. Hezbollah has said it has fired rockets at an Air Base near the city of haifa. We have yet to hear coming from israel on the latest attacks but sirens have been standing across Northern Israel this morning. More foreign nationals have been evacuated from beirut On Board Military Transport
Just hours after World Leaders at the united nations called for a 21 day ceasefire. These are the latest pictures were getting from lebanon. The idf says strikes happened in beqqa, close to the syrian border, and Southern Lebanon, and targeted weapons depots, rocket launchers, and military buildings. Israel says it has struck more than 2000 hezbollah targets in lebanon over the past few days. The lebanese Health Ministry said more than 70 people were killed by israeli Air Strikes on wednesday 00v allies including the us, uk and eu issued a joint statement for a pause in the fighting for what they said would provide space for diplomacy towards the conclusion of a diplomatic settlement and a ceasefire in gaza. It follows a meeting at the Un General Assembly in new york. Yair lapid, leader of Israels Opposition Party yesh atid, says israel should accept the ceasefire proposal, but only for seven days. But its a view not shared by bezalel smotrich, the far right minister of finance in Benj
Say theyre looking to see if anyone else can be pursued for criminal offences relating to the sexual Assault And Rape claims made against the former harrods owner, mohamed al fayed, who died last year. Around 200 former employees have come forward with accusations about him following a bbc documentary. New York City mayor Eric Adams is facing five criminal charges, including wire fraud, bribery and soliciting illegal foreign campaign donations. Prosecutors allege that he received over 100,000 in illegal personal benefits, dating back to 2018. Mr adams says he follows The Law and is looking forward to defending himself. In the past half hour, ukraines president Volodymyr Zelensky has held a Press Conference in washington with Vice President kamala harris. She told him her support for the people of ukraine was unwavering. Earlier president biden announced a new package of Military Aid for ukraine, worth nearly Eight Billion dollars. If You Arejustjoining us welcome to the programme. The
It comes in the hours after the israeli military carried out what it called extensive strikes on hezbollah targets in southern lebanon. Israeli aircraft destroyed thousands of hezbollah rocket launch barrels in southern lebanon, according to israeli officials. Also tonight, the us state department is urging american citizens to leave lebanon, with fears growing of an all out war. Meanwhile, the death toll from israel s strike on a densely populated area of southern beirut on friday has risen to 37. Hezbollah says 16 of its members were killed in the attack, including senior military commander ibrahim aqil. He was wanted by the us government for years and was designated a global terrorist for his involvement in the 1983 bombing of the us embassy in beirut. Friday s bombing also killed civilians, including three children, with more feared trapped in the rubble. Our middle east correspondent orla guerin reports from the scene in beirut. A beirut suburb turned into a battlefield. They are