Fall to the taliban as they dismiss international calls for a ceasefire. Cheering. I cant wait the Dancing Re Starts in scotland, as almost all of the final coronavirus restrictions are lifted. A baby thought to be the worlds smallest at birth has been discharged from a Singapore Hospital after 13 months of intensive treatment. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or Around The World. It is unequivocal, that Human Activities are responsible for climate change. That is according to a new study by the un. It is an up to Date Assessment of how Global Warming will change the planet in the decade. It is a Wake Up Call to governments to cut emissions. 234 authors from 66 countries have worked on the landmark assessment. The report says global average Temprature Rise could reach or exceed 1. 5 Degrees Celsius in the next 20 Years ten Years sooner than expected. That Tempreature Rise will breach the ambition of the 2015 paris climate agreement, and bring widespread devastation and unp
you must stop. president biden is due to hold a video call next week with vladimir putin amid growing fears that russia may be preparing to launch a full scale invasion of ukraine. tensions between russia and ukraine have been building for some time in the wake of russia s annexation of crimea. these are ukrainian troops stationed in the donietsk region on the russian border. on friday, ukraine warned that russia is massing more than 90,000 troops on the other side it s saying its intelligence analysis points to a possible invasion at the end of january next year. bbc russian senior correspondent 0lga ivshina has been telling us what to expect from these talks. ukraine is the heart of this matter, and what s interesting is that recently, mr putin, during one of his public speeches, actually gave a hint that in a way he s enjoying this tension, enjoying this build up of pressure and he said, you know, yes, we ve seen that. there are a lot of intelligent reports from the wes
violin plays. ceremonies are being held to mark holocaust memorial day to remember the millions of people persecuted and murdered by the nazis. and britain s alfie hewett and gordon reid secure theirfourth successive australian open wheelchair doubles title their 16th grand slam title together. hello and welcome. the chancellor, jeremy hunt will make a major speech shortly about where long term growth in our economy will come from. mr hunt is expected to dismiss gloom as he sets out plans to increase productivity in the uk. it s also thought he ll pledge a relentless focus on the key industries of the future. but it comes against the backdrop of a cost of living crisis and ongoing strikes about public sector pay. it comes in a week the government has faced accusations it has no long term plans for growth. according to advance extracts from his speech released by the treasury he will say. the government will offer a plan for long term prosperity based on british genius
for many rail commuters, like these in marston in west yorkshire, getting around has become an ordeal and notjust on strike days. trains are always cancelled, you can t rely on them. i go to work to manchester, i only go one day a week but it s still a nightmare. i would probably go in a bit more to work if i could get the trains, it s absolutely shocking at the moment. i don t feel like it s train service at all. it s just incredibly dire and stressful for commuters. train cancellations in britain have reached record levels. the industry blames covid delaying the training of drivers, staff sickness, and factors like winter weather, plus the knock on impact of strikes. transpennine express, which runs services around the north of england and into scotland, has been making dozens of cancellations each day for months. the northern powerhouse partnership, campaigning business group, claims today that the operator s problems are costing the economy in west yorkshire £2 million a
and we talk to british sculptor richard long whose work has been inspired by his walks around the world about his latest exhibition. and coming up in sportsday on bbc news, who can claim bragging rights in the manchester derby? and more importantly improve their chances of a top four champions league place? good evening and welcome to the bbc news at ten. a man carrying knives near the houses of parliament has been arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences, just weeks after last month s deadly attack in westminster. the 27 year old man had been under survellance by the security services. he was stopped on parliament street, close to whitehall, this afternoon and was wrestled to the ground. there s been heightened security in the area around parliament since khaled massood killed five people including pc keith palmer last month. june kelly has the latest. under arrest in the shadow of government buildings in whitehall. this wasn t a random stop search and arrest.