organisation says: there is a 66% chance that we will break the 1.5 degree temperature threshold for at least a year. there is a 98% chance of the warmest year on record before 2027. arctic heating will likely be three times higher than the global average. and the reason for these worrying predictions? temperatures being driven up by ongoing carbon emissions plus the likely onset of a naturally occurring el nino event which can trigger more extreme weather and climate events, including severe rainfall and drought, depending on the region. laurie goering is the climate change editor at the thomson reuters foundation. i asked her to explain the significance of these figures. i think the real message from this is that these climate change impacts are coming much faster than scientists had predicted. scientists are inherently conservative and what we are seeing is that a lot of different things from hate to sea level rise are probably going to happen a lot faster than we had
was known to authorities in france for trying to stage another attack in 2016. french anti terror prosecutors say they will be taking over the investigation. in the past hour, the french president emmanuel macron has issued condolences to the family members of the german man killed in the attack. fierce fighting has resumed in gaza after the collapse of a temporary ceasefire between israel and hamas. israel has ramped up airstrikes on gaza, telling residents to evacuate to other areas, but aid groups say nowhere is safe. prime minister benjamin netanyahu warned the war is far from over. translation: we will. continue the war until we achieve all its goals which is impossible without the ground operation. it was necessary to bring the results until now and it is necessary to bring the results moving forward. israel s been carrying out intense air strikes on khan younis in southern gaza. israel says hamas leaders are in the city, but it s also where hundreds of thousands of pal
the 15th quarter of paris and the french interior minister has just been giving updates. it is currently unclear at this stage what the motive was for the attack but according to the interior minister, he said the attacker was targeting tourists. it is close to the eiffel tower, an area popular with tourists. and also that the attacker was angered by the situation in gaza and that he was known to authorities for trying to stage another attack in 2016. according to the interior minister, he was a german national. we are now learning according to the press conference and someone who was on the french security services watch this as well. you can see there on your screen, looking at those live pictures. a police presence there, a cordon off area, close to the river which runs through paris in the 15th quarter close to the eiffel tower. of course we will continue to keep you up to date with regards to that situation after that attack which is left one person dead and one person i
Managing most of its untaxed cash reserves offshore, on the Channel Island ofjersey. It moved the money tojersey after a tax loophole in ireland was closed. Although the company has done nothing illegal, its tax arrangements have been criticised by eu and us officials. Our Business Editor simonjack reports. A rapturous reception for the latest iphone. Its the most popular and profitable Consumer Product of all time. Its generated hundreds of billions in profits for apple since it was introduced ten years ago. What these papers show is just how determined apple has been to keep the tax bill on those profits as low as possible. And how keen some governments, lawyers, and advisers have been to help them do it. For many years, apple sent profits made outside the americas to ireland, where an elaborate Corporate Structure meant it paid nearly no tax on the billions it was making. Taxes that would have been due to the united states, where politicians started applying pressure to a defiant ap
Scrutinised after a huge leak of documents. Ill have more in a moment. In sport, west ham are looking for a new manager. And could it be this man . The former Manchester United and sunderland head coach david moyes is expected to take over. Clinging on for dear life. The first baby gibbon born in the wild to parents rescued from the illegal pet trade. And carol has the weather. Good morning. Weve got a cold front moving from west to east at the moment producing some rain, some blustery winds and ahead of it will be mild, buying it, sunshine and showers and this morning the temperature dropping. More details in15 temperature dropping. More details in 15 minutes. Good morning. First our main story donald trump has arrived on the Korean Peninsula for the First Time Since taking office ahead of talks on a key Foreign Policy issue facing his presidency, north Koreas Nuclear programme. We can speak now to our china correspondent, robin brant, who is in seoul. Good morning. As we can see, as