were killed and eight others injured when parts of a glacier collapsed, sending snow, ice and rock cascading down the slopes of marmolada. now on bbc news, dateline london with shaun ley. hello, and welcome to the programme, which brings together leading uk commentators with the foreign correspondents who write, blog and broadcast to audiences back home from the dateline london. this is our 1937 moment at least according to general sir patrick sanders, newly appointed head of the british army. his speech this week was a shot across the bows to the politicians attending two national international talking shops the nato summit in madrid and, before that, the g7 in the bavarian alps. both promised to support ukraine for as long as it takes. general sanders was arguing for muscular deterrents, the not very disguised message to presidents and prime ministers being, do you want history to remember you as it remembers neville chamberlain, who delayed war by appeasing hitler but
just slightly optimistic, maybe this is a bit polly ish, slightly optimistic. this whole drama has put aside about thoughts of cop26. this might be the crunch moment where a lot has to be done about the climate, just out of force of necessity. let s talk about that. i was very struck when i looked at the communique which came out on the last day of the g7, we were all trying to keep up with what they were saying in the various translations of the various leaders s speeches, but what scholz had got them to sign up to was commit to end public support for the international fossil fuel energy sector by the end of 2022, except in limited circumstances, clearly defined by each country . so, in other words. and ijust wonder, in that kind of context, is it surprising you get the scepticism from the rest of the world? being told, this is what you should do except when it gets a bit
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