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 unprecedented extreme weather. This comes less than three months before the Cop26 Climate Conference In Glasgow vital un talks that will determine the future course of efforts to tackle climate change. And the Uk Minister responsible for delivering cop26 has released this statement follwing the publication of todays report. He says. Our message to every country, government, Business And Part of society is simple. He continues, the next decade is decisive, follow the science and embrace your responsibility to keep the goal of 1. 5c alive. Our Environment And Energy Analyst Roger Harrabin has more. Wildfires blazing through Greece And Turkey have horrified people in the region. The panel concludes we will see a lot more fires as temperatures continue to rise. And rise they will, as Greenhouse Gas emissions keep growing and growing. The increased heat will Change Weather patterns, bringing more droughts and more rainfall, researchers say. London was shocked to find areas underwater a few weeks ago. Rainfall patterns are hard to predict but experts say Northern Europe will be wetter over all. At londons hampstead ponds, theyve already had to raise and reinforce the dams to protect Hundreds Of Homes downstream from the sort of floods expected in extreme range that are forecast to come. The cost has been huge. We are already paying the price of ignoring scientists� warnings on climate change. So this report states as an absolute fact, that Human Influence is warming the climate and that� s a very stark reminder that it is our activities which are changing the climate and affecting these extreme weather events. And as the planet continues to warm, these consequences just get worse. Ice in the arctic is melting faster than many scientists predicted. That leads to Sea Level Rise, which in turn increases coastal flooding. The seas will keep rising for may be thousands of Years because the Ocean Deep has absorbed so much heat already. Political attitudes are changing, the uk is getting electric cars, we need clean technology for home heating, too. In the words of one leading scientist, we are not doomed, but if we want to avoid catastrophe, we have to drastically cut emissions now. Roger harrabin, Bbc News. Valerie Masson Delmotte is a Climate Scientist and Co Chair of one of the ipcc Working Groups which produced the climate change report. She said the threshold of keeping global temperature at 1. 5 celsius will be breached around 2050. A report shows that in the next 20 Years, globalwarming, a report shows that in the next 20 Years, Global Warming, the average temperature at the earth� s surface over a period of 20 Years is expected to reach or exceed 1. 5 celsius above the late 1800s. However, if we rapidly reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions, if we can reach global Net C02 Greenhouse Gas emissions, if we can reach global net Co2 Emissions around 2050, it is extremely likely that we can keep Global Warming well below 2 degrees. If we do this, it is more likely than not that temperature were gradually declined to below or around 1. 5 celsius by The End of the century with a temporary overshoot of no more than 0. 1 celsius. But if global Greenhouse Gas emissions remain around two day� s levels in the coming decades, we would reach 2 degrees of Global Warming by the middle of this century. I� m joined now by tamsin edwards, a Climate Scientist and one of the authors of this report. Welcome to Bbc News. I know your area of expertise is the oceans and Sea Level change, in fact he spent three Years investigating this, haven� t you . So it would be remiss of me not to find out more about that. What did you find exactly . That is right, we have over 200 authors in the whole report. We have looked at 111,000 scientific studies over three Years and i work on Ice Sheets and Sea Level Rise, as you say. We don� t do new research, we assess the robustness of the evidence. Forthe assess the robustness of the evidence. For the antarctic Ice Sheet, we looked at the range of possibilities for the future of the Ice Sheet and its contribution to Sea Level Rise. Ice sheet and its contribution to Sealevel Rise. Ice sheet and its contribution to Sealevel Rise. One of your finding is the melting Sealevel Rise. One of your finding is the melting of Sealevel Rise. One of your finding is the melting of greenland Sealevel Rise. One of your Finding L is the melting of Greenland Glaciers is the melting of Greenland Glaciers is irreversible, am i right . That is the melting of Greenland Glaciers is irreversible, am i right . Is irreversible, am i right . That is ri. Ht, is irreversible, am i right . That is right. There is irreversible, am i right . That is right, there are is irreversible, am i right . That is right, there are different is irreversible, am i right . That is right, there are different parts. Is irreversible, am i right . That is right, there are different parts of| right, there are different parts of Ice Regions Around The World, we have the glaciers of the mountains and the polar regions and we have the great Ice Sheets of Greenland And Antarctica. The mountains and polar glaziers are particularly sensitive and we have already committed to further melting over the next decade, to hundreds of Years. We� re also going to see more Ice Loss from the greenland Ice Sheet over this century. And for the antarctic Ice Sheet, there is a wide range of possibilities if we limit Greenhouse Gas emissions. We may be fortunate and have a relatively low contribution to Sea Level Rise. But if we have very high Greenhouse Gas emissions and we are unlucky with how sensitive the Ice Sheet is, we could see very high Sea Level Rise indeed. Could see very high Sealevel Rise indeed. � , indeed. Am i right, the message is there is no indeed. Am i right, the message is there is no going indeed. Am i right, the message is there is no going back indeed. Am i right, the message is there is no going back from indeed. Am i right, the message is there is no going back from some i there is no going back from some change, once they have melted they cannot be refrozen, i assume . But Thatis Cannot be refrozen, i assume . But that is cautious optimism this could be slowed or even halted, or is that putting it too optimistically . We think putting it too optimistically . Think the mountain and polar glaciers, the smaller glaciers and also arctic Sea Ice could somehow reversible changes. So if we limit warming and eventually reduce temperatures further, those could regrow and restore to some degree. The Ice Sheets are much slower to respond, so Greenland And Antarctica will keep responding for hundreds, if not thousands of Years and combined with the warming of the ocean, which makes it expand and contribute to Sea Level Rise, that mean Sea Levels will remain elevated for thousands of Years. I mean Sea Levels will remain elevated for thousands of Years. For thousands of Years. I was very struck by what for thousands of Years. I was very struck by what the for thousands of Years. I was very struck by what the executive struck by what the Executive Director of the un Environment Programme said, she said scientists have been telling us for over three decades of the dangers of allowing the planet to warm. The world listens, but did not hear. Do you think government and people will buy back it is a difference between taking any notice of this and doing something about it . fit taking any notice of this and doing something about it . Something about it . Of course, Sreakin Something about it . Of course, speaking personally, something about it . Of course, speaking personally, i something about it . Of course, speaking personally, i do something about it . Of course, i speaking personally, i do Sense Something about it . Of course, l speaking personally, i do sense a real shift in the conversation over the last four Years. But what i think this ipcc assessment shows it is more comprehensive, more of the scientific evidence than ever before and the timing with the Cop26 Meeting later this year. It shows that if we do have immediate rapid and large scale reductions in Greenhouse Gas emissions, we can still limit warming to 1. 5 degrees above the late 1800s, as we have heard, without much overshoot and eventually go to Level Warming again. But if we don� t enact the policies and pledges we already have in place and if we don� t make those stronger, then we won� t meet that target. Stronger, then we wont meet that tarret. ~. ,. , stronger, then we wont meet that tarret. ~. , stronger, then we wont meet that tarret. ,. , target. What are your conclusions about reducing target. What are your conclusions about reducing those target. What are your conclusions about reducing those greenhouse i target. What are your conclusions about reducing those Greenhouse Gas emissions and keeping temperatures to 1. 5 celsius of preindustrial levels . Can it be done . This particular levels . Can it be done . This particular part levels . Can it be done . This particular part of levels . Can it be done . This particular part of the levels . Can it be done . Ti 3 particular part of the Ipcc Report is called the Working Group one report and we look at the scenarios of emissions and what that would mean for climate change. What we would need to look out for next year is the third Working Group which looks at mitigation. In other words, what are the different pathways to cutting those emissions. That will give much more of the detail about how we can cut emissions, whereas what this report is doing is showing the implications of very low emissions, or immediate or very high emissions, or immediate or very high emissions and what that implies further extreme weather, Sea Level Rise and other changes for the tamsin edwards, one of the authors of the report, thank you so much for your time. Thank you. Hundreds more people have been forced to leave their homes in parts of greece, as wildfires continue to burn out of control. This summer, scorching temperatures across much of Southern Europe have left Woodland Tinder dry and susceptible to fire. Greece itself is experiencing it� s worst heatwave, in 30 Years. The Region North of athens, and evia, the country� s second largest island, are among the worst hit areas. Ferries are helping to evacuate residents and holidaymakers from both. Matt graveling reports sirens. Thousands of hectares, habitats, homes. All reduced to ash. With each change in the wind carving a new path of devastation, those who Stay Save whatever they can. 0thers pack up their lives and head to the port. It� s like a scene of an apocalyptic movie, definitely. Because there is no sky, The Sun is red and it� s quite scary. More than 2000 people have been evacuated from evia by ferry. 0nce off the island, miles of smoke show the scale of the fight and it� s this Smoke Authority say hampers efforts to douse fires from above. Those on the ground say more needs to be done. The most people see that we don� t have any help until yesterday, and they could save everybody. And it wasn� t true, the people don� t know where to go. The big problem is that we feel that they let us burn. France, germany and the uk have all offered their help to greece, currently experiencing its hottest weather for 30 Years. Scientists warn that failure to tackle our impact on climate change means temperatures and the consequences will continue to rise. Matt graveling, Bbc News. 0ur Europe Correspondent Bethany Bell is on the greek island of evia. Here in the northern part of evia, firefighters are struggling to bring the blaze is under control. Villages have been evacuated and people are poised possibly to evacuate more places. The air is full of acrid smoke and the smell of burning. I don� t know if you can see, the sky is a strange grey colour. It is not cloud, it is smoke and it stings your eyes and some people say they are having trouble breathing. It is are having trouble breathing. It is a very, very serious situation here. The government says it is doing all it can to try to improve the situation, to bring people to safety. Local people that we have spoken to here, say they feel abandoned. They said the government should have known that wildfires happen here regularly and that they have failed to put the proper protections in when it comes to saving the forests and combating wildfires. Meanwhile, a huge wildfire in the north of california is now the second largest in the state� s history. Five people are missing after the Dixie Fire swept through two towns and forced the evacuation of thousands. It covers an area bigger than the city of los angeles. In peru, more than 500 firefighters are battling blazes in the country� s south. The wildfires have destroyed more than ten square kilometres of land since they began on thursday. There are no reports of fatalities or injuries so far. A Flood Defence System has failed in the italian city of venice, leaving st mark� s square and other central areas under water. High water has always been a part of venetian life but the Tide Peak usually affects venice in the autumn and winter. 0nly five times in the past, has the city looked like this in the summer months. The taliban has captured three more provincial capitals, this time in northern afghanistan, as they intensify their offensive to seize power. It follows the withdrawal of western troops. The cities appear to have fallen within hours of Each Other. The biggest is kunduz. It has a population of more than a quarter of A Million. The provincial capitals sar E Pul and taloqan are also largely in militant hands. Let� s speak to our South Asia correspondent, anbarasan ethirajan. It is the taliban is taking the city is relatively easy. Why are the government forces finding it so hard to keep control . As we speak, clashes are going on in afghanistan and fighting was intense in the west of the country and the southern part, especially Lashkar Gar, the capital of Helmand Province and the government is struggling to send reinforcement to different places. Local 0fficials, reinforcement to different places. Local officials, say they did not get the reinforcements in time and thatis get the reinforcements in time and that is one of the reasons why they had to evacuate. It is notjust about the Afghan Army as well. There are pro government militias and sometimes these people switch besides, they surrender to the taliban. And some of the regular Police Officers deserted their posts because they complain of lack of reinforcements. At the same time the government is saying they are struggling to recapture one district in taloqan. And in Lashkar Gar, they are making progress in Dislodging Taliban fighters there, the fighting has been intense. A spokesman has said they are now trying to launch attacks on different cities in the north. , attacks on different cities in the north. ,. , attacks on different cities in the north. ,. , attacks on different cities in the north. , north. Staying with Lashkar Gar, you mention kandahar. North. Staying with Lashkar Gar, you mention kandahar. My north. Staying with Lashkar Gar, you| mention kandahar. My understanding is government forces outnumber the taliban. As you say, fighting has been going on there quite fiercely for several days now, what, in your view, are the chances of the taliban taking those cities . The view, are the chances of the taliban taking those cities . Taking those cities . The taliban attacks did taking those cities . The taliban attacks did not taking those cities . The taliban attacks did not come taking those cities . The taliban attacks did not come overnight. Taking those cities . The taliban attacks did not come overnight. They have been capturing vast countries like the districts surrounding cities like Lashkar Gar for months and they have been capturing them one by one. City cities have been surrounded by areas under taliban control and they have been preparing for these assaults for many weeks, or even months. This process accelerated after the foreign forces started withdrawing from the country about three months ago. Now with the help of american Air Strikes and also afghan Airforce Help of american Air Strikes and also afghan Air Force planes, the afghan military say they can� t retake some of the cities. But if they are going to go to the countryside to dislodge the militants and that is going to be a big challenge. If other cities are to be recaptured districts from the taliban. ,. , ~ to be recaptured districts from the taliban. ,. ,. ,. , taliban. Good to talk to you, thank ou. Almost all legal Covid Restrictions in scotland have been lifted. From today, social distancing has been scrapped in most places and large outdoor gatherings can go ahead although face coverings are still required in most public settings. It also means that large Entertainment Venues like nightclubs are allowed to reopen. 0ur scotland reporter, Alexandra Mackenzie reports it� s been a long wait, but for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, clubs and clubbers in scotland are back. We� re so buzzing, we� re so excited. It� s my favourite club, so. The Buff Club in glasgow was raring to go atjust one minute past midnight. There was no social distancing required, and no facemasks when dancing, Drinking Or Dining. Restaurants and cafes are back at full capacity, with No Limit on the number of households per table. Masks must be worn when walking around, and customers should still use the test and protect app. So for us, the lack of social distancing now inside is a really big thing in hospitality. It means for us we have now the capacity for 1h tables instead of eight. So obviously that� s more people through the doors. It� s really great news, it� s a big step forward. Nicola sturgeon said her approach is a cautious one. She also said she can� T Guarantee that restrictions won� T Need to be reimposed at some point in the future. The leader of the Scottish Conservative Party said this easing of restrictions just doesn� t go far enough. Brenda owns this florist in glasgow� s West End. She� s delighted that business is getting back to normal, but happy that she and her customers will still need to wear a mask inside her shop. It� s a small shop and we� ve got to protect Each Other and everyone else all around us, and we want to stay open. I mean, it� s great getting back to the way things. What� s getting a wee bit back to normality again. So, yeah, i do. And i think. I don� t think the masks are going anywhere soon. I think we� re going to be having them on for a long, long time. And if that� s what we have to do, that� s what we have to do. This business was lucky. Others have struggled when staff have had to self isolate. From today, adults who are close contacts of someone with covid only need to isolate until they show a negative Pcr Test so long as they have been double vaccinated. For the clubbers, this is as close to normal as it� s been for well over a year. Alexandra mackenzie, Bbc News, glasgow. Speaking this morning, the first minister Nicola Sturgeon cautioned that coronavirus cases would rise as a result of further rules being eased but said the Scottish Government were still to make a decision on whether they would use Vaccine Passports in scotland. We haven� t ruled that out and i don� t think we should rule out anything that might allow us to use vaccination to retain normality in our lives without, you know, increasing the risk of spreading the virus. But there� s lots of things we� ve got to think through about Vaccine Passports and we are far from the only country doing this. There are ethical issues, some people can� t get vaccinated, there are equity issues around this, there are practical issues. So we are working through all of that and we will come to decisions with the full import of the Scottish Parliament in due course. We� re currently developing an app that will initially be able to be used for people to access covid certificates for international travel. That app does have functionality that would allow us to extend that for domestic use, should we decide that. I� m pretty adamant that we should not have Vaccine Passports for access to things like public services. I don� t think that would be acceptable. But things that are more voluntary for people there is a case to be made there and i think it� s important we think through that properly. Let� s get some reaction to the lifting of those restrictions. I� m joined now by Stephen Montgomery who owns the Townhead Hotel in lockerbie and the jolly harvester in dumfries and is spokesperson for 05 very good morning you. I assume you welcome this easing of restrictions . It has been a long 17, 18 months for everybody across scotland. Notjust for the hospitality but every sector. Last night� s lifting was a welcome step, especially for the night time industry which have had a long year, because they haven� t been up long year, because they haven� t been up at all since the 20th Of March last year. I up at all since the 20th Of March last ear. ~. ,. ,. , last year. I know some rules to remain in last year. I know some rules to remain in place, last year. I know some rules to remain in place, facemasks last year. I know some rules to remain in place, Facemasks On| last year. I know some rules to remain in place, Facemasks On public transport, could you enlighten me, do any of those existing restrictions affect the Hospitality Industry . Restrictions affect the Hospitality Indust . ~ , restrictions affect the Hospitality Indust ,. , industry . Absolutely, unless you are dancin , industry . Absolutely, unless you are dancing, drinking industry . Absolutely, unless you are dancing, drinking or industry . Absolutely, unless you are dancing, Drinking Or Dining industry . Absolutely, unless you are dancing, Drinking Or Dining you industry . Absolutely, unless you are dancing, Drinking Or Dining you are i dancing, Drinking Or Dining you are required to wear your face covering when walking about with an hospitality setting. That does bring issues as well around policing there. We are trying to make sure people abide by that, but even down to a game of Pool And Darts comme can stand at the point in your hand when you are playing pool, but when you play your shot you have to put your pint down and put your mask on to play the shot. Same applies to dart. But we didn� T Push back on that, we asked for the rules to be around no more personal choice. We understand there is a public Health Issue and we will do everything we can to support that. Can to support that. What are your thou~hts can to support that. What are your thoughts on can to support that. What are your thoughts on vaccine can to support that. What are your thoughts on Vaccine Passports . I i thoughts on Vaccine Passports . I think as the first minister pointed out, there is ethical and equity challenges within that. Also the art that will be developed, what happens if you don� t have a Mobile Phone what happens if your battery runs flat . I don� t think it will be welcome within the hospitality setting. You cannot discriminate a lot of people, we didn� t want to be vaccinated or cannot get vaccinated. I understand. In terms of going forward, we know how difficult it has been for the Hospitality Industry across the uk. What did your Sector Need in terms of help going forward . Your Sector Need in terms of help going forward . Most people have benefited in going forward . Most people have benefited in some going forward . Most people have benefited in some way going forward . Most people have benefited in some way with going forward . Most people have benefited in some way with the l going forward . Most people have l benefited in some way with the 596 benefited in some way with the 5 but that doesn� t help the night time economy he rely on a wet sales, so there needs to be a continuation of that 5 vat, but that is a Uk Government issue. We need to be looking at the rates for 2022, 2023 because that will be set on 2016 rates. So there is a financial burden we will have. We will ask the Scottish Government to look at that because it is a devolved issue and looking at national insurance contributions to make it easy for the employee. There is recruitment issues, and we need to sit down and realise that Hospitality Cannot Go On as it was before. I think we need to embrace that, embrace the change. We need to sit down and reassess our staff Well Being and everything that goes into that. IT Needs to be done with the help of Scottish Government and we will be there to give input and we will be there to give input and sit round the table and discuss the long term issues we do have. That is interesting you say Hospitality Cannot Go On as it did in the past, in what way will it look different . We in the past, in what way will it look different . In the past, in what way will it look different . ~. ,. ,. , look different . We need to promote hositali look different . We need to promote hospitality as look different . We need to promote hospitality as a look different . We need to promote hospitality as a career look different . We need to promote hospitality as a career not look different . We need to promote hospitality as a Career Notjust look different . We need to promote hospitality as a Career Notjust a hospitality as a Career Notjust a stepping stone. Get people back into the industry, not being looked on as the industry, not being looked on as the last choice, as far as employment is concerned. This industry can take you all Around The World, it is an exciting industry to work in and has done a lot for me over the last few Years. I came into this industry with no experience and now i am a business owner. They are so many opportunities in the Hospitality Sector and we have to get away from working long hours, working in the kitchen and serving drinks. There is a hr department, accountancy departments, lots of things that range from the Hospitality Sector that lots of people don� t know about. Hospitality sector that lots of people dont know about. Good to talk to you. People dont know about. Good to talk to you, many people dont know about. Good to talk to you, many thanks. People dont know about. Good to| talk to you, many thanks. Thanks, rebecca. Free taxis, pizzas and Cinema Tickets are just some of the incentives that the british government hopes will encourage more young people to take up the offer of a coronavirus vaccine. The latest national Health Service figures show that around 30 of 18 to 29 year olds in the uk are yet to have their firstjab. 0ur Reporter Luxmy gopal has more. Not the sort of shots you� d normally expect to have on A Night Out in a club. 0n the Dance Floor of this london venue, people are getting their dose of the covid vaccine. Well, i� m actually in a musical in the West End at the moment round the corner, and i� ve just finished a show and i noticed that this was open. Its such a good thing for the youth, to be like, look, this is where were at, you know this place, you feel comfortable here sojust come along and get yourjab. For the first time, Night Clubs including heaven in central london, and the nightingale in birmingham are being used as temporary vaccination clinics to try to encourage more young people to get the jab. In the same way the different communities that have gone into, whether it be a synagogue or mosque, wherever they go to try and target different communities, we can target a younger audience and the younger audience are not getting the vaccine so let� s use a nightclub and try and target them. Other attempts to target younger Age Groups include the Surrey Theme Park Thorpe Park offering the Pfizer Vaccine at a Pop Up Clinic, the Festival Latitude bringing jabs to Music Fans on a vaccination bus, and a Vaccine Festival providing free food and live music to those getting their injections in the London Borough of tower hamlets. I was telling my spanish friends, like, this is what they� re doing in the uk, they� re inviting you to parties while you get the vaccine, and they were like, oh, we all need to go to the uk 26 year old Tasnim Jara is one of the team of doctors Debunking Covid Myths for young audiences on tiktok and other Social Media sites translating them, too, for hard to reach communities. Speaks bangla. And more incentives are planned to increase Vaccine Update in the under 30s. Deliveroo will offer vouchers to young people who get vaccinated. Uber will provide discounts on rides and uber eats meals. The ride hailing App Bolt will give free credits to vaccination centres. Pizza pilgrims is in talks with the government about giving free slices away at drop in clinics. Cinema tickets and free coffee are other incentives being suggested, though details on all of these plans are yet to be revealed. From september, the government says unvaccinated people won� t be able to enter Night Clubs and other large scale events. But how effective can the Carrot And Stick approach be . 23 year old sam duffy, a regular at this club, was keen to get the vaccine as soon as he was eligible but his twin is the opposite. My Twin Brother is quite hesitant to take it. Trying to convince him he needs to take it, especially these covid passports and stuff come in later in the year, he� s not going to be able to go out any bars, clubs, things like that. So, yeah. Why is he hesitant . A lot of online stuff, he kind of, you know, reads the misinformation about it, a bit sceptical, a bit nervous about the long Term Side effects of it. Do you think the incentives that the government is offering for young people might persuade your brother to take the jab . Possibly so. I mean, it depends how entrenched his views are. Latest figures showjust under 70 of 18 to 29 year olds have had theirfirstjab, compared to just under 90 of the wider adult population. But of course they haven� t been eligible for as long, and the nhs lead at this Pop Up Clinic says young uptake of the vaccine isn� t that far behind, relatively speaking. I think we are all learning and we� re trying to figure out new ways and more innovative ways, i think, of really encouraging people out. So i� m not sure if it� s really about young people, really. Because, actually, we still have a lot of people who are older and other vulnerable populations that are still not vaccinated yet. Work continues on finding ways to get more of the population jabbed. These young people at least are now part of that club. Luxmy gopal, Bbc News. More now on the un� s assessment of climate change that portrays an overheating world slipping deeper into crisis. In 3 months� time the Cop26 Summit will take place in glasgow and is being touted as an opportity to turn promises into practice with a focus on a target of 1. 5 degrees. What is it and why does it matter . 0ur Reality Check correspondent Chris Morris is here it was the last Big International Climate Summit in paris in 2015 which produced a legally binding treaty with a clear goal to limit Global Warming this century to well below 2 degrees, and preferably to 1. 5 Degrees Celsius, compared to pre industrial levels. It� s important to stress that when we talk about 1. 5 degrees of warming we� re talking about the increase in the average temperature across the whole planet. It doesn� T Sound like a lot, but some places have already seen much bigger increases. And as the earth warms up, extreme weather events are becoming more frequent. Climate scientists were alarmed by how extreme some of them have been such as the soaring temperatures in North America� s Heat Dome Injune and july this year, smashing previous records. The comparison to pre industrial levels a couple of hundred Years ago is also important, because nearly all man made Global Warming has been caused by our use of Fossil Fuels coal, Oil And Gas which have powered the industrial age. The transition to Renewable Energy is well under way, but it� s going to be really hard to meet the 1. 5 Degree Target many experts think it may already be too late to do so. The increase in global temperatures has now reached about 1. 2 degrees above pre industrial levels. So, if current trends continued, it� s likely we� d pass 1. 5 degrees some time in the 2030s and possibly even sooner, and we� d be heading for at least three degrees of warming by The End of the century with catastrophic consequences. That� s why there is now such a concerted push for action. And the difference between 1. 5 and 2 degrees may noT Sound like much. But the intergovernmental panel on climate change has said 1. 5 instead of 2 degrees would mean. 10 Million fewer people losing their homes to rising Sea Levels, potentially preventing some low lying island countries from disappearing altogether. It would limit the loss of Coral Reefs, of Endangered Species and of arctic Sea Ice. And there� d be roughly 50 fewer people Around The World struggling to find fresh water. Even at 1. 5 degrees there will be big changes to our climate, but one of the main goals in glasgow is to keep the target firmly within reach. To do that the world needs to halve Greenhouse Gas emissions over the next decade, and Reach Net Zero Emissions by the middle of the century. That all means huge and rapid changes to the way societies and companies operate. And this is the decade when those changes are going to have to start happening. Let� s get more on the political reaction to the report ahead of the Cop26 Summit. Let� s talk to our political correspondent nick eardley. This is a dramatic report with stark warnings, tell us about the political reaction to it. I suppose ou political reaction to it. I suppose you would political reaction to it. I suppose you would expect, political reaction to it. I suppose you would expect, boris political reaction to it. I suppose j you would expect, Boris Johnson political reaction to it. I suppose you would expect, Boris Johnson has you would expect, borisjohnson has been saying that sobering reading and it is clear that the next decade is going to be pivotal if the world is going to address climate change. Also saying it as a Wake Up Call for the world to act now. A lot of the Uk Government focus is on that conference in glasgow at The End of october, the Cop 26 conference when countries from Around The World will come up with some binding new targets. The uk is trying to provide some Examples of what can be done. We have heard a lot in the last few months about the net zero target, to be carbon neutral in the uk by 2050, there are various goals along the way, including in 1a Years time, 78 of emissions being removed from the uk. There are some really big targets, and there are some big changes to the way that many of us are going to live our lives if the uk is going to meet those targets. To choose two, there are plans to get rid of new Gas Boilers in the uk by 2035, plans to stop the sale of Petrol And Diesel cars, the uk would say we have got some bold plans, some bold targets and tangible ways that we want to get towards that. I have got to say, though, i do think there are some really big challenges over this. There are some really big challenges overthis. Nobody there are some really big challenges over this. Nobody in westminster is going to try and tackle climate change is a bad idea, that argument whether it is real has been left in the past, but there are questions and some debates about how you achieve some of these targets that the government is setting itself. There are a growing number of conservative mps, some of Boris Johnson� s i lies in the governing party who are concerned about some of the plans. They are slightly worried that they are going to have a big impact on people� s pockets, The Cost Of Living in the uk and are increasingly vocally asking questions about how it is going to be paid for. That is one of the reasons that some of the big reviews of the Uk Government at the moment have been delayed. We expected to see some of them from the treasury, from Downing Street, in the new term of parliament which starts next month, but there is a real pressure on the government to come up with some answers, not only about the targets, the things you want to do, but practically and economically, how you make them happen. Thank you ve much. I� m joined now by ella gilbert, a Climate Scientist at university of reading. Good morning. This is a huge report. The vast size, 111,000 references, what in your view is the most important message to come out of it . As you say, it is huge, summarising something like that is difficult. The most important message is that climate change is unequivocally related to Human Activity and the consequences of ongoing warming i really start. You only have to look at the headlines of the wildfires and Flooding And Heat waves that are happening all over the world, to get a taste of what it could be like. It is only going to get worse if we don� t start mitigating our own impact now, preferably yesterday, but now it is also good. The consequences but now it is also good. The consequences of but now it is also good. The consequences of climate change are happening faster than we thought, aren� t they . Happening faster than we thought, arent they . Arent they . Some ways, yes. The Heat Dome Arent they . Some ways, yes. The Heat Dome happened arent they . Some ways, yes. The Heat Dome happened a arent they . Some ways, yes. The Heat Dome happened a few arent they . Some ways, yes. The | Heat Dome happened a few months arent they . Some ways, yes. The Heat Dome happened a few months ago, record shattering. We are seeing changes in our Climate System that are unexpected. Ultimately, the storyline as as we expected, we have known that extreme events will continue to become more frequent and more intense, we have known that we will start losing arctic Sea Ice and this will accelerate, we have known that greenland will lose ice, Sea Levels will rise, temperatures will rise, precipitation is will be more intense, this is not surprising, it is just the kind intense, this is not surprising, it isjust the kind of intense, this is not surprising, it is just the kind of when you put them all together in this way, it is even more overwhelming, i suppose. You make a persuasive case, world governments and ordinary people actually take any notice . We governments and ordinary people actually take any notice . We have to because the actually take any notice . We have to because the risks actually take any notice . We have to because the risks associated actually take any notice . We have to because the risks associated with because the risks associated with warming and 1. 5 degrees or 2 degrees above preindustrial temperatures are enormous and they will affect All Of Us. Climate change is already affecting us all over the world, no matter who you are, it is only going to get worse. We have to do everything we can to mitigate our impact on the environment and as the report also says, every tonne of emissions matters. Every action we can take to reduce our c02 emissions matters. Every action we can take to reduce our Co2 Emissions matters. I can take to reduce our c02 emissions matters. ,. ,~ can take to reduce our c02 emissions matters. ,. , matters. I wanted to ask you whether the ipcc matters. I wanted to ask you whether the ipcc are matters. I wanted to ask you whether the ipcc are a matters. I wanted to ask you whether the ipcc are a similar matters. I wanted to ask you whether the ipcc are a similar body matters. I wanted to ask you whether the ipcc are a similar body ever the ipcc are a similar body ever purchased as a League Table of the worst polluters . I was thinking of the tables of the Vaccination Rates, we compare who is doing well and not so well. Does such a thing exist and what does it tell us . And if it doesn� t, would it be helpful . Yell among the ipcc does not do that, it is out of scope, but there are organisations track the pledges made by governments, climate Action Tracker has a good summary where different countries are at in terms of meeting the targets and what they said they will do. We of meeting the targets and what they said they will do. Said they will do. We need to hold arab countries said they will do. We need to hold arab countries to said they will do. We need to hold arab countries to account, said they will do. We need to hold arab countries to account, are said they will do. We need to hold i arab countries to account, are World Leaders to account and make sure this upcoming Cop 26 summit, they put their money where their mouth is and start achieving those targets instead ofjust saying they and start achieving those targets instead of just saying they will do them. And . Really good to talk to you. Thank you very much. So what can businesses do to tackle climate change . We can also speak to kathi kaesehage, lecturer in climate Change And Business strategy at the university of edinburgh. Good morning. How are Uk Companies doing over all at changing their behaviour and i mean changing their behaviour, notjust Setting Targets to emit less carbon . To emit less carbon . Over the last coule of to emit less carbon . Over the last couple of Years. To emit less carbon . Over the last couple of Years, we to emit less carbon . Over the last couple of Years, we have to emit less carbon . Over the last couple of Years, we have seen couple of Years, we have seen businesses make a difference in changing how they engage with their customers, what products to they offer and how they structure their Supply Chain, especially small enterprises, good at really changing what they are doing because they are smaller and reacting to change. Have a look at the smaller businesses across the uk because they are setting an Example. Across the uk because they are setting an Example. What about the Bi Aer setting an Example. What about the bigger ones . Setting an Example. What about the bigger ones . They setting an Example. What about the bigger ones . They are setting an Example. What about the bigger ones . They are making setting an Example. What about the i bigger ones . They are making changes too, but it bigger ones . They are making changes too. But it is bigger ones . They are making changes too, but it is tricky bigger ones . They are making changes too, but it is tricky because bigger ones . They are making changes too, but it is tricky because they too, but it is tricky because they are global organisations. They are starting to engage in Business Networks and clear communications with their Supply Chain and customers. I really think that is where the solution lies. Businesses cannot come up with solutions themselves. It has be with clear conversations with different stakeholders and with the government. Stakeholders and with the government. Stakeholders and with the rovernment. ,. ,. , government. How clear are the rules that govern government. How clear are the rules that govern this government. How clear are the rules that govern this area . Government. How clear are the rules that govern this area . Is government. How clear are the rules that govern this area . Is it government. How clear are the rules that govern this area . Is it clear that govern this area . Is it clear enough about what they should and should not be doing . And what help is available to them . That should not be doing . And what help is available to them . Is available to them . That is an area that is is available to them . That is an area that is changing is available to them . That is an area that is changing at is available to them . That is an area that is changing at the is available to them . That is an area that is changing at the moment. So they are policies and regulations for smaller companies and bigger organisations. But that is why Cop 26 is so important, that we come up with more clear regulating and more of them. Because the area is changing so quickly, what kinds of materials we should use, from whom, and where across the world. That is why the governmenT Needs to step up and tell us exactly what is possible and tell us exactly what is possible and what is not possible. At the same time, these regulations, they need to be created and clear conversation with businesses because they need to be affordable and the need to be actionable. Nobody can just come up with solutions by themselves. That is why we see slow progress. The Report Today shows that there is no way out, we need to come up with better solutions and we need to bring us together and come up need to bring us together and come up with co created solutions. Itruihat up with cocreated solutions. What ressures up with cocreated solutions. What pressures could up with co created solutions. What pressures could consumers put on businesses . I wonder how transparent are they to use green credentials of businesses to help consumers make informed choices . That businesses to help consumers make informed choices . Informed choices . ThaT Needs to be imroved. Informed choices . ThaT Needs to be improved we informed choices . ThaT Needs to be improved. We need informed choices . ThaT Needs to be improved. We need to informed choices . ThaT Needs to be improved. We need to be informed choices . ThaT Needs to be improved. We need to be clear improved. We need to be clear on labelling, where their products come from . What is their Carbon Footprint . We need to know what we are consuming and what kind of impact that has on the environment. There is information out there, but consumers have to really search for that. We need to provide information that. We need to provide information thatis that. We need to provide information that is accessible easily. In the supermarket, i need to know what kind of product is better to consume because of the Carbon Footprint being lower, that is where we need to tackle some problems there and come up with better solutions to make it more accessible and to allow us to make better solutions, make better choices. Us to make better solutions, make better choices. Thank you very much. So aood to better choices. Thank you very much. So good to talk better choices. Thank you very much. So good to talk to better choices. Thank you very much. So good to talk to you. Better choices. Thank you very much. So good to talk to you. Thank better choices. Thank you very much. So good to talk to you. Thank you. I yesterday marked The End of the Tokyo 0lympics, with the Closing Ceremony devoid of fans in the national stadium. Moments after the flame was extinguished, a volley of multi coloured fireworks lit up the Night Sky above the stadium. The olympic flag was handed over to the mayor of paris where the games will be held in three Years time. As Team Gb� s athletes return home, they secured 65 medals in tokyo, placing them in fourth position on the table. I� m joined now by Team Gb� s ben maher, who secured gold in the equestrian Jumping Individial event. He� s in bishop stortford. Many congratulations. I wanted to start with the positive, but you are not wearing your medal. Where sa . Ih not wearing your medal. Where sa . In case you were asking, i have it here. ,. , case you were asking, i have it here. ,. , here. How do you carry it home . They ave us a here. How do you carry it home . They gave us a very here. How do you carry it home . They gave us a very nice here. How do you carry it home . They gave us a very nice box here. How do you carry it home . They gave us a very nice box which here. How do you carry it home . They gave us a very nice box which has i here. How do you carry it home . They gave us a very nice box which has a i gave us a very nice box which has a hidden in the bottom and it is very well packaged up. It comes in your Hand Luggage with a lot of team members. We all travelled back yesterday. Members. We all travelled back esterda. ~. Members. We all travelled back esterda. ~. Members. We all travelled back yesterday members. We all travelled back esterda. ~. , yesterday. What was the atmosphere like on the plane . Yesterday. What was the atmosphere like on the plane . Our yesterday. What was the atmosphere like on the plane . Our plane yesterday. What was the atmosphere like on the plane . Our plane was i like on the plane . Our plane was ruite like on the plane . Our plane was quite quiet like on the plane . Our plane was quite quiet but like on the plane . Our plane was quite quiet but i like on the plane . Our plane was quite quiet but i heard like on the plane . Our plane was quite quiet but i heard there i like on the plane . Our plane was quite quiet but i heard there was| like on the plane . Our plane was. Quite quiet but i heard there was a party in the back of the aeroplane but they were all younger than me. I know that feeling. How do you reflect on your achievement . It was nail biting. Reflect on your achievement . It was nailbitinr. ~. , reflect on your achievement . It was nailbitinr. ~. ,. , reflect on your achievement . It was nailbitin. ,. ,. , reflect on your achievement . It was nailbiting nailbiting. Was incredible for me, a lot of expectations nailbiting. Was incredible for me, a lot of expectations going nailbiting. Was incredible for me, a lot of expectations going to i a lot of expectations going to tokyo, i do have a very, very good horse, and he was on form, and with that comes added pressure. Everything went to plan and my horse was incredible, and everything just happened so fast, i don� t think it� s really sinking an. As the week goes on, things will get back to normal and it will become a reality. An absolute dream to be able to be in that position. Absolute dream to be able to be in that position absolute dream to be able to be in that position. When you felt added ressure, that position. When you felt added pressure. Why that position. When you felt added pressure, why was that position. When you felt added pressure, why was that . That position. When you felt added pressure, why was that . It that position. When you felt added pressure, why was that . It is i that position. When you felt added pressure, why was that . It is my l pressure, why was that . It is my fourth olympic pressure, why was that . It is my fourth olympic games pressure, why was that . It is my fourth olympic games and i pressure, why was that . It is my fourth olympic games and he i pressure, why was that . It is my fourth olympic games and he is| pressure, why was that . It is my l fourth olympic games and he is an exceptional horse, i have had some very good horses over the past Years, but as a writer in an equestrian event, having the right horse at the right time, he had come off a Grand Prix when an whence are just one month ago, and people start to expect, people say things to me, normally it doesn� t affect me but i felt more going into this. He is that good that really it was down to me not to make a mistake. Fortunately, everything went to plan. 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I read an article this morning, in our sport, different. I read an article this morning, in oursport, we different. I read an article this morning, in our sport, we do not have a lot of down time, this week i am competing in london, so we continue to compete. Some of the other Sporting Events tend to peak at the olympics and then they go home and there is nothing, no competition for many months. I can imagine that leaves a very empty space in their lives. When they have built up to one event. Like i said, for us, i have other horses that i compete on and we have a 12 Month Cycle of what we do. So as the pressure goes in tokyo, we were very isolated in our room, only allowed out to train and compete. That was tough. A lot of time, too much time tough. A lot of time, too much time to think about where there were no distractions or to go and support other events. That was more difficult this time. 0bviously, from an Athlete Point of view, we were very fortunate that tokyo did go ahead. It very fortunate that tokyo did go ahead. , very fortunate that tokyo did go ahead. ,. ,. , very fortunate that tokyo did go ahead. ,. ,. ,. , very fortunate that tokyo did go ahead. ,. ,. , ahead. It has brought so many of us so much joy ahead. It has brought so many of us so much joy and ahead. It has brought so many of us so much Joy And Joy ahead. It has brought so many of us so much joy. And joy for ahead. It has brought so many of us so much joy. And joy for you. I ahead. It has brought so many of us so much joy. And joy for you. Can i so muchjoy. And joy for you. Can you give me a sense of what is going through your mind when you are jumping . Through your mind when you are uminr . , , through your mind when you are uminr . ,. , � jumping . Honestly, normally, im Ve In Jumping . Honestly, normally, im very in Control Jumping . Honestly, normally, im very in control of jumping . Honestly, normally, im very in control of everything i jumping . Honestly, normally, im very in control of everything that i very in control of everything that is happening. I have to feel what my horse is doing underneath me, i have a plan, it is myjob to know what is happening at every moment. With the jump happening at every moment. With the jump coming for the medals, everything happened so fast. My Team Mates was watching the previous competitors so that i could see what i had to do. Because i was outside warming the horse up. He told me you have got to go as fast as you can go and don� t leave anything on the table, take the risk. As a sport, we can compete as individuals every week against Each Other, so i know a little about the capabilities of Everybody Else. In the jumpoff, honestly, i almost blanked out a little bit. I was so focused. Everything went right but i don� t know how i did it. Everything went right but i dont know how i did it. Everything went right but i dont know how i did it. Fortune favours The Brave know how i did it. Fortune favours The Brave. For know how i did it. Fortune favours The Brave. For younger know how i did it. Fortune favours The Brave. For younger people i The Brave. For younger people especially who watched you and were inspired to give the sport a go, how difficult it . Where you from a Jumping Family . Difficult it . Where you from a Jumping Family . Difficult it . Where you from a Uminr Famil . ,. ,. , Jumping Family . Know, my mum Rode A Horse at the Jumping Family . Know, my mum Rode A Horse at the weekend Jumping Family . Know, my mum Rode A Horse at the weekend when Jumping Family . Know, my mum Rode A Horse at the weekend when i Jumping Family . Know, my mum Rode A Horse at the weekend when i was i horse at the weekend when i was young and i went to the local stable, a shetland pony, i went to pny stable, a shetland pony, i went to Pony Club when i was older, so i am not from a horse jumping Pony Club when i was older, so i am not from a Horsejumping Background at all. Like anything, people say it is an elite sport and the horses are very expensive to keep, but so are many other sports. They have hidden costs. So it is a great sport whether it� s a hobby or at the top end, there are many ways to get involved, stables around the country. I encourage anyone to get out and enjoy the horses and enjoy our great country side. You out and enjoy the horses and enoy our great country side. I our great country side. You are roof of our great country side. You are proof of what our great country side. You are proof of what is our great country side. You are proof of what is possible. I our great country side. You are J Proof of what is possible. Enjoy your win, you deserve it, celebrated and thank you for talking to us. A baby thought to be the world� s smallest at birth has been discharged from a Singapore Hospital after 13 months of intensive treatment. Kwek Yu Xuan was just 212 grams the weight of an apple when she was born and measured 2a centimetres long. Her mother gave birth to her by Emergency C Section four months ahead of schedule after she was diagnosed with pre eclampsia dangerously high Blood Pressure that can damage vital organs and be fatal for both mother and baby. Yu xuan now weighs a much healthier 6 point 3 kg. Doctors here in singapore at the national University Hospital where she was born. They actually said that babies who are born that premature usually have about a 70 survival rate. Now, that is fairly high, but they also expected her to weigh about at least 400 grams. But she weighed just 212 grams. Many of the doctors who were looking after her here said that really put in a low chance of survival for her. So Kwek Yu Xuan really surprising doctors with her progress here. Now, when she was first born, she was so small, the doctors really struggled to look after her. Her skin was very sensitive. So it was very hard to put probes onto her skin in order to monitor her health. Also, the nappies that were available here in singapore were far too large and it was really important that she had regular nappies because her skin was so sensitive. Even the medicine that was administered to her had to be calculated down to the decimal point. So it really is some sort of miracle here. The doctors here said that it was a covid 19 miracle because she was born in the middle of the pandemic, and that her progress really gave a ray of hope amidst all the darkness that there has been in the last year or so. And how is she now . What does the future hold . As you mention, she is a very healthy weight now, 6. 4 kilograms, around 14lbs. Now, because she was born so premature, she does have chronic Lung Disease and she also has pulmonary hypertension so she will need help on a ventilator when she is back at home. But doctors here in Singapore Say that she is likely to outgrow a lot of those conditions, that premature babies do outgrow them and with the progress that she has made, they are really confident that she will improve even at home. She can roll over by herself, she is learning to use a bottle, and, apparently, she is very fond of her dummy. We will have more on the report from un experts, about the catastrophic impact of global warning. That is all coming up on abc news. Now it� s time for a look at the weather with Carol Kirkwood Hello again. Some of us, we had some torrential downpours at the weekend. Today, there are still some torrential downpours in the forecast, but as we go through the week, there will be fewer showers and it will turn a little bit now it� s time for a look at the weather with Carol Kirkwood but not across the board. Now, the low pressure that has been driving our weather is still with us today. It is starting to ease off, though. It is starting to fill. But you can see we also have Weather Fronts which have been producing rain this morning. Now, that Rain Clearing away from the South East will leave showers behind it across england and wales. A front across scotland is also producing some showers, some of those will be heavy, in the South East third of scotland, and could produce a lot of rain in a short amount of time. Equally, we could see a line of showers develop from somerset towards london. Some of those could be heavy and thundery, but the showers, not All Of Us will see them. There will be a lot of dry weather in between with some sunshine and highs up to 21 degrees. Through this evening and overnight, some of the showers will fade, but we will see a band of heavy showers moving across Northern England in the small hours of tomorrow morning. With all of this going on, it is not going to be a cold night. In towns and cities, temperatures staying easily in double figures. They will be a little bit lower in rural areas. Now, tomorrow, a ridge of High Pressure builds across us, settling things down. A lot of dry weather, a fair bit of sunshine, variable amounts of cloud. Yes, there is a chance of an isolated shower, but we� ll see more showers across the north and the east of scotland, some of those ones, again, could be heavy and thundery. Temperatures, well, in The Sunshine, temperatures responding quite nicely. We could get up to 22 or 23 degrees, 16 or 17 if you are stuck under one of the showers. Into wednesday, well, we still have this ridge of High Pressure across us, Weather Fronts coming in from the atlantic bringing rain, but they arE Pulling in southerly, so they are dragging up some warmerair from the near continent. So wednesday dawns on a sunny note, the Cloud Building in from the west, turning The Sunshine hazy and then the rain arriving into western areas later in the day. Under that band of cloud and rain, temperatures will be that bit lower. Again, we are looking at 16 to about 19 degrees. But we could hit 2a or 25 somewhere in the South East on wednesday. Then the outlook, well, it is going to stay warm in the South And East but further rain in the north, particularly north west scotland. This is Bbc News. I� m lukwesa burak. The headlines at 11 a Code Red for humanity a united Nations Report says it� s � unequivocal� that Human Activities are responsible for Global Warming and says its findings must be the � Death Knell� for Fossil Fuels. This generation can make systemic changes that will stop the planet warming. Climate change is here now, but we are also here now and if we don� t act, who will . Borisjohnson said the report Makes For Sobering Reading and called for urgent global action as he says the next decade is going to be pivotal to securing the future of our planet. The un report comes as Fire And Smoke Force Holidaymakers and residents to flee a greek island. Forests continue to burn out of control across the country. Three more afghan cities fall to the taliban, as they dismiss international calls for a ceasefire. The Dancing Re Starts in scotland, as almost all of the final coronavirus restrictions are lifted. And, a baby thought to be the world� s smallest at birth has been discharged from a Singapore Hospital after 13 months of intensive treatment. It is unequivocal that Human Activities are responsible for climate change. Thats the finding of a new study by the un� s intergovernmental panel on climate change. It� s the most up to Date Assessment of how Global Warming will change the world in the coming decades. Environmental experts have called it a massive Wake Up Call to governments, to cut emissions. 234 authors from 66 countries have worked on the landmark assessment. The report says the global average Temprature Rise could reach, or exceed, 1. 5 celsius in the next 20 Years 10 Years sooner than expected. That Tempreature Rise will breach the ambition of the 2015 paris climate agreement, and bring widespread devastation and unprecedented extreme weather. This comes less than three months before the Cop26 Climate Conference In Glasgow, scotland. These vital un talks that will determine the future course of efforts to tackle climate change. And the Uk Minister responsible for delivering cop26 has released this statement, following the publication of today� s report. Alok sharma says our message to every country, government, Business And Part of society is simple. The next decade is decisive, follow the science and embrace your responsibility to keep the goal of 1. 5c alive. Our Environment And Energy Analyst Roger Harrabin has more. Wildfires blazing through Turkey And Greece. The panel concludes will see a lot more fires as temperatures continue to rise, arise they will as Greenhouse Gas emissions keep growing. The increased Heat But Change weather patterns, bring more and more rainfall, researchers say. London was shocked to find it is underwater a few weeks ago. Rainfall patterns are hard to predict but experts say Northern Europe will be wetter overall. London� s hampstead ponds, they� ve already had to raise and reinforce the dams to protect Hundreds Of Homes downstream from the sort of fonts expected in extreme reins that are forecast to come. The cost has been huge. We are already paying the price of ignoring The Scientist� warnings on climate change. The scientist warnings on climate chance. ,. , The Scientist warnings on climate chance. , The Scientist warnings on climate chance. , change. This report states is an absolute fact change. This report states is an absolute fact that change. This report states is an absolute fact that human i change. This report states is an i absolute fact that Human Influence is warming the climate. That� s a very stark reminder that it is our activities which are changing the climate and affecting these extreme weather events. As the planet continues to warm these consequences just get worse. Ice continues to warm these consequences just get worse just get worse. Ice in the arctic is meltin just get worse. Ice in the arctic is melting faster just get worse. Ice in the arctic is melting faster than just get worse. Ice in the arctic is melting faster than many just get worse. Ice in the arctic is L Melting faster than many scientists predicted. That leads to Sea Level Rises. Which in turn increases coastal flooding. Rises. Which in turn increases coastalflooding. The rises. Which in turn increases coastal flooding. The seas will keep rising four may be thousands of Years because the Ocean Deep has absorbed so much heat already. Political attitudes are changing, the uk is getting electric cars, we need clean technology for home heating, too. In the words of one leading scientist, we are not doomed but if we want to avoid catastrophe, we have to drastically cut emissions. Now. Valerie Masson Delmotte is a Climate Scientist and Co Chair of one of the ipcc Working Groups which produced the climate change report. She said the 1. 5 celsius global Warming Temperature Goal will be breached in the next two decades. We� ve known for a long time that with more emissions climate would continue to change, and this report confirms with more robust findings that, for instance, a higher rate of Greenhouse Gas emissions leads to a higher rate of warming, and that this leads to an increase in the Intensity And Frequency of extremes. I would like to flag that on these aspects. We have a much clearer picture of the regional consequences that in Fact Scale with the level of Global Warming, and this is clearly reflected in our interactive atlas, which brings together information from Global Climate Models that have advanced with higher resolution, and also regional Climate Models that are important to provide final information at regional scales, and this is also a major advance. Hundreds more people have been forced to leave their homes in parts of greece, as wildfires continue to burn out of control. This summer, scorching temperatures across much of Southern Europe have left woodland, tinder dry and susceptible to fire. Greece itself is experiencing its worst heatwave in 30 Years. The Region North of athens and evia, the country� s second largest island, are among the worst hit areas. Ferries are helping to evacuate residents and holidaymakers from both. Matt graveling reports. Sirens. Thousands of hectares, habitats, homes. All reduced to ash. With each change in the wind carving a new path of devastation, those who Stay Save whatever they can. 0thers pack up their lives and head to the port. It� s like a scene of an apocalyptic movie, definitely. Because there is no sky, The Sun is red and it� s quite scary. More than 2000 people have been evacuated from evia by ferry. 0nce off the island, miles of smoke show the scale of the fight and it� s this Smoke Authority say hampers efforts to douse fires from above. Those on the ground say more needs to be done. The most people see that we don� t have any help until yesterday, and they could save everybody. And it wasn� t true, the people don� t know where to go. The big problem is that we feel that they let us burn. France, germany and the uk have all offered their help to greece, currently experiencing its hottest weather for 30 Years. Scientists warn that failure to tackle our impact on climate change means temperatures and the consequences will continue to rise. Matt graveling, Bbc News. 0ur Europe Correspondent, Bethany Bell, is on the greek island of evia. Here in the northern part of evia, firefighters are struggling to bring the blaze is under control. Villages have been evacuated and people are poised possibly to evacuate more places. The air is full of acrid smoke and the smell of burning. I don� t know if you can see, the sky is a strange grey colour. It is not cloud, it is smoke and it stings your eyes and some people say they are having trouble breathing. It is a very, very serious situation here. The government says it is doing all it can to try to improve the situation, to bring people to safety. Local people that we have spoken to here say they feel abandoned. They said the government should have known that wildfires happen here regularly and that they have failed to put the proper protections in when it comes to saving the forests and combating wildfires. Meanwhile, a huge wildfire in the north of california is now the second largest in the state� s history. Five people are missing, after the Dixie Fire swept through two towns and forced the evacuation of thousands. It covers an area bigger than the city of los angeles. In peru, more than 500 firefighters are battling blazes in the country� s south. The wildfires have destroyed more than 10 square kilometres of land since they began on thursday. There are no reports of fatalities or injuries so far. A Flood Defence System has failed in the italian city of venice, leaving st mark� s square and other central areas under water. High water has always been a part of venetian life but the Tide Peak usually affects venice in the autumn and winter. 0nly five times in the past has the city looked like this, in the summer months. The taliban has captured three more provincial capitals, this time in northern afghanistan, as they intensify their offensive to seize power. It follows the withdrawal of western troops. The cities appear to have fallen within hours of Each Other. The biggest is kunduz. It has a population of more than a quarter of A Million. 0ur South Asia correspondent, anbarasan ethirajan, who is following events from delhi, gave us this update. As we speak, clashes are going on in northern afghanistan and the fighting was intense in the west of the country and the southern part, especially Lashkar Gar, the capital of Helmand Province and kandahar. So when you have fighting in different parts of the country, the afghan government is struggling to send reinforcement to different places. Many local officials where the taliban have captured, they say they did not get the reinforcements in time and that is one of the reasons why they had to evacuate. And this is not simply about the Afghan Army as well. There are pro government militias and sometimes these people switch besides, they surrender to the taliban. And even some of the regular Police Officers deserted their posts because they complain of lack of reinforcements. At the same time the government is saying they are recapturing quite a few districts from the taliban. For Example, in Takhar Province they did capture one district today. And in Lashkar Gar, they are making slowly progress in Dislodging Taliban militants from the city. The fighting has been intense there for the past two weeks. A taliban spokesman has said they are now trying to launch attacks on different cities in the north. The headlines on Bbc News a Code Red for humanity a united Nations Report says it� s � unequivocal� that Human Activities are responsible for Global Warming and says its findings must be the � Death Knell� for Fossil Fuels. The un report comes as Fire And Smoke Force Holidaymakers and residents to flee a greek island. Forests continue to burn out of control across the country. Three more afghan cities fall to the taliban, as they dismiss international calls for a ceasefire. Lets get more on our top story. Un experts have issued their Starkest Warning yet about the catastrophic impact of global warmin, saying unprecedented climate change is already happening and making some changes irreversible. This comes just 88 days before the uk is due to host a vital climate summit. We can speak now to the Labour Mp and shadow let speak to richard black. Thank you for speaking to us. First off, your reaction to the findings and what you heard earlier today. I think it is a massive Wake Up Call, we are 88 days before cop26, the summit at which all governments will come together and decide what they want to do about climate change, the important thing about the Ipcc Report as it is notjust a bunch of scientists, the ipcc is an intergovernmental panel made up of representatives who commissioned these reports from scientists and receive them and they greet them. Every government on the planet has agreed with this report that basically we have a very narrow window to cut emissions if we are to get on this trajectory to keep Global Warming on the 1. 5 celsius which all governments agreed to do in 2015. That� s the message, governments had given to themselves. How do you translate a scientist� s message to the general public, get the message across . We� ve been hearing these warnings for Years. I think one thing that has changed between this report and it last time the ipcc did this in 2013 is that the ipcc did this in 2013 is that the links between climate change and extreme weather, the impact has become much more clear and in the uk we� ve had some of those such as Storm Desmond in 2015, made more serious by climate change, the big Heat Wave in 2018 it made more serious by climate change. Etc, etc. This picture is now unequivocal in science, climate change is affecting the weather. Some other things that might be worth pointing out, the rate at which the sea is globally rising is now three times what it was in the 1970s. In this space of time we� ve tripled the rate at which the Sea Level is rising and if we carry on emitting we will carry on seeing that increasing with implications for coastal communities and all kinds of things. I think you can summarise the report basically that the sooner we take action, the lower the impact that we will face and the lower risks will run. Richard, we� ll come on to what action should be taken, we know about Fossil Fuels but it is not as easy as saying stop it. You spoke about the Sea Level and these things are taking place but do you still get the sense that when these events are taking place at a distance, it reduces the urgency to make those changes . I think that� s partially true. But i think the fact that people can very quickly forget what the old normal was like, when a new normal comes along. We really only have to look at australia which has had incredible forest fires, several summers in the last few Years. With firefighters going out and saying you� ve got to take it seriously, this is climate change, still the government in australia really does not care about reducing emissions at all. Even when you have impacts that are very close up it does not necessarily mean people will change tact because i think the tendency is to focus on the immediate rather than the near future. Why don� t they care, though . What does it come down to, money, making the Business Case for climate change . The Business Case for climate chan. E . � ,. The Business Case for climate chance . � ,. ,. , the Business Case for climate chance . � ,. ,. ,. , change . Theres a story out there that transitioning change . Theres a story out there that transitioning to change . Theres a story out there that transitioning to a change . Theres a story out there that transitioning to a low change . Theres a story out there that transitioning to a low carbon | that transitioning to a low carbon or a zero Carbon Society will be expensive and difficult. And ijust do not buy that. Britain over the last 30 Years has half its Greenhouse Gas emissions and we� ve seen the fastest per capita economic growth of any country in the g7 at the same time as slashing Carbon Emissions faster than any country in the g7. We basically have not really notice that much. People make a massive deal of changing from Petrol And Diesel cars to electric cars provided that you have the charging point, it really is not that Big A deal. The prices are coming down quickly, it� s already cost comparable on a lifetime basis, one second hand cars come onto the market, the Default Choice will be buying electric. The problems are really exaggerated a lot of the time. In some areas it is not entirely straightforward and for things like Decarbonising Heating our homes, there will need to be government investment. But it will also bring massive benefits including job creation, warmer homes and less reliance on imported Fossil Fuels. As we sought last week the huge spikes in our Energy Bills that can come when the price of Gas And Oil on international Commodity Market changes. Oil on international Commodity Market changes. Richard black, i think youve market changes. Richard black, i think youve answered market changes. Richard black, i think youve answered all think you� ve answered all my questions thank you very much. Almost all legal Covid Restrictions in scotland have been lifted. From today, social distancing has been scrapped in most places and large outdoor gatherings can go ahead although face coverings are still required in most public settings. It also means that large Entertainment Venues like nightclubs are allowed to reopen. 0ur scotland reporter, Alexandra Mackenzie reports. It� s been a long wait, but for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, clubs and clubbers in scotland are back. We� re so buzzing, we� re so excited. It� s my favourite club, so. The Buff Club in glasgow was raring to go atjust one minute past midnight. There was no social distancing required, and no facemasks when dancing, Drinking Or Dining. Restaurants and cafes are back at full capacity, with No Limit on the number of households per table. Masks must be worn when walking around, and customers should still use the test and protect app. So for us, the lack of social distancing now inside is a really big thing in hospitality. It means for us we have now the capacity for 1h tables instead of eight. So obviously that� s more people through the doors. It� s really great news, it� s a big step forward. Nicola sturgeon said her approach is a cautious one. She also said she can� T Guarantee that restrictions won� T Need to be reimposed at some point in the future. The leader of the Scottish Conservative Party said this easing of restrictions just doesn� t go far enough. Brenda owns this florist in glasgow� s West End. She� s delighted that business is getting back to normal, but happy that she and her customers will still need to wear a mask inside her shop. It� s a small shop and we� ve got to protect Each Other and everyone else all around us, and we want to stay open. I mean, it� s great getting back to the way things. What� s getting a wee bit back to normality again. So, yeah, i do. And i think. I don� t think the masks are going anywhere soon. I think we� re going to be having them on for a long, long time. And if that� s what we have to do, that� s what we have to do. This business was lucky. Others have struggled when staff have had to self isolate. From today, adults who are close contacts of someone with covid only need to isolate until they show a negative Pcr Test so long as they have been double vaccinated. For the clubbers, this is as close to normal as it� s been for well over a year. Alexandra mackenzie, Bbc News, glasgow. Speaking this morning, the first minister Nicola Sturgeon cautioned that coronavirus cases would rise as a result of further rules being eased but said the Scottish Government were still to make a decision on whether they would use Vaccine Passports in scotland. We haven� t ruled that out and i don� t think we should rule out anything that might allow us to use vaccination to retain normality in our lives without, you know, increasing the risk of spreading the virus. But there� s lots of things we� ve got to think through about Vaccine Passports and we are far from the only country doing this. There are ethical issues, some people can� t get vaccinated, there are equity issues around this, there are practical issues. So we are working through all of that and we will come to decisions with the full import of the Scottish Parliament in due course. We� re currently developing an app that will initially be able to be used for people to access covid certificates for international travel. That app does have functionality that would allow us to extend that for domestic use, should we decide that. I� m pretty adamant that we should not have Vaccine Passports for access to things like public services. I don� t think that would be acceptable. But things that are more voluntary for people there is a case to be made there and i think it� s important we think through that properly. Gavin stevenson is the director for the mor Rioghain Group which owns a number of clubs and bars in inverness and aberdeen, and is a spokesman for the night time Industries Association in scotland. Lovely to see you and thank you for joining us. Let� s pick up on that point about the passports, what is your view . We share the first minister� s concerns that there are definitely issues around equity and discrimination where you start to look at mandatory Vaccine Passports. 0bviously Look at mandatory Vaccine Passports. Obviously the date will continue to change but i think from our perspective, as the Vaccine Programme rolls out, and hopefully cases continue to decline, and we see that it has, as it now appears, effectively severed the link between cases and serious outcomes from covid, we would hope we would get into winter and fine it is really not required. What do you make of this move . How welcome is that, by your members . It is fantastic. Weve had clubs across is fantastic. We� ve had clubs across scotland opening up last night and we have also absolutely had now in yoursense we have also absolutely had now in your sense of optimism returning to the sector has been closed for 500 days now with very little income coming in, ifany days now with very little income coming in, if any at all. It is great to see places opening, we are calling it survival day, rather than freedom day, because Tens Of Thousands Ofjobs have hopefully been saved and now hopefully we can continue to play the vital role in scotland� s of cultural scene. When you say night industries, what are we talking about . The nighttime sector really are we talking about . The nighttime sector really covers are we talking about . The nighttime sector really covers everything are we talking about . The nighttime sector really covers everything from i sector really covers everything from 6pm until 6am, commonly bars, restaurants, some of the late opening poms, and of Course Music venues and nightclubs. Late opening pubs. It� s a tremendous sector both for employment and in terms of providing vital cultural experiences. How badly has the sector actually been hit . As you emerge on your survival day, as you call it, what sort of shape is the industry in . It has never been in worse shape, to be honest. We have got to typical business within the late Night Sector has encouraged about £150,000 of covid related debt that Small Business owners have had to take on just to survive. It is certainly stressful times but there is no light at The End of the tunnel so we very much hope we can have a great remainder of our summer season, and start giving up towards the all important Christmas Trading all importa nt Christmas Trading season all important Christmas Trading season as well. Allimportant Christmas Trading season as well. Allimportant Christmas Trading season as well. ,. ,. , season as well. Fingers crossed that Toes Season as well. Fingers crossed that aoes well season as well. Fingers crossed that goes well for season as well. Fingers crossed that goes well for you season as well. Fingers crossed that goes well for you and season as well. Fingers crossed that goes well for you and your season as well. Fingers crossed that | goes well for you and your members. Gavin stevenson, thank you very much. ~ gavin stevenson, thank you very much. ,. , more now on the Un Climate Report the prime Minister Borisjohnson said the report Makes For Sobering Reading and called for urgent global action to secure the future of the planet. We can speak now to the Labour Mp and shadow environment secretary, luke pollard. Thank you forjoining us. What does Labour Make of the report, surely you� ve heard all this before . I� m youve heard all this before . Im afraid we have. Youve heard all this before . In afraid we have. The worrying thing about the report it it confirms some of our worst fears but also repeats what we already know, Greta Thunberg two Years ago came to parliament to make the case in our house was burning and silent this week we are seeing wildfires in greece, turkey, america, australia proving that to be the case and what we now need is to move the debate on urgently from one about climate denial one about climate delay because the longer we delay taking urgent action that we need to decarbonise our economy and protect our fragile habitats the harder it will be in this report is unequivocal in whaT Needs to be done and if we do not take that action soon, as in right now, we are facing temperature rises on a global basis above that 1. 5 celsius that was set at the paris convention, that� s the minimum we can have to of that climate catastrophe. Action is possible. This report really is clear about the implications but it also sets out there is a path ahead that governments can take that will avert much of the greatest severity of it but that cannot be something parked in the future, iT Needs to be action taken now at the special At Cop26 in glasgow later this year. Which part of that immediate action you� ve just discussed be along the lines of keir starmer� s hard edged timetable for the cessation of Oil And Gas exploration . Is that part of your solution to immediate action . I think it absolutely needs to be. We need our economy to transition away from being based on carbon intensive industries, Fossil Fuels for Transport And Energy production in particular, moving to a greener one which is why we� ve called for the government to bring forward the £30 billion of planned infrastructure investment, spend in the next two Years to create 400,000 green jobs and to do the heavy lifting on decarbonisation that i am afraid we� ve not seen in the past couple of Years. Afraid weve not seen in the past couple of Years afraid weve not seen in the past couple of Years. What do you mean by heavy lifting . Couple of Years. What do you mean by heavy lifting . Explain couple of Years. What do you mean by heavy lifting . Explain that, couple of Years. What do you mean by heavy lifting . Explain that, break i heavy lifting . Explain that, break it down for people at home because there is a lot or political talk. Break it down so people can follow what you are saying. We break it down so people can follow what you are saying. Break it down so people can follow what you are saying. We all need to do the steps what you are saying. We all need to do the steps to what you are saying. We all need to do the steps to decarbonise what you are saying. We all need to do the steps to decarbonise our what you are saying. We all need to| do the steps to decarbonise our own lives and that means moving from using transport that is based on Petrol And Diesel to one based on Electric Vehicles. The problem with that as we have not got enough Charging Infrastructure at the moment and the subsidy cut the government has brought in a rent Electric Vehicles is not making as affordable as we would like. And we also need to take steps to make sure we decarbonise our homes. We can each take those steps, clicking shot with replace single glazing with double glazing and making sure our lofts are well insulated and making sure we use the most efficient boilers. But we need the government to lead by Example and when i talk about the heavy lifting, the vast majority of the Carbon Emissions we� ve cut as a country over the last ten, 20 Years or so has been from the closure of coal fired power stations and that was a decision taken by the last labour government. That was a wee while ago. We need the current Government Notjust to give us a diet of Sound Bites about the environment but to have a clear plan about how we will do that same type of Carbon Reduction for the transport and the homes we live in because by far those two areas are responsible for the majority of our emissions that we need to take out, i would like to see the vast majority taken out of our economy by 2013, that is effectively what we need to do to hit the Road Map. I am looking for a good Sound Bite from you now, you mentioned lofts, you mentioned electric cars and double glazing, which is fine but who is going to pay for that . How would you pay for that . I have paid for a new windows and my own house but we both need people to recognise in their purchasing decisions and they need to make greener decisions and they need the information to do that so a clear understanding about the carbon impact of products we buy. The biggest change that would accelerate that would be done by government because they need to lead the way and the are the ones with the ability to change regulations and rules and also bring forward a lot of investment that we need because if we are to take out Diesel And Petrol cars from our Transport System and replacing diesel engines on our Trains System and replacing diesel engines on ourtrains we system and replacing diesel engines on our trains we are going to need the government to set out that investment and bring it forward and make sure people have an available low Carbon Option to them and that is where we need ministers because i fear that the risk we are taking is that we are no longer in a debate about whether climate change is real, the report sets the unequivocal link between Human Activity and the climate crisis but it is the risk of delaying action and saying we know this is important but it looks expensive so we will parked it into the distance. Ultimately, we all need to make different spending decisions ourselves as individuals and families but we can do that in a more informed and fast that way and protecting nature and cutting carbon if ministers take the Leadership Position and if as a co host on cop26 in the autumn we can say to our global friends Around The World, we want you to go faster and further and we know it is possible because we are doing it, that such a better Example to set than the one i� m afraid we are at the moment with the government talking but opening coalmines and cutting the house and retrofit budget. We� ve got to lead by Example. There is no future if we do not do that, having a sustainable planet. That is why the urgency matters. Luke pollard mp, thank you very much indeed. The family lawyers of Harry Dunn have claimed that the Suspect Anne sacoolas may have been distracted by her Mobile Phone before the fatal crash. Court documents lodged in the us state of virginia said Mrs Sacoolas had been evasive, non responsive and inconsistent about her phone usage. The 19 year old died near Raf Croughton in northamptonshire in August 2019 when a car driven by hit his motorcycle. By her hit his motorcycle. Mrs sacoolas left the country for the united states, claiming diplomatic immunity. Her legal representatives have been contacted for comment. Now it� s time for a look at the weather with Carol Kirkwood. Hello again. There are further thundery showers in today� s forecast, but, equally, there is some sunshine as well. The showers from this morning continuing to push away into the north sea. There will be further showers left behind across england, wales and northern ireland and some heavy ones across parts of the South East of scotland. The met office has a warning out because, for some of those in scotland, there could be some torrential downpours in a short amount of time. Temperatures today getting up to about 21 or 22. Through this evening and overnight, a lot of the showers will fade, but we� ll hang on to some and we see some heavy showers crossing Northern England in the small hours of tomorrow morning. It is not going to be a cold night, though, temperatures falling between about ten and 13 degrees in towns and cities, a little bit lower in rural areas. Tomorrow, then, with a ridge of High Pressure across us, it will be more a settled day. There will be more dry weather around with fewer showers except for across the north and the east where there will be some heavy showers and top temperatures 14 to 22. Hello, this is Bbc News. The headlines. A Code Red for humanity. A united Nations Report says it� s unequivocal that Human Activities are responsible for Global Warming and says its findings must be the Death Knell for Fossil Fuels. This generation can make systemic changes that will stop the planet warming. Climate change is here now, but we are also here now and if we don� t act, who will . Borisjohnson said the report Makes For Sobering Reading and called for urgent global action to secure the future of the planet. The un report comes as Fire And Smoke Force Holiday makers and residents to flee a greek island. Forests continue to burn out of control across the country. Three more afghan cities fall to the taliban, as they dismiss international calls for a ceasefire. We are so excited to go clubbing, i cannot wait. We are so excited to go clubbing, i cannot wait. The Dancing Re Starts in scotland, as almost all of the final coronavirus restrictions are lifted. And a baby thought to be the world� s smallest at birth has been discharged from a Singapore Hospital after 13 months of intensive treatment. In three months� time the Cop26 Summit will take place in glasgow and is being touted as an opportunity to turn promises into practise with a focus on a targets of 1. 5 Degrees Celsius. What is it and why does that matter . Well, here is our Reality Check Correspondent Chris Morris. It was the last Big International Climate Summit in paris in 2015 which produced a legally binding treaty with a goal to limit Global Warming to well below two degrees and to 1. 5, compared to preindustrial levels. And it is important to stress that when we talk about 1. 5 degrees of warming, we are talking about the increase in the average temperature across the whole planet. It doesn� T Sound like a lot but some places have already seen much bigger increases than that. And as the earth warms up extreme weather events are becoming more frequent. Climate scientists were alarmed by how extreme some of them have been, such as the soaring temperatures in North America� s Heat Dome Injune and july this year, smashing previous records. The comparison the preindustrial levels a couple of hundred Years ago is important, because nearly all man made Global Warming has been caused by our use of Fossil Fuels, coal, oiland caused by our use of Fossil Fuels, coal, Oil And Gas, which have powered the industrial age. The transition to Renewable Energy is well under way, transition to Renewable Energy is well underway, but transition to Renewable Energy is well under way, but it is going to be hard to meet the 1. 5 Degree Target. Some experts think it may already be too late to do so. The increase in global temperatures has reached about 1. 1 or 1. 2 degrees above preindustrial levels, so if current trends continued, it is likely we would pass 1. 5 some time in the 2030s and possibly even sooner, and we would be heading for at least three degrees of warming by The End of the century with catastrophic consequence, that is why there is now such a concerted push for action, and the difference between 1. 5 and 2 degrees may not seem that significant, but the inter governmental panel on climate change has said 1. 5 instead of two would mean among other things Ten Million fewer people losing their homes to rising Sea Level, potentially preventing some low lying island countries from disappearing all together. It would limit the loss of Coral Reefs of Endangered Species is and arctic Sea Ice and there would be roughly 50 fewer people round the world struggling to find freshwater. Even at 1. 5 degrees there will be big changes to our climate, but one of the main goals in glasgow is to keep the main goals in glasgow is to keep the target firmly within reach. To do that, the world needs to hal Greenhouse Gas emissions over the next decade and Reach Net Zero Emissions by the middle of the century. That means huge and rapid changes to the way societies and companies operate and this is the decade when those changes are going to have to start happening. The gentleman responsible for cop26 is speaking at the moment from westminster. So let us dip in and here what he has to say. From the effects of the changing climate. And on finance we are encouraging all private Finance Institution to commit to net zero by 2050 as well as to work with development bank, the mbd mdbs to mobilise and i am urging developed countries to honour their promise to raise the 100 Billion a year, which was first promised back in 2009, and so my message for those donor countries which have not yet made commitments they need to come forward with further finance commitments at the un general assembly in september including commitments on adaptation finance, and we also urge countries yet to do so to announce their net zero commitment that the meeting. I am encouraging every nation to step up action on coal, on cars on forests and methane and to follow the factstor, work together and to keep 1. 5 degrees alive by ultimately listening to the science. And that is what we are here today to do. I am please to bejoined by sir pat vic valance, Catherine Catherine Man sell professorjim sq yes, and dr tamsin edwards. 50 sell professorjim sq yes, and dr tamsin edwards. Tamsin edwards. So that is the minister who tamsin edwards. So that is the minister who was tamsin edwards. So that is the minister who was responsible i tamsin edwards. So that is the J Minister who was responsible for organising the un climate Change Conference which is taking place in november. It is also known as cop26. He is the president of that, he has been doing a lot of travel recently, trying to get some earlier agreement in place ahead of that Conference E Meeting World Leaders, the conference taking place in november, and of course, responding to that really critical report that was released today, but the un� s ipcc. We will find out more about what is being said in that discussion, it is ongoing, we will bring more to you as we get the top lines coming in, in the meantime, we are going to hear your thoughts on this. It is your questions answered. With me is our environment Analyst Roger Harrabin. And i� m joined by dr michal nachmany, ceo of the organisation climate Policy Radar and a visiting lecturer at the London School of economics. Thank you forjoining us here on Bbc News. Let us kick off. We have had a question sent in, by paul, who is based in kent, and he says why hasn� t more been done to ban Meat And Dairy . What is the thinking behind this . Behind this . Oh, well, i think frankl if behind this . Oh, well, i think frankly if you behind this . Oh, well, i think frankly if you were behind this . Oh, well, i think frankly if you were prime i behind this . Oh, well, i think frankly if you were prime minister and you tried to ban Meat And Dairy you wouldn� t be in Downing Street for very long, you wouldn� t be in downing Street Forvery long, because you wouldn� t be in Downing Street for very long, because if all the voters voted you out your backbenchers would have hauled you out kicking and screening, that is the real issue, people are very very attached to what they eat, a lot of people do not want to change their diets and politicians are very very nervous. I spoke to a climate Change Minister a few Years ago, and we werejust chatting, and minister a few Years ago, and we were just chatting, and she admitted that she was a vegetarian, later on i broadcast that she was a vegetarian, and she came after me, she said it was, she was furious, she said it was, she was furious, she said it was, she was furious, she said that was beyond the pale for me to use that sort of a comment and she was very embarrassed having been outed as vegetarian, that is how sensitive it is. Signists will say politicians have to get round this, they don� t have to say people have to ban eating dairy, Meat Or Fish because of concerns about what is happening in the ocean, because they could set an Example and say it would be a good idea to eat less. What did you make of what was discussed and presented today at this conference . Discussed and presented today at this conference . What we hear today from the chc, this conference . What we hear today from the ipcc, which this conference . What we hear today from the ipcc, which is this conference . What we hear today from the ipcc, which is a this conference . What we hear today from the ipcc, which is a report i from the ipcc, which is a report commissioned by the world governments, so this is notjust the science governments, so this is notjust the science telling us what to do, this is governments askings us what should is governments askings us what should we is governments askings us what should we do, and the, the report is superclear, should we do, and the, the report is superclear, that climate change is happening now, fast and felipe massaer happening now, fast and felipe massaer than we thought. 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Thank you for asking this question, and the thank you for asking this question, and the answer is it corporation, it is individuals and the answer is it corporation, it is individuals and governments and there is individuals and governments and there is is individuals and governments and there is a is individuals and governments and there is a really, really nice triangle there is a really, really nice triangle of action between those, because triangle of action between those, because we make a decision to buy something because we make a decision to buy something but our decision is informed something but our decision is informed by price, and the price is set first informed by price, and the price is set first of informed by price, and the price is set first of all by how much we want something set first of all by how much we want something but by the policies, going back to something but by the policies, going back to the something but by the policies, going back to the Meat And Dairy there are hue back to the Meat And Dairy there are huge subsidies going into the Meat And Dairy huge subsidies going into the Meat And Dairy industry which make it cheaper and Dairy Industry which make it cheaper than alternative, there are huge cheaper than alternative, there are huge subsidies going into Fossil Fuels huge subsidies going into Fossil Fuels which makes it cheaper sometimes, not any more, to produce energy sometimes, not any more, to produce energy by sometimes, not any more, to produce energy by Fossil Fuels, changing those energy by Fossil Fuels, changing those policies is something that is, has an those policies is something that is, has an impacts on how co corporations produce and on the price co corporations produce and on the price signals and the availability we have, price signals and the availability we have, Electric Vehicles for Example we have, Electric Vehicles for Example now make up more than half of the Example now make up more than half of the vehicles sold, that is not because of the vehicles sold, that is not because all of a odd issen we woke up because all of a odd issen we woke up and because all of a odd issen we woke up and said because all of a odd issen we woke up and said hey we want to buy an electric up and said hey we want to buy an electric vehicle it is because corporations are understanding that there corporations are understanding that there is corporations are understanding that there is a corporations are understanding that there is a 2030 ban on internal Combustion Engine cars in the uk and other Combustion Engine cars in the uk and other place. Combustion engine cars in the uk and other place, price are going down, therefore other place, price are going down, therefore prices are going up for other, therefore prices are going up for other, corporations are saying i am not going other, corporations are saying i am not going to other, corporations are saying i am not going to invest in Research And Development into old technologies i will put development into old technologies i will put me energy into the future not the will put me energy into the future not the past. So there is a virtual signalling not the past. So there is a virtual signalling between all three which is why signalling between all three which is why we signalling between all three which is why we as individuals, are responsible, not only as consumers but as responsible, not only as consumers but as citizens to signal and press on to but as citizens to signal and press on to make but as citizens to signal and press on to make sure that policies are being on to make sure that policies are being puts on to make sure that policies are being puts in place, and that our elected being puts in place, and that our elected officials see that we need this to elected officials see that we need this to happen, so we can then be subject this to happen, so we can then be subject and this to happen, so we can then be subject and available to these opportunities for a better future. Roger, opportunities for a better future. Roger, i opportunities for a better future. Roger, i will ask, opportunities for a better future. Roger, iwillask, i opportunities for a better future. Roger, i will ask, i am sure you saw reports this morning about front page stories i think it was the times or telegraph saying that workers hopefully whitehall workers will be encouraged to return to the office, this was part of the Covid Pandemic, however it ties in nicely with climate change and travelling to work, because Christopher Dickinson from inverness says why are ministers demanded remote workers to return to the office, we are not travelling and reduce Office And Travel helps to tackle climate change. What are your thoughts on that . ~ � ,. , change. What are your thoughts on that . � ,. , change. What are your thoughts on that . ~ � ,. ,. ,. , that . Well its a bit of a mixed mixed answer that . Well its a bit of a mixed mixed answer because that . Well its a bit of a mixed mixed answer because if that . Well its a bit of a mixed mixed answer because if you i that . Well its a bit of a mixed | mixed answer because if you have workers working at home, and they are having to heat their home, that is emissions that come from the heating so they have cut out the emissions from the travel but they the extra heating instead. Having said that it think it� s a broad principle that if people can use zoom or any of the other conferencing techniques, they can save notjust a lot of emissions but a lot of time and a lot of money, and there was a poll last week that suggested there would be a long Term Shift to people going into the office less often and making less work based trips, and that will be governed partly by the wish to have more comfortable lives but by finance managers who can save a lot of honey in travel expenses. I am iioin to of honey in travel expenses. I am going to put of honey in travel expenses. I am going to put pauls of honey in travel expenses. I am going to put Pauls Question to you going to put paul� s question to you mihal. Paul is in littlehampton, he says why don� t we focus on controlling the earth� s population . It has doubled since he was born. That is an excellent question, and one that that is an excellent question, and one that i that is an excellent question, and one that i think moved the focus away one that i think moved the focus away from one that i think moved the focus away from those responsible for global away from those responsible for global emission, global emissions have happened mostly in industrialised nations, where birth rates industrialised nations, where birth rates are industrialised nations, where birth rates are already very low, and that the countries with the highest birth rates the countries with the highest birth rates are the countries with the highest birth rates are the ones responsible for the lowest rates are the ones responsible for the lowest rates. That is a key point the lowest rates. That is a key point. They are the ones suffering the most point. They are the ones suffering the most from the impact of climate change the most from the impact of climate change. Now, as we move on to a future change. Now, as we move on to a future in change. Now, as we move on to a future in which, ora change. Now, as we move on to a future in which, or a collective Wellbeing Future in which, or a collective wellbeing is improved, of course thaT Need wellbeing is improved, of course thaT Need to make sure that we dont raise the thaT Need to make sure that we dont raise the Life Quality of everyone based raise the Life Quality of everyone based on raise the Life Quality of everyone based on Fossil Fuels. We see as wellbeing based on Fossil Fuels. We see as wellbeing improves a growth happens birth Rates Wellbeing improves a growth happens birth Rates Drop and that is something that happens with industrialised nations, all we need to do industrialised nations, all we need to do is industrialised nations, all we need to do is make sure that that industrialisation happens in a sustainable way, powered by Renewable Energy and not Fossil Fuels, Renewable Energy and not Fossil Fuels, if Renewable Energy and not Fossil Fuels, if we continue doubling and use Fossil Fuels, if we continue doubling and use Fossil Fuels to fuel growth we would use Fossil Fuels to fuel growth we would be use Fossil Fuels to fuel growth we would be in big trouble. If we use renewable would be in big trouble. If we use Renewable Energy and sustainable patterns Renewable Energy and sustainable patterns of living, a that will not be a patterns of living, a that will not be a key patterns of living, a that will not be a key problem. Let be a key problem. Let us be a key problem. Let us turn to Roger And Judith is in 0rpington. She says when will climate change have an immediate impact on the lives of most ordinary people . It is getting to see the results, that feedback loop, roger . Well, what we have seen from the Ipcc Report this morning, is that climate change is already with us here and now, climate change was responsible for the Heat Wave that ravaged a lot of North America in june, and climate change is fuelling every World Fire in the sense there is, the earth is heated up so it makes fire more easy, it is fuelling things like the rains we had in Northern Europe, because moist air can carry more water, so the truth is people used to think about climate change being somewhere in the future, somewhere else, the truth is climate change is here, it is here now and it is going to get worse because we mentioned that 1. 5 Celsius Threshold earlier on, that thatis Celsius Threshold earlier on, that that is the amount we shouldn� t exceed preindustrial temperatures, hitting that will be very very very tough, yet the same today we do hit it. We can restrict the worst catastrophes of climate change, climate change, otherwise it is here with us now and it is here to say. That is true. Let us end with tom� s question. Tom says he wants to get on with it. Is there a good source for what we can do, how do we know how to help . I for what we can do, how do we know how to help . How to help . I am glad many of you are askin how to help . I am glad many of you are asking these how to help . I am glad many of you are asking these questions. How to help . I am glad many of you are asking these questions. There i how to help . I am glad many of you l are asking these questions. There so much we can are asking these questions. There so much we can do are asking these questions. There so much we can do. There are asking these questions. There so much we can do. There is are asking these questions. There so much we can do. There is a are asking these questions. There so much we can do. There is a lot i are asking these questions. 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Part of a religious congregation, speak up, talk to everyone, be aware that climate speak up, talk to everyone, be aware that climate change is here and impacting every one of us, already now impacting every one of us, already now it impacting every one of us, already now it is impacting every one of us, already now. It is critical, so talking about now. It is critical, so talking about it now. It is critical, so talking about it and making sure that awareness is raised, across our communities, families, it is criticat communities, families, it is criticat 0f communities, families, it is critical. Of course our personal choices critical. Of course our personal choices are critical. Of course our personal choices are real vanities. We need tom choices are real vanities. We need tom to choices are real vanities. We need to. 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No, no, finally we need to i remember there is no silver bullet, there remember there is no silver bullet, there is remember there is no silver bullet, there is not remember there is no silver bullet, there is not one single thing we can do, there is not one single thing we can do. We there is not one single thing we can do. We need there is not one single thing we can do, we need to do as much as we can as soon do, we need to do as much as we can as soon as do, we need to do as much as we can as soon as possible. Gk. Do, we need to do as much as we can as soon as possible. As soon as possible. Ok. Thank you both. A baby thought to be the world� s smallest at birth has been discharged from a Singapore Hospital after 13 months of intensive treatment. Kwek Yu Xuan was just 212grams the weight of an apple when she was born and measured 24 centimetres long. Her mother gave birth to her by Emergency C Section four months ahead of schedule after she was diagnosed with pre eclampsia dangerously high Blood Pressure that can damage vital organs and be fatal for both mother and baby. Yu xuan now weighs a much healthier 6. 3 kilograms. Doctors here in singapore at the national University Hospital where she was born, they actually said that babies who are born that premature usually have about a 70 survival rate. Now, that is fairly high, but they also expected her to weigh about at least 400 grams. But she weighed just 212 grams. Many of the doctors who were looking after her here said that really put in a low chance of survival for her. So Kwek Yu Xuan really surprising doctors with her progress here. Now, when she was first born, she was so small, the doctors really struggled to look after her. Her skin was very sensitive. So it was very hard to put probes onto her skin in order to monitor her health. Also, the nappies that were available here in singapore were far too large and it was really important that she had regular nappies because her skin was so sensitive. Even the medicine that was administered to her had to be calculated down to the decimal point. So it really is some sort of miracle here. The doctors here said that it was a covid 19 miracle because she was born in the middle of the pandemic, and that her progress really gave a ray of hope amidst all the darkness that there has been in the last year or so. Now it� s time for a look at the weather with carol. Hello again. Some of us, we had some torrential downpours at the weekend. Today, there are still some torrential downpours in the forecast, but as we go through the week, there will be fewer showers and it will turn a little bit but not across the board. Now, the low pressure that has been driving our weather is still with us today. It is starting to ease off, though. It is starting to fill. But you can see we also have Weather Fronts which have been producing rain this morning. Now, that Rain Clearing away from the South East will leave showers behind it across england and wales. A front across scotland is also producing some showers, some of those will be heavy, in the South East third of scotland, and could produce a lot of rain in a short amount of time. Equally, we could see a line of showers develop from somerset towards london. Some of those could be heavy and thundery, but the showers, not All Of Us will see them. There will be a lot of dry weather in between with some sunshine and highs up to 21 degrees. Through this evening and overnight, some of the showers will fade, but we will see a band of heavy showers moving across Northern England in the small hours of tomorrow morning. With all of this going on, it is not going to be a cold night. In towns and cities, temperatures staying easily in double figures. They will be a little bit lower in rural areas. Now, tomorrow, a ridge of High Pressure builds across us, settling things down. A lot of dry weather, a fair bit of sunshine, variable amounts of cloud. Yes, there is a chance of an isolated shower, but we� ll see more showers across the north and the east of scotland, some of those ones, again, could be heavy and thundery. Temperatures, well, in The Sunshine, temperatures responding we could get up to 22 or 23 degrees, 16 or 17 if you are stuck under one of the showers. Into wednesday, well, we still have this ridge of High Pressure across us, Weather Fronts coming in from the atlantic bringing rain, but they arE Pulling in southerly, so they are dragging up some warmerair from the near continent. So wednesday dawns on a sunny note, the Cloud Building in from the west, turning The Sunshine hazy and then the rain arriving into western areas later in the day. Under that band of cloud and rain, temperatures will be that bit lower. Again, we are looking at 16 to about 19 degrees. But we could hit 24 or 25 somewhere in the South East on wednesday. Then the outlook, well, it is going to stay warm in the South And East but further rain in the north, particularly north west scotland. This is Bbc News. The headlines a united Nations Report warns of a Code Red for humanity, saying Carbon Emissions have warmed the climate in every part of the world. This generation can make systemic changes that will stop the planet warming. Climate change is here now, but we are also here now and if we don� t act, who will . Borisjohnson said the report Makes For Sobering Reading. Labour says climate change is the biggest long Term Threat we face. We have called for the government to bring forward the £30 billion of client infrastructure investment, spend it in the next two Years to create 400,000 green jobs. The un report comes as Fire And Smoke Force Holidaymakers and residents to flee a greek island. Forests continue to burn out of control across the country. Three more afghan cities fall to the taliban as they dismiss international calls for a ceasefire. The Dancing Re Starts in scotland, as almost all of the final coronavirus restrictions are lifted. And, a baby thought to be the world� s smallest at birth has been discharged from a Singapore Hospital after 13 months of intensive treatment. It is unequivocal that Human Activities are responsible for climate change. That� s the finding of a new study by the un� s intergovernmental panel on climate change. It� s the most up to Date Assessment of how Global Warming will change the world in the coming decades. Environmental experts have called it a massive Wake Up Call to governments, to cut emissions. 234 authors from 66 countries have worked on the landmark assessment. The report says, the 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 unprecedented extreme weather. This comes less than three months before the Cop26 Climate Conference In Glasgow, scotland. These vital un talks that will determine the future course of efforts to tackle climate change. And the Uk Minister responsible for delivering cop26 has released this statement, following the publication of today� s report. Alok sharma says our message to every country, government, Business And Part of society is simple. The next decade is decisive, follow the science and embrace your responsibility to keep the goal of 1. 5c alive. Our Environment And Energy Analyst Roger Harrabin has more. Wildfire fires blazing through Turkey And Greece have horrified people in the region. The panel concludes we� ll see a lot more fires as temperatures continue to rise. And rise they will, as Greenhouse Gas emissions keep growing. The increased heat will Change Weather patterns, bring more droughts and more rainfall, researchers say. London was shocked to find areas underwater a few weeks ago. Rainfall patterns are hard to predict but experts say Northern Europe will be wetter overall. At london� s hampstead ponds, they� ve already had to raise and reinforce the dams to protect Hundreds Of Homes downstream from the sort of floods expected in extreme rains that are forecast to come. The cost has been huge. We are already paying the price of ignoring The Scientists� warnings on climate change. This report states as an absolute fact that Human Influence is warming the climate. That� s a very stark reminder that it is our activities which are changing the climate and affecting these extreme weather events. As the planet continues to warm these consequences just get worse. Ice in the arctic is melting faster than many scientists predicted. That leads to Sea Level Rises. Which in turn increases coastal flooding. The seas will keep rising for maybe thousands of Years because the Ocean Deep has absorbed so much heat already. Political attitudes are changing, the uk is getting electric cars, we need clean technology for home heating, too. In the words of one leading scientist, we are not doomed but if we want to avoid catastrophe we have to drastically cut emissions, now. Valerie Masson Delmotte is a Climate Scientist and Co Chair of one of the ipcc Working Groups which produced the climate change report. She said the 1. 5 celsius global Warming Temperature Goal will be breached in the next two decades. We� ve known for a long time that with more emissions climate would continue to change, and this report confirms with more robust findings that, for instance, a higher rate of Greenhouse Gas emissions leads to a higher rate of warming, and that this leads to an increase in the Intensity And Frequency of extremes. I would like to flag that on these aspects. We have a much clearer picture of the regional consequences that in Fact Scale with the level of Global Warming, and this is clearly reflected in our interactive atlas, which brings together information from Global Climate Models that have advanced with higher resolution, and also regional Climate Models that are important to provide final information at regional scales, and this is also a major advance. The president of cop26, alok sharma, has been speaking following the release of the Un Climate Report from the ipcc. He� s been talking about what he calls the political process to keep the 1. 5 Degrees Celsius target alive limiting global temperarure rises. Based on all the conversations i have had i can tell you there is a clear desire amongst governments to keep the 1. 5 degrees within reach and i heard this on many occasions at the ministerial meeting i hosted in london injuly and of course also at the g20 ministers� meeting in naples. The reality is we need far more in terms of Action And Action that follows the facts. The science shows us to keep 1. 5 alive we must half global emissions by 2013 and reach net zero by the middle of the century. That is still the case of by century. That is still the case of by 2013. What we need is all countries to commit to net zero and make those short term targets, 2030, to take them there. Injune all the g7 nations stepped up to that plate with ambitions targets which are aligned with net zero by 2050 and what we now really need is for all the major emitters to play their part and i referred to the g20 group, which is going to be key, in terms of the 1. 5 degrees future. Together they represent 80 of global emissions, around 85 of the global emissions, around 85 of the global economy, and they absolutely matter. And yet only 13 of the g20 have committed to net zero and only eight have submitted new ndcs that are more ambitious than the previous ones. The thing is this really must change before cop26 in november. The ipcc has been clear that 1. 5 degrees requires a decarbonisation of every sector of the economy. At cop26 we must send a clear Market Signal to get the transition moving faster. In terms of the work we are doing we are focusing particularly on four areas, power, transport, Deforestation And Methane because each of these makes a significant contribution to global emissions and warming. The president of cop26 alok sharma, speaking earlier today. Hundreds more people have been forced to leave their homes in parts of greece, as wildfires continue to burn out of control. This summer scorching temperatures across much of Southern Europe have left woodland, tinder dry and susceptible to fire. Greece itself is experiencing it� s worst heatwave, in 30 Years. The Region North of athens, and evia, the country� s second largest island, are among the worst hit areas. Ferries are helping to evacuate residents and holiday makers from both. Matt graveling reports. Thousands of hectares habitats, homes all reduced to ash. With each change in the wind carving a new path of devastation, those who Stay Save whatever they can. 0thers pack up their lives and head to the port. It� s like a scene of an apocalyptic movie, definitely, because there is no sky, The Sun is red, it� s quite scary. More than 2,000 people have been evacuated from evia by ferry. 0nce off the island, miles of smoke show the scale of the fight, and it� s this smoke authorities say hampers efforts to douse fires from above. Those on the ground say more needs to be done. The most people see that we don� t have any help until yesterday, and they could save everybody, and it wasn� t true. The people don� t know where to go. The big problem is that. Is that. We feel that they let us burn. France, germany and the uk have all offered their help to greece, currently experiencing its hottest weather for 30 Years. Scientists warn that failure to tackle our impact on climate change means temperatures and the consequences will continue to rise. Matt graveling, Bbc News. 0ur Europe Correspondent, Bethany Bell, is on the greek island of evia. Here in the northern part of evia, firefighters are struggling to bring the blaze is under control. Villages have been evacuated and people are poised possibly to evacuate more places. The air is full of acrid smoke and the smell of burning. I don� t know if you can see, the sky is a strange grey colour. It is not cloud, it is smoke and it stings your eyes and some people say they are having trouble breathing. It is a very, very serious situation here. The government says it is doing all it can to try to improve the situation, to bring people to safety. Local people that we have spoken to here say they feel abandoned. They said the government should have known that wildfires happen here regularly and that they have failed to put the proper protections in when it comes to saving the forests and combating wildfires. Meanwhile, a huge wildfire in the north of california is now the second largest in the state� s history. Five people are missing, after the Dixie Fire swept through two towns and forced the evacuation of thousands. It covers an area bigger than the city of los angeles. In peru, more than 500 firefighters are battling blazes in the country� s south. The wildfires have destroyed more than ten square kilometres of land since they began on thursday. There are no reports of fatalities or injuries so far. A Flood Defence System has failed in the italian city of venice, leaving st mark� s square and other central areas under water. High water has always been a part of venetian life but the Tide Peak usually affects venice in the autumn and winter. 0nly five times in the past, has the city looked like this, in the summer months. The taliban has captured three more provincial capitals, this time in northern afghanistan, as they intensify their offensive to seize power. It follows the withdrawal of western troops. The cities appear to have fallen within hours of Each Other. The biggest is kunduz. It has a population of more than a quarter of A Million. The provincial Capitals Sheberghan and taloqan are also largely in militant hands. 0ur South Asia correspondent, anbarasan ethirajan, who is following events from delhi, gave us this update. As we speak, clashes are going on in northern afghanistan and the fighting was intense in the west of the country and the southern part, especially Lashkar Gar, the capital of Helmand Province and kandahar. So when you have fighting in different parts of the country, the afghan government is struggling to send reinforcement to different places. Many local officials where the taliban have captured, they say they did not get the reinforcements in time and that is one of the reasons why they had to evacuate. And this is not simply about the Afghan Army as well. There are pro government militias and sometimes these people switch besides, they surrender to the taliban. And even some of the regular Police Officers deserted their posts because they complain of lack of reinforcements. At the same time the government is saying they are recapturing quite a few districts from the taliban. For Example, in Takhar Province they did capture one district today. And in Lashkar Gar, they are making slowly progress in Dislodging Taliban militants from the city. The fighting has been intense there for the past two weeks. A taliban spokesman has said they are now trying to launch attacks on different cities in the north. The suspect in the death of Harry Dunn may have been distracted by her Mobile Phone before the fatal crash. Court documents lodged in the us state of virginia said anne sacoolas had been evasive, non responsive and inconsistent about her phone usage. The 19 year old died near Raf Croughton in northamptonshire in August 2019 when a car driven by Mrs Sacoolas hit his motorcycle. She later left the country for the united states, claiming diplomatic immunity. Her legal representatives have been contacted for comment. The headlines on Bbc News a united Nations Report warns of a Code Red for humanity, saying Carbon Emissions have warmed the climate in every part of the world. The un report comes as Fire And Smoke Force Holiday makers and residents to flee a greek island. Forests continue to burn out of control across the country. Three more afghan cities fall to the taliban, as they dismiss international calls for a ceasefire. Sport, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. The Tokyo 0lympics came to a close yesterday, with Team Gb enjoying one of their most successful games 22 golds won, in a total of 65 medals, matching the achievement of london 2012. Adam peaty won two golds and silver, and he said he� s already thinking ahead to paris in three Years� time. It is always in the back of your mind you are thinking how can do this again because it feels so good. But it is almost a tactical retreat now, i am choosing to take the time away from the sport because i know i want to peak again, if not, i want to have the best of Night Race in paris best race of my life. It is going to be a Home Game is pretty much, london is one hour away. British swimming is coming up so it is how do we get as many kids through. Well, like peaty, Max Whitlock was another olympic champion to retain his title in tokyo. The gymnast won gold in the men� s pommel hourse, just like he did in rio five Years earlier. He� s been talking to us about the stress involved in defending an olympic title. I feel fortunate to go through both stages, as a youngster with itjust going all out and giving it my best shot, to now trying to retain titles, i� ve relied it is A Million times harderfor quite a titles, i� ve relied it is A Million times harder for quite a few reasons. I realised. Part is the expectancy. 2018 was a year of silver blue for me, to Everybody Else that was seen as a failure because i did not bring back Gold Medals but because i brought back a gold at the last 0lympics medals but because i brought back a gold at the last olympics in Rio Everybody expects the same again but as every year goes by it gets harder and harder. The pressure is there massively to not disappoint but the pressure from myself, and i learned being out in tokyo, i was seeing athletes from Team Gb coming back with medals and i had not yet had my opportunity to try for my own and i knew it was coming up, but i could really relate to them standing on the podium because i knew what it felt like and i really wanted to try and get that feeling again. My own pressure was wrapped up, outside pressure was wrapped up, outside pressure was wrapped up, outside pressure was wrapped up, so that all coming together, waiting for so long to compete, it was difficult. Plenty more of Team Gb� s medallists are arriving back in the uk shortly. That� s all your support for now. Can� t wait for them to come through those doors. More now on the un� s assessment of climate change that portrays an overheating world slipping deeper into crisis. In three months� time the Cop26 Summit will take place in glasgow, and is being touted as an opportity to turn promises into practice with a focus on a target of 1. 5 degrees. What is it and why does it matter . 0ur Reality Check correspondent Chris Morris is here. 1. 5 celsius, yeah. It was the last Big International Climate Summit in paris in 2015 which produced a legally binding treaty with a clear goal to limit Global Warming this century to well below two degrees, and preferably to 1. 5 Degrees Celsius, compared to pre industrial levels. It� s important to stress that when we talk about 1. 5 degrees of warming we� re talking about the increase in the average temperature across the whole planet. It doesn� T Sound like a lot, but some places have already seen much bigger increases. And as the earth warms up, extreme weather events are becoming more frequent. Climate scientists were alarmed by how extreme some of them have been such as the soaring temperatures in North America� s Heat Dome Injune and july this year, smashing previous records. The comparison to pre industrial levels a couple of hundred Years ago is also important, because nearly all man made Global Warming has been caused by our use of Fossil Fuels coal, Oil And Gas which have powered the industrial age. The transition to Renewable Energy is well under way, but it� s going to be really hard to meet the 1. 5 Degree Target some experts think it may already be too late to do so. The increase in global temperatures has now reached about1. 1or1. 2 degrees above pre industrial levels. So, if current trends continued, it� s likely we� d pass 1. 5 degrees some time in the 2030s and possibly even sooner, and we� d be heading for at least three degrees of warming by The End of the century, with catastrophic consequences. That� s why there is now such a concerted push for action. And the difference between 1. 5 and two degrees may not seem that significant. But the intergovernmental panel on climate change has said 1. 5 instead of two degrees would, mean among other things, 10 Million fewer people losing their homes to rising Sea Levels, potentially preventing some low lying island countries from disappearing altogether. It would limit the loss of Coral Reefs, of Endangered Species and of arctic Sea Ice. And there� d be roughly 50 fewer people Around The World struggling to find fresh water. Even at 1. 5 degrees there will be big changes to our climate, but one of the main goals in glasgow is to keep the target firmly within reach. To do that the world needs to halve Greenhouse Gas emissions over the next decade, and Reach Net Zero Emissions by the middle of the century. That all means huge and rapid changes to the way societies and companies operate. And this is the decade when those changes are going to have to start happening. Almost all legal Covid Restrictions in scotland have been lifted. We have some breaking news coming in. We will start with the technology story, if you are heading to the eu and you own a vodafone, you need to be aware that you may have to pay up to £2 a day now to use your monthly allowance of data calls and text because vodafone has become the latest mobile network to reintroduce roaming charges for brits travelling to the eu. The first was ee which is owned by bt, they introduced their roaming charges injune. You can actually reduce the cost to £1 a day if you purchase a special pass called a multi Day Pass for 8 15 days if you� re in vodafone. The key thing is if you use vodafone and you are travelling to the eu, you will now start paying for those roaming charges, up to £2 a day but it will be possible to reduce that figure depending on if you buy a special package. We also got another piece of breaking news. The united kingdom has imposed economic sanctions on belarus. James landale of diplomatic correspondence sending us this main news saying britain has imposed economic sanctions on belarus for the first time, targeting the trade of the country and financial sectors. Marking a significant escalation of pressure under alexander lukashenko. Exactly one year after those disputed president ial elections. Until now, you may not be aware, the uk has largely imposed travel bans and frozen assets of key individuals that it blames for human rights abuses and oppression of opposition supporters. But britain has taken what has been described as this significant step, diplomatic step, in imposing economic sanctions on belarus for the first time. I am sure we will get more on this from our diplomatic correspondence here on Bbc News. Almost all legal Covid Restrictions in scotland have been lifted. From today, social distancing has been scrapped in most places and large outdoor gatherings can go ahead although face coverings are still required in most public settings. It also means that large Entertainment Venues like nightclubs are allowed to reopen. 0ur scotland reporter, Alexandra Mackenzie reports. It� s been a long wait, but for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, clubs and clubbers in scotland are back. We� re so buzzing, we� re so excited. It� s my favourite club, so. The Buff Club in glasgow was raring to go atjust one minute past midnight. There was no social distancing required, and no facemasks when dancing, Drinking Or Dining. Restaurants and cafes are back at full capacity, with No Limit on the number of households per table. Masks must be worn when walking around, and customers should still use the test and protect app. So for us, the lack of social distancing now inside is a really big thing in hospitality. It means for us we have now the capacity for 14 tables instead of eight. So obviously that� s more people through the doors. It� s really great news, it� s a big step forward. Nicola sturgeon said her approach is a cautious one. She also said she can� T Guarantee that restrictions won� T Need to be reimposed at some point in the future. The leader of the Scottish Conservative Party said this easing of restrictions just doesn� t go far enough. Brenda owns this florist in glasgow� s West End. She� s delighted that business is getting back to normal, but happy that she and her customers will still need to wear a mask inside her shop. It� s a small shop and we� ve got to protect Each Other and everyone else all around us, and we want to stay open. I mean, it� s great getting back to the way things. Getting a wee bit back to normality again. So, yeah, i do. And i think. I don� t think the masks are going anywhere soon. I think we� re going to be having them on for a long, long time. And if that� s what we have to do, that� s what we have to do. This business was lucky. Others have struggled when staff have had to self isolate. From today, adults who are close contacts of someone with covid only need to isolate until they show a negative Pcr Test so long as they have been double vaccinated. For the clubbers, this is as close to normal as it� s been for well over a year. Alexandra mackenzie, Bbc News, glasgow. The first minister Nicola Sturgeon has cautioned that cases of coronavirus would rise now that restrictions were being lifted. But she said she believed it was the right moment to do so now the vaccine was giving significant protection. Todayis today is a really positive day, most of the legal restrictions are being lifted and that is a sign of the fact we are in a much stronger position largely because of the power of vaccination. We should feel positive and optimistic but we still need to be careful and cautious, because the virus is still circulating, notjust in scotland but across the world, we know it� s unpredictable so my message to people is enjoying the return of many freedoms but be careful, where your face governing where that is required, continue to wash your hands regularly, keep the rooms are ventilated and even although it is not the law any more it still makes sense to try to keep a safe distance where you can from people in other households. If we are carefully cautious as we lift the restrictions hopefully we will continue to keep the virus under control. And get vaccinated, as the overwhelming and most important message for everybody, particularly those now in the younger Age Groups. Free taxis, pizzas and Cinema Tickets are just some of the incentives that the government hopes will encourage more young people to take up the offer of a coronavirus vaccine. The latest nhs figures show that around 30 of 18 to 29 year olds in the uk are yet to have their firstjab. 0ur Reporter Luxmy gopal has more. Not the sort of shots you� d normally expect to have on A Night Out in a club. 0n the Dance Floor of this london venue, people are getting their dose of the covid vaccine. Well, i� m actually in a musical in the West End at the moment round the corner, and i� ve just finished a show and i noticed that this was open. Its such a good thing for the youth, to be like, look, this is where were at, you know this place, you feel comfortable here sojust come along and get yourjab. For the first time, Night Clubs including heaven in central london, and the nightingale in birmingham are being used as temporary vaccination clinics to try to encourage more young people to get the jab. In the same way the different communities that have gone into, whether it be a synagogue or mosque, wherever they go to try and target different communities, we can target a younger audience and the younger audience are not getting the vaccine so let� s use a nightclub and try and target them. Other attempts to target younger Age Groups include the Surrey Theme Park Thorpe Park offering the Pfizer Vaccine at a Pop Up Clinic, the Festival Latitude bringing jabs to Music Fans on a vaccination bus, and a Vaccine Festival providing free food and live music to those getting their injections in the London Borough of tower hamlets. I was telling my spanish friends, like, this is what they� re doing in the uk, they� re inviting you to parties while you get the vaccine, and they were like, oh, we all need to go to the uk 26 year old Tasnim Jara is one of the team of doctors Debunking Covid Myths for young audiences on tiktok and other Social Media sites translating them, too, for hard to reach communities. And more incentives are planned to increase Vaccine Update in the under 30s. Deliveroo will offer vouchers to young people who get vaccinated. Uber will provide discounts on rides and uber eats meals. The ride hailing App Bolt will give free credits to vaccination centres. Pizza pilgrims is in talks with the government about giving free slices away at drop in clinics. Cinema tickets and free coffee are other incentives being suggested, though details on all of these plans are yet to be revealed. From september, the government says unvaccinated people won� t be able to enter Night Clubs and other large scale events. But how effective can the Carrot And Stick approach be . 23 year old sam duffy, a regular at this club, was keen to get the vaccine as soon as he was eligible but his twin is the opposite. My Twin Brother is quite hesitant to take it. Trying to convince him he needs to take it, especially these covid passports and stuff come in later in the year, he� s not going to be able to go out any bars, clubs, things like that. So, yeah. Why is he hesitant . A lot of online stuff, he kind of, you know, reads the misinformation about it, a bit sceptical, a bit nervous about the long Term Side effects of it. Do you think the incentives that the government is offering for young people might persuade your brother to take the jab . Possibly so. I mean, it depends how entrenched his views are. Latest figures showjust under 70 of 18 to 29 year olds have had theirfirstjab, compared to just under 90 of the wider adult population. But of course they haven� t been eligible for as long, and the nhs lead at this Pop Up Clinic says young uptake of the vaccine isn� t that far behind, relatively speaking. I think we are all learning and we� re trying to figure out new ways and more innovative ways, i think, of really encouraging people out. So i� m not sure if it� s really about young people, really. Because, actually, we still have a lot of people who are older and other vulnerable populations that are still not vaccinated yet. Work continues on finding ways to get more of the population jabbed. These young people at least are now part of that club. Luxmy gopal, Bbc News. We are going to take you to heathrow airport, because Team Gb� s plane has justers and i mean literally touched down you can see it tackying on the run away from. So it is british Airways Flight and it is carrying the last of the Team Gb contingent, they, of course, normally when you finished, you have a certain window in which to leave, that was the rule, you had to leave within i think it was 24 hours, leave japan, but this is the plane carrying the final Team Gb group, and but this is the plane carrying the finalTeam Gb group, and i know who will be onboard there, of course, our greatest 0lympian is onboard, he is jason kenney, i am sure you heard or you watched him, in that race, i mean phenomenal race, saw that hesitation in the pack, and just took advantage of it. And surpassing sir� s record. Also onboard that flight is another Gold Medal winner, the boxer from wales, flight is another Gold Medal winner, the boxerfrom wales, Lauren Price, middleweight. The women� s middleweight. The women� s Middleweight Champion. 5 0 victory, again, winning gold, butjason kenney, seven Gold Medals now. Also onboard, we have Boxing Champ George galloway. Galal yafai. Laura kenny is also onboard, she is also involved in cycling, Joseph Choong from the modern pent long is pentathlon, he achieved Team Gb� s first individual male winner of the modern pentathlon, butjust to remind you, Team Gb� s medals came from swimming and diving, there was boxing and taekwondo, we had the athletics, the pentathlon, sailing as well, triathlon and equestrian events, all included as well as cycling. Let us not forget bmxing, we are keeping an eye as the team descend or come through the arrivals hall, and we will bing you those pictures. Let us return to the climate report. More now on the Un Climate Report the prime Minister Borisjohnson said the report Makes For Sobering Reading and called for urgent global action to secure the future of the planet. In the last hour i spoke to the shadow environment secretary, luke pollard. Our economy to transition away from being based on carbon intensive industry, Fossil Fuels for Transport And Energy production in particular, and move to a greener one, that is why as a party we have called for the government to bring forward the £30 billion of planned infrastructure investment, to bring that forward, to suspend in the next two Years, to create 400,000 green job, but to do the heavy lifting to create 400,000 green jobs, but to do the heavy lifting on decarbonisation that i� m afraid we haven� t seen in the past couple of Years. What do you mean by heavy lifting, Mr Pollard . Explain that, break it down for people at home listening, because there is a lot of political talk, break it down so people can follow what you� re saying and say, ok, i can do that. We all need to do steps to decarbonise our own lives and that means moving from using transport, that is based on Petrol And Diesel to one based on Electric Vehicles, the problem with that is we haven� t got enough Charging Infrastructure at the moment, and the subsidy cut the government� s brought in round Electric Vehicles is not making them as affordable as i would like them to be. But we also need to be taking steps to make sure that we are decarbonising our homes, as well. Now each of us can take those steps about making sure we replacing single glazing with double glazing, making sure that our lofts are well insulated. Making sure we are using the most efficient boilers but we do need government to be leading by Example here and when i talk about the heavy lifting, the vast majority of the Carbon Emissions we have cut as a country, over the last ten, 15, 20 Years or so, has been from the closure of coal fired power stations. That was a decision taken by the last labour government. Now that is a wee while ago to be fair, so we do need the current government that we have got now, notjust to give us a good diet of Sound Bites about the environment but to have a clear plan about how we are going to be doing that same type of Carbon Reduction for the transport, that we get round in, and the homes we live in, because by far, those two areas are responsible for the majority of our emissions that we need to take out by, certainly i would like to see the vast majority of our Carbon Emissions taken out of our economy by 2030 and that is what we need to do to hit the Road Map that this report sets out. The british Heart Foundation is warning this morning that the number of people waiting for Heart Surgery in england could rise by more than 40 by next spring. They say that without extra government funding, it would take between three and five Years for treatment to return to pre pandemic levels. We can now speak to dr charmaine griffiths, ceo of the british Heart Foundation. Thank you for speaking to us here on Bbc News. Just explain to us, first off, the the impact that this growing Waiting List could have on heart patients . Growing Waiting List could have on heart atients . ,. ,. , heart patients . There is no doubt we are worthried heart patients . There is no doubt we are worthried about heart patients . There is no doubt we are worthried about what heart patients . There is no doubt we are worthried about what the are worthried about what the increase in Waiting Lists would mean for so many people, everyone before the Covid Pandemic, peep were waiting too long for procedures and surgery, overa waiting too long for procedures and surgery, over a quarter of A Million people on Waiting Lists and that is causing untold anxiety as well as impacting people� s health and their lives. 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Dr griffiths, thank you very much for your time. Tridisease. Dr griffiths, thank you very much for your time. Thank i tridisease. Dr griffiths, thank you i very much for your time. Thank you. Thank you. Tea m Team Gb are about to come down the steps and there are the staff, waving the flag obviously. You can imagine if it wasn� t during the pandemic there would be huge crowds there, but they are getting, i think it is fair to describe it as a hero� s welcome. This is part of the last Team Gb contingent, they have been returning home over the last two weeks, as soon as they are completed in their events, but, we expect them to see them come down the step, the golden couple in Fact Jason and laura kenny. Jason kenney, he won his seventh Gold Medal. Now that took him to major 0lympic stay pus, the status, the greatest 0lympian, overtaking sir, it was the men� s kierin, took advantage of what has been described as a bit of a hesitation in the pack and he basically went for it. It was a solo sprint, very difficult to do if you are at the front and for that long, because you have to keep the stamina and the pace going. Also onboard, one of ourfinal golds and the pace going. Also onboard, one of our final golds was awe Lauren Price, a Lot Pride in wales, i once she returns home as well. She won a gold, winning 5 0, that was her Victory Score in the women� s middleweight. She paid a tribute to her grandmother who she lived with and supported her through her training, and her passion for the sport. So in all, Team Gb won 22 gold, 21 silvers and 22 bronze medals. The doors are opened. It will be lovely if we could hear the sound butjust the sight of those Team Gb athletes coming down, is going to be fantastic to see. Coming home, as many of their other colleagues have already done over the last two days, now Team Gb i understand was unofficially set a target of between 45 and 70 medals by Uk Sport. There we go. Here they come. Difficult to tell who they are, because obviously they have their masks on. But they are coming down those steps, with the Aircrew Staff as well. But britain finished with 65 medals, so well within that target of between 45 and 70 set by Uk Sport. They said they wanted to work within a more holistic approach, given the lack of competition for athletes during the pandemic, a lot of touch and go for tokyo, weren� t too sure whether it was going to go ahead. Mark england the chef de mission for Team Gb called the Medal Haul the greatest achievement in british olympic history. So that is the Ba Crew staff, at the bottom of the steps. Those athletes are going to descend, i am excited. I don� t know how you are feeling, let me give you a run down who is onboard this flight. We have gala yafai from boxing, katie and baldwining a medal in cycling, ethan hayter, cycling, jason kenney, as i said, winning his seventh gold, in that men� s kierin and his wife laura kenny, again, a cyclist, matthew walls in cycling. Joseph choong who won Team Gbs first individual male winner, he was the first male winner this particular Team Gb in this particular event, catherine french in the modern pentathlon. Lauren price the Middleweight Champion from wales onboard. Jack carlin, a whole host of Team Gb members, set to come down those steps. I don� t know about you i am getting really excited, to see them descend, but i am sure collecting all their bits and pieces, before they finally touch british soil. Some of the things that have been said really describe what these athletes have had to go through. Earth has been against all the odds and it is greatest achievement in british olympic history, it has been the miracle of tokyo and it has been wonderful to be here, that coming from the Team Gb chef de mission mark england. So, we, here we go. There they are. At the top. Look at the Gold Medals. Laura kenny, is that her hubby at the back. Well, gold, silver medals there. So that is Laura And Jason kenney. That is Katie Archibald giving waves at the top of the stair, some in the Team Gb flag. Just stopping at the top there, isis expect there for something of a Team Photo as well. A and here they come. Starting to come down the steps, you can just starting to come down the steps, you canjust imagine starting to come down the steps, you can just imagine what sort of welcome they are going to have in the arrivals hall, can� t you . It will be interesting to see how much of their family have actually made to it the airport, and of Course Everybody being very cautious because of covid 19. But here they come. Let us have a listen in. Cheering and applause beautiful Team Photo on the steps there of their plane. Gb we have the golden couple there, the conditione, some the stories we have been hearing have been inspiring. I mean i do believe that was Lauren Price i just say there, her story for Example brought up by her grandmother and she paid that tribute to her grandmother, yesterday when she won gold, looking up yesterday when she won gold, looking up to the heaven, a victory in the women� s middleweight boxing event. And a second warm welcome, i suspect once she returns to wales, we also had a lot of discussion over the funding of some of the sports, we heard how some athletes were working so many part time jobs to pay for their sporting passion, and also fundraising themselves, before Uk Sport stepped in to help them get them over to tokyo, but there was skateboardling, climbing, those images were fantastic. Skateboarding. There was bmxing as well. Three Years nows before hopefully we see a repeat, if not improvement in that Medal Haul for Team Gb, they will be heading to paris, where the next 0lympics Team Gb, they will be heading to paris, where the next olympics will be held, the flame, and the flag were passed on to the parisian mayor yesterday, and prep will be starting. The team heading back up the steps to collect their Hand Luggage isis expect and we will leave them there, too. You are watching Bbc News. Iran� s latest covid 19 figures show the country is in the grip of a deadly fifth wave of the virus. It has recorded its highest daily number of deaths and cases. Azaday moshiri reports. Record infections and record deaths. Newly released figures confirm what iranian officials feared most. That the country is now facing its deadliest surge of the covid 19 virus. Iran reported more than 500 daily covid 19 deaths on sunday and almost 40,000 positive cases. This all time high pitches the total number of cases to more than 4 Million and deaths to more than 94,000. Iran remains the hardest hit country in all of the middle east. Cases have been spiking since latejune and officials are warning the Delta Variant is causing a fifth wave of the virus, overwhelming hospitals with critical cases. So, despite sanctions crippling iran� s economy, supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali khamenei has asked the government to consider a full national lockdown. One of the main reasons for this most recent surge has been the slowness in vaccination in the country. One of the lowest Vaccination Rates in the region, approximately 3 of the country has received both vaccines, or a full set of vaccines, i should say. And for the most part, iranians have not had access to well tested vaccines from the west. The government is banking on iran� s own vaccine which they say offers 85 protection from the virus, though no data has been released to back those claims. Judging by the number of iranians who are able to leave the country, particularly to go to the caucasus and obtain vaccines produced in the west, there is ample evidence that iranians themselves do not trust the vaccines that are produced in the country. Hoping to boost a flagging Vaccine Campaign President ebrahim raisi publicly received his first dose on sunday. And with officials expecting this deadly surge to worsen, convincing the public to follow suit is crucial. A baby thought to be the world� s smallest at birth has been discharged from a Singapore Hospital after 13 months of intensive treatment. Kwek Yu Xuan was just 212 grams the weight of an apple when she was born and measured 24 centimetres long. Her mother gave birth to her by Emergency C Section four months ahead of schedule after she was diagnosed with pre eclampsia dangerously high Blood Pressure that can damage vital organs and be fatal for both mother and baby. Yu xuan now weighs a much healthier 6. 3 kilograms. 0ur Reporter Suranjana tewari has more doctors here in singapore at the national University Hospital where she was born, they actually said that babies who are born that premature usually have about a 70 survival rate. Now, that is fairly high, but they also expected her to weigh about at least 400 grams. But she weighed just 212 grams. Many of the doctors who were looking after her here said that really put in a low chance of survival for her. So Kwek Yu Xuan really surprising doctors with her progress here. Now, when she was first born, she was so small, the doctors really struggled to look after her. Her skin was very sensitive. So it was very hard to put probes onto her skin in order to monitor her health. Also, the nappies that were available here in singapore were far too large and it was really important that she had regular nappies because her skin was so sensitive. Even the medicine that was administered to her had to be calculated down to the decimal point. So it really is some sort of miracle here. The doctors here said that it was a covid 19 miracle because she was born in the middle of the pandemic, and that her progress really gave a ray of hope amidst all the darkness that there has been in the last year or so. She is a very healthy weight now, 6. 4 kilograms, around 14lbs. Now, because she was born so premature, she does have chronic Lung Disease and she also has pulmonary hypertension, so she will need help of a ventilator when she is back at home. But doctors here in Singapore Say that she is likely to outgrow a lot of those conditions, that premature babies do outgrow them, and with the progress that she has made, they are really confident that she will improve even at home. She can roll over by herself, she is learning to use a bottle, and, apparently, she is very fond of her dummy. The indian actor anupam shyam, renowned for playing villains in bollywood films, has died in mumbai at the age of 63. He was admitted to hospital last week with a kidney infection. Shyam was a familiar face on television and appeared in films including � bandit queen� , � lagaan� and the 0scar winning � slumdog millionaire�. In a Momentjane Hill will be here for the Bbc News at one. But first, it� s time for a look at the weather with carol. Hello again. Some of us, we had some torrential downpours at the weekend. Today, there are still some torrential downpours in the forecast, but as we go through the week, there will be fewer showers and it will turn a little bit but not across the board. Now, the low pressure that has been driving our weather is still with us today. It is starting to ease off, though. It is starting to fill. But you can see we also have Weather Fronts which have been producing rain this morning. Now, that Rain Clearing away from the South East will leave showers behind it across england and wales. A front across scotland is also producing some showers, some of those will be heavy, in the South East third of scotland, and could produce a lot of rain in a short amount of time. Equally, we could see a line of showers develop from somerset towards london. Some of those could be heavy and thundery, but the showers, not All Of Us will see them. There will be a lot of dry weather in between with some sunshine and highs up to 21 degrees. Through this evening and overnight, some of the showers will fade, but we will see a band of heavy showers moving across Northern England in the small hours of tomorrow morning. With all of this going on, it is not going to be a cold night. In towns and cities, temperatures staying easily in double figures. They will be a little bit lower in rural areas. Now, tomorrow, a ridge of High Pressure builds across us, settling things down. A lot of dry weather, a fair bit of sunshine, variable amounts of cloud. Yes, there is a chance of an isolated shower, but we� ll see more showers across the north and the east of scotland, some of those ones, again, could be heavy and thundery. Temperatures, well, in The Sunshine, temperatures responding quite nicely. We could get up to 22 or 23 degrees, 16 or 17 if you are stuck under one of the showers. Into wednesday, well, we still have this ridge of High Pressure across us, Weather Fronts coming in from the atlantic bringing rain, but they arE Pulling in southerly, so they are dragging up some warmerair from the near continent. So wednesday dawns on a sunny note, the Cloud Building in from the west, turning The Sunshine hazy and then the rain arriving into western areas later in the day. Under that band of cloud and rain, temperatures will be that bit lower. Again, we are looking at 16 to about 19 degrees. But we could hit 24 or 25 somewhere in the South East on wednesday. Then the outlook, well, it is going to stay warm in the South And East but further rain in the north, particularly north west scotland