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How to handle the heat . A Special Report on how people in pakistans Mega City Karachi are struggling, as extreme temperatures become more common aorund the world. It is almost unbearable to be standing out in the street. It is only 11 oclock and The Sun is beating down. And the pollution. It makes it even worse. Some here wonder how long they can go on like this. Its the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere and it is living through one of the most troubled of political sagas. Now haitis Prime Minister, ariel henry, says he has sacked the Chief Prosecutor whos been seeking to charge him in connection with the killing of President Jovenel Moise in july. He had also called for the Prime Minister to be barred from leaving haiti, adding that there was evidence that the Prime Minister had spoken by phone with a leading suspect in the assassination. Will grant has more. The intrigue in one of latin americas Merges Political Drums continues to grow. Now the Prime Minister is among those suspected of involvement in the killing. 80s Chief Prosecutor who has called for the prosecuting judge to charge the prosecuting judge to charge the Prime Minister who the subsequent ban from leaving the country. Specifically, he is accused of being a Telephone Contact with the suspect who has now fled, at the time of the murder. However did not take long for the Prime Minister to strike back. In a public letter he told him he was being removed as position of prosecutor, accusing him of serious failings. He has called the steps again some diversionary tactics intended to sow confusion. Livid headlines decided or plunges haiti even further into political crisis. There is almost a vacuum emerging at some levels of government. President jovenel moise� s murder and the exacerbating existing problems in the nation. The latest instability comes at the worst possible moment. More than 2000 people were killed in a huge earthquake last month and a duster urgently needed in the affected region. Just as haitians had hoped for a semblance of calm with the twin impact of natural Disaster And Coronavirus there seems it will be still more political upheaval ahead. Garry Pierre Pierre is the founder of the News Website the haitian times he gave me his take on this latest development. U nfortu nately, unfortunately, the investigation into the assassination of the president has been politicised. It has been since the very beginning and no seeing raw politics where people are not even pretending any more. The opposition parties, they dont want him as Prime Minister and they are Lobbying Accusations without evidence, maseko against him. We know what the evidence is that they are not releasing what they are claiming to ask for his arrest, if you will, because that is basically what it is. It is an arrest. You can travel, you are restricted from travelling out of the country. So basically he was. He retaliated by firing, but they have the authority to do so. So here we are playing Tete A tete. That is an interesting point. He does have that authority, does he, because it would appear that the Chief Prosecutor is ignoring the dismissal, effectively, well, yeah. It is going to be interesting but i dont think that She Prosecutor has that much power in the scheme of things. In fact, early on there were a lot of issues to get a prosecutor in the case of those people were afraid to take on this case so he accepted it and i think he has far extended his authority in this because i think if you had evidence that the Prime Minister was involved somehow i think it behoves you to present the facts to the media, the public and that the facts speak for themselves. The drama almost defies belief in terms of the accusations on the counter accusations. Of the accusations on the counteraccusations. Is of the accusations on the counter accusations. Is it drama, though, that is gripping a Nation Orfrankly drama, though, that is gripping a nation or frankly are drama, though, that is gripping a Nation Orfrankly are most people just a Nation Orfrankly are most peoplejust their a Nation Orfrankly are most people just their damnedest to survive and get on at the moment. It is gripping the nation because remember the southern part of the country has just recovered from an earthquake millions of people have been affected. You have internally displaced people, people living in a tent. The situation is not idealfor Power Struggle right now because things that the government needed to help the citizens get over the hardship that they are living under now. A bitter row has broken out in kabul between leaders of the taliban over the Make Up of the groups new government. Senior taliban officials have told the bbc the row involved a strong exchange of words at the president ial palace , over who should take credit for the groups victory. tx for the groups victory. Co Founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar is said to believe the emphasis should be placed on the diplomacy carried out by people like him. However khalil ur rahman haqqani, the minister for refugees, believes credit should be given to those who led the fighting. Meanwhile weeks on from that victory many women are still wondering whether theyll be able to return to work. Among them, the former Cabin Crew of afghanistans National Airline, afghan ariana airways who are still awaiting guidance on whether theyll be to fly again. 0ur chief international Correspondent Lyse Doucet has been to meet them. Somewhere in kabul, down a back alley, swiftly up the stairs. Weve come to this abandoned house, which is now a safe house, where 11 remarkable afghan women are now in hiding. Female Cabin Crew of ariana afghan airways, the national carrier, awaiting rules from their new taliban bosses. Translation i have no hope. I see what is happening to bright, educated working women. We dont have physical Security Or Peace of mind. We dont dare wear our uniforms. They filmed from their homes when taliban came to some streets. Listen to the screams next door. Screaming some Cabin Crew decided they would be safer together. In this film, they marshal their memories. Their countrys oldest, largest airline. They became its new face, new progress. Translation those were happy days. We have such good memories, and we never have a photo like that again. Tamanas last flight, just after the taliban swept into kabul. Panic at the airport. The flight never took off. Translation i have never seen anything like that, not even in the movies. Even those scheduled to work on that flight didnt show up because they were scared. I found the courage to work, because i love myjob. Their lives, the stuff of history. A flight cancelled the day before kabul fell. It was meant to fly a delegation to peace talks. Then, the women were told, dont come to work. This is their work, too. Some, like fatima, are also fashion designers, with a presence on social media. So is 26 year old muskan. Thats your design . Yes. Conservative, but very modern, too. Yeah, thank you. She also worked at the british council. They all feel abandoned now. We are in here, under danger, without documents, without activities, with works, with videos, with photos, but i dont know how to carry it till now to other countries or safe places. I dont know. Some women have started working at kabul airport, but these Cabin Crew doubt they can ever return to the jobs they loved. They gave their all. Now they fear it puts them at risk of losing it all. Lise doucet, Bbc News, kabul. Lets get some of the days other news. Derek chauvin and three other fired Minneapolis Police officers have pleaded not guilty to federal civil rights charges in the death of george floyd. The four are charged with violating his constitutional rights and failing to respond to his medical needs. Chauvin has already been convicted of murder but the other three Police Officers still face minnesota charges for their role in floyds death. They are to go on trial next march more than 186,000 homes and businesses in texas are without power after Tropical Storm Nicholas struck the states coast. Local Disaster Response said while the effects of the storm were serious they had feared far worse, with the centre of the storm passing 55 Kilometres Southeast of houston. No deaths have been reported, but the threat to life still remains as it passes into nieghbouring lousiana, leaving numerous potential hazards in its wake. Comedian Norm Macdonald has died after a nine year private battle with cancer. He was 61. The comic� S Career took off working in canadian clubs before moving to the us to pursue tv comedy writing. He worked for the Roseanne Programme beforejoining Saturday Night live to Host News Parody skit weekend update. Known for his dry delivery, macdonald had fans in the us and worldwide. Voters in california are deciding whether to remove their governor, gavin newsom. The Recall Vote comes amid republican anger over his handling of everything from covid to wildfires. But he also enjoys wide support in the heavily democratic state. The result could have serious implications notjust for the political future of california, but for the whole of the united states. As the final stretch of the campaign approached, incumbent Governor Newsom was in bullish mood this was him speaking a little earlier today. This is a Life And Death decision. Thats not exaggerated. This is a Life And Death decision. The public health, the public safety, Well Being is on the ballot. No other nation has outperformed the state of california. In the last five years. That is not despite our values, that is because of our values. Polls closin because of our values. Polls closing within because of our values. Polls closing within the because of our values. Polls closing within the hour. Polls closing within the hour. Stay with us on Bbc News, still to come. We meet the man who has paddle boarded around the whole of britain finishing his epic journey in torquay. 30 hours after the earthquake that devastated mexico city, Rescue Teams still have no idea just how many people have died. Well, theres people alive and theres people not alive. We can just help and give them whatever weve got. A State Funeral has been held for Princess Grace of monaco at the church where she married prince rainier 26 years ago. It looked as though they had come to fight a war, but their mission is to bring peace to east timor, and no where on earth needs it more badly. I the Governments Case is being forcefully presented by the justice minister. Hes campaigned vigorously for abolition having once witnessed one his clients being executed. Elizabeth seton spent much of her time in this grotto, and every year, hundreds of pilgrimages are made here. Now that she has become a saint, it is expected that this area will be inundated with tourists. The mayor and local Businessman Regard the anticipated boom as yet another blessing of saint elizabeth. This is Bbc News, the latest headlines. Haitis bitter Power Struggle has intensified, after the Prime Minister sacked the Chief Prosecutor, who wanted him to face charges over the assassination of President Jovenel Moise. A group of afghan women have told the bbc, the taliban coming to power has left them too scared to return to theirjobs. Every week at this time we focus on one of the key issues pushing our planet close to climate critical. And today its the contentious question of climatejustice a way to balance out the inequalities in managing our climate across the globe. The poorest countries and people are often most vulnerable to climate change, despite having done least to cause it. Climatejustice requires richer, more industrialised countries to accept the Part Theyve played in warming the planet. And to give financial support to help poorer nations adapt to the challenges of extreme weather and adopt new, greener methods and technologies. The Paris Agreement saw a commitment by developed countries to provide 100 Billion to developing countries every year from 2020 to 2025. The commitment has never been fully met. So some would call It Climate Injustice either way, it will be a critical issue at this Years Cop26 Summit with a wealthy � global north under increasing pressure from those in the � Global South Carlos Manuel Rodriguez is the former Energy Minister of Costa Rica, and is now ceo of global Environment Facility Which Coorindates and funds international environmental intiatives. Thank you very much indeed for your time. Thank you very much indeed for yourtime. Ijust thank you very much indeed for your time. Ijust wonder if thank you very much indeed for your time. I just wonder if we start with this notion of Climate Justice itself. Start with this notion of climatejustice itself. Is that how you see it . Is justice the right word here . How you see it . Is ustice the right word here . Right word here . Welcomer festival, thank right word here . Welcomer festival, thank you right word here . Welcomer festival, thank you for right word here . Welcomer. Festival, thank you for having me here. I will say that is the right term in the context of the global climate crisis. Of course there is the north to the rest of the planet and a commitment to mobilise countries, to mobilise resources like never before. Particularly under the concept of which is unusual, we need to mobilise those resources, but based on the seriousness of the crisis we need to overcome those political positions and be able to understand that we need to collaborate, to deliver and secure the girls by 2050. Those two elements are extremely important. Sorry. That is a extremely important. Sorry. That is a goal extremely important. Sorry. That is a goal which extremely important. Sorry. That is a goal which of extremely important. Sorry. L that is a goal which of course Costa Rica is seen as at the forefront of seeking to achieve. I say to you, but your country is the un champion, you are held up as the beacon of what can be done but when we come to many other countries, we could take bangladesh or many parts of africa, they are faced with issues that go beyond an easy reconciliation with climate change. They need that money. With climate change. They need that money that money. That is clear. That is clear. This that money. That is clear. That is clear. This is that money. That is clear. That is clear. This is the is clear. This is the opportunity for industrialised countries to stand up and be able to walk the Talk And Support those countries. Those countries which are really struggling. And the Adaptation Element is extremely important in this context. 80 of mobilised for Climate Action is Carbon Mitigation so around 20 of what is mobilised from sources on an annual basis for adaptation into level, at least 50, 50, the next year. 50, 50, the next year. 100 Billion a year 50, 50, the next year. 100 Billion a year being 50, 50, the next year. 1oo| billion a year being pledged. 50, 50, the next year. 100 l billion a year being pledged. A pledge is a pledge, isnt it . I mean, it is a promise. It is not being met. How close are the richer countries to getting there, do you think . I the richer countries to getting there, do you think . There, do you think . I am extremely there, do you think . I am extremely confident there, do you think . I am extremely confident that l there, do you think . I am l extremely confident that by there, do you think . I am extremely confident that by Cop 26 they will be able to not only confirm but explain the ways they will be able to mobilise those resources but it is important we had the big picture. Mobilising 100 Billion in the context of, to be in contact is a 10 of what we should be mobilising on an annual basis. 10 , which makes it look like a in the bucket. Where does that extra money come from . The financial gap, not only the financial gap, it is a combination of more effectiveness in mobilising resources particularly domestic sources, public expenditures. But probably the most important elements to reduce those negative investment in Fossil Fuel industries. If you face those negative investments, reversing investments in subsidies, the land use change, the need for more resources were depleted dramatically so it is notjust a matter of mobilising resources like never before but also more Policy Agreements at the country level. ,. , agreements at the country level. ,. , level. Policy Coherence And Erha s level. Policy coherence and perhaps business level. Policy coherence and perhaps Business Commitments as well. Thank you very much for joining us. Thank you very much forjoining us. This year is on track to be one of the warmest, globally, withjuly being the hottest month since records began. And extreme temperatures can cause respiratory problems, Heat Strokes and even death. In our new Series Life at 50c, farhat javed reports on one Mans Mission to find a solution in karachi in pakistan to the unbearable heat. Karachi, home to more than 16 Million people. One of the biggest and hottest cities in the world. And its residents are suffering. This mother of five is struggling to cope with the searing heat. There is no way she can afford air conditioning. In 2015, they endured a 45 celsius heat wave. 1,200 people died from Dehydration And Heat stroke, and this year, the temperature is nearly that high again. Here in the heart of karachi it is almost unbearable to be standing out in the street. It is only 11 oclock, and The Sun is beating down and the pollution, it makes it even worse. Some here wonder how long they can go on like this. This businessman thinks he has a solution to cool the whole City Building urban forests. This is the first urban forest. Just three years ago it was filled with piles of rubbish but look at it now. There are more than 1,000 trees, and in here it can be up to 6 degrees cooler than in the rest of the city. I dont know if you have noticed the amount of birds. He chirps. Constantly you will hear that. Several years. Urban forestry has been recommended the world over. I think the challenge is to scale it up. I dont think there are very many deniers iiow. People have understood that it is important. It isjust, you know, to put the money where their mouth is. That is what is needed. But to build more open forests they need financial support from the authorities. In meeting after meeting with local officials, he gets turned down until finally some good news. Fantastic. Lets do it, man. He is beginning work on his new forest. One Mans Effort in the collective struggle to call on our planet. Paddle boarding its something that has taken off in recent years. But this man Brendon Prince has taken it to an extreme. He hasjust finished an epicjourney circumnavigating britain. He set off from torquay on his Stand Up Paddleboard in april two and a half thousand miles later he has arrived home as Sarah Ransome reports after 11t1 days, Brendon Prince is home. With nearly 4,000 kilometres under his belt, the former schoolteacher has paddled his way clockwise around Mainland Britain to raise awareness of sea safety. He has navigated calm waters with stunning scenery, but it has not all been plain sailing. Unpredictable Summer Weather slowed him down and he has also had to steer through busy shipping lanes. To see 200 of dolphins, 10,000 seals to see Ocras Swimming toward you, these things are immense. Seven years ago as an off duty lifeguard, he tried but could not save the lives of three people in cornwall. The tragic memory drives him on. The effect of that for all of those people for decades to come was catastrophic, and that for me, i thought, i cant. I just dont want to see that happen to other people. With Home Grown Holidays on the rise this summer, sadly, so too, the number of accidental drowning. Brendon prince hopes his Epic Voyage this has gone some way to get the Sea Safe Message out there. Would you do it again . Maybe. No no, no way. Ive done this, maybe lets do something else. Sarah ransome, Bbc News. Scientists say theyve successfully Potty Trained Cows to urinate in a designated area. Calves were trained with Food Rewards to go in a Latrine Pen and the researchers from new Zealand And Germany say Success Rates were similar to those you would expect from a three year old child. Its part of a project aimed at Slashing Greenhouse gases. The benefit is to catch nitrogen in the cow urine, which breaks down over time into a potent greenhouse gas. Hello there. After the very wet weather across england on tuesday, conditions look much better for the next couple of days, thanks to a Ridge Of High Pressure we should see plenty of dry and sunny weather. But it wont be completely sunny right across the board there will be a few showers, mainly across scotland and Northern Ireland. Thats yesterdays low, clearing away toward scandinavia. This Weather Front a weak front will bring some showers to scotland and Northern Ireland through the day, but this Ridge Of High Pressure will continue to build in, so a much better looking day for much of england and for wales, as well. A bit of cloud to start the day across eastern areas, maybe the odd shower, any mist should clear away, too, plenty of sunshine into the afternoon. Same, too, for Eastern Scotland, but northern and western scotland, and into Northern Ireland will see more cloud and a few showers around, so the mid to high teens here, could see highs of 21 22 celsius further south. Now through wednesday night, it stays dry with clear spells across england and wales that will allow some mist and dense Fog Patches to develop. Itll turn a bit cooler, as well, for many areas, i think single figure values across central and northern areas, particularly under any clear skies. And well continue with just one or two showers across the north, thanks to this Weather Front. But you can see the Ridge Of High Pressure will be a little bit stronger, more dominant across the country on thursday. So i think thursdays actually shaping up to be the driest and sunniest day of the week across the board. Well start off with that Mist And Fog around, quite a fresh feel to things, but with all The Sunshine, temperatures will begin to rise into the Afternoon Thatll allow a bit of fair Weather Cloud to bubble up here and there. Top temperatures 22, maybe 23 degrees across central, southern, and eastern areas. A bit more cloud, though, starting to push into the northwest of the country, and that Heralds A Change a new area of low pressure in this Weather Front will be sweeping into Western Areas on friday. So itll be turning breezy up and down the west coast, around Irish Sea areas and towards western scotland, Northern Ireland, western england, and wales some Heavy Rain here but, actually, central and eastern england, Eastern Scotland should stay dry all day with some sunny spells. It will be a breezier day for all, particularly across northern and Western Areas. Where we have the rain, then, mid teens, i think, the best. Further east in The Sunshine, again its going to feel very pleasant 21, 22, maybe 23 degrees. Into the weekend, then, weve got some complicated areas of low pressure, a bit of uncertainty to the detail of the forecast. But it does look like low pressure wants to be nearby, so i think theres always the chance of some Cloud And Rain both saturday and sunday, and a little bit of sunshine, too. This is Bbc News the headlines. Haitis Prime Minister, ariel henry, has sacked the Chief Prosecutor, who accused him of involvement in the assassination of President Jovenel Moise. The prosecutor had demanded Mr Henry be barred from leaving haiti after claiming hed seen evidence the Prime Minister was connected to a leading suspect in the killing. A month on from the Talibans Victory in afghanistan, many women are still wondering whether theyll be able to return to work. One group who worked as stewardesses on afghanistans National Airline have told the bbc they are now too scared to return to theirjobs. Californians are voting on whether to replace their governor the democrat gavin newsom. Frustration over his handling of the Coronavirus Pandemic fuelled a republican led effort to dismiss him before the end of his term. Now on Bbc News panorama. Tonight on panorama, how one of britains biggest companies broke the law to sell cigarettes. They said that we must tap their telephones, and follow them all over. They were definitely breaking the law. Through me. We reveal how british american Tobacco Paid Bribes to sabotage its rivals. Yeah, its shocking. Um, do you mind if i ask you over what period was that . Were talking years. 0h. And secured access to Police Files and security cameras. So there were no rules . There were no rules, you are right. The rules were there to be bent. And we expose the corrupt deal to pay off

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