militants from the islamic state group. with cop26 with co p26 getting with cop26 getting under way on sunday, the pope has called on leaders to make radical decisions and to offer hope to the world. the message recorded by the bbc, pope francis as those attending should act now to attack global warming. he also metjoe biden, who is in room for a meeting of g20 leaders. jon sopel is travelling with president biden and since this report. —— and sent this report. the ruler of the world's pre—eminent superpower en route to meet the world's most powerful religious leader. but forjoe biden, only america's second roman catholic president, this is an audience with his spiritual guide and clearly someone he admires enormously. you are the most significant warriorfor peace i have ever met. and with your permission, i'd like to be able to give you a coin. i know my son would want me to give you this to you. the president gave him a coin as a gift, and thenjoked about his irish heritage. i'm the only irish man you've ever met who's never had a drink! and the pope choose the bbc today — in particular, thought for the day on radio 4 — to deliver a firm message to the political elite ahead of next week's crucial c0 p26 summit. translation: the political- decision-makers who will meet at cop26 in glasgow are urgently summoned to provide effective responses to the present ecological crisis and, in this way, to offer concrete hope to future generations. joe biden agrees with the pope about the urgency, but will words be matched by actions? the motorcades will be sweeping through rome this weekend, through glasgow next week. world leaders tasked with saving the planet. so, no big deal, then. around the world, there have been protests of varying size to chivvy world leaders into action. this was the scene in tel aviv today. in glasgow, outside where the summit will be held next week, the demonstrators seemed to be outnumbered by security guards. and in london, greta thunberg was the star attraction. she's buried somewhere in this mob of photographers and she had this message for president biden. when you are leader of the most powerful country in the world, you have lots of responsibilities. and when the us is actually, in fact, expanding fossil fuel infrastructure, that is a clear sign that they are not really treating the climate crisis as an emergency. and this salvo to other nations from the former california governor and terminator star. all of those countries that come and give speeches, "we are not going to go and losejobs because of going greener" — they're liars. or they're alljust stupid and they don't know how to do it. joe biden, on this trip to europe, wants to show that america is leading the world on tackling climate change. but his 85—vehicle convoy, most of which were flown in from the us, may not be leading by example — or, in this holy city, practising what you preach. jon sopel, bbc news, rome. our north america editorjon sopel our north america editorjon sopel. after meeting the pope president biden went on for talks with his french counterpart emmanuel macron. relations between the us and france have been strained since washington announced the security deal with australia and the uk. the aukus deal to sell submarines to australia sidelined france and was said to have cost the country billions. president macron said they were rebuilding confidence while president biden admitted things could have been done better. what happened was, using english phrase, what we did was clumsy. it was not done with a lot of grace. i was under the impression certain things had happened that had not happened but i want to make it clear france is an extremely, extremely valuable partner. saudi arabia has cut diplomatic ties with lebanon following criticism of the kingdom's military involvement in yemen. the saudi foreign minister announced it was recalling its ambassador to lebanon and requested the lebanon follow suit. also declaring a complete ban on imports from its fellow arab state. the heightened tensions follow the emergence of old comments made by the lebanese minister of information who has since apologised for any offence caused. in a previous tv interview, he accused the kingdom of aggression against yemen's houthis and blamed them for the deaths of civilians. the row between britain and france over a fishing rights issue in waters has escalated further. the french prime minister has written to the european commission asking it to begin proceedings which could lead to retaliatory tariffs on uk goods entering the eu. the british government denies it is withholding licenses for french boats to fish in british waters. the latest, alex forsyth. arriving in rome with a diplomatic row brewing, the prime minister stressed the ties that bind the uk and france. an old ally and friend, but the french president tonight told the financial times the uk's credibility is at stake in the row over fishing. this is the front line of this fight, which has been rumbling for months. the authorities here injersey and across the uk say they have stuck to agreements made after brexit and issued licences to french boats that can prove a history of fishing these waters. but france says dozens have been unfairly denied. local fishermen, like their counterparts across the channel, are frustrated and worried. the feeling amongst the fleet yesterday was one of absolute despair. certainly, there are real difficult times ahead and our big worry down here is how are we going to try and preserve the fleet and come out the other end with a fishing fleet intact? the row escalated this week when this british trawler was detained by french authorities — a warning shot about what might follow. france has threatened further checks and restrictions on british vessels, even suggested it could disrupt cross—channel trade. the prime minister said he'd be surprised if that happened but the uk was ready to do what's necessary. the government is ready to retaliate. two can play at that game is what i would say, but in the first instance, what we are doing is raising this with the european commission. it's always open to us to increase the enforcement that we do on french vessels, to board more of them if that's what they're doing to our vessels. in a further sign of tension, the french ambassador was summoned to the foreign office, where she was given a dressing—down. the language on both sides is ramping up, but they are still talking. both here and in france, fishing is an emotional issue which carries political clout. borisjohnson promised british fishermen brexit would mean a better deal. in france, president macron is facing an election which brings its own pressures. both sides have reason to take a tough stance but both know a serious escalation could be damaging. this spring, french boats staged a protest offjersey over the same issue. the uk says it does want a diplomatic solution to this ongoing dispute. france has set a deadline of tuesday for it to be resolved. there is a time for flexing muscles and put your trump cards on the table, and there are times for negotiations. the next step is really negotiation. but for now, it's the fishermen that are caught in this diplomatic row. alex forsyth, bbc news, westminster. the uk recorded higher levels of covid—i9 infections in the week to last friday than at any other time last winter. the office for national statistics has estimated 1.3 million people would have tested positive in that period. hugh pym. boosterjabs, like these being delivered in leeds today, are seen by ministers as vital in the drive to keep ahead of the virus. they are offered six months after a second dose but from today, the nhs has been told there can be flexibility on timing. for example, if someone, a doctor, is visiting a care home and there might be one or two residents that are just short of the six—month point, they can use their discretion and make sure everyone is boosted in the same session. daily reported cases may not be rising, but part of the explanation may be fewer school pupils coming forward for tests during half—term holidays. the office for national statistics does regular household testing, which picks up the underlying trend. the latest ons survey suggests that last week, 1.3 million people in the uk had the virus — higher than the peak injanuary. in england, one in 50 people had the virus. in wales, it was one in a0. and un both scotland and northern ireland, one in 75 people. there were increases in all the uk's nations. so, what might the ons data tell us about this week when it's published? i wouldn't be surprised to see a reduction in our data in the next week or so. however, what we saw this time last year was that little half—term reduction followed by a significant increase, so i really am not being complacent there. case rates may be higher, but hospital admissions are about a quarter of the level seen in january, thanks to protection offered by vaccines. wales has the highest infection rate in the uk and new measures are being brought in to tackle the virus. covid passes are being extended to cinemas, theatres and concert halls from mid—november, and other venues may yet be included. the first minister said this was necessary to allow a normal christmas, and the pandemic is far from over. hugh pym, bbc news. the us drug regulator the fda has approved the pfizer—biontech coronavirus vaccine for children aged 5—11. this makes it the first vaccine available for young children in the united states. the decision is expected to make a vaccine available to 28 million american children, many of whom are back to be due back at school in the coming days. a vaccinology st and director of the institute for global health joins us now. professor r omar, thank you forjoining us.- thank you for “oining us. what has the fda — thank you forjoining us. what has the fda said? _ thank you forjoining us. what has the fda said? it - thank you forjoining us. what has the fda said? it said - thank you forjoining us. what has the fda said? it said that| has the fda said? it said that the data from these trials and other studies and modelling evidence, et cetera, suggests the benefits of this vaccine in 5-11 the benefits of this vaccine in 5—11 —year—olds are substantially outweighed the risks from any risk associated with it. and therefore, they have added this age group to the emergency use authorisation of the pfizer—biontech vaccine. and is this for a full dose of the vaccine?— and is this for a full dose of the vaccine? ~ , ., ., the vaccine? well, yeah. no, it is a paediatric— the vaccine? well, yeah. no, it is a paediatric dose _ the vaccine? well, yeah. no, it is a paediatric dose of- the vaccine? well, yeah. no, it is a paediatric dose of the - is a paediatric dose of the vaccine that they are going with and it is what it was important to do trials in these groups. which is slightly different from the adult dose. at the bottom line is the evidence suggests that this vaccine is safe and efficacious in this age group.— in this age group. what about teenagers? — in this age group. what about teenagers? what _ in this age group. what about teenagers? what is _ in this age group. what about teenagers? what is the - in this age group. what about| teenagers? what is the status with vaccinations for older children?— with vaccinations for older children? . �*, . ., , children? that's a really good question- _ children? that's a really good question- as _ children? that's a really good question. as you _ children? that's a really good question. as you know, in - children? that's a really good | question. as you know, in the us multiple vaccines have been already authorised for individuals 12 and older. that includes teens, et cetera. unfortunately, the vaccination rate in that group is, is far from perfect, less than half of these kids are fully vaccinated, and on top of that, there is substantial reasonable variations in the uptake of adolescent vaccine or this vaccine or on a covid vaccine in the adolescent age group. and so therefore, it's notjust to authorise a vaccine, it's just a start in terms of immunisation programmes geared towards these children. you mentioned _ towards these children. you mentioned that _ towards these children. you mentioned that it _ towards these children. you mentioned that it is - towards these children. you mentioned that it is known that younger children are less likely to experience serious side effects of covid, many may question whether it is worth giving them this vaccine in america could instead be sending vaccines to poorer countries there are couple of known answers there. we know absolutely _ known answers there. we know absolutely be _ known answers there. we know absolutely be older— known answers there. we know absolutely be older individualsl absolutely be older individuals are at higher risk but we also know that young children or children five and above, at least where this vaccine has been authorised, are at high enough risk to warrant vaccination scares me. however, ——to warrant vaccination. excuse me. enough of us are at risk of vaccine equity but we believe global vaccine equity is not zero—sum game. we believe global vaccine equity is not zero-sum game. we do believe from _ is not zero-sum game. we do believe from technical - believe from technical consultations and our own expertise and from the history of developing vaccines and deploying vaccines that we can increase the size of the pie itself so that there is more supply in low income countries, especially, but also in middle income countries where there are supply bottlenecks. so the bottom line — are supply bottlenecks. so the bottom line is _ are supply bottlenecks. so the bottom line is that _ are supply bottlenecks. so the bottom line is that you - are supply bottlenecks. so the bottom line is that you focus l bottom line is that you focus on the policy makers need to focus on increasing the size of the pie by increasing donations but more importantly delivering on those donations and at the same time, initiating and accelerating technology transport to low income country manufacturers. taste transport to low income country manufacturers.— manufacturers. we will leave it there. professor _ manufacturers. we will leave it there. professor saad - manufacturers. we will leave it there. professor saad omer, i there. professor saad omer, thank you for being with us. my thank you for being with us. m pleasure. this is bbc news, the headlines: pope francis calls for radical decisions at next week's climate change summit in a special message recorded for the bbc. as the row over post brexit fishing right escalates, france asks the eu to look at imposing retaliatory tariffs on british imports. us officials are warning that a branch of the islamic state group in afghanistan could be in a position to launch attacks abroad in as little as six months time. though the taliban insist it won't allow that to happen. the two groups are fierce rivals, but is is far smaller than the taliban. on the east of the country a bloodied conflict is escalating between the two sides. our correspondence and cameraman travelled to jalalabad. a new chapter is beginning in this conflict. we have come to its front line. the taliban now rule the country. but here injalalabad, they're facing an almost daily stream of targeted attacks by the local branch of the islamic state group. this, a roadside bombing. the hit—and—run tactics of the taliban now used against them. it's notjust the taliban who are under attack. abdul rahman mawin was a prominent social activist. his two young sons saw him gunned down earlier this month. translation: when the taliban took power, we were hopeful- that all the violence and killing would finally stop, but now we face this new phenomena with the name of is. the taliban's intelligence service has detained dozens of alleged is members. hundreds escaped from prison during the group's takeover. dead bodies with notes labelling them is fighters are dumped by the road every few days, but the taliban won't admit responsibility for the extrajudicial killings. they accuse is of being extremists. is accuse the taliban of not being radical enough. there are almost daily attacks injalalabad, it seems. are you really in control of the situation here? translation: just as we i defeated international forces on the battlefield with the blessing of allah, we tell the world not to worry about any small group of traitors carrying out attacks here. they will be defeated, too. is has been launching attacks for years, but they've spread to new parts of the country since the taliban came to power. this, a twin suicide bombing on a shia mosque in the taliban stronghold of kandahar. the group don't control any territory but they have deadly cells, particularly here injalalabad. is is much less powerful than the taliban, but the attacks they're carrying out here are causing real concern, both for afghans exhausted by bloodshed, and internationally. american officials warn is could launch foreign operations in as little as six months�* time. this former member says the group has global ambitions, but lacks capacity. translation: they issue | threats to the whole world. they want to establish their rule everywhere, but those are just words. they are not powerful enough to take over afghanistan. the taliban have increased security around eastern afghanistan. publicly, they're playing down the threat from is, but many fear more violence lies ahead. secunder kermani, bbc news, jalalabad. queen elizabeth has been advised to rest for at least the next two weeks following concerns about her health. earlier this month the queen, who is 95, underwent medical checks in hospital. our royal correspondentjohnny diamond says it is significant that she still plans to attend next month's remembrance sunday events. she is only carrying out light duties to recover what seems like a bout of fatigue. she has carried out what, three different engagements in the last three days, she has smiled broadly through a couple of them, she doesn't appear to be actually unwell as many of us had feared, —— would see it, but she has clearly been a bit too tired to travel, either to northern ireland or to glasgow, they were both cancelled. and they were both cancelled. and the doctors have said no more trouble for a couple of weeks, she will miss the festival of remembrance that happens on the evening before remembering sunday, but she will get to remembrance sunday. the reason i hang on about this is because it is absolutely the most important day in the queen's calendar. it is the most important day in the royal calendar but it is a very important day for her personally. and the fact that it was marked up by the palace is indicative i think of what this fortnight is about, it is just a chance to say look, there is not much in the diary but we're not going to any travel, we are going to keep it and keep the queen in windsor, and keep the queen in windsor, and we will be back on remembrance sunday on the 14th. here in the uk a woman who attacked her husband with a kitchen knife has been found guilty of his murder. penelope jackson, 66, admitted manslaughter but denied murder, claiming she had been subjected to coercion, control and physical violence throughout her marriage. she is expected to serve at least 18 years in jail. andrew plante has this report. february this year, and police arrive at a bungalow on the somerset coast. hello, madam. do you want to just step outside for me a minute? can you come outside? yes. - thank you. pennyjackson opens the door, filmed on police body cam. inside, her78—year—old husband is dying. the retired lieutenant colonel has called police to say she stabbed him. paramedics arrive. as she waited for the police, she told 999 she'd stabbed her husband with a kitchen knife. while she waited, pennyjackson wrote this note entitled confession. she said, "i have taken so much abuse over the years," adding, "may he rot in hell". in court, the retired accountant said she was ashamed of what she'd said and done. she'd been subjected to coercion, control and physical violence throughout their 24—year marriage. the court heard david jackson had been aggressive to his wife on occasion. but the judge said it was pennyjackson who'd been the controlling one in their marriage. he said he had no doubt that she had intended to kill her husband, and he added she'd shown not one shred of remorse for what she'd done throughout this whole trial. there's only been one voice in this trial, and that's of penelope jackson. david jackson hasn't been able to respond to the allegations put to him around the history of domestic abuse, and that was a really difficult issue for the jury to make a judgement on. david and penny's daughter read a statement in court. she said from the moment an officer knocked on her door she knew she had lost notjust her dad but her mum too. any jackson was sentenced to life in prison, she will serve a minimum of 18 years. andrew plant, bbc news. microsoft has overtaken apple as the world's most public —— valuable public company. shares in the tech giant close at a record high new york, valuing out at $2.49 trillion, 10 million more than apple. the iphone maker's shares have continued a recent slide in part because of silicon chip shortages. there has been an outpouring of grief from fans of the indian film star panith rajkumar who has died of a heart attack. he may not have been as famous as his bollywood fellow actors but his fans in southern india, punith rajkumar, said he was a superstar. the prime minister said: i think everybody is in just a state of shock, myself included, becausejust included, because just yesterday he included, becausejust yesterday he was performing on stage with his brother. band stage with his brother. and with a very _ stage with his brother. fific with a very prominent star on stage, and to hear this news this morning, just has taken everyone by total shock. there were angry _ everyone by total shock. there were angry scenes _ everyone by total shock. there were angry scenes outside - everyone by total shock. there were angry scenes outside the | were angry scenes outside the bengaluru hospital. security was increased around his house fearing violence by fans. some chased the ambulance in which his body was taken from hospital. he was the star of around 30 films. hindi language bollywood is india's biggest film industry but the country also produces hundreds of films in its 21 other official languages every year. the kanada language is spoken in southern states. the death of punith rajkumar is seen as a huge loss to the kannada language film industry. that is it from us for the time being. you can reach me on twitter, goodbye for now. skies have cleared across some parts of the country and it's even dried out, but in other areas, it's rain again. the next weather front is currently moving into western parts of the uk, and the whole weekend will be very changeable. from rain to sunshine back to rain again. here's the satellite picture, and you can see lots of weather systems circling around the north atlantic, some of them moving in. this is the one that's over western parts of the uk right now. if it's raining where you are, it's as a result of this weather front, and you can see it here through the early hours of the morning. the rain will be heaviest around south—western scotland, wales and the south—west of england. in some areas there could be 20, 30, maybe 40 mm of rain. at the same time at 7 am, it's dry in newcastle, hull and just about in london as well. watch the weather front moving into central part of the uk, and then pushes eastwards by late morning. the bulk of that rain is out in the north sea. it will not be completely dry, there will be showers around, but certainly a lot more sunshine around the second half of the day. 15 in london, around 11 in belfast and glasgow. saturday night, a window of opportunity for dry weather before the next area of low pressure sweeps in. worthy of a mention, it's the fact that the clocks go back early hours of sunday. here we go, sunday's weather map. here's the low pressure. a lot of isobars, which means there will be quite a strong wind. gale force winds, in fact. here's that band of rain in the morning. by the time we get to lunch time, the bulk of that rain is out in the north sea. it dries out, some areas around the irish sea, we will have showers. now the good news is for some of the trick—or—treaters, the skies will be clear enough and i think there'll be some dry weather around as well. but not completely dry, always a showers about. the forecast shows the weather will be changeable for the first half of the week, but towards the end, things should settle down. bye— bye. you are watching bbc news. the latest. francis has urged world leaders at next week's climate summit in glasgow to take radical decisions, offering concrete hope to future generations. in a message recorded for the bbc the pope said that with climate change and the pandemic, people felt increasingly powerless, frail and fearful. the french president has said that britain's reputation is at stake in a row over post—brexit fishing rights. emmanuel macron told the financial times that of his spent years negotiating a treaty, then do the opposite of what was decided, it is not a big sign of credibility. and buckingham palace has announced that queen elizabeth will continue to rest for at least the next two weeks following doctor's advice. during that time, the queen will continue to undertake light duties. she has already had to pull out of a visit to the climate conference in glasgow.