a very warm welcome to the programme. it is the last chance. one minute to midnight, the last chance saloon. the description surrounding the long—awaited climate summit cop26 are certainly dramatic. world leaders, scientists are gathering in glasgow for 12 days of negotiation with the aim of a global reduction in carbon emissions. to avoid a climate catastrophe. they do so is the world meteorological organisation has published its annual global climate report stating that the past seven years have been the hottest on record. here is our science editor rebecca morelle. a gloomy start to proceedings in glasgow, but there are high hopes for a sunnier outcome. in a socially distanced conference centre, a reminder we are still in a time of covid, as alok sharma formally takes the reins for what some say is the last chance to save the planet. floods, cyclones, wildfires, record temperatures — we know that our shared planet is changing for the worse. and we can only address that together through this international system. the world meteorological organization warned today that these extremes are the new normal. but it's developing countries who are suffering the most, and they say the onus should be on richer nations. malawi, like many countries that are developing, have been at the receiving end of climate change issues, pretty much brought by those developed nations who continue to emit so much carbon. central to these talks is a vital number — 1.5 degrees. if temperatures go above this, we move into dangerous territory. the world, though, is already 1.1 degrees above preindustrial levels, and we're seeing the impacts of that right now. but even if every country does what it's promising, we're on course for 2.7 degrees by the end of the century. activists are demanding more action now, led by greta thunberg, mobbed as she arrived in glasgow, but she says there's still hope. if we can't keep the global average temperature rise to below1.5, then we do 1.6, then 1.7 and so on. we can always prevent things from getting worse. it's never too late to do as much as we can. as the meeting gets under way, protesters say the time to tackle climate change is now. but after nearly three decades of talks, there are questions over how much can be achieved. with world leaders soon to arrive, all eyes will be on whether cop26 will succeed. rebecca morelle, bbc news, glasgow. and we can now speak to the climate scientist who will be attending cop26 next week. i believe you are headed to glasgow soon. we believe you are headed to glasgow soon.— believe you are headed to glasaow soon. ~ . . ., , glasgow soon. we are certainly caettin glasgow soon. we are certainly getting close- _ glasgow soon. we are certainly getting close. in _ glasgow soon. we are certainly getting close. in many - glasgow soon. we are certainly getting close. in many ways, i getting close. in many ways, the reality of climate change for many of us has been impossible to ignore. 2020 tied for the warmest since records began. heat floods and catastrophic fires and droughts managed parts of the world. in the past seven years with a warmest on record. climate change is here now. it is not a problem for our children alone, it is a problem for us today and we are quickly running out of time to solve it.— of time to solve it. many are similar saying _ of time to solve it. many are similar saying sentiments i of time to solve it. many are similar saying sentiments to i similar saying sentiments to you, as you have a ready herd, but without xi jinping actually physically attending this event and also they are bolsonaro of brazil being there as well, what are your hopes in terms of what are your hopes in terms of what will be achieved? we what are your hopes in terms of what will be achieved?- what will be achieved? we are in a weird _ what will be achieved? we are in a weird space _ what will be achieved? we are in a weird space right - what will be achieved? we are in a weird space right now. - what will be achieved? we are| in a weird space right now. the world has made some progress on bending the curb on future emissions. a decade ago it seemed like coal would be the dominant fuel for the 21st—century. now we are on track 2.7 which isn't good. but it is a lot letter than where we were headed. so the challenge now is to keep ending the curve down. —— ending. we have seen countries really make big commitments to get their emissions to zero x 2050. the problem is it is easy for leaders to promise something when they are not even going to be in power and probably won't be in power and probably won't be alive. but by 2030 we need to be put on track to meet targets. to be put on track to meet taraets. ., to be put on track to meet targete— targets. to meet net zero taruets targets. to meet net zero targets for— targets. to meet net zero targets for a _ targets. to meet net zero targets for a country - targets. to meet net zero targets for a country such i targets. to meet net zero i targets for a country such as china, is a huge challenge, isn't it? it china, is a huge challenge, isn't it? , ~ �* ., isn't it? it is. we're about fundamentally _ isn't it? it is. we're about fundamentally changing l isn't it? it is. we're about l fundamentally changing the energy system of the entire country and it will be a country and it will be a country for —— at challenge for everything or country on earth. especially for poorer income countries like china, and india, for that matter, they need to balance the development needs of their nation with the needs of their nation with the need to mitigate emissions. but in terms of _ need to mitigate emissions. but in terms of how urgent this matter is, i mean, everybody is stating we have to act now, we cannot delay any further but the world meteorological organisation's report is even gloomier than some other reports, say, from the united nations. where are you on the scale of how urgent this matter is? i scale of how urgent this matter is? ~ , scale of how urgent this matter is? ~' , ., scale of how urgent this matter is? ~ , ., ., is? i think it is one of the most pressing _ is? i think it is one of the most pressing issues - is? i think it is one of the most pressing issues we | is? i think it is one of the - most pressing issues we face as a species today. i think we really need to get our act together. we need to take stronger action than we are taking today but i also think it is a problem that can be solved. you know, we shouldn't give in to doom. it is not too late to change climate change. in fact, one of the more optimistic things that came out of the recent icbc report was a finding that if we can get our emissions all the way down to zero, world. warming. it is not a huge amount of warming in the pipeline or inevitable. so we have control over how much the planet warms. it is up to us in the policies we put in place stop so we can do it. which just need the political will and the technology to do so. 0k, dr and the technology to do so. ok, drzeke and the technology to do so. ok, dr zeke hausfather, thank you for your time and i hope you for your time and i hope you have a successful trip to glasgow as this progresses. we will have more on this story later on in the programme, particularly looking at ethical and green investments so all that to come later in the programme now let's get one of the day's other news. the french president emmanuel macron has accused the australian prime minister scott morrison of lying to him of the scrapping of a submarine deal. the two men met in rome for the first time since australia announced in —— september that it was pulling out of the multibillion—dollar contract. the australian leader later denied the allegation but said he was not surprised by the disappointment in france. the white house press secretaryjen psaki has tested positive for covid—19. jen psaki has been in quarantine since a member of her household tested positive. she decided not to accompany mr biden to the g20 and climate summit in rome and glasgow as a result. japan's governing liberal party has —— liberal democrat party did lose some seats in the election which was considered at test for that country's new prime minister. the country has held power in japan almost continuously for almost six decades. japan's stock index the nikkei rose by august 2% on the news. firefighters from italy, slovakia and germany have been brought in to help fight a forest fire in austria. the blaze in the lower austria region has already been burning for a one—week making it the country's largest ever forest fire. it can only be fought from the air because of the terrain which is too dangerous and inaccessible. the prime minister of north macedonia zoran zaev has resigned after the his party lost a second round of mayoral elections in a number of towns, including the capital skopje. mr zaev said he took responsibility for the losses. his social democratic party heads the country's governing coalition. by law, the coalition itself can agree on another candidate for prime minister without a further election. at least 7 people were injured after two trains collided in the south of england. the crash happened after one of the trains hit an object in a tunnel near the city of salisbury, john k has the details. one mile from the centre of salisbury. it was here that are great western railway strain is an object inside the fish at an tunnel. it is believed part of the train derailed, knocking out the signalling. a few minutes later, a south—western train travelling from london to devon collided with the first. does this massive impact and i fell across the table and the table came off the board and i ended up underneath another table. . , , ended up underneath another table. ., , , , , table. there was “ust suddenly a lot of jostling, _ table. there wasjust suddenly a lot of jostling, possessions l a lot ofjostling, possessions being — a lot ofjostling, possessions being thrown around. i think a few people went forward and hit their_ few people went forward and hit their heads.— their heads. firefighters have carried out — their heads. firefighters have carried out a _ their heads. firefighters have carried out a thorough - their heads. firefighters have carried out a thorough search j carried out a thorough search of the — carried out a thorough search of the train _ carried out a thorough search of the train carriages - carried out a thorough search of the train carriages and - carried out a thorough search of the train carriages and we i of the train carriages and we have — of the train carriages and we have assisted _ of the train carriages and we have assisted with _ of the train carriages and we have assisted with the - have assisted with the evacuation _ have assisted with the evacuation of- have assisted with the - evacuation of approximately 100 people — evacuation of approximately 100 pennie. we _ 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there are no fidelity 's. ., confirm there are no fidelity 's. the more seriously in'ured passengersfi 's. the more seriously in'ured passengers were i 's. the more seriously in'ured passengers were taken h 's. the more seriously injured passengers were taken to - 's. the more seriously injured i passengers were taken to nearby hospitals. as well as one of the drivers who had to be freed from the train. the walking wounded were treated as a —— at church hosted the crash site. i could tell that some people were a little bit shaken and some obviously had some minor injuries and i think probably theyjust appreciated a space to be able to reflect on what had happened to them. after the initial emergency _ had happened to them. after the initial emergency response, - initial emergency response, things will now move to the investigation phase. the question, what caused the sequence of events? what course these trains to collide and how will they be removed from the tunnel? , , , , will they be removed from the tunnel? , , , ., tunnel? one possibility is that heavy rain _ tunnel? one possibility is that heavy rain might _ tunnel? one possibility is that heavy rain might have - tunnel? one possibility is that heavy rain might have caused | heavy rain might have caused some sort of slippage onto the track. serious questions remain with the overriding sense here is relief. this could have been much, much worse. share is relief. this could have been much, much worse.— is relief. this could have been much, much worse. are still to come, much, much worse. are still to come. we _ much, much worse. are still to come, we have _ much, much worse. are still to come, we have a _ much, much worse. are still to come, we have a special- much, much worse. are still to j come, we have a special report for you on why cop26 has been called the well�*s best last chance to get runaway climate change under control. the israeli prime minister, yitzhak rabin, the architect of the middle east peace process, has been assassinated. a 27—year—old jewish man has been arrested and an extremistjewish organisation has claimed responsibility for the killing. at polling booths throughout the country, they voted on a historic day for australia. as the results came in, it was clear — the monarchy would survive. of the american hostages, there was no sign — - they are being held somewhere inside the compound — - and student leaders have threatened that, should i the americans attempt. rescue, they will all die. this mission has surpassed all expectations. voyager one is now the most distant man—made object anywhere in the universe, and itjust seems to keep on going. tonight, we prove once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals. this is bbc news. the top stories. world leaders at the cop26 climate conference in glasgow are warned they must take urgent action to prevent catastrophic lobar warming. a report says it has been the hottest on record while extreme weather conditions have become the new normal. it weather conditions have become the new normal. it has weather conditions have become the new normal. it has been called the world's best last chance to get runaway climate change under control what does this actually mean and how do we get here? our science correspondent victoria gill has the details. you no longer have to travel to the deserts to see the impact of global temperature rise. the effects of climate change are playing out everywhere. irate effects of climate change are playing out everywhere. we have been here 20 _ playing out everywhere. we have been here 20 years, _ playing out everywhere. we have been here 20 years, we - playing out everywhere. we have been here 20 years, we have - playing out everywhere. we have been here 20 years, we have a l been here 20 years, we have a beautiful home butjust look at it. beautiful home but 'ust look at it. ., , it. that while its impact can be painfully _ it. that while its impact can be painfully dramatic, - it. that while its impact can be painfully dramatic, the l be painfully dramatic, the process that brings countries together to tackle the issue can be painfully slow. they have been moments of triumph, though, at this negotiation. at the —— the cop in paris, countries agreed to aim for 1.5 as of that is the threshold scientists agree beyond which the most dangerous impacts of global warming pay—out. so now it comes down to here in glasgow. to keep that 1.5 celsius target alive, emissions need to half within the next decade and to reach net zero where the world's taking out as much carbon from the atmosphere as it is putting into it by the middle of the century. the 200 countries being represented here at cop26 are being asked for their specific plans to meet that goal. the success of this conference will be based partly on countries' willingness to outdo each other when it comes to emission reduction. the uk's own net zero strategy has been widely praised. government's promised to fully our electricity display —— electricity supply and to phase out electoral and —— petrol and diesel cars. in some countries have much more ambitious goals. costa rica, a country that is going to phase out emissions in total are urging countries to do more. the fact that costa rica has been — the fact that costa rica has been able to put forward very ambitious plans. if we are doing _ ambitious plans. if we are doing it. _ ambitious plans. if we are doing it, you countries that are largerthan ours, doing it, you countries that are larger than ours, larger economies, better resources, there — economies, better resources, there is— economies, better resources, there is no— economies, better resources, there is no excuse. you have to do it— there is no excuse. you have to do it too — there is no excuse. you have to do it toe-— there is no excuse. you have to do it too-— do it too. there is a great deal of — do it too. there is a great deal of work _ do it too. there is a great deal of work to _ do it too. there is a great deal of work to do - do it too. there is a great deal of work to do here. i deal of work to do here. countries' current pledges have us on a path towards a 2.7 temperature increase by the end of the century. if negotiations over the next two weeks can't nudge that down significantly, will be facing a very uncertain future. victoria gill, bbc news, glasgow. now sunday marks the beginning of a two day holiday observed in catholic communities around the world, it's called the day of the dead, celebration of the lives of the departed. in mexico city, where the roots of the tradition run deep, elaborate altars have gone up all over town, as suzanne kanipour reports. dia de los muertos — the day of the dead. a mexican tradition marked by two days of celebrating departed loved ones with joy. the pandemic has brought a heightened meaning to this holiday. if you put it in the context of all the deaths that happened, it means even more, right, because it gives people even more comfort in terms of how you can commemorate someone that maybe passed away due to the virus. so overall i really enjoy it, i think it's very colourful, because you're commemorating death, but at the same time you're celebrating life. it's believed in catholic communities around the world that for the first two days of november the souls of the dead return to the land of the living and reunite with family. the celebration is marked by food, drink, offerings, altars, and marigolds. the aztecs believed the ancestors follow the scent to find their way back. # what colour is the sky, mi amor, mi amor? the traditions were even brought to the big screen in recent years, in the animated film coco. not bad for a dead guy! not so bad yourself! this year, 16 altars have gone up in the centre of mexico city — a welcome scene of levity in the capital of a country that's lost nearly 300,000 people to covid—19. translation: after all that we've lived through - and the people who have passed away, we now see a boom after being locked up. these exhibits of mexican culture bring joy to the city. in a world where masks are now the new norm, in mexico city, they're much more pretty. suzanne kianpour, bbc news. now let's bring you all the latest sports news. i am mark edwards with your sports, in dubai that t20 nightmare continues. india suffered their second thrashing of the competition after losing by ten wickets to pakistan last week they didn't fare much better against new zealand. be read collie it and soundly again, with 33 balls to spare so it is an eight wicket defeat that leaves india's semi—final hopes hanging in the balance. the toss went — hanging in the balance. the toss went our _ hanging in the balance. the toss went our way - hanging in the balance. iie: toss went our way and we've hanging in the balance. i““ie: toss went our way and we've got a tremendous amount of experience in this group, they've been doing a greatjob for us for a number of years and for them to set the tone like they did today and all the bowlers to kind of back that up in the endings that we played to score those runs i think was a greatjob. fin to score those runs i think was a great job-— a great job. on sunday's other afghanistan — a great job. on sunday's other afghanistan turned _ a great job. on sunday's other afghanistan turned on - a great job. on sunday's other afghanistan turned on the - a great job. on sunday's other| afghanistan turned on the start to hammer namibia and keep their semi—final hopes alive. the former skipper deciding to call it a day mid tournament stop in the mid— you needed a to win but they could only muster 98 runs from that 20 overs. england meanwhile will be looking to maintain their 100% record so far in the tournament, they are up against sri lanka on monday after beating west indies, bangladesh and australia batting second on each occasion. josh butler powering 71 runs not out from 72 balls and beating australia which puts them on the brink of reaching the semifinals. to the english premier league where west ham's fine run of form continues. they have won five in a row and all competitions which means they stay forth on the table after an impressive victory at aston villa. ben johnson and declan rice have given the hammers a 2—1/2—time lead. ollie watkins with the villa strike that briefly made it one all. further goals from pablo for nails and jarrod burns secured them a sixth win of the season. five points behind leaders chelsea. i have told the players _ behind leaders chelsea. i have told the players they _ behind leaders chelsea. i have told the players they think - behind leaders chelsea. i have told the players they think we | told the players they think we can play much better. but we've played ten games this season, we are in a decent position at the moment, what they've done at the moment has been so good so we got to keep going. to tennis and 8—man on fire, alexander zverev has picked up his fifth title of the year, he beat the american qualifier and straight sets to win the vienna open. he reached five finals this year and won all of them, first title this year after winning victories and acapulco, madrid, the olympics and cincinnati. the top seed simona halep and a bit of a halloween horror show in the final of the transylvania open. she was beaten and straight sets who hadn't dropped a set all week any macromedia. herfour totals any macromedia. her four totals that any macromedia. herfour totals that you have all come in the last ten weeks and victory in cluj saw her clench the final spot. and that's all your support for now, from the mark edwards and the rest of the team, goodbye. ourthanks to mark and the team for that. now, after imposing some of the strictest border controls in the world, australia is opening up to international travel. fully vaccinated citizens will no longer need permission to leave. our correspondent shaimaa khalil is at sydney airport. also those arriving in australia no longer have to stay in a hotel for a period of quarantine. let's go live to sydney airport now. our correspondent has been there for some hours and don't know you have seen some very emotional reunion, having you? yes, i think i have something in my eyes there, it has been there for quite a few hours now, but yes a very emotional day here at sydney airport, lots of hugs and embraces and flowers and welcome home signs, in fact there is just a sign behind me that says g'day, it's good to have you back and tears ofjoy good to have you back and tears of joy and good to have you back and tears ofjoy and relief. this is a day that so many families have been waiting more than 18 months for, reuniting with loved ones as fully vaccinated australians and resident now are able to come home from overseas without quarantine but also able to travel abroad without having to ask for an exemption but i'm actually at the departures gate now and i've been speaking to some people who have come back but also people who are on their way to london to see loved ones. they told me they haven't seen them for ages and it's just so good to be able to make travel plans. that has been quite an exciting day as well for the travel industry, for the national carrier qantas i've been speaking to the ceo alan joyce who i've been speaking to the ceo alanjoyce who said the last 18 months have been devastating for the industry, for qantas and they are hoping that their staff is going to come back, they are hoping that their fleet is going to go back to full schedule by december and january, but not everyone is reuniting, not everyone is able to do this because while new south wales and victoria, families are able to come now and reunite, things are not the same in the rest of the country. we know that queensland, south australia and tasmania have said that they may open their international borders before christmas but western australia for example, there is no timeline to do so. so while it has been quite emotional here seeing all of those family reunions, it is going to be a longer wait for so many more across australia. i was just going to say that because it's complicated, isn't it? you can get to sydney but you might not be able to get yourfamily you might not be able to get your family elsewhere in australia, and that makes it really difficult, doesn't it? it does make it difficult and you know we were speaking to someone today who was in tears, he came back because his mum is terminally ill, she lives in perth in western australia, he just got back to sydney and he was telling us i love her so much, i am only here and yet i cannot go to perth. people who have come to sydney but have family in queensland and they have to quarantine in queensland, so you do have a very interesting if slightly confusing scenario where resident and australians and australian citizens can travel abroad, can travel internationally, can go to london, can go to new york but they still can't travel to brisbane or to perth without quarantining. this is a situation now in australia as it eases its international border but it's going to take quite some time when everybody is on the same level of easing and this is what people are finding difficult now because of course they are happy for others to reunite with their families but they are watching and other states knowing that this is not going to be them for a while.— this is not going to be them for a while. ok, good to talk to ou. for a while. ok, good to talk to you- just _ for a while. ok, good to talk to you. just to _ for a while. ok, good to talk to you. just to mention, - to you. just to mention, thailand is also welcoming its first tourist today as it dropped almost all quarantine requirements forforeign requirements for foreign visitors for requirements forforeign visitors for more than 60 countries as it also tries to revive its vital tourism industry we will have all the top is in right here next including of course cop26 which is very much a matter when it comes to money and finance. i will see you soon. morning. a change of month brings with it a change of the weather. we'll start the week with sunny spells and scattered showers. by the middle part of the week, it gets noticeably quieter, cooler for all of us, and some frost and fog overnight, so plenty to pack in there. so on monday morning, then, it looks somewhat like this — with low pressure easing away, and as we go through the week, high pressure will build in which quietens things down. but ahead of it, we can trace those isobars all the way back to the north — and that means a colder wind direction, with that northerly wind driving the blue tones, the cooler air, a little bit further south, you really will notice the difference with the feel of the weather if you are out and about this week. so sunny spells and blustery showers from the word go, most of the showers to the north but some will push further south as we go into the afternoon, and it looks as if those temperatures will peak between 9—11; celsius. now the showers will tend to fade away as we move through the night, and we will have some clear skies, perhaps a few frequent showers continuing into the far north of scotland. but where skies clear away, temperatures will fall away and we could see low single figures to greet us first thing on tuesday morning, and that gives us the potential for some frost to form, and maybe some patchy fog. so first thing on tuesday morning, it'll be a bit of a chilly start, lots of sunshine, some showers around, most frequent ones along the exposed north coasts of scotland and northern ireland, and some running down through the irish sea. temperatures are likely to struggle, though — top temperatures of 11—12 celsius. now, as we move out of tuesday into wednesday, still the risk of some showers, but as the high desperately tries to squeeze in along the west, but again, we are likely to see sunny spells and scattered showers as we go through the day on wednesday. it will be quite a cool feel to the day with those temperatures really struggling — in some areas not getting into double figures by the middle part of the afternoon, so a top temperature of 7—11 celsius. out of wednesday into thursday, the high pressure finally builds in, the winds will ease, we will see a good deal of quiet weather — that will kill off the showers, so that means on thursday, there is a greater chance of seeing more in the way of sunshine, but as you can see those temperatures are still set to struggle even for this time of year. future. victoria gill, bbc news, glasgow. hello again. you are with bbc news. time now for the top business stories. i'm sally bundock. as the cop26 meeting kicks off, we look at how investors can make sure their cash actually goes to green projects. japan's 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