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our correspondent, graham satchell reports. a long night of last minute wrangling in dubai as delegates embarked on golf buggy diplomacy to reach an agreement. and finally a new draft text with slightly tougher language. the sticking point has always been the future of fossil fuels. the hope from many here was that this cop would agree to phase out the use of fossil fuels by 2050. the first draft agreement listed measures that countries could use to reach net zero. that was described as grossly insufficient. the new draft being scrutinised now calls on countries to transition away from fossil fuels to enable the world to reach net zero by 2050. chanting: fossil fuels phase out! for climate change activists, that won t be enough. it doesn t compel countries to act. scientists agree that without significant global action to dramatically reduce the use of fossil fuels, the consequences will be catastrophic. but the difficulty with cop is that all countries need to agree the te ....
good morning. a frosty and foggy start to the day to day. some freezing fog will linger for much of the day. the sunnier skies will be the day. the sunnier skies will be the further east you travel. a return to wet and windy conditions in the west. all the details later on in the programme. it s wednesday, the 6th of december. our main story. the former prime minister boris johnson will give evidence to the covid inquiry today and face two days of questions about his time leading the uk during the pandemic. he s expected to apologise to people who lost loved ones but claim that he and his government got the big decisions right. our correspondent ellie price reports. from this evening, i must give the british people a very simple instruction. you must stay at home. in the end, it was his call. he was responsible for the biggest decisions made during the pandemic. that is why people will only be allowed to leave their home. but how he came to make those decisions will be ....
they included the three year old twins, ema and yuly. they were captured with other relatives when hamas set fire to their home. they were freed with their mother, sharon, but theirfather is believed to remain in gaza. also released were brother and sister erez and sahar kalderon. their relative spoke about his relief as he waited to see them again. i m finding that it s difficult to go from a state of endless anxiety about their fate, to a state of relief and joy. i believe it will take time. this is an exciting and heart feeling moment, but we also understand that it is the beginning of a difficult rehabilitation process for sahar and erez, who are still young and have been through an unbearable experience. the truce between israel and hamas allowed the return of dozens of hostages but dozens more are still in captivity. over 150 of our hostages men, women, children, babies over 150 other hostages men, women, children, babies who s taking care of them? who i ....
of an extension as hamas offers to release more hostages. dozens of israelis who ve been held captive in gaza have been released by hamas, designated a terrorist organisation by the uk government. in return, 117 palestinian prisoners have been freed. president biden said he wants to keep the deal going so all hostages can be brought home and more aid can be sent to gaza. our middle east correspondent hugo bachega reports. free again. 14 israeli hostages released by hamas head home after their long ordeal, along with three foreign nationals. among them were is year olds dafna and ela elyakim, eight, who were finally reunited with their mum, chen goldstein almog, who was released along with her three children, and roni kriboy, released 51 days after being kidnapped from a festival where he was working as sound crew. it followed a weekend of happy reunions. people from kfar aza watched on as news of their friends avigail idan spent her fourth birthday in captivity. the isr ....
on bbc london. eight year old nuria one of the girls who died in the wimbledon school crash. tonight, an exclusive interview with her parents, still waiting for answers. good evening. the prime minister says he will press ahead with plans to send asylum seekers to rwanda after the highest court in the uk ruled that the government s policy was unlawful. the supreme court found there was a real risk that asylum seekers who were sent to rwanda could be wrongly assessed, and returned to their country of origin, where they could face persecution. but rishi sunak said new emergency legislation will enable parliament to confirm rwanda is safe and that he remained committed to stopping thousands of migrants crossing the channel in small boats every year. labour called the proposals a ridiculous and pathetic spectacle. here s our political editor chris mason. the geography of power, parliament in the background this morning. the supreme court in focus. refugees cannot be ret ....