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 unp
For changes in Extreme Weather but there is no going back. Scientists are describing it as a Wake Up Call for World Leaders, wholl be heading to a Key Climate Summit In Glasgow in november. Also in the programme, well be looking at wildfires in greece. Firefighters have been brought in across europe to put out the blazes on evia island, amid apocolyptic scenes. And well bring you the incredible story of a tiny baby, who weighed the same as an apple when she was born. Well shes finally home after 13 months in hospital. Human activity is changing the climate in unprecedented and sometimes irreversible ways, according to a Landmark United Nations report on Climate Change which was released today. The Ipcc Report is the most up to Date Assessment of how global warming will change the world in the coming decades. The head of the un, antonio guterres, says the report should act as a Code Red for humanity. So lets look at some of the reports key points his graph shows the world has been gett
in freezing cold temperatures. with unprecedented snow storms expected, the white house has declared a state of emergency. on the eve of shrove tuesday, i ll prove to you it is not just a women s sport. we will show you how to make the perfect tossable pancake. anyone who s arrived in england today after being in a high risk covid country now has to quarantine in a government approved hotel. there are 33 so called red list countries. they include portugal, brazil and south africa. the aim is to stop the new covid variants entering england. let s look at the hotel situation. the uk government has secured just under 5,000 rooms in 16 hotels. those who are asked to quarantine will have to pay £1,750 of their own money that s 2,433 us dollars to quarantine for the ten days. and anyone breaking the rules could face fines of up to £10,000. in scotland, the rule applies to travellers returning from all countries. 0ur transport correspondent caroline davies has been talking to
of the english channel. now, all of these feats of superhuman endurance have been undertaken by my guest today, lewis pugh. why does he do it? to focus attention on the climate crisis and its impact on our blue planet. his death defying exploits have won him political access from downing street to the kremlin. but is the response too little, too late? lewis pugh, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much. it s great to have you on the show. here you are before me in your very smart suit but soon, you ll be back in your trunks on another marathon swim you ve just announced you re going to swim the entire length of the hudson river through new york state, ending up in new york city at the time of the un general assembly. it s a massive undertaking. do these things get easier with experience and with time? mentally easier. physically, perhaps not so but mentally, yes. because, without being impolite, you began these endurance tests, this extreme swimming, in your30s. you re now i
lewis pugh, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much. it s great to have you on the show. here you are before me in your very smart suit but soon, you ll be back in your trunks on another marathon swim you ve just announced you re going to swim the entire length of the hudson river through new york state, ending up in new york city at the time of the un general assembly. it s a massive undertaking. do these things get easier with experience and with time? mentally easier. physically, perhaps not so but mentally, yes. because, without being impolite, you began these endurance tests, this extreme swimming, in your305. you re now into your 50s. just physically, how demanding is this one going to be? i think it s going to be very, very demanding. i mean, it s a long it s a long swim. we think it s going to take me 30 days. the big challenge is obviously, the hudson s got rocks, there are rapids to begin with so, you know, you hit a rock, your swim can end very, very quickly and