the wildfires, blamed on climate change, that raged this summer in california we have a special report from one town that was engulfed in flames and burned to the ground. it s running down the road towards you. get out now. we grabbed the dogs, and we grabbed our suitcases. and we got in the truck, and we left. i m ben mundy with today s other main stories. a new record for the number of migrants crossing the english channel in a single day a thousand people made the journey on thursday. the latest ons covid survey shows infections are falling in england and wales. but the trend is uncertain in northern ireland. good afternoon from glasgow and bbc news coverage of cop26 the united nations climate change conference. a new draft agreement was published this morning it hasn t been signed off yet but it s our latest update on where negotiations, going on behind me, appear to be heading. one change in the new draft is an apparent softening of government requirements to r
the concert crush that killed eight people. reporter: i m lilia luciano in houston where many are coming to pay tribute at this memorial as we learn more about the victims. duncan: debt forgiveness, students with predatory loans find new relief. and later, the canoe builder. this indigenous artist is sharing what he knows, and there s lessons for all of us. this is the cbs weekend news. from new york here s jericka duncan. duncan: good evening, thank you for joining us, president biden begins a new week with something he and democrats have been lacking, momentum. but they ve got it for now with the house passage of this massive bipartisan infrastructure plan. still, sharp divisions remain with republicans and democrats. late today the president and first lady seen there ignored reporters questions as they headed out to the beach on a cool day near their delaware home, they even posed for a selfie, but soon they will return to the political heat that awaits them in wa
it is getting under wayjust about now. they are in the house of commons. we will hear a little of that in the opening statements. find that in the opening statements. and if the wish that in the opening statements. and if they wish to criticise the process if they wish to criticise the process the house has set in place to be process the house has set in place to be considered. however, there is a long to be considered. however, there is a long tradition of not tackling individual such as officers of the house individual such as officers of the house who individual such as officers of the house who are not here to defend themselves or have the ability to defend themselves or have the ability to defend themselves and they are doing the job defend themselves and they are doing the job that the house itself has set them the job that the house itself has set them up to do and i remind the house set them up to do and i remind the house that set them up to do and i
the uk environment secretary has welcomed what he calls a big de escalation of the post brexit fishing row with france. paris says it will delay introducing punitive trade measures while further talks are held. mps are calling for the introduction of smart motorways to be paused until the government can prove they re safe. the system uses the hard shoulder to increase capacity, but critics say that s contributed to road deaths. welcome to glasgow. this is our continuing coverage of the crucial climate summit at bbc news and bbc well to. it is day two of the leaders summit, the opening stage of cop26, and after today they will go away and by delegations, the negotiators, will get down to the detailed discussions. the delegations. but we have news of the first major deal of the climate summit. it is expected to be signed today and it is to end deforestation by 2030. it is notjust about cutting forests jamboree planting forests were they have been cleared forests were they
hello, welcome to bbc news. new evidence has shown the extent of foreign project funding by china, much in the form of expensive loans. researchers at a us university have shown china hands out twice as much international development money every year and the us and other major powers combined. a lot of the money supports china s belt and road initiative, beijing s mission to build new trading routes. many loans are concealed from government balance sheets. over the past 18 years, china has issued twice as many loans and grants as the us. a 150 page report full of hidden data that took us researchers four years to uncover. it s full of hidden information that the chinese government doesn t even have about its own lending. namely that china is bankrolling international infrastructure projects big things like bridges and ports at twice the rate of the united states and other major powers, and a majority of that funding is being channelled through chinese state banks. they re