hello, i m luxmy gopal. is the planet warming faster than we thought and are current targets signed off by world leaders enough to tackle the most damaging effects of global warming in the years to come? new evidence from the eu s climate service, copernicus, highlights that for the first time, the world was 1.5 degrees warmer than pre industrial levels for a whole year. scientists say a combination of greenhouse gas emissions and dramatic sea temperature rises are to blame. our climate editor, justin rowlatt, explains the significance of the 1.5 celsius figure. it s reckoned to be an arbitrary boundary at which we avoid the worst effects of climate change. there was a landmark un paper in 2018 which found it would be really significantly greater impacts at 2 degrees and urged all efforts to be made to try and keep temperature rise to 1.5 degrees which was also the target set at a landmark climate summit in paris in 2015, world leaders agreed they would make all possible ef
been voting in general and provincial elections, after a campaign period marred by violence. less than 2a hours before the polls opened, 28 people were killed in balochistan, with the islamic state group saying it carried out two bombings. five security personnel were then killed in an attack while patrolling on election day in the north west of the country. security was therefore tight and while some polling stations were largely empty, because of security threats and cold weather in other areas of the country people turned out in large numbers leading to queues at polling stations. polls had opened at eight in the morning, local time, and closed a few minutes ago. the vote took place without the former prime minister imran khan. he has been imprisoned on charges including corruption and was prevented from contesting. and in a widely criticsied move, the authorities unexpectedly cut mobile phone and mobile internet services because of what they call deterioriating security
we start in washington, where the us supreme court is hearing a case, that could potentially stop donald trump running in the 2024 presidential election. it is a legal first those bringing the case are using the 14th amendment of the constitution, it is a legal first. those bringing the case are using the 14th amendment of the constitution, arguing he is disqualified from standing because he commited insurrection on january the 6th, trying to overturn the result of the 2020 election. that was successfully argued in the state of colorado in december, where he s been removed from the ballot. donald trump and his attorneys are arguing that any effort to stop him running is antidemocratic. the us supreme court is hearing about 80 minutes of oral argument today. we ve been bringing you details from inside the court as proceedings continue. they have about 20 minutes to go, we think. thejustices have given little indication over the last few weeks where they stand on the issue,
is the planet warming faster than we thought, and are current targets signed off by world leaders enough to tackle the most damaging effects of global warming in the years to come? new evidence from the eu s climate service, copernicus, highlights that for the first time, the world was 1.5 degrees warmer than pre industrial levels for a whole year. scientists say a combination of greenhouse gas emissions and dramatic sea temperature rises are to blame. our climate editor, justin rowlatt, explains the significance of the 1.5 celsius figure. 1.5 is reckoned to be a boundary, an arbitrary boundary at which we avoid the worst effects of climate change. there was a landmark un paper back in 2018 which found there would be really significantly greater impact at 2 degrees and urged all efforts to be made to try and keep temperature rise to 1.5 degrees, 1.5 was also the target set at a landmark climate summit in paris in 2015, world leaders agreed they would make all possible efforts
less than 2a hours before the polls opened, 28 people were killed in balochistan, with the islamic state group saying it carried out two bombings. on election day, five security personnel were killed in an attack while patrolling in the north west of the country. security was therefore tight and while some polling stations were largely empty, because of security threats and cold weather, in other areas of the country people turned out in large numbers, leading to queues at polling stations as people headed in to vote. polls opened at eight in the morning local time, and closed about two hours ago. the vote took place without the former prime minister imran khan. he has been imprisoned on charges including corruption and was prevented from contesting. and in a widely criticised move, the authorities unexpectedly cut mobile phone and mobile internet services because of what they call deterioriating security . more now from south asian correspondent samira hussain. this is a re