Has convened a meeting of the Governments Emergency Committee to discuss the situation in kabul. Parliament has been recalled for one day on wednesday. Welcome to Bbc News if youre watching is in the uk Around The World. Taliban fighters have reached the outskirts of the afghan capital, kabul after a Lightning Advance across the Country. The Militant Group now controls all the other major cities in afghanistan and look to be on the verge of toppling the afghan government, although President Ghani is yet to formally step aside. These Pictures Filmed By The Bbc in kabul show people attempting to leave the city. The taliban said they are in talks with senior officials in president Ashraf Ghanis Government on a peaceful transfer of power. And in the last hour, these images have emerged of us Embassy Staff being helicoptered to Kabul Airport. It comes as the secretary of State Antony Blinken has insisted the situation is patently not saigon Referncing Vientma it comes as the secretary of S
Its the definitive report on Climate Change and what, or who, is to blame. The uns special panel, the ipcc, has published its first update in eight years, and pins the warming of our planet firmly on Human Influence, adding that global warming is still accelerating. The Un Secretary general Antonio Guterres says the evidence can not be denied. And 195 countries agree with him, as they have all signed off on the findings. In short, Greenhouse Gas emissions from Fossil Fuel Burning and deforestation are choking the planet, and putting billions of people at immediate risk. The report warns that the global average Temperature Rise could reach or exceed 1. 5 Degrees Celsius in the next 20 years ten years sooner than expected. It said rising temperatures will cause more frequent, Extreme Weather events across the globe. And warned that irreversible changes are already ongoing in melting Ice Sheets, rising Sea Levels and increasing acidification of oceans. But the report also stated that Clim
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
It Is tuesday, june 22, 5 00 a. M. In new york. And today voters In new York CIty head to the polls for a crucIal prImary electIon, one that doubles really as a referendum on the crIme spIkIng across the country as the pandemIc begIns to ease, murders, shootIngs, Hate CrImes all up sIgnIfIcantly as new York CIty reopens from covId19. In the wIde open democratIc fIeld, these are the four consIdered top candIdates, Brooklyn Borough PresIdent and former PolIce OffIcer erIc adams, former SanItatIon CommIssIoner KatherIne garcIa, and recent presIdent Ial Andrew Yang who teamed up over the weekend In an effort to slow adams momentum. And there Is also cIvIl RIghts Laura Maya wIley, pIck of progressIves. And today marks The End of a wIld and heated campaIgn, but dont expect results anytIme soon. More from athena jones. Reporter good mornIng. Today Is prImary day In what Is beIng called the most sIgnIfIcant electIon In new York CIty In a generatIon. 13 candIdates are vyIng for the democrat beI