witness in the presidents first impeachment and has since had time to reflect on what donald trump meant for america and its geopolitical standing. has america learned the right lessons from the last five years? fiona hill, welcome to hardtalk. you ve had quite a lot of time to reflect the last couple of years, reflect on some key decisions that you were involved in and let s start off with the basic one. do you now regret your decision to take up that opportunity to join the national security council inside the donald trump white house? i council inside the donald trump white house? white house? i don t because the motivation white house? i don t because the motivation for white house? i don t because the motivation forjoining - white house? i don t because the motivation forjoining the| the motivation forjoining the administration back in 2017 when the russian intelligence services at the direction of the kremlin interfered in the presidential election that was the
of england, speaks to the bbc about the debt right offs, international finance will have to make to obtain net zero. what is needed to get us to 1.5 degrees is companies will have to do notjust say theoretically this is what is going to happen but actually i do have to write off some of those. immense relief as a 11 year old girl, missing in australia for more than a fortnight, is found alive and well. this week, we have been driving less and walking more and also using hand sanitisers. and we ll be talking to one family about the practical changes needed to play a part in the fight against climate change. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to the programme. we begin in glasgow, at the cop26 climate change conference. the british prime minister and host of the cop26 summit, borisjohnson, has said he s cautiously optimistic after some progress has been made by nations trying to find ways to reduce the effects of global warming. he added
we ve heard the warnings for some time. they have been getting louder and louder. the question is has our time to act run out? 2020 was the joint hottest year on record. hurricanes and flash floods have battered the planet. the earth is in crisis. and maybe, just maybe, this time, something will be done. next week, we ll be at the cop26 un climate change conference in glasgow, where pressure is building on those in power to make big changes. and this is the first of three click specials all about sustainability what we can change and how much technology can help. we all know plastic is a problem for our planet. left unchecked, the ocean could contain more plastic than fish by 2050. but much of the harm comes from things that we cannot see so clearly, like the fossil fuels emitting greenhouse gases. they currently emit more than 30 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide each year, and every bit of c02 that goes into the air pushes the global temperature up just that little bi
tell us about the us a year after president biden s victory. hello. thanks very much for joining us. two days of conference. two significant agreements. the leaders gathered at the cop26 climate change summit have made bold commitments to end deforestation by 2030 and to reduce emissions of methane, one of the most potent greenhouse gases, by some 30%. it s enough for the british prime minister and host of the cop, borisjohnson, to say he is cautiously optimistic about the progress being made. but as heads of government leave their national delegations to focus on more detailed discussion, mrjohnson also warned against false hope. our political editor laura kuenssberg has been following the day s events. when cultures clash can they still agree? when there is so much difference, there can be dissent. shouting there are so many faces in glasgow, so many facets of what could be done. mr dicaprio, are you pleased with what has happened this week? hollywood stars might campaign b
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