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mps will vote this evening on the government s plans to guarantee annual licenses for oil and gas projects in the north sea. the offshore petroleum licensing bill has caused some considerable unrest among conservative backbenchers, the former energy minister and mp for kingsdown, chris skidmore, has resigned over the issue. today ahead of the vote, the uk s former business and energy secretary, alok sharma, said he would oppose the bill, criticising it as a sign the government was not serious about its international climate commitments. the uk s independent climate change committee has also been pretty clear that continued expansion of new oil and gas reserves is inconsistent with our climate commitments. actually, if you really want to enhance energy security and bring down bills, the government should be delivering on its ambitious plans for expanding home grown clean energy. but rishi sunak s government is not the only one in europe looking again at its commitments on rene ....
is among several injured in a stabbing in italy which left one person dead. and in sweden, resesarchers say they re close to completing the first crash test dummy based on an average woman. and in sport, england s progress at the men s t20 world cup match looks precarious as rain delays their match against australia in melbourne. the world s richest man, elon musk, has completed his long running £38 billion takeover of the social media company, twitter. the entrepreuner tweeted the bird is freed, in an apparent reference to the deal closing. mr musk also posted a longer statement on twitter, saying he didn t buy the firm to make more money. i did it to try to help humanity, whom i love . there are reports that a number of senior executives have been sacked and escorted out of the company s san francisco headquarters by security. elon musk has previously been critical of twitter s moderation policy. twitter has not yet confirmed the takeover, but an early invest ....
A Defense Shakeup as the war with russia enters its 19th month, ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy firing his Defense Minister. The president of ukraine saying it is time to try a new approach. What this could mean for the battlefield. Plus, Stuck In The Mud. Thousands still trapped in the Nevada Desert after intense rain left the Burning Man Festival site smothered and covered in mud. Roads might reopen any moment. We are going to get you an update. And President Biden touting bidenomics and slamming former President Trump ....
And a mad scramble right at the start of a new school year, to find alternatives. We have three companies coming out today that are trying to help us procure temporary classrooms. We dont know yet whether we have managed to get any, and how long they will take to be delivered. But we are obviously flat out working on it. 104 schools have so far found themselves having to close entirely or partially because of unsafe raac concrete. This morning, the Education Secretary said there could be hundreds more affected, as the government was still waiting to hear from 1,500 schools about whether they have this concrete in their buildings. There will be some surveys still to do. The vast majority of surveys we do come back without raac. But where we find it, we will treat everyone as critical, and we will either prop them up or put temporary accommodation into place. And then we will refurbish or rebuild them if needed. Labour accused ....
but on paper, the deal secured in dubai this morning is hugely significant. for the first time ever, there is language and a commitment to move away from fossil fuels. its impact, of course, will depend in large part on whether the signatories actually take steps to implement what they have agreed in the coming decade. after all, some of those countries included the united states, australia, canada, norway, who right now are expanding their already significant oil and gas production. there are many who had wanted a strongerform of words particularly the smaller island states, who are already facing the consequences of a warming planet. from dubai, our climate editor justin rowlatt sent this report. we waited and we waited, and then. hearing no objection, it is so decided. ..with the bang of a gavel, the deal was done. applause and it got a standing ovation. so the hammer has just gone down here in dubai, and that is the fastest that an agreement text has ever been agr ....