do you guys have a second for the city of toronto? we re changing the cn tower to drake tower. he s proud to be from toronto and put the city on the map. a great ambassador for the city. would you agree? i m listening right now. i listened to that album twice this morning. we love drake. thank you so much. what doesn t? of course i m joking about changing the name of the building that identifies toronto s skyline but drake is more globally recognized and the biggest cheerleader for what may be north america s most overlooked city. we re going to make a change. we re going to make a change in these streets. i m carlton mccoy raised in inner city d.c., educated in kitchens around the globe. these days i make a living as a master smellier. i m a nomad driven to move in and out of different cultures, different worlds to celebrate diversity by talking about what makes us different and the same. and taking it on to the next destination. that s what live is all a
good evening. the go ahead has been given to develop the uk s largest untapped oil and gas field in the north sea at rosebank. it s expected to produce the equivalent of 300 million barrels of oil during its lifetime. the companies behind it, and the government, say it will create hundreds ofjobs and raise billions of pounds. but environmental campaigners are furious, calling the decision reckless and inconsistent with the uk s 2050 net zero target. the oilfield is here, 80 miles west of the shetland isands. our business editor, simonjack, reports for simon jack, reports over 50 for simonjack, reports over 50 years, the waters arol the for over 50 years, the waters around the uk have provided oil, gas, jobs, tax and carbon emissions but reserves are dwindling and the uk is now a net importer of oil and gas but the owners of the punitive element for decades say this is a good day for the uk. is element for decades say this is a good day for the uk. good day for the uk. is an
and on newsnight at 10:30, we ll go deeper behind the headlines and speak live with some key players on today s big stories. plus, a first look at tomorrow s front pages. good evening. there are warnings tonight of a generation of children, being permanently affected by past covid lockdowns, the last of which ended more than two years ago. who can forget that overnight, schools shut their doors while thousands of children were kept at home learning online? but now it s clear, growing numbers of youngsters are persistently missing school, with the children s commissioner for england warning the crisis needs to be tackled as a matter of urgency. at least one in five pupils in england is now persistently absent meaning they re missing 10% or more of their lessons that s double the rate, before the pandemic. a committee of mps is recommending a series of measures including a national roll out of attendance mentors to work with families. new guidance on the standardisation of
samira hussain reports. protests, rubber bullets, tear gas. this latest flare up is the largest since ethnic violence began back in may. these protesters were marching in the capital when they were met by security forces. several dozens have been injured an internet ban imposed, a controversial anti insurgency law in effect, giving security forces full control of the state. this comes after photos emerged of the two teenagers who had been missing sincejuly. the bbc spoke with the girl s father just last month he was hopeful to the end. translation: i the end. translation: , . ., , translation: i expected that she would come translation: i expected that she would come back, translation: i expected that she would come back, with translation: i expected that she would come back, with this - translation: i expected that she would come back, with this hope, l translation: | expected that she j would come back, with this hope, i keep living even though there is so much so
Syrians and afghans, and i hate the word refugee. we call them newcomers here. say again. we call them newcomers. i love this word. how old were when you you came here? i 14. you were 14. i was 12. what s the experience like? identity crisis. when you come here at 12 years old, you don t know who you are as an individual. you re learning things about yourself. you re very lost. do you feel that having that experience makes you a little tougher? yes, definitely, definitely. it was tough. it was cold. it was cold. that s all i remember. everyone says it s cold. here, here. okay. nice and cold. okay. i m going to let you in on a little secret. let me see what you ve got. let s crack it. let crack it. all right. i m basically the opposite of a pool shark. i m going to kick your ass.