now on bbc news dateline london. hello and welcome, this is dateline london, the only programme to bring together bbc specialists with foreign correspondence who write from here. it s an outsider s perspective on what s happening around the uk and the world. is the return of the taliban the least worst outcome for afghanistan? heat and monsoons getting longer and wetter. is the world willing or able to stop it from getting worse? and andrew cuomo desire resigns. lovely to see you all again. the taliban are in controljust 45 miles south of kabul, the regional warlords and militia groups to whom the president has turned in afghanistan s hour of need, evidence that his army trained by the now departed americans is inadequate in the fight. one by one provincial capitals have fallen, clive, when you look at the picture in afghanistan the director of national intelligence who worked withjoe biden when he was vice president, jake clapper, said was inevitable, once the american
the could be people who think, i don t really care who paid for boris johnson s refurbishment, provided its not me. johnson s refurbishment, provided it s not me- it s not me. there is evidence around the it s not me. there is evidence around the country it s not me. there is evidence around the country were - it s not me. there is evidence - around the country were elections in britain scheduled for next week where that is a view. i think it is a misguided view for several reasons. first of all, it s not about the details, it is the principal. whether a prime minister should go with the rules outlined to some extent, constrain and hold prime ministers to account as to who funds what. and it s also part of a pattern for boris johnson funds what. and it s also part of a pattern for borisjohnson appears, if i can put it politely, more casual with the rules then many of his predecessors. and a much bigger stage and breaking international law, breaking the law or for parliam
as a foreign corerespondent has been followe by founding hina dialogue, improving understanding of china s followed by founding china dialogue, improving understanding of china s environmental challenges. here in the studio, the bbc s business editor simonjack. make business editor simonjack. welcome to all of you. have make welcome to all of you. good to have ou make welcome to all of you. good to have you with make welcome to all of you. good to have you with us. it s official, everything in the uk is going up the number of conservative mps demanding a vote on whether to replace the prime minister, the number of labour mps after this week s defection, and the odds on borisjohnson surviving in office. none of that can be blamed on inflation, which has hit a near 30 year high more on that later. the parlous state of mrjohnson s fortunes was laid bare in two appearances this week. challenged repeatedly in a tv interview about parties in downing street during covid loc
of my children and yours, hangs in the balance. this will be the decade i that determines the rest of human history. we cannot let it slip by. the wildfires blamed on climate change that raged this summer in california. we report from one town that was engulfed in flames. and coming up in half an hour foreign correspondents based in london give an outsider s view of events in the uk in dateline. good evening. let s cross to my colleague christian fraser. a warm welcome to glasgow, i m continuing coverage of cop26, it is 7pm here and the gavel should have come down on the summit an hour ago but it hasn t, because we don t yet have an agreement. in the last few hours, the presidency told us that a third draught of the text will be published this evening followed by a further stock take among the parties to see where we are. with the expectation that the negotiations will continue long into the night. that said, the closing sermon he has resumed, it started in part yesterday t
responsibility. bud in the world to me you have a lot of re5ponsibility- responsibility. and when the us are ex-aandin responsibility. and when the us are expanding fossil responsibility. and when the us are expanding fossil fuel expanding fossil fuel infrastructure, that is not treating the climate crisis as an emergency stop at the queen has been advised to rest from public duties for a further two weeks following concerns about her health. the further two weeks following concerns about her health. about her health. the uk has seen the highest about her health. the uk has seen the highest recorded about her health. the uk has seen the highest recorded level - about her health. the uk has seen the highest recorded level of - the highest recorded level of coronavirus infections since the pandemic began in march 2020. figures suggest 1.3 million people would ve tested positive last week. the british government warns that may retaliate if france blocks british fishing