Of extra covid deaths. It s important for us to focus on what really matters to the people of this country, and i think if i may say so that some of the commentary i ve heard doesn t bear any relation to the reality. Every day since i began working on the response to this pandemic last january, l i ve got up each morning and asked what must i do to protect life. We ll go through those responses in detail. It s the reunion fans have been waiting 17 years for the friends cast reunites for a special episode, and we ll be playing some of it for you. The issue of where the pandemic began and how has never really gone away, but it s back centrestage because us intelligence officials are redoubling efforts to investigate the origins of covid i9. The order came from president biden. Here s the statement. It says the intelligence community is split on whether the virus came from human contact with an infected animal, or emerged in a laboratory accident. You ll probably have heard the labo
displaced by global warming as rising sea levels have destroyed many houses here on the coast lean. there is nothing left of where fisherman abdallah s house once stood. he said many who lost their homes have become climate refugees. there are a lot of young people who have already fled to spain because they are homeless, he says. they have lost their jobs. many of them are going. others have had to move to this tent camp miles away from the ocean, living in poverty with little hope for improvement. rising sea levels are a threat to coastal areas around the world. already causing an increase in severe flash flooding and storm surges like in the new york and new jersey area after hurricane ida in september. the world needs to act fast or risk having to completely abandon some coastal regions in the future, especially in had the u.s., says climate scientist. the entire east coast of the u.s., because of changes in the ocean currents, sea level is rising twice as fast as the e
a civil war. in khartoum, shops are closed, internet lines are disrupted and some doctors are refusing to work until civilian rule is restored. and the uk government has given away to rebel demands to tighten rules on discharging sewage into british waters following an outcry on social media. we start with some news that s broken in the past hour here in the uk. the queen will not be attending the climate conference cop26. she had been due to attend the evening reception on monday. she will still deliver an address to the assembled delegates via a recorded video message. our royal correspondentjonny dymond joins me now. what have we heard? this came on the heels of queen what have we heard? this came on the heels of queen returning what have we heard? this came on the heels of queen returning to what have we heard? this came on the heels of queen returning to official- heels of queen returning to official duties. she received two ambassadors today in official audiences,
we ll have the latest in a live report from hong kong for you. plus, facing the music, major artists forces spot identspotify to clamp down on misinformation. but does it go far enough? announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with isa soares. hello, everyone. welcome to the show. it is monday, january 31st, and we are now just hours away from an urgent meeting of the u.n. security council as tensions between ukraine and russia show really little sign of easing. the u.s. sees this meeting as an opportunity for russia to explain its intentions for massive military buildup, but also an opportunity to find a diplomatic way out of a crisis. have a listen. we re going to go in the room prepared to listen to them, but we re not going to be distracted by their propaganda and we re going to be prepared to respond to any disinformation that they attempt to spread during this meeting. ukraine s foreign ministers also pushing diplomacy saying it s the only responsib
me. i m fredricka whitfield. we begin with extreme heat gripping much of the world and the u.s., right now more than 85 million americans are under heat alerts from florida to california. in the west, a suffocating heat dome is intensifying, leading to record-breaking hot temperatures in so many areas. phoenix topped 110 degrees for the 15th consecutive day on friday, and it s forecast to continue that streak through at least wednesday. and this is a live earth cam shot of disown na, arizona. it s beautiful but temperatures are already over 100 degrees and a high of 106 is expected later on today. meanwhile, death valley, california, already one of the hottest places on earth, could see temperatures reach a scorching 130 degrees this weekend. cnn s mike valerio is in silence y valencia, california. mike romo is in california. reporter: we started out at about 5:00 in the morning, it was 86 degrees, and the last hour we crossed the 100 degree threshold. as soon as that happe