An audit exit if this is put in charge of this years climate complement. And a look at whats happening in the front line town of soledar as russia and ukraine fight for control. Welcome to the programme. We start with the controversy in washington. The white house has confirmed that a second set of classified documents has been found in the garage of President Biden s home in delaware. Its thought the documents are linked to Barack Obamas time in the white house Whenjoe Biden was Vice President. And in the last half hour, us Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the appointment of Special Counsel to investigate joe biden s handling of the documents. This Appointment Underscores for the public the departments commitment to independence and accountability in particularly sensitive matters and to Making Decisions guided only by the facts and the law. Heres what the us president told reporters a little earlier. As i said earlier this week, and by the way my corvette in a locked garage
an audit exit if this is put in charge of this years climate complement. and a look at what s happening in the front line town of soledar as russia and ukraine fight for control. welcome to the programme. we start with the controversy in washington. the white house has confirmed that a second set of classified documents has been found in the garage of president biden s home in delaware. it s thought the documents are linked to barack obama s time in the white house whenjoe biden was vice president. and in the last half hour, us attorney general merrick garland announced the appointment of special counsel to investigate joe biden s handling of the documents. this appointment underscores for the public the departments commitment to independence and accountability in particularly sensitive matters and to making decisions guided only by the facts and the law. here s what the us president told reporters a little earlier. as i said earlier this week, and by the way my corvett
applause many said this could not be done. but when i spoke to you at the very start of this cop, i promised a different sort of cop, a cop that brought everyone together. private and public sectors, civilsociety, ngos, faith leaders, youth, and indigenous peoples. everyone came together from day one. everyone united, everyone acted, and everyone delivered. we operationalised the loss and damage and started to fill the fund. we mobilised more than $83 billion us in new financial commitments. we launched alterra, the world s largest catalytic private investor that is 100% focused on solutions to climate change. and we delivered world first after world first. a global goal to triple renewable energy and double energy efficiency. declarations on agriculture, declarations on food, declarations on health. many more oil and gas companies stepping up for the first time. stepping up to deliver against a very ambitious goals and objectives. and, for the first time, to deliver on metha
president biden earlier said that israel was losing international support because of what he called its indiscriminate bombing of gaza. our north america correspondent shingai nyoka explains why the us voted against the resolution. it s no surprise they did that, in fact the text of this particular resolution was similar to the one that was debated on friday, with the security council where the us blocked it, vetoed it, and there really was no expectation that the us was going to vote against it. 153 countries or member states of the un, voted in favour of this immediate call for a cease fire, or call for an immediate cease fire and those countries included india and canada. 23 countries abstained, and i think it s interesting to note that the uk is increasingly abstaining in these votes. the uk un ambassador barbara woodward said the support for israel that the uk supports israel s right to defend itself against hamas but said it must be targeted at, must be targeted to achi
have reacted with fury to a draft agreement due to be signed in the coming hours. it includes a range of actions countries could take to reduce emissions, but makes no direct reference to phasing out fossilfuels which had been in an earlier d raft. the eu is threatening to walk out, a representative of small island states says it would be like signing their death certificate. our climate editorjustin rowlatt has the latest. when the new draft was released, there was confusion. negotiators and journalists scrolled through the pages. the realisation slowly dawning that the agreement had changed. a landmark deal to get rid of the fossil fuel responsible for climate change had seemed within reach. now it appeared to be being snatched away. eamon ryan is one of the eu s lead climate negotiators. if the text doesn t change, will you walk away from the deal? this text will not be acceptable. would you walk away? if this doesn t change, it will not be accepted as a text. so what