for essential reasons. the queen misses the remembrance sunday ceremony at the cenotaph, for the first time in decades. hello and welcome to bbc news. it s eight in the morning here in singapore, and midnight in london where the british prime minister borisjohnson has described a global accord to speed up action against climate change as truly historic and the beginning of the end for coal power . but his remarks come after the president of the cop26 climate conference, alok sharma, said india and china will have to justify themselves to the world s most vulnerable countries after the two nations demanded last minute changes to the climate deal, softening commitments to reduce the use of coal. let s take a quick look at what s agreed. the deal says limiting average global temperatures to 1.5 celsius above pre industrial levels, by the year 2100, is still attainable. scientists have said that amount, by then, would avoid the worst impacts of climate change. but there s
now, he s a rising young star of his party, but right now, he faces a troubling question are the democrats bungling their opportunity to put america on a new course? congressman richard torres, welcome to hardtalk. it s a pleasure to be here. it s great to see you, congressman. i m tempted to begin by saying a year is an awful long time in politics. if we cast our minds back to january of this year, the democrats were euphoric. you were taking control of both chambers of the us congress. joe biden was moving into the white house. that euphoria has well and truly disappeared. what s gone wrong? well, we were never euphoric. i was cautiously optimistic, and keep in mind that we were well aware of the congressional losses in the 2020 election cycle. we were cautiously optimistic that we could be to the 21st century what fdr was to the 20th century, that we could harness the power of this fdr moment to create a 21st century social safety net to modernise american infrastructure
bells toll. the queen misses the remembrance sunday ceremony at the cenotaph, for the first time in decades. i v e i ve from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. hello and welcome to bbc news. the british prime minister borisjohnson has described a global accord to speed up action against climate change as truly historic and the beginning of the end for coal power . but his remarks come after the president of the cop26 climate conference, alok sharma, said india and china will have to justify themselves to the world s most vulnerable countries, after the two nations demanded last minute changes to the climate deal, softening commitments to reduce the use of coal. let s take a quick look at what s agreed. the deal says limiting average global temperatures to 1.5 celsius above pre industrial levels, by the year 2100, is still attainable. scientists have said that amount, by then, would avoid the worst impacts of climate change. but there s controversy over the pledge a
british prime minister boris johnson has described a global accord to speed up action against climate change as truly historic and the beginning of the end for coal power . but his remarks come after the president of the cop26 climate conference, alok sharma, said india and china will have to justify themselves to the world s most vulnerable countries, after the two nations demanded last minute changes to the climate deal, softening commitments to reduce the use of coal. let s take a quick look at what s agreed. the deal says limiting average global temperatures to 1.5 celsius above pre industrial levels, by the year 2100, is still attainable. scientists have said that amount, by then, would avoid the worst impacts of climate change. but there s controversy over the pledge about coal, which now says its use should be phased down, rather than phased out. among other things, the deal also pledges more money for poorer countries to help them adapt. our science editor, david s
british prime minister boris johnson has described a global accord to speed up action against climate change as truly historic and the beginning of the end for coal power . but his remarks come after the president of the cop26 climate conference, alok sharma, said india and china will have to justify themselves to the world s most vulnerable countries after the two nations demanded last minute changes to the climate deal, softening commitments to reduce the use of coal. let s take a quick look at what s agreed. the deal says limiting average global temperatures to 1.5 celsius above pre industrial levels by the year 2100 is still attainable. scientists have said that amount, by then, would avoid the worst impacts of climate change. but there s controversy over the pledge about coal which now says its use should be phased down, rather than phased out. among other things, the deal also pledges more money for poorer countries to help them adapt. our science editor, david s