president biden and donald trump continue on the campaign trail, in the push to win crucial votes. more than 100 world leaders are gathering for the annual un climate change summit cop27 in egypt. and it s begun with dire warnings about the state of the planet. extreme temperatures, wildfires, drought and flooding have all been made worse by the last eight years being the hottest on record, according to the world meterological organization. our climate editor, justin rowlatt, has the latest from the conference in sharm el sheikh. cyclones ripped through madagascar earlier this year. floods displaced more thani million people in nigeria last month, while another year of low rainfall pushed parts of somalia and elsewhere in east africa even closer to famine. our planet is sending a distress signal, the un conference in egypt was warned. the last eight years have been the warmest on record, making every heatwave more intense and life threatening, especially for vulnerable po
into lake victoria in tanzania during stormy weather. and with the us midterm elections just days away, president biden and donald trump continue on the campaign trail, in the push to win crucial votes. hello and welcome to the programme. ukraine s president says russia is readying its forces for a large scale attack on his country s infrastructure. volodymyr zelensky said he believed moscow would focus on ukraine s energy sector first. the southern ukrainian city of mariupol has been left in ruins after being subjected to fierce russian bombardment early in the invasion. the city was besieged by russian forces and ukrainian officials now estimate at least 25 thousand people were killed there. our correspondent hilary andersson has been speaking to survivors from the city for bbc panorama. they give vivid and distressing testimony. and a warning that hilary s report contains references to suicide, and you may find some of it distressing. artem has seen what no child shoul
centre of these meetings in the past and i centre of these meetings in the pastand i imagine centre of these meetings in the past and i imagine we ll see a similar role this time as well. climate change is a globally important topic that you are talking about asking countries to give up money than we are in the middle of a cost of living crisis. there is a war in europe s borders. are we expecting world leaders open up their proverbial wallets? has? their proverbial wallets? now is certainly their proverbial wallets? now is certainly the their proverbial wallets? now is certainly the time - their proverbial wallets? time is certainly the time when people are making arguments that money is better spent at home rather than being sent abroad so i don t imagine we re going to see money and while it s been opened up but i will say that last year, the meeting in glasgow, scotland made a landmark commitment of £2 million which is sort of a moral statement, million which is sort of a mor
people are making arguments that money is better spent at home rather than being sent abroad so i don t imagine we re going to see money and while it s been opened up but i will say that last year, the meeting in glasgow, scotland made a landmark commitment of £2 million which is sort of a moral statement, not necessarily a big statement of money, to loss and damage but open up the cover is a little bit and we ve or take committed to loss and damage. how they apply, who gets it, that is to be determined but there are these little steps and there is an opening there. with what is going on with the energy crisis it s going to be very hard for developing countries to get developed countries to take this seriously given all the problems at home right now. thank you very much for your insights. i appreciate it. on tuesday, people across the us will vote in midterm elections. they re typically considered a referendum on the first two years of a president s term in office with the party in
leaders declaration, i and told 110 leaders declaration, i and told 110 leaders have come together, representing over 85% of the world s forest estate, they have made a landmark commitment to work together to reverse deforestation and land degradation by 2030, notjust halt at the traverse, meaning more leaders than ever before had signed up leaders than ever before had signed up to protect the forests, from countries in the north and the south, with temperate forests, tropical forests and including nations like china, russia, brazil, some of the largest forest estate in the world. what is most significant about this declaration is notjust the range of countries coming together but also we are working in partnership with the private sector, philanthropists, indigenous people and local communities to address the economic drivers of deforestation. there are interesting parallels with