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coal users hit its net zero emissions target? we have a special report from japan. and finders keepers a climber who found a treasure trove of precious jewels in the french alps, is awarded half the gems. we begin in greece, where pope francis has criticised what he says is the narrow self interest of european countries, in the way they are responding to the migrant crisis. the pope spent time at a refugee camp on the greek island of lesbos. his verdict on the way people there are being treated, that it could lead to the shipwreck of civilisation. our special correspondent fergal keane travelled with him and sent this report. they embrace the man and the message because, at this moment, he is their most passionate advocate. pope francis arrives at the time of renewed political crisis in europe over the issue of migration. since his last visit, fences have gone up, there have been pushed back of migrants in land and at sea and globally there s no coherent political vision to ....
during the pandemic, she s been reassessing her life. i ve come here to la, where rebel is now based, for this bbc 100 women interview. we talk about why she lost weight, her challenges with fertility, and how she s balancing that with her professional move into becoming a director, and she talks to me about how she s hoping that move will empower her to make cultural changes in the industry after experiencing sexual harassment herself. rebel wilson, thank you so much for talking to bbc 100 women. it is my pleasure. how are you? i feel like i m very bbc today as well i m very serious, profesh. i think you could almost, like, be a newsreaderfor us. i could, you know. coming up now at the ”am hour wait, is that what they say? no. coming up! breaking news, um, yeah i i probably won t get hired from this. it s so interesting because you are one of the most high profile actresses in hollywood. i d say you re a household name. i m in the top 1,000, for sure, i d put m ....
the cruel world of politics. also on the programme: a year on from the start of the war in ethiopia, the government claims to be on the brink of victory but tigrayan fighters are advancing towards the capital. and yorkshire cricket club is suspended from hosting england matches amid a row over racism. it s 9:00am in singapore, and 1:00am in glasgow at the cop26 climate conference, where the british government says the end of coal is in sight. that s after more than a0 countries promised to phase out the fossilfuel in the coming decades. poland, vietnam and chile are among the fast growing economies that now say they ll reduce their coal use. but as our science correspondent rebecca morelle reports, other big users of coal such china and america haven t signed up to the deal. a dinosauron a dinosaur on the loose at the united nations, but with a message for humanity. listen, eole, message for humanity. listen, peeple. i message for humanity. listen, peeple. i kn ....
adam. it is a butter based croissant, i am told. what are you talking about, adam? basically, the greatest piece of investigative journalism i ve done in my entire career was here at cop26, the climate change conference in glasgow. i d gone for breakfast one morning, and this has reached legendary status already, and we ve already talked about it on the podcast on bbc sounds this week but here is the tv version. with added pictures of chris mason eating a croissant, in case you didn t know what one looks like! i was surprised to find out that a plant based croissant had a bigger carbon footprint than a bacon roll. of course, that seems a bit counterintuitive because we are always being told one of the things you can do to help reduce greenhouse gases is eat less meat. so, of course, that went on social media, farmers loved it because they said, oh, this shows that we are not the bad guys. but it turns out it was wrong. they d put on the carbon footprint for the wrong ki ....
live from our studio in singapore, it is bbc news, newsday. we re spending a lot of time talking about climate change with all the events happening in glasgow, and we ll have more on that in a moment. but, some new research hasjust been released about carbon emissions, which are expected to rebound this year to levels last seen before the coronavirus pandemic. the findings, published in the global carbon budget by a team of climate scientists, show that carbon dioxide releases into the atmosphere will rise by almost the same amount that they decreased in 2020, when many countries went into lockdown. the findings challenge efforts to limit global warming to one point five celsius the tipping point for dangerous climate change. researchers say that if present trends continue, we could exceed that limit in 11 years unless ambitious goals to cut emissions are achieved. at the cop summit, banks and investors have been making pledges towards fighting climate change. $130 tr ....