after a father of four was stabbed to death having spent the day celebrating his two year old twin daughters birthday, the stark reality of drinking during the pandemic more people died from alcohol in england and wales last year than in any of the previous twenty years. unseasonal weather as people go to the polls in england, scotland and wales the biggest test of voter opinion since the last general election. and we meet the former royal marine commando who lost both legs in afghanistan in training for a charity swim across plymouth sound good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. french fishermen who staged a protest off the coast ofjersey about post brexit fishing rights have now sailed away from the area and back to port. two royal navy ships are still on patrol after escalating tensions in the last few days. the french claim their rights to fish off the island are being unfairly restricted by a new system of licences. leaders in jersey say they ve held positive
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deforestation of the amazon rainforest. iam i am live at cop26 in glasgow where we will be looking in more detail at those two big announcements of the day so far. i will also be talking to the former australian prime minister, malcolm turnbull. convicted of taking and sharing pictures of two murdered sisters. two met police officers, are told to expectjail terms. calls for plastic in wet wipes to be banned. a labour mp is proposing a new law that could put an end to this. good afternoon. world leaders at the global climate summit in glasgow are today agreeing two major deals, to try to combat rising global temperatures. let s cross live to my colleague annita mcveigh who is at the cop26 climate conference. thanks jane and welcome to glasgow, where as you say leaders are agreeing two major deals. the first is a pledge to halt and reverse deforestation by the end of the decade. the second, which is being led by america and the eu, aims to cut methane emissions by at least 30%
that s the key message of the secretary general, gutierres, that s our message. world leaders are leaving glasgow later, leaving their technical teams to thrash out the detail in the next two weeks. in other news: the former presidents of world and european football are charged with fraud over the unlawful transfer of more than $2 million. hello, welcome back to glasgow, and the second and final day of the world leaders summit at cop26. there have been more significant announcements in particular, two significant announcements to try to address the climate emergency. let s just run you through the proposals. first, a global partnership aims to cut methane emissions by at least 30% by 2030. it s being led by america and the eu, and more than 100 countries have signed up. but china, russia and india are not part of the pledge. earlier in the day, there was another significant pledge to halt and reverse deforestation by the end of the decade. there was also a plan to adopt aff
to expect prison terms. the former presidents of world and european football are charged with fraud over the unlawful transfer of more than two million dollars. mps are calling for the introduction of smart motorways to be paused until the government can prove they re safe. bus stops and brawls on the campaign trail says america votes on who should run their schools. good evening and welcome to bbc news. on day two of the global climate summit in glasgow world leaders have reached two landmark agreements today affecting the future of the planet. more than 100 countries led by the us and the eu have launched a far reaching initiative to cut emissions of methane a gas that s a major cause of global warming. the pledge is to cut emissions by 30 percent by the end of the decade and if that s achieved it could play a big part in limiting the rise in global warming to 1.5 degrees. earlier in the day there was another significant pledge to stop and reverse the p