They marched with torches chanting jews will not replace us as they paraded tHrough the campus of the university of virginia. It was eerily reminiscent of the Torch Light rallies held At Nuremberg during the third reich. The following day they carried confederate flags and symbols of Nazi Genocide as they vowed to protect the statue of a treasonous confederate general and openly embraced Donald Trump as one of their own. In fact just months earlier, an organizer of the Unite The Right shouted hail trump, hail our people, and was greeted with nazi salutes and applause add a pro Trump Campaign rally. Another organizer was a member of the proud boys which would later lead the siege of the u. S. Capitol on January 6th. In other words, charlottesville, four years ago tonight, was a Tinder Box just waiting to ignite. Inevitably, it did. In fact we witnessed some of the violence live on this very network when one of our guests, reverend tracy blackman, was whisked away for her own safety. I w
it as the biggest step forward in a generation. the us supreme court hears arguments in the controversial texas abortion case, with at least one legal challenge likely to be allowed to move forward. and how australian scientists have managed to produce crawling frogs that are able to adapt to climate change. hello and welcome to the programme. president biden has told the united nations climate summit in glasgow that the fight against global warming offers extraordinary economic opportunities. he said creating technologies to reduce carbon emissions would create millions ofjobs worldwide. mr biden apologised for the actions of his predecessor, donald trump, who pulled the united states out of the paris climate accords. meanwhile india s prime minister, narendra modi, has told the conference that his country aims to become carbon neutral by the year 2070. it s the first time india, one of the world biggest emitters of greenhouse gases, has announced a net zero target. our f
an agreement to reverse deforestation by 2030 is announced in glasgow, with leaders describing it as the biggest step forward in a generation. the us supreme court hears arguments in the controversial texas abortion case, with at least one legal challenge likely to be allowed to move forward. and how australian scientists have managed to produce crawling frogs that are able to adapt to climate change. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. president biden has told the united nations climate summit in glasgow that the fight against global warming offers extraordinary economic opportunities. he said creating technologies to reduce carbon emissions would create millions ofjobs worldwide. mr biden apologised for the actions of his predecessor, donald trump, who pulled the united states out of the paris climate accords. meanwhile, india s prime minister, narendra modi, has told the conference that his country aims to
allowed to move forward. the french president says he will delay retaliatory measures against the uk, while talks about post brexit fishing rights continue. in one of the first substantial deals to be announced at the climate summit in glasgow, world leaders have agreed to end deforestation by 2030. around 100 countries are signing up to the pledge among them brazil, canada, russia and indonesia which is the largest exporter of palm oil, which has led to a dramatic removal of forestry in the country. the commitment will cover 85% of the world s forests. the full details are due to be announced by borisjohnson on tuesday. it follows an opening day in which president biden spoke of the millions ofjobs that can be created through new technologies to reduce carbon emissions. india s prime minister, narendra modi, told the conference that his country aims to become carbon neutral by the year 2070. it s the first time india has announced a net zero target. 0ur political editor la
allowed to move forward. the french president says he will delay retaliatory measures against the uk, while talks about post brexit fishing rights continue. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. in one of the first substantial deals to be announced at the climate summit in glasgow, world leaders have agreed to end deforestation by 2030. around 100 countries are signing up to the pledge, among them brazil, canada, russia and indonesia which is the largest exporter of palm oil, which has led to a dramatic removal of forestry in the country. the commitment will cover 85% of the world s forests. the full details are due to be announced by borisjohnson on tuesday. charles mcneill is the senior advisor on forest and climate at the un environment programme, who is in glasgow. he gave me his reaction to the announcement. it is electrifying. so exciting. i arrived here at 2am in glasgow and got the news, just as you said, 100 leaders representing 85% of the wo