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the bbc chairman s appointment. at an emotional meeting in new zealand, jacinda ardern hands over the leadership of her party and country to chris hipkins. the uk business secretary urges energy suppliers to stop moving vulnerable customers onto more expensive prepayment metres. millions around the world gather to celebrate the lunar new year. in china the tradition of giving remains strong. you re watching bbc news. now its time for global questions. welcome to global questions with me, zeinab badawi, from sri lanka s capital, colombo. i m on one of the city s beautiful waterfronts along the indian ocean. sri lanka s stunning coastline makes it popular with visitors, but this country, like many others in the region, suffers from extreme weather conditions heatwaves followed by torrential rain and rising sea levels. so, we re asking is sri lanka something of a test case of what and what not to do in combating environment challenges? and will the historic cop27 a ....
what the world could do to help. also coming up on the programme. just a day to go before the us: control of congress hangs in the balance, as democrats and republicans make their closing arguments to american voters. before the us midterms. and we meet the family all 72 of them as we visit the four generations of one indian family living under a single roof. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am in singapore, and 1am in egypt where the cop27 climate summit has started in sharm el sheikh, with the darkest of warnings from the head of the united nations. antonio guterres said the world was on the highway to climate hell with no sign of slowing down, and that humanity needed to co operate or perish . last year s climate conference in glasgow agreed a number of pledges on cutting emissions, but the un says progress on these has been woefully inadequate . our climate editorjustin rowlatt is at the summit in egypt and sent this ....
environmental challenges. and for copp 27 agreement, help developing nations be enough to avert climate catastrophe. that is global questions sri lanka, surviving climate change. as it marks 75 years of independence from britain. i have a panel from here and sri lanka were going to be answering questions from my audience here. i ve got a panel from here in sri lanka who are going to be asking questions from my audience here. let me tell you who s in the hot seat for this edition of global questions. ruwan wijewardene is deputy leader of the united national party, and is the president s right hand adviser on climate change. he recently launched a climate prosperity plan to tackle the crippling effects of the climate crisis. professor mohan munasinghe is an eminent sri lankan climate scientist. he was vice chair of the un international panel on climate change when, as an institution, it was awarded the 2007 nobel peace prize with al gore for efforts to combat climate chan ....
he lost to spain s roberto bautista agut in four sets in what could be his last time playing at the tournament. you re watching bbc news. now its time for global questions climate change: a turning point? welcome to global questions with me, zeinab badawi, from sri lanka s capital, colombo. i m on one of the city s beautiful waterfronts along the indian ocean. sri lanka s stunning coastline makes it popular with visitors, but this country, like many others in the region, suffers from extreme weather conditions heatwaves followed by torrential rain and rising sea levels. so, we re asking is sri lanka something of a test case of what and what not to do in combating environment challenges? and will the historic cop27 agreement to help developing nations be enough to avert climate catastrophe? that s global question sri lanka: surviving climate change. applause. welcome to the magnificent national museum here in colombo, which charts the history of this beautiful tro ....
[indistinct] [bleep]! kayleigh: no one except maybe opec because they just did. saudi led oil cartel announced it is slashing production by 2 million barrels a day. the move is expected to push our rising gas prices even higher. it is also a slap in the face to the president and his team because they have been spending months and months trying to stop this spirit the president even visited saudi arabia last july. you remember, it is that video of victoria s fist bump between the saudi prince. that opec removes the failure of the fist pump to diplomacy and simply doesn t work. americans, well, if you will pay the price. you know what, it is amazing to me, tammy. i saw this yesterday the announcement of the cuts from opec. fist bump foreign policy diplomacy simply doesn t work. then came the headlines, which were in canada delete accurate and usually they bury the truth of the biden administration cnbc, white house lobby fails to prevent opec plus cuts appear td natio ....