u.s. government hit by cyber attacks, why has he been out of sight outrage tonight and chicago s mayor under fire admitting she knew about the botched police raid on an innocent woman over a year before the video emerged. my exclusive conversation with a man who served 1 years in prison for a crime he didn t commit finally free. walmart and tiktok teaming up for a first of its kind even tonight. could it change the way you shop? the coach going the extra mile more than 1,000 of them to stay connected to his students. this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, everyone the fda has just authorized emergency use of that second covid vaccine, moderna s, putting millions more vaccine doses into the supply chain beginning in just a few days. it comes amid serbs over whether operation warp speed has been slowing with worries some states aren t getting the allot. s they were counting on administration tonight is projecting confidence in its distribution pl
and coming up on the bbc news channel. with the ashes less than two weeks away, australian batter tim paine is taking a break from all forms of cricket and pat cummins replaces him as captain. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the health secretary sajid javid has told mps there is huge international concern about a new highly mutated variant of covid 19, which could pose a substantial risk to public health. no cases have yet been detected in the uk, but flights from six southern african countries have been suspended. the world health organisation is meeting in geneva to discuss the situation. our first report is from our health correspondent katharine da costa. the correspondent katharine da costa. emergence of a complex the emergence of a new highly complex variant in southern africa has sounded alarm bells around the world. so far most cases have been identified in one province of south africa where it appears the variant may be driving a new wave of infect
the last day of cop26. the day when the final agreement between the nations is published arguably the most important document that will emerge from the conference in glasgow because unlike the last major climate conference in paris in 2015, what emerges here will not be a new treaty, but a series of decisions and resolutions that build on the paris accord. so what do we know already? the us and china say they ll work towards keeping global heating to 1.5 degrees, a goal set out in the 2015 paris agreement. and the cop26 draft agreement calls out fossil fuels as the main culprits of climate change for the first time. major financial institutions, with a combined net worth of around $130 trillion dollars, have also said they want to help bring global emissions down to zero. eliot whittington is the director of the uk and european corporate leaders groups at the university of cambridge institute for sustainability leadership. of the pledges we ve seen this week, which are th
won a million dollars in a unesco backed global prize. it feels amazing and it really validates the work the teachers put in inside and outside the classroom every day. welcome to the programme. environmental groups have given a cautious welcome to the unexpected announcement that the world s two biggest producers of greenhouse gases the united states and china have agreed to work together to tackle global warming. the us envoy to the cop26 climate conference in glasgow, john kerry, said that despite their political differences, cooperation was the only way to get thejob done. our global science correspondent, rebecca morelle, reports. it is the final countdown in glasgow as the climate talks enter the last few days and we see if enough can be done to stop dangerous climate change. last night the prime minister, borisjohnson, urged countries to pull out all the stops. he also tried to manage expect patients. also tried to manage expect atients. ., , ~ , patients. the cop2
over the next decade, in a surprise announcement at the cop26 summit in glasgow. this gives global negotiators a boost as they aim to reach a final deal on carbon cutting targets by the end of the summit on friday. china and the us are the worlds biggest carbon emitters whose economies are dependent on fossil fuels and although they say they will work together neither have joined a pledge to reduce the use of coal, a promise that more than a0 other nations have made at the conference. we in china have no shortage of differences but on climate, on climate, cooperation is the only way to get this job done. today s focus at cop26 is cities and regions how to become more energy efficient with cities currently producing more than 70% of global greenhouse gas emissions, mainly from heating and cooling buildings and powering cars and lorries. joining me now isjohn hart, republican strategist & co founder, c3 solutions a warm welcome to the programme. it is a huge challenge, isn t