preparing acts of terrorism. australia, scorched by bushfires, is one of a number of countries revealed to be lobbying the un for a more gradual move away from the use of fossil fuels. more than 150 people have died in flooding across india and nepal as india s military are draughted in to help rescue efforts. coming up in this hour, rewriting the history books. new evidence suggests the vikings reached north america 1,000 years ago, 500 years before columbus. the number of new coronavirus infections recorded in the uk in the past 2a hours has surged past 50,000 for the first time sincejuly. the number of people in hospital has also risen. the prime minister urged people to come forward for vaccinations and boosterjabs, but said the government is sticking with the plan on managing covid in england as winter approaches. borisjohnson said the numbers of infections and deaths being seen are within the parameters of what the predictions were . here s our health editor hugh pym
when global leaders meet for climate summits, as they re preparing to do in glasgow in ten days time, a special effort is always made to create the appearance of unity. but whether everyone really is singing from the same hymn sheet remains an open question. a leaked trove of documents seen by the bbc reveals that a number of countries have been privately lobbying the intergovernmental panel on climate change in an attempt to influence the conclusions they have drawn. saudi arabia, japan and australia are among those countries that have asking the un to play down the need to move rapidly away from fossil fuels. brazil and argentina, two of the biggest producers of beef products, argue strongly against the evidence that moving to a plant based diet is necessary to cut greenhouse gas emissions. our climate editor justin rowlatt reports. the clock is ticking on tackling climate change. the science says unless we start making dramatic cuts to emissions now, we risk very serious
This is bbc news. i m christian fraser. the silent lobbying of the world s biggest polluters leaked documents seen by the bbc reveal the countries that are trying to water down the science. saudi arabia, japan, australia among those resisting a move away from fossil fuels. a 25 year old man has appeared in court in london charged with the murder of the british mp sir david amess. was it coincidence that police in florida found brian laundrie s remains on the first day his parents had joined the search? the lawyer representing the laundrie family says any suggestion they knew where he was is hogwash . and a lesson in how not to steal a phone courtesy of the unsuspecting thief from egypt.