president biden and donald trump continue on the campaign trail, in the push to win crucial votes. more than 100 world leaders are gathering for the annual un climate change summit cop27 in egypt. and it s begun with dire warnings about the state of the planet. extreme temperatures, wildfires, drought and flooding have all been made worse by the last eight years being the hottest on record, according to the world meterological organization. our climate editor, justin rowlatt, has the latest from the conference in sharm el sheikh. cyclones ripped through madagascar earlier this year. floods displaced more thani million people in nigeria last month, while another year of low rainfall pushed parts of somalia and elsewhere in east africa even closer to famine. our planet is sending a distress signal, the un conference in egypt was warned. the last eight years have been the warmest on record, making every heatwave more intense and life threatening, especially for vulnerable po
into lake victoria in tanzania during stormy weather. and with the us midterm elections just days away, president biden and donald trump continue on the campaign trail, in the push to win crucial votes. hello and welcome to the programme. ukraine s president says russia is readying its forces for a large scale attack on his country s infrastructure. volodymyr zelensky said he believed moscow would focus on ukraine s energy sector first. the southern ukrainian city of mariupol has been left in ruins after being subjected to fierce russian bombardment early in the invasion. the city was besieged by russian forces and ukrainian officials now estimate at least 25 thousand people were killed there. our correspondent hilary andersson has been speaking to survivors from the city for bbc panorama. they give vivid and distressing testimony. and a warning that hilary s report contains references to suicide, and you may find some of it distressing. artem has seen what no child shoul
distress signal through action and credible climate action. at least 19 people have died after a passenger plane crashes into lake victoria in tanzania during stormy weather. and with the us midterm elections just days away, president biden and donald trump continue on the campaign trail, in the push to win crucial votes. hello and welcome to the programme. ukraine s president says russia is readying its forces for a large scale attack on this country s infrastructure. in his latest video address, volodymyr zelensky said he believed moscow would focus on ukraine s energy sector first. estimates suggest about 40% of ukraine s energy system has been damaged or destroyed in russian attacks targeting vital infrastructure. translation: during the week, i had several special meetings i as of this evening stabilisation black codes continued in kyiv and six regions. more than 4.5 consumers are without electricity. most of them are in kyiv and the kyiv region. it s really difficult. d
hears claims that donald trump orchestrated the attack in an attempted coup . a0 years after the end of the falklands war we look at the psychological toll on those who fought. and the sprint star dina asher smith tells us of her plans to compete at the commonwealth games in birmingham. and coming up on the bbc news channel, england had a decent start but new zealand had taken the initiative by the end of day one of the second test at trent bridge. good evening. the government has seen off a legal challenge to stop its first flight deporting asylum seekers to rwanda planned for next tuesday. campaigners and immigration charities went to the high court today to try to convince a judge that the home secretary priti patel s policy is unlawful and irrational as rwanda is unsafe. but the home office argued there was a significant public interest in the government being able to deport people deemed to have entered the uk illegally. here s our home editor mark easton. is it lawfu
ukraine s president zelensky says russia is readying its forces for a large scale attack on his country s infrastructure. in his latest video address, mr zelensky said he believed moscow s forces would focus on ukraine s energy sector first. it comes as the mayor of the ukrainian capital, kyiv, has asked residents to make preparations to leave in case there s a total collapse of power supplies. vitaly klitschko accused russia of doing everything possible to deprive the city of heat, electricity and water. translation: putin doesn t need us ukrainians. - he needs territory. he needs ukraine without us and that is why everything that is happening now is genocide. his task is for us to die, to freeze or to make us flee our land so that he can have it. i also want to urge to give residents to the southern ukrainian city