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guess that is the price we pay for trying to make this world a little better. also on the programme. and in haiti the search for survivors as the death toll from a huge earthquake rises to nearly 1300. welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. one story dominates our programme: the taliban are now in control of afghanistan after taking over the capital, kabul almost exactly two decades after they were ousted from power. fighters were filmed inside the presidential palace, after ashraf ghani now the former president fled the country. afghans and foreign nationals have been trying to get on planes at the main airport, but security there is reported to be fragile. the latest developments come after the taliban moved through one province after another in recent days, without much resistance. ourfirst report is from our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams. sitting at the president s desk. earlier, at the same desk, the pre ....
let s start with a major resignation in the world of banking. the boss of credit suisse antonio horta osorio has stepped down after being investigated by the bank s board for breaching covid 19 quarantine rules. horta osorio had only been in the role for eight months and had promised to restore the swiss bank s reputation following a spate of high profile scandals. credit suisse has already announced axel lehmann will be its new chairman. joining me now is russ mould, who s a investment director at aj bell. good morning to you. for those of us good morning to you. for those of us in good morning to you. for those of us in financial news we know this man of us in financial news we know this man very well, a former ceo this man very well, a former ceo of this man very well, a former ceo of lloyd s and other banks. are you ceo of lloyd s and other banks. are you surprised to hear this? in a way it is a terrible shame because mr horta osorio did a fantasticjo ....
it s seven in the morning in singapore, and ”pm at the glasgow climate summit where global leaders have been warned the world is still heading for dangerously high temperatures by the end of the century. that s even if countries stick to their promises. the aim is to keep global temperature rises below one point five degrees celsius but researchers say it will be impossible to reach that goal based on the pledges that have been made so far. new analysis suggests plans by countries to cut greenhouse gas emissions before the conference put the world on track for two point seven degrees of warming. the climate action tracker warns that even if pledges are kept, a big if, temperatures will still rise by 1.8 degrees that s above the target. from glasgow here s our science editor david shukman. this is what the talks are all about keeping the planet safe to live on. and when astronaut tim peake filmed this view, he was really struck by what we keep adding to the air a ....
deforestation of the amazon rainforest. iam i am live at cop26 in glasgow where we will be looking in more detail at those two big announcements of the day so far. i will also be talking to the former australian prime minister, malcolm turnbull. convicted of taking and sharing pictures of two murdered sisters. two met police officers, are told to expectjail terms. calls for plastic in wet wipes to be banned. a labour mp is proposing a new law that could put an end to this. good afternoon. world leaders at the global climate summit in glasgow are today agreeing two major deals, to try to combat rising global temperatures. let s cross live to my colleague annita mcveigh who is at the cop26 climate conference. thanks jane and welcome to glasgow, where as you say leaders are agreeing two major deals. the first is a pledge to halt and reverse deforestation by the end of the decade. the second, which is being led by america and the eu, aims to cut methane emissions by at leas ....
sunshine, the wind light in the south and breezy in the north and it will be a chilly day wherever you are with highs off maybe eight or just about 12 across the far south. towards the end of the week the high pressure topples in from the west and that will kill off the showers and that will kill off the showers and will introduce milder airfrom the atlantic and you can see the blue degrading into yellow and orange towards the end of the week, so another chilly day on thursday and from friday onwards we see a bit more cloud and it turns milder and wetter and windier across northern areas, tending to be drierfurther south. some changes ahead for the end of the week. back to you. that s all from bbc news at six at the climate summit in glasgow. we ll have more at ten, but now on bbc one, wejoin the bbc s news teams where you are. bye for now. hello, and welcome to sportsday. coming up on the programme. a whirlwind 2a hours, but tottenham get their man. we ll look at anton ....