you re watching cnn news central. i m boris sanchez alongside alex mar quiet. there is no hope for babies evacuated from a war-torn hospital in gaza as pressure is growing on israel to provide evidence hamas ran a command center under the al shifa medical facility. in washington, d.c., a fiery courtroom showdown. former president donald trump is fighting his gag order in the federal 2020 election subversion case, with a special counsel says trump is trying to influence and intimidate witnesses. and new data shows the earth is getting hotter, smashing through a threshold scientists have been warning about for decades. we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. we start this hour with dozens of newborn babies who were trapped in a war zone, now safe. earlier today a convoy of ambulances made the treacherous journey through gaza to the rafah crossing where medical staff were ready waiting with incubators t
to well below two celsius and to aim for 1.5. that s the threshold scientists agree beyond which the most dangerous impacts of global warming play out. so now it comes down to here in glasgow. to keep that 1.5 celsius target alive, emissions need to halve within the next decade, and to reach net zero, where the world is taking out as much carbon from the atmosphere as it s putting into it, by the middle of the century. so the 200 countries being represented here at cop26 are being asked for their specific plans to meet that goal. the success of this conference will be based partly on countries willingness to outdo each other when it comes to emission reduction. the uk s net zero strategy has been widely praised. the government has promised to fully decarbonise our electricity supply by 2035, and to phase out the sale of petrol and diesel cars by 2030. but some countries have much more ambitious goals. costa rica, a country that has committed to phasing out
and reported the impacts of climate change around the world. we ve seen deforestation on a vast scale contribute to carbon emissions. and you no longer have to travel to the deserts to see the impact of global temperature rise. the effects of climate change are playing out everywhere. we ve been here 20 years, we ve got a beautiful home, and just look at it. but while its impact can be painfully dramatic, the process that brings countries together to tackle the issue can be painfully slow. there have been moments of triumph, though, in this long negotiation. at the cop in 2015 in paris, 196 countries signed a global treaty agreeing to limit global warming to well below two celsius and to aim for 1.5. that s the threshold scientists agree beyond which the most dangerous impacts of global warming play out. so now it comes down to here in glasgow. to keep that 1.5 celsius target alive, emissions need to halve within the next decade, and to reach net zero,
to the deserts to see the impact of global temperature rise. the effects of climate change are playing out everywhere. we ve been here 20 years, we ve got a beautiful home, and just look at it. but while its impact can be painfully dramatic, over the years, we ve witnessed and reported the impacts of climate can be painfully slow. there have been moments of triumph, though, in this long negotiation. at the cop in 2015 in paris, 196 countries signed a global treaty agreeing to limit global warming to well below two celsius and to aim for 1.5. that s the threshold scientists agree beyond which the most dangerous impacts of global warming play out. so, now it comes down to here, in glasgow. to keep that 1.5 celsius target alive, emissions need to halve within the next decade, and to reach net zero, where the world is taking out as much carbon from the atmosphere as it s putting into it, by the middle of the century. so, the 200 countries being represented here at cop26 are being asked for
control, but what does this actually mean and how did we get here? the bbc s science correspondent victoria gill has the details. over the years, we ve witnessed and reported the impacts of climate change around the world. we ve seen deforestation on a vast scale contribute to carbon emissions. and you no longer have to travel to the deserts to see the impact of global temperature rise. the effects of climate change are playing out everywhere. we ve been here 20 years, we ve got a beautiful home, and just look at it. but while its impact can be painfully dramatic, the process that brings countries together to tackle the issue can be painfully slow. there have been moments of triumph, though, in this long negotiation. at the cop in 2015 in paris, 196 countries signed a global treaty agreeing to limit global warming to well below two celsius and to aim for 1.5. that s the threshold scientists agree beyond which the most dangerous impacts of global warming play out. so now it comes down