and we meet the teacher who s just won $1 million in a unesco backed prize. this feels amazing and it really validates the work that teachers put in inside and outside of the classroom every day. live from our studio in singapore, this is is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. in an unexpected move, the world s two biggest producers of greenhouse gases the us and china have agreed to co operate more closely on climate issues over the next decade. the countries issued a joint statement at the cop26 conference in glasgow pledging to help keep alive the hope of limiting global temperature rises this century to 1.5 degrees celsius. you are but they didn t say whether they d back a draft international agreement, calling on all nations to reconvene next year with tougher carbon cutting targets. you so our science editor david shukman has the latest. can the world agree to slow down the release of the gases heating the planet? can it do what it takes to
protest last year breaks down as he gives evidence. and more than 4 million people have shared a post on instagram in the belief that for each share, a tree would be planted. but was it all it claimed to be? we ll be hearing from the man behind the trend. hello. welcome to the programme. in an unexpected move, the world s two biggest producers of greenhouse gases, the us and china, have agreed to cooperate more closely on climate issues over the next decade. the countries issued a joint statement at the cop26 conference in glasgow, pledging to help keep alive the hope of limiting global temperature rises this century to 1.5 degrees celsius. but they didn t say whether they d back a draft international agreement calling on all nations to reconvene next year with tougher carbon cutting targets. our science editor david shukman has the latest. can the world agree to slow down the release of the gases heating the planet? can it do what it takes to reduce the melting of the polar
let s have a closer look at some of the recommendations. police officers have been offered 7%. consultants, dentists and gp s 6%. junior doctors 6%. prison officers 7%. the armed forces 5%. teachers 6.5%. what do we want? fair pay! when do we want it? now! teachers protesting, education disrupted, classrooms empty. for months, pupils and parents in england have been caught up in an angry row between teaching unions and the government. but could a 6.5% pay rise, alongside this promise from the prime minister, bring an end to it? there will be more money going into the schools budget to help schools pay for these new pay awards. so they will not have to make cuts, and that was something that was rightly important to the unions and we have worked with them to ensure that the funding is there for schools. given the scale of disruption caused by industrial action this year, and notjust in schools, there is one question for trades unions tonight. will this mean the end of the
cra btree ireland earlier today. why have you decided to call the strike? why have you decided to call the strike? well, because we were stonewalled the strike? well, because we were stonewalled and - the strike? well, because we were stonewalled and we - the strike? well, because we i were stonewalled and we had the strike? well, because we i were stonewalled and we had in earnest, extended 12 days, which is unprecedented, because we know the gravity of what a strike is. and its impacts on not only our members but everyone that is impacted by a strike outside of our membership. and we had hoped that in that extension, there would be deep inroads accomplished but there wasn t. we continue to be cut out of the conversation. they went behind closed doors. they did they cancelled meetings with us. a lot of time was wasted. and frankly, i think, we were duped. so they could keep promoting their summer movies a little bit longer. the promoting their summer movies a little bit