The emmys americas Television Awards get underway soon with expectations high for the final series of game of thrones. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 8 00am in singapore and in beijing, where theyre facing increasing pressure to reduce Carbon Emissions. Later on monday Global Leaders will gather at the United Nations in new york for a special summit on Climate Change. Whilst china has been investing heavily in sources of Renewable Energy, like wind and solar, coal still remains the largest power source. With the un pushing for a commitment to end coal power by 2030, John Sudworth examines whether china can deliver. On average, china has built a solar farm as big as this one every day for the past three years. A rush to renewables personified by cai xiaohu. He used to work in a coal mine. Translation our solar farm can save 50,000 or 60,000 tons of coal each year. I am proud doing thisjob and working in this industry. But there is a long way to go. With its massive coal reserves still used for 60 of its energy, china produces more than a quarter of the worlds Carbon Emissions. And it may bear more than its fair share of the consequences, too. Asias High Mountain glaciers, a vital source of water for millions, are under serious threat. They are retreating very fast, about one metre per year by thickness. As much as 50 metres a year by mass. 50 metres a year . The largest, yes. That is why some glaciers in the south east of the Tibetan Plateau will be disappearing very soon. The countrys communist rulers do have what might be called an authoritarian advantage huge powers to support and promote new technologies. China is now producing and installing these panels in such a volume that the economies of scale means something extraordinary and very important is happening. The industry is reaching what it calls grid parity, the point at which getting electricity from these things is now cheaper per unit than generating it from coal. But chinas authoritarian system also protects vested interests. There are troubling signs that it has recently resumed Building Work on new coal power stations. To tell whether china is a real climate leader or not, this is really the moment. China on one hand is indeed now the largest investor of some of the most advanced Renewable Energy technologies in the world. But on the other hand, china also has this darker side. Chinas stance at the new york conference will be watched closely, despite big positive steps, its coal habit will be a hard one to break. Ahead of the un climate talks, a new report is calling for efforts to cut Carbon Emissions to be speeded up. The world meterological 0rganisation says Global Temperatures between 2015 and 2019 make it the hottest five year period on record. Its report estimates temperatures to be already 1. 1 degrees celsius above those of pre industrial times, and 0. 2 degrees warmer than the previous 5 year period from 2011 to 2015. 0ur north america correspondent, nick bryant, has more from the un in new york. Pledges not platitudes, is what antonio guterres, the un secretary general, is calling for. And indeed the un has limited the participation in the Climate Summit here, at least the people who are speaking, to countries who are making the most ambitious and the most credible targets to cut emissions. There are some notable no shows tomorrow. Donald trump will not be here, for instance. He is taking his country out of the paris Climate Change accord, of course. A leader who is happy to be called the trump of the tropics, president bolsonaro of brazil, will not be here. It still is of course significant because it is the home of the amazon rainforest, the lungs of the world. One key participant is greta thunberg, the 16 year old swedish activist. She will be speaking tomorrow and i am hearing that she is going to be delivering one of her stronger speeches yet, the United Nations hoping to harness her galvanising global power. And also that she will shame International Leaders interaction. And she need strong words, because the signs are not good, judging by what are you that what the un are saying . Yes, the un knows that the pledges that have been made already and the new pledges that will come tomorrowjust are not enough. Not enough is being done globally to try to arrest the acceleration of the Climate Change. I had of this summit comes a worrying new report which un officials hope will serve as a wake up call, showing that over the past five years it has been the warmest on record. Ahead of this summit. They are especially worried about a significant acceleration and rising sea levels, worried they will be compounded and exacerbated by the melting we are seeing in antarctica and greenland. So there is this concern at the un but even if countries do come with big pledges tomorrow, but is still not enough. That was nick bryant in new york had of those climate talks at the un, which will be taking place later on monday. Officials are also talking up the greta effect, as its called, the sight of those 4 Million People marching on friday all around the world, most of them children, led by the 16 year old activist greta thunberg. Another major story this hour. There are growing fears that the uks oldest travel firm, thomas cook, is about to enter administration. Emergency talks with creditors and shareholders have been continuing, hoping to raise the 250 million the Company Needs to avoid collapse. The British Government says plans to fly holidaymakers back to the uk if necessary are in place. Tom burridge has the latest. I am told tonight that dozens of aircraft which were on standby have now been mobilised. That means basically they are in the air, travelling to destinations where there are thomas cook tourists who might, might being the important word here, need bringing home tomorrow. Now if, thats still a big if, thomas cook goes into administration, 0peration matterhorn will go into action. When monarch collapsed in 2017 it was the biggest repatriation of british nationals in peacetime. I am told this will be much bigger, potentially lasting two weeks. One source at the Civil Aviation authority in charge of that plan is very prepared for that eventuality. The government is saying british tourists will be brought home. That said, a deal is still possible. Negotiations continued through the day. Israels president has called on the two main rivals in last weeks election to come together to form what he called a stable coalition. President Reuven Rivlin held talks on sunday with representatives from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus likud party and benny gantzs blue and white. The arab list meanwhile, which came third, has thrown its support behind blue and white. The chairman of the Us House Intelligence Committee says the contents of a telephone conversation between donald trump and his ukrainian counterpart could be grounds for the president s impeachment. Adam schiff said if it was proven that mr trump pressured Volodomyr Zelensky to investigate the democratic president ial frontrunnerjoe biden, impeachment would be the only option. The Rugby World Cup injapan saw three games on sunday, england beating tonga 35 3 in their opening pool c match. Ireland beat scotland 27 3, while italy hammered namibia 47 22. Wales will face georgia in their opening pool d game of the tournament later on monday. And now some staggering footage from northern spain, where a deer found itself trapped in waterlogged ruins near the city of huescar. But a team of passing cyclists came to the rescue, and managed to attach rubber inner tubes to the animals antlers. The five of them then heaved the stricken animal to dry ground, leaving three of the men crashing to the floor, before the deer fled into the woods. Oh, dear. Thousands of Indian Americans have attended a joint rally by President Trump and the indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, in texas. The howdy modi rally was described by organisers as the largest ever reception for a foreign leader in the United States other than the pope. Both leaders were full of compliments, as they addressed the crowd. We are witnessing history in the making applause. Mr president , you have introduced me to your family and 2017. And today. I have the honour to introduce you to my family i have also come to express my profound gratitude to the nearly 4 million amazing Indian Americans across our country. Applause. You enrich our culture. You uphold our values. You uplift our communities and you are truly proud to be american and we are proud to have you as americans. It had been expected there may have been an announcement of a breakthrough in us india trade talks, at that rally, but nothing so far. Mr modi has used the rally to justify his decision to withdraw the special status from kashmir. For his take on the meeting i spoke to author and journalist ravi agrawal. His government has for quite a long time been saying that its actions injammu and kashmir are entirely justified, that those actions were taken within indian territory, so, india administered kashmir, and the larger point they are making is that kashmir has long been left behind and started separate status, its unique with separate laws and the ability to form its own decisions, in fact holds it back in certain economic terms. And while there may be some truth to all of those points, but the government has made over time, the fact remains kashmir is now entering its 50th day of a breakdown in communications. Most kashmiris do not have access to the internet, no place on earth has as many internet shop downsize kashmir does. And of course there are widespread of security crackdowns and even some human rights abuses in kashmir. So while india mayjustify its move, it is a very problematic one, and the way in which it has been handled has rightly come in for criticism. And indeed it has been criticised, and as you mention, problematic. Should President Trump discuss these issues with Narendra Modi . Well, the two can talk about it, but india has a long standing policy but to the United States will not mediate on the issue of kashmir, inasmuch as kashmir is a disputed territory between india and pakistan. So simply because india has but a long standing Foreign Policy tenet, the us knows better than to try to mediate, unless it is ask for help. And india has not asked for any help on this issue. It sees it as an internal matter. An internal matter and no interference so far from the americans. What is the sentiment right now among Indian Americans about this closer relationship . We heard and that rally but trump and Narendra Modi werejust praising each other, they have this sort of bromance going on. Thats right, but you know, i remember when we used to talk about a bromance between modi and 0bama as well. I think the larger takeaway from this is that the Indo Us Partnership is probably bipartisan. It transcends individual leaders and parties. The one thing that is very clear is that over the last 20 years, the two countries have been growing closer together, they have people to people size, trade ties, other kinds of defence and Foreign Affairs ties that are only going stronger. And amid all of this you have a very strong Indian American contingency here in the United States, more than 4 Million People who are very successful, they tend to have a Median Income of about 100,000, which is nearly twice as much as the broader american average. So that is something, that is a constituency, but is very important for modi and very important for trump as well. Though i should add that in the 2016 election, a majority of Indian Americans voted for clinton and not for trump. This may be something that trump would like to change. He would like to appeal to that audience. You are watching newsday on the bbc. Still to come on the programme, more tear gas and anger in hong kong, as pro democracy demonstrators and police clash for the 16th consecutive weekend. Jeremy also on the programme, its emmys time at the start of the us awards season. Well be live in los angeles. Ben johnson, the fastest man on earth is flying home to canada in disgrace. All the athletes should be clean going into the games. Im just happy that justice is served. It is a simple fact that this morning these people were in their homes. Tonight, those homes have been burned down by serbian soldiers and police. All the taliban positions along here have been strengthened, presumably in case the americans invade. Its no use having a secret service which cannot preserve its own secrets against the world and so the British Government has no option but to continue this action even after any adverse judgement in australia. Concorde have crossed the atlantic faster than any plane ever before, breaking the record by six minutes. This is newsday on the bbc. Im rico hizon in singapore. Im kaisa madera in london. Our top stories. Ahead of the latest world Climate Summit, un scientists have said the last five years are likely to be the hottest on record and the impacts of Global Warming are increasing. Last ditch crisis talks to try to avoid the collapse of the british Tour Operator, thomas cook, are expected to conclude very soon. And Sebastian Vettel has won the singapore formula one grand prix an occasion that had been threatened by unhealthy air quality in the city. Fortunately much of the toxic haze caused by nearby forest fires cleared over the weekend meaning fans were able to turn out to witness vettel beat ferrari teamate Charles Leclerc to the finish line. The South China Morning Post reports the aftermath of a 16th week of protests in hong kong. It blames what it calls the hit and run radicals who defaced the metro as they cut a swathe of destruction. As the iran crisis deepens, the arab news previews saudi arabias national day on monday. Below a picture of preparations for the celebrations, it says the jubilant nation is already making an early start with air shows and parades. The japan times also takes National Pride in the fact its the first asian nation to host the Rugby World Cup. But its a picture of a scottish fan sandwiched between two irish fans that steals the show after favourites ireland beat scotland with the caption rugger huggers. police in hong kong used tear gas to disperse protestors on sunday. Thousands attended a peaceful rally at a Shopping Centre in sha tin, but tensions escalated after a group of hardline activists vandalised a train station next to it. Its the 16th consecutive weekend of protests in the city. 0ur correspondent Steve Mcdonell was at the mall throughout the day. This is a ticketing system for the mtr and it has been completely trashed. People have sprayed all over it and they have even smashed holes in it and that is because the more hardline elements of the Pro Democracy Movement blame the ntr for colluding with the government and that is because they say whenever there is a protest they shut down the stations and the like and so this is one of the reasons why the train system gets targeted. These are just ads in the Shopping Centre being smashed up by activists. And this is what some of the protesters are prepared to do. I think that destroying hong kongs economy is a plus. Here are the riot police who have come in to clear these protesters from the subway, it seems. The protesters have moved out of the Shopping Centre and they have lit this fire. And now the police are racing through to try and catch them. Activists were throwing projectiles down at them. They have warned that they would be returning fire. Those in the darker clothes, the so called raptor units, they are the more serious right place, you can see them charging into that park there because they have got word that there are some protesters inside. They have arrested over 1,400 people now. And the hope in their minds is if they get enough of the more hardcore demonstrators and charge them, that people will be more reluctant to come to the barricades. But as you can see, its still going on here. And then you get things like this. Local residents coming out and criticising the police. And they have a lot of work to do to try to regain their reputation here. Awards season in the us has just kicked off with the emmy Television Awards. The show celebrating all things Silver Screen has just begun. Leading the nominations this year, fantasy drama games of thrones, with killing eve and veep going head to head with nominations for best actress. But its notjust television anymore, shows from streaming Services Netflix and amazon also feature heavily this year well, were joined now from los angeles by entertainment reporter simon thompson. Simon, weve got the first winner announced, Tony Shalhoub winning best supporting actor or the marvellous mrs maisel. But game of thrones has wiped the floor. We actually had a second when as well, again for marvellous mrs maisel, this time for alex borstein, and it shows how popular these streaming services are and how much competition they are. Because amazon prime is the network, but that is where the marvellous mrs maisel is that it where the marvellous mrs maisel is thatitis where the marvellous mrs maisel is that it is giving you shows like game of thrones a run for their money. It has got the most nominations this year and all the cast are sitting on the front row at the venue. Somebodys thinking theyre going to win a few things. But certainly, if they dont, it could be a bit awkward. Some of the cast putting themselves forward. Is that a thing . It turns out it is. I wasnt aware you could do that. Usually these things are done, there isa usually these things are done, there is a lot of debate that goes on in boardrooms around the world. They talk about how they want to handle these nominations but Gwendoline Christie was one of the people who put ourselves up for the awards and she was saying she was really doing it because in tribute to everybody else who worked with her on that show and that show has made a lot of people very big stars. What that showed and, even though it kind of ended with a whimper more than a bank for some fans, they certainly wa nt to bank for some fans, they certainly want to go out in style tonight. Dont tell me, i havent seen the final. A lot of strong contenders, regardless of how many nominations game of thrones is scott, really strong contenders. Sand, for example, the two lead actors against each other. You have got killing eve which has been very successful internationally. Id be surprised if sandra oh doesnt go home with her nomination turning into win this evening. But one that came out of nowhere was fleabag which got a slew of nominations. Phoebe waller bridge is kind of the hottest person in hollywood right now. 0bviously is kind of the hottest person in hollywood right now. Obviously this show has done particularly well but she is involved in writing the new bond movie so hollywood has embraced her that is a show that has become a cultural phenomenon because when you get hotpriest and you get memes, you know you become a piece of pop culture so it will give a like of killing eve a run for its money. Simon thompson, enjoy the night. I know you will be monitoring the whole event. Simon thompson joining us whole event. Simon thompson joining us life in los angeles, lucky thing, he will watch the whole ceremony live and as we were saying earlier, there is no host this year, likely 0scars, no host of the awards. Fascinating to see how that works out. Thank you for watching. Go, game of thrones. See you again tomorrow. Hello. It was a weekend of two halves. We had plenty of sunshine for most places on saturday. Followed by more showers on sunday. But on both days, it was warm, with temperatures above 27 celsius. This was the scene as the sun went down sunday night in cornwall, some clear skies but some shower cloud still around too and really, through the week ahead, we are looking at a pretty unsettled autumnal feel to the weather, wet and windy at times and it will feel quite a bit cooler than it has done. Monday is of course the autumn equinox and right on cue, we are welcoming this area of low pressure from the atlantic. Some of this rain is much needed rainfall, articularly across parts of south east england where we have had less than 20 of the expected rainfall so far for september. During monday morning, most places starting dry. Bit cloudy and damp for the north west of scotland. These areas are working to the south west of wales and england and Northern Ireland, winds picking up through the day, central and eastern parts of england, up to southern scotland, you should stay dry all day. Temperatures reaching 21 degrees, fresher than it has been. Typically, the high teens when you are under the cloud and the rain in the west. Moving through into monday night, and ovenright into tuesday, we see that rain becoming quite heavy, especially across parts of south wales, southern england as well, the winds also picking up with that heavy rainfall. It will be a mild night, certainly frost free, as it will be really for much of the week ahead, were not expecting to see any frost this week but what we are going to see is some strong winds and heavy rain on Tuesday Morning, courtesy of a bit of a wave developing on this weather front here moving in from the atlantic. So with all that rain and also the strong winds to content with too, we may well have a bit of disruption to travel Tuesday Morning especially for parts of southern england, into south wales as well. Therell be a lot of standing water on the roads. This area of heavy rain works its way gradually eastwards across england and wales. Thatll be followed by more heavy showers and thunderstorms packing in from the south west. I think Northern Ireland and the north west of scotland should stay predominantly dry through the day. Temperatures only around about 15 19 degrees. Much cooler than it has been and plenty of really quite heavy showers around. Not only the showers but lets look at the wind gusts. And thorugh the English Channel too. All that wet and windy weather moves south eastwards, some rain in the south east wednesday morning. Unless windy day by the time we get to wednesday, with a mix of sunny spells and a few scattered showers but not a particularly wet day on wednesday. Temperatures around 16 20 degrees and it stays unsettled for the rest of the week. Bye bye. Im kasia madera with bbc world news. Our top story un scientists have issued a new report warning that Global Warming is speeding up. The report was issued a day before the latest un Climate Summit in new york, where World Leaders will discuss ways to control Global Warming. The future of the british based, but partly chinese owned, Tour Operator thomas cook is hanging in the balance pending the outcome of last minute negotiations to save it from collapse. The fim needs £200 million in extra funds. And the us awards season is kicking off in los angeles injust a couple of hours. Final preparations are underway for the emmy awards ceremony Phoebe Waller bridge has one best actress for flea bag
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