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who started school after the first covid lockdown. researchers in the uk say blood that has been grown in a laboratory has been put into people, in a world—first clinical trial. it could help scientists manufacture rare blood groups. the head of the united nations has warned the cop27 climate conference in egypt that nations must co—operate in the effort to reduce global emissions — or perish. antonio guterres decribed the progress made since last years gathering in glasgow as wo...

well have the latest from justin rowlatt at the summit, where the prime minister rishi sunak hasjust been speaking. also on the programme... five years after the fire at grenfell tower, which claimed 72 lives, the official public inquiry is drawing to a close. many rail services are still badly disrupted despite a series of planned strikes being called off. how fast could you run in your slippers when you were a kid? laughter. and, peter kay announces his long—awaited return to stand...

as world leaders gather in egypt for cop27, can they prevent geopolitical issues from casting a shadow over tackling climate change? and the 34—year—old singer and rapper aaron carter has been found dead at his home in california. hello and welcome to the programme. the crucial us midterm elections, which will decide who controls congress, are just days away and president biden and barack obama have taken to the stage together at a campaign rally in pennsylvania. mr biden urged the...

good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. nurses are likely to take their first ever national strike action according to their union. the royal college of nursing is still counting ballot papers returned by its 300,000 members but says those counted so far suggest support for strike action, possibly before christmas. the rcn wants a 5% pay increase above the rate of inflation. nurses working in accident & emergency and critical care would be exempted from striking to maintain services. t...

president biden and donald trump continue on the campaign trail, in the push to win crucial votes. the cop27 climate summit has begun in egypt with an agreement to discuss the possibility of wealthy countries handing money to poorer nations to help them cope with the impact of global warming. until now developed countries have resisted pressure to put, whats referred to as "loss and damage", on the agenda. the conference heard a warning that the past eight years have been the warmest o...

ourselves cut our emissions, which will stunt our growth. or for those countries — will stunt our growth. or for those countries that are being damaged by climate _ countries that are being damaged by climate change there are reparations, the current president under— reparations, the current president under the — reparations, the current president under the british year leading the cop had — under the british year leading the cop had already said that he betieves— cop had alr...

who is scheduled to hold that press conference in less than 30 minutes. now to one of the reasons were here in arizona. the migrant humanitarian crisis at the southern border. roughly 160 miles from where we are this morning. u.s. and customs and border patrol says it arrested 231,000 migrants at the border last month. for the first time ever, the number of arrests of undocumented immigrants exceeded 2 million in one year. in an increasing number of migrants are coming from venezuela, ...

reports from iran say at least 13 people have died in a terror attack on a religious site, on the day that thousands of people have been marking the death of the hijab protestor mahsa amini. and russia claims up to 70,000 people have left the occupied city of kherson amid rumours there could be a large and bloodied battle looming. we start again here in the uk — where rishi sunak has had his first full day in office as prime minister. and already, hes been forced to defend his appoin...

a year, with businesses also in line for help. its expected to be funded by £100 billion of government borrowing. in germany, the government has already brought in subsidies for low—income households along with other measures, costing about about 60 billion euros which is £51 billion. injanuary, the french government forced the state—owned energy provider to cap wholesale price rises to 4% for a year and they also brought it other measures. thats all expected to cost 45 billion e...

on crime. the uks approach to controlling migration also faces strong criticism from abroad, with this intervention from the albanian prime minister. ukraines nuclear energy company says the zaporizhzhia plant has been disconnnected from the electricity grid and has only 15 days of generator fuel left. a surprise peace deal after nearly two years of civil war in ethiopia. its hoped vital aid can now flow into tigray, where 90% of the population is going hungry. here in the uk, the seco...