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About whether this country can continue to sustain the big increases we have been seeing in gas prices right now that are up depending on where you fill up, anywhere from 40-50% over year-ago levels and likely to go still higher. the read right now from dan murietta that, secretary, very nice of you to join us. how high is high as you see it, secretary? >> neil, great if to be with you again. look, i dont know how high its going to go. its already too high for many americans, and its something t...

Outside liverpool womens hospital in england last weekend have revealed that the bomb contained ball bearings as shrapnel and could have caused significant injury or death if it had detonated properly. its still not clear why the device exploded, killing the bomber, emad al swealmeen, in the back of a taxi. deforestation in brazils amazon rainforest is at the highest level in over 15 years. a report by the countrys space research agency found that deforestation increased by 22% in a year. during...

Deforestation by 2030 during the cop26 climate summit. youre watching bbc news. now its time for a look at the weather with matt. hello. were going to see some big weather changes over the next seven days. at the moment, of course, incredibly mild for this stage in the year. yesterday, we saw temperatures in aberdeenshire 16 degrees. similar sort of values today. this weekend the temperature drops, and by this time next friday we could have even colder air. there is potential the same places tha...

The decade? it ust doesnt. unfortunately, _ the decade? itjust doesnt. unfortunately, the - the decade? itjust doesnt. j unfortunately, the evidence the decade? itjust doesnt. - unfortunately, the evidence shows that the pledge was lip service to the international community. there are no milestones to be hit, no mechanism to end deforestation by 2030, and more importantly, these data have been available since before cop26 started. the document released by the brazilian state agency was signed on...

There may be some greater sense of momentum but i think there were always likely to be ups and downs in this process and there are still significant gaps between the two sides. deforestation in brazils amazon rainforest has hit its highest level in over 15 years. a report by the countrys space research agency found that deforestation increased by 22% in a year. brazil was among a number of nations who promised to end deforestation by 2030 during the cop26 climate summit. im joined now by dr erik...

At the cop26 and then an over three hour meeting between the americans and chinese at the head of state level, where they are trying to find ways to lower the tensions in the relationship. you dont yet have an announcement of a diplomatic boycott, despite the fact that is clearly where the biden administration had been heading before the summit, before the virtual summit, and there is a lot of pressure on there is a lot of pressure on the americans right now because of course biden recognises th...

Announced the withdrawal of the farm laws. even three weeks ago, the prime minister in a speech said those who oppose the farm laws are antinational, anti—farmer, anti—agricultural development. now why this change? the only reason for the change and i underline the word only, is the feedback he has got that his party will do very, very badly in the next round of elections. deforestation in brazil�*s amazon rainforest has hit its highest level in over 15 years. a report by the country�*s ...

Now on bbc news, we have a special edition of witness history to mark cop26. hello, and welcome to this special edition of witness history with me, claire marshall. were in the gardens of londons environmental college, capel manor. this time, were getting first—hand accounts of some important moments in environmental history. coming up, the man who fed the world as crop pioneer norman borlaug was called. how saddam hussein ordered the destruction of iraqs great marshes. and we hear about the f...

That it may well push the button on a legal dispute — article 16 is the technical name of the mechanism. you said it would be "reckless and unwise" for the uk to trigger article 16. why? well, my own view is that unilateralism never works and i am very encouraged by what has transpired this week and last week between lord frost and maros sefcovic and lord frost himself said that this can be agreed. but why would it be unwise and reckless, then? sorry, that comment was made some weeks ago, when...

You�*re upset we have destroyed your structures and those you have been paying for? europe doesn�*t see alexander lukashenko as a legitimate president. he claims not to care. a pariah in the west he knows there is also vladimir putin�*s russia to fall back on. steve rosenberg, bbc news, minsk. the cutting down of trees in brazil�*s amazon rainforest has hit its highest level in over 15 years. a report by the country�*s space research agency found that deforestation increased by 22% in ...