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Lives in recent years. the swedish climate activist greta thunberg has accused world leaders of deliberately postponing much needed drastic action against global warming and said they were fighting instead to keep the status quo. addressing thousands of young people at a rally in glasgow she called the cop26 climate summit little more that a celebration of business as usual. heres our scotland editor sarah smith. a rare opportunity for protesters to loudly deliver a message, almost within earsho...

By academic and administrative staff in a dispute over pensions. members of the university and college union said universities needed to urgently revoke the pension cuts and return to the negotiating table to avoid strike action. universities uk says changes are required to avoid escalating contribution costs. the headlines on bbc news... three board members including the chairman of yorkshire county cricket club have resigned over the clubs handling of racism experienced by former player azeem ...

And southern england a few spots of rain, yes, certainly but also some patchy rain heading southwards into the evening. winds picking up across all parts, especially in northern scotland and overnight saturday into sunday severe gales, some because 60 to 70 miles an hour and some big waves into some of the coast as well. its going to be mild for the weekend. hello this is bbc news. the headlines: three board members including the chairman of yorkshire county cricket club have resigned over the c...

A year on from the start of the war in ethiopia, the government claims to be on the brink of victory — but tigrayan fighters are advancing towards the capital. and yorkshire cricket club is suspended from hosting england matches amid a row over racism. its 8am in singapore and midnight in glasgow, at the cop26 climate conference, where the british government says �*the end of coal is in sight�*. thats after more than a0 countries promised to phase out the fossilfuel in the coming decades. ...

Here is that the stimulus packages to come out of covid, they have stimulated the current economy, which is a fossil fuel economy. but if we are to get to net zero emissions, what do we do about oil and gas? theyve been filling some of the gaps behind coal, but some countries like costa rica and denmark are setting a date to end their use, and other nations at cop26 are expected to do the same. but the clock is ticking for decisions about our energy future. scientists are clear — our reliance ...

It comes as the cop26 talks feature events highlighting the voice of young people and education in climate action. fatou jeng from gambia is taking part in those talks and shejoins us now. very good to have you with us. what progress has been made? how have the talks gone so far?— talks gone so far? thank you very much for having _ talks gone so far? thank you very much for having me _ talks gone so far? thank you very much for having me on _ talks gone so far? thank you very much for having m...

Demanding politicians take serious action on climate change. in the campaigner has critisised leaders attending the cop26 summit. a fifth teenager has been found guilty of killing is—year—old keon lincoln, who was shot and stabbed outside his home in birmingham. in the united states, prosecutors in georgia have alleged an unarmed blackjogger killed last year came �*under attack�* from the three white men, who confronted him. an experimental pill to treat covid—i9, new trial results sho...

On climate change from leaders and politicians. shes criticised the summit, tweeting that "cop26 has been named the most excluding cop ever. "this is no longer a climate conference. this is a global north greenwash festival. "a two week celebration of business as usual "and blah blah blah." a little earlier i wasjoined byjimena ojeda, an environmental scientist and activist from peru. i asked her whether world leaders who attended the summit heard the voices of young people. its hard not to crit...

This is bbc news. im ben boulos. the headlines at four... three board members, including the chairman of yorkshire county cricket club, have resigned over the clubs handling of racism, experienced by one of its former players, azeem rafiq. i would say that what ive seen is a culture thats locked in the past. a culture that finds it difficult to accept challenge and change, and that, in my view, it would be great if it can move forward. greta thunberg joins thousands of young activists marching t...

"the end of coal is in sight," thats the word from the government here in the uk, where world powers have been meeting at the cop26 climate conference. it comes after more than a0 countries promised to phase out coal in the coming decades. poland, vietnam and chile are among the fast—growing economies which now say theyll reduce their coal use. but as our science correspondent rebecca morelle reports, other big users of coal, such china and the us, havent signed up to the deal. a dinosaur on t...