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This is newsday on the bbc. im karishma vaswani in singapore. 0ur headlines... a code red for humanity. the un warns in a landmark report that human activity is changing the climate in unprecedented and sometimes irreversible ways. prince andrew is being sued in new york by virginia roberts giuffre, one ofjeffrey epstein�*s alleged victims. in a statement, ms giuffre said her civil suit lays out in detail how she was trafficked to prince andrew and sexually abused by him. prince andrew has veh...

This is bbc news. im reeta chakrabarti. our top stories... a code red for humanity. a major new report warns human activity is changing the climate in unprecedented and irreversible ways. the study says well see more frequent, extreme weather events across the globe — like these raging wildfires in greece — that have driven thousands from their homes. an assistant to new york governor andrew cuomo speaks out, calling for accountability over his alleged sexual harassment. and it may not be ma...

Welcome to newsday. reporting live from singapore, im karishma vaswani. the headlines... a code red for humanity — the un warns in a landmark report that human activity is changing the climate in unprecedented and sometimes irreversible ways. the world listened, but didnt hear. the world listened, but it didnt act strongly enough and as a result of climate change, its a problem that is here now. nobody is safe and its getting worse and faster. raging wildfires in greece — one of many countri...

Of the weather spectrum. you can see people walking in saint marks square underwater. high water has always been a part of venetian life but the tide peak usually affects venice in the autumn and winter. just five times in the past has high water arrived during the summer. coming up in a few minutes we will be taking a look at all of the business news including the worlds largest ever report into human activity and the impact on climate change. we will bring you the latest results of the state o...

The terrifying scenes of mass escape from greek islands, burning amid heatwaves, just as devastating fires also hit california. and the new report from the un climate panel says there will be much more of this to come. with a real additional amount of global warning... this major study concludes that temperatures are rising and that its beyond doubt that human activity is driving them up. and all the warnings so far have been ignored. the world listened, but didnt hear. the world listened, but i...

Language and the fact that its human activity driving all this will be the most robust. i think the reason for that is that the scientists now have a far better understanding than they used to about how the planet works. they have fleets of satellites, supercomputers, a far better ability to work out what is going to happen if we keep adding greenhouse gases to the atmosphere. i think a major element of the report that we will see tomorrow morning at 9.00 local time is extremes of weather, the e...

Metres hurdles and then jamaicas elaine thompson herat did the double—double going gold in rio and back that up in tokyo with gold in the 100 and 200 metres again. so a great evening forjamaica last night here in tokyo. mil evening forjamaica last night here in tokyo.— evening forjamaica last night here in tokyo. all around and a valiant effort _ here in tokyo. all around and a valiant effort in _ here in tokyo. all around and a valiant effort in trying - here in tokyo. all around and a vali...

Of kabul to cheer in support of the afghan government. people marched around the city after dark waving afghan flags and shouting "god is great". now to the fate of chimpanzees in sierra leone. theyre under threat across africa because the trees where they live are fast disappearing due to deforestation and other human activity. but now sierra leone has become the first country to give the chimpanzee the status of a national animal, the emblem of the country, as it tries to reverse the trend. um...

>> thank you so much angus watson live in sydney. the most heavily populated city in africa under water. sea levels in lagos are rising dramatically due to climate change leaving carrings and houses submerged an economy in crisis. cnn reports. >> reporter: even in the best of times, lagos is a difficult city to live in. now theyve had in mid july some of of the worst flooding in recent years. thats saying something because this is a city that floods every year between march and november. now n...

The energy from somewhere if were to survive, and theyll have to look again at nuclear and start saying, "oh, well, of course, it really hasnt "killed many people, has it?" mm. you have looked at the planet and the biosphere and the balance between human activity and the rest of organic life and the very planet itself. youve looked at it in many different ways. im intrigued to know what you make of the covid pandemic and what lessons you take from that in terms of the health of gaia right now? w...