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if climate change is not prioritised, we are all doomed, that is the dire warning from the head of the un. a sharp rise in the number of people crossing the channel in small boats — more than 38,000 have arrived in the uk this year. and millions of children used to watch this every dayjust before the six oclock news. as the bbc turns 100, we look back at childrens tv over the decades. and on bbc london. day one for prime minister rishi sunak — coming on the bbc news channel, liverp...

im fredericka witfield in new york today. with just weeks before key 2024 election contests take place, president biden is hitting the campaign trail this weekend amid new legal distractions hovering over his son. on friday, the president kicked off a campaign swing out west just hours after his son hunter biden was indicted again. hunter biden is now facing new federal tax evasion charges. prosecutors accuse him of a four-year tax evasion scheme and spending millions of dollars on thi...

iam i am live in southern israel where authorities seem to have blocked humanitarian aid from entering the gaza strip after a week—long truce collapsed. fighting re—started yesterday, as both sides blamed each other for the collapse of the agreement. one consequence appears to be the lack of any humanitarian aid article entering the gaza strip through the rafah crossing. this is seen looking at northern gaza. there have been many air strikes overnight. israeli military have been hi...

the desire to control the womb is often the first, or most lethal, or most impactful kind of effort. another thing that nowadays everybody is talking about is cancel culture. you know, there is this fear of speaking up, especially among the younger generation. what do you think of that? do you actually think that this is compromising the freedom of speech of the younger generation? i dont feel it myself, but i resent it on behalf of anybody who does feel it because free speech is cruci...

pressure pulls away. temperatures inland probably down to “4, minus five celsius, even lower in more rural spots. five celsius, even lower in more ruralspots. so five celsius, even lower in more rural spots. so a hard frost, a cold, crisp start to friday but lots of sunshine coming through. something just smidge less cold into the weekend. but we could see the chance of some rain and some snow into sunday. louise, thanks very much. thats it from the bbc news at ten. newsnight is gett...

the caribbean." and the nypd tonight on the attempted sexual assault in broad daylight. the states of emergency, catastrophic flooding in the midwest. a major dam at risk of failing. residents warned to be ready to evacuate. deadly rip currents up and down the east coast. in new york city tonight, two teenage boys swept out by a large wave. 80 million americans under heat alerts from california all the way east. ginger zee is here. the deadly shark attack off hawaii. a well-known...

The World Bank’s new framework “Scaling Up to Phase Down” maps out a 6-step virtuous cycle to help these countries overcome critical barriers that are paralyzing their energy transition and catalyze investments.

If plans were implemented to phase down coal to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit), only 250,000 miners - less than 10 percent of the current workforce - would be required worldwide, the GEM report stated.

Dependence on fossil fuels in many countries leads to a vicious cycle of increasing costs, higher energy prices for consumers, more pollution that impacts people’s health, and higher greenhouse gas emissions that endanger the planet.

India’s goal is to be net zero by 2070, which means that our electricity sector has to get there sometime in the 2050s. However, coal will continue to be essential, because at night when the sun is not shining, that’s what we rely on. But it will need to be abated with carbon capture and storage.