shortly. sunshine. all the details very shortl . ., it s saturday 4 may. our main story: rishi sunak has insisted the conservatives have everything to fight for , despite the party losing nearly half the seats contested in local elections in england. with results expected in several mayoral races today, the tories will be hoping that andy street can cling on as mayor in the west midlands. having already won key councils and a decisive by election, labour s expected to hold on to most of the regional mayors up for grabs. our political correspondent, harry farley, has the story. not many smiles around for the conservatives. the party is that for its worst local elections result in years. one result did bring some cheerfor rishi sunak. x t aur cheer for rishi sunak. your re-elected cheer for rishi sunak. your re-elected mayor - cheer for rishi sunak. your re-elected mayor of - cheer for rishi sunak. your i re-elected mayor of teesside! cheer for rishi sunak. your - re-elected
force in gaza. the israeli saying they ve launched hundreds of missile attacks. hamas is reporting hundreds killed already. and bombshell new reporting nbc news in the new york times that israelis dismissed warning signs of the october 7th attacks for up to a year ahead of time. the times reported broke that story. we ll also speak with the family of a teenager taken hostage in the october 7th attacks. freed this week. in what is to come. who are following other news this hour as well, former president on the campaign trail right now and iowa after suffering a double dose of defeat to his claim that is one term presidency should be a lifetime get out of jail free card. plus, we re live in the district net representative george santos after he was officially kicked out of congress. making history with his expulsion. and we re keeping an eye on an earthquake off the coast of the philippines. that sparked a tsunami warning, the latest on what is going on. that s coming up as wel
legend for a billion dollars over his promotion of crypto exchange, binance. plus 12 months that changed the world one year on from the launch of chatgpt, how is the boom in artificial intelligence transforming the way we do business? hello if you have just hello if you havejustjoined us, you are very welcome. i am sally bundock. i am sally bundock. we start in dubai, where, as you have been hearing, 167 world leaders and 70,000 delegates from business, charities and faith groups are gathering for the latest round of global climate talks, the conference of the parties or cop28. of the parties, or cop28. eight years ago, in paris, nearly 200 nations pledged to keep global warming well below two degrees centigrade above pre industrial levels, and try to limit it to 1.5 degrees. but a recent un report has confirmed the world is not acting fast enough to achieve the paris goals. there is added controversy, this time around, given the event is hosted by one of the world s to
hello, i m rajini vaidyanathan. you re watching the context on bbc news. british gymnastics bans coaches from weighing gymnasts part of new safeguarding rules for young athletes. to new york now, where a federal court has formally welcome to the programme. these the bbc that talks are still under way to extend that truce between israel and hamas. we are waiting to hear more about that and get more official confirmation about any terms around that, but at the moment, we can see the pictures there now. those two russians who were part of the group released today. russian israelis, motherand daughter, 73 years old and her 50 year old daughter. they are russian immigrants living in israel. we will stay across that developing story and when we get it. to new york now, where a federal court has formally announced charges against an indian government employee, alleging he conspired to assassinate a sikh separatist in the us. the unnamed official is accused of working with anoth
i m sally bundock. so let s now get down to business and it is the eve of cop 28 in dubai, where world leaders, government representatives and delegates will discuss ways to tackle climate change. this year, health will be at the heart of the summit with the first ever official health program. from the lab to the patient, the healthcare industry is responsible for twice the carbon emissions of the aviation sector. now rival ceos from seven of the biggest pharmaceutical companies, alongside the world health organization are set to decarbonise the sector and make healthcare more sustainable. i spoke to pascal soriot, the ceo of astrazeneca and is heading up the task force and paul hudson, the ceo of sanofi. i began by asking pascal what has already been achieved. each company card to reduce carbon emissions. as a company astrazeneca over the next few years we reduce carbon emissions by 60% even though the size of the company almost doubled. at the top 28 we are planning to anno