Getty Images French President Emmanuel Macron has said Australia’s PM Scott Morrison lied to him about a scrapped submarine deal. Asked whether he thinks Mr Morrison was untruthful, the president replied: “I don’t think, I know.” Mr Macron was furious after Australia cancelled a $37bn (£27bn) deal to build 12 submarines, and instead negotiated a
Month: October 2021
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson has warned world leaders there are “no compelling excuses” for failing to tackle climate change. Speaking at the close of the G20 summit in Rome, he said some progress was made in the past few
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. At least 17 people have been injured in a knife and arson attack on an underground train line in the Japanese capital of Tokyo. Video footage shows passengers running through carriages away from flames and clambering out
Luis Sinco Extreme weather events – including powerful heat waves and devastating floods – are now the new normal, says the World Meteorological Organisation. The State of the Climate report for 2021 highlights a world that is “changing before our eyes.” The 20-year temperature average from 2002 is on course to exceed 1C above pre-industrial
PA Media It is “up to France” to solve the ongoing fishing row with the UK by stepping back from threats over access to ports, the UK government has said. Boris Johnson met French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday to discuss the continuing tensions around permits for French fishing boats. French officials said the pair
Reuters The leaders of the world’s richest economies will spend Sunday trying to reach a meaningful deal on preventing climate change. The G20 is hoping to make progress ahead of the COP26 summit in Glasgow, which begins on Sunday. However, they have yet to announce any firm new commitments to reduce carbon emissions in the
Getty Images More than 800 secondary schools in England will be visited by health teams from Monday to offer the coronavirus vaccine to children aged 12 to 15. Health Secretary Sajid Javid said the vaccines “will help keep children in the classroom”. More than 600,000 children have been vaccinated since the rollout was extended last
Getty Images The highly anticipated COP26 climate change summit begins later in the Scottish city of Glasgow. Delegates from about 200 countries will be there to announce how they will cut emissions by 2030 and help the planet. With the world warming because of fossil fuel emissions caused by humans, scientists warn that urgent action
In Indian-administered Kashmir, Yemberzal is the first all-women Sufiyana music group. This music – which had been dying out in the region – was a uniquely male tradition. People have tried to put the group down in many ways, such as telling them that Sufiyana wasn’t meant for women. One of the group’s fathers was
Getty Images Alec Baldwin has spoken out in public for the first time since he accidentally shot dead cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on a film set earlier this month, saying “she was my friend”. Speaking to reporters, the actor said he would be in favour of limiting the future use of firearms on film productions to
In September, a young Jewish ultra-orthodox Israeli man asked for leave to remain in the UK because he feared being imprisoned as a deserter from the military if he returned to his home country. The unusual case has shone a light on the issue of conscientious objectors in Israel. Most Jewish Israelis do compulsory military
Reuters I feel like “a human being for the first time” in my life, a gay Afghan man has said after arriving in the UK with 28 others from the LGBT community. The man – who the BBC is not naming for safety reasons – fled Afghanistan, fearing for his life under the Taliban. The
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has acknowledged “turbulence” in the UK’s relationship with France as the row over fishing rights escalates. After dozens of French boats were denied post-Brexit fishing licences for UK and Jersey waters, France threatened
Reuters Climate change and Covid are top of the agenda as leaders from the world’s major economies meet in Italy. It is the first time the G20 leaders are meeting face-to-face since the start of the pandemic. However, China’s Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin will not be in Rome for the summit, choosing to
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. The whole country wishes the Queen well, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said, after she was advised by doctors to rest for two more weeks. On Friday, Buckingham Palace announced the monarch, 95, would not undertake official
Getty Images Tongans have been rushing to vaccinate themselves against coronavirus after the Pacific island nation confirmed its first case on Friday. The infection was detected in a fully vaccinated person who had arrived on a repatriation flight from New Zealand. Tonga’s Prime Minister Pohiva Tu’i’onetoa warned that residents on the main island of Tongatapu
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