they first me when each was serving as vice president, under the leadership of barack obama and hujintao. i'm joined now by susan thornton, former acting assistant secretary of state for east asian and pacific affairs. thank you very much for being with us. the one achievements, i suppose, that did come out of this, is that neither side wants to go to work. at each site has laid out some pretty firm redlines on taiwan and they are not entirely compatible. yes. firm redlines on taiwan and they are not entirely compatible.— not entirely compatible. yes, i think on taiwan, _ not entirely compatible. yes, i think on taiwan, this - not entirely compatible. yes, i think on taiwan, this was - not entirely compatible. yes, i think on taiwan, this was a - not entirely compatible. yes, i j think on taiwan, this was a big not entirely compatible. yes, i - think on taiwan, this was a big part of the conversation, obviously. i think the upshot is the two agreed to disagree as they always have on the taiwan issue, but we are really looking to try to do is get some claris signalling back and forth be

this week i say yesterday and the former us president barack obama was a big name in town yesterday. but after he was gone it kind of felt like the energy was very flat and the actual conference venue. i know there are thousands of negotiations working behind the scenes that we don't see every day when we were there. it did feel like a change in atmosphere from the previous week. this feel like a change in atmosphere from the previous week.- feel like a change in atmosphere from the previous week. this is the challen . e. from the previous week. this is the challenge- i — from the previous week. this is the challenge. i suppose _ from the previous week. this is the challenge. i suppose there - from the previous week. this is the challenge. i suppose there is - from the previous week. this is the challenge. i suppose there is an - challenge. i suppose there is an element of this which is the nature of international negotiations, it is almost inevitable that they go to the wire. because nobody wants to concede early. but there comes a point where the deadline and they say were all wa

pushing for an urgent response is the former us president barack obama. getting a rock star reception here and saying it's not too late. our planet has been wounded by our actions. those wounds won't be healed today or tomorrow or the next. but they can be healed. and addressing young activists, he appealed to them to keep up the pressure for change. the most important energy in this movement is coming from young people. applause they have more at stake in this fight than anybody else. you are right to be frustrated. folks of my generation have not done enough to deal with a potentially cataclysmic problem that you now stand to inherit. many young people have suffered cataclysm already. a typhoon in the philippines eight years ago claimed 6,000 lives, and one survivor, the daughter of a fisherman, fears more violent weather to come. i have seen death myself, i have seen my family struggle. i still have so many dreams in this lifetime. i'm just 2a years old. i still want to have my family. i still want to have children. but i don't even know if they will h

our top stories: barack obama ba rack obama has barack obama has urged the young people of the world to stay angry over the climate as he addressed the un summit in glasgow stop he also followed the lead ofjoe biden scolding china's and russia's leaders for not attending in person. colin is accusing belarus of trying to trigger a major confrontation along the border as it attempted to stop thousands of migrants from getting into the country. poland palme government—held crisis meetings on monday and deployed 12,000 troops to control the border. after 600 days, the us has finally lifted the pandemic travel ban which has kept out people for more than 30 countries. there were joyful reunions at airports in the us as families who have been separated were together at last. 0nly vaccinated travellers can enter the united states.

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former us president barack obama warns leaders they're not doing enough to tackle climate change at cop26. relief for airlines as the us opens its borders to fully vaccinated travellers, for the first time in over a year and a half. and, a lasting memorial to the world war two veteran, and the dog who saved his life. the bbc has been told of bullying and harassment by anti—vaccination campaigners, outside a number of schools in the uk. the shadow education minister, peter kyle, says such incidents are "ubiquitous" in his constituency. he's accusing campaigners of intimidating both children and teachers. there are now calls for schools to go as far as employing fast track exclusion zones, to tackle the problem. our correspondent, lebo diseko has more from east sussex. kent police have said that more than 400 calls have been made to the phone line set up in the wake of the david fuller mortuary offences case. david fuller admitted to sexually abusing at least 100 female corpses, including children — and in some cases filmed himself abusing the bodies in two kent hospital morgues. the he

obama. our science editor, david shukman is in glasgow. what is the fear that certain people might have about this rather large size of fossil fuel lobbyist? the big question — size of fossil fuel lobbyist? tte: big question here is can this event put the world on a path that avoids the most dangerous rises in temperature, and the key element of thatis temperature, and the key element of that is to use less fossil fuel, particularly coal, but oil and gas as well because when you burn them, you release carbon dioxide that hangs around in the atmosphere for a century at least and the accumulation of that gas in the atmosphere over the last century or two is, scientists say, what is driving up global temperatures and leading to more extremes of weather, melting of the ice caps, challenges to food supplies, a great long list of all the most damaging effects of climate change, so the logic is that if you want to avoid dangerous situations in the future, you've got to cut fossil fuels as soon as

obama. we will see what kind of difference you can make. more protests have been taking place in sudan — two weeks after its military seized power in a coup. two days of civil disobedience are now planned, by people angry at the army's action, which comes after a military dictator — in powerfor decades — was toppled in 2019. now, sudan's civilian prime minister is under house arrest and pro—democracy demonstrations are being met with force — as our africa correspondent andrew harding found in the capital khartoum. anger on the streets of khartoum today. protesters blocking off neighbourhoods. taking big risks to show their contempt for sudan's military coup. right now, a lot of blood, a lot of dead people. this military government is a killer. it's a goddamn killer, for real. the protests began two weeks ago when the generals seized power, halting this giant country's admittedly bumpy transition from dictatorship to democracy. so which side will prove stronger? the army or the stre

presidentjoe biden was among those attending, along with former presidents barack obama and george w bush. powell was the first black us secretary of state, a retired army general and a former national security adviser. he died at the age of 84 due to complications from covid—i9. the row over racism at yorkshire — one of english cricket's most famous clubs has intensified with the resignation of its chairman. the worst crisis in the club's history has been sparked by a year long investigation that found former player azeem rafiq had been the victim of racial harrassment and bullying. but no disciplinary action was taken. former england captain michael vaughan was one of those named in the investigation — accused of making a racist comment to a group of asian players — something he strongly denies. the bbc says he won't present a "5 live" radio cricket programme next week. here's our sports editor dan roan. the racism that cricketer azeem rafiq suffered at yorkshire has plunged the county into an unprecedented crisis. today, as the fallout continued, the chairman bowed to inte

obama was an absolute landslide for the republicans. it was really a body blow to the additional tarmac original years of the obama presidency. this is more about brush back pitch and is going to depend how americans respond. i think you see in the state people who are ready to listen. i see in the state people who are ready to listen.— ready to listen. i do think the democrats — ready to listen. i do think the democrats focused _ ready to listen. i do think the democrats focused a - ready to listen. i do think the democrats focused a little i ready to listen. i do think the | democrats focused a little too ready to listen. i do think the i democrats focused a little too much on an antique trump message and after positive agenda of what they're for web candidates did that in virginia and beyond they were actually very successful. i do think there was a question of whether the republican party is indicating any ability to move on from the very, hovers at the trump presidency with the young king administration and i think they're goin