The United States says it's working on proposals at the UN climate summit to help poorer nations meet the cost of global warming, but nothing has been officially signed yet.
Also in the programme: FIFA president's hour-long monologue; and the great toaster inventor hoax.
(Picture: An activist holds a sign at the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conferen ... Show More
Today
South Africans fear spike in HIV infections as US aid cuts bite
The UN agency dealing with AIDS and HIV warns of millions of new cases, directly as a result of global funding cuts. We hear from the head of the agency -- and from one of the most exposed countries, South Africa. Also, Ukraine comes under another huge Russian drone and missile a ... Show More
47m 27s
Yesterday
Sheikh Hasina caught on tape authorising shooting of protesters
A BBC investigation has found that the former prime minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, authorised her security forces to use lethal force against protestors last summer. The evidence is a leaked tape verified by the BBC. An estimated 1,400 people were killed and 12,000 injure ... Show More
43m 6s
Nov 2022
COP27 climate reparations and democracy activists fear Elon's Twitter
At COP27, the UN's conference on climate change this week, countries in the Global South are calling for a loss and damage compensation fund. And for the first time, it's actually on the agenda.
The central argument for the fund is that the countries most vulnerable to climate ch ... Show More
30m 41s
Aug 2022
High Expectations and Higher Stakes: The UN Climate Change Conference, COP27
The UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP27) will be held in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt in November. With the ever-clearer impact of climate change being brought home the world over, each successive COP takes on greater urgency. Last year’s event, COP26 in Glasgow, in the United K ... Show More
1h 3m