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UN warns of catastrophic temperature rises

Global leaders meet in Azerbaijan next month for the latest climate talks.

The United Nations has warned that attempts to rein in global warming are catastrophically off track. It says world temperatures are now set to rise by 3.1C degrees above pre-industrial levels this century - twice as high as the target. We speak to our climate expert.

One of the issues that's been prominent during the US election campaign is immigration into the country. We hear from our reporter who has spoken to people on both sides of the US-Mexico border.

We also bring together US elections officials to share the challenges and abuse they have faced.

In the UK families of footballers who died from the medical condition called Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, a form of dementia, insist that it should become mandatory for anyone who鈥檚 played contact sport to be checked for the disease when they die. Our sports correspondent explains.

Presenter: Rob Young.

(Photo: Thailand faces extreme weather with heat wave and thunderstorms, Bangkok - 28 Apr 2023. Credit: RUNGROJ YONGRIT/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

50 minutes

Last on

Thu 24 Oct 2024 16:06GMT

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  • Thu 24 Oct 2024 16:06GMT

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