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Major coal, gas, oil producers warned over their fossil fuel extraction plans

The UNEP Production Gap Report says more than double the fossil fuel extraction levels needed to keep the 1.5C threshold alive will be drilled or mined in that time.

The UNEP report says there is a huge and growing gap between the fossil fuel production plans of major countries and the limits that science says are necessary to keep the global rise in temperatures to safe levels. We hear a view from Malaysia.

The Real Madrid forward Karim Benzema goes on trial accused of complicity in the attempted blackmail of a former teammate. We are live in Paris.

And she has just started the final leg of an 8,000 kilometres long journey across Europe. She's Amal, the giant puppet, who's drawing attention to the plight of young migrants. We speak to a producer involved in this project.

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  • Wed 20 Oct 2021 06:06GMT