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A final draft agreement on tackling global climate change has been

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presented to delegates after two weeks of talks at a UN

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The proposed deal includes a target to keep global temperature rises

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to well below the two degrees Celsius mark.

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Further negotiations will take place this afternoon.

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Live to Paris in a moment, but first Daniel Boettcher reports.

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Exhausted delegates applaud as the French Foreign Minister who has

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presided over the talks arrives with Francois Hollande and Ban Ki-Moon.

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Everyone in the conference hall knows what is at stake. They have

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been negotiating for two weeks and talks again went on late into the

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night. Officials and ministers from almost 200 countries trying to come

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up with a global deal to tackle climate change. Negotiators were

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told if the final draft was adopted it would be a hisseric turning

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point. TRANSLATION: It is my deep

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conviction that we have come up with an ambitious and balanced agreement

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which reflects the position of the parties. This will be distributed to

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you in a few moments. Outlining some of the key

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principles, he said it would include a limit temperatures to below two

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Celsius. It was well received by countries that fought hard for the

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goal which has been one of the key sticking points in the talks. At the

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start of the conference, world leaders pledged their support for

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the process. Their negotiating teams had to look for ways of shaping a

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deal that can be accepted by all, but that also matches their own

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national priorities. One of the most difficult issues has

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been how responsibility should be shared between developed nations and

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the bigger emerging countries like India and China whose carbon

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emissions have gone up sharply as their economies have grownment then

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money. Who should pay, how much, to help developing countries adapt

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toically mate change and get clean technology and there have been deep

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divisions over how ambitious a deal should be, what long-term targets

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should be set and how to reach them? As he urged del gots to adopt the

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text, Ban Ki-Moon said the whole world was watching. The issues are

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many and complex. But we must now let the quest for perfection to

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become the enemy of the public good. Today, I ask you, I tell you to

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continue in the same good spirit of compromise that has characterised

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the discussions over the past two weeks.

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Everyone at the table has had to make compromises as negotiators

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looked for common ground. For the text to become a deal, all countries

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will now have to agree to it. Live to Paris and our

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correspondent Rebecca Morelle. Rebecca, clearly there is a lot more

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work to be done. Where are we now? Hopefully this is the last few

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critical few hours after a marathon two weeks of negotiations. They are

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looking for a deal that's firm, balanced and ambitious, but

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realistic, but we haven't had the document through yet. That's coming

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in the next half an hour and the devil will be in the detail. The

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deal isn't going to be perfect for every single country. But will it be

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good enough? At any point this deal could be off the table. Everyone has

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to reach a consensus on this, 195 countries plus the EU so we are

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going to have to wait and see if it is passed through later on. Rebecca,

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thank you very much. Women are voting in elections

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in Saudi Arabia for the first time. Women are also standing

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as candidates in another first despite Saudi Arabia being the only

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country where women are not But restrictions have been

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imposed on campaigning. Female candidates have not

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been allowed to talk It's a week since floods brought

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devastation to Cumbria. River levels in the country remain

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high and more wet weather But communities are once more

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showing their resilience. Olivia Richwald is in Cockermouth

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where the town's Christmas festival Well, this is main street in

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Cockermouth and seven days ago there was a different scene here. Where

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I'm standing was thigh deep in floodwater. And dozens of businesses

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flooded and hundreds of homes, but the word they are using is

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resilience. After the 2009 floods, they launched the taste of Cumbria

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food festival. So there was no way they were going to cancel this

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weekend's Christmas fair. Instead, they doubled it in size. Inviting

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businesses from across Cumbria, that have had been flooded to the town

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today to hold their stalls. As you can see, it has been really well

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supported. People have come from across the north to be here. There

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is a jovial atmosphere, but it doesn't mean the clean-up is over

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and the misery is over. The clean-up continues and it will go on for at

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least six months. Olivia, thank you very much.

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The Euro 2016 draw takes place this afternoon.

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England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland

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will all find out who they'll face in next year's competition.

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Richard, some bullish words from the Chairman

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Yes, that's right. I caught up with Greg Dyke last night ahead of the

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Euro 2016 draw. A confident assessment from him. He believes

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England could surprise a few people next summer.

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I'm looking forward to the draw, but I'm looking forward

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to the tournament even more because we're going to win.

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Not everyone will agree with that assessment. Wales appearing in their

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first major championships since 1958 and Northern Ireland appearing in

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their first ever European Championships. Security is tight.

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There are helicopters overhead, but it gets underway when everyone will

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find out who the 24 teams are playing and where they will be

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based. Richard, thank you very much. You can see more on all of today's

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stories on the BBC News Channel. The next news on BBC

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One is at 5.45pm. Good afternoon. Thankfully nothing

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like the downpours of last week, but the weather is capable of causing a

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few problems and raising a few eyebrows. A beautiful scene in

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Northern Ireland this morning with the snow here, but there is more

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rain as well as snow to come through the rest of Saturday. This mass of

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cloud has moved its way across the UK, making for a grey and many soggy

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Saturday, particularly wet over Wales, the Midlands and Northern

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England and Southern Scotland. Yes, that is snow there. Chiefly over the

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hills for the rest of today, but it could cause some problems. For sun

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sheurpb well Northern Scotland not a bad bet, a few showers drifting in

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here, however it is cold. Brightening up now across south-west

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Scotland and brighter and drier in Northern Ireland, but it is still

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chilly. Cold, wet, grey, not pleasant across Northern England and

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North Wales for the rest of today. Yes, there will be more snow on the

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higher routes as the rain starts to build up across North Wales, that

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could cause some problems too. Further south, it is about the

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temperatures. Another mild and blustery day. It stays breezy in the

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south overnight as the rain clears from northern England and Southern

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Scotland and the Midlands. It might turn icy, but no hint of any ice as

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the rain band lingers across the south. Temperatures really mild in

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the south-west. We stay in double figures. Further north, look at the

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contrast, a widespread hard frost across Northern England and

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Scotland. Well below freezing here and there could be freezing fog

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patches too. Once they have cleared away, much of

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Scotland and Northern England dry and bright.

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The mild air continues across the south. Temperatures 11 or 12 Celsius

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in the south-west. The rain band could produce a little bit of snow

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tomorrow night as it pushes northwards and hits the cold air

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across parts of Scotland. Bear that in mind as we head into Monday

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morning. Once that's out of the way, we're back to mild weather for

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pretty much all of us next week. It will be

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