:00:00. > :00:00.A historic agreement is hailed, at the international climate change
:00:07. > :00:16.France's Foreign Minister finally seals a deal,
:00:17. > :00:20.after two weeks of talks and years of negotiations.
:00:21. > :00:24.195 countries agree to a pact that means temperature rises should be
:00:25. > :00:40.The world has come together around an agreement that will empower us to
:00:41. > :00:42.chart a new path for our planet, a smart and responsible path, a
:00:43. > :00:44.sustainable path. We'll be asking whether it may be
:00:45. > :00:47.difficult be for some countries Also tonight: First time voters -
:00:48. > :00:52.women are finally allowed to cast their ballot
:00:53. > :00:56.in elections in Saudi Arabia. One week after floods hit Cumbria -
:00:57. > :01:01.we visit communities trying And Wales are drawn in the same
:01:02. > :01:14.group as England for next summer's After years of negotiations,
:01:15. > :01:42.and at the end of two weeks of intense talks in Paris,
:01:43. > :01:45.195 nations tonight signed an international agreement
:01:46. > :01:49.to tackle climate change. It's been hailed as the first truly
:01:50. > :01:53.global climate deal - the US Secretary of State John Kerry
:01:54. > :01:57.describing it as a victory for all of the planet
:01:58. > :02:01.and for future generations. The final document includes measures
:02:02. > :02:05.to try to limit global temperature rises to less than two degrees,
:02:06. > :02:09.and there's a pledge by rich nations to provide $100 billion a year
:02:10. > :02:13.to help developing countries follow Our science editor, David Shukman,
:02:14. > :02:27.is in Paris. For too long weeks Paris has been
:02:28. > :02:31.the focus a global effort to achieve what's never been possible before, a
:02:32. > :02:36.worldwide deal to tackle climate change. When this historic day
:02:37. > :02:40.began, as delegates gathered, there were doubts about securing an
:02:41. > :02:44.agreement. As the French president, Francois Hollande, reminded everyone
:02:45. > :02:51.of the terror attacks last month, he appealed for compromise.
:02:52. > :02:56.TRANSLATION: Ladies and gentleman, friends ask you, friends call upon
:02:57. > :03:04.you to adopt the first universal agreement on climate, the first such
:03:05. > :03:07.agreement in our history. Negotiations over global warming are
:03:08. > :03:10.always difficult and this exhausting process rolled on for three nights
:03:11. > :03:12.running, until a breakthrough this evening.
:03:13. > :03:26.CHEERING The moment the new Paris agreement
:03:27. > :03:32.was approved. The hall erupted. There was a mix of relief, surprise
:03:33. > :03:38.and a sense of the significance of getting 195 countries to act
:03:39. > :03:44.together. We can leave behind on earth a legacy for our children and
:03:45. > :03:49.grandchildren, generations to come. I know that we will, all of us, be
:03:50. > :03:53.better off for the agreement that we have finalised here today. Sometimes
:03:54. > :03:57.when you want to make a change, then it is necessary to turn the world
:03:58. > :04:02.upside down, because it is not for the better, but it is simply for the
:04:03. > :04:05.best. This agreement should be the turning point in our story, a
:04:06. > :04:15.turning point for all of us. Thank you. This deal is all about trying
:04:16. > :04:18.to slow the rise in global temperatures, setting a tough target
:04:19. > :04:21.to limit the scale of warning, though meeting it will be
:04:22. > :04:27.challenging. Do you think this deal means something? It does mean a lot
:04:28. > :04:30.in that we will all now act together. How we address climate
:04:31. > :04:35.change is that you need all countries to move together. A
:04:36. > :04:38.controversial question is how to help the poorest countries cope with
:04:39. > :04:42.the impact of global warming. There's now a promise of $100
:04:43. > :04:46.billion a year for them. At the root of it all are the greenhouse gases
:04:47. > :04:50.blamed for rising temperatures. A new system will review the pledges
:04:51. > :04:57.have made to cut their emissions. But a few here said none of this was
:04:58. > :05:00.enough. We have to break climate change up front. This is kicking the
:05:01. > :05:05.can down the road. This is postponing the problem rather than
:05:06. > :05:09.solving the problem. The bargaining over this agreement has been far
:05:10. > :05:12.more cooperative than in previous negotiations that I've witnessed.
:05:13. > :05:16.Inevitably not everyone is getting what they want out of it. The key
:05:17. > :05:24.thing is whether it really marks a shift to a cleaner, low carbon
:05:25. > :05:29.world. Ultimately what matters is the signal that this event sends to
:05:30. > :05:34.businesses. Will the big financial funds now pull out of coal? It's a
:05:35. > :05:39.main stay of power generation in major economies, but also the
:05:40. > :05:44.dirtiest fuel. Will the drive for renewable energy see a real leap in
:05:45. > :05:48.scale? A lot depends on exactly what's agreed here and whether it's
:05:49. > :05:55.then delivered. We have an agreement. It's a good agreement.
:05:56. > :06:00.You should all be proud. Now we must stay united. You don't often get
:06:01. > :06:05.scenes like this in climate talks, but there's now a plan that could
:06:06. > :06:10.start to tackle a global problem. Let's talk to David in Paris
:06:11. > :06:15.tonight. Clearly, an achievement to get the deal, to get this far. Is
:06:16. > :06:21.there anyone there who is raising questions about implementation.
:06:22. > :06:26.That's a key question. Any agreement like this is only as good as the, if
:06:27. > :06:29.you like, goodwill of the governments that are supporting it.
:06:30. > :06:35.There are questions tonight about how readily some of the promises
:06:36. > :06:39.made here will be put into action and various speakers have raised
:06:40. > :06:42.that as a serious concern. There's a couple of ways in which we can judge
:06:43. > :06:49.the significance of the Paris agreement. One of them is if you
:06:50. > :06:53.rewind six years, to an infamous summit in Copenhagen in 2009, which
:06:54. > :06:57.failed to do anything about global warming, has this process come on at
:06:58. > :06:59.all? Has the Paris agreement improved things in terms of
:07:00. > :07:04.international action on climate change? The answer, despite a whole
:07:05. > :07:08.host of weaknesses in the document has to be a resounding yes. That's
:07:09. > :07:13.the opinion of a great many people here. The other judgment that we can
:07:14. > :07:17.apply, not immediately, but over coming weeks and months, is if you
:07:18. > :07:21.picture yourself around the table of a boardroom, of a pension fund or
:07:22. > :07:26.investment bank, or a major car company, is now the moment when you
:07:27. > :07:30.just start to think - it's time to get out of fossil fuels, not to go
:07:31. > :07:34.for the new coal mine or the new oil rig or to push more for electric
:07:35. > :07:39.cars? We're not going to know the answer to that for some time to
:07:40. > :07:43.come. But if there is the start of a shift, as many here want, to a low
:07:44. > :07:49.carbon world, it may be possible, as we look back, to see that this day
:07:50. > :07:51.in Paris was the day that started. David, thank you.
:07:52. > :07:54.In Saudi Arabia counting is under way, after a landmark election
:07:55. > :07:57.in which women were allowed to vote, and stand as candidates,
:07:58. > :08:03.Many activists say the ballot, for local councils, is a step
:08:04. > :08:06.forward in the ultra conservative country,
:08:07. > :08:10.but critics argue it's a fraction of what's needed.
:08:11. > :08:17.From Riyadh, Orla Guerin sent this report.
:08:18. > :08:27.Buttoning up before leaving home, this historian heads for the door at
:08:28. > :08:34.around 8. She's been campaigning for this day for over a decade. Finally
:08:35. > :08:39.she can vote. Though, like all women here, she still can't drive. Filming
:08:40. > :08:43.was not allowed in her polling station, but outside afterwards, she
:08:44. > :08:51.shared her joy. So, how did that feel? It feels just great. A whole
:08:52. > :08:58.citizen, a whole woman as well. I'm very excited. I speak in the name of
:08:59. > :09:03.all Saudi women. We are really, this is the historical moment that we are
:09:04. > :09:09.talking about. I'm really, I just thank God that I'm living it. At
:09:10. > :09:14.another polling station nearby, we captured that historic moment. It
:09:15. > :09:18.was women only, voting is segregated here, like almost everything else.
:09:19. > :09:24.And those who came were covered from head to toe. The women coming here
:09:25. > :09:29.to vote today will be choosing municipal councils. They are local
:09:30. > :09:33.bodies with limited powers, but they are the only bodies in Saudi Arabia
:09:34. > :09:39.that are directly elected and today, for the first time, across this
:09:40. > :09:44.kingdom women are having their say at the ballot box. Some candidates
:09:45. > :09:51.are making big plans beyond this election. I think that this is a
:09:52. > :09:57.starting point for me, where I really establish myself in my
:09:58. > :10:03.country. I'm looking forward to the near future and my plan is to be a
:10:04. > :10:10.minister of education. So hopefully I'm going to be there one day. Even
:10:11. > :10:15.for Saudi men, all this is quite new. They're still getting to grips
:10:16. > :10:21.with participating in politics. It's only ten years since they started
:10:22. > :10:25.voting in these elections. Campaigners predict that few, if any
:10:26. > :10:34.women, will win this time. Being allowed to take part, they say, is
:10:35. > :10:39.already a victory, but in this ultraconservative Islamic kingdom
:10:40. > :10:42.Willoughby face many -- women will face many more battles.
:10:43. > :10:44.It's one week since floods brought devastation to parts of north-west
:10:45. > :10:49.In Cumbria, river levels remain high and more rain is forecast.
:10:50. > :10:51.But communities are showing their resilience, as Olivia Richwald
:10:52. > :11:01.Cumbria put on a brave face today, despite the rain continuing to fall.
:11:02. > :11:03.This time a week ago, Cockermouth's main street was under
:11:04. > :11:10.Up to 700 homes and businesses flooded.
:11:11. > :11:13.Among them mother and daughter Sheila and Claire Rayment,
:11:14. > :11:19.They lost thousands of pounds of stock and face huge repair bills.
:11:20. > :11:26.At the same time, we're starting to feel more positive,
:11:27. > :11:29.because everybody's pulling together.
:11:30. > :11:31.Everybody's telling us they're going to support us and be
:11:32. > :11:39.They won't be back open until February.
:11:40. > :11:42.Today, at least, a chance to do a little business.
:11:43. > :11:44.This time last week, Cockermouth's Christmas festival
:11:45. > :11:50.But instead the organisers doubled its size.
:11:51. > :11:53.They invited flooded businesses from across the county to come
:11:54. > :11:59.This charity from Blackburn have been volunteering all week.
:12:00. > :12:03.Today they made house calls giving food to flood victims.
:12:04. > :12:09.Further north in Carlisle, the boxer Amir Khan was also helping out.
:12:10. > :12:13.I didn't think it was going to be as bad as it is, coming here today
:12:14. > :12:19.So, we have to definitely show our support and try to put our
:12:20. > :12:23.hand in and see what we can do for them.
:12:24. > :12:27.The Army too have lent strength and resources,
:12:28. > :12:31.removing ruined possessions from Carlisle's worst hit areas.
:12:32. > :12:34.Today was about Cumbria getting back to normal,
:12:35. > :12:37.but in reality, with shops still shut and thousands out
:12:38. > :12:41.of their homes, that will take many months.
:12:42. > :12:52.Olivia Richwald, BBC News, Cockermouth.
:12:53. > :12:55.87 people have died in Burundi, in East Africa, after clashes
:12:56. > :12:57.between government forces and their opponents.
:12:58. > :13:00.It's the worst violence the country has seen since May,
:13:01. > :13:02.when protests first erupted following the president's decision
:13:03. > :13:07.This report from our Africa correspondent, Alastair Leithead,
:13:08. > :13:10.contains some images you may find upsetting from the start.
:13:11. > :13:14.The dead have been appearing nearly every day on the streets
:13:15. > :13:17.of Burundi's capital for weeks now, but never in these numbers.
:13:18. > :13:20.At least 30 were found the day after the worst violence
:13:21. > :13:24.since anti-government protests were crushed in May.
:13:25. > :13:27.The bullets were flying, as a well armed, well organised
:13:28. > :13:35.opposition militia attacked three military bases.
:13:36. > :13:40.TRANSLATION: On the side of the enemy 79 of them died and 45
:13:41. > :13:47.On our side, we lost eight soldiers, four of them from the army and four
:13:48. > :13:53.The police rounded people up in the brutal crackdown which followed.
:13:54. > :13:56.They paraded those captured and the guns which had been recovered.
:13:57. > :14:06.Police and security forces had gone house to house using deadly force.
:14:07. > :14:10.This woman said she was trying to close the door when police
:14:11. > :14:14.challenged a group of men in the street.
:14:15. > :14:17.They got scared, they ran, and the police opened fire.
:14:18. > :14:20.Our son was just trying to shut the door when they shot him
:14:21. > :14:28.The crisis began in April when President Pierre Nkurunziza
:14:29. > :14:31.said he was planning a third term in office, something critics
:14:32. > :14:37.There was a failed coup attempt and then street protests
:14:38. > :14:47.Gradually the opposition has become more violent.
:14:48. > :14:50.Burundi's terrible Civil War is still a raw memory.
:14:51. > :14:53.Like neighbouring Rwanda, it was ethnic Hutus versus Tutsis.
:14:54. > :14:56.So far this crisis is political, but there's a real fear it
:14:57. > :15:04.Alastair Leithead, BBC News, Nairobi.
:15:05. > :15:07.Prosecutors in Switzerland say two people of Syrian origin have been
:15:08. > :15:10.arrested on suspicion of making, hiding and transporting explosives.
:15:11. > :15:13.They're being held under anti-terrorism laws,
:15:14. > :15:21.which ban extremist organisations such as so-called Islamic State.
:15:22. > :15:24.Finally, in sport, England and Wales will face each other in the group
:15:25. > :15:28.stages of next year's Euro 2016 football championships.
:15:29. > :15:32.Northern Ireland, the other home nation in today's draw,
:15:33. > :15:35.face a tricky ride, with Germany among their opponents.
:15:36. > :15:37.Our sports news correspondent, Richard Conway, has all
:15:38. > :15:51.England and Wales first played one another 136 years ago, but now
:15:52. > :15:57.they'll go head to head in a major tournament for the very first time.
:15:58. > :16:00.Wales. So while there's no sense of deja vu for their respective
:16:01. > :16:05.managers, there is plenty of mutual respect.. It's such a lottery
:16:06. > :16:08.really, when the guy takes a ball out of the poll and twirlz it around
:16:09. > :16:12.and your name comes out or doesn't, you take what you get really. We're
:16:13. > :16:15.more than happy. Chris and I have been friends for a long time.
:16:16. > :16:18.Whatever happens, we'll be friends after the game as well. We're in a
:16:19. > :16:22.group with some hot competition. We know that. We know all about
:16:23. > :16:26.England, of course. We know they're going to be very strong. The
:16:27. > :16:31.showdown will take place in the French city of Lens on June 16. Both
:16:32. > :16:35.teams will have to dole successfully with Slovakia and Russia to progress
:16:36. > :16:38.to the knockout stage of the competition. England and Wales have
:16:39. > :16:41.grabbed all the headlines but Northern Ireland, well they want to
:16:42. > :16:46.progress to the later stages of this tournament too. To do so they will
:16:47. > :16:49.have to beat Poland, Ukraine and the world champions, Germany, who
:16:50. > :16:52.they'll play here in Paris. It's a tough group that we've got. We
:16:53. > :16:56.expected that regardless. In many ways, it's a good challenge for us.
:16:57. > :17:02.Our strongest options in our team are at centre back. So they're going
:17:03. > :17:07.to be tested in this tournament. After a dazzling ceremony, French
:17:08. > :17:11.organisers want euro 2016 to be safe and friendly. It appears the
:17:12. > :17:20.managers are already heeding that call. Good luck. Thanks Chris, good
:17:21. > :17:24.to see you. You can see more about that story and all today's news of
:17:25. > :17:28.course throughout the evening on the BBC News channel. That is it from me
:17:29. > :17:37.and the team for tonight, good night.
:17:38. > :17:45.Good evening. A frosty and in places icy night to come. Especially where
:17:46. > :17:48.you saw snowfall today as captured by a weather watcher in County
:17:49. > :17:55.Durham. Snow was only part of the story today. More heavy rain around.
:17:56. > :17:56.Over 70 flood warnings in force, one severe in Lancashire. The flood line