15/10/2016 BBC Weekend News

An international deal to cut greenhouse gas

emissions has been hailed as a "monumental" achievement.

Nearly 200 countries have agreed to phase out the use of HFC

gases which are found in fridges, air conditioners and aerosols.

Scientists say HFCs are a major contributor to global warming.

Richer countries will start cutting back within three years,

with developing nations given more time to adapt, as

Around the world, demand for air conditioners and other household

appliances is soaring, as people in developing countries get richer.

Another 1.6 billion air conditioners are expected to be installed by the

middle of this century. The amendment and decisions are adopted.

APPLAUSE. And that is why the legally binding

agreements reached in the Rwandan capital today is so important. It

requires that the greenhouse gases used as coolants in air conditioners

and fridges be phased out globally. There is a monumental step forward

that addresses the needs of individual nations. But it will give

us the opportunity to reduce the warming of the planet by an entire

half a degree centigrade. The gaseses, hydrocarbons leak out from

appliances like fridges and have a far bigger impact than carbon

dioxide in trapping heat in the earth's atmosphere, the cause of

global warming. Today's agreement commits developed

countries, including the United States, to start cutting use of

these gases in three years' time. While China and other developing

countries have to make their first cuts in 2029. And India has even

longer, until 2032, before it has to begin.

For some environmentalists attending the talks, that's far too long to

wait before developing countries have to start tackling the problem.

We are witnessing here the power and control and dominance of the

industry over our process has been lost. The deal is inevitably a

compromise but could be a big step in preventing global temperatures

rising by two degrees Celsius. The point at which it's feared climate

change would have the most serious effects. Richard Galpin, BBC News.

Senior MPs have stepped up their demand for Dame Lowell Goddard,

the former head of the national child abuse inquiry,

to appear before them to explain why she resigned from the role.

Justice Goddard stepped down as head of the inquiry in August.

Yesterday, the Times reported that the judge

from New Zealand had been accused of making racist comments.

She has dismissed the allegations as "totally untrue".

Our political correspondent Alex Forsyth is here.

What sort of pressure is being brought to bear by MPs?

When Dame Lowell Goddard resigned two months ago, it was thought part

of the reason was the distance of her family in New Zealand. She wrote

a MEP row to MPs outlining her concerns about the scale and scope

of this inquiry. This week she's been forced to deny the allegations

that you mentioned and the Home Office has said that it was made

aware of concerns about her professionalism and competence a

week before she stepped down. So the acting chair of Parliament's Home

Affairs committee has written to Daily Politics Lowell Goddard and to

the most senior civil servant, asking them both to appear before

MPs to explain what's gone on. Remember, this was an inquiry set up

by Theresa May, the Prime Minister, when she was the Home Secretary.

It's been beset by problems from the start. Asked about it, Mrs May said,

this inquiry is very important, we have to remember about all the

survivors and victims of child sexual abuse who deserve justice,

but questions not just about what's gone before but where now it goes in

future. Of course, thank you. Tens of thousands of pounds have

been paid in compensation by the Ministry of Defence to a man

and a woman who were the victims of sexual attacks by Libyan military

cadets two years ago. The cadets were on a training

programme in Cambridgeshire aimed at strengthening Libya's security

forces after the fall The scheme was scrapped

after a series of assaults. Out of the chaos of Libya's Civil

War an attempt to help impose order. The British Government brought

Libyan army recruits to a barracks in Cambridgeshire for training.

Here, some practise on the shooting range. 300 cadets came in the first

wave. The MoD said they wouldn't be

allowed out alone, but some made it to Cambridge nearby. Two of them

seen here raped a man in his 20s. They are now serving 12 years in

prison. Three other cadets were jailed for sexual assaulting four

women on the same night. Lawyers for the man and one of the

young women say the MoD could have prevented the attacks. The last

couple of years has been incredibly traumatic. One of the victims in

particular has been very, very badly affected by what happened to them.

They've not been able to speak very much to anyone about what's happened

to them. The MoD has apologised and paid compensation, but not admitted

liability. Another sign that Britain's

intervention in Libya greeted at first with great optimism, is still

unravelling. Your friends in Britain and in France... A recent

Parliamentary report heavily criticised David Cameron's

Government for having no clear reconstruction plan. The cadet

training scheme which promised so much has now ended in shame and

recrimination. Angus Crawford, BBC News.

Nicola Sturgeon says that Scotland will boost its trade representation

in Europe in light of Britain's vote to leave the EU.

The SNP leader told party members that she'd set up a new trade hub

in Berlin and slammed what she called the Conservatives'

'utterly shameful' message about foreign workers.

More than ever we need to tell our European friends that

And let me be crystal clear about this; we cannot trust

the likes of Boris Johnson and Liam Fox to do that for us.

One of Britain's best-loved television actors, Jean Alexander,

who played Hilda Ogden in Coronation Street,

Jean Alexander was nominated for a Bafta in 1987,

the year she left Coronation Street, having spent more than two decades

Our Entertainment Correspondent David Sillito looks

With her curlers, Murs yell and unique way with words. Hilda Ogden

was for more than 20 years one of TV's best-loved characters. Gene

Alexander thought it would be a few weeks' work when she first joined.

Hilda seemed to be a stereotyped nagging wife. The name's Hilda

Ogden. After three weeks, we thought it was going to get a bit boring so

we started playing against the script. Same words but trying to

give them a bit more character, you know, rounding it out a bit. Jean

Alexander started out as a librarian, she's grown up in Toxteth

in Liverpool and in private she was reserved, not like Hilda. Her

on-screen lawyer bad boy Terry Duckworth didn't think so. She was

an amazing teacher. She gave you, working with her was actually a

master class in TV studio acting technique. The addressing of cats by

TS Eliot. But she was glad to move on to other roles. Rich tea and

sympathy, last of the summer wine. But nothing could rival Hilda. Jean

Alexander made her funny, warm, moving, unforgettable.

What's that lipstick taste of? Woman, Stanley, woman.

Football now and in the Premier League, Manchester City remain top

of the table despite drawing 1-1 with Everton. Arsenal are second

after beating Swansea. Chelsea beat champions Leicester City 3-0. Moses

finished off a fine one-two to seal victory for Chelsea.

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