john used to have a partner in crime at great basis resource watch. glenn miller. but last year he resigned from the board, coming out in support of the mine. it is an issue that the entire - environmental community is split on this thing. miller has resigned from the university of nevada, but has done research supported by a grant from lithium americas. he says that has got nothing to do with his position on the mine. i just think that climate change is so important| and lithium is so important for | electrifying the transportation| industry, and 30% of climate change - is the transportation industry. - environmentalists will say we should l do a drive left — we should not usel computers, we should not use phones, - we should not use anything that. requires us to pull these metals out. | nobody's doing that, nobody's doing that. | nobody will do that. and so the answer is better. transportation systems, more efficient automobiles.

opponents to this mine think that this is just the beginning, that this whole area will become one massive mining district. and when you ask lithium americas it is pretty clear that that is exactly what they want. i know there are concerns that this whole area, that is the stunningly beautiful, might end up becoming a mining district. well, we think that we can mine right here for many decades, even beyond what we are permitted today to mine. do you want this area to be a mining district? do you want multiple mines? there has to be more in the united states. if the united states is going to be self—sufficient, there has to be more, there has to be more developments. we are looking for more, we are looking for more in this immediate area, but we are also looking elsewhere throughout north america. the people at this protest are already looking at how they can strategise to protest against other mines planned in the area. there are actually five companies

exploring, five different trans—national companies. basically this one patch in the middle, that's the only place not claimed right now. and and that's really scary, because that means there are more lands being looked at for mining a than there is lands being left alone. but it very much looks like this isjust the beginning — mining in the name of saving the planet. let's take a look at some of the front pages. the daily telegraph major on keir starmer not pledging to bring hs2 back to life. the i, new hs2 plan in doubt. that is a reference to the leg to euston requiring private finance. the guardian out of control climate... science report based on

global temperatures. the times has a different angle, that the crown prosecution service facing calls for clemency over so—called mercy killing cases. that's all from us for tonight. time for the team to recharge. faisal�*s here tomorrow. goodnight.

rishi sunak has described his plan to raise the legal smoking age annually as �*the biggest public health intervention in a generation". under the legislation announced in his conservative party conference speech yesterday, people born in or after 2009 will not legally be able to buy cigarettes. scottish ministers have signed an extradition order for nicholas rossi, who is wanted in the us on a charge of rain and faking his own death to avoid prosecution. the 36—year—old claims he is a victim of mistaken identity — but a fingerprint test has disproved this. you're live with bbc news. temperatures across the world in september were the warmest on record, breaking the previous high by a huge margin, according to the eu climate service. last month was almost a whole degree warmer than the average september temperature between 1991 and 2020 . temperature between 1991 and 2020. experts say 2023 is now "on track" to be the warmest year on record. 0ur climate editor,

justin rowlatt reports. the moon has always been a source of inspiration, but now we're set to harness the very real influence it exerts over our planet, because the moon's gravity powers the rise and fall of the tides, and that represents a huge amount of energy. it's reckoned tidal power could meet as much as 11% of the uk's annual energy demand, and it has a big advantage over other renewable technologies like wind and solar, because the tides are predictable. because of its predictability, because of its ability to provide us baseline predictable renewable energy, the cost savings that you get from not having to invest in backup energy sources that are fossil fuel based, not having to invest in storage solutions such as batteries might mean that the sort of unit cost of tidal energy, for producing the energy, might be worthwhile.

engineers here in the uk are already developing all sorts of ways to capture tidal energy. in the waters off the shetland islands, great turbines that harvest the currents tides create are being tested. rival designs are competing to prove their efficiency, including a kite that flies in the water. but there is a problem. the sea is just an incredibly harsh environment. the waves and the currents hammer at structures, and the salty water is aggressive too, it corrodes metal. all of which helps explain why tidal energy is just so expensive at the moment, even pricier than nuclear power. but the government is now offering generous subsidies for companies developing tidal power technologies. experts say that could be decisive in making the technology economically viable. that's going to drive down cost,

it's going to build out capacity, it's going to help with grid connection and that sort of thing as well, build confidence in the supply chain, it's going to really drive the industry forward. tidal power will never overtake wind and solar, say experts, but it could be a very useful additional source of clean power delivered thanks to our nearest celestial neighbour. justin rowlatt, bbc news, plymouth. the annual measuring of mont blanc — europe's highest mountain — shows it has shrunk by more than two metres in the past two years. (00v)as as fears grow over melting glaciers, mont blanc�*s official height has been on a downward slide for over a decade, losing on average 13 centimetres annually since 2001. a man who took a crossbow to windsor castle on christmas day in 2021 to "kill" queen elizabeth ii has been given a nine—year prison sentence. jaswant singh chail will be kept

in broadmoor high—security psychiatric hospital before moving to prison. he's the first person in the uk to be convicted of treason since 1981 after pleading guilty in february. in the uk, polls have closed in south lanarkshire where voters are choosing a new mp for rutherglen and hamilton west. the seat was made vacant, because the former scottish national party mp, margaret ferrier, was ousted in a recall petition. she was thrown out of the party for breaching covid regulations. let's talk to our scotland editorjames cook who is at the count tonight. james, good to have you on the programme, thanks forjoining us. now the polls have closed about an hour back, what's the latest results wise that you can tell us at the moment?— wise that you can tell us at the moment? ~ ., ., ., , moment? we are awaiting the result here and brother—

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held to next year, he would do more with the labour party getting more seats in scotland, they have one seat, this victory tonight, if it comes, both labour and the snp expect this will be a victory for the labour party, would double his representation here to to first. it would be a mistake to read too much into this having the circumstances that cause this by election on the first place, the fact that they are an incumbent government and the default scottish in edinburgh, looks after domestic affairs in scotland and they also point to a potentially low turnout given the weather, but nonetheless, likely it will be labour who will be celebrating and hoping that this could translate into progress for them in a general election. mil

into progress for them in a general election. �* g ., , ., election. all right, james, we leave it there, election. all right, james, we leave it there. but _ election. all right, james, we leave it there, but thank _ election. all right, james, we leave it there, but thank you _ election. all right, james, we leave it there, but thank you very - it there, but thank you very much for getting us the very latest. the men's cricket world cup is under way in india and thursday saw the opening match where raining champions england were beaten by new zealand. now the love of cricket runs deep in india and the indian cricket team remain the favourites to lift the title this time. as cricket fever grips the country, the bbc�*s south asia correspondent samira hussain travelled to a village in patiala in the northern state of punjab to tell us more about an enthusiastic all girls team which is breaking traditions and dreaming big. here's the story. the excitement of the cricket world cup has reached the small village in patiala. these aspiring cricketers are watching the first game of the men's world cup, cheering for both england and new zealand with an equal amount of enthusiasm while also keeping in mind theirjourney.

cycling along a dirt pathway flanked by paddy fields, excitement building amid the farmland, the source of their delight. the glove cricket academy, an all girls team made up of players from neighbouring villages. women's cricket is a popular sport in india, but for girls living in rural communities, these kinds of opportunities are rare. 0n the pitch, simranjit gaur, concentrates on perfecting her technique, bowling fast and straight off the pitch. she takes care of her two younger sisters since her mother died three years ago. she hopes cricket can be a way out of village life. translation: if i don't play cricket, i would be married. i would have to do housework. now i can make a name

for my family and my country. simranjit is able to play because she has the support translation: there's an ill thinking in villages, she tells me. you give girls a little bit of an education, then marry them off. i don't care about what people think. i told the girls, if you want to play cricket, play cricket. it's why gulab singh shergill started this plucky little team free of cost to encourage girls to dream beyond the boundaries of their rural communities. for them, it's just a few hours a day that they are free from societal pressures and able to just be kids. samira hussain. bbc news, patiala. the norwegian writer — jon fosse — has been named the winner of this year's nobel prize for literature. the swedish academy in stockholm praised his innovative plays and prose. it said he gave voice

to the unsayable. his works have been translated into numerous languages around the world. that's all for now — stay with bbc news. hello there. it was a rather mixed picture across the uk on thursday with a very slow moving weather front, giving outbreaks of rain, particularly towards the north and the west, such as here in argyll and bute, but further south. a lot more sunshine around, albeit quite hazy at times. now, as we head through the next few days, there is more rain to come in the forecast. it's mostly for scotland, particularly western areas of scotland, but further south, largely dry and it will also be turning warmer now for the rest of the night.

now for the rest of the night. still outbreaks of rain across the central swathe of the country to the north and the south of that front. lots of clear skies and its very mild start to the day tomorrow across the board, but particularly across scotland where temperatures dipped a little bit below freezing last night, a lot milder into friday morning. and on friday, you can see from the pressure chart, high pressure builds into the south, so it will be dry here and our weather front pushes ever so slowly northward. so it's a wet start to the day for north west england, for northern ireland, but it should dry out here a bit later on the rain pushing into the central belt. it is a sunny start to the day across aberdeenshire. windy for caithness and sutherland, also blustery for the northern isles. lots of sunshine towards the south of the front. it will be quite hazy at times again. but temperatures starting to rise on friday, up to 20 to 23 degrees celsius in the south of england, the high teens potentially for aberdeenshire. and then on friday night into saturday, that rain still driving into western scotland, very heavy over the western hills and it will be across the whole of scotland, i think, as we head through into saturday morning. further south, a lot of sunshine throughout the day. on sunday, temperatures in

northern ireland could get as high as 19 or 20 degrees. we're looking at the low twenties for northern england, also for much of wales, maybe 25 or 26 celsius in the south east of england and east anglia. and it's more or less the same on sunday. temperatures a little bit lower and our weather front gradually pushes further northwards across scotland to where of course, it's going to be cooler. big contrast in temperatures here. again, we're looking at the low twenties. much of england and wales, a bit more cloud too, across northern ireland. these are the daytime averages for this point in october. so you can see where above average across the board, 12 degrees so you can see we're above average across the board, 12 degrees in the north, 16 degrees celsius in the south. so even scotland is mild for this point. in october, the unseasonable heat continues across england and wales as we head into the start of next week.

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