COP27: Why the UN climate conference matters

With the UN’s climate conference about to get underway in Egypt, we’ll explain the key issues under discussion at COP27.

Kenya says this year's drought has killed thousands of wild animals including elephants and zebras. Our reporter has been looking at the figures released by the Kenyan Wildlife Service.

The issue of abortion is at the centre of several key US midterm contests. We’ll speak to two people for whom abortion is their area of work about the effects of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v Wade in June.

Fifa has urged the teams competing at the World Cup to focus on football, following the critcism againt host Qatar for its stance on same-sex relationships, its human rights record and its treatment of migrant workers. We'll hear more from our sports reporter.

(Photo: Residents wade through flood water in Obagi community, Rivers state, Nigeria October 21, 2022. Photo: Temilade Adelaja/File Photo/Reuters)