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UN Climate Report

Scientists have released a 'survival guide' to avert climate disaster.

UN chief Antonio Guterres says a major new report on climate change is a "survival guide for humanity". But at a meeting in Switzerland to agree their findings, climate scientists have warned a key global temperature goal will likely be missed. We put listener questions to our Climate Correspondent Justin Rowlatt.

At least one person has been shot dead as police crack down on demonstrators in Kenya's capital, Nairobi. Ferdinand Omondi joins the show from Nairobi to explain more.

Andy Verity, our Economics Reporter joins us to explain what's been happening with two European banks: UBS and Credit Suisse. Credit Suisse was bought by rival UBS in a Swiss government-backed deal on Sunday. It follows worries about the global financial system after two smaller US banks failed in recent weeks.

It's 20 years since the US and allied forces invaded Iraq - toppling Saddam Hussein's regime. The US claimed Iraq had weapons of mass destruction and was a threat to international peace - but most countries refused to support military action against it. Two women who grew up under Saddam Hussein and have since left Iraq tell us about their experiences in the country.

Kerry Allen is our China Media Analyst and joins us in the studio as China's President Xi Jinping is in Moscow for a two-day visit and talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

And we hear voice messages from Finns and members of other countries who have been revealed to be in the top ten happiest countries in the World Happiness Report.

(Photo: Scientists from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change met in Switzerland where glaciers are melting. Credit: Getty)

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Mon 20 Mar 202316:06GMT

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  • Mon 20 Mar 202316:06GMT

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