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13/06/2021 GMT

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David Attenborough: Humans could be "on the verge of destabilising the entire planet"

Leaders at the G7 summit will be told they're facing some of the most important decisions in the history of humanity when they discuss the climate crisis today.


Also on the programme: The Israeli parliament is to vote on a new governing coalition; violence on the streets of Colombia with the police being accused of brutally suppressing protesters; and why self-driving taxis may not be part of future road transportation.


Joining Julian Worricker on the programme: Ellie Geranmayeh, Deputy Director of the Middle East and North Africa programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations and Oscar Guardiola Rivera, professor of human rights and political philosophy at the University of London's Birkbeck College.


(Photo: UK PM Boris Johnson and David Attenborough. Credit: Getty Images)

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