THE Archbishop of Canterbury was forced to apologise last night after comparing climate change to the Holocaust.
Justin Welby had raged that cursed world leaders were turning a blind eye to the crisis like their predecessors did during the rise of Hitler.
BBCArchbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby was forced to apologise after comparing climate change to the Holocaust[/caption]
The head of the Church of England said history would view modern leaders more harshly than those who left millions of Jews to their fate.
He told the BBC: "People will speak of them in far stronger terms than we speak of the politicians who ignored what was happening in Nazi Germany.
"It will be genocide indirectly, by negligence, recklessness."
His comparison brought a furious backlash.
Stephen Pollard, the editor of the Jewish Chronicle, branded the comments "so sickening that I simply cannot comprehend how Welby can remain as a priest, let alone Archbishop".
Mr Welby begged forgiveness, tweeting: "I unequivocally apologise for the words I used when trying to emphasise the gravity of the situation facing us at COP26."
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BORIS Johnson will fly home from COP26 in a huge jet — despite telling everyone else to use the train.
Last night, No 10 boldly boasted the PM's time was more important than the message it would send.
GettyThe PM will fly home from COP26 in a huge jet — despite telling everyone else to use the train[/caption] More than 100 world leaders were accused of hypocrisy for flying in to the global gathering in Glasgow on private jets
He will leave the summit this evening on a chartered Airbus plane — dumping hundreds of tons of carbon into the air on the way.
It came as more than 100 world leaders were accused of hypocrisy for flying in to the global gathering in Glasgow on private jets.
EU chiefs have also clocked up tens of thousands of miles on private jets in the run-up to the summit.
Downing Street defended the PM's domestic flight as time-saving and insisted the plane used more eco-friendly sustainable aviation fuel.
They also said his flight's emissions would be offset — but declined to say how.
His spokesman said he had "significant time constraints" and it was important for him to get around the country quickly.
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But flying will still pump out seven times more emissions than taking the train back to London.
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Prince Albert of Monaco headed those on a 400-strong fleet of private jets descending on Scotland.
Joe Biden's security entourage alone was expected to generate 2.2million pounds of carbon.
And Prince Charles arrived on a green fuel-powered private MoD plane.
SolentJoe Biden's security entourage is expected to generate 2.2million pounds of carbon – pictured the US President's plane touches down in Scotland[/caption]
THE world is living through a real-life James Bond movie with time running out to save the planet from climate "doomsday", Boris Johnson warned yesterday.
ReutersAddressing attendees at the COP26 Boris Johnson said it was time to 'make this the moment when we began irrefutably to turn the tide and to begin the fightback against climate change'[/caption]
And he drew on the fast-acting fictional character, who he said is usually found "desperately trying to work out which coloured wire to pull to turn it off, while a red digital clock ticks down remorselessly to a detonation that will end human life as we know it".
"We are in roughly the same position, my fellow global leaders, as James Bond today. . .
"Except that the tragedy is that this is not a movie, and the doomsday device is real."
The PM admitted: "Not all of us necessarily look like James Bond.
"But we have the opportunity, the duty, to make this summit the moment when humanity finally began — and I stress began — to defuse that bomb.
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"And make this the moment when we began irrefutably to turn the tide and to begin the fightback against climate change."
He even quoted teen eco campaigner Greta Thunberg as he said the world would not accept more "blah, blah, blah" of chiefs who talk the talk but do not walk the walk.
He told world leaders including US President Joe Biden, the EU's Ursula von der Leyen, Germany's Angela Merkel and India's Narendra Modi: "Humanity has long since run down the clock on climate change."
In a last-gasp bid to snatch a victory, Mr Johnson said: "We have to move from talk and debate and discussion to concerted, real-world action on coal, cars, cash and trees.
"We need to get real about climate change and the world needs to know when that's going to happen."
His doomsday warning was echoed by UN Secretary General António Guterres, who said "we are digging our own graves" as he begged the world to stop "treating nature like a toilet".
In a boost for Mr Johnson, more than 100 nations, including Brazil, Russia and Colombia, signed a landmark pledge to end deforestation by 2030.
And £8.75billion of public cash will be splashed to restore nature and plant millions more trees to help reverse climate change, plus £5billion of private investment.
Officials say it is the biggest step forward in a generation as forests the size of 27 football pitches are being lost every minute.
But still 20 of the leaders did not sign up to the pledge.
The PM also used the first day to withdraw his support for a controversial Cumbrian coal mine, saying he did not want any more opening as part of his climate battle.
The PM said for the first time "I'm not in favour of more coal" as he piled pressure on local leaders to can the £165million project to mine coal to make steel.
But locals say they will have to get it from Russia and America, adding more carbon miles.
Ministers kicked the decision over to a local inquiry, not set to make a decision for months to come.
Boris Johnson told world leaders including Germany's Angela Merkel: 'Humanity has long since run down the clock on climate change'AFPThe PM greets EU boss Ursula von der Leyen at the crucial climate conference in Glasgow[/caption]
SCHOOL days could get LONGER under plans being considered by the Education Secretary.
Nadhim Zahawi praised "excellent examples" of teachers who keep kids in classes beyond the average 6.5 hours and promised to look at expanding it.
The school day could get longer to help kids catch up
Extending the school day has been vaunted as a way to help pupils catch up after missing lessons during lockdown.
Fears that poor children could fall well behind their peers post-pandemic were put to the new Education Sec today.
Tory chair of the Commons education committee Robert Halfon said extending the school day boosts maths skills by almost a third according to Whitehall stats.
Mr Zahawi replied: "There are some excellent examples… of a longer school day which I'm going to look at.
"The average school day now is 6.5 hours and I would like to see everybody move towards that average."
He said catching up pupils was a "priority" and pointed to the £5billion pot to bring them up to speed.
It's much lower than the £15billion demanded by former education tsar Sir Kevan Collins who quit at the piecemeal funding offer.
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Paul Whiteman, general secretary of school leaders' union NAHT, said in a statement: "The gains that might be possible through extending the school day must be weighed against the costs of such a strategy, including the impact on pupils' mental health, reduced family time and less time for extra-curricular activities.
"Children's happiness and wellbeing should be prioritised as well as their education."
Speaking in the Commons Mr Zahawi also blasted anti-vaxxers for targeting playgrounds.
He railed: "There is no place for anti-vaxxers harassing or coming anywhere near school leaders."
