UN Chief: Climate crisis has 'opened the gates to hell'

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UN Chief: Climate crisis has 'opened the gates to hell';  DOTr orders filing of charges against airport personnel involved in missing $300 issue;  Alligator with no nose, jaw finds new home

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00:00 Good day, I am William Thio and this is PTV News Now.

00:17 United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres told world leaders the climate crisis had

00:23 opened the gates to hell during a summit where leading polluters China and the United States

00:28 were conspicuously absent.

00:31 Despite increasing extreme weather events and record-shattering global temperatures,

00:36 greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise and fossil fuels remain subsidized to the

00:41 tune of US$7 trillion annually.

00:45 Guterres had billed the Climate Ambition Summit as a "no-nonsense forum," making clear

00:50 that only leaders who had made concrete plans to achieve net-zero greenhouse emissions would

00:57 be invited.

00:58 After receiving more than 100 applications to take part, the UN released a list of 41

01:05 speakers, which did not include China, the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan or

01:11 India.

01:12 The Department of Transportation has directed the Office of Transportation Security to file

01:19 charges against the airport security personnel tagged in the case of missing cash of a foreigner

01:25 at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, or NIA, Terminal 1 last September 8.

01:32 DOT, our Secretary Jaime Bautista said those found guilty will face the maximum penalty.

01:39 To recall, recorded CCTV footages show a female airport security personnel putting something

01:45 in her mouth, believed to be the missing $300 in cash.

01:50 The OTS is now coordinating with the PNP Aviation Security Group for the appropriate charges

01:56 against the suspects.

02:01 And in other news, an alligator missing its nose and upper jaw found its new home at a

02:05 Florida reptile park in Orlando.

02:08 The alligator was seen in a lake in nearby Sanford with no chance of surviving in the

02:14 wild because of its severe injury.

02:17 Gatorland Orlando, home to thousands of alligators and crocodiles, rescued the alligator and

02:23 will be monitored to make sure it is eating in a stress-free environment.

02:28 The alligator is believed to have lost its nose and upper jaw in a fight or after it

02:33 hit a boat propeller.

02:38 This is William Theo.

02:39 Stay informed, be aware, get ahead, be of use.

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