welcome to bbc news — i'm ben boulos. our top stories: the 6 trillion dollar plan. president biden pushes the biggest spending programme since world war two — to reboot the us economy. belarus's leader accuses the west of trying to destablise his country. he's met president putin as tensions mount over last week's plane diversion. thousands of manchester city and chelsea fans arrive in portugal ahead of saturday's champions league final. and, love em, hate em or eat them — how americans are dealing with a once—in—generation invasion of cicadas.