this is bbc news. the headlines: the us senate has approved a landmark bill to fight climate change. the $430 billion bill will fund a range of measures to steer the us economy away from fossil fuels, with initiatives to boost electric car ownership and the use of solar energy. colombia s new left wing president, gustavo petro, has called for a fresh international strategy to deal with global drug trafficking. in his inaugural speech, mr petro said that the current policy had led to the deaths of at least a million people across latin america. president biden has welcomed the announcement of a ceasefire agreement between israel and the palestinian militant group, islamichhad, which was brokered to end three days of hostilities.
two billion people around the world have seen the last total eclipse of the sun to take place in this millennium. it began its journey off the coast of canada, ending three hours later, when the sun set over the bay of bengal. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: the us senate backsjoe biden s bill to fight climate change, channelling hundreds of billions of dollars towards ambitious clean energy goals. the first left wing president in colombian history is sworn into office, calling for a fresh international strategy to deal with global drug trafficking. pregnant women, new mothers,
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of concerned scientists up until 2020 and has been heavily involved in climate change negotiation for decades even before the first rio summit. he is escaping the heat of washington and joins us now from lake huron ontario. thank you very much indeed for joining us. isn t everything that chuck schumer says it is? is it that good eight bill? it is ahistorical, the largest single action the united states congress has ever taken on climate change. to put it in perspective, it is 4 five times the magnitude of the $90 billion clean energy investment that president 0bama got through the congress and his economic recovery plan in 2009. it moves as well toward the paris target that president biden submitted last year to cut emissions by 50% by the year 2030. all the analysis shows that it will not get us
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