one lucky ticket holder in illinois wins almost $1.3 billion on the mega millions jackpot. and, england stand on the brink of women s football history, as they take on germany in the european championship final at wembley. hello and welcome to bbc news. the us state of kentucky has been hit by its worst floods for decades, killing at least 25 people. hundreds of homes and businesses have been flooded, in the east of the state, president biden declared it a major disaster. the record flooding wiped out entire communities in some of the poorest places in america, and the governor has warned it could take weeks to find the victims. our north america correspondent, peter bowes reports. flowing water, powerful enough to sweep away entire homes. torrential rain has wreaked havoc. some areas received more than 20 cm in a 24 hour period. swollen streams and mudslides have torn through several communities with devastating results. everything s gone. like, everything is gone. my whol
a specific ethnic group, the han chinese. that s not supposed to be allowed but they are doing it. to chinese leaders the concept of diversity, equity and inclusion, those concepts make no sense at all. when nancy pelosi took off for taiwan the day aboard a u.s. military jet, the chinese government did not issue a statement applauding her remarkable display of spunky girl power. no one in beijing congratulated her for breaking glass ceilings as the very first speaker in history to identify as a woman. no one in china even mentioned that. instead chinese leaders treated china s foreign minister declared nancy pelosi s mere presence greatly undermines peace and stability across the taiwan strait proving that in asia as in-home, things rarely improve when nancy pelosi shows up. the question is why did she go in the first place, that s the real question. the official line in washington is her trip was designed to reaffirm taiwan s status as a u.s. ally. okay. accept the problem
frustrating. from coast to coast. travelers are facing delay or canceled flights. treasury secretary pete buttigieg wants airlines to stress their summer schedules. airline problem in this country. time for a wake-up call. [cheers] and matthew fitzpatrick is a champion again. good morning, everybody. that says it s fire island new york. i think that could be the wrong location. ainsley: fire island is a island off the long island. the sky is kind of the fire color but nonetheless. good morning, everybody, it is monday, june 20th, 2022 it is juneteenth. this was a federal holiday signed into law last year by joe biden. it celebrates and commemorates the emancipation of enslaved people in the united states first celebrated in texas back in 1865 after the civil war and slaves were declared free under the emancipation proclamation. that s what juneteenth is all about. brian: texas was the last to recognize it. so, they were the last state to understand that