welcome to the programme. iraq s president has said an early election could resolve the political unrest gripping the country. to those who have taken their eye off iraq, the violence that broke out in baghdad yesterday, might have looked like a sudden eruption of rage. in fact, the sectarian anger has been simmering for years. the country is riddled with corruption, it has not had a functioning government since the october elections and the spiralling cost of living is pushing iraq towards an existential crisis. the spark that ignited these protests yesterday was the sudden announcement by the shia cleric, muqtadr al sadr, that he was withdrawing from political life. sadr has been a major player in iraq since 2003, when his supporters known then as the mehdi army, began attacks on coalition troops. in october, the sadrists won the most seats in parliament but refused to form a coalition with the mostly shi ite iran backed parties. injune, sadr asked all of his mps to resign
and iceland s version of a sound and light show the volcano spewing out lava and molten rock, that s become a hit with tourists. hello, thank you forjoining us. the inflation reduction act may not sound like a landmark in us energy policy but democrats in the senate have just passed a bill designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, with $430 billion committed to cleaner energy. it s taken a year and a half of intense wrangling and much resistance to get here, hence the tears ofjoy amongst some democrats in the senate. republicans had tried to derail the legislation saying it would undermine economic growth. but the passing of the bill, which also contains measures to reduce the price of healthcare and introduce new taxes for business, is being seen as a triumph for president biden. here s senate majority leader, chuck schumer. our bill reduces inflation, lowers costs, creates millions of manufacturing jobs, enhances our energy security, and is the boldest climate package
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across the border the un is already dealing with a humanitarian crisis in afghanistan. 2a million people there in need of urgent huminatarian assistance. pakistan s climate change minister cherie ramon says there is no question the unprecented scale of the flooding is down to global warming. heatwave after heatwave, scorching and ruining ourforest cover. there were fires, and now this. so, it s, you know, we have all been reeling from climate shock since literally march, because we ve never had a spring, we just went straight from winter into the scorching summer. dug, the biden administration is resisting efforts to establish payments to developing countries that are hit hard by climate change. you can see why. where does it end? there is no question that this is going to become an issue in future climate change negotiation. tt
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