a state of emergency has been declared in a part of california, where a massive wildfire, the state s worst so far this year, is spreading rapidly near yosemite national park. the direct cause of the blaze remains under investigation, but california is becoming ever more susceptible to wildfires due to climate change. much of the us is struggling amid a heatwave, with extreme heat warnings in effect in 28 us states. rianna croxford reports, from washington. explosive and extreme, engulfing thousands of acres of woodland. hundreds of firefighters struggle to tackle the blaze with help from above. thousands of people have fled the area. officials say ten homes have already been destroyed. this army veteran is spending his wedding anniversary waiting to see if he s one of those affected. a lot of memories, though. my family grew up there, my kids, and.| don t know. just sad. as smoke from the flames continue to billow, having built momentum over the past two days, officials in c
england women s record. england needed 149 to win, but with dunkley, wyatt and smith all that removed, it was time for the stand in captain to step up. she rose to 47, butjust when she thought she would be leading england home, this happened an unfortunate run out. but back then they went was already in reach. a review into racism in scottish cricket, that is due to be released on monday, is expected to say that there s evidence of institutional racism within the game. here s our scotland correspondent, alexandra mackenzie. this review was commissioned by sportscotland last year, and it followed allegations of racism and discrimination, including claims from scotland s all time leading wicket taker, majid haq. it was carried out by the equality and diversity group, plan4sport. more than 200 people came forward to give evidence, and some of the details of those testaments have been passed to police scotland. a cricket scotland spokesperson said, the cricket scotland board is
now on bbc news, it is time for sports day. hello and welcome to sportsday i m olly foster. they ve already won their series but there s no let up from england s women as they beat south africa again. danish delight at the tour de france tomorow there ll be champagne on the champs elysees forjonas vingegaard. and, the flying ferrari can leclerc cut verstappen s championship lead before formula 1 s summer break? good evening. england s women had already won their multi format series against south africa, but didn t take their foot off the gas in worcester today, winning their second t20 match by six wickets. they have one more t20 before they turn their attention to the commonwealth games in birmingham where they ll face south africa again. the england skipper heather knight sat out the game with a hip problem, her replacement, the teenager alice capsey had a good debut while katherine brunt made bowling history. lydia campbell reports. the final chance for a pep talk be
inflation was high before, certainly before the war in ukraine broke out. martha: senator john kennedy was in that hearing with jerome powell. he s here to react to that and respond to it in moments. first, we re glad to be joined by james spurling, senior adviser to president biden. thanks for making time for us today. what is your reaction to what jerome powell just said about the real driver of u.s. inflation? there was no contradiction at all with what president said and your tape of federal chairman powell. president biden is talking about what has happened with gas prices. on that, there s no controversy. on january 17, when putin starts doing military exercise in belarus, the price of gas is at $3.31 at the pump. that is actually below the average for real prices in the previous decade. after he does that, after that unthinkable aggression by putin and the response to it, gas prices have gone up $2 in much of the world and $1.7 oh. martha: the truth is they sta
national election. we had left the 1960 election, which he lost narrowly to john f. kennedy with bitterness. in a sense, the election had been stolen from him. this allowed the demons that he always had within him to play during elections. it s about lust for power and absence of morality. it was all about holding on to power. no one can find out about this, whatever it takes. when the president does it, that means that it is not illegal. i told the american people i did not trade arms for hostages. there will not be a cover-up. there will not be an abuse of power in this office. when you have a president who thinks he can do anything he develop weapons of mass destruction. i just want 11,780 votes. and that s really when you reach a tipping point in a democracy. that s how dictators come to power. . within hours of the arrests at the watergate, the nixon white house started covering up. i was the desk officer of the cover-up. i get the information and g