newly discovered footage of mardi gras, the oldest moving images of new orleans. hello. welcome to the programme. joe biden used a visit to a former coal plant in massachusetts to issue the latest stark warning on the threat posed by climate change. the us president is using executive powers to usher in measures including offshore wind farms and expanded flood control. more on that in a moment. meanwhile, wildfires are still raging in europe. in south west france, president macron has been to see the devastation caused by a blaze that forced almost 40,000 people from their homes. 0ur correspondent lucy williamson was there and sent this report. fire chiefs are too cautious to talk about a turning point, but the fire here has stabilised enough for president macron to visit teste de buch today to congratulate the crews. translation: we know the weaknesses - in the management of this forest. we have to make it grow again, but with different rules and precautions. you can see how
to challenge his government. welcome to world news america on pbs, in the uk and around the globe. while wildfires rage across europe, here in the us, a third of the country is sweltering under a heat dome that spans 28 states. president biden has announced he ll use his executive powers to address the climate crisis. he called it a clear and present danger , and said it must be treated that way. but he stopped short of declaring an emergency, as fellow democrats are urging him to do. when it comes to fighting climate change, i will not take no for an answer. i will do everything in my power to clean our air and water, protect our people s health. to win the clean energy future. again, this sounds like a hyperbole. our children and grandchildren are counting on us. not a joke. if we don t keep it below 125 celsius, we lose it all. we don t get to turn it around. in the world is counting on us. disintegrate. for more on the president s speech i m joined samantha gross the
firefighters struggle in the heatwave to tackle flames in greece, spain and italy. the former chancellor, rishi sunak, and foreign secretary, liz truss, will go head to head in the race to become the next british prime minister. and we talk to shanghai s blind masseures, struggling to cope in a post covid world. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news. joe biden used a visit to massachusetts to issue the latest stark warning on the threat posed by climate change. the us president is using executive powers to usher in measures including offshore windfarms and expanded flood control. with a heat dome now affecting 28 states, the us is the latest country to swelter with high temperatures. wildfires are still raging in europe in countries like spain, italy and greece. in france s southwest, president macron has been to see the devastation caused by a wildfire that forced almost 40,000 people from their homes. 0ur correspondent lucy w