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
the hour. thank you for being here. the single text exchange and the time line, cnn was first to report the secrets service provided only one text exchange to the attorney general though the watchdog had requested a month s worth of records from two dozen secret service employees. the agency is under more scrutiny now after it revealed that it has not been able to recover any data they say was lost during a phone migration. it is worth noting that congress sent the secret service a request to preserve records ten days after the capitol attack, that phone migration didn t begin until 11 days after that. the agency s credibility is now on the line ahead of tomorrow s primetime hearing for the january 6 committee. let s get started with whitney wildlife on which i will awhichi will. and capitol hill? what are you learning? reporter: this letter obtained by cnn and the test message was between the chief of the uniform division tom sullivan now retired and former capitol police
aide said after an abrupt end to his closed door testimony. and the united kingdom generally known to be prim and proper, but this time it seems like it could be a drag-out fight to be the uk s next prime minister. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start in the politics lead on capitol hill. members of the january 6th committee are preparing for tomorrow s primetime hearing. the hearing is expected to cover the actions or lack thereof of former president trump during the three-plus hours that rioters were storming the capitol and the president s activities were unknown. but as committee members try to get to the bottom of the past attempt to teal the election, our democracy remains under attack by the same forces. let s start in wisconsin. cnn affiliate wism reports that donald trump called the top lawmaker in the wisconsin state assembly, republican robin voss, and asked him to overturn the 2020 election results. when did that call happen? that call happened las
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