have a series of reports looking at life in afghanistan. also on the programme: more than 80,000 tourists are stranded in a chinese resort, after a coronavirus outbreak sparks a lockdown. and the icelandic volcano spewing out lava and molten rock, that s become a hit with tourists. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. there were tears ofjoy amongst democrats in the us senate as a landmark bill to tackle climate change was passed. after more than a year of intense wrangling, the sweeping reforms are being seen as a major victory for president biden. republicans had tried to derail the legislation, worth $430 billion, claiming it would undermine economic growth. it also contains measures to reduce the price of healthcare and introduce new taxes for business. senate majority leader, chuck schumer, shared hisjoy that the bill has passed. 0ur bill reduces inflation, lowers costs, creates millions of manufacturing j
lockdown strategy. if you look at how that policy is being pursued in china, basically by each locality with singledigit cases being banned, they are supposed to launch immediate factors stomach measures to keep the crisis in control. in sanya, it is no exception, that is part of the chinese policy response to covid i9. chinese policy response to covid-19- chinese policy response to covid-19. ., ., ., covid-19. you say that, and i understand covid-19. you say that, and i understand that covid-19. you say that, and i understand that it covid-19. you say that, and i understand that it is - covid-19. you say that, and i understand that it is part - covid-19. you say that, and i understand that it is part of i understand that it is part of the response, so we should expect it, but how real is the risk to public health at this point, given we are talking about a locking down several
western europe importing russian oil and gas. it s hard to describe what you have seen. thanks for sharing it with us. when we come back another blow to the left s lockdown strategy. a judge blocked mask mandates in public transit. we have the latest with adam carolla.
much better. they are scrambling to find a booster for this vaccine. they ignored and rejected our vaccines and stick on their own vaccine. the only too many they have is this lockdown strategy which you heard from charles payne is destroying the economy and causing a public health disaster. pete: in your opinion they really can t adjust. they don t have another tool. they are going to lock down on lock down because covid zero is their policy. yes. covid zero is their policy. here is the most part. the most vulnerable, and we have been talking about this since the beginning of the pandemic are the ones in the worst shape. those over 08 years old there, the vaccine uptake of their less than adequate vaccine is only 50%. over 60 they have 50 million people in china who have not been vaccinated. even if it gives you a partial effect. now, here s the street behind all of it, pete. and you would have guessed this because of their severe lock down strategies before, they have a virgin po
approved by the party congress this fall. what is happening is he s having trouble getting china out of covid because of their lockdown strategy, their vaccine isn t working against omicron, the economy, as you say, is not growing gangbusters. now this close association with putin. i think what you are beginning to see is some people possibly i m trying to read the tea leaves here using this as a way, almost an indirect criticism of the chinese leadership for essentially betting too much on the russian horse, for assuming that putin was going to win easily, this was going to be a strategic win for him, bad for the united states and the west. it is turning out, shall we say, rather differently. i think what you are seeing in china is a little bit of a debate, which is not something we often see there. richard, stay with us. we are at the top of the hour and mika will give us an update on what is going on across the news. it is day 19 of the russian invasion of ukraine, and the