this is bbc news, the headlines: the us house of representatives has approved president biden s one trillion dollar infrastructure bill, a key part of his programme to rebuild the united states following the coronavirus pandemic. a vote on a second bill, on social policy and climate change, has been delayed. greta thunberg has branded the cop26 climate conference a failure , telling thousands of youth protesters in glasgow that world leaders are deliberately postponing much needed action. she said the summit amounted to a global greenwashing festival and was a publicity stunt. marilia mendonca, one of brazil s most successful singers, has died in a plane crash along with her uncle, producer and two crew members. the 26 year old latin grammy winner who was brazil s most streamed artist on spotify last year, was flying to perform in a concert in the southeast of the country.
and blah, blah, blah. they cannot ignore the scientific consensus. and, above all, they cannot ignore us, the people including their own children. tomorrow, even larger crowds are expected, hoping to keep up the pressure before the final week of climate negotiations. sarah smith, bbc news, glasgow. the brazilian country singer marilia mendonca has been killed in a plane crash on her way to perform in a concert in the south east of the country. four other people her uncle, her producer and two crew members also died when the small private plane went down in a mountainous area. ms mendonca, who was 26, was a feminist icon in the country and won a latin american grammy in 2019. with me now is our reporter courtney bembridge. what do we know? the plane
climate summit. we are tired of their blah, blah, blah. our leaders are not leading. this is what leadership looks like. marilia mendonca, one of brazil s most popular singers dies in a plane crash at the age of 26. in the us, prosecutors in georgia allege that ahmaud arbery, an unarmed black man killed last year, came under attack from three white men who are on trial charged with his murder. archaeologists in chile get their teeth into a massive find of fossils including the jaws of a giant fish that could be 20 million years old.
of the crash but it is a fact that there is wreckage of an antenna which suggests that the aircraft hit this antenna before it came down. brazil s president, jair bolsonaro, has paid tribute to the singer in a tweet, describing her as one of the greatest artists of her generation, who, with her unique voice, charisma and music won the affection and admiration of the whole country. among the other high profile tributes, her friend and famous brazilian footballer, neymar, who tweeted, simply, i refuse to believe, i refuse . music playing. a funeral is being held in her home state on saturday, with up to 100,000 mourners expected. marilia mendonca was just 26 years old.
i m rich preston. our top stories: climate activist greta thunberg leads thousands of young protestors through the streets of glasgow, demanding world leaders take stronger action at the cop26 climate summit. she said the summit amounted to a global greenwashing festival and was a publicity stunt. marilia mendonca, one of brazil s most popular singers dies in a plane crash at the age of 26. the latin grammy winner was brazil s most streamed artist on spotify last year and was flying to perform in the south east of the country. the un security council has expressed concern about intensifying conflict in ethiopian. the year long war has left over 400,000 people facing famine like conditions.