heatwaves and a mild autumn and spring. every month apart from december has been warmer than average. you are watching bbc news. now, ourworld: the hunt for the russian superyachts. for years, many russian billionaires enjoyed lavish lifestyles in the west. they bought the most sought after villas, and holidayed on their beloved superyachts. but with russia s invasion of ukraine, theirfairytale came to an abrupt end. western sanctions sparked a game of cat and mouse between some of the world s most powerful nations and some of russia s richest men. there was a real frenzy around the world between democracies to see who could sanction the most people the most quickly, who could sanction the biggest yacht. we got stopped because this is a big, blue, easily visible, high profile target. for the first time, the head of the us kleptocapture task force reveals how they caught a superyacht. we saw it scrambling out of waters where we would normally be able to seize it. security, sec
and delete long, as he begins to have to mix and delete difficult decisions. another and delete difficult decisions. another bumpy incident for the government, the last few hours, sonia, just on the metro front page. james cleverley s comments about football fans going to the world cup in qatar, just a few weeks away now, their headline don t be gay at world cup but quickly overturned by rishi sunak number 10. this world cup - but quickly overturned by rishi sunak number 10. this was on the radio by rishi sunak number 10. this was on the radio this by rishi sunak number 10. this was on the radio this morning. - by rishi sunak number 10. this was on the radio this morning. james i on the radio this morning. james cleverley, foreign secretary, said he was going to go to the road cup in qatar and seem to imply we could compromise, with little but of compromise, with little but of compromise on both sides it should be a really fun world cup, and that is really problema
15% minimum tax on large corporations. joe biden says at the end of the day, it is a win for the everyday americans. it s a game changer for ordinary folks. some of it won t kick in for a little bit, but it s all good. [ inaudible ] so will this streak of legislative wins help set the stage for a political rebound for democrats in november? victories, though, in washington rarely translate into success at the ballot box. just ask former president barack obama after he passed sweeping health care and financial reform packages, and still lost democratic control of congress. but will this time be different? things change pretty rapidly. joining me now from capitol hill are my guests. so, sahill, what s the word? well, it s been such a roller coaster journey for this piece of legislation over the last 18 months, it s had more deaths and resurrections. it got over the senate with a 50-50 vote broken by vice president kamala harris. after three dozen amendments were voted on,
suggests a post covid that we are still no better at containing an outbreak. tonight with the context, rebecca harding, trent economist, and the former communications director for the and the former communications directorfor the donald and the former communications director for the donald trump campaign brian lanza. a warm welcome to the programme. there is nothing british people love more than discussing the weather but thatis more than discussing the weather but that is because it is highly changeable. we do not often discussed the weather with concern or maybe a sense of dread about where the climate is heading and we re certainly not used it a0 celsius. 0ur roads and railways were not built for it and neither our homes. we are notjust setting records this week, we are smashing them and we are doing it at an alarmingly regular interval. it should concern us as it is concerning the french and spaniards. they are used to hot temperatures but right now there are wildfires bu
resigns as chancellor on tuesday now rishi sunak sets out his stall to become british prime minister to replace borisjohnson. and novak djokovic reaches another wimbledon final beating britain s cameron norrie. we begin with the shocking news out of japan. we begin with the shocking news out of japan. japan s former prime minister shinzo abe has been shot dead in the street while giving an election speech. he was the country s longest serving post war prime minister. he served in office twice in the beginning of the 1990s. he served in office twice in the beginning of the 1990s. according to police, mr abe s attacker used a home made gun and fired two shots. world leaders have reacted with shock. us presidentjoe biden said he was stunned, outraged, and deeply saddened and india s prime minister narendra modi declared a day of national mourning. it all happend in nara, a city south west of tokyo. mr abe was shot near the railway station and flown by elicoper to hospital, w