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
the us senate passes joe biden s climate plan, channeling billions of dollars towards ambitious clean energy goals. the world will be a better place for my grandchildren because of what we did today, and that makes me feel very, very good. very, very good. and more than 80,000 tourists are stranded in a chinese resort after a coronavirus outbreak sparks a lockdown. live from our studio in singapore this is bbc news. it sneezed at. it s newsday. it s 6am in singapore, and 2:30am in the morning in afghanistan from where we have a special report showing how pregnant women, new mothers and their babies are being affected by acute shortages and a lack of basic services. it comes nearly one year on from the taliban takeover and with much foreign funding suspended. 0ur report was filmed in badakhshan province in the north east of afghanistan by cameraman sanjay ganguly producer imogen anderson and correspondent yogita limaye. some viewers may find this report distressing.
China s Chang e 6 mission, with international collaboration and advanced research goals, signifies a significant leap in lunar exploration, emphasizing the importance of shared scientific endeavors in a geopolitically complex world.
no reinforcements are coming. a series of blows have been inflicted on afghan women in the past year. its collective impact nowhere more visible than in the country s maternity wards. yogita limaye, bbc news, badakhshan. let s turn to china now, which continues to pursue its hardline zero covid policy. an outbreak at the resort city of sanya has sparked a lockdown. the restrictions on sanya, which is on the southern hainan island and a popular surfing destination, come during the peak tourist season. all flights and trains have been cancelled, leaving more than 80,000 tourists stranded there. i ve been speaking professor yanzhong huang who is a senior fellow for global health at the council on foreign relations and he says this lockdown is just part of china s
objects which were forcibly removed from the kingdom of benin, during a british military incursion in 1897, would be handed over to the nigerian government. let s turn to china now which continues to pursue its hardline zero covid policy. an outbreak at the resort city of sanya has sparked a lockdown. the restrictions on sanya, which is on the southern hainan island and a popular surfing destination, come during the peak tourist season. all flights and trains have been cancelled leaving more than 80,000 tourists stranded there. let s speak now to professor yanzhong huang who is a senior fellow for global health at the council on foreign relations. it s great to get you on the programme. ijust want it s great to get you on the programme. i just want to start by asking, locking down over a few hundred cases something that in other parts of the world would be unthinkable at this point