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
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tonight with the context, joe twyman, director of the polling company, deltapoll. and former senior advisor to george w bush ron christie. hello, welcome to the programme. it is not normal. these are supersized temperatures that are breaking records all across europe and the united states. today, we got a glimpse of what our climate future will look like. a massive heatwave is set across the south west, meteorologists predict it will continue east and bring sweltering temperatures with it. tonight: a newly released report on our environment has painted the picture of a poor and deteriorating country, ourforests, reefs, water and air, all at tipping point. the predictions were spot on, this has been the hottest day recorded in the uk. in coningsby in lincolnshire the thermometer hit 40.3 degrees centigrade, in fact, 29 places across england habe broken the old record which was 38.7 degrees. well as you just heard, the new uk record was set in conningsby, lincolnshire, 40.3 d
fake moderate joe manchin s family came to the radical left in his party and now sadly the people of west virginia will pay the price for him caving literally through higher taxes and higher inflation and a much longer recession than needed. a lower quality of life, all in the name of green renewable energy. we are going to expose the shameful hard left turn from the west virginia center. by the way, tonight we have an interesting question. why is mary muriel bowser, washington, d.c., finally now asking the national guard and their assistants question rick will give you that answer coming up. first might our top story, i wish it was not true but after two straight quarters of negative growth, we are officially in a recession. this was the very definition of a recession. look. according to cnn and cnbc in the l.a. times the new york times and nancy pelosi and pretty much every notable economist and pretty much everyone else on earth. but you re mentally impaired, decrepit
warning as president biden and president xi jinping talking on thursday as tension continues to grow over taiwan. border officials and lawmakers as the washington, d.c., mayor calls for the national guard to be activated to assist with the migrants they. busses arriving from texas and arizona. president biden there is no surprise economy is slowing down, but he insists he still has the nation on the right path. good evening. good evening, janet. on thursday, they re widely expected announcement of american economy officially entering a recession became a reality because the gdp shrank by 0.9% in april through june, the second quarter of decline, but the president at the white house continue to dispute the traditional definition of recession. president biden: let me greg: to one other issue, gdp. and whether or not we are in a recession. peau chairman powell and many of the significant banking personnel and economists say were not in a recession. come that the white ho