Its working. But polls show Many Americans may not fully know what the Inflation Reduction Act actually is. Data released earlier this month in a Washington Post university of maryland poll show seven in ten americans had heard little or nothing about the policy. Im joined now by tim mcdonnell, climate and Energy Editor at the us politics website semafor. Great website semafor. To have you in the programme. You great to have you in the programme. You have been writing about how the Inflation Reduction Act sure the promise and limits of the government plan and pushing forward Climate Policy of stop starting with the promise, what has worked . Thank you, its a pleasure promise, what has worked . Thank you, its a pleasure to promise, what has worked . Thank you, its a pleasure to be promise, what has worked . Thank you, its a pleasure to be here. Promise, what has worked . Thank you, its a pleasure to be here. Happy its a pleasure to be here. Happy to talk about its a pleasure to be here.
Just beatenjamaica i o. Later in the hour on the bbc news channel, well round up the latest action, hear key interviews and discuss the days biggest Talking Points from here at the bbc sport centre. Good morning. 140,000 pupils across scotland have been getting their exam results this morning for their nationals, highers, and advanced highers. The Scottish Qualifications Authority has warned that teaching and learning still havent fully recovered from the covid pandemic. It says its taken a sensitive approach to awarding results this year. Pupils are finding out how theyve done by a combination of text messages, email and post. 0ur scotland correspondent, james shaw reports. Its The Moment Of Truth for thousands of pupils across scotland. Holly. Yeah, thats me. Thank you. 0k, and chloe. And the end of an educational experience hit hard by covid. But these pupils at Hamilton Grammar School have shown resilience in the face of difficulties that previous generations did not have to endure
For the confusion over the family photograph issued by Kensington Palace on mothers day the princess of wales has admitted sometimes editing pictures. Several News Agencies had withdrawn the photo, over concerns it had been digitally manipulated. But Kensington Palace says, it wont release the original, unedited photograph. There is always frenzied speculation about the royals theres been a lot of unsubstantiated speculation about the princess of wales health. This picture released yesterday was the First Official image of her this year after that surgery back in january. A number of people have noticed discrepancies. Once you see them they are actually hard to ignore. Have a look at this bit. This is princess charlottes sleeve as you can see these bits here dont match up. The same is true if you look at princess catherines zip for the part of it is here, part of his hair, it doesnt match up in this picture either. And im finally this is a hand, princess catherines hand around the wai
For the First Time Since itjoined nato, the swedish flag has been raised at nato headquarters. Theyve been taking part in the Largest Military exercise since the cold war, amidst warnings of a new threat to europe from russia following its full scale invasion from damning of ukraine. Jonathan beale reports from the arctic circle. Nato says its a bulwark for peace. But its preparing for war. This, just part of its massive Military Exercise taking place right across europe. And with newest members sweden and finland in no doubt as to why theyjoined. Being alone against russia is like, why take that risk when you canjoin nato . I personally feel a lot safer because now we have allies to depend on. In this scenario, theyve come to defend Northern Norway after its been invaded. Theyre not calling the enemy russia, but it is a near neighbour. The aim of this exercise is to demonstrate how nato would come to the aid of an ally under attack. It is the very principle of the alliance an attack o
On the west coast of maui. Firefighters are continuing to battle wildfires with officials saying they are 80 contained. This report from our North America correspondent sean daly. A community in smouldering ruins. Many homes here burned to charge rex. The church and the harbour among the Historic Site wiped out by the flames that tore indiscriminately through the former picturesque tourist town. The us marines and National Guard among the Emergency Workers on the ground. The us President Joe Biden has declared the situation as a major disaster. We situation as a maor disaster. We are situation as a maor disaster. We seeing situation as a major disaster. Are seeing loss of life here. As you know, the number has been rising and we will continue to see loss of life but we have extraordinary professionals working on this job. We also have seen many hundreds of homes destroyed. And that is going to take a great deal of time to recover from. To take a great deal of time to recover from. ,. ,