we hear from the secretary of health on how the islands are coping. also in the programme: a battle for the future of the us republican party is under way in the cowboy state, wyoming, as a prominent critic of donald trump tries to fight off a primary challenge. i ve never agreed with one thing liz cheney has ever said but i respected how she fought for democracy. she is standing for principal and she is saying, i don t care if i lose myjob, i m going to do the right thing. # give me a sign # hit me baby one more time and tributes to the former uk pop idol contestant and theatre star, darius danesh, who has died at the age of 41. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. hello and welcome to the the programme. we start in the united states where president biden has signed into law the biggest ever investment to fight climate change in the us. the bill, known as the inflation reduction act, includes more than $400 billion of new spending. it s being s
to allow us to boldly take additional steps toward meeting all of my climate goals. thousands of it terms of written s 1970s and 80s contaminated written s1970s and 80s contaminated blood scandal are to receive £100,000 each in compensation from the government. the world s richest man, elon musk, teases the prospect of buying manchester united, in a late night tweet. the republican liz cheney, a fierce critic of donald trump, has lost her seat in the us congress to a woman who supports the former president s unfounded claims of voterfraud. she told her supporters in the state of wyoming that she had conceded to her rival harriet hageman. liz cheney said she was horrified by the violence and chaos of january 6 and insisted that those responsible must be brought to account. never in our nation s 246 years have we seen what we saw on january 6th. like so many americans, i assumed that the violence and the chaos of that date would have prompted a united response, a recognition t
four days after the author salman rushdie was stabbed, we speak to the man who was with him on stage and was attacked at the same time. welcome to bbc news we start in the united states where president biden has signed into law the biggest ever investment to fight climate change in the us. the bill, known as the inflation reduction act, includes more than four hundred billion dollars of new spending. the bill which marks a major victory for the biden administration also contains reforms to the price of prescription drugs and tax rises on corporations. mr biden said it was one of the most significant laws in america s history. let s have a listen to some of what he said about the significance of the climate element of the bill. this bill is the biggest step forward on climate ever. ever. that is going to allow us to boldly take additional steps towards meeting all of my climate goals. it includes ensuring that we create clean energy opportunities in front line and fron
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park two of my exclusive interview with former president moments away, will hear about an important update from the vp surge, and so much more, straight ahead. first today marks the 80 the anniversary of d-day. in the early morning hours of june sixth, 1944 the tide of normandie ran red with blood. thousands of brave young man, american men far away from home, storming the beaches and northern france amid a hail of gunfire, no cover whatsoever, 2501 americans lost their lives that day. but it was not in vain, it marks the beginning of the end for nazi germany and hitler and then a year later the war in europe was finally over. today president biden was a normandie to commemorate the solemn day, it was important for the president to be there but unfortunately as per usual, it was injective joe, he seemed completely out of it. biden struggled with where to walk, where to sit, where to stand even appeared as oftentimes and generally uneasy during the entire trip. s fox news rep