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
and she is saying, i don t care if i lose myjob, i m going to do the right thing. growing political crisis in kenya as the losing candidate in the presidential election, raila odinga, says he ll challenge william ruto s victory result. i request by the court of law. # give me a sign # hit me baby one more time tributes to the former uk pop idol contestant and theatre star, darius danesh, who has died at the age of 41. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the presidential signature was the final touch forjoe biden to enable 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 is overwhelmingly about greener energy, as well as carbon capture and some incentives for fossil fuel companies in the shape of new drilling opportunities. and it also contains reforms to the price of prescription drugs and introduces a minimum 15% tax for corporations. m
Big shift towards the american car industry, in particular, they are responding already to this. to see the response from the board if 150 lightning, the electric version of the most popular truck in america, that suggests that americans, yes, we like our cars and we like our trucks, we like our cars and we like ourtrucks, but we like our cars and we like our trucks, but we do not much care what is driving them so if electric vehicles can perform in the way we want a card to perform, that is just fine and it is going to be much, much better than the planet stop incentives can start rolling out now. incentives can start rolling out ow- incentives can start rolling outnow. ., ., ., out now. professorjeff colgan, thank you out now. professorjeff colgan, thank you very out now. professorjeff colgan, thank you very much out now. professorjeff colgan, thank you very much indeed. i thank you very much indeed. thank you. voters in the us state of wyoming are expected to oust liz chen
The ones we set out when we ran. it includes ensuring that we create clean energy opportunities in frontline and fenceline communities that have been smothered, smothered by the legacy of pollution and fight environmental injustice that has been going on for so long. let s talk to professorjeff colgan, director of the climate solutions lab at brown university. he s in providence, rhode island. thank you forjoining us. it has been a long time coming. it has been a long time coming. it has been a world of compromises, frustrations, watering down, let s be honest. how good a bill is this? it is wonderful how good a bill is this? it is wonderful news how good a bill is this? it is wonderful news to - how good a bill is this? it is wonderful news to see - how good a bill is this? it 3 wonderful news to see the act been signed into law today and i am just feel that it is finally, finally happening because, as you say, it has been a long time coming. al
Is starting to make progress, now, it is really the onus is on china and to a certain extent india, for making much bigger progress than they have to date. professorjeff colgan. let s take a look at some other stories in the headlines: it s reported the israeli military has struck targets in gaza within minutes of a ceasefire coming into force between israel and palestinian militants. the truce, negotiated by egypt, was designed to end three days of violence in which 44 palestinians were killed, including 15 children. there d been heavy rocket fire from the islamichhad group against israeli cities in retaliation for the killing of one of the movement s top commanders in the bombardment of gaza. from jerusalem, our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, reports. a crush of grief for islamichhad s most powerful commander in gaza.