here in the uk it s the first week in power for the newly elected prime minister, sir keir starmer who s just completed a tour of all four uk nations england, wales, scotland and northern ireland. mr starmer has also been meeting his labour party s new mps, who today started to arrive at the uk parliament many beginning their political careers. our political editor chris mason has more. applause. however good your trip to work was this morning, i reckon you weren t applauded and serenaded on the commute like this new mp for plaid cymru, ann davies. the national anthem of wales ringing in her ears, the trip from carmarthen to westminster began. there were flowers rather than song for green mp carla denyer in bristol. it was a laptop and a flask for others, hauling suitcases, a sense of wonder and pride to parliament. it s all been a bit of a whirlwind and there s a lot to take in, but i m really excited to get started and see how it goes over the next few days. how was
hello, and welcome to the programme. global warming is accelerating, and human influence is unequivically to blame that s the warning from a damning new report from the un and its secretary general. antonio guteres says the evidence can not be denied: greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel burning and deforestation are choking the planet and putting billions of people at immediate risk. it s the most comprehensive climate change study ever and is produced by hundreds of the world s top scientists from 66 countries. the report warns that the global average temprature rise could reach or exceed 1.5 degrees celcius in the next 20 years 10 years sooner than expected. it said rising temperatures will cause more frequent, extreme weather events across the globe. and warned that irreversible changes are already ongoing in melting ice sheets, rising sea levels and increasing acidification. but the report also stated that climate change could be slowed down with rapid and sus
domestic violence extremism threat here in the u.s. right now. perhaps nothing encapsulates the emergence of threats as much as the sham audit of ballots in maricopa county. when the gop is akin to a locomotive barreling down the tracks with no brakes, the audit has become such a farce even some arizona republicans now want to stop that runaway train. from the wash be wash post, elected leaders in arizona s largest county responded defiantly to a new subpoena issued by the state senate that sought routers to bolster a review of the 2020 election results. senate president, a republican, said the items needed to conclude the controversial audit of the election in maricopa county which has been conducted on behalf of the senate since april. county officials sent the senate a scathing letter saying enough is enough, that they refuse to indulge in any conspiracy theories. that letter reads, quote, it is now august of 2021. the election of november 2020 is over. if you haven t figu
now on bbc news, in an exclusive interview, dominic cummings speaks to the bbc s political editor laura kuenssberg. a warning this programme contains flashing images. troublemaker. history maker. they were no strangers to chaos. pushing borisjohnson on behind closed doors. yesterday, i gave a full report of my actions. ..until his own mistake exploded in public. and ended up on the outskirts of barnard castle town. we did not visit the castle or walk around town. he never agreed to account for what he s done until now. mr cummings, you ve never spoken like this before. your story is, of course, completely interwoven with the prime minister s political fortune. how would you describe borisjohnson? how would i describe him? in what way? you mean politically? what does he believe politically? or? as a leader, as a politician, as a human being. how would you describe them? how would you describe him? he is a very complicated character. he, he is unusual in a lot of politicians
democrats set a deadline for a key infrastructure vote as growing opposition puts the bipartisan compromise in jeopardy. the latest with the chief republican negotiator of the deal, senator rob portman, who joins me exclusively, next. plus on the road. democrats go local to promote voting rights. there are many routes to success here. but roadblocks remain in the senate. so, how will anything change? i ll speak to the committee chair holding that hearing, senator amy klobuchar, ahead. hello. i m dana bash in washington where the state of our union is seeing red. coronavirus cases are surging across the country once again, as the highly contagious delta variant spreads. all 50 states and washington, d.c. are now seeing a rise in cases. that s the first time that has happened since january. as many of us know by now, the covid vaccines are extraordinarily effective at preventing serious disease, and 99% of those who are now dying of covid are unvaccinated. this new wave