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cleared of all trees are fuel for the flames. the former chancellor, rishi sunak, and the foreign secretary, liz truss, will go head to head in the race to become the next british prime minister. sri lanka s new president calls for unity, but warns he would deal firmly with efforts to topple his government. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. it s six in the morning here in singapore and six in the evening in somerset, massachusetts, where us presidentjoe biden has described climate change as an existential threat to the united states and the world, while unveiling new executive steps he will make to address it. $2.3 billion will be spent on a range of new measures among them, expanding flood control, shoring up utilities and helping low income families pay for heating and cooling costs. there s also support for the domestic offshore wind industry. 700,000 acres hav ....
firefighters struggle in the heatwave to tackle flames in greece, spain and italy. the former chancellor, rishi sunak, and foreign secretary, liz truss, will go head to head in the race to become the next british prime minister. and we talk to shanghai s blind masseures, struggling to cope in a post covid world. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news. joe biden used a visit to massachusetts to issue the latest stark warning on the threat posed by climate change. the us president is using executive powers to usher in measures including offshore windfarms and expanded flood control. with a heat dome now affecting 28 states, the us is the latest country to swelter with high temperatures. wildfires are still raging in europe in countries like spain, italy and greece. in france s southwest, president macron has been to see the devastation caused by a wildfire that forced almost 40,000 people from their homes. 0ur correspondent ....
it s 7am in singapore, and midnight in london where the british prime minister theresa may says she intends to serve a full term as britain s prime minister, and is getting on with the job. but her comments come just hours after one of her former colleagues, the uk s ex finance minister, described her as a dead woman walking . well, she s been been reshuffling her cabinet and insists it s business as usual. our political correspondent, vicki young, reports. she s putting on a brave face, but theresa may knows she has thrown her party into turmoil. the shock of election night is still sinking in. after church this morning, the prime minister rang round colleagues who d been defeated on thursday. she s in office for now, but for how much longer? i said during the election campaign that, if re elected, i would intend to serve a full term. but what i am doing now is actually getting on with the immediate job and i think that s what s important, i think that s what the pu ....
and 2am in the iraqi city of mosul where the great mosque of al nuri has been destroyed by the so called islamic state. the announcement came from iraqi forces close to the mosque as they pushed ahead with the offensive to retake the ias stronghold. the us general called it a crime against the people of muscle and all of iraq. let me show you some of the pictures taken by a bbc cameraman just about an hour before the mosque was hit. you can see the famous leaning minaret, with the city nickname, the hunchback. in 2014 the eye as leader made his only public appearance there. the is leader. these images were taken soon after the mosque was destroyed and you can see it is hardly recognisable. a little while ago our correspondent in mosul spoke with my colleague and gave the latest. it is confirmed that the mosque and the historical dome was destroyed a couple of hours ago. i was there in the evening with the counterterrorism force in iraq, which advanced to just 150 met ....
jazz, visitors head back to the 19205 jazz, visitors head back to the 1920s when music and style defines the era. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it s newsday. good morning. it is 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 2am in the last stronghold of so called islamic state, the syrian city of raqqa. is is facing all out war on severalfronts. city of raqqa. is is facing all out war on several fronts. across the border in iraqi troops have taken most of the city of mosul but not in time to save the famous mosque. in raqqa us backed fighters at the syrian democratic forces are close to pushing is out. our correspondent gabriel gatehouse is on the frontline and sent this report. this has been a long and brutal road. we are inside raqqa canal, driving to the centre of the syrian democratic forces, the sdf, a coalition of kurds and arabs. they have only just retake coalition of kurds and arabs. they have onlyjust retake in these streets ....