Thousands of cats have died. Now, veterinarians are dispensing Human Anti Covid pills to stop the spread. And blast off sir richard branson s Virgin Galactic launches from new mexico with the first mother and daughter to head into space on board. First, the latest in a series of extreme weather events around the world that experts say have been made more likely by Climate Change. Firefighters continue to battle wildfires in hawaii. At least 36 people have been killed. The popular tourist town of lahaina, on the island of maui, has been largely burned to the ground. Us President Joe Biden has declared a major disaster, triggering the release of federal funding for the people in maui county. Us soldiers have joined search and Recovery Efforts. Lets take a listen to what President Biden has had to say in the last few minutes. I want to say a word about the devastating wildfires that have claimed at least 36 lives in maui in hawaii. We havejust approved claimed at least 36 lives in maui in
and religious freedom, calling the court not equitable and impartial, and labelling some of the justices unqualified. here is the union s president last week. extremist out of touch court has now failed our families, failed our students, and honestly, they have failed at upholding american values. gillian: princeton university political scientist lauren wright. happy 4th to you, lauren. thanks for taking time with us. hey, happy 4th. gillian: thank you. so, the president undertook a pretty bold plan by democrat standards, pretty devious plan, according to republicans. the billion dollar question now is who is going to take the blame for the fallout that has ensued. do you think that president biden is going to carry this burden or do you think american students are going to hold the conservative supreme court justices responsible? you know, i have to say, gillian, i m not surprised by a lot of things in american politics these days but biden s student loan plan an
jon heffernan, professor of semiconductor materials and devices at the university of sheffield and director of the national epitaxy facility, tells us more. it s part of a global battle to control the semiconductor industry, which has been undertaken by many countries. the 21st century is going to be a technological century and it is completely underpinned by semiconductors. you ve got semiconductors everywhere, from lighting to computer chips, yourfridge to your car. and the pace of innovation is accelerating and it is going to be more and more important. so each country around the world is actually considering very carefully what its strategy in this technological area is and what its economic strategy is, its security strategy is. and so this is just the latest example, particularly between china and the us, but there are other countries involved. some countries control different aspects of the semiconductor industry. some control the natural resources, the minerals and th
ju julie banderas , dr. janet nesheiwat and ian prior. we begin with shannon bream, who is live at the supreme court. shannon. shannon: kayleigh, we had talked about student loans and issue was standing, state of missouri had standing to bring this legal challenge and secretary of education went too far using the heroes act to wipe out student loans. the 6-3 opinion, the heroes act gives authority to cancel money for student loans, it does not. the secretary can modify regulatory provision, with the education acts, not to rewrite the statute from the ground up, which is essentially what he did to wipe out the loans. the judge wrote this, the statute read gives secretary broad authority to remove national emergency effect on ability to repay student loan. that 6-3 split did not see this the same way. this affects billions in student loans. the president and other democrats suggested, i don t think he had authority to do this and supreme court agreed. lori smiths, free speech
On women in afghanistan, banning them from working for the ngos, just days they were banned from studying at university. Hello and welcome to sportsday im gavin ramjaun. Leicester come back to take the honours against gloucester and win the first ever slater cup in the premiership. Brentford get frank. The dane commits to another contract at the club ahead of the Premier Leagues big boxing day return. And we meet the sailor who picked up some of his crew from the pub whos preparing to lead britains entry in one of the Worlds Toughest yacht races even if the seas make him a little queasy. Hello there and welcome along to the programme. The premiership match between leicester and gloucester had extra meaning today to honour theirformer player it slater. Player ed slater. The 34 year old retired from rugby this summer, after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease. And it was leicester who fought back the win the first ever slater cup. The victory a first for their new Interim Head Coa