as nato leaders wrap up their summit in madrid, president biden says the united states and its allies will stick with ukraine for as long as it takes. and, temperatures in japan are the highest in nearly a 150 years, in nearly 150 years, amid fears the electricity grid could be overwhelmed. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe the biden administration has condemned a supreme court ruling which curbs the us government s power to limit carbon emissions from coal fired power stations, calling it a devastating decision. all six members of the conservative majority in the supreme court backed the landmark ruling, which marks a victory for the coal industry. the case was brought on behalf of mostly republican led states which were worried that they d be forced to move away from using coal to cleaner sources of energy. from washington, here s our north america editor sarah smith. in california today, wildfires burning out of control are a vivid reminder of t
power last year. and temperatures injapan are at the highest in nearly 150 years. now, fears the electricity grid could be overwhelmed. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the chinese president, xijinping, has sworn in hong kong s new leader, john lee. the territory is marking 25 years since the handover from british colonial rule. mr lee is taking over from carrie lam, whose time in office saw beijing tighten its grip on hong kong. this was scene in hong kong in the last hour asjohn lee took the oath of office. mr lee is a security chief who oversaw the police response to hong kong s huge democracy protests in 2019. it s mr xi s first trip out of mainland china since the beginning of the covid 19 pandemic. and it s his first to hong kong since swearing in carrie lam. translation: the practice of one country. translation: the practice of one country, two translation: the practice of one country, two systems. l translation: the practice of l one
this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s six in the morning in singapore and 6pm in washington, where the us supreme court has issued another landmark ruling this time limiting the government s ability to regulate emissions from power plants. it marks a victory for the coal industry, but the united nations has described it as a setback in our fight against climate change . the us is the world s second biggest emitter of greenhouse gases, and the decision is a major blow to president biden s plan to reduce emissions. from washington, here s our north america editor, sarah smith. in california today, wildfires burning out of control is a vivid reminder of the urgent need to take are a vivid reminder of the urgent need to take action on climate change. america is a large part of the problem, the second biggest emitter of greenhouse gases in the world after china. but also a victim. you can see from the water line above the vast lake how much it has shrunk in recent years, impacti
the great champions have a habit ofjust finding a way to win. that s exactly what rafael nadal showed here on thursday on centre court. he hasn t played on grass for three years when you consider these championships were postponed in 2020 and he missed wimbledon entirely last year. but he s finding his feet underneath the grass. again, he may have dropped a set against ricardas berankis, but his hopes of winning a third wimbledon title continue in this extraordinary year, where he s already won the french open and, before that, the australian open. his biggest fan is the world number one, iga swiatek. she survived a big scare and also progressed to the third round. thursday s stand out result here for the british fans, at least involved home favourite katie boulter. at 25 years old, her career plagued by injuries. she s now ranked outside the top 100. she knocked out last year s beaten finalist, karolina pliskova, the biggest win of boulter s life. she s never reached the third rou