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Newsday: 08/08/2022 05:06 GMT : US Senate agrees landmark climate deal

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08/08/2022 05:06 GMT 

08/08/2022 05:06 GMT : US Senate agrees landmark climate deal

US Senate agrees landmark climate deal

BBC World Service - Newsday, US Senate agrees landmark climate deal

US Democratic lawmakers have passed a landmark climate bill in the Senate

Democratic lawmakers in the US have passed a landmark climate bill in the Senate.

In the US Senate, Democratic lawmakers have passed legislation on climate action worth hundreds of billions of dollars. The bill could see the country's climate emissions fall dramatically by the end of the decade. While aspects of the deal are still controversial, we hear from a climate scientist who wonders if the bill goes far enough. 

A fragile ceasefire agreement to end three days of fighting between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad appears to be holding. 

And the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has started a three-nation African tour. We hear why the international spotlight is currently on the continent.

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