welcome to newsday. reporting live from singapore, i'm arunoday mukharji. the headlines... a setback for the biden administration as the us 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. sri lanka is close to running out of fuel. hundreds of protesters demand the resignation of the government of president gotabaya rajapaksa. and temperatures injapan are the highest in nearly a 150 years, amid fears the electricity grid could be overwhelmed. live from our studio in singapore...

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, impacting the water supply for millions of people in the south—west. president biden came into office pledging to lead a global effort to reduce carbon emissions, promising in glasgow last year to lead by example. will we act and do what is necessary? will we seize the enormous opportunity before us? will we condemn future generations to suffer? future generations may not thank the us supreme court for a decision for a decision that restricts the federal government's ability to regulate energy producers. this ruling makes it harder forjoe biden to try to meet his climate change goals. the court has decided the

environmental protection agency does not have the authority to impose carbon limits unless there is new legislation coming from congress, and that's something joe biden knows he doesn't have enough votes to get past. cole lies at the heart of the problem. coal lies at the heart of the problem. america still relies heavily on this most polluting fossil fuel to keep the lights on. states afraid they may be forced to move away from call to generate to generate electricity. they have an outside share of america's carbon emissions and have done little so far to reduce them. california's landscape is vulnerable to the effects of climate change. a democrat—run state, it's spending billions — more than most countries to protect the environment — but tha effort will be — but that effort will be undermined by the supreme court ruling. the idea that the us supreme court moved to take away one of the most significant, historically powerful tools to address

the ravages of climate change is incomprehensible. in the states that won this case, they are celebrating a ruling that gives them a right to make their own rules on carbon emissions, rather than be told what to do by washington. and they say it will prevent a rise in the price of electricity. well, to discuss this further i'm joined now by andres restrepo. he's a senior attorney with a us based environmental organisation called the sierra club. they were involved in the case. thanks very much. what was the rationale behind this ruling? thank ou. the rationale behind this ruling? thank you. the rationale _ rationale behind this ruling? thank you. the rationale by _ rationale behind this ruling? thank you. the rationale by the - rationale behind this ruling? thank you. the rationale by the court, i you. the rationale by the court, which of course, it is near my community, they read the section 111, which is the governing provision for this regulation, to limit the authority not to control greenhouse gases period. that was not quite right. the agency still has authority to control greenhouse gases, but the court held in determining the stringency of the regulations that epa is able to

impose can only consider measures that can be measured at each individual source, as opposed to what the administration done. which is the most effective and efficient tool epa has. although it does remain, its ability to set appropriate limits is seriously curtailed by this decision. the us accounts for _ curtailed by this decision. the us accounts for nearly _ curtailed by this decision. the us accounts for nearly 1496 _ curtailed by this decision. the us accounts for nearly 1496 of - curtailed by this decision. the us accounts for nearly 1496 of the - accounts for nearly 14% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions. what are the legal recourses? the a . en what are the legal recourses? the agency will — what are the legal recourses? tue: agency will still what are the legal recourses? tte: agency will still have authority to control existing fossil fuel power

plants. it will simply be hindered in ability to do so. it's authority to control vehicle emissions from cars and trucks remains fully intact. that's a sector with even more significant greenhouse gas emissions. at the same time, this case does nothing to affect state authority to control fossil fuel fired generation. as we've seen in a significant amount in the last five, ten, 15 years, there has been a really dramatic loop away of coal—fired electricity and towards renewable resources. for instance, we've seen the retirement of 357 coal plants in the united states, and we will see more of that thanks in no small part to efforts by organisations in the environmental communities. although this decision is certainly a blow, there's still

tools that the federal government has to control notjust power plants, but the transportation sector, oiland plants, but the transportation sector, oil and gas sector and from state and local governments to facilitate that transition away from fossil fuel generation. all right, we'll leave it there. thanks very for your perspective. absolutely, thanks for having me. a meeting of leaders of the nato security alliance has ended with pledges of more financial aid and weapons for ukraine, and renewed calls for president putin to end the invasion. nato's secretary generaljens stoltenberg insisted that ukraine must prevail as an independent state. british prime minister borisjohnson promised to increase the uk's domestic defence budget by tens of billions of pounds, in response to the threat posed by russia. here's our political editor, chris mason. salisbury plain, usually a place where british troops train. now those in ukrainian uniforms are here, too, being taught to use the weapons

and equipment being given to them by the uk. this as the prime minister, at the end of the nato summit in madrid, promised more money to help ukraine further. the best way for us to win the argument around the world about our values is for the ukrainians to win. that's why i'm pleased today that we've announced another £1 billion worth of military support. so, prime minister, what is the overall objective of the uk's help and strategy for ukraine? we want to give them the means to repel the russians, to expel the russians from the territory that they have occupied, because that's the right thing under international law. this gathering of the world's biggest defence alliance has had a sense of urgency — even emergency. an invasion in europe, a hostile russia, an ongoing war without obvious end — huge human suffering, profound global economic consequences.

president putin has been meeting his allies in turkmenistan. his decision to go to war in ukraine has spooked others close to russia's borders. for years, sweden and finland felt sufficiently safe to be neutral. no longer — russia's aggression means they're joining nato. translation: we don't have - a problem with sweden and finland, as we do with ukraine. ukraine and its people's well—being is not the aim of nato or the west. it'sjust a means to defend their own interests. the prime minister has spent the last few days urging other countries to commit more to defence spending, while facing criticism at home that the british army is shrinking. nice to meet you, how are you doing? he's facing criticism from the scottish and welsh governments, who feel, while helping ukraine is noble, they've been pickpocketed by the government at westminster to help pay for it.

but he's set a big, long—term goal, saying that, by the end of the decade, the money allocated to defence will rise to 2.5% of national income — much more than most other countries. borisjohnson�*s been out of the country for eight days, chris mason reporting. meanwhile, the indonesian president, joko widodo, says he delivered a note from president zelensky of ukraine to russian president vladimir putin, after meeting the two leaders on consecutive days. speaking in moscow, mr widodo — who's the current head of the g20 — did not say what was in the message, but he said he was ready to help start a dialogue between them. the indonesian president said he had asked for a guarantee that there would be no obstacles to the export of food and fertilisers from ukraine. the president of sri lanka is under continued pressure amid the country's worst economic crisis since its independence. the island is close to running

out of fuel which it can't afford to import. this week it closed schools and stopped providing fuel to all but essential services. now, president gotabaya rajapaksa has written to vladimir putin to discuss buying cheap oilfrom russia. our south asia correspondent, rajini vaidyanthan, reports from the capital, colombo. an endless struggle for this island nation. queues that go on and on and on. sri lanka is running out of fuel... ..and of hope. with only days of petrol left in the country, all they can do is wait. at the front of the line, taxi driver ajeevan. you're number one in the queue, how long have you been waiting? two days, ma'am. two days? yeah... translation: i've been sleeping in my taxi. -

sometimes i leave to get food, then i come back here and sleep. that's how i've been living in the last few days. i can only survive if i have fuel. here, the pumps are dry. with no international shipments due for at least few weeks, what's left in the country is being rationed. these tiny pieces of paper have become one of the most sought—after things in sri lanka. they are fuel tokens, and everyone in this stretch of the line could be waiting days just to get one. and once you have one in your hand, you then have to wait for your petrol station to say that they have supplies of fuel. now, the owner of this particular token got it on tuesday, and his local station says they still don't have any fuel for him to pump. near the end of the queue, we find jayinda. he drove here from his village, using up fuel, in the hope of finding more. only without gas, petrol, everything, we need everything, but it's difficult,

not supplying continuously. that's why we are in deep trouble here now. and that's led to deep frustration and anger towards the government. the country's president has appealed to russia for help. a delegation is due in moscow at the weekend to discuss the purchase of cheap oil for this nation. do you usually ride bikes? back at the queue, jaganathan has just bought his first ever bike to get around. now, no petrol, no diesel, - everything, bicycle very expensive. the cost of cycles has tripled. inflation is at more than 50%. sri lanka's economic crisis keeps getting worse. how long must they wait for things to get better? rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, colombo. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme... japan is continuing to endure a heat

wave which has seen the highestjune temperatures in nearly 150 years. china marked its first day of rule in hong kong with a series of spectacular celebrations. a huge firework display was held in the former colony. the chinese president, jiang zemin, said unification was the start of a new era for hong kong. the world's first clone has been produced of an adult mammal. scientists in scotland have produced a sheep called dolly that was cloned in a laboratory using a cell from another sheep. for the first time in 20 years, russian and american spacecraft have docked in orbit at the start of a new era of cooperation in space. cheering. challenger powered past _ the bishop rock lighthouse at almost 50 knots, shattering a record that had stood for 34 years. _

there was no hiding the sheer elation ofj richard branson and his crew. welcome back to newsday on the bbc with me, arunoday mukharji, in singapore. our headlines once again... a setback for the biden administration as the us supreme court issues a ruling, limiting the government's ability to regulate emissions from power plants. 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. to our special focus now. this friday marks the 25th anniversary of the handover of hong kong, from uk to chinese rule. china promised to protect democratic freedoms for 50 years, but new laws introduced in 2020, have effectively silenced

all criticism in the territory. while the majority of hong kong's residents identify as ethnically chinese, the city is a diverse melting pot of varying cultures and ethnicities including south asians. to help us understand the south asian diaspora in the city, we can now speak to asim hussain, whojoins us live from hong kong. thank you very much for your time here on newsday. good to be speaking to you. as a fourth generation south asian born and raised in hong kong, how has it really been for you growing up in a place like hong kong? growing up in a place like hong kont? ., growing up in a place like hong kona ? ., ., ~ growing up in a place like hong kont? ., ., ~' growing up in a place like hong kon. ? ., ., ~' y., ., kong? good morning. thank you for havin: kong? good morning. thank you for having me- — kong? good morning. thank you for having me. look, _ kong? good morning. thank you for having me. look, my— kong? good morning. thank you for having me. look, my family's - kong? good morning. thank you for having me. look, my family's been | having me. look, my family's been here for over 100 years, and this has been home for us. hong kong is a

really dynamic city. growing up in the 80s and 90s, amazing childhood. like you said, we were quite big south asian contingent. over halfi million people here also consider hong kong to be home. we neverfelt differently. growing up over here, calling hong kong home is a part of our identity. calling hong kong home is a part of our identity-— our identity. looking back at the last 25 years. — our identity. looking back at the last 25 years, how _ our identity. looking back at the last 25 years, how do _ our identity. looking back at the last 25 years, how do you - our identity. looking back at the last 25 years, how do you see i our identity. looking back at the i last 25 years, how do you see hong kong having changed if at all? really, i think that this is what is frustrating about the last two years that we've been at a standstill, because otherwise, change is constant in hong kong. as i talk to the old—timers in the city, changes the old—timers in the city, changes the part they've the city's dna. it's always evolving, always moving, and to answer your question, there

has been a lot of change in the last 25 years. i can tell you there used to be a manufacturing hub in the 60s and 70s and 80s and parts of the 90s can. however, we become a more service orientated economy in our day—to—day lives as well. i can share with you that hong kong today feels more part of... more integrated with mainland china than it did perhaps 25 years ago. and it did perhaps 25 years ago. and what would _ it did perhaps 25 years ago. and what would you like to see in the next 25 yea rs— what would you like to see in the next 25 years— in hong kong wins because we're at that milestone. really, 25 years is a long time. i'll tell you what we need in the immediate term. that is we need to follow the pattern of cities like singapore and start opening the city of. one thing that makes hong kong

so dynamic and unique is the city sort of becomes home for everyone very quickly, and we haven't been able to open the city up to outsiders for the last two and a half years. very strange covid restrictions and quarantine rules, so in the immediate term, as a part of the hospitality industry, when i'm hoping for is to see a bit of an opening up. similar to cities like singapore. i'm sure you're aware, we have some of the strictest quarantine rules still active in hong kong at the moment. mil quarantine rules still active in hong kong at the moment. all right, thanks very much. _ let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. at least six people have been shot dead and many injured during pro—democracy protests in the sudanese capital, khartoum. large crowds gathered in several cities, calling on the army to leave politics, following a military coup which toppled the government last october. bridges in khartoum have been

blocked and the internet has been cut off to try and stop people marching. poland says it has completed a new steel fence along its border with belarus to curb the flow of undocumented migrants. the $350 million barrier is over five metres high and will be equipped with surveillance cameras. it was built after a surge in the number of people fleeing poverty and conflict — mostly in the middle east. poland has accused belarus of actively encouraging people to make the journey. let's turn to japan now. the country is battling an unprecedented heatwave, and many are getting worried about a possible shortage of electricity to keep air conditioners going. tokyo reported record—breaking temperatures on thursday, making it the worstjune heatwave injapan since records began in 1875. our tokyo correspondent, rupert wingfield—hayes, reports. in this town, it is another blazing hot day. at 11am, the temperature is already

somewhere north of 40 celsius. for this man, his wife and brother, working outside in these conditions isn'tjust hard, it's dangerous. he shows me the electric fans in his jacket, designed to keep him cool, but they hardly seem up to the task. "it went up to 47 degrees on the car's thermometer yesterday," he tells me. "is it dangerous?" i ask. "yes, it's dangerous. "we've never had temperatures like this before injune. "usually, it's raining now." a week ago, most people have never heard of this little city, 100 km north of tokyo. now, it's suddenly famous. this is now officially the hottest place injapan. it's been above 40 degrees twice already this week, and according to my

thermometer, it's well above out there in the sunshine today. this has never happened before injune anywhere injapan. this should be the middle of the rainy season, and it's causing huge problems for japan's electricity generating system. itjust barely keeping up with demand, and if it fails, people are going to die. these heat waves are going to die. these heat waves are notjust are going to die. these heat waves are not just a are going to die. these heat waves are notjust a naturalfluctuation of weather. man—made climate change is making them more extreme and more dangerous. is making them more extreme and more dancerous. , ' :: :: is making them more extreme and more dancerous. , ':: :: , ., , dangerous. over the past 100 years, the average — dangerous. over the past 100 years, the average temperature _ dangerous. over the past100 years, the average temperature for- dangerous. over the past 100 years, the average temperature for the - the average temperature for the japan has risen by abouti degrees, which is more than a world record. for tokyo, which is more than a world record. fortokyo, it which is more than a world record. for tokyo, it was like three degrees higher, so temperatures have been rising. definitely, climate change is part of the reason. the increasing _ is part of the reason. the increasing frequently - is part of the reason. the increasing frequently hit wave are particularly dangerous for old people, of which japan has many. so here in the north of tokyo, they've opening a cooling down the centre,

where i find 86—year—old taking refuge from the heat and playing japanese test. "i'm overwhelmed by the heat he says. i don't want to use the air at home. we've been told if we don't, we could die." years ago, another heatwave killed scores of elderly people and put 20,000 in hospital. this one is expected to break on sunday, and for millions of people acrossjapan, break on sunday, and for millions of people across japan, it won't come a moment too soon. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. tennis now — and it was a rainy day four at wimbledon, where rafael nadal is through to round three, and britain's katie boulter, who had a wildcard, was a surprise winner. our sports correspondent, chetan pathak, was watching the action. the great champions have a habit of just 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. he's finding his feet underneath the grass. he may have drop a set, but his hopes of winning a third whimpered and sidle —— wimbledon title. his biggest fan is the world number one, who survived a big scare. thursday's stand out result for the british fans involved home favourite boulter. at 25 years old, her rear leg by injury. she knocked out last year's finalist, karolina pliskova, the biggest win of boulter�*s life. after the match, she dedicated her win to her grandma, who died only two days ago.

two former champions looking particularly good. and the men's drawl, all eyes on a fascinating third round match between the fourth steed stefan a tsitsipas, who is now going to play nick kyrgios. he also went through in straight sets against filip krajinovic. finally, the sculpture that really gets you thinking demands a very high price. gets you thinking demands a very hiuh rice. ':: :: :: gets you thinking demands a very hiuh -rice. ':: z: z: gets you thinking demands a very high price._ we're - high price. 1000 euros. we're talkin: high price. 1000 euros. we're talking about _ high price. 1000 euros. we're talking about a _ high price. 1000 euros. we're talking about a bronze - high price. 1000 euros. we're talking about a bronze cast i high price. 1000 euros. we're talking about a bronze cast of| high price. 1000 euros. we're i talking about a bronze cast of the thinker by french sculptor sold in paris on thursday. there are only 30 cast of this sculpture. how long did the

new owner spend as much one certainly wonders. thursday was a day of sunday and showers, but the showers were a lot bigger. whenever you see big clouds like these, you know someone is getting soaked. really have to shower. the showers that develop through the day have actually kept doing for the first part of the night. they will generally begin to fade away over the next few hours, but at the same time, we might see some rain spinning its way across the north sea. grazing northeast scotland. friday, we've got low pressure and

stars. —— in charge. here's the forecast for wimbledon. the computer reckons it's dry. you might be lucky, but i go for a chance of a shower, to be honest. come the afternoon, some of them will turn heavy and thundery. the greatest chance of seeing those heavier showers will be across eastern areas of scotland. down to about norfolk. temperatures similar to recent days, high teens, low 20s in the east. feeling warm in the sunshine but a bit more of a breeze around on friday. so we can seize further weather fronts diving eastwards across the uk. we start off with this weak weather front pushing eastwards across england and wales.

it's here where we've got the greatest chance of seeing some thunder and those temperatures not really changing a great deal. low 20s in the east, but for most of us, temperatures into the high teens. pressure starts to gradually rise from the southwest as we go through sunday, so probably dry for wales, western england, the midlands. a few showers elsewhere notably across scotland and northern ireland. temperatures haven't really changed. pressure will rise into next week, so more of us will enjoy drier weather, a bit more sunshine and it will start to get a bit warmer.

this is bbc news, the headlines the us supreme court has issued a ruling limiting the government's ability to regulate emissions from power plants. the decision is a significant blow to president biden's efforts to tackle climate change. president biden says russia is paying a very heavy price for invading ukraine and will not be able to defeat it. speaking at the end of a nato summit in madrid, he said the war would not end — with russia defeating ukraine. the indonesian president, joko widodo, says he delivered a note from president zelensky of ukraine to russian president vladimir putin, after meeting the two leaders on consecutive days. japan is continuing to endure a heatwave which has seen the highestjune temperatures since records began well over a century ago.