this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. chinese president xijinping has sworn in hong kong's new leader at a ceremony marking 25 years since the end of british colonial rule. commentator: the practice of one country, two systems have achieved the success in hong kong recognised by all since his return to the motherland. president biden vows to press ahead with cutting greenhouse gas emissions despite key defeat in the supreme court. more travel misery for passengers as easyjet and ryanair crews in spain walk

out over pay and conditions. temperatures in japan are temperatures injapan are at their highest in nearly 150 years. now, fears that the electricity grid could be overwhelmed. hello and welcome. 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. in a speech, mr lee praised the security law that's been used to crush pro—democracy protests. he said it had brought stability. britain has accused beijing of failing to meet the commitments it made to respect hong kong's freedoms. mark lobel reports.

president xi �*s steps out of china since the start of the pandemic, choosing hong kong, two years on controller parr state security law here stifling protests, reducing the city public autonomy. it is also 25 years since the british handover to chinese rule. translation: the practice of one country, two systems has achieved success in hong kong, recognised by all. but after scenes like these, britain now fears that agreement has gone up fears that agreement has gone up in smoke. we fears that agreement has gone up in smoke-— fears that agreement has gone up in smoke. we simply cannot avoid the _ up in smoke. we simply cannot avoid the fact _ up in smoke. we simply cannot avoid the fact that _ up in smoke. we simply cannot avoid the fact that for - up in smoke. we simply cannot avoid the fact that for some - avoid the fact that for some time now, beijing has been failing to comply with its obligations.— failing to comply with its obligations. friday marked another handover, - obligations. friday marked another handover, the - obligations. friday marked - another handover, the swearing in of hong kong was mcnew leader, john lee, a former police officer under the

watchful eye of the president. translation: the watchful eye of the president. translation:— watchful eye of the president. translation: the rule of law is the cornerstone _ translation: the rule of law is the cornerstone of— translation: the rule of law is the cornerstone of hong - translation: the rule of law is the cornerstone of hong kong i the cornerstone of hong kong was much success. is the cornerstone of hong kong was much success.— the cornerstone of hong kong was much success. is the first winner of— was much success. is the first winner of elections _ was much success. is the first winner of elections in - was much success. is the first winner of elections in which i winner of elections in which only those loyal to china could run in an increasingly divided hong kong. run in an increasingly divided hong kong-— run in an increasingly divided hon: kona. ., ., hong kong. there are those who are probating. — hong kong. there are those who are probating, who _ hong kong. there are those who are probating, who are _ hong kong. there are those who are probating, who are happy, i are probating, who are happy, and there are those who are very, very anguished and very worried or even scared, and there are thousands of people, including members of my party, including members of my party, in prison. in including members of my party, in rison. ., ., in prison. in addition, pro-democracy - in prison. in addition, pro-democracy news| in prison. in addition, - pro-democracy news outlets in prison. in addition, _ pro-democracy news outlets have pro—democracy news outlets have been shut down and a zero covid policy makes life here uneasy. that is not everyone parliament liking. orthan 130,000 people liking. or than 130,000 people have liking. orthan 130,000 people have left liking. 0rthan130,000 people have left hong kong since the start of the year, that doesn't bother this probating lawmaker. we will always have some loss or people coming in and out. it doesn't really matter. president xi's hailing for a new era for the city can also be regarded as a show of defiance for china's regional ambitions as well. it

influences rising. in the pacific thanks to a security pact with the solomon islands. and last month, its defence minister vowed to crush any effort by taiwan to pursue independence.— effort by taiwan to pursue independence. they are really - re arin . independence. they are really preparing in — independence. they are really preparing in full _ independence. they are really preparing in full force - independence. they are really preparing in full force in - preparing in full force in military or quasi— military options in solving the taiwan question, and so making hong kong fully in control, i don't think they care too much about taiwan's reaction anymore. president xi will be helping this visit commences mrs hongkongers and the world there is stability on these shores in his crackdown on hong kong and that would usher in a revival of the global financial centre's bruised economy. mark lobel, bbc news. let's get some of the day avenues. —— other news.

the ukrainian authorities say a russian missile has hit an apartment block in odesa, killing at least ten people. a spokesman for the regional administration said the missile was launched from an aircraft over the black sea. ukraine had hoped that the russian withdrawal on thursday from the strategically important snake island would ease the threat to odesa. the centrist, yair lapid, has become israel's prime minister, replacing naftali bennett as part of a power—sharing deal. the former tv chat show host helped to form a coalition of eight ideologically diverse parties and has taken over in a caretaker capacity until elections are held in november. the british politician chris pincher has resigned after complaints were made about his drunken behaviour at a private members club in london. in his resignation letter to the prime minister, he told the pm he "drank far too much" and "embarrassed myself and other people." 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. all six members of the conservative majority in the supreme court backed the landmark ruling, which marks a victory for the coal industry. the united nations has expressed its disappointment. while it is not our role to provide legal commentary on judicial decisions of individual member states, just more generally, i can say that this is a setback in our fight against climate change, when we are already far off track in meeting the goals of the paris agreement. the secretary general has said repeatedly that the g20 must lead the way in dramatically stepping up climate action. so, why is this supreme court decision such a blow for plans to tackle climate change? the 19 states that brought this case contributed to 44% of us emissions in 2018. since 2000, they've only achieved a 7% reduction

in emissions on average. president biden has committed the united states reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 against 2005 levels. i'm joined now by daniel kemman, a professor of nuclear engineering at the university of california, berkeley, and a climate change advisor to us administrations for over two decades. thank you very much forjoining me today. professor, how wide—reaching will the impact be felt of this ruling? i think it is a bit of a glass half empty, half full. it is very damaging because it does limit the agency's ability to set the standards. on the other hand, this wasn't as sweeping oras hand, this wasn't as sweeping or as broad stroke as many of us, myself included, were expecting it might be. that means it does limit the epa's ability to regulate and,

specifically, what it does is it says that any piece of guidance not explicitly given to the epa by congress, you can't pursue. on the other hand, states can set their own standards, and so while 19 primarily fossilfuel standards, and so while 19 primarily fossil fuel dominant states sided with the west virginia, we have new york, california, washington, new mexico, half the economy, actually a little more than that that are able to set their own standards, including bases like new york and california, but have set sap centre to go carbon neutral. the ruling against the epa doesn't look those, but it makes many of the other follow—on features much more different. other follow-on features much more different.— other follow-on features much more different. you mention the economy there. _ more different. you mention the economy there. it _ more different. you mention the economy there. it is _ more different. you mention the economy there. it is quite - economy there. it is quite possible that the united states will be facing a recession later on here. how willing will the electorate be to renewables

at a time of potentially quite severe economic crisis? this i think is where _ severe economic crisis? this i think is where it _ think is where it gets interesting because clean energy, renewables in general are now cheaper than fossil fuels stop in fact it is now cheaper to build a new solar or wind power plant than to simply operate an existing fossil fuel plant. so that really tilts the economic story for any new power you want to build towards renewable energy. states that have already adopted their own carbon neutral goals such as california, new york for 2035 and 2050, those targets remain in place. the chilling effect, however, is that especially the thing about a recession, many of thejob thing about a recession, many of the job growth that we are going to see, because there are morejobs per dollar going to see, because there are more jobs per dollar invested available in renewable energy that in fossil fuel energy, what continue to go to the states that have already launched these efforts, and the problem there is that makes the

rich richer and the poor poorer, and it makes both the political divide and the climate divide worse than a country already badly divided. thank you very much for your time today. thank you. thank ou. over the last few weeks, there's been nothing but misery for airline passengers as thousands of flights were cancelled, leaving families in the lurch and their holiday plans ruined. last weekend, ryanair cabin crew unions in belgium, spain, portugal, france and italy went on strike. on thursday, crews in spain walked out yet again and easyjet staff are also set to take industrial action from friday. wendy urquhart reports. there were long queues at their ryanair desk on thursday, these passengers were going member —— nowhere because they call a strike over pay and conditions

are all flights were cancelled. translation: psi are all flights were cancelled. translation:— translation: at about five o'clock translation: at about five o'clock on — translation: at about five o'clock on the _ translation: at about five o'clock on the morning - translation: at about five o'clock on the morning we i translation: at about five i o'clock on the morning we were on the outcome of monitoring the departure board. the flight was on time and everything was perfect until 9:a0am when it appeared as cancelled, not delayed, just cancelled. no explanation, nothing. passengers flocked to customer services desks in the hope of securing alternative flights or refunds so that they could book with another airline, but for many, that proved to be a pointless exercise. we are t in: pointless exercise. we are trying to — pointless exercise. we are trying to get _ pointless exercise. we are trying to get home - pointless exercise. we are trying to get home to - pointless exercise. we are - trying to get home to denmark and ourflight was trying to get home to denmark and our flight was cancelled, but we tried to get here and fracture to maybe get a refund or have our tickets... changed for another flight, or have our tickets... changed foranotherflight, but or have our tickets... changed for another flight, but they wouldn't. it for another flight, but they wouldn't-— for another flight, but they wouldn't. , ., , wouldn't. it was the same story all over spain, _ wouldn't. it was the same story all over spain, and _ wouldn't. it was the same story all over spain, and there - wouldn't. it was the same story all over spain, and there is - all over spain, and there is more misery to come. easyjet crews are demanding a 40% pay

increase and they have scheduled nine days of strike action injuly scheduled nine days of strike action in july starting scheduled nine days of strike action injuly starting from friday to make sure they get it. wendy urquhart, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: the circus performers who fled war—torn ukraine are set to tour the uk this summer. china marked its first day of rule in hong kong with a series of spectacular celebrations. a huge fireworks 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. i for the first time in 20 years, i russian and american spacecraft

have docked in orbit - at the start of a new era of cooperation in space. tennis balls thwack cheering and applause challenger powered past the bishop rock lighthouse at almost 50 knots, shattering a record that had stood for 3h years, and there was no hiding the sheer elation of richard branson and his crew. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: chinese president xijinping has sworn in hong kong's new leader at a ceremony marking 25 years since the end of british colonial rule. staying with hong kong, let's cross live to our correspondent, martin yip.

martin, john lee is now sworn in so what do we know about him? who is he and what i his priorities?— him? who is he and what i his priorities? john lee has been a career policeman _ priorities? john lee has been a career policeman inaudible i priorities? john lee has been a l career policeman inaudible late 19705 career policeman inaudible late 1970s and worked his way up inaudible and became the secretary for security just before the 2019 anti—government protests broke out and that's exactly what the policy inaudible amendment to the extradition law of hong kong back then which inaudible so dramatically but then we saw beijing imposing the national security law, a major damp down of hong kong's pro—democracy movement so now he is going to run the government, being the first policeman to run this job. he promised in his speech just before the president made

his speech that he would dramatically increase hong kong's inaudible economy in this backdrop of xi jinping's greater area policy, that's what he promised to inaudible. his appointment has certainly worried pro—democracy activists and one former student leader nathan law has met mr lee and described him as authoritarian and more hawkish than his readers as a carrie lam and also going as far as saying he is notoriously difficult to deal with. is notoriously difficult to dealwith. —— is notoriously difficult to deal with. —— than his predecessor. where does this leave the fiver pro—democracy in hong kong? michael fought the fight for democracy. donnelly himself is hard to

predict, there has been much change to the pro—democracy securement because we already have the law that has put down much of the movement butjohn does promise to move on with further national security legislation, that's because beijing imposed that law an automatic in view of hong kong's failure to make its own national security legislation inaudible was an article 23 of inaudible was an article 23 of inaudible push on with it and that would involve areas like espionage on top of what we have already inaudible so it's going to be a much tougher pro—democracy movement pretty much for sure although the government insists there are inaudible enjoying so this is quite a murky picture i had for hong kong. —— ahead. quite a murky picture i had for hong kong. -- ahead.- quite a murky picture i had for hong kong. -- ahead. martin yip in hon: hong kong. -- ahead. martin yip in hong kong. — hong kong. -- ahead. martin yip in hong kong. a _ hong kong. -- ahead. martin yip in hong kong, a very— hong kong. -- ahead. martin yip in hong kong, a very windy - hong kong. -- ahead. martin yip in hong kong, a very windy hong|

in hong kong, a very windy hong kong. there is actually a typhoon warning raised for tropical storm in the area that has been lashing hong kong during the day so thank you, martin, for sticking with us there and from a windy hong kong to a very hotjapan. an unprecedented heatwave has got many worried about global warming and 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 nearly 150 years ago. rupert wingfield—hayes, reports. in isesaki, it is another blazing hot day. at 11am, the temperature is already somewhere north of a0 celsius. for masaya maruyama, his wife, and brother, working outside in these conditions isn'tjust hard, it's dangerous. masaya 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 had never heard of the little city of isesaki, 100 km north of tokyo. now, it's suddenly famous. —— of isesaki, 100km north of tokyo. this is now officially the hottest place injapan. it's been above a0 degrees twice already this week and, according to my thermometer, it's well above that 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 forjapan's electricity—generating system. it's just barely keeping up with demand and if it fails, people are going to die. these heatwaves are notjust a naturalfluctuation in weather. man—made climate change is making them more extreme and more dangerous.

over the past 100 years, the average temperature forjapan has risen by about one degree, which is more than a world record. for tokyo, it was like three degrees higher, so temperatures have been rising. so, definitely, climate change is part of the reason. the increasingly frequent heatwaves are particularly dangerous for old people, of which japan has many. so, here in the north of tokyo, they've opened a cooling—down centre, where i find 86—year—old kiyoji saito taking refuge from the heat and playing japanese chess. "i'm overwhelmed by the heat," he says. "coming here to cool down is really important. "i don't want to use the air—con at home, "but we've been told if we don't, we could die." four 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 across japan, it won't come a moment too soon. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. time now for the sports news. hello there. here's a sports update for you. novak djokovic continues his title defence against fellow serb miomir kecmanovic in the third round at wimbledon. djokovic has won at the all england club six times and is hoping he can lift a 21st singles grand slam title. djokovic has been his country's most famous star for years but in the 22—year—old kecmanovic lies a man who could potentially take over the mantle. it is different than playing anybody else because, you know, we are also friends and get along very well and practice a lot. if i can call myself a

mental to him a little bit in the last few years and i'm really glad that he is doing well —— mentor. he is kind of a player that likes probably a slower surface, player that likes probably a slowersurface, higher player that likes probably a slower surface, higher bounce like a hardcourt or a clay court but still, he has been playing well so one serbian player will be in the fourth round. that's the good news. on the women's side of the draw, 2018 champion angelique kerber is one of the big names in action on friday. the number 15 seed has looked pretty good so far. she dispatched of kristina mladenovic and magda linette in straight sets and takes on elise mertens in the third round. the former world number one has won the most matches on grass in the draw. in fact, the only active players to have more than kerber�*s 83 victories are serena and venus williams. after a break of 298 days, the test series between england and india resumes in birmingham on friday. it's the fifth and final match of a series that was suspended last september because a covid outbreak in the indian squad.

england are 2—1 down in the series, so they have to win at edgbaston to force a draw. how things have changed in those 298 days. a new coach and captain are in charge. brendon mccullum and ben stokes led england to a 3—0 series whitewash over world test champions new zealand with a brand of aggressive cricket — something stokes says won't change against india. we've just beeped the best teams in the world 3—0, india obviously are a completely different opposition, different, you know, dynamic of team but, you know, we have concentrated ourselves, we understand what we do well but we also have taken into account who we are playing against but because the opposition changes doesn't mean that we are going to change. ukrainian circus performers

who have escaped their war—torn country will be touring the britain this summer. 16 of them came to the uk under the homes for ukraine scheme after spending three months hiding from russian forces. emma baugh has been to meet them. my my name is danielle and i'm 23 years old and i'm ukrainian. in the circus, i am a dancer and i really enjoy it —— dania. i think that that's why i came to this world. think that that's why i came to this world-— this world. but that world was turned upside _ this world. but that world was turned upside down _ this world. but that world was turned upside down when - this world. but that world was turned upside down when war| turned upside down when war broke out. michael was caught in kharkiv, seeking shelter from the bombs.— in kharkiv, seeking shelter from the bombs. every day was worse and _ from the bombs. every day was worse and worse _ from the bombs. every day was worse and worse and _ from the bombs. every day was worse and worse and every - from the bombs. every day was. worse and worse and every night was worse and worse and every day, i was more exhausted. you are scared so much and you don't know what to do and i did not eat, the first day, i didn't sleep and i was scared to sleep at night because i was

afraid that i would not hear any sirens or explosions so i would not wake up next morning. victor was given special leave as an artist to flee ukraine with his wife and son. it’s with his wife and son. it's very dangerous, - with his wife and son. it�*s very dangerous, very dangerous all the time, there are rockets and everything and when we left, we, i not remember how many days, wejust left, we, i not remember how many days, we just one place after the other place —— viktor. i am very happy to come with all of my family. it is like a second my family also be safe here. my child going school. my wife work with me. we all together here. of course, we will see if the public like this because i am also in my heart like, i want to give it more.—

to give it more. the circus's co-founder _ to give it more. the circus's co-founder says _ to give it more. the circus's co-founder says it's - to give it more. the circus's co-founder says it's giving i to give it more. the circus's| co-founder says it's giving a co—founder says it's giving a lifeline. i co-founder says it's giving a lifeline. ~ �* , , lifeline. i think it's very important _ lifeline. i think it's very important to _ lifeline. i think it's very important to keep - lifeline. i think it's very important to keep it. lifeline. i think it's very important to keep it as | lifeline. i think it's very - important to keep it as normal as possible for all of them and this is what we trained to do, they love doing and the more they love doing and the more they not thinking about the bad things, it's betterfor them mental health. these positive emotions are getting stage is helping them through difficult times. �* , ., helping them through difficult times. i ., helping them through difficult times. �*, ., ., , ., times. it's to show how strong we are, times. it's to show how strong we are. that — times. it's to show how strong we are, that the _ times. it's to show how strong we are, that the disaster - we are, that the disaster happened in our country and we still can— happened in our country and we still can go— happened in our country and we still can go on stage, we can smile. — still can go on stage, we can smile, even if it's difficult. we — smile, even if it's difficult. we can— smile, even if it's difficult. we can smile and we can make people — we can smile and we can make people happy and we can show how talented, hard—working and how talented, hard—working and how strong we are. emma baugh, bbc news. just before we go, the story of a short hop to into a long haul. meet bob, racing pigeon who set off from guernsey in the channel islands three weeks

ago, adding to the north of england but 4000 miles away is where the bird ended up. his owner believes he may have hitched a ride on a passing oil tanker. hello again. well, thursday was a day of sunshine and showers but the day's showers were a lot bigger, there were loads more thunderstorms around than we've seen over the past few days and whenever you see big clouds tearing upwards through the skies like these, well, you know someone's getting soaked. someone lived in south newington as those heavy downpours came through here. really hefty shower. now, the showers and thunderstorms that developed through the day have actually kept going for the first part of the night as well and they have tended to migrate towards the pennines, north east england and will generally begin to fade away over the next few hours. but at the same time, we'll probably see some rain just spinning its way across the north sea, grazing north east scotland over the next few hours. here are your morning temperatures. now, for friday itself, we've got low pressure in charge. it's a day of sunshine and showers, broadly speaking. however, we will see another

low bringing some more general rain into northern ireland as we go through the afternoon. here's the forecast for wimbledon. the computer reckons it's dry. well, you might be lucky, i suppose, but i'd go for a chance of a shower, to be honest. the showers are going to be quite widespread. they'll get going through the morning and, 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 and down the eastern side of england, down to about norfolk, i suspect. temperatures similar to recent days — high teens across western areas, low 20s in the east. feeling warm in the sunshine with a bit more of a breeze around on friday compared with the last couple of days. the weekend sees further weather fronts diving eastwards across the uk and so on saturday, we start off with this weak weather front. a band of rain pushing eastwards across england and wales. what follows is, yeah, sunshine and showers again. some of them heavy, particularly across north—western areas this time. 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 generally, for most of us, we're looking at temperatures into the high teens. now, pressure starts to gradually rise from the south—west as we go through sunday, so probably dry for wales, good part of western england and probably the midlands, too. a few showers elsewhere, notably across scotland and northern ireland, and temperatures, well, they haven't changed very much, have they? pressure will rise more generally into next week, so more of us will enjoy drier weather, a bit more sunshine and it will start to get a bit warmer as well.

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