this is bbc news. i'm samantha simmonds with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. voters in the us state of wyoming oust the trump critic, republican liz cheney, from her seat in congress, replacing her with a candidate who supports mr trump's unfounded claims of voter fraud. tonight, harriet hageman has received the most votes in this primary. she won. i called her to concede the race. this primary election is over. president biden signs on the dotted line — the biggest ever investment in green energy passes into law, with more than 300 billion dollars of new spending. this bill is the biggest step forward on climate, ever — ever — and it is going

to allow us to boldly take additional steps toward meeting all of my climate goals. thousands of it terms of written�*s 1970s and 80s contaminated written�*s1970s and 80s contaminated blood scandal are to receive £100,000 each in compensation from the government. the world's richest man, elon musk, teases the prospect of buying manchester united, in a late night tweet. the republican liz cheney, a fierce critic of donald trump, has lost her seat in the us congress to a woman who supports the former president's unfounded claims of voterfraud. she told her supporters in the state of wyoming that she had conceded to her rival harriet hageman. liz cheney said she was

horrified by the violence and chaos of january 6 and insisted that those responsible must be brought to account. never in our nation's 246 years have we seen what we saw on january 6th. like so many americans, i assumed that the violence and the chaos of that date would have prompted a united response, a recognition that this was a line that must never be crossed, a tragic chapter in our nation's history to be studied by historians to ensure that it can never happen again, but instead, major elements of my party still vehemently defend those who caused it. at the heart of the attack onjanuary 6th is a willingness to accept dangerous conspiracies that attack the very core premise of our nation, that lawful elections, reviewed by the courts when necessary, and certified by the states and electoral college, determine who serves as president.

if we do not condemn the conspiracies and the lies, if we do not hold those responsible to account, we will be excusing this conduct and it will become a feature of all elections. america will never be the same. liz cheney has accused donald trump of inciting violence once again, by voicing conspiracy theories. donald trump knows that voicing these conspiracies will provoke violence and threats of violence. this happened onjanuary 6th and it's now happening again. it is entirely foreseeable that the violence will escalate further, yet he and others continue purposefully to feed the danger. today, ourfederal law enforcement is being threatened, a federal judge been threatened, fresh threats of violence are arising everywhere and despite knowing all of this, donald trump recently released the names of the fbi agents involved in the search. that was purposeful and malicious. no patriotic american should excuse these threats or be intimidated by them. our great nation must not be

ruled by a mob provoked over social media. john is injackson, wyoming, and hejoins me now. welcome. this defeat did not come as a surprise to liz cheney and her team but explain the background, the context to this vote. ., , the background, the context to this vote. . , ., this vote. some answer, we have now not this vote. some answer, we have now got about — this vote. some answer, we have now got about three _ this vote. some answer, we have now got about three quarters - this vote. some answer, we have now got about three quarters of. now got about three quarters of the votes counted here in wyoming and the results, so far, put harriet, the candidate handpicked by donald trump in this con test on 64% and liz cheney, the incumbent congresswoman targeted

precisely because of her criticism of donald trump �*s attempts to cling to power on 30% of the vote. in fact, so overwhelming as the scale of liz cheney's defeat that within about one hour or so of pulse closing it was clear that she had been buried by this company and landslide of vengeance. in her speech that you have been playing at circuits from there, it was interesting, i think, is the way she delivered it as a kind of abject lesson in sportsmanship. mentor is a deliberate contrast to donald trump �*s refusal to concede backin trump �*s refusal to concede back in 2020. interestingly as well she mentioned that although this is a defeat for her here tonight, for her, she seesit her here tonight, for her, she sees it as the beginning of the fight to save american democracy. i fight to save american democracy.— fight to save american democracy. fight to save american democra . . ., ., , ., democracy. i wanted to ask you what does _ democracy. i wanted to ask you what does the _ democracy. i wanted to ask you what does the defeat _ democracy. i wanted to ask you what does the defeat mean - democracy. i wanted to ask you what does the defeat mean not| what does the defeat mean not just for wyoming but for the wider america?

just for wyoming but for the wider america ?_ just for wyoming but for the wider america? certainly the wa ms wider america? certainly the way ms cheney _ wider america? certainly the way ms cheney has - wider america? certainly the way ms cheney has been - wider america? certainly the - way ms cheney has been pitching this in that speech this evening, she thinks that the essence of american democracy is at stake. almost as if, to prove the contrast in position, donald trump was quick to respond to the result as well saying that he hopes that now that liz cheney has lost here that liz cheney has lost here that she disappears into the depths of political obscurity, he said. it is undoubtedly confirms donald trump as a kind of republican kingmaker showing he still wields huge influence within the movement and he still has huge loyalty among the republican rank and file who believe, largely believe, certainly here in the state of wyoming, this myth of a stolen election. but liz cheney suggested that the fight must go on, that those who believe in the principles of democracy and elections is underpinning the very freedoms that

americans enjoy need to join the fight and she was clearly beginning to map out something larger, possibly, ithink, the hens were there that this may be the beginnings of an attempt to craft a presidential run for herself, possibly in 2024, maybe with the aim of winning that race but, if not, at least adding on the way in stopping donald trump. she said she would do everything in her power to stop donald trump ever getting near the oval office ever again. getting near the oval office ever again-— getting near the oval office ever aain. ., ~ ,, , . ever again. thank you very much for updating _ ever again. thank you very much for updating us. _ the presidential signature was the final touch forjoe biden to enable the biggest ever investment to fight climate change in the us. the bill — known as the inflation reduction act — includes more than $400 billion of new spending. it is overwhelmingly about greener energy, as well as carbon capture and some incentives for fossil fuel companies in the shape of new drilling opportunities. mr biden said it was one of the most significant laws in america's history. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes reports.

it was a long time incoming, a hugely ambitious plan to tackle climate change that the democrats struggled to get through congress. a few weeks ago, with opposition in their own ranks, it recently seemed impossible but now the inflation reduction act is a reality, signed into law byjoe biden at the white house. this is a defining moment for the president. his biggest achievement in office. the new law includes more than $400 billion in new spending, big corporations will pay higher taxes. the measures to tackle climate change include support for solar energy, tax credits to help americans buy electric cars and rebates for families to install energy—efficient appliances. and medicare, the us healthcare system for people over 65, will be able to negotiate lower drug prices. this bill is the biggest step forward on climate ever,

ever, and it's going to allow, allow us to boldly take additional steps toward meeting all of our climate goals, the ones we set out when we ran. it includes ensuring that we create clean energy opportunities in frontline and fenceline communities that have been smothered, smothered by the legacy of pollution, and fight environmental injustice that's been going on for so long. republicans are sceptical that the law will help to reduce inflation but with less than three months to go until america's mid—term elections, this is a legislative win that president biden and the democrats will try to use to their advantage. peter bowes, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news. an elderly man has died after being stabbed while riding a mobility scooter in ealing in west london. the metropolitan police say the man — who's believed to be in his 80s — died at the scene in greenford, despite the efforts of paramedics. no arrests have been made.

antonio guterres, the head of the united nations, will visit ukraine on thursday to meet president zelensky and president erdogan of turkey. mr guterres last visited ukraine in april when he witnessed some of the destruction in towns previously occupied by russian forces. campaigning is under way in brazil. in a race that will see the right—wing incumbent, jair bolsonaro, take on the left—wing former leader, luiz inacio lula da silva. the incumbent president addressed supporters in a location where he had previously been stabbed in the election beforehand. in portugal, over a thousand firefighters are battling a wildfire in the centre of the country, which has forced the evacuation

of several villages. the blaze, which has been burning for ten days, was brought under control on sunday, before reigniting again. smoke from the fire has travelled 400 kilometres to madrid, blanketing the skies of the spanish capital. the cuban government has announced it will allow foreign investment in local wholesale and retail trade for the first time since fidel castro's communist revolution of 1959. the move is aimed at tackling severe shortages of basic goods on the island. foreign investors will be allowed to fully own cu ban wholesalers or enter the market through joint ventures. thousands of victims of the contaminated lard scandal in britain will receive £100,000 eachin britain will receive £100,000 each in compensation from the government. this is in line with a recommendation made last month into what has been described as the worst treatment disaster in the history of the nhs. it has been described as the biggest treatment scandal in the nhs�*s history. tens of thousands were

infected with hiv, hepatitis see or both in the 1970s and 80s from contaminated blood. around 3000 people lost their lives, including steve gorman. he was a haemophiliac and his blood did not plot properly. he received medication from the nhs but it came from infected blood donors. his widow, sue, described the impact it had on their lives. i described the impact it had on their lives.— their lives. i had my earning ower their lives. i had my earning power taken _ their lives. i had my earning power taken away _ their lives. i had my earning power taken away from - their lives. i had my earning power taken away from me. j their lives. i had my earning . power taken away from me. my husband had his earning power taken away. we lost our home, everything we had. why shouldn't i, financially, because it is the only thing the government can give me, have some part of what i lost? she will be one of the 4000 vic limbs and bereaved partners who will receive interim condoms that make compensation of £100,000 from the government. more people are coming forward with an estimated 30,000 infected. this is, undoubtedly,

a significant milestone. the first time in over 40 years that the british government has accepted that compensation must paid to those caught up in this terrible tragedy of contaminated blood. however, although we very much welcome the payment of £100,000 is going to the surviving infected and the bereaved partners, sadly, children who have lost parents and parents who have lost children are not included. parents who lost children, children who lost parents are not on existing financial support schemes and will not receive compensation as part of this announcement. campaigners will continue to push for them to be included in these interim payments and for further payments and for further payments once the public enquiry concludes which it is expected to next year. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: we'll have all the details of britain's emma raducanu's victory over serena williams in the first round of the western and southern open

in cincinnati. washington, the world's most political city, is today assessing the political health of the world's most powerful man. indeed i did have a relationship with ms lewinsky that was not appropriate. in fact, it was wrong. in south africa, 97 people have been killed today, in one of the worst days of violence between rival black groups. over the last 10 days, 500 have died. crowd chant: czechoslovakia must be free! _ man: czechoslovakia must be free! - crowd chant: czechoslovakia must be free! _ russia is observing a national day of mourning for the 118 submariners who died on board the kursk. we are all with them now, within our hearts. the pope has celebrated mass before a congregation of more than 2.5 million people in his hometown of krakow. "stay with us, stay with us," - chanted this ocean of humanity. "well, well," joked the pope.

"so, you want mej to desert rome?" this is bbc news, the latest headlines: voters in the us state of wyoming have ousted the trump critic, republican liz cheney, from her seat in congress, replacing her with a candidate who supports mr trump's unfounded claims of voter fraud. president biden signs on the dotted line — the biggest—ever investment in green energy passes into law, with more than $400 billion of new spending. here's a story we've been following over the last couple of hours — the latest tweet from elon musk. here it is. after talking about his politics, he add a second tweet saying — there's no way of saying whether he's serious or not.

he's known for often taking to twitter to espouse certain things. but there you are — manchester united fans all over the world won't need reminding that they are not having the best start to the premier league season and many of their supporters have waged a long campaign against the current owners, the glazer family. 0ur reporter gareth barlow has been following the story and hejoins me now. a and hejoins me now. short tweet but possibly a and he joins me now. short tweet but possibly witt huge a short tweet but possibly with huge implications? he a short tweet but possibly with huge implications?— huge implications? he doesn't know how _ huge implications? he doesn't know how to — huge implications? he doesn't know how to make _ huge implications? he doesn't know how to make waves - huge implications? he doesn'tl know how to make waves when huge implications? he doesn't - know how to make waves when you have won 23 million twitter followers that goes round the world quickly, we have heard nothing more from elon musk or manchester united or the glazer family that own it. we do know the glazes were staying in the british press they were prepared to manchester united but looking for 5 billion us dollars. the club is not worth that it dollars. the club is not worth thatitis dollars. the club is not worth that it is with half that amount and affordable for elon musk because he is ludicrously or magnificently well. they

have not had the best of times of recent years for manchester united, lots of their fans and supporters upset and angry with the glazer family for how they have funded the club and bought it on manchester united, and if the world's richest man was to take over that could massively reverse these financial fortunes, but we don't know if he's been truthful or honest or taking us for a journey. we taking us for a “ourney. we never know _ taking us for a “ourney. we never know do_ taking us for a journey. we never know do we with elon musk, looking at the tweet, it has had 350,000 likes and counting. if he isn't serious because the authorities have something to say about it? you would think— something to say about it? you would think so, _ something to say about it? you would think so, you _ something to say about it? 7m, would think so, you go back to 2018 elon musk he had secured private funding to take tesla, the electric car company private, that turned out to be a joke to entertain his girlfriend at the time, he was sued by regulatory authorities in the united states, currently

the brouhaha if he is buying the brouhaha if he is buying the social media firm twitter for $40 billion, now he wants to walk away and twitter and elon are suing each other, he is being sued in the us by people who claims he has used tweaks to manipulate the price of twitter. where does manchester united? is this part of his punch—up for having a online or his plonch aunt for doing big business because he is ultimately very success. the only people who can answer that is the glazer family, the rest of us have to wait and see. hat of us have to wait and see. not many people — of us have to wait and see. not many people have the power to move markets like elon musk with a tweet. time for a look at the sport now. hello i'm tolsen tullett and this your sports news, where we start with football and rangers were held to a 2—2 draw at home by dutch side psv eindhoven in the first leg of their

champions league play off tie. afterfalling behind, the home side levelled before the interval through antonio colak, who scored his fourth goal in as many games, and tom lawrence's free—kick saw the glasgow club ahead with 20 minutes remaining — but armando 0bispo levelled matters late on ahead of next week's return leg in the netherlands. you know i think we gave everything, at moments we played really well, but, we played really well, but, we play against a quality side, the difference is over 90 minutes, you could see the score wasn't that big, so happy with the performance we could have had a better result but also the result could have been worse, everything to play for next week when we travel to eindhoven. qualifying continues on wednesday when dynamo kiev will play the portuguese side benfica. after wins over fenerbahce and sturm graz in the previous rounds, the ukrainian side are one tie away from an appearance in the group stages despite the difficulties presented to them against the backdrop of the war

in their country. wednesday's first leg takes place in lodz in poland, where many ukrainians find themselves as refugees. for the refugees it is so important, they are feeling the responsibility of the world is supporters from ukraine. 0ur supporters from ukraine. our own supporters will come here only to be together. it will be a lot of children and women, to be together, because it's very difficult for them to live like refugees. serena williams has been knocked out of the cincinnati open in the first round by british teenager emma raducanu. after winning the opening set 6—4 with little difficulty, the us open champion then dismantled the 23—time grand slam winner, williams, in the second set, not dropping a game as she recorded a quick—fire victory injust over an hour, and will now face another former world number one in victoria azarenka in the second round.

england's new era in test cricket continues in the coming hours. they welcome south africa to lord's, for the first of three tests, buoyed by an unbeaten start under new coach brendan mccullum. england's captain ben stokes says they'll continue to focus on how they play. it's after south africa's captain questioned the "longevity" of the attacking style they've taken on under mccullum. we play cricket how we play cricket, they play cricket how they play cricket but, we are not the ones talking about it all the time, it's them. 0bviously, doing the right thing, people know how we will come out and play, it's up to the opposition to respond to the opposition to respond to the stop. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me, tolsen tullett, and the rest of the team that's your sports news for now.

arcades used to be the go to place for children, teenagers and some adults — who spent countless hours playing pinball. nowadays, most kids are obsessed with smart phones, but for those who do fancy testing their reflex skills, there's a fantastic pinball museum in the american beach town of asbury park on thejersey shore. wendy urquhart reports. retro arcade on the boardwalk and asbury park is just as irresistible now as it was way back when. irresistible now as it was way back when-— irresistible now as it was way back when. when i was a kid, used to come _ back when. when i was a kid, used to come to _ back when. when i was a kid, used to come to old - back when. when i was a kid, used to come to old staff- back when. when i was a kid, used to come to old staff thisj used to come to old staff this reminds me of that. it's not around me so i come here to play. around me so i come here to -la . ~' around me so i come here to .la , ~' ., around me so i come here to play. like a treat for the senses- _ play. like a treat for the senses. it's _ play. like a treat for the senses. it's musical. - play. like a treat for the | senses. it's musical. you play. like a treat for the - senses. it's musical. you can touch— senses. it's musical. you can touch it — senses. it's musical. you can touch it feels different to a video— touch it feels different to a video game. it touch it feels different to a video game-— touch it feels different to a

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report there. the former uk pop idol contestant and theatre star darius danesh has died at the age of 41. the cause of death is not known, but his family say he was found in his us apartment. # still believe, still believe... when i'm not with you, i lose my mind. the scottish singer rose to fame when he gave this memorable audition singing �*baby one more time' for the itv show popstars in 2001 before going on to finish third on pop idol the following year. # nobody told me it would feel so good. nobody said you would feel so beautiful.

after turning down the offer of a record deal with the entrepreneur and record executive simon cowell, his debut single colourblind went straight to the top of the charts, and he went on to forge a successful stage career performing in west end shows, including chicago and guys and dolls. before we go a reminder of the top story, the us republican liz cheney a fierce critic of donald trump, has lost her seat in congress after being ousted by voters in wyoming, she said she had conceded victory to her rival harriet hagerman, who was endorsed by the former president,, who supports donald trump's unfounded claims of voter fraud. trump's unfounded claims of voterfraud. to trump's unfounded claims of voter fraud. to stay with us all the latest business stories including looking ahead to inflation figures, uk inflation figures out today, last month

they had a 40 year high, expected to go to double figures today, i'll see you back here in a couple of minutes. hello there. a north—south divide across the country today. northern areas looked largely dry with plenty of sunshine, but again, across england and wales, closer to a thundery low than we're likely to see these thundery showers developing. again, they could be heavy enough to cause some localised flooding, especially from the midlands southwards. you can see that thundery low to the south, a ridge of high pressure building in across the north. this weather system will arrive across northern and western areas on thursday. so again, for large parts of england and wales, we'll see the clouds bubbling up, thunderstorms breaking out pretty much anywhere, but certainly across the midlands, in towards south, southeast england. further north, widespread sunshine around, light winds too. a very pleasant day, with temperatures reaching around 18 or 19 degrees, england and wales.

little bit cooler, still quite humid in the southeast, top temperatures 20—23 degrees. as we move through wednesday night, the showers and thunderstorms continue to rattle on across to east anglia and the southeast. and then eventually, they'll clear away and we start to see some wetter weather and breezier weather pushing into scotland and northern ireland, so temperatures recovering here. a few chilly spots under the clear skies, northern england, 11—15 across the south and east. here's thursday's pressure picture, then. this weather front bringing outbreaks of rain into scotland, northern ireland, perhaps western england and wales through the day. some heavy bursts mixed in there, quite a lot of cloud, generally. across the east and southeast of england, though, apart from the odd shower around, we should see some good spells of sunshine, so a quieter story here. a little bit warmer with more sunshine in the southeast, up to 25 degrees. around 20 or 21 as well across scotland and northern ireland. into friday, looks like that weather front eventually clears away from the southeast of england. we've got further sunshine and showers, scotland and northern ireland, northwest england, but quite a bit of sunshine, i think,

across central, southern and eastern england. and again, quite warm — 25 degrees. around the high teens in the north and the west, these sorts of values closer to the seasonal norm. we hold onto the run of westerly winds as we head into the weekend, this feature bringing an area of wet and windy weather across scotland. as we move through saturday night into sunday, though, we'll look at the next system, which will bring a spell of wet and windy weather across the whole of the uk during sunday. so for saturday, then, it looks like it's northern areas which will see the showers. drier further south. sunday, though, looks unsettled across the whole of the uk, with outbreaks of heavy rain in places.

this is bbc news with the latest business headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. prices are rising faster than they have done for 40 years in the uk. and today we'll find out just how much they have risen in july — and it could be in double digits. how has working from home changed our cities, and what can be done to revive them. it was 40 years ago today the first cd was made at a factory in germany. and despite the rise of streaming it proves itself unexplicably resiliant with sales actually increasing in the us. and will he or won't he? elon musk hence he may purchase manchester united. —— hints.