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Joy as US climate bill clears Senate hurdle

Democratic Senators in the US 'ecstatic' that bill to tackle climate change passes Senate vote.

Democrats in the US Senate say they're elated after they finally approved a key plank of President Joe Biden's domestic agenda - a bill to fight climate change as well as reduce healthcare costs. A climate reporter in the US tells us more.

We hear from our reporter in Afghanistan, where infant and maternal mortality rates have risen since the return to power of the Taliban in 2021.

And there's fear among the Muslim community in the US state of New Mexico after the killing of another Muslim man there.

50 minutes

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  • Mon 8 Aug 202204:06GMT