The liberal democrats have won an historic by election in chesham and amersham, taking a parliamentary seat that has always been conservative. sarah greene won the buckinghamshire seat, overturning a majority of more than 16,000. the seat was held by former welsh secretary cheryl gillan, who died in april. the us supreme court has rejected the latest republican led challenge to the law known as 0bamacare. it s the third time the affordable care act law has survived a vote. barack 0bama said it showed that his signature policy was here to stay . the united nations is warning of an imminent famine in ethiopia s tigray region, unless drastic measures are taken fast. it s close to eight months since war broke out and there continue to be reports of abuses. there have been repeated international calls for hostilities to end. now on bbc news, our world.
We will continue the work of holding this government to account by letting covid 19 ripped through the air for care homes, we will speak up for 3 million people excluded from financial support through a pandemic, and we will challenge borisjohnson to be far more ambitious in tackling climate change, supporting our frontline workers and backing our small businesses. the liberal democrats will ensure that they will be held accountable and they will be scrutinised. accountable and they will be scrutinised. . , , . sarah greene there. earlier, i spoke to the bbc s andy holmes, who was at the count in chesham, and he agreed this was a great result for the lib dems. yeah, this has been a seat that has been conservative since 197a. if you look at the facts, the last 13 elections in chesham and amersham have seen the conservatives win by a majority of 10,000. you have to go back 100 years to the last time there was a liberal mp here, but that is what s happened this evening. when i spoke t
Usually they do not have any drivers, they are piloted. more similar tojones than cars. we will see what happens without towards the end of the year. right, then, let s remind you of our breaking news this our. the liberal democrats have won an historic by election in chesham and amersham, overturning a majority of more than 16,000, the liberal democrats were hoping for an upsetin democrats were hoping for an upset in the safe conservative see. party leader ed davey said the result had sent a shockwave through british politics. the seat was held by cheryl gillan, who died in april. sarah greene won by more than 8000 votes in a convincing victory there for the liberal democrats. and that is it me. much more online. can reach me if you are on social media. you can reach me on twitter. i m @lvaughanjones.
Welcome back. this is bbc world news. i m lewis vaughan jones. the latest headlines: the liberal democrats have won an historic by election in chesham and amersham, taking a parliamentary seat that has always been conservative. the us supreme court has rejected the latest republican led challenge to the law known as 0bamacare the third time the law has survived a vote. it s close to eight months since war broke out in ethiopia s tigray region and there continue to be reports of abuses. the un warns of an imminent famine, unless drastic measures are taken fast. despite repeated international calls for hostilities to end to allow humanitarian access aid agencies are not reaching all those in need. kalkidan yibeltal sent this report. gitesh has had heart problems since he was a child. he needed constant medical attention. but as tigray s war raged,
That was the moment the lib dems one. dems won. the liberal democrats had been hoping for an upset in the safe conservative seat and party leader sir ed davey tweeted that the result had sent a shock wave through british politics . the seat was held by former welsh secretary cheryl gillan, who died in april. the liberal democrats sarah green won by more than 8000 votes. 0n the subject of strong and independent voices in our world, i have a message for every young woman out there. there will be people who will try to put you down, who will try to block your way and tell you that you can t. i m here tonight to tell you you can, you must, and you will. every voice should ring with equal power, equal strength and equal value that is what the liberal democrats stand for and that is what the people of chesham and amersham have voted for. this conservative party has taken people across our country for granted for far too long.