the crowd stampeded. president biden s efforts to introduce mandatory vaccines for businesses in the united states have been blocked, for the time being. an appeal court raised constitutional issues over a new law requiring employees of large private companies to be vaccinated against covid i9 or tested weekly. many republican states have filed legal challenges, accusing the president of overstepping his authority. mr biden says it is about setting a national standard of safety at work. i ve been speaking to sonia gipson rankin, a law professor at the university of new mexico. i asked her about the legal issues at the heart of the matter. so, we are at a pretty unique moment. as of friday, the united states department of labour occupational safety and health administration released their official regulations called an emergency temporary standards, and what they said was that, as you just mentioned, everyone must be vaccinated or agree to weekly testing, and if you re not vaccinated, w
welcome to bbc news i m rich preston. our top stories: hospitals overwhelmed in sierra leone after 100 people are killed in a fuel tanker explosion. many more are injured. us police are investigating reports that someone at a houston music festival was injecting people with drugs before the crowd stampeded. demonstrations around the world demanding urgent action to combat climate change as the cop26 summit continues. and the death of a pregnant woman sparks protests in poland against the country s near total ban on abortion. she s said to be the first woman to die as a result of the law.
hospitals overwhelmed after 100 people are killed in a fuel tanker explosion in sierra leone many more are injured. an investigation is underway into reports that someone at a houston music festival in the us was injecting people with drugs before the crowd stampeded. president biden s efforts to introduce mandatory vaccines for businesses in the united states have been blocked for the time being. an appeal court raised constitutional issues over a new law requiring employees of large private companies to be vaccinated against covid 19 or tested weekly. many republican states have filed legal challenges, accusing the president of overstepping his authority. mr biden says it is about setting a national standard of safety at work. i ve been speaking to sonia gipson rankin, a law professor at the university of new mexico. i asked her about the legal issues at the heart of the matter. we are at a pretty
hoping for positive news during the final week of talks, that it s not too late to deliver the substantial change they want. lorna gordon, bbc news, glasgow. you are watching bbc news, the headlines: hospitals overwhelmed after 100 people are killed in a fuel tanker explosion in sierra leone. many more are injured. an investigation is under way into reports that someone at a houston music festival in the us was injecting people with drugs before the crowd stampeded. president biden s efforts to introduce mandatory vaccines for businesses in the united states have been blocked for the time being. an appeal court raised constitutional issues over a new law requiring employees of large private companies to be vaccinated against covid i9 or tested weekly. many republican states have filed legal challenges, accusing the president of overstepping his authority. mr biden says it is about setting a national standard