which is more cruel and unusual? one of the most influential appellate courts erupted in public disagreement over one of the most difficult issues of our time, homelessness. having recently decided matters of affirmative action, student loans and adoption, on top of last year s rulings concerning abortion, guns, religion and climate change, scotus might soon have the final word here, too. at issue, ordinances in grants pass, oregon, which would impose fines on homeless people for encampment on public property. a trial court was faced with this issue, whether cities can impose criminal penalties for sitting, sleeping or lying outside on public property for homeless individuals who cannot obtain shelter. it held the ordinances were unconstitutional and constituted cruel and unusual punishment under the eighth amendment. the matter came before the powerful ninth circuit court, which has jurisdiction for much of the western united states and all of california. the ninth circuit
will be travelling to london for the king s coronation. hello, and welcome to bbc news. i m lukwesa burak. three members of the world food programme are among nearly 70 people reported to have been killed, as rival wings of sudan s armed forces battle for power. the wfp has now halted operations in the country. these are the latest pictures from khartoum where there is black smoke over the city. there are fears the violence will delay the planned transition to civilian rule in sudan. egypt and south sudan have offered to mediate. there are now reports of fighting around the country, with eyewitness accounts of sudanese army strikes in the city of omdurman. the target is a base of the enemy rapid support forces, north east of khartoum. beverly ochieng from the bbc s monitoring service has the latest from nairobi. some of the latest tallies we are seeing from a prominent doctors union is that nearly 70 people have been killed injust two days of violence. there have been cl
hello and welcome to bbc news. i m lukwesa burak. three members of the world food programme are among nearly 70 people reported to have been killed as rival wings of sudan s armed forces, battle for power. the wfp has now halted operations in the country. these are the latest pictures from the capital, khartoum, where black smoke can be seen rising above the city. there are fears the violence will delay the planned transition to civilian rule in sudan. egypt and south sudan have offered to mediate. latest reports say that fighting has now broken out across other parts of the country with eyewitness accounts of sudanese army strikes in the city of omdurman. the target is a base of the paramilitary, rapid support forces, north east of khartoum. beverly ochieng is from the bbc s monitoring service and has the latest from nairobi. some of the latest tallies we are seeing from a prominent doctors union is that nearly 70 people have been killed injust two days of violence. t
motorways in england, is being cancelled over safety concerns and costs. hello and welcome to bbc news. our breaking news this hour, four people have been killed in a shooting at a 16th birthday party in the us state of alabama. it happened in the town of dadeville, at around 10:30pm local time on saturday evening. at least 20 people were shot and wounded most of them teenagers. these are pictures of the scene. at this stage, there is no official confirmation about what led to the shooting, but there seems to have been some sort of altercation that then escalated. we don t know if any suspects have been arrested. we are keeping a close eye on developments, as is our correspondent in washington, jessica parker. what more can you add to the story? as you say, we have not had many official details through yet, but what we do know looking at local media reports is that there appears to have been a shooting at around 10:30pm local time last night in dadeville, a small town, cen
latest sports news. thanks forjoining us on the programme. lots to get through but we start with football on a busy night of action around europe. in the premier league there s been two huge matches with implications at both ends of the table. manchester united moved back into the top four, after a 1 0 win over brentford at old trafford. marcus rashford with the goal in the first half. it s a victory that lifts united back above tottenham in the race for champions league places. i think we played very good foot tall, especially the first half, it s not easy against this very good team. we took great chances, the first half especially. the second half it was better but we saw what i missed on the sunday, and we do it over the line. and manchester united are level on points with newcastle who stay third but improved their goal difference even further with a 5 1 demolition of west ham at the london stadium. callum wilson and joelinton had them two up, before kurt zouma