Provision. At the end of the day it was included so that only religious institutions could effectively veto on that decision to supply contraceptives free of charge to women who wanted them. Now, under donald trump, its being extended to include all employers. So if they decide for their own religious or moral reasons that they do not want to supply the women that they employ, essentially the funds through their health funds to pay for contraceptives, they will have the right to do that. How divisive a political issue is this . Its a hugely divisive legal issue. It always has been. Of course, right now, conservatives are celebrating this. Many of those conservatives are Donald Trumps base. This is something he promised to do when he was campaigning for office, for the presidency last year. He has kept true to his promise. For all that people had expected this to happen at some point, there will be an argument, a campaign and, yes, legal action to try to get this decision overturned. At
Us Vice President mike pence walks out of an nfl game part of a continuing row about american Football Players about kneeling during the national anthem. And the pound coin cut off will companies ignore sundays deadline for the old round coins, and continue to accept them . And in sport on bbc news, nothing to fear manager Chris Coleman rallies his wales team as they prepare for a crucial world cup qualifier against the republic of ireland. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Theresa may is to tell mps its time for the European Union to show some flexibility, when she gives parliament an update on the brexit negotiations this afternoon. The Prime Minister will say that the ball is in the eus court though a few hours ago, a spokesman for the European Commission hit back, saying the ball is entirely in the uks court. Theresa mays statement comes as the fifth round of negotiations begin in brussels the final set of talks before eu leaders decide whether enough progress has
To do it without gareth biro. And the weatherforecast . Gareth bale. This is what we have had this is what we would like, are we going to get . Later, a face you would insta ntly to get . Later, a face you would instantly recognise, but is day bright forecast for the artist behind it . Is there a bright forecast. He will be here to talk about it later. Good afternoon, this is afternoon live. Theresa may is to tell mps it is time for the European Union to show flexibility when she gives parliament an update on the brexit negotiations this afternoon. The Prime Minister will say the ball is in the court of the eu, although a spokesman for the European Commission said the ball is entirely in the uks court. We could have got oui in the uks court. We could have got our tennis correspondent to report on this staying put and ploughing on theresa may arrived back in number ten this morning after a difficult few days, but ahead of her statement in commons on brexit later, cabinet ministers have
And California Wildfires are burning out of control. Ten people have been killed and thousands have abandoned their homes. And coming up in the sport later in the hour on bbc news. What now for chris coleman, after wales fail to qualify for the world cup in russia . Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The defence contractor, bae systems, has confirmed it is going to cut almost 2,000 jobs at sites across the country. Its military aircraft business is most affected, with more than 750 job losses in lancashire, where the Eurofighter Typhoon is produced. The company employs more than 3a,000 people in the uk. 0ur correspondent, dan johnson, is in warton, near preston, which is one of the bae sites affected. Yes, this is one of the aes biggest facilities. They have two sides around preston, here and at samlesbury. More than 5000 people work on the eurofighter buttler typhoon. Long and proud history of designing, building and testing military aircraft. Although the news had lea
Nicola sturgeon criticises the uk governments handling of brexit, and hints taxes could rise in order to pay for Public Services. And in california, at least 11 dead in wildfires which have destroyed 1500 homes. Our main story at five, the catalan president is about to address the regions parliament, to present his governments results of the disputed referendum on independence from spain. Carles puigdemont has said on several occasions that he will declare independence, despite opposition across spain and criticism from european governments. Madrid says the referendum was unlawful, and tensions are running high. Security outside the Parliament Building is tight. These are the scenes live in barcelona where mr puigdemont is due to begin his address shortly. There are around 135 members in that parliament who will be listening carefully. Lets cross straight to my colleague tim willcox who is outside the Parliament Building. Iam i am outside the Catalan Parliament where in the next few mi