The laws were introduced after the siege of the capital, onjanuary 6, which led to donald trump being removed from several social media networks. Supporters of the law that it was necessary to prevent censorship of conservative users a long running concern among republicans. They argued they were simply trying to regulate business behaviour, not the speech of these firms. But opponents, including the Industry Group challenging both laws, net choice, said they infringed on the platforms First Amendment rights, by limiting the content they can publish and warning that a ruling for the states would deal a blow to the online platforms biggest models, which rely on curation to attract users and advertisers. The Supreme Court is expected to issue its ruling injune in the crucial months ahead of the upcoming us president ial elections. In aviation news, a panel by the Us Government after questions democrat is in 2018 and 2019. Boeing is reviewing the findings. In Indias Adani Group is looking
explaining why he allowed the uk to take part in military action in yemen without first holding a commons debate. rishi sunak has faced criticism for not allowing mps to hold a discussion before britainjoined the us in bombing raids on houthi rebels who have been targeting commercial shipping in the red sea. our political correspondent leila nathoo has the story. rishi sunak has made his case that joining us air strikes on houthi targets in yemen on thursday night was an act of self defence to protect global shipping, that britain could not stand by while fighters defied warnings to stop their attacks on commercial vessels in the red sea, like this one they filmed. there has been broad political support for this limited action, but today mps will get their first chance to question the prime minister about his decision and what happens next. he ll have to address concerns about the escalation of tensions in the region, about the uk being drawn into a longer military campaign a
particularly treacherous conditions here. this is the radar picture showing us where the snow is falling. furthersouth showing us where the snow is falling. further south across much of england this is falling as rain and they could be some heavy and possibly thundery downpours clearing away later on this afternoon. of most concern is where we are seeing the falling snow, this weather front is stalling, some very strong winds too particularly over pennine routes where we could see blizzards and drifting snow. a wide range of temperatures today, 12 or 13 celsius in devon and cornwall later this afternoon with that much milder air towards the south. a weather system is going nowhere overnight tonight, particularly for central parts of the uk where the snow totals start to stack up even further, strong gusty winds on the edge of this as low as well, coastal gales towards the far south west, the channel islands potentially and we may see -15 islands potentially and we may see 15
Hello, im ben thompson. Youre watching the context on bbc news. British Prime Minister rishi sunak launches the conservative Election Campaign after calling a snap General Election forjuly fourth. So we begin with The Big Story of the day here in the uk news that the Prime Minister rishi sunak has announced a General Election will be held onjuly fourth. Lets speak to my colleague Geeta Guru Murthy whos in Downing Street. You have been following the story of the day. Farcical at some point in the day. Farcical at some Point In The Rain with the loud music but the conservatives and rishi sunak launching his campaign in somewhat dryer circumstances a bit later in the evening, focus or what went on today. The evening, focus or what went on toda. ~ ,. , the evening, focus or what went on today. Absolutely, an extraordinary few hours, today. Absolutely, an extraordinary few hours. Just today. Absolutely, an extraordinary few hours, just to today. Absolutely, an extraordinary few hours, just