a trial of refs wearing body cams in adult grassroots footy will be doubled after they were used in around 500 matches and no instance of abuse were recorded. and one for the swifties taylor swift has been named time magazine s person of the year to cap off a stellar 2023. the star said she is the proudest and happiest that she s ever felt. time now to leave you with 10 seconds of teddy. the teacher s pet, this assistant labradoodle, helps a teacher in london who had a stroke. you re all caught up. bye for now. voiceover: this is bbc news. we ll have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. the framers of the american constitution harboured few illusions about human nature, and that s why they invested so much significance in this place the us supreme court, the ultimate check on executive and legislative power. my guest today was the first woman to be appointed as a justice in this court. for 25 years, she
you were raised on a ranch in remote arizona. i was. you described yourself as a cowgirl. well, i was. i grew up on this remote cattle ranch that was half in arizona and half in new mexico. we weren t near any town. and so our little community consisted of my parents and me and about six cowboys. and we all lived, basically, in the same place and tried to run the ranch. we had cattle and we also raised enough horses to do the work on the ranch. and that was my life. so you were a very practical girl? i think so, because we had to solve all the problems ourselves. if something broke down or you had a problem, you couldn t turn to the yellow pages and call a repair person for help. you had to fix it yourself. and would you say that you brought that sort of common sense, that practicality, to your long career in the law and in public service? perhaps a bit. and my parents were very independent in the sense that they thought the best government was the government closest to them
the bbc has not independently verified the latest claims by the idf. israel is now warning people living in northern gaza to move further south as it steps up what it says is the third phase of its ground operations against hamas. the un says nearly i.9m people have been forced from their homes since israel s retaliatory strikes began, after hamas attacks on october the seventh. this as testimony is coming to light about the horrors of the october 7th attacks nearly two months later. the bbc has been hearing evidence that women were sexually assaulted, raped and mutilated during hamas s attacks on southern israel. israeli investigators say they are trawling through 60,000 hours of footage, and have compiled more than a thousand testimonies from witnesses and those who handled the bodies of victims after the attack. this report from our middle east correspondent, lucy williamson, contains graphic details and testimony you may find very disturbing. out of the chaos and mass
other stories, a trial of on like this and so much pain. some other stories, a trial of refs - other stories, a trial of refs wearing body cams, they were used in around five churches and no instance of abuse were recorded. and one for the swift case, taylor swift has been named time magazines persevere, for a 23. she is the proudest and happiness she s ever felt. time now to leave you with ten seconds of the teachers pet. this assistant robert helps a in london who had a stroke, you re all caught up, bye for now. this is bbc news. we ll have the headlines at the top of the hour, as newsday continues straight after hardtalk. the framers of the american constitution harboured few illusions about human nature, and that s why they invested so much significance in this place the us supreme court, the ultimate check on executive and legislative power. my guest today was the first woman to be appointed as a justice in this court. for 25 years, she was one of its most influentia