Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. The Us Supreme Court has ruled against the latest republican challenge to the affordable Care Act known as obamaca re. Its survived the third attempt to strike it down, which was led by eighteen republican controlled states. President biden described the decision as a big win for the american people while Barack Obama said it showed that his Signature Policy � was here to stay�. Our north america correspondent, david willis, joins us from los angeles. Does it mean this is here to stay now . It does it mean this is here to stay now . Does it mean this is here to sta now . ,. , stay now . It pretty much does, es. Stay now . It pretty much does, yes this stay now . It pretty much does, yes this is. Stay now . It pretty much does, yes. This is, as stay now . It pretty much does, yes. This is, as he stay now . It pretty much does, yes. This is, as he said, stay now . It pretty much does, yes. This is, as he said, the yes. This is, as he said, the third time the highest court in the land here in the united states has been called on to consider a challenge to the so called affordable Care Act in the third time it has rejected that challenge and what makes this all the more remarkable this time around is that the margin seems to be going down as far as the supreme court is concerned. This was thrown out by of 7 2 of the 9 paneljudges there. That is a sign, i think that even though the court is getting more conservative, care of the three justice is that Donald Trump was able to appoint during his four years in office, it appears to be hardening its opinion as far as the affordable Care Act is concerned and to put in your words, seems to have found that it is indeed here to stay. Given that it is here to stay, not greeted with a huge surprise, this decision, by the supreme court, which leads to the question, why take this action . Why were the republicans so determined to pursue this . Republicans so determined to pursue this . You know what, it has been pursue this . You know what, it has been something pursue this . You know what, it has been something that has been something that has preoccupied republicans for more than a decade now, since this legislation was first passed, and they believe that it represents a move to socialise form of healthcare, they argue as well, accurately in some cases, that the Coverage Costs for people with private insurance have gone up as a result of the affordable Care Act but the bottom line here is that it remains very popular with the american people. A poll that was carried out in february of this year showed 54 of the american people believe that the affordable Care Act is a good thing. Affordable Care Act is a good thin. ~. , thing. We will leave it there, thank you lets get some of the days other news. The israeli military has launched airstrikes on the Gaza Strip for the second time in three nights. The Israeli Defense Forces said theyd struck military compounds and a Rocket Launch Site belonging to the militant group hamas, which runs gaza. They said the strikes were in retaliation for the launching of incendiary balloons towards towns in the south of israel. North koreas leader, kim jong un, has said his country needs to prepare for both Dialogue And Confrontation with the united states under president biden. At a meeting of senior leaders, he said North Korea should be fully prepared for confrontation, in order to protect the dignity of the state and reliably guarantee what he called a peaceful environment. President biden has signed a Bill Creating A Public Holiday to commemorate the end of slavery in the united states. Mr biden called the move one of the greatest honours of his presidency. Juneteenth on 19 June celebrates the emancipation of the last enslaved african americans. Theres been a Minutes Applause during Denmarks Euro 20 20 match against belgium as a show of support for the danish midfielder, christian eriksen. Hes recovering in hospital after suffering a Cardiac Arrest in the same stadium on saturday. Its close to eight months since war broke out in Ethiopias Tigray Region and there continue to be reports of abuses, and the un warns of an imminent famine, unless drastic measures are taken fast. Despite repeated international calls for hostilities to end to allow humanitarian access, theres still fighting and Aid Agencies are not reaching all those in need. Kalkidan yibeltal sent this report. Gitesh has had Heart Problems since he was a child. He needed constant medical attention. But as tigray� s war raged, it became difficult to find care and food. Translation we had medical appointments, but roads were closed due to the war. So we had to walk for three days without food. This affected my son a lot. Before the war, we had hospitals and health centres. Since it started, we literally had nothing to eat. A0 Minutes North of mekelle. This was a clinic, then a Military Camp and now a distribution centre. Many people fled to the mountains when the fighting began. Lots are still far from the reach of Aid Agencies and cameras. The un says famine is imminent in tigray. They warn that hundreds of thousands could starve. Travelling through Tigray And Meeting people whose lives have been shattered by this bloody conflict, which is now into its eighth month, one just gets the sense of the immensity of its tragic impact. We came here in march, and returning months later we could easily understand that there are so many untold stories, particularly in rural areas that are not easily accessible, and tragedy is still unfolding. There are at least 14 bodies buried here, mostly young men. One of them is lemlimas son. She last saw him being led away by eritrean soldiers, allies of the government. Translation we had fled from this area fearing for our lives, since there was fighting. But we came back, thinking it was better. Right after, they took my son, saying they needed him. After two weeks, i realised he was killed. My son didnt participate in any political activities. He was just a day labourer. Its been nearly seven months since the government declared victory over tigray� s rulers, turned rebels, the tplf. But the road from mekelle indicates otherwise. And it seems that for any healing to begin, first the conflict must end. Kalkidan yibeltal, Bbc News, tigray. One of the giants of africas liberation struggles, the former zambian president Kenneth Kaunda, has died at the age of 97. He was admitted to hospital in lusaka earlier this week suffering from pneumonia. In the 1950s, he was a key figure in what was then northern Rhodesias Independence Movement from britain. Caroline hawley looks back at his life. He was the father of independent zambia, seen as a moralforce in africa. But independent zambia, seen as a moral force in africa. But when Kenneth Kaunda left office, his country faced economic ruin. At independence in 1964, Kenneth Kaunda became president of zambia as leader of the independence party. The devout christian always advocated non violent change but he did still that guerrillas operate in his country into mozambique and what was then South Africa. In 1979 Kenneth Kaunda danced with prime Minister Margaret Thatcher but he found her completely out of step in his demands for sanctions against South Africa and its system of apartheid. Visiting South Africa in the 1980s Foreign Secretary Geoffrey Howe was given this stinging rebuke. So given this stinging rebuke. 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He was eventually ousted by Frederick Luber in elections in 1991. The influence he continued to exert led to his arrest for treason in 1997 but the new regime dropped the charges under pressure from the international community. At Nelson Mandelas Funeral Kenneth Kaunda made a last international appearance, casting away his stick, bounding onto the stage. {30d bounding onto the stage. God bless him bounding onto the stage. God bless him and bounding onto the stage. God bless him and all bounding onto the stage. err. Bless him and all those who have come to know the importance. Have come to know the importance. Have come to know the imortance. ,. ,. , importance. He spoke for far loner importance. He spoke for far longer than importance. He spoke for far longer than he importance. He spoke for far longer than he was importance. He spoke for far longer than he was allowed. | longer than he was allowed. Fairly well, amen. It was vintage Kenneth Kaunda. Despite his many mistakes, history will credit him with preventing the breakup of his country and fulfilling his party slogan, one zambia, one nation. Some Breaking News now from here in the uk within the past two minutes. The Liberal Democrats have won an historic By Election in chesham on a mission, overturning a majority of 16,000. Mission, overturning a maority of16,000fi of 16,000. Sarah louise, Liberal Democrats, of 16,000. Sarah louise, j Liberal Democrats, 21,517 votes. That was the moment of victory there, significant moment. The seat was held by former Welsh Secretary Cheryl gillan who died in april. The Liberal Democrats Sarah Green won by more than 8000 votes. On the subject of strong and independent voices in our world i have a message for every young woman out there. There will be people who will try to put you down, who will try to block your way and tell you that you cant. I am here tonight to tell you can, you must and you will. Every voice should ring with equal power, equal strength and equal value. That is what the Liberal Democrats stand for and that is what the people of Chesham Have voted for. , what the people of Chesham Have voted for. ,. , ,. ,. , voted for. That was Sarah Greene there, voted for. That was Sarah Greene there, newly voted for. That was Sarah Greene there, newly elected, for the Liberal Democrats. The Liberal Democrats have not enjoyed a great deal of Draw Success recently and that seat where they had just one has always up until now been a Conservative Seat but the lib dems had been confident of at least pushing the conservatives close, if not winning, which they did. There were a couple of local issues of play, dividing Opinion Due to run through the constituency there. Other issues such as planning reform. A good result therefore the Liberal Democrats. We will bring you more reaction to that result as we get it. Stay with us on Bbc News, still to come 4 time grand Slam Champion Naomi osaka pulls out of wimbledon, but will return for the tokyo olympics. You there was a bomb in the city centre. A Code Word known to be one used by the ira was given. Army bomb experts were examining a Suspect Van when there was a huge explosion. The South African parliament has destroyed the foundation of apartheid by abolishing the Population Registration Act which, for 40 years, forcibly classified each citizen according to race. Just a day old, and the Royal Baby is tonight sleeping in his cot at home. Early this evening, the new prince was taken by his Mother And Father to their apartments in kensington palace. Germanys parliament, i the bundestag, has voted by a narrow majority to move the seat of government from bonn to berlin. Berliners celebrated into i the night, but the decision was greeted with shock in bonn. The real focus of Attention Today was valentina tereshkova, The Worlds first woman cosmonaut. What do you think of the russian woman in space . I think its a wonderful achievement and i think we might be able to persuade the wife it would be a good idea if i could to get her to go up there for a little while. This is Bbc News. The latest headlines the Us Supreme Court rejects the latest republican led challenge to the law known as obamacare, the third time the law has survived a vote. Lets stay with our main story now. We can now speak to sonia gipson rankin, whos an Assistant Professor of law at the university of new mexico. Thank you for coming on the programme. Thank you for coming on the programme thank you for coming on the rouramme. , ~ i. ,. , programme. Thank you for having me. Were programme. Thank you for having me were you programme. Thank you for having me. Were you surprised programme. Thank you for having me. Were you surprised by programme. Thank you for having me. Were you surprised by this i me. Were you surprised by this result or was me. Were you surprised by this result or was it me. Were you surprised by this result or was it expected . Me. Were you surprised by this result or was it expected . Itsl result or was it expected . Its surprising result or was it expected . It� s surprising. And there will be quite a bit of reflection about the President Trump appointees to the united states supreme court, justice kavanaugh, Justice Barrett in the majority. This was pretty straightforward. The decision came to a question of standing. Did texas and his republican lead states actually have a harm they could point to to demonstrate why this law should be overturned. find demonstrate why this law should be overturned. Be overturned. And obviously, it has been be overturned. And obviously, it has been ruled be overturned. And obviously, it has been ruled pretty it has been ruled pretty straightforwardly on that. Do you think that is the end now of these kind of challenges to obamacare . It of these kind of challenges to obamacare . Obamacare . It is actually a really good obamacare . It is actually a really good political obamacare . It is actually a really good political Issue L Obamacare . It is actually a | really good political issue to speak of. It keeps people engaged. There is a deep ideological thing tied into the affordable Care Act. Part of it is the name, obamacare, this is something that is likely to be considered president Barack Obamas domestic legacy, and there is still a desire to dismantle that, to take it away, on one and. There are also others who really feel fundamentally that the government should not be providing this type of care to its citizens in the united states, but on some level, if you cannot afford health insurance, there is something going on there. You know, is this even what should be permitted . So, i believe this might be the end of it in the united states in court, but we will see what comes. So united states in court, but we will see what comes. Will see what comes. So the olitical will see what comes. So the political angle will see what comes. So the political angle to will see what comes. So the political angle to this political angle to this continues even if the legal challenges, at least in the supreme court, do not . Why the political divide . I think there are people watching around The World, clearly most countries, their general political efforts seem to be extending healthcare to as many people as possible. Weighs it such a politically divisive issue in the us . I think it really goes to this idea of, this is not the role of government, right . But on some Level One has access to health insurance. Although we are barely getting healthcare, just talking about insurance, to go in. There is some disconnect for people, this idea that i should hold my health at different standards so i do not get sick, so i do not have a lifestyle that can lead me to have Comorbidity Problems or other complications. Its a very different understanding of some people in the united states. This is not an idea held by all, and in fact the fact that over 53 of people in the united states have a favourable opinion of the affordable healthCare Act, a lot of that will go a long way. And that will go a long way. And that will hopefully change some peoples mines. Will hopefully change some peoples mines. Affordable Care Act peoples mines. Affordable Care Act. Tempo peoples mines. Affordable Care Act. Tempo matt peoples mines. Affordable Care Act. Tempo Matt Comynl Care Act. Tempo Matt Comyn thank you for coming on. Thank ou for thank you for coming on. Thank you for having thank you for coming on. Thank you for having me. Thank you for coming on. Thank you for having me. Thank you for coming on. Thank you for having me. Sonia you for having me. Sonia gison you for having me. Sonia gipson rankin, you for having me. Sonia gipson rankin, Inc You for having me. Sonia gipson rankin, Inc You you for having me. Sonia gipson rankin, Inc You for l gipson rankin, Inc You for coming. Warner Music Group is buying David Guettas recorded Music Catalogue from the past two decades along with any future recording in a deal rumoured to be around 100 million. Hes worked with everyone from Justin Bieber to Snoop Dogg to rihanna. He has sold over 50 Million records during his career and his work has been streamed 14 Billion times. One of his biggest hits was � titanium, which featured sia. Lets take a listen. Im bulletproof, nothing to lose Fire Away, Fire Away ricochet, you take your aim Fire Away, Fire Away you shoot me down, but i wont fall i am titanium you shoot me down, but i wont fall i am titanium i feel like dancing there. Earlier, i spoke to thom geier, executive editor of the Entertainment And Business magazine the wrap. I asked him if he thought David Guetta was worth it. He certainly has a Track Record to back it up but he is not collecting anywhere near the amount that Bob Dylan got for selling his Song Catalogue just last december at 300 million. But dylan is a slightly bigger name, isnt he . Laughter and for a longer period of time. Poor david has some catching up to do. I appreciate that. I can understand why a Back Catalogue, but theyre also buying the rights to his future music. Is not a common occurrence . No. This is a very innovative deal. We have seen a wave of Music Catalogue sales in the last year or so, we seemed to mushroom with everyone from paul simon, the beach boys, neil young, stevie nicks, shakira, all selling their Back Catalogue and publishing rights, but this is for actual future recordings, which is an innovative twist on these deals we have seen. That is a bit of a risk. It could pay off my he could have hits for the next 20 years and then obviously theyre laughing. But if his form takes a Dip Or Something happens, then that is the risk they are taking, isnt it . That is correct. One thing that is true about all of these Catalogue Deals is that Music Revenues are consistent. There tends not to be ebbs and flows and there is a chance for outsize performance, if someones major act suddenly gets on a Netflix Show and that takes off on the charts. Talk to me about streaming in all of this. We have heard plenty from smaller artists who really suffered in the age of streaming. It doesnt seem to be the case for the bigger ones . Bigger artists do get a substantial amount of money from streaming and its consistent money, even if its a smaller share than what they were getting from radio, its consistent for them when Music Companies buy these catalogues. And musicians havent been able to have tour or have Concert Sales for the last year. So they are able to cash in when they are not able to make money on stage and in arenas. That is true. So many artists hit over the last year and it will take a long time to recover. A last thought than on David Guetta himself. Do you think this puts a new level of pressure on him now, next time he goes into the studio . I think there is always pressure on these Music Artists to come up with the next big blockbuster hit. And, you know, the fact that there are other people riding on that outcome, maybe a little bit more pressure than usual. Thom geierfrom Business Magazine the wrap. The summer of tennis is well and truly underway, roland garros has just wrapped up, were 10 days out from wimbledon and then its onto the olympics. But for personal reasons and in light of the pandemic, a number of big names wont be attending. Tanya dendrinos has the details. World number two and four time Grand Slam champion, just 23, Naomi Osaka is already the Shining Star of tennis. But two weeks ago, at the french open, it became clear the weight of The World was on her shoulders. She was fined for not taking part in a News Conference following her first round match. With organisers saying she could face expulsion. Instead, osaka withdrew, saying she would be taking a break from the sport to protect her Mental Health after battling depression and anxiety. Now, shes announced her withdrawal from wimbledon. The all England Club saying, she will be greatly missed, adding it looks forward to welcoming her back, next year. There was, however, a silver lining. Confirmation osakas sights remain upon the olympics, making a return in front of her fans next month. It comes after 20 time Grand Slam champion, rafael nadal, announced his withdrawal from the championships and the olympic games. Dominic thiem also pulling out of tokyo. The State Of Emergency in the city is to be lifted five weeks out from the start of the games. Translation it is obvious they are only lifting it to hold the tokyo olympics. They cant even hide it. Its so apparent and it makes me frustrated. We worked so hard to bring down the covid 19 cases, but whats the point if we invite people to come from overseas . No international fans will be permitted at the delayed games, but concerns remain about the olympics triggering a surge of infections. The prime minister has asked japanese fans to watch from home. An official decision on Spectator Numbers is yet to be made, but could come as early as next week. Tanya dendrinos, Bbc News. Flying cars have long been a thing of Science Fiction or futuristic films. Take a look at this footage of an actual Flying Car being tested in australia. The idea is to hold a series of races later this year. The cars are without pilots or drivers. They look pretty good, dont they . And they want to remind you of our Breaking News that make the Liberal Democrats have won an historic By Election in chesham and amersham, overturning a majority with 16,000 votes. The Liberal Democrat Sarah Greene won this time by more than 8000 votes. That is it from me. Do get in touch with any thoughts you have. You can reach me on twitter im lvaughanjones. Im Lewis Vaughan jones, im Lewis Vaughanjones, and is Bbc News. Bye bye. Hello there. Friday is set to be another day of Split Weather fortunes, with largely dry and often sunny weather across northern and western areas. Further south and east, well, the chance once again of some thunderstorms or at least some torrential downpours of rain. Feeding up from the near continent, you can see this Weather System Herejust fringing into South Eastern areas, whereas this ridge of high pressure is going to be keeping things mainly dry settled across a part of scotland, northern ireland, North West england, wales, and the far south west, after a fairly cool, Fresh Start. There will be some spells of sunshine and just the odd shower. But down toward the South East, you can see more in the way of cloud and some sporadic outbreaks of rain. Now, dont take the detail on this chart too literally, its often hard to pin down the detail in these thundery scenarios, but there will be some heavy bursts of rain, perhaps as far as the west country, the west midlands, up to Parts Of Lincolnshire and east yorkshire. The greatest chance of seeing Thunder And Lightning is across parts of East Anglia and the far South East, where you will also notice the strength of a keen, north easterly breeze. So while it will still feel humid here, temperatures will be a good few degrees down on where they have been. Maybejust 16 there in norwich. 20 in the sunshine in plymouth, thats the expected high. But more generally, w� re looking at temperatures in the mid to high teens. Now, as we head through friday night, well see this wet weather clearing off into the north sea. Still some cloud affecting eastern areas, clearer spells further west and further north and quite a cool, Fresh Start to the weekend for most. A little bit fresher than it has been, even across the South East corner. On saturday, we find ourselves between weather systems, so that means, actually, a decent amount of dry weather. Quite a cloudy start for some, i think we should see some spells of sunshine, chance of one or two showers here and there, and more especially, creeping up from the south through the latter part of the afternoon. Temperatures not doing too badly in the strong june sunshine, maybe 23 degrees there in liverpool. Always a little Bit Cooler the further north you look across the uk. But for sunday, well, the Weather Picture is a lot more complex. Low Pressure Swinging in from the west, this frontal system driving its way northwards, what it means that is most places will see some outbreaks of rain from time to time throughout the day, could be some heavy, thundery downpours creeping in towards the south, and those temperatures ranging from 21 in london, 22 in norwich, tojust 12 degrees in aberdeen. Democratic freight the Us Supreme Court has rejected the latest republican challenged armour obama care, the third time the law has survived a vote. The united nations is warning of an imminent famine in ethiopias tigray reason unless drastic measures are taken fast. Its close to eight months since war broke out and there continue to be reports of abuses. There have been repeated international calls for hostilities to end. And the Liberal Democrats have taken a seat in bucs, chesham and amersham. Now on Bbc News newscast