with the attachment does not meet the definition of a machine gun under federal law. they determined that the trump administration overstepped its power when it issued the ban back in 2018. that ban came after the deadliest mass shooting in modern us history. 60 people were killed in las vegas and hundreds more injured when a gunman used a bump stock attachment to fire more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition in about 11 minutes. while more than a dozen states and washington dc have already banned them, friday s supreme court ruling sends the decision back to individual states to determine their own regulations for bump stocks. donald trump s campaign weighed in on the court s decision, saying in part: meanwhile, vice president kamala harris had this to say. it was stocks that resulted in 60 people being dead in las vegas, nevada, on1 60 people being dead in las vegas, nevada, on 1 october. and what the court did today is really rolling back the important progress to be made to h
after russian president vladimir putin announced he d call an immediate ceasefire in ukraine if his conditions are met. those include ukraine giving up four regions in the east of the country that are currently partially occupied by russia, and abandoning its ambition to join the nato alliance, something russia has long opposed. g7 leaders dismissed the offer and kyiv called the proposals offensive to common sense . our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports from the summit in southern italy. the war in ukraine is being fought on three fronts. you ve got the fighting on the ground, you ve got the industrial arms race to generate as much ammunition as possible, and then you ve got the global diplomatic battle for international opinion. and what we ve seen here at this summit is that last battle being played out between, a sort of contest between the g7 leaders here and vladimir putin. the g7 leaders here at this summit have said right, we will be fully behind ukraine,
of the federal government. in order to keep mr ramaphosa in office, the anc was forced to form a government of national unity with other parties, including the main opposition democratic alliance. its leader, john steenhuisen, is now expected to join the government. he told reporters why he backed mr ramaphosa staying in power the people have spoken. they have not given any party a majority. mr rama posa is the leader of his party. he is the leader of his party. he is the leader of a party that is committed to constitutionalism, democracy and its institutions. our africa correspondent, barbara plett usher, has more from cape town. zero rama posa played a key role to end apartheid 30 years ago. now he ll steer south africa through a seismic shift in its politics. he won the democratic alliance shortly before they came to an agreement on a power sharing agreement, which does include smaller party but really they are at the two key players. this was very controversial within the