came out late here on a friday on the deadline, granting a petition to hear this controversial, sweeping colorado case which, according to the state of colorado s courts, has tried to disqualify donald trump from being on that state s primary ballot. this is a big deal. here s what it means. donald trump currently will remain on that primary ballot because the supreme court will be reviewing that decision. and that ballot is being certified today. this is the friday night news because it s news on friday night, friday night was the deadline if you re wondering why this broke so late in the week. the supreme court has already decided, through this grant of serb 84ry, that they will hear oral arguments february 8th on this case. the nation s highest court is stepping in to hear a big election-related case in this 2024 race where, yes, people may be girding for, bracing for, a biden/trump rematch. what the supreme court is doing tonight, what it would argue it feels it has to do
against the netherlands. good evening, welcome to the bbc news at six. fighting has resumed in gaza after a seven day ceasefire between israel and hamas expired this morning. the israeli military says it s struck more than 200 what it called terror targets . hamas, which is proscribed as a terorist organisation by the uk government, says more than 100 people have been killed. before the pause in fighting, israel s military had focussed on the north of gaza, including places like gaza city. this morning, israeli jets dropped leaflets near the city of khan younis, telling people to get out immediately and go to shelters in rafah in the south of the country, near the egyptian border. but israel s military has hit targets today both in rafah and khan younis. our senior international correspondent orla guerin reports from sderot, just across the border from gaza. gaza awoke to this. a new day of israeli bombing. skies darkened by ash and debris. in rafah, survivors snatched from
As a result. And the first pictures of a Rare Giraffe Born at chester zoo discovered by staff when they arrived on boxing day morning. And in half an hour, well look back at the rio olympics and the Refugee Athletes who competed as a team for the first time. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The russian president , vladimir putin, says the syrian army and opposition have agreed to a nationwide ceasefire which will come into effect at midnight. Therell also be fresh peace talks. The deal was brokered by russia and turkey, who are on opposing sides in the conflict in syria. Mr putin said they had signed a number of documents outlining the details of the deal. Daniel boettcher reports. Russia and turkey have been pushing for a nationwide ceasefire, particularly since the collapse of the key Rebel Stronghold in aleppo. Ina the key Rebel Stronghold in aleppo. In a statement the syrian army said the comprehensive Ceasefire Agreement was a result of recent military successes. The Syrian
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donald trump, whether you personally think there s overwhelming evidence he tried to overthrow the election, as a legal matter we ll show you why this is a hail mary. nothing like this has happened in a presidential race. there is basically no precedent for a state unilaterally booting a presidential candidate, let alone a former president, off the ballot. it s a big deal and a high bar typically to disqualify a presidential candidate. it s controversial. take one summary from the new yorker, not exactly known for rooting for donald trump in court or any other venue, which said, this is basically a high-risk legal effort, that it could inflame political divisions, cast a shadow over the 2024 election, and still ultimatelyult in trump winning in court. meaning you spend monthpuing this, but you don t boot him off the ballot. it was huge news when the state supreme court did say that under their view and their standards of what they define as engaging insurrection, they wanted to perma