tens of thousands of adults with disabilities and long term illnesses are being sued by local councils for failing to pay their social care bills. and a pivotal day in welsh rugby players are due to reveal whether they will strike during the six nations, over contractual disputes. hello, good afternoon, welcome to bbc news. shamima begum, who travelled to syria and joined the so called islamic state group when she was just 15, so called islamic state group when she wasjust 15, has so called islamic state group when she was just 15, has lost a legal challenge to the covenant decision to deprive her of british citizenship. it means she remains stuck in a camp in northern syria, and is barred from returning to the uk. in 2019, the then home secretary sajid javid stripped ms begum of her british citizenship after receiving advice that she was a threat to national security. shamima begum is now 23. here s our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford. in february 2015, eight y
He had planned to visit Western Michigan University, but was detained by airport authorities in saudi arabia for allegedly attending a prodemocracy rally earlier the same year. Well speak with maya foa, director of reprieve and Randi Weingarten, president , American Federation of teachers who are speaking out against the execution. Well also speak with weingarten about billionaire education secretary betsy devos, who has said she considers education an industry and called the Public School system a deadend. Then to arizona, where a hearing is underway that will decide whether a ban on ethnic studies in tucson schools is unconstitutional. We found these classes were promoting ethnic resentment. There were promoting it in ways that were intolerab. Amy then tobacco, a deadly business. The Vice President to tom price, a new report exposes how Tobacco Companies have gained unprecedented influence in washington under trump. Lobbying thatof Tobacco Companies are doing does not necessarily cor
Resignation, charlottesville, how trends, policy threads the world, and how the massive hurricane is racing toward texas. And to florida when the state has just executed a man despite protests from pharmaceutical giant Johnson Johnson about drugs in theits execution last night. Meanwhile, in missouri, the governor stayed an execution after new dna evidence. Plus, the white house has drafted a memo on implementing President Trumps ban on transgender people serving in the u. S. Military. Seems what the president is saying is that he is going to fire 15,000 highly trained motivated troops. It is a catastrophe for military readiness. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In texas, tens of thousands of residents began evacuating coastal communities thursday, as forecasters predicted Hurricane Harvey could make landfall late friday as a major category 3 storm, delivering a lifethreatening 35 inches of rain to
Trump. The first letter of each paragraph of his Resignation Letter spells out the word impeach. About hiseak to resignation, charlottesville, how trends, policy threads the world, andnd how t the massive hurricane is racing toward texas. And to florida when the state has just executed a man despite protests from pharmaceutical giant Johnson Johnson about drugs in theits execution last night. Meanwhile, in missouri, the governor stayed an execution after new dna evidence. Plus, the white house has drafted a memo on implementing President Trumps ban on transgender people serving in the u. S. Military. Seems what the president is saying is that he is going to fire 15,000 highly trainined motivated troopops. It is a catastrophe for military readiness. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In texas, tens of thousands of residents began evacuating coastal communities thursday, as forecasters predicted Hurric
Trump. The first letter of each paragraph of his Resignation Letter spells out the word impeach. About hiseak to resignation, charlottesville, how trends, policy threads the world, andnd how t the massive hurricane is racing toward texas. And to florida when the state has just executed a man despite protests from pharmaceutical giant Johnson Johnson about drugs in theits execution last night. Meanwhile, in missouri, the governor stayed an execution after new dna evidence. Plus, the white house has drafted a memo on implementing President Trumps ban on transgender people serving in the u. S. Military. Seems what the president is saying is that he is going to fire 15,000 highly trainined motivated troopops. It is a catastrophe for military readiness. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In texas, tens of thousands of residents began evacuating coastal communities thursday, as forecasters predicted Hurric