Catholic agency in philadelphia that has placed foster children with homes for decades, yes, they said they had the right not to work with same sex couples to place children. It goes against their religious values and principles. The agency defended their policy but lost in the lower courts. Today as we re telling you, they won in the highest court in the land. John roberts wrote this the refusal of philadelphia to contract with csf for the provision of foster care services unless they agreed same sex couples could go through scrutiny. It violates the first amendment. We have lori wyndham here. Good to have you with us today. You successfully argued the hobby lobby case and also little sisters of the poor. What is the significance of this win today for other cases do you think? martha, thank you for having me today. I think this is a huge win for religious social service providers across the nation. What the supreme court said is hey, they had done great work for decades and centuries
Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me arejenny kleeman, the times radio presenter, and henry zeffman, who s chief political correspondent at the times. Tomorrow s front pages starting with. The telegraph reports on the mounting pressure borisjohnson is under to push ahead with lifting the remaining covid restrictions on june 21. The metro leads on the news that today was the uk s first day without a single death from covid since the start of the pandemic 15 months ago. The daily mail says the landmark day is being seen by many as dramatic proof of the success of britain s vaccination programme. The times also hails the milestone but warns that the fatalities figure may nudge upwards in the coming weeks especially because of reporting delays over the bank holiday weekend. The daily express adds that it s renewed hopes that all restrictions will still be lifted on what it calls freedom day june 21. The guardian reports
Now on bbc news, it s our world. This programme contains scenes which some viewers may find upsetting. Afghanistan is in the grip of a new and sinister campaign of violence. Young professionals are being deliberately targeted and murdered. It is suspected that the killings are the work of insurgent groups like the taliban and is, who are targeting people, often women, trying to build their country based on democratic values. This year, the united states will withdraw its troops. Peace talks have so far failed to reach an agreement and the government accuses the taliban of using violence as leverage, but the taliban deny involvement. The fear is that if these targeted killings continue, the democratic gains of the last 20 years could all be lost. This school, for children with learning difficulties, was born out of tragedy. It was opened in the name of fatima natasha khalil, a human rights activist. Aged 2a, she was targeted and killed. Natasha was born in pakistan. One of seven child
Hello and welcome to viewers here in the uk and around the world. Us presidentjoe biden has arrived in geneva ahead of wednesday s summit with his russian counterpart vladimir putin. Relations between the two countries are at their lowest point in decades and mr biden has already said he will lay down america s red lines during the discussions. Our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg has travelled to geneva. They say that the waters of lake geneva have the power to rejuvenate, to cure. But can a lakeside summit here revive a political relationship that s in very poor health? when vice presidentjoe biden met vladimir putin, he told him he had no soul. More recently, he said he was a killer. Mr putin hit back: takes one to know one. So when they sit down for talks, what message will the white house be putting across to the kremlin? fiona hill was donald trump s senior adviser on russia. She says moscow must be told to behave. The biggest danger that the united states faces right now f
Us presidentjoe biden has arrived in geneva ahead of wednesday s summit with his russian counterpart vladimir putin. Relations between the two countries are at their lowest point in decades and mr biden has already said he will lay down america s red lines during the discussions. Our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg has travelled to geneva. They say that the waters of lake geneva have the power to rejuvenate, to cure. But can a lakeside summit here revive a political relationship that s in very poor health? when vice presidentjoe biden met vladimir putin, he told him he had no soul. More recently, he said he was a killer. Mr putin hit back: takes one to know one. So, when they sit down for talks, what message will the white house be putting across to the kremlin? fiona hill was donald trump s senior adviser on russia. She says moscow must be told to behave. The biggest danger that the united states faces right now from russia is the coercive, subversive, covert action that is the h