carried out its deadly attacks on israel. prime minister benjamin netanyahu has called the incident an unbearable tragedy . relatives of hostages taken by hamas have been protesting the accidental killings in tel aviv, while also calling for a ceasefire and agreement for the release of those still held captive. more than 100 hostages remain in gaza. a federaljury has ordered former president donald trump s ex lawyer rudy giuliani to pay more than $1118 million, or $116 million, to two women over lies that they tampered with votes in the 2020 presidential election. a judge had already found mr giuliani liable of making defamatory claims about the georgia poll workers. mr giuliani told reporters outside the court he has no regrets. we ll have more on these stories and more in the next hour. we start with the us supreme court, which announced this week it will hear a case challenging the food and drugs administration s approval of the abortion drug mifepristone. the biden admin
in a statement, joe biden called it another unprecedented step in taking away basic freedoms from women and putting their health at risk. adding, if it stands, it would prevent women in every state from accessing the medication, regardless of whether abortion is legal in a state. earlier thejustice department had also announced that it will be appealing the court s decision and will look into separate ruling out of washington state. that ruling is seperate and contradictory to the one in texas, but was handed down about the same time. in a partialand preliminary injunction, the washington judge prohibited the fda from immediately pulling the drug off shelves. let s take a closer look at the medication. the drug, mifepristone, is a medicinal pill which can be taken at home. it s used in more than half of us pregnancy terminations, and was first approved for use more than 20 years ago in 2000. live now to mary ziegler, professor of law at uc davis in california. we know now
the us says that china remains the biggest challenge to the international order despite the immediate threat posed by russia. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin tonight in texas where the police are facing criticism for how they responded to the mass school shooting in uvalde on tuesday. some parents say officers appeared hesitant to confront the teenage gunman after he barricaded himself inside a classroom, and that led to a delay in tackling the assaulter. but at a news conference a texas police official said special equipment and negotiators were required, and officers also had to evacuate the rest of the school. the attacker killed 19 children and two teachers in the space of up to an hour before he was himself shot dead. our north america editor sarah smith sent us this report. all of the 19 children who were killed in the same school class. this boys family had to wait 12 h