little january 6th insurrection. the highest court in the land today kept him on the ballot in a ruling a dodges the facts of january 6th and trump s role in it. instead, the supreme court handed trump a second gift on a constitutional technicality. the justices say that states do not have the power to bar candidates from running for federal office. they say, quote, because the constitution makes congress rather than the states responsible for enforcing section 3 against federal office holders and candidates, we reverse. they re referring to the decision by the colorado state supreme court. now, that court found that trump did engage in insurrection by trying to overturn the will of the voters by any means possible, including violence, and that section 3 of the 14th amendment does, in fact, apply to the presidency. now, the supreme court s decision today does not touch on either the question of whether trump is or is not an insurrectionist, or whether the text of section 3
tonight, one of them is here to speak out against biden s doj. but first, trump, trump, trump and that is the focus of the angle. major polling is pepsi and the consul poll showing trumpes leading biden and seven key h swing states. four states that trump lost ini2 2020. he is now winninwig in 2024. wisconsin where billionaires spending huge for joe, f trump s up by five pure pennsylvania, look out, he is up by a three. nevada come a state run bydi democrats, four democrats, trump trouncing biden by 18 points. ditto george appearemichd trumps north carolina by ten points and michigan by five.we arizona, he is up by three. well , turns out overwhelming theange country with billions of demanding, ungrateful, dangerou? migrants isn t a good campaignwe strategy after all. who would ve thought that? democrats used to cry how toants help the poor migrants hiding in the shadows and will bring themh out ofem the shadows and give t. jobs?d they ain t hiding anymore. they are brutall
northern ireland, scotland, the far north of england, it should stay mostly sunny with just the odd shower. further south we ll see more cloud rolling in from the west, providing rain for parts of wales and the southwest by the end of the day. highest temperatures in the east of england, 25 degrees. hello. this is bbc news. i m lewis vaughanjones and these are the headlines. sevastapol, the home of russia s black sea fleet in crimea, appears to have come under drone attack again. mexico s former attorney general is arrested in connection with the disapppearance of 43 students eight years ago. human rights campaigners call for the immediate release of a saudi student jailed for 3h years over critical tweets. the widow of the basketball legend kobe bryant tells a court of her devastation by leaked photos of a crash that killed her husband and daughter and six others. more travel disruption on train lines across the uk as thousands of rail workers go on strike for the second tim
and tearful families saying good-bye to loved ones departing for training. putin wants 300,000 new fighters to help turn the tide as the russian military suffers setbacks in ukraine. russia is saying the call up would be limited to those with military experience but reports say civilians also now are being conscripted. the new york times tells the story of a husband and father of five who received a summons at a 4:00 a.m. meeting where a train had been organized to take him to a military center. many men are fleeing russia to avoid the forced enlistment. this is traffic as people escape to nearby georgia. russian airporting have been packed with people trying to get out of the country. one human rights group said more than 1,300 people have been arrested in anti-car protests in moscow and st. petersburg over the past few days. also today, voting begins in four regions of russian-occupied ukraine, in a sham referendum that could lead to the annexation of 15% of ukrainian ter
nuclear facilities should never be a target in military conflicts. iran s semi official tasnim news agency, which is close to the islamic revolutionary guard corps, posted a video with a caption saying. isfahan s nuclear site is completely safe . in the video, a man near the isfahan nuclear technology centre is seen showing his watch to the camera to indicate the time and date. we can then see several troops standing around what looks like an air defence battery. reuters newsagency is reporting that an unnamed iranian source has said there is no immediate plan for retaliation. as well as these explosions in iran, they were reported, too, in southern syria apparently from missiles targeting radar sites. and there were also blasts in iraq in the capital baghdad. and babil province to the south. israel had promised to respond to iran s drone and missile attack on saturday night. both nbc and cnn have reported unnamed officials saying that israel warned washington, but that wa