In a separate ruling, the Supreme Court unanimously is ruling that philadelphia must accommodate a Catholic Foster Care Agency that is refusing to place children with samesex couples. Big issues at question there. Jessica schneider is live In Washington with all of the details as they come in. Focus in on the obamacare ruling, please. The Supreme Court saving the Affordable Care act, once again this morning. Doing it with a2 decision. The latest challenge of the law, that was put in place, the latest challenge is invalid because the justices are saying that the plaintiffs here, including republicanled states, didnt have the injury, or the legal standing, to bring this case. The Affordable Care act remains in effect. And the 20 million that have conch coverage under obamacare, they will continue to have coverage because of the Supreme Courts decision this morning. Its possible that republicans or other plaintiffs might find a way to challenge this law at some point. For now, it stands.
World tour have agreed to a shock merger with the saudi backed liv golf. This comes despite the pending litigation between pga and liv. That will now be halted as they move forward as part of the same enterprise. Over the past year liv golf caused huge disruption in the mens game, with top players such as rory mcllroy and tiger woods boldly criticising it. But other players such as Brooks Koepka joined liv golf for large sums with the backing of the Saudi Arabia Public Investment fund. The bbc s golf correspondent iain carter believes it is the big investment being offered that has made this deal possible. Players can get along fine when they are playing for the biggest prizes. Money is the massive driver here, the likes of rory mcilroy and the establishment from the live setup, they used to be west friends. Michael roy was a groomsmen at garcias wedding. They now do not speak. But that sort of thing will be shoved to one side. What we wait to see is what shape mens golf take Going For
the boss of british gas joins us to talk about that, and to answer your questions. jordan henderson cuts short his stay in saudi arabia. the england midfielder has arrived in amsterdam tojoin struggling dutch giants ajax afterjust 19 games in the middle east. cold today. could it change at the weekend? we are about to go from snow to storms. all the details in breakfast. the indian steel company, tata, will confirm plans today to cut up to 3,000 jobs in the uk. most are expected to be at britain s biggest steelworks in port talbot, at britain s biggest where two coal fired furnaces are set to be closed. unions called it a crushing blow and the worst case scenario. 0ur reporter, lucy vladev, has more. after years of questions about the future of steel making, the answers being provided for workers here are about as bad as they get. both blast furnaces in port talbot will close, as part of major changes to the way tata produces steel. jobs will go across the uk, but south w
this is bbc news. it s newsday. hi there, thank you for being with us. we start with the notable increase in military activity, in southern and eastern ukraine. the ukrainian armed forces say they ve launched several attacks, but the russians insist those attacks have been repelled. russian officials are claiming that their troops have succeded in blocking attacks around donetsk, luhansk, and zaporizhzhia the ukrainian attack on donetsk was said to be on a significant scale. but the eastern city of bakhmut is described as the epicentre of hostilities , where ukraine s ground forces are said to be moving forward strongly against russian positions. in a moment, we ll have the latest from moscow but first to kyiv, and our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse. shh. in a war of words, a call for quiet from kyiv. when it comes to its anticipated counteroffensive, ukraine has certainly revelled in trying to confuse russia. this video came with the caption plans love silence