this is bbc news. i'm lewis vaughan jones. our top stories: cheering and applause. the liberal democrats win an historic by—election in buckinghamshire, taking a parliamentary seat that has always been conservative and give a message to all young women. there will be people who will try to put you down, who will try to block your way and tell you that you can't. i'm here tonight to tell you you can, you must, and you will. the us supreme court rejects the latest republican—led challenge to the law known as obamacare — the third time the law has survived a vote. japan's naomi osaka pulls out of wimbledon a month after withdrawing from the french open. # i am titanium.

dj and producer david guetta sells his catalogue of music for $100 million. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we start with some political news from the uk that broke in the last couple of hours — the liberal democrats have won an historic by—election in chesham and amersham, overturning a majority of more than 16,000. greene, sarah louise, liberal democrats. 21,517 votes... cheering and applause.

that was the moment the lib dems one. —— dems won. the liberal democrats had been hoping for an upset in the safe conservative seat and party leader sir ed davey tweeted that the result had "sent a shock wave through british politics". the seat was held by former welsh secretary cheryl gillan, who died in april. the liberal democrats' sarah green won by more than 8000 votes. 0n the subject of strong and independent voices in our world, i have a message for every young woman out there. there will be people who will try to put you down, who will try to block your way and tell you that you can't. i'm here tonight to tell you you can, you must, and you will. every voice should ring with equal power, equal strength and equal value — that is what the liberal democrats stand for and that is what the people of chesham and amersham have voted for. this conservative party has taken people across our country for granted for far too long.

we will continue the work of holding this government to account by letting covid—19 ripped through the air for care homes, we will speak up for 3 million people excluded from financial support through a pandemic, and we will challenge borisjohnson to be far more ambitious in tackling climate change, supporting our frontline workers and backing our small businesses. the liberal democrats will ensure that they will be held accountable and they will be scrutinised.— accountable and they will be scrutinised. . , , . —— sarah greene there. earlier, i spoke to the bbc�*s andy holmes, who was at the count in chesham, and he agreed this was a great result for the lib dems. yeah, this has been a seat that has been conservative since 197a. if you look at the facts, the last 13 elections in chesham and amersham have seen the conservatives win by a majority of 10,000. you have to go back 100 years to the last time there was a liberal mp here, but that is what's happened this evening. when i spoke to the deputy leader of the liberal

democrats, daisy cooper, earlier on tonight, she said "the party were under no illusions that they had a mountain to climb to win this election in the seat that's the bluest of the blue. but not only have they climbed the mountain tonight but they've run down the other side with a swing of 25% on the vote from the previous election." andy, what do you think is going on here? is this — you know, it's a by—election — is this clearly a collection of issues, national and local? what are the kind of issues that were being voted on? well, if you look at what's happened in buckinghamshire locally, at the local elections this year, there has been a trend where the lib dems have done a lot better — for instance, they took the amersham town council there, with the mayor being now a liberal democrat, and in the unitary councils, where it's been conservative, again, since the 1890s, they took 15 of the 147 seats. ok, that still gives the conservatives 113, but that is 15 seats and making them the official opposition. so i think they were always optimistic that perhaps they'd do very well. they have also worked incredibly hard on this campaign.

their leader sir ed davey, for instance, has been to the constituency 15 times during this election, and also they have done an awful lot of leafleting. i know from talking to the liberal democrats, they say that a lot of conservatives in chesham and amersham have spoken to them, feeling perhaps neglected and not having seen their previous mp during the campaigns as they had gone along. they also tell me that issues like hs2, which is obviously the rail line that's going to go through the middle of the chiltons, was a big issue, but the main thing that they talk to me about is the changes to the planning laws and the impact that could have on the chiltons, so plenty that they have done on this campaign. whereas, you look at the conservatives, you could almost say up until the last ten days maybe they thought they were going to win this really easily but then, the big guns came out — the prime minister boris johnson, chancellor rishi sunak and the previous prime minister theresa may all appeared, so maybe in the last few days, the tories started to think perhaps they were in some trouble.

interesting stuff. and we should say, historically, of course, governments — and in this case, the conservatives — tend to suffer setbacks like this. lib dems historically always quite good in by—elections, kind of outperform their general record. how worried do you think the conservatives will be now? well, obviously, the conservatives still nationally have a massive majority so i do not think borisjohnson will be panicking just yet but it is interesting to see, suddenly talking to the liberal democrats in advance of this election, they thought, because it was a by—election, that maybe they had a better chance. as i said, in the 13 previous full elections, the conservatives have won with a majority, but you can never tell with a by—election. often, the number of people voting goes down. maybe that's impacted on things as well. but if you look at some of the other parties tonight, i'd like to highlight the fact that the greens finished third, that is a massive result in chesham and amersham, and labour have only finished fourth. earlier, i spoke to liberal democrat activist max langer. he had put in 35,000 steps,

going door to door, getting people out to vote. i asked him if he was surprised at how large the victory was. i mean, a 16,000 majority — overturning that in the first place is a big, big task but to win by 8,000 is even bigger, and so i think a lot of us were hopeful that we were going to win tonight but i think 8000 was probably beyond our wildest expectations. it is certainly very impressive locally. ed davey, the leader, saying this has sent a shock wave through british politics. i mean, we need to keep things in perspective — it is one result, isn't it? it's hardly a shock wave through british politics. well, i think it definitely points towards the trendlines that we are seeing in politics. you know, hartlepool we were all talking about a couple of weeks ago, and this time we are seeing the party that won that hartlepool by—election lose massively. and so, we're seeing how, in the south of england, we're seeing a lot of people looking towards a more liberal version of politics and they have found it with the liberal democrats. well, but not many people

were looking towards the liberal democrats in the last election, were they? well, we increased our number of votes at the last election and i mean, i do not think many liberal democrats were saying it was an outstanding success. but what we're seeing, in lots of these areas, we are able to make gains incrementally. and i think we are on a really good trajectory to get more mps in the next elections and also more people elected at local levels as well, where quite a lot of change happens in our communities. is this a ringing endorsement for the liberal democrats or is this a protest vote against the conservatives here? well, i mean, knocking on doors in chesham and amersham, earlier today, it was a lot of people saying "i am fed up of having the conservatives taking my vote for granted". and the things that you are saying to me, of how you are going to be standing up as a real local representative, and now they will have a really strong mp for them, they are really looking forward to that. so i think there is definitely a protest vote in there but they are also rally happy with the positive message we are able

to put towards them. and lastly, just for you guys, the campaign is out on the streets, as you're saying, and all the party officials locally, people you have spoken to, has there been a sense of shock? i think we were all surprised by how well it went. i mean, i am only about an hour away from chesham and i travelled down to help on polling day today and there's been people from all over the country who have travelled down to help us win. and there's a lot of enthusiasm within the liberal democrats for this victory and we are all ecstatic with the result. max langer there. let's get some of the day's other news. the israeli military has launched air strikes on the gaza strip for the second time in three nights. the israeli defense forces said they'd struck military compounds and a rocket launch site belonging to the militant group hamas, which runs gaza. they said the strikes were in retaliation for the launching of incendiary balloons towards towns in the south of israel. north korea's leader kim jong—un has said his

country needs to prepare for "both dialogue and confrontation" with the united states under president biden. at a meeting of senior leaders, he said north korea should be fully prepared for confrontation in order to protect the dignity of the state and reliably guarantee what he called a "peaceful environment". president biden has signed a bill creating a public holiday to commemorate the end of slavery in the united states. mr biden called the move "one of the greatest honours" of his presidency. juneteenth, on the 19june, celebrates the emancipation of the last enslaved african americans. zambia has declared three weeks of mourning to honour the independence leader kenneth kaunda, who's died at the age of 97. in south africa, the nelson mandela foundation said his contribution to the struggle against colonialism and apartheid would not be forgotten. tributes have been paid from across the region. there's been a minute's applause during denmark's euro 2020 match against belgium as a show of support for the danish midfielder christian eriksen. he's recovering in hospital

after suffering a cardiac arrest in the same stadium on saturday. the us supreme court has ruled against the latest republican challenge to the affordable care act, known as 0bamacare. it's survived the third attempt to strike it down, which was led by 18 republican—controlled states. president biden described the decision as a big win for the american people, while barack 0bama said it showed that his signature policy "was here to stay". here's our north america correspondent david willis. this is, as he said, the third time that the highest —— this is, as you said, the third time that the highest court in the land here in the united states has been called on to consider a challenge to the so—called affordable care act, and the third time that it has rejected that challenge. and what makes this all the more remarkable, i think, this time around is that the margins seem to be going down as far as the supreme court is concerned.

this was thrown out by a majority of 7—2 of the nine paneljudges there. and that is a sign, i think, that even though the court is getting more conservative, care of the three justices that donald trump was able to appoint during his four years in office, it appears to be hardening its opinion as far as the affordable care act is concerned and, to put it in your words, lewis, seeming to affirm that it is, indeed, here to stay. given that it is here to stay, not greeted with huge surprise, this decision, by the supreme court, which then of course leads to the question, why take this action? why were these republicans so determined to pursue this? you know what? it has been something that has preoccupied republicans for more than a decade now, since this

legislation was first passed, lewis, and they believe that it represents a move to a socialised form of healthcare, if you like. they argue as well — accurately, in some cases — that the coverage costs for people with private insurance have gone up as a result of the affordable care act. but the bottom line here is that it remains very popular with the american people. a poll that was carried out just in february of this year showed 54% of the american people believe that the affordable care act is a good thing. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: four—time grand slam champion naomi 0saka pulls out of wimbledon, but will return for the tokyo 0lympics. there was a bomb in the city centre. a code word known to be one used by the ira was given. army bomb experts were examining a suspect van when there was a huge

explosion. the south african parliament has destroyed the foundation of apartheid by abolishing the population registration act which, for a0 years, forcibly classified each citizen according to race. just a day old, and the royal baby is tonight sleeping in his cot at home. early this evening, the new prince was taken by his mother and father to their apartments in kensington palace. germany's parliament, i the bundestag, has voted by a narrow majority to move the seat of government - from bonn to berlin. berliners celebrated into i the night, but the decision was greeted with shock in bonn. the real focus of attention today was valentina tereshkova, the world's first woman cosmonaut. what do you think of the russian woman in space? i think it's a wonderful achievement and i think we might be able to persuade the wife it would be a good idea if i could to get her to go up there for a little while.

welcome back. this is bbc world news. i'm lewis vaughan jones. the latest headlines: the liberal democrats have won an historic by—election in chesham and amersham, taking a parliamentary seat that has always been conservative. the us supreme court has rejected the latest republican—led challenge to the law known as 0bamacare — the third time the law has survived a vote. it's close to eight months since war broke out in ethiopia's tigray region and there continue to be reports of abuses. the un warns of an imminent famine, unless drastic measures are taken fast. despite repeated international calls for hostilities to end to allow humanitarian access — aid agencies are not reaching all those in need. kalkidan yibeltal sent this report. gitesh has had heart problems since he was a child. he needed constant medical attention. but as tigray�*s war raged,

it became difficult to find care and food. translation: we had medical appointments, but roads - were closed due to the war. so we had to walk for three days without food. this affected my son a lot. before the war, we had hospitals and health centres. since it started, we literally had nothing to eat. a0 minutes north of mekelle. this was a clinic, then a military camp and now a distribution centre. many people fled to the mountains when the fighting began. lots are still far from the reach of aid agencies and cameras. the un says famine is imminent in tigray. they warn that hundreds of thousands could starve. travelling through tigray and meeting people whose lives have been shattered by this bloody conflict, which is now into its eighth month,

one just gets the sense of the immensity of its tragic impact. we came here in march, and returning months later we could easily understand that there are so many untold stories, particularly in rural areas that are not easily accessible, and tragedy is still unfolding. there are at least 1a bodies buried here, mostly young men. one of them is lemlima's son. she last saw him being led away by eritrean soldiers, allies of the government. translation: we had fled from this area fearing - for our lives, since there was fighting. but we came back, thinking it was better. right after, they took my son, saying they needed him. after two weeks, i realised he was killed. my son didn't participate in any political activities. he was just a day labourer.

it's been nearly seven months since the government declared victory over tigray�*s rulers, turned rebels, the tplf. but the road from mekelle indicates otherwise. and it seems that for any healing to begin, first the conflict must end. kalkidan yibeltal, bbc news, tigray. warner music group is buying david guetta's recorded music catalogue from the past two decades along with any future recording in a deal rumoured to be around $100 million. he's worked with everyone from justin bieber to snoop dogg to rihanna. he has sold over 50 million records during his career and his work has been streamed 1a billion times. one of his biggest hits was titanium which featured sia — let's take a listen. # i'm bulletproof, nothing to lose

# fire away, fire away # ricochet, you take your aim # fire away, fire away # you shoot me down, but i won't fall # i am titanium # you shoot me down, but i won't fall # i am titanium!# earlier i spoke to thom geier, executive editor of the entertanment and business magazine the wrap. i asked him if he thought david guetta was worth it. he certainly has a track record to back it up but he is not collecting anywhere near the amount that bob dylan got for selling his song catalogue just last december at $300 million. but dylan is a slightly bigger name, isn't he? they laugh. and for a longer period of time. poor david has some catching up to do. i appreciate that.

i can understand why a back catalogue, but one of the things that interested me is that they're also buying the rights to his future music. is not a common occurrence? no. this is a very innovative deal. we have seen a wave of music catalogue sales in the last year or so, we seemed to mushroomed with everyone from paul simon, the beach boys, neilyoung, stevie nicks, shakira, all selling their back catalogue and publishing rights, but this is for actual future recordings, and so that is a very innovative twist on these deals we have seen. that is a bit of a risk. it could pay off. he could have hits for the next 20 years and then obviously they're laughing. but if his form takes a dip or something happens, then that is the risk they are taking, isn't it? that's correct. one thing that is true about all of these catalogue deals is that music revenues are consistent. so, there tends not to be ebbs and flows and there's the chance to have outsize performance, if someone's major

act suddenly gets on a netflix show and that takes off on the charts. talk to me about streaming in all of this. because we have heard plenty from smaller artists who really suffer in the age of streaming. it doesn't seem to be the case for the bigger ones? so, the bigger artists do get a substantial amount of money from streaming and it's consistent money, even if it's a smaller share than what they were getting from radio, it's consistent money for these music companies buy these catalogues, good for them. and musicians haven't been able to have tour or have concert sales for the last year. so they are able to cash in at the moment when they are not able to make money on stage and in arenas. that is true. so many artists hit over the last year and it will take a long time to recover. a last thought than on david guetta himself. do you think this puts a new level of pressure on him now, next time he goes

into the studio? i think there is always pressure on these music artists to come up with the next big blockbuster hit. and, you know, the fact that there are other people riding on that outcome, maybe a little bit more pressure than usual. thom geierfrom business magazine the wrap. the summer of tennis is well and truly under way, roland garros has just wrapped up, we're ten days out from wimbledon and then it's onto the olympics. but for personal reasons and in light of the pandemic, a number of big names won't be attending. tanya dendrinos has the details. world number two and a four—time grand slam champion, atjust 23, naomi osaka is already the shining star of tennis. but two weeks ago, as she withdrew from the french open, it became clear the weight of the world was on her shoulders. she was fined for not taking part in a news conference following her first—round match, with organisers saying she could face expulsion. instead, osaka pulled out,

saying she would be taking a break from the sport to protect her mental health after battling depression and anxiety. now, she's announced her withdrawal from wimbledon. the all england club saying, "she will be greatly missed", adding it "looks forward to welcoming her back", next year. there was, however, a silver lining. confirmation osaka's sights remain upon the olympics, making a return in front of her home fans next month. it comes just hours after 20—time grand slam champion, rafael nadal, announced his withdrawal from the championships and the olympic games. dominic thiem also pulling out of tokyo. the state of emergency in the city is to be lifted five weeks out from the start of the games. a decision some locals are questioning. translation: it is so obvious they are only lifting it -

to hold the tokyo olympics. they can't even hide that. it's so apparent and it makes me frustrated. we worked so hard to bring down the covid—19 cases, but what's the point if we invite people to come from overseas? no international fans will be permitted at the delayed games, but concerns remain about the olympics triggering a surge in infections. the prime minister has asked japanese fans to watch from home. an official decision on spectator numbers is yet to be made, but could come as early as next week. tanya dendrinos, bbc news. before i go, let us take a look at some flying cars. this is out in australia. you can see them just been tested. it is based on a formula one car, apparently. they don't have any

pilot or driver, but there have been a series of races involving these cars or drones, that will happen late on this year. let's just remind you of our top story this hour. british prime minister, borisjohnson�*s conservative party has suffered a by—election defeat, as the liberal democrats scored an historic win in chesham and amersham, overturning a majority of more than 16,000. the seat was held by former welsh secretary cheryl gillan who died in april. it's been a conservative stronghold since the seat was created in 197a. the liberal democrats' sarah green won by more than 8,000 votes. the party leader, sired davey said the result sent a "shockwave through british politics". that is it from me. there is always plenty more online. to download the bbc news app. if

you are on social media get me there. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @lvaughanjones. i'm lewis vaughan jones i'm lewis vaughanjones and this is bbc news. bye—bye. hello there. friday is set to be another day of split weather fortunes, with largely dry and often sunny weather across northern and western areas. further south and east, well, the chance once again of some thunderstorms or at least some torrential downpours of rain. feeding up from the near continent, you can see this weather system herejust fringing into south—eastern areas, whereas this ridge of high pressure is going to be keeping things mainly dry settled across a part of scotland, northern ireland, north—west england, wales, and the far south—west, after a fairly cool, fresh start. there will be some spells of sunshine and just the odd shower. but down toward the south—east, you can see more in the way of cloud and some sporadic outbreaks of rain. now, don't take the detail on this chart too literally, it's often hard to pin down the detail in these thundery scenarios, but there will be some heavy bursts of rain, perhaps as far as the west country, the west midlands, up to parts of lincolnshire and east yorkshire. the greatest chance of seeing thunder and lightning is across parts of east anglia

and the far south—east, where you will also notice the strength of a keen, north—easterly breeze. so while it will still feel humid here, temperatures will be a good few degrees down on where they have been. maybejust 16 there in norwich. 20 in the sunshine in plymouth, that's the expected high. but more generally, we're looking at temperatures in the mid—to—high teens. now, as we head through friday night, we'll see this wet weather clearing off into the north sea. still some cloud affecting eastern areas, clearer spells further west and further north and quite a cool, fresh start to the weekend for most. a little bit fresher than it has been, even across the south—east corner. on saturday, we find ourselves between weather systems, so that means, actually, a decent amount of dry weather. quite a cloudy start for some, i think we should see some spells of sunshine, chance of one or two showers here and there, and more especially, creeping up from the south through the latter part of the afternoon. temperatures not doing too badly in the strong june sunshine, maybe 23 degrees there in liverpool. always a little bit cooler the further north you look across the uk. but for sunday, well, the weather picture is a lot more complex. low pressure swinging in from the west, this frontal system driving its way northwards, what it means that is most places will see some outbreaks of rain from time to time throughout

the day, could be some heavy, thundery downpours creeping in towards the south, and those temperatures ranging from 21 in london, 22 in norwich, tojust 12 degrees in aberdeen.

this is bbc news. the headlines:

the liberal democrats have won an historic by—election in chesham and amersham, taking a parliamentary seat that has always been conservative. sarah greene won the buckinghamshire seat, overturning a majority of more than 16,000. the seat was held by former welsh secretary cheryl gillan, who died in april. the us supreme court has rejected the latest republican—led challenge to the law known as obamacare. it's the third time the affordable care act law has survived a vote. barack obama said it showed that his signature policy "was here to stay". the united nations is warning of an imminent famine in ethiopia's tigray region, unless drastic measures are taken fast. it's close to eight months since war broke out and there continue to be reports of abuses. there have been repeated international calls for hostilities to end.

now on bbc news, kenneth kaunda, zambia's founding