for keira bell, emerging from the high court, this judgment for keira bell, emerging from the high courts judgment was about decisions made as a teenager that started her on the road from transitioning from female to male. she argued she was too young to understand the impact of that treatment. the court agreed that more checks are needed. i'm delighted at the judgment of the court today. it was a judgment that will protect vulnerable people. i wish it had been made for me before i embarked on the devastating experiment of puberty blockers.- 16, keira was desperate to be a boy and given drugs to delay puberty and then at male hormones. clinicians say for some children this is the right move, but keira believes it was a mistake for her. the discussions were very brief and there was no real investigation into why i had gender dysphoria feelings and how i got to that stage. i spoke briefly of depression and anxiety, but again, it was assumed by eve ryo ne but again, it was assumed by everyone that transitioning would alleviate that. her case was against the tavistock, the uk's only gender i

the high court ordered a fresh inquest. ourt today, the coroner asked if she'd thought car fumes were having an effect on her. she replied, "no. as her mother, i would have moved. we would have moved straightaway. we were desperate for anything that could have helped."

the high court ordered a fresh inquest. oday, the coroner asked if she‘d thought car fumes were having an effect on her. she replied, "no. "as her mother, i would have moved. "we would have moved straightaway.

the high court that he helped shape with three justices flatly rejected the president's attempt to overturn the election. a failed request to toss out votes in four battleground states. today repeating his spurious claims. "the supreme court had zero interest in the merits of the greatest voter fraud ever perpetrated on the united states of america. today the president embraced this traditional perk of his office >> mr. president, would you do us the honor? >> reporter: the commander in chief's coin flip at the celebrated army/navy game invited to cheer for athletes of both military branches without favor. while today he tipped the scales against his attorney general william barr, retweeting a call for barr to be fired and asking "why didn't bill barr reveal the truth to the public before the election about hunter biden," referring to barr's

know that we were going to be going to court to ask the judge if our case could be heard at the high court ok so we were all there on tuesday in at your dad's house and sadly the judge has said that our case cannot be heard in court. ok. and i'm sorry about that. we you know we've tried our best to. do asked the judge to look at chilled cases sympathetically and also for the men right and. that doesn't mean that it's the end. we will sort you out. but we'll just have to wait to be here. because i know it's relieved interleague name so terry and lily yet so right there are the 3 daughters of tate to see who's facing the potential of 850000 pound medical bill because he hasn't got legal status in the u.k. grayson kelly is a 20 under seats his daughter despite what is clearly a major setback the goals remain committed to their cause i hate that it gave way and his decision is now i can't realize that what he's doing is actually affecting our niece the government maintain that they've acted properly and that they continue to work with veterans in order to understand how best to apply. the home

know that we were going to be going to court to ask the judge if our case could be heard at the high court ok so we were all there on tuesday at your dad's house and sadly the judge has said that our case cannot be heard in court. ok. and i'm sorry about that. we you know we've tried our best to. do ask the judge to look at your cases sympathetically and also for the men right and. that doesn't mean that it's the end. we'll sort you out. but we'll just have to wait to be here. because i know it's really interesting her name so terry and lily it's a right to calcutta of the 3 daughters of tate to see who's facing the potential of 850000 pound medical bill because he hasn't got legal status in the u.k. grayson kelly is a 20 under seats his daughter despite what is clearly a major setback the goals remain committed to their cause i hate that it takes away this decision is now i didn't realise that what he's doing is actually affecting our niece the government maintain that they've acted properly and that they continue to work with veterans in order to understand how best to apply the home off

last year granted him by 10 the high court last year granted him by10 million the high court last yearis month with colluding with foreign forces. the prosecution has filed a motion to reconsider the bail. a lot of us are going to be happy to say goodbye to the year that was 2020 — that includes these guys — take a look at this. us robot developers boston dynamics posted that new video online demonstrating its atlas, spot, and handle robots dancing in sync to the song ‘do you love me' by the contours. the coordinated wired proteges dance floor display came with a new year message: "our whole crew got together to celebrate the start of what we hope will be a happier year: happy new year from all of us at boston dynamics." hello. snow and ice continue to be hazards for some as we move into the final day of 2020. still very much in the cold air across the uk, temperatures widely well below freezing through the early hours of thursday morning, with the potential for some freezing fog across parts of england and wales. for new year's eve, it's a cold day wherever you are. for most, a mixtur

it was just last week, new york state lost a similar case before the high court. today a house oversight committee, a subcommittee heard from the federal bureau of prisons director. >>on how they are keeping inmates, safe and staff safe during the covid pandemic and of some inmates should be released here in the bay area there have been more than 2000 cases of covid among inmates at san quentin. >>and the state has been releasing some inmates because of the virus. our washington dc correspondent reshad hudson has more. >>we debate the letter but we were this not debating the letter that's what's in letter congresswoman karen bass in ohio congressman jim jordan cornish wednesday over whether some federal prisoners should be released to help slow the spread of covid-19 inside prisons. >>there are reports that 252,000 people have contracted covid-19 while in federal state and local custody. >>despite the release of some low-risk federal inmate earlier this year house democrats say the bureau of prisons isn't doing enough when it comes to protecting inmates and staff

. >> reporter: in the brief order, the high court said texas lacked standing to sue other states over how they conduct their own elections and this comes ahead of monday's meeting, of the electoral college. when all states with that doors including california city 50 vote in formalize the election results. fresh off the selection is time magazine person of the year, president-elect joe biden and vice president-elect kamala harris presented several more cabinet nominees. >> it is time to rededicate ourselves to the mission. our government agencies we are entrusted with. and to the american people, help is on the way. >> i'm on by the trust you've placed in me. >> we will fight like to get our veterans and -- >> we are here to get hard stuff done. >> also, how are those time for u.s. trade presented of? >> i look forward to harnessing the power. >>> a congresswoman for bun secretary. >> we help people believe once again that the government cares about them. no matter who they are. >> reporter: sent to harassment capitol hill for a procedural vote ahead of the senate's passage of a defen

regrets taking drugs to transition to a man as a teenager says she is delighted, after a landmark high courthere was a judgement that will protect vulnerable people. i wish it had been made for me before he embarked on the devastating experiment of blockers. and a chinese spacecraft lands on the moon to collect the first rock samples in more than forty years. they have despite a significant tory rebellion, mps have backed the government's three—tiered system of local coronavirus restrictions across england. it means that more than 55 million people — 99% of english residents — will enter the two toughest tiers, two and three, from one minute past midnight tonight. a total 291 mps voted for the government, with 78 mps voting against the new measures, including around 50 conservative mps. labour mps were ordered to abstain in the vote, with party leader sir keir starmer saying he recognised restrictions needed to continue, but he was "far from convinced" the new system will work, and help for businesses was "nowhere near sufficient". closing the debate for the government, the health secretary

the high court has ruled that children under 16, who say they want to change gender, are unlikely too give their informed consent to treatment with drugs that block puberty. the case was brought by a young woman who regretted her decision to have treatment, and argued that a court order should be needed for children to take the medication. transgender rights campaigners have criticised the decision, and the only nhs clinic to offer the treatment to children says it will appeal against the ruling. our social affairs correspondent alison holt has more details. for keira bell, emerging from the high court, this judgement was about decisions made as a teenager that started her on the road from transitioning from female to male. she argued she was too young to understand the impact of that treatment. the court agreed more checks are needed. i'm delighted at the judgement of the court today. it was a judgement that will protect vulnerable people. i wish it had been made for me before i embarked on the devastating experiment of puberty blockers. at 16, keira was desperate to be a boy. she w

pearl in 2002 on our side share his being free fall an appeal is under way earlier this year the high court overturned his murder charge but that was challenge by pearl's family their appeal will be heard in early january probably was the shapiro chief for the wall street journal and he was kidnapped and murdered. as sir john listen author of taliban militant islam oil and fundamentalism in central asia he says international pressure could lead to his imprisonment. there must be a very serious internal middle she ations going on in islamabad between the government the intelligence agencies the military. and of course if this case is sent up to the supreme court in islamabad it's quite likely that he would be jailed again the problem is that he's being he's been rejected now for several years on 90 day detention order which is not exactly what he you know he would be convicted of murdering daniel. and. and he has been sentenced to 18 years in jail. but you know his actual yelling and being carried out on a on a had not basis or a 90 day today it's an order now the question is i mean every 90

jessica snyder has more on the high court's decision. >> the supreme court has poken and it is game over for what was a long shot lawsuit that gained support for more than 100 republican necessary congress. nearly two dozen republican attorneys general. the justices on the supreme court have spoken for the second time there week shutting down republican efts to stop joe biden from becoming president. the supreme court putting it this way. texas has no right to even file this lawsuit in the high court because texas has no right to legally challenge another how state conducts its elections. in this case, of course, texas was challenging the election procedures of four battleground states. now, in this order from the supreme court, two of the most conservative justices, samuel alito and clarence thomas said they should have at least let texas file the case. but then these two justices said if that had happened, they, too, would have rejengted it. so this is a complete rejection of the texas attorney general ken paxton to stop the electors in pennsylvania, wisconsin, michigan and georgia fro

the high court has ruled that children under 16 who say they want to change gender are unlikely to beto treatment with drugs that block puberty. the case was brought by a young woman who regretted her decision to have treatment and argued that a court order should be needed for children to take the medication. transgender rights campaigners have criticised the decision and the only nhs clinic to offer the treatment to children says it will appeal against the ruling. 0ur social affairs correspondent alison holt has more details. for keira bell, emerging from the high court, this judgment was about decisions made as a teenager that started her on the road from transitioning from female to male. she argued she was too young to understand the impact of that treatment. the court agreed more checks are needed. i'm delighted at the judgment of the court today. it was a judgment that will protect vulnerable people. i wish it had been made for me before i embarked on the devastating experiment of puberty blockers. at 16, keira was desperate to be a boy. she was given drugs to delay puberty and

ruling in the high court in london.nt to children. the judges ruled that children under 16 are unlikely to be able to give informed consent about starting treatment. transgender rights campaigners have criticised the decision. the tavistock says it will appeal the ruling. alison holt reports. for keira bell, emerging from the high court, this judegment was about decisions made as a teenager that started her on the road from transitioning from female to male. she argued she was too young to understand the impact of that treatment. the court agreed more checks are needed. i'm delighted at the judgement of the court today. it was a judgement that will protect vulnerable people. i wish it had been made for me before i embarked on the devastating experiment of puberty—blockers. at 16, keira was desperate to be a boy. she was given drugs to delay puberty and then male hormones. clinicians say for some children this is the right move, but keira believes it was a mistake for her. the discussions were very brief and there was no

a high court ruling on the treatment of children who say they're transgender — a woman who was prescribeduberty blockers when she was 16, says she's "delighted". the government urges businesses to make their final preparations for brexit a month before the transition period ends. and after a coronavirus outbreak at newcastle united, the team's premier league match with aston villa on friday is postponed. hello. in a huge blow to jobs just before christmas, the department store chain debenhams is closing down. it comes afterjd sports pulled out of a rescue deal to save the retailer — which will now cease traing. across the country debenhams has 124 stores and employs around 12,000 workers who are likely to lose theirjobs. the retailer will continue to trade to clear its current and contracted stocks, but it will then close if no offers are made for the business. last night another retail giant arcadia collapsed into adminstration, threatening a further 13,000 jobs. our business correspondent sarah corker reports. debenhams is a massive part of high streets across the uk, a focal point of m

the high court has agreed to hear.ould and roughly a decade of legal battles and open the floodgates to compensation for student athletes. >>> we always felt that there was going to be a tipping point for the student athletes to finally come together and say enough is enough. >> lower court rulings have allowed athletes to receive compensation in the form of computers. one ruling and a law passed here in california that allows athletes to profit from their name, image, and lightness. now that the high court has agreed to take the appeal the concept of amateur college athlete compensation could forever change. >>> the trump administration is cutting $200 million in federal healthcare funding to california. the administration objects to a state regulation mandating that employees and private insurance plans pay for abortions. federal officials that they will withhold the funding from medicaid starting in january, but observers say the policy change is not likely to continue into the biden administration. >>> coming up to

his being freed file an appeal is under way earlier this year the high court overturned his murder charge that was challenge by pearl's family their appeal will be heard it's an early january was a reporter for the wall street journal let's get more from. the journalist and author of taliban militant islam or oil and fundamentalism in central asia he joins us by skype from the horror in pakistan with us why do you think he's being freed before this appeal is being held. well you know anderson happened before and there's been this running battle between the same government and the federal government and the same high court the same high court frequently issued creating orders that daniel pearl should be free and that is being counted monday by the government which imposed another lockdown my people who will be in this this battle going on has not sent me anywhere or. will actually be freed although the same night court is taking a very odd line because the government think the government has been ignoring its orders we have to see whether it is actually going to be free and it really is a

oil for activists leading up to the same and so we know and have condemned that and it is pretty high court has there because. of the virus and also the nationals chose you know i think the 3rd to tighten the social gathering rules against and on the suppression of the all the supplies in the levels of the side here facing nowadays i just make the movement even harder to the seat in the. thank you for that to be tall and own cause. we'll take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world starting in the united states where the justice department says it has found no evidence of widespread voter fraud in the presidential election a statement from u.s. attorney general william barr is a blow to president trump's efforts to challenge the election result as he refuses to concede to joe biden. hungary a member of the european parliament has resigned after breaking lockdown rules by attending what's been described as a gay sex party in crossroads yossef sire who has previously backed anti l.g.b. legislation in hungary admitted attending a party which is broken up by police

. >>> the high court rejected another lawsuit filed by president trump. lawsuit was filed by the state of texas and it had the support of 100 of trump supporters in congress. texas was suing georgia, michigan, pennsylvania and wisconsin over their handling of the 2020 election. in a brief order the high court said texas does not have the legal right to sue those states over how they carry out elections. >>> music venues struggling amidst the pandemic. the latest bay area institutions having trouble hanging on during the shut down. and how you can help. plus. >> congress avoids a government shut down. i'm ray bogan with a look at why senator bernie sanders didn't like the bill they passed and why he's willing to keep the senate through christmas, coming up. ♪ do you recall, not long ago ♪ we would walk on the sidewalk ♪ ♪ all around the wind blows ♪ we would only hold on to let go ♪ ♪ blow a kiss into the sun ♪ we need someone to lean on ♪ blow a kiss into the sun ♪ all we needed somebody to lean on ♪ ♪ ♪ the volvo xc90 recharge plug-in hybrid. ♪ ♪ a son o

the high court ruled last month that new york governor andrew cuomo had unfairly held houses of worshiper standard than other essential services and businesses. we are back with dan henninger, kim strassel and kyle peterson. kyle, it's been a slow build here across several cases and now the court seems to be speaking pretty solidly in favor of religious free exercise. what's the significance of the colorado and new york cases? kyle: it shows the new york case you just mentioned is being applied. that's what the court is not doing, the court is saying what we just set in new york, go back to new york and apply that. just as amy coney barrett on the bench, some of these cases went the other direction with chief justice john roberts as the swing vote but the new york case was very strong, governor cuomo has limited churches to ten or 25 people depending on who, no matter how big a church. some 1200 people. i think it strikes a lot of people as not reasonable to limit them ten. paul: dan, this has had i think a cellular taylor deterrent effect on some governors to impw restrictions. dan: ye

will be freed pending an appeal earlier this year the high court overturned his murder charge pearl's family appealed against the decision u.s. president donald trump has granted clemency to more of his allies the list includes his former campaign chairman pomona for jarrett kirshner's father and roger stone trumps adviser and friend large parts of england's are being put under even tougher covert $1000.00 restrictions on saturday and more contagious variants of the virus is spreading infections have risen by 57 percent in the past week. and new strains of the corona virus are emerging in africa separate concessions records in nigeria and south africa well those are the headlines stay with us on al-jazeera witness continues. the commissioner last feeling about god. damned comical afghanistan in the shape that. they really. feel about not. only her represent. 60 percent we hug or whatever. or caress there in that. chalice or start facebook you know your your coke and order in the aisle smeared on media activist or some arrested the truth is they're out on a. love of our lives with. all

thousands of people have taken to the streets of poland in the latest protests against a high court ruling that tightened the country's already restrictive abortion law in warsaw they marched to the home of the ruling law and justice party leader last kaczynski sunday's rallies coincided with the 39th anniversary of poland's martial law crackdown. president to bloom has made his 1st appearance since he was flown to a hospital in germany after testing positive for the corona virus in october the 75 year old said he's expected to make a complete recovery within 3 weeks. space x. has successfully launched a falcon 9 rocket into space from cape canaveral florida it's bringing and s x m 7 satellite for sirius into space that will replace the previous one the new one will provide satellite radio service to listeners across north america. german bundesliga club daughter and have sacked coach lucy in far less than 24 hours after their $51.00 defeat to god father whose contract was due to expire at the end of the season labelled the result a disaster it was documents force defeat of the season and

deemed the state guideline unconstitutional. >> reporter: want attorneys is a major win for the high courter a federal court to re-examine california's restrictions on indoor religious services even though the order does remain in place, for now. >>> the u.s. supreme court essentially, through its decision, overturned california's covid-19 regulations, as they relate to churches. >> reporter: it is a decision that tyler believes will help his client, calvary chapel and has san jose. the church is living hefty fines they are not more than $600,000 for continuing to hold indoor services in defiance of the health order. >>> ditch church has said that we know what our constitution says. we know that we have a free exercise right to gather together and meet. >> reporter: also seen this move as promising. back in september, the archdiocese help this rally to ease restrictions on religious gatherings. ♪ . >>reporter: among those urging change, father eugene of the church of the epiphany. >>> everybody, i'm sure, would like to go back. >> reporter: he has been holding services outdoors during one

the high court's decision -- victory in pennsylvania.he high court's decision did not say whether any judges dissented. poland and hungary have agreed on a compromise with germany, according to the polish deputy prime minister. poland and hungary had vetoed the funding plan. they objected to tying funding to the adherence of rule of law. global news 24 hours a day, on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm ritika gupta. this is bloomberg. ♪ but mcconnell what i -- sen. mcconnell: what i recommend is andet aside state and local pass those things we can agree on, knowing full well we will be back at this after the first of the year. jonathan: senate majority leader mitch mcconnell can to lay aside some differences and may be agreed to a deal down on capitol hill. will the democrats come along with him? from new york and london, good morning. alongside tom keene and lisa abramowicz, i'm jonathan ferro. live on bloomberg tv and radio, let's get the price action this

high bar. second, the supreme court is extreme unlikely to get involved in politics. third, legal experts say it's a bad case. one state can't tell another state how to run its elections. but the paper work has all been filed. four states accuses of texas attorney general of somehow messing up the election have responded with their own court filings and then, this morning, texas filed its response to their response. texas attorney general wants the supreme court to overturn the election, something nearly every expert says is a fantasy. president trump tweeted what seemed like a last-minute bit of begging asking the court to be courageous. he also used the phrase the biden administration, which is one of several times he has tacitly seemed to acknowledge he is not president that much longer. his tweet was about hunter biden. you may call the younger biden revealed in a statement wednesday he was being investigated over his taxes. conservative news outlets are howling with anger the investigation was hidden during the election and, indeed, president trump asked the same

the high court was considering the case that challenges a 2016 voter approved ballot measure.itiative was championed by former governor jerry brown as a way to reduce prison populations and costs by speeding chances for parole. but he and other proponents have said they never intend for it to cover sex offenders. but lower appeals courts ruled that the plain language of the measure means those inmates cannot be excluded from consideration, and today the high court agreed. >>> a new report shows black and latina mothers have stopped working at higher rates than white mother's since the start of the pandemic. this report from the labor department shows latina mothers are more likely to be laid off because they're more frequent lip in service positions, including working in restaurants and hotels. it says black mothers are more likely to quit their jobs, because they are helping their children with remote learn org concerned about being exposed to the coronavirus. this record also said women sometime earn less than men, so it's more logical that they will stay at home than the ch

the high court has ruled on the treatment of children who are said to want to change to the oppositegender dysphoria. i'm delighted at the judgment of the court today. it is a judgment that will protect vulnerable people. i wish it had been made for me before i embarked on the devastating experiment of puberty blockers. my life would be very different today. this time last year, ijoined this case with no hesitation, knowing what i knew about what had and has been going on with gender identity clinics. my hope was that, outside the noise of the culture wars, the court would shine a light on this harmful experiment on vulnerable children and young people. these drugs seriously harmed me in more ways than one, and they have harmed many more, particularly young girls and women. this judgment is not political, it is about the protection of vulnerable children, please read it carefully. it exposes a complacent and dangerous culture at the heart of the national centre responsible for treating children and young people with gender dysphoria. our correspondent sangita myska has been following

judges in the state's high court previously refused to hear the case before it went through the lowercluding president-elect joe biden want all kids to the return the to the classroom but the centers for disease control says it will come at a huge financial cost. they say it could cost school districts as much as $22 million or anywhere between 55 bucks and $444 each student depending on how many precautions the school has put in place, like sanitizing all products, erecting physical barriers and adding more options for student trans pour otransportation. arthel: the u.s. reaching a pivotal moment in the coronavirus pandemic that has killed nearly 300,000 americans and sickened almost 16 million people nationwide. all happening in less than a year. the fda yo approving pfizer's vaccine for emergency use. officials are trying to work out the logistics of distribution throughout the country. so dr. weiner, as we all understand it at this point, there is a limited time from the deep freezers to someone's arm. are you more confident or concerned about logistics and delivery? >> so arthel,

>>reporter: and internal sees a major win for the high court's decision to order a federal court to re-examinestrictions on indoor religious services though the order does remain in place, or not. >> the u.s. supreme court essentially, through its decision, overturned california's covid-19 regulations, as they relate to churches. >> reporter: it is a decision tyler believes will help his client. the church is fighting santa clara county, which is living hefty fines that are not more than $600,000 for continuing to hold indoor services and defiance of the health order. @ this church has said we know what our constitution says we know that we have a free exercise right to gather together and meet. >> reporter: also see this move as promising is archdiocese of san francisco. back in september, help this rally calling on city officials to ease restrictions on religious gatherings. among those urging change, father eugene of the church of the epiphany. >> everybody, i am sure, would like to go back. >> reporter: he has been holding services outdoors during one of the coldest times of the year for f