US Republicans Fail to Unite to Repeal and Replace Obamacare

President Trump's efforts to replace Obamacare have been dealt another major blow, with two more Republican Senators refusing to back their party's planned replacement for President Obama's healthcare system, making it impossible for the bill to pass in its current form.

It's sixty years since the first broadcast by our Somali language service. Since its first broadcast in 1957, BBC Somali now reaches an audience of 3.6 million on radio, online and TV worldwide.

Eye surgeons have removed 27 contact lenses from the eye of a 67-year-old woman in the UK. They were disposable contact lenses that she had not failed to dispose.