US healthcare ruling: 'A huge victory for President Obama'

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The US Supreme Court has said President Barack Obama's landmark healthcare reform act is constitutional.

The court upheld a core requirement known as the "individual mandate" that Americans buy insurance or pay a fine.

The BBC's Jonny Dymond says the ruling marks a huge victory for Obama in the run up to November's presidential election.

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