Mayor Bill de Blasio has reached an agreement with New York City's Jewish leaders over new regulations governing Metzitzah B'Peh, a ritual in which a specially-designated rabbi sucks blood from a child's circumcised penis, Capital New York reports.

The regional court in the western German city of Cologne ruled yesterday that male circumcision performed for religious reasons could cause permanent and irreparable "bodily harm" to the child and should be banned.