see some of those former prisoners, the palestinians on board that bus. making their way back into gaza and onwards. we re going to have more on this story across the program. first were going to take a closer look at some of the hostages that were released by hamas today. amongst the group were sisters, they were attacked at their home. the girls were part of a family group whose capture was live streamed by the attackers themselves. also for the first time today a us citizen was released. abigail idan was just three at the time that she was taken hostage. she spent her fourth birthday in captivity. her parents were attacked and killed by hamas gunmen during the october seventh attacks. i m joined now by anna foster who s in tel aviv. you ve been following events throughout the day in the last few days. just take us through events taking place in the last few hours. let me talk you through what we seen today because the day actually began with more of a sense of anxiety that
a line of breaking news before the sport coming from new york with the reuters news agency reporting that the un security council is due to vote later today on a draft resolution that calls for urgent and extended humanitarian pauses and corridors throughout the gaza strip for a sufficient number of days to enable aid access. that is according to diplomats, some diplomats say they expect the 15 member council to adopt the resolution although some countries were likely to abstain. the resolution needs nine foes and could be vetoed, so a vote is expected later in the day on extended humanitarian pauses and corridors through the gaza strip, so we will keep an eye on that and bring you more as it comes in. now let s head to the bbc sport centre. isaac is therefore us. let s start at the cricket world cup where virat kohli has scored his 50th odi hundred, breaking the record of fellow indian legend sachin tendulkar. kohli s milestone occured in the first semi final against new zea
mchenry in washington. and this is cnn cnn breaking news you are in the cnn newsroom. i m wolf blitzer in washington, and we begin sour with major breaking news. the united states supreme court has issued a very important ruling on reproductive rights. the justices unanimously rejected a challenge to the medical abortion pill mifepristone allowing the drug to remain on the market. the ruling covers two years after the court took away women s constitutional right to an abortion by overturning roe v. wade i want to bring in our panel to assess what s going on. dramatic developments in deep want to start with our senior supreme court analyst, joan biskupic, walk us through this really john, tell us what it means. sure. it was really high drama in the courtroom this morning. this ruling actually came a little bit earlier than we are expected in this month of june. what i think there was a clear reason why they were unanimous in striking this down. and let me just set the scen
The Supreme Court has decided to uphold federal approval of the abortion pill mifepristone, for now. But this week s unanimous ruling isn t the final word. The justices denied the challenge
The Supreme Court 's ruling on technical grounds Thursday keeps the abortion pill mifepristone available in the U.S. for now, but it won't be the last word on the issue, and the unanimous opinion offe.