james waterhouse. thank you forjoining us. what do you make what the ukrainian president said there?- you make what the ukrainian president said there? well, it s clear that bakhmut, president said there? well, it s clear that bakhmut, this - president said there? well, it s. clear that bakhmut, this eastern city, has once again become a distraction as president zelensky continues to engage in this never ending diplomatic treadmill, he is on an extraordinary overseas trip where he has addressed the arab league summit, spoke of the nations that have previously sat on the fence when it comes to russia s invasion of ukraine, he is now meeting the g7 economies injapan where his priority in his mind is to secure the long term further military and financial help, he does seem to be doing that, not least with america giving the green light for f i6 fighterjets to be provided potentially by other allies, but the questioning this morning has mostly been about this eastern city of ba
in parliamentary elections. polls suggest the governing centre right new democracy party is on course to win the most seats. now on bbc news, political thinking with nick robinson. hello and welcome to political thinking, a conversation with, rather than an interrogation of, someone who shapes our political thinking about what shapes theirs. it isn t that long ago, since nicola sturgeon looked to be unassailable as first minister of scotland. she and her party, the snp, were held up as a contrast to the chaos and the division of the tories down south. yet since she stood down as first minister, pretty much anything that could go wrong has gone wrong, as part of a police investigation into the snp s finances, which has a long way to run yet. now, even though no one s been charged, her party finds itself in the worst crisis it s faced, certainly since alex salmond became first minister 16 years ago. my guest this week is not sturgeon, it s not salmond. it is the new rising star
this decision is a victory supporters of abortion rights, as it defends broad access to this pill, and for the biden administration. president biden has responded: with me is our correspondentjess parker. she has been looking into the story for us. what does this ruling mean? story for us. what does this ruling mean? access continues as it did before ruling mean? access continues as it did before two as it did before two mifepristone which, as you are saying, is widely used in america as part of a two drug regimen for abortion. just colbeck a little bit, there was a judge in texas who said that actually approval should be halted for the time being and then an appeals court basically ruled that went too far but looked to restrict access to mifepristone so you can only take it up to seven weeks of pregnancy, you couldn t ordered by mail, you had to go for an in person appointment. the supreme court has ruled for now none of those things will happen, axis remains as it was,
but that hasn t been possible because of the latest escalation. here s a reminder of why this is happening. sudan s army general abdel fattah al burhan is fighting the leader of a paramilitary group, the rsf, led by general mohamed hamdan dagalo. they had been sharing power since they led a coup in 2021. now though, they disagree on how sudan should be governed. let s go live now to our correspondent kalkidan yibetal in addis ababa, who is closely monitoring the situation. first of all, the sudanese army saying there are plans in place to begin evacuating foreign nationals. what more do we know about those plans right now? plans right now? yes, we have already seen plans right now? yes, we have already seen the plans right now? yes, we have already seen the first - plans right now? yes, we have already seen the first rescue . already seen the first rescue operations in which more than 150 foreign nationals have arrived in jeddah. there was a statement released by the for