pills in the ice. a short time ago a federaljudge in texas hold of the approval of the abortion pill method bridgestone and put the decision on hold for seven days to allow for the biden administration to appeal mifepristone. it was a short time after the ruling was made public, district courtjudge in washington issued a glittery ruling, partial preliminary injunction which prohibits the fda from immediately pulling the drug off the shelves. let s take a closer look. the drug mifepristone,, as a medical bulletin to go home and is than half of us pregnancy terminations. there was first approved for use more than 20 years ago in 2000. the lawsuit in texas was filed by the alliance for hippocratic medicine, an anti abortion organisation. and it was decided by judge matthew kacsmaryk, an appointee of former president donald trump. he cited several reasons for the ruling, including that the fda failed to consider the pyschological effects of the drug. we have a statement from a
while filming a social media video. a special report from afghanistan on women s rights we travel with the united nations envoy meeting the taliban. we are going to use this to push the door wider we are going to use this to push the door wider and not allow it to close door wider and not allow it to close. and not allow it to close, because close. and not allow it to close, because it close. and not allow it to close, because it would close on the women of afghanistan. teenage girls tell the bbc how they were contacted online by the influencer andrew tate and his brother, as they remain in custody in romania on rape and trafficking allegations. and fright night on sea how southend is becoming something of a global capital for amateur horror movies. and coming up on the bbc news channel: cameron norrie s out of the australian open. a five set thriller saw him miss out on making it through to the final 16 in the tournament yet again. good evening and welcome to the
bringing that to light and recognising that that is what they have to stop? thank you so much for speaking with us. that wasjean lee a writer and commentator on north korea. her podcast is called the lazarus heist, and you can find it at bbc.co.uk/sounds. officials from both russia and ukraine have been casting doubt over a leak of documents relating to the west s plans to provide aid to ukraine. a senior ukrainian official said the leak was all part of a ploy to discredit any potential counter offensive. and russia s military bloggers have said the material can t be trusted. the pentagon has said it s investigating the matter. again, here s hugo bachega from kyiv. the documents in question first appeared as photographs and were folk posted on social media. they include shots with dates of when weapons were expected to be delivered and also numbers about ukrainian military units. bbc has been
we re welcoming anybody who wants to come and sit down, have a meal, have a natter about their problems. the following night, the effort pays off. dozens turn up, including sisters mehaq and kiran. it s nice for the community, especially for teenagers my age, who want to know about the cost of living crisis. it just feels like you re part of some big family. across this town, there are those working to try and bring a little light, even when things feel a little bleak. alex forsyth, bbc news, blackburn. and you can hear alex on any questions, from blackburn, on bbc sounds, on bbc.co.uk/sounds or on the bbc sounds app. an international film festival might not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of southend on sea but. ..home made horrorfilms are booming there at the horror on sea festival. it began ten years ago as a way of bringing some much needed business to the essex seaside in the middle of winter.
website for updates. we do have one more update for you from national highways, relying to the 80 it says, a closure of the qe2 bridge will be in permitted from 5am tomorrow in readiness for storm eunice. i ll give that to you again in case that s relevant to you again. to get more on the situation where you live, do tune in to your bbc local radio station and you can find details of your nearest station at bbc.co.uk/sounds, or for the picture across the country, head to bbc.co.uk/news. and we ll find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow s front pages