guaranteed that a woman confronted with unplanned pregnancy could, within reasonable limits, make their own decision about whether to bear or child, with all the life transforming consequences that that act involves. and in the safeguarding each woman s reproductive freedom, the constitutional protective the ability of a woman to participate equally in this nation s economic and social life. but no longer, and quote. in a decision that is no less devastating, because we knew it was coming. the supreme court today decided that bodily autonomy is now a privilege, given only to men. a conservative majority overturned roe versus wade and casey versus planned parenthood. they ruled that we were constitutional right to abortion isn t protected by the constitution, after all. quote, we hold that roe and casey must be overruled. the constitution makes no reference to abortion and no such right is implicitly protected by any constitutional provision, and quote. 5 to 4. the conserv
that could do with some rain. not an awful lot of that in the forecast and after a relatively cool start to the week, temperatures set to climb again as we move into thursday and friday. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: holidaymakers and hauliers face a third day of disruption at the channel tunnel with some stuck in queues overnight. delays around the port of dover appear to have eased though. the board of cricket scotland resigns ahead of a review expected to find scottish cricket to be institutionally racist. russia admits it was responsible for a missile strike on the port of odesa on saturday targeting military installations, ukraine s president denounced the attack as barbaric . the two contenders to be britain s next prime minister rishi sunak and liz truss vow to toughen controls on migration into the uk. and supermodel kate moss tells the bbc that being asked to take off her bra during a photoshoot when she was 15 years old opened her eyes to the danger
alert, as record breaking temperatures spark thousands of wildfires. in europe, where spain has been badly affected, thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes. now on bbc news, the travel show. coming up on the travel show. we re finding out what s at the bottom of venice s most popular canals. there s something really big on the line here. it looks really, really heavy. we meet the chef bringing a comforting taste of ukraine to london. welcome to my kitchen. thank you. and lucy checks out the latest tech designed to inject more fun into festival season. i just love the fact that i can film hands free effortlessly, i can listen to music, i can make and receive calls on these things. cheering we start this week in one of europe s most breathtakingly beautiful destinations venice, in northeast italy. this city on water is made up of over 100 islets, interconnected by a labyrinth of picture perfect canals and elegant bridges. life around here has remained the sa
it s hard to explain to children what s happening. taras is afraid his father will die . 40 miles northwest of kyiv, a massive russian convoy is heading toward the capital. russian forces already on the outskirts of the city are meeting fierce resistance. the russian column that has come down here has been absolutely hammered. i don t want to show you this too much, but there s a body there. that s a russian soldier that is lying there dead on this bridge. look at this. i mean what kind of munitions does it take to do that to a car, to a vehicle? you know, i know that i was speaking to the local ukrainian commanders here. they ve been saying that they were using western anti-tank missiles to attack these columns. look. so recent the battle, this vehicle is still smoking. four days after the invasion begins, i interview olena for the first time on cnn. have you thought about trying to leave? yes, many times. one is to escape and survive. another one is to stay at
announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening there is breaking news as we come on the air tonight. a federal judge has just blocked the biden administration s plans to lift covid-related restrictions at the southern u.s. border the trump-era rule known as title 42 was set to end on monday but will now remain in place. it allows border agents to expel migrants without a chance at asylum the case was brought by a large group of republican state attorneys general amid warnings lifting the rule would unleash even more people trying to enter the country. sam brock is along the border tonight with late details sam, what happens now? reporter: lester, good evening the dramatic ruling is a defeat for the biden administration just three days before they wanted to lift title 42 it means that a two-plus year freeze on asylum seekers continues. but the administration says it disagrees with the decision and plans to appeal as border crossings reach new heights