for abortion rights. and to witness the states democratic governor, roy cooper veto the 12-week abortion ban that the republican-controlled state legislature passed in the first week of may. now north carolina republicans claim that the bill was, quote, a mainstream approach to regulating abortion, but critics say it is full of hidden restrictions and medically unnecessary obstacles that take in together were we dramatically reduce access to abortion and cause women s health clinics across the state to shut down. but the fact that republicans are trying to market this extreme abortion ban as reasonable and mainstream is important. it s part of a larger national effort will cancel determine unacceptable abortion ban standard that they could enact without politically backfiring on them. for the most, where they ve been unsuccessful in this regard. again, the majority of americans support abortion rights. opposed this is importing the criminalization of women and their doctors
intercepted. and british prime minister rishi sunak says he s disappointed at the european broadcasting union s zelenskyy from making an address at the eurovision song contest. we start with the breaking news in the last couple of hours. a convicted child abuser has been found guilty of brutally murdering a seven year old girl in the north east of england more than 30 years after the killing took place. nikki allan was repeatedly hit about the head and stabbed dozens of times in sunderland in october 1992. prosecutors told newcastle crown court she was then dumped like rubbish in a derelict building near her home. david boyd, 55, from stockton on tees, was convicted after a three week trial. he will be sentenced on 23 may. our news correspondent, danny savage was at newcastle crown court and explains why this prosecution has taken so long. it was a complex and challenging case for northumbria police but they spent many years going off down the wrong avenue thinking that a
$1.9 trillion. shaking hands, kissing babies, and getting plenty of shut eye buying war bonds just to keep the kaiser on his toes trains those old beer cans with the pull tabs, what happened to those? slipping a few candy buttons into your phosphate to see how fast it makes you pedal the bike and the games on greta garbo and the best thing of all, naked with your best gal at the back of a picture show. go for it jack what was i talking about oh, i m joe biden and that s why i m running for re-election. but first i m watching the wheel of fortune oh, man oh my god that was so funny. keeping the kaiser on his toes man the gams on greta garbo, that was my favorite. too funny they re making fun of joe for one thing, that s his age. yeah. it s pretty funny. that s not so bad good morning and go for it, jack that s not right. it s wednesday, we re really it s been a long week already first of all, does anyone think it should be friday always. ple
also in the programme. president zelensky addresses the european parliament saying ukraine is fighting to protect europe s way of life president zelensky pleas for. we start with the devastation following monday s earthquakes in turkey and syria, where mass graves are being dug, as the death toll climbs rapidly. nearly 20,000 are known to have lost their lives. rescuers are continuing desperate attempts to find and free survivors, four days after the quakes hit. the world health organization has warned there could be a secondary disaster with survivors living on the streets with very little food and water and in freezing temperatures. our middle east correspondent anna foster is in gaziantep the epicentre of the biggest earthquake to hit the region on monday. this heavy machinery is starting to arrive mainly in the big cities like this one, it has to be said, when you think about the rural villages, towns that are as badly affected, it is so much harder to get the equip
heaven s gate tomorrow at 10 on cnn. hello and welcome to our viewers joining us from the united states and all around the world and leila torok. the us scrambles to contain the fallout from leaked pentagon intelligence as we learn more about what was in the documents and the evidence against the national guardsmen charged in the case, dozens of people are dead in the power struggle between sudan s army and they rival paramilitary group, the international community, urging a return to peaceful dialogue. and a major crackdown on a mexican drug cartel by the united states. the link to america s fentanyl crisis. from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom with laila harre. the us is grappling with fallout at home and abroad after a massive intelligence leak that includes blunt appraisals of some key allies. the washington post reports that assessments found in the classified information say taiwan would probably be unable to defend itself against china s air power in a direct conflict