a kia borings pill is now once again in court. oral arguments are set to begin soon before the fifth circuit court of appeals. a case brought by anti-abortion activist who is want to ban mifepristone nationwide. on the state level the focus is in the carolinas where two separate efforts to further restrict abortions in both states have hit a critical juncture. in north carolina nearly all abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy are now banned. as a republican super majority in the state legislature voted to override democratic governor roy cooper s veto of their bill. shouts of shame could be heard from the gallery after the gavel fell there. and in south carolina republican lawmakers are at it again after debating for more than 12 hours yesterday on a near total ban on abortion. they are heading back into session to continue the fight. let s start in north carolina, cnn s dianne gallagher is in raleigh, north carolina, for us. after having his veto overridden what is the g
song let s get it on. welcome to bbc news. thousands of people are continuing to flee from sudan while the temperary ceasefire still holds. germany and france say all their citizens have now left the country. three planes carrying british nationals have arrived in cyprus. officials have said flights will continue around the clock. the latest is that 300 britons have been evacuated so far. the ceasefire is broadly holding. there were reports of some clashes overnight, but nothing major. there are also reports of prisoners breaking out ofjail, including some facing war crimes charges by the international criminal court. britons are still being told to go to this airbase, about 20 miles north of the capital, for the flights to cyprus. a total of 2,000 people from 50 countries have now crossed the red sea from port sudan tojeddah on a ship organised by saudi arabia. meanwhile, tens of thousands of sudanese continue to try and reach neighbouring chad, egypt and south sudan. 0ur co
ourselves because it was almost 250 years before a woman could stand at this desk not just to give a prayer. but to get the gavel. pennsylvania s new house speaker, joanna mcclinton, just one of a rapidly growing number of powerful women in this country, but ironically women now have less bodily ought omthan we had in 50 years. also new developments in jack smith s investigation into why the lawyers who did donald trump s bidding have reason to be very nervous. and if he doesn t win a grammy, it s rigged. tonight, you ll hear donald trump s new song recorded with a choir of prison inmates. no, i m not joking. and we begin tonight with the vital role of women in american history. something especially celebrated during women s history month which started this week. it is pretty remarkable when you think about it, the gains women have made since the 19th amendment was ratified in 1920, when women, but really white women, secured the right to vote. of course, women of col
he s also told the uk media that he never intended to hurt his family by writing a memoir. now on bbc news, the media show. welcome to the media show. in a minute, we re going to talk about the christmas period and what it taught us about advertising, both about what ads are working and where companies are wanting to spend their money. we ll also talk to stephen lambert from studio lambert, which made the runaway hit for the bbc, the traitors. but before we do all of that, let s talk about channel 4 privatisation, because it looks like it could be off. global s podcast the news agents broke this story. it s got hold of a letter from the culture secretary, michelle donelan, sent to the prime minister, which appears to advise against privatisation, saying there are better ways to ensure channel 4 s sustainability. let s bring in chris curtis, editor in chief of broadcast magazine. hiya, chris. good to have you back on the media show. so is this the end of the matter? i think it
i think it s the end of the potential privatisation and the start of a whole series of new questions around the future of ca. it draws a line under the second attempt over the last six years to privatise the broadcaster. and it s interesting that, essentially, a change of government, a change of culture secretary, has brought a very different view in just a few months time. yes, and the former culture secretary, nadine dorries, who held the job under borisjohnson, has already tweeted her displeasure at what s happening. do we understand why there s been a change in tack from the conservatives? look, it depends on what you believe the thrust for all this was over a year ago. channel 4. i think you could make a good case that channel 4 got caught up in a sort of culture wars moment, that it gave borisjohnson, nadine dorries, an opportunity to make a sort of political, cultural point about being seen to be sort of tough on liberal london elites, etc. and if you read the leaked