A judge struck down the state s near total ban on abortion, saying north dakota s constitution gives women a fundamental right to choose abortion before foetal viability. Elisabeth smith is with the center for reproductive rights the organisation that argued on behalf of the plantiffs in north dakota. Ms smith, thanks forjoining us. What s your reaction to the ruling? what s your reaction to the rulin: ? ,. , what s your reaction to the rulin? ,. ,. , ruling? this was an incredible rulin: ruling? this was an incredible ruling and ruling? this was an incredible ruling and it s ruling? this was an incredible ruling and it s the ruling? this was an incredible ruling and it s the first ruling? this was an incredible ruling and it s the first time i ruling and it s the first time thatis ruling and it s the first time that is stayed that totally bans abortion in the us, one of those 1a states has seen abortion be reaffirmed as a right under the state constitution. So this was not a d
first for indian film making. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we start in new zealand where, in the past hour, chris hipkins has been sworn in as the country s new prime minister, after the shock resignation of jacinda ardern last week, who said she didn t have enough in the tank to continue in thejob. mr hipkins was sworn in at government house in wellington, alongside carmel sepuloni, who becomes the country s first pasifika deputy prime minister. mr hipkins labour party will face a general election in october. our correspondent phil mercer is following the story. hejoins me now he joins me now for hejoins me now for more. great to be on the programme. i know this is something you have been covering extensively for us. just give us a sense of how chris hipkins might be different to his leadership style from jacinda ardern. this will be a big style from jacinda ardern. this will be a big year style
hello and welcome to the programme. we start in new zealand where, in the last couple of hours, chris hipkins has been sworn in as the country s new prime minister, after the shock resignation of jacinda ardern last week, who said she didn t have enough in the tank to continue in the job. mr hipkins was sworn in at government house in wellington, alongside carmel sepuloni, who becomes the country s first pasifika deputy prime minister. mr hipkins labour party will face a general election in october. 0ur correspondent, phil mercer, has more on this. this will be a big year for chris hipkins and his reshaped government. we are expecting a cabinet reshuffle in the next week or so and also a policy reset. the new prime minister says that inflation will be his key concern in the months leading up to that election on october leading up to that election on 0ctober1li, laterthis leading up to that election on 0ctober1li, later this year. cost of living pressures have been enormous i