jonathan charles is back with us geopolitical insight advisor, specialising in russia and the countries around it and a former bbc correspondent in moscow and ukraine markets in moscow and ukraine quick to react and no surprise markets quick to react and no surprise that the rouble has sunk. it surprise that the rouble has sunk. . , , ., ., sunk. it hasn t been doing that well for several sunk. it hasn t been doing that well for several weeks - sunk. it hasn t been doing that well for several weeks and - well for several weeks and months and it was inevitable with uncertainty and that is what we have with russia now, it has exacerbated a trend and we have seen that fall in the rouble. untilwe we have seen that fall in the rouble. until we know what is going to happen, can vladimir putin reassert that sense of strongman rule which at least is certainty, it may not be very nice, but at least it is certainty, then there will be questions about the economy, about the roub
i m vishala sri pathma. in the last few hours, the us supreme court has ruled in favour of maintaining access to an abortion pill, while a legal appeal against its use is considered. the drug, mifepristone, is used for terminations in the first ten weeks of pregnancy. the decision is a victory for supporters of abortion rights as it defends broad access to this pill and for the biden administration. president biden said: i continue to stand by fda s evidence based approval of mifepristone, and my administration will continue to defend the fda s independent, expert authority to review, approve, and regulate a wide range of prescription drugs. i will continue to fight politically driven attacks on women s health. let s get the very latest from washington and our correspondent, jessica parker. jessica, what does this ruling actually mean? 50 jessica, what does this ruling actually mean? jessica, what does this ruling actually mean? 50 it means that access to mifepri
ongoing coverage of the israel gaza war. waves of intensity extracts over gaza, much heavier than in previous notes. the army says it is increasing the number of abstracts in the territory and expanding its ground force operations. in gaza, sirens are warning of malt rocket fire to come and communications, including phone and internet have been cut off, making it nearly impossible for residents to reach anyone. amid the darkness, explosions are intensifying. gaza city residents have been want to move south for their safety. hamas says it is clashing with israeli forces in northern gaza and take it into israeli cities with intense missile pariahs. an overwhelming majority of the un general assembly voted in favour of any media trees in gaza, adopting a resolution that condemns all acts of violence against palestinian and israeli civilians. it calls for unhindered eight and the protection of civilians and we will bring a model later in the programme. it is happening at the huma