in a statement, joe biden called it another unprecedented step in taking away basic freedoms from women and putting their health at risk. adding, if it stands, it would prevent women in every state from accessing the medication, regardless of whether abortion is legal in a state. earlier thejustice department had also announced that it will be appealing the court s decision and will look into separate ruling out of washington state. that ruling is seperate and contradictory to the one in texas, but was handed down about the same time. in a partialand preliminary injunction, the washington judge prohibited the fda from immediately pulling the drug off shelves. let s take a closer look at the medication. the drug, mifepristone, is a medicinal pill which can be taken at home. it s used in more than half of us pregnancy terminations, and was first approved for use more than 20 years ago in 2000. live now to mary ziegler, professor of law at uc davis in california. we know now
hello and welcome to bbc news. police in the us city of nashville say a former student who killed three children and three staff at a private school, had carefully planned the attack. they said the 28 year old who was later killed by officers had left behind a manifesto which suggested there were also going to be shootings at other locations. this cctv footage has emerged of the attacker named as 28 year old audrey hale arriving at the school, and then entering by shooting through one of the security doors. the footage then shows hale walking into the school, armed with several weapons. not long after this, they started shooting. among the victims three children, aged eight and nine. and three adults, all in their 60s. this footage emerged of children being led to safety shortly after the shooting. the covenant school is a private christian school for children, aged between 3 and 11. police say that hale had no previous criminal record. they were carrying two assaul
as the candidates to be the uk s next prime minister prepare to go head to head. welcome to the programme. we start with the extreme heat across europe. it s facing its worst drought in a long time. we ll look at that in a moment. but first the high temperatures are also causing big wildfires. let s go to france. there s a huge wildfire near bordeaux, in the south western region of gironde. this is what it looks like at night. thousands of hectares have been burnt. 10,000 people have been forced to evacuate the area, and several homes are destroyed. it s spreading so fast because it s so dry. this is the scene in the day. you can see a plane dropping chemicals used to slow the fire down. more than a thousand fire fighters are there trying to control it. let s hear from one of them. translation: for l the moment, the fire is progressing in every direction. if i may say, the wind is not steady for the moment. it will rise in the course of the day. we are told that the wind will
Heavy Lifting Equipment has begun to arrive in remote regions of the Atlas Mountains, which have been the hardest hit. Nick beake joined the first aid convoys to reach some of the most remote villages in the taroudant region. Finally, help is on its way to the most remote victims of this disaster. Werejoining a team of spanish firefighters, the first rescuers to negotiate in treacherous Mountain Road now that the path has been cleared. We reach the village of algou. In the hours after the quake, screams rang out here. But the trapped couldnt be freed. Then the screams turned to silence. These dogs are trained to find the living. Theyre detecting nothing. For three days now, the villagers in this place have been using their hands, and shovels to go through the rubble. Desperately trying to find their loved ones but the grim reality is there is now a stench of death that hangs in the air here. All hope of finding people alive has now surely vanished. And it is taking its toll. This fract
Than 1,000 bodies had now been recovered in the worst hit city, derna. Widespread flooding and mudslides caused by torrential rain destroyed many roads and homes. Thousands of people are still missing. Much of the country has been declared a Disaster Zone and three days of mourning have begun. A minister in the eastern government which is not internationally recognised said more than 1,000 bodies had now been recovered in the worst hit city, derna. The eastern cities of benghazi and al marj are also among the worst hit. The death toll is huge and might reach the 2,000. But we dont have a definite number. We confirm from independent sources of information that the number of missing people is hitting 10,000 persons so far. Anna foster has the latest. A torrent of water. The devastation is clear to see. The death toll is the harder to quantify. The red cross say as many as 10,000 people are missing. But in a country without a single functioning government getting information is hard. Sinc