that ruling set off the slow process of decriminalising abortion state by state. wednesday s decision comes amid a trend in latin america of loosening restrictions on abortion. live now to bbc news reporter mimi swaby, who s tracking this story. just practically speaking, what will this really mean for women in mexico? in mexico? this unanimous decision in mexico? this unanimous decision by in mexico? this unanimous decision by the in mexico? this unanimous decision by the supreme i in mexico? this unanimous i decision by the supreme court has been a cause for celebration for many people across mexico. it means that public of institutions now must offer abortion services to any individual who requests them. so women across mexico can now access these procedures without facing any legal repercussions or prosecution. it also means that medical personnel, who are conducting these terminations, will not be criminalised. before this rillington place, they could have faced u
senator lindsey graham an ally of donald trump. is the seemingly never ending trump soap opera about to plunge the us into turmoil? senator lindsey graham, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. senator, you are one of the strongest republican supporters of ukraine and of us military assistance to ukraine. right. would you acknowledge that, right now, the war isn t going the way you wanted it to, or indeed the way you expected it to just a few months ago? not at all. i think it s going exceedingly well. i just got back from ukraine last wednesday. there s major breakthroughs in the south. the land mine situation was incredible. i could not be more proud of how they ve used the military equipment provided by our countries. they re putting pressure, they ve broken through the first defensive line. i think they ll split the russian forces in crimea in the next couple of weeks, months. so i am exceedingly proud of the ukrainian military. well, that is extraordinarily upbeat, if i may
abortion a crime was unconstitutional because it violated the rights of those who can have children. the ruling opens the door for mexico s health care system to start providing abortions and is a major victory for abortion rights advocates in the mostly catholic country. mexico is the latest in a wave of latin american nations to loosen abortion restrictions. i spoke with bbc news reporter mimi swaby for more on the impact of the ruling. just practically speaking, what will this really mean for women in mexico? this unanimous decision by the supreme court has been a cause for celebration for many people across mexico. it means that public health institutions now must offer abortion services to any individual who requests them. so women across mexico can now access these procedures without facing any legal repercussions or prosecution. it also means that medical personnel who are conducting these terminations will not be criminalised. before this ruling, they could have faced
hello there. i ve got a couple of interesting sunsets to show you. the first of these shows, well, rather subdued colours in the skies in norfolk. and that was because we ve got thick layers of saharan dust in the sky and all saharan dust is good for is blocking out some of the sun s light. whereas in the much cleaner skies and cleaner air that we ve had in scotland, some really spectacular sunsets as all of the sun s light can come flooding across the sky. now, looking at the weather pattern at the moment, we ve got more of our september heatwave to come thanks to this blocked weather pattern in the jet stream, a ridge of high pressure in north west europe is bringing us hot and sunny weather. but in contrast to that, this trough in the eastern mediterranean is what is responsible for storm daniel. and of course, that s been bringing some catastrophic floods to parts of south east europe over recent days. now, looking at the weather picture as we go thr
they ve broken through the first defensive line. i think they ll split the russian forces in crimea in the next couple of weeks, months. so i am exceedingly proud of the ukrainian military. well, that is extraordinarily upbeat, if i may say so, compared with what we see in leaks from classified pentagon documents suggesting and i m quoting here from a leak in the washington post that kyiv won t fulfil its principal objective of severing that land bridge to crimea in this year s counter offensive. i think they re wrong. those same people told us kyiv would fall in four days, that the whole country would be in russian hands in two weeks. i go there enough to know what s real and what s not. it s been extremely tough sledding because of all the mines, but when they get contact with the russians, the russians fold pretty quickly. you ve got a bunch of conscripts that would rather not die in ukraine if they didn t have to. you ve got highly motivated ukrainian civilian populat