hello and welcome to bbc world news. millions of women in the us have lost their constitutional right to abortion. the supreme court has overturned a longstanding judgment that legalised terminations nationwide. individual states can now decide whether to ban the practice. let s bring you some live pictures from washington, which shows you pictures of pro life demonstrators, appealing that decision, demonstrating against it, and that has been protests across the united states. these are live pictures from washington. these are live pictures from washington. i spoke to leah litman, assistant professor of law at the university of michigan, about the immediate consequences of this ruling. today, the only remaining clinic in the state of west virginia closed and had to cancel appointments for patients. they were on the phone with women as they were sobbing, when they found out they would no longer have access to abortion in the state. we are talking about the constitution here, o
as god s work. some high profile us firms have already offered to fund travel expenses for employees seeking out of state abortions. protests have been held outside the supreme court in washington and in other cities. there s renewed pressure on borisjohnson after the conservatives suffered a double defeat in parliamentary by elections. the liberal democrats overturned a big tory majority in tiverton and honiton in devon, while labour regained the west yorkshire seat of wakefield. the party co chairman oliver dowden has resigned, and the former leader, lord howard, has said it s time the country had new leadership. boris johnson conceded the results were not brilliant but vowed to keep going . here s our deputy political editor vicki young. liberal democrats are getting used to toppling tories in by elections. but this victory broke all records. the winning candidate said voters have sent a message. your behaviour, mrjohnson, makes a mockery of leadership. by any measure
Its on. A rain soaked rishi sunak calls the election. Why is he taking the gamble now . Drums a little guitar, please. One, two, three, four. Earlier today, i spoke with his majesty the king to request the Dissolution Of Parliament. We will have a general election on the 4th ofjuly. Look around our country. The sewage in our rivers. People waiting on trolleys in a e. Crime, virtually unpunished. Mortgages and food prices, through the roof. Its all a direct result of the tory chaos in. Westminster. Show me, show me, show me, show what you got. Immigration is finally coming down and we are stopping the boats with our rwanda partnership. Its on, its on, its on. On the 5th ofjuly, either keir starmer or i will be Prime Minister. He has shown time and time again that he will take the easy way out and do anything to get power. Its on, its on ok, now are you ready . Yeah one, two, one, two, three, four. Good evening. It definitely didnt feel like summer when the Prime Minister announced today
Lawyer i should explain this is not the courtroom itself, no cameras allowed inside the courtroom when proceedings are active. This is on a different floor and you can see there the barrier is where donald trump will often come at the beginning of the day to speak to the media. We are in the short recess which is why cameras can pick him up at this life moment. Lets try and bring you that brief statement he gave before proceedings got under wayjust gave before proceedings got under way just a little gave before proceedings got under wayjust a little earlier. Ijust want to say before we begin, these are all biden trials. This is done as Election Interference. Everybody knows it. Im here, instead of being able to be in pennsylvania and georgia, and lots of other places campaigning. And its very unfair. Fortunately, the poll. Numbers are very good. Theyve been going up because people understand whats going on. This is a witch hunt and its a shame, and it comes out of washington. Its in co
Did dont use your know how you. Start september 18th on d w. This is. From prodemocracy protests in hong kong a mob violence and gang clashes break down to the mall when probate activists face off with the protesters its the latest confrontation in months in filing demonstrates also coming up African Leaders join Tens Of Thousands of supporters
for the State Funeral of Robert Mugabe was longtime leader died last week at the age of 95. Was 1st president after a white minority rule but also presided over the crises in the economy and society. Thanks for joining us prodemocracy protests in hong kong has been disrupted by counterdemonstrators waving chinese flags the city in a Shopping Mall turned violent when activists confronted the demonstrators. In its 4th month of prodemocracy demonstrations they were initially launched to oppose a controversial extradition built but of since widened the demand for you elections in the Semi Autonomous chinese territory. The umbrella us
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