to be executed using nitrogen gas a method which the united nations has called cruel and inhumane . smith s adviser said he is absolutely terrified. it will be the state 5 second attempt to execute smith, who was convicted in 1989 of murdering a preachers wife, in a hired killing. for more on this story, i spoke a little earlier to ralph chapoco he s a reporter with it s been just described it s beenjust described his method. that will involve kenneth smith being led into the execution chamber having an airtight mask strapped to his face and a pure nitrogen pumped from a pressurised tank. find from a pressurised tank. and him of effectively from a pressurised tank. fific him of effectively being forced or asked to breathe it in. there have of course been many experts suggesting that one of the problems is this is never been done before. it s interesting, we ve heard from some of your contributors there that the state of alabama is waiting to find out whether or not i
the 58 year old will become the first person in the us to be executed using nitrogen gas, a method which the united nations has called cruel and inhumane . it will be the state s second attempt to execute smith, who was convicted in 1989 of murdering a preacher s wife, in a hired killing. tom bateman reports. they have a 12 hour window basically from six o clock local time in alabama until six o clock in the morning to carry out this untested and experimental as it has been described by its many detractors method and that will involve kennett smith being led into the execution chamber, having an airtight mask strapped to his face and then pure nitrogen pumped from a pressure ride tank and him being effectively asked to breathe it in. they have of course been many experts suggesting that one of the problems here is this has never been done before. essentially we heard from what of your contributors there, soby contributors there, soby contributors there, soby contrib
answer. ., ~ ., ., answer. you know about the report that i have answer. you know about the report that i have not answer. you know about the report that i have not even answer. you know about the report that i have not even seen - answer. you know about the report that i have not even seen yet - answer. you know about the report that i have not even seen yet so i that i have not even seen yet so it is hard for me to comment on it. but will you talk to us? is hard for me to comment on it. but will you talk to us? what we are doinu is but will you talk to us? what we are doing is having but will you talk to us? what we are doing is having an but will you talk to us? what we are doing is having an interview - but will you talk to us? what we are doing is having an interview now- doing is having an interview now talking about tackling illegal migration. talking about tackling illegal miiration. , talking about tackling illegal migration- talking about tackling illega
for abortion rights. and to witness the states democratic governor, roy cooper veto the 12-week abortion ban that the republican-controlled state legislature passed in the first week of may. now north carolina republicans claim that the bill was, quote, a mainstream approach to regulating abortion, but critics say it is full of hidden restrictions and medically unnecessary obstacles that take in together were we dramatically reduce access to abortion and cause women s health clinics across the state to shut down. but the fact that republicans are trying to market this extreme abortion ban as reasonable and mainstream is important. it s part of a larger national effort will cancel determine unacceptable abortion ban standard that they could enact without politically backfiring on them. for the most, where they ve been unsuccessful in this regard. again, the majority of americans support abortion rights. opposed this is importing the criminalization of women and their doctors
welcome to bbc news. more now on the news that a massive earthquake has killed more than 500 people in turkey and syria, and i canjoin my colleague for more. welcome to all of you watching on pbs and around the globe. we are bringing you special coverage of breaking news this hour. a powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake has struck northern syria and also south eastern turkey. official figures say officialfigures say more official figures say more than 650 people have been killed, that figure will rise. the earthquake, with a magnitude of 7.8 struckjust before dawn. the epicentre was in the turkish province of gaziantep. buildings collapsed, hundreds of miles away. there were also reports of many of the casualties in northern syria, across the border. the tremor was also felt in lebanon, gaza, jordan, cyprus and iraq. turkey has declared a state of emergency. syria s government, meanwhile, has also held an emergency meeting in order to decide how they will respond. witnesses from