this is bbc news. i m lucy grey. the headlines. president biden declares a major emergency in the us. state of mississippi after a powerful tornado kills at least 26 people. hundreds have been left homeless, whilst search and rescue efforts continue. early projections suggest that people in the berlin have voted against making the german capital climate neutral by 2030 after a referendum. nato has condemned russia for what it called dangerous and irresponsible rhetoric, a day after president putin said moscow would deploy tactical nuclear weapons in belarus. nato says it remains vigilant, but hasn t seen changes in russia s nuclear posture that would lead it to adjust its own. the uk government is to criminalise the possession of nitrous oxide or laughing gas, as part of a crackdown, on anti social behaviour. two boats carrying migrants have sunk off the coast of tunisia, causing 29 people to die. it comes as italian media report that a record 2000 migrants arrived at the i
the star of glastonbury on stage in front of a massive crowd. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. russian forces are said to have occupied the city of several desk. we set heavy chevron shelling have reduced the city to ruins. saturday also saw an upsurge in weeks of heavy shelling have reduced the city to ruins and ukraine s army has now pulled its troops out. saturday also saw an upsurge in russian missile strikes across ukraine. in his nightly address, president zelensky said the war had entered an emotionally difficult stage and that air defence systems held in storage in allied nations were needed more than ever. shelley phelps has the latest. it was horrible last week, yesterday we could not take it any more, thank you to the soldiers who evacuated us from there, otherwise this would have been it. i already told my husband if i die, please bury me behind the house. you need to understand, there is much shelling, it is no is a tactical wit
celebrating, abortion rights advocates, devastated. the question now where does the fight go next? to the white house. you re looking at it live. to congress. to state houses across the country. so over the next 60 minutes, we ll tick you live to those key places where decisions are happening. we ll take you outside the supreme court where you just saw some of those demonstrations and we re seeing protests all across the country. these are some of those. in st. louis, chicago. just ahead, we ll speak to the governor of one state where abortion rights could soon disappear. governor whitmer will join us live. we re in washington on an extraordinary friday along with our nbc news team. julia, you re there where demonstrations have been happening. tell us what it s like. hallie, if you want to know just how divided our country is, look no further than the crowd behind me. we ve seen abortion rights activists face off today, get in each other s faces. bull horns. you name it. ev
greetings, everyone. you re watching symone. a major blow to women s rights, to make decisions about our own bodies even when our health is at risk. the texas supreme court blocked, at least for now, a dallas woman s court approved exception to the states abortion ban. kate cox needs emergency reproductive medical care. i ll be talking to her lead attorney about how justice is being delayed, and frankly, it s about to be denied. it isn t even justice? also chaos on capitol hill, not showing any signs of slowing down from a bogus impeachment inquiry both next week to the erosion of norms and civil liberties. led by house republican who rose to first overturn the 2020 presidential election, and talk about speaker mike johnson. followed a would-be dictator donald trump. congressman benny thompson is here to weigh in on what s next. plus, the presidents of harvard, penn and am i t facing major blow back after lawmakers press them to say rhetoric calling for the genocide of jews w
it s 7:00 p.m. and polls have just closed for races in two major states. first in virginia where control of the legislature all 140 seats it s up for grabs as well as the slew of school board races and other county races. and, remember the outcome in the commonwealth of virginia is one of just four states with legislative elections this year. mamay be a bell where of what is to come in 2024. we ll see. then we have kentucky where incumbent democrat governor andy beshear is trying to fend off a challenge from the state s g.o.p. attorney general daniel cameron. now, remember, beshear s dad was also governor and pretty popular back in 2015. now, polls are still open in ohio for another 30 minutes or so. and polls in mississippi close in one hour. now, governor tate reeves is fighting for his second term and is he going to make his final push right here on the angle in moments. now, these elections come as democrat anxiety, we talked a lot about this last night, is building natio