google has announced that it s taking steps to remove data from its servers that could be used to prosecute people for visits to abortion clinics in the united states. it comes after the us supreme court s decision to remove a woman s constitutional right to an abortion. several states have already acted to outlaw the procedure, or severely restrict access to it. our north america correspondent, peter bowes, told me more about google s decision. this is a response to the concerns of many that women who seek an abortion, legal abortion out of a different state, if that has been banned. google is doing an attempt state, if that has been banned. google is doing an attempt to delete any information relating to that person s visit to an abortion clinic or any other facility providing reproductive services. they will do that by automatically deleting the geolocation data that they hold on their servers when their systems detect that an individual has been to one of these facilities
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. russia has shown that it s determined to assert control over ukraine s black sea coast. that s despite moscow s decision to withdraw from the much fought over snake island earlier this week. kyiv has accused moscow of stealing grain and sending it abroad from the occupied port of berdyansk. a russian registered ship has left berdyansk with a cargo of grain and is currently lying off the turkish coast near port of karasu. ukraine is demanding that turkey, a nato member intercepts it. mark lobel has more. ukraine once this cargo ship, filled by the bbc, to be seized. it is carrying green that ukraine says has been stolen from a russian occupied part of their country, allegations russia denies. the bbc has been tracking the ship, believed to be leased to the russian company, greenline, which is not under any sanctions, across the black sea on a journey that began on wednesday week. it is transporting around 7000 tonn
hello and welcome to bbc news. google has announced it s taking steps to remove data from its servers that could be used to prosecute people for visits to abortion clinics in the united states. it comes after the us supreme court s decision to remove a woman s constitutional right to an abortion. several states have already acted to outlaw the procedure, or severely restrict access to it. geoffrey fowler is a tech columnist with the washington post, and says tech companies need to do more to protect the sensitive data of their users. google today made basically the first statement it s made since we learned about the supreme court ruling about what kind of change it was actually going to make to its products. it said when its naps service or location data collection that it does notices that a user is near a personal location, a highly sensitive personal location, be it a hospital, clinic or shelter, it would now automatically delete that data point coming up over the next
an official statement said russia s aim is to prevent strikes by ukrainian forces on eastern regions under their control. now on bbc news, unspun world withjohn simpson. hello and welcome to unspun world. this is the lobby of new broadcasting house the bbc s headquarters in central london. will the fact that britain will soon have a new prime minister weaken its support for ukraine now that boris johnson s gone? and we ll be hearing in shocking detail about a series of war crimes committed by russian soldiers. they get him to bend towards the wall and they load bricks on his back, until he collapses, and then put a bucket on his head and they start battering him. president biden visits the country he called an international pariah a couple of years ago. hypocrisy or just an acceptance of saudi arabia s new importance in the world? of course, for the president, it s all about how your voters think, and one of the huge issues in the us at the moment is the price of fuel. an
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