To abortion until fetal viability, which is about 2k weeks into a pregnancy. Tuesdays ballot proposal called issue one asked voters if changes to The State Constitution By Public Vote should pass with 60 of the vote instead of the current 50 Majority Threshold needed. That measure failed. Celebrations by opponents of the measure followed with Voting Rights groups calling it a win. And a statement, President Biden said democracy won since the Us Supreme Court overturned federal abortion protections with roe v wade last year, states have raced to either protect or restrict abortion. If you look at the polling, nationwide, about 62 of americans say that abortion should be legal in all or most cases. Thats compared with just 36 who say it should be illegal in all or most cases. Earlier, i spoke to karen kasler, the bureau chief at the Ohio Statehouse News bureau, for more on what these ohio results mean. Were you surprised by the result . How are people reacting to it . I actually wasnt su
The amazon from reaching, quote, a point of no return. The lengthy roadmap outlined in the city of belem promotes sustainable development, an end to deforestation, and fighting the organised crime that fuels it. Lets take a look at whats at stake the amazon stretches nearly Seven Million square kilometres, or nearly Three Million square miles. About two thirds of that is in brazil. Another seven countries and one terrority share the remaining third. Under brazils former president jair bolsonaro, years of deforestation in the amazon worsened. The orange on this map shows the areas of deforestation between 2019 and 2022 in the state of para, where the summit is being held. But new data shows a positive shift. Deforestation in the amazon fell by 66 last month compared to the year before. Its now at its lowest rate in six years. Our correspondent katy watson is at the summit in the amazon, and has more. We have had day one of the summit and already the countries participating have issued a
The amazon from reaching a point of no return. The lengthy roadmap outlined in the city of belaine promotes sustainable development, an end to deforestation, and fighting the organised crime that fuels it. Lets take a look at whats at stake the amazon stretches nearly Seven Million Square Kilometres or nearly Three Million square miles. About two thirds of that is in brazil. Another seven countries, and one territory share the remaining third. Under brazils former president , jair bolsonaro, years of deforestation in the amazon worsened. The orange on this map shows the areas of deforestation between 2019 and 2022 in the state of para, where the summit is being held. But new data shows a positive shift. Deforestation in the amazon fell by 66 last month compared to the year before. Its now at its lowest rate in six years. Our correspondent katy watson is at the summit in the amazon and has more. We have had day one of the summit and already the countries participating have issued a Stat
World tour have agreed to a shock merger with the saudi backed liv golf. This comes despite the pending litigation between pga and liv. That will now be halted as they move forward as part of the same enterprise. Over the past year liv golf caused huge disruption in the mens game, with top players such as rory mcllroy and tiger woods boldly criticising it. But other players such as Brooks Koepka joined liv golf for large sums with the backing of the Saudi Arabia Public Investment fund. The bbc s golf correspondent iain carter believes it is the big investment being offered that has made this deal possible. Players can get along fine when they are playing for the biggest prizes. Money is the massive driver here, the likes of rory mcilroy and the establishment from the live setup, they used to be west friends. Michael roy was a groomsmen at garcias wedding. They now do not speak. But that sort of thing will be shoved to one side. What we wait to see is what shape mens golf take Going For
welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen. ambassador, i want to begin with some words said recently by the uk foreign minister, david cameron. he said this: the lights are flashing red right across the global dashboard. it is hard to think of a time when there s been so much danger, insecurity, instability in the world. would you agree with him on that? i would. and where do you see the instability at its most dangerous? the most pressing thing today is, of course, the middle east. you cannot deny it. it s obvious. it is a conflict that is fraught with the regional conflagration, potential global conflagration. you see what s happening what has been happening in recent days. you have seen what s been happening in the red sea with the us aggression on yemen, with the recent us was plus uk aggression on iraq and syria, the situation on the northern border of israel with lebanon. so, the middle east may explode, unfortunately. i m looking at some of your recent quotes. yo