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
people to go to bed hungry every single night. there is no need forfamine like every single night. there is no need for famine like conditions in the horn of africa. we have the resources, we have the tools to end this crisis and we have to commit to doing it, and i was very pleased that we had 91 countries this past week sign onto a communique demanding that food not be used as a weapon of war and in the security council, condemn russia s actions in ukraine. president biden announced a new national monument on tuesday, as part of his four day tour of western states. the site at the historic red bute airfield in the state of arizona will include nearly one million acres and thousands of cultural sites. it would also protect the area from potential uranium mining. the event was attended by several local tribal groups. the designation comes despite criticism from republican lawmakers. biden spoke about what the protection of the lands means for both the state
in that and, in participating, they have to withdraw their troops from ukraine. speaking of the security council, the us holds the presidency of that for the month of august. one of your priorities is food insecurity, specifically ending famine forever. what are you asking from other un nations in terms of achieving that goal? we are asking other countries to commit to doing everything possible to end famine. there is no reason for 700 million people to go to bed hungry every single night. there is no need for famine like conditions in the horn of africa. we have the resources, we have the tools to end this crisis and we have to commit to doing it, and i was very pleased that we had 91 countries this past week sign onto a communique, demanding that food not be used