Hello, welcome to bbc news. I m shaun ley. India s official death toll from the covid 19 pandemic is approaching 200,000, with reports suggesting the numbers could be twice as high. Crematoriums in the capital delhi have been forced to build makeshift funeral pyres, as the city runs out of space for its dead. But, while there has been a lot of reporting from the big cities, what is happening in smaller towns and rural areas of this vast nation of 1. 3 billion people? the bbc s indian language services correspondents are based across the country and have sent this update. India s western maharashtra is the worst affected state by the covid 19 pandemic. Along the with cities like mumbai and camille, it s rural areas like where i am today are also suffering from a rise in coronavirus cases. Some districts in maharashtra have reported a massive 700% rise, as compared to last year in the first wave. The availability of icu beds is a major cause of concern as a few districts have already ran
hello and welcome to inside politics. i m john king and washington. very busy day in the news. thank you for your time right now a supreme court deadline in a critical medication abortion case, a decision on whether to take a pregnancy ending drug off the shelves but now happen at any moment and this hour, an overwhelming show of solidarity for a black team shot for ringing the wrong door. bell, the man who pulled the trigger twice. it s still not under arrest. attorneys for ralph yours, family say that s an outrage and that the reason his black and white and the florida governor versus the house. the mouse build ron desantis threatens retaliation against disney with rival amusement parks. even he says, maybe a state prison crowd cinderella s castle, others eyeing the 2024 republican nomination, say governor desantis is doing harm . the gop s less government free markets brand. this has gone from kind of going after a headline to something that is devolved into an issue and i
trailing donald trump here at home. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. it is monday. i m christine romans this morning. the u. s. has no embassy operating in sudan, a country on the brink of civil war president biden announcing the u. s diplomatic personnel and their families have been evacuated from sudan secretary of state antony blinken, adding that operations that the u. s embassy in khartoum have been temporarily suspended. cnn s sam kiley is reporting on the situation from djibouti for us and sam. how was the extraction of us personnel carried out and are officials saying why it was necessary? well let s start with why it was necessary there, christine, you say it s on sudan s on the brink of civil war, i think from the american and international perspective, it is a country in the throes of a very violent, actual civil war. there are, for example, sudanese jets bombarding positions inside their own capital. and it s that level of violence
it earth day a day to focus on the health of our planet. there are alarming warning signs linked to climate change. for cnn center. piss is cnn newsroom with leila harrack. in a move that s being celebrated as a victory for the biden administration and abortion rights supporters across the u. s. supreme court has taken steps to protect access to stone and abortion medication that s been commonly used by women for decades. our discussion, i d er has more now on the ruling and what comes next in the fight. over the drug. the supreme court , stepping in to protect full access to the abortion pill mifepristone while the appeals process plays out below, that means it will be status quo for the administration of this drug . women can continue to take it up to 10 weeks pregnant, they can continue to receive it by mail and via telehealth visits with their health care providers , and the generic version will remain widely available. so this is exactly what the biden administration the
continue throughout sudan live in nairobi with a look at where the 72 hour ceasefire stands. from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom with kim bruun hoover. abortion rights supporters across the united states are celebrating a victory, at least for now. the supreme court has moved to protect access to a commonly used drug for abortions and miscarriages. but it s not clear how long this protection will last. cnn s emily schmidt has details on the court s ruling and the next steps in the legal fight over mifid, kristen. all friday. all eyes were on the u. s supreme court each minute a minute closer to a decision about an abortion drug, which has been safely used for more than two decades. the decision when it came was to protect access to a widely used abortion drug, a move that has major consequences. the headline for right now is that myth of kristen access tomorrow is going to be the same as it was yesterday, but that s not going to change anytime soon. this is the first big ab