from the balkans. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday.. hello, and welcome to newsday. it s 8am in singapore, and 3am in the devastated ukrainian city of mariupol, where it s hoped the coming hours will see civilian evacuations resume after rescue efforts stalled on monday. hundreds of women and children are sheltering in the tunnels beneath a sprawling steelworks, some haven t seen daylight for weeks. the azovstal plant is surrounded by russian troops. on sunday, aid agencies oversaw the rescue of around 100 people who were evacuated to nearby zaporizhzhia, from where our correspondent laura bicker reports. a short break to feel grass under theirfeet, after weeks of only concrete. the survivors from mariupol are allowed a break in their long awaited journey away from the front line. translation: for a month we were eating - over 40 l of us six food tins. we boiled two buckets of soup out of them and that was it for the whole day. weeping trans
in more than a decade, but has it beaten covid? welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the us political website politico says it has seen a majority opinion leaked from the supreme court saying that it has voted to strike down the landmark roe versus wade decision which legalised abortion across the united states. the document, said to be written byjustice samuel alito, says roe versus wade was wrong from since it was first introduced in 1973. if verified, the leaking of the document is unprecedented in the history of the us supreme court. for more on this i spoke to our north america correspondent david willis. this is the majority opinion of justice samuel alito that was written after a vote of the nine members of the supreme court following oral arguments in this case back in december. it is, i ve probably don t need to tell you, extremely rare that a leak of this kind would have occurred. this is the one institution in washington of the supreme cou
like slaves. also, broadway is back. its busiest season in more than a decade. it has it beaten covid? hello. thank you forjoining us. we start breaking news. the us political website politico says it has seen a majority opinion leaked from the supreme court which says that it is voting to strike down the landmark roe versus wade decision, that is the decision which legalised abortion across the united states, a federal decision. the document, said to be written byjustice samuel alito, says roe versus wade was wrong since it was first introduced in 1973. if that were to be verified, then the leaking of the document is certainly unprecedented in the history of the us supreme court. it is worth pointing out that this, the leak is still an opinion, so that would have to be confirmed as a decision by the supreme court, by all the judges of the supreme court, a majority of those. this is one of the biggest single legislative issues in the united states. it has stirred contention f
hello and welcome. news breaking and the last hour or so: the us political website politico says it has seen a majority opinion leaked from the supreme court saying that it has voted to strike down the landmark roe versus wade decision which legalised abortion across the united states. the document said to be written by justice samuel alito says roe versus wade was wrong since it was first introduced in 1973. if verified, the leaking of the document is unprecedented in the history of the us supreme court. we can now speak to democratic strategist robin swanson, whojoins us from sacramento. thank you for being with us. first of all, let s start with theissue first of all, let s start with the issue of the leg, unprecedented, what do you make first of all of the fact it has been leaked? it first of all of the fact it has been leaked? been leaked? it is unprecedented, i been leaked? it is unprecedented, it i been leaked? it is l unprecedented, it is been leaked? it 3 unprec