After being trapped for weeks beneath a besieged steel plant in mariupol. and music from the military. one of ukraine s biggest bands, antytila, team up with ed sheeran, releasing a new song as they serve in the war against russia. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. president biden has vowed to protect abortion rights in the united states after a leaked document suggested the supreme court is poised to overturn the ruling which legalised abortion nationwide. the draft opinion, written byjustice samuel alito, says the 1973 decision, roe versus wade, was wrong from the start. our north america editor sarah smith reports from washington.
You re bound to break # something s got to change # we should just be cancelling all our plans # and not give a damn # if we re missing out # on what the people think is right.# the heartbreaking collaboration as the war grinds on. a message of hope amid the despair. # and then we ll go all night # two stepping with the woman i love.# ed sheeran adding his voice to ukraine s resistance with ukrainian band antytila picking up the tune. singing in ukrainian shot on location in besieged kharkiv by the musicians, turned frontline medics, to raise money for people of ukraine. writing while fighting. the band says they found a way to record the agony of families separated by war despite their recording studio being under occupation at the time. singing in ukrainian their message for the world after this appeal in march.
In zaporizhzhia. theirjourney from hell is over. two months of horror ends in exhaustion and relief. katarina spent weeks hidden in the depths of the azovstal steel plant as russian bombs pounded the site. she tried to tell her children that everything would be ok, even when she didn t believe it herself. translation: how we were living, to be honest, - it was horrible. from morning until night we were bombarded. artillery, rockets, air strikes, our children couldn t sleep. they were crying, they were scared, and us as well. there were several times when we were losing hope we would ever get out. we are extremely glad to be in ukraine.
We asked five chinese ambassadors in europe for an interview about beijing s vision for the continent, but none was available. china has declared a new global order with its ally russia and has failed to condemn the invasion of ukraine. more than ever, european nations are reassessing the risk and reward of doing business with beijing. nick beake, bbc news, montenegro. ukrainian group antytila have teamed up with ed sheeran, releasing a new song partly filmed and recorded while serving in the war against russia. antytila are one of the biggest musical acts in ukraine but stopped working to join the military. proceeds from the song which has so far been viewed over 1.5 million times on youtube will go to help the people of ukraine. mark lobel reports. # cos we re living life at a different pace # stuck in a constant race # keep the pressure on,
This is bbc news. i m david eades. our top stories: protests in the united states after a leaked document suggests the supreme court will overturn the law protecting the right to abortion. there s fierce reaction from the camp of the democrats. the us senate majority leader says he ll hold a symbolic vote to put the right to an abortion into federal law. we will vote to protect a woman s right to choose and every american is going to see which side every senator stands on. the man backed by donald trump to run for the us senate, jd vance, wins the republican primary in ohio. in ukraine, safety at last for more than 100 civilians, including children,