ah ah, the shake him on a ward for translation and international understanding is accepting nominations for the year 2022 from february 15th until august, 15th this year. for more information go to w, w, w dot h t a dot q a slash e m. ah, ah, the us supreme court overturns a decades old ruling known as roe vs wade. the guaranteed nationwide abortion

rights for women. the court literally taking american back a 150 years. this is sad day for the country mind. aah! celebrations and anger across america, as the country remains deeply divided over women's rights to terminate their pregnancy. ah, i'm how much of jim this is al jazeera alive from door ha. also coming up. ukraine tells it's forces to withdraw from the devastated city of severity and ask, as russia moved to take complete control of the east. and the united nations concludes that israeli forces killed al jazeera journalists, should be in a walk. ah,

we begin in the united states where millions of women are expected to lose access to abortions after the supreme court struck down a ruling making it a constitutional right. the conservative dominated court voted in favor of overturning the roe vs wade ruling, which was passed almost 50 years ago in 1973 political hand reports from washington, dc. ah, for some this is what they in working to for almost 50 years. as the supreme court decides access to an abortion is no longer a constitutional right now, the states can decide and $26.00 states are likely to ban abortions in the coming weeks and months. once those words were read that the decision of roe v wade was reverse. i had to kind of this mix of relief and excitement. it's really hard to describe, but a bunch of us to start bursting into tears. i outside the supreme court,

pro abortion rights activist, cried and raged at a court. many of them consider illegitimate. confronted the anti abortion rights activists. i well both acknowledged, they had no hope of changing minds. it's hurt, but there are women die. there are people who are going to go to jail for things we can't control in their own body because the people who make the law don't understand that i will not, not being pro white because science is on our side. president joe biden was quick to condemn the decision as a sad day for the court and for the country. now, ro gone must be very clear. the health and life of women of this nation, are now at risk. this decision basically said that the robi way decision was simply wrong. it is highly unusual for supreme court to overrule precedent, especially one of this importance. so this court is unlikely to change its mind. now the focus turned to congress to try and get

a law. the guarantees abortion access howard can see nothing without a demand never has never will. do i think it's realistic that they will restore abortion rights if we sit home, hell know, do i think if we come out and raise bloody hill, if we flood these streets and don't go home? absolutely, we can compel them to restore legal abortion on demand across this country and nothing less than that is accepted. whole show, the majority of americans didn't want this decision to happen. how much they care will determine if this is a permanent new reality in america. had to call hain al jazeera at the supreme court. as we mentioned, it's been nearly 50 years since the u. s. supreme court ruled on ro versus wade. the 973 decision established the choosing to have an abortion is a right protected by the constitution. 7 out of the 9 judges voted in favor at the time they ruled a fetus has the potential for life in the early stages of pregnancy. but is not a person and therefore does not have constitutional rights of its own. decades

later, restrictions on the procedure vary depending on state laws. but at least 13 states have what's known as trigger laws that will immediately ban or restrict abortion. after this ruling, the state of missouri has already become the 1st state to end abortion. entirely. republican members of congress are hailing the ruling as a moment as victory. we are entering a new era of freedom, a freedom for the unborn, and i am proud to have always been on the side of pro my pro life brothers and sisters who stand here with me to day and all across america. we always knew we would realize true freedom for all americans. the people of one of victory, the right to life has been vindicated. the voiceless will finally have a voice. this great nation canal live up to its core principle that all are created

equal, not born equal, created equal, the reaction to this principle decision by the court. it must be peaceful. and the d. o. j must step up to protect our justices their families, churches, and pro life pregnancy centers from unprovoked violence. or i, we have 3 correspondence following this story. rob reynolds, is it a pro abortion rights protest in los angeles? and gabriel elizondo was at another in new york. but 1st let's go to rosalind jordan, who was outside the supreme court in washington d. c. at ross, you know, many had expected that perhaps president biden might announce planned executive orders to counter the supreme court ruling when he spoke earlier. did he actually have any options when it came to executive actions that he could have taken well, that's really the big legal question. now. there are many in his administration who

argue that joe biden didn't really have any offers that he could put forward in the form of an executive order. that's something that would not have to get congressional approval. what he did reiterate is that to one, using the so called morning after drug or medicines used to induce a chemical abortion. those have been legalized by the food and drug administration . and so there was that re confirmation that using that medicine is still legal in all 50 states, and that individual states cannot band at the use or the purchase of those medicines. the other thing which the administration did reconfirm on friday is that people have the freedom of transit between all 50 states. no state can impose a barrier on any person who wants to travel to another state in order to obtain an abortion. but beyond that, no executive orders, certainly one matter,

protecting the patience of privacy under what's known as hipaa. that is something that possibly could have been covered by an executive order. because we have already seen in one case in texas, where a woman who was trying to obtain a chemical abortion, ended up being reported and being arrested. when it turns out that that was something that the state legally could not do. and rosin and president biden essentially seemed to be saying that the only way to really challenge the supreme court ruling would be at the ballot box. so is he counting on getting a boost? now that would help him and democrats in the midterm elections in november. we certainly heard joe biden say that on friday that some rosie wade the now overturned supreme court ruling is going to be an allow senior issue in the upcoming mid term elections. but it's also a fair to point out that the democratic party, which is looking to give

a boost to its congressional candidates, is really trying to play catch up with the republican party and with anti abortion rights groups. because they are going to have to try to find a way to spend the money in those campaigns where they think they can get the most impact. not only hold on to their majority in the house of representatives, but try to hold on to seats of perhaps try to gain one or 2 more seats in the u. s . senate. both are very difficult because on the issue of abortion, the conservatives, the republican party, the anti abortion rights groups have been worn, organized, and capable of campaigning all in this issue. so it's a matter of whether they can channel the energy you can hear behind me in front of the supreme court steps and actually turned it into getting people elected. not just here at the usaa congress building, but getting them elected in state legislatures because that is now where the action is going to be happening in terms of legalizing or outlawing abortion access. and

certainly will be interesting to see if they can channel that energy. you describe what's going on behind you, rosalind jordan live for us in washington, dc. i had the supreme court many thanks, ross. all right, let's bring in gabriel elizondo from new york. again, you're out with protesters in new york, just describe for our viewers the scene and what you're hearing from members of the public who are turning out to demonstrate today. well 1st the scene spend thousands of pro abortion rights protesters that have been taking to the streets in new york city for well over 3 hours. now they say that they're going to go through the night. we're here in the iconic washington square park in new york city where there's still thousands of protesters off of the distance. there's still gathering around the fountain a several 1000 others have gone and spread out through other parts of the city as they want their message heard. and that's what we're hearing. speaking to people,

a couple things come to mind or anger, frustration, shock, that's what we've been hearing for many people that we've been talking to. and i want you to listen to one young woman that i spoke to not too long ago. she's only 14 years old, and she's one of the pro abortion rights protesters. this is what she had to say. listen close. today after we got out of our graduation ceremony, actually we saw the news about the overturning of wrote the weight, and it was just truly disgusting and shell shocking to us because you know, we thought coming, but it just never hit to a point of realization that we thought that as 14 year olds, us teenagers, we'd have to come out here and try and gather the support of our peers, our nation in our government to try and rally everyone together in the cause of something that we believe. and we find to be human rights and basic human rights. what's been really interesting is a lot of the protesters that we've seen out here are young people,

teenagers like the young woman that you just heard from people in their twenties, mid twenties. there are some older people as well, middle age people, but it's really a protest that we've seen, at least here in new york city, fueled by young people, teenagers, really. and what's interesting is what we've been hearing from them is they're saying we can't just simply do a hash tag on instagram. we can't just tweak out messages about this. we have to take serious action. and that's what we've been hearing. a lot of people talk about the young generation, that, of course, is very connected to social media online, but they are also realized based on the people i've talked to, that that won't be enough for them to get their message out and it simply won't be enough for them to really try to fight this something that they very much consider an injustice. and what we've been hearing is that there are going to be more protests not only here in new york, but in other states throughout the united states. in the coming days. clearly,

a very emotionally charged day for many of those protesters out in the crowd today . thanks so much gabe and rob reynolds, is that another protest in los angeles? rob, how are people and politicians in california reacting to the supreme court decision? well beloved, the california is not one of those states that it is going to ban abortion any time . soon if ever, in fact, the states, governor gavin newsome came out today and said that there's going to be millions of dollars, tens of millions of dollars. in fact, that will be allocated towards helping women who live in states where abortions are going to be banned of traveling to california and to other states where it is legal and take advantage of california is extremely robust protection of abortion rights . nevertheless, that did not stop the people behind me, several 100,

a pro abortion rights. demonstrators who have been here for hours and hours a with impassioned speeches of venting their fury, venting their hanger, giving personal testimonies about their experiences and demanding that the as some of the have been saying that this ruling must be reverse you. i'd like to bring in a guess brittany, if you just come right over here. brittany decker is one of the people who have been here. he brought some of your family members with you to protest. what does this day mean for you? i'm this is really important for people across the country because even though california may remain a safe haven and it sounds like it will remain as they leave them for women, the women that typically need access to abortion don't have the resources to be able to travel and they also live in states where a lot of the government funded program to help them, including food stamps and quality education and all of the things that you need to

be able to provide a quality life for a child. the funding for these programs are also meantime and so. c i'm here today with my nieces who are from georgia. i'm also from the southeast because i recognize that this is a nation wide issue. and even though some dave holders weren't seen there, right, we again, stacy to stand up for those. you aren't going to have access to this, right? any more am was another. so you're saying that having so called sanctuary states. that's not nearly enough. you know, definitely not because i mean if you don't have the resources to be able to travel and you don't have that, what you need to be able to take care of a child. you might not be able to get to some of these days and, and there's already states that we're seeing in the nation that are proposing laws where not only is it a legal to a, get an abortion in that state, but they will also person q women for leaving the state and going to get that service somewhere else. a supreme court decision written in voted for her by 5 men

and one woman. as a, as an american woman, do you feel as though you are living in a different gender universe today? yeah, i mean, where we've seen in the past few years that there has been a lack of representation across the board, not only for the bi pa community, but also bell t b t q i a community. and now women are millionaires and we have been facing that then to me this is a, it's a very significant day because we just took 50 steps backward as a country across the world. we're seeing countries come to terms of the fact that they need to catch up what these laws and be able to provide that service to their citizens. and now we have reverted back 50 years. yeah, brittany, thank you very much. appreciate that. thanks for sharing that with with al jazeera and i just want to point out also a mohammad that many of the people here identify as l g, b, g q, with they are. we're very worried about what this ruling might be for them for

other rights which the supreme court, some of the supreme court justices of called into question such as the same sex marriage, gay rights contraception, other thing. so this is the, not the end of the story by any means. bahamas. alright, that's rob reynolds. had a pro abortion rights protest in los angeles. thanks so much rob. a majority of americans believe abortion should be legal, but many of them are also open to restrictions. a poll conducted last month by the pew research center show that 56 percent believe a woman's stage of pregnancy should be a factor in determining if the procedure is allowed. 12 percent disagree, they believe how long a woman is in pregnant shouldn't play a role. just over 30 percent, say abortion should be legal in all cases. without exception we spoke to joe pointman, an anti abortion rights activists, and the executive director of texas alliance for life. here's what he had to say.

after 50 years, finally, the court has remedied a terrible wrong that came down with revis's weight and reinforced with planned parenthood b. casey, and has allowed the states like the state of texas to protect unborn babies from the tragedy of abortion. what do you make a president obama's statement that today it's the most intense, the personal decision that someone can make, has been relegated to the whims of politicians and idealogues, attacking the essential freedoms of millions of americans. while he's neglecting that, there are 2 people involved. the pregnant woman and her unborn child who is a person science tells us that has told us that for more than a century. and finally, the court has recognized that the right to abortion is not in our constitution, nor is it in the history of this country. it's an issue for the legislatures and the texas legislature and many other state legislatures will take action to protect unborn babies and to provide compassionate alternatives to abortion. that's

certainly what texas has done. you've taking away though, a woman's right to make decisions of her own body on she correct. but not the ship the. the state has an interest in protecting the body of the unborn child. of course that body within her is not her own body science tells us that we all know that we all know the born child, the baby. we all see them, babies on the ultra sound, moving around with the fingers and toes. and the people like the president obama want to allow abortion to happen right up to the moment of birth. and i think most people think that is absolutely a perch a point. so certainly the state of texas and other states have a interest in protecting the life of that innocent on born child. what about an in cases of rape incest? when the, the health of the mother is a severe risk the, the bill that texas has passed and will go into effect in a matter of weeks. it's called the human life protection act has exception for the

medical emergencies that are in when, when the pregnancy would threaten the mother's life. but in those very tragic cases of rape, when the woman is a victim, the state of texas has an obligation to do everything possible for that woman. but this, but we have to remember there's another victim, and that is the unborn child who is now coming to being and the state of texas must protect the life than one born child. so we want to do what's best for the mother and for the unborn child. and that will be the case when our law is human, like protection that goes into effect to weather news. now, the governor of ukraine's eastern lou haskell region says his forces will be withdrawing from the city of sierra and ask russian troops are now in control of most of the city and are close to surrounding its sister city. lucy chanced. both

cities have been under intense bombardment for weeks. many of the ukrainian forces in the sierra mask are hold up inside the as our chemical plant, where hundreds of civilians have been sheltering from russian air strikes. draw, stratford reports from keith. this is the adult chemical plant in civil done. it's gone. ukraine's eastern front line, hundreds of civilians including women and children, are reportedly sheltering in its bunkers of the suffering. some of the heavier spiting and most intense artillery, bombardments since the war began. 4 months ago. ukrainian forces have begun retreating city to linda. unfortunately, our boys will have to be withdrawn, but there is no need to talk about so called betrayal law has nobody's going to abandon the word shown. no one will let the russian forces surround them. what nearly every building in several minutes is partially or completely destroyed. it's a similar situation in neighboring lucy chanced. as the shelling gets heavier, the relocation of remaining civilians who wants to leave gets more arrows by the

day. there is reportedly no running water or electricity, but still some people refuse the offer of safe passage to the ukraine inside. i'm only was my mother now. i do not want to leave. i think we need to endure a bit more. and everson, roby. ok. ukrainian army released footage believe to have been shot at least a week ago, showing ukrainian soldiers laying minds and then blowing up with one of the 4 bridges connections separate than it. st. lucie chance to the south, a tactical move to slow down the russian advance. the russian ministry of defense released video, it says, shows ukrainian soldiers taken prisoner in the nearby town of the latte is ukrainian military vehicles, are heading south from lisa chance. but russian forces a shilling the main road out in an effort to cut off a major supply, an exit route for the crane. an army and civilian evacuees. russian forces are

pushing into sever their nets and towards neighboring li see chance from the north . the east and the south. they also control large areas to the west. the regional governor says that ukrainian forces are pulling back in what he describes as a tactical withdrawal. but the news suggests a potential defeat the ukranian army in one of the last 2 cities in lou ganske region under their control. cha, strafford al jazeera cave moroccan authority, say 18 migrants have been killed while storming the border separating the spanish enclave of mila from morocco. spain set about $130.00 migrants succeeded in reaching the border after around 2000 made the attempt. thousands of people including police officers, were injured in the incident with dr. again, are you in finding suggest that the israeli military fired the shot that killed al jazeera journalist, shitty now walkley shaheen was killed while on assignment in jeanine in the

occupied west bank. bernard smith reports from western russell. oh, the circumstances of sharing a bo atlas killing on may. the 11th had been investigated by several international news organizations. all came to the conclusion. it was a bullet fired from an israeli rifle that killed the al jazeera correspondent and injured her colleague, ali some moody, as they covered a military raid in the occupied west bank. and this is in now, the united nations agrees at around a half past 6 in the morning. as 4 of the journalists turned into the street leading to the camp. wearing bullet proof helmets and flak jackets with press markings, several single seemingly well aimed bullets were fired towards them from the direction of the israeli security forces. one single bullet injured elisa moody in the shoulder and another single bullet hit a black lay in the head and killed her instantly. where israel military says the

investigations into sharon's death are biased and that the journalist was in no way shot intentionally. and it is not possible to determine whether she was skilled by palestinian gunmen who fired uncontrollably at his surroundings or by an idea of soldier by accident. israel's military also says the palestinian authority should hand over the bullet the kill cheering and take part in a joint investigation. but the palestinians say they can't trust these rarely, military to conduct a transparent investigation of itself. law and aris memorial service, the palestinian prime minister said that instead these re lease should hand over the rifle that its military admits may have been you, that ox, the, you and human rights chief michelle bartlett, wants israel to open a criminal investigation into sharing avo atlas death and 24 sentences won't present joe biden to get the us involved in its own investigation. bernard smith, outer sarah,

west jerusalem. the amir of health has arrived in egypt on his 1st visit since 2015 shift amendment hamilton. fanny was greeted by present adapted for thou hast sissy . egypt was one of 4 countries that imposed a long running blockade on other that ended last year. the leaders are expected to discuss regional issues ahead of us president joe biden's visit to the middle east . next month. the president of ecuador has accused indigenous leaders of seeking to overthrow his government demonstrations of been taking place all over the country for the last 12 days, with indigenous groups demanding cuts to fuel prices and price caps on food. the government accused the protesters of attacking an army, food, convoy, and leaving 17 soldiers injured with the leader of the main indigenous group says they only want an answer to their demands. melissa, it's evil center is. this will literally, i was central objective, is to resolve our economic conditions. what if president loss are fools and nothing changes that we have not come here to destabilize what we need results youth,

what the president has put forward as a scenario that they wanted to stabilize here. they want to carry out of school that we have not come for that. so we have come for results because our families don't have enough money. alcohol is demick one on the one with the murdered brazilian. indigenous expert bruno para, has been laid to rest at a funeral, led by indigenous groups. the 41 year old father of 3 was shot dead on the 5th of june. along with the british journalist dom phillips, the western amazon region of brazil, the 2 men were returning from our reporting trip, when it's alleged local fishers attack their boats. 3 men remain in custody, but police are still on the hunt for others who they believe helped dispose of the bodies. brazil is one of the world's major agricultural producers have exporters, but it is also facing a hunger crisis worse than any in its recent history. record inflation of more than 11 percent a year has tripled the price of staple food products and increased poverty levels. monica, your marquee of has the story. lines of hungry people waiting

for a meal have doubled in brazil during the past 2 years. 33000000 people can barely eat in a country that produces enough food to feed 110th of the world's population. i listened up. idiot! a mother of 5 in unemployed is one of them. she lost her job at a gas station during the coven. 19 pandemic. but could rely on government handouts, who got b o, my name. now the handouts and donations have dwindled, and inflation has doubled the price of staple food products like rice in rio de janeiro, one of brazil's richest cities. the crisis is visible during the 1st 5 months of this year, the number of people qualifying for government health to feed their families has increased by 100 percent compared to the same period in 2020 while. we have old dads of the month of hong it's the was backlash in 3 decades. when brazil 1st

started its campaign to fight hunger. we're now back on the united nations hunger map which we had managed to leave in 2014. that's why rios government is planning to open 55 new soup kitchens this year. this soup kitchen will be handing out 200 mules every day. bit eda is one of the lucky ones. another 100 families have applied for aid, but there aren't enough resources recovered. addict gosh, foreign. she works as a chef in a restaurant in the babylonia slum his only son was killed in a shoot out with the police would pick up with him. your bubble boom. i found a way to cure my 0 with the help of people from our neighbourhood. we have reached out for donations and cooking meals for those who are facing a much worse situation than we are. the situation is so serious and brazil that experts are comparing hunger in latin, america's largest economy to that of some of the world's poorest countries feel

like they would have for the me a darnell, but as your me a little quieter withers, my food institute in brazil, has increased 4 times more than the average global rate. the pandemic devising fuel prices and record inflation of hold an 11 percent a year or a part of the problem about that. but that doesn't explain why brazil's doing so badly despite being a major agricultural producer. and exporter med off of brazil's presence able sonata, who is up for reelection. october is pushing to increase government handouts until the end of the year, funds good. meanwhile, the poor from the babylonia slam in real, or helping the poorest with their prayers. and by sharing what little they have monica and i give al jazeera rio de janeiro. ah, this is al jazeera and these are the top stories.