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overturned the landmark roe vs wade ruling. the court, literally taking america back a 150 years. it's a sad day from the country. my celebrations and fury across america is the nation remains deeply divided on a woman's right to terminate a pregnancy. ah, the whole robin, your job, 0 life, while headquarters here in doha coming up in the next 30 minutes. police in norway say they're investigating an act of terrorism. after a deadly shooting outside, a gay nightclub. and a desperate bid to reach spain, 80 migrants killed after storming a border fence. emily ah,
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booked with prego. we begin in the us where several states are now in the process of banning or restricting abortion after the supreme court struck down a landmark ruling on friday. roe vs wade had guaranteed a woman's right to terminate a pregnancy within the 1st 12 weeks. political haine has moved from washington dc. ah, for some this is what they've been 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 enraged at
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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 hurtful, there are women die. there are people who are going to go to jail for things they can't control in their own body because people who make the laws 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 with ro gone, must be very clear. a health and life of women, this nation are now at risk. this decision basically said that the road, the way decision was simply wrong. it is highly unusual for supreme court to overrule precedence, especially one of this important. so this court is unlikely to change its mind. now the focus turned to congress to try and get a law that guarantees abortion access power concedes nothing without
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a demand. never has never will. do. i think it's realistic to say will restore abortion right. if we sit home, hell know, do i think if we come out and raise body, we flushed the streets and don't go home. absolutely. we can compel them to restore legal abortion on demand across the country and nothing less than that is acceptable whole showed. the majority of americans didn't want this decision to happen. how much daycare will determine if this is a permanent new reality in america? how do you have al jazeera at the supreme court? well, as you mentioned, it's been nearly 50 years. is the u. s. supreme court ruled on ro versus wade. the 973 decision established that choosing to have an abortion is a right protected by the constitution. 7 out of 9 judges voted in favor at the time they ruled that a fetus has the potential of life in the early stages of pregnancy. but is not a person and therefore does not have constitutional rights of its own decades later,
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restrictions on the procedure vary depending on state laws. but at least 13 states have trickles. and that ban old restrict abortion. after the ruling have been protests against the cause position in many parts of the united states with some tennis violent overnight. i me and i was pleased sees tegan staples, people off the streets. crowds have gathered outside the state capital in phoenix and were pounding on the doors incident, sol, senators, who's been working inside, sent to the basement for 20 minutes. dozens of people of reportedly be arrested during protests in los angeles. small explosions were heard in the area thought to be fireworks. these have been out in falls, trying to clear the streets. rob reynolds has moved my la. oh, oh, so the federal courthouse in los angeles,
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hundreds of angry demonstrators gathered to denounce the supreme court's abortion ruin. is going to take us back words in i think that it's barbaric, i think that it is are came. i think it is archaic. what is being allowed in this country under the premise of rights? leaning conservative religious politics. i thought that the republicans cared about the constitution, but it seems that they're willing to move the goal posts to accommodate or expedite whatever they want across the country. anti abortion forces cheered, and republican politicians crow when i ran for governor, i promised oklahoma that i would sign every piece of pro life legislation that at
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my desk. and i am thrilled to have kept that promise. i am proud to be called america's most pro life governor. hi. several states made most abortions illegal within hours of the ruling, legal abortion supporters impala. petitions were destroy. my wife's in tears. my kids are credibly distraught. my sister says i thought the courts were there to protect our freedoms, not roll them back. when did the court start rolling back our freedoms? california has some of the country strongest laws protecting a woman's right to terminate her pregnancy. private insurance plans and the state government health care system pay for abortions. those laws like others in mostly democratic leaning states will not be affected. states including california will
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help women travel from states where the procedure is banned, says governor gavin newsome, if you're from another state you come in in the state of california, we're not going to be asking for your id. a new survey by the university of california indicates that soon as many as 16000 women may be coming to california to terminate their pregnancies. that could put a severe strain on the state system of more than 100 women's health care clinics. the right wing dominated supreme court may not be finished in its efforts to roll back previous rulings. one member of the court wrote that it should begin to reconsider laws allowing contraception, sex outside of wedlock and same sex marriage. rob reynolds al jazeera los angeles, dozens of russian missiles of military facilities across ukraine. but some of the
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strikes have targeted several dynette skate day after ukrainian full says will order to withdrawal. much of the fi power is concentrated on the assault chemical plant where hundreds of civilians and ukrainian forces have been sheltering. charles stratford has mo, from the ukrainian capital. one of the presidential advisors mikhail poly act says that so $48.00 cruise missiles were fired at targets in ukraine last night. and we understand at least 6 of those missiles landed in targets on targets in the live region. no specifics as to exactly what those targets may have been. we're also hearing reports that serve up to 20 of those missiles landed on an around the town of destiny. now dessler is about an hour's drive north of give am. it has a large military base. there, and we know that this is not the 1st time that that town has been hit. i am, but again, no reports of any casualties civilian casualties. they're either an,
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an, an, a 3rd center, a town called as i to marry a large urban center. i suppose about 2 hours west of lee. i am off give regional military authorities there. i saying that up to 30 missiles were fired at targets there. what we do know is that the town has a large military facility there. we understand that it is involved in the repairing of a military vehicles. report saying that at least one service man was killed in that town, but no civilian casualties. in munich, thousands of people are gathering to rally against hunger, poverty and climate ahead of the g. 7 summit on sunday, leaders from 7 of the world's most populous nations. we'll meet in a very nouns to tackle issues from the environment to russia's war in ukraine, around 18000 people of police officers on me,
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deployed around the summit and protest sites. police noise say they're not treating as shooting outside the gay nightclub. and also as an act of terrorism, 2 people were killed in the attack and 14 injured please arrested. a 42 year old suspect of those prior prayed was due to take place on saturday. but organizers have now counselled the event cargo planes bancwest on and got the have landed in afghanistan, bringing a to those affected by wednesdays, devastating quake at least $1100.00 people have been confirmed, dead, and entire villages have been destroyed. people in particular province are desperate for food, shelter and clean drinking water authorities of ended the search for survivors from the initial quake. the a powerful aftershock on friday killed 5 mall. that's go live to alley latifah, who's in coast. and of course, obviously that aid is coming in where all you exactly. what sort of a can you see coming in where you are where here at the host
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airport. and it's really become the hub of a distribution in whole province, which to it's districts were heavily affected by the earthquake. just earlier we saw the volunteers from the potter charity walking in. we were told that, you know, the injured i bring being brought here. there is assistance coming on blankets, you know, food, things like that. we're seeing helicopters fly in and i'll bring in aid and taking 8 out. so it's really becoming a hub for the distribution of a, just today, a group of medical workers from high, but have to walk across the duran line. have also come here to this airport to assist the injured. but there's also distribution. there's also flights coming in and out, and as you said, there are several nations that are bringing their supplies in their ages through this airport right now. one of the big differences has been the change in the weather. that's really helped at the moment
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that that's a big difference because on the 1st day from about just after noon until the end of the day until were laid into the night. it was raining that there was hail. there was foggy, with the plains, couldn't take off, and not really impacted the search and rescue missions that also impacted the death toll. you know, because people could not get out because the roads in these areas were already in bad condition. unpaid, dark rock and all of these things. and then when it rains, it just turns to mud. there's a chance of land slides, there's a chance of flooding. so that's why airplanes are so helicopters are so important in delivering aid in this situation. a little tv, therefore, sir, in cust. thank you for the update also have here on out 0. the future of the commonwealth has been discussed in kigali. we'll have the more on the latest of the last day of the leader summit and who doors president accuses protest as of trying
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to stage a coup. the demonstrators say they just want answers to their demands. ah, the journey has begun. the faithful world copies on its way to catherine book, your travel package to day after that recent, quite severe flooding. just the eastern side of china here serves the yangtze surprising you the heavy rain now has jumped north. it's a little bit early to sing to see have your own shan origin on, but that is where it is like to be on sunday, which means to as the angsty dance was hong kong is schubert, but it's largely dry. just want to lie to sharon and the surf. this is quite substantial, right? actually probably miss beijing. but it will cross yellow sea and effect north korea . and to some degree, south korea all this time. japan's looking fine or rather hot, 33 in tokyo. that the monsoon trough is broken,
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always through west bank. go look good part of north mindy and bank to dash run showing you discourse is still affected by flooding. now there will be some top up with these light showers in the northeast of india, but really not a lot falling out of the sky, not in this part of india or bangladesh, to the west of that, where it was quite stormy in pakistan. it no longer is so you haven't got any relief from the heat is it's building get in the hall islamabad. but of course, it's hot is still for the south checkable at about 40 for that breeze, which is really the se monsoon breeze is not as strong as it was. there karachi is humid, but there's no relief from that heat by any thunderstorms at all. ha, ha, ha, issue and line of the journey. how and why did hooton's become so obsessed? with this law, we were giving them a tool to hold corrupt individuals and human rights abusers accountable. they're going to rip this deal apart if they take the white house of 2025. what is the world hearing what we're talking about by american today?
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we take on us politics and society. that's the bottom line, unprompted and uninterrupted discussions. from our london broadcast center on al jazeera, ah, the me welcome back here watching on there with me. so he'll run the reminder of all top stories. and he abortion demonstrators have been celebrating in the united states. the supreme court struck down a landmark ruling that allowed the procedure dozens of states and moving to ban or restrict abortion. the us president has promised to support with is access to
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abortion in other ways, including protecting the right to travel to other states, joe biden, to make the voices heard in november the midterm election. and russian forces are moving to surround the city of lake lucy. chance, just a day after ukrainian military were ordered to withdraw from the strategic city of separate units. russia has been raining down artillery straits on both locations. now lead isn't representatives of commonwealth countries on meeting in rwanda, but the government that has come into scrutiny of its human rights record and the migrant deal with britain has threatened to overshadow the meeting. malcolm web reports the commonwealth ceremonial head, the queen of the united kingdom, isn't at the meeting and rwanda's capital kick ali. she's represented by her son, prince charles instead. days before he flew to rolanda,
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prince charles had said the case deal with rwandan president pul cammie to deport asylum seekers here was appalling. the u. k. paid companies government about a $150000000.00 to receive deportees. but none of arrived yet because of legal challenges. british prime minister boris johnson defended the deal, has been widely criticized by british political opposition rights groups. and the un, i'm confident that we will be able to, to go ahead and build, develop a solution. the i think, whose time has come. the commonwealth doesn't sign binding treaties or make trade deals. it does say its members should be democratic and follow the rule of law. right, great. have also called on the british government and the commonwealth to engage the rwandan government, the host of the meeting, hearing kigali on its own human rights record. the british government was among several un members that criticized it last year,
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calling for an end to torture and investigations into 4th disappearances, an extra judicial killings. there's no sign that any of that being disgust, at least not in public. human rights have been discussed in some of the sidebar meetings, which are open to delegates from commonwealth countries. they include a form for women and the people's forum. rwandan opposition, politician victory, and get be re applied to both, but wasn't allowed to attend. she spent 8 years in jail on terrorism charges after she tried to run against president could gamma wonders election in 2010. she says she's worried that the commonwealth stated values are being sacrificed. it's not good for the order today because everybody is looking at the business. looking to the various, the human rights and the democrats into a kind of development we fight democracy all respect of we monday nights. the
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purpose and direction of the commonwealth has often been questioned, many left wondering where it's headed now. oh malcolm joyce enough and sure in wonder and now can one of those issues is that one that has had to explain how it will or does look after asylum seekers on its territory? what are they showing you when sure. emergency transit center, which is in the countryside about an hour and a half drive from the capitol kigali, where commonwealth heads of state a meeting, and the running government and the public relations consultants want to show this facility following the controversies around the u. k. rwanda deportation deal there, about 400 people staying here. the moment, many of them originate from eric tray, i p. s the dawn and somalia, they traveled to libya where many of them had ended up in detention centers then.
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and then under an arrangement with the un refugee agency, they were flown here to rhonda and they stay here for what many meant to be at a temporary transit period while they can submit applications to seek asylum in 3rd countries and looking around. certainly the facilities here, they look good, they look a lot better than the refugee comes in west and miranda, where congo leads refugee stay and certainly a lot better than refugee comes over the bordering congo, where there were still tens of thousands of rwandan refugees who feel that there isn't a safe place for them to come home to ever since the genocide and the conflict in the 1990s. for the latest, thanks very much, marco web, they're forcing sure. welcome aboard. he say 18 migrants have been killed while storming the border, separating the spanish english malaya from morocco. now,
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spain said about 130 people succeeded in breaching the fence after any 2000 made the attempt. dozens of people including police officers, were injured. ruth, for children is professor of political science at the come pull 10 seen diversity of madrid. she says people will continue to seek a better life. and existing policies don't help one of the dish this how the europe can union migration policies and structure. to some extent, they show management of migration in the neighboring countries, have the case from oracle and you go to the european union laid hands. both these countries, which are level got the countries by the way, the management of migration flows through that the, they, those countries get some money, they get a corporate buy, let's reparation. we can, you can union and also get the day they get money for managing the migration close
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. also, i should say that in this case it has been the period of high tension between moral on space over the last year. i got, i wanted to remember you, that the crisis opened in the last may 2021 in sales. when the moral authority is open up, the orders among the spain and moral leaving all the people get into it to say that this time, what we see is they'll to action. which means be gen documentary from oracle. it's just a pushing back, migrants trying to get through this into, into melisha. and they go that with a piece per tally. this poly sober, i should say, is the best of least 18 people. the reigning foreign minister says that her arm is ready to resume talks on reviving the 2015 nuclear deal. comes after
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a face to face meeting with the europeans top diplomat, you hi representative. joseph brown says he is confident the stalemate of the deal will be broken and talks involving the us will resume in the coming days. the agreement sought her on agree to limit its enrichment of uranium in exchange for lifting economic sanctions. the u. s. told us in 2018 the president binds administration, has moved to rejoin now the president of ecuador has accused indigenous leaders of seeking to overthrow his government. there have been days of protest with indigenous groups, bonding cuts to fuel prices. a latin america editor, lucy and newman reports of yeah, this is which left of a military convoy that was attacked in the town of san antonio, but after 17 soldiers were injured. oh god, otto, earlier a civilian was killed allegedly by the army. as ignores give wisdom or a fact is not the convoy was attacked for nothing is of the army was shooting,
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pallets and tear gas and killing people all along the road. this area is called the middle of the world because it's right on the equator. it's a place where tourists usually come. but as you can see, it's the epicenter of the latest acts of violence here in ecuador. the question now is, who provoked this? army says the kindly was attacked without provocation on its way to the capitol were voted on residents who say they witnessed the event have a different version. they got on the noted military military robbed and attacked us without warning. they began shooting tear gas canisters from a helicopter, and one of them killed a resident that caused outrage. they noted by all accounts, nearly 2 weeks after nationwide strike began violence in ecuador has become difficult to contain. authorities concede they no longer control the amazonian city of boil is pamela perente. i own grupo, we're facing
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a group of delinquents who are on the front line, putting the lives of police at risk. i think the minister said international criminal organizations, presumably, mexican drug cartels, active in ecuador, are also involved. the police claim they've infiltrated the confederation of indigenous nations who are leading the strike. the confederations leader agrees outsiders are infiltrating their ranks to speak, violence and vandalism. the monsieur impost than this, but he told me there mainly members of the police wanting to discredit their cause, but i needed them before the rest and a couple of our radical processes nested me kept an urging me to block our highway . i kept on telling them to come done, they turned out to be the very sim, 2 agents who the police. when they arrested me, they came in and then the chaos president, he had more or less or has announced he'll use all the means at his disposal to crush unrest. and why throw had a man or he'd be hannah, indigenous brothers and farmers who have been tricked into coming to quito. we ask
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you to return to your communities for your safety and that of your families. 4 hours later, the police came out in full force to shell. the president means business. lucy newman, al jazeera, kito equitably whether a cat r, as in cairo to meet with egyptian present abdel feather and sissy is shake to me and been hammered. al tony's 1st visit since c. c took office. it's also his 1st since egypt saudi arabia, the united arab emirates and bahrain lifted their blockade on cattle that lasted for years. they set to discuss investment deals to boost the struggling egyptian economy and afghan prisoner held in guantanamo bay for 15 years without trial has been released. the federal court ruled that as the law harun girl was being detained unlawfully he'd been hell since 2007 accused of being linked to al qaeda. last year a court in washington dc said he'd been tortured while in detention and ordered his
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release. said anne's eastern red sea state is home to a unesco natural world heritage site and its coastal waters hold many marine species. but climate change is threatening the regions, coral reefs locals are hoping that tourism can bring much needed attention, have been morgan or poor. so from puts it on, on the red sea here of the coast of the eastern city of port sudan is where us, man, edris usually comes to dive this spots nearly 15 kilometers off shore is known as ambria and is his favorite. it's named after an italian worship that was scuttled here during world war 2 to avoid it being captured for a decades, it's been home to coral reefs and a variety of marine life us man says for him. these other real underwater treasures . and the reason he enjoys diving here, sir, while we are here, the marine nature is diverse. there are different types of fish of different sizes
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as well as different types of corals. and the colors are what makes it special, as well as the density of coral reefs in a small location. you can find a lot of corals that you can't find in many parts of the red seeing are covered or it's a dance. coastal waters have long been a source of escape and pleasure for the people who live in the city. many come to its shows during the summer months, but to accompany say, very few dive to explore below its waters. and how little i know it in as in land behind it, we try to show people that the sea has many types of activities, not just fishing. there's diving, there are islands to explore. they can camp on the coast. there are many activities that can promote tourism in the right. see, and we want to show people that adequately, aha, this lighthouse is called thank an iep. it's the unesco natural heritage site. it's one of the spots where 2 companies usually take tourists. but the company say less than a 1000 tourists come each year, so they hope that by exploiting the quarrels beneath these waters more will come.
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the low number of terrace has helpers of this part of the red sea. now with climate change threatening marine life and the region marked for its ability to support coral reef, 2 companies are hoping business will improve. but it tracking visitors here has its challenges. so we're both all high up so high on it. there's not enough docs for yacht and 2 boats to dock and and, and the services provided to tourists are not according to international standards or for divers to half full comfort while practicing their diving hobby. and sometimes those put to take care of the sector or not. those who have the experience into arisen with coral reefs threatened around the world. many hope that the natural beauty of those striving here will attract more visitors and their livelihoods will thrive alongside them. he bo morgan al jazeera on the red sea of the coast of port sedan.
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