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you're watching bbc news. i'm rich preston. our top stories. thousands march for abortion rights across the united states as a pro—choice supporters fear the supreme court stood in —— could impose further restrictions.- could impose further restrictions. , restrictions. nobody wakes up in the morning _ restrictions. nobody wakes up in the morning and _ restrictions. nobody wakes up in the morning and says, - restrictions. nobody wakes up in the morning and says, "i i in the morning and says, "i want to get an abortion today", it is the hardest decision women have to make in their entire life and we should trust women to make the decision for themselves. women to make the decision for themselves-_ themselves. hundreds have to evacuate in — themselves. hundreds have to evacuate in honduras - themselves. hundreds have to evacuate in honduras as - themselves. hundreds have to evacuate in honduras as fire i evacuate in honduras as fire destroyed hundreds of homes. thousands demonstrated across brazil against presidentjair bolsonaro's handling of the pandemic. after days of queueing at the pumps, the army
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will begin delivering fuel across the uk from monday. and this is the live scene on la palma where two new streams of laba threaten further destruction from the erupting volcano. —— lava. hello and welcome to the programme. tens of thousands of women's rights advocates have in holding demonstrations across the us. they are opposed to a new law in texas that severely limits access to abortions in the state. there are also widerfears abortions in the state. there are also wider fears the supreme court may soon rule abortions nationwide are illegal. our correspondent barbara plett—usher reports from washington. roe versus wade has got to stay, ho—ho!
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hey—hey! activists are sounding the alarm. this is the moment when abortion rights face their most significant challenge in nearly half a century from conservative lawmakers and judges. i am very worried. i think it's time for a course correction. we have been doing this for more than 50 years. now we are back here again and it'sjust like, when is this going to end, you know? but they are going to keep putting out attacks and we are going to keep fighting them. nobody wakes up in the morning and decides, "i want to get- an abortion today. " it's the hardest decision that a woman will have to make i in her entire life and we should l trust women to make that decision for themselves. i women's rights! in texas especially, protesters have been fired up by a strict new abortion law. applause. it bans the procedure after only six weeks of pregnancy. millions of innocent children lose their right to life every year because of abortion. in texas, we want to save those lives. the supreme court allowed the extreme texas law to go into effect, a sign to protesters that the balance of power on the bench has shifted —
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conservative control strengthened by donald trump's judicial appointments — and they will take up a challenge to national abortion rights in just a few months. organisers are hoping this will help them recruit new activists for the fight ahead and it's a deeply political one, perhaps more than any other issue in american law, divided along bitterly partisan battle lines. a confrontation just outside the supreme court but the future of abortion rights will be decided inside. barbara plett usher, bbc news, washington. we have to texas field co—ordinator for the national latina institute for reproductive justice. latina institute for reproductivejustice. shejoins us from a rally in brownsville in south—west texas. the queue for being with us. 7pm there. give us a sense of the scene there and what has happened today. m? there and what has happened toda . ~ , . ., , there and what has happened toda. g , today. my community in south texas is actually _ today. my community in south texas is actually right - today. my community in south texas is actually right now - texas is actually right now organising themselves and we're
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taking, wejust organising themselves and we're taking, we just participated organising themselves and we're taking, wejust participated in a rally. we have speaker right now and we did this because we want to send a message out to our politicians. the laws that they have been making this particular year, just like they have made in the past, are only limiting actions to make it hard for us to access. what do ou hard for us to access. what do you want _ hard for us to access. what do you want to — hard for us to access. what do you want to achieve _ hard for us to access. what do you want to achieve today? i hard for us to access. what do i you want to achieve today? what do you want lawmakers in texas to do? ~ . , ., ., to do? we really want them to do theirjob. — to do? we really want them to do theirjob, actually. - to do? we really want them to do theirjob, actually. we - to do? we really want them to j do theirjob, actually. we want to send the message that we are uniting, we are organising and we're taking action. we want to our —— make our voices heard. inaudible. people that represent us and our needs. how does this new — represent us and our needs. how does this new abortion law particularly affect the latina community?—
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community? well, in my community. _ community? well, in my community, from - community? well, in my community, from 100 i community? well, in my i community, from 100 miles community? well, in my - community, from 100 miles from where i stand, there is immigration, customs enforcement, created a checkpoint. people they don't have documentation cannot travel past there. so it limits their access for any type of healthcare including reproductive health, that they might be needing to seek outside of the state. figs might be needing to seek outside of the state. as we were hearing _ outside of the state. as we were hearing my— outside of the state. as we l were hearing my colleague's report right now, there is a wider discussion about whether this ends up in front of the supreme court. what are your concerns about the future of abortion rights and women's rights in the united states? yes. it is a big concern. we are very worried because this is besides all the things we are already facing. i think the important thing is that we are standing together, we're going to be more resistant, become stronger and events like this are to continue to happen just so they can pay attention to us
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and really represent us and stop making laws that are affecting our access to reproductive health. 0k, paula saldana, reproductive health. ok, paula saldana, thank— reproductive health. 0k, paula saldana, thank you _ reproductive health. 0k, paula saldana, thank you very - reproductive health. 0k, paula saldana, thank you very much | saldana, thank you very much forjoining us, appreciate it. thank you. here in the uk, the fuel crisis continues with the situation in london in the south—east critical according to some filling stations, but the petrol retailers' association says elsewhere the situation is easing thanks to the restraint of drivers. their figures show more than two—thirds of sites they contacted have fuel but i6% they contacted have fuel but i6% have none. the military will help delivering fuel from monday. katy often has the latest. —— often. there were more queues to fill up this morning. this was in south—east london. this is the first time i am queueing up because my boy
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normally gets it for me, but today, oh, my gosh, it's like christmas came early. these drivers in newcastle weren't having issues. no problems at all. i've just put £100 in the van to keep us going for the week. a few days ago it was very hard but i think it's starting to pick up a little bit now. the body representing independent forecourts says availability across the country has improved. it thinks about two thirds of sites now have petrol and diesel, while i6% have run dry. but it has labelled the situation in london and the south—east as critical. the prioritisation for deliveries must now go to london and the south—east, and to the independent forecourts which make up 65% of all forecourts across the uk. 200 military personnel, including 100 drivers, have been called in to help boost supplies. they're being trained and will start on monday. amid a shortage of hgv drivers across the economy, 5,000 visas for foreign workers had already been announced, lasting until christmas eve. that includes 300
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fuel tanker drivers. now we know they will be able to start immediately and the length of time they can stay for has been extended until the end of march. 4,700 of the visas are for food lorry drivers. they won't be able to start until later this month but the length of their stay has also been extended until up to the end of february. visiting leeds general infirmary today, the prime minister didn't rule out any further relaxation of the visa rules. what we have now is a system that allows us to control immigration and that gives us flexibility, we can open up our markets if we need to. of course we will keep everything under review. ministers insist the fuel situation will continue to improve if people only buy what they need. even when supply levels return to normal, motorists are being told they should expect to pay more at the pump as wholesale prices rise. katy austin, bbc news.
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getting some of the day's other stories now. nato forces in kosovo have been temporarily deployed to border crossing points with serbia to defuse a dispute about cart numberplates that has seen some of the worst detentions in years. kosovo's special police units have also been withdrawn and vehicles blocking the route now removed under an eu brokered agreement. kosovo refuses to recognised serbian numberplates which caused outrage among ethnic serbs. riots in santiago as people are for and against migration from haiti. protesters threw stones when the two marchers converged in the two marchers converged in the city centre. now, the authorities in oman have urged people in northern coastal areas as a cyclone is due to make landfall in the next 2a hours. cyclone
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advancing towards the northern 0mani coast with winds, and heavy rain. fire has ravaged the honduran island, this incredible footage shows people desperately trying to douse the flames. the fire broke out in the early hours of saturday morning. i daybreak the inferno was raging and hundreds were forced to evacuate with the honduran air force sent to by the fire. hundreds of homes have been destroyed but remarkably no lives, reportedly, have been lost. getting more of this from linda coelho,. shejoins me live from san pedro in honduras. what is the picture on the ground at the picture on the ground at the moment?— the moment? thank you for havin: the moment? thank you for having me- _ the moment? thank you for having me. so _ the moment? thank you for having me. so that - the moment? thank you for having me. so that the i the moment? thank you for i having me. so that the people can no what the people are
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suffering now. this morning when we woke up with the pictures and videos of what was happening, wejust pictures and videos of what was happening, we just start crying because we have been there many times and we know that this fire would do the whole island. the only place that the people could go to save themselves was the ocean. it has been really, i think, the worst that they have gone through because even with the hurricane �*s, they had shelters, they could move up to the mountain to the hills but with the fire, it was just... i think the worst. people were running in panic. us here on the mainland, wejust didn't know what to do. length for food for the port that we
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already prepared ourselves for the hurricane season. we had some emergency kits that we just started sending. we had some good contacts with the airline here, a small airline, that flies there. so by 10am we were able to send 126 boxes of human made, generators —— human aid. flashlights, food, clothing, but we still have a lot to go. we are sending also some things by boat that we had, we have this good relationship with food for the poor, that theyjust poor, that they just answered... poor, that theyjust answered... that was my first thing to do, call make food for the poor, send them the pictures and say we need you.
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this is the worst and we will be using the emergency kits that you sent us for the floods and the hurricane is because this is an emergency as anything else could get. i mean, it's really, really bad. we've heard that there has been no fidelity is, fortunately. what is some of the damage? what is some of the damage? what are some of the injuries that you have heard of? what are some of the in'uries that you have heard of? there have some — that you have heard of? there have some people _ that you have heard of? there have some people that - that you have heard of? there have some people that have l that you have heard of? there i have some people that have been burned, mostly men, probably because they were trying to save their things and save their children. up to now i spoke with the mayor about an hour ago and he says they don't see any death of people but that mostly half of the island is done. i mean, the houses were would, they were old houses, and restaurants, remember this is a tourist
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area. they are done, completely done. he says maybe 122 homes are maybe just wiped done. he says maybe 122 homes are maybejust wiped out done. he says maybe 122 homes are maybe just wiped out that they cannot really make the assessment because it is still too hot and they cannot go inside the key because of how hot it is. . ., hot it is. linda, we will have to leave _ hot it is. linda, we will have to leave it — hot it is. linda, we will have to leave it there. _ hot it is. linda, we will have to leave it there. thank i hot it is. linda, we will have to leave it there. thank you | to leave it there. thank you very much for being with us, appreciate it.— very much for being with us, appreciate it. doesn't have been demonstrating in brazil calling for president jair bolsonaro's removal. 0pposition parties and trade unions held at one year ahead of the election. he is lagging behind his socialist rival in opinion polls. the call from the thousands in the streets across the country was forjair bolsonaro's
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impeachment and for him to go. with exactly a year until the next presidential election. translation: we have a president who does not invest in the health system, does not care about the population that is going hungry, and we can no longer stand this government. holding aloft their preferred successor, jair bolsonaro's left—wing rival, luiz inacio lula da silva, theirformer president ahead in the opinion polls as well as their affections, now released from prison after serving time for corruption. the country is reeling. after almost 600,000 people have so far died of coronavirus here, the second highest country death toll worldwide. many brazilians blame it on president bolsonaro's handling of the outbreak. bolsonaro's handling of the outbreak-— bolsonaro's handling of the outbreak. ~ ,, ~ ., outbreak. translation: i am here today _ outbreak. translation: i am here today for _ outbreak. translation: i am here today for all _ outbreak. translation: i am here today for all of _ outbreak. translation: i am here today for all of the i here today for all of the family members and friends who could not be present and who unfortunately died. meanwhile, brazil's most _ unfortunately died. meanwhile, brazil's most vulnerable - unfortunately died. meanwhile, brazil's most vulnerable have .
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brazil's most vulnerable have suffered from rising prices. translation: inflation has caused some changes in food consumption in my home. i am replacing — consumption in my home. i am replacing some of the red meat with white beans and eggs. i see a — with white beans and eggs. i see a big _ with white beans and eggs. i see a big difference in my electricity bill, as well. but the bullish _ electricity bill, as well. pm the bullish president is armed with self—confidence, projecting the image of a strong man, seemingly kids' play for him during his first 1000 days of government. translation: 1000 days of many achievements. 1000 difficult daysin achievements. 1000 difficult days in the pandemic, but also 1000 days without corruption. his supporters as committed as ever, backing his later stands against vaccination passports. translation: we are fighting for a better brazil, a more prosperous, morejust for a better brazil, a more prosperous, more just zeal. for a better brazil, a more prosperous, morejust zeal. but prosperous, more 'ust zeal. but protesters h prosperous, more 'ust zeal. but protesters — prosperous, morejust zeal. but protesters are turning up the heat on the president, who approval rating is at an all—time low, with dozens of outstanding requests to
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parliament to impeach him and several supreme court backs investigations into his behaviour now under way. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: marching for abortion rights across the united states as pro—choice supporters fear the supreme court could impose further restrictions. and as we were hearing, fire has ravaged a honduran resort island, forcing hundreds of people to evacuate their homes. after a successful covid—19 immunisation programme using vaccines from the likes of pfizer and moderna, some richer countries are already rolling out booster shots. at the same time, many lower income nations have been forced to turn to lesser—known vaccine providers, including some that have not yet been approved by the world health organization. to discuss more about global vaccine inequality and some of the coronavirus vaccines you may not have heard about, let's talk to professor terry nolan, who is head of the vaccine and
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immunisation research group at the doherty institute and joins us live now from melbourne. thank you forjoining us. give us a sense, first of all, of the general picture when it comes to vaccine inequality. first of all, it is unequal in terms of distribution around the world, but it is also unequal in terms of the pace at which vaccines are being rolled out even in rich countries such as australia. but right now, many of the rich countries have achieved high levels of two dose coverage, so their populations are approaching good levels of protection. the majority of countries in the world still don't have even modest amounts of vaccine to achieve anything approaching levels of coverage which are required. levels of coverage which are required-_ required. because of either money or — required. because of either money or contracts, - required. because of either money or contracts, or- required. because of either. money or contracts, or often politics, lots of countries are not using the vaccines we've heard most about, the pfizers,
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the modernas, the astras. which countries are not using these vaccines and how risky is it to be using the vaccines that have not been approved by the who? so there isn't time to go through a long list which i don't have in front of me of those countries that haven't yet got access, but all of those three things you just mentioned are crucial. access to supply is most important, though. the international initiative which is called covax, which has been signed up ljy covax, which has been signed up by many of the countries in many rich governments, to contribute vaccines into an international pool, is a really important step in making those vaccines available to countries around the world. vaccines that... first of all, everyone should i think take a cold shower about all of this issue about how much of a difference there is between the vaccines. by there is between the vaccines. by and large, all of the vaccines are doing a very good job of controlling covid.
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certainly the ancestral or the initial wuhan strain, but even now with the delta strain, which is much more elusive, they are still doing a good job. there are questions of availability, of certainty about that, and some of the vaccines, for example some of the chinese vaccines, some from cuba and others, where there isn't yet enough transparency in the data, either clinical trial data or following their rollout in populations, to be certain about what i just said — to be certain that they are as effective as others. but the suspicion is that they are. so thatis suspicion is that they are. so that is an issue, and countries assisted by the who need to be assured that if they are going to procure vaccines, that they will do the job that they have promised, and that is a significant issue for which who has significant responsibility. and generally speaking, and briefly, if you can, is it safe to mix and match vaccines? if people have a booster shot of a vaccine that they didn't get the first time around? there is tood the first time around? there is good evidence _
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the first time around? there is good evidence already - the first time around? there is good evidence already from i the first time around? there is | good evidence already from the uk, from studies conducted through oxford, still ongoing, that it through oxford, still ongoing, thatitis through oxford, still ongoing, that it is not only safe but it actually may well be beneficial in terms of giving an even better response. so there are two things here people need to be aware of. that is having a mix—and—match schedule for a first and second dose of your initial doses, and the second is, having had two doses of whatever vaccine, is, having had two doses of whatevervaccine, is is, having had two doses of whatever vaccine, is a third dose as a booster from a different type of vaccine going to be successful? again, those studies are ongoing at the moment. we haven't got definitive answers. there is no reason to believe there will be a safety issue, and as i said, logically, scientifically, there is every reason to believe it may actually be beneficial to have a different platform as a booster dose. irate platform as a booster dose. we will have to _ platform as a booster dose. we will have to leave it there. professor terry nolan, thank you for being with us. appreciate it. claimant ministers gathered in italy say a lot more progress needs to be made before a summit in glasgow in november.
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from milan, here is our environment correspondent victoria gill. frustration on the streets as young activists marched to the milan climate conference on friday. this is ourfuture, and we have to fight for our futures. inside the conference today, a mood of quiet formality as negotiators brought this meeting to a close. what is been discussed, though, could hardly be more urgent. the fires, the floods, the melting of the ice and the rising of the sea... the overall message from leaders here is one of cautious optimism — that it will be possible to reach a decisive climate agreement in glasgow, but that it won't be easy. people who are here in milan representing some of the most vulnerable and small island nations are really concerned that we're still a long way from the trajectory of keeping global temperature increase this century to within this key threshold of 1.5 degrees celsius. we're already in a 1.1 world.
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we're facing increasing frequency and severity of storms and flooding. a 1.5 world is very scary to think about, especially for islands like us. and what's even scarier is that we're still not there, in terms of ambition, in terms of cutting down emissions. this vast coal mine in india, a country that still depends heavily on coal for energy, is just a glimpse of what a challenge it is to slash carbon emissions. but leaders here agree that meeting that challenge is now urgent. by 2030 we need to reduce emissions globally by 45%, but what we need is everyone to come forward, and if there is a gap, we're going to have to set out how we will close this gap in this decisive decade. the true test, bringing the politics in line with the science, will be at the critical un climate conference in just one month's time. victoria gill, bbc news, milan. the volcano that has been
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erupting on the spanish island of la palma is spewing out two new streams of lava, threatening further destruction. many homes and crops have been destroyed, thousands of people have been forced to evacuate, since the eruption first began last month. our correspondent dan johnson is there. it seems like every day this volcano is forming more and more lava. there are more vents opening up, new ways for the lava to escape and that means even more lava flowing downhill, putting more homes and villages at risk. more than 1000 properties have been destroyed now, and this is an area that has been evacuated, so there are homes here where people haven't been able to get back for more than a week now, people wondering whether they will ever be able to come back and live here, because nobody knows how long this volcano will keep erupting. you can see the sort of ash that has spread right across this area. it is
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really thick, coarse stuff that covers absolutely everything. at times you can feel it in the air, you can taste it, but it all depends on the changing wind direction, which areas are under threat and which areas are taking the gases that are escaping from their, and also down at the sea as well, because when the lover hits the water there is another potential for toxic gases that aspect lava. you can see how powerful that volcano is, how much lava and smoke is continually being produced day and night, this has gone on. and people are wondering how much more is there to come. the experts think this could last for weeks or potentially months more. before we go, hundreds of hot—air balloons have taken to the skies over new mexico as the skies over new mexico as the albuquerque international balloon fiesta returned for the first time since the pandemic. nearly 600 balloons are taking part, including yoda, smoky bay
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bear and the creamland cow. it is the 49th running of the fiesta, bringing millions to the local economy. hello. saturday was a soaker where you are, sunday will be a much brighter day, but they will still be showers around. it is still going to be windy, but there will also be some spells of sunshine to be had as well. of course, low pressure responsible for the soaking rain, which affected some parts of the uk on saturday. for sunday it is close to northern scotland. this is where we will start the day with strongest winds, with the northern isles, especially shipment, gusting 60 to 70 mph. starting temperatures and coldest areas will be across the north of mainland scotland, some spots close to freezing as the day begins. most of the early showers are going to be western areas. they will travel gradually further east as we go on through the day, and by the
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afternoon many of the showers are going to be reasonably hit and miss, though a longer spell of rain pushing back across northern scotland and isles. these are average wind speeds. there will be gas up to around 35, 45 mph. there there will be gas up to around 35,45 mph. there is there will be gas up to around 35, 45 mph. there is very strong winds in the northern isles ease a little but it remains very windy here, with gales. as for temperatures, mostly in the range of around 12, 13 to 17 celsius. as for the london marathon, it looks like there will be plenty of sunshine around during the morning. into the afternoon, increasing cloud and there will be the of catching a shower moving through those that take a little longer, perhaps, to complete the course. now, as we go on into the evening, the showers will continue, particularly across western areas. overnight and into monday morning there will be a few more pushing and across south wales and southern parts of england. as for temperatures, mayjust start temperatures, may just start the temperatures, mayjust start the day on monday a degree or so higher than on sunday morning. monday will be another day of sunshine and showers, while many will be focused across western areas, some again will travel further east during the day. but it is
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across eastern parts you are most likely to stay dry, with some sunshine. rain gathering to the south—west as monday comes to an end, a bit of uncertainty about how quickly it is wanting to move in, but thatis it is wanting to move in, but that is tied in with more weather fronts and another area of low pressure. something to play for in the detail, the position of this going into tuesday, but it is likely to bring another spell of heavy rain and strong winds, particular into wales and england, although maybe some towards the west and south—west clear up as the day goes on, there will still be some strong winds and gales around. northern ireland may mist most of it, some of the rain could well push towards the south—east of scotland. yet more wet and the weather on the way.
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this is bbc news. the headlines. tens of thousands of abortion rights advocates have been holding demonstrations across the united states. they are opposed to a new law in texas that severely limits access to abortions in the state. there are also wider fears the supreme court will soon rule abortions nationwide are illegal. a fire has a strong—minded 200 homes on the island in honduras. hundreds were forced to evacuate with the honduran air force sent to help contain the fire. at least four people were injured before it was brought under control. demonstrations against the brazilian presidentjair brazilian president jair bolsonaro are brazilian presidentjair bolsonaro are taking place in dozens of towns and cities across the country. many brazilians are unhappy with the right wing present�*s handling of the pandemic which has killed nearly 600,000 people in brazil. those are your headlines here on bbc news.

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