hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. the us supreme court appears prepared to take a historic step to limit abortion rights in america. a leaked document shows a majority of the court's justices are ready to overturn roe vs wade and make a new ruling, affecting millions of women. the president had this to say. no one can make thejudgment to choose to abort a child based on a decision by the supreme court. i think that's way overboard. will be live in washington to work through what may happen next on one of the most divisive issues in the

us. many are women and children who have spent 60 days trapped in the uk. there are calls for windfall tax on oil companies as bp records £5 billion of profit. and a look at why forest replanting schemes around the world designed to fight climate change don't always deliver on their promises. we're going to start with a huge story in the us now. it's a leak from the united states supreme court published by the politico news site. and the headline reads, "the supreme court has voted to overturn abortion rights, draught opinion shows." that draught document is �*called the "opinion of the court". it's been confirmed as authentic by the head of the supreme court. it's written by justice samuel alito —

he's a conservative judge. it runs to 98 pages, but can be summarised in one line... roe refers to roe vs wade — a 1973 supreme court decision which allowed the constitutional right to abortion. first, let's hear the reaction from president biden today. you know, if this decision holds, its really quite a radical decision. and again, the underlying premise — and again, i've not had a chance to thoroughly go into the report, the decision — but it basically says all the decisions relating to your private life — who you marry, whether or not you decide to conceive a child or not, whether you can have an abortion, a range of other decisions, how you raise your child, what does this do... and does this mean that in florida, they can decide to pass a law saying that same—sex marriage is not permissible? it's against the law in florida?

there's a whole — it's a fundamental shift in american jurisprudence. so, this law has been in place in america for 50 years, but remains a divisive issue. that's been obvious again since this news broke. last night, protestors — both pro—choice and anti—abortion — gathered outside the supreme court. let's listen to some of the reaction. it's the beginning to the end — the court documents leaked, but we have to keep fighting, because we know the supreme court is swayed by public opinion. and so, we have to come out in mass mobilisation and people power to say that the reversal of roe v wade is good and will save lives, and that is good, and they should keep moving forward with the majority opinion. they are not going to get away with this! i let me say that i don'tj care what i have to do, but they're not going to do this

to dc, and they are not - going to do this to america. there is more of us. then there is of them, and we are going to fight. abortion has become a more divisive issue over recent years. if you look at this map, you can see how that hostility towards abortion has grown across the us over the past 20 years. some states have passed restrictive laws — and this draught by the supreme court relates to one of those laws. they're ruling on a case from the state of mississippi. a law was passed making it illegal to have nearly all abortions at or after 15 weeks. it looks like the court is preparing to rule in favour of mississippi. as justice alito writes that it's time to "return the issue of abortion to the people's elected representatives." in other words, individual states, like mississippi, should decide. there should not be nationwide guarantee to abortion. here's nada tawfik on what that might mean. many activists focusing on what impact this will have if it does become law. over 20 states will be

able to ban abortion — that will affect 36 million women across the country, restricting their safe access to abortion, incurring extra costs to travel out of state, and something many say will affect low—income and minority women disproportionately. let's look at the supreme court itself. there are ninejudges — known asjustices. they serve a lifetime appointment. they're nominated by the sitting president whenever there is vacancy. donald trump — who spoke about restricting abortion rights — appointed three. so currently, there's a conservative majority. five were appointed by republican presidents, four by democratic presidents. the supreme court is meant to be impartial, merely interpreting us laws and the constitution. some, like this constitutional law expert, say it's not.

you would have to be wildly naive at this point — at any point, really, but certainly in the last few decades — wildly naive to believe that the supreme court is somehow an apolitical body. i mean, there are concerted efforts that been made to control and to dictate who will end up on the supreme court. and the position that people take on roe has been a litmus test for confirmation to the us supreme court for quite some time now. and it's true that the issue of abortion has come up in all of the recent supreme courtjustice appointments. when donald trump's were nominated, activists warned roe v wade could be overturned. but this law professor says the politics of these judges doesn't matter. you know, i don't subscribe to that paradigm. _ and my opinion is that we don't have conservative or liberaljudges. - you know, these are not political positions, -

they are not people that make policies and espouse, - you know, political beliefs. they rule on the law. now some of them take the position that, when interpreting _ the constitution, you should not read things into it, _ you have to interpret . the text as it's written. and other people — on the other side of the aisle, so to speak — _ believe it's a living, - breathing document that evolves over time. so that's really where - the conflict comes into play. and that conflict — how you interpret the us constitution — is evident here. justice alito writes... he goes on... in other words, the right to abortion is not explicitly in the constitution, written in 1787. that'sjustice alito's view — now let's hear kim wehle�*s view on that. it's a made—up term — it means, "we don't like it, we think it was poorly reasoned." and essentially, he would have

constitutional law go into a time capsule, back to 1791 and say, "ok, was there robust access to abortion in 1791, when the 14th amendment was ratified?" and he concludes there was not, therefore there isn't any today. but of course, in 1791, women could not vote, women had no access to property, they could not enter into contracts, they had no rights to their children. that's not, i think, a snapshot of how american rights, with respect to women, should be measured today, and certainly the time capsule approach to things is nowhere in the constitution itself. so the interpretation is key — and nowhere more so than in the us supreme court itself. so let's look at what we know about how they voted. well, predictably, it's largely

along partisan lines. it's been reported that five republican—appointed justices — including, of course, justice alito — voted in favour. —— for republican appointed justices. the three democratic—appointed justices voted against. we don't yet know how the chiefjustice, john roberts, will vote. the court is due to make a final decision on this in june or earlyjuly. and remember, this draught is from february. we don't yet know if there have been changes. so what do the public think about all this? there have been more protests today. in a poll taken a year ago, 59% of american adults say abortion should be legal. 39% think abortion should be illegal. so if the supreme court does overturn roe v wade, a minority of americans would appear to support that. let's hear from one of them now.

i think the rights of all citizens will be upheld equally, rather than one person being able to decide whether another person shall live or die. . �* , ., whether another person shall live or die. ., �* , ., ., die. that's the view of one anti-abortion _ die. that's the view of one anti-abortion republican l die. that's the view of one - anti-abortion republican lawmaker. democratic leader in the senate, chuck schumer. it is hard not to feel angry, troubled, and deeply disturbed about what overturning roe would do to women across america. more than 20 states have laws or constitutional amendments in place that would outlaw abortion should the supreme court invalidate roe. over 80 million women live in those states. if the report is accurate, the decision would be an abomination, an abomination. one of the worst ever in modern history. let's bring in laura trevelyan, live

with us from the supreme court. the democrats are calling this an abomination, they control the presidency and both houses of congress at the moment. is there nothing they can do about it? there's not — remember elections have consequences, as president 0bama famously said and former president donald trump got to a point —— of .3 conservative justices to the united states supreme court. he was able to alter the balance of that court, it is now a 6—3 court. 0nly that court, it is now a 6—3 court. only three judges are liberals. as you can see from this draught opinion, which had the signatures of those conservative justices on it, this is a seismic shift if, indeed, this is a seismic shift if, indeed, this draught ruling does survive and the court overturns roe v wade. democrats are talking about, could they try to codify roe v wade? the fact is they don't have the votes to do that in the us senate. now

democrats are hinging their hopes on two female republican senators, senator susan collins and lisa murkowski who are pro—abortion. they are reportedly furious about the conservative justices who have apparently signed onto this opinion, saying this isn't what they were told when they met them privately before their nomination hearings, that were told roe v wade was settled law. so a very fraught time for democrats— in short, not much they can do about the court stop by and help me understand what would happen if roe v wade was overturned? this means each american state could have a completely different policy to its neighbouring state? absolutely, remember there are 50 states that make up the union. already, 22 of those states have prepared laws anticipating that if roe v wade were to fold this summer,

these 22 conservative leaning states would immediately enact laws that would immediately enact laws that would make it virtually impossible to get an abortion. 0n the other side of that equation, 1a liberal leaning states also have laws on their books which would codify the right to an abortion if roe v wade falls. and then you have all those states which haven't done anything about it. but yes, it would be a patchwork — you'd be able to get an abortion in new york or california, but not in texas, north or south dakota. some women would go to mexico if they are in the southwest and can't get an abortion. they would go to canada. and all the figures show that of the roughly 900,000 women in the united states who seek an abortion every year, a deeply personal and difficult decision, two thirds of them are non—white women and low income who will have to travel or make incredibly difficult decisions if they really feel that they need to end a pregnancy.

they really feel that they need to end a pregnancy-— they really feel that they need to end a pregnancy. laura, thank you very much- — to ukraine, where a convoy about 100 evacuees from mariupol�*s azovstal steel plant have arrived in the city of zaporizhzia. this is the moment the first buses carrying women and children made it to safety after a two dayjourney from the devastated city. for 60 days, they were holed up here, in the tunnels of the azovstal steel plant. sheltering from russian strikes, and with dwindling supplies of water, food and medicine. they escaped through the first humanitarian corridor to have been successfully set up from mariupol since the war began. here are some of the women who were evacuated. translation: how we were living - to be honest, it — translation: how we were living - to be honest, it was _ translation: how we were living - to be honest, it was horrible. _ translation: how we were living - to be honest, it was horrible. from - be honest, it was horrible. from morning to night, we were bombarded.

artillery, rockets, air strikes, morning to night, we were bombarded. artillery, rockets, airstrikes, our children couldn't sleep, they were crying and 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. translation: ~ ., , ., translation: we lived in hope that eve da translation: we lived in hope that every day would _ translation: we lived in hope that every day would be _ translation: we lived in hope that every day would be the _ translation: we lived in hope that every day would be the last - translation: we lived in hope that every day would be the last day - translation: we lived in hope that every day would be the last day in i every day would be the last day in this hell. — every day would be the last day in this hell, that we would go home to a peaceful— this hell, that we would go home to a peaceful mariupol. but now it is nonexistent. so, while a small number of civilians were able to escape, it was dangerous. ukraine's deputy prime minister blamed russia for that. translation: russia did not allow. the united nations and the red cross to get into the evacuation site in mariupol. - russia did not want - the international community, to see that it would not allow| civilians get out from the city. russia wants them to remainl a "living shield" for its troops, for its assassins who are going to kill our military in azovstal,| and our civilian population.

and the ceasefire didn't last long. ukrainian soldiers say russian forces have launched a powerful assault on the azovstal compound. here's a commander in the plant. ukraine of knots set how many soldiers are there, but russia thinks there are 200,000. translation: a powerful assault on the territory - of the azovstal plant is under way by russian forces. they're using armoured vehicles, tanks, a large number of infantry, and are attempting to land paratroopers via boats. we will do everything possible to repel this assault. however, we call for immediate action to evacuate civilians that are on the compound, and to transport them safely to ukrainian—controlled territory. the broken ceasefire has stopped further attempts to evacuate an estimated 200 women and children still trapped beneath the steelworks, and around 100,000 more in the city itself. here's what life is

like for those trapped. translation: half of the city is destroyed _ translation: half of the city is destroyed. where _ translation: half of the city is destroyed. where can _ translation: half of the city is destroyed. where can i - translation: half of the city is destroyed. where can i go? - translation: half of the city is destroyed. where can i go? you| translation: half of the city is - destroyed. where can i go? you wake up destroyed. where can i go? you wake up in the morning and you cry. you cry in the evening. i don't know where to go at all. russians forces are in control of the rest of mariupol, and russian—backed separatist rebels say the city will be rebuilt. translation: with the support of the russian federation, _ translation: with the support of the russian federation, a _ translation: with the support of the russian federation, a very _ translation: with the support of the russian federation, a very serious, - russian federation, a very serious, huge _ russian federation, a very serious, huge construction project is under way which — huge construction project is under way which will be able to see in the very near_ way which will be able to see in the very near future. it will begin soon as the _ very near future. it will begin soon as the issue — very near future. it will begin soon as the issue was azovstal is completed. here's ben brown with more on the situation at the mariupol steelworks. there are still many other civilians who are trapped there. i don't know

how many, some estimates say about 200 more women and children, and also elderly people who are stuck inside that steelworks. well, the 100 who have been evacuated, including women and children, and some very frail elderly people were finally driven out on buses, they reached the city of zaporzhzhia, and they are now finally in safety. some of them could be seen weeping as they arrived, and it is finally the end of what has been a most horrendous ordeal for them, living in those bunkers and tunnels of the steelworks of azovstal, wondering if they would ever get out of there, in fact. and finally, with the help of the united nations and the red cross, in a brief cease—fire, they were evacuated from there. i say, there still many other civilians in

azovstal, and the fighting appears to have resumed there, both blaming each other for the resumption of hostilities around that steelworks at azovstal, and mariupol. meanwhile, president emmanuel macron of france has been talking to the russian leader, vladimir putin, and holding theirfirst set russian leader, vladimir putin, and holding their first set of telephone talks for more than a month. no result really from that so far. and the british prime minister, boris johnson, has been giving a virtual address to ukraine's parliament in kyiv — the first western leader to do so since the russian invasion of this country. borisjohnson announced to ukrainian mps a new package of british military aid worth some £300 million. will have more on the situation in ukraine in the hour. a bbc investigation looking into ambitious tree planting projects around the world has found that many of these projects

are poorly monitored and fail. let's look at three countries where tree planting has failed to deliver on its promises for different reasons, starting with the philippines. our environment correspondent spoke to where the government's sadly there is very high mortality, 90% or higher. we should be seeing forests and green. this 90% or higher. we should be seeing forests and green.— forests and green. this field mangrove — forests and green. this field mangrove is part of the - mangrove is part of the philippines�*s national greening programme. a bit to plant 1.5 million hectares of forest and mangroves to help fight climate change. an official audit found that 88% of the programme failed. but mangroves can grow well when planted with care. ~ . ., , mangroves can grow well when planted with care. ~ . . , ., with care. what we have here is a

successful— with care. what we have here is a successful mongrel _ with care. what we have here is a successful mongrel plantation, i with care. what we have here is a i successful mongrel plantation, and they are successful because of a number of factors —— mangrove plantation. the species are matched with the correct site. however, this species is not the favourite species for government programmes, like the national greening programme, because the seedlings are difficult to find in the wild. they are sacrificed for convenience in the planting. let's turn from the philippines to the next country — india, where the state of uttar pradesh has planted tens of millions of saplings in the last five years. when the bbc went to investigate, few tree plantations had survived, with shrubland plants taking over. local researchers say the projects are photo—ops, with emphasis on the planting of the trees but not their survival. and finally, let's look

at mozambique, who have allowed private companies to build mono—culture plantations — such as rubber — as part of their reforestation projects. local ngos say that in some cases, pre—existing natural forests are being cleared for these plantations. and, five years after the new trees are planted, they are cut down and sold. live a less now on outside source. when you put these findings to the authorities and the three countries i mentioned, did they accept there are problems?— i mentioned, did they accept there are problems? i mentioned, did they accept there are roblems? . , ., ., are problems? there was a mixture of resonse are problems? there was a mixture of resnonse here- _ are problems? there was a mixture of resnonse here- in _ are problems? there was a mixture of response here. in the _ are problems? there was a mixture of response here. in the philippines, - response here. in the philippines, local authorities admitted there was 50% failure. but in india, they said it was wrong, there was a massive success. it's an open secret, to be honest, everyone knows they're what's going on, and it's been widely reported in the media, debated in the parliament, as well.

mozambique, the government was not forthcoming, and companies have their own arguments that they did not actually destroy forests, but were doing that where the land had already degraded. but if you talk to locals and campaigners, they say that natural native forests were indeed destroyed. stand that natural native forests were indeed destroyed.— that natural native forests were indeed destroyed. and is the issue here that fundamentally, - here that fundamentally, reforestation or plantations cannot address climate change in the way that sometimes is promised? or as a problem just that it's not being done very well in these circumstances? so done very well in these circumstances?- done very well in these circumstances? ~ ., done very well in these circumstances? ~' ., circumstances? so as you know, as we talk about climate _ circumstances? so as you know, as we talk about climate change, _ talk about climate change, scientists have told us that forests are a big deal, a majorfight in the weapon against climate change. because other technical fixes are actually not so much proven or are not available at that commercial level. so forests are our saviour, that's what we are told, that's why you've been hearing all these one after another major targets. the

question is, what happened to them? were they just announced question is, what happened to them? were theyjust announced and, at most they were planted and forgotten? that's where the question is. as far as our investigation is concerned, the biggest one, having 60 countries around the world, 350 million hectares to be restored until 2013, there are others like... when we tried to find out what's happening, outcomes were barely seen. and all these different secretariats of these major projects had no answer. when we ask them about passing the deadline, they now have a new deadline — when i asked, they said they may have made the target, but they have to be documented, they are not documented yet. the countries are not

forthcoming in terms of showing their progress. they have a barrel barometer. 60 countries are involved, butjust six countries have come up with their facts and figures — so that is the thing, if we don't know and, in some cases, we found that actually things have not worked and they are showing something else, and that's why the un for station chief told us there's a lot of greenwashing going on. stand a lot of greenwashing going on. and thank ou a lot of greenwashing going on. and thank you very much indeed. on the issue for station and how it connects to climate change, it be useful to get him back, this is a story we've covered on outside source a few months ago. you can get all our explainer videos on iplayer or through twitter. if you search for us along with tree planting,

you'll find our rapport on this from a couple months back —— to find our report. hello. there's plenty of cloud across the uk at the moment. and, during the course of tuesday, it did suppress the temperatures for many of us, we only got into the mid teens at best. next few days, can't promise you the cloud will clear, but it does look like things will become warmer as we switch into a more south—westerly atlantic airstream. it's a northwesterly, though, that takes us through the night. we're pushing two weakening weather fronts south across the uk, there'll be some sporadic rain, nothing particularly intense or heavy under the cloud. a very mild night in some areas. temperatures staying in double figures. through the course of the day on wednesday, these fronts will gradually drift

away eastwards — this high, helping to push them through and weakening them all the while. first thing, quite gloomy, i think, quite dank. there will be some outbreaks of rain around, but it should start to brighten from the west as the day goes on in the east and across the midlands. however, through the afternoon where we do see the sun coming out, we are likely to start to develop some sharper showers, perhaps with hail and thunder temperatures. however, up on tuesday, up to 17 celsius across eastern england. and then, on thursday, the high to the southwest starts to push itself further across the uk, curtailing any fronts really making their way southwards and pulling us in to that south—westerly atlantic airstream. so, warmerair coming in across the board. despite cloud, and some outbreaks of rain across scotland and northern ireland, our temperatures will lift up on those from earlier in the week. we could see up to 17 celsius in aberdeen, perhaps just 1a in glasgow. greater chance of more persistent rain here. i think, though, dry for england and wales under the high temperatures, 20—21 celsius.

a front does have more success sinking its way south on friday. some wetter weather for northern england, for wales, perhaps the midlands, and the rain will again cap the temperatures somewhat, perhaps 15—16 celsius — here further south, they're up to 20 celsius again behind the front, some sunshine and in the sunshine it should feel pretty pleasant, a little fresher highs of 15—16 celsius. as for the weekend, it's the high at the moment that looks like it's coming to dominate yet again. so a lot of fine weather promised for the weekend. and we'll stay in that milder air, so with a little bit more in the way of sunshine, i think temperatures creeping up further.

hello, i'm ros atkins. this is outside source. let's return to our top story now, the leaked report that the us supreme court may overturn abortion rights. president biden has had this response. no one can make add —— can make a decision to abort a child based on this. i think it was way overboard. based on this. i think it was way overboard-— based on this. i think it was way overboard. ~ ., ., overboard. will continue to look at how something — overboard. will continue to look at how something so _ overboard. will continue to look at how something so consequential. overboard. will continue to look at | how something so consequential for women in the us could have leaked from an institution of this seniority. in ukraine, a

humanitarian convoy carrying refugees has arrived in safety. many on the buses are women and children who had spent over 60 days trapped underground. we will take an in—depth look at moldova, a country that neighbours ukraine and are seeing tensions rise. we will consider whether there is a possibility the work across the border —— the war could cross the border. there are calls for a windfall tax on energy companies such as bp which has recorded nearly £5 billion of profit in three months. profits made by energy companies are coming under scrutiny. bp announced it made almost £5 billion and underlying profits for the first quarter of the year, more than double last year's figure, leading to further calls for a windfall tax to further calls for a windfall tax

to be put on energy companies. boris johnson says he will not support such a policy. the bbc�*s business editor simonjack has this report. bp has driven straight into the middle of a political and economic storm as the soaring cost of fuel and energy has empty pockets of consumers, it has filled the coffers of those that sell it. there is political fire about whether to impose a windfall tax. it’s political fire about whether to impose a windfall tax. it's hard to determine — impose a windfall tax. it's hard to determine whether _ impose a windfall tax. it's hard to determine whether it _ impose a windfall tax. it's hard to determine whether it is _ impose a windfall tax. it's hard to determine whether it is energy i impose a windfall tax. it's hard to determine whether it is energy orj determine whether it is energy or food i am picking so that's why i've had to seek help because you can't pick one of the other, you need to heat your home. i pick one of the other, you need to heat your home.— pick one of the other, you need to heat your home. i used to love going to the beach — heat your home. i used to love going to the beach but _ heat your home. i used to love going to the beach but i _ heat your home. i used to love going to the beach but i can't _ heat your home. i used to love going to the beach but i can't even - heat your home. i used to love going to the beach but i can't even afford l to the beach but i can't even afford that in— to the beach but i can't even afford that in fuel— to the beach but i can't even afford that in fuel now because i have a car to— that in fuel now because i have a car to run— that in fuel now because i have a car to run as _ that in fuel now because i have a car to run as well so we just do little _ car to run as well so we just do little things like this. sometimes we wiii— little things like this. sometimes we will even get the bus instead. white _ we will even get the bus instead. white the — we will even get the bus instead. white the prime minister said more help was— white the prime minister said more help was coming but taxing companies making _ help was coming but taxing companies making important investments was not the answen _

making important investments was not the answer. ~ ., ., making important investments was not the answer. ., ., the answer. what do you achieve if ou the answer. what do you achieve if you simply — the answer. what do you achieve if you simply take — the answer. what do you achieve if you simply take that _ the answer. what do you achieve if you simply take that money - the answer. what do you achieve if you simply take that money away l the answer. what do you achieve if| you simply take that money away in tax? do you deter them from making the big changes needed in our energy market? because we really need investment in supply, that's the big problem we've got. the investment in supply, that's the big problem we've got.— problem we've got. the prices are driven by global _ problem we've got. the prices are driven by global supply _ problem we've got. the prices are driven by global supply and - problem we've got. the prices are i driven by global supply and demand factors including the war in ukraine. in the first three months of this year, bp has made nearly £5 billion, more than double the amount they made in the same period last year as the price of oil and gas has rocketed. meanwhile they promised to invest £18 billion by the end of 2030 in the uk, mainly in renewables but some in oil and gas to keep the uk's energy supply secure, and they also think that they will pay £1 billion in tax. they paid none in the last year because their profits were lower. the government says windfall taxes might deter that investment but opposition parties site windfall

taxes are essential to fund extra help for those struggling with the cost of living. we should have a windfall tax on oil and gas companies who have made more profit than they expected, and use that tax to help people with their energy bills, up to £600 for those who need it most. the liberal democrats are arguing for a vat tax cut worth £600 to the average family and we would fund that through a windfall tax. the oil and gas companies are making obscene profits so we need to tax - those profits and put that money into supporting people now. - we need to make sure the government is taxing notjust bp but other companies making excess profits and that those proceeds should be reinvested back into making sure those who are suffering from the cost of living crisis get some help.

bp has written off a £19 billion stake in a russian oil giant but still intends to increase payouts to shareholders which include millions of uk pension savers. giants will continue this the argument over how much to tax the energy giants will continue this week as a rival shell is expected to announce even bigger profits on thursday. let's return to our top story now, the leaked report that the us supreme court may overturn abortion rights. we're going to look at another element of this story — and that's that no draught decision in the modern history of the supreme court has been made public while a case is still ongoing. scotusblog, a respected news and analysis site, says it's "impossible to overstate the earthquake this will cause inside the court, in terms of the destruction of trust among the justices and staff. this leak is the gravest, most unforgivable sin." chiefjusticejohn roberts has called it "a singular and egregious breach of that trust that is an affront to the court".

he added he is investigating the leak. republicans have blamed democrats for the leak. here's the republican leader in the senate, mitch mcconnell. for yea rs for years the radical left has attacked the institution of the supreme court. last night it appears their campaign hita supreme court. last night it appears their campaign hit a new low. historically, thejustices, clerks and staff have protected the court's confidentiality. the justices and staff have protected the court's confidentiality. thejustices must be able to discuss and deliberate in an environment of total trust and privacy. robert covers the supreme court for the washington post. how would you respond to this leak? how did it occur? �* , . . , respond to this leak? how did it occur? 2 . ., , ,

occur? it's a really shocking event. the court is _ occur? it's a really shocking event. the court is known _ occur? it's a really shocking event. the court is known for _ occur? it's a really shocking event. the court is known for its - occur? it's a really shocking event. the court is known for its privacy, | the court is known for its privacy, secrecy and making decisions. while there are sometimes reports of how there are sometimes reports of how the justices might be voting on an issue and some revision after the fact, never have we seen a full draft opinion leaked before in its entirety. to draft opinion leaked before in its entire . ., ., , ., entirety. to be have any feel for how many _ entirety. to be have any feel for how many people _ entirety. to be have any feel for how many people might - entirety. to be have any feel for how many people might handle| entirety. to be have any feel for| how many people might handle a entirety. to be have any feel for- how many people might handle a draft of this nature? it’s how many people might handle a draft of this nature?— of this nature? it's a surprising number. of this nature? it's a surprising number- a _ of this nature? it's a surprising number. a good _ of this nature? it's a surprising number. a good number - of this nature? it's a surprising number. a good number of - of this nature? it's a surprising - number. a good number of people like us, there are the justices who each have four clerics, there are court staff and others who work on its —— the each have four clerks. this is a draft opinion, one of many that circulate among the justices,

usually in a very big case like this, before it is released. but still, usually all of that happens behind closed doors. help still, usually all of that happens behind closed doors.— behind closed doors. help me understand — behind closed doors. help me understand that _ behind closed doors. help me understand that better, - behind closed doors. help me understand that better, how l behind closed doors. help me - understand that better, how many draft opinions might there be on a ruling of this nature? this draft opinions might there be on a ruling of this nature?— ruling of this nature? this was labelled the — ruling of this nature? this was labelled the first _ ruling of this nature? this was labelled the first draft, - ruling of this nature? this was labelled the first draft, that i ruling of this nature? this was - labelled the first draft, that means the justice was taking a whack at coming up with the reasoning that all of the other four conservatives would agree with and trying to explain their reasoning to the public as to why roe v. wade should be overturned. that would go to someone else. those justices could say they disagreed, the dissenting justices could write their own opinions. someone could propose a compromise. this was supposedly circulated two months ago so there

may have been many more opinions circulated since then that we just don't know about. circulated since then that we 'ust don't know abouti circulated since then that we 'ust don't know about. presumably the arc ument don't know about. presumably the argument is _ don't know about. presumably the argument is that _ don't know about. presumably the argument is that these _ don't know about. presumably the argument is that these kind - don't know about. presumably the argument is that these kind of - argument is that these kind of things leak, it becomes very difficult for the justices to discuss matters with each other and to evolve a ruling before it is published. to evolve a ruling before it is published-— to evolve a ruling before it is ublished. �* , ., , , published. and you see in this competing _ published. and you see in this competing speculation - published. and you see in this competing speculation about. published. and you see in this - competing speculation about which they leaked it, was at the liberal side —— was it the liberal side, as a senator mcconnelljust said, to try to spare the court to do something else? i was at the conservative side, where one of the five may be getting cold feet and not ready to release something and you sort of lock them into their positions? wejust you sort of lock them into their positions? we just don't know. before i let you go, washington knows a thing or two about leaks. there have been many over the years.

how do you place this in terms of historically important leaks? i historically important leaks? i think it's huge for the supreme think its huge for the supreme court. there is often stories after a decision comes out about the deliberations are what went into making a decision. it is almost unheard of to know something in advance. roe v. wade itself had a little bit of that, there was a little bit of that, there was a little bit of a release just before that decision came out about what it would say, but usually that kind of speculation and that kind of reporting just doesn't happen. thanks for speaking to us about it, robert. you can read his report on the washington post website. we'll look at the eastern european country of moldova — and at the concerns it could be drawn into the ukraine war.

let's go to new york now, where workers at an amazon warehouse have overwhelmingly voted against forming a union. the results come just a month after a neighbouring new york warehouse made history by becoming the first amazon in america to form a union. the amazon labour union — who were responsible for that first union — responded to the result. writing on twitter they said... amazon has fought against unionisation. in the lead—up to the vote, it held mandatory meetings to persuade its workers to reject the union effort. the bbc�*s business correspondent samira hussain has more from new york. despite a history—making vote at one amazon warehouse, more than 60% of voters at a second facility in new york said no to forming a trade union.

the result is a blow to the labour group that was really hoping to further increase its support at other warehouses. it also raises questions about the strength of the labour movement, with some wondering if last month's successful bid was perhaps a fluke rather than the beginning of a tidal wave for organised labour. some anti—union practices employed by amazon at other facilities were reported at this one. the company held mandatory meetings to persuade workers to reject the union effort, posted anti—union flyers and urged workers to vote no. clearly pleased with this outcome, amazon again has said in a statement that a union is not in the best interests of employees. clearly pleased with this outcome, amazon again has said in a statement that a union is not in the best interests of employees. the company is still contesting the results of last month clearly pleased with this outcome, amazon again has said in a statement that a union is not in the best

interests of employees. the company is still contesting the results of last month prospect successful vote, saying it wants a do over. meanwhile, the final outcome of another union drive in alabama is still up in the air. a few hundred ballots in the election are being contested. how they are adjudicated will ultimately be the deciding factor in the future of workers at that warehouse. our lead story is: millions of women in the us could lose the right to an abortion — leaked documents show the current law may be overturned. let's turn to northern ireland now — where voters will elect a new assembly on thursday. essentially, it comes down to a contest between parties in two blocs — unionists, who favour remaining parts of the united kingdom, and nationalists, who favour a united ireland. and for the first time, a nationalist party — sinn fein — could be on course to become the largest single party in the devolved government. this is its leader.

we are irish republicans, we are united irelanders because we believe passionately that that is the best proposition, the best future of that can be afforded to every citizen who lives on this island. northern ireland is governed differently to other nations in the uk. members of the legislative assembly are known as mlas. there's 90 of them — and they're elected at least every five years. they govern under a principle of power sharing. that basically means that any government has to include representatives from both the unionists and nationalists. let's hear from the leader of the democratic unionist party. i make no apology for pointing out the glaringly obvious in this election campaign. whilst we are focusing on issues that matter to ordinary people and to families right across northern ireland, they are focusing on their real agenda, which is to pursue their plans for a border poll. and these are the other parties hoping to gain seats. on the nationalist side, the social democratic

and labour party. it's the third biggest party at the moment. it's the third biggest and looking to take some of the unionist vote — the ulster unionist party and the more hard—line traditional unionist voice. there's also a third bloc — parties that don't designate themselves as unionists or nationalist. they increased their vote share in 2019. let's hearfrom one of them — the alliance party. a lot of people that i talk to don't necessarily identify themselves as a unionist or a nationalist, theyjust want to get on with their lives and want to work, raise their children go on holidays. it's not a massive, massive issue. so i think that has been reflected in the growth in our party and some of the other parties as well. voters will be thinking about health care and the rising cost of living. let's get more from our correspondent emma vardy on how

the parties are doing in the polls — two days before election day. the stormont assembly has always delivered a unionist majority which has given some reassurance to those people who feel very british and you want northern ireland to remain part of the uk, but we are on the verge of the uk, but we are on the verge of a potentially big seismic shift here and that's because the polls are indicating that for the very first time in northern ireland's100 year history, the elections may deliver sinn fein as the largest party, a nationalist party getting the most seats in the assembly for the most seats in the assembly for the very first time. what that would mean in practice is that sinn fein would be for the first time entitled to the first minister role. they are rightlyjoint roles between the first and deputy first minister so you might say why does it matter? it matters hugely symbolically and historically, it will be a big psychological shift in the balance of power here. to really understand what's at stake here, we need to turn to northern ireland's history. it was created in 1921. it remained part of the uk. the rest of ireland became

an independent state. that created a split between the unionists and the nationalists. it led to scenes like this. armed groups from both sides carried out bombings and shootings. that period is known as the troubles. well over 3,000 people died. and then, after decades of violence, we had this moment in 1998 — the signing of the good friday agreement. it ended the violence and created a devolved administration for northern ireland where the largest parties are all entitled to govern together. but now that power sharing agreement is in crisis, as emma vardy explains. parties must share power here and these can be parties who are very bitterly divided at times, with ideological lay opposing views of what they want northern ireland to be. you might suspect, it's pretty easy to see that power—sharing can be very difficult, very tense,, a very tetchy relationship at times. if one site pulls out, the whole of government collapses, and that's what we've seen recently, the democratic unionist party pulled out

of the executive because they don't like the arrangements that were made over brexit and that means there is nobody at the top of government here to take big decisions so over the years we have seen many drawn—out periods where there has been no government for northern ireland because you have to get all sides to agree to get anything done and that can be difficult. let's turn to another key issue at play during this election — brexit. particularly, the northern ireland protocol. the arrangement is meant to ensure the customs checks happen here — at the ports — and not the land border between northern ireland and the irish republic which is in the european union. but it's deeply unpopular amongst unionist politicians who don't want any barriers between northern ireland and the rest of the uk. in fact, northern ireland's first minister, paul givan, resigned over it earlier this year. this was what he said about it at the time. our institutions are being tested once again and the delicate balance created by the belfast and st andrews agreements has been impacted

tjy andrews agreements has been impacted by the agreement made by the united kingdom government and the european union, which created the northern ireland protocol. let's get more on how the parties have been addressing brexit in their campaigning — here's emma vardy again. nationalists saw this as a big issue because they saw, how can we keep the border open if we are taking one part of the island outside of the eu? there's going to be new checks on goods coming into it created a big conundrum. the compromise was that northern ireland would stay within the eu rules where the rest of the uk left. that was the copper might keep an open border across the island of ireland but it led to a new in between great britain and northern ireland, and a line down the uk as a whole so unionists found

this very uncomfortable, they felt like it destabilises the agreements we have got used to, it undermines northern ireland's very place in the uk so the democratic unionist party mounting changes to this brexit arrangement —— are demanding changes. they say they are not going back into a pub at sharing executive unless the trade border is removed, otherwise it doesn't matter who won how many votes because we are not going to have a power—sharing executive at the top. moldova isn't a country that we report on regularly. but its proximity to ukraine means it's been in the news more than usual — not least because of the hundreds of thousands of refugees it's taken in since the war began. now, there's concern about rising tensions with moscow. since russia invaded ukraine there has been a concern the war may spread further, perhaps to moldova

which borders ukraine and has a population of 3.5 million unlike ukraine, there are russia supporting separatists within the region and russia has 1500 troops there. the situation moldova is under ever—increasing scrutiny. in early may, the times quoted a ukrainian military source that said we believe the kremlin has already taken the decision to attack moldova. russia would deny any such plan. moldova responded saying there are no indications that moldova is in danger. that may be but in april a senior russian general said russia seeks control over donbas and southern ukraine and control over the south of ukraine is a passage to the south of ukraine is a passage to the transnistria region which would connect russia to moldova. o, the transnistria region which would connect russia to moldova. a russian reneral connect russia to moldova. a russian general claiming _ connect russia to moldova. a russian general claiming that _ connect russia to moldova. a russian general claiming that moldova - connect russia to moldova. a russian general claiming that moldova is - general claiming that moldova is next is clearly irresponsible

rhetoric. , ., , ., , ., rhetoric. these growing tensions are not 'ust rhetoric. these growing tensions are not just about _ rhetoric. these growing tensions are not just about words. _ rhetoric. these growing tensions are not just about words. at _ rhetoric. these growing tensions are not just about words. at the - rhetoric. these growing tensions are not just about words. at the end - rhetoric. these growing tensions are notjust about words. at the end of. not just about words. at the end of april there was a serious of explosions in transnistria. radio masts like this one were destroyed. nobody claimed responsibility by the institute for the study of war said it was likely false flag attack in transnistria to amplify russian claims of anti—russian sentiment in moldova. needless to say, russia saw it differently. translation: ~ ., ., ., ,, translation: we are alarmed by the tensions in transnistria. _ translation: we are alarmed by the tensions in transnistria. we _ translation: we are alarmed by the tensions in transnistria. we see - tensions in transnistria. we see those actions as terrorism aims to destabilise the situation in the region. there are circumstances in which destabilisation could help either russia or ukraine and the president of moldova is clear that destabilisation is the goal. we condemn destabilisation is the goal. 7 condemn any provocation and attempts to lure moldova into actions that can endanger the peace in our country. can endanger the peace in our count . ., can endanger the peace in our count . . , ., ,

can endanger the peace in our count. . , ., , ., country. that peace goes back to the earl 90s, country. that peace goes back to the early 90s. just _ country. that peace goes back to the early 90s, just like _ country. that peace goes back to the early 90s, just like ukraine - country. that peace goes back to the early 90s, just like ukraine and - early 90s, just like ukraine and moldova became independent in 1991 after the collapse of the soviet union. the next year after a brief war with transnistria separatists, a ceasefire was agreed. for 30 years it has held but the issue is not resolved. . , , ., it has held but the issue is not resolved-— it has held but the issue is not resolved. . , , ., , resolved. transnistria where these ex - losions resolved. transnistria where these explosions took _ resolved. transnistria where these explosions took place _ resolved. transnistria where these explosions took place as _ resolved. transnistria where these explosions took place as one - resolved. transnistria where these explosions took place as one of i resolved. transnistria where these | explosions took place as one of the frozen conflicts of the post—soviet zone. within it there is always the potential that things get hot again. the war in ukraine could cause the temperature to rise. transnistria is 100 kilometres from the crucial black sea port of odesa. russia has already attacked it. transnistria could offer another way to attack although the military practicalities would be difficult for the russians. nonetheless, the west is paying close attention. we nonetheless, the west is paying close attention.— nonetheless, the west is paying close attention. ~ , , ., close attention. we must ensure that alonrside close attention. we must ensure that alongside ukraine, _ close attention. we must ensure that alongside ukraine, the _ close attention. we must ensure that alongside ukraine, the western i alongside ukraine, the western balkans and countries like moldova and georgia have the resilience and the capabilities to maintain their sovereignty and

evidence that the model runs are being dragged into nato. he adds, i don't think that would amplify moldova's security. there is no prospect of moldova joining nato but moldova is looking west. both the prime minister and president are democratically minded. the moldovan politicians have often leaned heavily on the side of moscow and having this new team in place pushing quickly westwards i think has really discomforted moscow quite a bit. , , , has really discomforted moscow quite abit. .,. has really discomforted moscow quite abit. ., .,., a bit. russia's rhetoric on moldova has echoes — a bit. russia's rhetoric on moldova has echoes of _ a bit. russia's rhetoric on moldova has echoes of its _ a bit. russia's rhetoric on moldova has echoes of its rhetoric - a bit. russia's rhetoric on moldova has echoes of its rhetoric on i has echoes of its rhetoric on ukraine, the same russian general be quoted earlier talks of the oppression of the russian speaking population in transnistria without offering credible evidence. but according to louise callahan of the sunday times, people in transnistria are worried. she has tweeted that this is the line being pushed in the pro—russian local media, scary ultranationalist ukrainians armed by the us will pour over the border. there is no evidence in attack as

planned but the similarities of russia's claims for ukraine and moldova are being noted. this is extremely alarming _ moldova are being noted. this is extremely alarming because i moldova are being noted. this is extremely alarming because it . moldova are being noted. this is extremely alarming because it is moldova are being noted. this is i extremely alarming because it is the same exact pattern as it was in the weeks leading up to russia's little assault on ukraine —— brutal assault. assault on ukraine -- brutal assault. �* �* �* , ., ~ assault on ukraine -- brutal assault. “ �*, ., ,, assault on ukraine -- brutal assault. “ �*, . ,, assault. the bbc's mark urban says, for russia it — assault. the bbc's mark urban says, for russia it is _ assault. the bbc's mark urban says, for russia it is politically _ assault. the bbc's mark urban says, for russia it is politically logical i for russia it is politically logical but militarily problematic while for ukraine the reverse is true which is why for now we have a stalemate. while the stalemate may continue, there remains at the very least a risk that the war in ukraine could extend beyond its borders. if you want more analysis from outside source a good place to find it is on twitter — i'm @bbcrosatkins. i'v e i've just posted that report on transnistria and moldova. you can find it on twitter right now. thanks

for watching. we'll see you soon. hello. there's plenty of cloud across the uk at the moment. and, during the course of tuesday, it did suppress the temperatures for many of us, we only got into the mid—teens at best. next few days, can't promise you all the cloud will clear, but it does look like things will become warmer as we switch into a more south—westerly atlantic airstream. it's a northwesterly, though, that takes us through the night. we're pushing two weakening weather fronts south across the uk. there'll be some sporadic rain, nothing particularly intense or heavy. under the cloud, a very mild night — in some areas, temperatures staying in double figures. through the course of the day on wednesday, these fronts will gradually drift away eastwards, this high helping to push them

through and weakening them all the while. first thing, quite gloomy, i think, quite dank, there will be some outbreaks of rain around, but it should start to brighten from the west as the day goes on. in the east and across the midlands, however, through the afternoon where we do see the sun coming out, we are likely to start to develop some sharper showers, perhaps with hail and thunder. temperatures, however, up on tuesday, up to 17 celsius across eastern england. and then, for thursday, the high to the southwest starts to push itself further across the uk, curtailing any fronts really making their way southwards and pulling us into that south—westerly atlantic airstream. so, warmerair coming in across the board — despite cloud and some outbreaks of rain across scotland and northern ireland, our temperatures will lift up on those from earlier in the week. we could see up to 17 celsius in aberdeen, perhaps just 1a in glasgow, greater chance of more persistent rain here. i think, though, dry for england and wales under the high temperatures, 20—21 celsius. a front does have more success sinking its way south on friday.

some wetter weather for northern england, for wales, perhaps the midlands, and the rain will again cap the temperatures somewhat, perhaps 15—16 celsius — here, further south, they're up to 20 celsius. again, behind the front, some sunshine and, in the sunshine, it should feel pretty pleasant, a little fresher with highs of 15—16 celsius. as for the weekend, it's the high at the moment that looks like it's coming to dominate yet again. so, a lot of fine weather promised for the weekend. and we'll stay in that milder air — so, with a little bit more in the way of sunshine, i think temperatures creeping up further.

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