live from washington, this is bbc news. welcome to viewers on pbs in america. a us federaljudge blocks the sale of a widely—used abortion pill — the latest move against the right to abortion. us vice president kamala harris is in tennessee, after two state lawmakers were expelled for protesting about gun control. we'll hear from justin jones, one of the ousted representatives. and north korea says it's succesfully tested an underwater nuclear attack drone. hello. i'm sumi somaskanda. will start with breaking news concerning access to abortion

pills in the ice. a short time ago a federaljudge in texas hold of the approval of the abortion pill method bridgestone and put the decision on hold for seven days to allow for the biden administration to appeal —— mifepristone. it was a short time after the ruling was made public, district courtjudge in washington issued a glittery ruling, partial preliminary injunction which prohibits the fda from immediately pulling the drug off the shelves. let's take a closer look. the drug mifepristone,, as a medical bulletin to go home and is than half of us pregnancy terminations. there was first approved for use more than 20 years ago in 2000. the lawsuit in texas was filed by the alliance for hippocratic medicine, an anti—abortion organisation. and it was decided by judge matthew kacsmaryk, an appointee of former president donald trump. he cited several reasons for the ruling, including that the fda failed to consider the pyschological effects

of the drug. we have a statement from attorney general vice—president tomalaris. she was asked about the ruling in texas. here's her response. the district court in the abortion medication decision came down today. i have not read it yet so i'll do an analysis of it, but as a general comment i will say there is no question the president and i will stand with women of america and you we can to ensure that women have the ability to make decisions about their healthcare in a manner thatis their healthcare in a manner that is what they need and they decide that, not their government. i'llalso decide that, not their government. i'll also say about the case as general matter that it is contrary to what is a basis of good health policy to

allow courts and the government to tell the fda what it should do. this is a drug that the fda approved as safe 20 years ago. and has been proven to be safe for 20 years, so this is a dangerous precedent and i will have more to say as i review the decision in its entirety. so that was vice president kamala harris reacting to the ruling in texas. we've also heard from us attorney—general merrick garland. he said: this "the justice department strongly disagrees with the decision of the district court... we'll have more on this story as it develops. will bring you those details soon. us presidentjoe biden

has tweeted this photo, which shows him meeting with the so—called "tennessee three" — the group of state lawmakers who faced expulsion after protesting for stricter gun control. he thanked them, quote: "for their leadership and courage in the face of a blatant disregard of our nation's democratic values." also, us vice president kamala harris has made a speech in nashville on a surprise visit and praised the lawmakers. justin jones and justin pearson were expelled yesterday in a vote in the republican—controlled tennessee statehouse. the third lawmaker, gloria johnson, narrowly survived the vote. they called for gun reform after the nashville school shooting that killed six people. we're joined by justin jones, one of the two tennessee state representatives to be expelled yesterday. justin, welcome back. thanks forjoining us again. i can imagine the last 2a hours have been intensive. how has the last day been for you? i am still here work, _ the last day been for you? i am still here work, harris, - the last day been for you? i am still here work, harris, the - still here work, harris, the vice president, just spoke to our students and the community

to show her solidarity with what occurred in our state yesterday. she made an emergency visit, so that offered a lot of hope for people that are the federal government they will not sit by and allow states like tennessee to run rupture of the state and federal constitution and take the unprecedented step of expelling duly elected lawmakers simply because we stood with our constituents to demand and to master shootings that happened here in the city. tell us more about your meeting with the vice president and what she told you. we with the vice president and what she told you.- with the vice president and what she told you. we had a rivate what she told you. we had a private meeting _ what she told you. we had a private meeting with - what she told you. we had a private meeting with the - what she told you. we had a | private meeting with the vice president and it was really meaningful that she took the time to come talk to us and let us know that the world is watching what's happening in tennessee and what happened, we are not alone, and that was the most important message is that yesterday was not the end, the republicans supermajority that expeued republicans supermajority that expelled us thought it was the end but it has put a spotlight on tennessee, a spotlight on authoritarianism in our state,

i know this broadcast goes across the world and what i think is so important is that people look to the united states and a democratic process but we saw yesterday was a dangerous step, dangerous structure in which our democracy is risk and may signal some very dangerous days ahead if we don't act, to reclaim our democracy. that's being loud by young people in our state who came to the capital to demand we acted and who stood in salary with last week to 70 to take action so young people don't have to fear for their lives in schools, from mass shootings. we call free mark ricciuto assault rifles and an assault on our democracy. rifles and an assault on our democracy-— rifles and an assault on our democra . . �*, , ., democracy. that's exactly what the vice president _ democracy. that's exactly what the vice president said - democracy. that's exactly what the vice president said as - democracy. that's exactly what the vice president said as she l the vice president said as she spoke to people in nashville. i want to follow—up. did the biden administration make promises to you and your fellow lawmakers about, for example, taking action on gun control? i want to leave a conversation with the president and vice president confidential and

respect that but what was important was that we have administration that's willing to act in solidarity. that's important, so whatever happens next is that the state government here, which is so extreme, a body i used to serve until yesterday, extreme, a body i used to serve untilyesterday, is extreme, a body i used to serve until yesterday, is not the ultimate arbiter of our rights, so i hope, i'm speaking with legal counsel and constitutional lawyers, i plan to run on special election. what happened yesterday is not the end but it is so important and meaningful to have the president and vice president show solidarity with us, despite what happened yesterday. despite what happened yesterday-— despite what happened esterda . ., ., yesterday. you mentioned runnina yesterday. you mentioned running on _ yesterday. you mentioned running on a _ yesterday. you mentioned running on a special - yesterday. you mentioned i running on a special election. we know there is been massive backlash over the expulsion of you and your colleague, justin pearson, nationally and a lot of international attention, as you said. there are reports that be an interim representative going back to the statehouse on monday. i5 the statehouse on monday. is that correct? nothing is for saturn. the city council is calling an emergency meeting that we know the speaker of the

house gets to make the final decision if we are able to be reset of the chamber. he has his administration, his office has expressed that there may be some objections to the, so a lot of uncertainty right now but all i can say is that we will continue to fight for democracy, continue to stand with these young people who are afraid that our lives, it is a uniquely american problem, these mass shootings. what ultimately is a matter if i'm inside the chamber or not, standing on the outside with people, we will continue to hold his legislature accountable for the action that brought us there in first place and was this mass shooting and the proliferation of weapons in our community.— our community. however republican _ our community. however republican legislators i our community. however - republican legislators reached out to you after the backlash? no—one has reached out to us. this speakers doubled out to justify what he did but the world is watching and ashamed of what he did. as speaker cameron saxon, i saw a message from one of his fellow former republican members calling for a vote of no confidence and him, that's an interesting

development here on tennessee ozone party, people i say this is a step too far, even for them. but we hope to see is accountability in that the speaker who led this expulsion, this kangaroo court, this mockery of democracy hopefully there will be accountability if not from his own coffers of the ballot box but these young people turning out to use the democratic power. for people turning out to use the democratic power.— democratic power. for you personally. _ democratic power. for you personally, what _ democratic power. for you personally, what was - democratic power. for you personally, what was it - democratic power. for you | personally, what was it like democratic power. for you . personally, what was it like to sit with the vice—president? he sit with the vice-president? he ave me sit with the vice—president? he: gave me encouragement and hope that we are not alone. that was the most important act of solidarity, a greater symbol foundation that we will not allow these attacks on democracy to happen without a response. because what would happen is it that a dangerous precedent that if this happens in tennessee, if lawmakers, the two youngest black lawmakers can be expelled for study with students, we want to expelled guns and feel safe in our

schools, this can happen anywhere in the nation. we hope this is not a unsafe transport authoritarianism, we hope they don't feel emboldened. last question. — don't feel emboldened. last question, the _ don't feel emboldened. last question, the whole - don't feel emboldened. last question, the whole point of this is to achieve reform on gun control. we know there is a republican supermajority in a house, as you say. i optimistic that at the end of all of this you will be able to achieve that? it you will be able to achieve that? , ., ., ., ., that? it is not a matter of if but won't — that? it is not a matter of if but won't because - that? it is not a matter of if but won't because what - that? it is not a matter of if but won't because what we | that? it is not a matter of if. but won't because what we see in tennessee is a movement like we haven't seen a decade, all the thousands of young people who came to the state capital fighting for their lives. what they did to us has awakened and then galvanised people to reclaim democratic movements and hold them accountable because what's happening are these laws, universal background checks, red flag laws, a ban on assault weapons which no—one needs, these

no—one needs in a civilian setting. these are very commonsense policies majority of americans and tennessee support. you have a small fringe of extremists who hijacked democracy, beholden to special interest groups like the nra, who would block any type of even conversation because they are so afraid of losing campaign contributions. we have a small group of ashta extremists who hijacked democracy who hijacked democracy who hijacked democracy and what our children's lives at risk. i have seen suburban white mothers, urban black mothers, people across state and rural areas to demand action on the issue and we have the majority of people on our site and tennessee calling for the stomach change, policy change, fed up with moments of silence, but up with empty prayers, saying we will and it now, enough is enough. former relatives _ enough is enough. former relatives justin _ enough is enough. former relatives justin jones - enough is enough. former. relatives justin jones joining us on the relativesjustinjones joining us on the programme. —— representative. thank you for joining us.

the top nuclear envoys of south korea, the us and japan have said countries should send north korean expat workers back home. after talks in seoul, the countries issued a statement saying that income earned by north koreans abroad is helping to fund pyongyang's weapons programme, in violation of un sanctions. let's hearfrom kim gunn — south korea's special representative for korean peninsula peace and security affairs. we need to make sure that its provocations never go unpunished. we will effectively counter north korea's future provocations and cut the revenue streams than find these illegal activities. such efforts deserve special attention since north korea is gearing up to reopen its borders. it comes after north korea state media said the country had succesfully tested what it called an "underwater nuclear attack drone".

fish it released these pictures, they say, of the test that took place this week. we've seen increased activity from pyongyang's nuclear programme in recent weeks since the united states and south korea began carrying out more joint military drills. jean lee is a writer and commentator on north korea and co—host of the lazarus heist, a bbc podcast about north korea's global cyber war. shejoins us for she joins us for more on the story. she joins us for more on the sto . �* , ., ., she joins us for more on the sto . �*, .,, story. it's good to see you. what you — story. it's good to see you. what you make _ story. it's good to see you. what you make of - story. it's good to see you. what you make of the - story. it's good to see you. i what you make of the images story. it's good to see you. - what you make of the images we saw rose can they be verified? it's very difficult to verify anything coming from north korean state media. it is very common for those images to be doctored. have anyone there able to take a close look at either the images or technology, but certainly we will have all our experts, weapons experts taking a closer look at the footage, the images from everything we see coming from everything we see coming from state media to try to gauge just how successful that testing was. it is very clear

from these images that they take great pride in their weapons and that they are increasing the range of the arsenal, all of this is in violation of un security council resolutions that prohibit north korea from any ballistic missiles testing or nuclear weapons development. so in defiance of international, the international community, the international community, the un security council, and really designed to build a sense of pride among the north korean people and the capability of their small country that is able to manage when it comes to that defence. can you put into context what we're seeing at the moment? is the usual reaction to us and south korean military drills or is this real, serious build up we haven't seen in past? it is both. i we haven't seen in past? it is both. i will —

we haven't seen in past? it is both. i will say _ we haven't seen in past? it is both. i will say that _ we haven't seen in past? it 3 both. i will say that spring is often a very tense time around the korean peninsula traditionally. it may feel particularly tense now because it has been five years since the united states and south korea carried out their annual springtime drills, so we've seen the biggest drills in quite a number of years because it during the period of diplomacy under the trump years, there was a suspension of those exercises, so things were a bit quieter. i think the north koreans clearly, and this is traditionally the case, use those joint drills which are part of standard readiness united states military and south koreans believe is their right to defend against provocation, they use that as an opportunity to test their own weapons. he an opportunity to test their own weapons. an opportunity to test their own wea ons. .. ., ., own weapons. he came out with a checklist of _ own weapons. he came out with a checklist of things _ own weapons. he came out with a checklist of things he _ own weapons. he came out with a checklist of things he wants - own weapons. he came out with a checklist of things he wants to - checklist of things he wants to accomplish and he has been

checking that list off one by one. ., checking that list off one by one. . ., , checking that list off one by one. ., ., , ., one. part of it is that kim jong-un _ one. part of it is that kim jong-un has _ one. part of it is that kim jong-un has a _ one. part of it is that kim jong-un has a mission i one. part of it is that kim jong-un has a mission to| one. part of it is that kim - jong-un has a mission to make jong—un has a mission to make his country mighty but he thinks there will be a nuclear state that the world is just going to have to acknowledge but also he uses every opportunity to any kind of opportunity to any kind of opportunity for tension with the united states to justify and rationalise. it is important to remember that the testing is development comes at a huge price of the north this is a tiny country, one of the poorest in the world and the testimony means that people are going without food and basic infrastructure and becomes more isolated that means more sanctions and more limited opportunity for trade. and so when there is tension in a region kimjong—un when there is tension in a region kim jong—un tell his people that i need to defend you from the united states and south korea. so we see in up to contention and i think it is all partly because we have big anniversaries coming up.

0ccasions when the kim family wants to show that they are firmly in power and instill a sense of pride in people. so it is traditionally a time of tension but what seeing with this testing is an acceleration that we have never seen and it is truly, i think, worrying and i would say terrifying. you say this is partly _ i would say terrifying. you say this is partly about _ i would say terrifying. you say this is partly about helping -- | this is partly about helping —— poking the us but we've not seen a response from the biden administration. is there a strategy to this lack of response?— strategy to this lack of resonse? ~ ., ., ~' strategy to this lack of resonse? ~ . ~ ., response? when we look back at the trump _ response? when we look back at the trump years. _ response? when we look back at the trump years, what _ response? when we look back at the trump years, what we - response? when we look back at the trump years, what we like i the trump years, what we like to call the fire and fury we saw a lot of tension in 2017, just return to that period, when there was a provocation from king john then president trump would react with a volley of threat and that would just spur kimjong—un

of threat and that would just spur kim jong—un to wage and have even more dangerous provocation. so there is an idea to not spur the activity, to do what we can to clamp down on it. what we see now from the united states is trying to get its allies to work with the united states and do what can to try to stop north koreans from building weapons and part of that is trying to find a way to stop the flow of money. and to stop the flow of money. and 'ust ask to stop the flow of money. and just ask about _ to stop the flow of money. and just ask about the _ to stop the flow of money. and just ask about the question of expats because mention nuclear in envoys want to make sure that expats are sent back to north korea.— that expats are sent back to north korea. why? what will ha--en? north korea. why? what will happen? this _ north korea. why? what will happen? this is _ north korea. why? what will happen? this is what - north korea. why? what will happen? this is what i - north korea. why? what will happen? this is what i cover| north korea. why? what will. happen? this is what i cover in my podcast and i hope people will be encouraged to go back and listen to season one because what we talk about is how north korea has invested in these young men and turned them into computer geniuses and kim jong—un is training a whole generation of young men to fight on the countries behalf with luck tops and this is a

way of using science and technology which does actually really light a fire under north koreans as well. it is hard to imagine that in a country so cut off and i'll isolated does not have a regular source of electricity, most people are not connected to the internet that they have invested in a small group of men to become real computer geniuses. they sent many of them overseas as it workers with valid work visas. some are working as hackers so they may be it workers by david hacking by night. un security council in a bid to try and stop the flow of money asked a number of nations to send north koreans back by december 2019 but thousands have not made it back, thousands are believed to still be out there hacking on behalf of the north korean state. and where that money goes, chunkers believed to into the nuclear programme. that is how this ties together. and finally

bringing that to light and recognising that that is what they have to stop? thank you so much for speaking with us. that wasjean lee — a writer and commentator on north korea. her podcast is called the lazarus heist, and you can find it at bbc.co.uk/sounds. officials from both russia and ukraine have been casting doubt over a leak of documents relating to the west's plans to provide aid to ukraine. a senior ukrainian official said the leak was all part of a ploy to discredit any potential counter—offensive. and russia's military bloggers have said the material can't be trusted. the pentagon has said it's investigating the matter. again, here's hugo bachega from kyiv. the documents in question first appeared as photographs and were folk posted on social media. they include shots with dates of when weapons were expected to be delivered and also numbers about ukrainian military units. bbc has been

unable to verify the pictures and the authenticity of these documents but what is also intriguing is that some of these pictures appear to have a modified. they overstate estimates of ukrainian military losses and understate numbers of russian troops killed here in the war. here in kyiv and advisor to the president said that this apparently was part of a disinformation effort by moscow. in russia military bloggers said these apparently could have been part of a western plot to mislead russian commanders. the mystery happens as ukraine is planning a counteroffensive to try and take back territory that is now under occupation but, crucially, the alleged leak did not have details of when and where that might happen. in the last hour,

the pentagon commented the reports of classified material on social media. "the department of defense is actively reviewing the matter, and has made a formal referral to the department ofjustice for investigation" — its deputy press secretary said in a statement. the unrelenting drought in the horn of africa is creating an unprecedented humanitarian crisis for the region. dadaab in kenya is one of the biggest refugee camps in the world and it is bursting at the seams. between 400 and 500 people arrive at there every day, according to the un refugee agency unhcr. most are driven from somalia by drought and insecurity. now the un says another settlement also needs to be opened in the camp to accomodate the newcomers. the bbc�*s christine 0tieno with this report. dadaab is filled with capacity with no respite from the constant stream of new

arrivals. after 500 kilometre journey the village in south—east somalia, this man, his two wives and nine children have reached their destination. 0ne have reached their destination. one of his wives gave birth on arrival, adding to the 350,000 people who call this cam home. they had hoped for a much better life but the reality has been rather different. translation: been rather different. tuna/mom- been rather different. translation: ~ ., translation: when we arrived we did not receive _ translation: when we arrived we did not receive food _ translation: when we arrived we did not receive food aid _ translation: when we arrived we did not receive food aid for - did not receive food aid for about three months. we had no water, shelter orfood. some refugees helped us by giving us food. 0n refugees helped us by giving us food. on our refugees helped us by giving us food. 0n ourfourth month got an identity card and were given some sorghum. when we are given ourfood ration we some sorghum. when we are given our food ration we sell some of it to buy sugar and other necessary things. 50 it to buy sugar and other necessary things.- it to buy sugar and other necessary things. so we do not have enough — necessary things. so we do not have enough food _ necessary things. so we do not have enough food to _ necessary things. so we do not have enough food to last - necessary things. so we do not have enough food to last us - have enough food to last us until— have enough food to last us until next distribution. dadaab was once the _ until next distribution. dadaab was once the largest - until next distribution. dadaab was once the largest refugee i was once the largest refugee camp in the world. canyon refineries have repeatedly threatened to close it over the

years. but for now, all three of the settlements making up this fast tent city are well beyond capacity. it this fast tent city are well beyond capacity.- beyond capacity. it is challenging - beyond capacity. it is challenging that - beyond capacity. it is challenging that we | beyond capacity. it is i challenging that we face beyond capacity. it 3 challenging that we face now, new arrivals coming in. as you can see here we have a small outpost for the operation that is here. we also provide water which is never enough. we are constructing latrines, we are doing 50 more. it is never enough. doing 50 more. it is never enough-— doing 50 more. it is never enou:h. ., ., ~ , enough. the horn of africa is suffering _ enough. the horn of africa is suffering from _ enough. the horn of africa is suffering from the _ enough. the horn of africa is suffering from the worst - suffering from the worst drought in a0 years. according to the world health organization who say it could 0rganization who say it could result in the deaths of 135 people in somalia every day between january and june this year. to escape this fate, many of the people will make a beeline for dadaab. we have

130,000 new _ beeline for dadaab. we have 130,000 new arrivals - beeline for dadaab. we have 130,000 new arrivals and i beeline for dadaab. we have | 130,000 new arrivals and the conditions are dire so new arrivals either settle with friends and families in the camp or in the outskirts of the camps. we receive some funding but not by any means or any measure sufficient to cover all. there has been no corresponding rise in funding for the influx of people. in fourth settlement is due to reopen to accommodate 80,000 new refugees. around 23 million us dollars is needed to open and operate it forjust one year. so far the united nations has only raised 5 million dollars us. but the people keep coming in theirfunds keep dwindling and the drought persists. for now, families like this who arrived here can only hope for a chance to feed their families at least once a

day. thank you for watching bbc news. hello there. good friday was a pretty decent one across the country. plenty of sunshine around. there was still a bit of a chill in the air, but i think as we move deeper into the easter weekend, it will start to warm up as we pick up the air source from the south. it is going to stay dry, plenty of sunshine, then it is all change for the bank holiday easter monday. this area of low pressure begins to spread across the country. it is high pressure dominating the scene to start the easter weekend. lots of dry weather to begin with. 0n the chilly side mind you, but temperatures will rise fairly quickly. cloud across eastern scotland and eastern england will tend to break up and burn back to the coast, so we should have plenty of sunny spells into the afternoon with a little bit of fair weather, cloud bubbling up here and there. a bit more of a breeze, particularly towards the south and west.

temperatures notch up in that range of 13, may be up to 16 degrees. as we head through saturday night, it stays fine and dry, lengthy clear skies, a bit more of a breeze, even more i think, through saturday night. variable cloud, so i think we should be frost free, to start sunday. another fairly cool one with temperatures between 2—6 celsius. for easter sunday, looking at this area of low pressure edging further eastwards. it will be affecting northern ireland later in the day. more isobars, so a windy day to come, particularly towards the west. that said, another fine one with plenty of sunshine around. air source coming the south. so it should be a little bit warmer, up to 17 celsius, and generally in the mid—teens for many, but it will be turning wetter and windier for northern ireland and then that rain pushing into western britain late on sunday. through sunday night and into the early part of monday, that band of wind and rain will spread across the uk. it should have cleared by the time we head into easter monday morning. but we have a day of sunshine and showers. some of the showers will be heavy and perhaps thundery.

it will feel cooler as well. generally, we are looking at 10—13 c. so, noticeably cooler. for this upcoming week it will remain pretty unsettled, with low pressure always nearby. we could see a risk of gales around the middle part of the week. you can see the unsettled theme if i show you the icons, with temperatures just about making double figures. factor in the wind and rain, and it'll feel cooler.

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