ah, ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin, the u. s. supreme court overturning the landmark roe vs wade ruling ending constitutional protection for the right of an abortion. the decision paving the way for individual states to now make laws on abortion. roughly half are expected to ban or severely limit access. also coming up tonight, a major retreat ukraine orders its troops to leave the city of severed o desk. after weeks of fighting and relentless attacks by the russians and the aftermath of afghanistan's deadliest earthquake in decades,

response teams and medical aid are now finally arriving to that remote mountainous region. but people say more health is urgently need. ah, i bring gov to our viewers watching on p b. s in the united states and to all of you around the world. welcome in the united states, the constitutional right for a woman to have an abortion. if no more to day, the supreme court overturned that landmark 1973 road versus way decision granting and protecting abortion rights across the entire country. today's ruling sins, abortion rights, back to the state. and some states, such as missouri, have already announced a legislation to be of the procedure to night. the united states is bracing for nationwide protests impossible violence. ha,

the moment they've been waiting for anti abortion activists. thrilled by the new ruling but abortion rights activists are furious, and president joe biden criticized the decision in no uncertain terms. now, with ro go must be very clear. the health and life of women, this nation, are now at risk. the supreme court 1973 ruling on roe v wade was a landmark decision. effectively legalizing abortion across the united states, the case focused on jane ro, in reality. norma mc canvie, a texas woman seeking an abortion. since state law only allowed in cases where the mother's life was in danger, she was denied. the justice is ruled $7.00 to $2.00 that a woman's right to privacy superseded a states right to ban abortion. that decision set off

a fierce legal battle. the republicans added an anti abortion stance to their platform and effort to unless support from the religious right. o donald trump's presidency was a major victory for republicans looking to tilt the balance of the supreme court. in just 4 years, he was able to appoint 3 justices, giving the court a $63.00 conservative majority in the dissenting opinion, the 3 liberal justices said the court is putting its legitimacy at risk with sorrow for this court, but more for the many millions of american women who have today lost a fundamental constitutional protection. we dissent. this comes as many politicians and observers had criticized the supreme court for becoming too political. in post

ro, america, more than half of the 50 states are expected to quickly ban or severely restrict abortion. that's likely to galvanized democrats who want to keep abortion available across the country. a position recent polls suggest, is supported by a strong majority of americans or washington bureau chief need. his bowl is covering today's ruling. she joined me a short while ago from outside the u. s supreme court. ah, well, as you see there really hundreds of women and men here in front of the supreme court, it only took a couple of minutes before the 1st came after the ruling was out. it wasn't clear that it comes out to more. i to day that it came out today, so more and more people are coming here. the majority is kind of morning and they are very sad that there's very important right to get an important for many of them . and very important right, is being taken away. brand, i just want to make clear,

our international audience. it's not that abortion is not possible anymore in the united states, but the protection for this nation wide law is taken away. so now it's up to the states. and this is what some women fear here, that in rural places in places far away from stays in which abortion is still legal or they won't be able to get that done if they are in need to it. and in, as we know that polls have told us for the last 50 years, there has never been a majority of americans in favor of overturning roe vs wade. not a majority in favor of what happened today. so how divided then is america really when it comes to abortion? well, this is one of the most devices and probably also one of the most emotional issues here in the united states. and therefore we just just seeing some law enforcement coming. we just heard from officials that they are really worried that this really might turn into some aggression. they are getting prepared for some riots later on

today. why? because this is so devices and so emotion, emotional, and as you said, friend, the majority of the americans is not against abortion. but the majority in the supreme court right here behind me is against abortion. and that probably makes his country even more divided than it already is in give us a sense in his, of just the security situation where you are and you know, there have been images of police in riot gear, walking towards the supreme ward in the capital building i mean, how concerned are you in people there for your own safety and i'm not concerned about my own safety as for now. so far it's peaceful. we see once in a while, some classes between the 2 sides because we also have to keep in mind, there are many, many americans who really applaud this decision. but we shall see. the question is always when it's getting dogwood is going to happen then. but again, the most people who are here, they're really kind of sad and worried,

what will happen to all those women? why needs of an abortion are watching the bureau chief in his bull outside of the u . s. supreme court, if they will, the reversal of roe vs wade is expected to impact minorities disproportionately more. i discussed that with looping rodriguez. she's the executive director for the national latina institute for reproductive justice in california. the reaction is that we're angry where crashed and this decision to uphold a sippy attitude. we could worship man, of course, didn't overturn roe vs wade is going to be devastating for for everyone in our country in the us. but the, particularly for communities that are the most vulnerable here, and my organization represents the latino and left the next community here. and we know that our communities and other communities a car will be the most the package. and what will that look like?

we know that this decision means that the states can now decide whether or not to restrict access to abortion, band abortions or to do nothing. what's that going to mean than for the la tina community? well for community, the latino community that already faces a lot of barriers to access to care. so, you know, i want to make clear that even before this decision to overturn roe vs wade, our communities already faced very steep barriers to be able to have access to care in this country. our health care system also does not necessarily provide us adequate health care coverage in general. and so you know what these bands do is, for those of us who are already marginalized, who already lack access, it will make things much worse. you know, one of the things that we know is that 20 percent of lucky has in this country will have an abortion in their lifetime. so it's a large proportion of our community and are also some of the most likely,

or the least likely to have access to health care coverage insurance coverage are also some of the most likely to have jobs through which we get our health care coverage that don't offer paid time off, they don't offer sometimes health care coverage. and so, you know, this will just exacerbate a lot of issues that we've already been facing. and one last point i'll make is that our community is particularly worried about the criminalization element of this, you know, the removal of this protection. many states, including the senate minority leader, mitchell connell, have said that they want to pass a federal law restricting abortion and, and they, they want to criminalize abortion. and we know that communities of color and the latino let the next community black communities are already criminalized at high rates here in this country. and this is just another excuse for the state to realize our communities,

the pe rodriguez. we appreciate your time and your insight. thank. were now to a major retreat in the war in you. great. ukrainian forces have been ordered to withdraw from the eastern city of several don't ask. after weeks of fierce fighting against russian forces. i'm capturing the city of several don't ask in the don't. bass area is central to russia's goal of seizing a large section of land in eastern ukraine. regional authority to say finding is intensifying and that no town in the east is safe for civilians. ah, ukraine is losing ground in the east lis. down near the city of las a chance has been devastated by shelling, rushing forces or concentrating the overwhelming fire bar on what is last. major ukrainian has city in the province of lou hands. they have already seen control of its twin cities, soviet ordinates forcing ukraine's troops to retreat in order to avoid encirclement

of the weeks of creed by street combat to just touch the thoughts are done, said you to prost another. there's no sense staying in opposition to me. i would have been destroyed during many months of fighting and the worst of with them had youths and ye me at some loosely, but the most. we do the number of casualties and the poorly fortified areas will grow every day by the mobile opening and therefore the decision was made for the sake of the defenders who are there for sure. you got it on record, it's. yep, about share it. but the most that i was mad about was mack and mrs. chance many civilians are being taken to safety. but not every one wants to leave us up. it's the ukrainian army shooting at us. it is them that kill our children. not that we want to be united with the russians, not the germans and european union reports from the region are causing guns on in the neighboring donates region. the region governor is what it about for the russian advance nemiah's road. no, mister zarathustra, there is no place,

no town in the genetic region that is safe. yokohama will bus by taking into consideration that i have intelligence data. and i understand where the danger lies . nobody, i'm lucky in the bas britney. i have deliberately mentioned slogans. can cram a torque commercial summer because that will be the direction where the enemy will be moving in a comfortable oh louis that some people might be loyal to the russians solid. they said, look, what, believe me, when the cities are destroyed, hello, yes. then this loyalty disappears and people understand, man, you are, the main thing is not to understand too late or miss, you mean? yeah. and then below the not the fisma. seizing the twin city has been a key goal of russia, as it pushes farther into ukraine's industrial hot land. or earlier we spoke to our correspondent connolly. we asked him about the significance of the ukrainian retreat from several. don't ask this is obviously

a big deal. definitely. this is news here in ukraine, but it's not an expected ang, ukraine. government has prepared public opinion and world opinion even for this 4 weeks now. and distress you will, along as basically been to make the russians pay as high price possible for the smallest possible gains. similar to what we saw. and mario will really make them fight for every street for every meter of ground. and hope that basically vague source themselves in the situation where of see they still have huge superiority in terms of the weapons available to them. we've had different figures. ukrainian government figures talk about 10 times more artillery in the russian on the russian side than on the ukrainian side. so you can really having to choose its battles carefully and to use for little equipment. it has as cleverly as possible. now they've made the decision to withdraw from sort of nets consumed, i guess from this a chance to, in the hope that they will at minimize losses to their own forces. and really it give themselves a chance of continuing this battle without losing in non controlled and kind of

dangerous celtic way. it was neat. connelly reporting there from ukraine where the war in ukraine has led to rising food prices in shortages around the world, especially in countries that were already struggling to feed their own people. to date you, as secretary of state entity blanket was here in berlin at a meeting to discuss how to deal with the world's growing through crisis. he put the blame squarely on russia for making things worse, ticklish. russia itself has been playing terrible games with its own food. ah, imposing its own export controls on itself. ah, putting photos on, ah, deciding when and where it saw it's going to make food available for political reasons. as i said before, there is nothing preventing the export of food food products, fertilizer from russia, except russia itself. and the only thing is preventing the export of food from ukraine. the bread basket of europe is russia?

well this week the european union took the historic step of granting ukraine candidate status, putting the country on the path to one day, joining the e u. but supporting ukraine will come at a cost for europe in the form of soaring energy prices. the w's christine one reports. by the time the e used 27 heads of government began day one of their summit. it was all but certain that they would announce the decision to grant ukraine candidate status for e u membership. a 1st step in a long process that puts keith on the road to brussels. the importance of this decision for ukraine cannot be overstated. it is the european union saying to the battled country we want to with us. just imagine how much of a boost that is to the ukrainians fighting on the front lines. but it was also important for the use of leadership who desperately needed a show of unity and to send a message to moscow that they ins high

a. you was still strongly in support of ukraine and it's aspiration to join the west. but there is economic trouble in the west and that dominated date 2 of the summits agenda. inflation is her measure concerned for all of us. russia, swafford russians pushing of the price of energy, foot intermodal tease, and all of these has a direct impact on us citizens and businesses. the e. u has sought to isolate russia for its invasion of ukraine. and since the war broke out, the brock has delivered 6 rounds of sanctions targeted at russia's economy. e. u. leaders say moscow is retaliating by restricting gas supply to the e. u. by now it's 12 member states that either have been totally cut off the russian gas or partially, and therefore the best is always hope for the best prepare for the worst. that's what we're doing right now. the worst case scenario is russia completely cutting off all of its gas supply to europe. the impact of that would be devastating for

members, states like germany and others whose economies depend on russia's energy. our correspondent, marina strauss. she is in brussels as she has more on the summit where that historic decision was taken after this is some eds here in brussels, german chancellor, will i shoulds, put the meetings most important decision. in a few words. we said 27 times. yes. he said, all you leaders said yes, when it comes to granting e candidate status to ukraine. and toward of us, it was a historic decision, a clear sign towards russia that ukraine and more to why are part of the european family, even if it will take years, may be decades for both countries to enter the block. other war related issues also dominated this week summit in brussels. russia aggression against ukraine has

severe economic impacts for europe. energy prices are soaring all over the block. and shorts and other e e o. leaders said that the eu has to become less dependent on ration fossil fuels . something that is easier said than done since most of the blog is still very dependent on russian entity. there was maria strauss there in brussels in afghanistan, tele beneficial say they've ended their surgery survivors. after wednesday's powerful earthquake, at least a 1000 people died. many more were injured after shot hit the remote area in the countries east earlier on friday, killing 5 people. a groups are now rushing to get food turns and medical supplies to the region up to a rock. mine has seemed so much in his life. but the pain after the earthquake closer, but it is almost too much the answers. this is what's left of his home miss

burden lake. the latter quake happened certainly at night our houses were destroyed . 12 people for my family were killed, one and my brothers were hurt. who are the people killed the money to my wife's, my brother's money, some elders. and one of my son's name a little gunnery was i slowly at a creeping pace, in fact, aide is making its way to the areas that are most difficult to reach. when we're waiting for that aid at children like najia and her brother sitting on the rubble of what was their home, they lost their mother and 2 sisters untold numbers of children have helped bury parents and elders and parents have very children who abdulla bed last 13 members of his family,

including children who are where afghan helicopters can land, food, water and medicine have already arrived. also importantly, tense, over night rainfall has added to the misery of those who have lost their homes and their loved ones are let's take a look now, some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world. thousands of people have rallied in the georgia capital tbilisi to show their support for the former soviet republic, joining the european union. angry at georgia, not being given candidate status like ukraine. they have called on the government to resign or to implement the 12 points listed by the european union for georgia's application to be reassess. the u. s. senate has passed bipartisan legislation on gun safety, although it's described as modest. this is the 1st significant gun control legislation. to pass in 3 decades, it must now go to the house of representatives for approval before becoming walter

for the united nations as that israeli security forces fired the bullets that killed al jazeera journalists. serene of luckily you and human rights office said the palestinian american was not killed by indiscriminate, fiery from palestinians about ugly di covering in israeli army operation in the northern westbank. last month. morocco says that 5 migrants died in an attempted mass crossing from its territory into the north african spanish enclave of moleed, around 2000 miles, trying to reach the border. leon is a popular crossing point for migrants from sub saharan africa who were trying to reach your police in ecuador capital quito, fired to tear gas at protesters as they tried to enter the congress building. it's the latest escalation in more than a week of nationwide demonstrations. the rallies are being led by indigenous people

demanding that the government cut fuel prices, tackle the high cost of living and spend more on education. dw corresponded johan ramirez. has this report, ah, downtown quito of the 11th consecutive day of a general strike in ecuador, a standoff between the indigenous community and the government that is intensifying me. neither side, willing to talk to the other, to help bring this conflict to an end. violence broke hanson b afternoon with clarice 5 and t gossip. protestors who responded by throwing stones a peaceful protest during it into violence when, according to indigenous people, they were provoked by members of the security forces aversion that the police have denied in any case clashes. what inevitable me

it, but most people came out to day in the most peaceful way to protest for our right. and we got all the police surrounding us and shooting at us. let me be happy, but i know there are many wounded. 7 7 tom bad can't the head either or, you know, no, the police ro, munitions at us, and when people pick them up to throw them back, they explode in their hands with it. several people already been wounded, was like that either. anything longer, want mr. lasso, ruling ecuador, we want him to leave. he is murdering our comrades, our children, and our husbands. oh, while clashes were happening in the streets of the capitol, representatives from the indigenous community held in assembly to agree on a path forward. speaking to d, w, the leader of the demonstrations denied the protests. i aimed at ousting the president. he said he was open to dialogue,

to find solutions to the crisis. mean thrust bus, unload the uh must be the more days that go by the more the indignation grows the position that we guarantee a piece. but in order to keep the peace we need to progress on the fundamental topic. some change when will the scene thought i'm with my studies? i don't find a way out of my, the protests will sinew, even if we're controlling the peaceful character of the rallies, or that is why it's necessary for the government to give real answers so that people can calm down and biskin and tell me what i'm finance that is the book the cautious became more intense convient of a day one man died, the 4th person to lose their life. during these protests, demonstrators say he was killed by police, fire, or authorities say they will investigate the iraq war of 2003 and the sectarian violence followed, changed forever. the lives of countless numbers of people, including soccer players. many careers were cut short after players lost limbs in

the box. to night we have an inspiring story of new beginnings and new hope. giving it another shot. ali cassim lost his left leg in a baghdad carbon in 26. then aged just 22. he thought his football career was over, but the iraqi amputee team has given him back his pride. knowing that about what i married with 4 children, my family are the ones who pack my sports bag. they tell me, daddy, go and train. my morale has totally lifted it. why collision? the team was founded last year by mohammed elijah, who was made aware of the portsmouth amputee team while studying in england. and decided to take the idea to a rack. he wasn't short of applications for men whose lives have been scarred by war. and on one that's our, that's in our mission, has become to restore morale and activity to amputees. yes. law,

as we made sacrifices in the past you, this in law will continue to do so for the success of the sport highway and to raise iraq's profile. islam to doing. doing so has not been easy. a lack of official recognition from iraqi sporting bodies means no funding. so for transport and equipment, the team must depend on donations, hadn't really gone to hell in oakland so far they've not given us official recognition, even though our team represents iraq and has achieved many things up on that. so unfortunately, they did not give us any local recognition so that we can ask for support. we've also not received any budget from the government on him as much luck on a jack home yet. but improvising in the face of adversity is what these men do. and the team has given them the camaraderie that al nasha says has helped. many of them recover from longstanding mental health issues. we're with wimbledon just around the corner. all eyes will be on the woman behind me. serena williams and she

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today, the u. s. supreme court ruled that there is not a constitutional right to an abortion ending. half a century of federal access for women. now, there has never been a majority of americans in favor of what the court did today. evidence perhaps of why confidence in the supreme court is at a record low. today's ruling is proof positive, however of the influence of a u. s. president. the influence that a president can have after he leaves office 3 of the judges. he made today's ruling possible, were appointed by former president donald trump. i'm.