ah ah ah ah ah, this is dw news lie from berlin, the u. s. supreme court strikes down the constitutional right to an abortion justices overturn the landmark ro versus way to decision triggering immediate abortion bands and several states. we look at what the ruling means for millions of women in america. also coming up

a major retreat ukraine troops leave the city of stereo. dawn gets after weeks of fighting and relentless attacks by the russians. and protesters in ecuador clash with police or the 12th consecutive day. soaring food and fuel prices have pushed attentions to broiling points as the violent escalades the president abuses protesters of an attempted to comb. ah, monica jones, welcome to the program. it's been described as a constitutional earthquake. the u. s. supreme court has ended 50 years of federal abortion rights. in a 6 to 3 ruling, the court overturned the landmark 1973 roe vs wade decision that enshrined a woman's right to an abortion. you are states now have the power to set their own abortion around half will restrict or even ban access to abortion. the decision

triggered emotional reactions on both sides. why then march, in defiance nationwide and americans have taken to the streets to protest the supreme court decision, overton reveal weighed. with this ruling, american women will no longer have the constitutional right to an abortion. i only know what they're doing wrong. they know that what they're doing with money braylin's activeness, take a different stones for them this day is a cause for celebration. ah, several states across the u. s. have already enacted immediate bands on the

procedure as of this morning or abortions performed in oklahoma or solicited in oklahoma are illegal. this is not only a victory for unborn children. this is a victory for everybody who believes in our system of government. only assigned to the latest 3 west coast states. california, oregon, and washington have promised to fight for a bush and right why california oregon and washington are building the west coast tech patient access to it. will work with their legislator with a providers with a patient avenue. we will continue to protect patients from any state who come to our states for washing here in just one day. the u. s. supreme court has ended protections that stood in any hall for century. now the battle begins to reinstate,

but the one called a basic human rights. jim robin alt is a lawyer and a u. s. presidential historian, we asked if the u. s. supreme court is looking at running back even more rights, while the majority opinion written by justice leaders said that they're not doing anything but addressing abortion, and concurring opinion. justice thomas said no, no, no. i want to look at other things like other rights that have been established like the right to same sex marriage. and i think it is a real slippery slope right now that we've got a 5 person majority that can run things in one of the people who's sitting there should be married. garland obama's nominee who is blocked for almost a year and a half. so you've not only got a problem of the court that is doing things that the majority do not one in this country. but there's a real question about whether it's a legitimate court, and that's a really awful situation to be in because courts are only as good as early

legitimacy. and this is really being called into question with this opinion. today, the supreme court decision in the united states is drawing a lot of international criticism. canadian prime minister, just intruder tweeting the news, coming out of the u. s. is horrific. my heart goes out to the millions of american women were now said to lose their legal rights to an abortion french president, manuel my call saying abortion is a fundamental right for all women. it must be protected. and in scotland 1st minister nicholas sturgeon said, friday's ruling marked one of the darkest days for women's rights. in her lifetime . ukrainian troops are retreating from the eastern city of several don. yet, after weeks of years fighting against invading russian forces, a regional official says, ukraine's units would move to stronger positions. recent days have seen russia make significant gains around the strategic eastern city. russia is trying to encircle

ukrainian forces and sees the entire don bass region. local ukrainian officials say the fighting is intensifying and to nowhere in the east is safe any more for residents. for more on this let's cross over now to the ukrainian capital. keith, where dw correspondent connelly is standing by nic ukrainian forces we just heard beginning to pull out of a several don. yes. is this a sign that key? if admits defeat, at least when it comes to this region, i think it's definitely an acceptance that 70, than it was not a city that ukraine could hold on to with acceptable losses for any longer these quite externally there how long ukraine has stayed in control. the city experts been talking about the city being taken by the russians for basically the best part of the month now. and ukrainian just kept on holding on, kept on forcing the russians to basically lose huge numbers of soldiers to invest a huge amount of fire power pulling away or weapons and resources from other parts

of the front lines just to gain a couple of streets at a time and now in a situation where, so this is basically the only ukranian stronghold on the northern side of that 70 kids on its river, where the bridges behind them have been blown up. ukraine has now said that they are going to try and pull people out how they're going to get them out without bridges, without a situation where they're pontoons. we don't know, but that seems to be the plan now. and yeah, it's a blow, but i think it's a situation where you created basically tried to do the same as it did with mary paul to turn this into a pyrrhic victory for the russians. a hollow victory where they basically invested more resources than that city is worth. but they obviously are desperate for some kind of victory, some kind of game because of rule. now in our 5th month of war, the russians have pretty little to show, given the huge resources and given a huge, a security in fire power to show for all their efforts. and how do we know where

the new positions of the ukrainian forces are a will be so the expectation have been the dubious chance which is basically 70 units, said sister city. just on the other side, the river bank which has kind of a geography topography that would make it easier to defend. you've got high river banks and lots of ways to basically shoot people trying to get across that river. but we have seen that recent days, the russians trying to come at least a chance from the other side, from the south in a way that would avoid them having to cross that river. in the past, we've seen the ukrainians when inflicting huge damage on russian attempts to cross that river in other places. so a sense that maybe the ukraine's will have to draw back a little further. but if you just zoom out and look at the bigger picture, these are still pretty small movements over a much bigger front line. the ukrainians are facing off against the russians over basic 2000 and slumped as of territory. and overall, ukraine is still in control of a big chunk of don bass. it lost most of the ground in the 1st weeks of the war when it was basically overwhelmed, swamped with the tax all across the country. and now in recent weeks,

those movements really haven't been that big. so yes, it is a tactical withdrawal. but in the bigger picture, ukraine is still holding on to its main centers main cities in that part of the country. and it's basically trying to minimize its losses. now, unlike the russians where we've seen pretty significant willingness to do pretty risky, military maneuvers that have cost, the russian soldiers looked flight i. d w. next connelly their reporting friend, kia, thank you so much. and now let's take a quick look at some of the other stories making headlines. at least 2 people have been killed in a shooting at a gay bar. and nightclub in norway's capital are slow, 14 others were injured. a suspect was arrested at the scene. it was not immediate here. what the motive for the attack was police are investigating. more officers, 18 people, died in an attempt at mass crossing from its territory and to the north africans spare spanish enclave of mila. around 2000 migrants try to breach the border.

manila is a popular crossing point for migrants from sac saharan africa try to get into europe. thousands of people have rallied in the george and capital tbilisi to show their support for the former soviet republic joining the european union. protesters are angry that you lead us this week, refused to grant georgia candidate status. they're calling on the jordan government to resign or implement the 12 points listed by the you for its application to be reassessed. not european union's decision this week to grant ukraine candidate status marked to what brussels called the beginning of a long journey that the 2 sides would walk together. but support in ukraine will come at a cost for europe in the form of soaring energy, crisis dw, christine monde. while reports, by the time that you use 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 kids 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 hugh 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 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 day 2 of the summits agenda. inflation is her measure concerned for all of us russia swafford russian is pushing of the price of energy, foot intermodal tease. and all of this has a direct impact on those 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 rushes 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 to ecuador now, where protesters and police have clashed way, 12 consecutive day as a nationwide strike turns increasingly violent. indigenous groups are leading the demonstrations triggered by soaring fuel prices and the high cost of living. with tensions at boiling point ecuador president has accused the protest leader of

trying to stage a coup. ah, police and protesters square off in ecuador is capital quito. several protesters have died and scores on both sides have been injured. the economy has taken a massive hit all while the country citizens struggle to feed their families. you can i own minimum wage $425.00 a month for them, but i have 4 children and it's not enough, but another food prices have sword. even basics like cooking oil this in december, it cost $2.00 and we sold 3 bottles. the $5.00, now it costs football is $45.00 tuttleton, but what do they think? the protest began over fuel prices, but have grown to include a number of demands for economic relief. ecuador, as president, has offered some concessions, but now says the unrest is

a threat to his government. eco would allow, it has been proven young that the true intention of those who are violent is to generate a cou a follow. he pulled it off, and that is why we call on the international community. are now to warn against this attempt, the to destabilize democracy in ecuador, that will lisa law. they will garcia, intellect waller, but lay only thus isa bindham. the indigenous organizer who called the protests says he's not interested in toppling the president. he wants solutions for ecuador is poor, little daily, mean booking, the bleeding element, this, it really is a harsh reality. what is happening kind of stuff. that's why at this moment the ecuadorian population has risen up with it's not because of madmen or vandals, i want you to understand it's poverty right now. many of our young people are being recruited by drug traffickers and hired assassins working because they're offering economic opportunities. frustration has reached a boiling point. what began as

a protest movement has turned ugly as protesters fight with police. several embassies, including germany and the u. s. i have asked both sides to negotiate before the situation deteriorates. any further. you watching d. w news off next, our tech show shift looks at online protests and authoritarian states. and of course you and a web site a can get over the latest use. that's d w dot, to call them from the team and the lens thanks for watching. ah ah, i'm skill that i work. that's hard and in the end the some me, you are not a lot us to you and more we will send you back. are you familiar with this.