our bbc correspondent jess parker _ happen. our bbc correspondent jess parker has _ happen.ondent jess parker has been _ happen. our bbc correspondent jess parker has been for - happen. our bbc correspondent jess parker has been for the - jess parker has been for the listerine has this report. this unfolded in cleveland, 45 miles outside of houston in texas, and police patrol teams were alerted to an incident of what has been described as harassment, and they attended the scene and found a very distressing scene, as you say, five people have died, including an eight—year—old child, and as you were mentioning there, as they went into the house, they found in one bedroom two women over two children and the local sheriff has indicated, suggested that they believe these women were potentially trying to protect their children. they say, the police, that they know who the suspect is, a mexican male, they have his consulate card, obviously a manhunt underway, ten people in total we are told have been at the house, all of them from honduras, that is what the local authorities are sa

our correspondent jess parker, thank you very much i years. ndent jess l parker, thank you very much for sitting across the story for us. a new climate report from the world meteorological organization shows 2022 was a year of extremes. here are just some of the findings from its annual state of the planet report. global sea levels hit a record high last year, due in part to melting glaciers and warming oceans. and sea levels are rising twice as fast compared tojust three decades ago. the planet continues to heat up. in fact, the last eight years were the warmest since reliable records began. and extreme climate events — from droughts to floods — have led to some 95 million people being displaced around the world. earlier, my colleague carl nasman spoke with jay inslee, the governor of the us state of washington, about that climate report and what needs to be done to fast track climate action in the country. thank you so much forjoining us and taking the time. i want to start with the new report coming from the world meteorological organisation

jess parker, great to have you — electorate. jess parker, great to have you with _ electorate.to have you with us. - gloria feldt, the former president of planned parenthood said there are still big challenges ahead for access to the abortion pill. with this decision really means almost nothing. the lower courts, the ruling they were looking at, has a ready made some restrictions that are going to continue to confuse women, they again to make mifepristone harder to get. it is important to step back for a minute and understand what is going on here both politically and medically and really i would say from the perspective of whether women will ever in the usa have full equality. those are really the issue. from a political perspective i suspect the court is going more slowly because they know they have a big political tiger by the tail and whatever way they 90, the tail and whatever way they go, they are going to be criticised in many different ways, so, ithink criticised in many different ways, so, i think you have to understand the politics of all of it. i have had the opportu

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while correspondent jess parker. a while correspondentjess parker. a legal appeal against its while aal appeal against its use is still being considered. the supreme court decision temporarily blocks a lower courts ruling in texas that restricted the use of the drug. the drug, mifepristone is used in more than half of all abortions in the us. a decision as a victory for the biden administration. as it defends broad access to this pill. with me now is our correspondent jess parker who has been closely monitoring this decision. we now heard from the court. ~ ., ., , , decision. we now heard from the court. ., , ., court. what does this mean? i've not court. what does this mean? i've got a _ court. what does this mean? i've got a ruling _ court. what does this mean? i've got a ruling here. - court. what does this mean? i've got a ruling here. it's - i've got a ruling here. it's pretty short. most of it is made up from dissenting words from two justices, thomas and alito. but the supreme court has broadly decided to do is to freeze those restrictions decided by lower courts. nothing chang

jess parker, - people who are pro—choice. very interesting. jess parker, thank you very much.d now by robert barnes, the supreme court reporter for the washington post. robert, thank you so much for joining us tonight. this is a court that had a majority to overturn roe vs wade. how should we read that there wasn't a majority to let this ban go into effect? well, the important thing to remember is this was not a decision on merits, this was something that, as your correspondent said, lower courts had approved, it was a pretty bold move, courts have not said that the fda is wrong to have passed on the safety of a drug before and overturned such a thing, so it was a pretty bold move. and all the supreme court did tonight was leave things in place while these legal fights continue. we also saw a _ these legal fights continue. we also saw a descent from samuel alito and clarence thomas that was published as well. what can we take away, glenn from that descent? .,, we take away, glenn from that descent? ., , ., descent? those early the two members _ descent? those early the two mem

jess parker reports from brussels.e european parliament. this story is a tangled web — catching lawmakers, officials and lobbyists in its net. in its immediate aftermath, eu leaders rushed to announce action. there will be no sweeping under the carpet. we will ask for more transparency on meetings with foreign actors and those linked to them. the police investigation stretches hundreds of miles from brussels to, among other places here — the port city of salerno in southern italy, where we've spoken to the lawyer of a key suspect... andrea cozzolino, an italian member of the european parliament, suspected of acting in the interests of foreign powers, namely qatar and morocco, in exchange for money — which he denies. qatar and morocco have also hit back at the claims. belgian prosecutors want andrea cozzolino detained in brussels, but his lawyers are contesting the european arrest warrant. translation: the warrant is completely vague, - partial and sometimes even lacks transparency. if the belgian prosecutor has the pro

president biden has responded: our correspondent jess parker has more.ith me is our correspondentjess parker. jess what does this ruling say? it means nothing changes for an hour on women's access to mifepristone. kawann uses a two drug regiment in more than half of abortions across america so thatis of abortions across america so that is highly significant. what had happened, as you were just mentioning, a judge in texas had halted potential approval of mifepristone so we could not be available but that decision was stayed for seven days and an appeals court said, no, we will restrict it, lower the amount of time women can take it to when they are pregnant down from ten weeks to seven weeks and you will not be able to order it by mail either. the supreme court has said none of that is happening for now. it kicked it back to the appeals court who will hear the appeals court who will hear the case on its merit and we will hear in the coming months. what happens now? it goes back to the fifth circuit court of appeals animal arguments begin in the middle of

jess parker sent this report. what happened ?devastating for a community and alabama after a shooter opened fire at a birthday party. police tape hiding what you can hear, the sound of horror and grief. four lives were lost in the tragic event that occurred here in dadeville. as far as the injuries, there are 28 individuals that were injured in the course of the incident. this local dance hall was a place for people to have fun. they were out to celebrate a sweet 16, which became a fatal crime scene stopping most of the victims, dead and wounded, it is believed, were teenagers. phil dowdell was star athelet. and a senior in high school. he was one of those lost his life after bullets ripped through his sister's own birthday party. our thoughts and prayers are with all the families. there are...just are no words to describe the emotions we are all feeling. millions of firearms are in circulation in this country. for some, it's part of the nation's promise of freedom. for others, it is a kind of madness that is costing the lives of

jess parker reports. and fear — the almost routine eruption of gun violence in america. but uniquely devastating for a small community in rural alabama, after a shooter opened fire at a 16th birthday party. police tape quietly hiding what you then can hear, the sound of horror and grief. people wail four lives were lost in the tragic event that occurred here in dadeville. as far as the injuries, there are 28 individuals that were injured during the course of the incident. this local dance hall was a place for young people to have fun. they were out to celebrate that rite of passage for girls, a sweet 16. it became a fatal crime scene. most of the victims dead and wounded, it's believed, are teenagers. phil dowdle was a star athlete and senior in high school. local media says he's one of those to lose his life after bullets ripped through the night at his own sister's birthday party. our thoughts and prayers are with all the families. theyjust — there are no words to describe the emotions we are all feelin

jess parker reports from brussels.dal at the heart of the european parliament. this story is a tangled web — catching lawmakers, officials and lobbyists in its net. in its immediate aftermath, eu leaders rushed to announce action. there will be no sweeping under the carpet. we will ask for more transparency on meetings with foreign actors and those linked to them. the police investigation stretches hundreds of miles from brussels to, among other places here — the port city of salerno in southern italy, where we've spoken to the lawyer of a key suspect... andrea cozzolino, an italian member of the european parliament, suspected of acting in the interests of foreign powers, namely qatar and morocco, in exchange for money — which he denies. qatar and morocco have also hit back at the claims. belgian prosecutors want andrea cozzolino detained in brussels, but his lawyers are contesting the european arrest warrant. translation: the warrant is completely vague, i partial and sometimes even lacks transparency. if the belgian

the sound going there in our feed from the white house, but sitting still there in our studio is jess parkerg show about his intention to run in 2024. i'm assuming on that thought it would be a joint ticket with kamala harris. thought it would be a “oint ticket with kamala harris._ thought it would be a “oint ticket with kamala harris. those are the indications _ with kamala harris. those are the indications we _ with kamala harris. those are the indications we have _ with kamala harris. those are the indications we have had, - with kamala harris. those are the| indications we have had, including from kamala harris herself. all of that has to be officially decided, and i think what the democrats are doing is keeping a close eye on the republican race, which is a little bit more crowded than the democratic one, but of course, the man who has been hogging all the headlines is donald trump, and we don't know who the republican will be, but a lot of what the democrat side will be looking at will be who can beat donald trump, because that is the person they want to avoid getting into the white ho

let's bring in correspondence, jess parker who is following events for from washington.ernor, as you said, earlier speaking about his personal connection to today's tragic events, and a very emotional press conference there. among some of the updates that we had was from the local police chief, saying that one of the officers who had been shot was just 26 years old, struck in the head, has been undergoing brain surgery, and had onlyjust recently graduated, so quite emotional, i think, from the local police force's perspective as well. just to recap on what has been happening today, at 8:30am this morning local time, there were reports of the shooting at the bank in louisville, kentucky. officers would hold within minutes that there was an exchange of fire with the suspect, who we now know was a 23—year—old male. he has died. it was not clear at the time whether he died during that exchange of fire whether he had taken his own life, but of course the other victims have been named this afternoon by a tarmac police chiefs, and although mass shootings have been on the rise i

our north america correspondent jess parker has spent the evening in dadeville, and has sent this reportshocked. a community gathers to grieve and to console one another in this small, rural town in east central alabama. our help is going to come from the creator of the universe... this is a tight—knit town. people know each other, and know the victims too, who'd been attending a sweet 16 birthday party. they were being free, they were having fun, they were celebrating a life. they were celebrating 16 years of life. and then it just turned tragic. it got dark, it got loud with gunshots and gunfire. the police have released very little information about suspects or a motive. local media have started naming those who were killed, including phil dowdell, a star high school athlete, well known here and well loved. he did not deserve that at all. he was too sweet of a person. he was too sweet for his own good. like, he was a promising young football star. he had signed to a college. he had his whole life ahead of him, and notjust him, all of them. this is the building, the dance studio where