will hold a referendum in may on reforming the country's near total ban on abortion prime minister leo carr says he will campaign for liberalizing abortion it is forbidden by the nation's constitution we hold suggests the majority are in favor of reform everything kenyan opposition supporters are celebrating ahead of a stage ceremony to swear in their leader raila odinga as an alternative president odinga had boycotted a rerun of the country's presidential vote last october calling it a sham kenya's attorney general has called the swearing in ceremony an act of treason the police have vowed to stop it and as many as one hundred fifty stranded skiers have been rescued from a broken down chairlift in austria armed forces helicopter the holidaymakers to safety from that crash back mountain in syria there's no reports of any injuries. now today was supposed to see the highly anticipated comeback from catalonians ousted president carlos push them all but a vote to formally reelect the separatist leader back into office has been delayed colonias parliament speaker said the session was postponed t

on abortion the country currently has some of the world's strictest abortion laws prime minister leo carr says he will be campaigning to change the legislation an irish parliamentary committee recently recommended allowing abortion up to twelve weeks into a pregnancy poll suggests a majority of voters are in favor of reform. let's bring in our social media editor lizza show with more on this story she's been following the story for us online hi liz this is an expression a divisive issue in ireland how has this announcement gone down there. you know we're seeing of that division being reflected on social media sumi tis of course a very emotional subject it is something that is very personal something that almost everybody has an opinion on so we're seeing the pro-abortion campaigners using the hash tag repeal be eighth meaning that they want to change the eighth amendment which says that it protects the rights of the unborn child making abortion illegal in ireland and these are the reasons that they are giving for wanting to change that part of the constitution here mary for example says a

a referendum in may on reforming that country's near complete ban on abortion prime minister leo broad carr says he will compare for changes in the current law arlin has some of the strictest abortion legislation in europe poll suggests a majority in favor of reform. the russian billionaire romano abramovich has been named on a u.s. treasury list targeting russian elites eligible for sanctions or session the c.e.o. of the state owned oil company ross nafta's also on that list it names two hundred other tycoons close to the crown. as many as one hundred fifty stranded skiers have been rescued from a broken down chairlift in austria armed forces helicopter the holiday makers to safety from the trees bird mountains in syria there were no reports of any injuries . well later tonight u.s. president donald trump is set to deliver his first state of the union address and throughout the day we'll be taking a look at some of the president's policies and other global impact like his stance on nuclear weapons d.-w. has an exclusive interview with nato as deputy secretary general to assess the state of

abortion the country currently has some of the world's strictest abortion laws prime minister leo of art carr says he will be campaigning to change the legislation and irish parliamentary committee recently recommended allowing abortion up to twelve weeks into a pregnancy poll suggests a majority of voters are in favor of reform. and jennifer collins has been following the story for us she joins us here in studio hi john thanks for joining us this is a very divisive issue why is this push for a referendum come about now well there's always been a pushback against a degree of pushback against arlen's aspect abortion laws play with say the latest groundswell really can be traced back to death of their. twenty twelve she was an indian doctor living in arland presented a hospital with a septic miscarriage and requested an abortion quite early on in the process and was initially not given one and was told because arlen with catholic country and subsequently died from complications that caused a huge outcry in our land. and since then the anti-abortion pro-choice campaign has really stepped up ther