u.s. secretary of state also the u.s. secretary of state also added that partly in response to russia's so-called destabilizing activities they are hosting military exercises and rebuilding their eyes braker fleet moscow believes that there are no grounds for any conflicts in the arctic region and also adds that it remains open for international cooperation . with the route is a russian national transport on story we is that coastal states acting in full compliance with international law all responsible for the safe operation over this route just as canadians are responsible for the functioning of the northwest passage. and the past several months diplomacy seems to still prevail in the relations between the two countries both are seen in contact more often than usual with the u.s. and the russian president recent telephone conversation that lasted over an hour an example of that. so it does seem that the timing for the u.s. secretary of state's events it at least follows this trend as moscow and washington continue to be

u.s. school textbooks and both states are getting pretty partisan when it comes to u.s. history and social studies in texas they have cut hillary clinton completely out of history and in california a mural depicting george washington the first us president was also a slave owner has been taken down so parents it seems are voting for which historical narrative they want their kids to learn in school when they pick the school board at this point in california the debate has gotten so heated that an empathy tent has been set up near the debating site there are some folks who have lots of opinions and these seem to be. making some noises about it we find that listening is better than shouting back in one nine hundred seventy four west virginia residents who thought that the school textbooks were offensive to evangelical christians got rather fired up there were bombings and shootings coal miners went out on strike for most americans social studies classes a distant childhood memory not a burning political controversy however and twenty nineteen it seems like everything is ge

the u.s. state department is ordering all non-emergency government staff in iraq to leave the country the announcement comes as tensions with iran have been running high the order cover staff at the u.s. embassy in baghdad and the consulate in air bill normal visa processing at both posts will be temporarily suspended last week washington said it had detected urgent threats from iran and its proxy forces in the region targeting american and u.s. interests. now washington sent warships and bombers to the gulf in response to those urgent but unspecified threats from a rainy and forces tehran for its part cost concern last week when it said it would withdraw from some of its commitments in the 2015 nuclear deal unless the other signatories provided quick we're leaf from u.s. sanctions now all of this has heightened tensions in an already fragile region in the last few days a number of incidents have been reported in which ships were targeted by unknown attackers fueling fears of further escalation and

u.s. troops there were not on a state of heightened alert but it's worth pointing out that u.s. secretary of state was here just a couple of weeks ago speaking to the iraqi prime minister.

the u.s. state department is ordering all non-emergency government staff in iraq to leave the country the announcement comes as tensions with iran have been running high the order covers staff at the u.s. embassy in baghdad and the consulate in air bill normal visa processing and both posts will be temporarily suspended last week washington said it had detected urgent threats from iran and its proxy forces in the region targeting american and u.s. interests now that evacuation of u.s. staff in iraq comes despite assurances from secretary of state might pump a 0 on tuesday he played down the prospects of conflict with iran even though the u.s. has sent ships and bombers to the gulf and says iran might be behind a legend sabotage attacks on the region's shipping company it was speaking in russia after a trip to brussels sale to convince european allies to abandon the $2015.00 nuclear deal with iran. and mike compares on a mission a mission that didn't go quite the way he planned pompei has been on the

the u.s. state department published and event quickly deleted a report allegedly detailing washington's pressure tactics to bring down the venezuelan president nicolas maduro take a look at the document reportedly outlines a number of u.s. goals in a bid to topple the official government in caracas that included creating the grounds for economic ruin through sanctions with over three billion dollars worth of oil venezuelan assets excuse me frozen and oil production cut in the us a government allegedly highlights one by doe announcing himself an interim president as a key outcome but the publication did apparently suggested that the united states was to get out of the latin american country back on its feet. one outcome highlighted was bringing prosperity to the people of venezuela but that comes as the trump of ministration continues to mull over a possible military intervention in the country what would make you use the us military in venezuela it's an option we continue to say and we always will a

u.s. secretary of state mike paul peo came to iraq on schedule to be. because of what he said was intelligence on specific increased threats to u.s. interests in iraq the u.s. has since sent 2 warships and b. 52 bombers to the gulf and last week it was reported that under the direction of u.s. national security adviser john bolton acting defense secretary patrick shanahan has presented to top white house national security officials with a plan to send up 212-0000 u.s. soldiers to the middle east the popular mobilization forces under the command of prime minister are too little maddie in his weekly press briefing he said iraq wants to play the role of a mediator between its 2 allies and it didn't see any threats. iraq is currently stable up until this moment we have not seen any military escalation in iraq iraq has expressed this to the u.s. secretary of state iran is iraq's most important ally in the region sharing strong political economic and military and religious ties iraqi politicians and religious leaders have said they will not accept any interfer

the u.s. state department has ordered all non-emergency government employees to leave iraq immediately in order follows a warning by the u.s. military the threat from iranian made groups. sri lanka is extending a night curfew in 2 provinces after a series of attacks against. police are warning the respond with maximum force to any further violence at least one person was killed in writing in recent days but as with reports now from new one go to north of the car follow here. an appeal for calm from one of the 9 mosques attacked in a wave of violence across northwestern sri lanka this week. and from these catholic priests a show of solidarity with they told us their 1st visit to a mosque 3 weeks ago on easter sunday suicide bombers targeted churches and hotels in sri lanka killing 253 people. it's all said that things like this had happened in. the church had been digging. taps in order to the various working in these areas become that people don't you can never know. there are certainly groups you k

recap of our breaking news from the u.s. state of virginia now at least 11 people have been killed in 6 others injured in a mass shooting at the virginia beach municipal building according to police are alone in gunman went from floor to floor opening fire indiscriminately this suspect has been identified as a long time employee of the public utilities service this is it happened shortly after 4 pm local time when police arrived at the scene the gunman opened fire on the officers injuring one of them and was killed in the return fire. be dire has given a statement saying quote this is the most disturbing stating day in the history of virginia beach police have conducted a floor to floor search of the moon municipal building searching for other possible suspects or victims and the f.b.i. is assisting the local authorities so far there has been no indication of a possible motive for the attack we're closely following all the latest developments and we'll keep you updated as and when that runs out the rundown for this hour we're back

the latest round of laws being passed in u.s. state legislatures that put new tougher restrictions on women's access to abortion has become a controversial development here in the united states those who support the outlawing of abortion say that they are glenn getting closer to the day when the procedure is outlawed in all 50 states and u.s. territories those who support abortion rights say that these new laws represent really a new frontier in trying to undercut the lives of women and girls and so they are trying to find a political way to respond to this new slate of vaal laws being passed we've already seen demonstrations at state legislatures there's already talk of raising money to fund efforts to try to defeat the laws or overturn the laws in the state courts perhaps in the federal courts as well but in the meantime this is a process that has been really going on since 1973 when the roe v wade decision was decided by the u.s. supreme court that ruling says that women do have a constitutional right to seek an abortion however tha

because the u.s. state department has ordered all non-emergency government employees to leave iraq immediately the order follows a warning by the u.s. military of a threat from iranian linked groups but that appears to contradict the view of a senior at bush's general stationed in iraq but now reports from baghdad. in 2014 iraq's a senior shia religious leader ali al sistani issued a fatwa urging iraqis to take up arms against eisel this came up to the iraqi army fled to isolate french people move slowly without a fight that led to the establishment of the shia groups noticed a popular mobilization forces backed by iran who were highly effective in iraq in syria fighting in coordination with u.s. led coalition forces but the u.s. is putting increasing pressure and sanctions on neighboring iran and some in washington say what they call iran's proxy militias in iraq are a potential stretch to u.s. interests here including 5200 american soldiers but major general christopher geek the deputy commander of the an

u.s. secretary of state meeting with putin this week and you have the feeling that putin is playing the u.s. secretary of state when they meet that this is all for show when that putin is really pulling the street do you think he has that much power when i think that it's a much more complicated story than that so it's so you have trump with his ideas you've got putin with his ideas but try. it is not all powerful he's not a dictator he operates in a system where the presidency is totally connected to all sorts of other things connected to congress congress can prevent him from lifting sanctions he doesn't even control his own administration so he has his defense secretary he would tell him to do things jim matters before he resigned in the gym at his wouldn't just wouldn't do him and i know pump aoe is a clear eyed guy about russia and so trump probably says he wants to do certain things with russia and pompei oh probably just doesn't do them. and so when you get inside the when you when you watch these situations you have to think ok what is pump ale want what is congress want what are th

u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo may happen as early as this month in may washington's top diplomat plans to meet with the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov and the resort city of saatchi and now the kremlin says a parallel meeting with the president could take place there too now this will be pumped first visit to russia as the u.s. secretary of state lavrov did however just to meet with him at the arctic summit in finland sound that the meeting showed that the two countries are still struggling to find common ground on a range of issues not only on van as well but the use of the arctic as well concerned about russia's claim over the international waters of the northern sea route including its newly announced plans to connect it with china's maritime so gross. in the northern sea route moscow already illegally demands other nations request permission to pass the u.s. secretary of state also advocates that partly in response to russia's so-called destabilizing activities they are hosting military exercises and rebuilding their eyes braker fleet now moscow believes that there are no g

u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o says america is not seeking conflict although the u.s. would respond if its interests were attacked he touched on the issue of talks with russian leaders also coming up. ukrainian women becoming surrogate mothers to make ends meet they are in thousands of euros to carry babies for couples in western europe including from germany. i'm brian thomas a warm welcome to the show u.s. secretary of state mike pompei oh has played down the prospects of an immediate conflict with iran tensions between iran and the u.s. have of course attends a fide over the past week with the u.s. sending warships and aircraft to the gulf it also says that iran may be behind the alleged sabotage attacks on shipping in the region upon pale was circumspect of talks in russia after an intensive round of shuttle diplomacy. dorman and mike pompei was on a mission a mission that didn't go quite the way he planned pompei has been on the road for the past week rallying support for washington's iran policy last wednesday he abruptly pulled out of a scheduled meeting with ge

avengers and again it's just one of many movies produced in georgia a southern state is one of the biggest production helps in the u.s. even surpassing california as the state with the most feature films produced. but with conservative forces turning back the clock on abortion and threatening women's rights many of the traditionally liberal studios are threatening to leave. many people who work for us will not want to work there and will have to heed their wishes in that regard right now we're watching it very carefully if it becomes law and i don't see how it's practical for us to continue this shoot there. with netflix also threatening a boycott the state's movie industry seems in peril and the potential damage huge business insiders pick the economic impact of georgia's movie industry at around $10000000000.95 jobs. meanwhile the fight continues and for georgia governor brian camp it is more about faith than business . we are called to be strong and courageous. and we will not back now we will always continue to fight for life george's radical abortion ban and similar legislation in louisiana missouri and other bi

also coming up the u.s. state of alabama bans abortion and almost all circumstances including in cases of rape and incest lawmakers admit the crackdown as part of a bid to overturn women's constitutional rights. ukrainian women becoming surrogate mothers to make ends meet they are in thousands of euros to carry babies for couples in western europe including germany. plus critics say it is a song contest in name only this year's euro vision is set to be one of the most political yet saturday's final takes place in tel aviv israel amid calls for performers and visitors to boycott the event in solidarity with the palestinians. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us as tensions with iran run high the u.s. state department is ordering all non-emergency government staff in iraq to leave the country germany is also suspending a military training mission although the german government says it is not a response to any specific threat. now the u.s. pullout cover staff at the u.s. embassy in baghdad and the consu

u.s. secretary of state. medina thank you for bringing us that report. we bring you again a live pictures from sochi international airport the u.s. secretary of state's plane has just landed and we're hoping to catch him coming off of the plane. now the top of the agenda for the talks that will be happening today between the russian and u.s. . secretaries of state of course iran nuclear deal is going to be at the top of their agenda on what to discuss the u.s. of course pulled out of that deal a year ago and last week said it would also ditch the deal if other signature is mainly european states did not safeguard its interests as per the agreement. first the u.s. secretary of state mike from pale will be meeting with sergey lavrov and then later in the day it is has been confirmed that he'll also be speaking with what amir. it's hope that the sochi meeting will actually ease the tensions that have risen as of late when it comes to the iran's nuclear deal and shed light on how that agreement will be in the future if it can be saved or not russia of course

the u.s. state department has ordered all non-essential government staff to leave iraq immediately follows a warning by the u.s. military of a threat from iranian linked groups. now the governor of the u.s. state of alabama has signed into law a controversial abortion bill that outlaws the procedure in almost all cases the only exception being when a woman's health is at serious risk the bill which is the most restrictive nationwide also means doctors face 10 years in prison for attempting to terminate a pregnancy and 99 years for carrying out the procedure and rights activists say they will challenge the law. not to burden them alabama and the gallagher joins us live from there and if so what does this little mean going forward that. well essentially when this law goes into place in about 6 months time it means almost all abortions are now banned under a ruling that was voted on by a majority of i have to say white male sentences in the state senate here in alabama and as he said it means if doctor

welcome back the u.s. state department says it has intelligence suggesting the syrian government is planning chemical attacks and is vowing a quick response it comes as donald trump claims he's been pressured by the u.s. arms industry to keep thousands of american soldiers in syria have more powerful. so who sets us foreign policy well when it comes to the projection of military force of the constitution and common sense says that's the president your sound george w. bush put it but i'm the decider and i decide what is best but recent statements from donald trump throw that into question here is what he said if you do have a military industrial complex they do like war you know in syria with the caliphate so i wipe out 100 percent of the caliphate i shall want to bring the troops back home to place one crazy they want to keep it there you have people here in wa she want it they never want to leave some day people will explain what this is and if you will do have you do have a group and they call it the military

u.s. plays down speculation that it's heading for war with the wrong spot the state department also tells embassy staff the neighboring iraq to return home. to san francisco becomes the 1st u.s. city to ban the use of facial recognition technology but it stopped short of banning private businesses from scanning the public. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us lawmakers in the u.s. state of alabama have approved the country's toughest abortion law the state senate to foetid 25 to 6 to outlaw abortion at any stage of pregnancy even if that pregnancy resulted from incest or rape it would also send doctors who perform abortion to prison for life outside the legislature women's groups protested the bill it will now go to the state governor for her approval now the minority democrats denounced the law but the majority republican supported it and they say they want this bill to end up in the u.s. is top court so that it will rule on whether abortion is legal. hopefully get to the supreme court and have them revisit the actual decision which was is the baby in a womb a person why do

the u.s. statedepartment has ordered all non-emergency government employees to leave iraq immediately your to follow as a warning by the u.s. military of a threat from iranian linked groups that appears to contradict the view of a senior general in iraq reports now from baghdad. in 2014 iraq's senior shia religious leader ali al sistani issued a fatwa urging iraqis to take up arms against eisel this came up to the iraqi army fled to isolate french people in mosul without a fight but led to the establishment of the shia groups noticed a popular mobilization forces backed by iran who were highly effective in iraq in syria fighting in coordination with u.s. led coalition forces but the u.s. is putting increasing pressure and sanctions on neighboring iran and some in washington say what they call iran's proxy militias in iraq are a potential stretch to u.s. interests here including 5200 american soldiers but major general christopher geek the deputy commander of the anti eisel coalition has contradicted

the u.s. state department has ordered all non-emergency government employees to leave iraq immediately the order follows a warning by the u.s. military of a threat from iranian linked groups. the united nations security council is discussing the war in yemen and these sanctions placed on the country comes amid heavy fighting near the southern yemeni city of ties on saturday the u.s. . the rebels began with drawing from 3 major ports parties agreed under a cease fire signed last year un top it's also taking place between warring sides in jordan government forces backed by the saudi u.a.e. coalition have been battling heathy rebels in a 4 year civil war well the u.n. humanitarian chief says that despite recent progress the humanitarian situation in the country is. the specter of famine still looms 10000000 yemenis are still reliant on emergency food assistance to survive. a resurgent cholera outbreak has already affected 300000 people this year and just as a point of reference that compares with 37000

as to june's with iran the u.s. state department is ordering all non-emergency government staff in iraq to leave the u.s. pull out covers and staff at the embassy in baghdad and at the consulate in your bill that's the capital of iraq's kurdish region normal visa processing of both parties will be temporarily suspended by sweet washington said that it has detected substantive threats from iran and its proxy forces targeting u.s. interests in both areas germany is also suspending a military training mission in iraq though the german government says it's not a response to any specific threat. here are some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world clashes have broken out between palestinian demonstrators and israeli soldiers along the border of the gaza strip in israel the skirmishes took place at rallies for not by day that's the arab word for catastrophe it's used by palestinians to refer to the day that the state of israel was founded in 19888 migrant children have joined pope francis for a ride

in the u.s. state of alabama protesting against new legislation that criminalizes abortion almost all circumstances. they want to overturn women's reproductive rights across the country to hear from one of the bill's supporters also on the program. position to greet us 3 year transition to democracy and civilian governments has been one of the protesters came. the fall from the former president omar al bashir last. surrogacy business grandmother supplied thousands of euros for couples to do. welcome to the program. pro-choice groups in the united states have been protesting after lawmakers in the state of alabama approve the country's toughest abortion law the state senate voted $25.00 to $6.00 to outlaw abortion at any point on that any circumstances including right but incest there is an exception if the mother's life is in danger the controversial bill will not go to the state governor for signature . emotions were running high both outside the alabama legislature with pro-choice activists rallying

the next story for you at home the u.s. state department is allegedly published and then quickly deleted again a report detailing washington strategy for bringing down the venezuelan president nicolas maduro the document reportedly outlines a number of u.s. tactics that washington believes will help to effect a change of government in caracas they include economic penalties and freezing over a three billion dollars worth of venezuelan assets and the u.s. government allegedly highlights that. one goal i don't know will become president and that is a key outcome it says but the publication but it's got a happy outcome i suppose if you look at that way the publication finally suggests that you want united states wants to get the latin american country back on its feet again it also stresses america's commitment to bringing prosperity to venezuela after all this but that comes as the trump illustration continues to mull over a possible military intervention in the country to. what would make you use. the u.s. military in venezuela it

now the u.s. state department has ordered all non-essential government employees to leave iraq immediately in order follows a warning by the u.s. military of a threat from iranian linked groups but that appears to contradict the view of a senior british general stationed in iraq and reports in the capital baghdad. in 2014 iraq's a senior shia religious leader ali al sistani issued a fatwa urging iraqis to take up arms against eisel this came up to the iraqi army fled to isolate french people in mosul without a fight but led to the establishment of the shia groups noticed a popular mobilization forces backed by iran who were highly effective in iraq in syria fighting in coordination with u.s. led coalition forces but the u.s. is putting increasing pressure and sanctions on neighboring iran and some in washington say what they call iran's proxy militias in iraq are a potential threats to u.s. interests here including 5200 american soldiers but major general christopher geek the deputy commander of the ant

now the governor of the u.s. state of alabama has signed into law a controversial abortion bill that outlaws the procedure in almost all cases the elderly exception being when a woman's health is at serious risk and you've got a guy has more who is no modem oh shit i don't know she did it alabama's new abortion law will be the toughest in the u.s. mice are a successful legal challenges performing an abortion even in cases of rape or incest will be a crime those kinds of exam. sins of anger at the state's democrats who say the consequences to women's reproductive rights would be dire this bill would you would doctor up to 99 years in the class a felony instead of alabama if they perform an abortion in even if there is no abortion this deal will put it down to 25 years and so. is wrong this bill will basically run doctors out of the state of. alabama isn't alone in legal moves to effectively ban abortion in all more than 2 dozen states are considering new restrictive laws georgia's governor brian campus already signed a

i want you next question the u.s. state department has demanded that turkey not by any russian asked four hundred missiles we've also made it clear to turkey that we have very serious concerns with that stated plans to proceed with the acquisition of the russian s four hundred missile defense system tropfest threatened the palestinian authority that money is on the table that money's not going to them unless they sit down and negotiate peace this will make a difference on how americans look at the u.n. and on how we look at countries who disrespect us in the u.s. and this will be remembered this all seems to fit a strategy that trump laid out in his bestseller the art of the deal the worst thing you can possibly do in a deal is seem desperate to make it that makes the other guy smell blood and then you're dead no one can say the united states reeks of desperation however all of this doesn't seem to be resulting in better deals but rather no deals all the bombastic walk away is an rip up severs altered in no progress trump s

the u.s. state of alabama passes one of the country's toughest abortion laws will look at why it and others a pushing for a supreme court showdown and the bad boy of tennis is thrown out of the italian open to one of the more on that coming up in sport. the venezuelan government's beholden to what it calls the democratic side of the opposition in norway both parties were invited for discussions to end the 5 month political crisis on wednesday a military blockade try to prevent opposition leader why though from entering the national parliament he defied it why there has downplayed the importance of his envoys visit to norway. where there. so you begin now and i've also said it to the point of exhaustion we're not going to lend ourselves to any kind of false negotiation latin america editor lucy a new man has the latest developments from the capital caracas. strong rumors had been circulating since wednesday but now it is official opposition leader. has confirmed that for the 1st time in nearly 4 mont

u.s. secretary of state. with the storms tomorrow or the last compel you know how the u.s. is going to deal with a crisis that was made by washington's unilateral decisions. foreign policy chief calls for an urgent deescalation between 2 iran and washington after the collapse of the iran nuclear deal. swedish prosecutors say they will reopen a sexual assault probe against wiki leaks.

. >>> and later devastation in the u.s. state of oklahoma.e'll bring you the very latest. >>> hello, and welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, thank you for joining us. i'm bianna nobilo in london. >>> the political landscape is changing in a way few saw coming. ballots are being counted in the biggest electoral process in the world. the centrist parties on the left and right are losing their dominance. that was the reaction by germany's green party. they were one of several liberal pro eu parties across the block that did better than expected. >> the people in germany, the people in europe, have voted for climate protection and for european solidarity. and that is the signal that is being sent this evening. >> but while nationalists and far right parties are not posting the gains that some feared, they will be making their presence felt in the new parliament. in france, where marie le pen's beat president's macron's party, and italy, where mateo salvini, both did badly with brexit party coming on top. we have corr

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u.s. secretary of state. tomorrow or the last month compel you how the u.s. is going to deal with the crisis that was made by washington's unilateral decision . a new foreign policy chief calls for an urgent deescalation between 2 iran and washington after the collapse of the a wrong napier deal. twitter's prosecutors say they will reopen a sexual assault probe against wiki leaks co-founded julian a song will stake his extradition from the u.k. . over the latest on these stories you can head to our website r.t. dot com stay with us now for crosstalk discussing the u.s. policy of regime change and if you're watching in the u.k. political talk show renegade inc is that is next. hello and welcome to crossfire we're all things are considered. donald trump's foreign policy is on steroids and the game is called for regime change and like a flu that won't go away russia gate appears to have a life even after death. cross talking some real news i'm joined by my guest here in moscow dimitri but he's a political analyst we spoke to international and in france we have j

now the u.s. state department has ordered all non-emergency government employees to leave iraq immediately told to follow as a warning by the u.s. military of a threat from iran and linked groups but that appears to contradict the view of a senior at but his generals stationed in iraq charles traffic reports from baghdad . in 2014 iraq's a senior shia religious leader ali al sistani issued a fatwa urging iraqis to take up arms against eisel this came up to the iraqi army fled to isolate french people in mosul without a fight but led to the establishment of the shia groups noticed a popular mobilization forces backed by iran who were highly effective in iraq in syria fighting in coordination with u.s. led coalition forces but the u.s. is putting increasing pressure and sanctions on neighboring iran and some in washington say what they call iran's proxy militias in iraq are a potential stretch to u.s. interests here including 5200 american soldiers but major general christopher geek the deputy commander o

it's absolutely compelling peter you have christopher steele speaking to the u.s. state department and admitting that the was essentially a political hit you have the u.s. state department passing off that information to the f.b.i. and to the intelligence sources and what do they do a few days later they get a feisty a warrant based on that dossier based on that dossier after the u.s. state department said that this guy steele cannot be trusted this information that he has this dossier is ridiculous it is political research and i quote pull political research all all the attention now peter is turning on to steal that's right you know. there are a few fox news channel will say many things that we just heard say in nicosia but you don't hear that on c.n.n. and this n.b.c. and a lot of other mainstream legacy news outlets they prefer to talk about constitutional crisis well it seems to me a crisis of sanity go ahead well it's definitely a crisis of sanity because let me just quote to you one of the headlines from c.n.n. trump with. a great again i mean someone named michae

the u.s. state department has ordered all non-essential staff to leave iraq immediately follows a warning by the u.s. military of a threat from groups with links to iran. the u.s. has faced china's tech giant huawei and 70 of its affiliates on a trade blacklist quali says the restrictions infringe on its rights earlier president trump and biology u.s. firms from using telecom equipment made by companies that the deemed to threaten national security. the governor of the u.s. state of alabama has signed into law a controversial abortion bill that outlaws the procedure in almost all cases the only exception being when a woman's health is at serious risk and it gallagher has more. oh it will emotional you know you don't know she didn't even know come up alabama's new abortion law will be the toughest in the u.s. unless there are a successful legal challenges performing an abortion even in cases of rape or incest will be a crime those kinds of exemptions of angered the state's democrats who say the conse

so go directly to petmeds.com now. >>> several u.s. statesng laws limiting criminalizing abortions. this week, georgia's governor signed into law one of the most restrictive anti-abortion measure. >> unlike other states, georgia is getting pressure from the heart beat bill from the film industry. we have the report. >> reporter: marvel movies, the walker dead, "stranger things." they are shot in the south. it's tied to the $9.5 billion viz. actors, writers and producers are reeling from the heartbeat bill that outlawed abortion after a heart beat is detected. movie fans touring atlanta's film locations heard about the boycott. >> i agree with them. i'm glad they are taking a stand about it. hopefully taking that stand will make a difference. >> just do the job. that's it. just satisfy the political side of it. >> we are going to see a couple places we saw in this "hunger game" clip. >> he moved to georgia where he knew there'd be more work. >> they built a foundation in places like this. we don't have the luxury of saying, hey, let's go to ca

the u.s. state department has ordered all non-emergency government staff to leave iraq immediately follows a warning by the u.s. military of a threat from iranian linked groups and the u.s. has placed china's tech giant away and 70 of its affiliates on a trade block list earlier president from u.s. firms from using telecoms equipment made by companies that threaten national security. let's get you more now on the suspension of those talks between the opposition and the military in sudan the armed forces say the decision was taken after soldiers were attacked the head of the military council spoke in the last hour journey late night t.v. address here's what he had to say. well no willing to. the armed groups inside the city an area and around it a number of bridges had been closed in that area the armed forces were targeted and a number of young people died and members of the forces some of them have died via now the peaceful nature of the revolution has begun to listen in order to protect this revol

the latest round of laws being passed in u.s. state legislatures that put new tougher restrictions on women's access to abortion has become a controversial development here in the united states those who support the outlawing of abortion say that they are glenn getting closer to the day when the procedure is outlawed in all 50 states and u.s. territories those who support abortion rights say that these new laws represent really a new frontier in trying to undercut the lives of women and girls and so they are trying to find a political way to respond to this new slate of being passed we've already seen demonstrations at state legislatures there's already talk of raising money to fund efforts to try to defeat the laws or overturn the laws in the state courts perhaps in the federal courts as well but in the meantime this is a process that has been really going on since 1973 when the roe v wade decision was decided by the u.s. supreme court that ruling says that women do have a constitutional right to seek an abortion however that does not

the u.s. state department has ordered all non-emergency government employees to leave iraq immediately last week the u.s. deployed warships to the gulf in a move it said was a response to threats from iran. sudan's military council has agreed with opposition groups to a 3 year transitional period civilians will not have a 2 thirds majority in parliament 2 sides have yet to decide who will guides the transition. and china has reported slower than expected economic growth in april called slow to 5.4 percent that's a drop from an 8.5 percent growth rate in march. now more than 60 people have been arrested after a wave of attacks against muslims in sri lanka the police chief has warned that officers will respond with maximum force to what he called riots in morgues that have killed one person all this follows last ones bombings targets in churches and hotels during easter middle fernando's has more now from colombo. in recent days groups of people have attacked muslim homes businesses and set fire to ve