fighting for control of lysycha nsk. the ukrainian army rejects russia s claims that the city is encircled passengers around the world face more travel disruption as staff shortages continue to cause major problems. thousands of residents of australia s biggest city, sydney, have been ordered to evacuate their homes because of torrential rain and the threat of flooding. and greece welcomes the first of more than two hundred foreign firefighters going in to help contain summer wildfires. now on bbc news, the supreme court s abortion ruling, repealing roe v wade and ending the nationwide guarantee to abortion has divided america. some 26 states are now expected to ban or restrict abortion in the next few months. the bbc s sophie long spent three weeks on the front line of the debate with staff, patients and protestors at the little rock family planning service in arkansas, as they waited for
A rally at the Knox County Courthouse followed the Supreme Court s ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, eliminating the constitutional right to an abortion.
this is bbc news. the headlines at apm: six new claims of inappropriate behaviour by former deputy chief whip chris pincher have emerged, days after he was suspended as a tory mp after allegations he groped two men. russia says it now controls the whole of the luhansk region in eastern ukraine, but ukrainian officials say they can t confirm the reports. thousands of residents in australia s largest city sydney have been ordered to evacuate their homes after torrential rain and flash flooding. the influential british theatre director peter brook, whose career ranged from radical interpretations of shakespeare to broadway musicals, has died at the age of 97. and coming up at a30, the bbc s sophie long spends three weeks at a family planning service in arkansas, looking at the supreme court s abortion ruling.
in the next few months. the bbc s sophie long spent three weeks on the front line of the debate with staff, patients and protestors at the little rock family planning service, in arkansas, as they waited for the court s ruling in a ruling that rocked america, the supreme court of the united states scrapped the constitutional right to abortion. people told me it was impossible, that we would never see this kind of victory. and now i know that victory is not only possible, it has happened. seldom does a ruling result in such a reaction. abortions will continue, theyjust will not be legal and women will die from botched abortions. this decision will impact the lives of millions of americans. we were with medical staff inside an abortion clinic
this is little rock family planning service. it is the last independent abortion clinic in arkansas. most of the people who work here have done so for many years, they are, they say, a family. since may when the court draft opinion was leaked they have known their days providing the care they do were numbered and the ruling could come at any day. mat ruling could come at any day. not toda . ruling could come at any day. not today- we ruling could come at any day. iifrt today. we have done whatever we can, jump today. we have done whatever we can, jump through all the hoops, just to still be here and provide the care. and now to put this barrier in place that will truly make it impossible, it seems unbelievable. then;t that will truly make it impossible, it seems unbelievable. that will truly make it impossible, it seems unbelievable. they know it is now a waiting it seems unbelievable. they know it is now a waiting game. it seems unbelievable. they know it is now a waiting game.