hello, and welcome to bbc news. ukraine says its forces are enduring intense russian shelling in the eastern city of lysychansk, but it denies claims its troops are surrounded. lysychansk is the last ukrainian held city in luhansk, which is part of the industrial donbas region. these pictures from russia s state owned domestic news agency, ria, show drone images of battles near the city. but kyiv denies claims that russian backed fighters have encircled the city. elsewhere, russia is continuing its missile strikes. in the south, ukraine s military says the city of mykolaiv has been hit by ten missiles targeting the port and other industrial infrastructure. it s not yet clear if there are any casualities. ukrainian authorities have accused moscow of hitting civilian targets in an effort to force them into making territorial concessions. meanwhile, two more britons captured by russian forces in ukraine have been charged with being mercenaries, according to russian state media.
michigan about it, all in a few minutes. but i want to start here in alabama, and the most restrictive and punitive abortion bans in the united country. anyone, whether or not they are a medical professional might be sentenced to prison for up to 99 years if they are found to have caused an abortion in this state. people here are also prohibited from helping someone access abortion care, or even giving out information about it. well, doing those things could be considered conspiracy under the states law, which is been in effect since june 24th. that is the day the supreme court overturned roe v. wade. later on in our show, we will explore this further in another installment of the last across america, featuring my conversation with former abortion care providers, clinics have, advocates and a lawmaker who are navigating through the new realities of living in post row alabama. but here is the thing. alabama is not an outlier. it is punitive measures, they are a feature, not a
probe into an ex-president s handling of classified material. new york times notes that it is incredibly rare for even a partial affidavit to be released at all. they add this, quote, the submission by the justice department is a significant legal mile post in an investigations that has swiftly emerged as a major threat to trump, whose lawyers have offered a confused and at times stumbling response, but it is also an inflexion point for attorney general merrick garland who is trying to balance protecting the prosecutorial process by keeping secret details of the investigation and providing enough information to defend his decision to request a search unlike any other in history. the impending release of a critical document in doj s investigation into the ex-president is where we begin today with some of our favorite reporters and friends. carol leonnig is here and former national security adviser to president obama and neal katyal is back former solicitor general and now law
we are starting this hour with some breaking news out of akron, ohio. police there have released some very graphic body cam video, and we will show you that in just a bit. this is folio shows the moment officers released a barrage of bullets, shooting 25-year-old jayland walker. this is triggered days of protests in ohio, and an investigation of the incident. let s go to nbc s jackie vest by who is in akron right now. all right, maggie. we know that police say they were attempting to pull walker over for a traffic violation. now, police also say that they were chasing him in his car, and he fired shots out of the window at them. what are authorities saying about what the video shows and how exactly is walker s family responding? sure, so walker s family, as of today, isn t talking quite yet. their attorney spoke for them earlier saying that frankly, they are still horrified after seeing the video. the biggest thing we are learning from authorities is a confirmation of wha
a new plan under consideration to choke off more of the revenue that putin needs to finance his war in ukraine. it s aimed at pollutants, cash cow, oil exports. will it work tonight? least for now. it seems that time and money they remain on. vladimir putin saw our burn coffin, berlin. this is the day ah, early on, i m very consciously called russia s attack on ukraine, a turning point in those circumstances. but g, 7, supporters of ukraine are around the world. the path to continue to help the ukrainians. we will have the ukraine as much as possible. we have to help them to protect the leader in the leaders of the g 7 to have gathered in germany 1st submit together, they have the ability to stop russian aggression against ukraine or do green. also avoid that that will be at the conflicts with russia, and nato also coming up with the united states begins its 1st week post roe vs wade with many questions and concerns if the supreme court can take away a woman s federal right t