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Added on the 07/09/2023 17:06:06 - Copyright : France 24 EN
Missouri's attorney general Eric Schmitt announces that his state will be the first "to effectively end abortion" in the United States, after the conservative-dominated Supreme Court overturned the landmark 1973 "Roe v. Wade" decision that enshrined a woman's right to an abortion, saying that individual states can now permit or restrict the procedure themselves. "I pledge to continue to fight for our most fundamental right: the right to life," Schmitt says in a video statement posted to social media. SOUNDBITE
Former chief executive of Mexico's state oil company PEMEX, Emilio Lozoya, is transferred to prison by Spanish police for provisional detention after appearing in court in Marbella. Lozoya is accused of accepting millions of dollars in bribes from scandal-tainted Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht. IMAGES
Movie mogul Harvey Weinstein arrives at the Supreme Court of the state of New York, ahead of bail hearing. IMAGES
The lawyer of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman says his client is "in a good state of mind" and "looking forward to his appeal". The Mexican crime boss is expected to be sentenced to life in prison when he appears in a New York court today. SOUNDBITE
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, US President Joe Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and other leaders arrive ahead of a meeting during the alliance’s 75th anniversary summit in Washington, DC. IMAGES
US President Joe Biden says that the Supreme Court's decision on Donald Trump's criminal immunity for his actions as president set a "dangerous precedent". "Today's decision almost certainly means that there are virtually no limits what the President can do," he says. SOUNDBITE