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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
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken signs a memorandum of understanding with Qatar's deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani in the capital Doha, during his visit to the Gulf country as the World Cup 2022 tournament kicks off. IMAGES
European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen says the EU will ban the Russian-owned Russia Today and Sputnik as well as their subsidiaries in the Union. SOUNDBITE
Miami, Aug 23 (EFE / EPA).- (Camera: Cristóbal Herrera) Students from the Miami-Dade school district, the fourth largest in the United States, began on Monday the new course with masks to prevent the spread of Covid-19, despite a rule that prohibits it in this state.FOOTAGE OF BARBARA GOLEMAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL IN MIAMI LAKES, FLORIDA, US.
People take to the streets of Warsaw on International Women's Day to protest the controversial near-total abortion ban passed last year which sparked harsh criticism and mass demonstrations across the country. IMAGES
Thousands protest for a third consecutive night in Warsaw and other parts of Poland after the country's right-wing government implemented a court ruling imposing a near-total ban on abortion. Protesters have defied coronavirus restrictions and sub-zero temperatures to rally after the controversial judgement was given legal force on Wednesday 27 January 2021. IMAGES