Mila Kunis, Mexico City, Bret Jaspers discussed on BBC World Service

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The Democrats do is they run to the courthouse and try to challenge it. I feel extremely confident that when this law makes it through the Livia litigation phase, it will be upheld. Texas's the latest of several Republican led states that have passed restrictive voting measures after the 2020 election. I'm Bret Jaspers in Dallas. In Mexico. A magnitude seven earthquake struck an area near Acapulco, causing damage to several buildings. The quake was felt over 200 miles away in Mexico City. Prompting some frightened residents there to flee to safety. Power outages were reported in some parts of the city. You're listening to NPR news. In a huge move for the predominantly Catholic country. Mexico Supreme Court Has ruled unanimously that penalizing abortion is unconstitutional. Member station. Cage's front terror desk in air. Simple yield. Um Air most sealed Mexico. Kendall Blust has that story. Love league. Assume Had a parakeet has made. Adidas Chief Justice Arturo's Andy Barr said The ruling is consistent with the court's position for more than a decade that abortion is a fundamental right and that pregnant people must be guaranteed access to the procedure. The ruling came in response to a law in the northern state of Coahuila that punishes abortion at any stage of pregnancy. With up to three years in prison. In Mexico, abortion is legal in four out of 32 states. While the ruling won't immediately make the procedure widely available across Mexico, it could lead to the release of those jailed for having an abortion for NPR news. I'm Kendall blessed in Mosco, Mexico. US State Department officials are expressing concern about some of the individuals that have been chosen by the Taliban to fill top Cabinet posts. Mullah Mohammad Hassan Cocoon has been chosen to lead the male only interim Afghan government. Mila Kunis, the longtime leader of the Taliban Leadership Council. He is also on the U. N sanctions list his deputy prime minister, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, who heads up the Taliban's political office. The Taliban now claims to control all of the Afghanistan and says the country will be govern under Sharia law..

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