the chiefjustice john roberts years. the chiefjusticejohn roberts tried to keep things focused on the mississippi law, but other conservative justices indicated that they thought the issue really was roe v wade, although it's not clear at this point whether there would be in a majority to overturn it. for months, china has been probing taiwan's airspace — leading to speculation, it could be preparing to attack, or even invade the island. all of this raising concerns amongst asian and american officials alike of increased instability in the region. the commander of the us seventh fleet has been talking to our correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes during navy exercises with allies, on board the uss carl vinson. a pair of us stealth jets streaks past the aircraft carrier carl vinson in a mock attack formation. this is a show for tv cameras. it's also a message for america's adversaries. so, by my estimation, we're now somewhere about 500km off the coast ofjapan, somewhere near the island of iwojima, which of course was t

went to stanwell where borisjohnson first spoke to dominic robert this morning the role attacked a prime minister was not on the table and that has since come about. deputy prime minister is not about. deputy prime minister is not a role with any formal, defined responsibilities, it's usually the prime minister wants and what the rematch will be, were yet to see what exactly dominic raab's remix will be as deputy prime minister, but it is a world title and he has been the de facto deputy prime minister so far been the de facto deputy prime ministerso far in been the de facto deputy prime minister so far in any case, the interest the pandemic, when boris johnson was hospitalised with covid, it was dominic raab who stepped up behind him. but without that title of deputy prime minister. bud behind him. but without that title of deputy prime minister.- behind him. but without that title of deputy prime minister. and he is re-ilacin of deputy prime minister. and he is replacing liz — of deputy prime minister. and he is replacing liz truss? _ of deputy prime minister. and he is replacing liz

the very well—known republican writer and thinker robert kagan has quit the party because of his disgust at donald trump, and he says that, "we are right now in the midst of a massive american constitutional crisis." he says if donald trump runs again and if donald trump wins in 2024, "we could be looking at the destruction of american democracy." what's your view? i don't think we're looking at the destruction of american democracy. i think one of the issues that we have is that the left in this country have adopted socialist policies... ijust quoted to you a well—known republican thinker, not a leftist. can i finish my answer? sure. 0k. i think that the left has adopted socialist policies, they have adopted policies that are opposed to our veterans, opposed to our police, and most of america is upset about that. we saw a recent election in virginia where the republican candidate beat a former governor for the governor position. we see the shift in public opinion in this case in this country to the right, and we see it because of people rejecting the policies of the left. i don't thin

then philippe cozette, a minerfrom calais, was shaking hands and exchanging flags with robert fagg, his opposite numberfrom dover. welcome back to bbc news. the latest headlines: the women's tennis association has suspended all tournaments in china, saying it has serious doubts that chinese tennis star peng shuai is "free, safe and not subject to intimidation". covid cases in south africa have doubled since monday, as the first case of omicron is reported in the us. the us supreme court has begun hearing arguments in the most important case on abortion rights for half a century. the court is considering a law in the state of mississippi which bans terminations after 15 weeks. a ruling isn't expected until next summer. the court is dominated byjustices with a conservative mindset. and if they find in mississippi's favour, dozens of other states could ban or restrict abortions. our correspondent sophie long sent this report. singing this is a regular scene outside the last remaining abortion clinic in the entire state of mississippi. it's murder, murdering children is wrong according to t

then philippe cozette, a minerfrom calais, was shaking hands and exchanging flags with robert fagg, his opposite numberfrom dover. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: covid cases in south africa have doubled since monday, as the first case of omicron is reported in the us. the women's tennis association has suspended all tournaments in china saying it has serious doubts that chinese tennis star, peng shuai, is "free, safe and not subject to intimidation". the us actor alec baldwin has given his first interview since a gun he was holding on set went off, killing cinematographer halyna hutchins, back in october. in the interview, with abc news, he was emotional as he recalled the 42—year—old as someone who was �*loved by everyone'. he also said this: the trigger wasn't pulled, i didn't pull the trigger. so, you never pulled the trigger? no, no, no. i would never point a gun at anyone and pull the trigger at them, never. what did you think happened? how did a real bullet get on that set? i have no idea. someone put a live bullet in a gun, a bullet that wasn't even supposed to be

the british socialite ghislaine maxwell, daughter of the late and disgraced media mogul robert maxwell, has been found guilty of having helped her lover, the financierjeffrey epstein sexually abuse teenage girls. the 60—year—old was found guilty on five of the six counts she faced — including the most serious charge, of sex trafficking a minor. it means maxwell could spend the rest of her life behind bars. her legal team say they are working on an appeal. 0ur north america correspondent aleem maqbool reports. court sketches show the moment ghislaine maxwell's victims have waited decades for. after five days of deliberation, jurors decided she was guilty on five counts linked to the sexual abuse of teenagers. and it was four of her victims who helped put her behind bars. the court heard how ghislaine maxwell gained their trust. during their emotional testimony, they told the jury how she instructed them to give the late jeffrey epstein massages that turned sexual. all but one testified anonymously, using a pseudonym or just their first name. jane said maxwell participated in her e

lucinda robb and rebecca boggs roberts have joined together to write a book called "the suffragist playbook". you will learn about this book but more important you will learn about the suffragists, what they did and how they did it, the encouraging things and discouraging things as they were working on it. the idea is that we can learn a lot from suffrage justs, the first to do a parade down pennsylvania avenue, the first to pick at the white house and we see that it is commonplace. let me tell you about these women. lucinda robb was project director for our mothers before us at the center for legislative archives and this project rediscovered thousands of overlooked original documents and helped to organize the national archives celebration of the nineteenth amendment in 1995. she lived with her husband, 3 children, one small dog, and 500 pence dispensers which you will see. her co-author, rebecca boggs roberts, has been many things, journalist, producer, tour guide, forensic anthropologist, event planner, political consultant, jazz singer and radio talkshow host. currently the curator of

her co-author, rebecca boggs roberts, has been many things, journalist, producer, tour guide, forensic anthropologist, event planner, political consultant, jazz singer and radio talkshow host. currently the curator of programming to planet world, a new museum in the franklin school in downtown washington. roberts is here in washington dc with her husband, 3 sons and a big fat dog, these two women have been friends since childhood and took the risk to write a book. how the suffrage movement drove institutional change, and what can we learn from that. take it away, rebecca boggs roberts and lucinda robb. >> this year's the one hundredth anniversary of the eighteenth amendment which granted women the vote, removed gender as an obstacle to voting and with all that is going on in 2020 there has never been a better time to look back at the suffrage movement and see what lessons it teaches today. it was a very long movement, over 70 years that went on three generations. they lived a long time. many leaders went into their 80s, sojourner truth, elizabeth cady stanton and susan b anthony live t

roberts lives here in washington, d.c. with her husband, three signs and a big fat dog. these women have been friends since childhood, and took the risk to come together and write a book. and so they're going to talk us through how the suffragists movement drove institutional change and what can we learn from that. so take it away, rebecca and lucinda. >> all right, so thank you so much for having us here today. this year is the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment which of course granted women the vote over the little more technical, removed to gender as an obstacle to voting. and with all that's going on in 2020 there's probably never been a better time to look back at the suffragist movement and see what the lessons that it can teach us today. first of all i want to get out it was a very long movement, over 70 years and it went on for three generations. the first generation of suffragists lived a long time. many of the leaders live well into their 80s. one point i was reading -- susan b. anthony lived to be 86. but still none of them went to see the 19th amendment

one woman, misses robert jamieson, she was shot and wounded, and unfortunately mary butler, another woman here in alexandria, was shot and killed. as you can see, again, sometimes alcohol and soldiers do not mix. we will continue on, next stop will be christchurch where i will talk about sarah tracy. she helped establish and keep mount vernon safe. here we are outside of christ church. this is where george washington would, and worship. mount vernon, washington's home, is less than 10 miles from alexandria. during the civil war, sarah tracy was the secretary for mount vernon, and she helped preserve this home during the war. sarah tracy made sure that soldiers on either side of the war were able to come in and visit washington's home. this was especially important because both sides, the confederacy and the union, saw washington is the founder of their country. tracy did have stipulations for soldiers that would come into mount vernon. they had to be unarmed, and they also could not be wearing their uniforms. they would find any means to cover up, rather in shawls or clothing. so, sarah t

her father was robert reed church. who by the late 19th century had become one of the wealthiest black men in the south. robert church learned some of his own family history when he received letters as an adult from his white former enslavers in these letters. they offered their own self-serving versions of the past his white and slavers told robert that his grandmother lucy had served as a seamstress and caregiver to her master's children. they described her as a beautiful french-speaking girl brought to the united states. between 1805 and 1810 on a ship from the french colony of sandoming. one letter recounted how robert's grandmother had been sold to a rich virginia. tobacco merchant after a fierce bidding war she had he was told attracted a great deal of attention by her beauty and the jewelry she wore and consequently brought a fancy price. slaveholding men's interest in an enslaved women's beauty was not accompliment. being a fancy girl typically meant she was purchased to be sexually available to her white in sl

this is going to force robert e. lee to open the confederate capitol and mcclellan can hopefully turn the tide on the virginia peninsula. these challenges, all of these things pope is fighting against begin to change him and weigh on him. phil kerny, what a great reputation he has, will say this about pope's challenges august 4th. how do they expect pope to beat with a very inferior force, the veterans of yul and jackson? get me in and with pope's army, i would breathe again. several days into the campaign, pope's men are defeated at ceder mountain and his pulling back from that battle field surrendered the initiative to robert e. lee. lee will have seized the initiative immediately and begin to capitalize on all that it will provide him. as the second menases campaign continues to unfold, many men in the ranks feel they're being needlessly sacrifices after the defeat at ceder mountain. land has gotten way out of hand, damaging the morale to the men in the ranks. when pope takes command, he fires a very, very intelli

the free thought lecture circuit where today we would call atheist or agnostic under the tutelage of robert ingersoll the great agnostic this guarantees her audiences and press coverage that no first time speaker could ever anticipate much less a woman. no one had ever heard of before and from the free thought podium. she critiques traditional marriage. she critiques women's second class status, and she says the bible is the root cause of it. then she turns her attention to what becomes her first real exposure to politics. this is where she learns the lessons that she later applies as a suffragist in washington and this is the campaign to raise the age of sexual consent for girls in 1890 the age at which a girl was considered legally capable of consenting to sex with a grown man was 12 or younger in 38 states in delaware. it was seven. now to gardener this stood out as like the epitome of the sexual double standard, right and also the why that men were legislating and advocating on behalf of women. so she joins the movement and begins advocating to raise the age of consent which she and her