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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
The President of the National Electoral Council (CNE), Elvis Amoroso, submits the minutes of Venezuela's presidential election, in which President Nicolas Maduro was reelected, to the Supreme Court. IMAGES
Venezuelan presidential candidates walk into the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) in Caracas after being summoned for a hearing regarding an appeal for the highest court to certify the election process. Opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, who claims to be the rightful winner, did not attend the hearing. IMAGES TO COMPLETE VIDI368D7AV_EN