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US Supreme Court to hear arguments on Mississippi abortion rights

The future of abortion rights in the US face legal challenge

For the first time in nearly 30 years, the future of abortion rights in the United States will face it's most significant test as the Supreme Court gets ready to hear a key case from Mississippi where they are seeking to ban abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy.

We find out how countries around the world are facing up to the new Covid-19 variant; Omicron.

And a steel and concrete sculpture of an ancient goddess is about to be dropped into the sea off the Dominican Republic to create an artificial reef where most of the reefs have died.

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  • Wed 1 Dec 2021 07:06GMT