The United Nations has gathered data confirming that Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was killed by bullets fired by the Israeli troops, UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani says.

⚡️Missouri becomes the first state to ban abortions after US Supreme Court decision

⚡️ US President Biden to address the nation on Friday after Supreme Court ends constitutional abortion protection

❗️ UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson calls US Supreme Court abortion ruling 'a big step backwards'

LIVE UPDATES | Follow Sputnik's coverage of the events around the US Supreme Court's ruling on abortions.

❗️ Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer: SCOTUS ruling 'one of the darkest days' US has ever seen

❗️ Barack Obama says SCOTUS ruling 'attacks essential freedoms of millions of Americans'

❗️ Ex-White House Press Sec Jen Psaki reacts to SCOTUS ruling

❗️ AOC says 'people will die' because of SCOTUS decision to overrule Roe v Wade

❗️ Ex-FLOTUS Michelle Obama issues lengthy statement on SCOTUS ruling: 'I'm heartbroken'

❗️ US DOJ 'strongly disagrees' with SCOTUS abortion ruling

❗️ US Attorney General Merrick Garland says that the Justice Department will "use every tool at our disposal to protect reproductive freedom" following the Supreme Court's decision.

❗️ Canada PM Trudeau slams 'horrific' US abortion ruling

⚡️ Trump hails Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v Wade

❗️ Ex-CIA Director Mike Pompeo praises SCOTUS Roe v Wade ruling: 'Defending right to life'

❗️ California, Oregon, Washington issue joint pledge to defend abortion rights