 Hello and welcome to the International Daily Roundup with People's Dispatch where we bring you some of the top stories from across the globe. Let's take a look at today's headlines. US jury indicts police officers and medics for the murder of Elijah McLean. US Supreme Court rejects appeal to block abortion law imposed in Texas. Mexico reveals Plain Karen Ivo Morales was attacked during 2019 coup. 8 agencies warn Afghan healthcare system at risk of collapse. The prominent trade union leader arrested in South Korea. A grand jury in the US has indicted five people for the murder of 23-year-old Elijah McLean. Three police officers and two paramedics are facing 32 charges. These include manslaughter and negligent homicide. McLean was walking home when he was stopped by Aurora Police in August 2019. The officers were responding to a 911 call about a suspicious person. McLean was placed in a now-banned show-hold and could be seen stating repeatedly that he could not breathe. Paramedics who arrived at the scene then injected McLean with 500 milligrams of ketamine as he was placed in the ambulance he was found to have no pulse. As per reports McLean had a cardiac arrest on the way to the hospital and died on August 30th. His murder was followed by sustained protests calling for justice. These protests spread during the 2020 mass uprising after the police killing of George Floyd. Several instances of racist and violent misconduct by Aurora Police have been reported in recent years. A grand jury in the state of Colorado concluded on Wednesday that police had used excessive force. Moreover, there was no evidence of McLean doing anything illegal. Continuing with the US, the Supreme Court has rejected an appeal to block the abortion law imposed in Texas. The law bans abortions if cardiac activity can be detected in the embryo. This usually occurs around the six-week mark when many people may not even know that they are pregnant. According to abortion providers, 85% of people seeking the procedure are at least six weeks pregnant. The law also does not make any exceptions for cases of rape or incest. An abortion is only allowed if the pregnancy poses a threat to life. The scope is narrow. What is important to note is that the law bans state officials from enforcing it. This makes it difficult to challenge the law in federal court. Instead, private citizens are authorized to sue anyone who either performs or aids or abets. An abortion and emergency appeal was filed against the measure in the Supreme Court on September 1. However, the conservative majority court voted 5-4 to deny the request. The federal appeals court had also rejected a prompt review of the law before it came into effect on Wednesday. This is the most restrictive law imposed in the US since the legalization of abortion under Roe v. Wade. Mexico has revealed that a plane carrying former Bolivian president Eva Morales was attacked in 2019. The Mexican Air Force said that a projectile was launched as it took off from the Chimor airport. And the coup Morales was forced to flee the country amid serious threats to his life. He stated that the coup leaders had placed a price of $50,000 on his head. He was granted political asylum by Mexico. Information about the rocket attack was shared in a new book by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. It contains a document from the National Defense Secretary. It notes that after Morales and two other officials had boarded the plane, the clearance was revoked. The plane was forced to move just as more soldiers arrived in the area. An RPG rocket launcher was also targeting the plane. The pilot, Miguel Hernandez, caught out to try and speak to the National Defense Secretary. However, he was beaten and the soldiers demanded that Morales leave the plane. A Bolivian generally finally granted clearance saying that the plane had 30 minutes to leave the airspace after they finally took off. Hernandez noticed a light trail characteristic of a rocket. He was able to turn the plane and increase the rate of climb to avoid impact. At least 60 Afghan women and girls held a protest in the city of Herat on September 2nd. They demanded that the Taliban include women in the new government. There has been a power vacuum in Kabul since the Taliban took control two weeks ago and officials have now stated that the group will soon announce a new government. Meanwhile, major sources of foreign aid and funding have now been suspended. More prices have reportedly increased by 50 percent and fueled by around 75 percent. Long queues have also been reported advance with limits imposed on withdrawals. Aid agencies have warned that Afghanistan's healthcare system is at risk of collapse. MSL, that is Doctors Without Borders, has also stated that many people who delayed getting medical help due to the fighting are now coming to hospitals. Here is a video featured on the state of healthcare in Afghanistan. The Afghan health system in Afghanistan was not according to people's choices. We have seen many Afghans coming to Pakistan because of lack of health facilities in Afghanistan. That has been the case for the last two decades, maybe over two decades, but particularly last two decades, some of the acute diseases were not addressed inside Afghanistan. And we believe that most of the hospitals built in Afghanistan lack special doctors specialties to deal with the special diseases. And that's why they were mainly traveling to Pakistan to shower and also to the hall. And we have also seen people traveling to Karachi via German border. For instance, in Pakistan, there are a lot of cancer patients coming from Afghanistan. And special cancer hospitals, mainly two in Lahore. One is in the private sector, which is owned by the present Prime Minister of Pakistan. On his mother's name is called Shaukat Khan Memorial Hospital and another hospital, Anemol. They both were treating Afghans over the years and also know these facilities are being built in Peshawar. And we know that Imran Khan, the Prime Minister had been saying that we need hospital in Peshawar because many Afghans has to travel to Lahore. So that expresses that there was lack of health facilities for ordinary people. The US priority was building mainly the military bases, the military means, and the war weapons. And they had spent all that amount mostly on weaponization of Afghanistan, weaponization of Islam. Also, they were the one who started weaponizing Islam in the 80s when there was a J&J in Afghanistan. So we have not seen any considerable sort of health system in Afghanistan, in public sector. And we have also seen that hospitals were bombed sometime by both sides, sometime by accidentally, but sometime when there was a severe fight to occupy a district, particularly in southern part of Afghanistan, hospitals were the main targets. And we see people leaving those hospitals. And I see that there was no human development, including the health facilities in Afghanistan, promoted by American while they were there. And Ashraf Ghani government was also mainly dealing in recruiting the army personnel and then training and so on. So you see no abandonment of all these weapons in Afghanistan, but we don't see any fine hospital that Ashraf Ghani could have presented or Talban would have used at present time. So Talban has to build a new health system. And I don't know if they have a priority of health system because their priority is just religion. They want practically implementation of religious traditions, but health is not their priority either. So people of Afghanistan would continue to suffer even in the near future, because we don't see that in the present circumstances where Afghan government is not been recognized by any government till now, and it will take some more time. And I don't think that Afghans would be able to continue to build some necessary health system. And for a final story, we go to South Korea, where a trade union leader was arrested on September 2nd. Yang Junsu is the head of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions. He and 22 other members have been accused of violating the country's COVID-19 guidelines. The KCT organized mass rallies in Seoul between May and July. 8,000 workers participated in a demonstration on July 3rd to demand a revision of the Labor Act. They demanded the abolition of non-regular employment and an end to job cuts. Workers also asked for measures to prevent industrial accidents. Moreover, the early minimum wage group by only 1.5% in 2021 workers across sectors have been mobilizing for better working conditions. The Health and Medical Workers Union called off a strike on September 2nd after reaching a last-minute deal with the government. The agreement includes the establishment of at least four public infectious diseases hospitals. The state will expand funding to subsidize those treating infectious diseases. It has also agreed to set up a recommended nurse-to-patient ratio. A deal has also been reached between the HMM shipping company and the land and sea-based workers' unions. After 77 days of negotiations, the company has offered a 7.9% increase in wages. Workers will also be given a bonus equal to 650% of the monthly pay. There will also be a 2.7% increase in welfare benefits. And that is all we have for this episode of the International Daily Roundup. 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