Good morning. Today, a landmark case at the Supreme Court. The question is whether states have the right to protect children from medical attempts at sex change.

It potentially opens up a Pandora's box on nearly any law that mentions biological realities of sex, male and female.

That's ahead on Washington Wednesday, also today World Tour,

and a renowned eye surgeon on overcoming adversity and embracing freedom.

People who appreciate freedom the most are those used to not have freedom.

And how doctor-assisted suicide became

mainstream. It's Wednesday, December 4th. This is the world and everything in it from

listener-supported world radio. I'm Lindsay Mast. And I'm Nick Eicher. Good morning.

Now time for the news with Kent Covington.

Chaos in South Korea Tuesday as demonstrators took to the streets protesting a decision

by South Korean President Yun Suu Kul to declare emergency martial law.

Youn insisted the declaration was necessary saying that pro-communist forces had infiltrated

parliament and were conducting seditious anti-state activities on behalf of North Korea.

In Washington, Pentagon spokesman Pat Ryder told reporters,

Secretary Austin and the Department of Defense continue to monitor the developing situation in the

Republic of South Korea. He said the U.S. government was keeping a close eye on the Korean Peninsula

but said it saw no change in North Korean activities. Shortly after Yun's announcement, South Korea's

parliament voted to halt the martial law declaration. The president ultimately relented,

lifting his order just six hours after he issued it. President Biden made some history

on Tuesday, becoming the first U.S. president to visit Angola. His stop at the sub-Saharan African

country was aimed at highlighting billions of dollars in commitments there. The United States

is all in, all in Angola. We've already, my administration alone, has invested over three

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