Leleaders at the u. N. Climate action summit, but the Worlds Largest Greenhouse Gas emitters make few new commitments to address the climate crisis. President trump attended the summit for just 14 minutes. We speak to the prizewinning writer Tanehisi Coates about slavery, the power of memory, and reparations. His first novel is out today. The water dancer is the story of hiram maker, enslaved after nemec and the son of a slave master and the child of a woman w who that slave master intern sold out. In 1861laved people wanted freedom. Amy Tanehisi Coates on the water dancer. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The u. N. Climate action summit kicked off in new york monday with World Leaders calling for action to prevent apocalyptic Climate Change. U. N. Secretary general Antonio Guterres said his generation had failed in its responsibility to protect our planet. 16yearold swedish climate activist Greta Thun
Action summit, but the Worlds Largest Greenhouse Gas emitters make few new commitments to address the climate crisis. President trump attended the summit for just 14 minutes. We speak to the prizewinning writer Tanehisi Coates about slavery, the power of memory, and reparations. His first novel is out today. The water dancer is the story of hiram maker, enslaved after nemec and the son of a slave master and the child of a woman whoho that slave master intern sold out. In 1861laved people wanted freedom. Amy Tanehisi Coates on the water dancer. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The u. N. Climate action summit kicked off in new york monday with World Leaders calling for action to prevent apocalyptic Climate Change. U. N. Secretary general Antonio Guterres said his generation had failed in its responsibility to protect our planet. 16yearold swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg fought off tears as she ga
Greeces 3 month old conservative government is facing its 1st public strike since taking power thousands of workers staged a mass walkout to protest against planned labor reforms as heroes johnson reports now from athens. Government offices and banks were closed on tuesday bringing business to a standstill in many places public transport workers walked out so getting to work was an ordeal as buses and ferries didnt run schools were closed and hospitals operated with reduced stuff but trades Union Leaders say all that some inconvenience compared to what workers will suffer next month if parliament approved the bill proposed by the ruling new Democracy Party critics say the 3 month old conservative government is building on reforms introduced by the previous left wing government that eroded workers rights to marry me this is our answer to the attack from the government which is 2 pronged it presents itself as a growth for all but on the other hand strikes at a collective bargains and Soc
Expansions and killings continue to be practiced against the palestinians. The us then zionist imposed plans such as the deal of the century recognizing a told us as the capital of the zionist regime and the excess sion of the syrian golan into the occupied territories. Are certainly doomed. As against the us destructive plans. The Islamic Republic of irans of regional and International Assistance and cooperation. On security and counterterrorism have been. So much decisive. You know that clear example of such an approach is our cooperation with russia and turkey within the astana format on the Syrian Crisis and our peace proposal for yemen. In view of our active cooperation with the special envoys of the secretary general of the United Nations. As well as our efforts to. Facilitate re conciliation talks among the yemen parties with the 4 european countries. Which. Resulted in the conclusion. Of the stockholm peace accords its on hug day the ports. Of the. Distinguished participants i
That in itself is a struggle, never mind having the added factor of being away from your family. The super agers cheerleading in their 70s and 80s so whats the secret to a long and healthy life . And coming up on sportsday later in the hour on bbc news the last of the League Cup Quarterfinals with championship bristol city getting ready to face the holders Manchester United. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Britains Biggest Police force, the metropolitan police, is reviewing all its current sex offence investigations after the collapse of two rape cases in the space of a week. Both prosecutions were halted because the police had failed to disclose key evidence which might have helped the defence. Several legal experts are now warning that this may reflect a wider issue across england, wales and Northern Ireland. Heres our Legal Correspondent clive coleman. Are the scales ofjustice being u nfa i rly are the scales ofjustice being unfairly kicked against defendants, becau