This defentention center wa built for 260 people. But currently holds 4,800. Long past capacity, three years ago it reached an unstable number of inmates. This increase in arrests were triggered by the election of president rodrigo duterte. President duterte gave approval for police to use lethal force with any suspects that resisted. With selfproclaimed vigilantes also committing murders, more than 20,000 people are estimated to have been killed in the past three years. As murders grew to be daily occurrences, this situation soon came to be called a war on drugs. One photo journalist has been recording the crime scenes. His name is rafi larma. In 2016, he took a picture of a woman cradling her dead husband. To start a a discussioion about reality of the war on d drugs. Thats justice for our government. Its so conveninient. Lerma continues to take pictures of families who have lost loved ones. He buried his son. In this episode, we investigate the war on drugs in the philippines. Throu
Awardwinning books include the dead and those about to die, september the and deadly sky. John is a curators professor for military history at the Missouri University of science and technology. He recently finished a oneyear visiting professorship at the u. S. Naval academy in annapolis and served as a guest commentator i and a History Channel documentary on dday. The latest book by air and fortitude is the first installment of a twopart history o of the u. S. Army durig world war ii. Fire and fortitude, the tragedy and triumphs of the soldiers from pearl harbor to the battles and the islands. Based on Extensive Research from government archives and academic collections, fire and fortitude is a riveting narrative with a masterful historian profound insight. Please help me welcome our future author st. Louis hometown boy, john mcmanus. [applause] thank you, jessica, i appreciate it. The whole Library Staff and i would like to thank my publicist for helping make this possible and my exec
Building. This is a very large building and takes up the entire block. You can see the damage , the roof collapsed. They are getting ready to tow a couple of vehicles away from the scene. Flames tore through an oakland warehouse destroying 10 businesses. It is a commercial facility, artist collective coop. 37 individual spaces for different kind of artist work, wood working or metal crafting, bronzing. Reporter the fire started around 6 20 a. M. , and quickly engulfed part of the building which takes up the entire block of east 23rd near southbound 880. Black smoke could be seen for miles. Residents were told to shelter in place. Moxie studio space is in the old building. It is scary. Its very scary and emotional. Reporter cassandra saw the smoke while dropping after her husband at the bart station. She said she thought about the ghost ship fire that killed 36 people. Its really sad. This is not the first warehouse that went down. Its emotional to keep seeing this keep happening. Repor
Of kashmir of its special status. As the us mourns those who died in two mass shootings. President trump condemns extremism but stops short of announcing tighter gun controls. Announcer live from our studios in singapore and london. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7am in hong kong, where the residents are waking up after yet another day of widespread disruption. Police arrested 82 protestors as tens of thousands of people took to the streets in the territorys first general strike in more than 50 years. Protests spread right across the territory, with major roads blocked, public transport severely delayed and more than 200 flights cancelled. The normally buzzing city was brought to a standstill. Our correspondent nick beake has this report. Hong kongs deepening crisis is exposing a dangerous clash of cultures. Tonight, pro democracy activists, dressed in black, fought street battles with men loyal to the beijing backed gove
For a dangerous heatwave. The way for smarter cars in smarter good morning. Our weather is set to that if the situation is not cities back down here on earth resolved quickly, there will be serious consequences. Do where, i have to say, get hotter next week and in fact parking may be one of the coolest very hot for some of us. But we are resolved quickly, there will be serious consequences. Do you think this could be resolved by diplomatic means . Can you rule out any kind of things you get to do. Not there yet. Still a bit of rain no way to come this weekend. Your full forecast is coming up. Heartbreak for rory mcilroy military intervention at all . Were he narrowly misses the cut not looking at military options, we at his home open championship at royal portrush are looking at a way to resolve this in Northern Ireland. Situation. But we are very clear that it must be resolved. Freedom of navigation in the gulf is absolutely no way. Its saturday the 20th ofjuly. Come on, man. Our top