One of the last relics of ‘lost cause’ ideology is nearing its end as a federal panel has recommended renaming US military bases now honoring Confederate generals.
In trying to present violent events in ‘neutral’ language, media reports may be ignoring power imbalances when it comes to Israeli police or military violence against Palestinian civilians.
A white gunman has shot dead 10 people to death and injured three others at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, in an act of "racially motivated violent extremism."
shooting in buffalo in new york according to reports from us media, thisjust into us in according to reports from us media, this just into us in the last minutes, so you let media reporting that ten people have been killed in a mass shooting in buffalo in new york. we will have more for you throughout the evening here on bbc news. the mayor of kharkiv has told the bbc that russian forces have withdrawn from the city area and are heading for the russian border. ihor terekhov says shelling has stopped, and residents are gradually returning to ukraine s second largest city. but he warned that many residential areas have been badly damaged or destroyed. our correspondentjoe inwood has been following the latest from lviv. a parting gift from russian forces in retreat. this used to be the palace of culture in derhachi, a small town on the outskirts of kharkiv. on thursday, it was destroyed. translation: we were hit by rockets. three floors were breached.