Without a doubt this is what happened in ferguson right it was a full nearly a military response you know local Police Forces around the country have been rewarded with military grade equipment the kinds of equipment you would normally see only in an International War context and there was extreme levels of containment and violence as if people exercising their civil rights to freedom of expression and to gather in public to protest were a threat to the nation rather than the very rights that the nation is designed to protect but thats the logic of what it means to face a state violence when youre a black Community Even if whites and others are participating its when its understood as a racial crime that you begin to see this kind of extreme violent response that said it is my understanding that there are also many instigators involved in minneapolis and perhaps in. Other cities around the country as well and more data on that may come up as the weeks bear out but what that means is th
Movement to avoid more violent protests but in minneapolis just like last night people are defying those orders and continuing to make their voices heard on the streets in los angeles a Police Cruiser was set on fire other demonstrations of unhealed in miami and chicago. Scuffles a broken up between police and protesters in new york where demonstrations are continuing into the night earlier a police car was set on fire the day before thousands of people protested outside the citys Supreme Court near the Brooklyn Bridge and outside a sports arena. President trump meanwhile has offered to send the National Military to minneapolis and pledged to put an end to what he called mob violence but his comments havent stopped people from gathering in large numbers that his front door this was the scene in front of the white house an hour ago where police set up barricades in an attempt to stop protesters from advancing meanwhile in minnesota where george floyd died the governor says hes fully mob
Markets react positively is a drug developed for ebola shows potential for treatment of patients with over 19. And residents in ukraines capital are told to stay indoors as wildfires near term noble cause pollution levels to soar. Hello thanks for joining us africa has so far escaped the worst of the coronavirus pandemic but the United Nations warns that wont last long it says that at least 300000 people will die when the virus takes hold there unless hundreds of billions of dollars are spent the World Health Organization says the situation there is probably worse than thoughts in the past week there has been a 51 percent increase in the number of reported cases in my own going to. And a 60 percent increase in the number of reported does with the current joe volpe doing testing kits its likely that the numbers are higher than reported well fewer than 2020000 cases have been reported across the continent to date but the World Health Organization is concerned there could be 10000000 in t
Any affects previous missile launches north koreas soft force brings Quick International condemnation the un is set to hold an emergency meeting well talk to a weapons expert about what the scene and right now the u. N. Security council is being briefed on the humanitarian crisis in syria following years of death and destruction and over in geneva syrian officials have arrived for talks on how to end the war. U. S. President donald trump sparked a social media about frostbite retreating a british far right leaders anti muslim stories well have a live report coming up from washington. Im heading home and its International Day of solidarity with palestine and monitoring all the latest developments online so connected us using the hash tag a day a sprint. Here with a newsreader live on air were streaming online through you tube Facebook Live and at aljazeera dot com its ignored u. N. Resolutions and defied International Sanctions north korea has launched its most powerful missile yet and
Welcome to bbc news. Hurricane irma is continuing to sweep its way across the caribbean, en route to the us coast, leaving a path of devastation. Cuba is the latest island to be hit. The category five storm made landfall off the North Eastern coast overnight bringing strong winds and heavy rain. Communities have lost power and communication is becoming increasingly difficult in more remote areas. The bahamas have largely been spared after the storm changed course. This is irmas trajectory. Its expected to make landfall with us coast tomorrow, before heading inland. In florida, more than five Million People, a quarter of its population, have been told to evacuate. And theres another hurricane coming. Jose has strengthened to a category four, driving winds of 125 miles an hour, and forecasters warn it could strengthen still further. Jane obrien reports from florida, were preparations are well under way. Clouds gather over miamis south beach, all but deserted, as irma lurks on the horizon