Including atlanta and denver, activists make a stand outside the white house, calling for justice for victims of police attacks. Three, two, one, zero. Ignition. Left off. Go nasa, go spacex. God bless bob and doug. A new era for space travel, as the first ever comercial rocket carrying people into space is successfully launched. Welcome to bbc news. There is no sign at all of an end the protests that have spread all over the United States in the last five days. They began to mark the death of george floyd, an African American man from minneapolis who died as a Police Officer knelt on his neck. Some have now turned violent, with buildings set alight, shops looted, and Police Vehicles set alight. Crowds are gathering in los angeles, new york, washington, detroit, atlanta chicago and philadelphia, and many more cities. These are life pictures from new york. It has just gone nine p. M. New york. It has just gone nine p. M. Protesters have new york. It has just gone nine p. M. Protesters h
A bbc investigation has uncovered allegations of brutal beatings and torture by soldiers in indian administered kashmir. Its 25 days since the Indian Government withdrew the regions special semi autonomous status, clamping down fiercely on dissent and arresting thousands of people. Kashmir is claimed by both pakistan and india. The two Nuclear Armed neighbours control different sections of kashmir, and have fought two wars over it. Despite a near communications blackout, Sameer Hashmi has been inside kashmir, and sent this report. You may find some of it distressing. Behind these razor wires lies an uneasy calm. Restrictions everywhere we go. But for many kashmiris, the crackdown has come at a cost. We have come to investigate disturbing allegations. Soldiers came here, we are told, looking for violent protesters. 13 men were allegedly pulled from their beds, tortured and beaten. These brothers, like all the people we spoke to, were too scared to reveal their identities. We saw their i
Hello. This is bbc news. We start with the latest on the israel gaza war. In the past hours, weve heard that the heads of the us and Israeli Security agencies have met to discuss the hostage situation. The Israeli Prime Ministers Office said the cia and mossad bosses met on friday in efforts to advance another hostage deal. In cypius, final preparations are being made for the first aid vessel to use the sea corridor to gaza. The un says a quarter of gazas population is on the brink of famine, and children are starving to death. This is the scene live in larnaca in cyprus where 200 tonnes of food and medical supplies have been loaded onto a barge. It will be towed by a Spanish Charity ship to gaza. The sea corridor is a joint operation between the eu, us, uk and united arab emirates, aiming to take supplies from cyprus to the gazan coast. This video shot today along the Israeli Border into gaza shows more aid being dropped. The parachutes carrying the boxes of supplies to the people of
This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Im Lewis Vaughan jones. One month after the death of george floyd in Police Detention, the us house of represenatives passes a Police Reform bill. His brother tells us what he would have made of the changes. He would be humbled. He would be, you know, sad that he is not here to be in a world that is making change like this. The us faces a coronavirus spike, as social distancing is relaxed. More than 35,000 new cases are identified in a single day. Thousands flock to the beach in england, despite warnings coronavirus cases will rise again if people abandon social distancing. Cheering and applause. Liverpool claim the premier league title, ending a 30 year wait to be crowned english football champions again. Lets start in the us because, in the past few minutes, the house of representatives has approved the democratic Police Reform legislation named in honour of george floyd, whose death in Police Cust
Wait to be crowned english football champions, again. Lets start in the us because in the past couple of hours the house of representatives has approved the Democratic Police reform legislation named in honour of george floyd, whose death in Police Custody a month ago sparked calls to address police misconduct. The reform has provisions to end qualified immunity for law enforcement, prohibit racial profiling, and ban chokeholds. The legislation is opposed by President Donald Trump and its unlikely to pass in its current form in the senate, where the republicans have a majority. Its been a month since the death of george floyd in Police Custody in minneapolis, and so much has changed. 0ur north america correspondent nick bryant reports. In this month of ceaseless protest, a new generation has been fighting an age old american struggle, here converging on the steps of the lincoln memorial, the sacred spot where Martin Luther king delivered his most celebrated speech. Cheering and applaus