Antonio gutteres has expressed great concern over rising Political Tension in myanmar. The armed forces are contesting the results of the election last november, which was overwhelmingly won by the Ruling National League at 10 00, Sophie Raworth will be here with a full round up of the days news. First do black lives matter in brazil . In the first half of 2020, more people were killed by the police in Rio Dejaniero state than in the whole of america. 75 were black brazilians, many of whom were just teenagers. We must give a strong warning that this programme contains Graphic Violence and very distressing images, from the outset. Sirens wail. They chant. The police stand accused of inflicting brutal violence. Most often seen to be hurt are young black men. They chant. Police brutality here is often horrific to watch. Shocking violence causing terror and fear every day. But given how often it happens, there are no mass protests, no backlash in the media, nojustice. In the year that blac
Say is dangerous. And people in indian administered kashmir accuse soldiers of wild scale abuse which the army denies. But we begin with the coronavirus pandemic now in a new phase with countries racing to approve vaccines but in some parts of the world picture is getting worse with cases on the rise as winter approaches since the start so of the pandemic there have been more than 64000000. 00 confirmed cases nearly 1500000. 00 deaths the United Nations is currently holding a special session of the General Assembly on coronavirus diplomatic editor james bays is at the u. N. In new york and james that session is still ongoing but we understand the secretary general has addressed the meeting what did he have to say. Well secretary general was the 1st to address the meeting one of only a couple of speakers who were actually in the room at the General Assembly because of covert 19 most the leaders have submitted their speeches recorded speeches theyre being played out from all of them for
Antigovernment protesters ahead and Elementary Schools under such a bad light in paris where shocking video is fueling deflates about Police Violence. Now a prominent scientist at the center of Irans Nuclear program has been assassinated. Gunmen ambushed a vehicle carrying most in fact is that day. And his bodyguards, top military commanders, have now found to retaliate against the attack. They say israel is behind as a bag reports from tehran, the aftermath of the killing hold in a car and blood on the floor injured in the attack must in fact, result there was taken to hospital, but later died. He had been one of irans most Senior Nuclear scientists and had already survived a previous assassination attempt. As i wanted. Based on the report made by the guard 1st, they opened fire to his car enough to 10 to 15 seconds. A truck carrying explosive materials exploded against car gunfire, continued after the explosion. Officials admit his death is a blow to the countrys defense program. Far
If welcome, we are in this place called point comfort. Its been that way for a long time. It is here that over 400 years of history have occurred. In fact some would say even longer, thousands of years. We are inside the case made museum, aptly named, because yours actually inside a case made. Its nothing more than a vault, its not afford ball. So you are actually inside the fort wall. Kind of unique for a museum in this day and time. Were gonna walk you through the case, museum we will talk about the very interesting thing that occurred here. Some of our stories will deal with the africans that first arrived here, and the American Civil War. Thousands and thousands of years ago, the natives of this land started to migrate. The migrated as far as west as mexico. And the Mississippi River valley. They migrated as far south as south america. They migrated all the way here to point comfort, where 40 monroe is located today. They were hunters, gatherers, and they lived a very successful an
Hello, and welcome if youre watching on pbs in the us or Around The World, and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. The European Union is introducing Export Controls on Coronavirus Vaccines produced in europe. The move will force Pharmaceutical Companies to get permission before supplying doses outside the bloc. It comes amid a Supply Dispute between the eu and two major vaccine suppliers, astrazeneca and pfizer. The European Commission says Export Controls are necessary to ensure that all eu citizens had access to vaccines. Nick beake reports from brussels. Throughout the week, this post brexit battle between the eu and a british based Vaccine Maker has been intensifying. European countries are demanding that astrazeneca delivers all the jabs they ordered, even if it means taking them from the uk supply. It all hangs on the contract the two sides signed thats now been released, although with parts blanked out. Astrazeneca says it agreed to do i