In upcoming elections. Today we are seeing the results of being relentless of the oppression that this regime is starting. And new figures show england has had the highest level of excess deaths in europe. Welcome. We start in the us at the funeral of civil rights pioneerjohn lewis in atlanta, georgia. It was held at the Ebenezer Baptist church where his friend and fellow activist Matin Luther King once preached. John lewis was the son of an Alabama Farmer who was arrested dozens of times for civil rights activism. Then in 1986, he was elected to represent the state of georgia in congress where he continued to serve until he died just under two weeks ago. Three former president s were at his funeral. One of them, americas first black president , barack obama, gave this eulogy. We had not yet reached that blessed destination where we are judged by the content of our character. He knew from his own life that progress is fragile, that we have to be vigilant against the darker currents of
In upcoming elections. Today, we are seeing the results of the relentless oppression that this regime is starting. And new figures show england has had the highest level of excess deaths in europe. Welcome. We start in the us and the funeral of civil rights pioneer john lewis in atlanta, georgia. It was held at the Ebenezer Baptist church where his friend and fellow activist Matin Luther King once preached. This is the burial taking place right now. Like one who stripes democrats both i heard a voice from heaven saying bless another dead who dies in the lord. Even so saith the spirit, for their deeds do follow them. This is live in atlanta, georgia. The burial ofjohn lewis, a hero to so many americans, a civil rights can planner through the decades who died in office a civil rights campaigner. This the a culmination ofa campaigner. This the a culmination of a day of events there. Earlier, a service was held at the Ebenezer Baptist church where his friend and fellow activist Martin Luth