The family of an american turkish woman who was killed in the occupied West Bank on friday are demanding an independent us led investigation into her death. Now on Bbc News americast. So, the us president ial election is getting ever nearer its getting more and more exciting. And the polls are really very tight. So, what does that tell us and how should we be reading them . We have got one of americas best known pollsters, who is famous for his predictions, joining us on this episode to tell us what we should be looking out for over the next few weeks, and how not to read the polls wrong. Welcome to americast. Americast. Americast from Bbc News. Hello, its marianna, aka miss information, in the worldwide headquarters of americast, in london. And sarah, here in our studio in washington dc, in the united states of america, of course. Now, here in the states, we are perilously close to this election. I mean, it is about eight weeks away, its going to be an incredible stretch, and it feels
sri lanka s new prime minister has told the bbc an economic crisis is going to get worse before it gets better. the country has been rocked by demonstrations over soaring prices, power cuts and a lack of medicine. ranil wickremasinghe was appointed in an attempt to defuse the protests. coming up at 6 o clock, breakfast with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. but first on bbc news, the travel show. this week, on the show. meeting mummies in chile. mummies in chile. there are so many mummies mummies in chile. there are so many mummies here, - mummies in chile. there are so many mummies here, vivian. . many mummies here, vivian. grannies in austria. the open kitchen whether grandmas and grandpas make their lovely cakes. and cabbies in england. in the chilean region of arica, on the northern fringes of the country s atacama desert, you find clues that something significant lies beneath the ground. hidden in the sand are some of the oldest mummified bodies in the world, evidence
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august, you are not alone. 60 million people are feeling the heat as temperature and humility levels soar. we want to welcome people around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i m breana kieler. you are in the situation room. [ music playing ] five years after eric garner told police i can t breathe, the new york police officer accused of fatally choking him has been punished. the nypd commissioner announcing he has been fired and will not receive his pension. eric garner s death, while in an illegal chokehold helped put a spotlight apolice brutal against unarmed african-american men. also tonight, president trump is trying to downplay the threat of recession as he privately worries about potential impact on his re-election campaign. he s also still obsessing about losing the popular vote in 2016. mr. trump is now claiming without any evidence that google manipulated millions of votes for hillary clinton.