A large crowd of protesters has been gathering President Donald Trump says hes spoken to George Floyds family and has offered his condolences he also described the incident as a horrible thing to witness and he said it looked like there was no excuse for it. Donald trump is cutting u. S. Ties with the World Health Organization claiming its being influenced by beijing at a press conference the president stepped up his anti chinese rhetoric announcing plans to strip hong kong of its special status with the u. S. In response to a new security law alan fischer reports. Unusually for a News Conference at the white house president only trump opted to use a teleprompter and stuck to the script but in the week where the number of 1000 deaths in the u. S. Went through the 100000 mark the president used the occasion to cut ties with the World Health Organization and returned to calling it the ruhani virus china has total control over the World Health Organization we have detailed the reforms tha
Protests in minneapolis riot police fired tear gas and rubber bullets of thousands of people as multiple fires broke out across the city and shops were looted 46 year old floyd was filmed gasping for breath during his arrest well an officer kneeled on his leg for several minutes he died in hospital shortly after the officer and 3 others have been fired but many have called for criminal charges and i got here some words to me are you going to address the ballots the violence on the dress is our man could hold a man down. Then come. Back. On. The drive and started on the 1st car were mismanage was joke for his life. So we must act in a way to just. Good thread. Weve got as good. As what is right. The u. K. U. S. Australia and canada have condemned the china for imposing new security laws d on hong kong saying it threatens the territories fritos Chinas Parliament has given the go ahead for the legislation despite protests and International Warnings the wide ranging laws which beijing says
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Fight to keep them safe protests continued for a 7th stay in nights in u. S. Cities the Police Forcibly cleared peaceful crowds near the white house the president on from could walk to a church nearby. Some protests in new york city did turn violent shop windows were smashed and businesses were looted a curfew was imposed and the even strict go home order will be in place from 8 pm local time on tuesday april is on that was in brooklyn new york. This is the scene after night has fallen here in brooklyn were outside of the Barclays Center which is a basketball arena and this has been a flashpoint for some of the protest over the last few nights here in new york right now this is a very peaceful protest by candlelight vigil and mostly young people that are home gathered here right before the curfew is about to go into place and they are supporting each other theyre calling for justice theyre holding up signs listening to somebody speak and this is a very peaceful thank you and our full m
That commitment to take decisive wreck action and that takes place and we continue to demand that the Islamic Republic of iran act in a way that is consistent with what i laid back out back in may of 2018 for what it is that we expect iran to do so that it can rejoin the community of nations i was here as some out of 14 is in baghdad and says the strikes marcus shift in u. S. Strategy. Well there are quite significant because this is actually the 1st time that the u. S. Actually strikes a target on iraq his soil lets remember not until too long ago the u. S. And the p. M. S. Were fighting against isis on the same side but of course since then the tensions between the u. S. And iranian backed groups have played a quite a bit in this particular ad attack were hearing from a source inside the p. M. S. Has claimed as many as 10 lives with dozens of people injured and of course this particular strike comes at the back of a series of rocket attacks that were aimed at military bases where bot