Today and always. The freeman foundation. By judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. And by ctributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Katty im katty kay. This is bbc world news america. In belarus, more protests and strikes against its president after his disputed election. In the u. S. Senate, democrats begin their Unconventional Convention as the coronavirus has turned the whole event into a virtual one. As he prepares to become the party nominee, what the young people actually think of joe biden . We will take a closer look. Welcome to world news america on pbs and around the world. Alexander lukashenko has ruled belarus for more than 20 years. He gave a speech at a factory but instead got heckled and booed. But he insists he will not call a new election. Here is the latest. This was the day the workers tued on alexander lukashenko. Thousands downing tools and marching. While the strikers rallied outside, belaru
of migrants following the expiration of title a2. that s the measure put in place three years ago, it was invoked during the trump adminisrtation to slow the spread of covid 19 across the us mexico border. in doing this, us authorities were allowed to turn away asylum seekers. while title 42 was in place, around 2.8 million people were expelled, according to us customs and border protection. but with the end of the us health emergency, title 42 has now also officially expired. a potential surge of migrants to the us mexico border could strain local communities and the humanitarian challenge. us officials said on friday they did not see a substantial increase in migrant crossings. but many have pointed out that this is only the start of a new reality at the border, not the end. our reporter anjelica casas has more on what the expiry of title 42 means for the border. for the last three years, migrants and asylum seekers trying to reach the us have been in limbo. title 42, a c
Four people including a cyclist in hospital. Our correspondent ellie price takes up the story. If it wasnt so dangerous, it would be strangely beautiful. Two Military Horses on the run in Central London during the morning rush hour. One hits a taxi. And they carry on down fleet street. In total, five Household Cavalry horses ran loose after unseating four riders. One had been in charge of two courses. The damage unmistakable as they crashed into several vehicles, including this bus. Three soldiers were hospitalised, their injuries not deemed to be life threatening. The bbc understands a fourth Person Injured was a cyclist. At such a busy time in the day there were of course plenty of witnesses. As i looked to the left i saw two horses coming towards me and i ran to get across the road. They are big horses and the grey or white one had blood from its weathers, its shoulders. It was coming at such a speed, i thought i need to stop those horses. Two horses went past me and i saw them gall
the new images come as tens of thousands of palestinians are streaming into rafah city, near the gaza strip s southern border with egypt, trying to escape intense fighting elsewhere. the head of humanitarian affairs for the united nations says there is no longer any humanitarian operation worthy of that name in the south of gaza. from jerusalem, here s our international editor, jeremy bowen. a warning you may find some of the images upsetting. video emerged this afternoon off palestinian men taken for interrogation. bbc staff recognised the town in northern gaza and we have geo located the video there, too. palestinian diplomats said these were savage images evoking humanity s darkest times. the israeli army said only that suspects were being interrogated. posts on social media said the men had been sheltering with their families at a un school and that others were killed during the israeli raid. in this photo the men had been moved to another location, which we have not been