Us year go ahead with your story. Can board of voted to dismantle its Police Department tonight, a long way for the group who initiated this resolution. Wednesday night a celebration moments after the Oakland Unified School District Voted to eliminate its Police Department this has been a i or humanity. A fight to value black and brown students just a black is when black organizing project the organization has been calling to remove police from oakland schools for the last decade, this is very historic for members and for the people of oat bran. And we are really hoping that we can set a or what. Remove Police Free Schools looks like throughout the country wednesday night board of educators approved the george floyd resolution calling to eliminate the districts Police Department in the wake of George Floyds death districts are looking to join the Police Free Schools Movement District proposed a resolution earlier this month. The resolution calls for redirecting money spent on police in
Of racist attacks fused to spreading the coronavirus we speak to a kenyan teacher whos dreams of a Better Future half inch half of. German hospitals appear to be coping with thousands of intensive care beds still free doctors are warning the system but yet to be overwhelmed if theres a 2nd wave of infection. Im going to have as well come to the program the corona Virus Outbreak in the United States is fast approaching a 1000000 confirmed cases the death toll there has now surpassed 50000. 00 thats around a quarter of the global corona death toll so far despite these grim milestones pressure is growing in some states to ease restrictions the governor of georgia has rejected warnings from Infectious Disease experts and is allowing many businesses to reopen including those where social distancing is almost impossible to enforce. On the day the coronavirus death toll in the usa rose above 50000 thomas putting was allowed to reopen his barber shop a barber in atlanta for over 50 years he no
Im going to Office Welcome to the program the sound of children playing has returned to the streets of spain have emerged from 6 weeks of home a solution after the government allowed them to go outside again spain post Strict Lockdown rules a march to stop the spread of the corona virus if the nation continues to make significant progress in reducing infection rates of sorties have said to give citizens more freedom in the coming weeks. As snapshots of an unforgettable moment spains children emerged from their homes on sunday for the 1st time after 6 weeks stuck inside children under the age of 14 are now allowed outside each day for up to one hour accompanied by an adult and within one kilometer of their homes critics of the spanish governments coronavirus lockdown one of the Worlds Toughest had pointed out that even dogs allowed out for walks have had more freedom than the countrys children the relief out on the streets was palpable. Well you put out guys like i have mr streets the s
Hello to you. The Chinese Government has announced it would take firm countermeasures after President Trump has signed into law a bill that backs pro democracy protesters in hong kong, despite objections from beijing. The bill, approved by Congress Last week, requires the state department to certify, every year, that hong kong has significant autonomy from the rest of china. That will decide whether hong kong retains the favourable trading terms with the us that have helped maintain its position as a world financial centre. The bbcs nick beake is in hong kong. Today, talking to the Pro Democracy Movement, they are ecstatic. They believe this is International Recognition of their fight. And, believe this is International Recognition of theirfight. And, of course, comes in the same week they have done extremely well in this district elections. And they have really shown that the wider public here in hong kong support their cause, they would say. And, so, really, the news coming from amer
Thousand trees they were missionaries that was the people their staff the gardens and the maintenance working that are responsible for shaping this thats why we honor you always call to National Recognition and parks month the importance of the parks this is a big deal it is so give yourselves a a round of applause clapping. today is also a very pin unit moment we lost a cooper city of people in our parks family were super important to us i want to take a moment before todays our employees and dont want to take the spotlight from incredible individuals revengefully the awards but important housekeeping to take care of question know this is commissioner larry commissioner griffin last week, we lost one of our own paul and im going to have president buell and courtney say a few words but like to Say Something about commissioner griffin there are people to honor commissioner griffin that dont always come to those things. Um, and a lot of you have your own deeply personal stories about com