And landmarks well take a look at his life and why. Im sumi so much going to thank you for joining us theres been another night of unrest in the u. S. With protests in dozens of cities after the death of a black man in Police Custody the National Guard has been deployed in a number of states curfews were extended in major cities as Police Struggle to contain the situation and theres been a memorial for george floyd in minneapolis where he died a week ago. All right well lets talk about the ongoing protests and the political implications in the u. S. Natasha lynch that is a political scientist and professor of International Relations and comparative politics at the university of essex in england natasha thank you for joining us 1st of all i understand that you were in l. A. Joining the Brutal Police attack on rodney king and the ensuing unrest there how do you compare what you saw then to the protests were seeing now. Well thats true them originally from california and i remember there
Worst affected cities a lockdown remains to place the number of cases in a high risk urban area still searching. Im serious almost got to thank you for joining us another night of on rest in the u. S. With protests and dozens of cities after the brutal death of a black man in Police Custody the National Guard has been deployed in a number of states curfews were extended in major cities as Police Struggle to contain the situation a memorial gathering took place for george floyd in his home city of minneapolis. America is burning for 6 night in a row anger flooded streets across the deeply divided country. On this scale of civil unrest has not been seen here in decades. In. George floyds home state protesters marched against systemic racism and Police Brutality. All these voices are here because the same thing keeps happening over and over again its the new lynching you know and its new coded language in a way that our president represents himself in and has a following of k. K. K. Membe
Overcrowding as one to bears down and a kurdish iranian refugee released from a strain he and present kept telling to aljazeera he wont forget those still fighting for a better life and for Roger Federer books is plays in the last 4 of the a. T. P. Final 20 time grand slam champion beats now that jockey bench in their 1st meeting since their apic wimbledon final back in july. Hong kong has confirmed its economy plunged into its 1st recession in a decade its been blamed on the increasingly violent had gotten of protests and the escalating trade war between the u. S. And china now students have blocked parts of hong kong for a 5th day calling on the government to commit to hold a new local elections on november 24th the demonstrators are gathering for a rally in the citys business to. Strike on kong is experiencing one of its most violent weeks since the protests began in june lets go to our correspondent from the bride hes joining us live from hong kong and loss of activity on friday an
Other than that is going to be a pretty day for the beach. There is advisory in effect. We will not go much warmer than the 70s. We have our live shot we have been keeping our eye on. We were seeing a backup at this point. They may be clearing the. A box truck involved. It looks like things are improving. It looks like they may have cleared everything over to the shoulder. We wi keep an eye on that until everything is confirmed out of the way. List let right now. That offer. We are getting reports of a crash. Looks like there was only brought there as well. You have some brake lights working away was. Making that track into the livermore valley. A wildfire burning in lake county. This will happen on highway 29. Around 8 pm last night. Facebook video showing the hills along with flames. Runout has been reduced to about 10 acres. This part remains close right now. Some people in that area were told to evacuate those orders were lifted around 2 pm. The Public Utilities commission has call
Also coming up, at least five people are dead as Hurricane Dorian devastates the bahamas. The government says the damage is unprecedented and more than one Million People have a been ordered to leave their homes on the eastern seaboard of the United States. And a survivor of the holocaust now honored for her efforts to fight antisemitism. Dw talks to 94yearold anita lasker voltage on the day she received a special award from the nation that tried to kill her. Brent im brent goff. To our viewers on pbs in the United States and around the world, welcome. It is a showdown in london. Britains new Prime Minister Boris Johnson facing a make or break parliamentary vote over brexit. And that vote is due shortly. Here is what is happening now. Some lawmakers are trying to block the possibility of the u. K. Leaving the European Union without a withdrawal agreement. They believe that would be a disaster for the british economy. Johnson insists he must have the threat of a no deal brexit in order