And voices from every region of the planet have cried out in unison the black lives matter but that my friends still still has not been enough to keep us Law Enforcement agents from pulling the trigger on black and brown folks across this country late into the heat of the early summer night on friday june 12th Atlanta Police officer Garrett Rolfe chose to shoot and kill 27 year old rae sharp brooks for that most heinous crime of being supremely drunk and passed out in a wendys fast food drive thru or is the state president of georgia and i believe c. P. Reverend james would also rightly observed this is not the 1st time a black man has been killed for sleeping. Just 48 hours later after the wendys burned in the protesters had to add yet another name to that now growing list of lives lost to Police Violence the world celebrated the birthday of a legendary revolutionary ernesto shig levada whose observations on what drives the rebellion still ring true today that the true revolutionary i
Deal can be reached before britains departure date. Were going to be live in brussels. And we meet venom, indias gaming superstar who admits hes making more money than he could ever have dreamt of. And well be getting the inside track on surviving in the fast lane and a comeback by iconic british car maker lotus. We discuss city living and pollution. A report suggests it shortens our memory. Are you worried about the effects of dirty air on your health . Let us know just use the hashtag bbcworklife. Hello, and welcome to worklife. Our new business show. And yes, i forget whether thats to do with pollution or not, i have no idea we will discuss that later. Lets begin in hong kong today, where earlier there were chaotic scenes as a leader carrie lam is forced to abandon her annual address after being heckled in the citys parliament. Ms lam had been due to announce a raft of property initiatives to try to restore confidence, after more than four months of Anti Government protests. She lat
He rejects borisjohnsons demand for the irish backstop to be scrapped. Hurricane dorian is the strongest ever to hit the bahamas us forecasters describe the conditions there as catastrophic. Its going to go hundreds of miles. We expect that most of the eastern seaboard will be ultimately impacted, and some of it very, very severely. Pro democracy activists in hong kong target the citys airport after a night of violence in which dozens of people were injured. Political leaders from across the world gather in poland to mark the 80th anniversary of the start of world war ii, as the german president asks poland for forgiveness. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Labour says itll present a bill in parliament this week designed to stop the uk leaving the eu without a deal. Sir keir starmer, the shadow brexit secretary, has told the bbc that if the legislation is passed, its likely to delay the date of departure. The cabinet minister, michael gove, refused to commit the government to imp
Want to join me in paying tribute to our former colleague, sir gerald coughman, who died over the weekend. He was an outstanding parliamentarian, a committed mp who dedicated his live to the future of his constituents and as father of the house his experience will be very much missed across this house and our thoughts with friends and family. This morning i had meetings with colleagues and others and in addition i shall have other such duties today. I would like to associate myself to the Prime Ministers remarks and assure the many relatives and friends of our former friend and colleague theyre very much in our thoughts and prayers at this difficult time. Mr. Speaker, following last weeks byelection victory in copeland yeah does my right honorable friend believe this is an endorsement of her governments plans to maintain a Strong Economy, bring our society together and make sure we make a huge success of leaving the European Union . I thank my honorable friend and would like to congrat
Want to join me in paying tribute to our former colleague, sir gerald coughman, who died over the weekend. He was an outstanding parliamentarian, a committed mp who dedicated his live to the future of his constituents and as father of the house his experience will be very much missed across this house and our thoughts with friends and family. This morning i had meetings with colleagues and others and in addition i shall have other such duties today. I would like to associate myself to the Prime Ministers remarks and assure the many relatives and friends of our former friend and colleague theyre very much in our thoughts and prayers at this difficult time. Mr. Speaker, following last weeks byelection victory in copeland yeah does my right honorable friend believe this is an endorsement of her governments plans to maintain a Strong Economy, bring our society together and make sure we make a huge success of leaving the European Union . I thank my honorable friend and would like to congrat