European leaders split over whether its the best deal. This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city. Im bisi onileere. History made this morning in south carolina. Onlookers cheered as the confederate battle flag was taken down at the State Capitol. It has been flying over a confederate memorial for 15 years. Before that it spent nearly four decades on the capitol dome and now that flag is in a museum. Courtney keeley is live in Columbia South carolina. Were hearing there are going to be more stepping taken there in a few minutes. Reporter hi good afternoon, bisi. Yes, the flag pole still remains. The only symbol left of where that flag flew next to the memorial to the confederate veterans. The flag came down swiftly today, but the cheers that erupted really cemented the historic moment. Even journalists there was just this energy in the crowd, and that and that flag came down so quickly and in fact some people told me they just wished it had gone a little more slowly to savor th
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5pkgsome 12 hours after a peaceful protest at uc berkeley broke into anarchy, forcing the university to cancel a scheduled speech by right wing commentator milo yiannopoulos, President Trump took to twitter threatening to pull federal funds from cal saying if u. C. Berkeley does not allow free speech and practicrs violence on innocent people with a different point of view no federal funds . Reaction quick lt governor gavin newsom tweeted as a uc regent im appalled at your willingness to deprive over 38thousand students access to an education because of the actions of a few oakland congresswoman barbara lee followed with President Trump doesnt have qa license to blackmail universities. Hes the president not a dictator and his empty threats are an abuse of power. Students on campus agreesotsotbut if the president were to follow through the impact would be significantright now uc berkeley gets about 600 Million Dollars annually in federal funds 200 million for Student Financial aid and 40
Policy, many workers have migrated to cities abandoning their homes and fields. The existence of more than two million villages in china is said to be in jeopardy. The government has been devising new measures to address abandoned land for the past few years. Meanwhile, some people have begun reviving villages in their own ways. Villages that have been left behind amid growth are suffering from depopulation. Now one village is taking a unique, new step to combat this issue. The province is located next to the China Capital of beijing. Its long been known for its numerous agricultural regions. Its farmer town in southern hebei. About 1,000 people are registered on the Villages Family records but some 40 live elsewhere. All the young people have left town for work. The villages built around the road connecting to the villages to the city. This was the first paved road built here in the 1970s. Until this road was made there was a village along side a stream a short distance away. Stores a