Antonio gutteres has expressed great concern over rising Political Tension in myanmar. The armed forces are contesting the results of the election last november, which was overwhelmingly won by the Ruling National League at 10 00, Sophie Raworth will be here with a full round up of the days news. First do black lives matter in brazil . In the first half of 2020, more people were killed by the police in Rio Dejaniero state than in the whole of america. 75 were black brazilians, many of whom were just teenagers. We must give a strong warning that this programme contains Graphic Violence and very distressing images, from the outset. Sirens wail. They chant. The police stand accused of inflicting brutal violence. Most often seen to be hurt are young black men. They chant. Police brutality here is often horrific to watch. Shocking violence causing terror and fear every day. But given how often it happens, there are no mass protests, no backlash in the media, nojustice. In the year that blac
Her from two committees. The Prime Minister is being urged to block plans for a new coalmine whitehaven in cumbria. Dozens of environmental groups have written to him and saying they are mystified that the government has not intervened even though it is due to host a climate in glasgow this year. Downing street insists the government is a world leader and will not reverse the decision. Newsreel and beneath this land lie more than 200 million tons of coal. Its more than half a century since the last deep coal mine opened in the uk. The plan is to burrow under the irish sea to access a vast deposit of high quality coal. The local mayor is delighted. I think the project is absolutely fantastic. You know, itll bring huge amounts ofjobs and prosperity into the area. Its been broadly welcomed right across copeland. Ive never known a project thats carried so much public support. The coal produced here wont be used to generate power, but to make steel, he says, and means less will need to be i
Germany has become the latest country in europe to legalise cannabis. The law will come into effect in april and it will apply to over 18s only, but it does come with strict rules which will make it harder to buy the drug. However, people will be allowed to grow up to three plants at home. The government says the new law will undermine the sale of the drug on the black market. And some potentially good news now if you are a swiftie because one of londons top museums is hiring a taylor swift super fan who can help advise them about Swiftie Culture and swiftie memorabilia. Job applications are open now if youre interested. And the museum is searching for experts on crocs, emojis and drag. Here is a video thats gone viral on social media this week and if youve not seen it, youill probably get why. Excuse me. What youre doing there, you shouldnt be doing that. This is georgia ball, a pro golfer, replying to a guy who was trying to tell her how to improve her swing at the driving range, and
Attack the party from several directions. It was one of the worst days in israels history, its People Killed in cold blood, hundreds of hostages dragged away, a nation traumatised. Im anna foster and, for the bbc, i spoke to those who survived, who lost loved ones on october 7th or have Family Members still held hostage in gaza. This is their story. We drove, we tried to pass people running cos everyone was scattered around, and we also tried to help out people to take them with us. We already uploaded most of our equipment, so we didnt have much room, but we tried to save people on the way. They were fleeing for their lives. They were trying to find a way to get out of there as fast as they could with minimum damage. At 6 30 in the morning, Gilad Karplus was at the nova Music Festival when red alert sirens began to sound in southern israel. Sirens wail its a familiar noise and it means that rockets are being fired from gaza. Israelis living in those Border Communities know the drill w