Malis protest leaders refused to back down on demands for the president s resignation and dismiss regional mediation efforts. One of americas most famous civil rights activists congressman john lewis has died at the age of 80 he was among the last surviving pioneers of the movement during the 1960 s. How did your castro looks back at his life and legacy we cannot. We cannot. We cannot give you. John lewis was born into the segregated world of rural alabama in 1940 when i was growing up i saw those signs that said white men colored men white women colored women white the son of black sharecroppers lewis devoured books as a child the words of Dr Martin Luther King Jr spoke to him loudest seem like he was saying to me john lewis you too can do something and i would ask my mother asked my father my grandparents my great grandparents why segregation why Racial Discrimination it was the best way it is dont get in a way dont get in trouble but trouble would find him many times as a student le
A number far greater than was previously reported. As virus cases rise in bangladesh corruption is fueling fears of getting safe treatment in hospital. Also the mollies process leaders refused to back down on demands for the president s resignation and dismiss regional mediation efforts. One of americas most famous civil rights activists congressman john lewis has died at the age of 80 he was among the last surviving pioneers of the movement during the 1960 s. He helped to organize the march on washington where Martin Luther king delivered his historic i have a dream speech nearly 60 years later the dream of Racial Justice is ongoing black lives matter protests sparked by the death of george. Floyd to being violently suppressed by the police in the city of Portland Oregon overnight on friday federal agents fired tear gas at Peaceful Protesters the state of oregon is now suing over the use of force statues have been toppled and some Police Officers sacked during months of protests acros
We often hear it said that governments around the world should take more of a lead on tackling waste. The french Authorities Say they are doing just that, and are hailing their new anti waste law as a world first. Its still being debated in the french parliament, but are the proposals Ground Breaking . The french government says its promoting a circular economy, by banning the destruction of unsold non food items. This covers cosmetics, clothing, shoes, textiles, electronics and plastics. According to the office of the french government, around 725 million worth of unsold non food items are thrown away every year. The fashion industry, in which france is a world leader, is notoriously wasteful. A 2017 report by the Boston Consulting Group put the level of waste generated by the fashion industry at 92 million tons worldwide. We are going to pause on this story about french waste because we want to ta ke about french waste because we want to take you live in new zealand with the premise
Guilty, but did not [ Trina Thompson declara judge mistrial for one man. They fac counts of Involuntary Manslaughter and up to 39 years in prison if convicted. With us now is don clyde, who was in the courtroom yesterday when the verdict was delivered. O ing us from cambridge, massachusetts, law professor, thank you for being with us. Tell me about it. In the courtroom, you cover thial since day one. What was the emotion in there . What was the impact . Cement ve before theict was read, you can see the victims families, threlatives were crying. They were passing tissues on t themselves. When the verdict was read for harris as not guilty, was stoo out was one woman in particular, put her head in her hands, and was shaking back and forth like hii cannot lieve this was happening. People did expect a conviction. When the mistrial was announced for Derick Almena, there was a collected gasp of the victims. There was a real sense of shock that there was no conviction for him. Walk us through
Troubled travel operator thomas cook begins rescue talks with banks and its largest shareholder. And englands netballers start their World Cup Campaign tonight with a match against uganda in liverpool. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. The American Military says its trying to put together a coalition to protect commercial shipping in the gulf after the royal navy had to intervene to help a british tanker which was being confronted by iranian vessels. The foreign secretaryjeremy hunt has promised to reverse cuts to the size of the royal navy if he becomes Prime Minister. Rising tensions with iran have led to uk merchant vessels being placed on the highest security alert near the strait of hormuz. On one side are the arab states, including a number of key allies. On the other, iran. Between them, the strait of hormuz at its narrowest point, its only 21 miles across. But in total, a fifth of the worlds oil exports are squeezed through this tiny corridor. So any disruption