Between argentina and great britain. Here, theres most definitely a before and an after 1982. After the war, the Falkland Islands developed a fishing industry, and they became rich. The falklands are still a british overseas territory, but theyre independant on many, many levels. They have a great education system, they have their own constitution, they have a great hospital, and theyre only 3000 People Living here. Pretty impressive. And people seem to be very happy. Its a land of wind, of sheep, of fish. And its a land of penguins. Welcome to the falklands. john fowler youre on the Falkland Islands. Were in the south atlantic, about 250 miles off the nearest point of the southern part of latin america. It is a windy place, but once youve learned to walk sort of leaning against the wind, its easy. Sophie Fouron john fawler. Born in england, hes lived in the falklands some fifty years, during which he has been a teacher, guide, journalist and editor. With Extensive Knowledge of this la
County record. The papers copublisher, 98yearold joan meyer, died a day after officers searched the her home. We will go to kansas for the latest. Democratic lawmakers for Supreme Court Justice Clarence thomas to resign after propublica published another bombshell investigation showing that a group of conservative billionaires have showered thomas with 38 luxury vacations, 26 private jet flights, and 12 vip passes to sporting events. All work millions. And then to montana, where a judge has ruled in favor of youth plaintiffs who sued the state over Climate Change. This ruling is so important. Montana, for outside its borders, this is huge. For the judge to say montana is significantly contributing to Global Climate change, gave me the feeling our actions do matter. Amy we will speak with one of the youth plaintiffs and the head of our Childrens Trust, which has been involved in a string of groundbreaking climate lawsuits. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democra
Lead to a ceasefire in sudan and the forming of a caretaker government. And the u. S. President , joe biden, says he will visit the devastated island of maui, but he does not want to get in the way of the recovery efforts. Donald trump has been indicted for the fourth time. Prosecutors in georgia accuse the former u. S. President and his associates of racketeering. They say those listed in the indictment conspired to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Trump calls it a witch hunt. He says he will release a report, what he described as Georgia Election fraud on august the 21st. Donald trump is doubling down after the fourth indictment in the state of georgia. The former president says he will show irrefutably on monday at his resort in bedminster that there was fraud in the Georgia Election. That is despite the fact that for three years, he and his partisans have been unable to prove that and that his efforts to make that case have led to his indictment in what is alleged in atla
Military prevention will not be taken off the table. Kimberly refusing to rule out force in niger but they say diplomacy is the best way to restore civilian rule. Ive in bangladesh and will bring you more on the devastating landslide and flooding thats taken place in this area. Kimberly eight south american countries have agreed to launch an alliance to fight deforestation in the amazon and vowed at a summit in brazil to stop the worlds biggest rain forest from reaching a point of no return. The summit opened on the same day the European Unions climate observatory confirmed july was the hottest month ever recorded on earth. There are many amazons. The amazons of bolivia, brazil, colombia, ecuador, guyana, peru and venezuela are represented here in this meeting. As a whole, these amazons are home to many others. The amazon of the forest and cities, the amazon of workers, women, and young people, the amazon of Indigenous Peoples and traditional communities, the amazon of culture, science
Ballot initiative to enshrine abortion rights in the ohio constitution. We will go to ohio and then to detroit where a woman was falsely arrested and jailed while eight months pregnant due to faulty facial recognition software. Porcha woodruff is the first woman and at least the sixth person to report being falsely accused of a crime as a result of ai facial recognition. All six people have been black. Then to mississippi where six white former Police Officers who called themselves the goon squad have pleaded guilty to raiding a home and torturing two black men. Not only do they brazenly committees acts commit these acts they left him lying in a pool of blood. Gathered on the porch of the house to decide how to cover it up. Amy we will speak to the two men who survived this horrific police assault. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In a major victory for reproductive rights and democracy, ohio voters re