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Vicars built on the backs of slaves how much does britain oh in reparations millions pulled out of poverty tour in the commodity boom the pandemic could wipe out latin americas hard earned social and economic gains. Plus why a card and its new billions the german tax darling that wasnt all that was made out to be. The toppling of slave owner edward causton statue amid the black lives matter protesters race among comfortable questions about britains role in the slave trade questions live whether britain should pay reparations for more than 200 years of free labor the transportation of more than a 1000000 africans as part of the triangle trade helped build the british economy the bank of england lloyds of london and some universities have acknowledged their links to the slave trade so how much should britain pay is a way of compensation when brew. And ended slavery the government compensated slave traders with a share of 20000000. 00 pounds or 21000000000. 00 in todays money that money d
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Good fog bank to continue and some tropical monsoon clouds yesterday. Temperatures in the 50s now, but mostly cloudy, partly cloudy. 30 miles an hour travis again, napa, all onshore breeze. Temperatures yesterday we have the low to mid 80s inland, guess what . That is exactly what we are going to see again today. A little bit below average, should be warmer than that all right, over to sal now at for 101. He tells us hopefully it is we going to do this traffic report lets go out and see what we have. I can show you the bay bridge toll plaza and right now it is light at the toll plaza. It is not a bad commute here if you are driving into san francisco. I also want to show you that traffic on oakland is moving well in both directions. It is for 02 lets get back to the headlines. Sal, new this morning and the vote the city blocked cutting an extra 11 million on the Police Department budgets. Mayor libby schaaf broke a 4 to 14 type by voting no work. Mayor schaff said Emergency Response ti
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