Top Seed Novak djokovic wins his Opening Match for the 17th consecutive year. And the Drunken Teenager who ended up choosing the wrong house to sleep off his hangover. Hello and welcome to the programme. President biden has spoken of the need for america to fully address what happened in tulsa 100 years ago when hundreds of black people were massacred by a white mob. He said for too long that part of history had been cloa ked in darkness. During a speech at a memorial event in the city, he said that had to change. The president also announced that Vice President Kamala Harris will lead the administrations efforts on voting rights. Republican state lawmakers, across the us, are attempting to introduce Voting Restrictions which impact many african americans. Gary odonoghue reports from tulsa. This is the first time an american president has come to tulsa to acknowledge the horror of the massacre. Local residents showed him around the Greenwood Cultural Centre where he got to meet the only known survivors of that murderous night in 1921 americas worst single act of racial violence in its history. Some injustices are so heinous, so horrific, so grievous they cant be buried, no matter how hard people try. In the light of the Tulsa Massacre and a year where racial injustice has been foremost following the murder of George Floyd, the president did set out his ambition to redirect federal funding to assist minorities� small businesses. I� m determined to use every taxpayers� dollar that� s assigned to me to spend going to american companies and american workers to build american products and, as part of that, i� m going to increase the share of the dollars the federal government spends to small disadvantaged businesses, including black and brown small businesses. There was little such help for greenwood after 1921. In fact, the city purposely passed rules and regulations that would make it harder for black businesses to rebuild. It took decades for greenwood to recover, although it never regained its former glory. But now local entrepreneurs do want to recapture that past and they are looking to local, state and federal government to help. The black Wall Street Liquid lounge is one place trying to revitalise the area. But while there is optimism for its future, the owner still believes the city is divided. I� m more of a Bootstrap Kind of guy. So i think that the movement starts here with the citizens and the small business owners working together. If some are thinking about greenwood� s future, others are praying for answers about its past. Archaeologists now believe that dozens, if not hundreds, of victims of the massacre were buried in mass graves, and the work to find them begins in earnest today. I feel a sense of pride, because right now we are opening up the ground where there is hidden history, a dark history. This is a Murder Investigation Right here. A murder investigation. The work excavating the graves will take months, if not years. Proof, if needed, that the past is rarely over. Gary o� donoghue, Bbc News, tulsa. We can now speak to Elaine Grant who� s a journalist, Editor And Podcast producer. She wrote a four Part Series on the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921. She joins us from denver. Thank you forjoining us today. If you can for our viewers Around The World, could you explain the significance that this events holds for the american up today . I first heard about american up today . I first heard about tulsa, american up today . I first heard about tulsa, id american up today . I first l heard about tulsa, id never heard about tulsa, i� d never heard about tulsa, i� d never heard of it until 2019 and i� m shocked because it should be taught in every school in this country, in history classes. From elementary school on up, through college and i had never heard of it. And when i started to research it for that series, i was shocked at the rhetoric that was happening in tulsa at the time from a very racist newspaper editor, basically in the local media, on the white side of town, if you will, sounded an awful lot like the rhetoric we were hearing from Donald Trump who was in office at the time and much of the rhetoric that� s still happening today and i was pretty stunned at the similarities and it really frightened me, 2019, when i started researching that, George Floyd had not been killed yet, that� s not to say it was not bad here but it had not received the kind of attention that the murder of George Floyd god and i was truly worried that something really terrible was going to happen because of the rhetoric, it sounded exactly like what had happened before the Tulsa Race Massacre in 1921. You research Race Massacre in 1921. You research this Race Massacre in 1921. You research this event Race Massacre in 1921. 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My son is black, i adopted him when he was about six weeks old and there are, you know, millions of liberal, well intentioned white people like myself who assumed that we understood, i assumed that i understood, i assumed that i understood my son � s experience growing up as a black teenager in a pretty white society and when i started to Research Tulsa and i came Face To face with the horror of tulsa, i was pretty shocked. I was a real idealist, i really thought that nothing like that could ever happen here, post slavery, slavery, of Course And Ijust understood his experience as a blackmail, walking through the world, in a very different way. As a black man. Ultimately, i apologised to him for not believing him when he was younger, saying a teacher was racist or a policeman followed him or you know, something happened, some times subtle, sometimes horrific and i really did not have a clue. And when i understood that, i apologised to him and just, it really was a Turning Point in my life. I� m a Turning Point in my life. Im wondering a Turning Point in my life. Im wondering with the work that you have done and the family that you have and the boy that you have raised, do you think that the outlook for civil rights, for black people in America Today has moved on . As much as some people would say that it has . Ii much as some people would say that it has . That it has . If by move on you mean its that it has . If by move on you mean its getting that it has . If by move on you mean its getting better, that it has . If by move on you mean its getting better, i mean it� s getting better, i don� t know. I think the country is extremely divided. And i am very gratifying, i listened to President Biden � s Speech Tonight and i was so gratified that he went to tulsa, he gave a long speech that he spent so much time with survivors, went to the cultural centre, which i have also visited and it� s a remarkable place. And i hope that actions like that actually make a difference to this country but i� m well aware of the division and how very bad it is, that we are so divided. So i hold out hope, i am always hopeful. I think more of us who can call attention to the problems and have allies where we can, the better but there is so much work to be done. Thank ou so so much work to be done. Thank you so much so much work to be done. Thank you so much for so much work to be done. Thank you so much for your so much work to be done. Thank you so much for your time you so much for your time today, so interesting to get you inside. To get your insight. Let s get some of the day s other News Doctors at Medecins Sans Frontieres say more than half A Million people in Eastern Congo have lost their supply of Drinking Water as a result of the recent volcanic eruption. A reservoir and pipes were damaged when it erupted ten days ago. The World Health Organization has approved china� s Sinovac Covid Vaccine for emergency use. The who said it prevented symptomatic disease in 51 of those vaccinated and prevented severe symptoms and hospitalisation in 100 of samples. The united states has suspended Oil Drilling in alaska� s vast national wildlife refuge. The move marks an abrupt halt of controversial plans pushed through under the Trump Administration to expand Fossil Fuel Extraction in the arctic, which is believed to contain up to 11 Billion barrels of oil. Wwf the international Conservation Agency has warned of a devastating impact on animals and plants if global temperatures rise to more than 1. 5 degrees above pre industrial levels. Its new report says hundreds of species are at risk from bluebells and bumblebees to Snow Leopards and emperor penguins. The world� s largest Meat Processing Company has blamed a group based in russia for a sophisticated cyber attack. Computer networks atjbs were hacked, causing some operations in australia, canada and the us to temporarily shut down. A ransom was demanded. The attack could lead to shortages of Meat Or Raise prices for consumers. As the pressure builds on dissidents to president lukashenkuh� s regime sin belarus, an activist stabbed himself in the neck during a Court Appearance in the capital, minsk. Footage appears to show Stepan Latypov collapsing after using what looked like a pen as a weapon on tuesday. Mr latypov was taken to hospital and was reportedly ok after surgery. He is accused of setting up opposition Social Media and resisting police during his arrest last september. He has denied all the charges. Mark lobel reports. Lying unconscious in a minsk courtroom. Activist Stepan Latypov moments after reportedly stabbing himself in the neck after addressing the court. Translation he got up and said Police Officers told me i would be put in the confinement cell. My relatives and neighbours would be prosecuted under Criminal Law if i do not confess. Then he took something white in his teeth and started literally to cut his throat. Everyone started screaming. Police officers could not open the defendant� s cage for a while, eventually he was rushed to hospital. Like many world leaders, austria� s chancellor is alarmed at the growing pressure on political prisoners. He spoke to the Opposition Leader Svetla Na Tsikhanouskaya and promised more action if things did not improve. Translation we should be open for further sanctions if necessary. I think it� s important that the sanctions should be as precisely targeted as possible to target the regime and not the civil society, not the people. Meanwhile, belarus� s Ally Russia says it is planning to conduct thousands of Military Training exercises like these ones in 2017 over the summer. Translation the main efforts will be directed at improving individual performance and maintaining the intensity of combat training. The main outcome of the academic year will be the joint russian belarusian strategic exercises. Back in belarus, its Health Ministry said Stepan Latypov� s condition is stable and Non Life threatening. But President Alexander Lu kashenko has now added a Travel Ban for most citizens following his harsh crackdown on Opposition Activists since his heavily contested Election Victory last august. Showing that while he seeks to strengthen his grip on his disputed rule, he is intent on providing little escape for those unwilling to accept it. Mark lobel, Bbc News. Stay with us on Bbc News, still to come top seed, Novak Djokovic cruises through his first match at the french tennis open for the 17th year in a row. The queen and her husband began their royal progress to westminster. The moment of crowning, in accordance with the order of service, via a signal given with the great guns of the tower. Tributes have been paid Around The World to Muhammad Ali who has died at the age of 7a. Outspoken but rarely out fought, ali transcended the sport of boxing of which he was three times world champion. He was a good fighter, he fought all the way to the end even through his illness. Yes, he did. Uefa imposes an indefinite ban on English Clubs playing in europe. Today is the 20th Anniversary of the release of The Beatles Lp Sgt pepper� s lonely hearts club band, a record described as the album of the century. This is Bbc News, the latest headlines. President biden visits tulsa to commemorate one of the worst incidents of racial violence in us history. President lukashenko� S Crackdown on dissent prompts an increase in acts of protest and defiance. Cases of mucormycosis or black fungus among covid patients and those who have recently recovered are on the rise in india. Several indian states have declared it an epidemic. The western state of maharashtra is one of the worst affected, as Anagha Pathak reports. Imagine surviving covid, spending 22 days in oxygen and then getting another deadly infection. This is what happened to pandeep. Translation i was discharged from hospital and came home but my right eye continued to hurt. It had some infection which led to it becoming septic. Doctors suggested my eye should be removed to avoid any risk to my life. The pensioner lost his right eye to an infection known as mucormycosis or black fungus. Doctors believe the overuse of steroids to treat covid can cause the infection. Before the pandemic, this doctor had seen just 5 6 cases of black fungus in his entire career. Now, he treats 15 30 patients every week. Translation the infection can unfortunately spread quickly, i it doesn� t even take a day to spread, it needs a few hours. The infection gradually spreads from the nose to the eyes to the brain. This causes the patient to lose their mental and physical alertness, it poses a serious risk to the patient� s life. India has reported more than 11,000 cases of the disease. It has a Mortality Rate of 50 with some patients only saved by removing an eye. This woman had to travel 150 kilometres to get treatment for her mother in law. Translation its become really difficult to procure the injection that is being used to treat black fungus. We often don� t get the same injection prescribed by the doctor. The price of the drug has doubled in the black market. The drug is to close 41; but now it costs around 93. Ordinary people cannot afford this treatment. Pandit and his family spent 16,000 on his treatment. It� s a sum of money out of reach to many. Life is good when you have beaten the odds twice over. A 19 year old man has been convicted of four counts of harassment having pled guilty at a court in singapore, after sending several Death Threats to the Premier League Footballer neal mupay last year. We can now speak to nick marsh, who� s outside the courtroom in singapore you bring us up to speed, please . You bring us up to speed, lease . , ~ ,. , please . Derek ng de ren pleaded uuil a please . Derek ng de ren pleaded guilty a short please . Derek ng de ren pleaded guilty a short while please . Derek ng de ren pleaded guilty a short while ago please . Derek ng de ren pleaded guilty a short while ago at please . Derek ng de ren pleaded guilty a short while ago at the guilty a short while ago at the State Court behind me, he admitted to sending several threats of physical harm to Neal Maupay, involving also Neal Maupay, involving also Neal Maupay, involving also Neal Maupay � s family. Now that he has been convicted he could face a fine of up to 20,000 Singapore Dollars and also two years injail, there is even talk of sending him to a Rehabilitation Centre which would involve a mixture of counselling and physical drills. But really what is interesting is that while we know that footballers face an awful lot of abuse online, not all of it comes from the uk where they play in the Premier League. A lot of it comes from abroad, football is a global game, here in singapore it is popular, the Premier League is followed all Around The World and this case marks the first time somebody has been convicted outside of the uk for this type of online abuse. The Premier League and reached out to singapore law enforcement, 7000 Miles Away from the uk. Then they managed to identify Derek Ng de ren, charging, set this kind of president which will obviously help to tackle online abuse going forward, globally. Online abuse going forward, aloball. , online abuse going forward, aloball. , globally. Really interesting, thank you let� s catch up with all the sport now. Hello, i am mark edwards. Here are your latest sports headlines. We begin with tuesday� s action from roland garros and Novak Djokovic continues his remarkable run of never losing his Opening Match in paris. 17 consecutive years now for him, the 18 time grand Slam Winner beating his opponent in the Night Session on court philippe chatrier. The Runner Up last year will play Pablo Cuevas in the second round. The Number One Ashleigh Barty avoided an Opening Round Shock in her first French Open match since winning back in 2019. She took on her Usa Opponent despite needing a medical timeout, coming through to book her place in the second round. Looking ahead to wednesday� s matches and three times French Open winner Serena Williams plays Mihaela Buzarnescu the first meeting of the pair as the 23 time grand Slam Champion still searches for that record equalling 24th title. Onto football, the managerial Merry Go Round from merseyside back to madrid for carlo ancellotti. He has been named as the real Madrid Head Coach for the second time leaving everton after 18 months at the helm. The 61 year old italian said this unexpected opportunity to return to the club he guided to Champions League Glory in 2014 is the right move for him and his family at this time. With less than two weeks to go the chaos that has accompanied the plans for the Copa America seem to have finally been resolved. Brazil will host the 2021 competition in four venues across the country. The last Minute Change was made after both Argentina And Colombia withdrew from hosting duties, argentina because of the growing number of covid cases and colombia because of the ongoing social unrest. For the first time in two years there will be a Home Crowd at an England Test Match on wednesday as the hosts welcome New Zealand to the home of cricket in the first of a two test series. Seven and a half thousand fans will be allowed into lords each day. Wicketkeeper Batsmanjames Grayson will be making his England Debut and Stuart Broad Will Bejoe root� s vice captain. Ben stokes is out injured. New Zealand Captain Kane Williamson says their focus is on playing their best cricket against a strong england outfit. It� s always special to come here and play test cricket. Such an appreciation for the format, here at the home of cricket and the tradition that surrounds it, so is a great opportunity for the guys in our camp, it� s theirfirst time. Very specialfor them. They are a very strong side, hard to beat. A team that has a lot of depth, our focus is on the cricket we want to play, and make the adjustments required. British Motor Sport adjustments required. British Motor Sport fans adjustments required. British Motor Sport fans were adjustments required. British| Motor Sport fans were treated to some spectacular Banger Racing at the Annual Kart Jumping Championships on the South Coast of england. A monumental £50 at stake for the winner. With each attempt judged on elevation, Distance And Reception from the crowd, remaining parts of the car left over a lot of the actual racing to place Behind Closed Doors because of coronavirus restrictions, a sizeable crowd witnessed brave drivers testing their nerve as their extravagant vehicles almost soared and in some cases, above a row of nine cars. Crash, bang, wallop. That is all the Sports News for now. Get the latest on the website. From me and the rest of the team, it� s goodbye. A teenager in the us has had what you could call a rude awakening, stumbling into the wrong home at the wrong time, only to find a Police Officer there to capture it all on camera. The bbc� s Azadeh Moshiri explains. We� re renting it� s An Airbnb. Sometimes you just can� t Catch A Break especially when you� re breaking in. Story time. What happened . Well, apparently a drunk dude crashed with us last night. Hes being taken away, though. There are few scenarios that could have been worse than drunkenly stumbling into An Airbnb only to wake up in the morning and find that it� s occupied by the police. This silly guy found the one airbnb in all of downtown milwaukee, wisconsin loaded with cops. He woke up in handcuffs. We called Milwaukee Police department, they came and took him wherever they took him and we� re on our way to training. The police had one crucial question for him does this happen often . No, this is the first time that ive woken up where the police are. Here� s another destination for him the Milwaukee Police station. Azadeh moshiri, Bbc News. And to end, here� s how some londoners made the most of the good weather and it� s not for the faint hearted. They took a dip in a 25 metre transparent swimming pool, floating about 30 metres above ground. As you can see here, the pool is suspended between two apartments, allowing some brave swimmers to soak in The Sun as well as views of the London Eye and the houses of parliament. Yes, some great views there. Not sure i would want to be in there we had the business is coming up in about five minutes. Join us for that. Plenty more on zoom you can reach me on twitter i� m V Fritz News hello again. Tuesday was the hottest day of the year so far. A title that will last until, well, later today when temperatures are expected to get a little higher still. Most of us had skies like this, then, plenty of sunshine around and it was warm widely. 26. 1 celsius was the highest temperature that was in cardiff where we have the heat as far north as Northern Scotland at kinloss at 25 celsius. Here, just 11 celsius. Here we had low clouds and fog. There is another batch waiting to move across the North Sea over the next few hours. Meanwhile, over in france, we have some thunderstorms beginning to spread their way northwards. Now, those thunderstorms coming from a cloud called altocumulus castellanus. You quite often don� t get much rain from it, what falls can be big blobs, but you can get pretty dazzling Lightning Displays and lots of thunder. You might see some of that in the Channel Islands in the next few hours, before those downpours spread into southwest england, where we could get some heavier rain mixed in. Now, as that kind of air comes up from france, it� ll start to feel much more humid across southern areas. Eastern coastal areas of both England And Scotland starting the day sunny, but late morning, i think we probably will see some areas of low clouds and Fog Move back in, particularly from about north yorkshire northwards, so it will be a Lot Cooler for these areas. Temperatures, 27 celsius, wouldn� t be surprised if we saw 28, just depends how much sunshine we get. On into thursday� s forecast, well, the low pressure bringing the showers is still with us. This Cold Front� s important to the east of that, we could see some showers break out just about anywhere. Now, there certainly will be some showers going across Northern England and into scotland. But across england, well, this is where the Cold Front is, so we could get storms breaking out just about any time as we go through thursday, some of them could be really heavy as well. Temperatures, still pretty high, 211 25 celsius across eastern areas of england, but otherwise, those temperatures coming back down closer to average. Now, thursday night, even into friday, we could still see some storms affecting parts of eastern england, but eventually, the whole of the uk will get into that fresher air that� s come off the atlantic. So temperatures will be coming back closer to average. Still, though, with some spells of sunshine around, it� s not going to feel cold at all. It� s going to be pleasant in The Sunshine. Temperatures about 19 in cardiff, 23 in london, 18 in glasgow. That� s your weather. This is Bbc News with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and Around The World. Zoom reaps the benefits from the lockdowns. Revenues soaring 191 in the last quarter. Russia being blamed for a major hack that has cut the us� s beef production by a quarter. The square Burger Returns us Restaurant Chain wendy� s takes another stab at the Uk Market after a 20 year absence. It� s a noun. It� s an adjective. It� s even a verb