Welcome to bbc news, im aaron safir. Our top stories chanting george floyd tens of thousands march on washington calling for racialjustice and an end to Police Brutality and a message from the son of Martin Luther king jr. So if you are looking for a saviour, get up and find a mirror. We must become the heroes of the history we are making. British scientists are given nearly 9 million to try to find out how long immunity from coronavirus lasts. And how a team of filmmakers in newjersey have opened up a drive in theatre with an important message. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. We start in the united states, where thousands of people have taken part in a huge civil rights rally in washington, to demand Racial Justice and an end to Police Brutality. Its being held in the same place and exactly 57 years after the reverend Martin Luther king jr made his famous i have a dream speech. It was planned as a response to the death of george floyd and comes after another Police Shooting of an African American man, jacob blake. Our correspondent Barbara Plett usher sent this report. In the year of 2020, this is what a march on washington looks like drawing on the anger and the energy of months of unrest around the country, now bringing their demands to the doorstep of power, aiming to forge a national
movement out of their protests. Archive the lively, heralded and, in some quarters, feared march on washington. Theyre deliberately connecting their modern day struggle to the historic civil rights movement, the unprecedented march of 1963 that brought 250,000 people to washington with a thunderous roar, demanding jobs and freedom. Nearly 60 years later, its clear that not enough has changed. Im 33 and this was in my parents time, so itsjust like, ok, here we go again, so were trying to make sure that we dont have to keep reliving this whole thing all over again. I was not born when the first march happened, but i will be part of every movement, if i need to, until i go to my grave, until we get the justice and the equality that we deserve. Nojustice, no peace the summer of discontent was fuelled by the Police Killing of a black man, george floyd one name in a long list an explosion of anger that has been
building for years. 0rganisers believe this is the historical moment to push for concrete change. What is this about . This is about equal treatment for black americans, for them to be treated the same as white people by the police and in other areas. Thats what black lives matter is about. And who would have thought, nearly 60 years after one of the most famous civil rights rallies in us history, theyd be back here again demanding basic rights . Im marching for george, for breonna, for ahmaud, forjacob. Not in the same numbers the pandemic has thinned the crowds but everyone here can recite the grim roll call of names of those killed and injured by police violence. Their family members were the headline speakers, calling this generation to action. How will the history books remember you . What will be your legacy . Will your future generations
remember you for your complacency, your inaction . Or will they remember you for your empathy, your leadership, your passion . As in 1963, the march is pushing for National Legislation to reform how america is policed, and to protect their Voting Rights building on hard won victories of the past. We are going to be the generation that dismantles systemic racism once and for all, now and forever we are going to be the generation that calls a halt to Police Brutality and gun violence once and for all, now and forever that this is happening in an Election Year added urgency to the agenda. Again and again, speakers called on protesters to get out and vote. There is hope. The proof of that will come later, maybe much later whether this is a decisive Inflection Point in a long struggle, or whether theyll be marching on washington with the same demands
in 50 years time. Barbara plett usher, bbc news, washington. Lynda Blackmon Lowery wasjust turning 15 during the 1965 Voting Rights march from selma to montgomery in alabama. She was the youngest of only 300 people allowed to march that day, and during the protest she got caught up in the violence. Shejoins me now from selma, alabama to speak to me about her struggle for civil rights and her interactions with Martin Luther king. Welcome, thank you forjoining us. Welcome, thank you forjoining us. You have live your life as a campaignerand you us. You have live your life as a campaigner and you have told us a campaigner and you have told us you have beenjailed nine times before even your 15th birth day. What was it that happened in your life that made you such a determined civil rights activist . The death of my mother in 1957, when i was seven my mother in 1957, when i was seve n years my mother in 1957, when i was seven years old. And the older
people said my mother wouldnt have died if she hadnt been coloured. And there was a hospital here in selma, and my mother needed blood, but they didnt have negro blood. So the blood she needed had to be sent 96 miles from birmingham, alabama by bus. And i made a vow alabama by bus. And i made a vow when i was alabama by bus. And i made a vow when i was seven years alabama by bus. And i made a vow when i was seven years old that nobody would ever grow up without a mummy because of the colour of her skin. That i was going to change that when i got big. And getting big men hearing dr king and seeing him at the age of 13. Dr king was talking about the right to
vote, and how our parents would get it nonviolently. So he said in that speech, you can get anybody to do anything with steady, loving confrontation. And i distinctly believe that he was talking to me, and that made me remember my vow. So thatis made me remember my vow. So that is how i got involved in a Movement Forjustice for that is how i got involved in a movement for justice for all, really. And that is why 57 yea rs really. And that is why 57 years later, i am still involved in the movement. You talked about dr king and we are seeing pictures now from that march on washington and i am sure s0 march on washington and i am sure so many march on washington and i am sure so many people are familiar with these Black And White photographs and when the speeches, but of course you knew him in a different way, from a young girl, and you knew those kind
of everyday human interactions, that we all have. Tell us about him asa that we all have. Tell us about him as a person. Dr king was, when you heard him speak, you just instantly became involved in whatever he was talking about. And you wanted to do it, thatis about. And you wanted to do it, that is the feeling i had at the age of 13, and that is why, before my 15th birthday i had been jailed before my 15th birthday i had beenjailed nine times. And being jailed nine times, we we re being jailed nine times, we were going to jail so we could get the right to vote, so our pa rents get the right to vote, so our parents could get the right to vote. I did not get that right to vote until i turned 21. So i had a number of years to wait, but we went to jail so we could get the right to vote, and now
we we re get the right to vote, and now we were injeopardy get the right to vote, and now we were in jeopardy of are in jeopardy we were in jeopardy of are injeopardy of losing we were in jeopardy of are in jeopardy of losing that even now. All eyes have been on washington, dc today and the events now, but of course what happened in alabama all those yea rs happened in alabama all those years ago is also hugely important part of the civil rights story. Tell us about your experiences in selma, the violence you saw and the violence you saw and the violence that was inflicted on you . I willjust give you the march seven, 1965, when we were beaten across the admin pedis bridge, we were led by the latejohn bridge, we were led by the late john lewis bridge, we were led by the latejohn lewis Edmund Pettus bridge. We were marching due to the fact that a young man about 30 miles from selma had been shot and later died from those. From that, he was
shot by an Alabama State trooper. Doing a night march. We were going to walk from selma to montgomery, to the state capital, to let then governor George Wallace no no we were here, we were not going to stop until we have the right to vote. And that day we we re right to vote. And that day we were attacked by Alabama State troopers, Dallas County sheriff and his deputy is, and it later became known as bloody sunday. 0n became known as bloody sunday. On that day i received seven stitches over my right eye and 28 in the back of my head. I was only 1a years old. I, nor anyone else on that march, had done anything to deserve the brutality we received. Lynda,
thank you so much forjoining us, i know some of those memories you shared with us cannot be easy, we are very grateful for your time here on bbc news. Thank you for having me. If you want to hear more of lyndas story, its being made into a musical, turning 15 on the road to freedom, which will be livestreamed to us schoolchildren in september to help continue the legacy of those that marched in selma. Understanding how our immune systems respond to the coronavirus could be one of the key factors in getting all our lives back to normal. British scientists have been given £6. 5 million thats nearly 8. 7 million to try and answer some of the big outstanding questions about the bodys immune response. 0ur science correspondent Rebecca Morelle has been finding out more. 0ur bodies have become a battleground, fighting a virus weve never seen before. And to stop covid 19s spread, scientists need to know,
how does the immune system work . 0ur immune system has a host of weapons to attack the coronavirus. Crucial neutralising antibodies block it from entering our cells. If any virus does sneak in, killer t cells will hunt down and destroy the virus infected cells. This targeted response takes about a week to start and, if it works, you get better. After that, though, the specialist cells start to disappear. But our immune system remembers the virus, so, if it comes back, it will spring into action much more quickly. The question is, though, how long this immune memory lasts. So, can you get coronavirus twice . This week, hong kong reported the worlds first documented case of reinfection. The second bout of covid happened four months after the first, but it was symptom free. When people talk about immunity, it doesnt always mean that you cant get reinfected, it means that, even if you get reinfected, youre going to control it better. I think its scary for people to hear, 0h, immunity is lost, and thats not what that study says to me. 0ther infections may also leave behind some immune memory. T cells from the common cold could be important when people get covid 19. If youve encountered a similar virus in the recent past, for example, the common cold coronaviruses, you might have some immune memory that is able to then cross recognise covid 19. So as soon as you come in contact with the covid 19 virus, your immune memory springs straight into action, because its had that recent education, that recent lesson from a similar virus. Why is the immune response important for vaccines . Because a vaccine must produce
the same, or an even better immune response than an actual infection. Early results are encouraging. The vaccines do appear to be protective against severe disease in all of the animal models that have been looked at for all the vaccines that are currently now moving into phase three, or phase two trials. So there is nothing surprising so far about how these vaccines are working. They are inducing exactly the kind of responses we would expect. There are still many mysteries about immunity. But research is moving rapidly and scientists hope to have more answers soon. Rebecca morelle, bbc news. Stay with us on bbc news, still to come well be live at a drive in theatre in newjersey thats bringing people together amid the National Unrest over police violence. Hes the first African American to win the president ial nomination of a major party, and he accepts exactly 45 years ago to the day
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this is bbc news, our main story this hour thousands of protesters have gathered in washington dc to protest for justice and racial equality. The protest was called on the anniversary of the civil rights march on washington 1963 when Martin Luther king delivered his historic i have a dream speech. Apple has terminated the developer account of epic games, the maker of the hugely popular game fortnite. Apple had already removed the game from its app store over a dispute about in app purchsases. The suspension means epic can no longer make apps for the iphone or ipad. Lets get more on this with danny konsta ntinovic, the associate editor at thinknum media in new york. Thanks forjoining us here on thanks forjoining us here on bbc news. Lets start with what this means for people who play this means for people who play this game on their devices, their apple devices, what does
this mean for them . It means that they essentially wont be able to play the game on the devices anymore. The game will work on consoles like playstation, xbox, computers, but as far as ios devices go and even the Google Play Store has removed the game, those users will not be able to access the game. They were previously not able to access at because an update was required and apple wasnt allowing that to go through. Since they remove the game after epic games breached the terms of service of the app store. So its not an un significant loss for epic games or people who play this game, a large portion of the player base access the game through i0s devices, through ipads, iphones, and now they are left without a way to play at. Consoles and a computer that could potentially run the game are very expensive and it was the most affordable way to play a free game, for a lot of people. So apple has
essentially pulled the plug but at the heart of this dispute is an App Purchases and essentially how much of the money that people spend goes to apple. Just talk us through that . So apple has a 3096 fee for any transaction that takes place on the app store. This is a fee that got them in trouble, get them in trouble but ultimately regulators didnt show any in reducing that fee or breaking up any of the big companies, but epic games, in their lawsuit after apple removed the game from the app store laid out a very impassioned case, calling apple a techno monopolist, saying theyve gone back on the ideals of the company from when it founded and that the 30 fee is a very anti competitive practice. It is certainly a very high fee and one could
certainly argue that it is a monopolistic anti competitive thing to do. Its worth noting that the Google Play Store also charged a similarfee, the Playstation Store has a 30 fee as well for i believe game purchases or similar transactions made through the Playstation Game store. So while its not unheard of for games, it is certainly unique for apple who has a market that they are the gatekeepers to for a billion or more users of i0s devices so even though these other competitors have the same fee, it doesnt affect nearly as large a market as it did with apple. 0k, as large a market as it did with apple. Ok, the shape of things to come, maybe. Thank you for your time. One of the most powerful storms ever to hit the us, hurricane laura, has killed at least six people in louisiana. The states governor said the storm had caused tremendous damage, but it was not as bad as originally feared. In neighbouring texas, the governor there said
the state had dodged a bullet. Larry madowo has this update from lake charles in louisiana. It is clean up time after laura. I dont know why the good lord sees fit that we need more rain today. This is mike pryors third hurricane. Hes going to need a new roof and floor where the trees hit, but hes also spared the worst of the damage. If you think about it too long, youd probably cry. And having three in 15 years, to me, is kind of unprecedented. Im not a Global Warming kind of guy, but it kind of makes you think. It kind of makes you think. The streets are littered with debris and shattered glass. Entire roofs caved in and many standing structures have wind damage. This cafe in the Historic District is emblematic of what lake charles feels like long after hurricane laura is gone frozen in time. The mayor has said his city right now looks like something out of a bad Science Fiction film. The rebuilding will take time. Neighbourhood after neighbourhood is like this. Rob gaudet is leading a team of volunteers, mobilised through social media, called the cajun navy. Maybe theyre missing shingles like this home, and we can come in, clear the trees out of the way, clear the roads of debris. Were actually working with the National Guard to do that. Wejoin him on a drive as he helps res