From rhode island to chicago, illinois. the in some places the old guard rigs the games. Engineers its continued grip on power. In the south those techniques were hanging on were made illegal by the Voting Rights acts. In others places its nothing more complicated than the habit of power and the benefits of incumbency. Things can lumber along that way for a long time, but then when something goes wrong the people in charge have few links and little support in the agreed majority population. The latest object lesson in Political Science and socia socialology have been on your tv screen for a week and a half in missouri. Reporter after ten days of unrest people are focusing on the future, specifically how to make fergusons institutions look more like ferguson. The citys population is twothirds africanamerican. But fergusons mayor all but one mayor of the city council, all but one member of the school board and 50 of its 53 Police Officers are white. Thats one of the reasons why an incide
Who closes one of two labs in sierra leone. More sugar with your tea indonesians are told to say no as the country battles the bulge. Lets start in gaza where after 50 days, the skies over the strip are calm. Palestinian factions and israel agreed to a permanent truce. This is the scene on the ground in gaza, where families have been leaving shelters to assess what has happened to their homes. The u. N. Reckons that it will cost billions to restore buildings, damaged by israeli air strikes. We can talk to our correspondent who is there in gaza, and i would imagine that people would have taken some time for it to sink in, to fuli realise there is a ceasefire, theyve had so many false starts before. Yes, we are in the first day after the ceasefire. We are in the main center in gaza city, which is called palestine center, and we assure you the atmosphere here will be normal. People are shopping in the streets here. The men market in the center of gaza. People feeling calm and, you know, w
Nigeria to find 35 Police Officers missing after a boko haram attack. And a displace of military might as separatist rebels ukraine marks Independence Day with a parade in the capital kiev. Ill have all the sport, including a look ahead to the formula 1 belgium grand prix, getting under way in over an hour. Will it be nico rosberg or Lewis Hamilton who will reign. Good to have your company. Tension is rising in libya. The government has lost control of the airport in tripoli. Egypt denies it was behind air strikes against the capital. It adds to a picture of chaos and confusion, as dominic kane reports. A battle for control of tripoli airport. Until the weekend it was held by fighters who support the parliament. Its in the hands of militia. Air strikes were launched on the positions, killing more than a dozen. Their spokesman believes other countries are to blame. Translation based on the intelligence we have, the egyptian and the u. A. E. Governments are involved in the attack. We hav
70 killed in three days. Plus. Im harris in la paz bolivia, where modern technology is being used to do more than improve the quality of life of the citizens of this country. We begin in iraq where the u. S. Carried out a new round of air strikes against fighters from the Islamic State group. U. S. And iraqi forces bombed areas where they are trying to protect the haditha dam. Its the first time the u. S. Hit factoring in the superiedominated sunni dominated area of anbar. Defense secretary chuck hagel commented on the situation. First the Iraqi Government asked for support in the strikes. Second it was the Iraqi Security forces on the ground who conceived of the operation. They, too, the Iraqi Security so far as air force is conducting strikes. Haditha dam is important facility for iraq. Lets go to jane arraf in baghdad for us. What is the latest on the battle for haditha, and why are the americans focussing on haditha . Haditha is important infrastructure, the dam, the secondlargest
This is real money. Youre the most important part of the show. Tell me what is on your mind by tweeting me ali. The streak is over. The u. S. Economy sixmonth run of generating 200,000 jobs came to an end in august. In a moment im going to discuss whether or not this news should change our view of americas economic recovery. But first the fact. Political figures show a net game of 142,000 jobs last month. Preliminary comes important and ill tell you why later. Now before we talk about why the august number may not be as bad as it sounds im going to staf satisfy your curiosity and tell you that the Unemployment Rate fell to 6. 1 . Thats because more people gave up looking for a job. In orders, not reason to cheer. Now i want to talk about one of the more interesting reasons that the number of jobs created in august fell short of expectations. But may rebound this months. Market basket, remember the new England Grocery store chain where hundreds of workers walked out in protest when the