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Former defense secretary for accusing him of stoking divisions. Tensions high in hong kong as thousands defy a police ban to mark the 31st anniversary of the square crackdown. And daily coronavirus death toll surged to a new high in brazil and mexico which continue to ease restrictions. Mourning relatives civil rights leaders and politicians have held a memorial for george floyd the black man whose death in Police Custody sparked an outpouring of anger across the u. S. And the world mourners at a ceremony in minneapolis stood for 8 minutes and 46 seconds the length of time a white Police Officer knelt on floyds neck ignoring his cries that he couldnt breathe freuds death has brought Police Violence against black civilians back into the spotlight a civil rights activist reverend sharpton gave a eulogy for floyd saying it ....
Humanitarian, military and diplomatic response to the syrian conflict hosted by the middle east institute. It is about 90 minutes. Ladies and gentlemen, good morning. Im very sorry for the delay this morning. Other news is keeping our moderator busy, but he will be here in five or 10 minutes. I thought in the interest of time and because we are on air on cspan, we should get moving. Ill be giving some opening remarks. I think well get started on some of our opening remarks and then very swiftly alex will be a real start a moderated discussion. First of all, welcome to the middle east institute. Thank you ever so much for joining us to this extremely important event. Someone who is worked on syria and particularly on idlib nonstop for the last nine years, i can safely say that events like this couldnt come at a more important time. Im also not aware of any other events like this one happening in washington these days, so im extremely glad its taken place. The crisis that has developed i ....