freedom to go to parade, watch fireworks, tell a hero thank you. get decked out in red white and blue and probably wave the american flag. and most of you watching right now, already have plans to do just that. but the number of us who love america, is shrinking every year. patriotism is on the decline. look at this poll from gallup. 20 years ago, 70 percent of americans said, they were extremely proud to be an american.today, that number is down to 39 percent. if you break it down by party, 60 percent of republicans are extremely proud and only 29 percent of democrats.young americans, are the least proud verbose parties political diploma from the wall street journal.he says, only 30 percent of americans say patriotism is very important to them. in 1998, it was 70 percent. religion following the same trend. the numbers of americans say religion is very important to them. 25 years ago it was 62 percent. nothing says your optimistic about america like having a baby. the amount
forensic pioneer unearthing war crimes, the anti nuclear protest that was the biggest women led movement in the uk since the suffragettes, and a watershed moment for canada s indigenous people. but we start in london and a story about the strikers in saris, a group of south asian women employed in the grunwick film processing factory. because of the poor working conditions there, they decided to take a stand for workers rights and their action captured the imagination of many other trade unionists, as lakshmi patel told me. for housewife mrs jayaben desai, her 220th day on the picket line was marked by a presentation. this is a presentation - on behalf of the north west london branch of usdaw, i the shop workers union, to mrs desai, who is the treasurer of the strike committee. - thank you very much for coming along. . translation: jayaben desai was a very strong woman. . she had made up her mind to bring the union into the factory. ..because our women were treated badly. we
midfield set up to score a stunning goal for arsenal as they seized the initiative in style. it s 16 years since arsenal won europe s top prize. they remain the only english team to win this competition. here, they displayed the level of intensity required on the biggest stage with their dominance rewarded again. had and kate s cross. more chances came and went on a rainy night. in the end, two goals were enough. having already won the domestic league cup, they remain on course for a trouble. on course for a treble. adam cottier, bbc news. indonesia will not host this year s under 20 football world cup after fifa stripped the country of its right to stage the tournament. last friday s draw for the 24 team competition was cancelled by the indonesian organisers following protests earlier this month in the muslim majority country against the participation of israel. fifa have acted following a meeting between their president, gianni infantino, and the chairman of the host countr
in the us state of utah. giving evidence, the oscar winning actress said she d been hit from behind by terry sanderson, who claims he was the victim. from the suburbs of paris to the cambridge university boat race crew it s been quite the journey for 21 year old noam mouelle on sunday, he ll become one of a very small number of non white oarsmen to take part in the historic annual contest on the river thames. he s been speaking to our sports reporter, james burridge. je m appelle noam mouelle, etje prepare la boat race avec cambridge. it s quite something, i would say, it s very challenging. there is a lot of pressure, obviously. i ve never been that stressed, stressed out about rowing in my entire life. noam mouelle s mum wanted him to do an outdoor sport. little did she know how far that sport would take him from the suburbs of paris to the wild and lonely great ouse, for one of rowing s biggest endeavours, the boat race. when you tell people in france, so people who do
this is bbc news, the headlines. a tornado has killed at least 23 people in the us state of mississippi. trees and power lines have been torn down and tens of thousands of power outages have been reported by residents. tensions continue in france with demonstrators clashing with police in st solene, in the west of the country, during a protest against plans for a new water reservoir. the unrest follows weeks of protests over president macron s pension reforms. vladimir putin says russia has struck a deal with neighbouring belarus to station tactical nuclear weapons on its territory. putin told state television that belarusian president, alexander lukashenko, has long been raising the issue with him. a massive asteroid is expected to pass between the earth and the moon this evening. experts say it will pass by safely and can be seen through binoculars and telescopes. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for witness history: women led movements. hello and welcome to witn