Hello and welcome to the programme. President biden has been visiting the City Of Tulsa In Oklahoma to mark a century since a white mob attacked a black district killing as many as 300 people. The attack on an affluent black community known as Black Wallstreet followed an alleged assault on a white teenage girl. President biden has called on all americans to reflect on what he described as the deep roots of racial terror in the countrys history. 0ur Correspondent Gary 0donoghue 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
Two syrian refugees victims of the terrible conflict in their homeland. Pope francis issues the most comprehensive overhaul of laws in the Roman Catholic Church for nearly a0 years. And the spectacular last pictures from a drone as It Crashes into an erupting volcano. Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the Globe President biden has been visiting the City Of Tulsa In Oklahoma to mark a century since a white mob attacked a black district killing as many as 300 people. The attack on an affluent black community known as black Wall Street followed an alleged assault on a white teenage girl. President biden has called on all americans to reflect on what he described as the deep roots of racial terror in the countrys history. 0ur Correspondent Gary 0donoghue 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
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 onl
many factories have been ordered to close, and shops are restricting their normal opening hours. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. london prides itself on being a culture capital, this city buzzes with creativity. now, artistic trends come and go, of course, but my guest today has retained his status as the godfather of pop art for some six decades. sir peter blake came to fame in the 1960s. he is still painting today. so, what keeps his creativity alive? sir peter blake, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. are you still creating, painting, doing the collage every day? do you still get that urge? i do. i get quite a lot of pain at the moment. i ve got a sore neck which sometimes begins to hurt and i have to stop. but i work every day. i haven t worked today yet, but i looked at what i m working on. let me take you right back. yeah. because i m always interested with artists to figure out what impelled them to create. you
welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. london prides itself on being a culture capital, this city buzzes with creativity. now, artistic trends come and go, of course, but my guest today has retained his status as the godfather of pop art for some six decades. sir peter blake came to fame in the 1960s. he is still painting today. so, what keeps his creativity alive? sir peter blake, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. are you still creating, painting, doing the collage every day? do you still get that urge? i do. i get quite a lot of pain at the moment. i ve got a sore neck which sometimes begins to hurt and i have to stop. but i work every day. i haven t worked today yet, but i looked at what i m working on. let me take you right back. yeah. because i m always interested with artists to figure out what impelled them to create. you had a tough childhood in some ways. you were a war child. yeah. you spent years away from home and family in environments where there wasn t actually