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George Floyd’s family meet Biden on anniversary of his murder
The final moments of George Floyd’s life were brutal, killed by a police officer as he pleaded for his life, calling out “I can’t breathe”. His murder exactly a year ago today shocked the world and sparked a global uprising of people demanding racial justice. Those calls grew into deafening cries for equal rights from…
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Afghanistan: Fears schoolgirls will be first in line of fire after US withdrawal
The horror of this month’s bomb attack on a girls’ school in Kabul is still being felt across Afghanistan.
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Israel rejects Biden call to ‘de-escalate’ Gaza conflict
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has declared he’s determined to press ahead with military operations in Gaza “until its aim is met”, hours after President Joe Biden said he expected a “significant de-escalation” in the conflict.
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US language ‘effectively gives the Israeli side a green light’, says Arab-Israeli author
We spoke to Khaled Elgindy, an author on Palestinian-Israeli Affairs, who has participated in previous attempts at negotiations.
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US President Joe Biden faces criticism over his inaction over Israel-Gaza
We report on the latest from Washington
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Talk first – how one US police force was completely overhauled
Calls for defunding and reform of the police have echoed across America since the murder of George Floyd by a white police officer last summer. But what might that actually look like? As lawmakers attempt to construct legislation to bring about reform nationally, we have been to Camden in New Jersey, a city once riddled…
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Author Michael Lewis: Joe Biden’s presidency ‘like the country’s getting another shot at managing itself intelligently’
He’s exposed the inner workings of high finance, baseball and the 2016 presidential campaign – and now Michael Lewis, one of America’s most celebrated writers, has turned his attention to the pandemic.
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US president Joe Biden pledges $6tn investment plan
In the US, President Biden has given his first speech to a joint session of Congress.
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Biden looking forward to working with Putin on climate change
On the second day of a virtual international summit, Mr Biden urged world leaders to view tackling climate change as an “opportunity for economic prosperity”, ramping up investment in renewable energy and cleaner economies.
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‘Structural racism has the attention of the highest levels of American government’ – Washington Post’s Jonathan Capehart
We spoke to author and playwright Bonnie Greer, who was born in the US but has lived in the UK for the past 35 years, and from the US, Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart.
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George Floyd’s murder prompts debate about racial injustice across world
George Floyd’s death has prompted a reckoning with racial injustice in countries far beyond the United States.
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‘My son was catalyst of this movement… but George Floyd has kicked the door open again” – Kadiatou Diallo, mother of Amadou Diallo
We spoke to Amadou’s mother, Kadiatou Diallo.
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‘Police are some of the biggest threats in black communities’ – civil rights activist DeRay Mckesson
We spoke to the civil rights activist DeRay Mckesson, an early leading voice of the Black Lives Matter movement, who joined us from New York.
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George Floyd: Probe launched into Minneapolis police after Derek Chauvin conviction
In a unanimous decision, they found him guilty of the murder and manslaughter of George Floyd.
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Oscar-nominated film Two Distant Strangers feels like ‘the worst version of Groundhog Day’
Caught in a time loop – a young Black man is forced to relive a deadly encounter with a racist police officer.