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In the 1920s, there was a Strong Black Community here in tulsa called greenwood. These people were the core of black entrepreneurship. People call it The Black Wall Street. Greenwood was like putting harlem, Bourbon Street, and Chocolate City all in one place. But White Tulsans talked about greenwood as Little Africa or [bleep] land. Tulsa was a powder keg, needing only something to set the community alight. Between 100 and 300 people, most of them black, were killed. Today we call it a massacre...

in a statement, joe biden called it "another unprecedented step in taking away basic freedoms from women and putting their health at risk." adding, "if it stands, it would prevent women in every state from accessing the medication, regardless of whether abortion is legal in a state." earlier thejustice department had also announced that it will be appealing the courts decision and will look into separate ruling out of washington state. that ruling is seperate and contradictory to the o...

the second world war or new assessment of the worst pandemic since 1918 china is front and center tonight. on ukraine members of the administration spoke today and over the weekend warning beijing that arming russia would be a mistake. >> we are confident that the chinese leadership is considering the provision of lethal equipment that would be a very risky and unwise bet. >> bill burns, the cia director. on covid we learned yesterday that the department of energy has assessed in a new...

outbreak on a coronavirus variant. cnn has previously reported that the lab was studying coronaviruses in bats but it is unclear how closely related the variants were to the strain which started the pandemic. as for the energy departments new assessment, it is described as low confidence and a minority view apparently within the intelligence community. that said, it sparked new calls today from transparency from china. >> we would wish to see from the prc a greater degree of responsibi...

continues to rain terror from the skies in the form of missiles, rockets, airstrikes and drones. both near the battlefield in the east of the country and far from the front lines. in places like tel aviv and right here in the capital city of kyiv. when something that is evident. the aerate siren to become a part of everyday life here. there been multiple air raid sirens each day. one of them about two hours ago. well most ukrainians have come to live with them, hearing them, acknowledg...

this is bbc news. the headlines: the un secretary general calls for an immediate ceasefire in sudan after at least 56 people were killed in clashes between rival military factions. the leader of the nurses�* union says theyre prepared to continue strikes in england right up to christmas unless the government puts more money on the table for a pay deal. the chief minister of the indian state of uttar pradesh appeals for calm after a former politician convicted of kidnapping is shot de...

us presidentjoe biden has welcomed the international criminal courts arrest warrant against russias vladimir putin. the icc have accused president putin of committing warcrimes in ukraine. the us government is investigating the chinese parent company of tiktok for possible spying. tiktok says it will co—operate with any investigations. a fraud victim has won a £153,000 refund after the bbc�*s money box programme contacted lloyds bank about him being targeted. now on bbc news, a 0s...

corruption charges which he says are politically motivated. the scottish national partys chief executive has resigned after taking responsibility for misleading the media about party membership. the snp revealed there had been a big drop in numbers this week. a deal allowing the export of ukrainian grainfrom week. a deal allowing the export of ukrainian grain from black seaports which was due to expire has been renewed. ukraine says it will continue for four months, russia says it agre...

newsroom. im jim acosta and washington and at any moment were expecting a news briefing from law enforcement officials and dave ville, alabama, the sad sight of last nights horrifying mass shooting. we are hoping to learn more about a suspect or possible motive in that shooting rampage in this tiny alabama town. this is a look at a vigil thats about to get underway. at any moment. these are live pictures that youre looking at right now of this vigil that is about to take place in memor...

- wow, these mountains. look at that! i feel so small. so we are arriving in monterrey. its literally "the land of mountains." thats what it means, king of mountains. im in the state of nuevo león in northeast mexico. you see the mountains and the rocks. this terrain is not easy on the people. its very, very tough living, and because of that, theyve had to be very innovative with their cuisine. im eva longoria, born and bred in texas with mexican american roots, which makes me a texic...