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This is bbc news. the headlines: more than 100,000 people have now died from coronavirus in the united states. those are the official figures, the actual number will be much higher. 100,000 is more than the combined total of deaths from the korean, vietnam and iraq conflicts. and europe after lockdown — life for many is gradually returning to normal as countries ease restrictions on movement, which have been in place in some areas for almost three months. we take the temperature of a continent...

This is bbc news, the headlines: more than 100,000 people have now died from coronavirus in the united states. thats according to officialfigures. the real number will be much more. 100,000 is more than the combined total of deaths from the korean, vietnam and iraq conflicts. large protests and looting have taken place in minneapolis after the latest death of an unarmed black man in police custody. george floyd was arrested and pinned down in the street, an officer kneeling on his neck. presiden...

Alert now. the video from the scene shows it was a black lives matter demonstration. and thats why youll see the white people there also, smashing the back windows of a police cruiser with a skateboard. at several point one people jumped on to the cruiser. thats how this guy fell off. he must have knocked himself out when he did. and he was motionless there for a while. the other cop car stops right next to him, obviously to address the situation. he gets attacked. and thats a riot. im sorry. wh...

Youre going to see someone get injured but apparently the guy youre going to see get hurt is awake and alert now. the video from the scene shows it was a black lives matter demonstration. thats why youll see the white people there also smashing the back windows of a police cruise with her a skate board. at one point several people jumped on to the cruiser. thats how this guy fell off, must have knocked himself out when he did. he was motionless there for a while. the other cop car stops right ne...

Report. no serious injuries to police or protestors were reported. all of this anger was because of the death of george floyd. the video of his confrontation with police is disturbing. we caution you, it is difficult to watch. this video was taken by a bystander and shows floyd pleading for help as an officer pinned him to the ground with his knee on floyds neck. those police officers have since been fired. protesters in los angeles attacked police vehicles on a freeway late wednesday. one per...

They had three children, nine grandchildren and four great grandchildren. james was known as the consummate gentleman. he was an avid red sox fan but loved even more to see his own kids and grandkids play sports as they were growing up. he was always proud of his family, encouraging in a lot of different ways. he was known to give a spirited way to go pal when anyone in the family accomplished something. when anyone asked how he was doing, his usual reply was, never had a bad day. james sullivan...

Of world war ii. i wish i could meet the people, the chaps who came over and picked us up, because they were very brave blokes. because there we re very brave blokes. because there were mines, and there were a good chance of being machine—gunned as well. our countrymen is on a tiny merchant ship. he is risking his life to bring you the pictures. he is on his way to dunkirk. crossing the channel on a trawler or a pleasure boat in 1940 to face the killing fields of the dunkirk beaches was a test...

Safely back home. i have seen a lot of people, small children, babies, women, all walking, some with two children in their arms and their belongings on their head, i appeal to the government to please help them. her father says. there are many grim stories of the journies migrant workers are making, this is one that has had a happy ending. stay with us because here in a moment we will have all the latest from brazil after the explosion of covid—i9 cases there. a warning from the who. we will h...

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Ward but the virus is still having an impact. it feels very odd here, very strange. it is slightly unsettling. it is just full of staff, most of them with their masks on. i saw a really good quote today that said that you can tell if someone that said that you can tell if someone is smiling from their eyes, which is really nice. so, i tried to do that a lot, even though i am worried that people change the mask on my face, but i try and do that and im perfecting my wing. im having a bit of reflec...