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its goodnight. after multiple racist incidents involving uk police officers — newsnight learns that the initiative set up to tackle racism in policing in england and wales is now facing allegations of racism itself. some ethnic minority staff who used to work for the unit tell this programme they believed they were seen as "troublemakers" or "difficult". i was treated differently my white colleagues by a lack of support when the workload increased. i increasingly felt my voice and at...

do? and more lies from republican congressman george santos. the latest has to do with now a broadway show. even the great white way cant escape this. well break down the new reporting and what it all means for the gop. but lets start with the story were all talking about this evening, the chinese spy balloon flying over the country tonight. cnns alex marquardt has the latest. >> reporter: tonight u.s. officials tell cnn the u.s. has not ruled out shooting down the chinese spy ball...

When you think of the legendary rapper and singer Shaggy, one very specific song instantly implants itself in your brain. 'It Wasn't Me' is undoubtedly one of the musician's most iconic songs and for good reason, what with its catchy tune and memorable lyrics.

Xylazine was and that it infiltrated the drug supply. it made things worse in so many more aspects. you talked about the wounds. i had a few of those. i had access to a shower so i could keep both of my arms but a lot of the people i came into contact with aren�*t so lucky. so contact with arent so lucky. so --eole contact with arent so lucky. so people are actually having limbs amputated because if you inject this cocktail of drugs it can lead to these wounds and if they aren�*t cleaned, th...

We dont assume that a brit is an american is a canadian is an australian, but we somehow do assume that a mexican is an ecuadorian, is an argentinian s a dominican. so, you know, learn what this community is about. i absolutely agree with ruben that like its an immigrant community, and immigrant communities are aspirational. if you have a republican party thats saying were going to make easy for your small business to operate by not charging you $1.7 million for golden toilets, theyre going to r...

So-called neg t so-called negative tax experiment. and it had no discouraging effect on their work. so its actually a little secret that we have sort of kept hidden. >> theres also -- and -- and whats so important about this work is you go into the field. you do real experiments to find out really how things work. and youve looked at immigration. and you tell us in this book a very different story about what immigration in the united states is doing economically. >> there is two big misconceptio...

This commission chaired by a sheriff whom i spoke with earlier today. they are not forcing all teachers to be armed. thats a huge misconception that comes up in the press. these are teachers who choose to do so. under go background checks and strict training. they are the last line of defense. thats other big misconception. you hear the phrase we will put guns everywhere. thats not what the commission is talking about. perimeter defenses should be locked and monitored. you should have a code red...

Done, you may actually have some degree of structural damage and failure to some of the houses out there, kate. >> and tom, is this mainly a coastal threat? i mean, how far inland can this go? >> thats the big misconception. people think its all about the beach. the beach matters, yeah, people get hit there very hard, but look at what were talking about here. storm surge can easily follow creek beds and marshes and swamps and rivers and rush dozens and dozens of miles inland, still causing damag...

Nature of the current hassan rouhani administration. iran has a guardian council running the ayatollah. we shouldnt be fooled by the nature. they are extremists in fact. here is what he had to say. >> the bitter irony of the situation in iran is the regime uses the same time to line its pockets while its people cry out for jobs and reform and opportunity. the iranian economy is doing well, but only if you are the politically connected member of the elite. >> reporter: mike pompeo referred to a $...

Torres. lets talk with this experimental vaccine in south africa. how hopeful should we be? >> actually, we should be very hopeful for this one because what that trial is doing, it is basically taking a vaccine trial that they did in 2009 in thailand, and that trial only had 30% effectiveness, meaning it only protected 30% of the people against hiv, so they said it wasnt effective enough, we cant release it to the public yet. lets get one that is better. so they piggybacked on thatten one, did m...