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Tomorrow marks 100 years to the day since the tulsa race massacre of 1921. in under 24 hours, hundreds of african-americans were killed and hundreds of homes and businesses were burned to the ground when a white mob descended on the greenwood district known as black wall street. not only were many lives taken, but that single day changed the economic trajectory for the black victims. >> for us as descendants, what would our lives have been if we werent robbed of our generational wealth? i ponder...

The weight of law behind them. when we got to places where illegal activity was happening, people were genuinely frightened. burning the equipment used for deforestation has always been a key tactic, says our whistle—blowing officer. the owners of the equipment normally escape when they hear the helicopter so we cannot prosecute them. over the years, we have seen that the most effective strategy to stop deforestation is to destroy their expensive equipment. not any more, according to the brazi...

We meet the people on the frontline of the battle to save the forest... shouting. translation: the prospectors used to be scared of being - caught by us. now they feel the president will protect them. ..and see the impact on the animals. the government is accused of encouraging the destruction. and im on a mission to contact some old friends — the members of the most threatened tribe in the world. their relatives have never had contact with civilisation. are they safe? are their precious trees...

But that hope was short—lived. soon after i left, brazil entered a time of political turmoil. deforestation started to rise again. the most dramatic increase came two years ago, when president bolsonaro took power. as the coronavirus raged through brazil, killing tens of thousands of people, brazils environment minister had other issues on his mind, as this recording of a cabinet meeting reveals. "we have the chance at this moment, when the medias attention is almost exclusively on covid and n...

Burning the equipment used for deforestation has always been a key tactic, says our whistle—blowing officer. the owners of the equipment normally escape when they hear the helicopter so we cannot prosecute them. over the years, we have seen that the most effective strategy to stop deforestation is to destroy their expensive equipment. not any more, according to the brazilian president. despite what president bolsonaro says, when we asked the government, they said the rules on burning equipment...

100 years ago, on monday, a portion of tulsa, oklahoma, the greenwood section. that was populated by blacks, in a segregated city. that had built their businesses, built their schools, built their communities. provided for their families. was destroyed. after a false story was put out, that a 19-year-old black, young man had assaulted a 17-year-old

Order after weeks of deadly anti—government protests. as thousands marched across colombia to mark a month of demonstrations, there was renewed violence in the southwestern city of cally, with at least 10 further casualties on friday. our latin america correspondent will grant reports. colombia is no stranger to violence, but these scenes have shocked the nation. two months after the protests began, theyre showing no sign of letting up. what started as an outpouring of anger over a proposed ta...

100 years ago on monday, a portion of tulsa, oklahoma, the greenwood section that was populated by blacks in a segregated city, that had built their businesses, built their

Brazil entered a time of political turmoil. deforestation started to rise again. the most dramatic increase came two years ago, when president bolsonaro took power. as the coronavirus raged through brazil, killing tens of thousands of people, brazils environment minister had other issues on his mind, as this recording of a cabinet meeting reveals. "we have the chance at this moment, when the medias attention is almost exclusively on covid and not the amazon," he says. "while things are quiet, le...

Under cover of covid, the amazon rainforest, the greatest ecosystem on earth, is under attack. deforestation is at levels not seen for more than a decade. we meet the people on the frontline of the battle to save the forest... shouting. translation: the prospectors used to be scared _ of being caught by us. now they feel the president will protect them. ..and see the impact on the animals. the government is accused of encouraging the destruction. and im on a mission to contact some old friends �...