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The availabiliity of vaccines is a key factor, —— the availability of vaccines. as our health correspondent catherine burns reports. indias being called a devastating reminder of what the virus can do. theyre burning bodies in mass cremations, volunteers helping with funeral ceremonies. its been another record day of cases after a dramatic spike over recent weeks. there are almost 20 times more cases now than at the start of march, but around the world, across that time, numbers have been ri...

Some never to be recovered. but six years ago, an unknown burial site was discovered. mouth swabs were submitted by the family to match the dna. 76 years after the battle, warrens remains were identified. the pow-mia accounting agency took custody and flew him to washington. >> so glad to have him home. >> marine corps honor guard helped carrier their fellow wardier. horse drawn carriage delivered him to the grave. >> please accept this flag as a symbol of your own. >> warrens family attended th...

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The imperial war graves commission was established with a remit to remember every individual who died for their country regardless of rank, class, religion or race. in france, the immaculate thiepval memorial is an example ofjust that. but outside europe, the commission enacted a policy of discrimination, categorising the fallen as white, indians or what it called "natives". this village in punjab, then part of british india, sent 460 men to fight in the first world war, the largest number of an...

Before this was established, the commonwealth war graves commission lived up to its principles when it came to white soldiers in europe. that was that everyone got the same treatment in death. generals didnt get huge memorials as they had done in other wars, get huge memorials as they had done in otherwars, and get huge memorials as they had done in other wars, and private soldiers from working—class backgrounds got exactly same headstone as offices and generals and that is remarkable. those c...

South london cemetery, todays report finds at least 116,000 casualties of world war i, mostly africans and indians, were not commemorated by name or were not commemorated at all, a consequence of pervasive racism. it was a policy encouraged by winston churchill, then secretary of state for the colonies. "in ordinary circumstances," he advised, "the commission would not erect individual headstones for native troops, but a central memorial in some suitable locality." shortly after sunrise, a bugle...

Understand if we are buried, but dont put our shoes in our graves. they were concerned about how they would be treated after they were dead. they were concerned for their names to be remembered. it is so harsh to say they could just be a number and that needs to be corrected. number and that needs to be corrected-— number and that needs to be corrected. �* ., ., , ., corrected. and treated in a shameful and dishonourable _ corrected. and treated in a shameful and dishonourable way, _ correct...

To get back to the uk. documents released at the high court suggest there was a controversial route that allowed certain companies to fast track the process for awarding ppe contracts. a formal government apology after failing to commemorate properly more than a hundred thousand black and asian people who died fighting for the british empire during the first world war. nasas perseverance rover makes breathable oxygen on the surface of mars and the lead singer of the bay city rollers — les mcke...

About this history in our schools and it is still the case that there are many young people in the united kingdom not understanding this huge contribution to our history and the society and life that we enjoy. but worse still, in situ, in countries like kenya and tanzania, young people have been denied the story because their ancestors have been whitewashed out of history. so, this is an important moment. it does go to some of the bigger debates that we are having in this country about how we re...

And we can pick up on the failings of the past and ensure that we act today to put those right. the commission says it will implement all ten of the committees detailed recommendations. it will search for more names, adopt third—party memorials, and build new commemorative structures in collaboration with communities involved. the mp david lammy presented the channel 4 documentary that triggered the commissions report. its right and proper that the commonwealth war graves commission and the mi...