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Graves commission and said natives were not civilised enough to appreciate individual headstones. the 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. the consequence of pervasive racism. it was a policy encouraged by winston churchill, secretary of state for the colonies. he advised the commission would not erect individual headstones for native troops, but a central memorial in some suitable loc...

Governments have a really big role to play in ensuring that fairness and justice are at the heart of this transition. notjust because it is the right thing to do but because it will be absolutely necessary to success in doing so. the government has made a formal apology for the failure to properly commemorate the deaths of tens of thousands of black and asian troops who fought for the british empire during the first world war. the commonwealth war graves commission found that more than 115,000 c...

Tonight at six: world leaders come together to fight climate change, in the first major conference for years. meeting online, president biden cuts to —— pledges to cut us emissions by 50% by the end of this decade. urgent action is needed he said to prevent future fires, and extreme weather. this is the decisive decade. this is the decade we must make decisions that will avoid the worst consequences of the climate crisis. but there were no new commitments from two of the biggest polluters �...

Tonight at six: world leaders come together to fight climate change, in the first major conference for years. meeting online, president biden cuts to —— pledges to cut us emissions by 50% by the end of this decade. urgent action is needed he said to prevent future fires, and extreme weather. this is the decisive decade. this is the decade we must make decisions that will avoid the worst consequences of the climate crisis. but there were no new commitments from two of the biggest polluters �...

Its right and proper that the commonwealth war graves commission and the ministry of defence consult appropriately in situ in those countries and ask those countries and those communities what they would like to see properly commemorate their war dead. at the chattri memorial in sussex, the names of fallen indian soldiers are recorded. these men were not forgotten. the commission says its determined to fulfil its original promise, to commemorate equally all those who died in both world wars. pau...

Names inscribed so that we may remember. but not all names. tens of thousands of black and asian soldiers fought and died for britain, but when it came to marking their sacrifice it was done differently, or collectively, or not at all. it was, says the government, a terrible mistake. mr speaker, on behalf of the commonwealth war graves commission and the government both of the time and today, i want to apologise for the failures to live up to their founding principles all those years ago and exp...

Class, religion or race. in france, the immaculate 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 of any village in south asia. yet the war dead are not named. a shock to a british gp who went to research his ancestors from there. i to a british gp who went to r...

President biden has promised to cut americas carbon emissions by at least half before the end of this decade. he called on other leaders at a virtual climate summit to take decisive action. the funeral has been held in minneapolis for daunte wright, a 20—year—old african—american man shot dead by police earlier this month. the officer said she meant to use an electric shock device on him, but mistakenly pulled herfirearm instead. india has recorded the highest single day total for new covi...

Different state of mind that you have to be in to help. on one hand, youre upset being african-american in this country. and on the other hand, being a professional, you have to do all that you can to focus to help our families. >> reporter: wesley has also handled killings, people of the state outside of minnesota no nothing about. they are among the names here at this symbolic cemetery called "say their names." >> just too many names. >> reporter: stevante clarks brother is among those at this...

With the white and red roses, they just liked that. >> wright was shot and killed by police during a traffic stop about 15 miles from the cup foods where george floyd was killed. >> its a little bit of different state of mind that you have to be in to help. on one hand, youre upset being african-american in this country. and on the other hand, being a professional, you have to do all that can you to focus and health care plan our families. >> wesley handled killings people outside of the state o...