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On the coast of virginia that an english ship brought, against their will, the first 20 africans to what was already a british colony. and so began the horrific legacy of slavery here, from which more than 400 years on, some of the greatest ills in american society can be traced. there are those who feel some people in britain looked at americans with contempt during the recent race troubles that need to acknowledge their own role. britain put its stamp on america from the beginning. if you clai...

But today, a generation of indians more confident about our place in the world are questioning why there hasnt been more widespread condemnation of the dark chapters in our colonial history. judging leaders of the past through the lens of the present might leave the world with no heroes at all. but theres likely to be little progress on equality without accepting the full truth of their lives. land — the whole question of who lost it and who took it is central to the debate about colonialism. ...

When he arrived in 1960, one of the windrush generation. the new arrivals were construction workers, bus drivers, they joined the nhs. mike arrived on his godparents passport with no other paperwork. years later, when he was forced to prove he had a right to live here, he couldnt. i felt like a leper. you know, like i had a tag on my back saying, "im not british". because no one will accept it because the government made it not to employ you if youve got no paperwork to prove who you are. slaver...

Could treat irish people particularly badly — they do so because they considered them to be almost a different species of humanity. all: "grim houses beckoned in the swelling gloom of munster fields, where the atlantic night fettered the child within the pit of doom. and everywhere, the going down of light. " memories of oppression became embedded in our culture. but historic acts of reconciliation are helping to heal old wounds. i feel the hand of history upon our shoulder, in respect to this...

And the love of the polynesian people is. we havent even scratched the surface yet. hes come from this to two olympic games. it proves just whats possible, doesnt it? absolutely. theres nothing ive done that anyone cant do with the right mindset and the right self belief. my focus is on making sure that we get him there. previously, it was about becoming an olympian. now, i want to bring back a medalfor tonga. by pitas own admission, qualifying for the olympics in canoeing is his biggest challen...

Athlete. plays football, baseball, soccer. and wanted to talk to us about his dad. what did he want for you? >> a good career. >> reporter: did you talk about that with him? >> yes. he told me to study hard. >> reporter: what do you want the world to know about your father? >> that he was a good person. like he would always want to do things. he would take me out when he had something to do. >> reporter: you were the apple of his eye, i bet you. >> yes. >> reporter: you loved to be with him? >> ...

Liverpool has a surprising link to u.s. slavery. and for years u.s.-based neoconfederate groups have come to the english city to celebrate their its controversial history. but as cnns selalma abdelaziz reports. >> reporter: at the heart lies a conflict. >> im taking you to see the graves of two confederates. >> reporter: between the historian. >> since the confederate veterans came to liverpool in order to see the dedication of evan steven bullocks grave. >> reporter: the local council denied th...

>> these are actually built on the bodies of enslaved africans as well. >> reporter: please athese are s built on graves. but he does not want to knock down the past. >> i would like to see plaquing on these monuments to tell people the roles they played in the slave trade. >> reporter: theyre working with gore to do exactly just that. and for the first time, erect a public memorial to the victims of slavery. salma abdelaziz, cnn, liverpool. >> that wraps this hour of "cnn newsroom." im kim brun...

Allegedly tied to badolato. hes repeatedly filed for bankruptcy. the third conspirator, timothy shea is accused of secretly filtering donations to himself and kolfage, payments described as social media charges. denver media agent sells a pro-trump energy drink that comes in a can with a picture of trump in a superhero costume. the charges against the men, one with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering are serious with maximum sentences up to 20 years each. st...

Virus. >> neil, the threat of a shutdown could have a major impact on local economies and small businesses, and that could throw a wrench in bidens plans to reboot the economy, as he has promised, if hes elected in november. neil. neil: hillary vaughan, thank you very, very much. in the meantime, were keeping an eye on washington right now where the house is taking up that measure to boost the folks and some are calling it a bailouts and some are calling the democrats behind it, a $25 million re...