Page 232 - Percussion News Today

This is bbc news, im Lewis Vaughan jones. Our top stories rallies to celebrate juneteenth, the day americans mark the formal end of slavery 155 years ago. It is about a reminder that we are not truly free, that there is so much work that needs to be done. In the city of tulsa, site of a notorious massacre 99 years ago, the reverend al sharpton is preparing to deliver a juneteenth speech. Brazils coronavirus epidemic hits over a million cases with almost 55,000 new infections over the past 2a hou...

Youre watching beyond one hundred days. There are thousands of protesters and a lot of guns on the streets of an american city. Richmond, virginia is today ground zero in the countrys long running struggle with gun control. Theyve come from around the country carrying assault weapons, rifles and handguns to oppose new laws they say impinge on their right to bear arms. President trump rejects the democrats impeachment charges less than one day before his trial starts in the senate. China says cur...

And a draft government report suggests it could reach 3,000 a day, next month. Mr trump has admitted lifting lockdown restrictions will probably mean the virus kills more people. Virgin atlantic has announced plans to cut more than 3,000 jobs in the uk, and to end its operation at gatwick airport. Virgin blamed what it called the devastating effect of the pandemic. Its another major blow for gatwick, the second Busiest Airport in the uk, just days after British Airways said it could not rule out...

Translation it would be a lot more acceptable to have 80 of the catch in british waters rather than nothing at all. 60 of the catch . Ah, that is not viable. But if there is some sort of financial compensation, maybe. At boulognes markets, buyers choose fish for french restaurant tables. Three quarters of britains catch is sold to the eu. No deal risks a sort of mutually assured destruction for fisherman on both sides of the channel. Will navigation of these contested waters prove easier in boul...

This is bbc news, the headlines the World Health Organization is warning that the spread of covid 19 is still accelerating, despite progress being made in some countries. The head of the agency says the panemic is not even close to being over, adding that the worst may still be yet to come. The Us Supreme Court has overturned a controversial anti abortion law in louisiana. The court found the law would have restricted the number of abortion providers in the state. It upholds a precedent set by t...

This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Donald trump becomes the first president to be impeached twice. Democrat House Speaker nancy pelosi says holding him accountable for the riots on capitol hill shows nobody is above the law. The president must be convicted by the senate. A constitutional remedy that will ensure the republic will be safe from this man who is so resolutely determined to tear down the things that we hold dear. In a video released ...

This is bbc news, the headlines. Police in france, italy and tunisia are investigating a 21 year old tunisian man being held in hospital on suspicion of killing three churchgoers in nice. Its reported that he migrated to europe last month, landing on the italian island of lampedusa. President macron has called the attack islamist terrorism. As europe struggles to cope with a surge of Coronavirus Infections, the president of the European Commission says work should start immediately to prepare th...

And alex padilla taking the empty u. S. Senate tonight, the news coming in late today, reports pfizer is now in talks with the u. S. Government to providen thes of millions of additional doses of the vaccine. And that new variant of the virus. Theyre now testing for it here in new york. All of this as the nation now marks the deadliest year in american history. Were now seeing an average of more than 2,600 american lives lost every day. As concerns mount tonight over that new variant of covid. T...

Captioning sponsored by cbs odonnell breaking news tonight 100,000 deaths worldwide. A global milestone as the death toll continues to rise here at home. But in new york, coronavirus cases are starting to level off, t d for the first time, the number of patients in the i. C. U. Declines. But these signs come with a warning. As encouraging as they are, we have not reached the peak. Odonnell and these striking images bodies buried on harts island in the bronx. Among them, Covid Patients in a field...

Whit ur m. ;itit u15 u mum a fltr putting in place. I want have been putting in place. I want to put on the record my thanks to those in bolton council, the leader, david greenall, he has been doing an excellent job. The david greenall, he has been doing an excellentjob. The director of Public Health and the chief executive. It has been a difficult challenge in bolton. Thankfully, what we have learnt from this sort of local action elsewhere in the country, is that we dont see large scale countr...