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Welcome to bbc news, i'm nuala mcgovern. our top stories: taiwan sends up flares to deter aircraft, hours after beijing protested at the visit by the us house speaker nancy pelosi. the un secretary—general describes oil and gas companies making record profits on the backs of the world's poorest people as �*immoral�*. i urge all governments to tax these excessive profits and use the funds to support the most vulnerable people through these difficult times. in a major victory for pro—choice groups, the conservative state of kansas votes to keep its abortion services. and tributes to roy ...

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Inspired by Rosa Parks, he and his fellow activists succeeded in ending the unofficial colour bar against black drivers and conductors

Tributes are paid to "humble freedom fighter" Mr Hackett, one of the Bristol Bus Boycott organisers.

Has died at the age of 93. mr hackett was one of the organisers of the 1963 bristol bus boycott, the campaign that overturned a ban by bristol 0mnibus company on employing black and asian drivers and conductors. back then, it was entirely legal for companies to discriminate against someone because of the colour of their skin. protests paved the way for the race relations act. here's a clip of roy hackett reflecting on what he did, during an interview with the bbc in 2013. isaid to i said to my daughters that things have done 50 years ago to change the culture in this town and also in the count...