On the third day of former US police officer trial over George Floyd’s death, court saw footage from multiple police body cameras, showing how events unfolded.
Biden proposes $2T infrastructure plan to reshape economy
US President #Biden unveils his plan to upgrade the nation’s infrastructure at a cost of more than $2T, promising millions of jobs but facing Republican opposition to the corporate tax hike that would fund it.
The Paris Commune: 150 years on, bloody revolt continues to divide France
In this week’s show, we focus on a little-known and yet defining page in French history: the Paris Commune, which is marking its 150th anniversary. La Commune de Paris was a revolutionary Socialist government that...
UN special envoy tells Security Council to act to avoid ‘bloodbath’ in Myanmar
United Nations special envoy on #Myanmar Christine Schraner Burgener told a session of the #UN Security Council on Wednesday that ‘a bloodbath is imminent’ in the Southeast Asian country as a #crackdown...
UK race report: ‘Black Lives have never had it so good’
IN THE PRESS – We look at the backlash to a report on race in the UK which found no institutional racism. The Guardian’s blunt response: “You cannot be serious”. Meanwhile, French papers react to...
French lawmakers to vote on new coronavirus measures
#France’s prime minister defended the government’s plans to close schools for at least three weeks and to ban domestic travel for a month to slow a resurgence of the #coronavirus. Opposition parties were...
Brazil closes out deadliest month of pandemic by far
#Brazil closed out its deadliest month of the coronavirus #pandemic by far on Wednesday as a surge of #Covid-19 patients overwhelmed hospitals, forcing doctors to make agonizing decisions over whom to give life...