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touch. her oh oh oh oh. oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh this is did a 1000000000 years live from berlin echoes of history as us protesters renew calls for racial justice 57 years after martin luther king jr as i have a dream speech tens of thousands gather on the same spot at the rally follows another shooting of a black band by police also coming up the black panther star chadwick boseman has died at the age of 43 after a long battle with cancer cure about the actor's life and legacy. and
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where it will be the next destination for soccer superstar leonardo s.c. his decision to leave barcelona sent shock waves around the football world to look at which clubs want him and which just can't afford him. i'm married to evanston it's good to have you with us we begin in the u.s. capital washington d.c. where huge crowds have marched for racial justice rally was held at the lincoln memorial where 57 years ago hundreds of thousands gathered to hear martin luther king gave his i have a dream speech pleading for racial equality the recent police shooting of african american jacob blake has reignited tensions over perceived police violence against people of color in the u.s. . thousands gathered on the steps of the lincoln
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memorial. the anti racism demonstration against police brutality in the u.s. was held on the anniversary of another famous protest. on august 28th 1963 martin luther king jr brought his nonviolent civil rights movement to the national mall it would become one of the largest rallies to take place in this location it is where king gave his best known speech i have a dream very. current activists echoed what many historians have called one of the best speeches of the 20th century. it is 3 is still alive you might it kill the dream oh but you can't kill the dream because truth crushed earth shall rise again we will rise never to fall again we will
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stand up even when our lives are tired we got this dream come true. king's vision of racial equality remains elusive for the millions who mourn george floyd and other african-americans who died in us police custody. my brother cannot be a voice today we have to be their voice why do you have to be the change and we have to be his legacy thank you from the floor for. the latest cause of outrage jacob blake survived being shot by police but is in hospital according to the family lawyer he may never walk again. 57 years off the martin luther king gave
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his iconic speech the people here say his dream is yet to be realized. our correspondent in washington d.c. . has more on the changes to the laws that the marchers are demanding yes this was a family event throughout the day that was. it was not a festival but it was very very sincere and people came there to really all remember 57 years ago i have a dream and the the push by dr king for legislation legislation to equalize african-american lives with white lives here in america given the same rights and well is that accomplished i think people today beg to differ who were there and there were as you said thousands and again from all walks of life for
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african-americans latinos cook asian white people of course everybody who had an interest in exactly the same push and that is what this event was about to accomplish or to. work for today was legislation legislation george floyd legislation to make police departments transparent and eradicate structural racism in police departments and in the american justice the death toll from hurricane laura has risen to at least 14 a day after it slammed into the southern united states on friday communities began cleaning up along the devastated louisiana coastline the category 4 storm left hundreds of thousands of people without power and water sorties warn it could be weeks before the services return. those lucky enough to survive assessing the damage and hoping to rebuild this couple stayed behind they only survived by
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sheltering inside the hallway in the middle of their house. of. cards. they. know we're not better than anybody of them freezing keep the roof on people say thank you every day. hurrican laura hippe both louisiana and texas along the gulf coast one of the most powerful storms in recent history more than half a 1000000 people have fled hundreds of thousands are now without water and power. the roof you know i would imagine even a tornado or something take a hit roof off. well 30 sorry basic services could be out for weeks or even longer . but i didn't stay because with the wind gust ripping the rip off roof fall
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and the wind itself it's going to create a noise that how noise you'll never be able to forgive it would haunt you forever forecasters warn of further dangers as the storm system now moves eastwood's it could turn into a heavy tropical storm in the next few days. or that's get a check now of some of the other stories making news around the world anti-government demonstrators in chile have hit the streets in one of the largest protests since the start of the coronavirus and police in the capital santiago disperse the crowds with water cannon and made more than 20 arrests the demonstrations started last october over a hike in metro fares. accord here in berlin has overturned a ban on a protest against coronavirus restrictions planned for saturday it said it could go ahead under strict conditions to prevent the spread of the virus similar demonstration earlier this month had to be broken up by police after thousands of
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participants ignored mass wearing and distancing rules. foreign ministers meeting in berlin have agreed to impose sanctions on senior belorussian officials accused of election fraud and cracking down on protesters they also urged russia not to intervene after russian president vladimir putin promised military support for the country's leader alexander lukashenko. actor chadwick boseman best known for his leading role in the marvel action movie black panther has died after a 4 year battle with cancer he was $43.00 both been played black icons jackie robinson james brown and thurgood marshall before winning international acclaim as . character king to challenge in black panther statement on his twitter account says he died at his home in los angeles surrounded by his family. and
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from los angeles i'm now joined by correspondent k.j. matthews hello to you k j tell us what does the last of chadwick boseman mean for the film community you know it's so heartbreaking and it's a huge loss here in hollywood i think many people are still in shock because they did not know that chadwick when suffering from calling cancer because it says in his latest release from his as a publicist that he actually was diagnosed back in 2016 so that means for the last 4 years he's been going to said and filming movies and even doing saturday night live on television suffering from colon cancer and receiving chemotherapy so he wishes that's higher was worker and i think so many people here are just surprised i mean you've got people tweeting like the director ava du vernay you have dunes a washington releasing a statement you have seen john legend josh gad ryan reynolds so many people are
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remembering their time on set with chadwick boseman in just how humble he was and how he was such a hard worker it is just so surprising that he died so young in his early forty's well how do you think most men it will be best remembered i mean he's most famous perhaps for black panther but he did a lot more didn't hang. he did you know but unfortunately to the international audience it really will be for black panther that is what we will remember him for planking to charla that his massive role you know before that he had done a lot of biopics he was a did a biopic as you guys mentioned earlier about thurgood marshall the 1st black u.s. supreme court justice he did a biopic about jackie robinson the 1st black person to be allowed to play baseball in major league baseball and then he did a biopic about the great legends fingered james brown so he's done really great needy roles but they hadn't really crossed over to an international audience and he
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never had that kind of international success until he took on the role of black panther and that's what he'll be best remembered for so will be very interesting to see what they do in the sequel to to honor him. all those and was also not just respected as an actor and he was also a role model can you tell us a bit of bounce that what kind of a role model was he off screen you know he was that i think was a radio interview a couple of years ago around the time that black panther was released and she talked about receiving letters from kids with cancer one to meet him and talking about how it was so exciting to see a black superhero on the screen and he wrote back and corresponded with him and said this is this touches heart and now to know that he passed away from from colon cancer it's just so fitting and so heartbreaking to see that he also was an activist who up until recently even this month he spoke out in support of black
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lives matter and also supported vice presidential nominee kemal harris here so he was always putting others 1st and always thinking about other people so he will always be remembered as a great actor but a humanitarian as well all right k.j. matthews in los angeles many thanks indeed thank you. to soccer now and the liverpool coach says there is no chance that he'll try to sign superstar player lino messi because he's too expensive messi who is regarded as one of the game's all time greats has told his club barcelona that he wants to leave and that's what many european teams on alert but over at the rollo there. i everyone it seems wants a piece of lino messi these are the scenes in the salary 0 home of messi s boyhood
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club mules old boys a parade taking him to return. for your little bit of both leo please come back while waiting for you with open arms lee i let's go. was. messy shocks the football world on choose day by announcing he wanted to leave boston i know his team of nearly 20 years that's led to speculation about his future destination so what about liverpool the english champions coach jurgen klopp says that while he'd love to work with messi money is the problem. you know who doesn't want to have messi and it's the end but you have no chance so if the numbers are absolutely not for us we don't even have to stop thinking about it it's all it's all clear now jess. one possible destination is here he actually had stadium and manchester city a club with deep pockets led by pep squad the ola former coach and boss
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a. what would you have been just a city and make it more the goats to beat them the bitch was already very difficult so that's it for the bromley would be great 100 percent having the best. messi f.p. drawer for any club or competition and now his next move is far from certain. u.s. basketball now and the n.b.a. playoffs will resume on saturday baths after the league and players reach an agreement on social justice concerns games have that halted for 3 days after the milwaukee bucks refused to play in protest of the police shooting of jacob lake in their home state wisconsin of their action led other sports to follow suit the n.b.a. agreed to a number of social justice initiatives including turning basketball arenas into
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