moscow this suddenly the 7th of june to just under 11 am here now welcome to the weekly with me kevin irwin it's a roundup of the big stories of the day the week just gone and there was one really big story in for american forces there from washington to early from philadelphia to chicago saturday so the united states big cities filled with protesters against racism and police brutality nearly 2 weeks after the death of george floyd mostly peaceful scenes throughout unlike earlier this week when crowds felt the full force of riot police and military vehicles patrolled america's streets at least 11 have died during the protests all 4 former officers present when george floyd was killed will face murder charges. in. coast to coast from small groups to streets filled with fury there's been protests throughout the week at all 50 states the national guard was deployed at least half of them curfews were imposed in at least 29 locations with demonstrators throughout the week describing continued heavy handed policing as rioting and looting spread. from the days that i've been out the only time tha

of their own kevin irwin here with you from our international's world view center moscow recapping for the next half hour the big stories as reported by our so over the last 7 days and company we're going to start with our breaking news and the developments there from the u.k. earlier on british police have confirmed that a deadly knife attack in a park in southern england on saturday evening is no believed to be treated as terrorism 3 people died in the incident and reading which is about 60 kilometers west of london show is of course as i say believe no it is being treated as terrorism according to the police however accounts of what happened it is a terrorist a geisha change the the police taki what are they saying. so as you say please have now declared stopping attack in writing in which 3 people died as a terror incident at 25 year old writing last night was arrested at the scene around 7 o'clock local time which also left 3 people seriously injured now the british me. press a widely reporting that the 25 year old man is believed to be of a libyan descent though that's partly unc

good afternoon art international weekend life my world view studio here in moscow my name's kevin irwin here with those stories in that much more detail there for you and 1st fridays public holiday in the us took on an extra layer of emotion this year known as june 18th it marks the date of emancipation in $865.00 way back then and freedom for the enslaved tens of thousands turned out in nationwide commemoration in seems similar to the weeks of rallies in the wake of george floyd's killing there were mixed emotions with most marches passing without incident as well as chants of black lives matter there was dancing and singing to celebrate the historical milestone moment following such a hard fought. journey against racial injustice along the way but there was a disturbance in the capitol where a confederate statue was toppled. was the right. was also to the portraits of historical u.s. house of representatives speakers who served in the civil war confederacy were taken down from congress on the eve of juneteenth current speaker nancy pelosi says there is no place on capitol hill for sym

moscow is kevin irwin here this hour to take you through the headlines in some more detail than 1st news coming in from america another night of rest across the united states where tens of thousands of protesters have again been venting their anger over the death of an unarmed black man at the hands of police it's now a week since george floyd died as a result of a minneapolis officer kneeling on his neck with the city's a blaze ravaged and looted more than 4000 people have been arrested across the country. so let's try to get a handle on where it will start with washington d.c. where an initially peaceful march descended into another night of mayhem multiple fires broke out at the white house earlier sunday demonstrators marched through the city's downtown but as frustration started to build police use crowd control measures. attack of. was. was. blue or this in minneapolis where floyd died at some speed then driving his vehicle into protesters officials don't think despite what you see in there that anyone was hit the driver was apparently assaulted then by protesters and was briefly h