they're talking about a commission to deal with the issue of cecil rhodes legacy.nic community will go to these colleges and get this level of academic excellence that ideally eve ryo ne academic excellence that ideally everyone aspires to. yes and as you might expect from an oxford college, they are trying to insist that this isjust a knee jerk they are trying to insist that this is just a knee jerk reaction to what is just a knee jerk reaction to what is happening on the streets the past few weeks and days, and they spent a long time thinking about it and indeed they have because it has been brewing for a very long time. the issue of the statue is clearly of great importance to a lot of people, a lot of students and tutors as well, but far more important is the second part that you said that they are going to take very long hard not only at how the college history is compatible with its modern—day commitment to diversity and a good education for all regardless of her they come from but also looking at ways in which they can make it easier for people who come from

and agreeing to remove the stature of cecil rhodes, that's on the front page of the guardian saying themust fall. it said they voted to launch independent commission of inquiry into the key issues surrounding the statue in expressing their wish to remove the statue after a lot of concern about this particular statue as well. we have to remember, particularly with this is been going on for several years now. it's because of the role that cecil rhodes played in countries like south africa and as a colonial leader. for a long south africa and as a colonial leader. fora longtime students, academics at oxford university have said that it's a real problem when you're trying to create an environment that feels like it can welcome everyone of all racial backgrounds into it as equal intellectuals in the capacity to build great careers academically in this space. it's very difficult when they are confronted to him and he is also in academic buildings in oxford. three difficult when you see that and it's hard enough to feel not alienated and intimidated by some of the architecture and some of out

demonstrators demand the removal of a statue of cecil rhodes, one of the most controversial figures intory of the british empire. the russian capital loosens its lockdown measures even though thousands of new cases are being reported every day. the funeral of george floyd, whose killing by us police triggered anti—racism protests around the world, has taken place in houston, texas. it was his home town. delivering the eulogy, the civil rights leader al sharpton called forjustice. mr floyd's family also paid tribute, with his niece, brooke williams, asking why the system was "corrupt and broken". barbara plett usher reports from houston. after more than two weeks of protests, the man whose death energised a worldwide movement for racialjustice was laid to rest in his home town. it was a final goodbye for those who loved him most. in the midst of personal grief, friends and family have been thrust into a national convulsion, americans forced into a passionate reckoning of historic wrongs. i want to say to him i love you andi i want to say to him i love you and i thank god for giving me m

demonstrators demand the removal of a statue of cecil rhodes, one of the most controversial figures inhe story of the british empire. the funeral of george floyd, whose killing by us police triggered anti—racism protests around the world, has taken place in houston, texas. delivering the eulogy, the civil rights leader al sharpton called forjustice. mr floyd's family also paid tribute with his niece, brooke williams, asking why the system was "corrupt and broken." barbara plett usher reports from houston. after more than two weeks of protests, the man whose death energised a worldwide movement for racialjustice was laid to rest in his home town. it was a final goodbye for those who loved him most. in the midst of personal grief, friends and family have been thrust into a national convulsion, americans forced into a passionate reckoning of historic wrongs. sobs i want to say to him i love you and i thank god for giving me my own personal superman. no more hate crimes, please. someone said, "make american great again," but when has america ever been great? applause those four officers we

stay with us on bbc news, still to come: demonstrators are demanding the removal of a statue of cecil british empire. this is bbc world news, our main headline this hour: the funeral service for george floyd, whose death at the hands of us police sparked worldwide protest, has been held in texas. the united nations is warning that some people starving in north korea because of measures is taken to fight coronavirus and having shut its border with china. in russia, the number of coronavirus infections continues to rise rapidly. there are now 476 thousand confirmed cases nationwide and more than six thousand deaths. the capital city moscow has some two thousand new cases in the city each day, but despite this, a strict permit system is ending, allowing people to move freely around. our correspondent there, sarah rainsford, has more on what's changing in the capital. after more than ten long weeks of lockdown here in moscow, suddenly, it's all over. the moscow mayor has declared that people are free to come out on the streets when they want, to go where they want and to see who they want

there've long been demands for oriel college, oxford, to remove an image of the imperialist cecil rhodesnow. from oxford, reeta chakra barti reports. oxford, the latest flashpoint in a national clamour for change. this battle, though, has been going on for years. cecil rhodes, a i9th—century imperialist, represents for these protesters the unacceptable face of british history and they want his statue gone. he is basically a crook, in my opinion, who went to other countries and exploited those countries for his own gain. he doesn't stand for my values and i don't want to see him celebrated. so i am here with my little sister, we are from botswana, our mum's from botswana, and actually her father was made stateless by an apartheid government that was, in part, started and definitely helped to perpetuate by cecil rhodes. i'm from germany myself, i'm black, half white, and i know how important it is to look critically into the history and there are certain parts of all cultures which are quite negative. the killing of george floyd has sparked protests across the world and across the uk. in b

it also devotes some space to the cecil rhodes statue.fferent statue, winston churchill, who had his protective boarding removed in advance of president macron's visit. it leads on a warning from prince charles about the effect of the pandemic on young people. and the scotsman reports that face masks could soon be made compulsory on trains and buses in scotland. these things tickle me, i will be honest with you. you know when people see a bowl of soup and they say they see jesus. .. it is usually toast. this one here, can we get the camera in close? this is a tree in a barking... is that a pun, charlie. gerald russell saw this and it is on the bark of a tree. he instantly said, it looks exactly like shay guevara —— che. i am said, it looks exactly like shay guevara —— che. iam not said, it looks exactly like shay guevara —— che. i am not seeing said, it looks exactly like shay guevara —— che. iam not seeing it today. does it look like anything to you? it looks like a man with a moustache and beard... and a large nose. judge for yourself.

governing body of an oxford university college votes to remove a statue of 19th century colonialist cecilhodes from its facade. and something to cheer up football fans, the english premier league has restarted, 100 days after the last match. welcome. in the past few minutes white police officer garrett rolfe has been charged with the murder of rayshaun brooks african american man who was shot twice in the back. his district attorney. his district attorney. mr brooks never presented himself as a threat. at the very beginning he was peacefully asleep in his car was up after he was awakened by the officer, he was cooperative and he was directed to move his car to another location, he calmly moved his car. mr brooks was asked whether or not he had a weapon, he indicated that he did not. without any resistance he passed his drivers licence to the officers and the officers then asked mr brooks whether or not he would consent to a pat—down or a body search. and mr brooks allowed them to search him. and the search yielded no weapon. we found that it was of interest that when the officers patted m

. >>> well, later in this hour, we will be joined by cecil richards when women's reproductive rights are hanging by a one vote thread. the court uphold roe v. wade and struck down a restrictive louisiana abortion law. the court said this really wasn't about roe v. wade, but it always is. and also at the end of this hour, we will be joined by white house reporter on the disarray in the trump campaign as joe biden continues to maintain a significant lead consistent, steady lead over donald trump. and once again the trump presidency is confronting the question that became the undoing of the nixon presidency, the question that forced richard nixon to resign the presidency in 1974 during impeachment proceedings. what did the president know and when did he know it? this time that question, as rachel and i were just discussing, involves russia, which means it involved vladimir putin and donald trump, which means it takes us into the darkest space in the trump presidency, the trump/putin relationship, or should we call it the trump/putin alliance. the trump presidency finds itself in scandal

an oxford university college has voted in favour of removing a statue of 19th century colonialist cecile will have more on both of those breaking news stories. stay with us. hello. it's been a volatile weather day, again the atmosphere releasing its energy in the form of thunderstorms. the other thing, of course, is that misty low cloud which has been with us for several days for some parts of the northeast coast of england and scotland. it will continue for the rest of the week, as will the thunderstorms t yhe torrential downpours with the hail and locally squally winds leading to some flash flooding. this is just how active the atmosphere has been during the evening so far. those storms starting to push further northwards, and rains coming off the north sea. so as the showers and thunderstorms ease away, we will find that persistant rain coming into eastern england and the low cloud returning to many central and eastern parts of both england and scotland, so it's going to be a warm night, a murky night for many. a little cooler in the glens of scotland. but it will be quite a misty st

so, the original pick weevil from cecil rhodes, this question.w donations that have come in since the trust was established. with that being said, most of the money that is in circulation now are not those that cecil rhodes stole from the people of southern africa. however, in the long run, having a scholarship, trust, house, statue, and these other entities in the name of cecil rhodes does work to leave a positive legacy for a genocidal, capitalist who put his pursuit of profit and the profit of his home country, the united kingdom, above the lives and humanity of african people. chelsea, just to pick up briefly on that, obviously it is very welcome for many that history is now, you know, everyone is being reminded of history here and across the world. but we have heard from nelson mandela's widow that the statue serve to keep educating people. mandela set out his foundation reaching out as a bridge, really, to try and unite people. so, i want to address the purpose of statues and to be very clear, as a person who has been a student at oxford fo

do you see a difference of putting a statue of cecil rhodes ona of putting a statue of cecil rhodes onen well documented inaudible you could put them ina documented inaudible you could put them in a museum but it would be no different to the information in the public domain. it does not reflect the population, we have been here for many years. cani can i ask you, if the statue were to be removed, what would you like to have happened to it? as we have emphasised throughout this movement, that we are putting democratic principles at the centre of our approach, we would like to have a discussion with all of the resident stakeholders, with the colleges, with the university, with the communities at oxford about what should happen to the statue. so that isa should happen to the statue. so that is a communal discussion that we believe we should have, and the reason for the protest was to be able to start that democratic discussion. so, just to be clear on what you saw happen in bristol, with the edward colston statue, would you rather that have been done by democratic processes? patrick was t

but i think in anticipation of further demonstrations for statues for people like cecil rhodes.ot sure if you went to oxford. yes i did. were you offended when you passed the college and saw that statuary day? —— statue every passed the college and saw that statuary day? -- statue every day? i didn't go to that college, i wasn't aware, i knew of the the rhodes scholars. we had no social media, the rest of the world doesn't exist, in my fourth year i became much more aware and you go and get into the world of work, where it is very different for students now, they're more plugged in and active and they feel that they can make an impact, not least because they have social media. lucy, do you want to come in on that, or move to the confusion, well not confusion, what is going to be opening from next monday? the one thing i would say its interesting it is 130 labour councils that have agreed to review the memorials and monuments and that puts pressure on the conservative government to see what they're next move it. —— move is. all shops can re-open from monday if covid secure. we ha

demonstrators demand the removal of a statue of cecil rhodes, one of the most controversial figures intory of the british empire. it is about1:30am. now on bbc news: click. this week: racing and cheating under lockdown. are the next generation of games consoles under threat? and face masks, but not as you know them. hey there, hope you're doing 0k. lara is... errm, yeah, lara looks absolutely fine, lara, you have taken to wearing shades indoors. should i be worried? don't worry, there is a good reason for this, which i'm going to explain in a moment. right. i've been on a mission to find the best wireless sound, so i started off with some true wireless earbuds. first up, these from jabra, which are meant to be great for active use. but i found as soon as i started running, they just fall out of my ears. great sound, but not so much use when it's on the floor. then i tried these by edifier, a third of the price, and they are lighter, so they did fall out a little bit less, but the battery life was so fantastic that i was almost forgiving of that as long as they didn't fall down a drain,

at oxford university, hundreds protested, demanding a statue of cecil rhodes be taken down.pleas for racial justice. president trump provokes criticism by accusing an elderly protester, who was injured by the police, of being an extremist provocateur. as we've seen the service for george floyd in houston hosted a huge array of empassioned eulogies, tributes and messages of solidarity. music also played a central role during the order of service, with mouners joining in song during the emotional occasion. here's just one example. nakitta foxx sings: # pray forjustice, pray forjustice. here was the one to pray for, he will still pray for your kindness, kindness, kindness, your kindness, your love. here lies the answer, no matter the colour, no matter the education, when we are up, when we are down, love! for better or worse, for richer or poorer, till death do us part, he love us, love supreme, he loves us. that was nakitta foxx, director of praise and worship at houston's fountain of praise church. after the service, she spoke to my colleague mike emberley about the emotional

businessman cecil rhodes atan reignited.me asa at an oxford college, seen by some as a white supremacist, more than half the city council now want the statue removed. its streets, glasgow, many reference slave traders, there are renewed calls for them to be renamed and in london, there will be reviewed to ensure diversity is reflected in many landmarks. nobody is perfect, whether that church kill, —— whether it's churchill, padma gandhi, malcom x, it's making sure the curriculum teaches children properly about people, warts and all, some things they have done that we don't approve of but there are some strategies that are quite clear—cut, slivers, clear—cut in my view, plantation owners. nelson's column stands tall on the london skyline, a british naval hero for many, for others, his failure to denounce slavery means he should be taken down. but removed or just explain better?|j should be taken down. but removed or just explain better? i think the column is quite important but it celebrates the battle of trafalgar, a third o

cecil, democrats line. black once said a soul left in darkness will commit sin. he will come a sin is not a guilty one but who -- he who creates the darkness. darkness intes housing, etc.. regarding funding the police, i think that money should go to other services. when someone has a mental illness, police funds can go into helping -- health care professionals to help or otherte the drama services to uplift children in communities that are victimized. believe 1000e, i black people were slayed at the hands of the police. have a wonderful day. host: independent line from rafael in maryland. you are on. go ahead. i am part of law enforcement. i would not support totally defunding the police. i am in the army, so i'm not directly police person, but i would not support totally defunding the police. what i would support is de-escalation of the police. encounter a policeman on the street, they have all sorts of gear on them. have,things that they do it would be difficult for them to approach the citizen the way they do. if a policeman approaches anybody and they feel l

that 0riel college in oxford has announced that it wants to take down the controversial statue of cecil senior minister has laid out steps to ensure social cohesion, in the face of the covid crisis. that's on the front page of the straits times. according to the i, the "triple lock" pledge on pensions in the uk is at risk, due to the large increase in spending during the pandemic. and the financial times reports that the us has upended global digital tax plans, after pulling out of talks with europe. so let's begin. some of the front pages that we have so some of the front pages that we have so far. let's start off with the new york times. in the story bubbling under that we have been reporting across the bbc. the tensions rising between china and india. they have now turned lethal. lance, just remind us as to what these tensions give these clashes are about. there's been tension in that part of the world for at least 50 years. talking about this border between india and china. just as our intentions between india and pakistan which erupts from time to time. and it has similar problems.

continued challenges with the flawed cecil accounting standard and overall push at the fasb needs to be controlled by the s.e.c. to move from historic accounting and reporting what has happened in transactions completed, to moving to having the accountants project what's likely to happen or determine what future values of certain assets will be. and the misguided decision by fed and treasury to exempt companies receiving taxpayer dollars from the rules we put in the c.a.r.e.s. act regarding dividend payments and stock buybacks and executive compensation. also we'll deal with the loan coveted issue that arises at this time. i look forward to hearing chairman clayton on these issues and i will yield four minutes to our ranking member mr. huizenga. >> thank you, mr. chairman. appreciate you holding today's hearing. capital markets and emergency lending in the covid-19 era, i note it's not on the southern district of new york and that box has been checked. hope we can move along to the work of chairman clayton. last several months upended livelihood and well-being for millions of familie

sponsoring the education to further colonize presence of examples of contested heritage related to cecileedity council says they -- to remove the statue. pressure lead to action. protesters stroll a statue and threw him in the river. in london authorities removed slaveowner robert milligan from th tuesday. symbols are britain's racist and imperial past becoming intolerable. >> every country has national myths and nationalist sentiment. britain in that respect is no different. situationve a unique with the british empire which went on for such a long time. reporter: the death of george floyd is changing the way many look at race. different places, different figures. in oxford it was set so rhodes. in the united states it is robert a lee. universalinciple is and give extra fire by lack lives matter. historical figures of white supremacy, they say should no longer be given supreme positions in our towns and cities. libya's biggest oilfield halted production after it was stormed by an unidentified armed group. the facility, days after it began pop -- pumping oil again after a blockading janu

anti—racism campaigners appear to have won their fight to get a statue of the colonialist cecil rhodesersity. the governing body of 0riel college has voted in favour of taking it down. the monument has been the focus of a long—running campaign. several thousand people in north—west germany have been ordered into quarantine after a coronavirus outbreak at a large abattoir. more than 650 workers have tested positive. authorities have also ordered local schools and nurseries to shut down again. 0ur reporter freya colejoins me. first of all, you better update us on first of all, you better update us on where we first of all, you better update us on where we are at first of all, you better update us on where we are at with this because many people are working there? it happened at a facility in gutersloh, in north—west germany, and not the first outbreak in an abattoir in germany and around the world but in this setting case, the owner of the plans have been taken out owner of the plans have been ta ken out routine owner of the plans have been taken out routine tests and 650 at the very lea

>> well, it is definitely a victory as cecil mentioned and there are already so few providers who can offer some of these reproductive services in certain parts of the country, that putting onerous restrictions on them just takes away a woman's right to her own health. and that's essentially what you saw handed down by the supreme court. but, again there are so many other decisions that need to come out, particularly those which affect the affordable care act. i worry a little bit that some of these glimpses that we're getting nat nget ing into the newer justices could be a problem going forward. but this is a victory. but i'll tell you, we were all on the edge of our seats, it could have easily gone the other way and that would have taken away access for not just one state, but potentially many people in this country. >> dr. patel, can you tell us quickly the challenge here in terms of what was applied to doctors? they needed to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals in order to be able to perform abortion for women. what does that exactly mean and how would that have restrict

sissel rhodes -- cecil rhodes represents, for these protesters, the unacceptable face of british historyhis statue gone. >> he's basically a crook who went to other countries andco exploited thostries for his own gain. he doesn't stand for my values, and i don't want to see him celebrated. >> i'm here with my little sister. we are from botswana. my mom's father was made stateless by an apartheid government that was in part started and definitely helpeyto perpetuate rhodes. >> i'm from germany myself. i know how important it is to look critically into the there are certain parts of all cultures that are quite negative. reporter: the killing of george floyd has spked protests around the wld and across the u.k. in bristol this weekend, this ended with the controversial toppling of the stute of slave trader edward colston. should history be obliterated in this way? s scotland'rst black profeor says not. >> i'm absolutely adamant that, if you start removing the statues or street names to do with slavery, in 50 years, you will forget the history of that slavery. and maybe some racists might be

the cecil rhodes one, for example. should it stay or not?orous debates within my city as i said, one that involved a whole range of different actors. in opposing symbol. you have others who wanted to be completely removed. for me, the critical thing is to listen to the critical thing is to listen to the black community within oxford, and those who were directly impacted by this and to understand where they are coming from on this. i'm not going to seek to speak for them. i don't think that would be helpful. should people be fined for breaking quarantine rules? there doesn't seem to be any long—term plan at all from government around this. we understand the calls for a quarantine and indeed we have been asking for a very long time why it wasn't put in place at the same time as other countries during their experience of this disease. we don't have any clarity yet around whether testing is going to be part of this going forward and that is a critical question for us in deed, my colleague, the shadow home secretary, has been repeatedly raising t

in order to restore the damage cecil the municipality and the government found international partners to finance this large scale project and this time they want to do it better says the mayor. we are worried that if we are to pick. this issue. to restoring the free swore to also ensuring that we maintain our green mountain roof. it could be disastrous for our people on. this new embankments will be almost 2 kilometers long and one meter taller than the highest tide measured so far. but there is still a long way to go. many islanders don't yet understand the danger of deforestation that tree cover would provide the island's a measure of natural resilience and would slow erosion still people continue to cut down trees to use as a building material under says source of energy it may be illegal but they see no alternative. is a fishmonger. effect on me as she has no other way to preserve the daily cants she smokes the fish in a traditional smoking oven abandon the wood often burns for days on end. the last time we had visitors from an organization they promised us a new drawing of and bu

cecil said now decided to use the compost on her fields. miracle my language. i make comcast it gives me a profit instead of having to buy for to live with these profit i take care of my house and i take care of my children my 2 nephews i can go. to the market to buy the hands that he raised to secure my future and see if forest master they can deposit. it so when we news in confidence to revitalize the depleted fields and let them fatten again protects the ponytail palm trees. and the whole tropical forest. i'm afraid we've run out of time for today we hope the show has given you some useful information on how farming can help positive but also devastating effects on the environment from the ecological farming to new technologies that said for this week. goodbye from lagos nigeria and goodbye from me to here in kampala uganda we'll be back next week with the new edition of africa in the meantime if you want to get in touch visit our website or you can drop us a line take care and stay safe see you next time good bye. the beach. boys. every day counts for us an

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it down through the streets of oxford as thousands of protesters demand the removal of a statue of cecil rhodes the nineteenth century imperialist who gave his name to rhodesia now known as in bob what. we pride ourselves. he the protests howevever have dran mixed reactions one is to be very careful with questionsns that is not to just pick out a single individual because thehe whole empiree intoo britatain universe the city's industry was all built onon which was written as a welfare from other parts. where in the u. k. the past week statues of slave traders in london and bristol. been removed for toppled by protesters. meanwhile the belgian city of antwerp has taken down a statue of leleopold the second- seizure o of the congo on the nineteeeenth century. personal profit. reresulted in the deaths of millions of. calls are growing for the removal of statues of historical figures involved in slslavery o or colonialisism isi racism protests sweep across the globe. the movement that gained momentum in recent weeks after the u. s. p police killing of george floyd. across the american south

this statuef o cecil's roads at the statue of oxford -- these pictures are from 2016 when there is aampaign to remove it. it argued that the businessman in southernfrica represented white supremacy and was steeped in colonialism and racism. that campaign in 2016 was unsuccessful, but after sunday's vents, more prote called around it. campaigners say the university has failed to address its institutional racism of course, the u.k. is not the only countryraling with its history of colonialism. have a look at these pictures from belgium at the weekend. this is a statue of king leopold the second. he was in power as belgium committed atrocities in what is now the democrubic rc of congo. as you can see, protesters draped the statue in the drc flag t and graffiti debt wi word assassin. protesters outside the u.s. taking their strength of feeling about the death of george floyd to explore tir country's past. they are also using it as an opportunity to examine police brutalit inheir country. here is a black lives matter organizer in france tod. >> what is happening as we have a march, first

an oxford college votes to remove a statue of the colonialist cecil rhodes which has been criticisedti—racism protesters. the pub chain greene king and lloyd's of london insurers apologise for past links to the slave trade. president trump's former national security adviserjohn bolton accuses him of seeking china's help to win re—election in a new book the white house is trying to block. and the premier league is back, returning after three months with a moment of solidarty with the black lives matter movement as players took a knee straight after kick—off. good morning. the french president, emmanuel macron, will ask for a review of the uk's 14—day quarantine rule when he meets the prime minister in london today. this is the president's first foreign trip since the coronavirus lockdown began. but the foreign secretary, dominic raab, has sounded a note of caution about the possible easing of travel restrictions. our assistant political editor, norman smith, is in westminster this morning. hello to you, norman. as we mentioned, president macron‘s first foreign trip since restrictions

think of a child who is five years now, if you don't have a cecil rhodes there, how how are you goinge the institutionalized to south africa or even the role of those many others who have taken us to a still divided society, in fact to the resentment in which we are. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter — i'm @bbcrajiniv. thank you for watching. hello there. the heat and humidity sparking showers and thunderstorms from the midlands northwards. these will continue to push northwards into northern parts of england and scotland as we move into the first part of the night. you can see the rumbling further north as we move through the early hours. then we look to the southwest, the renewed area of showery rain pushing into northern ireland, wales, southwest england into east england. some of this rain could be quite heavy. still pretty warm and muggy and some of the larger towns and cities of england and wales. this weekend, significant changes on the way, we've got low pressure which will bring much cooler, fresher, windier conditions to our shores. al

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demonstrators demand the removal of a statue of cecil rhodes, one of the most controversial figures inits lockdown measures even though thousands of new cases are being

anti—racism campaigners appear to have won their fight to get a statue of the colonialist cecil rhodesg body of 0riel college has voted in favour of taking it down. the monument has been the focus of a long—running campaign. the united states has pulled out of international talks aimed at finding a fair way to tax digital giants such as google, apple, facebook and amazon. the move increases the chances of washington imposing new tariffs on countries that were considering digital services taxes, including the uk. president trump has signed into law a congressional act that authorises sanctions against chinese officials over the mass incarceration of minority uighur muslims in china's xinjiang province. but the signing happened asjohn bolton's new book alleged that mr trump told xi jinping that he approved of the vast uighur detention camps, and said that building them was exactly the right thing to do. one of the world's most successful figures in theatre, sir cameron mackintosh, the producer behind les miserables, mary poppins and hamilton, has said his productions will not return to t

protesters in oxford are now hoping to convince the university to remove a statue of the 19th imperialist cecilf the oppression of black people. the university's chancellor disagrees. there is a bit of hypocrisy in oxford taking money from 100 scholars a year, about a fifth of them from africa. to come to oxford and then say we want to throw the statue in the thames. and it is notjust in the uk that such monuments are under debate. in antwerp in belgium, a statue of king leopold ii who was responsible for the genocide of ten million people in the congo was defaced and has now been taken down. many more could be consigned to the scrapheap of history. the hollywood epic gone with the wind has been dropped from us television because of its depiction of slavery. media organisations — including the bbc — are reappraising some of their content in the wake of the protests over george floyd's death. our media editor, amol rajan, is here. some are saying these are the opening shots in a culture war. this was based on a 1936 novel by margaret mitchell and it shows sleeves who are not on the content with

there have been renewed protests in a long—running campaign for oriel college to remove an image of cecildes. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. will the wave of anger and protest that has swept across america since the killing of george floyd in minneapolis have a lasting impact difference to race relations? surely african—america ns must surely be sceptical. racism and discriminatory and violent policing have survived all previous efforts to make real the promises of equality and justice for all. my guest today is the historian and veteran civil rights campaigner mary frances berry. what will it take to engineer genuine change? mary frances berry, welcome to hardtalk. and thank you forjoining me from new orleans. thank you very much for having me. we are having beautiful weather here. well, i can see there isa weather here. well, i can see there is a bit ofa weather here. well, i can see there is a bit of a hurricane through your window, but let us focus on the storms that have been hitting and sweeping across america in recent days. the whole world has

there've been renewed protests in a long—running campaign for oriel college to remove an image of cecilhodes. plans to get all of englandmy primary school pupils back to school before the end of the term has been dropped. about 8 million children will now stay home until september at the earliest. the education secretary for england acknowledged that social distancing means the plans just wouldn't work. some pupils have already returned, but many parents have decided not to send their children back. teachers leaders say they warned the government repeatedly the plans were not realistic. 12 minutes... today, a hard lesson for these primary school children — the rest of their friends from other years won't withjoining them. i'm kind of sad about it, because lot of my friends are still at home, and i had a chance to meet them. i thought it was quite upsetting and disappointing, because it would've been better if i'd got to see them. welcoming all year groups back was always going to be a problem. there are 515 children at this school in barnton, in cheshire. with smaller class sizes and so

, there've been renewed protests ina long—running campaign for oriel college to remove an image of cecildes. it's about 2:30am. it's time for tuesday in parliament. hello there and welcome to tuesday in parliament. on this programme, the education secretary faces tough questions in the commons as he confirms that all english primary school children won't go back to class before the summer. why is it that we can turn a blind eye to thousands of demonstrators campaign for pubs and garden centres to open, yet it is so hard to reopen our schools? an snp mp has a bleak assessment of the chances of success in uk—eu trade talks. there is going to be misery heaped on misery as covid and brexit appear like the twin horsemen of the economic apocalypse trampling over any prospect of recovery. and mps are told how coronavirus has brought hard times for theatres and musicians. the union, we're running out of money. we have £1 million into a hardship fund — that's pretty much gone. but first, the education secretary has confirmed he's dropping plans for all primary school years in england to go back t

and this is the next statue the protesters are targeting, cecil rhodes who was a i9th—century imperialistathes of africa. campaigners say rhodes must fall as well. why in 2020 are we having statues and symbols and names of streets that remind us of a very dark place in history? slavery was one of the worst atrocities to mankind in history. the black lives matter protesters want to make britain confront the way black people have been treated. this protest has at least led to a national discussion about the history of these objects represent. but there are no other debates as well, in particular with the protests which have ended three times in varying degrees of unrest should be allowed during a pandemic. tom symonds, bbc news. our assistant political editor, norman smith, is in westminster now. home secretary priti patel will be talking about this in the commons later? and i think it will be a pretty uncompromising statement from the home secretary because there is already a growing backlash on the government benches over at some scenes we saw at the weekend, even though it is widely acce

british businessman cecil rhodes is considered by many to have been a white supremacist.em. this is trafalgar square in london. now, horatio nelson was, of course, a british naval hero who defeated napoleon at the battle of trafalgar. and, for many, his place at the top of this column is richly deserved. but for some his failure to denounce slavery means this glorification is wrong. there have in the past been calls for nelson's column to be removed. this is the start of a conversation that we need to have in britain. there are certain artefacts and buildings and objects that we don't talk about, which has a deep history, a history around the exploitation of people. but cultural historian patrick vernon doesn't want nelson's column removed, he wants it explained. i think the column's quite important because it celebrates the battle of trafalgar. over a third of nelson's sailors were black. you'll see images of black sailors on there. there should be some description describing why the column is here, why it was commissioned, but also recognising his past, his connection w