bbc--2020-07-09--George Floyd: Officer told dying man to 'stop yelling'

The US police officer accused of George Floyd 's murder told him to stop talking as he repeatedly gasped under the man 's knee , according to court documents .
The unarmed black man cried out for his late mother and children as he said the Minneapolis policeman would kill him , transcripts from body-cam footage show .
They were disclosed in court by lawyers for one of the four officers involved .
The documents offer the clearest picture yet of Mr Floyd 's last moments .
His death in May sparked global uproar .
It led to a wave @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Lives Matter movement , and stirred debate and reflection in the US over the country 's history of slavery and segregation .
All four officers involved in taking Mr Floyd into custody were fired and arrested .
Derek Chauvin , who knelt on his neck , faces several charges including second-degree murder , while the other three - Thomas Lane , J Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao - are charged with aiding and abetting murder .
• The last 30 minutes of George Floyd 's life • What US police officers think of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Thursday as Mr Lane 's lawyers asked for the case against him to be dismissed .
Warning : Some readers may find the content below distressing .
What do the transcripts show ?
Until now , eyewitness footage shared on social media revealed most of what was known about Mr Floyd 's arrest and his final moments .
The new transcripts give a more detailed account , shedding light on significant parts of the encounter , from the time Mr Lane and Mr Kueng arrived at the scene , to the point where @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ambulance .
Transcripts of footage recorded by body cameras fitted to Mr Lane and Mr Kueng show Mr Floyd said more than 20 times he could not breathe as he was restrained by the officers in a Minneapolis street .
They confronted him outside a convenience store where he was suspected of having used a forged $ 20 note to buy cigarettes .
At one point , a handcuffed Mr Floyd , while pinned down on the road next to the police car , gasps that he can not breathe , adding : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , man . ''
Mr Chauvin , who is shown in bystander footage appearing to kneel on Mr Floyd 's neck for nearly eight minutes , replies : `` Then stop talking , stop yelling .
`` It takes heck of a lot of oxygen to talk . ''
The transcripts show Mr Floyd appears co-operative at the beginning of the arrest , repeatedly apologising to the officers after they approach his parked car .
Mr Lane asks Mr Floyd to show his hands at least 10 times before ordering him to get @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to one of the demands to see his hands , Mr Floyd says : `` Man , I got , I got shot the same way , Mr Officer , before . ''
It is not clear what he is referring to .
At one point Mr Lane says : `` Why 's he getting all squirrelly and not showing us his hands and just being all weird like that ? ''
The officers then handcuff Mr Floyd and try to put him into the back of their police car .
As they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ repeatedly pleading that he is claustrophobic .
Mr Lane asks if he is `` on something '' .
Mr Floyd replies : `` I 'm scared , man . ''
According to another document , Mr Lane told investigators that once in the car , Mr Floyd began `` thrashing back and forth '' .
When asked `` So he pushed himself out of the car ? ''
Mr Lane replied : `` Yeah '' .
The investigator then asks : `` Versus you guys pulling him out of the car ? ''
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , because the goal is to keep him in the car , we did n't want him coming out again . ''
Pinned on the ground , according to the transcript , Mr Floyd cries out a dozen times : `` Mama . ''
• What we know about the officers charged over his death He says : `` Ca n't believe this , man .
Mom , love you .
Love you .
`` Tell my kids I love them .
I 'm dead . ''
At one point , when Mr @ @ @ @ @ @ @ breathe , Mr Lane asks Mr Chauvin : `` Should we roll him on his side ? ''
Mr Chauvin responds : `` No , he 's staying put where we got him . ''
Mr Lane then says : `` Okay .
Just worry about the excited delirium or whatever . ''
Mr Chauvin replies : `` Well that 's why we got the ambulance coming , '' and Mr Lane says `` Okay , I suppose '' .
Mr Chauvin 's lawyers have not commented on the documents since they were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coming out now ?
The transcripts were released in support of a legal bid to dismiss the criminal charges against Mr Lane , a new recruit only days into the job when Mr Floyd 's death happened .
Mr Lane 's lawyer Earl Gray , who filed the documents , argued that it was `` not fair or reasonable '' for his client to stand trial on the charges .
The new court documents include a transcript of Mr Lane 's interview with investigators from Minnesota 's Bureau of Criminal Apprehension .
In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the first crucial moments of his encounter with Mr Floyd .
Mr Lane said he pulled his gun out and ordered Mr Floyd to show his hands after approaching his car and seeing him `` sitting with his hands down below the seat '' .
Pictures from inside the car Mr Floyd was sitting in before his arrest show two crumpled $ 20 bills that , according to Mr Gray , were counterfeit .
At the end of the interview , one of the investigators asked Mr Lane if he felt either he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Floyd 's death .
`` I object to that .
You 're not going to answer that , '' Mr Gray said .
What has happened since Mr Floyd 's death ?
The incident and the bystander videos that exposed it highlighted deep wounds over racial inequality in the US .
For many , the outrage over Mr Floyd 's death also reflected years of frustration over socio-economic inequality and discrimination .
Protests erupted and have continued since , across many US cities and also internationally .
Police forces , governments and businesses @ @ @ @ @ @ @ inequality that fuelled the protests .
Monuments of historical figures with links to the slavery in the US and other countries were re-assessed .
Some were toppled or vandalised , others were taken down by authorities and institutions .
Mr Floyd 's death followed the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson , Missouri ; Eric Garner in New York ; and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement in recent years .
More on the US protests • Why US protests are so powerful this time • Five pieces of @ @ @ @

George Floyd dies after police arrest Image caption Tributes to George Floyd at a makeshift memorial Image copyright by Getty Images George Floyd dies after being arrested by police outside a shop in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Footage shows a white officer, Derek Chauvin, kneeling on Mr Floyd’s neck for several minutes while he is pinned to the floor. Mr Floyd is heard repeatedly saying "I can’t breathe". He is pronounced dead later in hospital.
Protests begin Image caption Demonstrators in Minneapolis Image copyright by AFP Four officers involved in the arrest of George Floyd are fired. Protests begin as the video of the arrest is shared widely on social media. Hundreds of demonstrators take to the streets of Minneapolis and vandalise police cars and the police station with graffiti.
Protests spread Image caption Protesters lie on the streets in Portland, Oregon Image copyright by Reuters Protests spread to other cities including Memphis and Los Angeles. In some places, like Portland, Oregon, protesters lie in the road, chanting "I can’t breathe". Demonstrators again gather around the police station in Minneapolis where the officers involved in George Floyd’s arrest were based and set fire to it. The building is evacuated and police retreat.
Trump tweets Image caption President Trump tweets about the unrest Image copyright by Reuters President Trump blames the violence on a lack of leadership in Minneapolis and threatens to send in the National Guard in a tweet. He follows it up in a second tweet with a warning "when the looting starts, the shooting starts". The second tweet is hidden by Twitter for "glorifying violence".
CNN reporter arrested Image caption Members of a CNN crew are arrested at a protest Image copyright by Reuters A CNN reporter, Omar Jimenez, is arrested while covering the Minneapolis protest. Mr Jimenez was reporting live when police officers handcuffed him. A few minutes later several of his colleagues are also arrested. They are all later released once they are confirmed to be members of the media. Derek Chauvin charged with murder Image caption Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin after being charged over the death of George Floyd Image copyright by Getty Images Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, 44, is charged with murder and manslaughter. The charges carry a combined maximum 35-year sentence.
Sixth night of protests Image caption Demonstrators set fire to rubbish in New York Image copyright by Reuters Violence spreads across the US on the sixth night of protests. A total of at least five people are reported killed in protests from Indianapolis to Chicago. More than 75 cities have seen protests. At least 4,400 people have been arrested. Curfews are imposed across the US to try to stem the unrest.
Trump threatens military response Image caption Trump posing with a Bible outside a boarded-up church Image copyright by EPA President Trump threatens to send in the military to quell growing civil unrest. He says if cities and states fail to control the protests and "defend their residents" he will deploy the army and "quickly solve the problem for them". Mr Trump poses in front of a damaged church shortly after police used tear gas to disperse peaceful protesters nearby.
Eighth night of protests Image caption George Floyd’s family joined protesters in Houston Image copyright by Getty Tens of thousands of protesters again take to the streets. One of the biggest protests is in George Floyd’s hometown of Houston, Texas. Many defy curfews in several cities, but the demonstrations are largely peaceful.
Memorial service for George Floyd Image caption Mourners gather to remember George Floyd Image copyright by Getty A memorial service for George Floyd is held in Minneapolis. Those gathered in tribute stand in silence for eight minutes, 46 seconds, the amount of time Mr Floyd is alleged to have been on the ground under arrest. Hundreds attended the service, which heard a eulogy from civil rights activist Rev Al Sharpton.
International protests Image caption Protester addresses crowds in Australia Image copyright by Getty As the US saw another weekend of protests, with tens of thousands marching in Washington DC, anti-racism demonstrations were held around the world. In Australia, there were major protests in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane that focused on the treatment of indigenous Australians. There were also demonstrations in France, Germany, Spain and the UK. In Bristol, protesters tore down the statue of a 17th century slave trader and threw it into the harbour.


bbc--2020-07-09--Glee star Naya Rivera missing after boat trip with son

Glee star Naya Rivera is missing after her four-year-old son was found alone in a boat on a lake in Southern California , officials say .
The 33-year-old rented the boat on Wednesday afternoon at Lake Piru , north-west of Los Angeles , the Ventura County Sheriff 's office said .
It said a search and rescue operation was suspended overnight and `` will continue at first light '' .
Rivera is best known for playing cheerleader Santana Lopez in Glee .
The musical comedy TV series ran on the Fox network from 2009 to 2015 .
In 2018 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he was expected to be sentenced for possessing child sex abuse images .
In 2013 , Cory Monteith , another star of the show , died from a heroin and alcohol overdose .
What 's is known about the boating incident ?
Rivera 's child was spotted by another boater three hours after the actress had taken the boat , CBS Los Angeles reports , quoting the sheriff 's office .
It says the boy told investigators that he and his mother were swimming - but she never got back into the boat @ @ @ @ @ @ @ identified as Naya Rivera , a Los Angeles resident .
On Tuesday , Rivera posted on Twitter a picture of herself and her son with a caption `` just the two of us '' .
Rivera began her career as a child actress and model , appearing in TV commercials in the US .
As a four-year-old she starred in the Royal Family sitcom , and had a number of other TV appearances .
But it was playing cold-hearted Santana Lopez in Glee that made her a star in America .
In 2014 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ At the Devil 's Door .
The same year she married fellow actor Ryan Dorsey - who is the father of her son .
The couple divorced in 2018 and have joint custody of the boy .

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bbc--2020-07-09--Gorillas in Nigeria: World's rarest great ape pictured with babies

Photos have been released for the first time in years showing a group of rare gorillas in the mountains of southern Nigeria , conservationists say .
Only 300 Cross River gorillas are known to live in the wild , making them the most endangered sub-species .
But the Wildlife Conservation Society ( WCS ) says this sighting raises hopes that the animals at risk of extinction are actually reproducing .
A number of infant gorillas are visible in the shots taken earlier this year .
WCS in Nigeria , an international non-governmental organisation , said the pictures were captured by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Cross River gorillas are the world 's rarest great ape , the World Wide Fund for Nature ( WWF ) says .
They are naturally wary of humans and have subtle distinctions from other species - such as smaller heads , longer arms and lighter-coloured hair .
• Great apes on lockdown over threat of coronavirus The primates were known to live in some mountainous areas in Nigeria and neighbouring Cameroon but are rarely seen .
The WCS says it is working closely with a community organisation , the Conservation Association of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Nigeria 's Cross River state to protect the primates .

The WCS says it is working closely with a community organisation, the Conservation Association of the Mbe Mountains, as well as authorities in Nigeria's Cross River state to protect the primates.


bbc--2020-07-09--Melania Trump sculpture in Slovenia set on fire on US Independence Day

A quirky wooden sculpture of US First Lady Melania Trump is reported to have been set on fire near her hometown in Slovenia , prompting its removal .
Brad Downey , the American artist who commissioned the statue , said it was targeted on 4 July , Independence Day in the US .
The Berlin-based artist arranged for the charred statue to be removed the next day .
Police told Reuters news agency they had launched an investigation .
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment .
The sculpture of Mrs Trump , which could @ @ @ @ @ @ @ likeness to the US first lady , was carved out of a tree trunk on the outskirts of Sevnica , her hometown in central Slovenia .
The statue , which depicts Mrs Trump dressed in a blue coat similar to one she wore to her husband 's inauguration and with a club-like hand gesturing to the sky , received mixed reviews when it was erected in July 2019 .
Some residents branded the statue a `` disgrace '' , complaining it looked more like the Smurfs character Smurfette than the first lady .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ understand who targeted the statue and why .
He said he had hoped the statue would open a dialogue about the political situation in the US , including the fractious debate on immigration .
Mrs Trump , a model who grew up in Slovenia when it was part of Yugoslavia , moved to the US in the 1990s .
The statue in Slovenia was targeted at a time when monuments of US leaders with links to slavery are being re-evaluated as a result of national reflection prompted by anti-racism protests .
In recent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , US President Donald Trump has taken a hardline against those who vandalise or tear down statues .
Since Mr Trump was elected US president in 2016 , Sevnica has become a tourist magnet , as visitors search for an insight into Mrs Trump 's early years Residents have brought out ranges of Melania-branded merchandise , including slippers , cakes , and Trump-like burgers with fly-away cheese `` hair '' .
In August last year , a wooden statue of President Trump was constructed in Slovenia , east of the capital Ljubljana .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the statue of her husband divided opinion .
Standing nearly 8m ( 26ft ) tall , the statue was burnt to the ground by unknown arsonists in January this year .

The sculpture of Mrs Trump, which could be described as only bearing a crude likeness to the US first lady, was carved out of a tree trunk on the outskirts of Sevnica, her hometown in central Slovenia.


bbc--2020-07-09--National security law: Australia suspends Hong Kong extradition treaty

Australia has suspended its extradition treaty with Hong Kong in response to fears over a new national security law imposed by China .
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the new law undermined `` Hong Kong 's own basic law '' and the territory 's current level of autonomy from Beijing .
Australia planned to extend visas for Hong Kong residents and encourage businesses there to relocate , he said .
China has criticised the move as `` gross interference '' in its domestic affairs .
`` We urge the Australian side to immediately stop meddling ... otherwise it will lead @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to hit its own feet , '' said a statement by its embassy in Australia .
Since the law was enacted last week , Canada has also suspended its extradition treaty , while the UK has offered citizenship options to Hong Kong residents .
Critics say the law makes it easier to punish protesters and critics of the Chinese government .
Hong Kong 's government says the law is required to bring order to a city that saw mass pro-democracy protests last year that often turned violent .
• Why people are scared @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the extent of the law 's reach is still uncertain , critics have said it could also lead to foreign nationals being arbitrarily detained in Hong Kong .
That has led Australia and other nations to issue new warnings to their citizens in Hong Kong .
More than 100,000 Australians are in the city .
`` You may be at increased risk of detention on vaguely defined national security grounds .
You could break the law without intending to .
If you 're concerned about the new law , reconsider your need to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Australia 's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade .
Mr Morrison said his government , along with others had been `` very consistent in expressing our concerns about the imposition of the national security law on Hong Kong '' .
New Zealand 's government also said on Thursday it would review the country 's relationship with Hong Kong .
Foreign Minister Winston Peters said New Zealand was `` deeply concerned '' about the national security law .
`` We will continue to monitor the law 's impact on the people of Hong Kong @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , '' he said .
Previously , Australia and Hong Kong could both seek the extradition of any person within their jurisdiction who was wanted for prosecution or a criminal sentence .
This process has happened just twice in the past 10 years .
Australia has also offered to extend visas to Hong Kong residents by five years - providing a pathway to permanent residency for up to 10,000 people .
Mr Morrison said the visa offer was also aimed at enticing Hong Kong businesses to relocate to Australia if they `` become @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' .
Hong Kong is a former British colony and was handed back to China in 1997 .
Under the arrangement , Hong Kong was allowed to have certain freedoms for 50 years , setting it apart from the Chinese mainland .
However the UK , and other Western nations say China 's new law directly threatens those freedoms and rights .
Last week , the UK offered resettlement to up three million Hong Kong residents - an action criticised by China .
Australia 's announcement could again aggravate tensions with China , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have soured further this year after Australia called for a global investigation into the origins of Covid-19 .
This has been viewed as the catalyst for China levelling sanctions on Australian exports .

"You may be at increased risk of detention on vaguely defined national security grounds. You could break the law without intending to. If you're concerned about the new law, reconsider your need to remain in Hong Kong," said Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.


bbc--2020-07-09--Qasem Soleimani: US strike on Iran general was unlawful, UN expert says

The US attack that killed top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani violated international law , a UN expert says .
Soleimani died along with nine other people in a drone strike near Baghdad airport in Iraq in January .
A report by the UN 's special rapporteur on extrajudicial killings , Agnes Callamard , says the US had not provided sufficient evidence of an imminent threat to life to justify the attack .
The US state department accused her of `` giving a pass to terrorists '' .
Last week , Iran issued arrest warrants for US President Donald Trump and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ terrorism in connection with the killing .
• Trump : 'We took action to stop , not start a war' • What does the law say about Soleimani 's assassination ?
He was seen as the most powerful figure in Iran after its supreme leader .
As commander of the Revolutionary Guards ' overseas operations arm , the Quds Force , Soleimani was an architect of Iranian policy across the Middle East .
He was in charge of the Quds Force 's clandestine missions and its provision of guidance , funding , weapons @ @ @ @ @ @ @ allied governments and armed groups , including Hezbollah , Hamas and Islamic Jihad .
Mr Trump described Soleimani as `` the number-one terrorist anywhere in the world '' .
He alleged that under the general 's leadership the Quds Force had `` targeted , injured , and murdered hundreds of American civilians and servicemen '' over the past 20 years , and that the general had orchestrated a rocket attack in Iraq in December that killed an American contractor .
The general arrived at Baghdad International Airport on a flight from Syria early @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the airport with senior officials from Iraqi Shia militias backed by Iran when their convoy was hit by missiles fired by a US drone .
Among the people killed alongside Soleimani was Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis , deputy commander of Iraq 's paramilitary Popular Mobilisation Forces , an umbrella grouping of Shia militias .
Mr Trump said he ordered the strike `` to stop a war '' between the US and Iran .
`` Soleimani was plotting imminent and sinister attacks on American diplomats and military personnel , but we caught him in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ asserted .
Five days later , Iran fired ballistic missiles at two Iraqi military bases hosting US forces .
No US troops died , but more than 100 suffered traumatic brain injuries .
What does the UN expert 's report say ?
Agnes Callamard presented her findings on Thursday to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva .
Her report says the US had provided no evidence that showed Soleimani specifically was planning an imminent attack against US interests , particularly in Iraq , for which immediate action was necessary and would have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was in charge of Iran military strategy , and actions , in Syria and Iraq .
But absent an actual imminent threat to life , the course of action taken by the US was unlawful . ''
The drone strike therefore constituted an `` arbitrary killing '' for which the US is responsible under international human rights law , according to the report .
Ms Callamard also says Iran 's retaliatory missile strikes were unlawful .
How has the US reacted ?
`` It takes a special kind of intellectual dishonesty to issue @ @ @ @ @ @ @ acting in self-defence while whitewashing General Soleimani 's notorious past as one of the world 's deadliest terrorists , '' state department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said on Wednesday .
`` This tendentious and tedious report undermines human rights by giving a pass to terrorists and it proves once again why America was right to leave '' the UN Human Rights Council in 2018 , she added .

Her report says the US had provided no evidence that showed Soleimani specifically was planning an imminent attack against US interests, particularly in Iraq, for which immediate action was necessary and would have been justified.


bbc--2020-07-09--Cyclist Froome to leave Ineos to join Israeli team

Last updated on .From the section Cycling Britain 's most successful road cyclist Chris Froome is to leave Team Ineos at the end of the season after they decided not to renew his contract .
After 10 years and four Tour de France titles won with Ineos ( formerly Team Sky ) , Froome , 35 , said : `` We have achieved so much together and I will always treasure the memories . ''
Froome will compete for Ineos at this year 's Tour , which begins on 29 August .
Ineos general manager Sir Dave Brailsford said he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ over the years , but I do believe this is the right decision for the team and for Chris '' .
• None Tour to start in August as Giro & Vuelta overlap in revised cycling calendar One main reason for Froome 's departure was understood to be his growing unease at having to battle another two riders at Ineos for the Tour 's famous yellow jersey - 2018 winner Geraint Thomas and last year 's victor Egan Bernal .
Ineos ' policy is not to focus all their backing on one rider @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , after establishing who the strongest contender is .
Brailsford added : `` Given his achievements in the sport , Chris is understandably keen to have sole team leadership in the next chapter of his career - which is not something we are able to guarantee him at this point .
`` A move away from Team Ineos can give him that certainty .
At the same time , it will also give other members of our team the leadership opportunities they too have earned and are rightly seeking . ''
Froome said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ decade with the team .
I look forward to exciting new challenges as I move into the next phase of my career but in the meantime my focus is on winning a fifth Tour de France with Ineos . ''
Kenya-born Froome joined Team Sky from their beginnings in 2009 , first serving as Sir Bradley Wiggins ' strongest domestique - powering him to Britain 's first Tour de France victory in 2012 .
After finishing second in that race himself , Froome went on to become Britain 's most road successful cyclist @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , in 2013 , 2015 , 2016 and 2017 .
Froome , who grew up in Nairobi and latterly Johannesburg , South Africa , also won the Giro d'Italia in 2018 , following an astonishing comeback ride , and the Vuelta a Espana twice - in 2011 , after being awarded the title retrospectively following a positive dope test for Juan Jose Cobo , and in 2017 .
His Ineos contract ends in December and he has raced very little since a crash just over a year ago before a stage during the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he suffered a fractured right femur , a fractured elbow and fractured ribs .
Israel Start-Up Nation are a team created from the pro-continental Israel Cycling Academy and now defunct Katusha squad .
Owner Sylvan Adams , a Israeli-Canadian property developer , has put substantial funds into the new team and made several strong signings , including Ireland 's Dan Martin and Britain 's former hour record holder Alex Dowsett .
But getting Froome is a huge statement and could change the balance of power in the peloton for the first time in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cycling 's highest profile races , the Grand Tours .
`` My dream is to win more Tours than anyone , '' Froome told L'Equipe in April .
`` It would be the perfect scenario , but I know there is still a lot of work to make it come true . ''
Froome needs two more victories to make it six , which would take him ahead of Eddy Merckx , Jacques Anquetil , Miguel Indurain and Bernard Hinault .
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Last updated on .From the section Cycling
Froome signed for Ineos (formerly Sky) in 2009
Britain's most successful road cyclist Chris Froome is to leave Team Ineos at the end of the season after they decided not to renew his contract.
He will join Israel Start-Up Nation for next season as sole team leader.
After 10 years and four Tour de France titles won with Ineos (formerly Team Sky), Froome, 35, said: "We have achieved so much together and I will always treasure the memories."
Froome is expected to compete for Ineos at this year's Tour, which begins on 29 August.
Ineos general manager Sir Dave Brailsford said he and Froome "shared many memorable moments over the years, but I do believe this is the right decision for the team and for Chris".
One main reason for Froome's departure was understood to be his growing unease at having to battle another two riders at Ineos for the Tour's famous yellow jersey - 2018 winner Geraint Thomas and last year's victor Egan Bernal.
Ineos' policy is not to focus all their backing on one rider until late into a three-week Grand Tour, after establishing who the strongest contender is.
Brailsford added: "Given his achievements in the sport, Chris is understandably keen to have sole team leadership in the next chapter of his career - which is not something we are able to guarantee him at this point.
"A move away from Team Ineos can give him that certainty. At the same time, it will also give other members of our team the leadership opportunities they too have earned and are rightly seeking."
Froome said: "It has been a phenomenal decade with the team. I look forward to exciting new challenges as I move into the next phase of my career but in the meantime my focus is on winning a fifth Tour de France with Ineos."
Kenya-born Froome joined Team Sky from their beginnings in 2009, first serving as Sir Bradley Wiggins' strongest domestique - powering him to Britain's first Tour de France victory in 2012.
After finishing second in that race himself, Froome went on to become Britain's most road successful cyclist, with four Tour de France wins, in 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2017.
Froome, who grew up in Nairobi and latterly Johannesburg, South Africa, also won the Giro d'Italia in 2018, following an astonishing comeback ride, and the Vuelta a Espana twice - in 2011, after being awarded the title retrospectively following a positive dope test for Juan Jose Cobo, and in 2017.
His Ineos contract ends in December and he has raced very little since a crash just over a year ago before a stage during the Criterium de Dauphine race, in which he suffered a fractured right femur, a fractured elbow and fractured ribs.
Israel Start-Up Nation are a team created from the pro-continental Israel Cycling Academy and now defunct Katusha squad.
Owner Sylvan Adams, a Israeli-Canadian property developer, has put substantial funds into the new team and made several strong signings, including Ireland's Dan Martin and Britain's former hour record holder Alex Dowsett.
But getting Froome is a huge statement and could change the balance of power in the peloton for the first time in an era where Team Sky/Ineos have dominated cycling's highest profile races, the Grand Tours.
Octopus curry and lots of rice - what does Chris Froome eat?
"My dream is to win more Tours than anyone," Froome told L'Equipe in April. "It would be the perfect scenario, but I know there is still a lot of work to make it come true."
Froome needs two more victories to make it six, which would take him ahead of Eddy Merckx, Jacques Anquetil, Miguel Indurain and Bernard Hinault.


bbc--2020-07-09--Javicia Leslie will be TV's first black Batwoman

Batwoman has found a new lead actress , with Javicia Leslie stepping up to wear the cape and cowl on the TV show 's second season .
Leslie will play Ryan Wilder , a new `` likable , messy , a little goofy and untamed '' character who will take over from Kate Kane , alias Batwoman .
Kane was played by Ruby Rose , who shocked fans by quitting in May .
Leslie 's casting makes her the first black actress to portray the character in a live action TV show or film .
`` I am extremely proud @ @ @ @ @ @ @ play the iconic role of Batwoman on television , '' said the actress , who previously starred in the US comedy-drama God Friended Me .
`` And as a bisexual woman , I am honoured to join this groundbreaking show which has been such a trailblazer for the LGBTQ+ community . ''
Rose walked away from the role of Batwoman in May , shortly after the first season finished on US TV network The CW .
• The stars who walked away from major acting roles The actress said it had been a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ return to the show , which is the first superhero series to have a gay lead character .
Her departure came a year after she suffered an injury while filming that required her to have emergency surgery , although Deadline reported her decision was not related to the injury .
Rose congratulated her successor on Instagram , writing : `` This is amazing ! ''
Fellow Batwoman actress Meagan Tandy said she had `` watched your star rise over this past year '' , adding : `` YOU are our ancestors ' wildest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who appears in Supergirl , part of the same `` Arrowverse '' stable of shows based on DC Comics characters , also welcomed Leslie .
Anjelika Washington , who appears in the series Stargirl , declared it was `` the golden age of black female superheroes '' .
Initially , producers announced that the role of Kate Kane would be recast .
But in June , they put out a casting call for an entirely new character .
Showrunner Caroline Dries later explained that she made the decision out of respect for Rose @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the show planned to `` erase '' Kate .
`` [ Kate 's ] disappearance will be one of the mysteries of season two , '' said Dries in a statement .
`` I do n't want to give away any of our surprises , but to all our devoted fans , please know that LGBTQ+ justice is at the very core of what Batwoman is and we have no intention of abandoning that . ''
Revealing Leslie 's casting , producers said the new Batwoman would be `` nothing like Kate Kane @ @ @ @ @ @ @ before her '' and `` not your stereotypical all-American hero '' .
The character is a former drug runner who now lives in a van .
Leslie , whose other credits include the BET drama The Family Business and 2019 rom-com Always a Bridesmaid will make her debut on the series in January 2021 .
Batwoman is shown in the UK on E4 .
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bbc--2020-07-08--Evidence found of epic prehistoric Pacific voyages

New evidence has been found for epic prehistoric voyages between the Americas and eastern Polynesia .
DNA analysis suggests there was mixing between Native Americans and Polynesians around AD 1200 .
The extent of potential contacts between the regions has been a hotly contested area for decades .
In 1947 , Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl made a journey by raft from South America to Polynesia to demonstrate the voyage was possible .
Until now , proponents of Native American and Polynesian interaction reasoned that some common cultural elements , such as a similar word used for a common crop , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ before Europeans settled in South America .
Opponents pointed to studies with differing conclusions and the fact that the two groups were separated by thousands of kilometres of open ocean .
Alexander Ioannidis from Stanford University in California and his international colleagues analysed genetic data from more than 800 living indigenous inhabitants of coastal South America and French Polynesia .
They were looking for snippets of DNA that are characteristic of each population and for segments that are `` identical by descent '' - meaning they are inherited from the same ancestor many @ @ @ @ @ @ @ segments of Native American ancestry across several Polynesian islands , '' said Mr Ioannidis .
`` It was conclusive evidence that there was a single shared contact event . ''
In other words , Polynesians and Native Americans met at one point in history , and during that time children with both Native American and Polynesian ancestry were born .
Statistical analyses confirmed the event occurred around AD 1200 , at about the time Pacific islands were originally being settled by Polynesians .
The team were also able to localise the source of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in modern-day Colombia .
Previous studies of the genomes ( the full complement of DNA in the nuclei of human cells ) of people from these regions have focused around contact on Easter Island - famous for its giant stone faces - because it is the closest inhabited Polynesian island to South America .
However , the study in Nature journal supports the idea that first contact occurred on one of the archipelagos of eastern Polynesia - as proposed by Heyerdahl .
Wind and current simulations have shown that drift voyages departing from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to reach Polynesia , and that they arrive with the highest probability in the South Marquesas islands , followed by the Tuamotu Archipelago .
Both of these archipelagos lie at the heart of the region of islands where the researchers found an ancestral genetic component from Colombian Native Americans .
Previously , researchers had noted superficial similarities between monolithic statues in Polynesia and others found in South America .
But other evidence comes from a correspondence between the word for sweet potato ( a crop that originated in South America ) , which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` cumal '' in , for example , the language used by the Cañari people of Ecuador .
Heyerdahl embarked on his `` Kon-Tiki '' raft expedition from Callao , Peru , on 28 April 1947 with five companions .
They sailed on the raft for 101 days , traversing 6,900km ( 4,300 miles ) of ocean before smashing into a reef at Raroia in the Tuamotus on 7 August 1947 .

"Because the timing is exactly at the time that the Polynesians were embarking on their longest voyages of discovery and soon after they discovered Easter Island, which is extremely remote, and also later settling New Zealand and Hawaii, they had no idea there was going to be a continent eventually and they were going to run out of islands, so I think they probably did find a continent," he said.


bbc--2020-07-09--Me Too founder Tarana Burke: Movement is not over

Me Too founder Tarana Burke says Harvey Weinstein being jailed this year was `` astonishing '' but far from the end of the movement .
Tarana began using the phrase `` Me Too '' in 2006 to raise awareness of women who had been abused .
Eleven years later , it found global recognition after a viral tweet by actress Alyssa Milano .
Milano was one of the women who accused Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault .
Investigations led to his imprisonment earlier this year , but how has that affected the wider Me Too movement ?
`` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ To see a high profile , rich white man be convicted of a crime in general is always astonishing , '' Tarana tells Radio 1 Newsbeat .
But the 46-year old says seeing what `` celebrity goes to jail or not , is not sustainable as a movement '' .
What Tarana sees as a victory for Me Too is helping people not blame themselves for sexual violence committed against them and lead fuller lives .
`` What we need to be talking about is the everyday woman , man , trans person @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the people who are not rich , white and famous , who deal with sexual violence on everyday basis .
`` We need to talk about the systems that are still in place that allow that to happen . ''
Tarana says it 's about dismantling the misuse of power and privilege which can also lead to racism and sexism .
This is something , she believes , recent Black Lives Matter protests have been addressing .
Tarana says there are similarities between Black Lives Matter and Me Too .
`` They 're @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are predicated on undoing systems of oppression . ''
Tarana says she feels like the deaths of black men in police custody still get more attention than black women - `` not to diminish anything about those black men who unjustly lost their lives , '' she adds .
She brings up the example of Breonna Taylor , a health worker shot eight times by police who entered her apartment in Louisville , Kentucky on 13 March - two months before George Floyd 's death .
Activists were calling on people to `` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a movement to remember black women whose deaths have not attracted the same attention as men .
In 2016 , a police officer in Oklahoma was jailed for life for sexually assaulting 13 black women .
`` If you 're a black woman who was on the street , fighting , screaming , chanting , marching , protesting and fighting back to show the world that Black Lives Matter , we do n't just mean black men 's lives . ''
`` If you 're a black woman you have to deal with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ killed by police and sexual harassment at the hands of the police . ''
Even though Tarana founded the Me Too movement in 2006 , she admits it would n't have had the same attention without a Hollywood actress tweeting about it in 2017 .
`` It 's not just social media , it 's who brought it to social media , and how it was brought to social media , '' she says .
`` Those women who got up and came forward around Harvey Weinstein had no idea that it was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' Tarana says she did n't feel like her work was ever `` hijacked '' by people who were more powerful , but does believe that 's something the media may have done .
`` People did n't know who I was , and people still do n't know who I am .
What do you do with a 46-year-old black woman from the Bronx , who 's not polished , who does n't look anything like even a black woman in Hollywood . ''
Tarana and Alyssa have met and discussed the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ actress first tweeted about it .
`` If Alyssa Milano did n't say : 'Wait a minute , I did n't start this .
This black woman named Tarana Burke started this ' , people would not know my name . ''
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bbc--2020-07-08--Coronavirus: The doctors on Yemen's front line

The UN has warned that its aid agencies do n't have the resources they need to fight the looming threat @ @ @ @ @ the country also struggles with a surge in suspected coronavirus deaths .
Five years of @ @ @ @ @ system devastated , and with very limited testing , the spread of Covid-19 is going @ @ @ @ @ been speaking to those on the front line of Yemen 's pandemic crisis .

The UN has warned that its aid agencies don't have the resources they need to fight the looming threat of famine in Yemen as the country also struggles with a surge in suspected coronavirus deaths.
Five years of conflict have left the medical system devastated, and with very limited testing, the spread of Covid-19 is going unchecked. Nawal Al-Maghafi has been speaking to those on the front line of Yemen's pandemic crisis.
Producer: Dina Demrdash


bbc--2020-07-08--Poland election: The fight for LGBT rights

Polish President Andrzej Duda , who is seeking re-election on Sunday , is accused of running on an anti-LGBT platform @ @ @ @ @ ban same-sex couples from adopting .
Before the coronavirus lockdown , Ben Hunte , the @ @ @ @ @ , went to Poland to visit its so-called ‘ LGBT-free ’ zones , and discovered @ @ @ @ @ gay people living there .

In 2020, Polish President Andrzej Duda was running for re-election, and was accused of campaigning on an anti-LGBT platform, saying he planned to ban same-sex couples from adopting.
Before the coronavirus lockdown, Ben Hunte, the BBC’s LGBT correspondent, went to Poland to visit its so-called ‘LGBT-free’ zones, and discovered what life is like for gay people living there.
Filmed by Patrick Clahane
Produced and filmed by Sean Allsop
Edited by Tobias Chapple


bbc--2020-07-09--Jawar Mohammed: The Ethiopian media mogul taking on Abiy Ahmed

Having previously warned that Ethiopia 's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed risked turning into an `` illegitimate '' ruler , Jawar Mohammed , 34 , has now become the most high-profile opposition politician to be detained since the Nobel Peace laureate took office in April 2018 .
An ethno-nationalist with a Facebook following of nearly two million , Mr Jawar is accused of being linked to the murder of a policeman during the violence which erupted last week after music star Hachalu Handessa was gunned down in the capital Addis Ababa .
His allies deny his involvement in the murder , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ neutralise the popular opposition politician .
Both Mr Abiy and Mr Jawar hail from Ethiopia 's largest ethnic group , the Oromos , but have differed sharply over the future direction of Ethiopia since Mr Abiy took power in 2018 , with a promise to democratise and unite the ethnically divided nation after decades of authoritarian rule .
For government supporters , Mr Jawar 's arrest was vital to help quell the ethnic nationalism and violence that they accuse him of fanning to derail the prime minister 's `` coming together '' vision @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of national unity in the country of more than 100 million .
But for Mr Jawar 's supporters , his arrest showed that the prime minister had become intolerant of the 34-year-old 's alternative vision , which revolved around the federal state giving self-rule to Oromos and other ethnic groups in regions where they constitute the majority . '
I am an Oromo first' Born in 1986 to a Muslim father and an Orthodox Christian mother , Mr Jawar established his credentials as an Oromo nationalist in a 2013 interview with the Qatar-owned @ @ @ @ @ @ @ am an Oromo first , '' Mr Jawar - then exiled in the US - declared , adding that Ethiopia had been `` imposed '' on him .
His comments unleashed what Keele University law lecturer Awol Alo described at the time as a `` political tsunami '' , with people either passionately supporting him or harshly criticising him in a highly polarised debate that swept through Ethiopia and the diaspora .
`` I am an Oromo first '' later grew into a political campaign , with the-then Minnesota-based Mr Jawar criss-crossing the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the regime back home and to win their `` freedom '' .
The campaign culminated with the launch later in 2013 of a satellite television station - along with social media accounts - under the banner of the Oromia Media Network ( OMN ) .
`` We 've now liberated the airwaves of Oromia .
We will liberate the land in the coming years , '' Mr Jawar said at its launch .
As its then-chief executive officer , he turned the OMN into a powerful voice of the youth , whom he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ means `` young unmarried man '' - a term first popularised in the 1990s by the-then banned Oromo Liberation Front ( OLF ) rebel group in its bid to attract recruits .
Having grown up in the small town of Dhumuga where the OLF had a strong presence , Mr Jawar often said : `` I was born in the Oromo struggle , '' as he recalled learning about the `` oppression '' of Oromos under the rule of emperors and autocrats alike .
Despite being the largest ethnic group in Ethiopia , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ minister , while during the time of Emperor Haile Selassie , their language and traditional religion were banned .
A bright student , Mr Jawar left Ethiopia in his teens when he won a fellowship to study in Singapore in 2003 .
Two years later he moved to the US where he graduated with a political science degree from Stanford University and a masters degree in human rights at Colombia University in 2013 .
As a university student , Mr Jawar distanced himself from the OLF he had revered as a child , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` broken beyond repair '' because of leadership disputes and factionalism .
But he continued to rally the large number of Oromos in the diaspora to support the `` struggle '' back home , which gained momentum after mass protests broke out in 2015 , forcing the resignation of Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn three years later .
When Mr Abiy first emerged as Mr Hailemariam 's potential successor , Mr Jawar warned that it would be a `` strategic blunder '' to give him the premiership , indicating a preference for current Defence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Mr Jawar felt , was closer to his own .
But once Mr Abiy became the first Oromo to ever secure the premiership , the 34-year-old supported him , especially after he embarked on a series of reforms that saw the unbanning of opposition groups , the release of thousands of political prisoners , and the dropping of terrorism-related charges against exiles , including Mr Jawar , who then returned home to set up the OMN 's headquarters in Addis Ababa as the voice of the `` Qeerroo '' .
Mr Jawar @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , did not last long , as he maintained that self-rule was the key to stability and economic development for all ethnic groups , putting him on a collision course with the prime minister .
For Mr Jawar 's followers , his incarceration last week was further proof that Mr Abiy had betrayed their hopes - especially as his detention had come after much-awaited elections due next month had been indefinitely postponed .
Election officials cited the coronavirus outbreak for the postponement .
Mr Abiy had planned to contest the poll under the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he launched last year by getting eight ethnically-based parties to rally behind his `` coming together '' vision .
In contrast , Mr Jawar joined the opposition Oromo Federalist Congress ( OFC ) , and stepped down as the chief executive of the OMN 's television station .
The OFC had planned to form an alliance with the OLF and the Oromo National Party ( ONP ) to contest the election on what was expected to be a strong ethno-nationalist ticket , threatening Mr Abiy 's support among Oromos in the ethnic group @ @ @ @ @ @ @ postponement of the poll , Mr Jawar warned Mr Abiy that he would be an `` illegitimate '' prime minister once the term of the current parliament ended at the end of September .
Now , Mr Jawar finds himself incarcerated , with his party saying that both his lawyer and family had been denied access to him , and that he had embarked on a hunger strike .
For their part , police say they are pressing ahead with investigations to put Mr Jawar on trial for the murder of an officer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ during protests which broke out last week in Addis Ababa following the killing of Hachalu - a musician who often sang about the Oromo 's struggle for freedom .
Mr Jawar 's supporters said the policeman was killed by another officer , following a disagreement within their ranks over whether the opposition politician should be arrested .
• 'My friend the hero who was gunned down' Police said Mr Jawar would also be prosecuted over protests that led to the deaths of 97 people last October after the politician released a video , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ life by ordering the removal of his security detail .
The allegation - which police denied at the time - triggered a wave of protests that saw some of Mr Jawar 's supporters burn copies of a book that Mr Abiy had published , outlining his `` coming together '' vision .
While Mr Jawar denied inciting violence , the incident was seen as an attempt to embarrass the prime minister soon after he had won the Nobel Peace Prize for ending a border war with Ethiopia and for his efforts to democratise @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the OMN in Addis Ababa last week , forcing its television station to once again start broadcasting from the US .
Whether Mr Abiy can now regain the political initiative - or whether Mr Mohammed 's detention galvanises the `` Qeerroo '' to step up their opposition to him - will become clear in the months ahead , leaving many Ethiopians anxious about the future .
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But once Mr Abiy became the first Oromo to ever secure the premiership, the 34-year-old supported him, especially after he embarked on a series of reforms that saw the unbanning of opposition groups, the release of thousands of political prisoners, and the dropping of terrorism-related charges against exiles, including Mr Jawar, who then returned home to set up the OMN's headquarters in Addis Ababa as the voice of the "Qeerroo".


bbc--2020-07-09--'Don't scream and be serious' Japan theme park tells rollercoaster riders

Many people might find it tricky keeping quiet through an entire roller coaster ride , but one Japanese theme park wants you to do that - and more .
Fuji-Q Highland near Tokyo re-opened last month after its virus shutdown .
It asked riders to avoid screaming when they go on its rollercoasters , to minimise spreading droplets , and instead `` scream inside your heart '' .
And to encourage people to play along , it 's getting riders to put on their most `` serious face '' for the ride photo .
They can share their photo online @ @ @ @ @ @ @ those who do best will be given free day passes .
Here are some of the attempts : This guy definitely has our vote .
The theme park will be running the challenge until 17 July , so if you 're in Japan and can hold a serious face under any circumstances - now 's your chance .
The no screaming rule - in addition to the mandatory use of masks - is meant to stop potential virus-carrying droplets from flying out of your mouth at 80mph .
Clearly , it 'll be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ according to executives who spoke to the Wall Street Journal , violations will not actually be punished .
But it 's all part of measures being taken by theme parks to give customers the confidence to return after the shutdowns , and assure them their safety is being taken seriously .
In response to suggestions that it was impossible not to scream on a rollercoaster , the park previously released a video of two executives riding in silence , to show it can be done .
In the surreal video , which has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ seen formally clad and in masks - one of them is even wearing a full suit and tie .
He slowly adjusts his hair after the roller coaster plunges down and looks almost bored by the entire exercise .
The other clenches the safety bars tightly .
You can see their bodies shaking as the ride goes on its twists and turns - but they remain absolutely stoic and silent throughout the four-minute video .
At the end of the video a message appears : `` Please scream inside your heart '' .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ infection rate , though virus cases in the capital Tokyo have surged in recent days .
The country has reported more than 20,000 virus cases and a death toll of 982 , according to Johns Hopkins University .

In the surreal video, which has since gone viral, both executives are seen formally clad and in masks - one of them is even wearing a full suit and tie. He slowly adjusts his hair after the roller coaster plunges down and looks almost bored by the entire exercise.


bbc--2020-07-09--Is rum about to become the new gin?

Is rum about to become the new gin?

Rum distiller Mark Watkins is reflecting on his disastrous first attempt at making his own spirits when he was a teenager .
The then 16-year-old had set up a rudimentary distillery at the back of his parents ' banana farm in the small town of Walkamin , in north-eastern Queensland , Australia .
His questionable safety standards nearly saw the family 's crop go up in flames , and he almost poisoned his school friend .
`` He 's still alive , but he does n't talk to me anymore , '' says Mr Watkins , now 39 .
Nevertheless @ @ @ @ @ @ @ blocks left him unperturbed .
He was on a mission to make top-quality spirits , with the ultimate goal of creating the best rum in the world .
Two decades later , he 's accomplished his mission .
Last year , the World Rum Awards named Mr Watkins ' Iridium rum `` the world 's best pot still rum , five years old and under '' .
It put his small business , Mt Uncle Distillery , on the global map .
Although the company is a tiny drop in the global spirits @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a small but growing number of rum distilleries around the world taking the spirit in a new direction - low volume , premium production .
So , is rum now starting to follow the path set by gin over the past decade , which has seen a huge rise in the number of independent producers as demand has soared ?
But first a reminder - what exactly is rum ?
It is a spirit made from distilling sugarcane juice , sugar cane syrup ( concentrated juice ) , or sugarcane molasses , which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are left with after granulated sugar has been produced .
It can be drunk neat , with water , a mixer or as a cocktail base .
• Rum is synonymous with the Caribbean , where the first modern rums were distilled on sugarcane plantations in the 17th Century • The history of the spirit is intrinsically linked to slavery , as it was slaves working on the plantations who discovered that molasses , the dark treacle left over after sugar has been refined , could be fermented and then distilled into a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the British Royal Navy , with sailors being given a daily `` rum ration '' from 1850 until the practice was ended in 1970 .
A type of dark rum called `` navy rum '' is still made and sold by a number of producers Assessed in its entirety , global rum production - which is dominated by mass market brands produced in huge volumes - has flat-lined in recent years .
Total worldwide sales by volume of standard or value-priced rum grew just 0.6 % from 2014 to 2019 , according to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Drinks Market Analysis .
Yet at the same time , `` high-end rum '' bottles costing $ 28 ( £22.50 ) or above grew by 8.3 % over the same period , says the organisation .
`` I think , in general , new generations of [ rum drinkers ] are drinking less , but they 're drinking better , '' says Roberto Serralles , a sixth-generation rum-maker .
His family own and run Puerto Rican business Destileria Serralles , which has been making rum since 1865 .
`` The rum category is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ so the higher premium end is growing , but with small volume , and that 's why it gets lost . ''
Many rum aficionados , like Mr Watkins , say that rum still has an inferior image , purveyed by cheap brands , and often , their subsequent hangovers .
`` Lots of people got smashed on rum when they were 17 , and have n't given it another chance , '' says the Australian .
`` Lots of people are familiar with cheaper brands , and [ for small distilleries ] @ @ @ @ @ @ @ crack into , as there are so many big multinational companies involved . ''
Rum consultant , and World Rum Awards chair of judges , Peter Holland agrees that the rum industry has some repositioning to do .
`` A problem that we have in the rum world is that it 's represented invariably by price , and that price is low , '' he says .
`` When you race to the bottom you 're not really driving up quality . ''
Thus , Mr Holland 's passion lies in re-educating the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is a spirit that has enormous potential , and a level of complexity - attained through different distillation and aging techniques - that is currently not well marketed or understood .
As Queensland is a big grower of sugar cane , Mt Uncle has a ready source of sugar syrup from which to make its rum .
In fact , Mr Watkins ' family farm in Walkamin , which is home to Mt Uncle Distillery , is right next to a sugar mill .
For rum producers in cooler countries where sugarcane can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on easily transportable and readily available molasses .
This is the case at the UK 's Two Drifters Rum .
Located outside the city of Exeter in the south west of England , the company is run by husband and wife team Russ and Gemma Wakeham .
They started out making beer in 2019 , with a small distillery on the side `` for a bit of fun '' but have now switched to solely making rum .
`` It was completely driven by the fact that we could n't make enough of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ company buys its molasses from UK sugar producers including Tate & Lyle .
It now produces a range of rums , with the spiced version being the bestseller - though Mr Wakeham admits that purists would not see spiced rum as a true representation of the spirit .
Mr Holland says that if rum wants to cement its move upmarket , the industry should stop categorising the drink by its colour .
`` Colour is not a flavour , '' he says .
`` I think white , gold and dark are very @ @ @ @ @ @ @ market .
`` You do n't order gold whisky or dark cognac , so why should rum be tarred with that brush ?
If we can make the language around rum a bit more grown up , then I think we have a better chance of bringing people over [ to the rum market ] . ''
Mr Serralles says the industry also needs to better educate drinkers .
`` Most people do n't know what to do with rum .
`` They 've usually always thought of it as something you drink @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on vacation . ''
With global rum sales totalling $ 16.5bn in 2019 , according to the IWSR , it trails far behind vodka ( $ 43.6bn ) and whiskies ( $ 74bn ) , but is still ahead of gin ( $ 10.8bn ) .
So is rum really about to mirror gin 's huge growth in sales , and see a significant rise in the number of small producers as it surges in popularity ?
`` That 's the question on everyone 's lips , '' says Mr Watkins .
`` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ boom spirit .
It 's definitely due for it . ''

Rum consultant, and World Rum Awards chair of judges, Peter Holland agrees that the rum industry has some repositioning to do. "A problem that we have in the rum world is that it's represented invariably by price, and that price is low," he says. "When you race to the bottom you're not really driving up quality."


bbc--2020-07-09--Pop music is getting faster (and happier)

`` This is my dancefloor , I fought for , '' Lady Gaga sings euphorically on Free Woman , a track from her new album , Chromatica .
She 's not alone .
The charts are suddenly crammed with pop songs that celebrate joy and sensuality and precipitous thrill : Dua Lipa 's Physical , Doja Cat 's Say So , Harry Styles ' Watermelon Sugar and Gaga 's own Stupid Love .
At the same time , music is getting faster .
The average tempo of 2020 's top 20 best-selling songs is a pulse-quickening 122 beats per minute @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been since 2009 .
The outbreak of euphoria is as sudden as it is unexpected .
For the last few years , pop has been getting slower , as artists like Ariana Grande and Billie Eilish incorporate the leisurely cadences and rhythms of southern hip-hop and trap music into their songs .
Lyrics have taken a darker turn , too , with expressions of loneliness , fear and anxiety becoming increasingly common .
In 2017 , a Californian mathematician called Natalia Komarova was so shocked by the negativity of the songs her daughter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The rise of the 'sad banger' Using the research database AcousticBrainz - which allows you to examine musical properties like tempo , key and mood - she and her colleagues at the University of California Irvine examined half a million songs released in the UK between 1985 and 2015 .
They found a significant downturn in the positivity of pop songs .
Where 1985 saw upbeat tracks like Wham 's Freedom , 2015 favoured more sombre music by Sam Smith and Adele .
`` 'Happiness ' is going down , 'brightness ' @ @ @ @ @ @ @ going up , '' said Komarova of her results , `` and at the same time , the songs are becoming more 'danceable ' and more 'party-like ' . ''
`` So it looks like , while the overall mood is becoming less happy , people seem to want to forget it all and dance . ''
• Five ways music changed in the 2010s • Dancing On My Own : 10 years of Robyn 's 'sad banger' In other words , Komorvoa had identified the rise of the `` sad banger '' @ @ @ @ @ @ @ up for good times , only to sucker punch your heart with lyrics of Biblical sadness .
For that , we can thank Swedish pop star Robyn , whose hit single Dancing On My Own influenced a generation of songwriters .
Released in 2010 , it documented the brutal moment you see your ex kissing their new partner on a night out , and your world falls apart while everyone around you is having fun .
Lorde called it `` perfect '' , Christine & The Queens said she could `` only marvel @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Sam Smith observed that it made Robyn `` a huge part of the LGBTQ community because we get to dance our pain away '' .
Turning heartbreak into a fist-pumping emotion was Robyn 's masterstroke - and as the 2010s progressed , her fingerprints were all over hits like Rihanna 's We Found Love , Taylor Swift 's Out Of The Woods and Dua Lipa 's New Rules .
At the same time , however , pop was decelerating .
By 2017 , the average tempo of a hit single in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ down from a high of 124bpm in 2009 .
In the US , where hip-hop is more prevalent on the charts , it fell as low as 90.5 bpm .
`` People were burnt out on uptempo , super poppy stuff like they were with hair-metal bands back in the day , '' songwriter Bonnie McKee told Rolling Stone magazine in 2017 .
`` Then as the sociopolitical climate got darker , people just were n't in the mood to hear some upbeat bop . ''
Just three years later , the trend @ @ @ @ @ @ @ looking at the top 20 now and , if you were to play the chart in order , you would n't think the world is going through a crisis , '' says pop star Raye , who has written for the likes of Beyonce , Little Mix and Stormzy alongside her solo hits .
`` You would expect political or emotional music matching the aura of the time to be more prevalent , but it 's actually the opposite - which shows how we 're coping in the UK especially .
`` Tempo @ @ @ @ @ @ @ draws you out of the reality of what is going on right now ; and transports you to somewhere more positive and uplifting . ''
Music journalist Charlie Harding , who hosts the Switched On Pop podcast , agrees there 's been `` an important psychological change '' in people 's listening habits .
`` During moments of great distress , music provides hope .
A pop song gives us permission to access joy , even when the world is burning .
`` But music is more than just escapism .
It can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ life .
Protest anthems motivate us to keep marching in the streets even when our feet are tired .
Dance songs help us blow off steam at home , especially when we ca n't go dancing out on the town .
`` This upbeat shift happened during the great depression and during World War Two .
Once again we need sounds that help us forge a path to the world we want to live in , not the one we 're inhabiting today . ''
That last point is important , because the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ written specifically for the bizarre circumstances of 2020 - it just happened to be ready at the right time .
Dua Lipa 's escapist pop opus Future Nostalgia was finished late last year , while Lady Gaga decided to make Chromatica a `` fun '' and `` energetically pure '' dance album back in 2017 .
It followed a period where the star eschewed pure pop to try on new guises - jazz chanteuse , country crooner and Oscar-baiting balladeer .
In that period , the average tempo of her singles dropped below @ @ @ @ @ @ @ escapism .
It 's possibly Gaga 's most personal record to date , discussing topics like her sexual assault , the antipsychotic medication she 's been prescribed , and the fibromyalgia which leaves her in chronic pain .
If you run the lyrics through linguistical analysis software , you 'll find that positive emotional words only slightly outweigh the negative ones ( accounting for 3.36 % vs 3.12 % of the overall total word count ) .
Combined with the album 's accelerated beats , the lyrical tension ultimately creates a feeling of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ her problems behind her and struts onto the dancefloor .
`` We knew that Stupid Love felt good , and the other songs we were writing gave gloomy , hard , tearful days bright endings , '' said music producer BloodPop , who worked on 12 of the record 's 16 tracks .
`` You could physically see dance music healing this person in real time so it just became obvious very quickly that that 's what we had to do , '' he told Rolling Stone .
• Why pop music is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ • How Dua Lipa released an album from isolation Dua Lipa 's record was cathartic in a different way - written to `` get away from pressures and anxieties and opinions from the outside world , '' as she tried to follow-up her hugely successful debut .
Releasing it during the pandemic gave the music an added sense of urgency .
`` I wanted to give people some happiness during this time , where they do n't have to think about what 's going on and just shut off and dance , '' @ @ @ @ @ @ @ n't the only stars putting ecstasy back into the equation - and Spotify can ( sort of ) prove it .
The service helpfully collects metadata on the 50 million songs in its database , rating them for things like `` danceability '' , `` energy '' and `` acoustic-ness '' .
But the measure we 're interested in is called valence - and it rates a song 's positivity .
Tracks with high valence sound more positive ( happy , euphoric ) , while tracks with low valence sound more negative ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not a perfect measure .
Pharrell 's Happy gets a score of 96 % , as you might expect , but so does Aloe Blacc 's I Need A Dollar - a story of unemployment and poverty .
You could argue it 's really measuring jauntiness - but that 's still a reasonable indicator of music 's prevailing mood .
We looked at the valence for the UK 's top 20 best-selling singles every year of the last decade .
As you would expect , the score tends to hover around the half-way @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was 2017 , as listeners sought refuge from political turmoil in songs like Ed Sheeran 's Shape Of You and Luis Fonsi 's Despacito , dragging the average valence up to 62 % .
After a couple of years decline , poptimism is back .
The 20 best-selling songs so far this year score 57 % on the happiness scale .
If you zoom in on individual artists , the pattern becomes even more pronounced .
Lady Gaga , Ed Sheeran , Dua Lipa and Taylor Swift are all on an upwards curve @ @ @ @ @ @ @ downbeat or fuelled by revenge in the mid-2010s .
Even Drake , an artist so perennially miserable that there are 84 separate playlists called `` Sad Drake Songs '' on Spotify , has become more optimistic .
His latest hit , Toosie Slide , has a valence of 84 % , making it the `` happiest '' of the 58 singles he 's released so far .
Notably , the song was written specifically to go viral on TikTok , the video sharing app that 's become an increasingly important way for artists @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the top 20 best-selling singles in the UK this year were boosted by their presence on the platform - and those songs tend to have a higher valence , scoring an average of 69 % positivity , compared to 49 % for the remaining 12 tracks .
Whatever prompted the shift , pop star Charli XCX is in favour of it .
`` I feel like everything was so hip-hop infused for so long that maybe it 's fun for it to be about it being so sugary and pop and happy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Shop podcast .
`` That Doja Cat song makes me feel so happy .
And same with the Dua song - it feels like I 'm in a rom-com .
I think that 's really joyous and cool because I feel like there was a lot of darkness in pop for a long time . ''
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But Raye says writing rose-tinted pop @ @ @ @ @ @ @ challenging experience .
`` It 's a real battle between do I address how I feel and what 's going on , or do I just create something that feels the opposite ? ''
she says .
`` But I think if we were to be sitting on Zoom writing ballads , we 'd just feel depressed , so it kind of makes sense to channel this upbeat 80s vibe . ''
Meanwhile , Becky Hill , whose top 10 hits include Wish You Well and Gecko ( Overdrive ) , says aspiring @ @ @ @ @ @ @ capitalise on the happy pop revival .
`` I try not to compare myself or my music to anyone else because music takes so friggin ' long to get released , '' she says .
`` So if you 're writing for a trend , you 've got to look at that song to not be coming out for the next , at least , eight weeks .
And by that point everyone 's probably moved on to something else . ''
But singer-songwriter Kamille , the Brit Award-winner behind Little Mix 's @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 's Do n't Call Me Up says that , when she writes upbeat songs , she 's mostly writing for herself .
`` Music is a haven and an escape , '' she says .
`` When I 'm on streaming services , I 'm listening to something that 's going to make me feel good and give me energy , because I 've got so little of it at the moment . ''
She says that cueing up a track like A-Ha 's Take On Me can alter the course of her @ @ @ @ @ @ @ changes and I feel excited and my heart starts to race .
It 's like a little natural high . ''
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"It's a real battle between do I address how I feel and what's going on, or do I just create something that feels the opposite?" she says. "But I think if we were to be sitting on Zoom writing ballads, we'd just feel depressed, so it kind of makes sense to channel this upbeat 80s vibe."


bbc--2020-07-09--How one woman's stolen identity exposed a system of exam fraud

This week around 10 million students across China have sat the Gaokao - a college entrance exam which determines their entire future .
Hanging over their heads , though , is the recent revelation that hundreds of other students before them were victim to an identity theft scandal which saw them robbed of their results .
For Chen Chunxiu , it was an exam that could change everything .
Doing well in the Gaokao meant the farmer 's daughter had a shot of getting into her dream university .
Failing meant it would remain just that - a dream .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ up various jobs - a factory worker , a waitress - before eventually becoming a kindergarten teacher .
But 16 years later , she found to her shock that she had , in fact , earned a place at the Shandong University of Technology - and enrolled there .
But it had n't been her .
Her score - and in fact , her entire identity - was stolen by a girl whose relatives had pulled strings to make this happen .
Her case is just one of 242 student identity thefts that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and 2009 , according to recent media reports .
The notoriously hard Gaokao - or `` high school exam '' - tests school leavers on their Chinese , maths , English and another subject of their choice .
It has been the focal point of the education system since the 1950s , with a break during the Cultural Revolution .
But it 's not just an exam .
For millions - especially those in less privileged positions - it 's the ticket to success and upward mobility .
The family of Ms Chen @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in China in recent weeks , had high hopes .
Because they lived in poverty and could only afford to fund one child 's education , they made her less academically-inclined older brother drop out of school to make way for her .
This was rare in rural China , where typically the education of boys has been prioritised over that of girls .
It was with this hope that Ms Chen took the Gaokao in 2004 .
Back then , university students in China did not receive rejection letters - if you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the assumption was simply that you did n't get in .
So after waiting until September - when the university term usually begins - Ms Chen accepted that no letter was coming and decided to head to work in the city .
Then in May this year , she decided to enrol herself into a course for adults .
Entering her details in an official government website , Ms Chen found that it listed her as having enrolled and entered university in 2004 and graduated in 2007 .
But the picture shown was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the truth started to emerge - revealing the shocking extent of cheating that had taken place .
According to state news outlet Xinhua , the imposter 's uncle - who was a local official - is accused of getting help from a local admissions director , who was able to access Ms Chen 's exam information .
Ms Chen had scored 546 out of 750 , compared to her imposter , who had scored 303 .
The imposter 's father then allegedly intercepted Ms Chen 's admissions letter at the county post office @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from Ms Chen 's high school principal , say reports , they faked an entirely new high school transcript bearing the imposter 's details .
The imposter 's relatives also worked with a police director and staff from the Shandong University of Technology to ensure the enrolment went through and that a blind eye was turned , it is alleged .
Ms Chen - a relatively poor farmer 's daughter - did not stand a chance .
The imposter - whose real name is Chen Yanping - then assumed the identity of Ms @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 's colleagues still know her as Chen Chunxiu , say media reports .
Her degree has since been revoked and she has been sacked from her job .
A government report says she is still under investigation .
`` I want to ask her in person why she stole my identity , '' the real Ms Chen told China 's CCTV in an interview .
`` You replaced me - what did you expect to happen to me ?
Are you so selfish ? ''
Her story has been met with widespread anger @ @ @ @ @ @ @ working so hard for years for an exam that on the surface , promised equal opportunities for all .
`` [ Some people ] have no idea how important the Gaokao is for those not so well off .
Parents work so hard to support their kids ... but their way is blocked by those with power , '' said one person on Weibo .
'What can a farmer do ? '
According to Chu Zhaohui , a researcher at China 's National Institute of Education Sciences , Gaokao fraud can be divided @ @ @ @ @ @ @ where the victim has no idea and the other , where both parties mutually consent to it , perhaps for a fee .
The first category he says , typically involves oversight from more than just one party .
`` Enrolment generally involves many parties - schools , examination institutes , enrolment offices , and household management department .
So , if there 're loopholes in so many links , it can only show that it is ... collaborative cheating '' , Mr Chu told BBC Chinese .
In such cases victims are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and hence have little way of fighting back , even if they do eventually find out , he adds , as was the case for Ms Chen 's father .
`` What can a farmer do ? ''
he asked Chinese media .
`` If I was powerful , they would n't have dared [ do this to her ] . ''
At China 's parliament meeting last month , there were calls for college admission identity theft to be criminalised .
One delegate said it was `` much more harmful than [ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Shandong say new processes are now in place to make sure such incidents will not happen again .
Students will need to submit their offer letter , identity card , residential certificate and an exam attendance certificate before their admission can be confirmed .
University acceptance results will also be published online and sent via text message .
And Prof Cheng Fangping , at Renmin University , told BBC Chinese that as student documents were now largely online it was harder for them to be doctored .
The Ministry of Education has also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ involved in identity theft will not be allowed to enrol in university .
Local authorities have launched an investigation into Chen Chunxiu 's case and 46 people have been punished .
Ms Chen is now trying to claim back what should have been her life , and she appealed to be re-admitted to the Shandong university .
After her initial rejection was met with public uproar , the university later said it would `` actively strive '' to help Ms Chen `` realise her wishes '' .

Because they lived in poverty and could only afford to fund one child's education, they made her less academically-inclined older brother drop out of school to make way for her. This was rare in rural China, where typically the education of boys has been prioritised over that of girls.


bbc--2020-07-09--Fergal Keane: My family and the empire's complex legacy

My people fought the British Empire and they defended it .
Some battled British soldiers in rural Kerry and on the streets of Cork city .
A generation earlier , others wore the uniform of the imperial police .
I had a great-grandfather who served as a sergeant in the Royal Irish Constabulary .
His son - my grandfather , Patrick - joined the IRA to drive the British out of Ireland .
My paternal grandmother , Hanna Keane , gathered intelligence for the IRA and received a death threat from the Black and Tans - the police reserve notorious @ @ @ @ @ @ @ war .
But when 26 of Ireland 's 32 counties became independent in 1922 , Hanna supported the new state in a war against old IRA comrades who refused peace with the British Empire .
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The protests launched by the Black Lives Matter movement are prompting calls for a complete re-evaluation of British imperial history .
My life @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shaped by the historic links with Britain .
At the end of the 19th Century , when my great-grandfather , Sgt Patrick Hassett Sr , was patrolling in Cork , the British Empire was the most powerful the world had ever seen .
It covered roughly 20 % of the Earth 's land mass and ruled over 20 % of the world 's population .
He could not have imagined the end of empire in Ireland .
`` Cork in those days was a very loyal city , '' as my mother often @ @ @ @ @ @ @ officer when Queen Victoria visited Ireland in April 1900 .
There was noisy protest on the part of militant nationalists , but newspapers reported on the `` endless streets full of enthusiastic people '' and the `` Children 's Treat '' - a picnic for 52,000 youngsters in Dublin 's Phoenix Park .
Ireland seemed settled within the Empire .
The great issues of land and religion had been resolved in the previous century .
Home rule for the Irish - within the Empire - was the political goal of mainstream nationalists .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ visit , there were reminders that all was not well in the British Empire .
Far away in South Africa , Boer forces defeated the Royal Irish Rifles at the battle of Reddersberg in the Orange Free State .
The British would win the war but the Boer defiance inspired Irish nationalists .
A senior civil servant in Dublin warned that the Boers had created `` this idea amongst the younger men of getting the possession of arms '' .
They got the guns , and in 1916 launched a revolution which - @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rule in what became the Irish Free State , precursor to today 's Republic .
The Irish revolution inspired anti-imperialists across the world , from Jawaharlal Nehru in India to Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam .
As a child , I was taught to be proud of the revolutionary part of my Irish past .
The very real history of massacre and dispossession was stressed .
But the imperial connections of so many Irish families were rarely if ever mentioned .
Many thousands had ancestors who enforced the imperial writ as soldiers or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gave Irish Catholics opportunities they were denied at home in Ireland , where sectarian pressure often meant the most senior jobs were reserved for Protestants .
It was an Irish Catholic governor , Sir Michael O'Dwyer , who imposed martial law in Punjab , and supported the actions of his subordinate Col Reginald Dyer after hundreds of Sikh civilians were massacred at Amritsar in 1919 .
Such deep imperial connections ran contrary to the pure nationalist narrative that prevailed in my childhood .
By the time I was old enough to appreciate my @ @ @ @ @ @ @ imperial monuments had disappeared in Dublin .
The most prominent was Nelson 's Pillar - blown up by the IRA in 1966 , when I was just five years old .
These days there is more room for the nuances of history in the Republic .
The embrace of the European project has helped Ireland become psychologically independent .
The end of the violence in the north of Ireland has made it easier to examine the past in all of its complexity .
History is much less of a weapon these days .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ at the last election in the south , it was down to economic and social problems , not any resurgent animosity towards Britain .
Yet history can sometimes ambush the present .
When the UK Home Secretary Priti Patel suggested that the prospect of food shortages could be `` pressed home '' to pressure Dublin in Brexit negotiations , the horrors of the 19th Century Great Famine were recalled .
A former Irish ambassador to London , Bobby McDonogh , said Ms Patel had displayed `` a breathtaking ignorance of history '' .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ a willingness to face sometimes uncomfortable truths .
Education is critical to this process .
I went back recently to my ancestral town of Listowel in north Kerry where my grandmother , Hanna , had been part of the deadly war against Britain a century ago .
There are no statues there from the imperial era .
But nor are there any to celebrate dead revolutionaries .
Instead , writers and social reformers are commemorated in stone and bronze .
Sitting in front of Listowel Castle , where the English hanged the Irish @ @ @ @ @ @ @ group of history students from Presentation Convent school .
Nearly a century after the end of British rule , the past is still present in their lives : in the language that they speak , in the systems of law and government under which they live , and in the lingering divisions in the north of the island .
Yet this generation is avowedly outward-looking .
They have been taught history that embraces complexity , not a simple narrative of heroes and villains .
There is a self-confidence that comes from growing up @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sense of being `` less than '' the big island next door .
As 18-year-old Mary-Kate Reidy put it to me : `` I think we 're certainly equal in this day and age .
Like , we 've definitely come on a lot - British and Irish relations… We are equal pegging now '' .
It is not a world my forebears - on either side of the imperial divide - could have imagined over a century ago .
But , leaving Listowel , I remembered James Joyce 's line from Ulysses @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which I am trying to awake '' .
The past is no longer a gaping wound .
It really is the past .

Sitting in front of Listowel Castle, where the English hanged the Irish garrison in 1600, I met a group of history students from Presentation Convent school. Nearly a century after the end of British rule, the past is still present in their lives: in the language that they speak, in the systems of law and government under which they live, and in the lingering divisions in the north of the island.


bbc--2020-07-09--Raised fists for eight minutes and 46 seconds - MLS players protest on return

Players from across Major League Soccer joined a pre-match anti-racism demonstration as football returned in the US for the first time since March .
In the first game since the coronavirus shutdown , ex-Manchester United winger Nani scored to secure a win for Orlando over David Beckham-owned Inter Miami .
Dozens of MLS players took to the pitch before kick-off and raised their fist for eight minutes and 46 seconds .
`` It was emotional for the ones who were there , '' said Orlando 's Nani .
`` We all want to change the world .
We want a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ discrimination .
Everyone in the world should stop for a couple of minutes and think about our children and teach them how to be a better person and create a better world . ''
Black American George Floyd died after being pinned to the floor - including the police officer kneeling on his neck - for eight minutes and 46 seconds by policeman Derek Chauvin on 25 May .
Chauvin has been charged with murder and the incident prompted mass protests across the world , including in the sporting arena .
A Black @ @ @ @ @ @ @ MLS athletes orchestrated the protest before Wednesday 's fixture , which was played behind closed doors at Disney World in Florida , where the teams have gathered in order to guard against the spread of coronavirus .
As Orlando and Inter Miami players took a knee around the centre circle , players from the other teams stood around them and one-by-one raised their fist .
Each wore face masks emblazoned with 'Black Lives Matter ' , while some wore T-shirts with slogans including 'silence is violence ' and 'black and proud ' .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ is Back Tournament , which takes a group stage and knockout format and runs until 11 August .
Nani 's 97th-minute strike completed the fightback for Orlando , who had equalised through Chris Mueller on 70 minutes after Juan Agudelo fired Inter Miami into the lead just after half-time .
On Monday , FC Dallas were forced to withdraw from the tournament after 10 players and a member of support staff tested positive for coronavirus .
And there are fears a second team may withdraw as Nashville SC have confirmed five cases in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as many as nine players are infected .
Major League Commissioner Don Garber said : `` If we find that we have a situation with Nashville where they ca n't continue in the tournament we will make that decision and move forward from there . ''
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Players from across the MLS raised a gloved fist to the sky as part of their protest
Players from across Major League Soccer joined a pre-match anti-racism demonstration as football returned in the US for the first time since March.
In the first game since the coronavirus shutdown, ex-Manchester United winger Nani scored to secure a win for Orlando over David Beckham-owned Inter Miami.
Dozens of MLS players took to the pitch before kick-off and raised their fist for eight minutes and 46 seconds.
"It was emotional for the ones who were there," said Orlando's Nani.
"We all want to change the world. We want a better world - no differences, no discrimination. Everyone in the world should stop for a couple of minutes and think about our children and teach them how to be a better person and create a better world."
Black American George Floyd died after being pinned to the floor - including the police officer kneeling on his neck - for eight minutes and 46 seconds by policeman Derek Chauvin on 25 May.
Chauvin has been charged with murder and the incident prompted mass protests across the world, including in the sporting arena.
A Black Players for Change group set up by MLS athletes orchestrated the protest before Wednesday's fixture, which was played behind closed doors at Disney World in Florida, where the teams have gathered in order to guard against the spread of coronavirus.
As Orlando and Inter Miami players took a knee around the centre circle, players from the other teams stood around them and one-by-one raised their fist.
Each wore face masks emblazoned with 'Black Lives Matter', while some wore T-shirts with slogans including 'silence is violence' and 'black and proud'.
The fixture was part of the MLS is Back Tournament, which takes a group stage and knockout format and runs until 11 August.
Players wore T-shirts sporting messages of protest
Nani's 97th-minute strike completed the fightback for Orlando, who had equalised through Chris Mueller on 70 minutes after Juan Agudelo fired Inter Miami into the lead just after half-time.
On Monday, FC Dallas were forced to withdraw from the tournament after 10 players and a member of support staff tested positive for coronavirus.
And there are fears a second team may withdraw as Nashville SC have confirmed five cases in their squad, with some reports stating as many as nine players are infected.
Major League Commissioner Don Garber said: "If we find that we have a situation with Nashville where they can't continue in the tournament we will make that decision and move forward from there."


bbc--2020-07-09--Boxing faces big decisions despite UK return - Warren

Promoter Frank Warren says boxing may need to make `` serious decisions '' on a way forward as the sport gears up for its return in the UK on Friday .
Warren says the safety measures present challenges in staging a show .
`` We will lose money but it 's important the sport remains relevant and is seen , '' Warren told BBC Sport .
`` There is nothing normal about this new reality . ''
• None Listen : 'Boxing is back at last' Warren - now in his 40th year in professional boxing - has never faced @ @ @ @ @ @ @ logistical challenges that must be overcome for the sport to return successfully in the UK .
Fighters and those working at the event must be rigorously tested , a hotel must be provided for individuals to isolate and on fight night , referees must shower between bouts while the ring is cleaned by a specialist company .
Each safety protocol - as well as the payment of the 10 fighters on the card - must be delivered against a backdrop of no pay-per-view or ticket sale revenue .
And Warren is concerned the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ way for highly-paid , big-name fighters to compete behind closed doors if they are not to risk a year or more out of the ring .
`` We have rescheduled Daniel Dubois against Joe Joyce for October and we hope we can get it done - hopefully in front of a live crowd , '' says Warren .
`` If we ca n't , the likes of Tyson Fury will want to fight .
He can not be out for a year .
A boxer 's career is short .
They have to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ feel we will have to make some serious decisions . ''
Without a live gate , Warren says boxing will need to address its financial model .
Some promoters have raised the prospect of cutting the purses earned by fighters .
The only other ways to generate revenue would be through more pay-per-view fight nights or by using host venues that pay a substantial fight fee to stage the fight , as has previously been the case in places like Saudi Arabia and Las Vegas .
Asked if marquee names like Fury could @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : `` It 's very challenging and difficult but it may come to a stage where that needs to be .
`` We generate probably 30 to 40 % from gate revenue so it 's how we compensate for that .
Fingers crossed it does n't get to that . ''
' I do n't want sterile ' - what to expect British super-bantamweight champion Brad Foster , 22 , tops the bill on Friday .
The supermarket worker knows a win over James Beech Jnr will ensure he gets to keep the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fighters were tested for coronavirus in recent weeks and will be tested twice during fight week , where they must stay in the hotel Warren has booked out .
On fight night , the five bouts will be overseen by two referees , who will each shower between bouts and wear face masks during the action .
The ring announcer will conduct his duties from outside the ring .
Warren admits to being `` excited '' and `` apprehensive '' about live boxing returning to television screens .
`` Most sports react to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be one , '' he adds .
`` There 's no home fighter with a crowd so no one is going into somebody else 's back yard .
`` I do n't want it to be sterile .
Some of the early football matches after the lockdown could not hold my attention , it was like watching training .
`` We know boxers will give their all .
It 's a fantastic opportunity for the guys to make a name for themselves .
They would be on an undercard and they are getting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ expect some to grasp it with both hands . ''
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Warren (left) wants to find a way for fighters like WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury to return to action in a viable manner
Promoter Frank Warren says boxing may need to make "serious decisions" on a way forward as the sport gears up for its return in the UK on Friday.
A first show since the coronavirus shutdown will take place behind closed doors at BT Sport Studio, with fighters isolating for up to four days before.
Warren says the safety measures present challenges in staging a show.
"We will lose money but it's important the sport remains relevant and is seen," Warren told BBC Sport.
"There is nothing normal about this new reality."
Warren - now in his 40th year in professional boxing - has never faced the kind of safety, hygiene and logistical challenges that must be overcome for the sport to return successfully in the UK.
Fighters and those working at the event must be rigorously tested, a hotel must be provided for individuals to isolate and on fight night, referees must shower between bouts while the ring is cleaned by a specialist company.
Each safety protocol - as well as the payment of the 10 fighters on the card - must be delivered against a backdrop of no pay-per-view or ticket sale revenue.
And Warren is concerned the sport may soon have to find a way for highly-paid, big-name fighters to compete behind closed doors if they are not to risk a year or more out of the ring.
"We have rescheduled Daniel Dubois against Joe Joyce for October and we hope we can get it done - hopefully in front of a live crowd," says Warren.
"If we can't, the likes of Tyson Fury will want to fight. He cannot be out for a year. A boxer's career is short. They have to capitalise when they are young. I feel we will have to make some serious decisions."
Without a live gate, Warren says boxing will need to address its financial model. Some promoters have raised the prospect of cutting the purses earned by fighters.
The only other ways to generate revenue would be through more pay-per-view fight nights or by using host venues that pay a substantial fee to stage a fight, as has previously been the case in places like Saudi Arabia and Las Vegas.
Asked if marquee names like Fury could compete behind closed doors, Warren said: "It's very challenging and difficult but it may come to a stage where that needs to be.
"We generate probably 30 to 40% from gate revenue so it's how we compensate for that. Fingers crossed it doesn't get to that."
'I don't want sterile' - what to expect
Super-bantamweight Brad Foster will top the bill at Warren's show on Friday
British super-bantamweight champion Brad Foster, 22, tops the bill on Friday. The supermarket worker knows a win over James Beech Jnr will ensure he gets to keep the Lord Lonsdale belt for good.
Both fighters were tested for coronavirus in recent weeks and will be tested twice during fight week, where they must stay in the hotel Warren has booked out.
On fight night, the five bouts will be overseen by two referees, who will each shower between bouts and wear face masks during the action. The ring announcer will conduct his duties from outside the ring.
Warren admits to being "excited" and "apprehensive" about live boxing returning to television screens.
"Most sports react to a live audience and there won't be one," he adds. "There's no home fighter with a crowd so no one is going into somebody else's back yard.
"I don't want it to be sterile. Some of the early football matches after the lockdown could not hold my attention, it was like watching training.
"We know boxers will give their all. It's a fantastic opportunity for the guys to make a name for themselves. They would be on an undercard and they are getting the chance to get exposure and I expect some to grasp it with both hands."