bbc--2020-07-09--Trump taxes: Supreme Court says New York prosecutors can see records

The US Supreme Court has ruled that President Trump 's financial records can be examined by prosecutors in New York .
In a related case , the court ruled that this information did not have to be shared with Congress .
Mr Trump has come under fire for not making his tax returns public like his predecessors .
His lawyers had argued that he enjoyed total immunity while in office and that Congress had no valid justification to seek the records .
• How did Donald Trump make his fortune ?
Two Democratic-controlled House of Representatives committees and New York @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Democrat - had demanded Mr Trump 's tax documents over several years in order to determine whether current conflict-of-interest laws on a US president were tough enough .
Mr Trump , a Republican , denies wrongdoing and has called the investigation into his tax affairs a `` witch hunt '' .
`` The Supreme Court sends case back to Lower Court , arguments to continue .
This is all a political prosecution , '' he wrote in a series of tweets following the court rulings .
What do the rulings mean ?
In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ New York prosecutors , the Supreme Court ruled by a majority of seven to two that the president did not have absolute immunity from criminal investigation .
`` Two hundred years ago , a great jurist of our Court established that no citizen , not even the President , is categorically above the common duty to produce evidence when called upon in a criminal proceeding , '' the court said .
But the two cases regarding Congressional committees were closely watched , as they could have had implications on how far US lawmakers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ president .
The court ruled that Congress had significant , but not limitless , power to request the president 's personal information .
In this case , the court returned the case to the lower courts .
Those wanting to see President Donald Trump 's tax returns before the November presidential election should n't hold their breath .
In a series of high-stakes rulings on Thursday , the US Supreme Court swatted down the president 's defence that , by dint of his high office , he was somehow above the law when @ @ @ @ @ @ @ That 's good news for the president 's critics , advocates of limited executive power , and New York prosecutors seeking to investigate Trump 's personal finances .
The opinion is not-so-good news for anyone wanting a quick resolution to this case , however .
Chief Justice John Roberts sent the lawsuit back down to the lower courts and offered a few new legal avenues for Mr Trump 's lawyers to pursue that could continue to put off a day when the president 's accounting firm ultimately hands over the documents .
And @ @ @ @ @ @ @ still no guarantee that the request , by a secret grand jury , will ever lead to a public disclosure .
In the other case , involving a request by congressional Democrats for Mr Trump 's financial records , the court was even more circumspect .
It simply punted the case down to the lower court with instructions to further balance presidential privileges with legislative power .
The gears of justice will grind even more slowly there .
While legally these decisions may have been , at best , a draw for the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of reckoning further down the road , it 's a political win .
Two of the cases centred on the ability of the House intelligence , oversight and financial services committees to compel Deutsche Bank and Mazars USA , Mr Trump 's long-time accounting firm , to turn over his tax and financial documents .
The committees argued that they needed this information to determine whether current conflict-of-interest laws on a US president were sufficiently rigorous .
The case of Trump v Vance was based on on Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance 's @ @ @ @ @ @ @ over evidence .
Mr Vance argued Mr Trump 's documents were needed to determine if financial records had been doctored to cover up hush-money payments to two women in 2016 who say they had affairs with Mr Trump .
Following the ruling Mr Vance said the investigation into Mr Trump 's financial affairs would resume .
House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi , a Democrat , said she would continue to campaign for Mr Trump 's financial records to be handed over to Congress .
`` Congress will continue to conduct oversight for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ powers that is the genius of our constitution , '' she told reporters .
Will we get to see his tax returns ?
It is not clear whether this will happen .
Even if Mr Trump 's financial records are turned over to prosecutors , they may remain hidden from public view until charges are filed .

The opinion is not-so-good news for anyone wanting a quick resolution to this case, however. Chief Justice John Roberts sent the lawsuit back down to the lower courts and offered a few new legal avenues for Mr Trump's lawyers to pursue that could continue to put off a day when the president's accounting firm ultimately hands over the documents. And if that day comes, there's still no guarantee that the request, by a secret grand jury, will ever lead to a public disclosure.


bbc--2020-07-09--Park Won-soon: Mayor of Seoul found dead after going missing

Police in the South Korea 's capital Seoul have found the body of the city 's mayor after he went missing on Thursday .
Park Won-soon 's daughter reportedly told police he had left a message before leaving the house , leading her to raise the alarm .
His body was found at Mount Bugak in northern Seoul , near where his phone signal was last detected .
No cause of death has yet been released .
It has emerged that a female employee had filed a sexual harassment claim against Mr Park in the hours before he went missing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that this was a factor .
He did not show up for work on Thursday , cancelling a meeting with a presidential official at his Seoul City Hall office , Kim Ji-hyeong , an official from the Seoul Metropolitan Government , told the Associated Press .
Police officer Lee Byeong-seok told reporters that Park was seen by a security camera at 10:53 near the entrance to the wooded area where the phone signal was last detected .
About 600 police and fire officers using drones and dogs searched the area for hours on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ National University hospital late on Thursday amid unconfirmed reports that Mr Park had been found and taken there .
Mr Park was elected mayor of Seoul in 2011 and elected to his third and final term in June of last year .
As a member of President Moon Jae-in 's liberal Democratic Party , Mr Park was reportedly under consideration as a potential presidential hopeful in the 2022 elections .
With his re-election last year , Mr Park became the first mayor of the city to begin a third term .
He had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and human rights lawyer into his tenure as mayor , and was an outspoken critic of social inequality and corruption in South Korea .
As a lawyer , he was credited with securing the country 's first sexual harassment conviction .
He clashed with President Park Geun-hye , openly supporting millions of people who protested against her in 2017 before she was eventually charged and imprisoned on bribery and other charges .

A note was released that was left by Mr Park in his office. It read: "I apologise to everyone. I thank everyone who was with me in my lifetime. I am so sorry to my family, to whom I have only caused pain. Please cremate my body and scatter the ashes at my parents' grave. Goodbye everyone."


bbc--2020-07-09--George Floyd: Pew survey on US attitudes to police reveals changes

A two-thirds majority of Americans say they support giving civilians the power to sue police , a new survey suggests .
The Pew Research Center found overall support for police is steady , but fewer people say officers use appropriate force .
Despite a recent clamour to reduce spending on law enforcement , 73 % say it should stay the same or even increase .
The death of George Floyd in Minneapolis in May has spurred a debate over police reform .
The analysis , released on Thursday , shows modest declines in police support over the past four years @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , still say police do a good or excellent job of protecting people from crime , down just 4 % since 2016 .
Declines are more pronounced , however , in other categories : using the right amount of force , treating racial and ethnic groups equally , and holding officers accountable for misconduct .
In each of these areas , approval dropped by at least 10 % , with just about one third of the American public giving police forces positive ratings .
And the gaps in police approval were even wider @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of white adults , for example , said the police were doing a good or excellent job at protecting the public , while half of Hispanic adults and just 28 % of black adults agreed .
In every aspect of policing , Democrats are less likely than Republicans to view police favourably .
For example , while 89 % of Republicans see police as treating racial groups equally , just 10 % of Democrats say the same .
An overwhelming majority of Americans - 92 % - say police should be trained in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ line with ongoing protests against the use of deadly force by police , especially against African Americans .
The survey found that 66 % of respondents said civilians should be able to sue police officers for misconduct or excessive force .
Police officers are shielded from lawsuits under the doctrine of `` qualified immunity '' .
Police unions argue that officers will not be able to carry out their duties effectively if the threat of a lawsuit hangs over every public interaction .
Last month , US House of Representatives Democrats passed sweeping @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an end to qualified immunity .
Republicans rejected this and other proposals in the package , leaving the legislation in limbo .
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An overwhelming majority of Americans - 92% - say police should be trained in nonviolent alternatives to deadly force, in line with ongoing protests against the use of deadly force by police, especially against African Americans.


bbc--2020-07-09--US sprinter's 'world record' ruled 15m short

Last updated on .From the section Athletics American Noah Lyles briefly appeared to have set an astonishing new 200m world record of 18.90 seconds in the Inspiration Games , before it was revealed he ran only 185m .
Given Lyles ' personal best is 19.50 and he was running into a strong headwind , the time was immediately challenged .
`` That can not be right ! ''
said BBC commentator Steve Cram .
`` Even he has got his hands in the air wondering what is going on ! ''
Around five minutes later Cram revealed world champion Lyles @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , had started from the wrong lane and run 15m less than his rivals at other tracks .
Lyles , 22 , tweeted afterwards : `` You ca n't be playing with my emotions like this ... . ''
The farcical ending to one of the event 's headline races will be a major embarrassment to Inspiration Games organisers , who banked on television and timing technology to make a major international athletics event possible despite the restrictions of coronavirus .
Athletes competed from different venues around the world with starting guns firing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ each other on television in a split-screen broadcast .
Lyles , who won the 200m world title in Doha last year , reached the bend in Florida well ahead of opponents Christophe Lemaitre and Churandy Martina , competing in Switzerland and the Netherlands respectively .
He powered across the line but his 'winning ' time was revealed to have been aided by an error in the placement of his starting blocks , handing him a 15m headstart .
Lyles ' younger brother and fellow athlete Josephus was one of those who immediately reacted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the race results and victory in the three-man race handed to Lemaitre instead .
Winners of each event at the meeting received a $ 10,000 ( £7,930 ) prize .
American track legend Allyson Felix saw off stiff competition from Olympic 400m champion Shaunae Miller-Uibo and world 200m bronze medallist Mujinga Kambundji to win a 150m race earlier in the meeting .
The 34-year-old , who made her comeback last summer following the birth of her daughter in November 2018 , won in 16.81 seconds in California .
In the pole vault , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Piotr Lisek in the men 's event while Sandi Morris made it an American double triumph by dominating the women 's competition after Olympic champion Katerina Stefanidi failed to register a height .
Canada 's Andre De Grasse won a 100-yard sprint , the only event of the night to feature all three athletes in the same stadium , socially distanced by empty lanes of course .
World and Olympic champion Christian Taylor was beaten by Pedro Pablo Pichardo in the triple jump with the Portuguese landing a winning jump of 17.40m .

Last updated on .From the section Athletics
American Noah Lyles briefly appeared to have set an astonishing new 200m world record of 18.90 seconds in the Inspiration Games, before it was revealed he ran only 185m.
Lyles' time would have obliterated the 19.19-second mark set by Jamaican great Usain Bolt back in 2009.
Given Lyles' personal best is 19.50 and he was running into a strong headwind, the time was immediately challenged.
"That cannot be right!" said BBC commentator Steve Cram.
"Even he has got his hands in the air wondering what is going on!"
Around five minutes later Cram revealed world champion Lyles, running on his own in Florida, had started from the wrong lane and run 15m less than his rivals at other tracks.
Lyles, 22, tweeted afterwards: external-link "You can't be playing with my emotions like this...."
Lyles ran in socks featuring console character Sonic the Hedgehog at the event
The farcical ending to one of the event's headline races will be a major embarrassment to Inspiration Games organisers, who banked on television and timing technology to make a major international athletics event possible despite the restrictions of coronavirus.
Athletes competed from different venues around the world with starting guns firing simultaneously and athletes' efforts shown alongside each other on television in a split-screen broadcast.
Lyles, who won the 200m world title in Doha last year, reached the bend in Florida well ahead of opponents Christophe Lemaitre and Churandy Martina, competing in Switzerland and the Netherlands respectively.
He powered across the line but his 'winning' time was revealed to have been aided by an error in the placement of his starting blocks, handing him a 15m headstart.
Lyles' younger brother and fellow athlete Josephus was one of those who immediately reacted with disbelief.
Lyles was removed from the race results and victory in the three-man race handed to Lemaitre instead. Winners of each event at the meeting received a $10,000 (£7,930) prize.
Felix impresses in 150m race
American track legend Allyson Felix saw off stiff competition from Olympic 400m champion Shaunae Miller-Uibo and world 200m bronze medallist Mujinga Kambundji to win a 150m race earlier in the meeting.
The 34-year-old, who made her comeback last summer following the birth of her daughter in November 2018, won in 16.81 seconds in California.
In the pole vault, world champion Sam Kendricks beat Polish rival Piotr Lisek in the men's event while Sandi Morris made it an American double triumph by dominating the women's competition after Olympic champion Katerina Stefanidi failed to register a height.
Canada's Andre De Grasse won a 100-yard sprint, the only event of the night to feature all three athletes in the same stadium, socially distanced by empty lanes of course.
World and Olympic champion Christian Taylor was beaten by Pedro Pablo Pichardo in the triple jump with the Portuguese landing a winning jump of 17.40m.


bbc--2020-07-09--Black Lives Matter painted outside Trump Tower in New York

Why monuments in the US are being taken down Statues of leading figures of the Confederacy , as well as @ @ @ @ @ colour as inferior , are being reconsidered .

A large Black Lives Matter mural has been painted outside Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.
Similar Black Lives Matter murals are planned in each of New York City's five boroughs.
US President Donald Trump previously called the planned mural a "symbol of hate".


bbc--2020-07-09--Michael Cohen, Trump's ex-lawyer, ordered back to jail

Cohen , who is serving a three year sentence related to hush payments made for Mr Trump , was released from prison in May , due to coronavirus concerns .
The authorities said Cohen had now been returned to prison after refusing the conditions of his home arrest .
His lawyer , Jeffrey Levine , said the conditions would have barred him from speaking to news organisations or posting on social media .
Cohen , 53 , is serving a three-year sentence for lying to Congress and campaign finance fraud .
His return to jail comes days after he was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his wife and another couple on Manhattan 's Upper East Side .
Cohen had been furloughed - given a leave of absence - from prison in May after the centre where he was detained had a number of confirmed Covid-19 cases .
He was in court on Thursday to arrange for this furlough to be converted to home confinement - but there was disagreement over the terms , US media said .
A statement from the Federal Bureau of Prisons ( BOP ) said Cohen had `` refused the conditions of his home @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been returned to a BOP facility '' .
Mr Levine said the agreement would have deprived Cohen of his `` First Amendment rights to communicate with the media '' .
`` I 'm never seen any language like this in my life , '' he told reporters .
Cohen was spotted by the New York Post at the swanky Le Bilboquet French restaurant on 2 July .
The newspaper reports that he and his wife stayed until closing around 23:00 , and donned masks to hug the other couple before leaving .
According @ @ @ @ @ @ @ seen on 27 June and 1 July eating at Avra Madison Estiatorio .
`` He was just walking around like everything was normal , '' a source who did not wish to be identified told CBS .
Earlier this week , Mr Levine had defended his client 's choice to eat out - saying that he is `` currently on furlough '' and that he `` did not violate any of the terms and conditions of his release '' .
The former fixer , who once said he would take a bullet for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of his inner circle to be jailed during a justice department-led inquiry into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 election .
He admitted to lying to Congress about a Trump Tower project in Moscow , and campaign finance violations for his role in making hush money payments to women alleging affairs with Mr Trump and other tax and bank fraud charges unrelated to the president .

Earlier this week, Mr Levine had defended his client's choice to eat out - saying that he is "currently on furlough" and that he "did not violate any of the terms and conditions of his release".


bbc--2020-07-09--Robert Fuller: Hanging death of black man ruled suicide

A black man who was found hanging from a tree in a California park died by suicide , authorities have said .
Robert Fuller , 24 , had a history of mental illness and took his own life on 10 June in Palmdale , Los Angeles sheriff commander Chris Marks said .
A post-mortem examination had returned an initial finding of suicide , but this was rejected by Mr Fuller 's family , prompting a further investigation .
The case came amid US protests over the death of George Floyd .
According to the Los Angeles Times , Mr Fuller @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the eve of his death .
Mr Fuller 's death in the high desert city of Palmdale , about 60 miles ( 96km ) north of Los Angeles , shook the black community in the Antelope Valley .
Some said they feared it could have been a lynching , a murder by a mob with no due process or rule of law .
Across the US , thousands of African Americans were lynched by white mobs , often by hanging or torture , in the 19th and 20th Centuries .
Amid widespread @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of suicide , it was announced last month that the FBI 's civil rights division would review the investigation into the deaths of Mr Fuller and another black man in similar circumstances in southern California .
Mr Fuller 's family described him as someone who enjoyed music and video games , and insisted he would not have taken his own life .
But Cmdr Marks told a news conference that Mr Fuller had gone to a California hospital in February 2019 and said he was hearing voices telling him to kill himself .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ treated at a hospital in Nevada last November for suicidal ideation .
The investigation found no evidence of foul play , he said .
The other case that attracted widespread attention was that of Malcolm Harsch , 37 , who was found hanging from a tree at a homeless encampment in Victorville on 31 May .
Local officials said his death was probably a suicide .
If you want to talk to someone about the issues raised in this piece , you can call the US National Suicide Prevention Lifeline on 1-800-273-TALK ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Line by texting TALK to 741741 .
You can call the UK Samaritans Helpline on 116 123 or visit samaritans.org .

Some said they feared it could have been a lynching, a murder by a mob with no due process or rule of law. Across the US, thousands of African Americans were lynched by white mobs, often by hanging or torture, in the 19th and 20th Centuries.


bbc--2020-07-09--Xinjiang: US sanctions Chinese officials over 'abuse' of Muslims

The US has announced sanctions against Chinese politicians who it says are responsible for human rights violations against Muslim minorities in Xinjiang .
China is accused of mass detentions , religious persecution and forced sterilisation of Uighurs and others .
The sanctions target US-based financial interests belonging to regional Communist Party boss Chen Quanguo and three other officials .
China denies any mistreatment of Muslims in far-western Xinjiang .
Authorities there are thought to have detained about a million people in re-education camps in recent years .
They say `` vocational training '' is needed to counter radicalism and separatism @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Chinese Communist Party 's powerful Politburo , is the highest-ranking Chinese official ever to be hit by US sanctions , the Trump administration says .
He is seen as the architect of Beijing 's policies against minorities .
The other officials targeted are Wang Mingshan , director of the Xinjiang Public Security Bureau ; Zhu Hailun , a senior party member in Xinjiang , and former security official Huo Liujun .
It is now a crime in the US to conduct financial transactions with all of them , and they will have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Huo will not be subjected to visa restrictions that bar the others and their families from entering the US .
Sanctions have also been placed on the Xinjiang Public Security Bureau as a whole .
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the US was acting against `` horrific and systematic abuses '' in the region .
`` The United States will not stand idly by as the CCP [ Chinese Communist Party ] carries out human rights abuses targeting Uighurs , ethnic Kazakhs and members of other minority groups in Xinjiang , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ He said the US was also placing additional visa restrictions on other unnamed Communist Party officials believed to be responsible for abuses in Xinjiang .
Their family members may also be subject to the restrictions .
Tensions between the US and China are already high over the coronavirus pandemic and China 's decision to introduce a national security law in Hong Kong that has faced significant criticism from the West .
What is China doing in Xinjiang ?
Rights groups say up to a million Muslims have been detained in high-security prison camps @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the BBC saw leaked documents that showed 15,000 people from southern Xinjiang were sent to the camps in one week alone .
The same documents showed inmates can be released only when they `` understand deeply the illegal , criminal and dangerous nature of their past activity '' .
The Chinese authorities say the Uighurs are being educated in `` vocational training centres '' in order to combat violent religious extremism .
However evidence shows many are being detained for simply expressing their faith - for example , praying or wearing a veil @ @ @ @ @ @ @ places like Turkey .
Uighurs , who are mostly Muslim , are ethnically Turkic and make up about 45 % of Xinjiang 's population .
Last month a report by China scholar Adrian Zenz found China was forcing women in Xinjiang to be sterilised or fitted with contraceptive devices .
The report has prompted international calls for the United Nations to investigate .

Mr Chen, who sits on the Chinese Communist Party's powerful Politburo, is the highest-ranking Chinese official ever to be hit by US sanctions, the Trump administration says. He is seen as the architect of Beijing's policies against minorities, and was previously in charge in Tibet.


bbc--2020-07-09--Teachers express concern about US schools reopening

As President Trump urges schools to reopen , teachers across the country worry that it is difficult to protect students @ @ @ @ @ secretary Kayleigh McEnany told reporters on Thursday that they are safe to reopen and that @ @ @ @ @ come first '' .
Coronavirus cases in the country continue to climb , particularly in @ @ @ @ @ Florida .
Some teachers in Tennessee , Colorado , California and North Carolina say schools @ @ @ @ @ a return to the classroom .

As President Trump urges schools to reopen, teachers across the country worry that it is difficult to protect students and themselves.
His press secretary Kayleigh McEnany told reporters on Thursday that they are safe to reopen and that "the child will always come first".
Coronavirus cases in the country continue to climb, particularly in southern states like Texas and Florida.
Some teachers in Tennessee, Colorado, California and North Carolina say schools are not equipped to handle a return to the classroom.


bbc--2020-07-09--Naya Rivera: Glee star presumed dead after boat trip with son

Glee star Naya Rivera is presumed dead 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 efforts to find the actress are now a `` search and recovery operation '' .
There are no signs of foul play .
Rivera is best known for playing cheerleader Santana Lopez in Glee .
The musical comedy TV series ran on the Fox network from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 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 .
The missing person was later formally identified as Naya Rivera , a Los Angeles resident .
The sheriff 's department said the lake would be closed to the public as the search resumed on Thursday , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ taking part .
On Thursday , Officer Chris Dyer of the Ventura County Sheriff 's office said that authorities would be `` switching efforts '' to a search and recovery operation .
`` We 're presuming that an accident happened , we 're presuming that she drowned in the lake , '' he said .
`` There are no signs of foul play , no signs that anything went wrong , besides a tragic accident . ''
Over 80 professional search-and-rescue personnel are still actively searching for Rivera , using helicopters , boats @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
`` The goal is still to bring Ms Rivera home to her family so they can have some closure , '' Mr Dyer said .
On Tuesday , Rivera posted on Twitter a picture of herself and her son with a caption `` just the two of us '' .
A number of celebrities have called for prayers for the missing actress , including singer Demi Lovato and Harry Shum Jr , who played Mike Chang in Glee .
Another of the show 's stars , Heather Morris , wrote in her @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the prayers we can get to bring our Naya back home to us .
We need your love and light . ''
Jackée Harry , who appeared in the sitcom The Royal Family , posted a clip of her acting alongside Rivera .
`` Please God , do n't cut this life short , '' she said .
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 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ playing cold-hearted Santana Lopez in Glee that made her a star in America .
In 2014 , Rivera starred in the horror film 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--Lady A sue Lady A: Ex-Lady Antebellum take legal action against singer

Country music group Lady A , who dropped the word Antebellum from their name over links to the slave era , are taking legal action against a black woman who has performed as Lady A for decades .
The chart-topping band said they had tried to resolve the dispute with Anita White amicably , but alleged her team had `` demanded a $ 10m ( £7.9m ) payment '' .
They said their action was to obtain a ruling over copyright .
White would not be prevented from using the name , they added .
The Nashville trio formerly known @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and had seven US top 10 albums , including three number ones .
They changed their name in June amid a reappraisal of racially insensitive practices following the death of George Floyd .
• Hit US band change name over slave-era links The word antebellum is used to refer to the period and architecture in the US South before the Civil War .
The band said the architectural style had been their inspiration , but that they were `` deeply sorry '' for any hurt they had caused .
Their transformation into Lady @ @ @ @ @ @ @ laid claim to the name and criticised the band for making the switch without contacting her .
Band members Hillary Scott , Charles Kelley and David Haywood later spoke to the 61-year-old , declaring they had shared `` transparent , honest , and authentic conversations '' .
`` We are excited to share we are moving forward with positive solutions and common ground .
The hurt is turning into hope .
More to come , '' they wrote on Instagram , sharing a screenshot of their video call with White .
However , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Speaking to Newsday , White said she objected to a draft agreement written by Lady A 's legal team .
`` I 'm not happy about [ it ] yet again after talking in good faith , '' she said .
`` Their camp is trying to erase me . ''
After filing legal action in Tennessee on Tuesday , Lady A said they were `` sad to share '' that their hopes of working `` together with Anita White in unity and common purpose '' had ended .
Court documents said the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ informally for several years , and that White had not opposed any previous applications for the Lady A trademark , nor had she sought the trademark for herself .
However , White 's legal team reportedly drafted a settlement agreement that `` included an exorbitant monetary demand '' , the papers continued .
In their statement Lady A added : `` She and her team have demanded a $ 10m payment , so reluctantly we have come to the conclusion that we need to ask a court to affirm our right to continue @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a trademark we have held for many years .
`` We hope Anita and the advisers she is now listening to will change their minds about their approach .
We can do so much more together than in this dispute . ''
After news of the legal action broke , White quoted the Bible on her Facebook page , writing : `` No Weapon formed against me will prosper . ''
She added the hashtags # IWillNotBeErased and # TheRealLadyA .
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In their statement Lady A added: "She and her team have demanded a $10m payment, so reluctantly we have come to the conclusion that we need to ask a court to affirm our right to continue to use the name Lady A, a trademark we have held for many years.


bbc--2020-07-09--Coronavirus: How Mexican cartels are taking advantage of pandemic

Mexico is one of the countries most badly affected by coronavirus in Latin America .
A months long shutdown has @ @ @ @ @ , with the government accused of not doing enough to help .
Now , some @ @ @ @ @ drug cartels are trying to step in to fill the void .
The BBC secured @ @ @ @ @ trying to win over the hearts and minds of Mexico ’ s poor .

Mexico is one of the countries most badly affected by coronavirus in Latin America.
A months long shutdown has left many unable to work, with the government accused of not doing enough to help.
Now, some of Mexico’s powerful drug cartels are trying to step in to fill the void.
The BBC secured exclusive access to one cartel trying to win over the hearts and minds of Mexico’s poor.


bbc--2020-07-09--Facebook bans 'Roger Stone disinformation network'

Facebook has removed a disinformation network it says was linked to `` Roger Stone and his associates '' .
Mr Stone was a long-time political strategist and is an ally of US President Donald Trump .
He was convicted of lying to Congress in 2019 .
He has denied involvement with the misinformation network .
Facebook also said it had identified a network of fake accounts run by employees of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro 's government .
The social network released details of four misinformation campaigns ahead of the July edition of its monthly report on co-ordinated inauthentic behaviour .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ complex challenge by blurring the line between healthy public debate and manipulation , '' Facebook said .
What was linked to Stone ?
Facebook said it had removed 54 accounts , 50 pages , and four Instagram accounts it had linked to Mr Stone .
About 260,000 accounts followed one or more of the Facebook pages .
The inauthentic pages posted about Mr Stone 's websites , books , and media appearances ; local politics ; and material leaked by Wikileaks ahead of the US 2016 election .
Meanwhile , the fake profiles @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the posts to make them look more popular .
In total , those behind the pages spent about $ 308,000 on Facebook advertising .
Facebook said several of the inauthentic pages had links to Proud Boys , a white-supremacist hate group it had banned in 2018 .
`` Roger Stone 's personal accounts and his branded assets will be coming down as part of this network , '' said Nathaniel Gleicher , Facebook 's head of cyber-security policy .
`` We saw them deeply enmeshed in the activities here . ''
Mr Stone @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` I have never owned or controlled any fake Facebook , Twitter or Instagram accounts . ''
Facebook has also removed 35 accounts , 14 pages , a Facebook group and 38 Instagram accounts that it says were involved in inauthentic behaviour in Brazil .
It said those responsible had created `` fictitious personas posing as reporters '' and had `` masqueraded as news outlets '' .
The pages posted political memes ; criticism of the political opposition , media organisations and journalists ; and about the coronavirus pandemic .
Facebook said it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the offices of President Jair Bolsonaro , his sons Eduardo and Flávio , and special adviser Tércio Arnaud , among others .
Flávio Bolsonaro , a senator , said it was possible to find thousands of profiles supporting the Bolsonaro government , and to his knowledge `` they are all free and independent '' .
Most noteworthy here are the two separate sets of inauthentic accounts - one allegedly connected to former Trump adviser Roger Stone , the other to employees of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro .
It 's indicative of the evolution @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the case of Mr Stone the aims appear more personal , with accounts promoting his books and Facebook pages .
The network that Facebook says is linked to the employees of President Bolsonaro seemed to have more ambitious targets , spreading disinformation and bolstering pro-government political narratives within Brazil .
News pages run by inauthentic accounts were used to promote conspiracies and criticise opponents of the Brazilian government , according to Facebook .
Some of the conspiracies that were plugged are ones that have been promoted by the Brazilian president himself - for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have been exaggerated by media outlets .
It adds to growing concerns about the use of co-ordinated online networks to target Mr Bolsonaro 's opponents - and reveals techniques used around the world to spread disinformation , such as posting as news pages and PR companies .
Facebook also shared details of a disinformation campaign in Ukraine , which it said it had linked to a local advertising agency .
It also banned Canada-based PR firm Estraterra for its involvement in a foreign interference campaign targeting El Salvador , Argentina , Uruguay , @ @ @ @ @ @

Some of the conspiracies that were plugged are ones that have been promoted by the Brazilian president himself - for instance, suggesting that coronavirus death tolls have been exaggerated by media outlets.


bbc--2020-07-09--TikTok deleted 49 million 'rule-breaking' videos

TikTok says it deleted more than 49 million videos which broke its rules , between July and December 2019 .
About a quarter of those videos were deleted for containing adult nudity or sexual activity , the business said , in its latest transparency report .
The video-sharing app also revealed it had received about 500 requests for data from governments and police , and had complied with about 480 of them .
The US has suggested it is `` looking at '' whether to ban the Chinese-owned app .
On Monday , US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo suggested @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` private information in the hands of the Chinese Communist Party '' .
He added that the US government was considering whether to ban Chinese-owned apps : `` We are taking this very seriously .
We are certainly looking at it , '' he said , in a Fox News interview .
The government in India has already banned the app , citing cyber-security concerns .
TikTok is owned by Chinese firm ByteDance .
The app is not available in China , but ByteDance operates a similar app , called Douyin , which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not received any government or police data requests from China , or any requests from the Chinese government to delete content .
On Thursday , the Wall Street Journal published a report suggesting the business was thinking about setting up a new headquarters , outside of China .
TikTok told the BBC in a statement : `` As we consider the best path forward , ByteDance is evaluating changes to the corporate structure of its TikTok business .
We remain fully committed to protecting our users ' privacy and security as we build @ @ @ @ @ @ @ joy for hundreds of millions of people around the world . ''
US authorities are examining whether TikTok complied with a 2019 agreement aimed at protecting the privacy of under-13s .
The app says it offers a limited app experience , with additional safety and privacy features for under-13s .
• 25.5 % of the deleted videos contained adult nudity or sexual acts • 24.8 % broke its child-protection policies , such as implicating a child in a crime or containing harmful imitative behaviour • 3 % were removed for harassment or bullying @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for hate speech or `` inauthentic behaviour '' • The 49 million deleted videos represented less than 1 % of videos uploaded between July and December 2019 • 98.2 % of the deleted videos were spotted by machine learning or moderators before being reported by users TikTok was only released in 2017 - and because it 's so new we know much less about the platform than we do about Facebook , for example .
This report offers at least a little detail about the kind of content it takes down .
There @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hate and extremism on platforms such TikTok , but fewer column inches about sexual content or the safety of minors .
Yet around half the videos taken down were in those two categories .
What we do n't know , of course , is how much harmful content has been missed by its moderators and machines .

TikTok told the BBC in a statement: "As we consider the best path forward, ByteDance is evaluating changes to the corporate structure of its TikTok business. We remain fully committed to protecting our users' privacy and security as we build a platform that inspires creativity and brings joy for hundreds of millions of people around the world."


bbc--2020-07-09--Notre Dame: Cathedral's spire will be restored to 19th Century design

The spire of Notre Dame cathedral , which was destroyed in a fire last April , will be restored according to the original Gothic design .
French President Emmanuel Macron announced the decision , putting an end to speculation that the spire would be rebuilt in a modern style .
Mr Macron had previously hinted he was in favour of a `` contemporary gesture '' .
However he has said he wants the restoration to be completed by 2024 , when Paris is hosting the Olympics .
The Elysée said Mr Macron 's main concern was `` not delaying the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had to be cleared up quickly '' .
• Rescue on hold for fragile Notre Dame in Paris It added that the process of designing a modern spire , with an international competition for architects , could have caused unnecessary delays .
`` The president trusts the experts and approved the main outlines of the project presented by the chief architect which plans to reconstruct the spire identically , '' the Elysée said .
The announcement followed a meeting of France 's national heritage and architecture commission ( CNPA ) .
When the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ caught fire during restoration works in April 2019 it sparked a vast outpouring of emotion , as well as donations from across the world .
Within two days about €900m ( $ 1bn ; £805m ) had been raised for the cathedral 's restoration .
The cathedral 's first spire was built in the 13th Century , but due to extensive damage it was removed in the late 18th Century .
Its replacement , designed by architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc , was built in the mid-19th Century .
Since last year 's fire , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has been tense .
Jean-Louis Georgelin , the army general put in charge of the reconstruction effort , wanted a modern alternative .
This idea appeared briefly to have President Macron 's backing , when he said he would be in favour of a `` contemporary gesture '' .
This sparked a wave of unconventional proposals from architects around the world - including one design with a rooftop pool , and another with a giant park and greenhouse on the roof .
But the cathedral 's chief architect Philippe Villeneuve spoke out strongly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the previous , 19th Century design .
In one particularly heated exchange last November , Gen Georgelin told Mr Villeneuve to `` shut his mouth '' - causing audible gasps in a meeting of the National Assembly 's cultural affairs committee .

The cathedral's first spire was built in the 13th Century, but due to extensive damage it was removed in the late 18th Century. Its replacement, designed by architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, was built in the mid-19th Century.


bbc--2020-07-09--Coronavirus: Serbia scraps curfew plan for Belgrade after protests

The Serbian government has scrapped a plan to impose a weekend coronavirus curfew in Belgrade after two nights of protests in the capital .
Prime Minister Ana Brnabic announced more limited measures , including a ban on gatherings of more than 10 people .
President Aleksandar Vucic had wanted the curfew due to a rise in infections .
Human rights groups accused the authorities of a heavy-handed approach and urged restraint .
Dozens of police and protesters have been injured .
Protesters are gathering again on Thursday evening but have been sitting on the ground in front of the National @ @ @ @ @ @ @ say they want to distinguish themselves from violent groups that started clashes on the previous nights .
President Vucic has blamed far-right nationalists for stirring up trouble on those occasions .
The first night of protests began peacefully outside the National Assembly on Tuesday evening but later turned violent .
Crowds broke into the building , prompting police to intervene .
Thousands of people turned out for a second night of protests late on Wednesday , blaming the government for the spike in infections .
Protests were reported in other cities including Nis @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of police beating three men on a bench and journalists have been caught up in the violence too .
A police officer reportedly had both legs broken .
The Council of Europe 's human rights commissioner , Dunja Mijatovic , said the `` violent dispersal of demonstrators '' by police raised serious human rights concerns .
Amnesty International added that `` disproportionate use of force '' was not justified .
`` Images of Serbian police firing tear gas and stun grenades indiscriminately into the crowd , and of protesters and bystanders being charged @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in riot gear , raise serious concerns , '' said the group 's Balkans researcher , Jelena Sesar .
What has the government announced ?
The prime minister said a curfew would have required a state of emergency .
Instead , she announced a ban on all gatherings of more than 10 people indoors or outdoors in the capital .
The move could give police more reason to disperse further protests .
Shops , pubs , clubs , restaurants and other indoor spaces in Belgrade will have to close for the night at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from Friday .
Outdoor venues in the city can stay open until 23:00 .
`` A lockdown would have been be the most efficient measure ... but we decided to take this interim step instead , '' said Ms Brnabic , adding that she could not understand why the protests were taking place .
It is an unusual climbdown by the authorities , the BBC 's Guy Delauney in Belgrade reports .
Our correspondent says the protests are as much about the leadership style of President Vucic , and now the question is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ enough to end the unrest .
Central Belgrade was soaked in tear gas on Wednesday night as demonstrations turned violent for a second night in a row .
Clashes began after a group of protesters started throwing different objects at the police surrounding the National Assembly building .
Police soon fired back with tear gas , dispersing the crowd .
In the next couple of hours , protesters were chased out from central Belgrade by mounted police , tear gas and police batons . '
I was shouting 'Press , press ' but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ me up , '' journalist Zikica Stevanovic told the BBC .
He is one of a number of journalists who were attacked .
Video of eight policemen beating up a man lying down on the street emerged online .
On Thursday , a local non-governmental organisation , A11 , lodged a formal complaint .
Human rights organisations say they documented `` dozens of cases of police brutality '' in the last two days .
But the ministry of interior said , `` Police answered with violence only when their lives were endangered .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ in cases and authorities have announced a state of emergency in several towns and cities .
Serbian authorities say there have been 352 deaths and 17,342 cases .
Some 300 new infections are being reported daily .
Critics accuse the government of not giving the true number of deaths during the initial weeks of the pandemic .
Opponents also say President Vucic lifted the lockdown far too early in May , ahead of a 21 June election that his party won by a landslide .
Football matches were allowed to resume with spectators @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
• How is lockdown being lifted across Europe ?

Video of eight policemen beating up a man lying down on the street emerged online. On Thursday, a local non-governmental organisation, A11, lodged a formal complaint. Human rights organisations say they documented "dozens of cases of police brutality" in the last two days. But the ministry of interior said, "Police answered with violence only when their lives were endangered."


bbc--2020-07-09--Egypt serial sex attacks prompt law change

Victims of sexual abuse in Egypt are to get anonymity after a high-profile case that saw scores of women use social media to accuse a male student of multiple assaults .
Under the proposals , victims ' identities could only be revealed to a court and to defendants upon request .
However women often fear that if they file complaints they themselves will be blamed .
On Wednesday the Egyptian cabinet approved the anonymity bill , local media reported .
How did the case come to light ?
The current attention to the issue began with a rare social media @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of alleged abuse .
Last week an Instagram account called Assault Police was set up to publish allegations of rape , sexual harassment and blackmail by dozens of women against student Ahmed Bassam Zaki , who is reportedly from a wealthy family .
Mr Zaki was subsequently arrested and on Monday Egypt 's public prosecutor charged him with indecent assault against at least three women , including one who was a minor at the time .
• Father 'used virus to trick daughters ' into FGM • Me Too movement : Founder says @ @ @ @ @ @ @ faces charges of `` attempting to have sex with two girls without their consent and indecent assault against both of them and a third girl '' between 2016 and 2020 , the prosecutor said .
A statement from the prosecutor general 's office said Mr Zaki had admitted contacting six women via social media , receiving photos from them and then threatening to send the photos to their families after they chose to end contact with him .
However Mr Zaki denies the other charges , according to local media .
What has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ attracted huge attention in national media and from leading institutions .
The country 's top Islamic clerical authority , al-Azhar , published a statement encouraging women to report incidents , saying that silence posed a threat to society and led to more violations .
`` Women 's clothing - whatever it is - is not an excuse for attacking their privacy , freedom and dignity , '' it said .
Activists are hopeful that the rare public support for women making allegations of harassment is a turning point in Egypt .
Journalist Reem @ @ @ @ @ @ @ family after accusing her father of abuse , posted a message of support online .
`` The fact that these girls are speaking out this loudly with this kind of momentum - I 've never seen it before , '' she told Thomas Reuters Foundation .
However there has been some backlash on social media , with some calling Mr Zaki 's accusers liars or saying they had themselves to blame .
But others used the Me Too hashtag , widely used globally to call for an end to impunity in cases of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ assault and harassment in Egypt ?
In 2013 a study by UN Women suggested that 99 % of Egyptian women had been sexually harassed , either verbally or physically .
Sexual harassment was criminalised in 2014 but activists say it is difficult to obtain convictions .
Human rights campaigners say women are more often punished for breaking conservative sexual norms .
Several women are currently being prosecuted for `` promoting debauchery '' on social media platforms TikTok and Instagram .
Last week social media influencer Hadeer al-Hady was reportedly arrested after being accused @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .

A statement from the prosecutor general's office said Mr Zaki had admitted contacting six women via social media, receiving photos from them and then threatening to send the photos to their families after they chose to end contact with him.


bbc--2020-07-09--Johnny Depp accuses Amber Heard of severing finger tip

Johnny Depp has accused his ex-wife Amber Heard of severing the tip of his finger , as his libel claim against the Sun newspaper continues .
The actor told the High Court Ms Heard , 34 , threw a vodka bottle at him which cut the top of his finger and `` crushed the bones '' .
Mr Depp , 57 , is suing for libel over a Sun article that called him a `` wife beater '' - but the newspaper maintains the story was accurate .
The April 2018 piece by journalist Dan Wootton was about the casting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Where to Find Them film franchise .
Mr Depp 's lawyers say the article made `` defamatory allegations of the utmost seriousness '' , by accusing him of committing serious assaults on Ms Heard .
On the third day of proceedings at London 's High Court , Sasha Wass QC , representing Sun publisher News Group Newspapers , said Ms Heard had been subjected to a `` three-day ordeal '' during which Mr Depp had `` completely destroyed '' the house they were staying in during a drug-fuelled rage .
Ms Wass @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of having affairs with her `` leading man '' while the couple were in Australia where he was filming one of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise in March 2015 .
He then threw Ms Heard against a ping-pong table and pushed her up against a fridge , Ms Wass said .
Mr Depp denied the accusation , adding : `` After the incident where Ms Heard threw the vodka bottle , the second vodka bottle at me , which severed the top of my finger and crushed the bones , that 's @ @ @ @ @ @ @ probably some species of a breakdown , a nervous breakdown or something . ''
Mr Depp said he then began to write on mirrors and walls using the injured finger , saying he `` did n't want to live at that time '' .
Ms Wass said to Mr Depp : `` At one stage when you were in the kitchen , screaming at Ms Heard , you picked up the wall-mounted telephone . ''
She said Mr Depp had the phone in his right hand and was `` repeatedly smashing it against @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` I remember ripping the phone off the wall . ''
Ms Wass asked : `` By this stage , you were really , really angry , were n't you ? ''
Mr Depp said : `` I had just lost the top of my finger and as a musician - as a human being and as a musician - it is upsetting . ''
Ms Wass asked Mr Depp about previously saying that he had been responsible for losing the top of his finger .
He said he had said that to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had to tell the production company he could not work .
Ms Heard has previously denied injuring Mr Depp 's finger saying he injured it while pulling the phone off the wall .
Ms Wass said Ms Heard had come down to a `` state of complete carnage '' in the house with Mr Depp holding up his injured hand and saying `` Look what you made me do . ''
He said that was `` incorrect '' .
Mr Depp admitted he had said their relationship as `` a crime scene waiting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The hearing also focussed on a detox trip Mr Depp and Ms Heard took to his private island in the Bahamas in August 2014 .
The trip is one of 14 occasions on which incidents of domestic violence , all denied by Mr Depp , are alleged to have taken place - and which NGN are using in their defence against the actor 's libel claim .
Mr Depp was asked during cross-examination if he had `` hit and pushed '' Ms Heard , to which he said : `` I did n't @ @ @ @ @ @ @ any way , as certainly I was not in any condition to do so . ''
The court heard medical notes suggesting Ms Heard believed Mr Depp was jealous of her professional work with another actor , James Franco .
She said one doctor wrote : `` Her movie with JF [ James Franco ] precipitated a binge that put JD in the hospital .
Everyone around J [ Johnny Depp ] seems to be intimidated by his power and money .
No-one stands up to him . ''
Mr Depp said : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pies with her psychiatrist . ''
Earlier , Ms Wass read out medical notes by Mr Depp 's own doctor , David Kipper , which said the actor `` romanticises the entire drug culture and has no accountability for his behaviour '' .
The doctor also wrote that Mr Depp paid `` lip service '' to people like Sir Elton John `` more for their celebrity than their struggle with sobriety '' .
During another argument at their Los Angeles penthouse Mr Depp admitted `` accidentally '' headbutting Ms Heard but claimed she @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
In a recorded conversation shortly after the incident , which was played to the the High Court , Mr Depp appeared to say he had headbutted his ex-wife in the forehead and added : `` That does n't break a nose . ''
He told the court he had tried to get hold of her `` to stop her flailing and punching me '' and as he did so `` it seems there was a collision '' .
The case arose out of the publication of an article on the Sun 's @ @ @ @ @ @ @ How can JK Rowling be 'genuinely happy ' casting wife beater Johnny Depp in the new Fantastic Beasts film ? ''
The Sun 's original article related to allegations made by the actress , who was married to the Pirates of the Caribbean star from 2015 to 2017 .
Witnesses including Mr Depp 's former partners Vanessa Paradis and Winona Ryder are expected to give evidence via video link , and the hearing is expected to last for three weeks .
Mr Depp , has been Oscar and Bafta-nominated and won a Golden @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The Demon Barber of Fleet Street .

Ms Wass said Mr Depp had accused the actress of having affairs with her "leading man" while the couple were in Australia where he was filming one of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise in March 2015. He then threw Ms Heard against a ping-pong table and pushed her up against a fridge, Ms Wass said.


bbc--2020-07-09--The Crown: Netflix adds final sixth season to cover 1990s royal drama

Netflix has said its epic royal drama The Crown will continue for a sixth season after all - although it still wo n't catch up with more recent events .
The show was originally expected to run for six seasons , but in January Netflix said it would only have five .
The show will still end in the early 2000s , with Imelda Staunton as Queen .
Writer Peter Morgan said : `` Series six will not bring us any closer to present day - it will simply enable us to cover the same period in greater detail .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ see the drama surrounding the Duke and Duchess of Sussex stepping back from royal duties , for example , or the family life of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge .
Nor will either of the royal weddings be portrayed on screen .
But seasons five and six , which are expected to encompass the 1990s , will have no shortage of action .
The decade included the break-up of Prince Charles and Princess Diana , the collapse of Prince Andrew 's marriage to Sarah Ferguson , the devastating fire at Windsor Castle @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Princess of Wales - which plunged the Royal Family into crisis .
The TV drama may also incorporate the deaths of Princess Margaret and the Queen Mother , seven weeks apart , in 2002 .
Morgan said : `` As we started to discuss the storylines for series five , it soon became clear that in order to do justice to the richness and complexity of the story , we should go back to the original plan and do six seasons . ''
Netflix also recently revealed that Oscar-nominated actress Lesley Manville will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a role previously played by Helena Bonham Carter and Vanessa Kirby .
The fourth series is currently in production and will see the introduction of Diana , played by Emma Corrin , and Margaret Thatcher , played by Gillian Anderson .
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Morgan said: "As we started to discuss the storylines for series five, it soon became clear that in order to do justice to the richness and complexity of the story, we should go back to the original plan and do six seasons."


bbc--2020-07-09--US student visas: 'A lot of people I know are scared for the future'

The spread of coronavirus has led to major changes for higher education across the world , with many institutions embracing virtual tuition as a way to allow students to continue their learning .
But US immigration authorities have now said that international students whose courses move fully online this autumn could face having their visas revoked .
An advisory said that unless students switch to courses with face-to-face tuition , they could be deported .
The decision has caused uncertainty and fear for the hundreds of thousands of international students who rely on student visas in the US .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
'We came here with dreams' Qinyuhui Chen is a Chinese national studying psychology and fine art at Penn State University '' I was pretty shocked when the announcement came out .
It 's just so sudden .
`` Our school will be moving into complete online mode after Thanksgiving , '' she explains .
She is worried about the impact this change could have on her visa status .
`` Many of my friends thought that they could take online classes for the fall and have already returned home .
For those @ @ @ @ @ @ @ constantly keeping our eyes on the price of plane tickets .
`` I think it 's just not practical for us to rush back and forth between our home country and the US .
I really hope that the school will maybe give us one [ in-person ] class after Thanksgiving so we can stay in the US .
`` I would really hope that ICE [ US Immigration and Customs Enforcement ] reconsider the policy .
It 's affecting every single international student here in America .
We paid huge amounts of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ For those who can not afford the plane tickets or whose home country has a closed border , they may face deportation .
`` We are all so concerned . ''
' I woke up to this rule .
I was so anxious' Tanisha Mittal , 22 , is from Mumbai in India and studying for a masters in health management and policy at the University of Michigan '' Like many other international students , I came back home to India right before the country went into lockdown .
Everything has been online @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` I finally booked my ticket last week to go back to the US .
I woke up to this rule the next day .
I was so anxious .
I was n't sure if I would be able to go back .
`` I 'm really scared that because of this confusing order I may be deported back when I arrive in the US .
My flight is in 10 days , which makes the whole issue even more urgent for me .
`` But there 's no clarity .
There are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ order applies differently to each of them : students who are in the US , students who are in their home countries , new admissions .
`` Everyone is grappling with so many questions at this point .
If your university is going online you need to go back to your country and if it is hybrid [ both online and in-person ] you need to go back to the US .
The whole concept of personal choice has been removed and we 're literally being compelled to do something that we may @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Covid-19 , it 's also unsafe because people from different countries would come back to campus .
So , the risk has increased .
What if cases surge and universities go fully online again ?
Will they ask us to go back ?
Will our visas be revoked ?
`` 'My scholarship may be rejected' Molly Canham , 18 , is from Devon in the UK and has been offered a sports scholarship to study at Louisiana State University '' I live my life not knowing when I 'll be able to start @ @ @ @ @ @ @ country team .
I 've been signed to run for the school , so potentially not being able to go there in August leaves me in fear that my scholarship may be rejected .
`` I can not gain access to a visa to get to the US , as the embassy is closed and most international students are being rejected . ''
`` I 'm worried that my only option will be to take any course that has face-to-face time just so I can get there and maintain my sports scholarship .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ other athletes who are on a scholarship who either can not get back into the US to study or are at risk of being deported back to England due to online course load .
`` It makes me very anxious for the future as I do not want to be treated poorly and unfairly when I get to America .
A lot of students I know are scared for the future at the moment . ''
'The US needs international students' Dev Wadhwa , 19 , is from Vadodara in India .
He @ @ @ @ @ @ @ University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign '' I had admission offers from Australia , Canada and Hong Kong but I chose the US because of the quality of education , '' he says .
`` After the order was announced , one of my friends messaged me and said : 'You 're going to be kicked out of the US . '
I was shocked and frustrated .
It felt like a bombshell dropping on top of you .
`` For the first 24 hours it was really , really frustrating for everyone .
No-one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he later found out that his programme would not be affected , he adds that the stress for students has been difficult .
`` We 're already in the middle of a crisis .
This was not really needed right now .
It 's just sad because some students do n't have the option to go back to their home countries or to come back to the US because of travel restrictions .
So all of this is even more anxiety-inducing for them . ''
But Dev says he understands the decision .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the point of view of the administration , if a university is completely online you do n't need to be in the US .
It 's logical , I think .
But then again , the US needs international students to work for them and to keep their universities going . ''
'Everyone was panicked and anxious' Nox Yang is a 20-year-old from China studying sociology and film at UCLA Messages flooded into an online group for Chinese students at UCLA after the visa change was announced this week .
`` Everyone was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ says .
Her university offers an on-site and remote hybrid curriculum , but as a student in sociology and film , Yang may face difficulty enrolling in on-site classes as most of those currently offered are for courses in science and maths .
`` In the worst-case scenario , I 'll have to return to China , but it 's a lot of hassle , '' Nox says , citing skyrocketed flight fares and quarantine requirements .
She adds that the time difference and China 's internet censorship may lead to yet more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , 20 , is a junior student from China at Emory University in Atlanta but is currently in Beijing Iris Li woke up to the news that she may not be able to renew her student visa , as she is taking only online classes from China .
The 20-year-old travelled back to her hometown of Beijing in late March , only packing for a summer break .
But her plan has been disrupted since the Covid-19 outbreak unfolded in the US , where she has lived for six years .
Her visa @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as routine visa services in US embassies and consulates around the world remain suspended .
Worse still , the ICE rule means she wo n't be issued a new student visa if taking a fully online curriculum .
`` It 's disappointing , '' she says .
Reporting by Gareth Evans , Nikita Mandhani , Zhaoyin Feng and the UGC team .

"Everyone is grappling with so many questions at this point. If your university is going online you need to go back to your country and if it is hybrid [both online and in-person] you need to go back to the US. The whole concept of personal choice has been removed and we're literally being compelled to do something that we may not want to do.


bbc--2020-07-09--Quiz of the week: What annoyed Tom Hanks?

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bbc--2020-07-09--Africa's week in pictures: 3-9 July 2020

On Tuesday Ermine Nzotto from the Central African Republic beams as she holds daughters Ervina and Prefina .
The previously @ @ @ @ @ were fused together , underwent surgery in Italy 's Vatican City days before .

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On Tuesday Ermine Nzotto from the Central African Republic beams as she holds daughters Ervina and Prefina. The previously conjoined twins, whose skulls were fused together, underwent surgery in Italy's Vatican City days before.


bbc--2020-07-09--Lemur species 'on the brink of extinction'

A third of all the lemur species on Earth are `` one step from extinction '' .
This is according to the latest update of the Red List , the comprehensive , continually updated report on the status of species .
Human activities , particularly deforestation and hunting , drive the declines in these unique primates .
Such habitat destruction has also been linked to an increased risk of wildlife diseases - like the coronavirus - spilling over into human populations .
The update shows that 33 lemur species - primates unique to Madagascar - are now classified as Critically @ @ @ @ @ @ @ surviving species threatened with extinction .
Thirteen lemur species have been `` uplisted '' - pushed to higher threat categories as a result of these `` intensifying human pressures '' .
Craig Hilton-Taylor from the International Union for Conservation of Nature ( IUCN ) , which produces the list , told BBC News that the current pandemic should give us pause to `` ask some difficult questions about our relationship with the natural world '' .
• Coronavirus : This is not the last pandemic • Covid recovery could 'tip the balance ' @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to nature to provide future solutions to human problems - like treatments for disease and food supplies , '' Dr Hilton-Taylor added .
`` Nature has a huge amount to offer us , but if we continue to impact the natural world as we 're doing - and if we lose species like lemurs - then our chances of looking to nature for those solutions is reduced dramatically . ''
Updates to the list are based on the latest scientific assessments .
There are now more than 120,000 different species that have been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and , of these , 32,441 are threatened with extinction .
Other species that have been `` uplisted '' include : • The North Atlantic Right Whale ( Eubalaena glacialis ) has been moved from Endangered to Critically Endangered , with fewer than 250 mature individuals estimated to be alive at the end of 2018 ; • The European Hamster ( Cricetus cricetus ) , a common pet that was once abundant in the wild across Europe and Russia .
It is now listed as Critically Endangered .
Reasons for its population declines @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but scientists believe that the animal 's reproduction rates have fallen - something that may be linked to light pollution and climate change ; • The world 's most expensive fungus , Caterpillar Fungus ( Ophiocordyceps sinensis ) , has entered the IUCN Red List as Vulnerable .
This fungus is highly valued in Traditional Chinese Medicine , where it has been used for millennia to treat diseases including those related to the kidneys and lungs .
Demand for the fungus has risen sharply since the 1990s .
There are some conservation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ A little known species of iguana native to the Turks and Caicos Islands has been `` downlisted '' from Critically Endangered to Endangered , meaning it is no longer at immediate threat of extinction .
That is entirely , Craig Hilton-Taylor said , because of a concerted conservation effort on the islands , involving the government , NGOs and local people - restoring habitat and reintroducing the species .
`` If people pull together , species can recover , '' he added .

"Nature has a huge amount to offer us, but if we continue to impact the natural world as we're doing - and if we lose species like lemurs - then our chances of looking to nature for those solutions is reduced dramatically."


bbc--2020-07-09--Coronavirus: How New Zealand went 'hard and early' to beat Covid-19

In late June , two cases of coronavirus were confirmed in New Zealand .
When many countries are registering thousands of cases a day , two seems little to worry about .
But until that point , New Zealand had gone 24 days without a single case , so these - linked to quarantine breaches - were enough to lead to the resignation of the health minister .
So what was the strategy behind New Zealand 's Covid-19 success ?
When did New Zealand bring in border closures ?
On 2 February , a man in the Philippines became the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Covid-19 .
At this point , there were no reported cases in New Zealand , but the next day , the country began banning entry to any foreigner coming from or via China .
Any New Zealander returning from China had to isolate for 14 days .
As the virus spread globally , a flight ban was also extended to Iran - the origin of New Zealand 's first case - and restrictions placed on anyone arriving from South Korea , northern Italy , or who was showing symptoms .
As of midnight @ @ @ @ @ @ @ New Zealanders - had to go into self-isolation on arrival in the country , unless they were coming from the largely unaffected Pacific island nations .
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said these were the strictest regulations in the world , for which she would `` make no apologies '' .
Then , a few days later , Ms Ardern took the unprecedented step of closing the borders entirely to almost all non-citizens or residents .
`` Doing this early on with only over a few thousand cases [ worldwide ] at the time @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and stop the community transmission , '' Prof Martin Berka , an economist at the country 's Massey University , told the BBC .
It locked down early and aimed for elimination But by mid-March it was clear the virus could not be controlled with the standard pandemic flu action plan , one of New Zealand 's top epidemiologists , Prof Michael Baker , told the BBC .
A World Health Organization ( WHO ) report on the success of Wuhan 's lockdown in late January made it clear the New Zealand approach @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it at the start '' and aim for total elimination , said Prof Baker .
`` We had to move away from the normal level of scientific certainty and say well , on balance of evidence , we know this has worked in China . ''
In late March , to prepare the public for a rapidly changing situation , New Zealand introduced a new four-stage alert system .
Based on existing wildfire alerts , it would clearly indicate the current risk and the necessary social distancing measures .
The system began at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it had risen to level four .
That triggered a total nationwide lockdown , with only essential services running and everyone told to stay at home , in their `` bubble '' .
At that point New Zealand had recorded only 102 cases and no deaths .
When the UK locked down at around the same time , it had more than 6,500 cases and more than 330 deaths .
The UK has never closed its borders , but brought in mandatory self-isolation for all arrivals in early June .
This was lifted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The UK government has said that it `` brought in the right measures at the right time based on scientific advice '' and that border restrictions would have a negligible impact while there was already significant community transmission .
`` If you do the British thing - waiting too long and keeping open too long - it balloons and becomes a major problem , which is costly on both economic and health fronts , '' says Prof Berka .
`` The economic pain was slightly higher than in other countries .
But the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ isolated but very free and healthy existence . ''
Prof Baker says officials did an `` absolutely remarkable job '' of implementing New Zealand 's lockdown .
Even at its peak , New Zealand had only 89 cases a day .
`` They really engaged the minds and hearts of the population into doing the unthinkable , of saying 'go home and stay there for the best part of six weeks ' , '' he said .
The time bought by the lockdown was used to finesse an extensive testing and contact tracing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out 10,000 tests a day and when a case is confirmed , contact tracers get to work alerting anyone they had close interactions with and telling them to isolate .
The WHO has praised New Zealand for acting quickly , holding it as an example to other countries .
But the massive response was not without its critics .
As it rumbled on , early political unity started to fade .
The-then opposition leader Simon Bridges argued that with the economy and people 's mental health suffering , `` the harm of staying @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we were to come out '' .
Prof Berka says that as the public started to feel the economic impact , many started questioning the value of the lockdown , especially as case numbers dropped .
But while police did charge hundreds of people for lockdown breaches , the policy had high levels of public support - polls showed more than 80 % of people backed the government 's actions .
Elimination achieved , but can it be sustained ?
On 8 June , Ms Ardern announced that with no new community transmissions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recovered , `` we are confident we have eliminated transmission of the virus in New Zealand for now '' .
The lockdown was lifted and everyday life is now almost entirely back to normal , with some social distancing .
But the borders remain closed to foreigners for now , with no indication of when they will reopen - and officials say complacency could be disastrous .
The risks posed by borders became clear just over a week after Ms Ardern 's announcement , when two women who had recently arrived home from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had been allowed to leave quarantine early on compassionate grounds but had not been tested , and had driven across the country before feeling ill .
It later emerged that dozens of people had been let out of quarantine early without proper testing , which Prof Berka said was a `` complete failure '' of process that left the government `` scrambling '' .
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While the oversight did n't cause a spike in cases , it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on 2 July , the resignation of Health Minister David Clark .
He had already been demoted after breaching lockdown rules to take his family to the beach .
The economic costs to a small , remote country of closed borders are very real - subsidies will eventually run out and New Zealand needs foreign tourists and workers .
Prominent voices , like former Prime Minister Helen Clark , are now saying it 's time for New Zealand to reconsider how long it is prepared to stay shut off from the world .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Zealand is small ?
New Zealand 's isolated location and relatively low population density certainly helped its efforts , but Prof Baker says that was only a minor benefit .
`` This strategy could work anywhere that has functioning government and infrastructure , '' he said , citing diverse examples like Vietnam , Taiwan and China .
`` The countries I 'm more perplexed about are the UK , as well as Europe and North America .
We normally look to them for our leadership in public health , '' he says .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Asia - noticeably Taiwan , he says , which has had astonishing success - that have provided the best guidance .
He says it is `` a bit of a puzzle for us at a distance to understand why '' with the UK 's extensive scientific expertise and health care , `` you have n't looked at the evidence and worked out a pattern like New Zealand 's '' .
The UK government has previously defended its coronavirus strategy , saying its approach was `` being guided by the science '' .
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The lockdown was lifted and everyday life is now almost entirely back to normal, with some social distancing. But the borders remain closed to foreigners for now, with no indication of when they will reopen - and officials say complacency could be disastrous.


bbc--2020-07-09--Danny Trejo: The actor who went from prisoner to film star

Danny Trejo has been shot , stabbed , crushed , eaten and tortured… multiple times .
Con Air , Zombie Hunter and 3-Headed Shark Attack ( yes ... that 's a real film ) are just three of the movies in which he 's ended up dead .
If you 're a Breaking Bad fan , he 's the guy whose head famously ends up on top of a tortoise .
According to one survey , the 76-year-old has died on screen more than any other actor .
`` It shows I 've been working , '' he jokes .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ name before reading this , you 'd definitely know his face from the hundreds of movies , TV shows and games he 's appeared in .
In his movies , his long hair is usually pulled back in a ponytail , he 's got his tattooed bare chest out and he 's more than likely carrying a weapon .
`` When I was starting to get famous , a good friend of mine told me , 'The whole world can think you 're a movie star , but you ca n't ' .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ movie star .
I want to be a good actor . ''
He jokes that when he started acting he was always cast in jail as `` inmate number one '' , due to his physical appearance and attitude .
But before his movie career began , he had really been a high-profile prisoner .
It 's the back story many of his fans will now get to find about in his new documentary Inmate # 1 : The Rise of Danny Trejo .
`` It 's a miracle because I was n't @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , '' he tells Radio 1 Newsbeat .
Growing up in California , Trejo was using hard drugs as a teenager and went on to spend years in and out of prison in the 1960s on various charges including armed robbery .
Inside , he was a well-known inmate and became a champion boxer at the notorious San Quentin State Prison , the oldest jail in California .
The prison is infamous and Louis Theroux once spent two weeks there for a documentary .
In Inmate # 1 , Danny recalls seeing a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
`` He was walking around the upper yard , reaching for the knife and coughing up blood , and everyone started laughing .
What a messed up place . ''
Danny also spent time in two other jails - Soledad and Folsom - and admits that taking `` trips through his youth '' for the documentary were `` painful '' .
`` I can remember being way back in juvenile hall ( American youth detention centres ) and thinking my life was over .
You get institutionalised right there .
`` I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a minute .
It 's not over .
You 're just getting started ' . ''
He decided to turn his life around by getting out of trouble and going without drugs .
He became a drugs counsellor and decided to use his experience to help others .
It was his work on a movie set that got him into acting in the 1980s .
Ever since , he 's `` tried to do good '' because he measures success by `` waking up and feeling good '' rather than counting awards and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ influence on others and hopes his story will inspire younger fans : `` It does n't matter where you start , it 's where you end up . ''
In the documentary , we watch Danny go into prisons to tell inmates about his own experience .
He says he smells `` the fear and the anxiety '' every time he goes back .
`` I come out and I have dreams that I 'm still in prison .
That wakes you up quick and it 's a reminder for me to not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ actor has only got busier the older he 's got and a couple of years ago he was on the set of Adam Sandler movie The Ridiculous 6 when someone asked when he was going to retire .
`` I was playing a cowboy at the time .
I do n't see myself retiring anytime soon .
`` I 'm having too much fun . ''
Inmate # 1 : The Rise of Danny Trejo is available to watch on various digital platforms .
Listen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays @ @ @ @ @ @

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bbc--2020-07-09--Black Lives Matter: From social media post to global movement

A slogan chanted by tens of thousands around the world , Black Lives Matter has sparked a hashtag , a network of grass-roots organisations , and a moral collective of activists .
But how did it go from a social media post to a global phenomenon , and where does it go now ?
The names most associated with Black Lives Matter are not its leaders but the victims who have drawn attention to the massive issues of racism this country grapples with : George Floyd , Breonna Taylor , Eric Garner , Michael Brown , to name a few @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to 2013 , after the acquittal of George Zimmerman , who shot and killed Trayvon Martin in Florida .
The 17-year-old had been returning from a shop after buying sweets and iced tea .
Mr Zimmerman claimed the unarmed black teenager had looked suspicious .
There was outrage when he was found not guilty of murder , and a Facebook post entitled `` Black Lives Matter '' captured a mood and sparked action .
`` Seven years ago , we were called together .
There were about 30 of us standing in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Los Angeles , summoned by Patrisse Cullors , one of our co-founders and one of my dearest friends , '' says Melina Abdullah , a professor of Pan African Studies in Los Angeles and co-founder of one of Black Lives Matters first `` chapters '' .
`` It was students … artists , organisers and mommas .
We knew that it was part of our sacred duty to step up .
And there was an audaciousness that we could transform the world , but we did n't have a plan for it , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ justice for Trayvon Martin lit the spark for Black Lives Matter , it was the death of Michael Brown a year later that really brought the movement to national attention .
The unarmed teenager had been shot dead by an officer in Ferguson , Missouri and Black Lives Matter took to the streets , often in angry confrontation with the police .
But the killing of George Floyd took the movement to areas it had not reached before .
This moment of national reckoning gives Ambassador Andrew Young , a legendary civil rights @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pride '' .
`` Especially that they have remained overwhelmingly nonviolent , '' the 88-year-old says .
For years he marched shoulder-to-shoulder with Rev Martin Luther King Jr , but very much as a civil rights leader in his own right .
He was later awarded the US Presidential Medal of Freedom and served as US Ambassador to the United Nations .
`` Of course it was very different back then .
We had to go door-to-door , church-to-church , '' he says .
`` When Dr King went to jail , only @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Young remembers .
In the 1960s , many of the key American civil rights figures were known the world over , but even someone as connected to the struggle for equality as Ambassador Young finds it hard to name contemporaries in the modern movement .
`` Honestly , I do n't know who Black Lives Matter is , '' he acknowledges .
`` I do n't know who the leaders are .
In fact , I do n't know that they even have any leaders .
I think perhaps it 's a spiritual @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in our society that we have not been willing to face . ''
Those who have been involved with Black Lives Matter since its embryonic stages say this decentralized approach is intentional .
`` Group-centred leadership is in our guiding principles , '' says Prof Abdullah .
`` Leadership is not just about oratory , it 's also about facilitation , planning , bringing arts to the movement , things that do n't get as much recognition , '' she says .
The leadership in many Black Lives Matter chapters is also often @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been at the heart of the black freedom struggle .
Often times they have been painted over , and this time we are refusing to allow ourselves to be painted over , '' says Prof Abdullah .
The guiding light for this doctrine , and for Black Lives Matter as a whole , she says , has been Ella Baker - the feminist civil rights leader who championed collective grassroots activism over activism focused on a single leader .
`` We all study Ella Baker as one of the most brilliant organisers to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ earth .
She was clear that movements should be bigger than individuals . ''
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Though Black Lives Matter has evolved into this loose national and international umbrella network , the Black Lives Matter Global Network is registered in the US as a non-profit organisation , one that is now getting grants and pledges from foundations and corporations falling over themselves to ally themselves with the movement .
Chapters of Black Lives Matter have spread @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , with massive protests in the UK , Europe , and Canada .
The movement now includes many of diverse backgrounds , who had previously not felt connected to the cause .
`` I think a lot of people in our town suddenly felt as white people we need to be really critical of ourselves and understand our role in this , '' says AJ Crocker , one of the organisers of a Black Lives Matter vigil in in Norwood , Colorado , a mostly white town of about 500 people located about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ airport .
Ms Crocker says the group is learning how they can combat racism in their own small community , such as campaigning for an official Spanish translator for the county .
They will also bring up Black Lives Matter as a discussion topic in the town council and are reading Ibram X Kendi 's book `` How to be an Antiracist '' in the local book club .
`` I actually really do appreciate that people are starting to educate themselves .
There 's a lot of literature out there that 's @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the issues that affect us and that 's good , '' says Charles White , a keyboard player with Day Dream Sessions .
The band has been playing some of the songs that have become the soundtrack to the street demonstrations in Washington DC , including old protest anthems from Marvin Gaye and Sam Cooke .
But Mr White and his bandmates are also sceptical about what they sees as the mainstreaming of the movement .
`` I feel like Black Lives Matter has become a trend , '' says drummer and bandleader @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was about changing the situation at hand , but now you have all these corporations saying they support black people but they 're just hoping to gain more customers and more money . ''
And though some Black Lives Matter leaders deny it , over the years there has sometimes been a disconnect between the organisation itself and young black men , a constituency they are fighting for , the band says .
`` I think the initial inception of Black Lives Matter is what we believed in and what we were marching @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
`` It was really about police brutality and the effects of that on black people .
But I think now it 's a multilayered thing with feminism and LGBTQ and all these different things kind of coupled into it .
I think there needs to be a little bit of refocusing . ''
`` But Black Lives Matter as a message is one I still stand behind , '' he insists .
• Why US protests are so powerful this time Prof Abdullah though is proud of how the organisation has also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and LGBT activists at its heart .
`` Black Lives Matter has been very clear that we are a womanist movement .
And that does n't mean that we exclude men , in fact there are lots of strong male leaders , '' she says .
She says the organisation is also just as concerned about tangible change , and that results are already being seen , albeit limited .
`` Over the past six years , overall the number of killings at the hands of police has remained relatively stable , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' says Prof Abdullah .
`` However , what we are seeing is that in cities with strong Black Lives Matter chapters , the numbers have dropped dramatically , though this has been offset by increases elsewhere . ''
She says the gains have been achieved not by negotiating with police forces , which the organisation refuses to do , but by taking to the streets and making sure the police know they are being scrutinised .
Prof Abdullah says that Black Lives Matter is looking for much more , including the defunding @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the US and its replacement with a new form of law enforcement , something for which it has received considerable criticism .
But while she says the organisation advocates one way of putting pressure on those in power , she is also supportive of chapters going their own way .
`` One of the things that 's really great is that we see new Black Lives Matter chapters , popping up all over the globe .
They may not be official chapters , but people are stepping into their own calling .
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"Seven years ago, we were called together. There were about 30 of us standing in the courtyard of this black artist community in Los Angeles, summoned by Patrisse Cullors, one of our co-founders and one of my dearest friends," says Melina Abdullah, a professor of Pan African Studies in Los Angeles and co-founder of one of Black Lives Matters first "chapters".


bbc--2020-07-09--Coronavirus: The British-Pakistani doctors saving lives in both countries

From his laptop at his home just outside London , Dr Tahir Akhtar is helping treat a coronavirus patient in Lahore , Pakistan .
Via a video link , a doctor there shows Dr Akhtar around the intensive care unit at the city 's Jinnah Hospital .
Dr Akhtar is an intensive care unit consultant in Britain 's National Health Service , and has helped lead the response to Covid-19 in Essex , where he lives .
Now , in his free time , he is using telemedicine software to share his experiences with counterparts in his country of birth @ @ @ @ @ @ @ best way to treat their patients .
`` We are very proud of the NHS service we are giving here , '' Dr Akhtar said .
`` And because of our relationships both in medicine and otherwise , it was very important for us to help our colleagues and to help the people of Pakistan . ''
Dr Akhtar told the BBC the huge number of coronavirus cases meant that even in the UK it was not possible for intensive care doctors alone to treat seriously ill patients - doctors from different specialties @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In Pakistan , the difficulties would be amplified , he said , making it useful for those doctors to have `` someone they can talk to , someone they can take advice from '' .
Dr Muhammad Ashraf Zia , who heads the Covid-19 ICU in Jinnah Hospital , told the BBC it was `` very useful '' to exchange ideas with Dr Akhtar - even though he is a senior doctor himself , as coronavirus is such a new disease .
He said his team had begun using certain medicines to treat @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and they were now producing `` very good results '' .
There have been about 250,000 coronavirus cases and 5,000 deaths recorded in Pakistan .
That 's substantially lower than in Britain , where more than 44,000 people have died , even though it is likely fatalities in Pakistan have been undercounted .
However , Pakistan has far fewer doctors per capita than the UK , and at times hospitals there have been stretched .
According to the World Health Organization , there are under 10 medical doctors per 10,000 of the population @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than in the UK .
Dr Suhail Chughtai , another UK-based doctor of Pakistani origin , built the telemedicine software used to connect to the intensive care unit in Lahore .
The software allows doctors to talk via video link and exchange copies of case notes as they speak .
His aim was `` to plug the gap '' in Pakistan caused by a relative lack of intensive care specialists , by `` importing '' those doctors from the UK via telemedicine , he said .
Dr Chughtai has also created a number @ @ @ @ @ @ @ run in conjunction with the government in Punjab province , allows doctors in the UK , Ireland , US and Pakistan to hold free virtual consultations with coronavirus patients - meaning they do n't need to risk travelling to a hospital or clinic and infecting others along the way .
Doctors in the four countries have carried out 35,000 consultations since March , with members of the Association of Pakistani Physicians in the UK among those offering their services .
And another recently launched project aims to connect patients visiting rural health clinics @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in more urban centres .
Dr Chughtai sees such schemes as the future of medicine .
`` Where a doctor and patient can speak the same language , we can create a bridge no matter where they are , through telemedicine , '' he said .
There are other groups of British-Pakistani doctors also spending their free time trying to boost healthcare capacity in Pakistan .
The `` Midland Doctors '' charity was set up in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake in Pakistani-administered Kashmir in 2005 , and established a hospital in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the charity 's members in Britain have been using their expertise to offer online training to doctors in Pakistan , as well as holding `` virtual ward rounds '' of critical care units , said one member , Dr Farhan Rashid .
He said that because the UK 's coronavirus peak was well ahead of Pakistan 's , the doctors were able to offer valuable lessons to their counterparts in Pakistan .
Dr Chughtai , who founded a number of the telemedicine portals , said that many British-Pakistani doctors were keen to engage @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but they also want to give back to the country they came from , '' he said .
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Dr Akhtar told the BBC the huge number of coronavirus cases meant that even in the UK it was not possible for intensive care doctors alone to treat seriously ill patients - doctors from different specialties also had to be drafted in. In Pakistan, the difficulties would be amplified, he said, making it useful for those doctors to have "someone they can talk to, someone they can take advice from".