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Brazilians rally against President Jair Bolsonaro after half a million die from Covid
Brazilians have taken to the streets to blame President Jair Bolsonaro for the country’s catastrophic Covid death toll.
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‘A lot of these deaths could’ve been prevented’, says Brazilian epidemiologist Dr Pedro Hallal
Epidemiologist Dr Pedro Hallal runs Brazil’s largest coronavirus testing programme and is preparing to give evidence to a Brazilian Senate commission investigating President Bolsonaro’s handling of the pandemic.
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Ethiopians head to the polls following months of violence in Tigray region
Ethiopians will go to the polls tomorrow to give their verdict on the Prime Minister.
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‘Diversity in the NHS enables us to help people’, says Afghan doctor
We have been talking to one Afghan refugee, now a doctor, about his experiences of working on the NHS frontlines.
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Filmmaker Nick Broomfield on exploring new evidence related to the killings of Tupac and Biggie
Nick Broomfield has revisited the seedy world of gang rivalry and bent cops in his new documentary ‘Last Man Standing’ – prompted by new evidence about the killing of the world’s most famous rappers.
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100 years on: America’s reckoning with its past in Tulsa
100 years ago, Tulsa saw a prosperous Black neighbourhood burned to the ground. In the aftermath, there was silence.
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US marks ‘Juneteenth’ with federal holiday for the first time
Today commemorates the 156th anniversary of the end of slavery in the US. For the first time, Americans have marked ‘Juneteenth’ with a federal holiday, as signed into law this week by President Joe Biden.
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Hard-line judge Ebrahim Raisi wins Iranian presidential election by a landslide
The ultra-conservative judge Ebrahim Raisi has been declared the winner in Iran’s Presidential election. But key rivals were barred from standing, turnout was the lowest ever and millions of ballots were spoiled.
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‘Covid vaccines will help contain infections among under-30s’, says Public Health England’s Prof Kevin Fenton
We spoke with Professor Kevin Fenton of Public Health England and began by asking him about the risk of a third wave.
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Over-18s in England asked to get Covid jab as mass vaccination events set up across London
Mass vaccination events have been set up across London so that people over the age of 18 can get jabs for the first time.
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Thousands of fans gather in London ahead of England v Scotland Euro 2020 clash
Large crowds of Scotland and England fans have been gathering in central London ahead of tonight’s Euro 2020 clash at Wembley Stadium, despite appeals for anyone without a ticket to stay away.
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Iranians head to the polls to elect new president
Iranians are voting to elect a new President, with the hardline judiciary chief Ebrahim Raisi widely tipped to win.
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Ministers ‘deeply ashamed’ over low rape conviction rates in England and Wales
MPs have said they feel “deeply ashamed” of low conviction rates for rape cases in England and Wales, promising sweeping changes to the criminal justice system. But do they go far enough? Anja Popp reports.
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DUP in disarray as Edwin Poots quits after 21 days as leader
The Democratic Unionist Party is looking for a new leader again, as Edwin Poots stepped down after just 21 days in the job.
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‘Conservatives will lose more seats’, says former Tory MP David Gauke
We spoke to the political sociologist Paula Surridge and former Tory MP for the neighbouring constituency, David Gauke.
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Lib Dems topple Tory ‘blue wall’ seat in Chesham and Amersham by-election
The Liberal Democrats have hailed their landslide victory in the Chesham and Amersham by-election, declaring it will send a “shockwave through British politics”.
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Revealed: British police received further complaint of sex crimes in relation to Jeffrey Epstein in 2019
A Channel 4 News investigation can reveal a woman contacted the Metropolitan Police in December 2019 to make allegations of sexual assault.
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Series 7, Episode 16: Gillian Tett
Krishnan talks to Gillian about why need to pay more attention to ‘social silences’, how she predicted the financial crash and the new global crisis on the horizon.
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New York’s Homelessness Epidemic
Homelessness is at record levels in New York City, and the economic carnage of Covid is making it worse.
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‘Stand up’ against social media abuse, says author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
For the author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the loss of her father last year was made all the worse by her separation from him – she, stuck in the US, he, back home in Nigeria. Then came the death of her mother, causing her to ask: “how can a heart break twice?” Her new book, Notes…
