The owners of this car dealership in Kenosha say they have sustained hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage in the last 2 nights of protests & that insurers say they don’t cover this type of destruction. “But if it actually gets justice, sure burn it 20 times” they tell me
The evening so far in DC, a White House surrounded by fencing, a few hundred people gathered outside in something of a festive mood, but not sure DC is embracing the big screen in McPherson Square...
A few hours ago, using a drone at the US-Mexico border in Tornillo, we got a view of children being trooped around the tent camp in which they’re being detained (after having been separated from their parents by US immigration officials). Video here…
First trip in new role, in Ukraine with high-level delegation of Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu & Buddhist leaders (inc former Archbishop Rowan Williams) here to show solidarity with those suffering. Reports to come inc a look at Putin’s religious justification for the war
Burnley Council has just released a statement condemning the desecration of Muslim graves there (videos show several daubed in paint) with the council leader saying it was “solely intended to provoke racial tensions”
The online version of our
@BBCNorthAmerica
investigation “Don’t Shoot, I’m Disabled” has just been published. For a long time I've been wanting to look into why so many people killed by US police have disabilities & was finally able to
A slipped disc hasn’t been the ideal way to end 16 years abroad for the BBC and somehow it feels a strange time to be moving country, but am all the more grateful to finally be home and to be starting my new role soon…there’s a lot to do
Pope Francis blesses & passes back a girl right now in Juba, South Sudan…as you’ll see the reaction of her parents when I found them is lovely (they suggested little Pauline was crying because she’d “never seen someone that colour before”)
Extraordinary. Even bigger crowds of protesters outside the White House today as compared to yesterday, when legal, peaceful demonstrations were broken up with tear gas well before the 7pm curfew
Speaking in DC right now, Pakistani PM Imran Khan talks of being “pleasantly surprised” by his meeting with Donald Trump, describing the US President as ‘charming’ and ‘straightforward’
Ahead of Aretha Franklin's funeral here in Detroit, I got to speak to her niece
@BrigitteFrankln
who talked of the appreciation her family had for all the tributes, but also of the loss they were feeling...
What happened to belief in God during the Holocaust & the years that followed? Ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day we explore that with a panel & hear from the wonderful Lily Ebert on
#BeyondBelief
at 4.30pm on Radio 4 today. (Pic by Lily’s great-grandson
@DovForman
)
Want to understand why Labour's Jon Ashworth (who in 2019 got 67% share of the vote) lost his seat to independent Shockat Adam, watch our piece from a month ago from his Leicester South constituency...
Was privileged to see Aretha Franklin last year, where I filmed this...one of the few times in recent years she didn't cancel a concert because of ill health. She had clearly lost a lot of weight, but gave an incredible, spine-tingling performance all night. Thinking of her now.
Wanted to highlight the work of the BBC’s Malik Mudassir - who’s usually behind the camera (either operating it or working as a producer) - giving a clear, detailed account of the situation in Kabul on the 10 o’clock news tonight as the Taliban patrolled the streets around him
Conservative estimates say around 25% of people killed by US police have physical disabilities, learning difficulties or suffer from mental illness. Other research suggests it’s much more.
Thank you to those who have asked...aside from some bruising and swelling,
@p_murt
is fine, as are
@GeeWotshela
and I. Our full report from the DC
#GeorgeFloyd
protests...
We met the family of 22-year-old Adam Trammell from Milwaukee, who died after being tased 15 times by police while in his own shower. Adam had schizophrenia
Thanks mum, for calling me to tell me how much you owe Diana from across the road for the bread and eggs, in case you’re “not around at the end of all this to pay her”
Make your minds up, Pakistanis. Many who previously didn’t want the army interfering in politics are suddenly celebrating it, & some who were happy for military intervention in the past when it backed their man now see the perils. (No more Pakistan tweets from me)
Our clip, filmed by
@p_murt
using a drone at the US-Mexico border in Tornillo, showing children being filed into tents in the camp where they’re being held (having been separated from their parents by US immigration officials)….