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Thousands of people have celebrated 155 years since the abolition of slavery in the United States. The statue of a Confederate general, shot down by protesters

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Thousands of Americans marked the 155th anniversary of "Juneteenth" (English name formed by the combination of the word "June" and 19) on Friday, the date of the abolition of slavery, amid racial tensions affecting the country after the death of George Floyd, according to AFP.


"I am a woman of color, I have lived in this country for 20 years and I am here to say that the lives of blacks matter, those of my children and brothers, to be able to live in a safe country," he told AFP  , Tabatha Bernard, 38, originally from Trinidad and Tobago, in the huge New York procession.

 Demonstrations on the occasion of "Juneteenth", the day in 1865 when the last slaves were released in Galveston, Texas, were organized in the four corners of the country.


 In Washington, protesters who denounced "racism, oppression and police violence" first gathered around the Martin Luther King Memorial at the call of professional players from local basketball clubs.


Near the White House, the event was festive in the already well-known meeting place called "Black Lives Matter Plaza".  Hundreds of people danced to the sounds of Go-go Music before marching through the streets of the center of the federal capital.


 "We will not be able to eliminate all racist police officers," said Joshua Hager, 29, but "we want most of them fired and held accountable."

 His partner, Yamina BenKreira, expressed the wish that the history of African Americans be better taught so that young people "become aware" of these discriminations.


 In recent weeks, calls for the dismantling of monuments in memory of Confederate soldiers present throughout the south of the country have multiplied.


 At the root of this movement is the debate over racism in America, rekindled by the death of George Floyd, a 46-year-old African-American who suffocated under the knee of a white police officer during his arrest in late May in Minneapolis.

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Shocking statements!  US President Donald Trump announced on Monday (June 1st) that he will send the army to the streets to stop the protests in Washington and promised to do the same in other cities if mayors and governors fail to regain control of the streets.  The protests began after the death of George Floyd, an unarmed man in police custody, killed by a police officer.

"Mayors and governors must establish an overwhelming law enforcement presence until the violence is stopped," Trump said in the White House garden as protesters were scattered with tear gas.


 "If a city or a state refuses to take the necessary measures to defend the lives and property of its inhabitants, then I will deploy the US military and quickly solve the problem in their place," Trump warned, according to news.ro.


 President Donald Trump on Monday called on U.S. states to fight violent protests in cities, saying officials should "dominate" and arrest people to restore order after a sixth consecutive night of vandalism and robbery.  press, reports Reuters.

 Residents and business owners in cities from New York to Santa Monica, California, spent Monday cleaning broken windows and taking stock of damage following new violent clashes between protesters challenging racial inequalities and police.

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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Monday (18/12) said a “strong, nuclear-based alliance of South Korea and the US” would soon be formed.


Speaking at a cabinet meeting where he discussed North Korea's recent missile launches, Yoon said the second meeting of the Nuclear Consultative Group in Washington last week had moved South Korea and the US "closer towards establishing a unified deterrence system."


In a meeting between the two countries, they agreed to update their nuclear deterrence and emergency strategies and include nuclear operational scenarios in their joint military exercises next summer, officials in Seoul said.


The consultative body is responsible for sharing information on nuclear and strategic weapons operations plans and joint operations, although the US will retain operational control over its nuclear weapons. The formation of the group is part of US efforts to ease South Korean concerns about North Korean provocations while deterring Seoul. pursuing its own nuclear program.


Yoon also condemned North Korea's recent missile launch, calling it a "serious challenge" to the security of the Korean Peninsula and the world.


North Korea on Monday test-fired its first intercontinental ballistic missile in five months, possibly a more advanced and agile weapon, as it vowed a strong response to moves by the US and South Korea to step up their nuclear deterrence plans.


South Korea's military said the North Korean missile flew about 1,000 kilometers before landing in waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan.


It also said the missile was launched at a higher angle, apparently in an attempt to avoid neighboring countries.


North Korean leader Kim Jong Un threatened “more offensive action” to remove what he called a US-led military threat after he oversaw the missile test, state media reported Tuesday.


After witnessing the launch of the Hwasong-18 intercontinental ballistic missile on Monday, Kim said the test showed how North Korea could respond if the US made a “wrong decision against it,” according to North Korea's official KCNA news agency.


Kim stressed the need to “never ignore all the enemy's reckless and irresponsible military threats… and to respond forcefully to those threats with more offensive actions.


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JANGANMAINDUA The vehicle's headlights silhouetted the exhausted teenager walking alone in the rain in deepest rural France, with a skateboard tucked under his arm.

“I said to myself, ‘That’s strange. It’s 3 am in the morning, it’s raining, he’s all by himself on the road between two villages," delivery driver Fabien Accidini recounted.

From there, the story gets stranger still. The youngster, it turned out, was Alex Batty, a 17-year-old from Britain who had been missing since 2017.

British and French authorities confirmed on Friday that the teenager found by Accidini this week was the boy who vanished at age 11, when his mother and grandfather took him on what was meant to be a two-week family holiday in Spain.

Instead, it turned out to be a six-year odyssey through Morocco, Spain and southwest France, living an off-the-grid life.

Until this week. Batty suddenly popped back up on the radar on Wednesday. That's when Accidini found him alone on the remote French road and delivered him to the safe keeping of French police.


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Several US cities are under siege.  Anti-racism protests continued on Tuesday (June 2nd), after Donald Trump threatened protesters to take the army out into the streets.


In fact, the Pentagon moved about 1,600 U.S. Army soldiers to the Washington, D.C. region after nights of protests and violence, Digi24 reports.  Eight days after George Floyd's death, protests against racism and police brutality and social inequality do not seem to end too soon.  People are more determined than ever to demand their rights in the streets, but President Donald Trump has told protesters he will use whatever means necessary to stop the protests.  This threat provoked an even bigger wave of anger.

 Thus, on Tuesday evening (June 2), thousands of people, including Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren, peacefully defied the traffic ban in the federal capital Washington.  The area around the White House has been blocked by barriers.


 Also, at least 60,000 people paid their last respects to George Floyd at a peaceful rally in Houston, Texas, where he grew up and where he will be buried next week.  The 45-year-old African American was killed by a white policeman.  He was unarmed and in police custody when an officer kicked him in the neck for minutes while George Floyd begged for his life.  The tragedy was filmed and angered the community of people of color, who have been facing police brutality for years.


 In Manhattan, several thousand protesters gathered to protest peacefully near the New York police headquarters.

 On Tuesday night, the situation was calm in Minneapolis, the epicenter of this wave of revolt that spread to more than a hundred American cities and resulted in thousands of arrests and several wounded among police and protesters.

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