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From Our Own Correspondent: Black Lives Matter

11/02/2016

Black Lives Matter

BBC Radio 4 - From Our Own Correspondent, Black Lives Matter

Shot - not by gangsters, but by the police.

A story from Chicago, USA, about police under scrutiny over the killings of young African-American men. Plus despatches from Entebbe, Kuala Lumpur, Lampedusa and New York.

The fuller story. In this edition, crime's a major talking point as campaigning intensifies in the US presidential election - activists under the banner 'Black Lives Matter' are drawing attention to the number of young African-American men who've been shot by the police; security forces are standing by as a presidential election looms in Uganda - some aren't happy that President Museveni is trying to extend a rule which has already lasted thirty years; Malaysia may be a rainbow nation made up of ethnic Malays, Chinese, Indian and indigenous people but resentment is festering and a controversy over the prime minister's financial affairs threatens to polarise the country further; thousands of migrants have come ashore on the Italian island of Lampedusa - it's a place which used to rely on its tourism, today the holidaymakers are staying away and .. as Valentine's Day approaches, we look inside the world of internet dating - more and more people are using it but some say it's addictive, impersonal and it's made looking for love a depressing business.

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