Black Lives Matter

Sacked agents sue FBI, saying they were punished for taking the knee

The group say adopting a gesture used by protesters helped to defuse tensions during a 2020 demonstration.

The museum closed in 2024 for a £2m renovation of the roof over its main gallery.

The Trump administration last week asked the judge to give the former Kentucky police officer Brett Hankison one day behind bars.

Five years on from the toppling of the Edward Colston statue, how it made Bristol confront its past.

As the cities where Floyd grew up and died hold commemorations, the US "reckoning" with racism seems to be fading.

The plaque outlining his role in the slave trade is installed despite being labelled "shameful".

"You can dig up concrete but you cannot erase history," said one resident of the capital.

The centrepiece will be the winning sculpture in an Oxford Zimbabwe Arts Partnership competition.

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