UK parliament dissolves ahead of July general election

STORY: UK parliament dissolves ahead of July general election SHOOTING TIME: May 30, 2024/FILE DATELINE: May 31, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:47 LOCATION: London CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): ZHANG BONING, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (courtesy of 10 Downing Street) 3. various of British parliament House of Commons (file of May 2024) 4. various of British parliament building STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): ZHANG BONING, Xinhua correspondent "The British parliament dissolved on Thursday in anticipation of the general election scheduled for July 4. The dissolution marks the conclusion of all parliamentary activities in both the House of Commons and the House of Lords." Campaigning has officially kicked off as 650 parliamentary seats in the Commons became vacant at one minute past midnight (2301 GMT) according to the electoral schedule. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced last week that the country will hold a general election on July 4. The Conserv

Hollywood reels as screen actors join writers on strike

STORY: Hollywood reels as screen actors join writers on strike DATELINE: July 16, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:10 LOCATION: LOS ANGELES, the United States CATEGORY: ENTERTAINMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the protesters STORYLINE: As Hollywood actors took to the picket lines outside major studios Friday morning, two of Hollywood's most powerful labor unions are striking simultaneously for the first time in over 60 years. To the echoes of "One day longer, one day stronger" being chanted on the strikers' picket lines, 160,000 members of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) went on strike on Thursday at midnight, joining the 11,000 members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) who have been on strike since May. "We feel that our wages, our craft, our creative freedom, and the power of our union have all been undermined in the last decade. We need to reverse those trajectories," said SAG-AFTRA in a public letter signed by many of the most famous names in Hollywood.

At least 3 killed, 8 injured in U.S. Texas shooting

STORY: At least 3 killed, 8 injured in U.S. Texas shooting DATELINE: July 5, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:50 LOCATION: HOUSTON, U.S. CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of traffic 2. various of people mourning and taking interviews 3. various of the police station STORYLINE: At least three people were killed and eight others were injured in a shooting just before midnight on Monday in downtown Fort Worth, south central U.S. state Texas, authorities said on Tuesday. The victims were 10 adults and a juvenile, the Fort Worth Police Department said in a news release. Officers responded to reports of a shooting during the annual community gathering known as "ComoFest," and when they arrived, they found multiple shooting victims in a parking lot, police said. "Fireworks were being shot off, lots of people just trying to flee the area from the multiple gunshots, so it was difficult for them to navigate quickly into the area," said Capt. Shawn Murray, a spokesman for the Fort Worth Police Department, at a news

Statute of limitations to expire on 'Satanic Verses' murder

Statute of limitations to expire on 'Satanic Verses' murder

TSUKUBA, Japan - File photo shows Hitoshi Igarashi, a researcher of Islamic studies and an assistant professor at the University of Tsukuba, who translated British author Salman Rushdie's disputed novel ''The Satanic Verses'' into Japanese. He was found dead with multiple stab wounds in the university complex on July 12, 1991. The 15-year statute of limitations expires at midnight July 10. (Kyodo)

Experts say colored people in U.S. vulnerable to racism

STORY: Experts say colored people in U.S. vulnerable to racism DATELINE: July 5, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:10 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the U.S. 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English) : STEPHEN NDEGWA, United States International University (USIU-Africa) in Kenya 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): SUZAN ISMAIL, Lebanese lawyer STORYLINE: Police of Akron in the U.S. state of Ohio released on Sunday body-camera footage of the fatal shooting of African American Jayland Walker by multiple officers last week. The shooting happened shortly after midnight on Monday as officers attempted to pull over Walker on unspecified traffic violations. Walker suffered more than 60 gunshot wounds and was unarmed at the time. According to data from Mapping Police Violence, African Americans are nearly three times more likely to be killed by police than white people in the United States. SOUNDBITE 1 (English) : STEPHEN NDEGWA, United States International University (USIU-Africa) in Kenya "The targeting of colors an

Statute of limitations to expire on 'Satanic Verses' murder

Statute of limitations to expire on 'Satanic Verses' murder

TSUKUBA, Japan - File photo shows Hitoshi Igarashi, a researcher of Islamic studies and an assistant professor at the University of Tsukuba, who translated British author Salman Rushdie's disputed novel ''The Satanic Verses'' into Japanese. He was found dead with multiple stab wounds in the university complex on July 12, 1991. The 15-year statute of limitations expires at midnight July 10. (Kyodo)