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A report from the U.S. Justice Department finds the Baltimore Police Department routinely subjected African-American residents to unconstitutional stops, arrests and excessive force. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch says the Justice Department has "no further choice" but to file a civil rights federal lawsuit against Ferguson, Missouri. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
A rocket carrying the Chang'e-6 lunar probe blasts off from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in southern China's Hainan province. The Chang'e-6 seeks to collect samples from the far side of the Moon, a world first as Beijing pushes ahead with an ambitious programme that aims to send a crewed lunar mission by 2030. IMAGES
The UN human rights chief Volker Türk decries the lack of accountability for the 2020 Beirut port blast, urging an international probe into the massive explosion that destroyed swathes of the city, in a speech to the United Nations Human Rights Council. "It may therefore be time to consider an international fact-finding mission to look into human rights violations related to this tragedy," says Volker Türk. SOUNDBITE
The UN Human Rights Council overwhelmingly votes to create a top-level investigation into violations committed following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. IMAGES
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