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Four bakers working the overnight shift were trapped inside the El Bolillo bakery for two days due to severe floods brought on by Hurricane Harvey when it struck the southeastern coast of Texas. During that time, the bakers worked non-stop to produce thousands of baked goods for the storm's victims, using four thousand pounds of flour to bake from Saturday all they way until Monday afternoon. The police picked up the loaves and delivered them to Hurricane Harvey victims.
Shares in small banks have plunged since Britain voted to leave the EU last week. There are fears it could stop them lending to small businesses and have a knock-on effect for the rest of the UK economy. David Pollard reports.
Lima, Sep 29 (EFE) .- Peruvian girls and adolescents who are victims of sexual violence need access to health protection to avoid pregnancies in children under 14 years of age, an age at which this year some 800 girls became mothers in the country.FOOTAGE OF FAMILIES AND PROTESTS IN LIMA, PERU
Madrid, Jun 8 (EFE), (Camera: Macarena Soto).- Gypsy and Traveller communities in Spain are still victims of persistent racism and exclusion. FOOTAGE AND SOUNDBITES OF:-JENNIFER, VICTIM OF RACISM:"For me, there's no difference because we are all the same,m but there are people who, in the 21st century, are racist. I see it when, for example, a non-gipsy woman enters a shop and they don't suspect she would do something but, if it's a gipsy woman, she is watched and they suspect she can steal.""It's something that makes you suffer. Everybody stares at you as if you have done something bad.""Sometimes I had to go out of a shop since I was feeling I was inferior because they make you feel inferior, they look down on you and it shouldn't be like that.""It's a trend. Now all the media speak about anti-racism and we are all anti-racists, but in fact, it's not like that and it's something we can see in our country because there are many cases apart from mine. Regarding gipsies, this situation has always been like this and it's something that doesn't stop. It doesn't stop."-MARI CARMEN CORTÉS, LAWYER AT FOUNDATION SECRETARIADO GITANO:-"In recent years we could see a very important social, political and economic change in Spain. However, among the gipsy community, there's a high level of poverty and inequality and they have to face everyday racism.""Jennifer's case is a clear example of it: being gipsy is (for many) used as an excuse so your dignity is violated, for being mistreated and humiliated.""There is a negative and stereotyped image, full of prejudice, of the gipsy community, which is linked to the crime.""That negative image has a lot to do with the obstruction and limitation they find regarding the access to services and rights as any other citizen."
Lawrence, Oct 15 (EFE / EPA) .-The Mayor of Lawrence has organized to display 144 empty chairs to honor the victims of COVID-19. Lawrence Mayor Daniel Rivera's inspiration for the Empty Chair Memorial came from the recent memorial installation in Washington DC, and urges residents to wear a mask saying, 'It is time for us to make it a personal responsibility to stop the spread, because until we do we will keep adding chairs.' (Camera: CJ GUNTHER) SHOT LIST: EMPTY CHAIRS IN THE CAMPAGNONE COMMON PARK IN TRIBUTE TO THE VICTIMS OF COVID-19 IN LAWRENCE, MASSACHUSSETTS, US.
A father whose son, daughter-in-law and grandson died when Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was downed above Ukraine in 2014 says "the process will never stop" after arriving at a Dutch court which is set to deliver its verdict in the trial of four men charged with the murder of all 298 passengers and crew. SOUNDBITE
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