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Why Henry Nowak’s murder sparked a debate on race and policing in the UK | Global News Podcast

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The murder of 18-year-old Henry Nowak, and his treatment by police in the moments before his death, have sparked a backlash in Britain.

Newly released video shows that Mr Nowak, who was white, was handcuffed and arrested as he lay dying – despite telling officers he had been stabbed and couldn’t breathe. His killer, Sikh man Vickrum Digwa, had falsely accused him of a racist attack.

The BBC’s political correspondent Rob Watson tells us that the case has provoked a debate about race and policing in the UK.

Nigel Farage, the leader of the right-wing populist Reform Party, has claimed Mr Nowak’s death was evidence of “anti-white prejudice” and “two-tier policing”, suggesting that the British public react with “pure, cold rage”. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has urged calm, and accused Mr Farage of exploiting the murder to create “grievance and division”. He has also said the police face “serious questions”.

On Tuesday, at least 11 police officers were injured in clashes with protestors near the site of the murder.

Hampshire Police Chief Constable Alexis Boon has said the force is “sorry for handcuffing and arresting Henry”, and that an investigation by the police watchdog will aim to understand the officers’ actions.

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00:00 Introduction
00:21 What happened to Henry Nowak
02:13 Protests against police
02:29 How politicians are reacting
03:56 Racial tensions in the UK
05:10 A feeling of division Britain
06:30 Lack of trust in institutions
07:34 How the UK government is responding to Henry Nowak’s murder

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India’s youth desperation fuelling the ‘Cockroach Party’ | Global News Podcast

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Despite police crackdowns and accusations of brutality during protests this week, India’s ‘youth-led’ Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) is showing no signs of slowing down, as it gathers support from the public and opposition politicians.

The group is demanding education reforms and the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, who oversaw exams in the country which were subject to corruption claims. The group began after India’s Chief Justice, Surya Kant, allegedly compared unemployed young people and activists to cockroaches and parasites during a court hearing. He later said he was only referring to people with “fake and bogus degrees”, but when graduate Abhijeet Dipke used the name Cockroach Party to start a satirical group online, it gained millions of followers rapidly and grew into one of the most unexpected challenges to the powerful, nationalist government.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed to take care of the country’s youth in a midnight video, after the party called for nationwide protests to be held again on Friday and talks between representatives of the Cockroach Party and government officials later took place in Delhi, but as our Global Affairs Correspondent and India specialist Anbarasan Ethirajan explains, the fractures between young people in India and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) run deeper than anger over exam fraud.

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Today, we start the first of six Old Newscasts looking at the story of 30 years of British Politics through six votes. We start in 1997, …

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