This week, amid case after case of police brutality in the US, some police departments are trying to tackle heavy-handed law enforcement. We take a look at how police in Oakland, California are now trained.

Also, the 2016 US presidential election is less than a year away, and the big-name candidates continue to notch up column inches. But what about those on the political fringe? We bring you a profile of Green candidate Jill Stein.
And a US court accuses relatives of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro of drug trafficking. It's a scandal that couldn’t come at a worse time for the Venezuelan leader.

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