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Which US cities have the LA immigration protests spread to?

时间:2010-12-5 17:23:32  作者:Politics   来源:Fashion  查看:  评论:0
内容摘要:"About 10 years ago when we started this project, we really didn't have people giving up their dogs because they were unable to feed the dogs," Dr Afua told the BBC.

"About 10 years ago when we started this project, we really didn't have people giving up their dogs because they were unable to feed the dogs," Dr Afua told the BBC.

"I would like to believe that all will be good. But you can't trust Russia. Never."The large medical bus is operated by Ukraine's Volunteer Army Medical Battalion – known as the Hospitallers. They transport scores of injured soldiers every day.

Which US cities have the LA immigration protests spread to?

Sofiia, a 22-year-old medical student, has been working with the team for the last 18 months. She too is sceptical about the chances of a ceasefire: " I cannot believe it, but I really wish it would happen," she says.She tells me that when she first heard the news that the US and Ukraine had agreed to press for a ceasefire, Russian drones were flying over their base, being engaged by Ukrainian air defences. To her, talk of peace is from a parallel universe.Sofiia says "at least it's good that Ukraine and America are talking again". But as for hopes of any ceasefire, she points to the recent past.

Which US cities have the LA immigration protests spread to?

"Looking at all the ceasefire calls that we had in the past, those didn't work. How is this going to work?" she asks.Her fellow medic, Daniel, joined the Hospitallers from Sweden. He says he understands what it's like when a smaller nation is attacked by its giant neighbour. His grandfather fought for Finland against Russia during World War Two. History counts.

Which US cities have the LA immigration protests spread to?

When Daniel first arrived in Ukraine, he used to ask injured soldiers what they would do after the war. He doesn't any more. "No-one wants to answer that," he says, "because they don't want to be disappointed. They don't dare to hope."

Daniel's not ruling out a ceasefire. But he adds: "You can't trust Putin to do anything that's not beneficial to Putin."Trump said "gasoline prices are down by a lot" since he took office.

On 29 April, the average price for a gallon of "regular" gas - or petrol - across the US was $3.16 (£2.36), according toThat is slightly up from the $3.125 (£2.33) recorded by the AAA

In his speech, he added that gas prices had "just hit $1.98 in a lot of states".This is a claim he has made several times but we cannot find evidence of prices this low.

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