 Hello and welcome to the International Daily Roundup by People's Dispatch, where we bring you major news developments from around the world. Our headlines? In the United States, Washington DC police violently disperse a crowd demanding justice for a black man who was killed in pursuit. In Kenya, federal government health workers embark on national strike demanding overdue promotions. Argentine social and political movements mobilise in support of the RT gas project. And New Zealanders approve euthanasia and the referendum reject legalisation of recreational cannabis. In our first story on Thursday, demonstrators protesting the death of a black man in Washington DC faced severe repression at the hands of the police. A violent dispersal by the police was seen outside the 4th District Police Station of Washington DC Metropolitan Police Department. Demonstrations were being held there for a second consecutive night on Thursday. The protests were in response to the death of Karen Hilton Brown last week during a police chase. According to reports, witnesses saw the accused police officers chasing 20-year-old Hilton Brown for riding his moped without a helmet on last Friday that's October 23rd. During the chase, Hilton Brown was stuck by a passing car. The car crash eventually led to his death at a hospital due to the injury sustained three days later. Testimonies by witnesses were corroborated after body cam footage from the officers was released to the public on Thursday after considerable public outrage. Washington DC has a policy of preventing the police from chasing vehicles over traffic violations such as riding a motorcycle without a helmet. Hilton Brown's family has alleged that the chase was what precipitated the crash that eventually killed him. They have demanded that justice be delivered. The police are also yet to give another reason for the chase since no contraband was found on the victim nor was any crime being reported in the area. Family members have been leading demonstrations demanding justice as the 4th District Police Station for the past two nights. On Thursday night, the police used tear gas, pepper spray, flash bangs and even rubber bullets to forcibly clear the demonstrations. The forcible clearing, according to Black Lives Matter DC, led to over 200 protesters getting injured. Both the parents of Hilton Brown, Karen Hilton and Charles Brown were, according to reports, pepper sprayed by the police as well. Police cleared and blocked the entire Georgia Avenue that led to the police station. On Thursday, health workers employed by Kenya's federal government across the country started an indefinite strike action demanding promotions and job redesignations that have been long overdue. Earlier in May and again in August, unions had served strike notices but rescinded the planned action after assurances from the government which had sought more time. However, no progress was made towards resolution. This time, the unions have decided to press ahead with the strike of which the government was notified seven working days in advance. The striking workers are represented by an umbrella organization called the Kenya Health Professional Society. With no attempts on the government to resolve the issue, Petersen Wachira, chairperson of the Kenya National Union of Clinical Officers, announced that to quote him, it is a very unfortunate moment that we are giving you such bad news. Beginning midnight, there will be no COVID-19 screening in all ports of entry. He added that this time they will only come back when they have letters of promotion and their members have been redesignated. Unions demand that the number of years of stagnation in the same job of an employee must be considered as a factor along with his or her qualification in implementing the promotions and redesignations. In our next story, since October 21st, members of various Argentine social movements and political organizations have been mobilizing in support of the RTGAS project and the struggle of Dolores Hveré in the recovery of her inheritance. The RTGAS project is an agroecological production initiative. Its objectives are to produce healthy food, generate jobs in agroecology and achieve food sovereignty in the provinces. It is an alternative to the extractive model. It aims to work the land without damaging the environment. The project is made up of landless peasants, social activists, agricultural technicians, rural and environmental organizations supported by the excluded workers movement, the MTE, and the union of workers of popular economy, UTEP. It is based on three fundamental pillars, truth, justice and reparation. On October 26th, under the banner of I support the RTGAS project, thousands of citizens, political leaders, social activists, feminists and environmentalists carried out massive demonstrations at the Casa Nueva Ranch. The ranch is owned by the Hveré family in the Entre Rios province and is the headquarters of the Sociedad Rural Argentina in the city of Buenos Aires. SRA is a civil organization that brings together large estate owners in the Pampas region of Argentina. Dolores Hveré is the sister of former agriculture minister during the Macri regime and president of the SRA, Luis Hveré. Dolores, who is also an owner of a ranch and other properties of the family by inheritance, was allegedly swindled by her own brothers. When their family died in 2009, her brothers not only excluded Dolores from business, but also prevented her from accessing her heritage rights. She did not receive a penny or have any assets in her name. Their father had assigned a house for each of the children. However, her brothers expelled her from the house that belonged to her. Luis Hveré and local estate owners who support him have also been demonstrating demanding full possession of Casa Nueva, calling the establishment of the RTGAS project an attack against private property. Nevertheless, social movements are determined to fight in defense of the project and Dolores and several others who have been exploited for decades by the large land owners. And finally, on Friday, according to preliminary results announced by the Electoral Commission of New Zealand, more than 65% of voters in the country who participated in the referendum approved legislation allowing euthanasia. Though nearly half a million votes are yet to be counted and the final results will be announced in November 6th, it is by and large clear that a yes vote has prevailed. New Zealand had another referendum too. The second one was on the use of recreational cannabis, but it was disapproved by more than 53% of the voters who said no. Both the referendums were supported by Prime Minister Jacinda Arden of the Labour Party who was re-elected earlier this month in the country's 53rd parliamentary elections with a huge majority. However, her support in the case of the recreational cannabis issue was much more qualified. The yes vote on the legalization of recreational cannabis would have made New Zealand just the third country after Canada and Paraguay to do so. The opposition Green Party, which supported the legalization move, criticized the government for not endorsing the yes vote prior to the voting in a concrete manner, leading to confusion. Jacinda Arden's government in 2018 said in the UN that it believes in drug harm reduction instead of a criminal justice approach and Thursday's referendum was proposed in that direction. Euthanasia is legal in very few countries in the world. Even in countries where it is legal, the terminally ill person needs to satisfy certain conditions. Similarly, New Zealand will also have to pass a law if euthanasia has to be allowed. That's all we have time for today. We'll be back on Monday with more news from around the world. Until then, keep watching People's Dispatch. You can do it. You can do it. You can do it. You can do it.