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In 1968, African American civil rights leader Reverend Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated.

"Fifty-two years later, all over the streets of America, Blacks and whites and others are saying 'Black lives matter'," his son, Martin Luther King III tells The Bottom Line's Steve Clemons.

"We're still saying to the nation 'Treat us with dignity and respect and like the human beings that we are'."

Although King believes there is a long way to go, he is also optimistic that "we may have turned a corner" in American race relations after the killing of George Floyd by police in May.

"We've had individuals marching in cities and towns for a few years now, but this one incident galvanised all 50 states ... and all over the world, there have been demonstrations," he says. "It's almost like a light went off in the heads of people to say: 'This is wrong. This is unjust. This is immoral. This is not who we are'."

King says that one of the most difficult times for him recently was explaining the Floyd murder to his daughter, Yolanda Renee King, who turned 12 on the same day Floyd died, on May 25.

"She wanted to just throw something," he says. "She was crying, and was just going through all kinds of things."

King says his father dreamed of "making America what it ought to be," and that for many Americans, President Donald Trump’s campaign slogan 'Make America Great Again' does not resonate.

"I don’t know the period in history where America was great. I think we have exhibited times and moments of greatness ... but 'great again' harkens back to an era that I can’t relate to."

He also weighs in on the argument to defund the police, the systemic racism of the US criminal justice system and what to expect from a president who has "no shame".

In a heartfelt and personal interview for this week's The Bottom Line, Martin Luther King III talks to Steve Clemons about what has changed - and what has not - over the decades in race relations in the United States.

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Asked to pick a country where people are passionate about Indian cinema, few might choose the North African Kingdom of Morocco. Bollywood came to the country in the 1950s, where it was embraced for its glamour, dance, romance and pure escapism.

There is no obvious explanation for the connection, although it may have started when Ibrahim al-Sayeh began dubbing films - including Indian cinema - into the local Arabic dialect, Darija.

Now, the most devoted fans have decorated their homes with Bollywood paraphernalia and perform Hindi songs at themed events - and there is sometimes an Indian section at the annual Marrakech International Film Festival attended by well-known actors and directors.

Others have gone even further, like Imane Karouach who left Morocco for India when she was 16. She has worked hard to become a jobbing Bollywood actress and, although not a mega-star, she has had several high-profile roles; she also runs a pizzeria in Mumbai.

This quirky documentary, filled with a wide variety of characters, voices and movie clips, is a fascinating snapshot of a world few outside Morocco knew existed. It also includes a contribution from legendary Bollywood actor Rishi Kapoor who passed away in April 2020.

African American George Floyd has been buried in his hometown.
He's going to change the world - according to his brother.
It's hoped his story will become a turning point in the fight against racism.
And that's not just in the U.S.
Rallies over racial oppression and police brutality are spanning continents.
From the UK to Senegal, tens of thousands of people are kneeling, or chanting 'I can't breathe'.
The gestures represent the moments a white police officer knelt on Floyd's neck.
So, how challenging is it to combat racism around the globe?

Presenter: Mohammed Jamjoom

Guests
Treva Lindsey, Associate Professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at  The Ohio State University
Thembisa Fakude, Researcher at the Al Jazeera Centre for Studies
Udo Enwereuzor, head of Race and ethnicity equality for COSPE, Cooperation for the Development of Emerging Countries

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Turkey has begun an incursion into northeast Syria.

It is part of a major operation designed to clear the area of Kurdish forces and fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) armed group.

World powers have condemned Turkey's move and say it is a humanitarian disaster in the making.

But Ankara says it needs to secure its borders from the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces and create a safe zone for Syrian refugees living in Turkey.

Al Jazeera's Charles Stratford reports from Akcakale on the Turkish-Syrian border.

Erdogan has stressed that operation is not against the Kurdish people, only ''terrorists''.

He said 109 ''terrorists'' had been killed since Ankara launched its operation the previous day.

Al Jazeera reports live from Ankara.

Turkey has launched a long-threatened military operation in northeast Syria to remove Kurdish-led forces from the border area and create a "safe zone" to resettle millions of Syrian refugees.

The move came after the United States announced it was withdrawing its troops from the region, effectively abandoning the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), its main ally in the battle against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) armed group.

The SDF, led by the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), has denounced Washington's move as a "stab in the back".

Turkey considers the YPG a "terrorist" group.

The United Nations, the European Union and other world powers have expressed alarm over the Turkish plan, warning that any military action could exacerbate the suffering of Syrians already beleaguered by eight years of conflict.

Residents of northeastern Syria are fleeing after Turkey launched a new military offensive against Kurdish-led fighters of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
 
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the start of the campaign on Wednesday following an abrupt decision on Sunday by US President Donald Trump to pull American troops out, enabling the Turkish operation against the US-allied SDF.
 
Al Jazeera's Bernard Smith has more.

American troops 'will no longer be in the immediate area' casting uncertainty on fate of their Kurdish allies.

White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham said following a call between President Trump and Turkish President Erdogan, Turkey is to take custody of foreign fighters captured in the US-led campaign against ISIL.

It was not clear whether that meant the US would be withdrawing its 1,000 or so troops completely from northern Syria.
 
Al Jazeera's Sinem Koseoglu reports from Istanbul.