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This is AP News Minute.

这里是美联社一分钟新闻。

John Lewis, a lion of the civil rights movement has died. He was 80. Lewis' bloody¹ beating by Alabama state troopers in 1965 helped galvanize opposition² to racial segregation³.

民权运动领袖约翰·刘易斯去世。享年80岁。刘易斯在1965年遭到阿拉巴马州警察的血腥殴打，这一事件激起了人们对种族隔离的抗议。

European leaders arrived for a second round of meet tings in Brussels on Saturday as they attempt to reach a deal on a virus recovery fund. The bloc⁴ is suffering the worst recession in its history.

欧洲领导人周六抵达布鲁塞尔参加第二轮会议，试图就复苏基金达成协议。欧盟正在经历其史上最严重的衰退。

In Thailand several thousand anti-government protesters rallied in the capital on Saturday to call for new elections. The demonstrators chanted and waved placards as they converged⁵ on Bangok's iconic democracy monument.

在泰国，数千名反政府抗议者周六在首都集会，要求举行新的选举。示威者聚集在曼谷民主纪念碑前，一边高呼口号，一边挥舞着标语。

Heavy downpours caused major flooding in northland in New Zealand. More than a dozen homes in the far north were evacuated⁶ and emergency shelters were set up across the region.

强降雨导致新西兰北部地区发生严重洪灾。北部地区的十多户人家被疏散，整个地区都建立了紧急避难所。