good starts may 21st on d. w. . live from berlin this is news russia commemorates the soviet victory of a nazi germany world war 2 because of the coded 19 pandemic this year is 75th day celebrations scaled down significantly if force has done flyovers the main military parade on the red square has been postponed also coming up. protesters demand

justice of the killing of an unarmed black in the nazi state of georgia 2 months after the incident police have arrested and charged a white father and son with. a math anyhow would welcome russia is celebrating victory day marking 75 years since the defeat of nazi germany in world war 2 this year's commemorations have been scaled back because of the coronavirus but the red square military parade and a large scale procession both postponed. russia's parade of military might took to the sky today far above moscow where coronavirus precautions kept the streets nearly empty this picture a day. it had been planned to be an especially large celebration this year as

russia marked 75 years since defeating nazi germany in world war 2. but the mass perceptions were off postponed by the pandemic president vladimir putin did lead to scale down ceremony at the eternal flame war memorial. but not a word about the virus instead his speech was a rallying cry to the nation. this name if you are of the view we know and firmly believe that we did we are invincible when we stand together for sport i think of us congratulations on victoria day or about. a day of pride in russia's past. but people here have plenty to grumble about corona virus infections are on the rise and the economy is shrinking. presiding

over a time of national crisis putin faces plenty of challenges ahead. or we're joined now by such a rigged chink oh he's a professor of international relations at cardiff university invincible when united professor junco what do you make of lead in the message. well this is a familiar message now to this trying to build an identity looking back over you know period of russian history he's trying to rescue from that history something that would speak to russian glory and this is what you know this is the this is the particularly important events of the 2nd you know 2nd world war that still resonates with many russians and so he uses that to build his all legitimacy and the legitimacy of the regime but he represents. a very sort of ceremony to to the coronavirus crisis besides the cecum stances how much does this die resonate with russians how much does it particularly resonate with younger generations all the

russians of course are commemorating today called with 19 or not we know that parades have been canceled that actually speaks to the responsibility of the government for all their local patriotic agenda they have decided not to hold for rates all the are holding flight or worse s s as you have just seen. but the russians are still going to commemorate this occasion in the previous year of their homes that's because of course we know that the war touched every family every family has a story to tell about their parents or grandparents or no great grandparents who for the in the war so it is really one event in the absence of any other big theme that unites russia this is one thing that brings them together and this is you know this is something that every family understands now with regard to the young people i'm actually quite surprised that the message still resonates with the young people today whether this will continue going forward i don't know. we've talked about and

with seeing the results of the lockdown in russia but in neighboring bellaver it is a very different picture a big military parade just took place there the latest ship seems to be running a country that's marching to a very different drum to say the least. well absolutely. has been a denier of corporate 90 in the air and. to gary that we have no other choice but to celebrate to have a parade of course he has another choice he doesn't have to do to behave in a stupid and careless manner by parading those people over there and bringing the veterans out there is well so i think it's of course very responsible. but look you know we europe in europe we are used to to do this kind of behavior from villains unfortunately. professor retching cohen thank you very much for time for and. let's turn our attention now to the latest developments in the coronavirus

pandemic and more than 3900000 people have now been infected with the coronavirus globally more than 275000 have died egypt's president. has approved amendments to his country's state of emergency that granting and security agencies additional palace he says they are needed to combat it 19 spain's daily death toll fell to 179 on saturday down by 50 from the previous day and a fraction of the highs from above 900 and months ago well south korea's capital seoul has closed hundreds of nightclubs after discovering a new coded 19 cluster linked to the city's not laugh sing the measure has come after dozens of infections were reported in connection with the person who tested positive after visiting 5 clubs in the capital last weekend media outlets in south korea have identified the venue as quote gay clubs that's led to criticism that the

disclosures could l l g b t q individuals without their consent well for more let's cross to solve where correspondent frank smith is standing by frank tell us more about this latest outbreak south korea has relaxed its coronavirus restrictions hasn't it. yes it has relaxed its coronavirus restrictions here as of wednesday they've gone to something called every day life quarantine as the new numbers of new cases in the country have declined sometimes to 0 often bill 10 with most of the cases being imported coming from through the airport through incheon airport this outbreak though in e.t.a. one in the south korean capital seoul. korea south korea's center for disease control says there's upwards of 2 dozen so far discovered there were 1500 people

that had logged into those nightclubs they have yet to contact courting to sources earlier today 1300 of the people that had visited those clubs in the capital so there's a lot of work to do and it's expected that the number of new cases will increase and what have advocacy groups being signing frank about the trouble. individuals could be facing at this time. well one of the things that happened with this cluster was that some conservative religious media organizations mentioned that these clubs were frequented by q people and then other media grasped on to that story in what some people have said you know hunt for click bait to generate more views and to sensationalize this story

and really advocate say we need to focus on you know preventing this outbreak and public health there is the concern also that with so 3 having such a poor record when it's come to l g p t q people that it will force people not to come forward to get themselves tested because of the stigma that they will get in their workplace and in their homes if we go back to 2019 there was a case of a sergeant in the military discharged because of his sexual orientation largely and so again so through his record in terms of. people is quite you know suspect and so there are that concerns that again people won't come forward to get themselves tested and that will further you know challenge containing this new cluster frank smith and so thank you very much

now the georgia in the united states where authorities have arrested 2 white men of the killing of a black man who had been jumping down a suburban street the charges were only filed after a cell phone video of the incident emerged on social media this week that being more than 2 months after the fatal shooting of ahmad. this video appears to capture the last moments of a model. as the video continues. there's a 3rd shot i'm odd our very staggers and collapses despite having the video of the fatal shooting from early on authorities in georgia took $74.00 days to charge the 2 men who allegedly pursued are free in their truck and shot him at close range . his accused murderers gregory mcmichael

a former investigator for the county district attorney's office and his son travis they said they thought are very was a burglar. the murder charges came on the day a mod are barry would have turned 26 years old his mother says the former football player was exercising i do believe that a model is just out for his daily job. i have to believe dan since day one. doing this for 3 years. oh i run with model demonstrators chanted as they marched to the scene of the shooting the video was leaked online this week prompting protests across the u.s. state authorities have sense launched a new investigation and politicians have been scrambling to take positions earlier this week i watch the video depicting mr over his last moments

a lot of i can tell you it's absolutely horrific and georgians deserve answers my heart goes out to the parents and to the love ones of. the young gentlemen it's a very sad thing the president's democratic rival joe biden went further calling it a murder in cold blood. after a long wait for charges and arrests are priest family will have to wait even longer to see if anyone is convicted. now for a brief look at some corona rated headlines. thousands of people are protesting in the german city of stuttgart against lockdown restrictions to control the coronavirus pandemic the demonstration was allowed to take place after germany's constitutional court overturned and really a ban it's the biggest protest so far against the coronavirus restrictions in german. restaurants in the northern german state of western pomerania

have reopened after the regional government eased restrictions it's one of several eastern states with low infection rates then in other regions hotels will be allowed to reopen to tourists on my i think. in india relatives of some of those killed in a ghastly took their bodies to the chemical factory in question on saturday is a protest that says one local official suggested the company palomas might face charges of negligent manslaughter a leak on thursday killed 12 people and left hundreds of others they didn't hospital treatment. magician roy horn. and roy has died after contracting code with 191 and he's sick fried fish rose to fame through the last vegas shows featuring top is which ended when horn was mauled by a tiger on stage 2003 he died aged 75. well

the relaxation of lockdown measures in taiwan caused much excitement among baseball fans on friday as a small number of them were allowed back into stadiums to watch their teams play the lucky ticket holders had to undergo temperature checks before they were admitted while social distancing and mask wearing also required crowds were limited to $1000.00 people per study and that's far below the usual attendance figures in taiwan. baseball is very popular games have been going on behind closed doors for a number of us. all this breaking news has just come in little richard considered by some the founding father of rock and roll has died he was ivy 7 he's best known hits include tutti frutti a long tall sally and a reminder of the top story we're following for you this out. russia is marking

victory of a nazi germany in world war 2 but has had to postpone its annual military parade due to the coronavirus. you're watching. before we go you can get the latest on our web site that's d w dot com at any time and it will also follow us on twitter and instagram as well at d w news more news coming up in 45 minutes time for now i'm anthony how in berlin from the team here thanks for watching. this state of emergency is the normal people around the world are documenting these dramatic times. and they're keeping the coronas diary and welcoming us into their lives a little skittish as a close and personal as the pandemic will allow. the diaries from the start menu.

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