this is deja vu news live from berlin u.s. president donald trump takes aim at social media currently social media giants like twitter receive an unprecedented liability shield they show that they're a neutral platform on which there. is executive order challenging the legal protections for social media companies comes after twitter flagged his tweets for accuracy. trump says it was an effort to stifle free speech but his order is likely to face stiff legal hurdles. and a 2nd night of demonstrations and looting in minneapolis following the death of

a black man in police custody the national guard was called into came to tame the chaos the officers involved in the incident have been fired federal investigation is underway. and condemnation of china after it approves a new security law in hong kong the decision is likely to further inflame tensions in the territory where protests have escalated this week. i'm good to have you with us it's the power of the president's pen versus the power of social media donald trump has signed an executive order that aims to make social media companies liable for what users say on their platforms much like newspapers are trump signed the order after trip after twitter fact checked his tweets earlier this week trump accuses twitter of try. to stifle free speech and influence the

outcome of this year's presidential election twitter says the tweets violated its rules. i'm joined now by d. w's washington bureau chief alexandra phenomenon alexandra let's get into this what legal protections does trump want to remove with this executive order well president said today that he's just defending free speech in america and he accused the large social media platforms of having unchecked power to restrict to censor and to alter virtually any form of communication between part private citizens and large public audiences and his executive order its purpose is to cut tail the power of the social media companies by calling on regulators agencies to take a hard look at the existing protections that shield those companies from lawsuits that basically shield them from being held responsible for the content that is

posted on their platforms try to help me understand this because trump who has 80000000 twitter followers has benefited from these current internet internet speech laws that prevents companies from from lawsuits from content that people like president trump post so how could this move possibly backfire on him. well william you're right the logic behind this executive order is intriguing and that's actually what's trump always wanted and wants to publish his posts whatever he has to say without any limitations even though. they are wrong or false statements or derogatory comments and he's executive order attacks the very legal provision that allows him to do so with impunity so it's sort of difficult to understand but we have to say that this move today the signing of this executive order placed a he's

a because by starting this battle this war with silicon valley he is doing something that will be very popular with his supporters and he can say look there is a conspiracy there are a large media groups that don't want me to get reelected there is only one voice that you need to trust it is my voice so politically speaking maybe a short term win for him but long term legally speaking it could be a long path for any of these kind of laws to really be changed to take effect what happens next well this executive order is on shaky legal grounds no doubt about that plenty of lawyers have already said that that it could be even unconstitutional that the president doesn't have the soroti to change the legislation that was passed by the u.s. congress so what we are going to see is that this executive order is going to be challenge and presumably struck down by the courts all right alexander phenomena in

washington thank you very much. let's stay in the u.s. in minneapolis the city's been shaken by a 2nd night of angry demonstrations and looting following the death of an unarmed black man in police custody the mayor of the city in the state of minnesota has asked the governor to send in the national guard is also called for criminal charges to be filed against the officer who arrested the man george floyd the u.s. department of justice has launched an investigation. minneapolis is a city on fire and outpouring of rage over the death of a black man at the hands of police this auto parts store is one of several businesses in the city that was say to blaze angry protest is. elsewhere there was vandalism looting and clashes between demonstrators and riot police. in the minneapolis police department has praised its offices for

showing restraint in their response. you know our officers. did not. nice people you know our officers were there they were present. and reactionary and i will tell you that. it's amazing the amount of restraint. by. all of law enforcement out there america but it's the police's response in this incident that sparked the protests in this video taken by a bystander 46 year old george floyd is heard gasping for breath and peed in with a policeman who has his knee on his neck. going over. the officer derek children kept his knee on floyd's nick for several minutes even after he stopped speaking and moving floyd was pronounced dead at

a hospital 90 minutes off to this encounter the lawyer representing his family says he was a victim of racism freud had been arrested on suspicion that he'd used a counterfeit 20 done a note at a nearby store. that was the allegation that he were. trying to. commit some kind of forgery which is worse a. crime. but the police. use. excessive force when they came upon a hero just doesn't make sense and i'm all for it he's have said and the autopsy will be performed to determine if the neck compression led to his death the mayor of minneapolis has called for criminal charges against the officer who pinned floyd down and the other police offices will with him at the scene have all been fired but that's not quelled the anger instead george floyd stance has sparked

a fresh fury in the u.s. of a police treatment of black americans. the vice president of the minneapolis chapter of the end of lacy p that's a u.s. civil rights organization spoke with us earlier here's what she had to say about the role race played in george floyd's death. i demand that if there were a white man who would not be on the ground we have seen with dylan reed we've seen with other white supremacist groups and even in minnesota and in massachusetts and in michigan and. the country there have been white supremacist armed andrea. evans with you know assault rifles and they have marched on the governor's mansion here in minnesota they have marched on capitals in kansas and in michigan and they have not been treated the same they have not been a you in any type of way police have never put their hands on any white supremacist

that are armed by person who had an assault rifle and i would be in fear of my life but yeah man who was in a lot of ways allegedly they're saying is a legit crime. or a jury with barry low misdemeanor not nonviolent crime he was on the ground and they really like he was not also was not resisting arrest they are there is. a nearby dragon. restaurant showing that he was not resisting officers the officers chose to. minneapolis police department has and has not been a chokehold that is not. used in normal practice by police and not only that everyone who has been trained martial arts to. know that it is not only

a way to murder someone to torture and then wound murdering. if the opium has started to repatriate its citizens stranded in lebanon because of coronavirus restrictions several 100 people arrived in addis ababa from beirut on thursday thousands of ethiopian workers have registered to return home and all but lebanon's high ticket prices in quantity and fees are making the trip difficult. pressure is mounting on u.k. prime minister boris johnson to fire his chief advisor for breaking pandemic lock down rules dominic cummings travelled while the country was under a stay at home order police say that might constitute a minor breach but have ruled against taking any action. easyjet says it plans to cut $4500.00 jobs the london based budget airline says the coronavirus pandemic will affect demand for years so it's aiming to shed 30 percent of its workforce the

company says it in to suppress demand will return to prepare demick levels in about 3 years. and italy the village. has welcomed more than 1200 visitors since reopening a few days ago major tourist attractions nationwide are slowly coming back to life after an easing of a week's long coronavirus walk down the 18th century mansion is now museum home to a rare artwork and a terrorist attack. china is the target of international criticism for its plan to restrict public protests in hong kong pro-democracy advocates say the law violates hong kong's autonomy provided under the one country 2 systems agreement with the mainland and a joint statement the united kingdom the united states australia and canada said the legislation would curtail people's liberties and erode the territory's autonomy . to sudar in hong kong's legislative council

a democratic lawmakers struggled to get past security guards with a bag he said it contained a rotten plant symbolizing what he said was the decay of hong kong's rule of law and way of life. the national people's congress approved plans to proceed with laws against anything china sees as a threat to its authority over the semi autonomous region the law would allow mainland security agencies to operate openly in hong kong pro-democracy activists now fear for their civil liberties as the one who were arrested for prizefight hochul polis and they were jailed for for your time in the shadow of hong kong i've never imagined to be arrested by secret police appointed by beijing if i manage to show that it is shenzhen quanto or beijing which would be really terrible and i just note differences of hong kong china. china says the new law will benefit hong

kong's long term prosperity and stability in the u.k. u.s. a strong and canada was swift to condemn the move we're deeply troubled about this that we put out a joint statement and the decision now lies with china but if it follows through on this legislation and implements it it would clearly violate the autonomy of the people of hong kong. they have also been close in germany to reprimand china over the incident it's obvious that we just cannot sit down and watch international wall being brought in by the chinese government and it's obvious that the implementation of the national security legislation would exactly bring this so it's obvious that the european countries have to come together as soon as possible to talk about consequences. these new laws that china's latest move to question anything that undermines its national security they could take effect within the next few months

. the english premier league is to restarted season on june 17th after it was put out a hold in march because of the coronavirus pandemic from your ship clubs have agreed that the remaining games will be played behind closed doors 2 matches left over from match day 28 will kick off the restart aston villa against sheffield united and manchester city versus arsenal then a full schedule of games only played the following weekend. italy's top flight football league. also decided to resume behind closed doors on june 12th. here in berlin work has begun on a public installation to remember their reunification of east and west germany 3 decades ago the monument to freedom and unity will stand where east germany's political center was located the monument will consist of a 50 meter movable crater cradle atop a giant stone slab resembling

a seesaw the structure will pay tribute to the peaceful demonstrations that helped topple the east german regime leading to germany's reunification the project should have been completed last year but has been beset by delays. coming up next and business so stay tuned for that meanwhile keep it calm for all the latest information thanks for watching. in to assume. beethoven's pastoral symphony is the foundation of an international art project. beethoven world.