this is d w news live from berlin anti-racism protests spread across america the u.s. national guard is sent into minneapolis to anger spills over into violence following the death of a black man in police custody earlier this week. meanwhile president trump risks inflaming those tensions with a new tweet he threatens from the looting starts the shooting starts twitter labels the tweet as glorifying violence is. also coming off as russia has a lock down hides a shocking surge in domestic abuse cases we need a mosque al gore's hell on earth who is opening her doors to women and the need of

shelter. and friends puts its faith that a voluntary track and trace out as if he lacks is current iris restrictions but critics say the app has major shortfalls. i'm sumi so misconducts good to have you with us the national guard has been deployed to the u.s. city of minneapolis during a 3rd straight night of on rest protests have rocked the city after an unarmed black man died in police custody earlier this week and those protests have now spread to other cities including denver l.a. and memphis but the killing of george floyd has left minneapolis in particular reeling with scenes of violence and anger. i riots across minneapolis for the 3rd night protesters stormed

a police station forcing the officers inside to flee they want justice for george floyd who died in police custody over to the vision. you know where you know merrill we get a conviction it's really there every week that we want a conviction with the manicotti. amid the carnage there was evidence of shoplifting correct. i. was in a series of tweets the u.s. president said looting would lead to shooting he also criticized the mayor's handling of the crisis the mayor hit back donald trump knows nothing about the strength of minneapolis we are strong as hell is this a difficult time period yes but you better be damn sure that we're going to get through this. the day before had begun peacefully demonstrators gathered to mark george floyd's death chanting his last words. it was

a reaction to the graphic video that captured the final minutes of floyd's life you'll recall. i. know. after days of escalating violence reinforcements are on their way with trust in the police here so low it is now the job of the national guard to bring this chaos under control. i. earlier we spoke to our correspondent stephanie minds about the situation in minneapolis. minneapolis at least there where we are here is actually on fire if the camera can pan to the side here you see a building on fire but that's not the only one of course there's about 5 or 6 building c.-a including the police precinct building precinct 3 building on fire behind me as well as a tobacco store and a liquor store people here are still angry very angry and they're saying

all most of them at least saying that whatever happens right now here rioting not protesting is actually justified because authorities and the elites need to understand in their words that this is the end they are sick and tired of things happening as they did to george floyd and this is the result however i have to say we also have talked to protesters who say and i call them protesters who say that this is nothing to do with the protest anymore this is rioting and looting and we have witnessed this. ok let's get some perspective on the story we have jessica taylor with us she's an artist writer and host of black in berlin that's a series on race politics and race relations jessica thanks for joining us 1st of all you originally come from the u.s. so what do you think when you see these images of protests in many cities across the country. i am in deep grieving and mourning now

the global black community and. protest some would say violent protests i think are a physical manifestation of the systems that need to be torn down the systems that need to be disrupted we need long term systemic change when i see. the criticism on looting. the us president when i see the criticism on the. news outlets i would love to have a conversation about the looting that's been going on during the pandemic by america's billionaires $400000000000.00 richer during this pandemic but that's not something that is the spotlight is on so you know it needs to be systemic change are we talking really here about justice for george floyd this case or is this really about the deeper racial inequalities that you see in a place like minneapolis. definitely and all over the united states and

globally the last month has been a nightmare i'm on our prairie murdered on february 23rd shon read may 6th briana taylor made 12 george floyd may 25th just last night i heard about a trans black man in florida talking it daily murdered by police that was just yesterday so you know it's been a nightmare after nightmare trying after trauma this of course is you know a long legacy of racism and the manatee in the u.s. what is your message to people in positions of power and what is the discussion that needs to take place with the global black community to calm tensions right now . i don't know if we need to count tensions actually i think the tensions are exactly where they should be i think that the system as it was designed is working perfectly we have people that are being murdered black people that are being murdered and then outrage and the outrage over that outrage and the cycle

just continues and you know news outlets interviews like these. the cycle continues we are calling on institutions to change their policies we have the university of minnesota that just ended its contracts with the minnesota police department no longer support them at their football games this is a small but necessary step in the fight against institutional forces of white supremacy so we're calling on institutions to do this very necessary work jessica taylor artist writer host of black and berlin thank you so much for sharing your insights with us thank you for having me. and president trump's latest response to the protests in minneapolis has prompted twitter to flag a recent post for violating twitter rules against glorifying violence in his tweet trump said quote these thugs are dishonoring the memory of george floyd and i won't let that happen he added that the military is ready to respond and said when the

looting starts the shooting starts trumps latest a controversial tweet comes as the platform moved to fact check previous tweets the president now says twitter is biased against him now he signed an executive order that he says is aimed at checking social media's power to censor communication. he calls it protecting free speech from the social media companies say it's a politicized approach to law trumps the latest executive orders designed to strip social media companies of their existing immunity when it comes to content published on their platform. and choice is the 20 max wanted to suppress blacklist shadow and our editorial decisions pure and simple their editorial decisions and those moments twitter seems to be a neutral public platform and they become there with a viewpoint and i think we can say that about others also this week twitter put

fact check labels on 2 of the president's tweets that had unsubstantiated claims about voting by mail in the us 2 it is said it decided to do so because the content broke its rules on the key issue of voting trompette back and accuse twitter of trying to interfere in the 2020 presidential election and stuff for free speach. the business and technology sector is the order could code freedom of speech across the internet while legal experts are warning that it conflicts with the existing law which telling the congress not the president can change it really is a complete mess rating of section $230.00 it takes. a law that has been interpreted time and time again very very broadly by multiple federal circuit courts and just says i'm replacing all of this with my own interpretation that i have no right to give about how to interpret this that or a law and so no it's really not going to have any staying power in

a court i may really is kind of just have a piece of rhetoric of over that main is the order will likely be challenged in court ahead of the november presidential election. do malone has been looking into the story for us hi jim now why is twitter taking these steps well earlier this month twitter said it was updating its approach to misleading information so that meant for them that they wanted to make it easier to find credible information on twitter and to potentially to limit the spread of potentially harmful or misleading content so what we're seeing are is the approach applied to try 1st with a fact checking label and that with a glorified violence tag so basically what it did when it tagged that tweet about minneapolis as glorifying violence is that it had the tweet from view you as a user would have to click view in order to see it and then you wouldn't be able to reply reply to it or retreat it without without comment now twitter also said that it was going to limit the spread of that particular tweet by its algorithms now

it's important at this point that if you had to do that sue me as an ordinary user your account would could be possibly suspended that tweet almost definitely removed but this is the tightrope that twitter walks though after years of being criticized for the on even application of its rules it's now finally trying to apply them for trump but it's discovering that it cannot do so in the same way because trump it happens to be the leader of the most powerful nation on earth it's important for the general public to know what he says so last year twitter introduced what it called its public interest exception rules and this is what we're seeing in action right now but this really is an escalation between trump twitter isn't you know any way you look at it it is an escalation but it's kind of hard to imagine that when twitter put those fact checking labels on trump's tweets earlier in the week it's hard to imagine that they didn't know they would be putting themselves in a collision course with the president and the further steps it's taken since then

sort of shows us that it's determined to stay that course now social media platforms do enjoy broad protections according to the law and now section $230.00 which sort of says that. social media platforms enjoy protection from liability in terms of what users post on the site that's part of the communications decency act that's really hard to dismantle as such it's hard to see why twitter should really be afraid of trump at least from a legal standpoint though some experts do say that there could be a chilling effect when it comes to policy making for companies like twitter but let's be honest isn't this isn't really about like government regulating social media and how they should do that this is about trump being angry that his usage on the platform is is being governed or limited in some way and it's going to be hard to justify giving thought legal backing r.a.t davies ginnell do a lot of reporting for us thank you very much. let's move on to some other news now russia's human rights commissioner says domestic abuse cases have more than doubled

under the coronavirus lockdown many shelters have had to shut their doors under quarantine and that's left victims with fewer places to go but now a number of hotels are opening up to those looking to escape assault battery and other abuse happening in their own homes w.'s emily sherwin went to find out more. money into not consenting isn't letting russia's lockdown stop her she's using the time to redecorate her moscow hotel and since the pandemic has kept guests away she decided to show her domestic violence survivors a crisis center now sends women who have nowhere to go to her hotel because women's shelters have gone into quarantine. i have quite a lot of friends or acquaintances who've experienced domestic violence i want to help i couldn't always help my friends and sometimes i could sometimes not

but now i can help someone else. who can lead us. to. valentino's hotel is right in the middle of it's my lusty market which normally draws tourists with its typical russian look. usually these stands would be full of souvenirs and bric a brac in this market would be bustling with people but during lockdown it's become a quiet place to escape. hotels which translates as fairy tale has become a saving grace one of the domestic abuse survivors staying here is the singer. came here about a month ago. it wasn't the 1st time my husband hit me and even without the quarantine. no when i love someone you forgive them.

but the 4th of the 5th time it's just impossible to. get beat something clicks in your head. it made me just get up and leave. i couldn't stand it anymore. so usually most unfortunately domestic violence is not a criminal offense in russia there are no official statistics and what goes on behind closed doors is often considered a family matter but since the lockdown began women's advocacy organizations have reported a significant rise in domestic abuse it gets down the heat on the countries there are mechanisms in place to fight against domestic violence restraining orders strict legislation and lauren foresman agencies that have told how to deal with these situations unfortunately russia doesn't have that that's why more cases here and murder and more women stay in abusive relationships because they don't have the tools to get out of them. that constantine of

a plans to keep posting domestic abuse survivors even after the lockdown and her hotel is giving women like you the strength to start over. who. let's check in now on some other stories making news around the world the u.s. britain and japan have condemned china's move to assert more authority over hong kong china voted to begin imposing a controversial new security long thursday pro-democracy protesters fear it will erode freedom and justice in the semi autonomous territory. ethiopia 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 in all but a lebanon's high ticket prices and quarantine fees are making the trip difficult.

in washington d.c. restaurants are getting ready for limited reopening on friday they're allowed to offer outdoor seating only now that the city has partially lifted kopek 1000 distractions the food industry has been particularly hard hit as a result of the lockdown. in german carmaker books martin says it will invest more than 2000000000 euros in the china the targets are 2 electric mobility companies v.w. will become the biggest investor in the battery maker. folks back in is also increasing its stake in the chinese electric vehicle maker j a c motors. and let's talk about that with our financial correspondent only bar is in frankfurt for us hi ali so v.w. is putting even more money into china as we heard it's coming at a time where there's a lot of tension with beijing politically so is this a good move by volkswagen. well long term it seems to fit a volkswagen strategy after all herbert days to see folks wagon worldwide has

called out that he is wanting to make a volkswagen the world's number one electric car maker and also batteries which are also part of this investment decision to be a key technological component that volkswagen is good at so putting money into china putting money into batteries into e-cards goes along with the strategy and don't forget china is the world's largest auto market the german market is tiny in comparison so regionally also seems to make sense from folks wagons corporate perspective if we look elsewhere in the auto industry of a french carmaker rayno is announced that it is cutting $15000.00 jobs but the problems there really are deeper than the coronavirus prices are they. yes they are and you know really the the problems that are there were already being addressed this week when a company renault with its alliance partners innocent and it's a big issue presented

a new strategy and there it was all on the table everything that was going wrong at brno these past years and really heartening also back to the days of the ones legendary carlos cohn too many people making too few cars earning money with renault wants to change this. drastically part of the project is to cut production and concentrate on the most profitable cars and there were no management obviously sees the need to slash a lot of jobs in that context only parts for us in frankfurt good to talk to. friends has approved the track and tracing as the country continues to loosen its stay at home restrictions the voluntary app starts next week and warns people when they come near anyone with a cup of 1000 virus but critics say it could have been more effective as france had teamed up with its neighbor germany on a joint app as originally planned. get those 4 get called

those against. the french parliament gave the green light for the stop covert app by a clear majority on thursday anyone with the virus can make a note of it in the app the app warns other users if they come too near to the sick person the app has great timing starting tuesday friends is ending stay at home restrictions restaurants and cafes as well as public parks will be open. according to francis secretary of state for digital affairs the app is designed to get the coronavirus crisis under control. walking into the french want their social life back. they want all the stores open the app provides the needed safety for the newly won freedom. in some countries like china south korea and india coronavirus tracking apps are mandatory but

european countries like france are making them voluntary. almost all that affects my life a bad idea in my opinion. this is if it isn't any better and i think it might be a good idea but unfortunately not everyone can use an app. the most vulnerable people the elderly won't be downloading the air and they would know how to use the tool. critics point out that the french and german apps won't be able to communicate with each other when the german app launches in mid june there's a lot of traffic between the 2 countries france is a popular holiday destination and workers from both sides commute back and forth there would have been major advantages to work coming now. pakistan is facing its worst plague of locusts in decades authorities declared a national emergency in february fearing a food security crisis and even as the country is now struggling with the economic

fallout of the coronavirus lock down pakistan's agricultural sector says the insect infestation poses a greater challenge. these tiny insects a far from fussy eaters feasting in swarms of millions they're now threatening to out pakistan's population at a critical time. to develop the world to look for it is several times more dangerous than the coronavirus i would say it is a 100 times a 1000 times more dangerous than corona when you are fighting against coronavirus you had crops grains vegetables things to eat no one went to bed hungry. while pakistan's economy is reeling from the ongoing coronavirus lockdown the un's food and agriculture organization estimates agricultural losses from locusts could surpass 5000000000 dollars this year authorities have set up a national response team to assist 61 districts of the country that are under threat. barely able to say after the 1st and 2nd

weeks of june going to be critical for us because the locusts that are now in iraq and in moscow will start heading towards pakistan all of us could give them or do what god has done. to combat that we have stationed helicopters in various doesn't regions that fall along the way. station. in the meantime desperate farmers waiting for help have had to take matters into their own hands trying to drive the locusts away with noise. in a hurry india it may sound like a party but there's nothing to celebrate as the country struggles with the same problem devastated crops a further threat to the region which is also struggling with intimate costs of locked out and. big teams are scrambling to stop the swarms before breeding can

take place during the monsoon season which begins in july. the boston marathon has been canceled for the 1st time in its 124 year history due to the corona virus pandemic the race is going to head through 2 world wars and a volcanic eruption organizers this year cited social distancing problems especially preventing crowds from gathering along the marathon route and the marathon was initially postponed to september from april it has now been replaced with a virtual effect. today may 29th marks a tragic chapter in the history of football it's the 35th anniversary of the high school stadium disaster what was supposed to be an exciting european cup final between you ventus and liverpool in brussels turned into a nightmare that left many fans dead and hundreds injured. it happened shortly before kickoff fighting broke out between live

a. an event to stands on the day of the $985.00 european cup final at brussels highs a stadium in liverpool fans charged into the u.n. to section causing the italian supporters to retreat many red driven into a sidewalk that eventually collapsed 39 people mostly italians were crushed or trampled to death 600 more were injured at. the game was still played in order to prevent further chaos a one interview ventus victory the defender who played on that fateful day says the images still haunt him. into the nearly the night it will never forget it as long as i live and we should always commemorate it how do i feel today like i felt during the us when i was in belgium and every time i came back to play in the stadium it always felt odd that it's always strange whenever i enter the stadium with either of the or that. english football clubs were banned from european

competition for 5 years and 14 liverpool fans refound guilty of manslaughter i mean it was a low point for english football in english football supporters. hopefully and i believe the behavior of english courses has improved hugely since then the highs a stadium disaster made many rethink the quality and safety of football stadiums. ok let's get a reminder now of our top story. the national guard has been deployed to the u.s. city of minneapolis after a 3rd night of protests rioting sparked by the death of an on armed black man in police custody the mayor has called the criminal charges to be filed against the officer involved in the death of george floyd. you're watching news don't forget that you can always go to our website dot com for all the latest

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