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comes straight from the heart. and turning from birth to death storage june 18th d.w. . bases d.w. news line from berkeley and more than a dozen u.s. cities order curfews in a bid to stem violent protests over the death of george floyd protesters clashed with police and made tense an angry same's across the country in minneapolis police used tear gas and rubber bullets on protesters breaking a nighttime curfew and amidst the chaos.
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the protests this is per hour our correspondent has his own run ins with the police while covering the night on rest. plus navigating the return of foreigners to china hits a setback despite extensive testing of a passenger on the 1st german flight to china test positive for the corona virus we talked to our correspondent who was also on board the flight. i'm rebecca ritter's welcome to the program fiery protests continue in the united states as demonstrators rage over the death of an unarmed black man in place custody curfews are in force right across and now in cities across the country including los angeles philadelphia. and atlanta as more states called in national
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guard soldiers police deployed tear gas and rubber bullets to contain the escalating unrest. oh the wave of anger sweeping the united states reached the gates of the white house for a 2nd night protesters in washington d.c. called for an end to police violence against minorities in noisy demonstrations i was. an uneasy calm in minneapolis the city where george floyd died after being pinned to the ground by a white police officer since his death the city has seen 5 straight days of protest and it's reeling from almost as many nights of violence the state governor blamed outsiders and urged people to obey the curfew. i'm asking each and every minnesotan to be clear about this these are not our neighbors these are not the
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people. that put in all of the work to build lake street to build community so minnesotans you must stay in place tonight. the governor activated the state's national guard its 1st full mobilization since weld war 2 throughout the night dozens of protesters were arrested. many other cities across the country also imposed curfews the sunderland's declared a state of emergency after incidents of looting one national retail chain has temporarily shutting stores in several states. many protesters hope the lawlessness will not drown out the message. a lot of people are trying to change the subject to focus on the right to work with specifically in a lot of the less i want to parse it out so we had to come out here we had to show
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that we were willing to stand up and fight for what we deserve this is nothing if you started with the baseball team appearance and handle as a great week or did it's easy to say it's not just them it's all of the same just don't say their names we are sick and tired of this injustice in our system to all of our system. the outrage is spreading as demonstrators confront the institutions that they say have worked against minorities for too long. a correspondent stefan simmons has been covering the story in minneapolis on 2 separate occasions last night hay and his crew had encounters with the authorities while doing their jobs as reporters in the 1st incident stefan told us the police shot at him we have this footage of what happened. thank. goodness the found. the brightest this is perfect 6 for me. i'm going to get us
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in the middle of the not. very well and you there. we're going to. give. rise to the new yes we are we're doing a job. and this is a sign it's an apprentice. so from all. they do you get really busy feeling not going to get the poor play you want. where would you like us to go. ok thank you sir. given those incredible incidents we asked for his assessment of police contact in minneapolis. well i would say they did their job today at least as outlined by their superiors
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last politicians governor of the state as well as the municipal government here remember they didn't show up for the last 3 days before today or nights. just yesterday we had a curfew installed here too but there was no police and no national guard actually even close to be able or willing to enforce this and this has changed today conduct as you can see in this scene where my camera man max forgan i had this encounter just a little bit of context 3 police cars had actually encircled another t.v. production team we don't know from what network and as we do in the field here we then rushed there and tried to document this not to interfere but document this and as you saw the nerves were. a little bit frazzled there i can somewhat understand this because those those policemen are on the lot of stress
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doing. their job but of course they should have let us work and do our job but you know what to do you not. our words or we were not about to pick a fight tonight. stefan simmons reporting from minneapolis as take a look now at some other stories making news around the world pope francis has celebrated pentecost sunday in some billick some pages basilica cautioning against pessimism in the face of the coronavirus crisis only a few dozen worshippers were allowed to attend the mass amid social distancing measures inside the vatican the. jerusalem's al aqsa mosque the 3rd holiest site in islam has reopened after a 2 and a half month closure due to the coronavirus the 1st worshipers were allowed in for dawn prayer is there didn't appear to be any restriction on the number of people allowed in but worshippers were being asked to wear masks.
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a passenger who traveled on a special flight from germany to china has tested positive for the corona virus the chance of flight was carrying 180 passengers who received special permission to travel from the chinese authorities many are executives with german companies and the deal was brokered by the german chamber of commerce china has bought most non-citizens from entering the country to prevent the introduction of new infections. and someone who was on that flight was our correspondent mathias berninger he joins me now from tianjin where he's in quarantine material hi tell us more about the person who tested positive and what that means for you. it was 34 year old engineer from a small place in the south of germany authorities have really released quite a bit of data he entered the country without symptoms and with
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a body temperature of 36.3 degrees. that is what we know so far he must have tested negative in frankfurt because he was on that flight and passengers were tested before the flight so now here we haven't heard anything but let's just have a look 1st at what hour this flight was organized and how the security measures were let's have a look. i am here in frankfurt airport usually one of europe's busiest airports it's eerily empty these days a few people however are queuing up in front of a lounge in the basement. we still have 12 hours until departure but we've all been samone here for a test the virus test and of course if anybody turns out positive they can not board the flight. we are passengers on the 1st flight to china one month next to me
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in the queue is the enter family christian works for a major german company in beijing. this is quite a hassle but it makes me feel safe so i catch it on the flight. the virus test is just one of many security measures to prevent the infection from being imported back into china again this is not a scheduled flight but a charter flight organized by the german chambre of commerce and it's seen as a test for many countries who are eager to get their business executives back into the country temperatures screened at the gate and we get a test result. not just happened upon arrival the family as everybody else will have to quarantine for 2 weeks in a hotel room companies are to obtain multiple commissions from the chinese authorities for their employees and all of us had to pick up a special reside one of the consulates flight was even postponed
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a few days because not everybody was able to get the paperwork done in time finally we are on our way our temperatures checked several times throughout the night. upon arrival health authority offices board the flight to check the temperature again we have to fill in a questionnaire our data is registered with the health authority and we have to go for another round of testing. nose and mouth swabs for another virus test plus blood for an antibody test takes us directly from the f.b.o. to the hotel. after our luggage and sprayed with disinfectant we get assigned to our rooms which we will no longer be allowed to leave.
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so this is my home for the next 2 weeks we have to report our temperature twice a day food will be placed in front of our door several places windows separating us from the country we were finally allowed back into. a terrace one of janni fascinating fascinating to say that schnauzer you'll finally back when he say things going from here in china. well the question is what pace can the country open up of course the economy is suffering from the lockdown as it is in many places we've seen all these measures we've been tested price wise for the virus and once for the i'm sorry but it's a temperature take it and still it seems if this is confirmed if this was not a false test which is also a possibility for the 4th test result which is also maybe
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a possibility if this is called it shows that it will be very hard to get things back to normal. it is a virus that seems to be spreading easily and it will take a lot of time until it's under control in enough places to make traveling a safe. fun and it is feeling who is on that flight from germany to china talking to us from quarantine in chanting thanks very much. some sports now owned by a new nick charging closer to an 8th consecutive bundesliga title after demolishing does a little 5 nil but they're not the only tame that's had a change in fortune this season coach bruno abadi appears to be doing wonders for her to berlin since the restart they faced a tough test against out's book at same that battered the capital city side earlier in the season it's been an intense few weeks for how to boss bruno.
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but his side's recent form have them raring to go 23 minutes in berlin went one up against berg. shot on target denied which are viro deliverance and was there to find the back of the net. the 2nd half was a more even affair burke came close to equalising late in the game this stunner. denied by the tips of rooney yosh times fingers. on the par. 2 minutes into injury time and had to substitute christophe tech kept his cool to make the final score to help. that's 3 more points for bruno labadee a side with hatcher berlin remaining unbeaten since he took over the helm last month. and us are minor of the top story we're following for you this hour in the
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u.s. over a dozen cities have imposed nighttime curfews as protests rage over the death of george floyd the death of the 48 year old black man in police custody earlier this week has triggered a wave of national outrage with demonstrations now in their 5th day. you're watching news i have an update for you at the top of the hour in the meantime you can stay up to date on our web site that's talk comp and i'm rebecca riches from maine and the entire team here in berlin thanks very much what you. also need to have grave the need to keep. people from all over the ranch and home the 4 families most recently that. is the bottom of the family that the last dragon was $100.00. 3 years. to agree books on.
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