this is g.w. news from berlin after more than a week of unrest in the us president ends his silence declaring himself president of law and order if a city or state refuses to take the actions that are necessary to defend the life and property of their residents then i will deploy the united states military and quickly solve the problem for them. on peaceful protestors outside the white house to make way for a controversial and bizarre photo op also coming up tonight it is

a country already ravaged by war yemen is now on the verge of collapse from the coronavirus international donors have pledged more than a $1000000000.00 in aid but it's not enough they say to stave off a catastrophe. i'm burnt off to those joining us on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome protests saluting mass arrests a wave of unrest in cities across the united states as in turn its 8 day and has turned deadly at least 6 people have died in violence connected to the protests 5 police officers have been shot the killing of an african-american man in police custody last week kicked off peaceful demonstrations many now however have been overshadowed by violence. president trump has vowed to deploy the military if the

violence is not reined in critics including democratic opponent joe biden have slammed trump for fanning the flames of heat rather than leading a country in crisis. president trump chose the rose garden at the white house for a speech that was to become a show of force his response to the unrest gripping the nation in the weeks since george floyd was killers. if a city or state refuses to take the actions that are necessary to defend the life and property of their residents then i will deploy the united states military and quickly solve the problem for them i am also taking swift and decisive action to protect our great capital washington d.c. . that's chump was speaking the d.c. police were making good on that promise.

several 1000 demonstrators had gathered peacefully pretty legal protest in lafayette park across from the white house. on the streets of the u.s. capitol. backed up by mounted police offices. there the protesters were standing in the way of the u.s. president i take these actions today with firm resolve and with a true and passionate love for our country by far our greatest days lie ahead. thank you very much and now i'm going to pay my respects to a very very special place trump's destination sent john's church also across the road from the white house it was damaged by fire in un rest on sunday once there he had the bible aloft but the trump paying his respects didn't involve praying. over

great god it's really good. to see what's going on coming back it will be back. to people greater than ever before a promise to future greatness and a photo op trumps walkabout has already drawn shot criticism from his likely contender in november the presidential battle peaceful protesters. dispersed in order for a president. oppression from the doorstep of the people's house the white house using tear gas 'd and flash grenades during this staged photo all we can be forgiven for believing the president is more interested in the tower then in principle and the bishop of st john's. said she was outraged by trump's face it calling protest sacred and accusing trump of using the holy scripture as a quote symbol of division. our it was full in our washington bureau chief now

alexander from norman she is standing by near the white house good afternoon to you alexandra we just saw trump in that report threatening military action just short of declaring martial wall tell me why would he have the authority to bring in the army against americans. when you phrased the question this way then of course you would see it cannot be that the president of the united states would have this authority but the president has the authority to invoke the so-called insurrection act. that would allow him to deploy the you asked the military to and civil disorder or rebellion or revolution and that happens a few times in american history last time $992.00 during the riots and unrest in los angeles however normally this states would request the help of the

you asked military so far no governor has done so and trump in theory could do it against the state however if they are planning a rebellion against a federal government or i know it's. capable of ending the violence however that would be politically very risky and also possibly un convention unconstitutional and there are pentagon officials even that are criticizing this those threats saying that they would or escalates the situation and i talked to many protestants who are now behind us because there is apparently a group of police officers of or a park police gathering and many of them told me that they are really fear that those stress or the decision to deploy the u.s. army would ask allay the situation and they are so upset and angry that the president apparently as they say don't care about. the root cause of the process police brutality and racial disparities in the you asked good

point points that the president did not mention yesterday when he spoke in the rose garden we heard. the presumptive democratic presidential nominee today say that the president is more interested in power principle he's accusing trump of and i'm quoting here fanning the flames of hate how is all of that playing with trump's supporters. well we know that the die hards from supporters they love the president and it doesn't matter what he does on say or says because of course they don't believe the media they don't listen to his critics so they left and especially when he presents himself as a president of law and order what he did which he did yesterday he has also a strong christian base and he seems at that moment to focus on his tristian as supporters and that's why probably this photo op yesterday when he was holding

a bible and posing for photos in front of the sense jones church today he visited this same job john called the seconds national shrine and after that he signed an executive order to advance international religious freedom and all of that is of course managed to show the space his christian base and that he is advancing they their interest and he's appearance at this hands at jones church was was criticized by many religious leaders by some about some of and jelly cool pastors said that they were police with this photo and that they were happy with the president however but not addressing the root cause of the protests he's also risking to loose on the very important voter groups such as suburban women and independent voters who could be very important in them. that's a very good point alexander phenomena there just outside the white house in

washington alexander thank you. and not just in washington but huge marches are underway in new york also changes and in houston texas george floyd's 1st puts and these protests they are resonating in other parts of the world thousands have been taking to the streets to show solidarity with the protesters while also turning the spotlight on injustice in their own backyards. a symbol of pride strength and unity in oakland new zealand has performed the haka counting themselves one tribe with protesters more than 12000 kilometers away in the u.s. the death of george floyd has shocked many around the world leading to calls for action. on australia's west coast the same chance. at. the same cause

and an opportunity to highlight similar problems at home. moms are $400.00 plus indigenous deaths in custody that are not being investigated or any fed us or that is a huge issue ever and keep saying australis are different but it's not really answered that's what we're here to talk about in just our conversation. there was a smaller gathering in the kenyan capital nairobi but voices rang out against the abuse of power and. we're here to express that fully that even without american people but you also say that white supremacy is a big thing of. demonstrators also assembled in the german capital but for a 3rd straight day and various landmarks. just that. a memorial depicting. george floyd has emerged on a form

a section of the bell and wall. in ireland protest as much from dublin city center to the u.s. embassy where they took a knee. unlike the us protests abroad have been largely peaceful despite concerns over breaches of physical distancing guidelines amid the global pandemic injustice is also being highlighted as a threat to life. oh i'm joined now by journalist malcolm one way malcolm is a german nigerian journalist here in berlin it's good to have you on the show malcolm why do these protests why do they find so much resonance here in europe. i think a lot of people who are black who are of color identify with the experience of being black in a western or white infrastructure and therefore i believe that many people who you

know make experiences with racism see americans african-americans and can project their own problems in their own racial justice on saddam so i think that makes it pretty you know obvious why a lot of people who are black all over the world identify with what happened to george. even soccer teams big companies are showing solidarity with the protesters why do you think we're seeing this groundswell of solidarity all of a sudden. i think for a lot of the people here including myself we've grown up with american culture and therefore identify with these people black people and for a lot of us especially germany for example we don't have access to our history and we don't we're not in contact with a lot of that people so the only way that we get to connect with them is through u.s. media and i think especially also in the trend that we live in with the koran and then it we have also been sensitized to riots to political shifts and therefore i

think that are 2 key factors that play into the overwhelming solidarity that has been shown to us our spike you know there is a lot of there's a school of thought that says that america's struggles to celebrate its own diversity has informed many other countries in their struggles to do the saying do you think that this global outrage do you think that it will change the way people talk about race and racism. that is a very good question people have been trying to shape the conversation or discussions around race made at the term for a long time there is there is the organization each one teach one who is establishing something that they call outlets and sews so they want to count black people and figure out how many black people live in germany what are their racial experiences so that you can actually make the month we've had the 1st black president of the parliament because and so there are some you know changes that are being made and maybe this can be

a momentum so finally talk about the things that have. been needed to be discussed by a lot of people in this country so i think they'd use this particular incident incident as a momentum to move the conversation forward what will malcolm you as a black man living here in germany you know you say that many times there is this disconnect between what you experience here and with your ethnic heritage what would you like to see maybe change here in germany for example. i think one of the key fact is we don't we let language so we don't even know how to refer to people who aren't white that is a huge problem we only work with kind of our recent racial background no migration background but if i have a child with a mother person that is of german that is a german national my child would not officially have a migration background but the child will face racial discrimination so we do need a language to even start 1st and then i think also police and a lot of people need to integrate you know colonial history or. awareness

a white supremacy into their education this is something that we don't know much about so we learn 5 languages here in german it's occasional system but we don't really know how race relations where and we need it because we are the 2nd largest country for immigration around the world you know it's a very good point hopefully one day we will be able to learn the language of everyone being human beings malcolm one way a journalist here in berlin malcolm it's good talking with you thank you great pleasure. are here some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world and thousands of people in paris defied a vandal marj gatherings this evening to protest the death in 2016 of a young black man in police custody and to rally against racism in the country many of the demonstrators carried signs with slogans linked to the black lines matter movement in the united states. germany's foreign minister has insisted that journalists must be allowed to do their job safely when reporting on the unrest in

the u.s. his comments came after a d w correspondent was shot at you see it right there shot it twice by police with rubber bullets in minneapolis over the weekend moss also expressed sympathy for peaceful protesters in the u.s. russia will spend $72000000000.00 to restore the economy following the coronavirus shutdown the country is reeling from the collapse of oil prices prime minister mikhail was just to brief president vladimir putin today about this program it will run for 2 years and boost employment salaries and economic growth. the u.s. ambassador to germany richard grinnell has resigned grinnell held the posed for just over 2 years and is considered a close confidant of u.s. president donald trump you know repeatedly clashed with german politicians during his tenure here in berlin germany companies that wanted to continue trading with

iran were openly threatened with consequences most recently said u.s. pressure on germany will not stop in the future was acting director of national intelligence from february until late last month. he has been a controversial figure here in berlin for more let's speak now with political correspondent thomas sparrow good evening to you tomas richard grinnell he's sparked a lot of controversy here in germany why. that's correct branton it has to do mostly with his style with the way he worked right from the very 1st day when he came here to germany he started giving what what some people described as instructions to germany was why people describing was being rather undiplomatic and a way that is not very typical of an ambassador in particular ambassador of the united states to germany and where whereas some people actually concede that that was not very good of him in fact many people were very critical of his work as

a u.s. ambassador here in berlin did believe that because of his style because of that confrontational nature not only on twitter but also directly with germany counterparts he was able to push forward some of us his main interest and was therefore successful so there are different views of richard grinnell but it is safe to say brain that he was certainly one of the u.s. most controversial ambassadors in recent times and also by the way someone who was described as not only trumps most important money in germany but also trump's most important man in europe if you use the most important man here in germany and europe do we know then what prompted his departure we don't know what prompted his departure we do know however and you mention it as well that he has a very close relationship to donald trump he's seen as someone who explained very clearly what donald trump wants in particular here in europe and he's also someone who has very good connections to the white house so there has been speculation that

he could join donald trump's reelection campaign although it is still not clear if i need so in what capacity but it is very prole that it will continue to be tied to the u.s. president in one way or another or kerry or political correspondent too much spare on the story for us tonight so much as always thank you. well one year ago today germany was shocked when a politician was shot dead at close range at his home prosecutors believe the killer was a right wing extremist there's been a rise in attacks by far right groups since then germany has stepped up its efforts to counter the violence and to remember the victims coronavirus restrictions mean that few people can gather to honor lukas memory on this anniversary of his death but here in berlin his name they say will never be forgotten. one year ago to live who was shot dead by an alleged right wing extremist to mark the

anniversary of the killing that shook germany this street in berlin city center is being symbolically renamed in his honor. that i 60 my house right wing extremist hatred is getting stronger it's becoming part of our daily lives but the silent majority does not take a clear stand for those threatened by it even though they find such acts disgusting that means we fall victim to them so we want to show society you have to be loud and clear in your opposition to them to get it on the night between the 1st and 2nd of june was shot in front of his house in a small western german town near the city of castle. lupo was a staunch supporter of chancellor angela merkel's pro refugee policies for years before he was killed she was already the target of cat calls by people now known to be right wing extremists. over the other.

german italian is clever does not represent the country to any time soon every german is free to do that. with met with and told to leave the country myself. a man named stephan was among those present that day the state attorney believes he was the one who killed the politician stephanie is the main defendant at 1st he signed a confession but later withdrew it many questions remain unanswered in this case such as whether the killer had any accomplices investigation showed that shortly before and after look because killing google searches with the key words look good dead appeared in a number of german states a few months later a synagogue in the city of hala was attacked and 2 people nearby were killed. earlier this year a racist attack in the city of one now left 10 people dead the increase in attacks

is no coincidence to those trying to make a positive difference that's why for good without a doubt there is a direct connection right wing violence has risen dramatically since the attack on volunteer look especially in the state of has dispersed the haters to commit more crimes. to look because trial has yet to begin but as authorities investigate the killers motives it's possible other german states will look to honor him and also make a symbolic gesture against the spread of extremist views. international donors have promised $1300000000.00 u.s. dollars in aid to yemen but the u.n. says that's half of what is needed to avoid a catastrophe 5 years of war between the rebels and they sold the military alliance have left 80 percent of the population in yemen reliant on it and with the corona virus spreading in the country the u.n. warns yemen is now in a race against. the task of digging fresh green since fallen to

children the death toll in the port city of aden is said to have quintupled the corona virus is spreading rapidly and yemen the health care system is on the verge of collapse just a few clinics are still open there's an under supply of medicine disinfectants intensive care unit beds and above all doctors so we're hearing stories of people coming to health facilities it is stress free thing and i tell you just in so a been turned away simply because there's nothing that the cities can do because they have no money and no star yemen at the edge of the abyss after 5 years of war between who the rebels have to sell the military alliance the infrastructure has been destroyed and hygenic conditions are catastrophic some 16000000 people including 2000000 children are starving and now face the coronavirus u.n. funding is running out. a virtual conference for donors led by saudi arabia and

including 65 other benefactors plants to fill that gap. but as a warring party the saudis have also been accused of crimes. on honesty including the un have documented dozens and dozens of i know for the air strikes that have targeted medical facilities hospitals shiro holds shooting continues even as donations are collected what may be the world's greatest humanitarian crisis will only get worse as long as weapons are still being fired. a ukrainian delegation in berlin today's said that peace talks over the conflict in eastern ukraine will resume soon 6 years of war in eastern ukraine have claimed more than 10000 lives and forced millions to leave their homes a fast track to peace process was a key campaign pledge from ukraine's president go to me and zelinsky but

a year into the job and zelinsky is finding that political promises are one thing the reality on the ground is another. tanks on the roads and shifting front lines may now be a thing of the past but the dying and on boss has never stopped the most recent fatality just one week ago a 24 year old ukrainian soldier. civilian casualties are rare and now that the people of donbass a paying a very real price for this war millions have been forced to leave their homes and those many older ukrainians who stayed in separatist controlled territory must cross a heavily weaponized frontline just to pick up their pensions. 6 years of negotiations are founded on one key question who should make the 1st concession russia ukraine even a face to face meeting in paris didn't help it's a standoff that's put a stable ceasefire out of reach let alone negotiated end to this conflict but do

ordinary ukrainians still believe this conflict can be resolved by negotiation. it's only joint talks won't achieve anything put in has his goals and he's not going to change it when there's no political i don't think france and germany should stay involved we need more pressure on putin he's someone who only understands brute force. and you got a system that i think we should talk directly to put and it's in his hands he started all this. in south that i'm of the civil. as efforts to bring putin selenski face to face for a 2nd summit get underway in berlin today backing ukraine hopes of fading its alinsky can succeed where his previous have failed and bring a rapid end to this war. here's a reminder of our top story this hour thousands are staging peaceful protests in new york city the mayor has extended a nighttime curfew after outbreaks of violence and looting during any time racist

protests demonstrations across the united states began last week after a black man died in police custody in minneapolis and all an autopsy report shows that the man was killed by a police officer. you're watching news live from berlin after a short break i'll be back to take you through the day stick around we're right back.

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