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if any social responsibility at all. the cleaners the social media shadow industry starts junee on g.w. . this is deja vu news live from berlin protests in the us enter their eights night people gathering near the white house and across the country to find curfews in many cities calling for an end to police brutality and racism also coming up. police in paris clashing with protesters at an unauthorized demonstration inspired by the demonstrations in the u.s.
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large gatherings though in france remain bad. and after months of walked out giggling is reopening its borders to travelers from europe today. the hope the move will help rescue the country's turf from an industry that many fear visitors are still too afraid to come. i'm brian thomas good to have you with us today there have been more protests across the u.s. for an 8th night now evening curfews warded in dozens of cities where demonstrations proceeded with relative calm in striking contrast to the gun rest of previous days among those calling for a peaceful protest was the mother of george floyd's daughter. a powerful symbol of loss but not without a. this is what. the host of this.
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day and the. they get from him people with a family. here on the. down the mother of george floyd's daughter calling for justice. and cured because i want justice. i want justice for him because he was. i the frustrate the lack of accountability around police brutality grows all across the united states dozens of cities saw mostly peaceful demonstrations continue in violation of curfew orders. as long as
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i can remember there has been a systematic inequality in this country i can only test you what i know i can attest to being profiled i can attest to being marginalized personally and if we don't speak up against injustice anywhere then no one will speak up against. the us president donald trump called for the national guard all military to crack down on what he called feeds and thugs responsible for violence but the protests. i did i the demonstrators i came to avoid the fog to label this man than to live in a street sign in washington d.c. . police grew impatient as the not went on to new york city offices began arresting people for not following the cathy areu move there's a curve to her. but with many protesters around the country refusing to go hard the world watches on to see just how much force will be authorized by officials i let's
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go now to the west coast of the u.s. and the chance downing by for us in los angeles today. can you give us the latest on the protests where you are. well brian we're an hour from midnight so pretty for far into the evening and what i understand right now the latest from seattle up north is that there is activity here in los angeles los angeles county it's been quieter than monday night on monday night we saw hundreds of arrests particularly in the hollywood area most of the arrests through violating the curfew not for looting although that continues again like the pattern we've seen over the past few days we seeing protests peaceful protests by day and when the sun goes down that's when we get the looting with police saying that some of it appears to be organized crime being involved in that. how are these ongoing demonstrations the 8th day now
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affecting the measures to contain the coronavirus and everyday life for the millions of people in l.a. county. there's several things going on right 1st of all across the united states and particularly in l.a. county in california the coded a pandemic has not really been brought under control i mean the numbers are the highest of all counties in california and here in los angeles we're not as far away as long as in europe and so people are dealing with social distancing measures a lockdown measures for that in addition to the curfew measures to keep like a double lockdown and edition to the frustration that tens of millions of americans across the country are unemployed and the latest information we have is that about a 3rd of people who applied for unemployment has not received their checks yet and it's been a few months into this pandemic period the numbers are huge unemployment was
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5500000 it's now at about 36000000 let's talk about the other codes. the mare of new york is under pressure for his handling of the protests there and that comes as 1000000 people are talking about unemployment in new york have now lost their jobs over the past few months and homelessness in new york is exploding . yes new york has been the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic and as a result the epicenter of a lot of the frustration essentially you've had a country and a lot of other countries too of course but sit at home unemployed the last few months americans have had the chance to really think about what kind of future they want for this country here's an election going on so there's a lot of reflection from people about what they want look i look at the black lives matter protests in that minneapolis 5 years ago nothing's changed that is the thing that is really frustrating a lot of people and that's what's bringing that out to the streets despite the fact
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that they know that social distancing is important but clearly some of the footage that's not happening people think it's important as the great to see you thanks so much for that from los angeles today well here in germany the country's foreign minister says journalists must be allowed to do their job safely when reporting on the protests in the united states. came after minneapolis police wife thought it d.w. correspond with rubber bullets he was one of a number of reporters in the u.s. who had their work limited by police or in the protests german foreign minister also saying peaceful protests were quote understandable and more than legitimate one. while rage of the death of george floyd in police custody has spread around the world with demonstrations in many countries to protest against police brutality and racism thousands of people in paris defied a ban on large gatherings to protest the 2016 deaths in police custody of.
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her trainer a young frenchman of mali and origin and who expresses well their anger at that country's races many of the demonstrators carried signs with slogans linked to the black lines matter movement in the u.s. the demonstration went off peacefully until police used tear gas to disperse the crowd after protesters helped them jack tunnels. earlier we spoke to did a correspondent in paris lisa lo as she spoke to us about some of the issues that have led to the protest in front feeling here is certainly that there hasn't been much change and if the have been change actually in the wrong way it's been in the wrong way you know just look back over the past few years there have been lots of demonstration is specially the yellow vests protest and there was a lot of police violence now at the palace and he's even discussing as a new know a draft law that would forbid people from spreading images of the police and many
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people feel that that would take away a big part of their protection from police violence here in france so there is not of mistrust amongst people to watch the police and it's growing really lisa loz there for us in paris let's get you briefed on now on some of the other stories making the news today at least 100000 people have been moved to safety as a rare storm closes in on india's west coast cycling the sarva expected to make landfall south of mumbai wednesday afternoon and unleash strong winds and flooding . 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 michelin briefed president putin about the program will run over 2 years time and boost employment salaries and economic develop. facebook c.e.o. mark zuckerberg has defended his decision not to take action against those by
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president trump deemed to be inflammatory the post spread misinformation about voting by mail many say they also occurred violence against demonstrators several facebook employees have resigned over the companies that. germany's cabinet has been meeting to iron out the details of a multi-billion euro economic stimulus package to help the country recover from the pandemic protesters gathered outside the chalices office to say no to the proposed ash incentive for new car purchases including for those with polluting combustion technology. well italy is reopening its borders to travelers from europe today and allowing residents to travel between regions again the country is hoping that this move will help revive its crucial tourist industry after months of lockdown but tell owners your guests will be staying away that despite measures designed to make
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them feel safe report now from one resort south of. the battle for the best spot on the beach has begun. with out of the wants to be in the front room of his home beach but everything looks quite different this year with the coronavirus of course always cover things looking with the umbrellas and see if this is an opening for by 3 meters 12 square meters each so i can only fit half as many out there. conditions and she not reflect those across italy like on this dream beach south of rome the same social distancing rules apply just as they do in off 5000 kilometers of beaches throughout the country fears that tourists just won't show up this summer are running high most of the people are only allowed to swim in the ocean no chatting no gathering you have to get right back to your son chairs. but many in the hospitality industry are worried will
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foreign tourists really come to italy large numbers come from germany or sweden but many europeans are fearful after italy was struck so fiercely by the pandemic. what kind of europe is this where neighboring countries say don't travel to italy it's not safe maybe we are the safest country in the world now because we were the 1st nation after china to be hit hard by the virus and we have now almost completely defeated it. in taylor china there are signs that life is slowly returning to normal. the fisherman have only recently started to more in the harbor again most of the catch goes to restaurant owners like that out of the bed as long as they were close scampi and giant crabs couldn't find the market . some tourists are back and did a cina at least italian ones for them the desire for sun sand in sea is now
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spreading more powerful even the fear of the infection in jena a bit out of these restaurants cooking is finally on their way again but only under strict hygiene rules in the restaurant the safety distance is measured exactly to the centimeter all guests must also register with name and address so that the entire chain of infection could be traced if necessary. when this is all over the 1st thing we'll do is open a few bottles of champagne or put a sicko and celebrate and hopefully have a laugh about this strange adventure we've been through together with. geno bit out of the says the spite everything he's sure the beauty of the mediterranean sea here into china will always drop to respect again. we have some sports for now the 2020 formula one season will be starting in austria on july 5th the 1st of
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a run of races the championship will begin across 3 consecutive weekends 2 in austria the 3rd in hungary it will then be a 2 week break before 2 consecutive races held in britain followed by benson spain belgium and italy. will be held behind closed doors to minimize the risk of the spread of coke at night. before we go if you're looking for caffeine and cramped conditions here's a story for you britain's small skaf a is reopening after shutting its tiny doors for corona bars the m r coffee shop in london opened up in 2 converted red telephone boxes serving as press overs of lattes for just a week before the lockdown kicked in now 6 weeks later they're ready to serve. their. unique location along there is once again. it's reminder now our top story this hour people across the u.s. have once again are protesting against police brutality of racism. even curfews
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ordered dozens of cities after a week of demonstrations that kicked off across the u.s. all of the death of a black that includes just. this idiot of a news live from blind don't forget there's always more of a web site you know you dot com you can also follow us of course on social media i'm brian thomas for the entire team thanks to. combating the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and news. our corona update. covert 19 special next on d w.

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