this is t w news live from berlin america braces for more protest over the death in custody of george floyd his coffin arrives for any memorial service in minneapolis the veteran civil rights activist the reverend al sharpton will deliver a eulogy. also coming up huge crowds in tong cong to find a ban on gatherings to hold a mass vigil on the anniversary of the tiananmen square massacre and coming back from cope it germany's governing coalition approves the biggest economic stimulus

package since world war 2 chancellor angela merkel says the aim is to give the next generations a future. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program a memorial service is taking place in minneapolis for george floyd who died in police custody in late may floyd's coffin has arrived at the city's north central university where the veteran civil rights activist the reverend al sharpton is due to deliver a eulogy now president donald trump has been criticized widely for threatening to send in the military to stamp out civil unrest which has swept the united states in the wake of floyd's death. let's get more now we are joined from minneapolis by correspondent zeman stefan

what's the mood there ahead of this memorial. like. well as much as we can say our correspondent clearly cannot hear us but he is standing outside there in minneapolis minnesota ahead of this morial service of. george floyd which is due to take place in just a few moments time in the meantime we're going to head now to another. wrinkle in the story which is basically the fact that the hash tag white lives matter has been trending on twitter it was created by right wing critics of the anti racism protests but if you follow that hash tag now you may not see any right wing tweets that's because korean pop music fans started a campaign to drown it out let's bring a reporter on the message who is joining us here in the studio to talk a little bit more about that what is going on here yeah. might some of the strange story cream puffins would have by they getting involved to understand that you have

to understand that on twitter korean puffins are a huge presence so they're very often behind globally trending tweets and hashtags so in this case they got involved that white lives matter was trending on twitter and this they didn't like that a lot of them and so they started tweeting using that hash tag but promoting their own content either putting out means or just videos of their favorite pop stars and the effect was that if you go on twitter and you see white lives matter trending and you follow that hash tag all you're going to see is k. pop stars on stage dancing and the effect there is that it drowns out these so-called racist tweets that was the original idea that has a so i mean they have good intentions writing. these k. pop fans and i'm getting involved but they're actually getting backlash so can you explain not yeah the backlash is that by using this tweet and by promoting this

hash tag the effect. it is actually that the hash tag was in a virgin lee promoted so when i went on twitter i was wondering why white lives matter was trending i didn't think there would be that many far right voices on twitter using such a brazen hash tag to ridicule the protest movement. so when i look behind it i was surprised to see that it was k. pop fans and that's been training for 2 days now and the effect there is that this hash tag has been out there for so long only because of tape fans the other criticism is that a lot of times keep up fans only get involved in political moments when it's trending because perhaps they want to get their own you know their own fan riled up they want to get their favorite k. pop star's names out there and so they're kind of piggybacking on these political moments but other keep up and say no we're political we did this on purpose we're using our outsized platform to promote good causes and that that's the case in this case it is i mean s.f.

thank you thank you. well as we mentioned earlier a memorial service is taking place in minneapolis minnesota for george floyd who died in police custody last week we are joined now from minneapolis by do that your correspondent stefan seaman's stefan what is the mood to have this memorial. all were just moments away off the floyd summer leave specter to arrive from right here to honor. george floyd's life and to mourn his death the mood across town is somber. there are thousands and thousands of spec to march to protest to come together and celebrate george floyds life today in minneapolis all over minnesota other state and all over the country actually tell us

a little bit more about the state of those protests. around the country how are they right now. i would describe them as last peaceful they are here and they're in different cities in the united states different regions run in here and there with the police or the police has a run in with with protesters as you know in most cities where you have those made major protests there are curfews in place in the evening hours and on purpose a lot of protesters choose to ignore those curfews and to challenge the police by that by that very fact to enforce the curfew so that's why you have still the one of the other scuffle however here in minneapolis for the last few days largely absolutely peaceful protests more of a really somber mood in the with the protests makeshift memorials downtown. minneapolis with thoughts dross and

a lot of people from all over to pay their respects to george floyd's so i would say we're entering into a peaceful face of those protests and you have been in minneapolis over the past week what's been the reaction to president tom's threat to deploy the military. to things quiet and deny a brawl raise or anger and total. not understanding why the president is saying what he's saying and a lot of people wondering if he really does not understand or refuses to understand or has an agenda to pretend that he doesn't understand what is actually really going on in the country right now. the talk of activating potentially the regular forces the u.s. army against their own people against americans seems to be in many many minds

c.n.n. absolutely ludicrous idea on the other hand there's many who don't. anything but that from the president unfortunately and. i don't think that many here are taking him seriously having said that many here are also very angry that the president is not somebody who is capable and able to actually lead the nation that's what they tell us there's actually nobody who me leads the nation right now in this situation we hear from them and they're actually demanding vision they demand that the big problem of systemic racism in the united states and institutions police anywhere is going to be tackled actively actions counsel these people here not work they want justice for the death of george floyd has a memorial service kicking off behind you there in minneapolis minnesota. thank you

. we turn now to hong kong which where police are urging people to stop gathering in order to avoid spreading the coronavirus thousands lit candles to mark the anniversary of china's crackdown in tandem with square chinese troops are thought to have killed thousands of pro-democracy activists 31 years ago authorities said that they would not approve any commemoration of the coronavirus but critics and says it's another move to suppress freedom. correspondent has been following events in hong kong for us and she sent us this update after the memorial. assails and i says colorful us today why commemoration in different part of the city in hong kong tonight and the whole broke out in one of those they says in mall 7 call that with hundreds of people mourn on the seas some them a sadist trying to set up roadblocks by meso battery is so by then some police

officers quickly arrive the scene and you happen to this crowd and the rest to some of them so it was a little bit hey i'll take that moment and apart from that the best 2 so i pod which is this recession no more real than the all over the past week that pays that . thousands of people showed up in debian's off the police vans on the public gatherings they hold a candle light to mourn and pay some attributes for the victims in this hallums press now 30 years ago so it was lashley peaceful in the story path and it's estimated that tens of thousands have showed up and turned out for the memorial tonight in hong kong. that was he becoming a short while ago let's get a quick check of some other stories making news around the world a u.s. navy veteran detained in iran for nearly 2 years has been released michael white's

release was part of an agreement involving an iranian american doctor prosecuted by the justice department and followed months of negotiations over prisoners. a landslide in the norwegian town of ulta has swept 8 homes into the sea the resident who filmed these pictures says that he ran for his life when he realized what was happening his house was among those lost several minor landslides followed but nobody was injured. it is the biggest stimulus package in germany's post-war history and the measures agreed by the government after marathon talks should help the economy recover from the lock down the 130000000000 euro plan includes cutting the sales tax giving cash to families and providing extra funding for municipalities. after 2 days of intense talks their marriage with $50000000000.00 euros more than anyone expected and

a dramatic surprise aim to get germans reaching for their wallets will be cut by 3 percent until the end of the year. because you know that the long reaching out and we need to make sure that everyone has the courage to invest again and to make sure that the consumer demand rises to unseat. for weeks industry leaders have lobbied hard for american see help in the end there was a little for everyone. so then if you thought. there will be a great number of further measures aimed at reviving the economy and we will agree on a bridging program using exiting means for middle and small businesses. among the measures families will receive $300.00 euros per child the government will help local municipalities cover billions in tax falls there will be bonuses for companies that keep training programs despite the pandemic and purchase incentives for electric cars in all the package has $57.00 promises and economists are pleased

with the outcome but the package has 2 sides one is to boost consumption in the short term it's not about sustainability we have to revive the economy and then there is a part with future investments that's climate protection by investing in infrastructure there are lots of points on the well thought. out missing amid the measures long hoped for purchase premiums for cars with petrol and diesel engines here even the mighty auto industry could not prevail. well many governments have told people to keep 2 meters apart to stop the spread of the corona virus but some find it hard to stick to that rule maker in romania has come up with a way of forcing people to take steps to keep their distance. but. a square meter of leather and 2 days of work go into making this you

know it's a not for a clown. it's a european size 75 social distancing shoe made by romanian shoe maker 3 go to you. if 2 people wear the shoes at the same time they will be $1.00 metres apart. so people not respecting the social distancing rules and i said to myself let's make issue either to punish them or that they could actually wear and maybe that way they'll keep their distance. luke has been making shoes since the age of 16 and many of his designs end up in theaters and opera houses and want a better social distancing shoes well he's already received 5 orders. get your orders now a quick reminder of the top story that we're following for you here on news george

floyd's coffin has a drive train memorial service in minneapolis his death in police custody sparked on the rest which has rocked america. to. remember and you can always keep up to date with the very latest news on the deadliest website e.w. dot com you can also follow us on social media i'm sorry kelly in berlin thank you so much for joining us to take care. of. combating the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and. our corona update. from the covert 19 special next on d.