do you see people. stay safe. used to say. the d w news live from berlin and america braces for more protest over the death in custody of george floyd a memorial service is being held in minneapolis a veteran civil rights activist the reverend al sharpton will deliver the eulogy.

also coming up huge crowds in hong kong to find a ban on gatherings to hold a mass vigil on the anniversary of the tiananmen square massacre. i'm sorry kelly walked into 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 in the city's north central university where the veteran civil rights activist the reverend al sharpton is due to deliver the eulogy president donald trump has been widely criticized for threatening to send in the military to stamp out the civil unrest which has swept the united states in the wake of floyd staff. right. police in riot gear continued to watch over crowds gathered near the white house.

they've become a constant presence here in washington since george floyd an african-american was killed in police custody last week. on monday police forcefully drove back protesters in order to enable president trump to visit a nearby church. before he stood outside st john's bible in hand he had threatened to deploy the military to quell the unrest 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 sal's ins of national guard troops have already being called up. but trump is facing

a backlash from all sides in a blistering attack on the president trumps former defense secretary jim mattis has accused him of dividing america. he's also criticized for even considering using active duty troops for law enforcement. meanwhile trump's current defense secretary mark aspect has oppose the use of military force the option to use active duty forces in a law enforcement role should only be used as a matter of last resort and only in the most urgent and dire of situations. we are not in one of those situations now even general milley the highest ranking figure in the u.s. armed forces has issued a statement reminding the military that they swear an oath to support and defend the constitution and the values imbedded within it and that it also gives americans

the right to freedom of speech and peaceful assembly as this apparent rift between the president and his top brass imagist protests continue across the u.s. . and let's head now live to minneapolis we are joined by correspondent stefan simons a memorial being held for george floyd right now as we mentioned what is the mood. somber call there's a lot of a lot of press here locally from around the country and actually from around the world and anticipation is rising for the floyd somebody to arrive and to honor george floyd's life and to mourn his death. the crowd is streaming in now a bit you can see this right now is right behind the camera more and more people are coming and trying to. witness this here witness and paint

tribute to. george floyd's so we expect the family it's a joy ride now any moment they have a little bit later we expect them an hour before but you know this is. and 7 tell us because we have seen it in recent days these protests there in the united states what's expected today. i think protests will still going on today here in minneapolis for sure there are expected to be thousands on the streets today all over the city all over the state and frankly all over the country again of course because this is a special day this is the 1st in 3 events basically and in 3 states where. george floyd is going to be honored is life going to be celebrated and his death going to be mourned this is here in minnesota minneapolis and there will be an event in north carolina and then next week of course in euston monday tuesday also

the funeral the funeral of mr floyd so yeah protests will go on people will still be going on the street by the thousands expected today everywhere not just here everywhere in the country and it will be a hopefully absolutely peaceful event here i'm sure it will be if not provoke this is the day where protesters where the african-american community and everybody else will be on the streets to to manifest again in numbers that people are done and done with systemic racism here locally and in the entire united states and as that message you know continues to be driven home by those protesters out on the streets we have the u.s. president threatening to deploy the military what sort of reaction has have you been encountering to that. well the people we talked to just shook their heads and

raise their eyebrows and didn't say anything that was an interesting reaction and the other fraction of people we talked to there are. basically a little bit shocked and say this is absolutely ludicrous what they'll be moaning is that there's actually the president is not. giving himself them as a leader they want leadership they want vision they want somebody to work with them and somebody who understands what is going on and what is needed here in minneapolis in the states in this whole country if they don't get it from the president stephens iman's as we mentioned you are in front of that location where the memorial service for george floyd is currently getting underway just waiting for his family now to arrive stefan thank you so much for the reporting.

and earlier i spoke with historian rebecca brochmann a specialist in race ethnicity and gender in the united states i asked her to compare the situation in the us right now with that of other liberal democracies for example like germany where she is based in terms of systemic racism. well most important thing is to remember that racism doesn't stop at national borders so racism is not an individual character it is a political system we're talking about discrimination on the labor market on the housing market in education in the justice system so those are things that are also part of racism in germany however there are quantitative and qualitative differences. if you look at the police violence in the united states that's very much entrenched in the history of the slave patrols for example that is different in germany however germany is very adept at forgetting about its colonial history me it wasn't a major player in the transatlantic slave trade but germany also invested through

merchants of the transatlantic slave trade germany had colonies until 1918 germany committed a genocide against the herero and the nama yesterday 6 white people on to be discussed black lives matter not a single black person was invited and we also have although i just said we don't have the same system the same quantity and the same quality of police violence we still have racial profiling in germany as well and or a yellow for example died of police violence in 2005. and that was her becker brooklyn speaking with us a short while ago in other news police in hong kong 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 tiananmen 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 due to the coronavirus but critics

insist it's another move to suppress freedom. t w correspondent phoebe kong has been following events for us and she sent us this update after the memorial. i say all that ice is called boston a y from memory. in different part of the city in hong kong tonight and broke out in one of their straits in 7 that way they are people mourn on the street some down the status trying to set up. by metal barriers so by then some police officers quickly a rival seen on news happens to break this crowd and the rest of them so it was a little bit chaotic at that moment and up from that about 2 which is a traditional memorial than the all over the past week that case that tens thousands of people showed up in to the ends off the police found on the public

gatherings they hold a candle light to mourn and pay silence for parents for the victims in the thames square crackdown 30 years ago and it was lashley peaceful in the foreign power and it's estimated that tens of thousands have showed up and turned out for the memorial tonight in hong kong. in hong kong now it's going to check of some other stories making news around the world russia has intensified efforts to clean up a major fuel spill in northern siberia environmentalists say it is the worst such accident in the arctic and the ecosystem a decade to fully recover president vladimir putin has ordered a state of emergency so far one person has been arrested. 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.

police in germany say that they have identified a new suspect in the 2007 disappearance of the british toddler madeleine mccann the 43 year old man is currently in prison for sex offenses and drug dealing german authorities are now treating the case as a murder investigation. it is the biggest stimulus package in germany's post-war history of 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 aimed to get germans reaching for their wallets v.h.d. will be cut by 3 percent until the end of the year. because you know that the

long run 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. must not 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 are among the measures families will receive 300 euros per child the government will help local municipalities cover billions in touch 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 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 a lot of points on the well thought out on this is awkward or scott 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 the european central bank has announced action stimulus measures for the eurozone as well the bank's head christine lagarde says that it will issue another 600000000000 euros in emergency funds to lessen the economic damage from the coronavirus crisis that's on top of a 750000000000 euro package announced in march the e.c.b. says the euro zone's combined economy is shrinking at an unprecedented rate and the bond buying will continue until at least 2020. the latest economy indicators and survey results confirm

a sharp contraction of the euro area economy and rapidly deteriorating labor market conditions. the choral novel respond demick and the necessary containment measures have severely affected both the manufacturing and the service sectors taking a toll on the productive capacity of the your royal economy and on the mystic develop and that was christine legarde speaking earlier i'm sorry kelly in berlin thank you so much for joining us here on talk of the units. i'm neal and i'm david welcome to the 2nd season of only. the planet on the brink of disaster we just long in-depth interview experts about one question how to change. the regime.