this is g.w. news a live from berlin and a fiery memorial for the man whose death has sent americans marching and demanding change. both are really. going down shortly and it makes an impassioned plea for justice and tells police get your niece off our necks also coming up with. protesters continue to take to

the streets across the u.s. to demand justice our correspondent in washington d.c. meet a man joining rallies in the capital to call for an end to police violence. and as people in brazil focus their attention on the coronavirus pandemic president dryer bows and arrows government is moving to weaken the protection of the rain forest he wants to open up the region to mining operations. clay richardson a welcome to the show in minneapolis minnesota thousands of people have come together to remember the life of george floyd it is the 1st of 3 planned memorial services for the african american man who died in police custody last month mourners at the ceremony stood for a total of 8 minutes and 46 seconds. that's the amount of time that the police

officer held his name on floyd's neck according to a criminal complaint that time has become a potent symbol of police brutality in the days since floyd's death with protesters using it as a way to honor him. well veteran civil rights activist the reverend al sharpton led the service and delivered a fiery eulogy let's take a listen to what he had to say drawled flowage door really has been the story of black folk because every 401 years ago. the reason we could not go be who we wanted and dream but if you kept your me. what happened of for oh it happens there for days in this country in the education in health services and in every area of american life it's time for us to stand up in chargers maine and say good show me.

our correspondent stuff and simon says covering the story for us in minneapolis i asked him whether this tragedy could finally lead to a real difference in racial justice in the united states. well i can tell you that there is. thousands of people here and not right behind me right now but here in minneapolis probably also across that states who wish for nothing else but that that this is the final straw which broke the camels so to speak. they are all and they were as fiery is the reverend sharpton speech was there reacted as fiery as his speech was with applause and cheering to what he said and then not going to let this up i think. we'll see more protests here and across the country maybe not violent protests but the calls is going on there understanding themselves

now as a movement well let's talk more about the political ramifications there has been outrage over president donald trump's handling of the crisis and he's posing outside of a washington d.c. church holding a bible as a prop as his handling of george floyd's death affected his chances of re-election in november. i would certainly think so. get between the democratic some to the assumption presidential candidate joe biden and president all trump is actually white and the latest polls say end the disapproval ratings of the president are actually hitting a 6 month high this month so having said that i can hardly imagine that the president with his displayed behavior or and lack of leadership and compassion throwing the george. floyd crisis and i want to call it that way has.

made many friends the people we have talked to are shaking their heads raising their eyebrows or are visibly angry and saying that the president's actions are are a sheer disappointment that they do not feel represented by him whatsoever and that he lacks compassion for their cause some say he just simply doesn't understand what is going on in the country stuff and simon's in minneapolis thank you. well protesters are also taking to the streets of many other cities across the united states to w.'s alexandra phenomena has been following one man who has attended rallies in washington d.c. every day to demand justice and an end to police violence. he's angry but he hasn't lost hope taking to the streets every day kamau heart she's one of the activist at the heart of the protest in washington.

riding his bike across the city come out doesn't recognize his hometown now dominated by a happy police and military presence for him it doesn't feel safe he's had many guns pointed at him he says from people wearing a badge they will come up. with . but then they continue to be hostile and aggressive and. that's what it means to be black in america he tells me 52 years after the killing of king jr dan this seems to be a watershed moment for the u.s. but what makes this moment so dangerous is the man in the white house come out says . he wants a war because if you can start

a civil war. so he wants this war he wants it because. he really wants everyone to act completely out of control so he can have a purpose for his actions. in a city center there are marching again come out as an electrical contractor but since the pandemic started there's been no work for him he tells me that together with his friends he has devoted all his time to peaceful protests they don't support the looting and burning but i understand that many young people are bored and angry and use violence to get the attention. you do your peace with day you do your things cost. either way. if you try to make the attraction something like. a few blocks from the white house more and more federal forces are right many people here are angry seeing the national guard being deployed against

them exchange gets heated results are still. good i'll go to a lot of anger. because you know look it is the ways people like you want to be considered human you so do you treat other humans as it were animals. i just got really upset it's not for some protesters the feeling the police could be used tear gas and rubber bullets against them again cameleon his friends stay regardless of what might happen i think the patient is the best portion for us to stay afloat to continue this long term pain because you know it's going to take a long time for this actually be corrected. he says he's never felt so energized and exhausted at the same time just as for george floyd that's what he wants and the real change in america. well let's go now to 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's the worst such incident in the arctic and the ecosystem will need at least a decade to fully recover president vladimir putin has ordered a state of emergency. a landslide in the norwegian town of has swept 8 homes into the sea residents say they ran for their lives as the ground started moving they were unaware the area was unstable and several minor landslides followed but nobody was injured please set a dog was swept away but managed to swim back to shore. brazil now has recorded it more coronavirus deaths than italy making it the country with the 3rd highest death toll from the pandemic the country has reported of more than 34000 deaths due to cope with 19 only the u.s. and the u.k. have seen more people succumb to this is east well with brazilians focusing their

attention on the pandemic another tragedy is unfolding officials have been weakening efforts to protect the country's rain forests and moving to open up the region to mining operations. even with the element of surprise police raids are rarely a complete success this gaping wound in the amazon rain forest was made by gold miners they fled but the police torched an excavator they left behind it's. got a gold miners broad we're not criminals on one of the excavators at the bottom but look what they've done to this area. the police leave and the miners return even before the fires are out. on their mobile phones they record a message for brazil's president these are your bull so naro so. what good luck with the government and the environment minister have promised that we can enter

the indigenous territories that's what we're waiting for but i suspect that you've . both sonar wants to open up protected rain forest for mining in a recent cabinet meeting his environment minister urged action. we should act now while the media are preoccupied with the coronavirus. we should quickly change all environmental protection laws. that deforestation of the amazon has accelerated sharply since the start of the pandemic. environmental activists are concerned what is this weapon it's all more that there is increasing pressure from the farming lobby as well as from the financial backers of the gold mines and local politicians. the police are to stretch to make a difference also nor recently slash the budget for patrolling the amazon and even had the officer commanding this raid transferred. from

a town in central germany has a reimposed to some coronavirus restrictions and not long after they were lifted dozens of people celebrated the end of ramadan together setting off a wave of new infections. just as corona restrictions were being loosened in this german town now the threat of a 2nd look down loons and who because some residents in this apartment block breached rules by meeting on mass getting in citizens off urias that some of the needy restored freedoms have now been rescinded as the ag i find that really annoying because they are in danger in everyone not just themselves and i find that damned inconsiderate comes with the civil rights act i was angry because i thought that if everyone sticks to the rules then things will turn out ok to them i don't know there are still people opin not to be taking it seriously and that's worrying . 30 family members from this apartment block celebrated the end of ramadan violating hygiene and social distancing rules several of them also met in the

illegally opened shisha and shared the same mouthpiece now over 100 people have tested positive for the current virus 5 daycare centers all schools and one swimming pool have now been closed the town sports clubs will also have to shut again but these measures may not be enough. we can't rule out the fact that we may reach a point where we have to impose a stricter form of lockdown that. $700.00 residents in the apartment block must now be tested but whether everyone will cooperate with the authorities is another matter but the town is depending on them to do so to prevent another total lockdown . while many governments have told people to keep 2 metres apart to stop the spread of the coronavirus but some find it hard to stick to the rule a shoemaker in romania has come up with a way of forcing people to take steps to keep their distance.

with. a square metre of leather and 2 days of work go into making this you know it's not for a clown. it's a european size $75.00 social distancing shoe made by romanian shoemaker we go to lou. 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 one of other social distancing shoes well he's already received 5 orders . you're watching t

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