this is g.w. news coming to you live from. morial services held in minneapolis for george floyd the black band killed by a white police officer. mourners stood in silence for nearly 9 minutes the time it took for floyd to be killed civil rights leaders reverend al sharpton said protests should not let up until the whole justice system is changed also coming up.

and one of germany's best known rock band celebrates 40 years in music we report on how noisy best known for creating instruments out of scrap metal are turning. in their own. hello i'm terry martin welcome to the program mourners have attended a memorial service in minneapolis for george floyd the american african-american man killed by a white police officer last month floyd's death has sparked protests across the u.s. with demonstrators calling for an end to discrimination and police brutality leading the service civil rights activist reverend al sharpton said floyd's death must lead to change in the united states as you go through these long 8. think about what

george was going through in there for those 8 minutes. 'd silent in grief as family and friends remembered george floyd and his last minutes a life. outside the memorial service in minneapolis hushed crowds also monch the 8 minutes 46 seconds that floyd was pinned to the ground under the need of a white police officer. civil rights activist the reverend al sharpton used that image in his unit to demand change. the reason we could never be who we wanted and dream debian is you kept your knees on of me.

is tad for us to stand up in chargers maine and say good show meet our family. and all topsy on june floyd show teach can't coronavirus in april but the family's attorney told morning is it had nothing to do with his death it was not their covello virus. damage. george. allen make it clear only the record. we're packing it was the earth. we're. far too familiar with an america that pandemic of racism and discrimination very acute.

george floor. george floyd it's just the latest african american to lose his life in police custody. already. here in german a chance for america has been reacting to the death of george floyd and its aftermath she criticized president trump's leadership style but she also acknowledged that germany has its own problems with racism as. the murder of george floyd his horrific racism is horrific and us society is very polarized. i think the politicians should aim to nice and to reconcile i think the president trump style of politics is very controversial that's clear racism has always

existed but unfortunately it exists here in germany too we should put our own house in order and hope that enough people in the u.s. will move forward with peaceful protests. for now let's bring in our chief political editor make it a make it a what do you make of the chancellor the chancellor's remarks concerning donald trump's leadership style. yes well controversal was as far as she was willing to go on the record but clearly there's a lot more off the record she was also asked in that interview whether she still had confidence in the american president and her on so was that she worked with any democratically elected leader around the world that doesn't really sound like a straight answer clearly she strongly disagrees after all she is the leader who often donald trump was elected cautioned him that she would work with him as long as he sticks to the rule of law and those democratic western principles at the same time she has

a very delicate balance here to maneuver around what she described as the western leadership of the united states clearly stating last week that europe was not neutral once again hitting home that europe is freedom after all depends on the united states so she's clearly trying to tread a very delicate balance here saying she believes in the democratic strength of america well that sounds more like her also believing in those demonstrators who are taking to the streets there. in that interview and german television chancellor merkel acknowledged that racism is a problem in germany too and that the country needs to put its own house in order how much of a priority is that on germany's political agenda. well it clearly is being put on the political agenda more strongly here after the scenes we've seen in the united states to me is a far cry from what we've seen there but there is clearly an upward trend when it

comes to anti semitic crimes here in germany also we've seen racially motivated killings it is an issue on the agenda and to quote one footballer drone bowa 10 very well known around the world he said that this is something that no child is born a racist but that's an issue he's come across many many times and continues to come across here in germany as well. chancellor merkel also ruled out running for a 5th term in the course of that interview is there pressure on her to reconsider that position well this certainly isn't from within her own party she quite convincingly says she's simply too busy to even think. about roads and her own party here knows that the political brand merkel is something they've been able to bank on over successive elections at the same time there's also

a real will for change here in germany although nobody can really imagine it right now. thank you very much that was our chief political editor of the killer course not. now to some other stories making headlines around the world today australian prime minister scott morrison has warned protesters not to attend rallies over the death of george floyd protests have already taken place in several cities in australia and more are planned for the weekend authorities say they risk spreading the coronavirus. there have been violent protests in mexico's 2nd largest city over the death of a man in police custody the man died in early may and video of his arrest has been circulating on social media human rights groups have documented numerous examples of brutality and abuse of power among the mexican police. the un has designated today world environment day as part of efforts to encourage where news

of global heating and the need to stop climate change the coronavirus pandemic has led to a huge reduction in pollution in greenhouse gases in some regions says economic activity is suspended to prevent the spread of the disease but not all environmentalists are optimistic about what this could mean for the future of our planet. the tagline for this year's wild environment the theme biodiversity more than 500 species have gone extinct in the last 100 years another 500 are on the brink human driven climate change is one of the fact it's pushing what scientists say is the 6th mass extinction. industrial production and some of the main causes of the c o 2 emissions causing global heating but the coronavirus crisis has largely brought them to a halt the biggest drops in global emissions came as a result of conflicts and 3 global recessions but some projections say the current

crisis could lead to the biggest ever drop in emissions more than all these previous reductions combines. still some experts say it's not enough i think there is a short term gain you know like we're seeing c o 2 reductions right now but we need really a massive global effort to solve the climate crisis and right now we are going to spend the next 5 years you know focused on this pandemic and responding to it which are 5 years that we don't really have. as the saudis move out of lockdown the question is how will they do that the nature environmentalists will be hoping for a more sustainable step into the future. in football german striker is set to leave the bundesliga to join chelsea in england's premier league in the upcoming transfer window 24 year old bell has expressed his desire to play abroad

in multiple interviews the need life the player has a 55000000 euro release clause in his current contract that can be triggered by mid june bennett and chelsea have reportedly agreed on a weekly wage he's the 2nd top scorer in the bundesliga this season with 25 goals it's. well they're one of the most famous for german rock bands and annoyed about and took the music world by storm 40 years ago their name means collapsing new buildings and it might sound like destruction but it's an annoyed about and are seen as one of germany's most innovative groups along with cough rock and can their sound has mellowed and become more melodic over the years some say their latest album sounds like urban poetry. or all in all is the title and i'm sure it's a new about this latest album it's an ode to their hometown berlin all of the

lyrics were written by blix a bargain a man who read. it's much more immediate i have seen direct but it's much more immediate. i simply noticed that i no longer need to keep my distance. i'm untouchable anyway that's the difference now i can make myself visible since i'm untouchable anyway. he himself is music history blix a bar gallant singer and guitarist of irish jets and annoy about the band was formed in the 1980 s. . they were anarchic sound experimenter's no junkyard was safe from them the

berliners conquer the world with their new brutal the sound. wasn't just the lead singer of the noise about him he also played with nick cave and the bad seeds for 20 years until 2003. since then he's been concentrating on i just it's an annoyed boughton and making sound experiments. the band would love to play in the junkyards like in the old days but they're no longer able to. do that. we did indeed call and find a junkyard near the polish border that agreed to it on the phone. well that's about it and then we drove there in a rented car to transport what we might find there. and they only let us go as far as this garbage dump garbage dump. the musicians still find creative

space without access to junk yards and one of their songs lots of our accounts daughter even plays along on a classical instrument the slide trombone. promises were usually i'm very happy. i've always been happy when we've released something but this time i'm fortunate. 40 years of i know it's an annoying boughton there's no reason why the band's history shouldn't continue to be written and many good reasons to keep it out. time. you're watching d.w. news from berlin remember you can keep up to date with all this news information on our web site that's at t w dot com and you can follow us on twitter and instagram as well though our handle there t w news while there is terry martin you'll find me on twitter t.m.

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