join our live stream for the documentary and today 16 u.t.c. dot com. mourners stood in silence for nearly 9 minutes the time until the war and you know the civil rights leader reverend al sharpton said protests should not let up until

the whole justice system is changed. also coming out britain's car industry is already suffering a serious slowdown because of the coronavirus but the sector is now also bracing for the possibility of a hard brags that as u.k. and e.u. negotiators fail to make progress on a trade deal plus. one of germany's best no rock band celebrates 40 years end music i'm sure it's an annoyed boughton is best known for creating instruments out of scrap metal but the band is turning melodic in old age. i'm serious i was gonna thank you for joining us a memorial service has taken place in minneapolis for george floyd the african-american man who died after being held to the ground by

a white police officer floyd's death has sparked protests across the u.s. with demonstrators calling for an end to racism and police brutality mourners helped more than 8 minutes of silence the length of time it took floyd to die as the police officer kneeled on his neck. as you go through these long 8 minutes think about were george was going to. live 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 me on of me. is tad for us to stand up in chargers maine and say good show meet our families. and all topsy on joint 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 the cove well of virus pandemic. george. i want to make it clear

only where. we're packing it was the other. day we're. far too familiar we're for an america that pandemic of racism and discrimination. george floor. a. george floyd is just the latest african american to lose his life in police custody. family friends and to millions around the world now insist he must be the last. but sock more about the story now with boris forman he's a political science professor at bard college in berlin with a focus on the u.s.

forest good to see you those are very moving images we saw from that ceremony in the u.s. do you think this is a turning point a moment of change well i mean unfortunately we're used to a certain continuity in these stories there's too many african-american men in particular who have been killed without any new reason without even having a gun on them so. but while this is there is a continuity i think this is a new degree of of shock also of global shock i think one thing that's different from everything we've seen before is that both the pandemic and this race has been very do seem as a global problem not just as a national problem i think this is certainly signaling a change but if we look at the issue in the u.s. in particular some people are wondering what you what effect that this unrest that we've seen in the us will have on voters what is your perspective on that. it's

a little early to tell because we still have a couple of months in the presidential race which has been a race that's almost invisible because of of all the other chaos that's going on so it's hard to tell but trump's polls seem to be shaky at the moment he seems to be losing some ground we have certainly a voter base in the african-american population that is being mobilized by this kind of scenario. these are typically democratic voters so i think this might well for the democratic party president trump right now is dealing with these massive protests as well as a coronavirus pandemic and as you said at a cline and poll numbers in some very key states what do you expect to see from him . i think he's an adult limit on the one hand he wants to portray himself as a strong met by the way i think his image of miscue linnet is the one from the 19th century so i think there could be a debate also for what we actually mean by that but he's trying to to

a portray himself as a strong leader and this is something he's done from the very 1st day of his 1st campaign in 2016 is to portray also the world as a dangerous place that needs such a such a leader and so he's using this in this way but the dilemma is that the threats to mobilize the military against the american population is something that is unheard of and even important people in the military have been going against this kind of remark and we see some individual voices within the republican party that are also turning against the political expert for us foreign and from bard college is joining us thank you very much. here in germany chancellor angela merkel has been reacting to the death of george flight and its aftermath she criticized president trump's leadership style but she also acknowledged that germany too has problems with racism. the murder of

george floyd is horrific racism is horrific and us society is very polarized. i think the politicians should i mean to you nice 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 us will move forward with peaceful protests. let's check in on some other stories from around the world now. 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. 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 and more are planned for the weekend authorities say they risk spreading the coronavirus mosques in the indonesian capital jakarta have opened for group prayers for the 1st time in 9 weeks worshippers are supposed to bring their own prayer rugs wear masks and remain one metre apart temperature checks are also carried out at the entrance to the mosques. the clock is still ticking for u.k. and e.u. negotiators trying to seal a post bragg's a trade deal by the end of this year a 4th round of talks is expected to end today with little progress for many companies in the u.k. already struggling because of the pandemic the failure to reach a deal would be a serious blow as we report the u.k. car industry could be especially hard hit. production at press markets only slowly starting again normally 90 people in the heart of england supplying steel

parts for the car industry. coronas hit the company hard they have very few new orders the last thing they need is a hard bread sit with no trade deal at the end of the year that's going to be a double whammy it's very difficult especially in a market has been depressed as well so it's 2nd a triple hit it's going to be the most challenging time in my career ever the u.k. current history is facing its biggest crisis ever due to the virus. luxury carmaker mclaren had to lay off a quarter of its workforce and nodia bragg's it with the e.u. would mean that cars as well as components would be hit with a 10 percent tariff making u.k. cost very expensive to sell on the continent its main export market if there was a no trade deal breaks or at the end of the year there would be a hit to exports and therefore a hit to production in the u.k.

and we would see tens of thousands of job losses there's a very real question mark about whether some plants would actually close and in the longer term car companies my dream located to the continent if big investment decisions then go against the u.k. over the next few years a possible loss of output of the order of another half a 1000000 cars and you know that would mean much of the u.k. mass industry effectively being wiped out at the supplier press market there that are hoping that the u.k. and the e.u. will agree to extend the so-called transition period to give more time to reach a deal i agreed with a transition period but if that's been hard surely we should extend that so we've still got the same amount of time this is certain nobody's fault they were in this position so we should logically move up back so we can still have that transition period because the transition pair. the minute is actually no effect because nobody's doing it nobody's work but for now the government is not listening to its

manufacturer as they want the u.k. to be completely independent as soon as possible even though it might mean leaving without a trace. all right that report from data abuse bereket mosty joins us now from london and we also have our correspondent visa with us she's following the latest brags of developments in brussels ladies good to see you both but let's start with you tell us where things stand in terms of the braggs of negotiations from london's few it is a no deal scenario likely the british government is giving the impression that they do want to trade deals however they will keep stressing delta and they do want to what do you do on switch in cyprus big structure russian friend but baby if you had to have some would you stay one to be flexible they want to be able to strike trade to use with other partners like the us they don't want to be involved in any potential bailout future bailouts of other european countries for

example through the qubit prizes and they just want to be as nimble and possible so they keep saying they want a deal but they also want to be flexible and don't want it and. that brings us to brussels barbara here we are again that use chief negotiator michel barnier saying the clock is ticking the e.u. has shown a lot of patience so from the perspective in brussels what is standing in the way of that agreement right now. pretty much everything because nothing changed. since talks began in earnest in april because the 2 sides are sort of a drag in each in their trench and say it's your fault no it's your fault what do you want is to tie britain to certain rules in exchange for axes to the single market britain as we have heard says we want to be nimble we want to be able to do what we want and as a negotiator david frost always emphasizes we are sovereign not the answer from the

2 that's from the e.u. side of course is yes we are sovereign too but if you want something from us so you have to move a bit but nothing happened no one cause for that might be communication via the internet because can you hear me is not very good very good base for negotiations that can be very tricky in subtle if they get into detail so everybody waits for people being able to meet face to face again but that is going to take a while and at the moment i just wonder ward news catchphrase is going to be today you mentioned the clock is ticking we've had stalemate we've had in comprehension we have it we've had pretty much everything here just have to come up with a new wording today to say nothing has happened so far right so both sides are dug in burkett what do the british people make of the fact that there's been so little progress. well the majority of polls are showing that the

british people the majority would like the transition period extended however people on not really engaging with this topic very much at the moment because everything is focused on coronavirus all the news on free just on the coronavirus says this is really overshadowing the brics the talks we just anyway very much in the details devil is in the detail of the name and say it's not really it's up to the british people are extremely engaged however we have speaking to some people in london and that's of this is what they think whether the transition period should be extended or whether britain should just leave whatever comes at the end of the year the services. we should have left years ago yeah the euro is falling apart at the moment so that's my take on any work but i think it's really important i think they really should have their day in the 1st place so that he said can do is take the time indication they could do really important that they come to an agreement

because trade of ours is for everything on hold and they need an agreement for the future to get the ball rolling again it's dragging on is make everyone tired of everyone sick of we don't know what's happening it'd be nice to know when it's done what the new situation will they. are a bargain we heard there again mixed perspectives and as you mentioned the u.k. has been very hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic that's dominated the news how is that affected the government's approach to be able to negotiate at this point. well of course the coronavirus is overshadowing the british economy is the biggest downturn ever the u.k. has seen and no deal bread's it's just leaving the european union out and you remain at the end of the year would be a massive hit to the british economy however at the moment it looks like the british government might be willing to take that dress i might think in the cabinet is the impression maybe this is a time to bury bad news because the economy is already being so hard hit by the

corona crisis. and it just wouldn't matter how much another you know hit for the economy with a no do a great thing however there of course will 2 political consequences if the u.k. breaks out in a really acrimonious way with the european union and the question is whether the u.k. government and is willing to take that risk that political risk and how and whether they kind of want to mitigate. and barbara hearing that from london that the u.k. might be willing to take this risk what are the next steps from that use perspective. we're expecting boris johnson him brussels maybe even in person within about 10 days time when the next summit is going to take place via web again but he might want to travel here and meet was on the line and. the council president

and the commission president to say oh could you please move your positions and there goes both going to shake their heads then we run up against the deadline or on june 30th where the. extension yes or no has to be decided from now at the time at the moment we don't see any indication that london is ready to budge on that so we are waiting for the date maybe to just pass and then we are left with about 3 to 4 months when you go solutions can carry on because the german ambassador to the e.u. just said yesterday october is the very last moment we have to come and fix a deal if it hasn't happened till then it's over the clock is ticking as michel barnier would say barber of a soul in brussels and a bag of mass in london thank you both so much. at the u.n. has designated today world environment day as part of efforts to encourage awareness of global warming and the need to stop climate change the coronavirus

pandemic has led to a reduction and pollution and greenhouse gases in some regions as economic activity 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. starlink satellites are making their way step orating from the 2nd stage right in front of you right now. shortly they will deploy their solar array and over the next few days and weeks they will distance themselves from each other. right now as we just said the u.n. is dead designated today world environment day these are part of efforts to encourage awareness of global warming and the need to stop climate change penned has led to a reduction in pollution and greenhouse gases in some regions economic activity is suspended to prevent the spread of the disease but not all environmentalists are

optimistic about what that could mean for the future of our planet. type in nature the tagline for this year's world environment day 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 factors pushing what scientists say is the 6th mass extinction. industrial production and air travel are 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 so far 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 ogress on this pandemic and responding to it which are 5 years that we don't really have. a society's move out of luck the question is how will they do that for nature environmentalists will be hoping for a more sustainable step into the future. and let's speak now to bruno posey the europe director of the united nations environment program or no thank you for joining us the corona crisis is expected to result in a historic drop of c o 2 emissions does that mean that we can lean back a little bit now. well thanks a lot and good afternoon everyone then the happy world environment indeed i don't think that we can lean back but we have witnessed an incredible moment in time but

it's also a moment when nature and planet earth send a signal because basically we've been out of on the research we have degraded the core systems we made life difficult for some of the. species on earth and we've been in close contact with them and that is that have you created or not explicitly. infringing into ecosystems and having interest in the gradation you live the less healthy life because healthy ecosystems other pieces of a good life and the air that we preach the water we drink the food that we produce everything comes from the church and everything is and that it interlinked with nature so it's not time to lean back at all but it's really time to invest in nature and that's really what we have been promoting as u.n. system and that's why we set a bridge here today on world american verum and we celebrated with the hope that we

can still change the pattern that we have taken in the last century or so and then when we begin redress it as i said investing in the value of nature and the services it provides and therefore the benefits that we get from it should be integrated in our economic models i bring up acito director of the europe and united nations environment program thank you so much for joining us . welcome. now they're one of the most famous german rock bands and annoyed about took the music world by storm 40 years ago their name means collapsing new buildings and it might sound like destruction but it's and annoyed about in our scene as one of germany's most innovative groups along with cuff back and can their sound as mellow and become more melodic over the years some say their latest album sounds like urban poetry.

alison or all in all is the title of i'm sure to know about his latest album it's an ode to their hometown berlin all of the lyrics were written by blix a bargain a man who radiates calm. it's much more immediate i am going saying direct but it's much more immediate. i simply notice 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 hits and annoy boughton 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 inched it's annoying 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. get it. 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 their garbage dump garbage dump. the musicians still find creative space without access to junk yards and one of their songs clips of our accounts daughter even plays among a kind of classical instrument just like trombone. all of us were usually i'm very happy. 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 up. so. sublimely. let's get a recap of our top story here and

a memorial service has been held in minneapolis for george floyd who died in police custody last week thousands have gathered in the city but the memorial that's been held in private inside a university. that's your news update at this hour we'll we'll be right back at the top of the hour with more news to thank you for watching to give you. the be.

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