this is deja news a line from berlin protesters across the u.s. validate continued rallying on the streets over the death of george florida many are gathering at the spot where he was killed in minneapolis while in police custody the city's residents are no longer under curfew as protests remain peaceful also coming up. donald trump draws criticism for suggesting george floyd would be proud of his administration's performance rival joe biden condemns trump's remarks saying he's out of touch. a reporter tells us his own personal

story about the racism he's encountered here in berlin as the fearing and of course comments and statements about my skin color. among thanks for joining us after a protest over the death of george florida have been peaceful for almost a week the twin cities of minneapolis and st paul in minnesota or no longer under curfew demonstrators took to the streets once again on friday calling for an end to racial discrimination in the u.s. they vowed to keep the momentum going until change takes place in minneapolis city officials have agreed to ban police chokeholds and require officers to intervene any time they see an authorized force by another officer or correspondent stefon

simmons has been covering this story in minneapolis. i'm standing perhaps became one of the most significant places in the united states within just about 2 weeks here is where george floyd died and here is where people come every day still to celebrate his life and to mourn his death he is also where people come now and say they will start a movement a movement they say which will grow through the united states which will try to change this society in this country getting rid of police brutality and of systemic racism in this country. people say they have to get organized they have to get better at this but it's all about communicating for them to push this envelope to go forward it is about short flights still but all of this they say has become much much bigger. now elsewhere in the united states protests have been taking place from coast to coast for another day in new york protesters defined as curfew on

friday evening the demonstrations are now mostly peaceful and contrast to last weekend's violence in many cities across the country in chicago hundreds of people have been demanding that the city's police force be defunded. u.s. president donald trump has sparked fresh outrage after suggesting george floyd would be pleased with his administration's performance made the comments at a press conference focusing on better than expected employment numbers. say his name a common chant by protests is remembering victims of racist violence but this isn't what they intended to trump referenced george floyd as he praised his administration's economic achievements hopefully george is looking down right now and say this is a great thing that's happening for a country there's a great day for him it's a great day for everybody is

a great day for everybody this is a great great day in terms of equality just 6 his spokesman later said trump was referring to the national conversation about equality trump also said deaths like floyd's shouldn't happen again but his democratic rival joe biden said trump's off script remarks showed the president was out of touch with speaking of a man who was brutally killed by an act of needless violence and a larger tide of injustice to this metastasized on this president's watch for the president to try to put any other words in the mouths of george florey i frankly think it's despicable. words carry weight now the mayor of washington d.c. has had these words painted on to the streets black lives matter. and

a plaza near the white house has been likewise renamed this time a reference the protesters can support. meanwhile president trump has reportedly ordered the pentagon to cut the number of u.s. troops stationed in germany by nearly a 3rd according to government sources cited by the wall street journal around 25000 would remain american forces have been stationed in germany since the end of world war 2. joining us from our parliamentary studio here in berlin is political correspondent nina you know good to see you let's talk about the timing of this order from president trump why now and was this expected let's say that it doesn't come as a complete surprise donald trump has been threatening to withdraw a number of troops from germany for a while now and this reduction move was also pushed by the former ambassador to

germany rick criminal who resigned from this post just a few days ago and who has been serving as acting director of national intelligence for donald trump for the last few months what is interesting about this timing though is that it comes just days after uncle americal the german chancellor publicly refused an invitation by donald trump to attend a g. 7 summit that was due to take place later this month in washington and apparently anglo-american refusal tipped the balance of the leaders follow suit and donald trump was forced to postpone this summit now and identified u.s. official is cited in these reports as saying this order has nothing to do with i'm the americans decision but and the official reason is that there is now less need for a big contingency in germany because for all increased nato spending. what's been the reaction here in germany and has there been any reaction from nato when the pentagon. the german foreign ministry that deals with foreign state troops that are

stationed here has not commented publicly neither has the german government and we also do not have white house officials or pentagon officials on the record. actually commenting on these reports and this is seen by some german politicians as a sign that this is a matter that is very much a move by donald trump and his people and is possibly not a matter that was decided on by defense experts so little perspective here what are the implications of this move to cut the number of u.s. troops based in germany i would say it depends entirely on where these troops will be moved the polish prime minister has already expressed his hopes that some of these troops will be moved to a neighboring country poland from germany but if these move troops are withdrawn from europe altogether then of course that has implications on the u.s.

commitment to european defense under the nato umbrella because that would be significantly reduced but above all it has implications for the u.s. operations in iraq and afghanistan and in africa because of course the u.s. conducts all their military transport operations from their base in western germany they also have a big hospital where they treat wounded soldiers that come back from iraq and afghanistan and all of the u.s. involvement in terms of africa operations is being run from southern germany. thanks so much for that. now the influence of the u.s. in germany extends beyond the troops with their turmoil over the death of george floyd turning the spotlight on racism here in berlin. who reports now on his experience as a black person living in germany he also looks at the allegations of racism and

police brutality elsewhere in europe. this memorial to george floyd popped up last weekend. while he died of the hands of a policeman in the us his death is also being used to bring awareness to racism here in germany and across the world. it is hard to find a country without any form of racism and i experience that here as well. as the daring and of course comments and statements about my skin color. but you cannot move around the city as a black person without being aware obviously and color on average there are $3.00 to $4.00 racist incidents reported per day in the german capital according to the berlin register for discrimination and not everyone is reporting them so there could be far more. that's why the black lives matter movement has also been

protesting here in berlin and while europe has fewer deadly incidents involving the police some cases have stayed with me again you know it's not that long ago only giallo burned to death in the police cell here in germany in 2005 no one was convicted for his death. in the u.k. in 2011 mark duggan was shot by a policeman who was never convicted. in france adama died during police custody in 2016 and no one has been found responsible for his death that's why the protests in france have been violent. people are frustrated with structural racism. hasn't really dealt with its links to slavery and school on your list i'm here in germany several streets i named after individuals from the country's colonial period like in

berlin's african quarter where even now some streets bear the names of germany's most infamous and brutal cologne you figures whether it's history oh every day racism black people's experiences are being ignored and that's why i'm also frustrated we need to address every day racism and also the past because that's the only way to move forward. and share some other stories making news around the world now. troops loyal to libya's u.n. back of men are celebrating after winning the. battle for the capital tripoli they've now expelled general khalifa haftar us forces from their last remaining stronghold in the city the victory leaves a government in charge of libya's west while haftorah holds the country's east. brazil's president dr also naro has threatened to pull his country out of the world health organization unless it stops being a quote partisan political organization also nor would follow the steps taken by

president donald trump who is attacked the w.h.o. for its coronavirus response brazil has the world's 3rd highest covert death toll france's defense minister says he's country's forces have killed north africa chief during an operation in to sell it to northern mali abdel malek dr del was a key islamist fighter who france had been hunting for more than 7 years france says he was killed alongside several of his closest collaborators on june 3rd. so sports now the premier league has released its schedule for the 1st 3 weeks of its highly anticipated return later this month with some exciting opening games to whet the appetite for 2nd place manchester city host arsenal while sheffield united visit relegation candidates aston villa but most eyes will be unlivable when they

restart their campaign against city wives everton livable or $25.00 points clear at the top in 2 victories away from winning their 1st premier league in 30 year it's. germany now in the bundesliga on friday. travelled to freiburg to kick off the weekend's action and the home side ended a run of 4 games without a win when they scored the game's only goal moving themselves one step close to qualifying for europe in the process. both coaches focused on europe were all smiles when they greeted each other before kick off marco rose in glad i had reason to be optimistic befalls were looking for their 3rd straight win over freiburg. befalls leading score had a chance to get on the scoreboard early but had little mustard on his 1st attempt befalls had another chance moments later but freiburg defense was there for the

stock. after a scoreless 1st half freiburg served in nails paid to sit and he proved to be the difference maker one minute later pietersen was there to finish off freiburg free kick. given the hindsight i believe he was peterson's team gold this season. and the league would hold freiburg pick up their 1st win since the restart with the one nil victory over gladbach. well you're updated more detail the news at the top of the hour we leave you with images of a so-called strawberry moon captured over london the full moon in june coincides with strawberry season and this year it's also penumbral lunar eclipse enjoy ringback.

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