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the cleaners social media's shadow industry starts junee on g.w. . this is deja vu news of live from berlin protesters across the world rally over the death of george florida in the u.s. many are gathering at the spot where you were still didn't minneapolis wiling to leave a city that 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 administrative performance rival joe biden condemns trump's remarks
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saying he's had a tough. a michael okuda welcome protesters around the world have taken to the streets says outrage spreads over the killing in the u.s. of george florida as well as expressing solidarity with america's black lives matter movement the protestors are highlighting what they see as racism and police violence in their own country with australians in particular hitting the streets in numbers. randi had deaths in custody protests drawn so many australians tens of thousands rallied in the city is great and small their focus hundreds of aboriginal deaths in jails and police stations with no charges. ever
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laid here the death of george floyd has suddenly created widespread anger about an australian problem. you know he's a male having i rally and then go you know why and everything disappears it's a brown male having people go back and influence the community i mean throws their family in a circle to why they sort of things are important. in brazil demonstrators have been raising their voices against the killing of black people mainly in poor neighborhoods called the for valence figures released by the rio de janeiro public security institute show that killings by police have increased to record levels in recent years hundreds marched on the city's outskirts to draw attention to what they see as brazil's shame. about entering every 23 minutes in the world a young black person dies we have to fight because of that if we don't fight that
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will continue and we will keep dying. in mexico must demonstrators vandalized buildings and threw stones at the u.s. embassy in the capital protests began here on thursday after the death of a young man in full isco state he was allegedly beaten to death in a police station for not wearing a must authorities have now announced the arrest of 3 officers of the man's death but that hasn't stopped the protests. that we hear in support of the great uprising of the black people and of all colors for the crime against george floyd committed by a big policeman of the united states. army here at the feet of. this movement is not just about showing outrage at the death of african american george floyd in the u.s. the black lives metal movement has unleashed a wave of protests against racist. demonstrations continue this weekend with the
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expected and european cities. with protests over the death of george floyd now peaceful for almost a week the twin cities of minneapolis and st paul in minnesota are 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 vow 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 our correspondent. 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
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his life and to mourn his death here 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 to go forward it is about short flights still but all of this they say has become much much bigger. meanwhile a 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 number. say his name a common chant by protests is remembering victims of racist violence but this isn't
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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 this is a great day for him it's a great day for everybody this 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 to a man who was brutally killed by an act of needless violence and a larger tide of injustice to those metastasized on this president's watch for the president to try to put any other words in the mouser george florey i frankly think
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it's despicable. words carry weight now the mayor of washington d.c. has had these words painted on to the streets black lives masseur and a plaza near the white house has been likewise renamed this time a reference the protesters can support. staying with the u.s. 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 ina 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
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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 grenell 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 identified u.s. official is cited in these reports as saying this order has nothing to do with i'm the americans decision but the official reason is that there is now less need for
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a big contingency in germany because of overall increased nato spending. what's been the reaction here in germany and has your 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
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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. let's give you some other stories making news around the world. troops loyal to libya's u.n.
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backed government are celebrating after winning the battle for the capital tripoli they've now expelled general kayani for half the us forces from their last remaining stronghold your city the victory leaves the government in charge of libya's west well have to hold the country's east. brazil's president gibe also naro has threatened to pull his country out of the world health organization unless it stops being a quote parties in political organization also nora would follow steps taken by president donald trump who has attacked the w.h.o. for its grown a virus response brazil has the world's 3rd highest covert death toll france's defense minister says his country's forces have killed as north africa chief during an operation into solide in northern mali abdel malek drew dead was a key islamist fighter who france had been hunting for more than 7 years france
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says he was killed alongside several of his closest collaborators on june 3rd. canadian aircraft manufacturer bombardier is to cut $22500.00 jobs this year some 10 percent of its global workforce the company says the cuts are necessary due to the impact of the pandemic on demand for its business jets last month bombardier reported a 1st quarter loss of $200000000.00 u.s. dollars. to sport 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 2nd placed manchester city host arsenal while sheffield united visit relegation candidates aston villa but most times will be unlivable when they start their campaign against city rivals everton liverpool are
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$25.00 points clear at the top in 2 victories away from winning their 1st premier league in 30 years. here in germany 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 closer 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 bar 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 start. after a scoreless 1st half freiburg served in neil's pay to sit and he proved to be the
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difference maker one minute later pietersen was there to finish off freiburg free kick. given the whole inside elite i teeter seems to have gold this season. and the lead home freiburg pick up their 1st win since the restart with a one nil victory over gladbach. you have now satisfied your news fix there's more from de 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 a number all literary eclipse which means the moon only passes through the outer or lighter part of the earth's shadow enjoy
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