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this is news live from berlin protesters across the world rally over the death of george floyd in the u.s. many are gathering at this spot in minneapolis where he was killed in police custody and outrageous fred around the globe including to australia where tens of thousands have protested racism against aboriginal. 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 is out of touch. uneasy nuclear neighbors reports of an increase in troop numbers on both sides of
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the disputed border between india and china are fueling fears of a bigger confrontation we look at how serious the faceoff has become. use of welcome to the program as outrage spreads over the killing of george floyd in the u.s. protesters have taken to the streets around the world the protests were called in solidarity with america's black lives matter movement but the protesters are also highlighting racism and police violence and their own countries with australians hitting the streets in especially large numbers. rarely have protests over deaths in custody drawn so many australians tens of thousands rallied in australian cities great and small their focus hundreds of aboriginal deaths in jails and police
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stations in the past 30 years with no police officer ever found guilty here the death of george floyd his suddenly created widespread anger about an australian problem i waited too long for justice was to be handed down for my people and it's time for me to make a change and i am the way the people are going to listen to me and i'm going to get peace. 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. every 23 minutes in the world a young black person dies we have to fight because of that if we don't fight that will continue and we will keep dying. in mexico mosque demonstrators vandalized
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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 mask authorities have now announced the arrest of 3 officers of the man's death but that hasn't stopped the protests. that we here 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 that they're going to put up for me here because the heat of this movement is not just about showing outrage at the death of . african-american george fluent in the us the black life metta movement has a wave of protests against racism worldwide demonstrations are continuing this weekend with protests held in east asia and large crowds expected in european
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cities. with protests over the death of george floyd largely 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 vowed to keep the momentum going until the genuine change takes place in minneapolis city officials have been have a greed to ban police chokeholds and require officers to intervene any time they see an er authorize force by another officer. our correspondent stephanie mones is in minneapolis and he sent us this is testament this what well 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 here is also where people come now and say they will start a movement
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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. u.s. president donald trump has sparked fresh outrage after suggesting george floyd would be pleased with his administration's performance trump made that comment at a press conference focusing on better than expected employment numbers. say his name a common chant by protesters 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
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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 is a great day for everybody this is a great great day in terms of equality. just picks his spokesman later said trump was referring to that national conversation about equality trump also said death slight floyds shouldn't happen again. but his democratic rival joe biden said trump's off script remarks showed the president was out of touch i was speaking to a man who was brutally killed by an act of needless violence and by a larger tide of injustices 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.
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has had these words painted on to the street black lives matter and a plaza near the white house has been likewise renamed this time a reference the protesters can support. us meanwhile president from perez 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 troops would remain american forces have been stationed in germany since the end of world war 2. now to some other stories making news around the world. that are ins of the allied forces have returned to normandy to commemorate the $76.00 anniversary of the d.-day landings this year's ceremony was far smaller than normal due to coronavirus restrictions event marks the beginning of the offensive to recapture france from the nazis at the end of world war 2. france's defense
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minister says his country forces have killed north african chief during an operation into salat in northern mali abdel malek dr del was a key islamist fighters sought by french security forces for more than 7 years france says he was killed alongside several of his closest collaborators on june 3rd. brazil's president joe you're both an auto has threatened to pull his country out of the world health organization unless it stops being quote a partisan political organization wilson are would follow steps taken by president donald trump who has attacked the w.h.o. for its coronavirus response years ago like alexis ohanian has resigned from the board of read it in an online post he asked to fill his seat at the media company with a black candidate to use any future gains on a stock in enterprise to serve the black community honey and is married to tennis star serena williams. tensions have been building along india's
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disputed border with china a number of skirmishes between opposing troops have taken place over the last month now reports of an increase in troop numbers on both sides are fueling fears of a bigger confrontation between the nuclear armed neighbors india and chinese military commanders are holding talks today to try to defuse the situation more on that in a moment but 1st this report on how india and china came to blows in the 1st place . look at a time in the himalayan mountains the indian region of attack is known for its natural beauty but in may it was also the size of tensions a scuffles broke out between indian and chinese troops. the region lies close to one of the most hotly contested borders in the world between india and china. the yellow line on this map marks a boundary between the 2 countries it's known as the line of actual control but
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it's not a heart from tear a china and india never agreed on where their official border should lie in $962.00 the 2 nations fall to war of the issue but fail to resolve the problem in the decades since that conflicts have been several stand off between chinese and indian troops patrolling the area. one of the longest and most serious was in 2017 in the summer of that year the 2 sides confronted each other for 73 days after indian troops blocked construction of a road by china. the leaders of india and china discussed the problem at meetings in 20182019 they promised to maintain the peace but they made no progress on settling the issue of who owns the land in the border area nevertheless they put mechanisms in place to prevent lethal flare ups between troops. but recent satellite imagery posted on twitter by an australian security analyst suggest both
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sides are building up their military presence in the area and this is causing concern that another more serious confrontation could be looming. correspondent joins us now from delhi good to have you with us now are people in the region worried that this conflict could escalate into something more dangerous . well i mean that a definitely. as we are talking about. nations but it is yes actually that is a difference between what happens when beyond one fix the opposite that lets us vent in. china the kind of oppressive jungle isn't that we see and posturing that we see but the sun is largely absent when it comes to china now analysts believe that this because of china's conventional warfare military so be a lot of heat but on the other hand we also see indians don't together to. see that china for example or china add begin they populate india in the last to the east
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because off the fact that the about trying to remove all chinese out from their point that also indians that energy is coming out and saying stop buying chinese products give them that parts but of course there's a $90000000000.00 trade between the 2 countries and downloading and removing a few apps is probably not going to have much of a damaging effect on the event. india and china seem to be making an effort to resolve this conflict military commanders are meeting at a border post there now what are they hoping to achieve. well that's right i mean already there have been tens of thousands of made she talks. leading up to this however this did not meet any positive results yesterday and it was done progress because diplomats from the countries got on to our friends together and school about how this plan to use muscular saw and to peaceful discussion these military
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taught us step 2 lives that are also saved mark a complete resolution right now but it seems that egypt has a lot of peace talks and it has requesting china and i'll call infrastructure a development one of the insight into also in the minds of the to keep the joint to the status quo before the tensions which the exactly what happened when the documents died off 2017 it. what is behind these repeated standoffs this isn't the 1st time this has happened so what is causing these. but i mean this is basically because the line between like actually is just the law so much to do country see eye to eye on but there are still many points of fun tonight there that have been biases and that have been set off similar to what we saw earlier last month in me now one of the mean reasons that leads to these town halls is infrastructure development on one side we talked about how indoor plumbing
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27 d. india pakistan infrastructure development by china there is also speculation that this standoff over the last week has been the 1st china has objected to its not such a development by india on a common allegation from website is that true 7 winds into the unattached this is what india has said about chinese currency this year as well but again that is also a concern for analysts series that because of time as conventional medicine for your deep and because india would not want to s.t. and this is one thing but this minute you know we have the china not to do d. cups mas what's up and go and create latin that this is something that endeavor definitely watching and bringing up in discussions that jang. delhi there thank you. i'll be back at the top of the hour with more news but 1st we'll leave you with images of the so-called strawberry moon captured over london the full moon in june coincides with strawberry season and this year it's also
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