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comes straight from the heart. the russian and engine churning from birth to death starts june 18th d.w. . this is the news live from berlin large crowds take to the streets for another day of demonstrations over the death of george floyd tens of thousands gathered in washington d.c. and dozens of other u.s. cities to protest the stem of racism and police brutality. those protests have spread across the world here in germany another massive showing as demonstrators knelt in solidarity with the black lives matter. and byron munich recover from an
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early wobble against fire live to edge closer to an 8th consecutive title of full natural port coming up. welcome to the program protesters gathered in washington d.c. and many other u.s. cities to mobilize against racism and police brutality tens of thousands braved the hot humid day to call for reform in the u.s. capitol that protests and others around the world have arisen from outrage over the death of george floyd who was killed in police by police in the applets almost 2 weeks ago the coroner has ruled his death a homicide. the message is clear in their thousands they converged on downtown washington d.c.
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. local officials have projected over 100000 people want to tend. to heat and humidity or known deterrent. everyone is not right. here but. the los leave their old outdated a british people understand mel. it's not enough to be angry you have to vote you have to translate that into action you need to because it was put at action and you need to be told that it will happen no more you know he they know. while demanding action against police brutality is at the forefront of saturday's peaceful demonstrations and these protests are also highlighting a long standing problem a lot of money called systemic racism and inequality in the united states topics that will likely become central to the presidential battle for the white house in
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november. and a major european protest is also underway in brussels to tell me correspondent terry scholtz is there reporting for us hi terry thanks for joining us can you tell us what you're seeing on the ground there. terry can you hear us. and i think you were seeing images from the process there. yes what are you seeing there. yes i can hear you yeah we're having a little bit troubling now them that margin has been a very decent job now is demonstrators are maybe are actually getting to be sure loved ones are. ok well over an hour i talk ok if you want to your story i know you're going to have to let me tell it over and over yes as i said the march was very peaceful as organizers wished until now when people are leaving and they're starting to get let's say a little less organized and a little less lethal on the police there we can see that on the screen there and if
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you have a chance to tell us. it seems like the movement there is in solidarity with the u.s. but they have their own demands. well that's right they do have their own demands and as i said until now. assembly was very peaceful and very organized now there has been police brutality here in the here in belgium as well as was sparked by the killing of of george floyd in the united states and those cases are something that people here gathered to protest in april a 19 year old was killed in a police chase and there are others and we saw the frontlines throughout the protest there is another issue that activists here in belgium are hoping might be addressed with the momentum of blacklegs matter and that is the very brutal colonization of belgium by king leopold the 2nd you'll see statues of him all over the city all over this country at the judges have been vandalized all week in one
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case king leopold wore a gag that said i can't breathe the dye i was george so they're hoping that finally the inequality that they feel has been not just allowed to to continue but revered throughout belgium might also be something that is on the table for discussion with the huge turnout that we've seen today the support of of the city of brussels for the black lives matter movements and could you tell us about that the martian day in brussels comes after a 1st attempt on mondays organize a march but that was canceled so what happened there. that's right with the coronavirus restrictions in place which are quite strict through tomorrow in fact we all are only supposed to be having 4 people in their bubble in our bubbles at the moment as you can see i have a lot more than 4 people in my bubble right now some are that will extend to 10 this did not want to risk the spread of coronavirus and so they said no on monday and organizers responsibly called it off today the mayor said that he simply had to
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had to give in to people's desire to express themselves they agreed to keep it peaceful and they in fact the organizers were walking through the crowd telling everyone to where their mouth so very much trying to not cause extra problems on top of racial inequality. ok tara shoals for hoarding from brussels stay safe and thanks for reporting on. us or. brussels isn't the only european city to see large scale protests against racism tens of thousands demonstrated in cities across germany to show support for the black lives not a movement. taking a knee against racism protestors in hamburg kept silent for 8 minutes and 46 seconds that's how long george floyd struggled to breathe under the knee of a police officer 14000 came to protest in the northern german city.
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further south in stuttgart several 1000 stood in solidarity with the global movement. during the year by the i mean here because i myself have been treated unfairly many times in my life and i stayed silent and together with all of these people i want to give ourselves a voice so it's about showing solidarity and being there for each other that's important. since this is let the black lives matter movement will open the eyes of people who simply don't want to see or hear it but news to know does the. demonstrations in berlin were so full that police had to limit access they estimate that 15000 people took part in the protests. even more people turned out in the bavarian capital of munich. people also demonstrated in frankfurt corona hygiene regulations were largely adhere to their as they were in cologne.
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assistance please take a racist police violence exist here as well and finally this is the receiving the attention it deserves. and. it is in fact. there were isolated instances of police and protesters clashing in berlin and hamburg but the protests in germany remain largely peaceful. now to some other stories making headlines around the world. facebook boss mark zuckerberg has pledged to review the company's content policies he was reacting to a heated debate over how social media should handle posts by u.s. president donald trump for. book will review how to handle states threats of using force as well as posts that could influence voter participation. there has been a surge in covert 1980 s. and mexico with the death toll now topping 13000 restrictions were eased on june 1st but health officials said many deaths happened weeks ago and have now been
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reclassified they urged people to see a doctor if they show any symptoms. in the recorded nearly 10000 new coronavirus cases on sunday as the country begins to emerge from a 10 week lockdown shopping malls hotels and places of worship are set to reopen but it won't be business as usual in one of the world's largest economies millions of migrant workers fled from big cities when the virus broke out and now many factories face acute personnel shortages. it's a busy work day for the few laborers who remain at this factory in northern india but many machines are idle collecting dust after 2 thirds of the employees left. the cost of production is up while profits are down the head of finance fears the company may not survive. i don't think this is a financial year do you want to be. when. you get
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back. but normal could be a long way off big cities have been hit hard by the mass exodus and it's unclear how many laborers will return. yeah nobody knows when this pandemic will end i don't know if i will come back to new delhi or not but the spread of the virus doesn't seem to be stopping so i'd like to go back to my village and be with my family. some companies are trying to lure workers back by doubling their salaries the acute shortage comes as analysts predict india's slowest economic growth in over a decade the decision to reopen amid a spike in covert cases has drawn criticism for the government it's a tightrope act as they try to protect the people and the economy to some football news now in the bundesliga 2nd place 2nd placed side but received dortmund handled have to build in their 1st defeat since the restart great teamwork after the break
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led to the game's only goal the victory was enough to bring dortmund within 7 points of the league leaders. no justice no peace bridge the short of dog means jade and sanchez prior to kickoff dog meant and had to berlin kneel before the action started to support the global black lives matter movement sandstone ended his 1st career hat trick last time out it was looking to continue that run dortmund got it started in the 2nd half and it started with satchel a pastor you've been brought to set up every shot from point blank range just shy of the hour or more. every shot 2nd goal for don't meet in for jane sand show the previous cyst in john the man of the match finished it off. because. it was a big 3 points today a really important when we knew before the match how our rivals got on which made
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it all the more important to get the 3 points and we did that. when dummy just shoved. it to berlin's love india has never won endorsement one nail the final and back to back wins for the black and yellow. byron munich are closing in on 8 straight title after being bare leverkusen for the 2 byron have been in ruthless form since coach chauncey flick took charge last november but an early wobble meant it wasn't all plain sailing. but munich showed their support for the black lives matter protests ahead of kickoff in leverkusen with the home team without engine tallis mankind habits all eyes were on leon bailey the match winner when the sides last met. and it was leverkusen who struck 1st lucas a lowry of poking past manwell noir in the 10 minutes. the
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argent time 7th goal of the campaign getting the hosts off to a dream start of brian hit back soon after kingsley command had all day to pick his spot and did so expertly 11. on gretzky put by and ahead in the 42nd minute his left footed try proving too much for lucas credit ski . clothes from the latest couzin stopper but it's not close enough. to know every increase the lead on the stroke of half time thinking kimmage is up till pass into an empty net in the 45th minute for germany stars 12 goals a season. by an all but put the game to bed in the 2nd period thomas mood is costing up robert leaven dusty for a trademark header leverkusen did pull one back in the dying moments however florian gets becoming the youngest ever been does lead a score i with this effort. for to the final score
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a huge turnaround for biron after a shaky start in one single year in europe when you go one nil down here against leyva coups and it's never easy to turn the game around futile were so when we went one down early on but hadn't expected us to score 4 goals and come away from here is clear winners phoners and they have added the job done by an draw closer to an 8th consecutive title. now let's get you caught up on this weekend's bonus league results so far bit of blaming are on the verge of relegation after losing one nil at home to vote. today on saturday as we saw the leaders by munich one and leverkusen live think blue 2 points against pot a boy in frankfurt were defeated at home by minds douceur the off drew with hoffenheim dortmund held on the 2nd place with their win against head to bed in on friday 5 edged 10 men still to come today union bed in take on shaka and work
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