this is newsnight from george floyd passed for his final journey the 1st of what's expected to be thousands of people filed past the coffin of the monitors death in police custody sparked protests around the world. program. this mound city unto you racism protests started by floyd stephan belgium's poll has much to answer for. i did a little down. the joy of defeating the coronavirus new zealand's prime minister

lists all domestic lockdown restrictions. i'm phil gal welcome to the program we begin in the united states where thousands of people have begun paying the last respects to george floyd in houston texas is the floyd is the unarmed black man whose death in police custody in minneapolis sparked global protests a 6 hour public viewing of the coffin is taking place at the fountain of praise church in houston where he was raised and where he lived before moving to minneapolis several years ago the funeral will be held on tuesday. well calls for police reform in the u.s. are gaining momentum in the way of george floyd's death several u.s. cities saw mass rallies over the weekend with demonstrators demanding an end to police bias and their use of excessive force which is too often turned deadly. 2

weeks on from george floyd's killing they still come to grieve not only for him but for the searing injustices that plagued their nation. we won't change 6 time has not quelled their anger in minneapolis on sunday nor make a promise to dismantle the police department and start again. our connection is to end our city's toxic relationship with the media a list of police departments to answer police thing as we know it. elsewhere in the city the magnitude of the moment laid bare when a protester confronted magic friday. the crowd unloaded on the mayor when he disagreed with the moves. my. emotions were running high in cities across

north america and boston protesters pleaded with police. as well as order police try to restore public trust i. elite sports stars and set the protest arena to n.b.a. players from the milwaukee bucks joined a march. and the denver broncos took to the streets to after years of being told to shut up american football players finally feel free to speak out against racism. oh. in seattle there was a panic when a car drove into a black lives matter demo onlookers feared the worst when the driver emerged holding a gun he was arrested one man was injured. in

north carolina george floyd's family. gathered to commemorate the man whose killing convulsed their country the lord is present in this act with me now the public will get a chance to pay their respects in houston texas his final resting place. or both of demonstrations against racism and police brutality triggered by george floyd's killing has gone global the weekend it reach belgium thousands gathered in the same to the capital brussels on sunday while smaller demonstrations were held in other cities they were not only protesting the problem seen in the united states they're also calling attention to belgium systemic racism and to the deaths of black belgians during interactions with police much of the country's racism dates back to its colonial past and the king leopold the 2nd who statues are scattered across the country. he's still here in belgium king leopold the 2nd who made congo his personal property abused the people and exploited their land. the statue is

of all places by matangi a brussels district named after an area of congo's capital kinshasa a slice of africa in belgium and a magnet for tourists. share this dinner sure she owns a bookshop in the district she says she doesn't feel accepted as a black belgian woman. part to look at more of her i get angry when someone just walks into the shop without asking or talking to me or someone who comes in him asks where i'm from where i'm from belgium because as he's young believe the roots of her family and that of many others a part of congo is trauma. king leopold colonized the country in 1905 and ruled was horrific brutality cutting off people's hands was a common punishment. some estimate that more than $10000000.00 congolese people

died chewing gum which is rule and exploitation of. congolese natural resources i free. when european colonialist left independence was not accompanied by compensation. many belgians have congolese roots and many are discriminated against because of their color they often get the 2nd best but there is a flat or a job. shall esteem issues or she says her teenage son is often avoided on the street and if you knew he was these little glasses but there was this elderly woman who clutched her bag as she walked past i asked myself many questions it's terrible you can't grieve where you live in your home where you experience these things yes there are the situations that are unpleasant. revisiting of history could help the progress slow and. after so many of the stories making news around the world germany's defense minister says the u.s.

government's reported a plan to cut the number of troops in germany by about a 3rd could weaken the nato alliance. says she's yet to be informed of the move which would see the number of u.s. troops stationed here dropped from more than 34000 to no more than 25000. hundreds of palestinians are valid in the west bank city of rama to protest against the israeli government's plan to an expanse of the occupied territory and the plan would leave about a 3rd of the west bank under permanent israeli control while granting palestinians further autonomy in the rest of the territory. in the united states areas outside new orleans underwater half the tropical storm cristobal crashed ashore the storm made landfall over the weekend causing flooding in property damage in other states it was downgraded to a tropical depression on monday. a new zealand has lifted all of its social distancing measures after reporting no active cases of. one thing prime

minister just into are told the country they could go back to business as usual from midnight monday after becoming one of the 1st countries in the world to successfully eliminate the virus talking to reporters the prime minister described her reaction when she learned that the country was virus free. i did a little dance. the while the job is not done there is no denying this is a milestone so can i finish with a very simple thank you new zealand. well thank you just a w reporter rebecca research has been looking into this story welcome rebecca so how have they done this well maybe because they were very quick to act phil they were very quick in that quick and they were very sort of strong in their reaction and michelle a new zealand like most other countries took to flatten the curve approach trying to make sure that they weren't too many cases to overwhelm the medical hospital

systems but very soon some modeling came out showing that tens of thousands of new zealanders could in fact die of coded so it is in the ardennes government decided to swiftly change that approach and she moved towards the elimination method they that is precisely that to completely eliminate the disease from the country on march 23rd they announced a national lockdown one of the world's strictest they shut the borders they asked everyone to stand home and they only allowed essential services to operate now at the time the country only i shouldn't say only but they had $102.00 which can be cases which compared to many other countries was very few at that time to have such a strict reaction now they are the only country to eliminate it i must add montenegro here in europe has reported they have no active cases of fiji also and the faroe islands but the zealand is definitely the 1st country with over a 1000 cases to have eliminated it so we'll be able to stay corona free well it's

a bit of a $1000000.00 question i'm not of our ologist obviously but that will really depend on how the next phases of the opening up go handled really and what the countries internally opening up a lot it's remaining largely closed to the rest of the world borders will stay shut . but people are telling new zealand will still have to quarantine for 14 days it's mandatory that's in a hotel and there's obviously some pressure because economically the country's hurting from this so there is talk of so-called travel corridors with this trailer has also been quite successful in eliminating the disease. obviously new zealanders are overjoyed about this success but arden was was also you know putting a word of caution saying we've got to be prepared to listen to what she had to say we are confident we have eliminated transmission of the virus in new zealand for now but elimination is not a point in time it is

a sustained if it we almost certainly will see cases here again met is not a sign that we have failed it is a reality or this virus. so how people viewed the prime minister's response. as one global praise i mean well i'm a straight line so i was the very familiar with her being from the neighboring country but she's she's known throughout the world she has to go to huge following on social media and she's really popular not just because of her response to covert but domestically her ratings have gone up during this crisis she's. people globally and domestically think that she's done a really fantastic job that not just that sort of so she's that without critics of course obviously the opposition are saying she she let the lockdown go on for too long. the country heavily relies on tourism and obviously they're going to be

hurting but she's come out of that to say that i why budget will not be one of austerity i'm spending is the way to get through what will be very hard times to come so. you know she is she's looking set to to do very well in elections in september rebecca rhesus thank you. that of football and then germany's bundesliga shall cars run without a win a stretch to 12 games following a one all draw out on bell and david wagner's had been widely praised when his club challenge for the top spots in the league before the mid-season break but after another disappointing result on sunday he's now fighting to save his job. before kick off both going on and shout to show their support for the black lives matter of protests coaching staff included. once the game was underway it didn't take long for the home side to score and anthony threw ball sending

rashad and 311. the germans finished gave alexander new bell no chance. but shocking hit back just before the half hour mark englishman john joe kenny rifling in from outside the books. the on loan everton defender when they pinpoint drives to level schoolers. the 2nd half short chances go begging with neither side able to take advantage 11 the final score another disappointing day out shell now winless in 12. is in and i think we're in an insanely difficult phase and we know exactly why that is we know where our problems lie and we've discussed them of course we'll discuss them again in greater detail at the end of the season we have various problems to solve a few 30 people believe. me on safety is now 0 but confirmed.

that manchester city are hoping to overturn their 2 year ban from playing in the lucrative european champions league the english premiership club sec a so the court of arbitration for sport began today european football's governing body banned man city in february for breaking a financial fair play rules they face losing tens of millions of euros in prize money as well as a battle to hold on to some of their best players because hearing it shuttle to take place over 3 days. as a reminder of our top story the body of george floyd the mother's death and pleas custody sparked protests around the world as a right as church in houston texas the city where he grew up and often will be until the funeral on tuesday. at the top of the hour in the meantime of course as always the web site called on

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