to mission love money. fans from smiles fans and friends. to call on you to join us. this is deja vu news live from berlin thousands pay their last respects to george floyd ahead of his hometown funeral his death and police custody sparked a global protest against racism but calls to defund the police with losing political support for reform also coming up as hong kong marks one year of protests mark received protests activists warned the world to watch out for just the. best

also the rest of the world and the 1st assault that makes taiwan illegal just the rest of the world. now surrounds the new security law from beijing and could spell the end to hong kong special status. and the coronavirus jewels a massive hit to german exports volume is down a record 31 percent can germany recover both here from an economist's. i'm sumi so much kind of good to have you with us a last goodbye to george floyd the black man whose death ignited global protests against racism and police brutality will be buried today in houston his hometown largely unknown in life floyd's killing 2 weeks ago after a police officer knelt on his neck now appears to be a turning point in american history. under

a scorching texas sky thousands queued for hours to enter the church where george floyd's body lay a last chance for the public to pay their respects to the man whose death has become a rallying cry against racism around the globe. the public hearing was held in houston the city where floyd grew up. well this is an important time in our world. and i feel bad it is necessary for me to be here. as a human being. human race being an african-american man it is. why people have the luxury of assuming the police are good and assuming the police are on their side but the reality is that black people don't have that luxury in america justice but also attending the families of other black victims of police brutality that stand in solidarity with this family because it mimics my

case in this if. they have double bed and claim that number life. that's what we have by just. in washington democratic senators nelson silence for 8 minutes and 46 seconds the length of time floyd a black man was pinned under a white police officers need to fall he died. you see how long it was. that many. democrats in congress have proposed sweeping legislation to overhaul u.s. police oversight which includes banning child cults should day this movement have now moment of national and which is being transformed into

a movement of national action as americans from across the country peacefully protest to demand an end to injustice today with a justice and policing act the congress is standing with those fighting for justice and taking action. floyd's. money and friends will hold a private funeral service on tuesday in houston to remember the life of the man who in death has become an international symbol of injustice. reporter stacey bivins is following the story for us hi stacey you see this outpouring of grief for george floyd we heard there that he'll be buried in houston today do you think we're going to see the same types of crowds turning out for this i think today as a private moment this is for the family the past few days we've seen people come out and collectively grieve to come out and support the family and to show sympathy for a man that they watched die under the weight of police but today he's going to be

laid to rest next to his mother and surrounded by family and friends let's talk about what happens next as we look at these moments of mourning we've seen the democrats use on a report there are looking at legislation at this point to tackle police culture to tackle police misconduct how do you change police culture because that is a big task the biggest hurdle is the police union they are extremely extremely powerful they have a lot of money their coffers come from membership dues and so they're able to pay to essentially block legislation to keep. their their police powers in order to influence elections in order to get certain people elected and in order to in some cases get bad cops rehired so what's happening in congress is important because this means that they are listening or attempting to listen to the protesters so

what they're proposing would make chokehold illegal so what killed eric garner and what killed george floyd no knock warrants which is how brianna taylor we've heard her name shouted at project protest was killed and they would also make a registry so that we can keep track of bad cops and so when one is fired and one district they can't get hired in another. where has the president donald trump been in all of this because a lot of people of lou been looking to the white house for leadership perhaps some signs to unite the country and we haven't heard that coming from the white house so where has he been that's a great question he's been through rex a question behind that wall he recently built around the white house. i think it's easy to talk about what he hasn't done he hasn't met with black labs let matter organizers he has a met with civil rights leaders he hasn't met privately with the george george floyd's family but what he has done is read tweeted character excess assassinations

about george floyd. on twitter that they come from that came from conservative commentators and he also created a parade a bunch of middle aged white men on the sunday morning talk shows to say that systematic racism in the police department and police departments do not exist now he supposed there's talk that he might held some kind of a. talk in order to talk about civil rights and bring in the nation together but if he does that he's waited a long time traditionally presidents get out in front of something like this to bring the nation together but he's as you said he's been absent give you a porter stacey bivins thank you. for the black lives matter protests in the u.s. have resonated around the world including in germany which is now we're examining its own attitudes about race today the federal anti-discrimination agency has presented its annual report its findings shows that the country is an ongoing

racism problem that is having serious consequences. germany is slowly waking up to the discrimination but the number of cases is on the rise there were 32580 reported cases of discrimination in 2019. stuff you. should see shouldn't be any gaps in protection in the long term and this is an important as rights movement that's the 1st state to happen passengers and to discrimination because it's well treated and other states should follow through shortly. to counter this latest report looks at this coming nation based on gender disability age or legion sexual identity and worldview but the largest issue remains racial discrimination. cases in 201933 percent were classified as racist discrimination at tarzan and 176 reported cases

last year more than double compared to 4 years ago india reports some participants cited their experiences. to colleagues from another department approached me laughing and asked me if i worked at the company to make coffee i'm a civil engineer from syria a kid at school insulted my brother because he's got dark skin then he hit him the teacher saw everything but did nothing. the report comes of a time when a new awareness towards every day discrimination is raised following protests denouncing police farnham's to its people of color all over the world. let's get a round of now some other stories from around the world london mayor said economists calling for monuments to reflect the country's diversity as the debate heats up over racism and britain's colonial past congress speaking days after anti-racism protesters toppled a statue of

a 17th century slave trader in the port city of bristol. in bangladesh around 1000 garment workers protested outside the labor ministry in dhaka they called for payment of overdue wages and the reopening of closed factories the sector employees around 4000000 people and exports have been hard hit by the coronavirus lockdown. while fires have been spreading across the u.s. state of california due to high winds and dry weather water dropping helicopters worked through the night to put out a brush fire in los angeles county the national weather service issued red flag warnings for several regions in the state. of hong kong is marking one year since pro-democracy demonstrations broke out last june more than a 1000000 people marched through the city to protest a draft law that would allow extradition to mainland china the bill was eventually withdrawn but many continue to push for democratic freedoms a year on many young hong kong years are starting to fear beijing's heavy handed

reaction to their dissent. it's thought more than a 1000000 people took to the streets last year united in their outrage specifically they came out to protest a draft law allowing budgeting to extradite criminal suspects to mainland china did many were also there as part of a larger push to protect hong kong semi autonomous status. the bill was eventually withdrawn but protests continued sometimes turning violent many protesters still fear persecution today and don't want to be recognized by you that was it i met him back in august i really feared nothing even when i stood alone at the front against a squad of right police i wasn't afraid. but since then almost $9000.00 people have been arrested in relation to protests authorities say more than $600.00 were charged with rioting. and now beijing is preparing a show of force communist leaders have launched a so-called security law which will become part of hong kong basic law this will

allow beijing to deploy its own security forces there. on tuesday hong kong's leader kerry lam seem to be an ally of beijing urged the people of the special administrative region to get behind the new law. everyone needs to learn a lesson including the hong kong government and also the legislators hong kong cannot afford such chaos. people want stability and peace so they can live safely and develop their careers. however prominent pro-democracy protesters joshua long says hong kong is want more than that he also points to the reversal of the extradition bill as a clear sign that protesting works. we be target or bandit we recognize the rick market by fellow protester. successfully and has beijing to

withdraw the controversial bill and on last november 85 percent of the states that this recovered so well by protocol credit can this lend sight picture empire how silence. stand with stay on the side of fellow protesters but regardless of that success protests on this scale could soon be a thing of the past if paging gets its way with the new security bill dissenting voices could soon be much more few and far between. the coronavirus pandemic has been wreaking havoc on economies all over the globe including in the e.u. german exports are down within 30 percent for the month of april that is the sharpest decline since exports statistics began in 1950. traffic here at the port of hamburg ground to a halt at the height of the corona virus outbreak coronavirus lockdowns and a looming global recession dealt a historic blow to the german exports whose goods flow out of here. april's double

digit collapse and trade will likely mark the low point for the export dependent german economy economies throughout the world have become to reopen style supply chains are coming back online and consumers are returning to restaurants and stores . but a quick return to normal might not be in the cards for german best and says. its largest trading partners from its european neighbors to the united states are facing historic economic slowdowns that means they're buying fewer cars chemicals and machinery from germany and it will likely stay that way for now. now what do you do if you're a wild water canoe slalom racer but you can't train because of the corona virus outbreak argentinas the bus and rossi has come up with a solution he's been practicing by tying unself to 2 palm trees and splashing around in his girlfriend swimming pool he won silver at the pan american games last

year and is now a targeting success at the tokyo olympics which have been postponed until 2021 because of the fandom. thank you for watching v.w. news go to our website if you dot com for all the latest news and information around the clock it's great to have you with us. combating the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning.