this is d.w. news live from berlin thousands pay their last respects to george florida ahead of his hometown funeral his death in police custody sparked a global protests against racism calls to defund of the police or risk losing political support. also coming up black people in germany welcomed the recent outpouring of support for racial justice but they say there is still much to be done here to tackle racism and discrimination. law says hong kong marks one year of

pro-democracy protests activists won the world to watch out for disability the record. also directed to the world that the 1st assault the next taiwan the late august the rest of the world. the mass arrests and i mean security law from beijing could spell the end to hong kong special status. i'm tumi so much going to thank you for joining us a last goodbye to george floyd at 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. on. risk or ching 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 day in our world and. 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 back and claim that never lie but. that's what we have. 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 you. have that many. democrats in congress have proposed sweeping legislation to overhaul us police oversight which includes banning child cults should day this movement have now moment of national anguish is being transformed into a movement of national action as americans from across the country peacefully

protest to demand it and to in justice today with a justice and policing act the congress is standing with those fighting for justice and taking action. floyd's. really 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. to the reporter stacey bivins is following this 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 on our 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 a product protest was killed and they would also make a registries 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 has he been that's a great question he's been through rocks 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 last lap matter organizers he has a met with civil rights leaders he hasn't met privately with the george or george floyd's family but what he has done is retreated character access assassination

about george floyd. on twitter that they come from that came from conservative commentators and he also created operated a bunch of middle aged white men on the sunday morning talk shows to say that systematic racism in the police department and the police departments do not exist now he's suppose 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. while oscar winning filmmaker spike lee has told the news that george ford's killing triggered a national cry for change in the u.s. and must be followed by police reform or well we're just really.

enjoying it is over and saying this has to stop and there's a national crime or the police departments of course the mirror got to do some with them you know they got a they got to be reform change. the least. of them are. you can see the rest of that interview with spike lee here on d.w. in a few hours while the black lives matter protests in the u.s. have resonated around the world including here in germany which is now we're examining its own attitudes towards racism later this month for the 1st time a nationwide survey will ask black people about the discrimination they face in their everyday lives. that's what i would backstrom is one of about a 1000000 black people in germany but nobody knows that for sure as there are no official figure is she grew up in like to guess the daughter of sudanese exchange

students after the fall of the berlin wall life in east germany in the ninety's was difficult for black people many of them felt left alone. when a right wing muck circles around us affair and there's a policeman standing around who just lets it happen as 15 people shout the n word that you memories like this often make you doubt whether you really welcome in this country. and that's why the organize ations each one teach one and citizens of europe are conducting a survey the affray census the 1st one on black people's lives in germany daniel jama hopes it will fill the gaps. fortunately there has been far too little research in recent decades on the situation of black people and on black racism in germany explains why politicians keep asking is what's the problem. they find it

difficult to talk about black people so that's why we've decided to take matters into our own hands and walk in his endurance hopeful she's from from some works as a teacher and then she's upset at the lack of sensitivity even among some well meaning white people. in my class in my prepared. kids were super super motivated. they were doing well and then they got stage fright the principal of the school turned around to the whole assembly and stated i just love black news it's. only a large group interesting but the real problem in the with question is like how can you say no more members in the recording and no one talking about it the average census wants to facilitate precisely this discussion and to better capture every day racism in german society but it also has another effect to see

and poll and ultimately it's also very empowering for those for black and i think that's great. there's never been a survey like the afro census before germany is reluctant to collect statistics on citizens according to ethnic criteria. and that's always a reluctance to ask communities about their situation about whether they are discriminated against people are afraid that this kind of research will create these communities but we are here we are part of this is cited we won't be denied the right to exist from what we can all speak about black people african people calmly and without being afraid of and pushing one stuff out so. it's hoped it could be a step towards change. new numbers released by germany's anti-discrimination agency show the country struggling to overcome problems with racism the number of reported cases of racial discrimination increased in more than 112019 that is twice

as many as 4 years ago earlier i asked cultural and literary scholar and policy advisor peggy whether those numbers reflect the reality in germany today. yes unfortunately i have to say that it's very representative and the we have these cases over and over again in the. review your already showed that. just. came out with discrimination law and it also means that in berlin there was a consultation process process with the black community on their experiences on discrimination on the last 2 years and this is also where a lot of this information came out we actually we know about that we know about police brutality we have these cases open as well so we could look at it more

directly here in germany i want to ask about a discussion that's being had right now in germany about whether racism here is systemic and a structural do you think it has. yes it instructional and i think we really need to look at it and look at the history of the german mentality how we actually do you well a lot this idea of german and which is very much tied to the idea of whiteness so german national identity still equals white in many hats and regardless of the development of our laws and into creating laws but it is. really going back to the in lightman period where the idea of children in sports developed and which directly led also into colonialism we never really taproot.

the face it's not a trace actually distance. very influential period of german history and that's very much let to in waltham and in every day through a system in a structural way we can see that for example that was in the german discourse we don't have enough language to talk about racism to talk about the experience of black people we always look rather to the united states while now there are efforts to tackle the census and they should have a to collect information on the black community here in germany there's more discussion about discrimination as he said do you see this as a turning point in how we talk about race and racism here in germany. i don't know if it is a turning point it is very important it is necessary that we get also who the

statistics want numbers but it is also important that we have society look to this problem every day and scene where we can where we can change the way we look at the german society who look at the idea of who is included and who can't possibly be a member of the society so by including and collecting roi data on connect people and their experience in germany we hope to contribute to this discussion to do so to this discourse but it has to be more done. a culture a cultural and literary scholar policy adviser thank you very much for joining us thank you for having me. let's get around about some other news now 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 kahn was 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 call 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 of iran's judiciary says it has sentenced to death and iranian man who provided information to the u.s. and israel on the location of revolutionary guards commander kasim soleimani as the money was killed in a drone strike in iraq in january. north korea says it will cut off all communication channels with south korea including a military hotline between the 2 countries pyongyang says the move is in response to seoul's failure to stop activists from sending leaflets over the border that are critical of the regime. you sudden is.

yet to see what all north korean state television announces the country's decision to cut off all communication lines with south korea. on cheese day morning the sounds defense ministry confirm deficiency in pyongyang hadn't found saddam routing call to the liaison office no calls no military hotlines but they didn't are you going to. be escalation in tensions comes off to anger in the north at the sounds fadia to stop activists from floating balloons filled with anti. leaflets across the border. on monday students how to ronnie in the north capital protesting against the leaflets and those who have defected to the

south. p.r. nyang has cut communications with so before but this is the 1st time since 2018. and you wanted some analysts believe this is an opportunity for north korea's leader kim jong un to further escalate tensions between the 2 sides including across the demilitarized zone. and given that i would probably expect some exchange of fire. may be some kind of. all possible kinds well as this is not. china sends its hopes relations between the 2 sides will be restored quickly but for now the north leader has reminded the world he's still a force to be reckoned with. 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 that triggered months of sometimes violent street protests or protesters are rallying in the city again today to mark the anniversary earlier demonstrators held a flash mob protests in shopping malls waving signs and banners calling for hong kong's liberation from china although the original extradition bill was eventually withdrawn a new national security law it has many young hong kong are deeply worried about 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 beijing 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 about you guys that i met him back in august i really feared nothing even when i stood alone at the front against a squad of rock 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. hong kong people want stability and peace so they can live safely and develop their careers. however prominent pro-democracy protesters joshua young says hong kong was more than that he also points to the reversal of the extradition bill as a clear sign that protesting works. if we be target or bandit we recognize the rick market read by fellow protester. successfully and has beijing to withdraw the controversial bill and on last november 85 percent of the seats in that district and so vote by protocol credit can this lend sight picture imply how silence across the hall go stand with the set on a side of federal protest. 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 than few and far between. earlier i spoke to durian lao from amnesty international hong kong and i asked her whether hong kong's pro-democracy movement could survive if beijing's new security law comes into force we can see in the past year that. the protest movement hunger is actually a vibrant of course there are people who use files but it seems that many including the government make such a specially to go to. put straight protests move movement as one that is particularly silent but let's not forget too many people actually talk to discrete stary peacefully to say no to the extradition bill and when that 900 broke out and actually before that event we can see protesters adopting different strategies of ways express their opinions for example yellow economic circle or different screenings talks so what we worry is that with a national security law with siri think terms it can lead to

a lot open to abuse and interpretation and they can crack down on. peace peaceful assembly and create as the old expression so many. oh ways to holcombe people have been using to express their opinions peacefully will be likely to be monitored and also to be eliminated by 100 new national radio and what about beyond protests we saw in last year's local elections there was a landslide victory for pro-democracy candidates how much power do they have to protect hong kong's freedoms. we have also see some worrying developments right now for example in some of the local district council meetings the government has been. has actually not endorse some of the meetings or receive used to either provide meetings and use just because of the meetings. discussed human rights related topics or election related topics and also we have

already even before the national security passed passed as we have already heard comments from a city also show saying that people who oppose the national security law should be disqualified to run for the legislative council ok election incoming december. durian law from amnesty international hong kong speaking to us earlier. now sportswear maker nike has signed one of the biggest names in women's football to a 10 year and boersma deal winning over at the hague from rival puma business magazine forbes calls it the latest step towards gender parity for nike her and was the 1st ever of the poland or women's a trophy winners in 2018 as the best player in soccer but things have slowed down for her and the women's game in general not least because of the coronavirus. the last years have been an adventure for french powerhouse leone's top score goals galore and the award as best in women's football. but in

2020 the glitz and limelight has been replaced by well a fair bit of drudgery higer burgers working her way back from the surgery in poznan the polish city where her husband plays pro ball if professional women's football returns and that's no guarantee she figures to be ready by this fall. i mean when you see that the football as a whole is suffering a lot can picture so how much. so looking at our historic us. so is the weakest link that's going to suffer the most. in this subject i think we are the weakest of this 2 years after being crowned the best in the game hagar bergs world today is not just about getting back to being a prolific score but also about bringing the women's game to parity with the men's it's important enough to her that since 2017 she has controversy only not played

for norway's national team. a means of protesting not just pee issues but conditions in the sport right down to old facilities and lousy dressing rooms. we're not talking about the same amount of money like in the men's game but a small piece of the cake in order to. the professionals in or it's the best thought ourself in there is to give the best product so. i think it's tough times even more tough times with the whole situation. she's considered the highest paid women's football player in the world and her 10 year deal with nike furthers her own cause but hagar bergen says the precarious situation for women's football in the coronavirus era is the cause she cares about most. let's get a recap now of our top story here thousands of people are paying their last

respects to george floyd ahead of his burial in houston his death while in police custody it sparked protests around the world u.s. democratic lawmakers have also unveiled a police reform bill that would include any. thank you for watching.

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