this is the w.'s line from the funeral of george floyd. a ride for a private ceremony about an hour ago to thousands of pay their last respects staff in police custody sparked a global protest against racism also on the program. black people in germany welcomed the recent outpouring of support for racial justice for say there is still much to be done to tackle racism and discrimination. a year pro-democracy

protests activist the world to watch out for. the rest of the world. from beijing and the special status within. i'm welcome to the program the funeral of george floyd a black man whose death ignited the global protest against restraint system and police brutality is set to begin shortly invited guests have already begun to arrive at the church and. houston texas of the funeral is to be a private affair and with about $500.00 people in attendance on monday around $6000.00. past his casket to pay their last respects

a largely unknown in life george floyd's killing 2 weeks ago after a police officer notes on his neck may not mark attorneys point in american history . hundreds scorching texas sky thousands killed for our was 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 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 bed and claim that most of my. best 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 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 end justice today with a just a simple thing at the congress is standing with those fighting for justice and taking action. floyd's. me 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. about. well we could join d.w. correspondent all of a solid outside the fountain of praise church in houston as people arrive for the few a welcome all of this today's event about celebrating george floyd awarding him.

well 1st of all it is a very said event of course for the family of one of their last ones who has died and as you see in the report his body then was late yesterday for the public thousands came to see him to bid for a well many of the people i spoke to were in tears but there was also some optimism there that he did not die in vain that because of the protests his death has sparked something will really change when it comes to racial injustice in the united states and around the world and so there is another dimension to his death here is the pastor says they want to celebrate his life there are several civil rights activists who are going to speak at the funeral today as well as a congressman from washington d.c. that have already arrived and so the big hope of course for the blacklight matters movement for for the black community and for everyone else who cares about this

topic is that his death was not in vain that something will change when it comes to racial injustice ok mr georgia floyd has become an icon for people across the world because of the nature of his violent death what do we know about him in life. so many issues tony and see him as one of them as a humble person is what one lady told me yesterday someone who could have been your neighbor essentially and so he spent large a large portion of his life here in the city of houston he had children he as young age was a hopeful hip hop musician then had of course is ups and downs in life did some college move to minnesota became a truck driver a security guard at then eventually in his death sparked these worldwide protests and became a figure as you've already said for people hoping to change racial injustice and inequality. all of us how life in houston thank you so much.

a black lives matter process in the united states of resonated around the world including here in germany which is now reexamining its own attitudes towards racism led to this month for the 1st time a nationwide survey will ask black people about their experiences of discrimination here. 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 figures is she grew up in leipzig is 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 mucks circles around us affair and there's a policeman standing around who just lets it happen as 15 people shout the n.

word to you memories like this often make you doubt whether you really welcome in this country of life. and that's why the organizations 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's been far too little research in recent decades on the situation of black people and on black racism in germany that's what explains why politicians keep asking us what's the problem is that. they find it difficult to talk about black ops that's why we've decided to take matters into our own hands and walk in his endurance hopeful she's from front some works as a teacher in berlin she's upset at the lack of sensitivity even among some well meaning white people. in my class and i prepared a song. the kids were super super motivated they were doing well. states rights

the principal of the school so to rome to the whole assembly and states i just love like new zealand. and their large. interesting but the real problem in the question is like how can you say no more members. 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 poland ultimately it's also very empowering for those for plaque 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 there'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 citing we won't be denied the right to exist and we can all speak about black people african people calmly without being afraid of it and. it's hoped it could be a step towards change. or germany's federal antidiscrimination agency has just published its annual report it indicates that there is an ongoing problem here and the serious consequences. germany is slowly waking up to the issue of discrimination but the number of cases is on the rise there were 3 townsend's 580 reported cases of discrimination in 2019. stuff you. should see there shouldn't be any gaps in protection in the long term this is an important as rights movement that's in his defense state to have

a past event and to discrimination because it's well treated at other status or should follow through shortly. 2 to counter his latest report looks at this can mean a show based on gender or disability age or legion sexual identity and worldview but the largest issue remains racial discrimination most of the cases in 201933 percent were classified as racist discrimination at tarzan and $176.00 reported cases last year more than double compared to 4 years ago into reported some practices and cited their experiences. to colleagues from another department approached me laughing and asked me if i worked at the company to make coffee hey 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. and not

isolated cases. and doesn't even say many racism isn't really address does a very limited understanding of he explained it's limited to political rights it is no understanding that systemic racism is present at all levels of society and this debate must take place because racism kills our institutions. the report comes at a time when a new awareness towards everyday discrimination is raised following protests denouncing police violence to its people of color all over the world. we can take a closer look at this with i mean our satori was a vice president of because whole state where she has such as a member of the green party since 2017 she's also the 1st afro dermont the youngest elected m.p. to hold the vice presidency of a regional parliament here in germany minorities are still under represented in public life a welcome to. is germany doing enough to tackle discrimination. i don't

think that we're enjoying enough in germany and this is something we definitely have to discuss. why do you think that is. because we don't really have a discussion every time talk about racism in germany the 1st question which is the us is always does racism exists in germany and this question shows there we are not aware of racial discrimination a lot of people are facing here in germany and what problems do you believe that causes. it causes that a lot of people like 25 percent in our society have immigration for example and they don't feel like they are in treatment the way they should that they are been seen or heard for example so it's a problem we don't listen to people who face racial discrimination every day so from what you said it's clear there is

a problem but it doesn't sound like that problem is recognized by the people who are not affected by it how do you close that gap. i think by the fact that we talk about in politics and trying to talk about all these subjects in politics and trying to address politicians why in the responsibility to change the situation and the other factors that i believe that a lot of people and person of color e.g. go into politics to address the problem bob's and the end of the day it's probably all have to talk about the whole site and so the afro census that we just heard about do you see that as being a useful thing i think it is a useful thing because it is about research about things or numbers we don't know about the after german community and then you know generis sat before we don't really have numbers about effulgence here are a lot of politicians don't even know that it is this year that's insane actually

because we live here and we're part of the society but we are not seen or heard in terms of politics ok and so what do you make of the process of where we're seeing following the killing of george floyd. i think it was an apartment that even in germany were protesting on saturday i joined such protests here and she's with russia and in the state where our living in doing politics and out a lot of people black people but also other people were affected by racism who are on the streets and are telling us politicians that we have to do something about it and i think it shows that we really have to tackle this problem good talking to you thanks for joining us i mean on satori thank you. well take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world starting that the u.k. on the matter of london city is calling for monuments to in the city to reflect the country's diversity as the debate over racism and britain's colonial past pizza he

was speaking a days after anti racism protesters in the english port city of bristol pulled down a statue of a 17th century slave drive. around a 1000 garment workers of protesting outside the labor ministry in the bangladeshi capital dhaka calling for the payment of over 2 wages and the reopening of closed factories a sector employers around 4000000 people live exports are being hit ha by the coronavirus laca. iran's judiciary says it's a sentence to death an iranian man who provided information to the u.s. and israel about the location of revolutionary guards command that cassim saw the money and most of the money was killed in a u.s. drone strike in iraq in john. we bring you some breaking the news reached us here at d w burundi's outgoing president currencies has died and the government said the cause of death was a heart attack he was 56 on had been president of burundi since 2005 he was due to

step down this year to make way for his successor when the country's presidential election weeks ago will have more information as soon as we get it out of hong kong which is marking a year since the outbreak of pro-democracy demonstrations last june more than a 1000000 people monsoor the city to protest against a draft law that would allow expeditions to mainland china that triggered months of sometimes violent street protests protesters are rallying in the city today to universal demonstrators held flashmob protest in shopping malls i think placards and banners call them homecomings liberation from china all the original extradition bill was eventually withdrawn a new national security law as many young hong kong is deeply worried about beijing's heavy handed reaction to that 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 but

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 them 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's basic law this will allow beijing to deploy its own security forces there. on tuesday hong kong's

leader carrie lamb 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 can not 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 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 seats in that district i was so well by protocol critic of this site picture it imply how

silence. stand with the state on the side of fellow protesters. 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 north korea has cut all communications with south korea including a military hotline between the 2 countries who are now says it's in response to seoul's failing to stop activists from sending leaflets critical of the regime over the border. suddenly eastern young or you like to see what all north korean state television announces the country's decision to cut off all communication lines with south korea. for your cause you know let's start. on tuesday morning the south defense ministry confirm deficiency in

pyongyang hadn't oncet of routing call to the liaison office no calls on military hotlines but they didn't even tell me what's wrong with. you the escalation in tensions comes after anger in the north at the south failure to stop activists from floating balloons filled with anti p.r. only at least flits across. the border. on monday students held a rally in the north capitol protesting against the leaflets and those who had 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 this is not. china sense it hopes relations between the 2 sides will be restored quickly but for now the north's leader has reminded the world he's still a force to be reckoned with. in football tonight german cup semi final between 4th divisions are broken and the bundesliga side 11 would normally be a david and goliath story a force that has never made before but with the pandemic shutting down their living and haven't played a competitive game for 3 months just one more challenge for the team that's been this season's judge us. these are broken players are preparing for their biggest

game in the years but their task is being complicated by the coronavirus the german cup semi final will take place without fans who support played a key role in the quarter final penalty shootout victory over just to go. to hell here is not ideal the fans have been through a lot in the last few years it hurts they can't experience this moment with us. the club is missing out on a significant source of revenue by not having fans in the stadium that money is much needed here especially with all the extra hygiene measures having to be person placed huge virus to cup success has also had its benefits. we're seeing the positives affects a true levels with members with sponsors and also the demand for season tickets. it's nice to see how interest in us has grown in the past few months.

despite being in germany's 4th tier britain can boast a proud tradition it was one of the brandy's leaders founding members in 1963 but in the period that followed the club faded into obscurity its biggest success since the cup final appearance by the women's team in 2008. now the focus is back on the men underdogs for the clash with police league aside leyva cruz and. then the. believing we'll see how we're coping in the 1st 15 minutes whether we can ride out the. early stages if we can do that and get into the game i'm confident we can cause some trouble. because the 4th division was ended early due to the coronavirus are broken haven't played a competitive game for 3 months they'll be pushing that to the back of their minds for this special occasion. these moments will live on for the rest of my life and we did a memory and the feeling will always be that it makes you want more. now the dream

is still alive the underdogs are hungry for more of this. now hoffenheim have surprised the bones of parting company with coach alpha just short despite the side overachieving this season and sitting 7th in the table which could be enough for european competition short it took over from your leonardo's man moved to vibe sick last year and many pundits expected hoffenheim to struggle despite confounding the doubt says the disagreements are behind the scenes of led to the split. and 2 russian cosmonauts aboard the international space station have been testing their mental agility with a game with chest against a grand master jack in the game was broadcast on the russian space agency as you tube channel told he even nation wagner used the tablet and said pretty well against one of the top names in chess coming away with

a creditable draw. played along from the space museum in moscow. so i want you to if you're a wild water canoe slalom reisa but you can't train properly because of the corona virus outbreak allotting team sebastian rossi has come up with a novel i think he's practicing hog tie himself to palm trees especially after his girlfriend swimming for one silver the fun american games last year. targeting success at next year's tokyo. is a much top story the funeral of george bush showcase his hometown of houston texas scoffing a ride from a private ceremony after thousands pay down last respects to staff and police custody sprawled global protests against racism. and today marks a year since the start of mass pro-democracy protests the demonstrators from some

increasingly tough stance from beijing mass arrests a new security vocal enable the crackdown on political dissent. move world news for you at the top of the hour in the meantime that's always the website e.w. dot com and you can follow instagram and twitter the different views of the.

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