this is news coming to live from berlin a final farewell and a call for justice for george floyd. hundreds of mourners packed in houston church for the funeral of the man who died in police custody in minneapolis 2 weeks ago floyd's death triggered global protests against racism and police brutality also coming up oscar winning director

spike lee he tells t w his reaction to george floyd's death he says donald trump will go down in history as america's worst ever president. coronavirus outbreaks in india's overcrowded prisons lawyers are trying to get releases for people held on pretrial detention before it's too late. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us a final goodbye and a call for action george floyd a black man who died after a white police officer pressed his knee into his neck for several minutes has been laid to rest at his funeral in houston texas friends and members of the family spoke about the man they knew and loved floyd's death ignited global protests against racism and police brutality. the.

morning a man his crime in the what's of his supporters was being born black more than $500.00 guests attended the funeral and he sed in texas for george floyd whose death under the knee of a white policeman spots global protests calling for a short justice. officer to. speak is that the ceremony made impassioned pleas for change clematis system because impromptu and lawful are deeply in place for the african american system to fail. and he's lucky to be shane just no more hate crimes peace so why is it make america great again but when has america ever been great. in a fierce unity civil rights activist reverend al sharpton nicky's president on the

trunk of caring more about trying to stop protests than ending police brutality. and we know the rights for black light is the same as the price for white life we go keep coming back to these situations over and over again is that a law will work or it won't work. trumps opponent in the presidential election democrat joe biden also to live it's a video message to the funeral. now is the time for racial justice. that's the ins we must give to our children when they ask why. because when there is justice for george. will truly be on our way to racial justice and then she said. he will change the world. well solem the funeral was also

a rousing tributes to. the life of floyd. little . do you know he is all over sol it is in houston all over you are the fountain of praise church for george floyd's funeral took place yesterday tell us more about the. yeah it was a very sad and emotional day procession the ceremony in the church lasted for 4 hours you got a little bit of an idea through the report that we've just seen his family members delivering a highly emotional speech is moved to tears of course but then there was also this cheerful aspect to the ceremony the family wanted to celebrate the life of george ford and that was done in the tradition of the american church so with lots of gospel music lots of music played in general of course and in addition to that

there was a political dimension and that was with the congress people who came from washington delivering speeches civil rights activists and one of the speakers was the democrats al green and i had the opportunity terry to speak to him earlier let's listen in what he had to say reconciliation in this country in germany we've had reconciliation to a great extent you don't feel. recognized and you don't feel that you. are compared to riff that you thought well if we have a reconciliation department in the cabinet of the united states of america with tara reconciliation who reports directly to the president whose job it is to eliminate racism and invidious discrimination who reports to the congress on an annual basis and can report how well he's doing his job what progress are we making this is what we are going to need for the long run so that we can take care of the

problems not only today but into the distant future. over george floyd stance has sparked worldwide protests against police brutality and racism how confident are people you've been talking to there that his death will be a catalyst for real change. people of very hopeful and you could really see that on monday when the public viewing year took place thousands came to bid farewell you could buy his t. shirts his posters amuro was painted here in his old neighborhood where hundreds gathered on the day of his funeral so he became and i can full of this movement and that's what many people are so proud of that someone that was largely no unknown to the public became the face of a worldwide movement sparking protests were by and people really do believe that his death was not in vain and there could have been chile bring change and improvement of course and send out a strong signal against racism in the united states but also around the world. of i

thank you so much that was the w.'s all over south it in houston texas well george floyd's death came as no surprise to spike lee the director of films like malcolm x. and do the right thing has made a short film himself which makes connections between george floyd's death and what the filmmakers he says institutionalized violence and racism in america's police forces the oscar winner told e.w. why this time he's hopeful of change. spike lee's response to the death of george floyd was to make this film editing footage of floyd's killing with the chokehold death of her garner in 2014 and with scenes from his own 1989 film do the right thing the writing was based on a real live show murder. and then the end. of the simple and brutal message is this is happened before if nothing changes this

will happen again. but lee does see a difference this time in the broad group of americans whose response to george floyd's death was to take to the streets just black and brown america white america . or my own wife sister and brother take in the streets and join his army all in saying this has to stop and there's a national crowd or these police departments across america we've got to do some with them you know they got out they got to be reform change fast app and how policing is done in the united states of america black t.-i for decades spike lee has been making movies about us racism and the forgotten history of african-americans amid the shooting of action of his new film the 5 bloods about black vietnam vets least slips in social

and political commentary. about the current resident of the white house leaders of mince words his nickname for president donald trump says it all agent orange is going to go down as the worst president in history of the united states in america . and it's funny now they see his allies these generals and politicians are slowly starting to move away from him because they can read the writing to the wall and they don't want to go down in history attached this guy being on the beat on a written down history is on the wrong side of history with a capital w. for the 1st time in decades one of america's loudest critics sees hope for real change hope i see it

a 1000000 americans taking to the streets saying enough is enough i see hope in how you feel more hopeful on november 4th that's the day after president elect. director spike lee there well now it's a look at some other stories from around the world a massive oil spill in russia's arctic region has polluted a lake that serves as a basin for water flowing into the arctic ocean emergency teams are working to contain more than 20000 tons of diesel which traveled 20 kilometers from the spill site near norad's in spain nissan workers held a protest in barcelona against the japanese automakers decision to shut its plant in the north east of the country around 3000 people are losing their jobs company has suffered a major drop in orders due to the corona virus pandemic. thousands of people have rallied across the czech republic to protest against the government's coded 19

recovery plans and to demand more state support for nurse hit by a pandemic restructure the 1000000 moments for democracy movement organized events of more than $150.00 locations. india is seeing a dramatic surge in new coronavirus cases with officials reporting around 10000 new infections today the total number of cases stands at more than 276000 curbing the spread is a major problem in india's overcrowded prisons especially in the capital delhi word jails are packed far beyond capacity w.'s minera chaudhary met a former inmate who says conditions for prisoners could prove deadly. did that lead to members the time he spent in jail he was accused of in one minute in several dead and related cases. he was finally acquitted of all charges in

2012 but only after spending 14 years in prison. he's tried to get back to leading a normal life but still is often reminded of his time locked up as a prisoner especially now during the call that 19 pandemic. says he was confined in a barrick with over 300 people instead of the allowed 150 depression it was difficult to even find speed to sit or lie down we couldn't even sleep comfortably we would think to each other while sleeping i don't know if any single person got infected with colon i disappearing so it would be very difficult to control it from the straightest i'm saying it is very difficult to maintain social distance and there. are many big indian prisons are crowded far beyond their capacity this is because the last majority didn't preach i detention. coupled with poor sanitation and nutrition this creates

a perfect storm for the. whole 100 people including prisoners and staff members death to cause the temple covered 19 intimate my prison now multiple positive features have been detected in the daily business but this becomes especially concerning because maintaining social distancing in india over crowded britain is next to impossible to decongest indian genes prisoners are now being released on interim being or images. depending on the severity of dicky's or how sick they are . is part of a net folk of lawyers working pro bono to secure the release of inmates on bail but things are not moving as fast as they should about 10 per cent of prisoners have been released so far on being according to official figures. more must says he's verdict arrests are still being made across northern ireland. and we're. all these things can be done by the police. if we're going to

move you would govern the. court of many inmates are known like sitting ducks they have hardly any protection against the virus. you've got a russian intellectuals once said that a society's degree of civilisation could be just by putting its presence to rest. and says this is a matter of basic human rights everyone should be entitled to them. no matter where they live. he says that indian prisons need to be prevented from falling 3 to a greek tragedy. has been there richard ari who filed that report joins us now from delhi good to see you someone there are some prisoners in india have been released as a precaution to stop the virus spreading but what precautions are being taken for the prisoners and staff were still inside the prisons well 1st of all the condition

that this seeing in this. wider suspending inside prison it's not only in the capital in delhi it's happening in a lot of it 1st came in attention in the city of mumbai in which $100.00 people deaths of 4 the time and one jail and then you know it came forth in delhi so at the moment since the spread of the writers began there was a section of people including prison rights activists to a pointing out in the direction of the condition that the prisoners live in and it's part of the government did give some of these some instructions to the press does not want to do you think that the hygiene should be meeting and any person showing symptoms should be isolated family was it's have completely stopped and that any new entry into the for the many person with been arrested should become unscreened but that exactly is the point the question is why are there fresh and that's to be made as we saw in the report noir in that it does give an order makes the mission to this problem and if you see james early on there might be

a few exceptions but according to the reports and studies that we have seen over the years the gentle condition not hygiene the nutrition is not very good in an instance you know overcrowding has been a huge problem in india's jails for years is there any sign that conditions are going to improve. well overcrowding is a big problem in one big reason why prisons i saw were crowded is because you know a 70 person the majority of the inmates are pretty tragic to leave or as we call them in india under trends this also is a big comment on i just to some why are cases not being vigilant quickly so at the moment while the authorities are trying to maintain some sort of order by trying to decongest the g.s. but some lawyers and other exports i feel spoken to this saying that this is not happening fast enough so at the moment the solution does look like it needs to be decongestant but india is now seeing a spike in covert 19 cases just days after it started lifting restrictions could

this mean that the law might be reimposed. when india have begun the process of coming out of the log down more the restaurants markets place in the worship have opened up some people have started going to work as well but this process of coming out of the long down does not go inside. the despair of the riots that happened in that is in fact getting worse we are see every day a spike of calls to between 121-0000 pieces that make in this fight that the scene so. india came out of the long run konami these so now why did this unlocking this lead to the spread gets or if i don't part of the body we don't need theme it because of this but i think the next one month the see how the key is to spread what is the actual number a lot of decisions of the administration we will depend on that. thank you for very much an era chart dari there in delhi.

you're watching g.w. news still to come are for investors getting a raw deal in china we speak to the e.u. chamber of commerce. first that's going to round up of some of the latest developments in the coronavirus pandemic the world health organization has reevaluated comments an official made that asymptomatic people only really spread the qur'an a by wristy w h o has now clarified that this is still unknown scientists say there could be a link between the severity of a coded infection and a person's blood group preliminary results point to people with blood type a being at a higher risk of severe infection than those with other blood types in brazil a supreme court justice has ordered the government to resume publishing full of 9000 data it's been accused of trying to hide the severity of the country's pandemic and south korea has started requiring venues deemed high risk such as

night clubs to register customers to help trace virus transmissions it was the scenario everyone feared a 2nd corona virus helped break in germany after the 1st walked all measures were loosen the city of good thing and is now seeing new cases surged to dangerous levels and no muslim roma community is being blamed for the outbreak we want to go to going to find out more. the apartment building rises into the sky right next to the heart of the city this building has seen a significant outbreak of new coronavirus cases in katyn several large muslim roma families supposedly get the tape to celebrate the end of ahmed on without sticking to social distancing rules the families the night this. yes we celebrated from and on we went to the mosque that we kept a distance everyone had a mosque on and we had our own prayer we follow the rules. since the outbreak of

division between the people living in the apartment block and the rest of the city is growing a snake and pain broke out the inhabitants speak of spitting attacks and insults. we are furious about what has happened to us this really is just pop asli stirring up huge animosity towards us digging want to. now the head of the city's action committee apologizes for some of the words used when communicating the cases but some people are simply irresponsible she says. i'm sorry now that i use the words in large families in connection with the outbreak because the words large families are often associated with people from an immigrant background and it was not my intention to discredit anyone but what we have to state is certain individuals have not followed the rules in the context of

this outbreak and this is absolutely unacceptable on us and i nor where the infection spread is still unclear this is also a suspected hot spot an illegal gathering with over 30 people is said to have taken place here many of them sharing the same shisha pipe now distancing measures that were just loose and could be tightened again after the latest outbreak schools have closed this week that makes people angry but there is also a sense of awareness freising this winning i think it would move to 0 it's unbelievable meeting at that restaurant i simply can't understand how they could do you that in this under the 1st day in this month the us what. we can and should talk about the fact that this was irresponsible behavior but that has nothing to do with the people's religion or nationality it's a tool. anyone who does such things in times of her strict meeting people

in public places that is simply brainless no matter what religion or beliefs they practice the city has now tested as many people as possible in the last few days everyone agrees now that the infections are here for the spreading has to be stopped as quickly as possible. now to china and when the european union chamber of commerce and china asked its members about business prospects in february it became clear that business was not booming in china even before the coronavirus and for example 50 percent of the companies surveyed stated that sales were not better in 2019 than in the previous year and in the 1st quarter of 2020 sales slumped significantly in addition 40 percent of those surveyed are convinced that foreign investors in china are at a disadvantage when compared to chinese investors especially when it comes to environmental regulations. or for more i'm joined by

charlotte rule the vice president of the european union chamber of commerce in china thanks for being with us how level is the playing field for foreign investors in china when they don't play a few of these definitely a topic on which we've been that looking for yes we are not there yet in terms of level playing field as only i mean you mentioned that already in terms of access to the mountain in terms of fair competition we seem see some progress to be me so let me just maybe mention one thing regarding level playing field only 2 thirds of the home in the city is a level playing field happening in the next i mean. in the next few years so actually we are not there yet if there are actually and it is really something that we are working on we need china cannot afford the situation. what impact

is the coronavirus pandemic having on european companies investing in china. actually it has 2 sides of impact says that 1st we were already observing some issues and some challenges for the european business in china and those one really magnified my thought that 90 so if you look at the top challenges about slowdown whether it is chinese or u.s. china trade world trade creating a lot of uncertainties and when you are this 15 supply chain when you have a drop in demand of you steve you see it as there is a need to address this extremely quickly and extremely dramatically then there are underlying issues such as fair competition we mentioned again never playing field access to the market i would mentions a heavy weight of state owned enterprise that is a concern. and this is really something that we see imaging as a one economy to sustain one system being on one side more open in and it is also

happening as that's why we stay in china as there is of that that can be done in china so reform pace is too slow but there are some an immense the world of fair warfare mall where regulated market and this is happening but on the other side where esle restate enterprise quite present then we see 0 with which i mean have you let me maybe add just one more point regarding could 19 as any country in the were owned companies face huge cash flows issues and restraints of topic regarding financing our members were already reporting that for 40 percent of them they couldn't access enough financing if and when talking about the chinese not mean in private it was 44 percent this is not who thought again and even more than that because a savings ok given that many people in europe and elsewhere outside of china are talking about repatriating production and becoming less reliant on china what would you say looking 10 or 5 or 10 years ahead do you think china will still be an

attractive destination for foreign investment. actually we need also to consider as a size of the market so we surveyed our members around that and we had only 11 percent of respondents saying that they would consider relocating investments shifting investment towards other destination so the senate was conducted in february but we asked them again later on and this proportion didn't change that much china is now starting again and it is an enormous market and it makes sense actually to produce here because it's more competitive if you produce look for local consumer we are talking about one 5th of the global consumers so we don't see a trend a massive trend of shifting investment but obviously there are some questions to one strategy that needs to be if not free to katie that these day pacified israel thank you very much for talking with us that was charlotte rule of the european union chamber of commerce in china. and just remind of our top story

today george floyd has been laid to rest in a mostly him outside houston texas at his funeral mass family members called for an end to police violence floyd's death in police custody in minneapolis 2 weeks ago sparked global protests against races. you're watching news from berlin to get all the latest news information around the clock on our website it d.w. dot com i'm terry martin thanks watch.

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