this is the view news live from berlin calling for consequences and explanations an explosion of violence including brutal attacks against police and looting least people in the southern german city of still dark stockings and businesses and rooms with a lot of war reporter also coming up. a major coronavirus outbreak at a german slaughterhouse raises questions about worker safety politicians feeling the heat after more than 1300 employees out that plant are infected. and how to protest during

a pandemic well look at some of the challenges climate activists in beijing as they try to keep demonstrations safe. i'm brian thomas good to have you with us today the head of police in the german city of stock guard says he has never seen anything like it in some 50 years on the job on saturday night police lost control as about 500 young people rioted looted and attacked officers in the city center at least 19 police were injured 24 people were arrested as violence erupted after police searched or used for illegal drugs. shattered glass ransacked shops still cut streets after saturday night's chaos hundreds of people came to this park to party when the police arrived suspecting

a drugs offense the situation escalated. people threw stones and bottles and attacked police cars several officers were injured police called to the scene described it as completely out of control. they have an interest on loans in full it's the police all in all $1000.00 police officers were injured last night the engine is that it was designed inst one of them was hurt so badly had to be taken off duty this number could still rise as officers often report their injuries afterwards that we've made and understand using narcan don't go and videos circulating on social media shows several groups turning violent destroying shop fronts and losing until the early hours of the morning this all into something greater than for love throughout the night 40 stores are attacked. at the moment we see in shop windows was smashed and destroyed. from what we know at present 9 shops were looted you always does noise in large english if they get.

the next day start cut residents reacted to the destruction. never seen this instant gut i'm completely shocked i just can't really believe it. and it's going to clubs up as far as the i found out about it through a video i just saw someone throwing stones at the shop was lucky to criminal damage destroying other people's property that's not ok. police are currently gathering evidence from the shops destroyed overnight more than 20 people arrested during the violence and now being questioned. records down mara standing by for us right now in stuttgart today due back there can you give us some more details about the rioters the looters and how they organized absolutely so what police are saying is that many of the suspects many of the people involved in the clashes are from the city's so-called party scene i spoke

with many of the people i spoke with several of the people who actually said that they were there on saturday night this does not appear to be an organized group per se if they said that they were just a group of lots of friends who were gathering in separate groups who then came together out of solidarity when police went to go search another team for drugs now many of these of the people who were involved they're young they're in their late teens early twenty's and many of them themselves also said they didn't understand how how things got so out of hand and why things escalated so quickly some of them said that there have been tensions with police and that there's been a larger conversation about relations with police especially in light of the u.s. protests against police brutality but some also cited frustrations over the coronavirus lockdown saying that that they felt isolated and that they were

frustrated sort of and general with the situation and one of the main things that they saw also told me was that alcohol was definitely a factor in what occurred on saturday night and police are saying that this is not a politically motivated they do not believe that there is a political motivation behind what happened here what are police saying about any more arrests that might be the pipeline. well the authorities have launched a massive investigation into what happened and they are going to be looking through through the evidence in the shops that were damaged and the ones that were looted they were going there but there were only so far only 24 arrests and between 400 to 500 people are believed to have been involved so these investigations are going to take some time and many of the people who were involved were also wearing masks and covering their faces so police are definitely facing an uphill battle in determining exactly who was involved rebecca looking at those ruined businesses

behind you today in stuttgart a lot of people there are not going to be returning to work today what the citizens want to see to keep this from happening again not only in stood guard but in other german urban areas well a lot of people are calling for hard hour strict measures against the people who are involved something to send a signal that this type of violence that these types of clashes are not ok and that they will not be tolerated the state interior minister bag the state or start guard is located so that they will be following they will be pursuing the suspects to the full extent of the law and that they're calling for justice they're also going to be looking more firmly into the city so-called party scene and doing more patrols putting more police on the streets and and inspecting this scene and making sure that these gatherings don't get out of hand the way that they did on saturday night

rebecca thanks very much for bringing us up to date from the city center there as that court today. well the outbreak of violence in stuttgart comes as europe's urban areas are trying to bounce back from from the virus lockdowns in other coronavirus news today the world health organization has recorded the biggest one day increase in coronavirus cases more than 183000 the americas accounting for more than half of that in brazil more than 50000 people have now officially died from the virus hundreds of people joined in protests for and against brazil's president higher balsa naro and his handling of the crisis and residents of a large block of flats in central germany have clashed with police over a forced quarantine officials in the city of gutting and ordered some 700 people into the localized lockdown after more than 100 tested positive well some 1400 people have tested positive for the corona virus at

a meat packing plant in western germany that plant has been closed for 2 weeks now thousands of people placed in quarantine in the surrounding area it remains unclear if regional leaders are going to reimpose a wider lockdown concerns are also growing about working conditions of plants like these. coronavirus cases in germany were long and decline but now that's changing in large part due to the super spreader event at the tiniest meat packing plant in the country's west. north rhine-westphalia state premier visited the site on sunday. gunsmoke turn this child in north rhine-westphalia infection numbers have gone down by over 75 percent since we reopened but here in the good just little district we have a concentrated explosion and the numbers which are closely linked to the meat industry industry for booms and. it's not the 1st time that

a large corona outbreak has begun at a german meat packing plant but the latest incident has intensified the debate over health and safety of the workers many of the plants workers come from eastern europe they live and work in cramped conditions. there is often an incident between the source if this can be found at this specific company but we still cannot rule out a wider lockdown condition look down the moment. lush it has been one of the loudest proponents of a swift and to lock down measures now he faces the prospect of being forced into a humiliating u. turn. all various protest groups including the fridays for future movement have not been seen publicly over the past 3 months with the pandemic law down meaning that mass gatherings have been banned in most countries so they're looking to make a comeback by trying out alternatives to mass protests climate activists gathering

in the northern german city of flensburg over the weekend for a socially distance sit in meanwhile in lubec a number of protesters riding their bikes to remind people that they are raising awareness about the environment. and the more radical extinction rebellion movement is also returning to the streets to w. met activists from both groups. elena marshall and jacob basil are fridays for future activist they took part in the protest that turned environmental movement into a household name the coronavirus pandemic put an end to such mass gatherings fridays for future is now looking for new ways to raise awareness. of course you have to maintain social distancing that means that we for instance paint crosses on to the streets and some cities and people keep their distance by standing on those marks or we form human change with people holding tape to keep

apart and some cases we won't bring people onto the streets at all but instead use items like protest signs. as part of online protest fridays for a future place 10000 placards in front of the german parliament in april but the activists know such digital demonstrations won't be enough to push their message in the long term. because i think we were right to hold back but now our voice needs to be heard again we have to remind people what is most important we have to be confident in clear that the climate crisis is the biggest crisis of the century we have to treat it that way. they are also keen to take up the fight again extension rebellion are back with what they're calling rebellion weak civil disobedience is compatible with social distancing as this sit in at an industrial

lobby headquarters in berlin shows. are only a small group i'm glued to this spot and the rebels below me have chained themselves to it this is how we protest and i think it's entirely appropriate. the risk of infection weighs heavily on the climate protests which have been forced to reinvent themselves. and their strong hippie by was at this 24 hour demo an improvement park a handful of activists want to engage with the public through music and discussion . we don't want to limit ourselves to big demonstrations where you go out on the streets for only an hour and all that counts is your slogan and the amount of people who show up we want to offer a space for people to exchange ideas with those. they think come more colorful and creative but with a pandemic preventing break turnouts climate protests have yet to reach their

earlier power to exert political pressure. sports now in the bundesliga 2nd division promotion hopefuls hiden high and hamburg one head to head in the penultimate match day it was 3rd vs for the hosts said promotion campaigns back of the surprise one now hide behind have a shot at making it into the bundesliga for the 1st time in that small club's history or a small town club haydn high in have surprisingly pushed for promotion for several seasons now but visitors hamburg had the upper hand in points and the early chances after school this 1st tough pollo broke the deadlock right off the half time. the goal came just 20 seconds after the restart his 9th for the season putting hamburg in front. high deny him how to goal disallowed 10 minutes later but managed

to keep their promotion hopes alive by storing the a.t.f. minutes and own goal but it counts just the same. and in the 93rd minute a desperate hail mary pass suddenly looked like a stroke of genius when stefan shema set up constantine cash to spot wild celebrations. the 21 win that means highs and i move into 3rd ahead of the final match day promotion would be quite the feat for a club that was playing in the 6th division as recently as 2004. and stiff dogs were demoted to the 2nd division last season but their return to the bundesliga looks all but certain following a 6 no victory over nuremburg. sit down scored 1st after 11 minutes when the silas among the 2 got converted to make it one nil. a further 5 goals followed the things that garden prime position to seal 2nd place that's coming up next weekend.

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