this is d.w. news live from berlin protesters demanding racial equality take to the streets in central berlin the demonstrators are calling on germany to confront racism within its own society as hundreds gathered to show solidarity with the black lives that are meant also coming up the united states struggles to contain

a surge in coronavirus cases in several states from boarding startling numbers some leaders are tightening restrictions that had been rolled back. and italy faces a newly discovered cluster of chroma virus cases hundreds are put into porn teen in a large building complex after an entrée come on seasonal workers. omarion evanston it's good to have you with us here in berlin hundreds of people are taking part in black lives matter protests demonstrators are calling for solidarity with protests in the u.s. which were sparked by last month's killing of george floyd by a white police officer but protesters are also denouncing local institutionalized racism which is an everyday reality for many black germans.

as is standing by at those demonstrations in berlin. and she joins us now with the latest so money well good to see you tell us what is happening where you are right now. what are you going to see behind me people might be out at least in front of up on the bookstore. police say around the to meet the lockout and yet today in part in cemetery tivo do you have a process but it was so actually announced with police violence and every day of racism that black people who make sounds are hearing taken a hit man you know why do you think the killing of the american georgia has resonated so much with the germans i mean this is also unfortunately not the 1st time we're seeing something like this happen in the u.s. why does this change things for germans now. well i think

especially black german community here that was really feeding doubts that you know about the whole jenny you know so you know it was really aware that this was that racism that needs to be about afghanistan for example are confronted cabarets racism you know on an everyday basis not necessarily openly i raise it's a tough spot i've every day raises themselves up for example they see that being taken because of their sheer of because if they name oh people looking at them doesn't resent her so much profit off them are his that is happening today that he also did you know is that kind of every day of racism and many people are right now are sharing their experience of that kind of racism on the stage right now because . well if we are now seeing more of a debate over raise and equality within germany are we going to see any changes here in the country oh. well for example malls are

having happening the beginning of june kind of move lines a little bit about this. and piece of memo column is especially from the green party from the left right here in germany which called for for example the word phrase to be great to be changing the constitution if you use in the article paragraph 3 of the german constitution and many of the eighty's say that there was no raise of their own why should our figurine come back you know no situation so that is something people are campaigning for of course they are so campaigning for more general awareness she would want the people off pro-life in general my face here in germany. is reporting from the black lies that a protest in the center of berlin we appreciate it thank you. all in the u.s. several states that were the 1st to ease long down restrictions are now seeing

drastic spikes in coronavirus cases large states like texas and florida are ordering some businesses to close again after record numbers of new infections but white house officials insist the pandemic is under control and some local leaders continue to downplay the threat of the disease. one step forward 2 steps back states like texas and florida have been left reeling progress towards reopening has been put on pause was surging infection rates in both states in texas nearly 6000 new coronavirus cases were recorded on thursday prompting the governor to close by a moment restaurants to 50 percent capacity it's a similar story in florida 9000 new cases reported on friday nearly doubling the previous record set army today's. many states are experiencing the highest

infection rate since the crisis began in a sign the spike is being taken seriously by the. why has the coronavirus taskforce held its 1st briefing in 2 months. we stand here today we believe we've made progress. but as we are reminded as we see cases rising across the south that we still i work to do and so we say to every american particularly those in counties and in states that are being impacted by rising cases of that now's the time for everybody to continue to do their part while there is the vice president said that more than half of new cases are americans under the age of $35.00 that's being complicated by the fact that many asymptomatic my immediate family you have an individual responsibility to yourself but you have a societal responsibility because if we want to end this outbreak really

end it and then hopefully when a vaccine comes and puts the nail in the coffin we've got to realize that we all part of the process. expects remain concerned as the health this is economy today fueled by trans insistence the country got back up and running. well parts of europe are also dealing with a flare up of corona virus infections in italy there's been a spike in new cases to the north of naples mainly an apartment blocks housing seasonal farmworkers' the city of months are going to is on alert to try to stop the virus from spreading further. tensions have been rising between the residents of these apartment blocks and the local people in wonder grown me after the buildings were placed under lockdown due to dozens of coronavirus cases several residents trying to leave and defiance of the buddha and then these will be

a big problem for us because. after they are going to close all the c.v. and that means a economic problem for us. most of the residents of bulgaria many of them thought to be working in italy without proper contracts and for very low wages now sentiment against the foreign workforce is mounting. or fun or they've been astounded to be one. cultural workers they come each season and then they move on to greece for the olive harvest though they do leave. before the seasonal work has arrived there was no cold fit here. you've called the dead man's a number of police. now dozens of police have been sent to monitor goni to ease tensions and stop residents from leaving the building to keep the virus contained the red cross is carrying out extensive testing hundreds of samples have already

been taken. will do them on google the 3rd one in the multiply must say that monday or groaning as 1st funding bill very very about a lot of a lot of people are coming for tests and since we started this morning we've taken over 250 s. what was real people understood here how important is to be careful about the virus . now a national protection agency is delivering to the current team presidents they will not be able to leave their homes for the next 15 days. journalists in and go to has been following the story for us and she joins us now from federal anger which is around 50 kilometers from on that i'm going to thema good to see you so why has there been this new coronavirus outbreak among the agricultural workers. well these are good cultural work as we saw in that group or out there seasonal workers being

sent she commun to harvest the crops in the area nearby get their exploits bulls of the time i mean they work. very hard in a very. orderly day and they go to did these a band did apartment buildings this complex where it was found to be all state to get to and essentially in what is probably poor sanitary conditions because doesn't help is 5 preventing the coronavirus spread so since the thing would to scotland because i think the woman. in the hospital there bulgarian who bit her child tested negative but she tested positive and that's how they traced it back to that building still be tested more than 700 people and they found that 43 meals and tested positive those legal carriers but they will also 9 whole list italians in that group and tensions began between the residents of the towns and those areas in

that building because some of the tripe to eve because they said they had to go to work because they did the money to feed their families and that is why the government made the decision essentially to send in troops to can t. that even that red zone if you like of a lot of the next. now how worried are local officials that this infection is going to spread to the other residents of the city i mean you mention only 10 homeless italians are there more people in the town getting sick well what is happening right now is that they've got you know the compiler you reach which by the way was known for his very hard line stance throughout the outbreak to dealing with the spread of the good of ours thank you said very clearly what they want to do is test almost all 30000 residents of the town and the media has actually pulled in people to to come forward and volunteer to gestate sites that have been set up for people

to get themselves says celt as to 19 deaths because he wants to continue to his years said if the number of infections goes up to 100 he's going to close the entire town down so really they are taking this very seriously and so by and large how do people perceive the actions of authorities in containing the infection i mean the travel season has begun now are people confident. well what the government is saying is that look you got to practice the social distancing you got away your boss what's required to do is you've also got to use those sanitizing gels but what they're hoping to do is to test and trees and track people who have been in contact with those that have tested positive so that's why we know for instance that it towns throughout its city where they have discovered plastic and they have managed to track down everyone that's connected to those groups in order to contain the spread it can be trying to contain everything but you're right this is the peak

tourist season when someone sees it so people are going not just between the region so there is concern which is why the authorities say it's very important to being in that are i think the gupta reporting for us from spare longo we appreciate it. let's get a quick check now some of the other stories making news this hour ireland has a new prime minister for a leader me home martin was elected in a special parliamentary sitting he heads an unprecedented coalition with arch rival finn and gale and the smaller green party in alliance was forged to keep the resurgent republican sean fein out of power. facebook founder mark zuckerberg says the social media platform will label news worthy posts that break the site's rules and that will include posts by politicians the company had faced criticism for not

flagging inflammatory or inaccurate posts couldn't ones by u.s. president donald trump. officials in mexico city say $900.00 suspects have been arrested after a gunman shot at an armored vehicle carrying the city's police chief 2 members of the chief security detail were killed in that attack authorities say the ambush was meticulously planned and involved dozens of gunmen hired weeks ago. in the us the national basketball association announced friday that 16 out of $302.00 players tested positive for the coronavirus the players will remain in self isolation n.b.a. commissioner adam silver said that he does not rule out putting the season on hold again if there is a significant spread among its athletes the n.b.a. is said to restart in a sports conflicts in florida on july 30th but the games will be played without

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