this is d.w. news live from berlin find billions more euro's for the fight against the corona virus the european union kicks off a pandemic fundraiser with a big pledge to help develop vaccines tests and treatments worldwide organizers are hoping a star studded concert will encourage more people to open their wallets. also coming up the united states struggles to contain a surge in coronavirus cases with several states reporting startling new numbers some leaders are tightening restrictions that have been hurled back. and protesters

demanding racial equality take to the streets in her lip they're calling on germany to confront racism within its own society as hundreds gather to show solidarity with a black lives matter planned. i'm married to evanston it's good to have you with us the european union has pledged nearly 5000000000 more euros to help vulnerable countries battle of the coronavirus pandemic the money's being raised at a summit organized by the e.u. and the international aid group global citizen the goal is to make potential vaccines tests and treatments affordable and accessible worldwide. a short while. go european commission president or still of underlying address the

importance of expanding access to potential vaccines we need to invest in producing vaccines at unprecedented speed and scale and a task of this size can only happen if the world unites we need our best scientists to work together we need a global health organizations to join forces and we need governments business and financial 1st to step in and provide funding tens of billions are required. d.w. chief international editor richard walker joins us now from brussels with more on the e.u. coronavirus fund raiser hello to you richard so tell us what can we expect from today's fund raising summit. yeah well it's the latest in a series of events that have been aimed at raising money but also awareness for the importance of the global corporation in the fight against the coronavirus and

today's event is something of a hybrid really we've had politicians taking part we just saw was a lot of underline in the clips there from the european commission but also a lot of entertainers so there's been some of events like a sort of mini panel discussion that featured the prime minister of norway and miley cyrus and then there was quite a long interview with one of the bad guys from game of thrones so a little bit of a hybrid going on today later on there's going to be a concert also with a lot of big stars performing in that but they have been some concrete results like the 5000000000 we just saw from the european commission the german side also chipping in more money seeing 383000000 euros additionally for these international efforts and i think the whole thing just aimed at underlining this message that the world has to work together to fight the coronavirus it's not good enough for individual countries particularly rich countries just to try and find vaccines for their own people was left on the line said to think that you can beat this virus by just vaccinating your own people is just plain wrong now richard is it clear where

this money is the post ago too. your money will be going to a number of different international initiatives and just to give you one example is an international vaccine initiative called garvey that has that been a focus of a lot of fund raising recently and it's about trying to pool resources and coordinate all of these very very large number of vaccine development programs that are going on around the world and that takes many forms for instance you know trying to accelerate the process usually takes a very long time for to develop a vaccine especially this testing period where the trials are taking place at various stages now this alliance wants to try and organize manufacturing vaccines even before they are given the green light so that if they are then given the green light they can be searched very quickly to the populations so it's that kind of thing that requires a lot of money a lot of coordination. is richard walker in brussels thank you very much. well in the u.s. several states that were the 1st to ease lock down restrictions are now seeing

a drastic surge in coronavirus cases large states like texas and florida are ordering some businesses to close again after record numbers of new infections at 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 with surging infection rates in both states in texas nearly 6000 new coronavirus cases were recorded on thursday prompting the governor to close by as a met restaurants to 50 percent capacity it's a similar story in florida 9000 new cases were reported on friday nearly doubling the previous record set army 2 days early on. many states are experiencing the

highest infection rate since the crisis began in a sign the spike is being taken seriously by the white house the coronavirus task force 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 is the time for everybody to continue to do their part while there is a 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 the societal

responsibility because if we want. this outbreak really and then hopefully we'll have vaccine comes and puts the nail in the coffin we've got to realize that we all part of the promises. experts remain concerned over the health versus economy debate fueled by trump's insistence the country got back up and running. let's get a check now of some of the other stories making news this hour a record surgeon confirmed coronavirus cases in india has pushed the total above the half 1000000 mark the government has been converting some hotels and public buildings in the capital delhi into covert $900.00 treatment centers experts believe it will be several weeks before the peak is reached in the country. the british embassy in moscow has raised a rainbow flag to celebrate. pride defying russia's law banning so-called

gay propaganda the embassy issued a statement saying it rejects all forms of discrimination including then based on sexual orientation and gender identity this follows the u.s. legation flying the rainbow flag in the russian capital 2 days ago. here in berlin hundreds of people have joined a black lives matter protest rallying against racial discrimination demonstrators called for solidarity with protests in the u.s. which were sparked a lot by last month's killing of george floyd by a white police officer in the city of minneapolis but protesters are also denouncing local institutionalized racism which is an every day reality for many black germans. the rally was held with most people respecting coronavirus precautions let's have a listen now to what demonstrators said was important to them. it was risky for me today the most important thing was to turn out it's

a nice saturday but i have to show up. that's a real sure the virus is going around we all have to be careful and that's where our masks and pay attention but it's not the 1st virus to go around and when you look at the numbers it's scary but they're scarier things out there it was more important for me to show up on his knees to get its. business is that it's a big part of my life this injustice in the world racism discrimination we're constantly confronted with it all. even when you grow up in germany it doesn't matter where you grow up police violence is everywhere racism and injustice are everywhere and i'm here to add my voice calling for change in my focus then through . to the use a model shows was at the rally and she filed this report here in bed around 1000 gathered today to get more u.s. profits as part of georgia go you've got part of her all of them are wearing

a mask and trying for us. but. it was very nice to see you today and to be known case the race was happening here in jeddah you're talking about the navy if they did they experience way sound was nothing to see so for example when they sent out the seal they don't even. bother because a been made that is something they seem to be into that is that spiritual racism that they want to change on the. many members of parliament are asking the government to move the way the web raised from the german constitutional court given to god to keep the honey people are. not saints not it. mexico city's police chief was wounded and 3 others were killed after a group of more than 2 dozen gunmen attacked his vehicle local media same police

have now arrested 19 suspects and they're investigating drug cartels who they say of planning an assassination attempt. a brazen dawn attack the security camera footage shows gunman firing on the police chief's convoy. the victims included 2 bodyguards and a bystander the attackers failed to kill the police chief wounding him in 3 places . police have detained several suspects and said as many as 28 gunmen were involved. authorities later confiscated a dizzying array of weapons. and so far we have secured firearms of different calibers rifle fragmentation grenades smoke grenades telephone equipment radio communication equipment ballistic vest and 13 vehicles. the audacity of the attack has

sparked fears of a new escalation in violence the so-called how least go new generation cartel is already blamed for another high profile attack this month that killed a judge officials trying to reassure the public making gun nope stampin left for their lives despite the firepower of some of these criminal organizations. none of them has the power to challenge the mexican state under the gun. the current government has avoided confronting drug cartels directly but this incident is putting that policy to the test. to sports now and germany's bundesliga drew to a strange closed today with its final round of matches played in front of empty stands due to the coronavirus pandemic but even without the fans it was a dramatic last day let's have a look at the outcomes. hoffenheim trounce dortmund they were couzin beat mines

gladbach edged out hair tom byron found fork i'm tough the to put a born veteran braman thrash cologne freiburg beach life sick downed fork and when young berlin beat distilled or. so what does that mean for the final standings well with biron already crowned champions glovebox fended off leverkusen to secure 4th place then champions league football next season that means laver couzin joined hoffenheim envoy spork in the early league with freiburg missing out in the bottom half putter born were already relegated and are joined now by dusseldorf braman massive win gives them a chance to retain their bundesliga status in the play off against a 2nd division side. in europe italy and spain were among the countries hit

hardest by the corona virus pandemic now a tech company in madrid has designed a way to honor the victims of covert 19 and the many health care and emergency workers who've been fighting to save lives during the crisis. for 10 minutes and a ray of 40 drones lit up the night sky over madrid. with a simple message. if you would ask it's a series of shapes to commemorate and send wishes of hope a tribute to the victims and to the firefighters health workers and police. say daddy of one of their most of. the drones carried multicolor l.e.d.s. their color and position controlled by special software. to avoid crowds and maintain social distancing the exact location of the show was kept secret but the

message was for everyone with blanks of the countries affected by covert 19 and a word of thanks for those who'd been working to contain it. that's the latest on the w news thanks for watching. in the height of climate change. africa's. what's in store. for the future. or to make a city today to get insight. into. how the virus spread. why do we panic and when will this. just 3 of the top.