the 3 women children look better means for them to march 21. d.w.i. . this is g w news live from berlin and thousands defy a ban on mass gatherings in serbia with a sitting protest against the government's coronavirus response the peaceful demonstration follows 2 days of violent clashes. also coming up a stunning defeat for u.s. president trump the supreme court allowing prosecutors to seek his tax records but the court's ruling doesn't mean voters will see his tax records anytime soon. and

bosnia prepares to mark 25 years since forever newtown as a place to rest another 8 victims of europe's worst massacre since world war 2. i'm simply so much kind of great to have you with us there's been a 3rd night of protests in serbia against the government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic that is despite an official ban on gatherings of more than 10 people the protest started earlier this week after the government proposed a 2nd lockdown due to a sharp spike in covert 19 cases which some blame on the serbian president's decision to hold elections. large protests defied the new ban on gatherings in belgrade but they remained largely peaceful. like the preceding 2 nights when

rioters attacked the parliament building these are scenes the serbian government hopes have subsided now president alexander called the protesters hooligans while addressing the nation during an official flight to paris. i promise you that we will be able to preserve peace and stability despite the criminal hooligan violent attacks we are all shocked by. insurgent all our people in belgrade and in other cities not to confront the hooligans themselves we will do that as a state we will do it and we will win. the privilege. earlier this week had announced that a new coronavirus lockdown would be imposed protests erupted just hours later many serbians accuse the autocratic of being the one who allowed the coronavirus crisis to spin out of control in the 1st place in june here brought the east previously strict measures in order to hold an election that tightened his grip on power since

then serbia has experienced a surge in new coronavirus cases was diminished i don't have a problem with these measures but i do have a problem with shutting them down just because of the elections and then reimposing them. what is the need our government is simply looking after its own interests the people are just collateral damage out of that. is that. serbia went back 5 centuries under president bush. that thousands of people who gathered in belgrade and other serbian cities in defiance of the new ban made it abundantly clear that they have no intention of letting their voices be silenced. and we can speak now to journalists a dress a fairy who's been following the protests it will thank you for joining us tell us more about what happened in belgrade last night. well the process sue could theory at the end of the story. were very quiet and comparing to the 1st 2

nights and very we could see a lot of violence but last night people were calling to sit down and they were also. 2 other people who were trying to provoke that this is or provoke a sense and they don't want to have while and during this night also there were almost no police officers sin or end of the parliament and everything went quite at the end even brought the stairs started cleaning the streets to send the message that they are not the while and once but is the office and officers and the police . a curfew that was planned for this weekend in the capital has been called off that was what it sparked some anger originally is that likely to appease some of the protesters. not really they are going to have another brought us

this night and we don't know how it's going to go but in serbia there is a long history of brought this people have been protesting last 2 years against the precedent of serbia oleksandr wall saw appeal today from paris saying that they can drop this that soon as they are peaceful but i don't think that they are going to respect the band who don't get there and they are going to be in the streets again because the protests anymore are not because of the igniting they want the precedent and the government to resign protestors they're calling for change journalists interest a fairy a following the story thank you so much. now to the u.s. where the supreme court has ruled that prosecutors can seek access to president donald trump's tax returns but justices in the conservative majority court also prevented congressional democrats from having

a look at the president's finances that means the public is unlikely to see them in the near future. share pages from a truck tax returns sent to the new york times by a secret source what do they were feel. it's the issue that never went away donald trump's tax affairs. full years after the real estate mogul was elected president the highest court in the u.s. has ruled that trump can no longer keep his financial records secret from an investigation one which he decries when there's a political witch hunt like you would you nobody's ever seen before which of you which of the jokes. in recent times most u.s. presidents have made the tax returns public not donald trump the issue featured prominently in the last election campaign. maybe he doesn't want the american people all of you watching tonight to know that he's paid nothing in federal taxes so that makes me since then trump has failed to mention sleep to keep his finances

under wraps ogling that as president he had absolute immunity from criminal proceedings. that argument was rejected by the supreme court paving the way for new york prosecutors to the president's tax returns. but in a 2nd ruling and a blow for democrats just deny congress access to the documents sending the matter back to the lower courts. house speaker nancy pelosi says democrats won't give up the path that the supreme court has laid out is one that is clearly achievable by us in the lower courts and we will continue to go down that hatch. bought that will take time likely until after the election in november for the certain point to satisfy the other point and that satisfy everybody hard

work out before the end of the democrats one trump one that's how analysts are describing the outcome of this battle and the ongoing fight over trump's tax returns. the loser millions of american voters he will most likely continue to stay in the dark this election season. let's check in now on some other stories making news around the world the european union has unveiled compromise proposals for its next 7 year budget e.u. council president child michelle presented the plans including a 750000000000 euro coronavirus recovery fund leaders will meet next week to decide whether age should be distributed to member states as handouts or as loans. lawmakers have voted to close down the biggest t.v. network in the philippines president red radio to tara to head often threaten the a.b.s. e.b.m. hope or its critical coverage of his administration the station was one of the

philippines named news providers watchdogs have condemned the shutdown as a major blow to media freedom. voting is underway in singapore as general election prime minister lee hsien loong cast his vote following coronavirus safety protocols his long governing people's action party is expected to retain power. venice has tested giant flood barriers aimed at protecting the city from searching sea levels a local priest was on hand to bless the structures high tides cost catastrophic flooding last november meanwhile hoteliers in the city are expecting only 15 percent occupancy next month because of the coronavirus crisis. bosnia and herzegovina is marking 25 years since this represents a genocide on saturday as happens every july 11th there will be a funeral and burial of 8 more victims identified by d.n.a. samples they will join more than 8000 others killed in

a 995 massacre 8 new model headstones will soon join thousands of others at this grave site east and bosnia and family members like facility will finally be able to lay their loved ones to rest after decades of grief. there are no words to describe the pain the sorrow you feel when you are looking for your loved ones are in by a burden in mass graves i visited every new found mass graves i've seen the inside of every one of them off. facilis husband and son were among the 8000 bosnian muslims killed in srebrenica in 1905 she's been searching mass graves for their remains of a sense after finally finding 2 of her sons leg bones she decided to lay him to rest in 2013. i wanted him to be next to his father and to be able to come and pray over their graves to know that inside there is at least one of his burns

where's the rest of us scattered among mass graves many mass graves are still hidden opened people and identified some of us will die without finding their children. at this year's memorial event her son and husband will be joined by the bodies of 8 new bosnian men recently found in mass graves and identified through d.n.a. analysis. usually attended by thousands this year's service has been limited to a small number of relatives due to coronavirus restrictions but the search for victims will continue as more than a 1000 people are still missing their remains scattered across more than $500.00 locations. anti-racism campaigners in the u.s. have staged an eye catching protest in new york activists paid to the words black lives matter in giant letters on the street outside trump tower in manhattan new york's mayor bill de blasio and the veteran civil rights activist the reverend al

sharpton led the action similar murals have been painted near the white house and elsewhere in the u.s. where the black lives matter movement is also gaining momentum around the world in britain one of its leaders is a young actor who is using her voice to reach as many people as possible. spots. being heard in this way is a new experience for him on. the 29 year old is actually an actor but in recent weeks has become one of the leaders of the anti racist movement in britain. oh well i don't want these protests to be unproductive i don't want to just be marching on the roads and screaming but that's not how we need to be productive. because we now have a voice. that several 1000 protesters gather in london every weekend by. all means that they are showing. britain's racism is subtle says. we should start school just blacks are mainly portrayed as slaves and the old

empire is glorified. i live. there while education is a big one i mean we're trying to. let the u.k. learn about its own history. and actually you know have some black history in the curriculum so we're stereotypes almost always there and stereotypes are being. stereotyped we can articulate also of the same way people can come and articulate themselves and not everyone agrees david cotton the spot of the bricks of the lines and a member of the london assembly he's curious about the protests his father is jamaican is proud of part of history. this is one of the best countries in the world to be a black person to be an ethnic minority a person of color there's equal opportunities for everyone there's equality under the law is freedom and liberties. in manhattan has a different perspective reisa slurs have always been

a part of her life even in her local community she says. of being called the n. word for. i've been. your tractor for a black woman and you get a mixture of a scot for things. frame an agency that sizzles apart from other more radical activists who want to abolish the police she would like to soon forms to appeal to the majority for example the introduction of quota to ensure relatives of minority groups take up positions bush readership every 5 years they have a quota that they have to meet and gives confidence to those of the younger generation to barge into those industries because they have the representatives and they have all the top block with their lives to say. prime minister boris johnson recently launched a commission on russian equality. it's a 1st step says the man agent but until the changes are written and her no she has given up. that. let's get

a recap of our top story at this hour thousands of people in belgrade defied a ban on mass gatherings with a protest against the serbian government's coronavirus response to the peaceful demonstration followed 2 days of violent clashes. thank you for watching d.w. news follow us on twitter for the latest headlines are our handle there is the attitude of the news thanks for joining us. combating the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and news. hour corona. that 19 special next on d w.