this is d.w. news life from berlin the u.s. president donald trump wants americans the grownup crisis will get worse before it gets better comes as he resumed covert 19 briefings on tuesday after nearly 3 months long break trump also told americans to wear a mask they say caps for social a distance blue cross to washington for the late also coming up germany sees the start of the high profile trial of the man accused of targeting a synagogue in the city of hama and killing 2 classes by. a committee of british

lawmakers criticize the government for failing to investigate russian meddling in u.k. policy their long awaited report calls for immediate action to tackle the fact. that. i knew that i must and welcome to the program u.s. president donald trump has made a shift in rhetoric over the corona crisis in his 1st pandemic briefing in nearly 3 months trump told reporters the virus will probably get worse before it gets better noting quote concerning rice in cases in southern u.s. states has previously refutes it refused to acknowledge there is a problem. trump who has been reluctant to wear a mask himself in public also changed just stands on facial coverings by encouraging americans to wear them. america's youth will act responsibly and we're

asking everybody that when you are not able to socially distance wear a mask get a miss whether you like the mask or not they have an impact they'll have an effect and we need everything we can get from on this we're now joined by d.w. correspondent stephanie months in washington 7 was the 1st briefing the president has done on the coronavirus situation since he infamously suggested injecting disinfectant could help treat the virus that was in late april what came out of this briefing. yeah you're right 6 we all remember that one right and yeah that was a significant change is the president took a 3 months no briefings whatsoever of the task force he joined to now and then it's important to note it was him and him alone at the briefing at the 1st corona test force. coronavirus test force meeting donald trump all 'd by himself and you're absolutely right there was a shift in tone now the president saying masks are important please everybody wear

them and just. days ago the president made no effort whatsoever to a where mask himself in order to actually tell his followers is clear and tell his voters his base and all of america there's other people who look to what's what the president says he didn't tell them at all to wear a mask now he does it the question is do people believe this shift in opinion about how important a mask is to fight the coronavirus that is the key question. yeah you said it even tweeze it a photo of himself wearing a face mask for the 1st time is the president finally catching up with the seriousness of the situation or does he just have an eye on the upcoming elections . good question on 1st sight is absolutely appears as the prez if the president really turns around here does i wonder how did they do create turn and

now is facing the coronavirus crisis which many people call here coronaviruses coronavirus disaster in the making some experts say we're not even halfway in america half way in the 1st wave however the president is for sure for sure having 2nd thoughts why he's doing this and that is a political motivation of course there is because he is down in the polls specifically when it comes to how american see the president handling the coronavirus crisis or disaster or whatever you like he is really in the basement in terms of his numbers ratings are not great at all poll numbers not good and he knows even the president knows he has to do something now this is him trying possibly to get in front of the way again and increase his chances of reelection in november because as of now when it comes to handling his management of the coronavirus it really doesn't look too good for the president's 17 months in

washington thank you so much. staying in the us the city of portland has seen further clashes between protesters and federal agents sent by a president on trying to end the racism protest that but complains over law enforcement officers answerable to the white house concealing their identities has sparked criticism that it's a step towards having a secret police force. clashes between demonstrators and federal law enforcement officers in major american cities are ongoing one side claims to fight against what it describes as police brutality the other to restore law and order situation has become increasingly politicized people say protesters these people are eric ists these are people that hate our country. this is how the u.s. president explains sending in federal agents. we have federal officers on our

streets further escalating tensions and causing harm to portlanders right now. the deployment of these federal officers who answer directly to the white house and operate in total anonymity name takes or other visual identification is highly controversial a large eclipsed. to conceal their identity is just a step toward a secret america has always been proud of never having had a federal. insurer or is forced historically it is usually the republicans who want to limit the influence of the federal government but when it comes to protesters everything seems to be turned around these days the words and actions from president trump and the department of homeland security and showed it this is an attack on our democracy. yes collation of tensions in chicago who

has seen trump unknowns he's sending federal. eaton's there also this is worse than afghanistan by far this is worse than anything in the woods ever seen all run by the same liberal democrats and you know what a biden garden that would be true for the country the whole country would go to hell with protests not expected to end anytime soon and president trump appearing to capitalize politically the division in the united states puts deepen even further. not just some other stories making news around the world thousands of israelis have protested against prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic business owners protesting traitress trading restrictions and anti corruption activists matched on young's official residence and zeus and that the 5 term premier has been under pressure and

met and i'm going. on searching infection rates. the trial of former sudanese ruler omar bashir has been adjourned because of a lack of social distancing in court the trial judge in tones that a larger courtroom will have to be found for the next hearing in august of russia faces charges relating to the military coup that brought him to power in 1989. a hostage drama in western ukraine has ended all of the people being held on a bus have been free and the horses take a rest by police 30 people were held for most of the day as the gunmen made animal rights. here in germany the trial has begun of the man accused of attacking a synagogue in the eastern city of holly last october he's alleged to have killed 2 passes by after failing to get into the synagogue on yom kippur the holiest day in the jewish calendar prosecutors say he intended to massacre the worshipers and

sides. and wearing a coronavirus face mask 28 year old staff and baby was led into court to answer for one of the worst anti semitic it tanks in post-war german history it left 2 people dead but prosecutors allege he intended to kill many more 43 victims and relatives have joined the trial as co plaintiffs they want answers but there are concerns the suspect could seek an opportunity to spread more anti semitic a treat. because on light. of. the peculiarity of this case is that the perpetrator has already confessed he doesn't deny what he did and i have learned from the files that in the end he only denies his guilt by arguing that he believes that struggle is necessary to achieve certain political goals. and. xenophobia and related to and he

semitism. finally. yet it was your last year judaism's holiest day when an armed men tried to storm the synagogue in heller $52.00 worshippers were inside only the sturdiness of the door prevented what investigators say would have been a massacre. and then shot and killed 2 people nearby this video was filmed by a member of the public the perpetrator live streamed footage of his attack on an internet gaming site. the case has drawn huge interest the start of proceedings was delayed for 2 hours while dozens of reporters and others passed through security. across germany people are concerned about a rise in the number and severity of anti semitic crimes according to official figures such attacks rose by 13 percent last year the interior ministry says right

wing extremists are to blame despite that context the authorities say they're reacting to violence with fairness. that. defendant is presumed innocent until a final judgment has been made his statements in the investigation and the videos which are supposed to show parts of what happened do not change anything the presumption of innocence applies without restriction playing. the suspect told the judge today that he liked using the internet because people could talk freely their charms with warnings for instance from the government's commissioner for protecting jewish life that social media gives a new outlet to hatred that's just one of the aspects to consider as the call tries to understand an attack that struck not only against jews but against german society as a whole. a committee of british lawmakers us criticized the government for failing to investigate russian meddling in the u.k.

politics and it's too late in the highly anticipated report the intelligence and security committee warns that the u.k. is the top target for russian interference but it says officials turned a blind eye to allegations that moscow was trying to influence key votes such as the breasts of referendum. now the british have it in black and white who the kremlin interfered in the 24000 scottish independence referendum members of the intelligence and security committee also believe russia intended to influence the brics that referendum to help so discord in the e.u. but they say the government was not interested that no one in government knew if russia interfered in or sort influenced the referendum because they did not want to know the u.k. government have actively avoided looking for evidence that russia interfere the report says that the $24000.00 referendum in scotland in which 55 percent of scots

voted against secession from the u.k. was the 1st post soviet interference by russia in a democratic election in the west russian influence is the new normal says committee member kevin jones so the question is who is protecting british public from interference in our democratic process well in a nutshell we found no one is parliamentarian suspect that this is why prime minister johnson delayed the publication of the report for so long 4 years british media have reported on the close ties between wealthy russians and the tory party especially members of the house of lords. these relationships should be carefully scrutinized given the potential for the russian state to explore. the must be complete from sponsorship of any links with russian businesses at every level of politics and we do not in respect of. praising the committee calls for

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