this is d.w. news live from berlin the u.s. pays homage to a legend of the civil rights movement in an emotional ceremony the cascades of the late john lewis crosses the bridge in selma alabama where his journey from civil rights protester to congressman began 55 years ago. also coming up britain imposes a 14 day quarantine on travelers arriving from spain where there's been a recent spike in coronavirus cases that says spanish authorities reintroduced measures to prevent the spread of the virus. and could the supersensitive noses of

our 4 legged friends be the answer to curbing the spread of the corona virus we take a look at a program to train sniffer dogs to identify infections even before symptoms appear . america evans team thanks for joining us we begin in the united states where crowds of people gathered to witness the body of the late civil rights icon john lewis being carried across the edmund pettus bridge in selma alabama in a highly symbolic ceremony this was the last crossing for john lewis off the bridge that changed his life and helped change american history 55 years ago on a day now known as bloody sunday lewis and other. protesters were beaten by police

as they marched across the bridge calling for voting rights for african-americans lewis who became a highly respected congressman died of cancer a week ago at the age of 80. we'll have more on the ceremony in selma alabama in just a moment but 1st we have this look back at the life of john lewis and why many people in the united states hold him in such high esteem. his death brought the capitol to a standstill flags flew at half mast. silence on the house floor as representatives paid their respects john lewis his last public appearance was at the black lives matter protests in june it's a cause he fought for throughout his entire adult life. lewis was part of the civil rights movement in the 1960 s. and a close associate of martin luther king jr. in 1965 lewis

helped lead a march across a bridge at the town of selma alabama which was brutally suppressed by the police who were sustained a broken skull. national outrage at the violence led to equal voting rights for blacks within months 50 years later it was revisited the site with the country's 1st black president barack obama. we were beaten. lady right here and this. 17 about the hospital r's. but we never became good or hostile we kept believing that are truly student form would help define. in his 17 terms as

a congressman lewis often acted as the moral conscience of the country the vote is an opportunity to be on the right thumb on a district you know the chance to cast a vote by the people other people and for the people and icon of the civil rights movement lewis remains a hero to a black community experiencing discrimination to this day. have been were but his compassion was not limited to one cause or live in 2018 he fought against the trump administration's executive order separating immigrant children from their parents at the border thank you what some of these young children may never ever seed a mother or father think in that's not right it's not fair and it's not just. this in atlanta georgia is a place where people come to express their grief and pay their respects in life.

john lewis looms large. a short time ago i talked to kyle gases from troy public radio who witnessed the ceremony from near the edmund pettus bridge bridge was the sight in 1965 of the bloody sunday march galvanized by the death of one of their fellow activists 2 jackson protesters here in selma decided to march from selma to montgomery protesting for the right to vote they organized and on that sunday afternoon they marched 2 by 2 on the sidewalks the bridge you cannot see anything that you get to the top of the bridge and look down and as they reach that point they could see the alabama state troopers who are 'd assembled and who were told that they were to stop the march with any means necessary and of course that included some very violent means and john lewis was one of the 1st to be beaten by the alabama state troopers very badly there was actually blood on this bridge it was hence the name bloody sunday. now some of our viewers may not be aware of

this but the man that this bridge is named after edmund pettus was actually a leader of the ku klux klan and a white supremacist why does this bridge still maintain that name despite its symbolism for the civil rights movement. yes that bridge is still named edmund pettus it after a confederate general he was also a grand dragon in the land when i making member of the station and he was a u.s. senator representing alabama and as many people know a lot of. ponds and monuments across the south are named to meddle in honor of confederate individuals and then in this particular case in 1065 as marchers approached this bridge it was still they dug right. today there have been a number of lines requesting that it be changed to the name congress john that

congressman john lewis. purchasing william f. my reporting here in selma and i talked with some of them participated in that march that they said they would like to stay bridge because it represents a transformative moment in american history that marks the passage of the march across the bridge in the course of the. gas and reporting from selma alabama in the united states thank you so much. thank you mary. let's get a check now of some of the other stories making news around the world protesters have clashed with police at anti racism demonstrations across the u.s. one person was killed in texas after shots were fired at a black lives matter march in california demonstrators said fire tour a courthouse and assaulted police president donald trump has threatened to send more federal agents to quell the unrest. 2 time oscar winning actor livia to have

has died at the age of $104.00 to have lunch was known for her role in the 1939 epic historical romance gone with the wind her publicist said she died of natural causes that her home in paris where she'd lived for more than 60 years. in central portugal more than $600.00 firefighters are battling wildfires with strong winds hampering efforts to tackle the blazes the wildfire began in the municipality of ladles and spread to 2 neighboring municipalities several people had to be evacuated. a man has confessed to an arson attack on not cathedral in france the blaze badly damaged the 15th century church and destroyed its organ and prosecutors say the suspect was a volunteer who worked in the cathedral. britain has imposed a 2 week quarantine on travelers arriving from spain after

a surge in covert 19 cases there europe had only recently reopened most of its borders to travel nightlife in the spanish region of catalonia is shutting down again while national authorities are introducing measures against the recent spike in infections the new restrictions are causing renewed disruption to the travel industry and to tourists. the u.k. sudden decision to take space. travel east you have travelers with no time to prepare food consequence is. truest returning home environment breeds has an airport were frustrated they had come on holiday with the understanding they would not have to quarantine upon their return. i think it's it's way too bad because it's just come all of a sudden it's not given much time to prepare. for every one small planet came and i also think it ruins cancer everybody we had a wedding to go chill let me help plans to visit friends and family that we haven't

seen in about a long time and now we're going have to cancel all those plans so it's really quite upsetting and those with holidays books for the coming days and weeks also face headaches too operated t.v. says it has canceled its upcoming flights from britain to spain but some airlines say they'll still fly possibly leaving would be holiday makers out of pocket spanish officials insist their country is safe without brakes being local isolated and controlled. britain's foreign secretary said the you can't he had had no choice but to swiftly respond to the emerging data it showed a big jump right to call snow united sperry as an assist yesterday alternating and we took the decision to switch gears we could all the war we risk reinfection into the u.k. potentially a 2nd wave here and then another locked out in barcelona nightlife is scaling back

once more with clubs forced to close and do re imposed curfew on restaurants and bars there are concerns young people could transmit the virus to the elderly from the season so advising its citizens against crossing the border into neighboring spain printing concerns over to them their. fears of a 2nd wave of coded 19 across europe all seeing nations struggling to stave off fresh outbreaks while trying to reopen better economies. and here's a look at some of the other developments in the coronavirus pandemic the number of confirmed cases worldwide has now topped 16000000 that's according to a tally by the johns hopkins university in the u.s. about 500 workers at a german farm have been placed in quarantine after more than 170 people tested positive for the virus there the security service has been hired to make sure no

one leaves the area and north korea has placed the city of k. song near the border with south korea under total lockdown after a person was found showing symptoms of covert 19 if confirmed it would be the country's 1st official case. well one of the keys to stopping the spread of the corona virus is early detection and isolation of carriers of the disease but before symptoms appear there is no way of knowing if someone is infected just by looking at them well that problem might soon be solved with the help of some super sensitive noses have a look. can these canines help detect could have 19. 20 german army program in to achieve the service dogs working with dedicated trainers and the head over university of veterinary medicine cannot sniff out the virus itself but they are able to detect biochemical changes in body fluids caused by the virus in tests

the dogs were successful in detecting those changes 94 percent of the time. they were trained with a rewards based system so the dogs get tricks if they identify saliva affected by the virus and no treats for sniffing out healthy saliva. promising as these initial results are there's still a long way to go. i want to make clear here that the next steps like for example being able to tell the virus apart from a normal influenza or to identify an active carrier are all questions that still need to be answered so we really need more months to be able to offer any clear results you know to open a fool in the human. in this in. germany isn't the only country hoping to use dogs to fight the virus a french veterinary team is training dogs to sniff out covert patients from the

smell of their sweat sniffer dogs trained to find explosives or drugs have been used to detect diseases like cancer and diabetes. the hope is that these canine helpers can be especially useful in countries with limited access to lobbies testing. ok some soccer news now in the premier league finished its 20192020 season on sunday which also determine who qualifies for the champions league and who gets really gaited getting into the champions league are 4 teams 1st of all the champs liverpool who are already secure the title with 7 games to spare newcastle 31 second place manchester city made it after they defeated norrish 5 nil cross-town rivals manchester united are also in with their 2 no away win over leicester and chelsea with their 2 nil victory over a volver hampton meanwhile getting demoted were burned a move and wofford they join orange whose fate has already been sealed earlier on

because of its low number of points making it mathematically impossible to survive in the big league. and you're up to date now on the w. news i'll be back at the top of the hour with more news for you i mean evan stealing from me and the entire news team in berlin thanks for watching. our meal and i'm walking by 2nd season home because. the plan is on the brink of disaster we did a long in-depth interview experts about one question how to change.