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well both they are for a longer period at the heart. 'd of this is due to overuse a lie from berlin the casket of civil rights pioneer john lewis returns to washington d.c. the u.s. congressman and protege of martin luther king will lie in state at his workplace the capitol building there a nation transformed by black lives matter and say farewell also coming up more coal in 1000 cases a german food production sites this time it's
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a very in vegetable farm where over 170 workers test positive this latest cluster in germany again raises questions about conditions for my labor in the country and a diplomatic standoff the stars and stripes are lowered as the u.s. is forced to vacate his consulate in the chinese city if chandu it's in retaliation for the shutdown of the chinese diplomatic mission in houston last week. elaine hawkins good to be a with you always start in the u.s. where the body of the late civil rights campaigner john lewis as arrived at the capitol in washington escorted by police his motorcade made a symbolic jury. down black lives matter boulevard before arriving at the capitol
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where he's due to lie in state on makers and the public will get a chance to pay their respects to the icon following an invitation only ceremony held in his honor representative lewis was widely admired for his champing of civil rights for everyone who died of cancer earlier this month at the age of 80. 3 we want to take you to washington to our correspondent in this poll in his this is the 3rd day of commemorations what is going to happen in washington today right behind you. we just saw how the casket of john lewis was carried up the stairs into the rotunda of the capitol where he will be the 1st african american lawmaker to lay in state so this is just a very historic moment before that he was driven through washington d.c.
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through the capital they drove over as you mentioned the black lives matter a boulevard they also drove along side the martin luther king jr monument who was a friend of his whom he gave this important speech in 1963 in front of. here in washington so. the day will map out like that there will be an invitation only ceremony but both leaders of the republican and the democratic polity will join later on his casket will broad down to the steps again so that americans can pay their tribute and you just as you are reporting and we've been showing live pictures of the representatives cascada lying there in the middle of the very poignant moment indeed now the hearse with his casket drove along the black lives matter boulevard in washington talk to us again about the
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significance of representative lewis for the black lives movement. so john lewis was so many things 1st of all he was a 17 turned congressman he was kind of the conscience of the congress if you might want to say he became an icon he's probably the was the longest living icon of the civil rights movement so he met to many african-american civil rights fighters but his approach to fight racism in the nonviolence way that's not only have friends some think this is not the right response anymore let's have a look into our report. culture of coffee 2 is a 100 percent black owned business its mission is to bring all kinds of people together as tributes to john lewis coming from across the country customers here
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share their thoughts about how the civil rights activist has affected their lives. john lewis a lot of folks know that the conscious of congress knowing that he existed has made me a better man and better father. how could i have been able to impart that to my daughters in part how it's important to stand for something. to be committed. whatever it might be in his case it was for the people civil rights not just with black people for all people the recent killing of george lloyd has brought the fight for equal rights back to the streets like lives matter has become a cat's cry for protests which often turn white to defy it is a war and it's not something that people are trying to peacefully end its war for years now. now now are fighting.
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the lincoln memorial for the site of many historic events. right here at this very spot john lewis spoke in 1963 next to a civil rights icon martin luther king he dedicated his entire life to fight social and racial inequality in a non violent way his death comes at a time when many americans think that this is not the right response anymore to the ongoing discrimination especially younger protesters have the feeling that they have to take more forceful actions. but congressman lewis always advocated getting into what he called good trouble a political tactic which continues to resonate with many african-americans to me he means the world as a african-american as someone who believes and i think he stood for being nonviolent and just the things that he accomplished on his life time that enables
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me to do what i would do right now everyone is going to miss social injustices so i think this is the right approach peaceful marches and protests this was needed we don't need to be violent it's just. just keep it. john lewis himself remain persistent until the end of his life talking to dr bell and 4 years ago he expressed hope that his vision would extend. beyond the united states i believe if we can get it right here in america maybe we can sort of a model for the rest of the world. the labor center of lu is there speaking to the daily news you know mr lewis dedicated his entire life to fighting social and racial inequality in a nonviolent way what's left of his vision in today's america. well you know we have this clip we saw at the end we spoke with him 4 years ago at the
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democratic conventions and if you see how the situation in the united states have changed it shows it proves that this fight for equality for racial equality is long over therefore the lives matter a movement gets so strong and get so huge support within the united states so this very day i think could become a moment of kind of powering out of giving energy to those who still have one to fight it really is social and racial inequalities right in his poll reporting from washington and you're watching live pictures by the way as eunice was reporting of the casket of representative who is being laid there in the middle of that rotunda and officials paying respects to the late civil rights icon innocent thank you for your reporting. now a back here in germany officials are scrambling to contain
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a corona virus outbreak at a farm in the country south it's still latest in a string of covert eruptions linked to food production in germany 174 workers on the varian farm tested positive over the weekend around 3000 people live in the bavarian town of manning and many are now waiting for a coronavirus test a farm is under quarantine after 174 migrant workers tested positive for covert 19 . officials are trying to find out how they became infected and if the virus has spread outside the farm there are strict guidelines for businesses employing seasonal staff but various state premier says they were not followed. officials on the local and regional level say that hygiene inspections were carried out at this farm but there are obviously violations histories and that's why action has to be taken now. he said very
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a would tighten its coronavirus rules. even if you have businesses will face more frequent hygiene inspections and they'll be carried out by mixed teams from the public health commerce and agricultural departments which of. the feria will also step up testing of employees and violations of social distancing and hygiene regulations could incur fines of up 225000 euros instead of 5000 before people in miami are waiting to find out if the virus has spread from the farm to the town if tests show that has happened they likely face a new lockdown. ernest i know what some of the other stories making news around the world. the ukrainian army is accusing a russian backed separatists of breaching a ceasefire in the country's east the separatists have denied the accusations the truce went into effect at midnight on sunday and was agreed last week by negotiators from russia ukraine and the international monitor group the o. s. c.
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. authorities a saudi arabia have ordered a deep cleaning of islams holiest sites in mecca and of the annual hard pilgrimage because of the corona virus outbreak muslims from abroad will be unable to attend this year for the 1st time in the modern era this year's event has been limited to only one that also pilgrims from within saudi. flooding in china has again caused extensive damage in central province floodwaters submerged roads and washed away vehicles and southwest and chongqing heavy rains caused multiple landslides. and staying in china where u.s. marines have lowered the american flag and u.s. diplomatic staff have left their consulate in the southwestern chinese city of chengdu beijing ordered the closure in retaliation for washington's shutting down
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of the chinese consulate in houston u.s. secretary of state mike pump aoe called the facility a center for spying once the u.s. consulate this building now stands empty. onlookers gathered to catch a glimpse of the americans leaving some celebrating their departure you know now long live the chinese people shots one man. the closure of this consulate in chengdu was no surprise it followed the shuttering of the chinese consulate in houston texas by the u.s. government last week washington claimed the consulate had become a hub for spying and attempting to steal coronavirus research the chinese foreign ministry denied this and said beijing was not looking for a fight. the current situation of relations between china and the us is unfortunate the u.s. bears the entire responsibility of the u.s. to immediately correct its mistakes and make it possible for bilateral relations to
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get back on track. nationalist sentiment is running high on both sides yet some of chengdu is resonating we're disheartened by the sudden end of the diplomatic mission for them because. it's a big deal and it's never happened before the consulate has been here for several decades and i think it's a real pity to see the current state of affairs that it would be founded like. it would be. the. it's a shame i hope there's no confrontation we should have peace that is the best way to do things because the world doesn't need war it needs peace. all eyes are on washington in beijing to see if they will escalate further or look for a truce. qatar has announced that it's bidding to host the 2032 summer olympics it's already hosting the football world cup in 2 years' time and wants to
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build on that legacy guitar's capital doha faces competition from india australia shanghai and a potential joint bid between south and north korea all the tokyo word games have been delayed until 2021 because of the corona virus with the pairs hosting in 2024 and l.a. in 2028 while human rights groups have excused qatar of mistreating laborers constructing the world cup stadiums which qatar denies. all rights of football news now for you you can't keep the name when it's out of the business leader for a long as a bust down known as the nephew of former byron munich president lee has been appointed coach of a german top flight side hoffenheim was a bust and is just 38 and guided by its reserve team to the german 3rd division title in the season just finished he is the son of these brother dieter who like his sibling played for byron and west germany often i will be hoping footballing
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success continues to run in the family. for a let you go reminded of the top story that we're tracking for you this hour the casket of u.s. civil rights pioneer john lewis has returned to washington d.c. the motorcade has been making its way to the lead to congressman's workplace the capitol building for he will not lie in state. and that does it for us on little rock n roll and i'll see you again tomorrow same time i think. ashleigh forster's from nigeria you know that's what money will stunts. authentic. and successful beyond belief.
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