managed by from. this is the news live from berlin remembering and honoring the civil rights pioneer john lewis in washington d.c. . makers commemorate their late colleague a protege of dr martin luther king in the coming days

a nation transformed by the black lives matter movement can say a final farewell also coming up the stars and stripes lowered as the u.s. is forced to close disconsolate in the chinese city of chengdu a tit for tat response following the shutdown of china's mission in houston last week. also the outbreak on a farm in southern germany 170 migrant field workers of tested positive for coal but 19 off field workers risking their lives to put greens on our tables. and west african leaders call for a new unity government in mali so the country can exit its political crisis but opposition leaders propose sharing power and insist that the government step down.

i'm told me a lot of well welcome to the program we start tonight with a solemn tribute to a civil rights pioneer lawmakers friends and family have been on ring late congressman john lewis at the u.s. capitol an invitation only ceremony has been held to honor louis inside the rotunda of the capitol building where he's the 1st african-american congressman to lie in state lewis was widely admired for his championing of civil rights for everyone he died of cancer earlier this month at the age of 18. bidding farewell to a friend those who work side by side with the late john lewis paid tribute to his life and legacy. the 17 term congressman from georgia was a pioneer of the civil rights movement remembered for his on wavering pursuit of a quality floor all. through it all john was a person of great yes he also was a person of great humility always giving credit to others in the movement. john

committed his life to advancing justice and understood that to build a better future we had to acknowledge the pest. house speaker nancy pelosi spoke of lewis is a man revered and beloved by post sides of the political aisle. his body is lying in state at the capitol rotunda where lawmakers are members of the public a lock can pay their respects. here is the clinical of what it means to be a great man. is the joy for our civil rights and personally most of whom are so many of our generation nowadays needs to look back and learn. how he helped to realize the ideals that this country was founded on that all men are created equal hopefully we as younger people will come together and continue to walk in his

footsteps and carry on that mantle. arriving in washington on monday representative lewis took a final 2 of the capital. he's motorcade made a symbolic drive down black lives motto boulevard but as time of heightened racial tension in the u.s. mourners lined the street to honor the late congressman. our recording of the late civil rights icon was played one last time for his fellow role make is. no way to. peace. we are 1. 1 people and one law thank you very much. wanted to go into the world to read by. and following the events for us in washington d.c. is did you know spall in us is actually outside the u.s. capitol building innes it's the 3rd day of commemorations what happened in

washington today. right and right now the cost of late congressman john lewis was just brought out again and put on top of the stairs of the capitol and the public viewing started so hundreds of people have lined up to pay their respects earlier the day there was an invitation only ceremony where both the democrats are you going to republican leaders of the party attended and before that the cost because it was through been by the medical device and they also cause by. the luther king's memorial so what it was a whole day full of very impressive and important moments and then with his cat casket drove along the black lives matter boulevard in washington talk to us about the significance of rep lewis fall the black last month a movement. so john lewis was known for good drabble

what did he mean by that he was fighting racism and discrimination in a nonviolent way it was kind of preaching that until his death and this is something which some people within the black lives matter movement do agree other challenge that because they're saying we are fighting in this nonviolent way since so many years and nothing really has happened so they are demanding a more forceful oncet to the ongoing discrimination and john lewis dedicated his entire life to fighting social and racial inequality in a nonviolent way what's left of this vision in today's america. he laid the ground with other people civil rights heroes like martin luther king.

together with mahatma gandhi they stood for a nonviolent response even when they were beaten down and still many people think this is the right approach even donald trump sends in federal agents into cities. to some people say. violence in the protests as many people referring to john lewis would say we still have to respond in a nonviolent way this is the only way we can achieve progress. ok in this poll we'll leave it there for now thank you. 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 of the chinese consulate in houston u.s. secretary of state like call 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. but long live the chinese people sheilds one man the closure of this consulate in chengdu was no surprise it followed the shattering 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 us bears the entire responsibility of the us to immediately correct its mistakes and make it possible for bilateral relations to get back on track. nationalist sentiment is running high on both sides yet some of trying to say

residents were disheartened by the sudden end of the diplomatic mission but. 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 was wrong because of. the video. 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 ask further or look for a truce now a brief look at some other stories making headlines around the world spanish prime minister pedro sanchez has called on the united kingdom to reconsider its decision to place returning travelers under a mandatory 2 week quarantine due to a spike in covert 19 cases in an interview sanchez called the move disproportionate

and said most of spain was safer than the u.k. . u.s. president donald trump's national security adviser robot brian has tested positive for covert 19 the white house said he had mild symptoms and there was no risk of exposure to trump o'brian is the highest ranking u.s. official known to have contracted the disease. officials in germany are scrambling to contain a corona virus outbreak at a farm in the country south is the latest in a string of 19 eruptions linked to food production in germany $174.00 workers in the bavarian tested positive over the weekend. around 3000 people live in the bavarian town of manning and many are now waiting for coronavirus tests a farm is under quarantine after 174 migrant workers tested positive for cove and 19 officials are trying to find out how they became infected and if the virus has

spread outside the farm there are strict hygiene 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 issues and that's why action has to be taken now. he said would tighten its coronavirus rules. even be it businesses will face more frequent hygiene inspections and will be carried out by mixed teams from the public health commerce and agricultural departments which of the bundle. of area 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 my ming 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. west african leaders of called for a new unity government in mali to get the country out of its political crisis opposition leaders though reject the proposal and insist president abraham cater must resign the regional bloc known as ecowas has proposed a 4 point plan to resolve mollies political crisis newly appointed ministers are to implement it within 10 days 1st and ibrahim cater was 1st elected in 2013 but a slumping economy and allegations of corruption have triggered mass protests the un security council has warned that the political crisis could derail efforts to battle islamist militants who have destabilized the country's northern and central regions. these images bring back painful memories taken on the day there son 1st son died wouldn't. he had washed himself before prayers he was on his way

to the grand mosque when he was hit by the bullet and he died on the spot no one can do anything against the will of god without it. on friday morning as he was about to leave the house i told him he should stay here because the situation in the city is not good but he insisted that that. scenes from the capital bamako repeated demonstrations by the opposition tens of thousands regularly demand the resignation of the government of president peabrain boubacar cater the president is blamed by many for mali's poor economic situation for corruption and for the failings in the fight against islam ists and irregularities in recent elections so far the international community has avoided joining calls for him to step down he's seen as a reliable partner by neighboring countries unlike his rival the mom would decode

the saudi trained religious leader is a hardline salafist his critics call him the ayatollah. but to many molly and the mom is considered more credible than the government. or a strong people we won't submit or give in i would rather die a martyr than a traitor the young people who have died have not lost their lives in vain. the deaths occurred on july 10th demonstrators marched through the city barricades were erected and the windows of parliament was smashed at least 14 people were shot dead by security forces among them was his son facade she says a. stray bullet hit him it was fired by the anti-terrorist unit force or it was from force that he had done nothing. foresight is a squad of some 200 police officers trained by the european union so too are these

units of the mali an army the e.u. says the training is supposed to prepare for set to fight against terrorists not conduct operations against crowds but critics like amnesty international say the e.u. and foreign partners must take responsibility and stop supporting these government if human rights violations like son's death continue as news from berlin there's more on our website. on middle and i'm gay welcome to the 2nd season of on the. planet on the brink of disaster we did long interviews with experts about one question that really changed good morning rachel.