tv Euromaxx Deutsche Welle August 29, 2020 3:02pm-3:30pm CEST
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provided there were measures in place to prevent the spread of the virus infections have been on the rise in germany in recent weeks prompting the government to impose stricter measures to keep the virus in chick. on the streets of central berlin is where we find correspondent tom aspera thomas a lot has been changing in the last hours what's happening where you are now well police right here is trying to dissolve the protest although many demonstrators here have said that they do not plan to leave we've heard them chanting that they're going to stay there police in fact is a police car right where we are standing they've been using a megaphone repeatedly now 4 or 5 times to ask people to leave this place and move in another direction because since they have been able to maintain social distancing to where the mosques as police had required them to do there was no alternative but to dissolve the protests we've also seen right here some people
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being detained because they were not willing to leave the street behind me so you can clearly see that specifically here where we are is it just the situation is very tense in other parts of the city they have also been reportedly some incidents on the police was also forced to bring a helicopter into operation you maybe hear the helicopter right above where we are in order to get a full picture of what is happening now in central berlin tell us this move to disband the protest doesn't actually allow this rather motley crew of groups to build a one perhaps unifying narrative that the government is imposing too much power. one of the elements that most people here have told us when we've spoken to them is that they wanted more freedom that they believe the coronavirus pandemic and in particular the reaction by the german government to the coronavirus pandemic has not been good that some of their freedoms have been restricted and one of the freedoms that they want or they have wanted to get back was precisely the freedom to protest in the freedom to gather and when you see that the protos had been
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initially banned then the ban was overturned now police is also saying that has to be dissolved they're actually using that as an argument to say that their freedom of expression and the freedom of assembly is being affected however police have stressed that they could. gather here that was the final decision as long as they maintained social distancing as long as they wore their mosques and police have stressed repeatedly that that has not been the case here and as such they were forced to dissolve the process as we've seen just now thomas they consist of many fringe groups as you say but does the sum of their parts make them the whole and legitimate voice that will be good in the political mainstream. there are indeed several groups here it is very difficult to find one element that unifies them all except for the fact that maybe they're all against those policies by the government you hear you clearly see here for example anti boxes you see far right extremist groups you see conspiracy theorists as well you also see families who have told us
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that just coming here from germany is middle class and want to to protest and get their voice heard so you can clearly see that it's a mixed bag of people coming here in central but when they want to be heard they want to for a tease to listen to their grievances or to their opinions on what some people have told us that they believe authorities are not actually doing that. on the streets of berlin thomas farah thank you. ok here's a look now at some of the other major developments in the coronavirus pandemic. and india has recorded and now the surge in delhi cases with almost 75000 new infections the total number of cases now stands at 3400000 the united states has recorded its 1st case of covenanting re-infection a patient who had recovered from the disease tested positive again in the a month later it's believed he was infected with 2 different varieties of the virus and the chinese city of hand meanwhile will reopen its schools and kinda goblins
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next week the city where the pandemic stata has not reported any new local transmissions of the virus since mid may well meanwhile in the united states huge crowds have marched full racial justice in washington d.c. the rally was held at the lincoln memorial where 57 years ago hundreds of thousands gathered to hear martin luther king gave his i have a dream speech in which he played for racial equality the current activism comes after the police shooting of african-american jack a black one of that has reignited tensions of a perceived police violence against people of color in the u.s. . tens of thousands of people at the lincoln memorial in washington d.c. . nearly 6 decades after martin luther king's march on washington the celebration of king's legacy mixed with shock and sadness at recent events.
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it comes after protests in konoha wisconsin this week turned violent after the police shooting of jacob blake a black man arson fendel ism then a 17 year old white vigilante col rittenhouse shown here in exclusive deed of a video allegedly shot 2 protesters dead further stoking tensions. back in washington relatives of other black people shot by police took the stage 2 and you know it's never been more clear the inside right now. is happening right now because we demanded civil rights leader al sharpton cast martin luther king's legacy as one of unfinished business. his dream is still alive you might have killed their dream but you can't kill the jury because truth crushed earth shall rise again. one clear theme was repeated over and over speakers
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encouraged everyone present to vote using the ballot box to make change happen to prevent us from voting now to a trend on the video sharing app tick-tock that has outraged some holocaust memorial groups for the x. ray it is a posting clips in which they pertain to be victims of the nazi regime is in makeup to display bruises and simulating starvation. the auschwitz birkenau museum and memorial in poland has spoken out against the cycle of holocaust challenge train museum is at the site of the former german concentration camp released a statement saying the videos could be hurtful and offensive and trivialized history a report a job is here with more on this story joe what exactly these 2 talkies is doing well one perspective is that these 2 talk creators are insensitively using the holocaust as content in their videos in order to game followers and fame but
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another perspective is that they are trying to empathize with the victims but in a way that's causing intergenerational miscommunication we can have a look at some of these videos now. so as we can see in these clips the creators of basically acting as holocaust characters and their recounting how they were captured by the nazis and died and some are using makeup for fake bruises or they're wearing striped prison inmate outfits or wearing yellow stars now this is all part of a much wider to talk trend cold p.o.v. or a point of view videos in which people basically take on characters from a 1st person perspective now i've seen a lot of these and i do feel that many are generally trying to convey a sense of tragedy and empathize with the victims but it's being done in a way that some people could see as disrespectful or self aggrandizing now the auschwitz birkenau museum has acknowledged that some of these creators were trying
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to express personal memories but also that some were created not to commemorate anyone but to become part of a wider trend that they say is very offensive now the museum also said that none of these young people should be attacked or shamed that unfortunately is exactly what has happened we tried to reach out to a few of them to get their perspectives but many of deleted their accounts one has made a public statement saying that they didn't mean to offend anybody and what does tick-tock have to cite what ticked off says it is now blocking searches related to this so-called holocaust challenge but i think it would be a shame if they blocked all searches related to the holocaust because there's another perspective on this which is that to kill can also be used as a really powerful platform to educate young people and i'll give you a positive example brooke public is a high school student from florida and she has created hundreds of these short clips in which she explains facts from history and we can take a look now at one of her holocaust related videos. today i want to talk about
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a little of my own heritage on my father's side he is czech and roma many bohemian row are also sent to auschwitz where they were exterminated these 2 bohemian roma here were sent to auschwitz a lot of the bohemian role of culture was completely exterminated in fact the bohemian roman dialect is completely extinct here to other bohemian roma but the whole cause was a cultural extermination that killed off so much jewish and roman culture and that can't be forgotten so that was brooke public tick-tock creator she has more than $3500000.00 hots which of the equivalent of likes on the platform of the comments of that video one user said that they didn't realize that the roma had been targeted alongside jews in the holocaust so we can see that although tick tock can be a place for narcissistic videos in the misguided misuse of history it can also be a really powerful platform to educate a whole new generation about the holocaust the deadly reporter told over thank you
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because some sad news from the world event a time and now black panther act the chadwick boseman has died at the age of 43 has been one international acclaim playing king teach ella in the box office hits he passed away after a long and private battle with cancer. this is. before finding fame is the regal black panther in the film adaptation of the marvel comic bushman played historical figures such as funk soul musician james brown and get on up and jackie robinson the 1st african-american to play in major league baseball in the film 42 jackie robinson. black man a white brace i want you to. think about the abuse. your enemy will be out in force if you cannot meet him on. which one of
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these pictures. chad bozeman was a vocal critic of the endemic disadvantages facing black actors you have equal if not more talent at times in which you don't have the same opportunities you don't necessarily have the same doors open to you the same nepotism to be young gifted and black is is all of that it's it's is to have. everything but be quite be able to grasp it and to be able to persevered via through that though we've been relegated to playing the psychic or the sac show or . backstage or not here are together. but it was his role playing king charles in the blockbuster black panther that his family said was the honor of his life we did. know. what happens.
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to the rest of the white black panther 13 academy awards in 2019 the film was a huge box office success and was widely seen as a defining moment for representation in hollywood bozeman had been battling colon cancer for 4 years his family said on twitter that he died at home with his wife and family by his side he was just 43. social distancing remains the rule in many places judy coded 19 but at least new yorkers can get up close and cuddly with one very big newcomer to their city king me ani is the biggest bronze gorilla sculpture in the world the 4 and a half ton statue is the work of art as couple mark and. it's designed to raise awareness of the dwindling numbers of mountain gorillas still living now.
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discovered. to. subscribe to. documentary. this week on world stories. we look at a 2nd wave of corona virus infections in israel and visit a new jewish exhibition in berlin boss we begin in mexico increasing numbers of mexico city residents have lost their jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic and can
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no longer pay them and many families are now facing homelessness but the government isn't offering money. by way of help fashion designer is last hasn't been able to pay his rent since april because of the corona crisis his landlord gave him 5 months to leave his home work space where he's lived for 18 years he had to accept or face a forced eviction it's a situation he's increasingly witnessed in this neighborhood of the historic city center. were i was worried because i saw others being evicted they used to be print shops on the ground floor they were involved in a lawsuit if we are you going to be accurate then one day the police showed up on the very day that legal protection ended they were evicted by the police you know with. a survey by the habitat international coalition shows that more than 10 percent of mexico city's tenants have been forced from their homes during the
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pandemic 61 percent say they won't be able to pay their rent in the coming months a neighborhood platform led by searcher gonzales has proposed a rent law to stop a victuals during the pandemic and instead find solutions. every year mexico city sees more than $3000.00 of actions an estimated 20 to 30 percent of these are carried out in violation of basic legal requirements. the government must stop treating tenants like commodities and it should set rent price limits. of the most. to mitigate the effects of the pandemic the mexican government is promoting alternatives aimed at helping homeowners buy or sell property and it's also subsidizing new construction but the measures exclude 15 percent of mexican households the 2500000 people who are
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tenants a capitalist weighing a reform that would ban evictions in cases where no rental contract exists but as the city's head of urban planning admits no concrete steps are being taken to protect tenants. says your group is you know what we urgently need to draft a new law that protects everyone's rights in equal measure by making them whenever he was the governor. the right to housing made even harder to ensure by the corona crisis. in a brock is one of the most densely populated cities in israel home to a large ultra-orthodox population it's become one of the country's worst coronavirus hotspots motion morgan stanley manages the city's coronavirus taskforce its challenging black. muslim organs during this on his way to the main synagogue in the center of when a black home to a large ultra-orthodox or how the community this synagogue is closed because of the
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pandemic people have to pray outside. without marking stern who works as a lawyer manages in this free time a corona taskforce. this is stigma and the general public against the us for orthodox and against been a block from the people's thing to have a demon all sick and that they are infecting people that it's evil but it's not true i don't think there's any other community that keeps the rules as strictly as we do a commitment of all with a view. over 2400 residents are currently infected with call that 19 and their new cases every day in a brac is one of the most densely populated cities in israel. yes boy. the author you know boardman's for 20 family members shares 75 square meters and
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one bathroom one shower if one person gets sick everyone will get sick. on a simple of many don't have internet no smartphones they can't get information online but this information on billboards. made a lot of what all the minister palate he has now set up a so-called war room to handle the crisis this is. morgan stern and his team supported by the israeli army work every day of the week except about was some ultra orthodox communities forbid the use of modern technologies modern sterns team rely on them every neighborhood is monitored to help isolate people who have tested positive for the virus and we check those people who are newly infected and send them out of the city if they agree to it of course because we believe that the more cases we move out the less corona will spread in this city. a family
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of 8 needs to be placed in quarantine in jerusalem they're taken by ambulance to one of the hotels that have been turned into quarantine centers run by the israeli military morgan stern is back on the road the virus keeps him busy all the time. it's hard it's very difficult and very demanding but it don't give up someone is watching over us. been a block is taking up the task to keep the virus from spreading further just like the rest of the country which is in the midst of a 2nd wave of the pandemic. since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in china the nation's government has faced criticism from other countries for the way it disseminate information but people in china are also fighting against what they say are beijing's efforts to cover up the epidemic.
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the small neighborhood home in certain german is a place filled with memories for john. i didn't as a wooden last year my father used to sit at this place. every time i come to these familiar places i go to places i used to visit with my father. i'm overwhelmed with grief at the same time i feel anger jungly john high's father was a veteran of china's nuclear testing program he was a 100 and but he spent his last years at his son's home in the coastal city of shenzhen about 1000 kilometers from one in january he broke his leg as a veteran he enjoyed good medical insurance but he was required to get treated in his hometown. so when he needed treatment i took him to.
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and when he was in hospital i sat by is that. this was my way to show my love for him. at the time covered 19 was already spreading in the city and local officials were reassuring people that the virus could not be transmitted from person to person alive as it later turned out. johnny foster that for one week before he died his body was immediately taken for cremation there was in my opinion the officials who covered of the disease in its early days had behaved like criminals. china since largely managed to control the spread of the virus life is back to normal in most places the government prides itself on its ability to contain new outbreaks through testing and quarantine the public mood has shifted from anger to appreciation of the government's response and those who want to remember the sufferings of the past under pressure to keep quiet john lyons try to
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file a case in court against your storage fees his case was rejected his social media accounts were shut down he has received threats from the authorities so this is. these events have left us relatives of the victims with a boundless feeling of pain it's a pain that will stay for the rest of our lives but the local authorities just say this matter is already over their tone shows a complete disregard of other people's lives. more cynical. all that's left of his father's live pictures of happier days john has not even retrieved his ashes from the crematorium for fear of public anger the government requires that victims have to be buried in the presence of fishel the condition he received. our last story brings us to germany after more than 2 years of work the jewish museum berlin has opened
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a new permanent exhibition it depicts jewish life in germany in the past and in the present day and tackles the topic of anti-semitism in a new way what's life like for jewish people in germany today what challenges do they face and what makes them happy better than jewish museum has been thinking about this for the past 2 and a half years and offers up some answers in a new exhibition. a collection has been created in which jews can recognize themselves in their living environment but also non jewish visitors concrete unlearn a lot of the wealth of jewish and german jewish relationships. a new start in the management of the museum dutchwoman haiti bared over in april sees the new exhibition as a long overdue reaction to cultural changes. first of all the audience has
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changed there are less and less people that have experienced the 2nd world war personally and many people came into germany they don't have a personal relation to the history of the 20th century in germany and of course many jews came to germany so there's also a revival of jewish life how has jewish life changed in germany and where to problems still exist a video installation encourages dialogue about the ever present search for identity . through virtual reality visitors can see destroyed synagogues restored to their former glory those who see what has been lost feel the loss particularly keenly. the museum has taken center stage in germany's capital for 20 years a spectacular zigzag building by daniel levy scant from above a broken star of david insight
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a disconcerting path through german jewish history in 2018 the exhibition welcome to jerusalem made headlines many thought it was too anti zionist when it a marriage that then director peter schaffer also supported the palestine related b.d.'s organization the scandal was para fact schieffer resigned petty beric never accept the challenge and is looking forward to stimulating debate the jewish museum in berlin stands in an interesting field of tension on the one hand it has to present the history and culture on the other hand it has to reject. all the dynamic developments in society. and show the jewish perspective on this from sunday the museum will finally be open to every one again.
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recognize that sound. what's all the buzz is a d.j. and a beekeeper of my own use am records beehives. used in his sound lamps to transform their homemade into electronic music insect to the beat of the businesses and residents to. your home asks. you sometimes next on do you believe. mental anniversary. 75 years ago world war 2 came to an end. in berlin its legacy is still visible i would like to learn more about the end of the war here in berlin and also more about the people of the last days of the war and a new beginning joining the search for traces here in the capital.
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