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from the 1st glimpse of the world to their final resting place the russians are g.w. documentary. this is the news live from berlin germany's president condemns far right activists who attempt to storm germany's parliament hundreds marshall that i started building here in berlin during a protest against corona virus restrictions president from pfizer steinmeyer calls the action and then tolerable attack on the heart of german democracy. also coming up protestors about
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a ruthless keep up the pressure on president alexander lukashenko 3 weeks after the disputed election he claimed to win now he says he'll head to russia to see president putin's help. out office thanks for joining us germany's president has condemned the far right activists who tried to storm the german parliament building on saturday evening it happened alongside a demonstration that strong nearly 40000 people to the capital to protest germany's coronavirus restrictions president fun for the standby like into the attack on the i stock to an assault on german democracy. several 100 demonstrators broke through barricades in front of germany's parliament their ice time they so outnumbered the police officers that they were able to shove through demonstrators seem to be launched in the far right. placing many black white and red show in rice flights
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senior german politician said they were shocked to join interior minister say move the rice talk building is the seat of our parliament and the symbolic center of our free democracy it's intolerable that rioters and extremists abuse it for their own purposes the burning senate interior minister andrus guys will have tried but failed to prevent the demonstration in the courts. god is said to be in the background of german history i don't believe it says democracy for us to duck our heads and not to take a position that to bow to them in the name of freedom of expression that we democrats have to clearly say what is right and what is wrong in those faces experts warn that demonstrations like that on saturday provide an ideal space for radical movements to win over american people to the chorus. of well for that story i'm now joined from the high start building by the w.'s joe joe it also is part of that right now but it was slightly different story on saturday wasn't it. that's
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right on the steps behind me several 100 protesters had easily broken down a small barrier in front of the building and overcame the few police that were stationed here they stayed on the steps for quite a while actually before more police reinforcements came and they had to use tear gas to move the crowd the crowd was very bold and they stay for quite a long time waving those flags and they didn't actually manage to get inside the building and the german parliament itself is not actually sitting at the moment so it was mostly a symbolic action but a very you said well actually indeed because as the interior minister whole c. office says this building really is the center of german democracy and the building itself has played a critical role at several junctures in germany germany's history 933 it was burnt down and it was used by adult hitler as a pretext to suspend civil liberties then it was stormed during world war 2 by the russian army then it was really left in ruins for many years only to be reopened in
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the $990.00 s. as the seat of the newly reunified german german republic and it was designed in such a way that people can easily come inside and see what's going on a very open building and in fact that's one of the reason there's so much anger today is that people feel that if you want to have a say in german democracy you can do so using democratic channels you can find a lecture and support and that really is one thing that this anti coronavirus movement doesn't yet have is a lot of public support in fact according to the latest polls the ones that were taken after the last demonstrations around 90 percent of germany's germans say that they do not support this anti coronavirus movement those protests a different kind of flags there for example also the imperial war flag explain the symbolism of that wasn't such an affront for to be flown and saw the german parliament. the red white and black flag that we saw yesterday was the flag of the german empire open till 918 and different
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versions of it were also used by the nazis the flag itself the version that we saw is not actually banned but it is a symbol of the far right any particular one group called iraq's political movement which has come under the scrutiny of the of the state security forces who worry that this group could be a threat to democracy in fact it's been said that some of their members have been collecting weapons and for that reason it really is this flag is a symbol of the far right and it's why the the the foreign minister heiko mosque has said that it was a shame that that particular flag was waved here on the steps of this building at the center of germany's democracy we also saw some other flags being waved for example the united states flag on the russian flag were also present here yesterday which really goes to show that this movement is bringing together a very disparate group and sort of has a quite an incoherent message you know is jill reuters reporting from the vice
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thank you joel and up to some other stories making headlines around the world today the u.s. has accused russia of a dangerous intercept of a b. 52 bombers flying over the black sea the defense department said 2 russian fighter jets crossed the ball must pass just 30 meters ahead of it at the plane was on a routine mission over international waters when the incident occurred. it's an east coast guard evacuated 49 migrants from a rescue vessel sponsored by british street artist banksy the operation came after the crew used twitter to appeal for help saying at least one of the over 200 migrants on board was dead and several others injured. police in the the russian capital minsk arrested more than 100 and to government protesters who are demanding that president. step down local media reported tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets again 3 weeks since demonstrations that started
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off the local claimed an overwhelming reelection victory observers said the election was not free or fair because sanka now says he will soon meet with russian president vladimir putin who has offered to send in his security forces to quell the protests. well from the crowd of the main all the more than the focal for these protests people holding up their mobile phones with earth or your own people standing up against troops to be brought in to call this memorial will fall in between old ladies trying to get through to orders for island where he felt like robert often seeming quite uncomfortable here thank god but in theory. one to guard it this process has to be different the previous weekend the government is doing its best to try and be difficult to be floating free and preventing one. for me to see the other plus numbers tens of thousands no concrete
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because yes but certainly. the pressure like on looks like it. is getting the russians involved now and the opposition is now backing off quite a standoff there whereas bill or is heading. i wish our nonthreatening anyone here has an office wide open this is a country that has had essentially no politics of the country for the 26 years has seen hundreds of one single man its days. as it happened a man no sign of willingness to engage in protest think that any kind of dialogue would be a sign of weakness and as you mentioned has been engaging the russians but that the self is a 2 edged sword because the russians want to draw salaries closer maybe even create some kind of joint country ending the independent the better route that's something to think is try to avoid the decades but taking the support he's now he may find that he's left not very much in charge of the country he has some think that being
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essentially a russian governor of a problem that is the potential he basically was take that russian help and now no one has any clue there is no roadmap to situations why does. the w.c. called homely reporting. going to those thank you sir the satisfaction was a shankar's role has not been confined to the capital now correspondent nic ali traveled tookey mining region where people have gone on strike to call for the presidents to resign. days dissolute goes a series of mines with the city in between place to provide much of the world's puts a large business and alexander losing his government with a significant chunk of its revenues any unrest here until he goes let alone a strike would be devastating for the regime was financially and symbolically. well what's interesting here we have lived with one man in charge of everything for
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26 years after this year's election we saw appalling violence against ordinary people. this regime is inhuman and has already committed crimes against humanity it needs to go it's human signature because it has spent all his working life in these mines and now he's trying to bring them to a standstill with a full scale strike so far the results have been so great only a few dozen miners have joined in the others he says are just too scared and not without good reason all the strikers the set to lose their jobs and most likely their company while we try to ask the workers clocking off in their shifts what they make of it all no one is willing to talk to companies given strict instructions to keep quiet it's early evening to queue snakes once across the city square a queue to sign a petition to recall local deputies something almost no one believes will actually happen but a chance for people to make themselves heard. this it was
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a. political cover that don't agree with our president's politics i've had enough of seeing his face it's been 26 years. you sure shall not allow. me election and now he won't go to a new political issue with me was the people who are empowered right now are you i want to work for ordinary people out there that will show i do i want the politicians to just serve one person i knew she had knowledge that you could get bit as good at it or to slowly step by step you need to take the system apart. and yes yes i am a student. teacher that i've universities position is clear if it catches one of these protests or if you're charged even if someone just recognize this you had one of these protests to throw you out you need you 3. just you. would filming him waiting in line to sign a petition be enough to get him in trouble with his university would should we stop
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filming. he told us he'd had enough of being afraid the phrase you hear time and time again in the streets right now. this weekend's demonstrations will show with alexander because of a wilder threat still hold their power after a quarter of a century in office. police in portland and the u.s. state of oregon have opened a homicide investigation after a protester was killed in clashes between rival groups the city has seen often violent demonstrations since the killing of george floored by police officers in minnesota in may. gun fire on the streets of downtown portland the latest casualty of race related violence in america was shot dead as supporters of president donald trump clashed with black lives matter demonstrators emergency medical teams rushed to the scene but what unable to save the victim. in another city a family lead
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a rally calling for peace jacob blake was shot in the back by police during an altar cation and cannot show wisconsin and left paralyzed relatives called for restraint but there was also anger. what gave them the right to attempted murder on much sorrow what gave them the right. that my son was an animal what gave them the right. something that was there i'm encouraging them to be safe in the streets amongst themselves then please don't be destructive but continue to put them boots on the street and help us fight for justice for little jake if you love. the bush fight come on come see is turmoil over perceived police mistreatment of black people has gripped several u.s. cities since the spring. has been voted as german football's player of the year
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after his stunning goalscoring feats of poland forwards have scored 55 goals across all competitions last season as he helped by and win the wonders league or german cup and the champions league it was the 1st time he has won the award which is voted for by journalists whose boss hands the flick was named coach of. now if you want to know about the benefits of wearing a mask during the coronavirus pandemic in mexico you can take it from the professionals and that's professional mexican restless well famous for their colorful masks the leave it been distributing the surgical masks in mexico city it's part of a program to raise awareness about the need to protect against covert 19 mexico is one of the world's worst hit nations it was a welcome brush with the public for the restless because most have been out of work because of restriction restrictions on sporting events.
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