peace treaty. or commodity starts march 22nd on d w. this is d w news live from berlin fury and sorrow in me and mine as protests against the hunter continue families mourn the loved ones shot by security forces but the mounting death toll is not just a tear in opposition to the militaries that seized power last month also coming up a powerful car bomb iraq's western afghanistan spike in violence is that any hope

of a deal between the warring sides we'll get the latest from kabul. and a multi-million dollar payout for the killing of george floyd. is not just a nope america. we hope to show. the minneapolis city council unanimously approved the settlement of a case that sparked a national reckoning on racial justice. i'm an eclipse mccann and welcome to the show there's no less up in the antique demonstrations in the me and ma nor in the brutal response from government security forces after several protesters were shot to dead by police overnight more people

have been killed on saturday at rallies all than 70 people have died in the unrest that started when the army seized power last month. the louis to the pole of me and mar are in mourning the are nearly all of you know that he joined as a volunteer cart every night i asked him to take a rest as he was sick i couldn't stop him. he said he needs to take care of people because the military were attacking them with heavy weapons then they shot and killed him he can't fight back anymore the way we knew him until in the belief that a lot of. the soldiers shot at us during our sit in last night and arrested 3 people they beat them. a group of us went to the police station to request their release then they fired live arrives at us. one died over there

and another one died here are my. daughter i. still an air of defiance prevails. even in the face of mounting funerals i mean. the. people are determined to keep up the pressure. thousands rallied in mandalay many of them teachers and university students oh 'd. oh. oh. but moments later police disparage the peaceful protest with tear gas and rubber bullets. amid the escalation of police brutality injuries like these are becoming commonplace. health care workers and volunteers who raced to bring them ice of the line of fire.

witness footage from friday in yangon shows police beating 3 men accused of breaking a night time curfew they were dragged from their homes and beaten with sticks on the street. 7 in the distance the sound of gunfire. attesting to another episode of violence in the city. and activists toward joins us from yang gone now thanks so much for joining us you were at a demonstration earlier can you please describe to us what happened what you saw. and how their rank that you were just money and make their rounds like $930.00 in the march on me and after 2 hours your sound the crowds and you know the issue of it here cared iraq on

a part of the peaceful protests are so you know are not in my area but in mentally especially you know react shouldn't people are and leaders are dying every day so this military generalists their lives of peace on the future is going once the iraqis are our lives are secure and we're not safe anymore. as you say this incredible brutality that's being witnessed at the moment how does it feel when you were out on the streets facing this i mean people must be terrified yes this is a terrifying we knew that we shot and each time we knew that we could be arrested any time we knew that we could be done any time but still go out and homes for the crazies because this military center has turned this terrorist organization already in and the ice creams. out on c.d.'s and so we want to watch you know this is one

of the worst you know when the what you hear our lives that we cannot this gender and this there is one you know going out on the sea every day here's a terrifying but we're not surrender you know. so what we're seeing is just some incredible bravery tenacity and yet the you out there without any weapons and you all facing brutality guns. we know that the leaders from the u.s. india australia and japan have vowed to work together to restore democracy democracy do you feel that that will help you and the people of myanmar. oh go off was so great you know. we are fighting against the military military gender and we have the american you know we want some we want the organize a shootings that has the walk ons and. the military as you know now we want

you know the. very very great what do you. know and. yes i know what your mom that we are thank you very much to the u.s. and the other country we're standing with human. rights activist and young gun thank you so much for taking time to talk to us. ok time now to take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world russian police have arrested about $150.00 opposition politicians and municipal deputies at a conference in moscow accusing them of links to an undesirable organization organizers said participants from all over russia were discussing plans for parliamentary and local elections in september several prominent opposition figures would you take pods. italy will impose

a nationwide lockdown over the easter weekend prime minister mario draghi said parts of the country will shut down starting monday including the capital rome and financial center in milan italy saw corona virus infections rise 10 percent in the last week. and the u.k.'s serving police officer has been charged with the kidnapping and murder of a 33 year old woman sarah ever ods body was found hidden in woodland more than a week after she went missing the case has sparked an outpouring of anger about the safety of women in britain and around the globe. and bolivia's former interim president has been arrested over an alleged 2019 when she replaced her criticise a marla's as faces charges of terrorism sedition and conspiracy iran has resigned in the face of mass protests and pressure from the military but his party has since returned to power. george floyd was

a black man whose choking death by a white police officer in the u.s. was caught on camera and it was those images that sparked massive protests in america and around the world on friday the city of minneapolis agreed to pay his family $27000000.00 to settle a civil lawsuit for wrongful death the officer in question faces trial for his murder but george floyd's relatives say that the settlement is an important step towards justice. held hands raised up in victory this is how george floyd's brother and the family lawyer entered the news conference this is moments after the city of minneapolis agreed to pay the family $27000000.00. i think the state of minnesota for getting this settlement taken care of. but. even though my brother is not here and. here with me.

because if you do he'll marry i will give all of this. floyd was declared dead may last year after a white minneapolis police officer derrick shogun pressed his knee against floyd snake foot about 9 minutes. during. this family filed a lawsuit against the city in july among other things the alleged that minneapolis allowed a culture of excessive force racism and impunity among its police force go back we need to be. we need to be unapologetic in our pursuit of a more equitable local government and more just approach to community safety in our city and we will be. the largest pretrial settlement ever for a civil rights claim said lawyer ben crump. it's not just a no for america to say george floor life met as we have this

show there george troy life murders by actions is not just a no for america to say they're black gloves murder we have to show that burge loves america but. the settlement in favor of the family comes only a few days after the beginning of the trial of derrick show then where he faces charges of murder and manslaughter with a 3rd degree murder charge only recently reinstated originally church now many are wondering if the settlement will affect the trial the jury is now being seated in the case which is likely to send a strong signal to its police impunity. to afghanistan now where at least 8 people have been killed and dozens wounded by a powerful car bomb in the west of the country a late night blast targeted

a police station in the city of herat around 50 people were wounded including women and children and homes and shops were destroyed the government blamed the taliban but a spokesman for the group tonight responsibility the united nations has condemned what it calls an alarming increase in attacks targeting civilians. and for more on this let's bring in journalist ali latif he who is in kabul ali thanks for joining us what more can you tell us about what happened in herat. so the explosion happened late in the evening last night and it was a car packed to the brim with explosives according to local residents they said that they were out into hole 12 in the morning trying to deal with the rubble trying to free people trying to take people to the hospital and if you look at the death toll the vast majority of those so the people that were killed were civilians and a great number of the injured where also civilians so this is another instance of

how much insecurity in the country including in a city and a province like a dog is affecting civilians i visit here are 3 times in the last 5 months and every single time people have been talking about just how bad security has become not only in the parlor not only in the province but in the city people were saying that districts that used to be safe only a year or 2 ago districts very close to the city of here are the 3040 minutes outside of the main city are now no go zones for people so it's really showing just how much security is affecting the average person in the country right now ali very briefly peace talks have been going on for a year now between the government and the taliban any hope of a breakthrough at all. so they have just decided to remove to move the venue once again from doha where it's been since you know the tall one have been there since 2011 having informal discussions but in the last year you know these

talks were supposed to happen and nothing really happened the 2 groups are there that the government side is there the taleban side is there but other than sort of setting an agenda they never did anything they never actually disputed anything they never result anything so the idea is after the bided administration sent a strongly worded letter last week to move the talks to turkey and to try and russia everything now and actually make something happen including a cease fire all right thanks so much for joining us thank you. some sports news now and in the bundesliga. looking to get ambitions for european qualification back on track as they travel to explore to open match day 25 but the hosts proved too strong for blood winning 3 to one outspoken great hahn sealed the victory with the best of the goals in the 89th minute outspoken now looks safe from

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