i don't know. no shots. actually. know. which your thirst for action. a 2nd weekend event of racism protests tens of thousands turned out across the united states but they've been markedly more peaceful in contrast to the rioting and heavy handed policing earlier this week. about him on main street some of the early rallies erupted into riots resulting in

shops and businesses being ransacked in several states. away from store in other news of the week sweden's lucia locked down the man behind it says it caused too many coronavirus deaths but that it was an entirely wrong. and the eco emergency in the russian arctic a massive fuel spill turns a river red the authorities say they wanted alerted in time. good afternoon from russia live from r.t. h.q. moscow this sunday the 7th for june welcome to the weekly with me kevin 0 in our round up of the big stories of the day a week just gone. so 1st from washington to l.a. and from philadelphia to chicago saturday saw the united states big cities filled with protesters against racism and police brutality. nearly 2 weeks after the death

of george floyd mostly peaceful scenes throughout to unlike earlier this week when agitated crowds felt the full force of riot police and military vehicles patrolled american streets at least 11 have died during the protests and all 4 former officers present when george ford was killed will face murder charges. in.

coast to coast and from small groups to streets filled with fury there's been protests throughout the week in all 50 states the national guard was deployed in at least half of them curfews were imposed in at least 29 locations with demonstrators throughout the week describing heavy handed policing and rioting as the looting spread. from the days that i've been out the only time that violence erupts or gresham is shown is when the police have come out and shown force was struck and as i was trying to walk away. from the protests they began openly shooting rounds of tear gas rubber bullets into the crowd. there was violence by the police is

a call made in the streets of jacksonville they resulted in the necessary use of tear gas we suffered from tear gas and all types of progression and arrests in the ones that i witnessed or unjustifiable violence was coming from the state from the police. is there enough. that they feel that no one cares. this is the only way to lash out at the system. they come from neighborhoods that it's you know economically deprived did you know it's like you know you got to keep me lol you going to. you know basically this system is put near me on around it the ugly side of the week's release is force businesses to take precautions wooden holding smashed windows now lined the streets in even the most prestigious shopping districts some looters went to extreme

measures check this forklift used to ram and i counted 310 are in california. some owners are going even further to with the security measures with stuff arming themselves kellam open in the week took us through why the looting risks erupting into something more serious could be a development. here's one thing of the protests against police brutality. by. your. own however by night the protests take a much more violent or. lendl is a movement and attacks on business owners many see this as an extreme expression of economic inequality obert. by looting bothers

people so much more than knowing that across the country black men and women aren't i the looting of america has been going on for over 40 is the copra saw the ultra rich though some business owners are even willing to stand with the looters also properties are always can be replace but loss of life so no they're fully upset with the looting don't think that looting is necessary. but i definitely feel like something needs to be done you know to count up protect everybody says a large scale looting 'd 250 buildings have been damaged in minnesota alone that prompted members of george floyd's family to call for calm not destroy stuff. on a 100 they don't know no baidoa cannot testify i was stuck telling one of those who are stuck. right now oh my. god. is enough of the violence breeds violence is the riots keep going the police

response has gone as far as ram their own security into their own hands in the most american way ok ok ok you run my. own you think i'm going to my would you no no no no no no no the authorities have been openly suggesting store owners protect themselves with guns and if you try to break into their homes to still. to set fires. i'm highly recommending they blow you back out of the house with their guns armed vigilante groups are now patrolling the streets they say take a neighborhood back here the 2nd risers and you know we're ready for the rest of your policing we are up here they are 15 we are protecting our neighborhood. all of this arrested for civil conflict across america. and some communities have been very much adults with each other over the street rallies look at these pictures

a peaceful march in the state of indiana on monday no signs of aggression but the route lined with locals armed with rifles watching most closely as they passed by it's been happening elsewhere to. stay. right here. so yeah. these guys are already mad they play and what we're doing here is we're protecting them trolling our neighborhood after the riot started out in south of minneapolis we have a conscious decision while the police were handing out over there that we were going to come together and protect our buildings here and protect our families and our job i came out here because it's about damn time. you know guys like me guys that you know would be viewed as just a heavily armed redneck and stuff like that good with fellow citizens regardless of race regardless of whether we were in the same local community or not it's time we stand together. this picture was taken outside a russian restaurant is san diego california well armed locals lined up to defend

that premises the owners among those who felt the need to be armed in the current crisis he talked to me earlier about what it's been like there. we experienced heavy looting in the city of san diego it wasn't in our neighborhood but it wasn't neighborhood mess of which just pretty close to us just maybe 6 miles outside of the town city limits where you know the the the protests started peacefully and then they started burning buildings i am a low city and it pains me to see this piece which you see. young american young young black lives being lost something stupid like this in the border and the fact that you know people are looking doesn't help because that's that's just my personal experience my personal opinion you know there could be. could be better ways to go about this and then robbing small businesses because these people had nothing to do with it.

and there was this in washington d.c. on choose day protesters that another generally peaceful rally were forced off the streets with tear gas and stun grenades to clear the way for president trump to have a controversial as it turned out photo op outside the church near the white house he later tweeted get tough democrat mayors and governors and warned that if the unrest continued he do whatever it takes to stop the chaos. in recent days our nation has been gripped by professional anarchies violent mobs arsonists looters criminals rioters and tea for and others today i have strongly recommend it to every governor to deploy the national guard in sufficient numbers that we dominate the streets if a city or state refuses to take the actions that are necessary to defend the life

and property of their residents then i will deploy the united states military and quickly solve the problem for them. his words to goad. at all well with several governors who condemned his remarks as inflammatory and dangerous new anti-riot fencing sprang up around the white house on thursday the national guard's also increased its presence veteran u.s. newsman and r.t. host larry king told us the current political leadership is failing to handle the situation and so saddened over all this of course as a nation we seem to have progress and then we take a step back it amazes me the civil wars is over yet we're still racism in america is so saying what we need now is a leader to lead us down trump has no empathy and you've got to have empathy at this time so we need

a leader to take us forward without that and the sadness of what you see on the screen in washington blames the governors. and it's all blame kicking around is just so damn sad donald trump threat to send in the military to quell the nationwide protests left some world leaders scratching their heads too after he'd previously condemned them for being tough on violence in their countries case in point the iranian foreign minister came out swinging a week ago he took a red marker to a 2800 statement from u.s. secretary of state might pompei o on protests in iran we kill words replace to fire the criticism squarely back it washington so how much do as i say not as i do is going to play here is our senior correspondent steve human rights human lives see movies cheap nowadays look at what's happening we have police brutality systemic racism inequality riots on top of mass protests on top of an economic crisis on

top of a pandemic. brights pale in comparison and that isn't me saying so we can all see it. the. illegal. people are dying even killing if the court agrees hundreds have been hurt entire streets looted and torched the structure rage and anger over there on both sides that's hate something that's going to disappear in a week the 1st amendment of the us constitution guarantees people's right to peaceful protest to freedom of speech and to the right of the press to do its thing

here's what the police think of that paint balls and rubber bullets a literal slap to the things with little concern that they're shooting at a journalist or peaceful protesters and you know what it's not enough trump wants to make an example you've got to arrest people you have to track people you have to put them in jail for 10 years and you'll never see this stuff again you have to dominate or you'll look like a bunch of jerks but let's be frank police are under huge pressure rioters lingle with the protesters looting and burning and egging everyone else on that they must be dealt with but like these where's the condemnation president tom trump tweeted when the looting starts the shooting starts what did you think when you read that but i have long kept to the self-imposed guidance not to comment on what president trump says appropriate or indeed other world leaders it's not really what my job is that all the journalists so much as trips over in china for example rights groups

get an aneurism. the irony is overwhelming just weeks ago washington was preaching to everyone about how sacred protests are the united states is gravely concerned by the deepening political unrest and violence in hong kong including the standoff between protesters and police 3 iterate or warning about any decision or remnant elements of the mature regime to use violence to repress press the peaceful democratic transition the iranian people are once again on the streets because of the regime's poor economic management. and instead of the dressing their grievances tehran has responded with violence and by blaming those outside of the country naturally those usually on the receiving end of american lectures have not passed this opportunity to sleep america all. alone here as a phrase i don't see they take their own country's national security very seriously but for the security of our country especially the situation in hong kong they look

to tinted spectacles we have recently seen these kinds of double standards most clearly with the riots in the united states we see how the local authorities have reacted but last year when we had similar riots in hong kong what was their position to the american people there walled has got hurt your outcry over this state operation there was this standing. america this year is pursuing violence and bullying to tell me an approach what they don't get is that america is exceptional he said plenty of times the congressmen the officials the president most americans thought that included then it never did it's the state that's exceptional those in power the police the military they're exceptional the american people now have them

you would just like everybody else. the protests may have police brutality at their call but plenty of videos emerged throw the weak showing offices taking things too far their injuries from tear gas tasers rubber bullets and even vehicles being driven into crowds there are now multiple lawsuits in investigations into police conduct a new york police department vehicle was filled attempting to drive through a crowd last saturday and then this was a live signal facebook a man pepper sprayed by an officer in michigan before having a tear gas canister fired at him from barely a meter away also those 2 new york police officers who pleaded not guilty to assault after they were filmed aggressively pushing an elderly protester who fell and sustained a head injury then in the city of atlanta 2 offices sacked after forcibly arresting 2 students despite the tension the cowskin certainty of many streets some glimmers of light along the way though in california one protester running up to a police officer and giving a hug similar scenes in kentucky to offices in some cities have also been seen we

saw this time again symbolically kneeling in solidarity with those protesters. ah. i owe. * it to police are going to kneel with protest if they're going to. embrace and work to protest this desk good because the police are human too i served as a police officer myself for 24 years here in washington d.c. in i witnessed police brutality about some of the people that i work with it's about time that we have some i would say federal into bichon in it because it just

makes sense that there should be some federal standards associated with all these behavior in our cities and then our communities. away from us shows the solidarity demonstrations throughout the week from australia to argentina while in europe there were large scale rallies in britain italy sweden greece and the netherlands most peaceful but also descending into violent clashes to. yeah. we'll probably have police on the side of the right over there of my base there is about a few 100 people inside this and everyone out there faces court cancelling the police

have entirely else but it's just so that they cannot access the see the idea is a containment process but actually a seems the only self and see to really riled the masses up but i've been there in the corner by now as 'd i speak we can see that there's a bit of a scuffle coming in all directions it feels like the police are trying something else and closer and closer to try and gulp the protesters. you can.

get. to. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confrontation let it be an arms race is on the air in dramatic development only. exist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit

down in. a. major cleanup operation is underway in the arctic part of russia following a massive fuel leak in the city of norilsk there's no state of emergency after 20000 tons of diesel seeped into the river and one of our mentalists are calling the arctic regions worst ever catastrophe it's so bad it can be seen from space the satellite images from the russian space agency ross coast was give you an idea of the extent of the pollution containment device is known as boom barriers are in place to try and stop the fuel reaching the sea wall than a 1000 tons of diesel have been recovered but the cleanup worry is could take years to complete the authorities are furious that they only were alerted to the leak 2 days after it happened you will on the list was no there with them. what did the authorities only come to know about this after 2 days and we're now going to find

out about emergencies like these from social media are you feeling all right. 'd if you saw on twitter you saw we should push through a rescue team intervene very quickly the fuel spill was localized in the barn a river and the rescuers have already started working intensively to collect our little world. there's a quick update this to russia's investigative committee has launched 3 investigations into what happened and they've arrested the director of the power plant where the fuel tank failed. when europe shut down to stem the coronavirus sweden kept going most businesses stayed open in what we're seeing from

abroad is a risky move but the swedish state epidemiologist behind that strategy told a newspaper a wednesday that although it caused too many deaths he doesn't think it was wholly wrong. if we were to encounter the same disease with exactly what we know about it today i think we would learn midway between sweden dude and the rest of the world good sweden suffered more than 4 and a half 1000 deaths out of a population of around 10000000 that makes it the most affected of the scandinavian countries the others enforced harsher restrictions the swedish government though says it was ready to take a wider measures against the virus if advised to by the health agency residents aren't so sure it seems a poll out on thursday echoed others suggesting that confidence among swedish citizens of the state's ability to deal with the break has dropped significantly since april another swedish epidemiologist we spoke to thinks his country should have known better we don't normally start if we don't do that or why didn't.

meters then of course the information us how to do it better in washington in their . weight what's really there it was centered by the experiences of other countries around us it was started by a normal wave shouldn't by that very you know another country's so if he was there today cannot see well we would not know then i don't. know then they were trying to save for me they were trying to save system just mine said ask you change and not only student also in other countries but where we are being i think much more unfortunate. europe's internal open borders are still some way off being a 2 way street far from it in the week the italian prime minister angry at austrian greece for maintaining travel restrictions on italian citizens then calling them discriminatory and totally unacceptable after italy reopened its borders to e.u.

citizens on wednesday to try and breathe life into its stalled tourism industry peter all of has been looking at how getting around europe these days isn't as clear cut as it used to be. summer is here and it's good news for germans were wondering if they're going to get a sunshine break this year the government here in berlin is lifting warnings against travel to european nations from the middle of this month the foreign minister heiko mass in making the announcement though was king to stress this isn't a green light for travel with wild abandon. travel warnings or not travel bans and travel guidelines are not invitations we want to make it clear in our travel guidelines that travelers are urged not to go to the u.k. we're not essential and as long as there is a 14 day quarantine in place getting ahead of everyone else in europe is italy they opened their borders on wednesday the lockdown is brought upon italy the worst recession since world war 2 and the government is looking to holiday make is to

revive the economy prime minister conte says the crowds of travelers they hope will be flocking into the country is a risk italy is willing to take. we are facing a calculated risk knowing also and i say this sincerely that the epidemic logical code may rise again however there are fears the terrorists will skip visits to the coliseum and gondola rides this year it's early is still reporting dozens of covert 19 cases daily a claim by a well known italian doctor that corona virus is losing potency so the world health organization stepped in with international experts warning against a false sense of security you know the reality is a virus practically no longer exists from a clinical standpoint it has got to return to being a normal country because there's evidence we can go back to having a normal life there are still thousands of people every day die from this way so we need to be exceptionally careful not to create

a sense that all the virus by its all dilution has now decided to be less pathogenic nevertheless the italian foreign minister is doing the rounds trying to convince everyone. that italy is safe for tourists to visit while local mayors are doing their part to try and draw people in to the beaches restaurants and cafes that have been empty for too long. he sure is will be able to come too close or not. we are ready to reopen with great success we can accommodate many tourists the risk of contracting the virus is

extremely low we have to open to accept people however it seems silly we'll still have to wait for its neighbors to open up as the reopening has already caused some troubles on the border. but we can go there but we can't go back to france so if we're going to get stuck there it's not worth it those european nations that rely heavily on tourism cash are desperate for holiday makers to come to them the question now is how many will be willing to travel while coronavirus continues to infect people peter all over r.t. belin. yes still so many huge questions over it over the weekly the way the news ponder these last 7 days as brought to you by us reporting from all sco i'm kevin owed. international have a great rest of this week. you

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