but the morning 15th of june in the headlines today a horrifying new video emerges of the killing of george floyd showing people pleading with an impassive officer to intervene. across the atlantic campaign this target europe's colonial past and the monuments they say symbolize racism. elsewhere the french president hailing the country's 1st victory over corona virus but criticism of his handling of the pandemic sees his approval ratings drop. and as china reports dozens of new coronavirus cases for the 2nd day in a row 10 more neighborhoods a lockdown in beijing to try to contain an outbreak linked to a food market i would bring in our live coverage of that coming up.

good morning live from arts international's world news h.q. in moscow it's kevin owen here for the next hour with the latest for you just turned 10 in the morning here now. new video has been released by the family attorney for george floyd whose death sparked 3 weeks about unrest around the world it shows horrified bystanders pleading with an officer to intervene as he stands stone faced while derek chauvet presses his knee on floyd's neck a word of warning that video we are about to show you is distressing. oh yeah no move no one. no 3 meaning you know you do you. talk about. bro you know you moving you know. bro you know movie. meantime the

autopsy of a black man fatally shot by police in the u.s. city of atlanta on friday has confirmed his death was homicide 37 year old ray showed brooks failed a roadside breath test officers say he then resisted arrest grabbing officers taser before attempting to flee after pointing it at one of the officers he was shot twice in the back and died later in hospital distressing video of that incident which you're about to show you too was captured on police body cameras. well blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah stuff very you. are not reading a few words i see what kind of drinks did yeah. i'm not sure if i'm seeing orders on i think you've had too much to drink to be dry that's a chance when you're going. to put hands on about. i don't know how much stuff but. the death of brooks is further inflame a country already written by civil strife following the murder of george floyd protest to set fire to the restaurant near where brooks was killed the mayor of

atlanta later said the officer who pulled the trigger has been sacked while the other he was there has been suspended and the city's police chief is also stepped down a decision we made later on whether or not this week to bring charges against the offices an attorney on the case told us what he expects to happen next. people don't try to argue on both sides but georgia law is quite clear you cannot use lethal force in response to non-lethal force 'd so i think it will fall says will be charged with murder we've had conversations with the district attorney in this case and he's opened an independent investigation separate and apart from the georgia bureau of investigation and people need to understand that law enforcement is not the law in georgia the law in georgia happens in courtrooms you can not use . non you cannot use lethal force to match a non lethal force there is a case of tennessee versus gardner united states free in court cases stands for their opposition so i think that this case is going to end up in the superior court

of johnny with murder charges against those officers. the race riots may be rooted in the problems of 2020 but it's also forcing the united states to face up to its history with protesters targeting statues to prominent american civil war figures who are indelibly linked to slavery caleb maupin looks at how essential and a half later those bits of woods are refusing to heal. the u.s. civil war ended over 150 years ago at least officially but the confederacy went on to fight another day on the cultural front its flag and historical figures have become an essential part of many americans identity but it seems the time has come for its last stand can you imagine jefferson davis. alexander stephens. treason ok commission against united states and their schedule i still have because their state put him here robert e.

lee jefferson davis and alexander stevens actually have statues within the u.s. capitol building but now the call is coming for those statues to finally be removed 150 years later the possibility has never been so real confederate statues in monuments to pay tribute to white supremacy and slavery and public spaces it is time to tell the truth about what these statues are hateful symbols that have no place in our society and certainly should not be enshrined in the u.s. capitol the confederate flag is a symbol that many southerners as well as even low income whites in other parts of the country have come to identify with now the declaration is coming from the halls of power saying that it's time for this to come to an end the u.s. military with the backing of the u.s. senate is talking about changing the name of bases named after confederates this does not sit well with the president it has been suggested that we should rename as many as 10 of our legendary military bases my ministration even consider the

renaming of these magnificent and fabled military installations as the most diverse and integrated part of american society it is only right that installations bear the names of military heroes who represent the best ideals of our republic all across the country confederate monuments are being beheaded toppled and there's a friendly map to help you plan your next target nascar has banned the displaying of confederate flags at the racetrack the presence of the confederate flag at nascar events runs contrary to our commitment to providing a welcoming and inclusive environment for all our fans our competitors and our industry the display of the confederate flag will be prohibited from all nascar events and properties a film that has long been considered to. that classic of american cinema is no longer available on h.b.o. max with the way it has captured the imagination and acclaim of the entire world.

the confederacy was defeated in 865 us constitution outlaws the practice of slavery due to an amendment furthermore robert e. lee's ranch has been converted into arlington national cemetery so why are americans still clashing over a war that ended over 150 years ago i understand what many people are pessimistic about the future of the united states of america because this is a war has not really in it is continuing under a different guise and it would not be outlandish to suggest that the opponents of tearing down these statues objectively or pushing for kind of 2nd class 3rd class citizenship if that were black americans in for any people not defined as white and as long as that

kind of permission is idiology persist there will be a simmering civil war in the united states of america as we saw in charlottesville 2 years ago and elsewhere in other parts of the country many americans have a strong emotional attachment to these confederate symbols and they're willing to fight back with one side being branded as nazis and the other side being branded as domestic terrorists civil tensions are high at this point they're set to flare up even further as the war against honoring the confederacy rolls on a limb up and r.t. new york. device money months old sort of scrutiny in europe to what was supposed to be the lasting tribute to history's great to the good. now this seen by many as tormenting symbols of a racist past saturday a statue of right wing italian 2 in this interim antonelli was defaced in a land park the monument was smeared with red paint and tagged with the words

racist and rapist history the back story here back in the 1930 s. wants nearly bought and married a 12 year old girl from eritrea which he later justified as a local tradition there's now a chorus of calls in to get his stature removed saying it serves only to represent colonial abuses with more on europe soul searching is a europe correspondent peter all of. the killing of george floyd by u.s. police has sparked outrage around the world with some of the anger being vented at statues and monuments deemed to be symbols of reassess them. while in germany large black lives massive demonstrations have being peaceful

affairs here and in neighboring switzerland there are calls for the renaming of streets pharmacies and even cakes to to racially insensitive names swiss supermarkets a currently reviewing whether to stalk more and kopf and more in cancun dock chocolate sweet treats that take the name from the would mourn mua in english it's used in the past for people from north west africa if the mirror in cold fades such a big problem then we've forgotten something much more important i look at africa and see a continent with the most natural resources but which is poor because we choose africa every day everything that is bad we have done that goes back hundreds of years and now we have the delusion that changing the name of the chocolate will solve the problem that's beyond my comprehension the largest supermarket chain in switzerland has already decided to pull the product. we decided to remove the

product from the range the current to be here has prompted astoria says the situation we are aware that this decision will also lead to discussions pharmacies being called more an architect has been a target for until racism campaign is in german speaking countries for a while now it used to mean that the pharmacy stocked alternative medicines from the east and slap bang in the center of berlin is more than strasser renaming this street is a priority for some who say the word morning should be struck from the lexicon that's why i immediately said m. st it's just like the n. word it's just as a bird only there are 2 different names but they're the same last week the underground station here was temporarily renamed george floyd strasser a permanent name change though may not be forthcoming the street names are always associated with personal memories with a feeling of home the street name can be as creepy as it wants the emotional

connection to a place predominates street names are not the property of the residents george lloyd's killing happened over 7000 kilometers away in minnesota courts the aftershocks and implications for how to deal with a past that doesn't live up to today's standards are being felt far and wide peter all over r.t. . there's no shortage of support for the black lives matter movement right now but perhaps it's not all genuine that's the question we put coming up later we hear claims that social media influences are leaping on board no only so they can boost their online popularity. the french president has declared the country's 1st victory over the coronavirus but a televised address on sunday munnell mccrone described from his a green zone when the authorities have the virus under control but he went on to emphasize the fight is not over one of them are paris correspondent sheila dube and ski. another address from president mark korn many claimed was an attempt to gain

momentum as we head into the presidential elections in 2 years' time i mean 2022 but this was the 1st time that he addressed the divisiveness in the nation at the moment is these protests in the wake of jewish boys that states have also been hitting hard fronts with anti racism protests in anti police in tallahassee protest still mark when you said that divisiveness was rife in the country but he said the funds would stand up to racism anti-semitism but he said in the wake of the use of force the world that used to be removed the streets to be renamed the france would not be rewriting its history publique. the republic any trace or any name from its history she will forget any of its muster pieces will not demolish any statues that we must look together at all our history our

relationship with africa and never revisit or deny who we are well this of course comes on the back of an unprecedented health crisis with 19 and the future president said current be build unless the country moves on from the shambles that it is in at the moment and that's largely in reference to the protests we've seen which made for the large part to be more violent but they have descended in part since clashes between the police and protesters particularly again over the weekend when police don't protest is marching down the street. i. think. the president faculty. there is more at stake not only does he face the

presidential elections we should choose his time but in c. weeks time there are also this apology elections here in france which would delay just result of the code that 19 and then make these parties on the move is expected to receive a severe pasting in things like shouldn't we also know the present backwards party has lost its absolute majority in the parliament with defections over the past few weeks and he himself who saw his opinion polls to stop at the beginning of the crisis with how he was handling it have seen them come back down to earth with a bump more recently and despite pledging new tax increases as a result of this crisis and the reevaluation over the pay of medical staff we know that the government is facing many questions in the way that it handles a crisis with dozens and dozens of the receipts at best using the government of negligence said we're still using it for manslaughter france is also looking

forward to many say to the worst recession it's experienced 60 is the 2nd or so mark calls involves these hiding up the practice by sickness here in france continues that his words last night that france was about to experience this summer like rather maybe exactly what we'll see. the morning for sure this is an international with me cover now in coming up our cluster of new really go again coronavirus cases in china nearly a dozen districts in beijing a lot on 2nd wave fears most will look at when will. join me every thursday on the alex simon shore and i'll be speaking to us of the world of politics for. i'm show business i'll see that.

again the russia supports the black lives matter campaign in the current climate to same big names race to show their solidarity while some major brands and celebrities are at it to pressure for change the suspicion too over the motives behind social media influences. looks at how some see more concerned about their own reputations than equal rights. kurt if i was caused a serious content crisis the social media says i mean they couldn't exactly pose videos themselves you know the whole rally and snuffing food like the rest of us so when the be about protests started sweeping of the world you could always hear those influences rushing to charge up their phones finally some new fucked up for that followers no longer.

they were horrified to find that the one painting with as many like notifications as they'd expect it apparently came as a real surprise that this one of the biggest civil rights uprising in decades was not about their house type shopping but some brave ones continue to value the posing in front of the neutral shop was just perfect for their septic never mind it business as a baby disorder people were dying just leave that out of the caption we're going to live with that person is looking. girl is making her boyfriend take a picture of her going to the back of.

my. house is those who make that living from sharing beauty tips well they wanted a piece of the hype to know shading contouring though this time they took just one color and really went for it all that data must have gone on apps rudd said you know don't use what we black face having become the poster boy of problematic others who also stop at nothing to go viral those that is a page in the george going to tick tock challenge. posting photos is rapid heating the ultimate fatal position of floyd's person by a police officer and which has been surprisingly that did take talk of hot water and faces a petition to remove any related concepts and also might be having to wait around for social media platforms to take responsibility cable took matters into their own hands in a bid to detail races have hired campaigns they flooded such as websites videos of

their idols so that other topics like why it's not just got drowned out from the battle be anonymous could put division cam has successfully called could the blue eyes matter and matter has a major victory over online fascisms messaging tools their 1st still troops have been completely decimated and who didn't use social media how does a supernatural site well some teenage witches have beat busy casting protections falls over the b. and protested. and finally even d.c. website ok cupid is now using be happy to help you in your search of you can answer questions and see how much you really want social justice even getting

a bad alter streamlined a decent process and make sure you never again have to sit through a dinner out with someone who disagrees with you so it seems now everyone wants a piece of the be an empire i turns out it's as good for promoting yourself as for trying to undo centuries of racial inequality so i could turn reporting there. john amazon this by the us police from using its facial recognition technology we can report over concerns it was being used for racial profiling. we've advocated that governments should put in place stronger regulations to govern the ethical use of facial recognition technology and in recent days congress appears ready to take on this challenge we hope this one year moratorium might give congress enough time to implement appropriate rules and we stand ready to help if requested amazon's decision is very much in line with the decisions that we've seen from i.b.m. and microsoft both the which of chosen not to offer the same technology to the

police force the question here is whether this is tokenism all parts or whether there is a genuine change of mind on the parts of amazon i think we're going to see that many police departments certainly in the us are going to find that their budgets are going to be restricted or they're going to be defunded in some way and so it's probably not going to be a time when there will be a great deal of investment in face recognition anyway the question comes once that we reach the end of this one year moratorium are amazon going to pile back into the market on lot. the i was a software is called recognition it's been around since 2016 and has been widely criticized too by human rights organizations over its lack of regulation and inaccurate identification results especially when it comes to people of color. this avails technologies threat to our civil rights and civil liberties will not disappear in the year amazon must fully commit to a blanket moratorium on law enforcement use of fossil recognition until the dangers

can be fully addressed and it must press congress and legislatures across the country to do the same the problem that you have with facial recognition is that with most forms of data or if there's a data breach or for some reason your account is compromised you could reset your passwords and you could be notified the breach the couldn't go and change your password straight away the problem with biometric data is that you can't change it you can't change your face you can't change your fingerprints and you can change your d.n.a. . the thing about fingerprints and d.n.a. at least is that it's fairly evident when people are taking your fingerprints all they're taking your d.n.a. . facial recognition offers are far more assertive just threats because you don't know whether somebody is monitoring you know whether your face is being assessed and whether this technology is being used against you and there are great concerns

about the level of accuracy and the care with which this technology is used 1st of all to protect your privacy but secondly to protect the images that they keep because this is biometric data and it is held carelessly where the pictures and your identity is stolen and there's nothing you can do about it and do it you would be then from that point forward potential victim of identity theft for the rest of your life. no mention of the top of the program have to go to beijing to talk to a guest live can get the line terms or content of the story anyway china's locked down 10 more neighborhoods in beijing to contain a new corona virus outbreak linked to a food market in the capital chinese officials say the new cases were found in a 2nd food market where several employees had tested positive is from. ported they're all linked to a market where an outbreak was registered last week that market was shut down on saturday tens of thousands of nearby residents i'm now being tested the country is

seeing a spike in numbers then after many weeks of reporting virtually small or no numbers of new cases it's now registering dozens of new infections though for the 2nd day in a row the key post on that you can track it is one of our t. dot com on our rather gloomy news that's the way things look at from moscow this monday morning the 15th of june it's just after 1026 in the now i'm kevin now in for me in the on judy team thank you for watching r.t. international.

6. in seoul you can't get away from advertisement to change your appearance. many local people see plastic surgery as a prerequisite for a successful career employers are often most interested in the job seekers appearance as a graduation present parents often give doctors plastic surgery for an extra fold in the eyelids to make their eyes of the bigger. almost every korean teenager dreams of looking just like say a needles. going on the ground is further demonstrations against apparent racial capitalism take place in london alongside those continuing in the united states that some see as

the beginning of a revolution coming up in the show with all but civil war raging in the united states what now for the global movement for justice and equality sparked by the police murder of george floyd we ask one of the most important activists of all time former black panther angela davis about organizing in the face of all the vehicles and tear gas and of anything has changed since she was one of the f.b.i.'s most wanted plus when the option was at the 2020 presidential ballot box men using military style force against protesters for a man who was instrumental in policies that resulted in the u.s. having the highest prison population in the world is it time for a new political party. well the fall coming up in today's going on the ground 1st as protests continue today around the world in the wake of the murder of george floyd many are now asking how the political movement it catalyzed conformant true change and perhaps even revolution one woman who knows exactly how hard the struggle against systematic oppression and racial capitalism is the legendary black

panther activist professor angela davis whose fight for equality in the sixty's and seventy's led then president richard nixon to refer to her as a dangerous terrorist she joins me by skype from oakland in california thank you so much professor azure davis for coming on going underground can i just ask you right at the beginning there's a lot of quoting of the great writer james baldwin at the moment he actually wrote an open letter to you what did he mean when he said our bodies must render impossible the corridor to the gas chamber well of course james baldwin was. not only percent greater but also he was involved in a whole range of social justice issues and he took up like case wrote an open letter to me and. argue that if they did not protect my life the same would be next if they come for you and the

morning he said every do not prevent them from taking you we will be next so that is actually. that is actually very seem of the mass movements have developed against racism against the signage and any against climate injustice etc of course the words reverberate starkly today because of the use of the word gas chamber in the state of california. still has a gas chamber where it is located and sat quit in prison and the sight of many demonstrations over the last period precisely because of the fact that prisons and and courage.