just. hours headline stories new video emerges of the killing of george freud showing people pleading with an impossible to intervene. but across the atlantic campaigners target europe's colonial monuments they say symbolize racism. the french president he holds the country's 1st victory over a coronavirus but criticism of his handling of the season money approval rating strong. and also in the program us china reports dozens of new coronavirus cases for the 2nd day in a row 11 more neighborhoods are locked in in beijing to try and contain an i break

link to a food market. one minute past 9 am and also well a leaven pm in melbourne on 4 in the afternoon right here in moscow this month the june 15th my name's you know no meal hello and welcome new video has been released by the family attorney for george floyd who used. to run the world it shows horrified bystanders pleading with an officer to intervene stone faced while. presses his knee on floyd's neck a word of warning the video we are about to show you is distressing. bro you have now moved no one. no 3 meaning you know you know how do you you. know i. know you not even the movie. bro but you know

movie right oh you. mean tell him the autopsy of a black man fatally shot by police in the us city of atlanta on friday has confirmed his death was homicide 27 year old brute's failed a roadside breath test officer say he then resisting it to all of the officers he was shell twice in the back and died later in hospital distressing video of the incident which we're about to show was captured on police body cameras. are not rare or. what kind of drinks did yeah. i'm not sure if some see orders on i think you pretty much the trying to be dry that's going. to translate about. i don't know how much. death of mr brooks sounds further inflame the

country already riven by civil strife following the murder of george floyd protesters set fire to the restaurant near where he was killed the mayor of atlanta later said the officer who pulled the trigger had been the city's police chief is also stepped on a decision will be made later this week on whether to bring charges against all officers present on the tourney on the case told us what he expects to happen next . people are going to 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 that both officers will be charged with murder and 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. people need to understand that law enforcement is not the law in georgia the law in georgia happens in courtrooms you can not use. lead non you cannot use lethal force to match non-lethal force there

is a case of tennessee versus gardner united states supreme court case stands for the proposition so i think that this case is going to end up in a superior court of fulton county with murder charges against both officers. in the race riots may be rooted in the problems of knowledge 2020 but it's also forcing the united states to face up to its history with protester targeting statues to prominent american civil war figured many heavily linked to slavery kill up as being looking at how a century and a half later those better wounds 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 if they change in against united and there's a sale here because their state put them 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 but 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 all 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 be a 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 civil 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 elm up and r.t. new york. give me a sense of the picture in the us but colonial era money means have recently become a matter of public scrutiny in europe what's worse supposed to be lasting tribute

to the history's great and good nora seen by some term mentoring symbols of a racist past on saturday a statue of right wing at talian journalist in drove mountain that he was faced in the milan park the monument was smeared with red paint and tagged with the words racist and rapist in the 1930 s. months nearly brought bought excuse me a 12 year old girl from eritrea which he later just to find as a local tradition there's no of course a call to get his thoughts your moves saying it serves only to represent colonial abuses with more on europe's soul searching here's artie's europe correspondent peter all over. 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 the demonstrations have being peaceful affairs here didn't neighboring switzerland there are calls for the renaming of streets pharmacies and even cakes to racially insensitive names swiss supermarkets are currently reviewing whether to stock more in kopf and more in cancun dock chocolate sweet treats that take the name from the would mourn. in english it's used in the past for people from north west africa if the mirror in cold feet is such a big problem then we've forgotten something much more important i look at africa. it's a consonant with the most natural resources but which is poll 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 cold more an appetite 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 bad 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 floyd killing happened over 7000 kilometers away in minnesota but 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. . and there is no shortage of support for the black lives matter movement right now but perhaps not all of it is genuine later we hear claims that social media influencers are leaping on board only so they can boost their own online popularity . the french president has the clear the country's 1st victory over

coronavirus in a televised address on sunday money will mccrone the scribe france as a green zone meaning the authorities have the virus under control but he emphasized that the fight is not over more now from our partners correspondent charlotte ivins . another address from president ma korn many claims is 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 george lloyd's death the united states have also been hitting hard fronts with anti racism protests in anti police brutality protests still maku 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 those pools across the world to stop jews to be removed the streets to be renamed the france

would not be rewriting its history the hyperbolic myth. the republic any trace or any name from its history she will not forget any of its must to pieces will not demolish any statues 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 billed unless the country moves on from the shambles that it's in at the moment and that's largely in reference to the protests we've seen which made for the large part of being known violent but they have descended in parts into clashes between the police and protesters particularly again all over the weekend when police don't protest is for marching down the street. i.

think. the press. mcentee there is more at stake not only does he face the presidential elections wishing she is time but in the weeks time they're all simply this apology elections here in france which would delay just result of the code that 19 pandemic he's party on the move is expected to receive a severe pasting even though it's elections 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 no tax increases as

a result of this crisis the reevaluation over the pay of medical stuff we know that the government is facing many questions in the way that it handled the crisis with dozens and dozens of lucy's best excusing the government of negligence said we're still using it old man suit france is also looking forward to many say to the worst recession it's experiencing is the 2nd or so mark pools in golf season hiding up and the fact is boy sickness here in france continues that his words last night that france was about to experience this summer like no other may be exactly what we'll see. a former american marines being jailed by a russian court for spying drawing a furious reaction from washington as our t.v. reports after the break.

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hello again former u.s. marine paul whelan guilty of espionage and sentenced to 16 years prison and we have reports from outside moscow city court. just as moscow hands are being taught after the coronavirus locked down the whole wheel and trial was coming to an end and it was time for the verdict on monday and the moscow city court handed down a 16 year prison sentence the russian prosecutors wanted that to be 18 but 16

years behind bars it is for spying all we'll and the former u.s. marine who is a citizen of 4 countries was caught red handed as the russian authorities put it in late 28 just before new year's eve receiving a flash drive from a russian a quaintance that was as the russian with ortiz 'd say full of classified material paul whelan has 4 passports but clearly for all vs reasons the main focus is on what this verdict is going. due to the russia u.s. relations and the us ambassador mr sullivan was here to support paul whalen inside the court building and here's what he said when he came out to get. me. that he had absolute. right. isn't going to stop us from. so this was

a tiny bit of optimism from a basket or sullivan for when it comes to the report cautions when we're talking about moscow washington relations but only a few days earlier the number one american diplomat was talking about how when is a well it treats u.s. citizens in their country and right after this he mentioned the case of paul whelan it was pretty much in one sentence which is a clear signal of what the u.s. government's attitude to this case is and all that the american government wants in this case is the release of mr we we also call on russia to do the same for paul whelan who needs to be released now why do have to say though that what we heard from the judge in moscow could lead to an agreement between washington and moscow and a sense that these kind of situations very often lead to prisoner exchanges between the 2 countries and we do know that there is

a number of russian citizens that are being held in u.s. jails and the reaction from the russian side was very quick we already heard from one m.p. that russia is ready to start negotiations on this kind of prisoner swap anyway paul whelan himself has been saying that he's absolutely innocent we heard that from him once again just as the trial was being wrapped up he believes his case is purely political and today we heard that the risk going to be an appeal so definitely we're going to hear one swore by. this trial in the next 10 days. in the rush of support for the black lives matter campaign in the current climate has seen big names race to show their solidarity while some major brands on celebrities are in a to pressure for change their suspicion over the motives behind some social media influencers here looks at how a number seem more concerned about their own reputations than equal rights. groups

i was caused a serious content crisis the social media if it says i need a good example is themselves you know the whole route it's not the food like the rest of us so when the be another approach to start sweeping to the wild you could always hear those influences rushing to charge up their phones finally some new fodder for that follow us look at it. they were horrified to find that 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 uprisings in decades was not about that time sucking but some brave ones continue to found that posing in

front of the new job was just perfect for their septic never mind that businesses will be destroyed and people will die i just believe that out of the caption we're going to say that one. person drugs because that. girl is making her boyfriend take a picture of her in front of the smashed. down my. ass. to those who make that living from shining beauty tips well they wanted a piece of the hype too no shade 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 it's a page in the george going to take talk challenge posting photos replicate in the

ultimately 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 websites videos of their idols so that other topics like why it's not just got drowned out from the battle the anonymous could put division cam has successfully called could the blue eyes matter and what lives matter has a major victory over online fascisms messaging tools. 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 costing protections falls over the b. and m.

protest. and find even dating website ok cupid is now using be happy to help you in your love you can answer questions that see how much you really want social justice even getting a bad alter streamlined a decent process and mitchell here. never again have to sit through dinner out with someone. so it seems now everyone wants a piece of the be an i pod i turns out it's as good for promoting yourself as for trying to undo centuries of racial inequality. done 11 more neighborhoods in beijing to contain a new coronavirus outbreak linked to a food market in the capital chinese officials say the new cases were phoned up

a 2nd food market where several employees tested positive it's reported that they are all linked to a market where brick was registered last week it was shut down on saturday tens of thousands of nearby residents are now being tested lengthy queues formed near hospitals and a sports complex in beijing as part of the screening program the country seeing a spike in figures after many weeks of reporting small numbers of new cases it is now registering dozens of new infections for the 2nd day in a row. warning you. about china has basically could shoot at us. now days and. weeks and. so because the chinese government has

relaxed. precautions against the spread of. china has accumulated sufficient experience against so most of the c.b.c. . every day i believe that the outbreak. will not be more serious stand there while 5 miles or go. a lot is where we leave our programming from moscow for today our tease news team in london takes over the mantle at the top of the hour to hope you'll stay with them for a great program going in the meantime here so don't stray too far.

we're going on the ground as 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 aman vehicles and tear gas hand of anything has changed since she was one of the f.b.i.'s most wanted plus when the options of the 2020 presidential ballot box are you man using military style force against protesters or

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. small coming up in today's going on the ground but 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 could foment true change and perhaps even revolution one woman who knows exactly how hard this. gl again 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 my 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 .