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of her. protests. around the world from the russian capital this is our team international 30 minutes of news start. german federal prosecutors have filed murder charges against a russian national and claim he was acting on the kremlin's orders but didn't cross the cough is accused of shooting a suspected terrorist in berlin last summer in what prosecutors say was a contract killing the german foreign minister is not ruling out
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a ticking measures against moscow speaking to me earlier on this story our europe correspondent in berlin peter all of our. well. feeley was gunned down in a city center park here in berlin in august of last year the main suspect in that case is being named locally only as by using the alias body has been charged with murder and weapons charges but the really outstanding thing about the allegations put forward by the german federal prosecutor is that they claim that this killing was carried out at the behest of moscow the accused accepted the russian government order to kill even hope for a financial reward or should the multiple of his clients to kill a political opponent those claims are dismissed out of hand by russia having i should really was a georgian citizen of chechen heritage he had 40 against russian troops in chechnya he held asylum status here in germany but was wanted on terrorism charges in russia
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russian president vladimir putin had said numerous attempts had been made to try and get arrested and extradited to russia to face those charges because the moment the russian side of dusk the number of times to extradite these gunmen the killer unfortunately we did not reach an agreement well this case is developing into a real diplomatic incident the russian ambassador to germany has been invited to the foreign ministry here in berlin to discuss the case further we cast our minds back to december of last year to russian diplomats were expelled by early. in the foreign ministry said they weren't co-operative enough with the investigation into the case german foreign minister heiko mass has said that further measures could be taken against russia while a spokesperson for angle america's government has reiterated that saying that they
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reserve the right to further steps being taken by taking this case very seriously according to a government spokes person so this certainly set to develop so far but the very latest a murder charge against a russian citizen claims this murder was carried out at the behest of the russian government relating to a killing in a central berlijn 'd park in august of last year when germany politics commentator told me earlier that suppose that russian government involvement in such a killing makes no political sense. on secret. u.s. so not nothing name does not prove you know nothing and of course the russian government are going to give any proof to give any. then this russian citizen. can they don't have any and that doesn't make any sense for russia to do this in this case you have to dig
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a little bit deeper this is according to his last 2 they all try to cut the ties we generally and russia and to come up with possibility long lasting be on the you really you can't you know i don't need to see. that police officer who fatally shot a black man twice in the back as he tried to flee a drink driving arrest has been charged with murder garth roth faces possible life in prison or the death penalty if convicted the other officer who was there is charged with aggravated assault. 27 year old groups on feel the breath test the lowest fun to sleep in his car and. attempted on the rest grabbed one of the officers tasers and fired it in their direction before attempting to flee brooks was shot twice in the buck 1 and died later in hospital the district attorney said there was no justification in opening fire before revealing further details about
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what the officers did next. office along actually mr bruce while he laid on the ground the other officer officer brazos. actually. on mr bruce's show we've concluded at the time mr brooks was shot dead he did not pose an immediate threat of death or serious physical injury to the officer we appreciate and we come in the d.a.'s office for charging these officers appropriate. but that's just step one. step 2 is convinced this is a celebration or a victory laugh of watching these officers get charged. nobody's happy nobody's celebrating because this never should have happened just hope they. don't need to follow me as i charge right.
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this i don't know what you want to know how to see me if you must help but after everything you need to know is back here. what he went through. offered his faults saying he hopes the accused officer is treated justly. should not have resisted arrest. nobody gets a fair shake because of police have not been treated fairly in our country they have not been treated fairly but again you can't resist a police officer like that and he ended up in. a very terrible disagreement and look at the way and look at the way it ended very bad very bad the officer who fatally shot brooks was also accused of covering up the shooting of a black man who stole a truck back in 2015 according to court documents seen by the guardian newspaper the man survived both suffered a collapsed lung at the time the officers field to report that they had opened fire
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black lives on a protester staged a so-called die in protest by lying done in front of the atlantic police department to symbolize those killed and alter cations with officers for a shooting on race relations with america's police really at rock bottom at this stage following the killing and subsequent riots of the death of george. what about the other side at least 8 officers have resigned from the atlanta police department this month a private group that works on crime prevention in the city sees it is because of low morale and that appears to be just one of the reasons behind some months resignations right across the country. now how do.
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you know every now and then maybe we have to do we have to begin to look at whether or not an individual is so the bull for the job of being a police officer because there's this great expectations from individuals who up all these are the wish spectum to do awful lot and if you can't do it tell us and then that's fine i think what has happened is a given that the incidents that they've been involved in here and across the country have now come to light. to public everybody is noticing these acts of violence death police officers i'm bob dent and yet they get away with it there's no accountability and. no one is punished and so. it's about time the number that we're getting rid of those individuals who really don't want to work and be say and provide. public safety to our community.
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the pretty astonishing situation in seattle is still ongoing there's an occupation protest in a police free zone there on the murphy has just. officers will not only enter an urgent life threatening cases like lives campaigners have been holding the capitol hill organized protest chop there that's what is known as for more than a week they moved in when police moved out of a precinct building on this video has been circulating online showing a protester a partly hunting out assault rifles to minors very much against the law in washington state activists like. walked us through it again overnight claiming that the zone is mostly peaceful. this little community is already sprouting up in ways that some of us never even imagined the main focus now being a set of concrete pillars and pliers being set up in the streets by the city itself in order to help the protesters be established here. what is it like around here at
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night what exactly is going on let's go see what's happened. in the past few nights those hear the word feelings of exile the fear about what's been this is a group called the cowboys. if you will get set up here there's more there's there's more people the feeling of community and the feeling of safety is becoming a lot more prevalent we have a facebook page we get a website donations from greece from jamaica all around the world we've been feeding people for 12 days and as long as this keeps going we're funded we'll continue to feed these people and after this ends we're looking into continuing
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this that there's claims. it's just the summer of love and there's people being crazy all over none of that is true there's no crime the attitude during the night is the same is the day it's not just a summer of love it's not just simply a party people are down here to protest this is the area where the city is actually brought down some concrete blocks that you can see near me and the black lives matter protesters and everyone down here is actually set up some of these wooden blocks on top of the concrete where everyone has just been creating are they say oh there are armed guards everywhere that's not true these are americans a lot of times they're expressing their 2nd and their rights there are armed border guards there are people who watch the border to make sure that. you know we don't have anybody coming to do things that bad. 5 hours more we're going to be here tonight. why did you come away up here man well i came up here the people of you
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need my support 'd and i feel like we all need to rally like around a single cause so that way we can actually get some progress made police force across america has been a problem for. decades now. mantle a lot of it because a lot of innocent damning members are going away you know going to prison it wasn't too long ago down here that people were there were riots the police were being violent there were rumors of white supremacists but more and more as the days go on as you'll get more comfortable setting up here i think the real message to tap and it becomes more and more obvious which is exactly what's behind me in this city we believe black lives matter no human being is a legal science is real and love is the way. that a.c.l. fellow activists books in ski with his 1st person account of his view of what it's like inside the protest by capitol hill organized protests we will keep you updated . on it in the coming days. a french nurse has been. released
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from police custody after video of her violent arrester in choose these nationwide health care workers protests sparked widespread anger she still expected to appear in court in september though being charged with rebellion this is the moment that. was forcibly cities by several riot officers the police said she had been throwing projectiles on them to say she's been left traumatized by the way she was treated a rally was swiftly organized in her support charlotte defense he was there. a 50 year old guy she was arrested during that housework is praised as some place in paris on it seized by now she's been named as for me diana said to be from the ad stewardship of the city and now it said she's out shepherd national for some 17 years and she was taking part in those protests about taking place at horse fronts to demand increased salaries most often idle money in general for service that many been saying for a long time is on
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a knife said cheering from the videos on social media showed that the moment that she was arrested with offices charging towards her. there is a huge and go over the way that she was apprehended it said that for rita suffered a broken rib cuts to head face and she was seized by her hands during that arrest now video also shows a cooling pool some sort of breathing device and she can't breathe right. through her. daughter later took to twitter in defense of her mother who said she needed a ventilator because she's asked smart tick. this woman is my mother she's 50 years old and nurse should work for 3 months between 12 and 14 hours a day she had to call the 19 she was demonstrating so that would be erased that co-work would be recognized she's this matic she has her uniform on she's on the
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one meter 55 told supporters feel free to say that this is the latest example of police brutality and they have had enough which is critical to say that i still say that if we find the conditions a far readers are grass scandalous and was no reason for her detention this really was a disproportionate use of force. to israel that what is called look to israel the police always promotes protestors nicholas crack down every time and now we have a few 2 year old woman even if she threw a stone this does not deserve being thrown to the ground system so i want to say yes it's sadly what happened was not the 1st time you see police threatening stopping people from trying to peacefully leave the demonstration on the pretense of wanting to isolate a few individuals to end up terrorizing everyone there and they say for a reader who is it makes it being overcome with anger at the end of the demonstration crackdown that her reaction was normal given what's being described
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by so many people here as provocations by the police during protests. live from moscow this is r t the pressure's all on an international level to get the united states to sort out the systemic racism and police brutality are the claims made against the country on the way calls for a u.n. inquiry urgent talks as well as the human rights council in geneva. ah no no crowd. no shots no. actually you don't speak. well struck
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no strong. points your thirst for action. let's say. the guy down the block for more you. is counterfeiting mining and he's buying and stuff b. he created an extension honest house he caught a new boat people out a new car plus 5 new cars he brought another new he brought a lot of jewelry he's live in a large would you say the wealth on that street is just the worst minutely heading into that guy's house because he's able to counterfeit money and spend that money would you say that i mean that's not hard to comprehend. and let's start by a quip another aspect to one of the bigger stories of the past number of weeks the u.n. human rights council held an urgent debate on wednesday over the issue of alleged
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systemic racism police brutality in the u.s. the meeting was called 'd by the west african nation of burkina faso and so multinational concerns being raised one notable absent tivo and united states reporting next kill up and. racial unrest in the united states has prompted 54 african countries to call on the un human rights council they want the international body to look into racism and police brutality in the united states and beyond this if it meant that the tragic events may 25th in minneapolis in the u.s. which led to the. death of george floyd lots of protests around the world against injustice and police brutality the persons of african descent face on a daily basis in many regions of the world and the death of george floyd is unfortunately not an isolated incident we believe the situation in the united states warrants urgent country specific intervention and that a thematic global investigation is also an aunt that the family of george floyd has
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also called on the u.n. to get involved george floyd's brother made an urgent appeal at a landmark u.n. debate my brother joe my brother is one of the many bad made women that have been made over by putting everything i have actually do to help him. you know to help me i have and i think you know. but i had people in america the data has already been collected black people in the united states are 2 and a half times more likely to be killed by police than whites and they are far more likely to be killed by police tasers and outrage over these deaths has been dragging on and building up for decades.
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there is sponsoring u.s. officials was to hail their own countries supposed transparency and then to make a they'll dig at those who criticize them we call upon all governments to demonstrate the same level of transparency and accountability that the united states and our democratic partners spragg this but the usa did not participate in the debate on racism u.s. representatives weren't there why the united states has withdrawn. from the un human rights council in response to criticism of israel we take this step because our commitment does not allow us to remain a part of a hypocritical and self-serving organization that makes a mockery of human rights and that trend of putting pressure on international bodies continues states is now threatening sanctions against the international
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criminal court because it dared investigate the actions of u.s. troops in afghanistan but will not stand by as our people are threatened by a kangaroo court and indeed i have a message to many close allies around the world your people could be next the united states likes to think of itself as the policeman of the world and just like the police at home the united states isn't too excited about being expected to follow the same rules that it claims to go around the world in forcing caleb mopp an artsy new york. though a familiar sight come painters across britain to pinney on wednesday in the lead to show of solidarity for the black lives mother movement recent weeks have seemingly taken an emotional toll on many an oxford university is offering to help students whose exam performances may be affected essentially by marking their papers easier there's been pressure from campaigners at the university who said just watching the
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video of the death of george floyd had left black students traumatized we share our concerns about the traumatic effect of the brutality which killed george floyd and which is him and his station of institutionalized racism any students taking university assessments who feels their performance has been affected should submit a south assessment mitigating circumstances form after their final examination or assessment. incidentally campaigners at the university have also been pushing to remove a statue of sessile rhodes a 19th century. prime minister of south africa's cape colony they have long argued the monument or face racism is an insult to offer students we talk to people in london who broadly welcome the university some pathetic responses but others think well as far. as should be taken into consideration because this is a global thing must. take it too much into account because the life you still believe
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where the different obviously. you know they should be put into that direction while the krona going on. because people are going to line. to go off in such a way this really does affect a lot of members of society and actually something which i can understand would affect people and it's ok so you know i'd say. take it is it the guy will die in america i don't think. he's. stupid he actually. just time for eclipses around the world starting in europe there's been a major coronavirus so i predict among stuff. and north west germany thousands of locals have been forced into quarantine after more than 650 workers tested positive it is the biggest flare up since the country started emerging from locked on in early may. meantime infections continue to take hold in latin america with peru
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becoming the 2nd worst affected country in the region that there are more than 240000 confirmed cases on the spot acting early to spread the toll on the economy 'd has meant more recent efforts have been hampered the problem is particularly acute in per regions where distancing rules are often fly to. the other side of the globe from their. moving on after the worst of the make your little bit of good news maybe hong kong disneyland has reopened to visitors for the 1st time in nearly 5 months it's out reduce capacity learned social distancing measures are in place it's the 2nd disney theme park to reopen after shanghai a month ago. well that is the way of the world this thursday june the if the programming from moscow no crosses to r t u k starting with the alex salmond show and then regular news broadcasts from moscow at the top of the hour just
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support forced to flee their homes come up with strike can put these attacks was a p.r. you see the police actually took part in the attacks so instead of preventing it they were active participants in the burning of coal streets in belfast at the plague more than a 100 innocent civilians with blood it has to live you can see in years and we found out more i was surprised about the extent and the take rates which the solution. i was involved in some of those cases the killers would later be named the atlanta i'm getting i think it went to the very very top i think should it be crossed the water where politicians you thought was calling on the go ahead.
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minority communities. and this pandemic being old or poor or suffering from underlying health conditions has placed people a greater risk sort side chick lee has been raised in a care home or be in the front line of the health service or one of the killing professions but over the above all of these factors it has become clear that minority communities are also in the covert front line research from public health england indicates across every ethnic grouping be a m. e. communities have above average suffering from the pandemic and this week government came under sustained criticism for delaying the publication of that aspect of the report which indicated the should be recommendations to tackle this racial imbalance explosively it contains a conclusion that institutionalized racism has contributed to the high death rates ministers accused of suppressing this section of the report for field of stalking
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tensions and the heightened international atmosphere following the mother of jobs floyd government action is too little and far too late says the dental implant subtheme currently suing the u.k. health say over the death of his father the research shows that in the bangladeshi community people are twice as likely to die from covert 19 than white british people a member of the house of lords is scathing about the government's response let me speak to the lively same to miriam whose fund raising effort surpassed the quarter of a 1000000 pounds mum to help people during the covert crisis all this coming up later in the show but 1st the glass good to me know if your tweet your e-mails your messages thank you alex we've received over 350 sponsors from all over the world throughout human last week on the ongoing beach in the us following the coming.
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