Equipment to save lives. Im Claire Richardson and welcome to the show people across the United States have once again flooded the streets in antiracist protests evening curfews were ordered in dozens of cities after a week of demonstrations over the death of george floyd who died after a white Police Officer kneeled on his neck for almost 9 minutes even as he pleaded for air. A powerful symbol of loss i dont now without a father. This is what. The most of this. They get from him be with a family. Here on the business. Down the mother of George Floyds daughter calling for justice. And killer words because i want justice. I want justice for him because he was. The frustrated at the lack of accountability around Police Brutality grows all across the United States dozens of cities saw mostly Peaceful Demonstrations continue in violation of curfew orders. As long as i can remember there has been a systematic inequality in this country i can only attest to what i know i can attest to being profiled i can attest to being a marginalized person and if we dont speak up against injustice anywhere then no one will speak up against. The us President Donald Trump called for the National Guard the military to crack down on what he called feeds and thugs responsible for violence but the protest. By the right of the. Demonstrators i came to avoid the fog to label this man for panda lies in a street sign in washington d. C. Police grew impatient as the not went on in new york city offices began arresting people for not following the cathy areu move here got her through her car but with many protesters around the country refusing to go higher the world watches on to see just how much force will be authorized by officials. Well in washington d. C. Thousands of people gathered to demand an end to Police Brutality earlier i spoke to use alexandra phenomenon it was at a demonstration here the white house so we are here to love for you park which is to directly be in the neighborhood of the white house so its just really and few steps away from the white house and if you can see behind me and in front of me there are a lot of people quite large crowds to get to tonight and all of them are here even though theyre curfew in washington d. C. Just started to minutes ago so they are clearly did turn. Mince to him by. The curfew for there are chanting here your choice names they are day once his name to be called god they are chanting justice must be done and of course also. Vote him out meaning that they would like President Trump not to get we elected in november so as these protesters remembering the name of george floyd weve heard trumpets threatening a military action does he have the authority to bring in the army against americans. When you phrase the question this way that of course you would assume that the president of the United States can to do that and when you talk to the truck the stated purpose to protesters here they are upset and very angry accusing the president of trying to provoke and scare them but he does indeed have have to invoke the insurrection act and legislation that is 200 years old and to use in the you asked in American History a couple of times and that legislation allows the president of the us to deploy the u. S. Military to end violence civil disorder and revolution or every belgian but of course you know most of the states would ask steve to invoke this and its quite politically. Calls to use this against their states its only happened when you could argue that they are not able to do so on their own or if theyre rebelling against the federal government so this threat was met with a lot of criticism here in the u. S. Even pentagon officials who are criticizing that saying that you know the americans should get used to seeing you need Foreign Service members in the street. And that this step would rather escalate the situation alexandra fun naaman in washington d. C. Thank you so much for your reporting. Germanys foreign minister has insisted that journalists must be allowed to do their job safely when reporting on protests in the United States his comments came after Minneapolis Police twice shot added t w correspondent with proper bullets he was one of many reporters in the u. S. Who have had their work limited by police during the protests the German Foreign minister also said peaceful protests were quote understandable and more than legitimate. Outrage at the death of george floyd in Police Custody has spread around the world with demonstrations in many countries to protest Police Brutality and racism thousands of people in paris have been defying a ban on large gatherings to protest the 2016 deaths in Police Custody of adam outre henri a young frenchman of mali in origin and to express their anger at systemic racism many of the demonstrators carried signs with slogans linked to the black lives Matter Movement in the u. S. The demonstration went off peacefully until Police Used Tear Gas to disperse the crowd after some protesters pelted them as projectiles. Well earlier we spoke to g. W. Correspondent in paris lisa lewis and she spoke to us about some of the issues that have led to protests in france feeling here is certainly that there hasnt been much change and if there has been change actually in the wrong way its been in the wrong way you know just look back over the past few years there have been lots of demonstration it specially the yellow vests protests and there was a lot of Police Violence now the parliament is even discussing. A new law a draft law that would forbid people from spreading images of the police and many people feel that that would take away a big part of their protection from Police Violence here in france so there is a lot of mistrust amongst people towards the police and its growing really. Well this unrest comes as france has relaxed more of its coronavirus lockdown measures people can now travel within the country and restaurants and bars can reopen france has been one of the worst hit countries in europe so physical distancing is part of the new normal but now after more than 2 months of lockdown the time has come to rediscover old pleasures. Finally a glass of rosie on the terrace is allowed once again after almost 3 months restaurants and cafes are allowed to open with limits in paris the return of the french way of life. This is the taste of happiness and of freedom. We can take up our old habits once again its fun. But there are difficulties getting the new stop covert app started smartphone users are supposed to be warned by text message if for example they encounter someone who has covered 1000 on the street or while shopping for at least 15 minutes at a one meter distance then theyll be told to get tested. This raises questions about data protection. Act i think 1st of all theres still no proof that the app even works but the question of Civil Liberties is most important for us the dangers of mass surveillance. Through the rest of them and the Health Crisis is far from over the french finance minister may appear confident but he expects the economy to contract by 11 percent. So should keep this number reflects the brutality of the recession and the difficulties that still lie ahead. You know exactly france faces a long road to recovery. Well lets take a look now at some other stories making news around the world russia will spend just 72000000000. 00 to restore the economy following the coronavirus shutdown the country is reeling from the collapse of oil prices Prime Minister mikhail machinist and briefed president Vladimir Putin about the program it will run over 2 years and is meant to boost employment salaries and economic growth. Germanys governing cabinet has been meeting up to thrash out the details of a multibillion a euro economic stimulus package to help the country recover from the pandemic protesters gathered outside the Chancellors Office to say no to a proposed a cash incentive for new car purchases including for those with polluting combustion technology. Facebook c. E. O. Mark zuckerberg has defended his decision to not take any action on inflammatory posts by the u. S. President now thats despite a group of facebook employees walking off the job yesterday to urge the company to act against Donald Trumps post about ongoing protests zuckerberg says he was right to leave and one challenge. On tuesday italys celebrated republic day which marks the referendum 74 years ago tally and voted for a republic to replace the monarchy a fly over by the Italian Air Force was the highlight of the anniversary despite some lock down measures still in force and celebrations took place across the country. Well africa is confronting the spread of the corona virus with several countries like kenya now experiencing spikes in new infections some of africas poorest communities are in desperate need of more supplies but imports from abroad have slowed and prices have skyrocketed now engineering students and doctors in nairobi are working to produce essential medical equipment to beat the virus. Every breath counts thats the message of the hayward tele plant in kenyas capital nairobi its director steve out of balance is responsible for the production of oxygen which is essential in treating cope with 19 patients. But sourcing oxygen was a problem in africa up until now oxygen is expensive up to at least almost 10 times as expensive. As compared to the western counterparts were able to do so cost of oxygen with oxygen distribution. Because it really moved those and oxygen is reduced by at least 30 percent. The oxygen is used in ventilators which are quickly employed when patients are showing severe symptoms but there are not enough ventilators in africa so kenya has come up with a solution and generic students and Health Professionals in nairobi have to sign a ventilator that can be produced for 10th of the cost of an imported machine. So this means that we can have solutions. Of sorts specific now. Locked down. Nothing is moving in but it was a very its it would see the dutch if they can get. The problem of protective masks has also been solved locally they are now coming out of a 3 d. Printer owned by may whos shahs nairobi based firm it is producing 500 a day over the bridge to be pretty good. Coming together like a 3 d. Printing. You know all collaborated or sharing one design. And everyones producing the same thing so yeah this is great. But most important is oxygen itself the 1st where teller plant opened in 2014 and more have followed with the support of donations from the u. S. Great britain and unicef its a model of success more than a 150 facilities in kenya across. 20 counties in kenya are receiving oxygen from our 3 plants. And the public and private facilities alike 70 percent of the facilities are public crossing it is having bottom of the pyramid population. What telling has helped advance kenyas Health Care System with oxygen the w. H. O. In the meantime has classified this life giving element as an essential medicine. Youre watching news remember you can keep up to date with all the latest on our web sites that state of the year dot com and you can follow us on twitter and instagram too. Im Claire Richardson for me in the entire team here in berlin thanks so much for watching. On me all the time to talk about the 2nd season the only touch of the planet on the brink of disaster we did indepth interviews with experts about one question. Who changed the