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Admits felipe was involved to ban players from kneeling during the u. S. National anthem a move started by a player calling cafferty in 2016 in protest at the perceived Police Brutality against black america its. A michael oku welcome protesters around the world have taken to the streets as outrage spreads over the killing in the United States of georgia floyd as well as expressing solidarity with americas black lives Matter Movement the protests are highlighting what they see as racism and Police Violence in their own country with australians in particular heating the streets in numbers. Randi have protests of the deaths in custody drawn so many. Tens of thousands rallied in australian cities great and small their focus hundreds of aboriginal deaths in jails and Police Stations in the past 30 years with no Police Officer ever found guilty here the death of george floyd has suddenly created widespread anger about an australian problem i waited too long for justin was to be here and again for my people and its time to make a change in our in the way that people are going to listen to me and im going to be the case. In brazil demonstrators have been raising their voices against the killing of black people mainly in poor neighborhoods called the for valence figures released by the Rio De Janeiro Public Security Institute Show that killings by police have increased to record levels in recent years hundreds marched on the citys outskirts to draw attention to what they see as brazils shame. About everything every 23 minutes in the world a young black person dies we have to fight because of that if we dont fight that will continue and we will keep dying. In mexico must demonstrators vandalized buildings and threw stones at the u. S. Embassy in the capital protests began here on thursday after the death of a young man in hull isco state he was allegedly beaten to death in a Police Station for not wearing a must authorities have now announced the arrest of 3 officers of the mans death but that hasnt stopped the protests. That we hear in support of the great uprising of the black people and of all colors for the crime against george floyd committed by a big policeman of the United States. Army here in the feet of this movement is not just about showing outrage at the death of African American george floyd in the u. S. The black lives Matter Movement has unleashed a wave of protests against racism worldwide demonstrations are said to continue this weekend with protests underway in east asia and large crowds expected later in european cities. With protests over the death of george floyd now peaceful for almost a week the twin cities of minneapolis and st paul in minnesota are no longer under curfew demonstrators took to the streets once again on friday calling for an end to Racial Discrimination in the u. S. They vowed to keep the momentum going until change takes place in minneapolis city officials have agreed to Ban Police Chokeholds and require officers to intervene any time they see an authorize force by another officer. U. S. President donald trump has sparked fresh outrage after suggesting george floyd would be pleased with his administrations performance trump made the comments at a press conference focusing on better than expected employment numbers say his name a common chance by protesters remembering victims of racist violence but this isnt what they intended to trump referenced george floyd as he praised his administrations economic achievements hopefully george is looking down right now and say this is a great thing thats happening for our country this is a great day for him its a great day for everybody is a great day for everybody this is a great great day in terms of equality just 6 his spokesman later said trump was referring to the National Conversation about equality trump also said deaths like floyds shouldnt happen again. But his democratic rival joe biden said trumps off script remarks showed the president was out of touch. Was speaking of a man who was brutally killed by an act of needless violence and more are larger tired of injustice that has metastasized on this president s watch. For the president to try to put any other words you mousing george florey i frankly think its despicable. Words carry weight now the mayor of washington d. C. Has had these words painted onto the street black lives master. And a plaza near the white house has been likewise renamed this time a reference the protesters can support. Meanwhile President Trump has reportedly ordered the pentagon to cut the number of u. S. Troops stationed in germany by nearly a 3rd according to government sources cited by the wall street journal around 25000 would remain American Forces have been stationed in germany since the end of world war 2 for more lets speak to german lawmaker andreas nick hes a member of the committee on Foreign Affairs so glad to have you with us was the German Government informed about this move. That for all i know there was no official information or coordination to the German Government. Also as we understand and so for the for the press release to the white house. To the fact that this is more political decision that was reached. Based on military expertise here nic im curious about your take on this what are the implications of this move to to cut the numbers of u. S. Troops in germany. I think 1st we have to consider that the overwhelming part of the American Military presence in germany is not related to Territorial Defense with germany but it is exercising for the functions for a broader presence in europe and even africa it is a major how up in the Global Operations of the us military with particular the roads trying to have base in the landstuhl medical facility though this is potentially weakening us capabilities not only in the region but globally. I can only say what American Military men and their families are more that will come in germany and we have corporators very well the number of those aspects but where we are i think at the moment its hard to assess it is a specific if d consequences as long as we dont know which sites which units will be affected by this decision. Well im going to ask you to think about those consequences a little bit here and look into the crystal ball i mean how do you think this could impact german American Relations moving forward. I mean i would i would primarily focus on that on the operational effect. To assess. What we know so far i think a hard cap of 25000 military presence in germany at all times would have a serious impact as it was on the capability to move. Troops around in various this interview was if there is a real occasion it was part of the troop reductions to Central Eastern europe that could have an impact on the security situation. On the eastern flank of nato as well but i think it is it is apparently meant as a symbolic means it will further deteriorate the atmosphere in Transatlantic Relations and. I expect that then it may be more of that calm in the run up of the usa lections given the tense situation in states surely well all be watching andrea snick member of the german parliaments Foreign Affairs committee appreciate your making a time on a saturday morning. Thank you but. At other stories making news around the world brazils president dr also naro has threatened to pull his country out of the World Health Organization unless it stops being a quote partisan Political Organization also naro would follow steps taken by President Donald Trump who has attacked the w. H. O. For its Coronavirus Response brazil has the worlds 3rd highest covert death toll. Frances defense minister says his countrys forces have killed a north africa chief during an operation in tests to northern mali. I doubt it was a key islamist fighter who france had been hunting for more than 7 years france says he was killed alongside several of his closest collaborators on june 3rd. Veterans of the allied forces have returned to normandy to commemorate the 76. 00 anniversary of the d. Day landing this years ceremony was far smaller than normal due to corona virus restrictions the event marks the beginning of the offensive to recapture france from the nazis at the end of world war 2. The head of Americas National Football League the n. F. L. Has admitted the league was wrong for not allowing on field protests against Racial Injustice the n. F. L. Had previously banned players from kneeling during the countrys National Anthem that practice was started by calling capper nick in 2016 in protest at perceived Police Brutality against black americans but kappa next move sparked a backlash from fans and owners. For more on this now im joined by Jonathan Krane from d. W. Sports jonathan this is pretty much a big deal how did this come about it came about its author a video message posted on social media by Roger Goodell the n. F. L. Commissioner now hes basically the guy that represents all the the leagues owners and he is in charge of the leak essentially a lot of kind of regrets a very contrite statement in his voice now it follows another video that was said very widely on social media featuring various n. F. L. Stars passing the homes that are back in june and they were calling on the n. H. L. The n. F. L. To condemn racism though it comes honestly with protests all over the world growing often the death of george floyd in Police Custody goodell is clearly read the mood hes heard the message and hes now encouraging players to come out and speak out against racism lets listen. To the National Football league condemn racism in the systematic oppression black people we the National Football league meet we were wrong for not listening to n. F. L. Players earlier and encourage all just speak out peacefully protests read the National Football league believe lives matter. So jonathan how significant a u. Turn this is this is a massive theres no getting away from it because as you mentioned protests were previously bad and the league essentially said look if you dont want to stand during the anthem you have to stay in the locker room and otherwise you could face disciplinary action calling captain it remember we all remember this situation now what he did receive some support for taking on the other players joined him he was also roundly criticized a lot of players accusing him of a lot of fans and owners accusing him of disrespecting the u. S. Flag now obviously the n. F. L. Is a bit of a boiling pot so this kind of issues there is really going to be interesting to see how it is actually implemented the league is hoping to start in september so well have to keep an eye and see if goodells actually a borne out in reality there has been major reaction to this from all kinds of quarters i would yeah i mean interestingly. He apologized the other day for previously criticizing the process now that and him a bit of a rebuke from u. S. President donald trump saying a brief shouldnt have gone back on his comments but trump also criticized the protests more widely we can we can see he says we should be standing up straight ideally with a salute there are other things you can protest but not Great American flag no kneeling so obviously this protest movement has owns the United States now its being taken up by other sports in the last weekend. Among those showing solidarity so lets see if that continues this weekend jonathan very quickly we should say Colin Kaepernick was never picked up from the team after that he was and he was not nice and for the actively have ended his career Jonathan Crane sports thank you so much for that and welcome. Youre watching d. W. News remember you can keep up to date with all the latest news on our website thats d. D. P. Dot com for all of us here thanks for watching well see you at the top of the hour as over. What do they dream of at night. As cleaners they see the face of horror. Their job censoring for the social media industry. And the new look there are thousands of socalled content monitors. For today