Than a 1000 people have marched through the eastern german city of leipzig, demonstrating both for and against coronavirus restrictions. Protesters were led away after they exceeded the maximum number allowed. The German Government has new powers to enforce rules on mosques and social. Distancing the u. S. Secretary of state mike pompei over, has made with taliban leaders in catch up in an effort to resume stalled peace talks between the taliban and the afghan government. The meeting came just hours after a series of blasts incompetent, killed several people. The socalled Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attacks. This is d. W. News from berlin. Theres more on our website, w dot com. This week on world story. Its another Strict Lockdown in france, fighting indifference to corona in turkey. But our journey begins in the usa, the city of el paso, texas, is one of the countrys carona hot spots stretching hospitals and Funeral Homes there to their limits. At basle is on the
American veterans memorial. We broke ground this morning and we will turn to the business of building the memorial next week. And so were glad that youre here. Were excited to be talking about the memorial and lets get right to it. With me is harvey pratt. Harvey is a citizen of the tribes of oklahoma. Shes a cheyenne peace chief. Hes been a career Law Enforcement official. Hes a working artist and he is a marine and a vietnam veteran. So please greet harvey pratt. [ applause ] thank you. Thank you. Harvey, what caused you to submit a proposal, a proposed design for the memorial . Well, our veterans director just kept after me. I had no really had no hope that i would even come close or submit a design. He kept after me. He said, do it for the tribe, harvey. Submit something. And i thought about it and i said let me dream on it. I have to dream. I do some of my best creativity is done early in the morning, in that dream period. Thats what i did. I went home and i dreamed about it and i
Tikrit. And also coming up a court in turkey, hands down dozens of sentences for some of the nearly 500. 00 defendants. Accused to be cool attempts in 2060, former soldiers and civilians face the worst of their lives in jail, and fans pay their final respects or Diego Maradona will look at the ups and downs of the life of one of the worlds greatest footballers. On way lara . Thank you so much for your company. Everyone always. So what chance on where america alicia, she has agreed with leaders of germany 16 states to tighten nationwide coronavirus measures because infection rates remain high. All the restrictions will stay in place until at least december 20th. But are likely to be extended into january. Well, as next tuesday private gatherings will be limited to 5 people from 2 households. Children of 14 are exempt from this facemask must be worn in all busy downtown areas and in workplaces. The number of customers allowed in large shops has been cut in half. Sports and leisure activi
Of an offensive in the Northern Region of tikrit and in denmark, thousands of means sworn killed to prevent the spread of a coronavirus mutation. Now the government is apologizing for how the cole was handled by brink off to our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and to all of you around the world. Welcome argentina has a declared 3 days of mourning for superstar footballer diego maradona. He died on wednesday at the age of 60 after suffering. A heart attack is lying in state in the president ial palace in born as our race where tens of thousands are waiting to offer their final respects. Police clashed with the crowds to day trying to limit access to the palace was cheering for their hero. One last time i was outside the president ial palace. And despite the ongoing pandemic, tens of thousands of mourners have been lining up for their chance to pay their respects. Scuffles broke out when police moved to shut down, access to the president ial, palace and motions are running high
Here at georgetown, the institute for migration. Spent a great partner for several years now. We welcome them in and thank you for all of their collaboration here. Let me remind you the webinars being recorded. Will post this event on our event page and a day or two. If you preregister for the event you will get an email with a link to the video as well. This time i think we are all zoom veterans. Just in case your memories are not what they should be, you notice on the tabs at the bottom of the screen theres q a. As a good deal of time at the end begin submitting your questions as soon as they pop into your head. Do not wait until the end that gives us a chance to sort through them but the best ones to jessica. Im so pleased that jessica can join us. Shes written for the york times, the atlantic, the washington post, los angeles times, teen vogue, among other places preach as a phd in literature from the university of texas and she served as a melon writing fellow and interim Writing