Shelter. And friends puts its faith that a voluntary track and trace out as if he lacks is current iris restrictions but critics say the app has major shortfalls. Im sumi so misconducts good to have you with us the National Guard has been deployed to the u. S. City of minneapolis during a 3rd straight night of on rest protests have rocked the city after an unarmed black man died in Police Custody earlier this week and those protests have now spread to other cities including denver l. A. And memphis but the killing of george floyd has left minneapolis in particular reeling with scenes of violence and anger. I riots across minneapolis for the 3rd night protesters stormed a Police Station forcing the officers inside to flee they want justice for george floyd who died in Police Custody over to the vision. You know where you know merrill we get a conviction its really there every week that we want a conviction with the manicotti. Amid the carnage there was evidence of shoplifting correct. I. Was in a series of tweets the u. S. President said looting would lead to shooting he also criticized the mayors handling of the crisis the mayor hit back donald trump knows nothing about the strength of minneapolis we are strong as hell is this a difficult time period yes but you better be damn sure that were going to get through this. The day before had begun peacefully demonstrators gathered to mark George Floyds death chanting his last words. It was a reaction to the graphic video that captured the final minutes of floyds life youll recall. I. Know. After days of escalating violence reinforcements are on their way with trust in the police here so low it is now the job of the National Guard to bring this chaos under control. I. Earlier we spoke to our correspondent stephanie minds about the situation in minneapolis. Minneapolis at least there where we are here is actually on fire if the camera can pan to the side here you see a building on fire but thats not the only one of course theres about 5 or 6 building c. A including the Police Precinct building precinct 3 building on fire behind me as well as a tobacco store and a Liquor Store People here are still angry very angry and theyre saying all most of them at least saying that whatever happens right now here rioting not protesting is actually justified because authorities and the elites need to understand in their words that this is the end they are sick and tired of things happening as they did to george floyd and this is the result however i have to say we also have talked to protesters who say and i call them protesters who say that this is nothing to do with the protest anymore this is rioting and looting and we have witnessed this. Ok lets get some perspective on the story we have Jessica Taylor with us shes an artist writer and host of black in berlin thats a series on race politics and Race RelationsJessica Thanks for joining us 1st of all you originally come from the u. S. So what do you think when you see these images of protests in many cities across the country. I am in deep grieving and mourning now the Global Black Community and. Protest some would say violent protests i think are a physical manifestation of the systems that need to be torn down the systems that need to be disrupted we need long term systemic change when i see. The criticism on looting. The us president when i see the criticism on the. News outlets i would love to have a conversation about the looting thats been going on during the pandemic by americas billionaires 400000000000. 00 richer during this pandemic but thats not something that is the spotlight is on so you know it needs to be systemic change are we talking really here about justice for george floyd this case or is this really about the deeper racial inequalities that you see in a place like minneapolis. Definitely and all over the United States and globally the last month has been a nightmare im on our prairie murdered on february 23rd shon read may 6th Briana Taylor made 12 george floyd may 25th just last night i heard about a trans black man in florida talking it daily murdered by police that was just yesterday so you know its been a nightmare after nightmare trying after trauma this of course is you know a long legacy of racism and the manatee in the u. S. What is your message to people in positions of power and what is the discussion that needs to take place with the Global Black Community to calm tensions right now. I dont know if we need to count tensions actually i think the tensions are exactly where they should be i think that the system as it was designed is working perfectly we have people that are being murdered black people that are being murdered and then outrage and the outrage over that outrage and the cycle just continues and you know news outlets interviews like these. The cycle continues we are calling on institutions to change their policies we have the university of minnesota that just ended its contracts with the Minnesota Police department no longer support them at their Football Games this is a small but necessary step in the fight against institutional forces of White Supremacy so were calling on institutions to do this very necessary work Jessica Taylor artist writer host of black and berlin thank you so much for sharing your insights with us thank you for having me. And president trumps latest response to the protests in minneapolis has prompted twitter to flag a recent post for violating twitter rules against glorifying violence in his tweet trump said quote these thugs are dishonoring the memory of george floyd and i wont let that happen he added that the military is ready to respond and said when the looting starts the shooting starts trumps latest a controversial tweet comes as the platform moved to fact check previous tweets the president now says twitter is biased against him now he signed an executive order that he says is aimed at checking social medias power to censor communication. He calls it protecting free speech from the social Media Companies say its a politicized approach to law trumps the latest executive orders designed to strip social Media Companies of their existing immunity when it comes to content published on their platform. And choice is the 20 max wanted to suppress blacklist shadow and our editorial decisions pure and simple their editorial decisions and those moments twitter seems to be a neutral public platform and they become there with a viewpoint and i think we can say that about others also this week twitter put fact check labels on 2 of the president s tweets that had unsubstantiated claims about voting by mail in the us 2 it is said it decided to do so because the content broke its rules on the key issue of voting trompette back and accuse twitter of trying to interfere in the 2020 president ial election and stuff for free speach. The business and Technology Sector is the order could code freedom of speech across the internet while legal experts are warning that it conflicts with the existing law which telling the congress not the president can change it really is a complete mess rating of section 230. 00 it takes. A law that has been interpreted time and time again very very broadly by multiple federal circuit courts and just says im replacing all of this with my own interpretation that i have no right to give about how to interpret this that or a law and so no its really not going to have any staying power in a court i may really is kind of just have a piece of rhetoric of over that main is the order will likely be challenged in court ahead of the november president ial election. Do malone has been looking into the story for us hi jim now why is twitter taking these steps well earlier this month twitter said it was updating its approach to misleading information so that meant for them that they wanted to make it easier to find credible information on twitter and to potentially to limit the spread of potentially harmful or misleading content so what were seeing are is the approach applied to try 1st with a Fact Checking label and that with a glorified violence tag so basically what it did when it tagged that tweet about minneapolis as glorifying violence is that it had the tweet from view you as a user would have to click view in order to see it and then you wouldnt be able to reply reply to it or retreat it without without comment now twitter also said that it was going to limit the spread of that particular tweet by its algorithms now its important at this point that if you had to do that sue me as an ordinary user your account would could be possibly suspended that tweet almost definitely removed but this is the tightrope that twitter walks though after years of being criticized for the on even application of its rules its now finally trying to apply them for trump but its discovering that it cannot do so in the same way because trump it happens to be the leader of the most powerful nation on earth its important for the general public to know what he says so last year twitter introduced what it called its Public Interest exception rules and this is what were seeing in action right now but this really is an escalation between Trump Twitter isnt you know any way you look at it it is an escalation but its kind of hard to imagine that when twitter put those Fact Checking labels on trumps tweets earlier in the week its hard to imagine that they didnt know they would be putting themselves in a collision course with the president and the further steps its taken since then sort of shows us that its determined to stay that course now social media platforms do enjoy broad protections according to the law and now section 230. 00 which sort of says that. Social media platforms enjoy protection from liability in terms of what users post on the site thats part of the Communications Decency act thats really hard to dismantle as such its hard to see why twitter should really be afraid of trump at least from a legal standpoint though some experts do say that there could be a Chilling Effect when it comes to policy making for Companies Like twitter but lets be honest isnt this isnt really about like government regulating social media and how they should do that this is about trump being angry that his usage on the platform is is being governed or limited in some way and its going to be hard to justify giving thought Legal Backing r. A. T davies ginnell do a lot of reporting for us thank you very much. Lets move on to some other news now russias human rights commissioner says Domestic Abuse cases have more than doubled under the coronavirus lockdown many shelters have had to shut their doors under quarantine and thats left victims with fewer places to go but now a number of hotels are opening up to those looking to escape Assault Battery and other abuse happening in their own homes w. s Emily Sherwin went to find out more. Money into not consenting isnt letting russias lockdown stop her shes using the time to redecorate her moscow hotel and since the pandemic has kept guests away she decided to show her Domestic Violence survivors a Crisis Center now sends women who have nowhere to go to her hotel because womens shelters have gone into quarantine. I have quite a lot of friends or acquaintances whove experienced Domestic Violence i want to help i couldnt always help my friends and sometimes i could sometimes not but now i can help someone else. Who can lead us. To. Valentinos hotel is right in the middle of its my lusty market which normally draws tourists with its typical russian look. Usually these stands would be full of souvenirs and bric a brac in this market would be bustling with people but during lockdown its become a quiet place to escape. Hotels which translates as fairy tale has become a saving grace one of the Domestic Abuse survivors staying here is the singer. Came here about a month ago. It wasnt the 1st time my husband hit me and even without the quarantine. No when i love someone you forgive them. But the 4th of the 5th time its just impossible to. Get beat something clicks in your head. It made me just get up and leave. I couldnt stand it anymore. So usually most unfortunately Domestic Violence is not a criminal offense in russia there are no official statistics and what goes on behind closed doors is often considered a family matter but since the lockdown began womens advocacy organizations have reported a significant rise in Domestic Abuse it gets down the heat on the countries there are mechanisms in place to fight against Domestic Violence restraining orders strict legislation and lauren foresman agencies that have told how to deal with these situations unfortunately russia doesnt have that thats why more cases here and murder and more women stay in abusive relationships because they dont have the tools to get out of them. That constantine of a plans to keep posting Domestic Abuse survivors even after the lockdown and her hotel is giving women like you the strength to start over. Who. Lets check in now on some other stories making news around the world the u. S. Britain and japan have condemned chinas move to assert more authority over Hong Kong China voted to begin imposing a controversial new security long thursday prodemocracy protesters fear it will erode freedom and justice in the semi autonomous territory. Ethiopia has started to repatriate its citizens stranded in lebanon because of coronavirus restrictions several 100 people arrived in addis ababa from beirut on thursday thousands of ethiopian workers have registered to return home in all but a lebanons high ticket prices and quarantine fees are making the trip difficult. In washington d. C. Restaurants are getting ready for limited reopening on friday theyre allowed to offer outdoor seating only now that the city has partially lifted kopek 1000 distractions the Food Industry has been particularly hard hit as a result of the lockdown. In german carmaker books martin says it will invest more than 2000000000 euros in the china the targets are 2 electric Mobility Companies v. W. Will become the biggest investor in the battery maker. Folks back in is also increasing its stake in the chinese electric vehicle maker j a c motors. And lets talk about that with our financial correspondent only bar is in frankfurt for us hi ali so v. W. Is putting even more money into china as we heard its coming at a time where theres a lot of tension with beijing politically so is this a good move by volkswagen. Well long term it seems to fit a volkswagen strategy after all herbert days to see folks wagon worldwide has called out that he is wanting to make a volkswagen the worlds number one electric car maker and also batteries which are also part of this Investment Decision to be a key technological component that volkswagen is good at so putting money into china putting money into batteries into ecards goes along with the strategy and dont forget china is the Worlds Largest auto market the German Market is tiny in comparison so regionally also seems to make sense from folks wagons corporate perspective if we look elsewhere in the Auto Industry of a french carmaker rayno is announced that it is cutting 15000. 00 jobs but the problems there really are deeper than the coronavirus prices are they. Yes they are and you know really the the problems that are there were already being addressed this week when a company renault with its Alliance Partners innocent and its a big issue presented a new strategy and there it was all on the table everything that was going wrong at brno these past years and really heartening also back to the days of the ones legendary carlos cohn too many people making too few cars earning money with renault wants to change this. Drastically part of the project is to cut production and concentrate on the most profitable cars and there were no management obviously sees the need to slash a lot of jobs in that context only parts for us in frankfurt good to talk to. Friends has approved the track and tracing as the country continues to loosen its stay at home restrictions the voluntary app starts next week and warns people when they come near anyone with a cup of 1000 virus but critics say it could have been more effective as france had teamed up with its neighbor germany on a joint app as originally planned. Get those 4 get called those against. The French Parliament gave the green light for the stop covert app by a clear majority on thursday anyone with the virus can make a note of it in the app the app warns other users if they come too near to the sick person the app has great timing starting tuesday friends is ending stay at home restrictions restaurants and cafes as well as public parks will be open. According to francis secretary of state for Digital Affairs the app is designed to get the Coronavirus