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A newly discovered cluster of core of the buyers to me says hundreds are put into print you know a large building complex after a town break among the Seasonal Workers. Of America Evanston its good to have you with us here in berlin hundreds of people have been taking part in a black lives matter protest rallying against Racial Discrimination demonstrators called for solidarity with protests in the u. S. Which were sparked by last months killing of george floyd by a white Police Officer in minneapolis but protesters are also denouncing local institutionalized racism which is an everyday reality for many black germans. W. s imaan walsh as has this report from the main rally in central berlin. Betting on the 1000 people gathered today showed a similar us processors following the battle of georgia during their god i defend any all of them all wearing a mask and a trying to respect you know show the sensation of what them it is this is hope not germans it was fairly old as you needed to take and to be known as the old days the race is not how many here in germany many how talking about a negative lazy day experience were a shallow enough industry so for example when they set out to see if you know they dont leave not because im there its a bit of a skin color because ive been made that and so on and a c. B. And it studies that Structural Racism that they want to change now on that is a go side many members of parliament osteen was for the government to move to do well that raises some of the german contribution to her demands to god but as you can see behind me people im on todays youth may not change is not it. In the u. S. Several states that were the 1st to ease lock down restrictions for are now saying drastic spikes in coronavirus cases large states like texas and florida are ordering some businesses to close again after record numbers of new infections but white house officials insist the pandemic is under control and some local leaders continue to downplay the threat of the disease. One step forward 2 steps back states like texas and florida have been left reeling progress towards reopening has been put on pause with surging infection rates in both states in texas nearly 6000 new coronavirus cases were recorded on thursday prompting the governor to close by as a limit restaurants to 50 percent capacity its a similar story in florida 9000 new cases reported on friday nearly doubling the previous record set only 2 days earlier. Many states are experiencing the highest infection rate since the crisis began in a sign the spike is being taken seriously by the white house the Coronavirus Task force held its 1st briefing in 2 months. We stand here today we believe weve made progress. But as we are reminded as we see cases rising across the south that we still i work to do and so we say to every american particularly those in counties and in states that are being impacted by rising cases that nows the time for everybody to continue to do their part while there is a Vice President said that more than half of new cases are americans under the age of 35. 00 thats being complicated by the fact that many asymptomatic immediate family you have an individual responsibility. To yourself but you have a societal responsibility because if we want to end this outbreak really and that and then hopefully well have vaccine comes and puts the nail in the coffin weve got to realize that we are part of the process. Experts remain concerned over the health of this is Economy Today fueled by trumps insistence the country get back up and running. All parts of europe are also dealing with a flare up of Coronavirus Infections in italy theres been a spike in new cases to the north of naples melee in apartment blocks housing seasonal farmworkers the city of mud are gone it is on alert to try to stop the virus from spreading further. Tensions have been rising between the residents of these apartment blocks and the local people and wonder grown me after the buildings were placed under lockdown due to dozens of coronavirus cases several residents trying to leave and defiance of the buddha and then these will be big brother for as because. After they are going to close all the c. V. And then is it economic problem for. Most of the residents of bulgaria many of them food to be working in italy without proper contracts and for very low wages now sentiment against the foreign workforce is mounting. The biggest and there could be one. Cultural workers they come each season and then they move on to greece for the Olive Harvest the leave. Before the Seasonal Work has arrived there was no covert here. Known cherry of call the dead mans a number of police. Now dozens of police have been sent to monitor goni to ease tensions and stop residents from leaving the building to keep the virus contained the red cross is carrying out extensive testing hundreds of samples have already been taken. There would be to them on double the 34. 00 minimal climb a say that munder goni is 1st funding bill very very about a lot of people are coming for tests and since we started this morning weve taken over 250 swatches will people understood here how important is to be careful about the virus. Now a National Protection agency is delivering food to the current 1000 residents they will not be able to leave their homes for the next 15 days. All the European Union has pledged nearly 5000000000 more heroes to how vulnerable. Entrees battle of the coronavirus pandemic money is being raised at a summit organized by the e. U. And the International Aid Group Global Citizen European Commission president or sort of underline has stressed the need for affordable and accessible treatment. And indeed we will only end this pandemic when it has been ended everywhere and that means every person in the world having access to tests treatments and vaccines no matter where they live and where they are from or what they look like we need to invest in producing vaccines at unprecedented speed and scale and a task of this size can only happen if the words unites we need our best scientists to Work Together we need a Global Health organizations to join forces and we need governments business and philanthropist to step in and provide funding tens of billions are required. All right d. W. Chief International Editor Richard Walker joins us now from brussels with more on that you coronavirus fundraiser hello to you richard so tell us what can we expect from todays fund raising summit. Yeah well its the latest in a series of events that have been aimed at raising money but also awareness for the importance of the Global Corporation in the fight against the corona virus and todays event is something of a hybrid really weve had politicians taking part we just saw it was a laugh on the line in the clips there from the European Commission but also a lot of entertainers so theres been some advance like a sort of Mini Panel Discussion that featured the Prime Minister of norway and miley cyrus and then there was quite a long interview with one of the bad guys from game of thrones so a little bit of a hybrid going on today later on theres going to be a concert also with a lot of big stars performing in that but they have been some concrete results like the 5000000000 we just saw from the European Commission the german side also chipping in more money announcing 383000000 euros additionally for these International Efforts and i think the whole thing just aimed at underlining this message that the world has to Work Together to fight the coronavirus its not good enough for individual countries particularly rich countries just to try and find vaccines for their own people was left on the line said to think that you can beat this virus by just vaccinating your own people is just plain wrong now richard is it clear where this money is supposed to go to. Your money will be going to a number of Different International initiatives and just to give you one example its an International Vaccine initiative called garvey that sort of been a focus of a lot of fund raising recently and its about trying to pool resources and coordinate all of these very very large number of Vaccine Development programs that are going on around the world and that takes many forms for instance youre trying to accelerate the process usually its a very long time for to develop a vaccine especially this testing period where the trials are taking place at various stages now this alliance wants to try and organize manufacturing vaccines even before they are given the green light so that if they are then given the green light they can be searched very quickly to the populations so its that kind of thing that requires a lot of money a lot of coordination to w. s Richard Walker in brussels thank you very much lets get a check now of some of the other stories making news this hour there were long lines of traffic backed up at the german danish border on the 1st day of east travel between the 2 countries denmark easing of restrictions applies only to travelers from countries with a low number of covert 1000 infections all the countries in europe visa free Schengen Area are on track to reopen their borders to each other by july 1st. Firelands has a new Prime Minister more than 4 months after going to the polls fianna for a leader in the all martin was elected in a special parliamentary sitting he has an Unprecedented Coalition with our drive all thin and pale and the smaller greens the alliance was forged to keep republican ssion fein out of power for. Mexico citys police chief was wounded and 3 others were killed after a group of more than 2 dozen gunmen attacked his vehicle local media say police have arrested 900 suspects and are investigating drug cartels who they accuse of planning an assassination attempt. A brazen dawn attack the Security Camera footage shows gunman firing on the Police Chiefs convoy. The victims included 2 bodyguards and a bystander though the attackers failed to kill the police chief wounding him in 3 places. Police have detained several suspects and said as many as 28 gunmen were involved. Authorities later confiscated a dizzying array of weapons. Is pretty. Good so far we have secured firearms of different calibers rifles fragmentation grenades smoke grenades telephone equipment Radio Communication equipment but listing vests and 13 vehicles. The audacity of the attack has sparked fears of a new escalation in violence the socalled how least new Generation Cartel is already blamed for another high profile attack this month that killed a judge officials trying to reassure the public make no. Despite the firepower of some of these criminal organizations. None of them has the power to challenge the mexican state or. The current government has avoided confronting drug cartels directly but this incident is putting that policy to the test. In europe italy and spain were among the countries hit hardest by the corona virus pandemic well now a tech company in the grid has designed a way to honor the victims of covert 19 and the Many Health Care and emergency workers whove been fighting to save lives during the crisis. For 10 minutes and a ray of 40 drones lit up the night sky over madrid. With a simple message. If you would ask its a series of shapes to commemorate and send wishes of hope their tribute to the victims and to the Firefighters Health were. And police. Got one of their most of. The drones carried multicolor l. E. D. S. Their color and position controlled by special software. To avoid crowds and maintain social distancing the exact location of the show was kept secret but the message was for everyone with flags of the countries affected by covert 19 and a word of thanks for those who have been working to contain it. The global corona crisis you can find more Information Online in fact e. W. Dot com and on t w social media channels. It is for me. Is for. Being told it is for. Me to