this protest took place in finland, which has more than 70,000 confirmed cases, and where 800 people have died since the pandemic began. there were also anti lockdown protests in london. they came despite a fall in infections and a fast paced vaccine programme. and german police used pepper spray during ugly clashes in the northern city of kassel, another city where demonstrators are angry about covid linked restrictions. 0ur berlin correspondent, damian mcguinness is following developments. anti restrictions, demonstrations in germany have become a common sight over the past year and we saw the high point last summer we are, strangely, the lockdown measures were relatively light and the pandemic was seen as quite undercontrolled here in germany but what we ve seen over the past few months is quite a change in mood across the country stop these particular demonstrations are a complete mix of people, so you have all sorts of people from far right groups to just people who don
a good idea? we hear from americans who want nothing to do with the covid vaccine. we need some children in syria thriving with downpours syndrome despite witnessing the horrors of war . welcome, everyone. americans are banding together this weekend, showing solidarity with the asian american community with rallies in cities like atlanta, where on tuesday, a gunman walked into two spas and started shooting. he d done the same at a spa just outside of atlanta, leaving eight dead in total, six of them women of asian descents. saturday s rally in atlanta was similar to the rally in new york city in times square with demonstrators carrying signs reading stop asian hate. crowds in pittsburgh also gathered to remember tuesday s victims and to condemn the rise in these kinds of attacks. information is slowly coming in about those who were killed. one victim was a single mother of two sons. others was a licensed massage therapist who had reportedly just returned to work after bei
vaccine. that s a jump of about 3 million people just since yesterday. let s go live now to myrtle beach and cnn correspondent rabidy kay. we just saw video of police using force last night to clear the streets last night in myrtle beach. just how overwhelmed is the city? they have a real situation on their hand, ana. they have said that this is a spring break like no other. on friday there are more than 1,000 people in the street. and there were a lot of people on the street last night. they had to use those pepper balls they launched into the crowd because they have a new curfew that starts at 8:00 p.m. and they would not leave the streets. as you look at the video you can see what the situation was. the state of emergency is now in place for the next 72 hours. there is a curfew. the causeway as closed from the mainland into this area. [ indiscernible ] until 6 a.m. the following morning. the city is meeting right now the debate whether or not they will extend that sta
weekend protesting against a rash of violent attack witnessed across country. largest demonstrations in atlanta near the state capitol building four days after a white man gunned down eight people at atlanta-area spas. most of them asian-american women. the recurring chant stop asian hate heard for blocks upon blocks after a week of pain. americans young and old, asian, black, white and more joined forces and hands to stand against the rising tide of white supremacist hate and violence. obviously, white supremacy is a huge problem in this country. so i thought that i should really show my support for solidarity between both communities. we just want to be a voice for those that can t speak, like our parents can t be here or something. we just want to be able to voice our opinion as well peacefully. we don t want you to be we re not anyone to be afraid of. we re just like you, we want to live the american dream just like anybody else. we don t want our kids growing
hammering the global economy. our top story this hour, growing anger in georgia over a sweeping new election law, critics calling it unfair and racist. protesters gathered to vent their outrage at the measure. activists say it targets african-american voters. it poses stricter identify case requirements and also makes giving food or drink to people standing in line to vote a crime. president biden has called the h law an atrocity. the president decided he didn t like the outcome of that election and started that lie. because of that, millions of republicans around the country worry about the safety of their own vote. this does a few things to help people feel better about the election process. a coalition of civil rights groups has already filed suit. natasha chen with more on the outcry. reporter: about 150 people gathered outside city hall saturday and to stand with georgia representative park cannon. she was arrested when she was knocking on the door of the gover