A move designed to let businesses lessen Safety Measures in the workplace. In norway over a new memorial at the scene of a terrorist atrocity in 2011 local claimants invasive haunting but survivors say its a fitting tribute. I dont want to make you more. People who dont want to remember to remember every single day. One minute past 2 pm here in moscow this friday june the 5th a very warm welcome to our 2 international my names you know neil. Days. Turned to silent tribute the 1st memorials being held for george. Death at the hands of police has led us society to questions racial divide on a level not seen in years mourners stood for 8 minutes 46 the time during which an officer knelt on mr floyds neck ultimately choking him to death under its were right side the chapel to pay their respects while thoughtlessness continue to come out in cities across the country in mostly peaceful protests. That i. Want to bring you to new york state now a 75 year old has been hospitalized after being aggressively shot by a Police Officer causing him to fall on his head on the ground. Police in full riot gear were enforcing the curfew went up and 2 officers have since been suspended without pay the Police Departments version of events reported locally saved the month tripped and fell on his own. Well while racism and Police Brutality are at the heart of the own rest many agree that the catalyst has been poverty and economic inequality high profile protests against been simmering since the occupy wall Street Movement emerged almost a decade ago scale up and breaks down. City after city has erupted in anger and protest after the killing of george floyd it started with an unjust and tragic killing by police much like events in baltimore and ferguson however its pretty clear that now the protests have an economic component take a look at whats happening in soho devil hills and other high end shopping districts thank you. Thank you thank on the militarized streets one chance has caught on tape all right all right ok its got a familiar ring to it one can flashback 9 years to occupy wall street. And occupy wall street was about mass unemployment it was about bias among courts and Law Enforcement and a lack of accountability among the powerful in the United States economic inequality is hitting the Africanamerican Community harder than ever the rate of coded 1000. 00 infection among africanamericans is much higher on august billionaires have gotten through richer amid the pandemic the Unemployment Rate has risen to 20 percent and that disproportionately affects africanamericans not surprising that the sentiments of occupy wall street are feeling right now thanks right right. Was very very high. 5 thanks i think i could say was i right guys thanks is walk to my christine cause i i havent changed very much sense than my hair was certainly a lot longer and i was among the demonstrators taking it all in ok we need to design our own blueprint and we need to start implementing it in the streets parallels between the 2 movements one primarily. White the other primarily africanamerican cannot be overlooked if the similarities were not striking and now take a look at the fact that the george floyd protesters just had a standoff with the n. Y. P. D. With mass arrests taking place on a bridge connecting brooklyn and manhattan talk of. Ok the now to be fair the police are dealing with a lot more street fighting and looting than they did during occupy wall street but odowd the u. S. Was not 100 percent peaceful either and in both cases the response to the protesters has been pretty heavy handed repression. The talk of. The earth the. Fact that. We found out many things its like a movement and its a movement that if you dont put it down it will get worse and this is like occupy wall street it was a disaster in 21 day somebody said thats enough and they just went in and wiped them out and thats the last time we ever heard the name occupy wall street point of view of the of the government and the parties is a very obvious turn of events when people are beginning to focus on the neo liberal power configuration and the failure of the economy to be able to provide the basic human needs this is not just about george floyd that of course was the trigger but thousands of people were in the streets in the streets because they have received their lives just like george floored me very little so theres a real anger in the population in the jungle people out there in the streets of the out there because theyre beginning to make certain connections and those connections are way beyond anything called just is just for this one individual george school. As well as the police armed citizens are patrolling the streets in minneapolis well after stores were looted and people attacked they are seen standing guard on street corners and side shops and saying that theyre there to protect the community. And what were doing here is were protecting them trolling our neighborhood after the riots started out in south minneapolis we had a conscious decision while the police were handing out over there that we were going to come together as well as many of our community and protect our buildings here and protect our families on our show that weve lost one building sense of this all started i came out here because its about damn time that. You know guys like me guys that you know would be viewed as just a heavily armed redneck and stuff like that good with fellow citizens regardless of race regardless of whether we are in the same local community or not its time we stand together. Donald trumps former defense secretary has slammed the president s hardline response to the nationwide rallies over George Floyds death james mattis accuses mr trump of dividing instead of uniting the nation r. T. America host ben swampland tyrrel ventura discussed the extraordinarily candid remarks. Rings so hollow to me when you have a secretary of defense and a general former general who essentially was carrying out a war that was never approved by congress that led to the deaths of millions of people across syria and who wanted to remain there and continue to fight wars in syria and across the middle east this is hardly a man of peace who is making these statements the mainstream corporate left in this car in this country you know always seems to forget you know i mean look of it theyre the ones we elevated david frum and the you know other neo con types from the Bush Administration just because they agreed with them and going after donald trump so though i would hate anyone just to pick and attack their opposition in this case donald trump and the republicans the republicans would do the same thing you know thats the problem with the 2 party system in this country is that they have very short memories when it comes to whos throwing stones and whos throwing bricks to essentially have our 2 parties at the same Foreign Policy view which is that any country around the world where we can bomb we probably should and its certainly the those countries in the middle east what rings hollow to me is that you have all these folks across the country right now who are talking about black lives matter and certainly they do but lives in other countries matter as well and what youre not going to hear any politician say is that peoples lives in iraq matter or in syria matter or even matter they dont think that they genuinely believe that d those peoples lives are truly expendable and because they are not consistent in that it demonstrates that they dont actually believe that black lives matter either they. Simply think it is political expedience to say so but i think of the late great comedian George Carlin one side the United States is very good at bombing brown people and clearly with the rise of black lives matter were also very good at oppressing brown people here at home so i think everybody has to be very careful with what they say and what stones they throw in this thing especially generals who led charges in Foreign Countries abroad in that in the under the under the name of american empire. Lets leave the us now and turn to france which is joining in with the Global Reaction to Police Violence a 2000 strong rally in the city of little was reportedly tear gassed by police on thursday videos are emerging online showing the Police Response to the protests with demonstrators lighting bonfires and chanting anti racism slogans as well as sympathy and anger over George Floyds killing the french have similar stories to tell and they claim officers are going d on punish the show has been looking into. Riots in the u. S. And discord in france over racism within the police the french government is vowing to throw the book at any officer who exhibits the slightest sign of racism. We have to ensure that every fault can be some excess every would including expressions is investigated. Punished and im compromising on this subject because the requirements we have for Police Officers who are wrong precisely to go into the serenity of the work of the entire police force in. The middle class that thats. Adding fuel to the fire is this video showing you seeing a following in arrest in paris that many have likened to what happened. In the u. S. Police in paris just the accusations saying it was a complicated arrest of an individual who was under the influence of drugs and alcohol the cry over no more has become much more vocal here in france over 20000 people were gathered here on tuesday to voice their anger over actions like this and also the death of a black man while in custody in 2016 down the trawler a case his family say that is similar to george troy 2 decks place fixation sparked days of violent protests. You can. Get. This to be on the they were put in charge comes down much took the weight of 3 policemen on him george floyd took the weight of 3 policemen on him they had the same words i cant breathe i cant breathe a cold corrientes was the slogan many carried on plaque odds in the protest here which had been so bitten by the authorities truck or his family disputes medical reports that have exonerated the officers involved in these arrests pointing to an independent report that they commissioned which states that like floyd of this fixation the anger felt hey by protest as was clear and it wasnt long before that tension spilled over into. I. The french government has been quick to react pointing out that france is not a racist country and shouldnt be compared to the us. There isnt a situation has to balance in our country and i dont think we can say that when there are incidents when there are at us committed by members of the police as the interior minister has always said there are investigations and when the sanctions with us are determined the government has also called for coleman keen to. Point out the protest drawer is death was banned for health and safety not political reasons the protesters say its time france woke up to its own unspoken legacy of the peace and impunity because i think that those who want to say that the friendship to asian is not comparable to that of the United States although she wants to stifle the struggle for justice and they are supporters of the system those who do not want things to change but those who want things to continue but if you want as has been the case for 14 years systemic impunity the police and. When it comes to the inhabitants of working class neighborhoods. Rallies against racism and Police Brutality all commonplace here but to see these protests with the see if i was innocent thousands of people is considered by some to have been a watershed moment and the anger that was spilling out hasnt yet it seems being quelled show that deep in ski r. T. Paris live from the russian capital this is our Team International on the way after being told to stay away from work because of a potentially deadly virus to make it easier on employers the European Commission says its. Hard to report. Join me every thursday on the alex salmond chill and ill be speaking to guest of the world of politics. Im sure ill see of. It in minutes past the hour very welcome back weve all heard the message drilled into us havent we about the threat of infection from us but the European Commission is coming in for criticism for classifying. It as only a midlevel menace to workers its all part of getting businesses moving again for europe correspondent peter all of her has been looking into. If you cast your mind spock just a few moments the main message coming out of the view is that the cautions with the number one priority here in europe we are heavily affected by the virus. The borders of the entrance of the European Union. Will be closed. Without a valid risen traveling in and out of the can prove no longer below. The risk level has risen from moderate to high hateful people in the European Union now top brass have made the decision to reclassify coronavirus as they made level threats now while that doesnt make the virus any less contagious what it does mean is in the eyes of the e. U. Commission the threat posed to workers by covert 19 is now categorized as not being very high the existence so absence of prophylaxis cannot be considered as a standalone criterion employers will still have to provide this stuff with a safe working environment when it comes to protective equipment and social distancing but the change in wording leaves business less open to legal action case of on the job infection the move comes as some employees in germany are already far from happy with the conditions they have to work in. That people came out and worked every day from the early dawn with no medical masks covering the amounts crammed in baskets sometimes they would give us that sometimes there would be c at the same time they were being insulted while in the field and treated. I dont know who is not even from the peaks they have their designated payouts 400 furious. The socialists and Democrats Group in the European Parliament buying this move by the e. U. Commission we strongly oppose a decision by the commission to classify code 19 only as a midlevel hazard could be 1000 is the biggest help to challenge of our lifetime amy pease may well overturn the move when its put to a vote in parliament the European Commission insists that theyve made the right decision after consulting with scientists at the World Health Organization but that doesnt fly with the latest messaging from the w. H. O. When it comes to the seriousness of the risk the e. U. Labels this a level 3 virus meaning as usually affective prevention or treatment available while the w. H. O. Believes theres no cure in the forseeable future or drugs either as of now and is no evidence that any drug actually reduces the mortality in patients who have called it 19 and in fact its an argent priority for all of us to do the needed studies to do the randomized Clinical Trials births even the president of the European Council has said the decision how does much to do with the economy as they ever have to do with Health Everything should be done to reach an agreement before the summer break our citizens and businesses have been heavily impacted by the pandemic really targeted relief. The European Union has taken a pounding from the corona virus and tens of thousands of families of hard to bury loved ones ultimately this comes down to finding that point where by saving the economy from an irreversible decline always concerns over public health. In my opinion there is no. Thing is what the would be in Community Says is the medium level threat of the virus nobody can say so we dont know this wireless its been 6 months we dont know the behavior of this wireless its contagion how develops and we dont have a treatment for it either as search this is a political and financial measure more than anything the you commission has labeled it a 3rd Category Management which is to say low danger i have doubts about it time will tell the heat and the quarantine measures imposed in each country have led to a certain overall improvement and this by the senator in conditions of peach country at any moment complications may merge and the tide will turn. And moving on to another ever headline stories this hour a memorial to terrorism victims in norway is expected to open next year on the 10th anniversary of a far right atrocity there but theres been fierce dispute in recent years with locals calling the memorial invasive saying it will only reopen all. Its outrage its a shame that norwegian government is still struggling. To fire 6 years to get national. And there was a great resistance among the local people that was especially among those who live close to the king who are afraid that the. Morrill will bring an ongoing reminder of the tragedy just imagine that this will be a place for the whole world to cheneys people bluey and people and russians will be coming here at the beginning all dettori speaking to every town was the way to. God. And now ensnaring again. Do you think. The decision is unilaterally made by the statute the neighbors opinion has not been heard at all. You. Are now talking about making the memorial site smaller to. Make it more people that i dont want to make it more up to. Make people who dont want to remember to remember every single day this happened at least not when youre in a. Spirit this. Is just not a pressing the issue thats just not a big enough market. Excess of all things should be already remember and stop. By a certain. Yemeni journalist who is often a contributor for arties Ruptly Video Agency has being killed outside his home near the stricken port city of 8 and he was gunned down in