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libya's u.n. recognized government says it's taken complete control of the capital after months of fighting against the war tiny for half todd and hong kong's legislature votes for a law that bans insulting china's national anthem despite protests inside the chamber . thank you for joining us all 4 police officers involved in the arrests of george floyd in the united states have now been charged in connection with this death the charges against the officer see kneeling on floyd's neck have been elevated to 2nd degree murder while the 3 others are accused of aiding and abetting his actions floyd sammy says it's a significant step and as john hendren reports from minneapolis protesters out on the streets say it proves the movement can deliver results. for the crowds filling the streets here. across the u.s.

a sign their demands are being heard i filed in a minute complaint 3 charges the charges former minneapolis police officer derek shaaban thoughts murder in the 2nd degree through the death of george floyd for officer derek show been who was seen with his knee on george floyd's neck the charge was increased from 3rd degree murder to 2nd degree alleging floyd's death was intentional it's seen that our forces make a difference they are listening to us is evil we asking for any any good will we ask for the rest goes to be officers and they were minnesota's attorney general announced charges for the involvement of the other 3 officers in floyd's fatal arrest filed a complaint that charges fleece officer king lay in town with aiding and abetting murder in the 2nd degree for floyd's family it was the justice they've been demanding. i'm happy did all of us have been arrested. must have not been

killed like this we deserve justice. but for many it is just a beginning. george floyd's family and the protesters have achieved their short term objectives but their long term goals are systematic change they're here today for george floyd so they don't have to be here tomorrow for someone else as one city after another across the u.s. rebuilds from fire and rebellion in the streets of floyd family lawyer says changing a system that allows the killing of one unarmed african-american after another will take time the protesters did not start these past a burning it was police brutality and a racist criminal justice system best started these 5 burning in america and the only way to extinguish these 5 years is to happen nice accountability equal justice but right now minnesota's governor has begun by. it was police with human rights

violations triggering an investigation into races practices that goes back years the messages now and here in minnesota for the last 5 days come back to the issue at hand which is the systemic issues and the stomach racism and the lack of accountability up and down our society that led to a daytime murder of a black man on a street minneapolis. at the george floyd memorial site many say the charges against 4 police officers won't bring protests to an end they just show why the demonstrations need to continue john hendren al jazeera minneapolis former u.s. defense secretary james mattis has denounced donald trump's handling of the protests accusing the president of trying to divide the country the comments followed every buke from the current defense chief who said he was opposed to tom's idea of sending in the military by can every for some washington. the

protesters are once again out in the nation's capital gathering in the percentage of the white house and now familiar scenes but in the course of days of demonstration there have been unprecedented sights military police deployed alongside law enforcement units at the president's instruction military and national guard helicopters flying low over crowds using the down drop from rotors to cause people to scatter a tactic often used in iraq or other zones of foreign u.s. military deployment the president has contemplated invoking the insurrection act as seldom used law introduced in the early 1900 century that subject to certain conditions could allow the domestic deployment of the military in the event of civil unrest or insurrection this strongly opposed by the secretary of defense the option to use active duty forces in a law enforcement role should only be used as a matter of last resort and only in the most urgent and dire of situations we are

not in one of those situations now. i do not support invoking the insurrection act president spokes person brushed aside the secretary's comments president has the sole authority to invoke insurrection act it is definitely a tool within his power this president has one singular and it is protecting america's streets we cannot have burning churches we cannot have police officers who are shot we cannot have businesses that are looted and destroyed the insurrection act is a tool available the president has the sole authority i mean if needed he will use it earlier sources at the pentagon announced that armed military units that had been deployed near the city were being sent back to their home bases but this decision was reverse stopped of the secretary of defense held a meeting at the white house and armed soldiers remain poised for immediate deployment should the president so decide then in an extraordinary statement to former defense secretary denounced the president for dividing the nation esteemed

general james mattis resigned in december 28th after a serious policy disagreements with president trump he refused to comment then saying he would when the time was right now he's condemned the president for as he puts it ordering troops to buy a lead the constitutional rights of their fellow citizens and he continues donald trump is the 1st president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the american people does not even pretend to try instead he tries to divide us we are witnessing the consequences of 3 years of the deliberate effort we are witnessing the consequences of 3 years without mature leadership heavily on national guard troops deployed on the steps of the lincoln memorial a graphic image of a society divided putting troops against a city and its residents they are meant to serve i can i'll just say or washington . in a world news libya's u.n.

recognized government says it has full control of the capital tripoli after fighting with forces loyal to warlord highly for half time this includes an abandoned airport to the south of the city it's been held by have transformed his since last year when they launched an offensive to take control of tripoli government forces say they have tried has also lost significant ground in areas close to the stronghold of tarhouni about 65 kilometers from the capital from what i did was at the airport in fact in shipley. this is the old inactive international airport in southern tripoli and it's now under the control of forces loyal to the internationally recognized government of national called after the managed to drive out forces loyal to the world literally for half the from here that happened after heavy fighting as you can see. the remains of the fierce battles that happened here over the past year have those forces the made in control

of this airport for the past year and now the government forces say that they have also managed to push back house that its forces beyond the administrative borders of the capital tripoli this airport has been very strategic for both sides from here have those forces used to target the government forces locations with heavy weapons and also with airstrikes the problem remains as the government forces say in the land mines planted going hazardous forces in the vicinity of this airport which pose a threat not only for the government forces but also for the displays the civilians who cannot wait to return home now the government forces are preparing for a fresh offensive to move on the city of the huna south of tripoli which is the

last of stronghold of help that his forces in the west of lives. and this all comes as libya's prime minister. is in ankara to meet his turkish counterpart president typo on turkey has been politically and militarily backing the tripoli government in its fight against all italy for half time there speak to soon and correspondent any some bold so how's this announcement by libya's government of national call that they are in complete control of tripoli being received by turkey's him. well qualities are very good news for the turkish side to swallow that has been supporting the jna military and logistic wise especially after the port was recaptured by the genii forces after mid may and turkey is the turkish military also were rary opposed to about that and there were rumors in ankara that the

turkish military may deploy its troops out of a t a airbase and continue its training and equipping operations for the jna forces so that of course these are very important steps because. these are crucial territories for the jenae which also makes the makes turkey as the king maker in the libyan conflict because turkey is not only equipping and training the military for jenny forces in libya it's also supporting the genny forces through its armed and on armed aerial vehicles the drones it today if prime minister is a surprise is going to be received by president are done as expected in minutes and at 1st he will be received by the vice president thought this visit is different for that because until now the visits were mainly about turkish support military support to just 6 of course of. was also having meetings with the institutions in ankara but today's meeting is going to focus on political solution turkey insists

that the balun talks failed and everybody says they support the ceasefire libya but it doesn't work that's why the ones who support the ceasefire should immediately start supporting a political solution in libya and turkey is on the safe side for a longer as perspective because it supports it's a poor state internationally recognized governments and they're also maritime zone there's another does that turkey has signed with the aegean a government that's why for turkey it is essential that a political. solution in libya must be initiated very soon thanks. for a 2nd sample. still ahead on al-jazeera 9 students and teachers are in a knife attack at a primary school inside and china plus how an economic blockade spurred qatar to rely less on imports and produce its own food products.

how are the seasonal rains continue apace over china they look like they're catching japan but not much of japan to be honest the seed for grazing just a bit of honshu maybe so i think you should then going out again so the line really of active weather is in southern china and shanghai and will hunt so swedes including hong kong which is humid with occasional thunderstorms are clearly the heaviest rain which is the oranges and dark blue is in southern china and it goes back to you now and then eventually joins up with the style the monsoon shower stuff further north east india in fact as you know has been so active recently we've had a tropical cyclone make landfall it's hard to see where it is now but the rain from it is still in maharashtra moving so towards nepal so it's got 2 days of motion probably $2.00 to $300.00 millimeters of rain to come out or they will be flooding

the monsoon stuff is really happening carol and you can see that the b. daily fairly heavy rain and on the other side the bay of bengal and meanwhile between the 2 not much is going on there are a few showers around still. in the bangladesh and northeast india but he clearly wanted to in new delhi and again that makes a difference to how it feels big downpours is pretty warm and fairly humid and not just in new delhi. no the weird little girl is growing the forest disappearing faster then it is instead of. only finding the little fly we have been told leaning. on its head is in traitors i was a blizzard is no like the sun was falling into the 1st flowing river and cannot see . one man's fight for the rights of indigenous heritage a time to swim

a witness documentary on al-jazeera. in. the. form. of. the watching al-jazeera live from doha a recap of our top stories the police officer who knelt on the neck of george florida in minneapolis in the united states is facing a more serious charge of 2nd degree murder 3 other officers on the scene have now also been charged with aiding and abetting matter former u.s. defense secretary james mattis has criticized handling of the crisis he's accused him of dividing the american people saying the consequences are the result of 3 years without a chore leadership. and libya's u.n.

recognized government says it has full control of the capital tripoli after fighting with forces loyal to warlord tiny for half tar the government of national accord says it has also retaken and abandoned or in southern trippy. now the news hong kong's legislature has criminalized insulting china's national anthem the hold was delayed after several pro-democracy politicians were kicked out of the legislative council chamber during the debate on the bill under this law those considered to have misused or mocks them could be sentenced up to 3 years in prison and the anthem bill passed on the anniversary of the 198910 men's square massacre large crowds have massed in hong kong for a memorial vigil in defiance of a ban on mass gatherings but he's refused permission for the event because of the coronavirus pandemic that protesters broke down barriers around the city's atory a park candlelight vigils for the victims of the massacre have been held there

every year since 1990. we will continue to light candles to remember the victims of the message of their dreams in the brutal crackdown the people of hong kong will absolutely not give the police said we can't hold a june 4th vigil here richard torey a park you can say will save you once we'll keep lighting the candles let's get the latest from sari clark in hong kong for osiris the tannin many square massacre vigil was banned this year but that hasn't stopped people from coming out tell us about what's been happening. it certainly hasn't at the moment we've got hundreds of people who rally around victoria park and as you mentioned this is the main organizing or gathering point for this candlelight vigil which they held every year this is the 31st anniversary but this year the place have banned it going ahead they've deployed 3000 place across hong kong to enforce this ban but as you may be able see behind me some people have defied that ban and actually set

a gathering on the field behind me and i did that last year 190000 people here this year we've got hundreds because people are simply concerned that the police will move in as a result and the reason why they've been forced these rules is because of the covert 19 social distancing restrictions and any gathering. more than i people in a public area is considered illegal but the various groups of the organizers behind this they concerned that the future of this particular vigil could also be under threat we had china's introduction of the national security laws in the last week or so and this particular those will target those who are acts of subversion acts of terrorism and those who mention or talk about secession and these particular rallies often attract people to pro-democracy groups who reflect anti mainland sentiment as a result the organizers of this annual vigil are concerned that a simply like this in the future could be at risk or under threat and this is all coming sour at a time as you say when there is growing fear 'd in hong kong over china's growing influence over the territories

a phase with the passing of this today that from the lies of national man. this boy was passed earlier on thursday in hong kong lead counsel and as you mentioned it's criminalized looking of chinese national and in hong kong that the vote will 41 people supporting a little micro supporting that bill was one person who rejected the legislation and of course the pro-democracy nor mike is in the lead the council that stein or boycotted the vote out of the concern is that this new law basically it criminalizes the market if found guilty you could face a $6000.00 fine off the trees in jail and that it was introduced last year but it was withdrawn because of the fear it was fueling more anti-government sentiment during those huge demonstrations we saw in 2019 but last week i carry lamps if you want to prioritize this bill and as a result the bar has been pushed to the left the council on thursday and it will become law on june the 12th sorry thank you very much for that sour carcamo live there from hong kong where people have gathered to mark the 31st anniversary of the

10 and men square massacre despite a ban on public gathering bad live pictures from hong kong as we've been seeing. now the search 9 students of and teachers have been injured in a knife attack at a primary school in southern china catrina us following this story from beijing and has more we know that the incident took place in southern province which is one of the poorest regions in the country and about 9 30 am local time on thursday a security guard who worked at the school a 50 year old man named resell min attacked students and teachers with a knife. local authorities say $39.00 students and teachers have been injured including 2 seriously injured who appear to be the headmaster and another security guard we know that the assailants in the 50 year old man has now been arrested by authorities and he's been question and investigated but we still don't know about

the motivation behind this attack now unfortunately here in china this horrific kind of attack is happens several times each year 1st notably it happened in 2010 in the southern province of fujian province and during that attack 8 children actually died and since then it's happened in a number of times piece year last year alone for a similar attack happened 4 times including once in beijing in the capital now in 2013 the frequency of these attacks spurred the government to implement a policy to beef up security at each school each primary school but unfortunately this particular incident assailant himself was a security guard. the world health organization says 2 more ebola cases have been reported in the democratic republic of congo earlier congolese health officials recorded

a 2nd outbreak of the virus after 6 cases were confirmed in exports her province the country had been preparing to declare itself ebola free after battling an outbreak in the east at scale at least 2000 people since $27.00. police in senegal have arrested more than 70 people after protests against coronavirus restrictions turned violent demonstrators torch police vehicles and a health center near the capital to car they're calling for an end to the state of emergency and nighttime curfew senegalese interior minister is expected to announce an easing of lockdown restrictions later on thursday mexico meanwhile has recorded its highest number of coronavirus tests in a single day it reported 1092 fatalities on wednesday more than double the previous day's figure the country also saw a record surge in new infections john homan is in mexico city and he explains why the figures are so high. mexico has just broken the 100000 case mark and also

the daily death toll for corona virus now the government explained that the death toll was actually for one day it was cold lated over a larger period of time as results came in but one thing is for certain and that's that the number of corona virus infections and the number of people dying from this is increasing in the country rather than going down and that's a bit of a problem for the government because they were thinking that the peak to this would be about 3 weeks ago and that hasn't happened is also a problem because the country has been gradually reopening from the 1st of june now at the moment it's meant to be only essential activities and essential industries and people are really meant to be going out in public now in the more affluent parts of mexico city where we are now you can see that that's been largely a bait in the working class parts of the city it really hasn't been we've been in places where there's been a lot of people out in the streets

a lot of them need to go out to earn their living that's what they've been telling us but that could cause a problem in terms of the hospitals we're in an intensive care unit just yesterday and there they were telling us that they're worried about this for opening because they think that the hospitals could get more and more such rated until they can't cope especially if the curve hasn't yet been flat and the last thing to say about this is that the country's president and his mother were lopez obrador is himself actually on tour so he is definitely not staying home and there's been questions over what sort of message that sends to other mexicans brazil has also reported its highest daily number of coronavirus status as a pandemic continues to take a toll on latin america's worst affected country by some governments have already started lifting restrictions and is on the run p.t. has more. some of brazil's famous beaches have reopened although not everyone is heading there more drive through test sites for corona virus have popped up across the state of radiation nato just as many hesitantly make their way back to work. no

more mail i don't think it's time it businesses and other things i think we should wait a little more but we're brazil's economy tanking some think the opposite is true industrial production in the country fell by almost 19 percent in april the biggest drop on record so president. hu's powerless to lift lockdowns once again criticize the restrictions still in place. what's happening with these measures the poor becoming miserable the middle class are becoming poor everyone in brazil is becoming the same and it seems they have no idea when this will end supreme court left decisions in the hands of me as a governess yet the already record high 19 deaths are still on the rise and the numbers of infections is expected to double by the end of the month yes. it's

terrible we haven't even reached the peak of the pandemic and everything is open it's all about money. elsewhere in the region are stepping up testing as their economies restart in the peruvian capital lima health care workers are knocking on doors to test informal workers don't see this we understand that many people live day to day that they need to go out for their survival for this sustenance. but controlling the spread of the virus is proving hard across latin america chile is extending its strict lockdown for a least another 7 days the daily rate of deaths there has doubled in a week. but as the region grapples with a deepening crisis many are trying to help the worst saw some of trendiest restaurants have reopened their kitchens to prepare meals for the poor who must make do without their usual informal jobs offering a lifeline and some relief to those who needed the most listened to.

a friday marks 3 years since 4 nations imposed a blockade on qatar prior to the diplomatic standoff 40 percent of the gulf nations overall imports came from its neighbors since then the government has invested in food production and technology he has. this is one of the 3 food storage facilities in qatar. is a half a 1000000 meters space here at the government stores rice oil condensed milk and feed for livestock. because our does not have the ability to produce these products for a number of reasons including its temperatures which can reach 50 degrees celsius in the summer months but there are many food items that can now grow itself to meet demand. this is one of the areas where he has achieved that a farm in the north of doha supplying vegetables all year round these greenhouses

are set up to cool down the temperature and humidity to produce tomatoes mushrooms to cumbers and plants among others. prior to the 2017 blockade imposed by 4 arab countries that closed the land border with saudi arabia qatar was importing nearly 90 percent of its food supply now that figure is substantially less 2 years back the local production did not exceed for the fruit and vegetable did not exceed 10 percent today we are almost 30 percent so i think it's just a matter of time since the technology is available and the know how available locally then there's nothing to stop us from reaching our targets. as one of the hottest most arab countries in the world trade and relations with other countries are critical to making sure there's an adequate food supply year round while qatar certainly has plenty of food its dependency on what imports had its limitations and

that's what western countries focused on it's a message production and since the blockheads it has managed to produce in a very and poultry products to meet demand. this dairy factory is one of the biggest in the country opened in 1986 it used to produce 15 tons of dairy products a day until 2017 now that figure is up to 85 tons a day before a blockade is daily on daily as it was the employed to cut out of the data and use a product between 650 to 700 daily basis and but for the odds like so many companies we need to improve and we need to build our legs inside them. the government has played a big role in helping local businesses grow. at the mo t. to accomplish many programs and passed new legislation for the concept of strategic

stock in october of 28 team we also help farmers with providing them seeds we increase greenhouses and offer financial assistance in the form of loans from the development bank the blockade of qatar which began 3 years ago is still in place despite numerous attempts by other countries to resolve the crisis but it's also presented a unique opportunity for the government here to rely less on food imports and more on local production door search of al-jazeera doha. no again i'm fully back to bo with the headlines on al-jazeera the police officer who knelt on the neck of george floyd in minneapolis in the united states is facing a more serious charge of 2nd degree med a 3 other officers on the scene have now also been charged with aiding and abetting

met the former u.s. defense secretary james mattis has criticized president trump's handling of the crisis is accused him of dividing the american people and saying is the consequences are the result of 3 years without much or neither ship in other news libya's u.n. recognized government says it has full control of the capital tripoli after fighting with forces loyal to wall otani for have talked the government of national corps says it has also retaken and abandon airport in southern tripoli. has the latest from southern trippy. happens will have been now have been driven out of all the administrative borders of the capital tripoli including this airport which has been active for the past 4 years as you know after those forces took control of this airport last year and from here they were launching air strikes and also rockets to target the government forces locations in many locations in southern

italy and also it is additional areas in southern shipley hong kong's legislature has criminalize insulting china's national anthem the vote was delayed after several pro-democracy politicians were kicked out of the legislative council chamber during the debate on the bill under this law those considered to have misused all mosques the them could be sentenced up to 3 years in prison ali and from bill passed on the anniversary of the 198910 men square massacre large crowds have massed in hong kong for a memorial vigil in defiance of a ban on mass gatherings police refused permission for the event because of the coronavirus pandemic but protesters broke down barriers around the city's to tory a park candlelight vigils have for the victims of the massacre have been held there every year since 1990. inside story is next on jazeera stay with us.

well the killing of george for change of race relations in the u.s. protests against police brutality continue present donald trump is accused of fanning the flames is there enough momentum to change laws and altitudes in what is already a polarized election year this is inside story. hello welcome to the program and it's the killing of george floyd has reignited pent up anger towards racism and police brutality in the united states since his death in

minneapolis more than a week ago there have been nationwide mainly peaceful occasionally violent.