if it. breaks it was a slogan that whatever the problem is of course jokes and counting the cost on al-jazeera. 'd t.v. . viva. honoring george for the way it's a moral service is a hell to remember the african american who died during a police arrest. and again i'm the star of the attack and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a u.s. navy veteran held by iran for almost 2 years is released as part of a deal for washington free an iranian scientist. fears the coronavirus is out of

control in nicaragua and people are blaming the government for downplaying the pandemic. and another record high for carbon dioxide in the atmosphere despite a reduced emissions because of the corona virus and. now a memorial service has been held on uring george floyd the african-american man whose death in police custody sparked protests across the united states and around the world freud was celebrated by civil rights icons and his family members in an emotional ceremony and minneapolis the city where he died john hendren reports. the minneapolis police chief took a knee as the hearse bearing george floyd passed a barrel of respect for the man whose death at the hands of his officers launched

a national movement. inside a minneapolis memorial service george floyd was remembered as a family man a gentle giant who adored his 6 year old daughter giana now fatherless it's crazy. all these people came to see my brother and that's amazing to me that he touched so many people hawt. he was also remembered as the spark that set off often fiery protests in more than a dozen cities across the u.s. a movement the reverend al sharpton urged mourners throughout the country to continue it's time for us to stand out in charges made and say good job and meet. this crowd of hundreds of people didn't come with invitations they came to pay their respects to george ford and there's such a demand to do so that there will be multiple memorial services one in his state of

birth north carolina on saturday another in his former hometown of houston on monday and then a funeral on tuesday. as the memorial took place a key demand of the floyd family was fulfilled 3 of the police officers who detained floyd in his final moments faced hearings for new charges of aiding and abetting 2nd degree murder the 4th officer derek shogun who note on floyd's neck saw the charges against him elevated from 3rd degree murder to 2nd degree a charge that suggests the killing of floyd was intentional but for those mourning the 46 year old man the charges mark just the beginning. of this going on. with the floyd nice to live soon as floyd family prepares to take him from his adopted home city for the last time the demonstrations that began when he uttered his final words i can't believe continues john hendren al-jazeera minneapolis. well protesters have again been out on the streets of washington d.c.

many of them gathered outside the white house where more barriers have been put out to try to keep them at a distance but as our correspondent she had her tense explains a nighttime curfew is now no longer in place. national guard that we saw this time yesterday no sign of them we know they're here we know the 4500 national guard who are deployed around the city but there's always a real effort now to keep them away from the line of sight and of course that will that means is when there's no hope for provocative presence of heavily armed uniforms uniformed personnel on the streets and then with these a protest about heavily armed uniformed personnel everything tends to go off rather peacefully and that's what we're seeing tonight another peaceful night of protest there were some people here just about 10 minutes ago a bunch of them are just walked in that direction we have this fence which we now understand will be taken down according to the authorities in the middle of next week but barely any real security presence but we do know that it's here not just

the 4000 $500.00 national guard but also the active duty troops that we often hear about that's become a point of control the sea within the administration stationed around the city who couldn't be here within the hour and run again with that would have been next and that's were often told so much of a compromise appears to be reached by of the $6800.00 who are currently stationed about $700.00 will be returning home so that believe about $900.00 in the d.c. d.c. area while the american civil liberties union is now taking legal action against president trump and his administration accusing him of violating the rights of protesters. remember on monday police in washington d.c. used tear gas and stun grenades to camp peaceful protesters from the pocket of the white house this was all done to make way for trump so he could pose for a photo op at a nearby church house speaker nancy pelosi is calling on trying to explain and

justify his deployment of troops in washington d.c. she's laid out her concerns and unless head to the president. peaceful protesters are confronted with the deployment of a variety of various security officers with multiple jurors from multiple jurisdictions including and this is important an identified federal law enforcement further into the letter i say to make matters worse some officers have refused to provide information had been deployed without identifying insignia badges or name plate the practice of officers operating with full anonymity undermines accountability and not in a nightscope ignite government distrust and suspicion and is counter to the principle approach fusion will justice and legitimacy during this pursuit of charisse moment in our history and now the governor of the genya has ordered the

removal of a prominent statue of robert e. lee the top general from the pro-slavery confederate side and the 19th century american civil war ralph nor the made the decision in response to george for its killing saying the state can no longer on a system based on enslaving people the statue is one of several in the state's capital richmond that commemorate confederacy similar monuments across the united states have been used by protesters to highlight the country's history of white supremacy to some other news now and a u.s. navy veteran has arrived in switzerland after being released by iran michael whites had been detained since 2018 and it comes a day often iranian scientist arrived back in tehran after being freed from a u.s. prison the tory reports. a free man michael white arrived in zurich on his way home to the united states the u.s. navy veteran had been held by iran for almost 2 years i would do want to extend my personal thanks to the president for his efforts both diplomatically and otherwise

in making america great again and for what's going to happen here in the future white was released as part of the deal that saw washington free american iranian scientists sirus askari he's now back in tehran iran's foreign minister tweeted that another iranian american baiji to harry had to say being released from u.s. custody to go shooting with the iranians is never a linear process there's a lot of stops and starts you have to be very patient this is a regime that has been taking americans hostage for 41 years and our diplomacy has been successful and we're going to keep working at it it's the 2nd prisoner swap jail in 6 months in december eram released the u.s. the chinese american student held for 3 years on widely disputed espionage charges in exchange for the release of a detained iranian scientist president trump spoke to white once he'd landed in switzerland and tweeted his thanks to iran saying it was proof

a deal was possible with tehran truck pulled out of the iran's nuclear code and imposed crippling economic sanctions he says he wants to negotiate a new deal tensions hit crisis point in january when a u.s. asteroid killed a rainy and general customs on the money near baghdad international airport the prisoner swap is a rare example of cooperation between tehran and washington but deep divisions remain victoria gates and the al-jazeera. to the current virus pandemic now brazil has overtaken italy to record the highest number of code 19 deaths now in the wild that's after reported a record daily death toll for the 4th day in a row more than $1400.00 deaths were confirmed on thursday pushing the a total above $34000.00 brazil is latin america's worst affected country president diable sonora has been widely criticized for dismissing the risk of the virus saying on tuesday that death was everyone's destiny argentina has extended its

lockdown until the end of the month as it struggles to control the spread of covert 19 it intrudes restrictions on movement and businesses in the capital buenos aires but measures will be relaxed in other parts of the country and the lockdown has now been in place since march argentina reported its highest daily number of new infections on wednesday the total now has passed $20000.00 and there's been more than 600 deaths. well as nations around the world locked down earlier this year to help contain the coronavirus nicaragua as president assured his citizens there was nothing to worry about schools and businesses remained open as daniel ortega encouraged residents to attend concerts parades and sporting events doctors now say the situation is out of control to raise about reports. and express burial in the middle of the night that's how we see it all had to bury his father. by the order of the new government he says father allegedly had govt 19.

went into the cemetery i had to actually naturally because they were orders that the body must be buried and there was no turning back so the only thing i had to try to do was to stream it so that my friends on facebook could be with me at the time. reports of people being buried at night show the death toll of over $1000.00 is higher than the government of the new lot of big i would like to acknowledge officially only $46.00 people have died since the pandemic started but independent sources say the number is closer to 980. death certificates say the deceased died of a typical pneumonia. critics say the government was also behind a campaign to convince the population that the endemic will only attack the rich. we are battling with 19 about extreme measures radical measures that would kill the

country and the people we are keeping regular activities open and taking special measures to protect the most vulnerable. but among the dead are journalists like more this who also allegedly died of covert 1000 his relatives blame the government for how he was treated. they killed him this is murder they did not give us any information of what was happening we will continue fighting as we stop. gate it is a big old american or nobody can say anything they have a muscle in the mouth all takers are the owners of nicaragua they are the owners of . doctors in the country have created an independent commission as reports show hospitals are struggling to cope with a situation. we have a certain poorest country in the region we come after haiti we have horrible hygiene conditions trash collection is not working in the capital people don't have

any water 24 hours a day the government is not taking any measures to protect the population. when you look at the guy has when he got i was president since 2007 and has battled opposition brutally in the past few years the fear is that his denial of called 19 will have devastating effects in a country that is already in desperate need. and just syria. now an influential medical journal has retracted an article which says an anti malarial drug increased the risk of death for craven 1000 patients 3 of the 4 authors raise doubts over days are provided by health care firm it was their study published in the lancet that prompted the world health organization to suspend testing of hydroxy chloroquine the controversial drug has been 1000 by u.s. president on the trend as possible treatment for corona virus. still ahead on al-jazeera all creatures great and small we look at the role that biodiversity

plays on our planet and the unprecedented pressure it's now facing. and russia's president to man swift action after delays and cleaning up a few holes though in the arctic. i know they're still very halt across much of the middle east on the arabian peninsula we've seen one or 2 bits and piece of travel to turkey and still we're watching this the remnants of that recent system which brought the flooding into southern amman is still continuing to impact these southern and western areas of yemen it should begin to push into the southwest of the go through friday if you will in the east was over turkey and then look at these temperatures again another 14 days on the winds a little bit stronger there through friday and saturday but it doesn't really help with the time which is another 49 in kuwait 46 in baghdad and then you dropping to

$44.00 in doha then down into southern africa plenty of activity through central regions out tools the gulf of guinea and as it is through friday the rains could be back in the forecast and some pretty strong winds certain across the east coast as the towns and into wards the kenya it's mostly clear further to the south south africa enjoying a fine dry spell of weather but we will say that a is the rival of some rains into these southern areas particularly of mozambique they'll tend to become a little heavier later in the day and work their way crush each will central areas and all the while plenty of rain through eastern areas of madagascar but also the rains a heavy later in the day across the d.l.c. and it's a very heavy around the gulf of guinea and into coastal areas of nigeria. on the atlantic coast of west africa communities are at risk. as rising sea

levels and a manmade disaster of threatening people's lives on land and at sea. al-jazeera world exposed the impact of climate change and a catastrophic human error. on senegal sinking villages. you know again. that's remind you of our top stories this hour memorials have been held in minneapolis and in new york in honor of george floyd whose killing sparked nationwide outrage and protests the 46 year old black african-american died off to

a police officer and knelt on his neck during an arrest. and a u.s. navy veteran has arrived in switzerland off to being released by iran michael why it had been detained since 2018 present on triumph and tehran for his release and it comes a day often a rainy and scientists a story arrived back in iran after being freed from a u.s. prison. and brazil has now overtaken italy to recall the highest number of khirbet 19 deaths in the wild that's offered recorded a highest recorded death toll for a 4th day in a row more than 1400 fatalities were confirmed on thursday pushing the total above $34.00 battles. well it's wild environment day and the u.n. is calling for greater efforts to protect the planet's living systems this year's focus is biodiversity which is under threat like never before the u.n. says recent events such as fires in the amazon and locust infestations across east

africa sure just how fragile the world's ecosystems have become the emergence of private 19 has also highlighted the ever decreasing frontier between wildlife and humans 3 quarters of emerging infectious diseases i do not take that means they can jump from animals to humans and $1000000.00 species are also under the threat of extinction experts warn action must be taken now to prevent an irreversible collapse and biodiversity reports. the wonders of the natural world are an antidote to these troubling times especially the extraordinary life you know rationed like the millions of golden jellyfish here in the marine lakes of pirlo a unique subspecies evolved to harvest energy directly from sunlight all the myriad diversity of the world's coral reefs where 25 percent of marine species live but here too there's another biomass which dwarfs everything else combined and it's

invisible to the naked eye it's the microbial life of aussies and it's found everywhere from the surface to 4000 meters down and these unseen microbes include astronomical quantities of viruses that attack marine bacteria all part of the web of life in the sea. in fright every liter of seawater contains more viruses that there are people on the planet 95 percent of all life in the oceans by weight is comprised not of fish or of whales but of microbes. and it is these microbes that create 50 percent of all oxygen on the planet every 2nd breath that we breathe. the problem is from invisible lifeforms to some of the biggest piece on the planet biodiversity is threatened by environmental destruction for the african elephant it's more than

just poaching for the ivory trade we're also facing big big challenges when it comes to happen that accusation transformation for larger industries and of course the biggest impact that is less talked about which is increasing population of africans and therefore the competing nature of land between are less than one people and it's when the ever decreasing frontier between wildlife and humans is breached disease like corona virus can jump from animals to people. out of the $7200000.00 species that we have on the planet about $1000000.00 species are under threat from extinction and that's a lot because nature is this finely attuned by diversifying its human system where each one plays species plays a role in the bigger puzzle with 19 is clearly one of these messages that we need to understand and heed very fast that you can't continue to undermine and encroach

on nature and expect nature to be stable it's apparent that we're at a turning point experts say the air or oppose cave it must be one where we act to save our environmental heritage will continue to pay a heavy price nick clarke al-jazeera well the wild may have ground to a halt during the global coronavirus pandemic but u.s. government scientists say the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere still rose to record levels last month in $1000.00 lockdowns help carbon dioxide emissions dropped by as much as 17 percent in april but that decline was brief scientists warn that coming dioxide can stay in the f a centuries and long term measures are needed to make a significant difference earlier i spoke to thomas newsome he's an electret in the school of life and environmental sciences at the university of sydney he says the wild now has an opportunity to make more dramatic changes after the pandemic. the

reduction is with saying in the areas where we really need to make massive changes so the reductions are related to. transport and other things that really link dr david i live but the hasn't being a major shift in the way energy is produced in the use of fossil fuels and so that the things that we really need to target to get a large scale and saying and long term reduction in c o 2 emissions where they are is sort of an opportunity by is that the pandemic has created an economic problem globally and in response to that there are stimulus packages being announced in a stray lia or throughout europe in the billions and trillions of dollars and the opportunity here is to use those simulate packages to essentially have a green revolution to tackle climate change because it is probably

a greater threat than the pandemic that we're placing today so all of those stimulus packages could be highlighted and targeted towards. building an infrastructure and an energy project that shift a major drivers of climate change which is energy and i guess the other area is restoring biodiversity and and retaining biodiversity at the same time. now russia's president has declared a state of emergency in the arctic circle after a huge fuel spill 20000 tons of diesel have leaked into a river from a power plant paul brennan reports. footage released by the russian investigative committee suggests the sheer volume of the spillage overwhelmed the concrete levees intended to contain minor leaks tens of thousands of tons of diesel escaped into the surrounding area it was 2 days before the regional government raised the alarm to moscow and in a televised video conference of visibly angry president putin rated them for the

inadequacy of their response even questioning whether the governor had taken leave of his senses what's going to be done you're the governor or we go to learn about emergency situations through social media now have you lost your mind over there norilsk is home to the world's largest producer of nickel and is already one of the most notoriously polluted places on earth the nickel factory emitted nearly 2000000 tons of sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere in 20183 times more than the 2nd worst emitter now the land and water also environmentally impacted this incident has dumped more than 20000 tons of diesel and lubricants into the surrounding river system and into the subsoil. it will take decades to clear up because we're talking about cleaning up the surface of the water pumping out the fuel pumping out the polluted water as far as possible cleaning up the police had to ground. the terrain is sub arctic and swampy at this time of year and specialist vehicles needed to get

around pumping and inflatable booms are trying to limit the damage but access and extraction are a major problem belong mr neutral. it's a secluded area there's no transportation access by road all railroad again there's no way to bring in a large number of boats with heavy tanks to pump the oil into that's the difficulty . and investigation into why this space. if a tank ruptured is underway the company statement has expressed concerns for facilities which are built in areas where the melting permafrost is causing the soil to sink and that raises a much wider question for industrial safety across the whole arctic pull brennen al-jazeera and there's been even more damage to a strain is great barrier reef with its 3rd coral bleaching in just 5 years february was the hottest month since records began in 1900 when the water is too warm corals expel the algate that live in them leaving them bleached and barren

experts warn that the ecosystem may never recover from the damage is very very scary and so they. have the leaders there's no really. tourism there's very little impact of the region so it is still. the presence or absence of tourism there's an 80 year difference in terms of global warming you know reform of the road is if you. 'd will eventually destroy the great barrier as we know. several protesters in hong kong have been arrested after they defied a ban on attending a vigil to commemorate victims of the 1989 chenin square massacre officers used pepper sprays disperse thousands of demonstrators who tried to set up roadblocks with metal barriers they're angry that the police banned the annual event for the 1st time in 3 decades citing concerns over crowded virus organizers claim it's just another crackdown on the city's freedoms sarah clarke reports from hong kong.

victoria park had been sealed off but that didn't deter the crowds thousands defying a police plan to pay their respects to those who lost their lives fighting for democracy in beijing standing in the square they chanted slogans like free home tone and some calling for independence from my man child but most who joined this year's candlelight vigil were here to mark the massacre on june 4th 1989 holding a one minute silence the fight for democracy has lost it for you know well over 31 years and it's important that we all stand together now organizers of the annual memorials say the police enforcement of social distancing rules are a cover to clamp down on democracy on call now as in going to a new iraq they want to rule by fear and to and ban or are they going to threaten and i think this is very much worried about the future a little more than 3000 police were deployed across the city to enforce the ban

some broods were set up to mock the military crackdown allowing the people of hong kong to honor the victims of the tiananmen square massacre the annual vigil in hong kong is one of the only memorials held on chinese territory to mark a chapter in chinese history that the government in beijing would prefer to picket the mainland has suppressed no mention of the channel mathcad but hong kong's unique status as a special administrative region has exempted from that censorship in the past democracy group said china's introduction of national security rules in hong kong which target acts of terrorism and political dissidents could threaten the future of large gatherings and demonstrations if the majority of society cannot express or chant no doubt foster asians and their anger for peaceful protests and for certain people with a way out and escalations off to protest action is all already questions maybe be prochoice buy buy buy more and more people in home call god in hong kong legislative council. since it's pro-democracy councils through liquid to delay

a vote on a controversial national end of the bill what we've heard is to read more of the world that we vote for. toward this poll meters for. all people 31 years ago hours later the bill which would criminalize the mockery of china's march of volunteers at them was passed those found guilty face 3 years in jail and a $6000.00 fine the national anthem legislation would become law on june 12th. hong kong while taiwan's president saying when is calling on china to atone for the 1989 chatham and square massacre hundreds of protesters lit candles at taipei's liberty square to mark the fast fast anniversary of that crackdown many also turned up to support hong kong open discussion of the mascot is forbidden on mainland

china but taiwan's president urged beijing to acknowledge the crackdown in a tweet she said around the wild there are 3 $165.00 days in a year in china one of those days is purposely forgotten each year in taiwan there where one stays missing from al calendar but we've worked to bring them to light i hope one day china can say the same. again the this is al jazeera and these are the headlines memorials have been held in minneapolis and new york and on a of george floyd who's killing sparks more than a week of protests across the united states the 46 year old black american diet off to a police officer knelt on his neck during an arrest scrape. all these people came to see my brother. this is amazing to me with the people. you know the bits at you know you know. you come to. me from.

people right now and it's almost a love you know i'm just stayed strong is that cane because i need to get it out i need to get it though everybody will just as we will just this is the george he's going to get it he's going to get it. well the 3 former police officers charged with aiding and abetting 2nd degree murder in the floyd case have now made their 1st appearance in court derek chauvin on the left was arrested last week and charged with his matter while the other 3 were near arrested on wednesday a u.s. navy veteran has arrived in switzerland after being released by iran michael whites had been detained since 2018 president ronald trump thanks for his release and comes a day after an iranian scientist sirus askari arrived back in iran after being freed from a prison in the us brazil has overtaken italy to record the 3rd highest

number of covered 1000 deaths in the world that's after it reported a record daily death toll for now the 4th day in a row more than $1400.00 deaths were confirmed on thursday pushing the total back above $34000.00 u.s. government scientists say carbon dioxide in the atmosphere rose to record levels last month despite coronavirus lockdowns that followed a brief drop in c o 2 levels in april research as a long term measures are needed to make a significant difference several protesters in hong kong have been arrested after they defied a ban on attending a vigil to commemorate the victims of the 1989 telamon square massacre officers used pepper spray to disperse thousands of demonstrators who tried to set up roadblocks well those are the headlines i'll be back with more news here on al-jazeera off to the stream to stay with us. oh you're saying humanity i really really not

getting anywhere. either like a locum it's truly the most infections of color the virus in the capital in the rest not in new york city it is in the in the navajo nation the largest native american reservation in the united states and the navajo people indigenous people in the united states already a tiny minority under resourced as well how on earth are they going to cope with a coup or not virus that is what we're going to be talking about today if you have ideas if you have experience if you have questions for i guess you know what to do a new to jump into the comments section and you can be part of the show.