needing in respects memorial services ahead in the u.s. for george floyd whose death in police custody sponsored worldwide protests. play watching al jazeera live from doha with me for the bad people also coming up iran releases an american navy veteran days after an iranian scientists is freed by the united states 3 years since the roqueted of qatar by its neighbors we look at how the attacks continue online class. and scott high there in bangkok thailand where the ever important tourism industry has been heavily impacted by covert 90 but now the government is trying to position the country as one of the safest

destinations in the world wants to finally opens back up. we begin in the united states where 10 nights of nationwide protests have given way to a somber memorial service for george floyd he was celebrated in minneapolis by civil rights leaders and family members while thousands of others across the u.s. pause to remember him his last words i can't brief have now become a rallying cry against police brutality and systemic racism john hendren reports from minneapolis. 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 children who note on floyd's neck some of 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 needs 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 breathe continue john hendren al-jazeera minneapolis. on tensions have eased in many cities across the u.s. demonstrations have continued they have been peaceful and some nighttime curfews have been lifted rob reynolds force. large peaceful protests like this one at the

martin luther king memorial in washington continued around the u.s. demonstrators are demanding justice for george floyd and other african-americans killed by police an end to police brutality and the dismantling of insta. 2 tional ised racism. rallies marches sit in and other forms of protest filled the streets in new york city in houston texas philadelphia and pittsburgh pennsylvania and charleston south carolina among many other cities there has been more fallout from the heavily criticized order for police to violently clear the streets outside the white house before president donald trump performed a staged photo of 2 republican senators broke ranks with trump following a scathing rebuke from former trump defense secretary james mattis who blasted trump for deliberately seeking to divide the country and undermining the

constitution by threatening to deploy the military to crush protests general badasses letter was stunning and powerful general mattis is a man of extraordinary sacrifice he's an american patriot general john allen the former commander of u.s. and nato forces in afghanistan also harshly criticized trump stunt saying it quote may well signaled the beginning of the end of the american experiment unquote house speaker nancy pelosi sent trump a letter demanding to know what federal law enforcement agencies are confronting protesters personnel from agencies that never deal with protests have been thrown into the mix in washington raising an outcry in congress i think we know that many of the unmarked security. in downtown d.c. were bureau of prisons riots police begs the question why the hell are bureau

of prisons riot police. down working a protest troops spent time thursday conferring with his campaign team polls show him trailing democrat joe biden nationally and in key swing states new polling also shows americans disapprove by wide margins of trumps him playing of the protests robert oulds al-jazeera meanwhile 2 police officers have been suspended in buffalo new york after a video showed them shoving a 75 year old man to the ground but he's were clearing the area where a protest was finishing when the man was pushed down. the. hill the man is now in a serious but stable condition in hospital buffalo mayor byron brown says he was deeply disturbed by the video by new york governor andrew cuomo called it utterly

disgraceful. police in australia are asking the court to ban a black lies matter protests planned for saturday fearing it could help spread the coronavirus 2000 people march in the capital camera in solidarity with the us but also highlighting racial inequality at home a much larger rallies span for sydney on saturday with about 10000 people expected if hundreds and hundreds or thousands of people turn out then they are in breach of the health order if they haven't complied with the supreme court and obviously all the police powers that are available to us can be used but we would match rather see a peaceful outcome. there is nicola gage in sydney explains why authorities are targeting this protest. new south wales has had the highest number of corona virus infections . and we have had several protests across the country over the past week since the death of george floyd in the united states but they have been relatively

small and this event that is planned for saturday in sydney is expected to see more than 10000 people attend and that calls the prime minister scott morrison to come out and say well that would really put back all of the hard work that we've done to keep corona virus infection writes down and gladys berejiklian the new south wales premier has been the only leader you see the police in her stand state try and ban this kind of event so it's being taken to the magistrates court to determine whether it will still go ahead it's the big question will be whether these protesters still show up if the event is banned police have said there are no public gallery allowed only more than $500.00 people and find will be

put in place if they do show up but it's important to nourish that the demonstrations in a straight on to only to support the black clubs magic campaign in the united states but it's also to shine a light on some of the injustices that. happening against indigenous australians there is a disproportionate number in casa righted and deaths in custody of indigenous people have been rising. a u.s. navy veteran has arrived in switzerland after being released by iraq michael white had been detained. and this comes a day after any rainy and scientists returned to tehran after being freed from a us prison in the night from a us prison it gave me 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 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 radian american baiji to harry had to say be 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 10 friends trump pulled out of the iran's nuclear cooled and imposed crippling economic sanctions he says he wants to negotiate a new deal tensions hit crisis point in january when a u.s. as strike 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 al-jazeera. still ahead on al-jazeera as maybe is government of national accord horses celebrate victory a war zone is warning the battle isn't over yet. however there is even less reliable warm june sunshine coming up in the was

yesterday in the clouds moved eastwards the fronts just catching up with each other and given that this thing here is about develop into a storm it doesn't look at top like summer now what is leaving behind is some waltz in spain imports go some blue skies 26 in madrid about the same in gibraltar given the effect of the breeze but the heavy rains moving through italy the creation coast and then we get through pollie ledge eastwards in the next day or so following it and increasingly strong northerly wind with temps is only just into double figures in the northern part of the u.k. in scotland this in the teens in london but look at that wind and right effect and low countries northern france these are showers probably sun the storms and of the temps again disappointing bordeaux dieties in zurich at 16 the woman is returning to its elite still there in turkey and probably is hanging hanging on in ukraine a book rest got 31 for a living today area now of course africa's completely different evil on the coast

where the breeze is strong you got middle twenty's that is quite a strong winds kicking up the dust in libya at least during trial on saturday is not a lot lighter the showers come back to our geria. isolating times the listening post cuts through the noise the looking at another side of the story not the mark the information around the outbreak but with misinformation separating propaganda from fact it's really only has. exposing. manipulation rhetoric and claims but they cannot manipulate the fires. like going to the media to 0. the.

welcome back a recap of our top stories on. memorial services have been held in the united states for george for 10 days of black lives matter protests stopped as tributes were paid including one in minneapolis where 4 he died when he was in police custody policemen have been charged in connection with this. police in australia are asking the course to ban a black lies a matter of protest planned for saturday fearing it could spread the coronavirus protesters around the world have been marching in solidarity with the u.s. while also highlighting injustices at home and a u.s. navy veteran has arrived into it soon after being released in by iran michael white had been detained since 2018 as a donald trump thanks to iran for his release on wednesday. after being freed from

a u.s. prison. i spent 3 years tens and and land and sea blockade was imposed on qatar by egypt bahrain any state has the united arab emirates and saudi arabia but despite recent efforts to deescalate tensions there is no end in sight to the worst political crisis in the gulf region. reports. may 20th 2017 donald trump arrives in sunday arabia his 1st trip abroad as u.s. president trumps aim was to have wealthy gulf nations join the u.s. bid to defeat i still to help and the war in syria and contain what the u.s. described as iran's growing influence but that was a short lived hope 4 days later the website of qatar's news agency

was hacked and fabricated statements posted attributed to the emir of qatar critical of u.s. policies in the region the washington post subsequently cited u.s. intelligence officials saying the u.a.e. orchestrated the hacking that was just the beginning on june the 5th sardi arabia the u.a.e. and egypt severed diplomatic ties with qatar and it posed a land sea and blockade which continues until now the qatari government strongly denies allegations of supporting extremism qatar also condemned a list of demands from the quartet as a breach of sovereignty. the 13 demands included big relations with iran closing a turkish military base and shutting down the al-jazeera media network there is no

appetite at the moment in the international community to to get involved in the gulf crisis the covert 19 condemning it has really consumed pretty much any policy making capacity in western capitals and other international capitals everybody's looking at dealing with that pandemic any insecurities across the middle east and the gulf crisis just one of many crisis in the middle east have been put on the back burner this is the man widely seen by qatar as the architect of the blockade mohammed the crown prince of all the b. and effectively the ruler of the united arab emirates benz date and saudi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin said nan both strongly oppose calls for democratic reforms that have gained momentum in the region since the arab spring uprisings 9 years ago this is the law and we're going to do that too small too little on the challenges are huge we're talking just not about the. challenges then but i guess

that we are talking about not well and you know you can are mix in that mix social environment and all of these as well as of course the heart security all of these can only older region works together as well you know. qatar has ruled out withdrawing from the g.c.c. and says it welcomes talks with its rivals but only when the blockade is lifted. according to the wall street journal trump has recently called all sandy arabia the u.a.e. to and that. is using that space but this was turned by the saudis and maruti is who believe the restriction of the only leverage to extract concessions from. the rocket has left lasting wounds for qataris they hope the

gulf while bulls will mend the diplomatic rest one day but cattle on the sandilands quarter remain divided over a wide range of issues that reconciliation may take a long time. doha as he heard there one of the incidents that led up to the book aid was the hacking of qatar's news agency 3 years on disinter mation networks are still active spreading rumors that tend to jump from twitter to newspapers printed in blockading countries most are aimed at discrediting qatar's ruling royal family in the past few months for example qatar has denied unconfirmed reports it was planning to leave the gulf cooperation council before that they were rumors of a coup attempt all based on a fake video in april saudi owned r.b.s. sky news arabia and b.b.c. arabic all we forded that it cattery dissident had been killed in a doha prison or have since deleted their reports the qatari government told the if the news agency at the 1st this information campaign back in 2017 was unprecedented

but that people no longer take them seriously and i spoke to mark owen jones about this is an assistant professor of middle east studies at doe has hamad bin honey for university he says if this information campaign has played a huge role in the blockade. the severity of the blockade and the conditions imposed on cuts we've never seen anything like this before i think this information is has been crucial to this campaign for any political move whether it's war in it the initiation of a crisis a country such as day or the emirates have to try and legitimize that decision and get the public opinion on side traditionally that was done through traditional media such as newspapers or television however because of the rise of digital media and social media technologic tracing rights in saudi hip the best way to do that to convince people that there is something wrong is to try and fabricate the story through social media and create the there's

a popular groundswell of opinion supporting this decision to isolate katsa what we know now is because these submission campaigns are so common that there is a sort of infrastructure in place or people myself who monitor these so we can quickly identify that it's a fake news story and allow the counter-narrative to be put out there or at least people to fact check these claims and know they're false however if you live in say say you know united arab emirates and rely on say channels like out of b. or sky news arabia or domestic newspapers there's a very good chance that you believe a lot of these fake stories to be true and this will basically serve the domestic audience in those countries and serve and to make them believe that there is a conflict or a crisis continuing in qatar libya's deputy defense minister says government troops have taken control of town who now has an ace his stand last stronghold for a lot of money for have time western libya on friday the u.n. recognized government announced that he had regained food control of the capital tripoli. several protesters in hong kong have been arrested

after they defied a ban on attending a vigil to commemorates the 1910 min square massacre officers used pepper spray to disperse thousands of demonstrators who try to set up rob lowe road blocks with metal barriers they're angry the police bans the annual event for the 1st time in 3 decades citing concerns about the coronavirus organizers claim it's another crackdown on hong kong's freedoms. now an intro and chill medical journal has retracted an article which says an untimely leiria drug increase the risk of death took over 1000 patients 3 authors raised doubts over data provided by health care firm which was used in a study published in the lancet the research from to the world health organization to suspend testing of hydroxy chloroquine. meanwhile brazil has overtaken its need to record the 3rd highest number of covert 1000 deaths in the world that soft had

reported a record daily death toll for the 4th day in a row more than 1400 deaths were confirmed on thursday pushing the total above 340080 in the latin america's worst affected country present has been widely criticised for dismissing the risk of the virus saying on tuesday that death was everyone's destiny. argentina meanwhile has extended its lockdown until the end of the month as it struggles to control the spread of coronavirus and includes restrictions on movement and businesses in the capital when a size that measures will be relaxed in other parts of the country argentina recorded its highs daily number of new infections on wednesday the total has now passed 20000 have been more than 600 deaths in nicaragua are doctors say the infection rate is out of control but the government says the outbreak has been stabilized present resisted ordering a lockdown health workers complain they're facing the consequences now there is

a ball has ari. i would give. an 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's father allegedly had called 19. women into the symmetry 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 1000 is higher than the government of the new lot of big i would like to acknowledge officially only 46 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 been demick will only attack the rich. we are battling with 19 about extreme measures radical measures that would cure the country and the people we are keeping regular activities open in taking special measures to protect the most vulnerable. but i'm. the dead are journalist better 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 start to date. back out in the recliner 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. where the 2nd poorest country in the region we come off to haiti with 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 19 will have devastating effects in a country that is already in desperate need. of timelines capital bangkok was named the world's most visited city in 2900 with 40000000 visitors tourism is often referred to as the engine driving the country's economy but with the state of global travel in the time of a pandemic that engine is running on empty scarred every thailand's natural beauty

and luxury resorts draw visitors from all over the world and from all walks of life at least it did before covert 19 its hotels and beaches now sit empty. the global shutdown has exposed the country's huge economic reliance on the travel industry one that will never be the same after the pandemic and wooing back foreign tourists is not going to be easy but the government has a plan. it's growing the marketing message beyond amazing thailand it's now focused on driving home the idea that the country is one of the safest and cleanest places to visit and launched a health and safety certification program for travel companies or tourists want to know now yes how beautiful the destination is but also is it safe to go there i think safety would be the main concern and if we can give them confidence and have a good stand it it won't be hot when back to. the certification program covers a wide range of cleaning procedures and regulations on how to protect staff and the

public the thai hotel group on tara has already received certification for one of its bangkok properties at its beach resort in who when they see the certificate as an important credential to have but it's what happens after that's critical. execution of the standards is key. in terms of the manuals and the process and the standards that's all very well but it's a day to day interaction and delivery from the people that will make the difference . despite having the 1st case of covert 19 outside of china thailand has maintained low infection rates and quickly flattened its curve community cooperation and containment measures worked the government now wants to capitalize on that as it calculates reopening bangkok suitable airport here is the country's biggest and busiest over 80 percent of the $65000000.00 passengers last year were international but now it's been reduced to just a trickle of domestic and repatriation flights it's going to stay that way at least

until the end of june when the international arrivals ban is lifted it was put in place back in early april with millions of jobs on the line thailand needs to see its airports busy again but it will be a slow and steady opening if there is any increase in covert $1000.00 cases any progress in building travellers confidence could come crashing down scott harder al-jazeera bangkok. danish scientists have developed a robot powered by artificial intelligence that can take coronavirus swabs and scans the patient's id cod prepares a sample sampling kit performs a swab and puts a sample in a container ready for testing all without human input it's been developed to reduce infection rates for health care weapons and improve the quality of calling 1000 testing. huge landslide in norway has swept away houses and small buildings into the sea there are no reports of casualties after the piece of land over half

a kilometer wide collapse in the town of on wednesday the homes were built on clay which becomes unstable in wet weather at. the top stories on al-jazeera some breaking news from libya this hour to start with the deputy defense minister of libya says government troops have taken control of tire huna to hold as a last wrong hold for 24 half time in western libya on friday the un recognized government announced that it had regained food control of the capital tripoli. memorial services have been held in the u.s. for george floyd's 10 days of black lies matter protests were stopped test tributes were paid including any apple a swear for he died in police custody 4 policemen have been sacked 10 charged in

connection with this matter it's crazy all these people came to see my brother. that's amazing to me that he touched so many people. you know the bitset and i was you know. you come to 3rd war where we're from people across right now that's how much they love them you know i'm just staying strong as i came because i need to get it out i need to get it out everybody will just as we want justice to george he's going to get it he's going to get it. meanwhile 2 u.s. police officers have been suspended after a video showed them shoving a 75 year old man to the ground is in a serious but stable condition in hospital in new york state the mayor of buffalo says his deeply disturbed by the video while the state government condemned incident as utterly disgraceful police in australia are asking the courts to ban black eyes matter protests planned for saturday fearing it could spread the

coronavirus protesters around the world have been marching in solidarity with the u.s. while also highlighting injustices at home a u.s. navy veteran has arrived interested in data being released by iran michael white had been detained since 2018 present triumph for his release on wednesday any rainy and scientists arrived home after being freed from a us prison and it's been 3 years since and then sea blockade was imposed on qatar by egypt's bahrain and its neighbors the united arab emirates and saudi arabia one of the incidents that led up to the blockade was the hacking of qatar's news in agency those are the headlines on al-jazeera more news for you right after the stream do stay with us. talk to al-jazeera when earl sort of let me ask you how worried you are about to increase in hostilities in yemen when listen this is the moment to stop all the 30 action this is the moment it all sounds right on fighting every night we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter

on the al-jazeera. kalo compassion and still even the most infections of carla virus her 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 now 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 no 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 in.