maybe his sam goes head to head for the pool coming on al-jazeera. told to go to sarah we heard let me ask you how worried you are about the increase in hostilities in yemen we listen this is the moment to stop all really very action this is the moment to concentrate on fighting over why didn't we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on the whole does their own. i'm here the actu to make it stop. stop the pain play before the us congress george ford's brother calls for lasting reform to end police brutality meanwhile minneapolis' police chief goes head to head with the powerful police union demanding more transparency from his officers.

i'm richelle carey this is how it is there live from doha also coming up shops reopening in the epicenter of the pandemic despite a record number of crown of our stats in brazil plus. on polar east and stockholm where the investigation into the murder of prime minister all of palma has been laid to rest after 34 years with no prospect of anyone being brought to justice. and just one day after george floyd was laid to rest his brother has testified at a congressional hearing looking at racial inequality and police violence and united states delays floyd called his brother's death a modern day lynching in broad daylight and urged politicians just stop the pain castro reports from washington. mr killen is cloyd travel directly from his brother's funeral in houston to the u.s. capitol join us call for him and he was ignored please listen to the couch i'm

making to you now to the cause of our family and the calls ringing out the streets across the world people of our backgrounds genders in races have come together to demand change house democrats have proposed sweeping legislation to reform police departments in the wake of george floyd's death that includes increasing police accountability for officer misconduct and banning police chokeholds i'm tired i'm tired of. pain you feel when you watch something like this when you watch a big brother who do looked up to you. da da big up was what we saw in minnesota the slow torture is murder of george floyd by a uniform officer was an outrage and a tragedy where we have seen since then millions of americans marching in the street to demand justice and call for reforms it has been an inspiration now that.

7 in 10 americans now say floyd's death is part of a systemic problem of police brutalizing and killing black americans defund the police has become a rallying cry for those demanding reform but the meaning of the phrase is nuance to most defund the police means shifting some money from police departments to social services but to the far left and means abolishing police altogether republicans have seized on that extremist interpretation warning of an arcade they know it is pure insanity to defund the police and the fact that my democrat colleagues won't speak out against this crazy policy. it's just that frightening. senate republicans are drafting their own proposal for police reform likely to include requirements for more biased training but the immunity officers enjoyed from civil lawsuits will likely remain intact the 2 parties competing ideas may

reach a stalemate potentially resulting in nothing yet they the protesters have already made clear they won't accept that outcome they say of congress takes no action then voters will at the polls in november heidi castro al-jazeera washington after giving us testimony george floyd's brother joined the black lives matter protests and washington floyd walked with the demonstrators who were marching in front of the white house our testers are promising to keep the rallies going until meaningful change happens that says the white house is stepping down as security put in place during the initial demonstrations in washington some concrete barriers have been taken down but walls will remain at the north of the property as a precaution. the minneapolis police chief is breaking up talks with the state police union that apartments chief says it's part of plan reforms in the wake of toward floyd's death but area are dando says the union contract needs to be

restructured to provide more transparency this is further examining the 6 significant matters. that touch on such things as critical incident protocol or use of force the significant role that supervisors play in this department and also the discipline process to include both the grievances and arbitration. and i believe i speak for my chief peers here in the state of minnesota as well as across our country that there is nothing more debilitating to a chief from an employment matter perspective that when you have grounds to terminate an officer for misconduct. when you're dealing with a 3rd party mechanism that allows for that employee to not only be back on your department but to be portrayed in your communities define the police has been a coast to coast cry of protesters and the united states one estimate suggests that 1200 black people have been shot and killed by the us police since 2015 so why is

it so difficult to introduce reform here is that a few therese here with nearly 18000 local state and federal police stations he's one of the most decentralized police organizations in the world there are more than 600 training academies with varying content very quality the power of the police unions that's also a major factor critics argue that unions set the tone for a police culture that they have been able to block reform in the name of labor rights there's also a general reluctance for investigators prosecutors and juries to 2nd guess what they believe to be an officer's split 2nd decision. missouri state representative and community organizer explains why people want to redirect money from frontline policing to community and social programs. what we're saying is reinvest almost always back into the community make community strong if it's community schools it's community centers but ways that we can put the money back into the community hands

so that they can have more before we use more of an impact in their community and have a strong neighborhood and set of constantly being tough on crime we need to figure out how we be smarter on crime because for years the public safety budget has been majority of our city's budget in the same city or st louis county and we have not seen a change when it comes to the way that the culture that he stepped in the city of st louis crime is always a current with the budget in place that is currently in place where there's a bunch i'll say over 50 percent of the budget is going to public safety i think we've seen when you reinvest back in the neighborhood and we deal neighborhoods if it's homes it's making sure communities have quality health care or just health care facilities in the neighborhood it does make an impact and i know folks like to use as a talking point but the reality is the budget that we have currently had has not made a change we continue to see a spike in crime so why don't we take

a chance of doing something different and see how does that make him back in the neighborhood and i think it's something that not just we understand here in missouri but all across the country that we need to reimagine public safety in our communities because it has not been going successful with over budget and our police departments symbols have claudell history are facing a reckoning around the world our testers in minnesota have brought down a statue of christopher columbus outside the state capitol building it's long been contentious for his legacy of violent clonie alyson and cold treatment towards indigenous peoples now the statue of columbus was pulled out of the u.s. city of richmond it was set on fire and thrown into a lake demonstrator she was ropes to drag the effigy off its pedestal. the number of crowd of arson factions continues to rise across for. zille which now has more daily deaths than any country in the world despite that retail shops are reopening and sao paulo the city has seen a record number of deaths for 2 days nationwide 1274 deaths were recorded in the

last 24 hours bringing the total to more than $39000.00 the governor of rio de janeiro will face an pietschmann proceedings for alleged graft wilson what still is being investigated for the overpriced purchases of ventilators another coven 1000 medical supplies on wednesday the federal police also raided the government palace apart a state and the governor's home over similar allegations. he says the fraud investigations are politically charged. so this is 2 investigations against 2 state governors in brazil both on opposite ends of the political spectrum the governor of the state of rio de janeiro. of the right wing used to be an ally of president john doe and the governor of the northern state of. butter by you all of the left wing workers' party both have been accused by the supreme court of misusing state

funds to buy equipment used in the treatment of the corona virus both a virulently denied those charges what both men despite being politically opposed have in common is they both support measures to try to contain the covered 19 virus to put measures into place. to have lockdowns courage people to do social distancing both of them vocally opposed to the flagrant measures imposed by president job also now row to get people back to work to attend rallies in his support to not wear masks he has criticized both men both men have criticized him so this is a big case. a big issue between both sides both men have claimed these cases against a politically motivated president by job also nado has said he will go out after more people who misuse state funds some fear that is just a way to remove his political opponents which he of course being mentally denies so

a very political case in the meantime the number of deaths in brazil continues to rise the number of people infected in the country continues to rise it's now one of the worst affected countries in the world after the united states and the united kingdom and it doesn't look as though it's going to reach its peak anytime soon the world is facing its worst peacetime recession and a century in the global economy is predicted to shrink by. lee 6 percent and 2020 because of the coronavirus lockdowns organization for economic cooperation and development says the fallout will be even worse if there is a 2nd wave of the pandemic. is the secretary general of the o.e.c.d. and he says resources are available to assist in developing nations the established economies the o.e.c.d. economies basically have the financial resources to throw out not

only the health problem and that means the people who need the beds and who need the ventilators and who need to hospitals and who need the spaces in who need the stuff they have the resources although some of them came up short at some point but now they're caught up they also have the institutions they have the systems in the case of developing countries they don't have the institutions or not as strong they don't have the staf they don't have the hardware they don't have the hospitals europe that they don't have enough doctors and nurses but also they don't have. the research that the developed countries have and where we are putting all our hopes that they will develop either a medicine or

a vaccine so basically you got to pick up and you have to catch up and you have to compensate for that and of course the way to do that is by supporting these countries by providing these countries with the deficits that they have. still ahead on al jazeera gone on the once it changed how a classic hollywood cinema is now being seen in a very different light reading their children now a group of parents who are separated from their newborn babies born to surrogate mothers by the pandemic. hello we're say some of very heavy rainfall recently across central and southern parts of china the flooding rains that are going to continue to go on through the

next couple days as they my you buy a front and you can see how it extends out into the open waters flicking a little further north so we're seeing or shall is just coming back into southern parts of japan through key issues a good part of honshu seeing some really heavy rain some parts could see 100150 millimeters of rain widely not quite as wet into central china as you go on through thursday but it's more of a law in the stormy weather that will nudge a little further north as we go on into friday we'll see some showers still lingering there across a good parts of the key issue and honshu take out 29 celsius 20 celsius therefore so was well here it should be fine and dry with plenty of sunshine that sunshine is showers as per usual across southeast asia but the hevia showers that are going to be reserved for a good part of the philippines as little clutch of storms may well develop into a tropical depression a tropical system but juicing some really heavy rain maybe as much as 200 millimeters of rain as the system pushes through molecular similar rainfall amounts

into the east side of india could see this little touch of storms and the most certain rights continue for the west and gets. a collaborative only later in an unlikely place. model called you know if i'm not in denver. i can tell me what with my mother here she was very impressed it was there again there's just there's a lot of love but affection and respect over at the world people alone to wait for mom by a nation has taken indian cinema to its hot out to see who well reveals the cholera and passion of maracas bollywood during.

watching al-jazeera let's recap the top stories right now the brother of george floyd has testified at a congressional hearing looking at racial inequality in police violence in the u.s. when he's floyd called his brother's death alleging an urge politicians to do war. he also joined the black lives matter protesters in washington d.c. immediately after that hearing demonstrators are promising to keep the rallies going until meaningful change happens and brazil continues to reopen despite reporting more daily coronavirus deaths then any other in the world $1274.00 reported in the last 24 hours bringing the total more than $39000.00. is such an amazon says it's banning the police from using its facial recognition tool for a year there's been growing concerns the technology may lead to unfair treatment of black people amazon says it hopes this can give congress time to impose appropriate

rules for the ethical use of facial recognition the tech company has long defended the police's use of real time surveillance technology technology but a reform bill proposed by democrats to ban it. the american civil war about gone with the wind has been narrowed from the streaming platform h.b.o. maxes protest against racism force and are tame and companies to reassess their offerings the film was made in 1930 $91.00 multiple oscars including the 1st ever for a black american that's been criticized for its portrayal of enslaved black people and their white owners during the 8 in sixty's reports. gone with the wind one of the most popular films in history and another relic of a tainted past played down this time by streaming to h.b.o. . the film set during the american civil war depicted contented slaves and romanticize the confederate south beach b.m.x.

as its removal is temporary the film made in 1939 will return with a disclaimer in a statement they said it is a product of its time and depicts some of the ethnic and racial prejudices that have unfortunately been commonplace in american society we felt that to keep this title up without an explanation and a denouncement of those depictions would be irresponsible in february president trump revealed the film is one of his favorites when he mocks the oscars for awarding a south korean film a top of it they give him the best movie of the year was it good that those are you know i'm looking for like we're way let's get going with the wind can we get like gone with the wind back. or the black lives matter protests have sparked a large a cultural conversation about systemic racism but some believe that tinkering with art is counterproductive i think it comes down to freedom of speech and arts and if we start censoring people giving them the wrong opinion. what measures that give to

anyone going forward are we going to worry about what are my 2 sons to me to or that my full immersion 100 years time because it may be against what people think in 100 years now. i think is why stream. corporations usually silent on divisive social issues and now scrambling to show their support for the movement the paramount network has counseled cops a long running reality t.v. show which showed us police chasing down suspects kicking in doors and arresting people. can get the wild reexamined is not only how black people are treated in reality but also how they are represented on screen and out as they are the sign of civil rights icon martin luther king jr and the sat down with the host of al-jazeera is the bottom line arm for the king the 3rd is a global human rights advocate like his father and we asked him his thoughts about defunding police departments across the u.s.

minnesotan it's all about abolishing and really starting all over and that might be the solution or many minneapolis i don't know i think every city every community as just set up its own set of circumstances around police brutality and misconduct because in more situations. the police are the ones who start the activity and calls 'd about their reactions like a march the full interview right after this news bulletin on al-jazeera the bottom line or later on thursday at these times on friday right there a number of people killed in an attack on a hurting village in northeast nigeria has risen to 81. to boko haram drove into a 4 no village in borno state and opened fire the governor says at least 7 people were abducted then hours later there was another attack in northern kristina's

state $35.00 people there were killed while in some armed groups and area has killed more than 35000 people and displaced about 2000000 in the past decade majora says in a boucher he has more on the borno state attack and significant in the wider conflict . 1st of all they start to beat a highway leading to that community and attacked some trouble because of the village. when a killing spree as people run for their lives and drove over them and their fears getting busy by that many people have died because a lot of people dozens of people are still holding that many of these. groups that employ guerrilla tactics perhaps the process of those other places all over. and it's coming at a time when the nigerian army stepping up each or more gracious now book or i'm

going to be seen as being on the back so they will try to make a statement as much as they can chose this particular village to make a point across to all the village. of siding with the military giving information and of course involving members of the community in. trying to see into egypt now as a result we see an increasing number of people being displaced from their homes into refugee camps that will mean more than one but in neighboring countries so this feeds into the wider. region countries that are in both. the public and then countries of base io like mali. and others and of course remember that are also crisis in central african countries at least 7 people have been killed by land mines in the libyan capital tripoli and that brings the total number of landmines as to 27 since forces loyal to war. withdrew from there

a week ago libya's internationally recognized government took off tars remaining stronghold near the plate last thursday and are now pushing us forces out of other areas this comes as the united nations says both sides are fully engaged in the latest round of ceasefire talks and the mission in libya says separate virtual meetings have been held with our forces and each international recognized government. pale has described the developments as positive and call for a speedy negotiations. iraq's economic crisis is deepening after months of political unrest a coronavirus pandemic and a crash in oil prices and even as the world bank's special representative in iraq he met our reporters met a fault in baghdad where they discussed what needs to be done that has been looked of changes this place actually has seen a number of carbons come into into office and unfortunately sometimes it will happen that any new government comes in the discussion is if we discontinue and we

have to start probably from scratch again maybe adjusting it according to the directions that the government has only and of course the dimension that had to be a lot of crisis that have hit this place at the time when we have reached somehow the quite advanced stage. then we had to wait or probably sideline a bit to try to see how we can manage the situation that's happening think of march the full interview with the men as part of our talk to al-jazeera program at 530 g.m.t. on thursday. germany's foreign minister has expressed serious concern to israel about its plans to annex more of the occupied west bank. his israeli counterpart gabi ashkenazi and west jerusalem the e.u. proposal opposes rather israel's annexation plans that are part of a u.s. outline for the middle east germany and the e.u. say they are committed to the resumption of negotiations or minds of it with peers together with the european union we believe that any extension would not be

compatible with international law this is why we continue to support a mutual 2 state solution or in a zation of islamic cooperation also says it rejects israeli policies that adversely affect palestinians you know i see says unilateral measures like annexation of settlements undermine any possibility for a 2 state solution and threaten stability in the region. the mystery of the 1986 killing of sweden's prime minister on a stall construct appears to have been put to rest since prosecutor named the chief suspect in the murder of all of palm and then close the 34 year old case supports from stockholm. for 34 years the memorial to mooted prime minister all of palma has been the most solid thing about a case that has haunted sweden among both loved and hated its home and abroad parliament was shot and killed on stockholm's busiest streets as he walked with his wife liz but palmer had been to the cinema with his family without a bodyguard

a decision that would end in one of the biggest and longest murder investigations in the world olof palme and his wife left the cinema at about quarter past 11 on the night of 28th of february 1906 walking past the churchyard where palmer would soon be buried when they got to this corner someone came up behind them shots palma in the back leaving the prime minister dying on the ground. the murder scene was immediately contaminated by mourners laying flowers one of a string of mistakes that cut the chances of finding the killer this man krista pets is shawn was convicted in 1909 but cleared the same year on wednesday sweden's prosecutor coincidentally also called chris to petition announced a new chief suspect. stieg angstrom previously a witness known as the scandi amount because of the insurance company where he worked and who opposed palmas socialist policies and storm killed himself 20 years ago to counter the call we're told moved on

a military tour. we can't open receding interview him so my decision is to close the investigation as the suspect is deceased the naming of angstrom still without any physical evidence linking him to a murder weapon appears to put to bed the international leads investigation had followed those included the kurdistan workers party after the killings of defectors in sweden led palmer to declare them a terrorist organization while in the 1990 s. south african intelligence agents said their colleagues had been behind the prime minister's murder following palmas support for the african national congress and condemnation of the apartheid regime swedish journalist thomas partition named angstrom as the likely suspect in a book in 2017 i'm glad that they come to the same conclusion as i did that he is. the killer is almost enough and internationally if one famous politician of parliament. has some some kind of symbol for. perhaps the best of sweden

and this unsolved case has been tormenting us all of parliament was that most unusual of swedish prime ministers one who had an impact outside his own country his anti colonial and anti racist views made him a fierce critic of global superpowers while at home he raised taxes to fund the welfare state and welcomed immigrants those policies may have put him into the grave in which is lain for more than 3 decades the love that many swedes have for him is enjoyed but as the case is closed it looks likely that the unanswered questions will enjoy as well. paul reese al-jazeera stockholm. moscow's health department says more than $5000.00 people die from cope in $1000.00 the city last month that is far higher than reported by russia's coronavirus crisis response center over the course of may officials attribute the spike to a change in the way of ours deaths are certified as mayor is pushing ahead with

easing restrictions and the city he sure. doesn't there we still have some restrictions on must covering this. and sporting events and a decision will be probably taken at the beginning of july if the situation allows in 2 months we will return to a completely normal life italy's prime minister decepticon set to be questioned by prosecutors on friday over the handling of the pandemic the prosecutors are looking at why restrictions were inforced and february around the towns of number 0 and all sano regional officials and the government blame each other for the failure italy was europe's 1st coronavirus of the center and has recorded more than 353-4000 deaths that is a group of parents who were around the world have finally been able to collect their babies who were born to surrogate mothers and ukraine $125.00 surrogate babies were stuck there after the country closed its borders because of the coronavirus more than $100.00 couples asked ukraine's human rights almost woman to

facilitate their entry despite the restrictions $31.00 couples have now arrived to collect their infants after undergoing quarantine. he had to stay out of the room every. week with them go even outside breakthroughs leave the very people to have families. and save the chris 3 happy marriage of their feelings where you go from being. it's very good to be the end of the story unbelievable. check out the headlines right now on al jazeera the brother of george floyd testified at a congressional hearing looking at racial inequality and police violence in the u.s. only as floyd called us brother's death a lynching and urged politicians to do more. i'm here. to make it

stop stop the pain stop us being tarred george called to him and he was ignored please listen to the crowd i'm making now to the cause of our family and the cause ringing out the streets across the world people of all backgrounds and race have come together to demand change i wanted him to george and make necessary changes there make law enforcement the solution brazil now has more daily deaths linked to corona virus than any country in the world despite the shops are now reopening in sao paulo the city has seen a record number of deaths for 2 days nationwide 1274 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours bringing the total to more than $39000.00 the global economy is predicted to shrink by at least 6 percent this year because of the crime of virus

lock downs have a be the worst peacetime recession a century organization for economic cooperation and development says the fallout will be even worse if there is a 2nd wave of u.s. tech giant amazon says it's banning the police from using its facial recognition tool for a year there have been growing concerns the technology may lead to unfair treatment of black people amazon says it hopes it hopes that this will give congress time to impose appropriate rules for the ethical use of facial recognition. the number of police killed in an attack on a people that is killed in an attack on a hurting village northeast area has risen to 81 fighters allied to boko rom drove into for no village in borno state an open fire germany's foreign minister has told israel it has serious concerns about its plans to annex more of the occupied west bank and that his as railway counterpart in west roselawn they oppose says israel's annexation plans are part of a u.s. outline for the middle east berlin takes over the blocks presidency in july as are

the headlines keep it here the bottom line is next. hi i'm steve clemons and i have a question can america ever not be racist let's get to the bottom line. the killing of george floyd by a white policeman in minneapolis was the spark that brought people to their feet and protests worldwide it came after a string of killings of many black americans they included briana taylor kentucky and often are georgia millions of americans have been in the streets in cities and towns all over america protesting against the systemic racism that hasn't been

fully confronted for decades or even centuries here so how did we get here and campaign to get better in the future and is america's way of policing and.