a goal of a deepening cold pull between china and the united states from around the world by the government close to bankruptcy many say such initiatives will not be enough to deal with what prime minister has done jeff warns could be a major food crisis. i'm here actually to make it stop. stop the praying. before the u.s. congress george roy's brother calls for lasting reform to end police brutality. play watching al jazeera live from doha with me for the back t. ball also coming up dozens of here dead and many more missing as fraud sweep away thousands of homes in southeast china were indies expected to swear in

a new caretaker leader and speculation surrounds the sudden death of president karen. it's a very good thing in the story and together at last parents finally meet their sarah get children who had been stranded in ukraine because of covert 1000 restrictions. just 24 hours after george floyd was laid to rest his brother has testified before a congressional hearing the committee is looking at racial inequality and police violence in the united states felonious floyd called his brother's death a modern day lynching in broad daylight and politicians to stop the pain. reports from washington. mr killen is cloyd travel directly from his brother's funeral in houston to the u.s. capitol george call for help and he was ignored please listen to the crowd all make

it to you now to the cause of our family and the cause ringing out the streets across the world people of all backgrounds jim does the race 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 when you watch a big brother who do looked up to for your whole life da da bigger for what we saw in minnesota the slow torture is murder of george floyd by a uniform officer was an outrage and a tragedy what 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 it's not over a 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 defunded 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 out frightening. senate republicans are drafting their own proposal for police reform likely to include requirements for more bias 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. but 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. castro al-jazeera washington. after giving his testimony george floyd's brother joined a black lies matter protests in washington d.c. flown is floyd walked with demonstrators who were marching in front of the white house protesters are promising to keep the rallies going until meaningful change happens now while democrats and republicans in congress work on rival plans for police reform the white house says it's finalizing its own mike hanna has more on that from washington. well the white house is still to inform any change in policy there has been discussions among administration officials for the president to make some kind of announcement to clarify exactly what the white house's position is on

police reform now those discussions have been ongoing there is a possibility that the president may bring up some new policy when he meets with african american religious and law enforcement leaders in dallas thursday his officials are saying that this might be an occasion for him to express exactly what he feels but what he has ruled out at this particular point is a central part of what the democrats are talking about in congress and that is things like moving the liability for police changing the statute under which they are given a qualified liability for acts of violence president has ruled that out already saying that that would be unfair to police officers so not very clear at this stage exactly how the impact of the last few weeks of protest has the impact it has had on the white house but we do expect and administration officials are saying that

there will be some clarity there will be a firm a policy emerging in the next few days. and donald trump has rejected calls to change the name of military bases named after confederate army officers who fought against the government in the u.s. civil war the us president tweeted it's been suggested that we should rename as many as 10 of our legendary military bases these money men told very powerful bases have become part of a great american air heritage he said the u.s. trained and deployed our heroes on these hollowed grounds and won 2 world wars therefore my administration will not even consider the renaming of these magnifica magnificent and fabled military installations while white house press secretary kiley mcanany echoes the president's use saying changing the names would disrespect the memory of fallen soldiers. bragg is known for the heroes within it that train there that deployed from there and it's an insult to say to the men and women who

left their the last thing they saw on american soil before going overseas and in some cases losing their lives to tell them that what they left was inherently a racist institution because of a name that's unacceptable to the president and rightfully so and i would also note where do you draw the line here i'm told that no longer can you find on h.b.o. gone with the wind because somehow that is now offensive where do you draw the line is it should george washington and thomas jefferson and james madison be erased from history what about f.d.r. and his internment camps you know he should he be erased from history or lyndon johnson who has a history of documented racist statements in portsmouth virginia protesters tore apart a monument to the u.s. confederacy. the soldiers will want to keep slavery were destroyed and spray painted with one falling on top of protesters angry demonstrators attach the monument after 2 rights

activists square arrested early in the day present donald trump says he won't consider renaming a u.s. military base is named after a confederate flag is now the debate over statues is even becoming a hot topic in the halls of the u.s. capitol house speaker nancy pelosi says confederates such as should be removed from the capitol building and o.c. maybe the most powerful woman in america but she not so illegal authority to remove the 11 statues of confederate figures and the letter to the committee that oversees the satchels she notes that at least 2 of them were charged with treason against the united states. in other world news floods in south china have killed dozens of people in many more are missing heavy rains swept across 4 regions forcing nearly 230000 people from their homes rivers are overflowing and mudslides swept down hills the bad weather has cost more than half a $1000000000.00 worth of damage katrina you has the latest from beijing. tens of

thousands of emergency workers and troops from the p.l.o. the people's liberation army had been sent in and the focus has been on rescue and evacuation 230000 people have been relocated they've been moved from rural areas mountainous areas to towns and more urban areas they've been sheltered in schools or the halls or makeshift tents given food and shelter and we just have to look at the huge scale of this in that region 148 rivers are said to have broken their morning levels and also 1300 homes have so far been destroyed now this rain has started last week last thursday and it's been pounding these regions today in some areas the rain seems sort of ease so in some towns the focus has turned to cleanup but as you heard earlier they are expecting more heavy rain starting from toward friday up until early next week so emergency teams are staying

put and they're not quite relaxing yet 8 provinces in southeastern china have so far been affected among them the worst hit the provinces of one she junction where joe and. now these areas generally receive a lot of rainfall this time of year but the government says that compared to last year they've received already more than 6 percent more rain so about 30 centimeters of rain across this region over the past week now this region is also very mountainous it's very lush and that means that the people living in these areas are vulnerable not only to flooding but also to landslides and according to state media many people have lost their lives in dangerous landslides across this area. the chinese more games giants net shop rises in its share price after a highly anticipated debut on the hong kong stock exchange the company's been trading on the nasdaq for 20 years and shares for this secondary missing were oversubscribed by more than 360 times. hoping to raise nearly $3000000000.00 to

fund global expansion chinese firms are increasingly looking to the hong kong stock market i mean growing pressure in the us. so we're on day now where the leader of the parliament is expected to be sworn in a scare take a president after the sudden death of. the cause of his death was described as a heart attack in government statement that many suspected may have been linked to call the 19 welcome way of reports from nairobi. diplomats and officials come to sign a book of condolences the state house in rooney's capital budget. the late president pierre and guernseys led the rooney into a period of peace following a civil war but then back into political turmoil on tuesday the government said he died of a heart attack his predecessor called for calm we asked for everybody to keep quiet

to keep in peace and to listen for the message is given by the government the government on their own currencies or became known for political killings and torture critics were silenced or fled abroad. he had no policies to slow the spread of the coronavirus he said god would protect poor indians many people suspect the virus was the cause of his death few dared to openly criticize the official line we spoke to an exiled activist in belgium who did. order all round one. we did. night and. night some motorist of the. thousands gathered for campaign rallies ahead of an election last month and no

social distancing measures. the ruling party's candidate was this man ever reste and. opposition complained of vote rigging and he was announced the winner he was due to take over from currencies ever noticed but analysts say the might be trouble ahead the constitution says if the president dies it's the speaker of the national assembly who takes over he's called pascal near bend bend boys nick green geezers preferred candidate allegedly we were is a very east the chosen the president elect were supported by other generals within the c.n.d. d.f.t. d.d. ruling party so this could indicate that there might be c. and d. d. f. d. d. infighting in the coming weeks with different generals backing different candidates . who currencies a left the room deal with the spreading pandemic and the political crisis is far from over malcolm webb al-jazeera nairobi kenya. still ahead on

al-jazeera why democrats in the us are accusing officials in the state of georgia of voter suppression and find out how. to change the multi-billion dollar cruise ship industry. but. still a very insular picture throughout much of europe plenty of plenty of rain and at times some fairly strong thunderstorms. in the last few hours that we've had some dry weather in some areas i won't say exactly yes sunny you can see these dogs here above the beach in nice but even people out about enjoying the weather as they can meanwhile plenty more sunshine into coastal areas of albania the southeast of

europe is where we have goats and slightly better weather sunny some nice warm sunshine however having said that there are a few showers in the fall called albania across areas of the balkans back across into italy but really the heavy rain is coming from this system just sitting in the bay of biscay producing some very heavy rain into western france down tools the southwest also another batch of rain with some fairly strong winds coming across the u.k. that system in the bay of biscay doesn't really move so freida still sits in these open waters but pushing very heavy right now across into eastern areas of france and also into southern regions of the u.k. the russians weather warnings in place the a for that very heavy rain meanwhile eastern europe is fine and dry will see want to see thunderstorms across areas of poland but the touch is all set to come down. friday fine and warm but by sunday well the 2 showers. short films. and inspiration.

those stories of young women challenging the world around them. al-jazeera selects. the a. welcome back our top stories on al-jazeera the brother of george floyd us testified at a congressional hearing looking at racial inequality in police violence in the u.s.

colonus freud called his brother's death a lynching in politicians to do more floods in south china have killed dozens of people and many more are missing heavy rain has swept across 4 regions forcing nearly a quarter of a 1000000 people to abandon their homes and the leader of the spot amend is expected to be softening his caretaker president after the sudden death of. the government says he died of a heart attack with. a multiple mass graves have been discovered in the libyan city of tire huna and other areas recently retaken from forces loyal to warlord honey for half time libya's government of national accord says they contain the remains of government soldiers who had been taken prisoner to who know was last remaining stronghold in the west last week the g.n.a.t. recaptured the city and this comes as the united nations says both sides are fully engage in the latest round of ceasefire talks the u.n. support mission in libya says separate virtual meetings have been held with have

ties representatives and the internationally recognized government u.s. secretary of state michael bale has described the development as positive and called for speedy negotiations. back to the u.s. where an inquiry has been ordered in the state of georgia after its primary election was marred by technical glitches and accusations of voter suppression people queued for hours to cast their vote and some areas reported shortages of new voting machines has more. in the stifling heat and in the pouring rain they waited for hours to simply cast a vote even for state that has a long history of voter suppression and election issues this was a massive failure since 1130 what's up now it's $233.00 we're going on that 4 hour and we just hear this every single election cycle and there's constantly. voter suppression that's going on because we don't have enough polling locations and we don't have enough machines that are in certain neighborhoods georgia spent more

than $100000000.00 for new voting machines the voter said many of them just didn't work there were fewer polling places because of the coronavirus many who requested absentee ballots never received them and in some places they ran out of ballots the majority of the problem seemed to occur in cities and in places because large minority populations tend to vote democratic the republican secretary of state who runs the election didn't take any responsibility when these things arise civically one. it's just how these issues today your biggest failure. is not that you were doing. the local official did take responsibility but seemed confused as to how so many things went wrong in this is holding down the election this is going to be so ultimately our response. all i know is we invested $15000000.00 to have

a smooth election that's $5000000.00 more than we've ever invested in one election . there was also a larger than expected turnout in large part because. at the recent protests over police brutality we're going to see some changes this year that we would not have seen if people were out in the street and you should absolutely do if you can get in the street come to the polling place so i have 2 young sons 20 and 17 i make sure of me in georgia that is difficult and has the final votes were cast well after midnight it was not clear the state will do anything to make sure this doesn't happen again in november pedicle whom al-jazeera. the number of confirmed corona virus infections in the u.s. has now passed 2000000 but all 50 states have ease restrictions and are in the process of reopening and present donald trump has declared he may resume his physical rallies as early as next week thousands of new cases a so being confirmed every day and new hotspots continue to emerge across the

country nearly 113000 people have died after contracting covered 90. a group of parents from around the world have finally been able to collect their babies who were born to surrogate mothers in ukraine 125 babies were there after the country close its borders because of coronavirus child has a story. these couples have flown from around the world to key years to meet their babies for the 1st time ukraine has a thriving sorry good industry it's one of the few countries where it is legal for foreigners to pay a woman to carry the baby the. jews a coded 1000 border restrictions the babies were born and stuck in ukraine russia was named you know martian i was. almost 119 families have made requests for entry to the obvious woman of ukraine regarding 125 children 88 families got

permission and 31 families have already arrived meaning many months later they could finally meet. the parents came from a dozen countries including china the united states mexico and across europe andrea dia's flew in from argentina she had waited 3 months to see her baby maybe longer by a mandated 2 we quarantine on arrival in kiev week without go even outside 3 quarters if every female to our company shared and said she christer a share in happy marriage oh here's where you go to update it's a very good campaign and that the story unbelievable. this clinic biotech's com is the largest of ukraine's estimated 50 surrogacy operations. biotech's home drew attention in may when it published this video in an attempt to

reassure foreign parents that their babies would being cared for ukraine officials warn if border closures continue births may still outpace pick ups predicting the number of stranded babies could hit 1000. internees josé perez and flavia levering no managed to get into ukraine 71 day. after. they had tried for a baby for decades. the rich ever see on so much emotion we're talking and with thrilled we have a hard time keeping ourselves grounded. in to today not only seem so phone videos of men well look i said better we'll what was lost is lost we are going forward we've now got a lot of time to spend. now they make the long journey back to argentina as a family leaving behind the woman who gave birth to him and his 1st 2 months of life perilous and she's here. in brazil is now reporting more daily 1000

deaths in any country in the world as infections continue to rise this fight this sharp serve reopening in sao paulo and rio de janeiro nationwide 1274 deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours rain the total to more than $39000.00 by environmentalists in brazil are warning that criminals are taking advantage of the pandemic to clear large parts of the amazon rain forest despite a heightened military presence satellite images suggest the amount of forest lost his already higher than all the all of $2.00 to $21001.00 of the worst years on record and ice on the ramp for somebody. from the sky clear patches of land look like exposed wounds in the otherwise lush rain forest this video was filmed recently over the colombian amazon illegal roads reach ever deeper into the forests well fires clear the land making space for cattle raising agriculture in coca

fields. environmentalist are sounding the alarm they say drugs mafia illegal loggers and lone borders are taking advantage of colombia's coronavirus lock down to burn the forest in develop the land unhindered a new study shows the rate of deforestation. in the 1st 4 months of the year could be higher than that of the whole of 2019 in the us for. the context of this is land grabbing there is clearly a relationship between the deforested areas and big capitals interested in taking over these lands mostly forest reserves a digitas lands national parks the pandemic is helping but also the worsening security in these areas and the inability of forces is to blame. and the situation is even worse across the border in brazil where huge fires the strong had large swaths of the jungle last year since coming to office president. promise to open

the amazon to business enabling the raising of public land and empowering loggers and land hoarders. in april environmental minister. shocked many by saying that the pandemic was an opportunity to further reduce the forestation restrictions while attention was focused elsewhere. while both a matter of fired 3 senior officials for carrying out operations against illegal miners. this environmental official was attacked by illegal loggers in part state after a truck with timber was stopped us hackled and struck in the face with a glass bottle this is actually the main cancer of the 1st station in the amazon rain now is the. feeling of. we need to change that to be able to demonstrate that the government is aware of the big.

under pressure the brazilian government recently dispatched thousands of troops to the amazon to address the problem but only for a month critics fear it will not be enough to stop vested interests from exploiting a health crisis to destroy one of the most important environments in the world. italy's government has decided it's too soon dope an opera tourist from asia and the americas health minister says the virus is still spreading too fast in those regions italy has been loosening restrictions in a bid to revive the economy with traveling so most of europe already restored the hundreds of former passengers who were on board the ruby princess cruise ship are looking to sue its operator the vessel docked in australia in march and has been linked to hundreds of corner virus cases there the maritime union says this exposes

major flaws in the multi-billion dollar cruise ship industry and is calling for a complete overhaul taken against reports from sydney it's the subject of a criminal investigation a special inquiry and likely a legal battle $2700.00 passengers disembarked the ruby princess in sydney one week after the coronavirus pandemic was declared despite some passengers being seek it's since been linked to at least $22.00 deaths and hundreds of coded 19 cases marion williams appearance were on board and both ended up bedridden with the virus they claim they weren't told anything about health risks or the potential of being exposed luisa pursuing a class action on behalf of hundreds of passengers a very angry very angry that all i thought was that we paid a man in the work an opponent with it. nobody cared i don't believe health people

he cared about only weeks earlier it ceased to ship the diamond princess had been crippled by corvette 19 off the coast of japan the 1st of dozens of liners worldwide to become hotbeds for infections leaving thousands of passengers stuck on board for weeks the challenge i guess for the cruise industry would be to prove to its actual cut consumers and its potential consumers that i've addressed the health and safety concerns industry groups hope a new health measures being developed will help rebuild trust with the public and tickets are already selling for future cruises but history is maritime union says the pandemic has exposed broader issues in what it calls id regulated industry which wants vessels registered in australia ships are registered and they've. which are basically. going to take. regulatory evaluation.

some to. each siberian exploitation on to travel bans and social distancing measures are eased many cruise ships will remain drifting off different coasts a stroller is one of the largest markets for cruise companies and some operators are already planning to be back in the water by as early as september government officials here have warned people against booking tickets just yet one thing that is certain though the industry will look different once it does return gauge al-jazeera sitting in. program for the battle with the headlines on al-jazeera the brother of george floyd has testified at a congressional hearing looking at racial inequality and police violence in the u.s. felonious floyd called his brother's death a lynching and which politicians to do more. i'm here. to make it

stop stop the plane stop us. george called for help and he was ignored please listen to the crowd i'll make it to you now so the cause of our family and the calls ringing out the streets across the world people of all backgrounds genders and race have come together to demand change and it him and george make the necessary changes they make law enforcement the solution in portsmouth virginia protesters tore apart a monument to the u.s. confederacy. the statues of soldiers who fought to keep slavery were destroyed and spray painted with one falling on top of protesters angry demonstrators attacked the monument after 2 rights activists were arrested early in the day president trump says he

won't consider renaming u.s. military bases named after a confederate flag is drugs in south china have killed dozens of people and many more are missing heavy rain has swept across 4 regions forcing nearly 230000 people to abandon their homes the leader of the spot and is expected to be soreness caretaker president after the sudden death of care. the government says he died of a heart attack but many suspect it was covert 19 multiple mass graves have been discovered in the libyan city of tire horn and other areas recently retaken from forces loyal to warlords honey for have talked maybe a government of national courses they contain the remains of government soldiers who'd been taken prisoner who now was have tossed last remaining stronghold in the west last week they g.n.a.t. recaptured the city those are the headlines on al-jazeera have more news for you right after the story to stay with us. talk to older sara. let me ask you how worried you are about the increase in hostilities in yemen with listen this is the

moment to stop all the 30 action this is the moment to concentrate on fighting why did we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on the edges there are. high you're watching news stream my friend katie and this is how you get clocked having a fierce debate that parents about racism do you know how i actually know shut up now you shut your mouth from a noun because i actually work in the ghetto i see the people do you know why they're in that because there's see these people do you understand this systematic and historical reason for why they're in that position ok or only want to do is begin no yes there's no you can't people know most of them just want to suck off the system were do something bad like drugs or gangs and that's all they

do have been oppressed still have not been given the same opportunities you are you have.