you stupid countries. coronavirus look down iran people in power on a jersey. the us congress debates a bill designed to bring major reforms after weeks of protests against police brutality. hello i'm adrian finnegan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up airlines in turmoil layoffs and groundings worldwide but losses mounting as a result of the pandemic. saw the consolidating power russians take part in a referendum that could see the president stay in office for another decade. new zealand and australia announced as the joint hosts of the 2023 women's world cup.

it's been a month since the death of george floyd in custody and policing in the united states could be on the brink of a major change the house of representatives is debating a democratic legislation that reduces legal protections for offices and would make it easier to prosecute police it will also ban chokeholds and change the criteria for using lethal force. exactly one month ago george floyd spoke his final words i can't breathe and change the course of history since then here if it day americans from every walk of life and corner of the country have been marching protesting and demanding that this moment of national agony become one of a national action today with the georgia floyd just just in policing act the house

is honoring his life and the lives of all killed by police brutality and pledging never again on wednesday a republican bill on police reform was rejected democrats say the proposal just didn't go far enough floyd's death in may spot nationwide protests with demonstrators calling for changes to policing in the u.s. let's go live now to capitol hill to serious show how britain c. is there for a sort of what is in this bill what are the chances of it passing. the most notable elements of this bill all of the criminalization of chokeholds like the sort that we saw being used on george floyd an end to no knock warrants in drug cases that is the procedure whereby police police forces would just bust into people's houses unannounced there's also going to be a national registry of complaints and disciplinary action that's been taken against individual police officers right now we have such little transparency as to who is

actually wearing a police uniform in this country and as to that their record of disciplinary action and it will make it easier to sue individual police officers this is expected to pass easily in the coming hours in the house of representatives but then it's expected to go nowhere the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has already said he doesn't plan to bring this up for debate or a vote in the senate the republicans prefer in their bill that you mentioned which isn't mandating changes and reforms in police forces but strongly encouraging reform in police departments and that is something that the democrats feel is unacceptable as you mentioned on civil rights groups said was on acceptable so it really does look like it's for us congressional action on police reform goes that's it this will just be a stalemate in the coming months unless there is enormous public outcry for change in congress i don't fact much of the jurisdiction of a police forces does more at the local level anyway you know support level of the state level and we are seeing changes at that level to police forces and not just

this idea reforming of police service but actually off transforming our understanding of new orders so we're seeing city governments now diverting money away from police departments into other other mechanisms to deescalate problems in order to help public safety rather than simply crack down on people so we are seeing change but it looks like that's more going to be happening at the local level rather than the federal level al jazeera reporting live from capitol hill chad many thanks indeed. the shooting death of a 26 year old black woman is another case that sparking outrage in the u.s. briana taylor was shot and killed by police when officers broke into her house looking for drugs one of the officers has been fired but as mother says that that's not enough john hendren reports from louisville kentucky. for brianna taylor's mother the firing of one of the officers who took her daughter's life is a beginning in that song it's

a start. it's not justice. just as to mika palmer says requires criminal charges against all 3 officers who gunned briana down in her home as they searched for someone else in dismissing brett hankinson from the louisville police force on tuesday the city's police chief said i find your conduct a shock to the conscience i am alarmed in stunned you use deadly force in this fashion. i just think that. i think. brown i was soo of be so proud to see these people adi's different people all around the war are just different age groups everybody coming together and is standing for something the protests following on his death have led to changes louisville has outlawed no knock warrants required body cameras anytime a warrant is used and created a civilian review board it's going to take more to really deter officers from

engaging in this type of behavior so the conversation is to continue it needs to go much deeper and it needs to get to the root of why. certain officers can get away with with behavior exhibited and you know they cost brianna her her life the u.s. she says needs to admit that american style policing is not working and look to other countries for leadership it was after midnight when police came here and knock the door down with a battering ram briana taylor's boyfriend who had a gun license and says he thought the place was being invaded fired a shot police fired back 20 times into 3 apartments they say they came here because a drug suspect had used this address but by that time they'd already located him inside they found no drugs just be on his body. now across the street from city hall where louisville's leaders can always see them is

a permanent protest in brianna's name just an hour you knew she would do something great and. i though this isn't the way i would have wanted it to be. a still way inland it but. in the in definitely still be helping people so definitely sees change in a war change can come at an unimaginable cost a cost briana taylor's mother says no one else should ever have to pay john hendren al-jazeera louisville kentucky australia's largest airline quantas is laying off thousands of stuff as it tries to survive the global pandemic the airline says that it doesn't expect the nation's borders to open at least for tourists for the next for the coming year the close nicola gage reports. right now qantas is meant to be celebrating its 100th anniversary instead it's dealing with the biggest cross' in

its history the israeli international airline has fired 6000 stuff and another 15000 workers will stay on leave the moments this crisis are still hit those ferry ferry. and the impact will be felt for a long time particularly i'm sorry to say the impact on our people. with borders closed and flights grounded quantas says the ongoing collapsing global air travel left it no choice but to cut 20 percent of its workforce it's a huge setback for the aviation industry $100.00 planes will be grounded for at least a year with a stroller as international borders predicted to remain closed the tourists potentially into next year to be not english just next financial year july next year we may start seeing some international services and on against a 50 percent union groups have strongly criticized the cuts quantas officials hope

to save $10000000000.00 over 3 years a lot of guard might remember the restructuring and change the culture because it's a sea alliance or a job enough to see the opportunities that this will bring it will survive and flourish into the future the losses come after his trial his 2nd largest airline virgin was placed into what's called voluntary administration in april after it failed to repay billions in d.h. and is happening while unemployment levels are rising because of the pandemic quantas is decision is a signal that the pain from this global health crisis won't be over any time soon nicola gage al-jazeera camera germany's lufthansa has secured a $10000000000.00 government rescue package the airlines top shareholders voted to back the deal it will mean that the government takes a 20 percent stake with tons of also secured

a deal with cabin crew to cut hundreds of millions of dollars in spending within 3 years while avoiding layoffs. pakistan international airlines has grounded a 3rd of its pilots $150.00 of them after an investigation found they cheated to get their licenses the inquiry found that out of a total of $860.00 pilots in the country 262 had someone else sit for their exams and a further 82 were either under qualified or force the suits if it gets the ford came to life after an investigation into a plane crash in may which killed 97 people were the memory findings say that crash was caused by human error come all haida reports now from islamabad. in speech one . gate of the national one the right of the country did gain many. a robot. but if you're going to be in competency as going to ideation i just did. a double drop big

drop with coming in for a landing in game. over short run rate ok we did were discovered dead to find. the same thing happening. did you mention and so do rebekah take given preventive measures deborah need to be deep didn't want to read your piece to ensure their flight 50 and older begin agent before your and of course this in flight even though it will be aborted to be ready to come in does something or not because even in the box they've been several in whitey the no action and been day can go all night now on the government to see where did. this. at least 83 people have been killed by lightning as heavy monsoon storm sweep swept india's northeastern states most of the victims are believed to be farm workers who were outside of the

hostilities others were injured the strong wind and rain felled trees and electricity poles officials warn the death toll is likely to rise. we'll take a weather break next here on al-jazeera then ending a dangerous viral outbreak health officials of the democratic republic of congo announce a significant step in the fight against it. and back on the streets of lebanon protesters are fed up and demanding that the government tackles the economic crisis there. are. plenty of hot sunshine as usual across the middle east little more cloud into southern parts of a monument just catch a little bit of drizzly rain coming up here as we go on through the next couple days but essentially by and large it does that dry right across the region might

catch a shower or 2 into northern parts of turkey but even here not too much to speak of winds have been on the bright side in recent days here around the gulf still a brisk wind as we go on into friday as we go on into sashed i hope this we go through the day those winds started to ease back temperatures at around 41 celsius 20 house enough i'm sure you'll agree plenty of hot sunshine too across much of north africa you can see the seasonal rains showers rolling off the ethiopian highlands pushing across the heart of africa south sudan seeing some showers central african republic current bonnell seeing showers southern parts nigeria also looking rather disturbed over the next day or so and those shows extend they way back across sierra leone through liberia pushing up a little further north as well even southern parts of mali even to mauritania could catch a shower or 2 over the next day the wettest weather will be around the gulf of guinea southern areas of nigeria in for some very heavy rain on saturday with the possibility of some flooding.

frank assessments tourism but the income stream is dead in the water what's been the result in poaching a lot quite significantly informed opinions there has been a very aggressive political rhetoric that has become very normal and it really is citing in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines it's time for new policy needs to stay on the street they cannot all be seen to grady but he read to me this is the really deep over all continues inside story on al-jazeera.

again this is al jazeera let's take a moment revenge of the main news this hour the u.s. house of representatives is debating a police reform bill in the wake of widespread protests the legislation aims to stop police misconduct and addresses issues like the use of chokehold as straightly as largest airline kwanten says cutting $6000.00 staff to try to reduce costs during the pandemic it comes as germany's move tons are secured a couple of deal for $10000000000.00 bailout. pakistan international airlines as proud of moving a 3rd of its pilots 150 of them because they cheated to get their licenses was discovered during the best occasion into a crash in may which killed 97 people. the 2nd largest a bowl outbreak on record is over after nearly 2 years and more than 2000 deaths the outbreak began in the eastern democratic republic of congo in 2018 health workers initially struggled to gain access to the hotspots in the region but the

announcement doesn't mean that it's been stopped completely a separate outbreak has flared up on the other side of the country. puts it on compared to previous debate a mix this one with the longest most complex than deadliest. eat as we declared the end of this tense epidemic our country is facing the 11th which has declared itself them but in that car in the quad to prevent since may 31st 2020. more now from our series catherine sawyer who's following developments from nairobi. this is a very victorious day for health workers who've been battling this disease in the interest of the country a since 2018 when the outbreak was declared dead in i rejoined that is a wrought with conflict with armed groups that have been attacking house wicca's since the start of this all great attacking civilians as well so this is a great joy for a lot of the health workers i work in b.r.

see just last in the year before and they was just struggling to get people to trust them and to help them and now they're saying it has been such a long journey and as you mentioned it's not the yank yet this outbreak this new outbreak was that has been declared in an area called bundaberg in the west of the country now but that caused about a 1000 kilometers from the east where a boy had been declared over by and the minister of health in a press conference earlier this afternoon say now the biggest problem in that region is logistics some of these villages where people up in effect important people 13 people so far have died and about 24 have been confirmed to have it all or so he was saying that the biggest problem is logistics some of the villages where the people of most affected are quite far away the roads are bad so health was a having a difficult challenge just challenge just getting to those people who are affected

. lebanon's president has warned that there's an atmosphere of civil war in the country and shiloh one was addressing a bashful dialogue on the long winding economic crisis but the opposition boycotted the meeting at the same time people have been protesting again saying that they're fed up with widespread poverty and sectarian tension so in the reports. this meeting was supposed to be about national unity but an opposition boycott showed the deep divisions in a country on the verge of financial collapse lebanon's president michel aoun was hoping to resolve a political impasse that has led to violent protests that turned sectarian. i was hoping this gathering will be the beginning of a board a national effort whereby your committee will be formed between coordinate with the political factions the legitimate demands of protesters and civil society a waste of time is how the really pro west opposition described the gathering they believe their one time partners who belong to the iranian syrian camp want cover as

they seek financial assistance from the international community. it's just a photo opportunity and nothing more they want to show a united face we are not obliged to take part as. those who lost faith in politicians across the divide were in the streets they have been calling for new leadership to deal with an unprecedented economic crisis the local currency has lost 75 percent of its value on the black market since october we gave you the chance to reply to the people i mean an independent government. our situation now is much worse the government came to power in february after the previous one resigned after months of protests little has changed since the government they call itself in the pan and but it has bowed to pressure from political parties that appointed it it doesn't have support. the arab world and the

united states and the west in general says much needed reforms to fit state corruption and waste are needed before it decides to work with. civil society groups have been trying to push out the political class they blame for corruption and running the economy into the ground are now reaching out to the international community the challenges. we have lost almost our relationships we need to take. out the transparent elections. it hasn't been an easy fight those in power are refusing to cede control but their invitation to dialogue is seen as an indication that they can't govern alone. russians are heading to the polls this week in

a weeklong vote that's expected to pave the way for president vladimir putin to remain in charge until 2036 the referendum will be the nation's biggest constitutional level whole since the end of the soviet union and there are reports that employees of the states are being pressured to vote in favor. of ports during the day in a day for a russian state funded institution to have free time is now spent protesting against the state's latest attempt to preserve putin's power for another 2 terms with opposition demonstrations band stickers the only way to voice her anger at being told by her employer is exactly where and when to vote. i think it wasn't our management's initiative they received the orders from above and it must have been done to make sure people don't participate in exit polls and there are no election observers to make sure no one could observe the voting and to make it more difficult on cover regularities she is up against

a vost machine the kremlin launched a widespread advertising campaign appealing to pensioners parents and patriots the $200.00 amendments to the constitution include promises on pensions health care and the minimum wage as well as allowing the current president to seek reelection after his final term ends in 2024 and guaranteeing immunity to former presidents but a yes or no vote on the entire package is the only option available. was part of the working group brought together by president putin to draft the proposed reforms if you like the law as it meet that the current president has already been elected to the highest state post several times there is no reset the rest just a special provision in the text of the constitution that allows the current president to run for the next presidential election this provision largely guarantees that the state's policy will not be radically changed after 2024 but the

vote is largely symbolic the changes have already been passed by russia's parliament still critics say putin wants the people to give his plan the veneer of a ditch in the sea put in wants to be supported by people as a dictator the system situation for any kind of dictatorships such a direct direct line direct connection between the autocrats and the people are simply personal source. there often is the nationwide vote could increase the spread of coronavirus in a country that is still recording of a $7000.00 new infections a day a ban on public events led to the arrest of hundreds of protest as even one person with a package is considered a contravention but the ban does not apply to any event organized by the kremlin that the need for urgency on this vote is unclear charlie and al-jazeera maria lipman is a serious sosias of the institute for european russian and eurasian studies at

george washington university she says the putin is trying to legitimize the changes he wants by calling this popular vote there is no viable opposition to speak of certainly not at this moment what it has been seen in russia or as a leader of the alternative almost ever since he became president the kremlin has worked very hard on this image and successfully so right now putin is not threatened by any challenger public opinion in russia or is not as positive about him as it used to be but he is still regarded as by far the most popular and the most broadly supported political figure whether he is he has been to sit they sions whether he is gone certain about the future when his popularity will continue to decline is anybody's guess indeed since popularity his approval rating has gone down but it still remains at a high enough level in the what is more important nobody else's rating has gone up

significantly and there is no anti put in consolidation in the country so if he has fears about his stature about his doubters leader of the alternative it has to do with something that goes on in his mind his approach and probably his expectations about the future. the korean war broke out 17 years ago and it's never officially ended. this commemoration ceremony took place in show while in south korea the region changed hands several times and is the size of several battles after the honestest it was split between the 2 sides of the u.s. president is also marked the anniversary at a ceremony in washington the united states for so long side the south's forces during the war in the night in the fifty's a joint bid from australia and new zealand as one the rights to host the 2023

women's world cup they beat colombia at a vote held by football's governing body fifo it'll be the 1st time the top it's been hosted in the southern hemisphere event as also being expanded to include $32.00 countries brazil and japan are both pulled out of the bidding race due to the financial impact of the coronavirus defeat the council has already decided that as of 2023 years of the world cup 2023. there will be $32.00 national teams participating instead of $24.00 so it will become even more global and having a much bigger political impact on the development of women's football. i was a sports correspondent andy richardson is with us now to tell us more what's this bit apart from that of columbia it's an interesting one because we've got a complete splits of the vote 22 votes in the council going to the colombia vote 13

going to colombia and most of those 13 coming from from europe who see this as an events the women's world cup as they said a developmental events whereby they should be pushing the sport into a country which needs a lot of help in developing the women's game i think a lot within the women's game found that quite patronising and even though it's going to australia new zealand for the 1st time into the southern hemisphere for the 1st time that is a country which is much better sets up to host the tournament like this at the moment and within the the atmosphere at the moment with coronavirus i know it's 2023 but i get the impression that fifa thought this is the safe bet to go forward how important is the women's world cup to women's football i mean it's huge. unlike the men's game where club football in the european champions league for example is so important for the women's game international football is everything and i think even more so now the world cup than the olympics used to be that the

olympics which for the men's olympic is only on the $23.00 of and it was always a senior event for the women's game but i think the world cup now is that much more important i was covering the 2015 events in canada which was a real breakthrough at the time there were huge crowds. and the event itself got beyond that point of people focusing on sort of human interest stories and just started folks are going to being a top level sporting events and then we have $29.00 seen in france last year a 1000000 fans going through the gates global t.v. audience is in excess of $1000000000.00 and of course the u.s. women's team of become superstars they are not just amazing on the pitch they've become politically outspoken they've been fighting for equal pay alongside the u.s. men's team so. platform not global stage is hugely important we mentioned the brazil of japan withdrew their bids because of. the impact of the pandemic on the football finances what impact has the pandemic had on the women's game it's

been pretty devastating and i think this again is why the 2023 world cup is seen as being so important not just the event itself but to get the qualifiers going again we've seen this huge effort within the men's game to get players back on the pitch . because of the money at stake and that money is not at stake for the women's leagues as a consequence in europe for example. we've only seen the german league get back playing where is every other major european women's competition has been cancelled and i think we're talking the 5th pro which is effectively that the players union for all players and they said we just want to be absolutely clear that women deserve the same rights as men when it comes to access to testing and access to good quality training facilities and facilities when they go to a major tournament we've got about 20 seconds and the before you go one of the premier league in england could be decided in the next few hours it really could if

manchester city do not beat chelsea again coming up in a couple of hours' time then liverpool will win the premier league title and that is the 1st time that has happened in 30 years time for the last time the one it was $990.00 was actually at the game al-jazeera sports correspondent andy richardson many thanks indeed. it is good to have you with us hello adrian figure here doha the headlines on al-jazeera the u.s. house of representatives is debating a police reform bill in the wake of widespread protests the legislation aims to stop police misconduct and addresses issues like the use of chokeholds. exactly one month ago george floyd spoke his final words i can't breathe and change the course of history since then here if it day americans from every walk of life and corner of the country have been marking protesting and demanding that this

moment of national agony become one of national action today with the georgia boy just just in policing act the house is honoring his life and the lives of all killed by police brutality and pledging never again germany's lufthansa has secured a $10000000000.00 government rescue package the airlines shareholders of those at the back the deal it will mean the government taking a 20 percent stake lufthansa also secured a deal with a cabin crew union to cut hundreds of millions of dollars in spending within 3 years while avoiding layoffs meanwhile australia's largest airline quantas is cutting $6000.00 staff in order to reduce costs during the pandemic the company says that it needs to reduce costs by billions of dollars over the next 3 years pakistan international airlines has grounded more than a 3rd of its pilots that's $150.00 of them because they cheated to get their

licenses it was discovered during an investigation into a crash in may which was killed which killed $97.00 people the 2nd largest to bowl outbreak on record is over to nearly 2 years and more than 2000 deaths it began in the eastern democratic recall republic of congo in 2018 but the virus hasn't been stopped completely the separate outbreaks flaring up on the other side of the country. but a joint bid from australia and new zealand has won the rights to host the 2023 women's world cup they beat colombia in a vote held by a football's governing body fifa it'll be the 1st time the tournament has been hosted in the southern hemisphere. those are the headlines on al-jazeera will have more news for you. but it and today's inside story.

he's the longest serving russian leader since joseph stalin but a lot of the putin wants to stay in power even longer a referendum on the constitution would almost call it extend his rule so how will this shape the future of russia this is inside still. hello welcome to the program and it's made. me a putin was 1st elected as russia's president in 2020 years later he's still ahead he served longer than any.