ones when it comes to vaccinating their populations israel's own program has outpaced even the richest countries but that's only made just how much the palestinians have been left out of the process and i'll follow they've been left behind. heavy security as jury selection begins in the trial of the former policeman facing charges for his role in the deaths of georgia. hello i'm barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming out in myanmar protests continue against an increasingly brutal regime one senior official describes his dramatic escape fall when we 1st coup his corruption

convictions have been overturned but the political future of brazil's former president now rests in the hands of the country's supreme court plus stripped of immunity from prosecution catalonians former president and 2 other ministers now facing possible extradition to speak. a day later than planned the court in the u.s. has begun the process of choosing a jury in the trial of the former police officer charged with killing george floyd but the process has already run into difficulties george floyd died in may last year after a white police officer derrick chauvin knelt on his leg for nearly 9 minutes floyd's death prompted mass public protests and calls for racial justice the court has set aside some 3 weeks to choose the jurors but people have already shown too much knowledge of the case law

a court could cause more delays john hendren joins us now from minneapolis i mean having set aside 3 weeks for jury selection i guess tells you how complicated this process is going to be and this is right now so tell us what's happening at this early stage. well barbara both sides in this case are being very choosy about jurors most of them are being rejected for one reason or another the defense has 15 chances to just rejected her outright without giving a reason the prosecution has 90. just to do that and then they have to give reasons and they have been doing that one juror expressed concerns about his safety another expressed some anti police views so what we have in the 1st 3 jurors for example 2 of them were dismissed both of them hispanic and the 2nd juror was actually accepted on the jury

a person of color we are told we hear this from the pool producer in the reason for that is that everybody is being kept to their identities are being kept secret we're not seeing them on the pool cameras that are showing what's going on in that courtroom and the the race of the jury is important because of the racially charged nature of this case a white police officer derek show ven and a black a black person who was killed in that encounter george floyd of course and the defense is likely going to want to have people who have a sympathetic view toward the white police officer the prosecution it has been. you know it is in its interest people who might have some sympathy with a black man who has confronted police on a number of occasions in his life so the jury selection is very important here they need 12 jurors all to agree on

a conviction and that's why they've got 2 different charges 2nd degree murder and manslaughter and they're trying to add 3rd degree murder which is simply in between those 2 and there's a big difference in the sentences that could be given here at the could range from as little as few as 10 years to life imprisonment if it were 1st degree for 2nd degree the top i believe is 40 years so this case is is definitely moving very slowly they're using this 1st day of jury trial of jury selection very carefully and so far we've just had one juror who's been selected. yes i guess it's difficult to overestimate just how much attention this case is going to get and i guess not really just in the united states but across the world what would you say is at stake in this trial. with the george floyd case really rekindled energized the civil rights movement in the united states it really gave a kick start to black lives matter which has been

a an organization that had been around for quite some time but really crystallized around the george floyd killing or the george floyd def i should say because it's up to the court to determine whether he was indeed killed but the whole world is watching this case and you can bet that there will be a reaction we've seen some protesters here so far but just very small numbers because the case is so early in the trial really the testimony hasn't started and won't start we're told until march 29th well when that happens we expect large crowds to be here as they were in this summer when people were so upset over this incident that there was looting and arson and massive protests across the country and that's the concern what will happen if this officer is not convicted we don't know but we can expect a pretty major reaction across the u.s. john hendren with the latest from minneapolis where that jury selection has begun

john for the moment thank you. the u.s. says it's repulsed by the use of lethal force against protesters in me an hour this comes after hundreds of protesters were freed after being cornered by the military in young going for several hours an official from democratically elected leader and sons who party has become the latest person to die in military custody when than 60 people have died and nearly 2000 detained since the coup last month well a senior official from the team leader on sense and she's party has spoken to al jazeera about his dramatic escape from me and maher after last month's coup dr sassa has now been chosen as the special envoy for the committee representing the country's elected government for his safety dr sassa spoke with our diplomatic editor james bays from an undisclosed location. where myanmar's alexion was held in the campaign manager of cheese national league for democracy party was dr

saw so in an interview with al jazeera he tells me that when the will of the people was subverted by the military in a coup on the 1st of february he like other leading figures in the party feared for his life got up early morning of february we realized all our fault was that we can all made me cold. we realized that all televisions and every signal was that of course it was scary in the way because we don't know what's going to happen we don't know we'll be on time so it was a very tough i call my mom called me in evening and say are you dead or alive and start crying tell us how you got out of the country i know who she would text driver to have that kind of things and i was against taxi driver and you know it was tough it was tough and after that i end up

a motorbike and it was 2 times i lifted my motorbike and we got table as and the middle of freezer night in a few in my face i can a few in my hand i thought i would die of that situation because it was extreme situation after do we did 3 days and 3 nights and another lady free in a safe place. he tells me the military have underestimated the bravery and stamina of the young people of the country and he's now detecting signs the military may be splitting and so many police forces a rather well to do yours always report as some military officers have defected and . that shows too if you provide is what we are calling to international community to help our strategy to deliver for the people while he praised me on mars u.n. ambassador john. spoke out bravely against the coup last month and he's now going

to be working closely with him because dr saw saw has been named as the global envoy of the committee representing the democratically elected politicians of b.n. james out 0 of the united nations. after more than 3 years is a political outcast the man once hailed as the most popular politician on earth is poised for a comeback now brazil's former president will have to wait a little longer to see a fresh electoral hopes could receive a 2nd shot in the on the country's supreme court has suspended a vote on whether to throw out evidence against to lead the silver a day after overturning his corruption conviction his legal team says the original judge was not impartial and the court is reviewing case for its that verdict to block them from running for a 3rd term a past that is now open to him unless there is

a retrial he would likely become the leading rival against current president jalal scenario in next year's. the supreme court's decision centers on former judge said general who oversaw a little of the suv us trial and sentenced him to 12 years in prison monica yant to kiev and here there's an arrow has more for us. the court was divided as brazil is divided the supreme court has 5 judges to have said that that is a mortal who has not been in partial one of those 2 has said that this is the biggest judicial scandal in brazil's history to others say that he has been partial and the 5th judge says he's very new as the supreme court judge in need needs more time to read through the documents and vote but this does not change the fact that moola can now run for the presidency next year if he wants it's true that

he can be retried since this vote has not eliminated all the charges against him all the evidence so he will be able to be a candidate next year who may be replied this is something that will take time and some statute of limitations meet expire meanwhile so yes it is a comeback and more than that i think it will sort of vindicated because he has been saying all along that he has been a he has been he is a victim of persecution and now things are not that clear cut as they seem to be catalonia is former president and 2 of his former ministers have been stripped of immunity from prosecution catalyst for spain after the clearing the region independent in 2017 the group protection as members of the european parliament but they could now face extradition and jail time at home as living in baba reports the

going to be straightforward. it's a move that's rekindling the debate over the future of spain's catalonia region and its independence movements the results of the approaching session of monday d.h. mocks the european parliament has removed the immunity of colors which demands for a catalogue president and to associates all of whom have seats in the assembly they fled abroad in 2017 following an independence referendum and subsequent declaration of independence which the spanish government daily go it is a sad day for european parliament. we have lost our immunity but their opinion parliament has lost more than that. and as a result european democracy to. this is a clear case of political persecution. the decision could help madrid's bid to extradite the trio colors courage to mont tony come in and color ponce said he had been charged with sedition in spain to monton kamin are also accused of misusing

public funds but ponce 30 who's based in scotland told our jazeera they're confident of winning an appeal we will go guest. nothing really didn't do them justice because. news that these are both the go pers occasional asides. should not have believed that. they sometimes have babies don't go home and struck hopes that we were on the deal the 2017 independence referendum stoked major tensions between the spanish government and the leaders of catalonia an autonomous region of 7 and a half 1000000 people the bitterness of the debate has diminished since socialist prime minister peddle sanchez came to power in madrid in 2018. but in last month's regional elections separatist parties gained for additional seats in the catalan parliament they independently is parties who come from the right to attend the

collect so there are all kind of political opinions in their independent the inst party if they want the majority a couple in parliament told this process that we still have that balance fun in the whole meanwhile a belgian court recently rejected spain's request to extradite another former catalan cabinet member and it's far from clear how authorities here and in scotland will cooperate with madrid now the de bar but al jazeera. official results show the government won the parliamentary elections in ivory coast but the opposition is maintaining allegations of fraud the party of president. won more than half of the $254.00 seats up for grabs opposition groups took more than $100.00 including several contentious seats where protests were expected the president won another term in an equally contest the poll last year which still violence and the deaths

of more than $85.00 people. and then says the election ended as expected the last contentious. have been just a few minutes ago. by the election officials and the seats for you. so from indications now the governing party of president of the water as more than half the seats in parliament in fact the projections that the party has won 130 seats in parliament leaving the rest to the other political parties now. this is the official statement so far all the official stance and we expect a formal statement from the election commission. went about this so it's almost settled now. has been won and lost by the respective.

project. because last year when the opposition to the presidential elections. on its performance in subsequent elections and this is what is. right across i because. still to come on al-jazeera the debate heats up at the world trade organization over a vaccine pay since in a bid to get the pandemic under control and when the chips are down more on the global shortage of semiconductors and why 2 countries hold a virtual informal. looking a little unsettled into eastern parts of australia the moment with some lively shall is coming through here just popping off some sundry downpours lingering

across the eastern side of new south wales as we go on through the next couple of days so watch out for a submissive a storm sipped tensely large hail and some very heavy rain at times some heavy rain at times down towards adelaide into south australia further north the showers continue just around the top and over towards the pilbara we'll see some what's the weather also making us went to new zealand over the next what the state is like a wet one christchurch a $24.00 celsius it turns drier as you go on into thursday when the swing rounds are some of the directions and noticeably cooler and fresher around 17 degrees that rain just moves across the north island what's the weather as you can say will continue to set east inside of australia new south wales then seeing some very heavy rain and that could lead to some potential flooding not so much whether the full cost goes to pad at the moment we have got some showers longer spells right it's the central and eastern parts of china clear skies for much of japan but if that wintry mix there just pulling away as we go on through wednesday by thursday

it is fine and settled but by thursday what's the weather coming into eastern china and slowly pushing into the east china sea. but. it's one of the biggest clubs in south america. put its greatest rival is just a few blocks away. a mutual dislike between funds formed from a class divide sustained over generations. most wealthy jr supporters of opponents of these club colors. in an epic feud of rich versus poor the friends who make football on al-jazeera.

welcome back here's a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera a jury's been chosen for the trial of derek show vinda former american police officer accused of killing unarmed black man george floyd but jury selection has already run into difficulties with people to aware of the case the u.s. says it's repulsed by the use of lethal force against protesters in myanmar it comes after hundreds of protesters were freed after being cornered by the military and go on for several hours and the future of political hopes of brazil's former president lula da silva could get another boost as the supreme court votes on whether to throw out everything it's against the whole court overturned his corruption conviction and. now in a european 1st $10000000.00 doses of the russian sputnik the vaccine will be

produced in italy production is set to start in july with the order completed before the end of the year russia wants to expand production across more nations with deals made in spain france and germany it's further evidence of unhappiness with the slow progress of the joint european union vaccine purchase feed fewer than one in 10 italians have been given a jab at the sputnik vaccines not even being approved by european regulators. well meanwhile in the occupied west bank health workers are facing intense pressure in their fight against the coronavirus hospitals are so overwhelmed that they're turning coded 1000 patients away either uber him has the latest from lima. we're standing here in one of the main governments of the hospitals with 900 patients and the hospital officials have been telling us that they're turning away tens of patients every day who need medical attention we're here in front of the emergency room and we're seeing patients waiting for their turn to get inside this

hospital. staff told us that she is a priority when there's a vacancy they would move her immediately i know that they're doing their best given the circumstances it is in him the doctor told us she has to sleep in the hospital but we can't keep waiting in the corridor my mother in law is tired she's 92 years old people's concerns were confirmed by the palestinian prime minister says that the hospitals are very full occupancy even though the government has doubled the i.c.u. since the start of the pandemic he says that this is the government with one of those or and more. thing and wearing masks but people have been this up a spied with the government they say that not only did this government not compensate people for the consecutive closures over the past year but also some of the few 1000 arrived in the occupied west bank have been given to missiles and

their families which is raising a lot of concerns among people about the integrity of future vaccine for a lot of progress. a group of developing countries led by south africa and india says that intellectual property rights for corona virus drugs and vaccines should be temporarily waived they'll present their case at a 2 day summit focused on covert 1000 vaccination production arguing the transfer of knowledge to developing countries will ramp up manufacturing and save lives but it's a divisive idea drug companies have argued that waving peyton's will jeopardize investment and innovation making the world more vulnerable to other diseases but access to medicine activists point out that coven $1000.00 vaccine developers received about $10000000000.00 in public and nonprofit funding opponents say the 2001 doe had their collaboration already allows w t o member states to waive their ip rights without the license owner's consent in

extreme emergencies this followed a 3 year battle by south africa to remove peyton barriers for hiv aids and t. retroviral drugs but patient experts warn the procedure is lengthy complicated and would be met with political resistance brooke baker is a professor of law at northeastern university he says drug manufacturers are acting as a barrier to equitable vaccine axis. the truth of the matter is that people in low and middle income countries are being left far behind. the vaccine manufacturers maintain intellectual property rights in the form of peyton's and trade secrets manufacturing know how biological resources and they keep that secret recipe to themselves and although some efforts are made to expand supply we're really not mobilizing that capacity that exists globally to rapidly ramp up in your factures

so that people everywhere can be vaccinated so in the absence of company action in the act in the absence of equitable access in the face of massive. efforts by rich countries to run to the from the line the resulting effort by south africa and india to waive the intellectual property barriers that prevent technology transfer to other producers is completely understandable and should be supported by all countries. the u.s. house of representatives vote on the 1.9 trillion dollar code when they fail has been delayed until wednesday the democrat controlled chamber already passed one form of it before senators approved it with amendments that sent it back to the lower chamber which could let the president sign it into law later this week the plan from the biden white house includes a $1400.00 check for most americans and $14000000000.00 for vaccine the stripping should a white house correspondent kimberly hellcat says there is an urgency to passing

the bill. there are a number of things that could help american families that are struggling with not only will there be those direct payments of $1400.00 but for a family that going to mount to thousands of dollars but you have to remember given the fact that we've been in this pandemic now a year that what this will allow people to do is catch up but it won't allow them to get ahead and so that's going to be the next task for congress once this is signed into law is looking at some of the things they weren't able to accomplish like raising the federal minimum wage to $15.00 an hour and an infrastructure package that would create jobs and so this is badly needed but certainly this is going to help because a lot of these benefits that were in place run out on the 14th that's this week and so we expect that the u.s. president is eager to sign this we know that from his white house press secretary and we are expecting that there will be swift passage in congress there's going to be a tremendous sales pitch and there are

a number of reasons why 1st of all the u.s. president wants to boost morale so he'll be making a primetime address on thursday evening here in the united states to sell this plan to talk about the sacrifices that americans have made so far and what can they can expect in the future but there's another reason that he's doing this he was not able to unite democrats and republicans on this bill in fact it's being passed on party lines so it doesn't tick the box for uniting the country but what it does do is give them the opportunity to sell this to the american people and that's what we're going to hear from the president as he speaks on thursday. there's been a 2nd night of anti police protests in athens one police officer was seriously injured after clashes broke out during a demonstration in an athens suburb against police violence it was prompted by a video appearing to show a man being beaten by officers in the area and some police fired tear gas to disperse groups of mass protesters who broke away from the march and hurled petrol

golems rocks and other objects. the e.u. has sent an ambitious target to boost its production of computer microchips by the end of the decade china and the u.s. are also seeking to increase their output of global shortage of chips is hurting high tech industries from the makers of game consoles to cars the problem is highlighted the dominance over just to come trees bribe reports from seoul. between them south korea and taiwan have a near monopoly on the world's production of processing and memory chips it's a dominance in a strategic commodity that's been developing over years but now making itself felt as the world becomes increasingly technology driven but from here on out it's going to broader considerately to 8 ships with everything in sight or. it's not. your electric vehicle in your cars it's going to have

a retreat it's getting old like other car makers this general motors plant outside seoul has been experiencing delays because of a global shortage of chips it's been a wakeup call for many world leaders but the investment of time and money needed to become a chip maker means south korea and taiwan will maintain their lead for years to come it's a global shortage that's been made worse by the pandemic when car factories ramped up production again late last year it coincided with a surge in demand for consumer goods also needing chips and a move towards online activities requiring greater data processing that needs yes ever more chips frank wang is the founder of one of taiwan's chip manufacturers whose business has grown as the island has come to dominate the sector this is a burning portal with a one continual sub why

a bell in the porch opinion of the state and other your country on this so buying toys in the 2nd largest processor if we have a problem the war or have a problem it's this indispensable that what about right now taiwan's chips are also indispensable to mainland china providing it with the so-called silicon shield against beijing's expansion in the region but also raising the stakes in the increasing comp. tition between china and the u.s. semiconductor is strong i want is strong but it's becoming so strong and so we need to be careful so is the better to keep it neutral because if semiconductor or silicon shield you know distress is being used as a weapon while we're getting off it with what was the conflict between us and china and that is a dangerous. if you try to get it increased. grade. it

extra 3 washington type tried a conflict in competition south korea's and taiwanese production mastery of a tiny component that makes any potential conflict in east asia a matter of global concern rob mcbride al jazeera so. now the top stories on al-jazeera a jury is being chosen for the trial of former american police officer accused of killing an unarmed black man whose that's caused the widespread protests there and show then faces murder and manslaughter charges for the death of george floyd the minneapolis police officer was filmed with his knee on floyd's neck the jury selection has already run into difficulties with potential jurors having seen the video and the ongoing disagreement over the charges it could take 3 week.