one of the biggest non-nuclear explosions in history shone a light on a nation already in economic and political freefall people in power travels across the country to find out what's next for the trouble states lebannon the state to collapse on a just you know. in the same way they don't do that because he's been on that. jury selection begins to try a white former police officer for the killing of george floyd in a painstaking process that may take weeks. i'm about this and this is all it is a real life from doha also coming up the f.b.i. releases new video of a suspect planting bombs the day before the capital riot and offers $100000.00

reward for tips that could lead to an arrest. we don't know. played. a senior official from me and martell's al-jazeera about his dramatic escape following the military coup plus. these cherry orchard may look innocent enough but they're part of a mounting debate here in chile over chinese investment and possible control over this country's most important and strategic industries. 3 jury members have been selected so far for the trial of a white policeman accused of killing george floyd. he was on top. so he doesn't. take the time to. lloyd died in may last year during

a worldwide protests fall minneapolis office said over his face and charges of 2nd degree murder and manslaughter the courts set aside 3 weeks to choosing the judas john hendren has more from minneapolis. on day one of jury selection in the case of the former police officer accused of murdering george floyd the court picked 3 jurors one a white chemist a man from minneapolis another is a white man who works as an auditor and says he's got a friend who's a police officer and he's got a relatively negative view of black lives matter the 3rd is a woman of color who says her uncle is a police officer and all 3 said that they felt they could judge the case fairly race is particularly important in this case of a white police officer accused of killing a black man in a racially charged incident that was videotaped by bystanders and went viral that video sent protesters into the streets across the united states and set off riots

here in minneapolis and elsewhere it's rare that a police officer is charged with murder and rape were still that one is convicted in the concern here in minneapolis is that if derrick chauvin is found not guilty of these charges that those riots that began on may 25th when george floyd was killed could begin a new that's why security is heavy around the courthouse with high barricades or wrecked it around it national guard and police inside and very few people allowed inside that courtroom now ultimately the judge needs to pick 12 jurors and at least 2 alternates in order to start the trial but with 3 jurors being picked on the 1st day of jury selection they are on pace to begin as scheduled on marched. ok ivan bates is joining us live on skype from baltimore maryland he's a criminal defense attorney and a former baltimore maryland prosecutor it's good to have you with us and al jazeera

thank you very much indeed given the fact that there has been so much publicity about this case is there a way of constructing the trial to make it as the people to be as confident as possible that it is going to be done fairly or as i want to say thank you for having me and yes there is a way when you're looking for jurors you're looking for a big shows that will listen. and based on the evidence that they will deliver a heard of guilty or not guilty beyond a reasonable doubt they can only focus on the evidence that's presented to them and they must bring their life experiences into the court however they have to follow the law but that is going to be very difficult isn't it because as john hendren was just telling is there of course that the clip of the arrest of george floyd went viral they must be very difficult to find people to sit in that jury who have not

seen that clip and have not seen the subsequent protests and riots that happened in the streets and not form some sort of opinion about that. well exactly that's the concern however that's the job defense attorney the defense attorney needs to be able to articulate their defense was after services so far was he participating and doing the things that he was trained to do was that how he was trying was he carrying out his job this role as he was trained to do and that's the case and that's the best you know one of the things they say some time ago police leeson some time is approved however what we said is that the defense were they going to say that mr floyd was obvious system in a way that we could sour however he was able to tell there's so many opportunities for them to you would back the video far most of us but there's only one opportunity to see what the defense to have this story and get that across clearly of course that are whiter overtones about this case the issue of race and in

america and particularly in relation to the police by holding the case locally is it is that the best way for people to feel confident in the eventual outcome in terms of the racial issues in america or should there be an independent court outside the locality to be able to look at this well you know one of the things makes america great countries that work in the judicial system you have the opportunity to be judged by their peers with your 2 units if they take the case outside of minneapolis minnesota then you're not judged by your peers these are the individuals that live in those neighborhoods understand the police officers these are the individuals understand the racial issues of their own city their their lives because we're best equipped to be able to judge this case say guilty or not guilty. but again you are bringing local prosecutors

up against in a case involving local police officers and again as john was just mentioning in his his piece earlier on it is rare for a police officer to be charged with murder there's going to be a lot of suspicion about the way that the prosecution is bringing its case and also of course the way that subsequently the defense may handle it well that's that's sure however i think this is that you dish the system that we have had a mare and it's going to be interesting as here that most of what you asked me would be latent supports experts that the defense and the prosecution what are those of the experts that will say this police officer did their job this is how they were trained or this police officer to be able to do his job or look at this training it would be that simple and to me based on that testimony and based on that video i think they're opiate not to say guilty or not guilty beyond a reasonable doubt ivan bates we appreciate you joining us on al-jazeera we

appreciate your expertise in this thank you very much indeed thank you have. well the f.b.i. has released a new security footage of a suspect they believe planted 2 explosives outside the headquarters of the democratic and republican parties in january the f.b.i. says 2 pipe bombs were placed behind the r. and c. headquarters the night before the u.s. capitol hill riot they were discovered and defused the following day award for information leading to the arrest of the suspect stands at $100000.00 alan fisher has more from washington d.c. . first time i've seen this video it comes from buildings near the democratic national headquarters and also the republican national headquarters so obviously the f.b.i. have had this for a while one of the 1st things they would have done was check the video you can't tell if it's a man or a woman you can't see a face but they do have distinctive brand name where the f.b.i.

are hoping that someone might be able to identify that or perhaps even the gate that the suspects use no they're also saying look think about january this year was anyone near you buying a couple of backpacks did they express any interest in how would you build a bomb that even go to a hardware store and pick up piping with that be considered unusual all of this as far as the f.b.i. is concerned it could be important now you remember that these 2 devices were found around 1 pm on january the 6th that was just before a big crowd moved towards capitol hill to try and contest the results of the presidential election many people thought at the time that this was a decoys plant that those devices which were attached to timers would go off and detract resources away from capitol hill therefore making it much easier for the crowd to sweep into the building which was of course endorsing the electoral college results but also this video tells us what the f.b.i.

doesn't know and that is that they would have gotten forensic of the backpacks they would have been able to perhaps get d.n.a. maybe even fingerprints but 2 months on that has led them nowhere. the u.s. state department says it's repulsed by the me and more military's use of lethal force against protesters. it's urging the army to exercise maximum restraint dozens of protesters have been already been killed hundreds of demonstrators were trapped in a late night standoff with security forces in young guns such song from district over on monday and tuesday they have not been allowed to go home. a senior official from detained leader aung san suu cheese party has spoken to all of his era about his dramatic escape from me and after last month's coup. has now been chosen as the special envoy of the committee representing the elected government for his safety

spoke to our diplomatic editor james bass from an undisclosed location. when myanmar's election was held in november the campaign manager for unsung soon cheese national league for democracy party was thought to saw some 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 we wake up early morning of february and we realize that all our phones that we cannot make any call. we're lies there 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 are dying so it was a very dark i call my mom called me and even and say are you dead or alive and says that crying tell us how you got out of the country and that was 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 had a motorbike and it was 2 times i lifted my motorbike and we got tape as. and the middle of freezer night i can of feel it in my face i can of you know my hand i thought i would die of that situation because it was extreme situation after do we did 3 days and 3 nights in our lead if we 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 are rather well today also we have to report as some military officer have defected and. that shows to us if you provide us where we are calling to international community to help our strategy to

deliver for the people of myanmar he praised me on mars u.n. ambassador john moore to and you know he spoke out bravely against the coup last month and he's now going to be working closely with him because dr sour saw has been named as the global envoy of the committee representing the democratically elected politicians of myanmar james pays out 0 at the united nations and brazil supreme court said turned a decision on throwing out more evidence against former presidents lewis in the thrill of the silver the decision goes his way little. receive another boost after a judge overturned his conviction for corruption on monday the verdict blocks the left wing leader from running for the 3rd time a path that's not open to him unless there's a retrial he would likely become the leading rival against far right populist president's job in next year's election. it

was a catastrophic administration of the workers' party government i think the brazilian people don't even want a candidate like that in 2022 before we even think about his possible elections you can see that the stock market went down and on the u.s. dollar went sky high we all suffered with this decision i hope that the supreme court grieved reestablishes what was judged monica you not have has more from. so the court has now the 5 members on this trial what they were deciding today was whether judge send him or totally who was the judge that led the whole investigation in the carwash scandal which ultimately result resulted in the impeachment of former president bill maher has said and the charges and a big charged with corruption and convicted and in prison well they were deciding whether he had a political agenda of his own or he wasn't an impartial judge as he said he was and

the court was split it was the 2 people that he was in partial to people said he was not and the 5th judge said he needed some time to make up provoke you can see just arriving here and not read the whole history of as he was saying of all these twists judicial twists going back and forth which plunged a little of from being an extremely popular one of brazil's most popular presidents into being a convicted felon and now into being a person that had to give his conviction overturned so that doesn't mean he can be retried but what he can do now is run for president in next year's election still ahead and i'll just sit on a company down and under age the challenge vast numbers of migrant children trying to enter the u.s. by its southern border. ivory coast election

results are written with some of them promises for healing and reconciliation. however it got some rather stormy weather in the forecast for western parts of the u.s. the central and eastern areas it's lost a fight and rob this base and places of cloud here last in the area of high pressure keeping it quiet across the eastern seaboard the least for the time bama drawing up warm southerly winds and those temperatures getting up to 19 celsius in minneapolis saddle change as we go through the next day or so succumb wet and stay temperatures struggling to get to around 7 celsius and that cool air grassy making is where little further race was but a plume of warmth across cities and side of the country to be enjoyed let's see what's going on over towards the west we got some stormy weather race late and snow

something of a a wintry storm filtering in here as you go on through wednesday and into thursday some heavy snowfall for some and certainly some pavey right all the way down into well northern parts of mexico actually pushing lads' type of tools nebraska will see some snow coming through here just spilling off the mountain states some wetter weather over towards the lakes and then law continues to make its way further east was full thursday with some very heavy rain just coming in across the central plains more snow just around the mountain states over towards the rockies further race with this woman try temperatures a respectable 22 celsius in d.c. . make a change. change your life or the path of a country challenge the access to truth you want to create something you push to break it continually mold to turn the status quo and fight injustice down all month

. just to. witness personal documentaries that don't turn out the section on al-jazeera. you want to go to 0 a reminder of our top stories this hour 3 jury members have been selected so far in the trial of a white policeman accused of killing george floyd former minneapolis officer is facing charges of 2nd degree murder and manslaughter in. the u.s. state department says it's repulsed by the me and ma militaries increasing the use

of lethal force against protesters dozens of people have been killed since the coup on february the 1st. the f.b.i. is really security footage of a suspect they believe planted 2 explosives outside the headquarters of the democratic and republican parties the night before the u.s. capitol hill riot a $100000.00 reward is being offered for information. the governor of texas has ordered hundreds of national guard troops to the southern u.s. border with mexico when responds to a surge in migrants trying to cross among those seeking to enter the united states thousands of central american children traveling without parents and that supposing the challenge for the biden administration i did jocasta reports. u.s. border patrol agents encountered more than $19000.00 unaccompanied migrant children at the border this fiscal year a number on pace to vastly surpass previous surges the miners made the arduous

journey from central america without a parent arriving after president joe biden reopened the border to them we felt it was the most humane approach to addressing whatever very difficult circumstances in the region and that means there are more children kids under the age of 18 of course coming across the border the border patrol encountered $78000.00 migrants in january a leap from former president donald trump's final months in office and the highest january total in a decade on tuesday the republican governor of texas announced a surge of state police and national guard troops in response to the worsening situation there is a crisis on the texas border right now with the overwhelming number of people who are coming across the border this crisis as a result of president biden's open border policies the biden administration says the border is still closed to the majority of migrants the few who are allowed in officials say are the unaccompanied children and the asylum seekers who had already

been waiting in line in mexico for 2 years these families will live freely in the us until an immigration judge decides whether they can stay but the children who arrived alone are detained inside border patrol holding cells for days or weeks in violation of a court order as they wait for shelter space that's nearing 100 percent capacity the government has cancelled pandemic restrictions of the shelters to fit more children who live here for more weeks until they are placed with u.s. sponsors we're definitely seeing an uptick in numbers but we're also seeing that the administration is very conscious of it and is working very quickly to put resources into place to handle future flows. progressive's urged the white house to improve the conditions of detained children while conservatives accuse biden of inviting a run on the border meanwhile pandemic related poverty in central america is driving more people to leave putting more pressure on biden and on the u.s.

border. castro al-jazeera washington the united arab emirates is appearing sanctions on the government of syria's bashar al assad to be lifted the u.a.e. is foreign minister says the pressure campaign is making efforts to settle the conflict more difficult the u.s. has imposed economic penalties and osce and and other officials in damascus for war crimes against the syrian people they are not a minister says he also wants syria to be allowed to buy into the 22 member league of arab states. to keep the seasonal as it is will make things harder and not only for us as countries but also for the private sector this has to be a part of the dialogue where we are speaking clearly about it with our friends in the united states of america it is very important for syria to return to its role in the arab league no doubt that this needs huge if it differently from the syrian side as well and it needs huge effort from our colleagues from the arab league of

ivory coast's ruling parties retained its majority in parliament winning 137 of the 254 seats up for grabs reactions to the results are so far peaceful in a country with a history of post-election violence on a dangerous reports from abidjan. michel bo'sun now former ivorian president laurent gbagbo savors a whim of a city cabinet minister he supporters static about the victory. aware of the tensions in the land michel one of the new faces in parliament says it's time the country heals. we're going to work on reconciliation in the return of ivorians in exile including my father that way democracy in our country will be strengthened. reassuring words for citizens who feel the worse the opposition had hoped for better results but given the lost his position the

election some of us say the coalition performed better than expected. anyone not satisfied with the provisional results can go to the court in the next 72 hours the result of the election gives president alassane ouattara and the ruling r h d p party total dominance of ivory coast politics. the opposition as a monolith party that based at lex national spirit as it's clear we have won the parliamentary majority we set out to achieve. election observers called the process to respond wrote despite incidents recorded in some parts of the country but this is really. bad to do. the. election. claims and counterclaims a victory by the leading political parties nearly price the country into another

round of violence businesses here in become a couple to remain open during and after the announcement many here say the country is pulled back from the brink of another round of post-election violence but he also warned what political leaders say or do in the next few days will determine what happens next. the results will now go to the constitutional court to decide in 3 days either to reject or validate the outcome comedy trees. brazil has recorded its highest number of deaths from corona virus in a single day nearly 2000 were registered on tuesday the country has now reached a total of 11200000 infections brazil is facing its worst phase of the pandemic yet pushing its hospital system to the brink of collapse. chinese state owned companies are gaining a bigger foothold in chile operations are extracting billions of dollars of

resources and some politicians are suggesting ways to stop them america to see a new human reports from somebody. from the $1000000000.00 acquisition of one of the world's largest salmon companies to the purchase of copper and lithium mines to wineries and fruit fields. china has set its sights on chile it may be a small country but it has a very long and strategic pacific coastline and lots of resources that the agent giant needs but that's not the only attraction the most important thing for china is. window shop in. their region. to say. you know here we are in. america but while chile's economic growth a great deal to china members of congress are warning of an aggressive investment offensive not from private capital but from the chinese state yes you're not me or

not if you don't regulate the participation of reforms light in your economy that economy could be nationalized not by our own country but rather by a foreign state that's why we've presented a bipartisan bill to level the playing field for everyone because we're facing an offensive by the chinese side the wants to take over strategic sectors of the economy the congressman has called drafted a proposal that seeks to regulate farm state ownership in strategic and geopolitical sectors of the economy on the top of his list is the chinese state's majority control of electricity distribution in chile cherry orchard like the one you see here may not seem to fit that description but chinese companies are increasingly buying more and more agricultural land like this far. to produce one of chile's prime exports fruit especially cherries and that's raising concerns that

china may be moving towards producing packing and exporting its own fruit eventual eliminating the chilean entrepreneur altogether. 6 weeks ago at the height of peak season $1000000000.00 cherry exports to china ground to an abrupt halt. it's very suspicious exactly when we started buying this bill in congress the social networks in china who are controlled by the slight began denouncing that are cherries had traces of coke at 19. chiles foreign ministry refuses to entertain the notion of foul play at least publicly but never at all is not alone in suspecting that china was sending a veiled message that there's a high price to pay if chile decides to limit china's economic influence. al-jazeera. france's foreign minister is appealing for calm after a 2nd night of police protests in athens dozens of people have been rallying after

a video about social media of officers beating a young man who was allegedly breaking social distancing of the one police officer was injured in tuesday after he was attacked by protesters demonstrators have been throwing rocks and homemade firebombs security forces responded with tear gas and water countering. at least $39.00 refugees and migrants have drowned off the coast of june is the coast guard recovered the bodies after the boat sank close to the qana islands they also rescued $165.00 people those on board a set of being from several different countries including 2 new zealand. buckingham palace has broken in silence over the allegations of racism and bullying by prince harry and his wife meghan markle in an interview with oprah winfrey the couple spoke at length about why they stood back from their duties and split from the royal family megan said they faced questions about their her then unborn son over

how dog his skin color would be it's a statement released on behalf of queen elizabeth says the whole family is saddened to learn the full extent of how challenging the last few years have been for howdy and meg and the issues raised particularly that of race out concerning while some correct elections may vary they are taken very seriously and will be addressed by the family privately howdy meghan and cheyne will always be much loved family members. this is all it is it with these are the top stories. he was. 3 jury members have been selected so far off of the trial of a white policeman accused of killing george floyd floyd died in may last year triggering a worldwide protests for minneapolis officer derrick shove and is facing charges of

2nd degree murder and manslaughter john hendren has the latest from minneapolis. race is particularly.