and they say way they don't do that because he's going back a court hears from potential jurors as the trial process begins of a white former police officer accused of killing george floyd. patterson this is all to 0 live from doha also coming up the f.b.i. releases new video of a suspect planting bombs the day before the capitol hill riot and offers a 100000 dollar reward. i thought i would die of that solution because it was extreme situation 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. can be. he was on top. they were interviewed in a courtroom and their identities have not been revealed floyd died in may last year triggering worldwide protests former minneapolis officer derek chauvin is facing charges of 2nd degree murder and manslaughter the court set aside 3 weeks to choose the 12 jurors but that could be delayed as the state tries to add

a 3rd degree murder charge prosecutors are asking the court to stop proceedings until that's resolved 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 really we're 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 arrested 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 march 29th i've been bates is a criminal defense attorney and a former prosecutor in baltimore maryland he believes local testimonies will provide enough evidence to judge the case. one of the things makes america great country is that within the judicial system you have the opportunity to be judged by

their peers with your community if they take the case outside of minneapolis minnesota then you're not judged by your peers these are the end because that live in those neighborhoods understand the police officers these an individual understand the race so there's issues of their own cities they're the individuals who are best equipped to be able to judge this case say guilty or not guilty beyond a reasonable doubt but this is that you dish the system that we have in america and it's going to be interesting as here the most important witness if you ask me will be the force experts that the defense and the prosecution put on those are the experts that will say this police officer did their job this is how they were trained or this police officer failed to do his job and beyond with this training it will be that simple and says 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 the f.b.i. has released a new security footage of a suspect they believe planted explosives upside the democratic and republican

party headquarters near capitol hill f.b.i. says 2 pipe bombs were placed the night before the capitol hill riot on january the 4th and they were discovered and defused the following day at a water 100000 dollars has been an answer for information leading to the arrest of the suspect 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 food 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 my military's use of lethal force against protesters. and it's urging the army to exercise maximum restraint dozens of protesters have already been killed hundreds of people were trapped in a late night standoff with security forces in yangon song district over monday and tuesday they have now been allowed to go home a senior official from detained leader all san suu cheese party has spoken to all jazeera about his dramatic escape from me amar after last month's coup doctor has now been chosen as the special envoy of the committee representing the elected government for his safety dr sassa spoke to our diplomatic editor jim space from an undisclosed location. where myanmar's election was held in november the campaign manager for unsung cheese national league for democracy party was dr sausage 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 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 in evening 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 and a motorbike and it was 2 times i lifted my motorbike and we got tape as. 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 are now living 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 as so many police forces have run away today as always have a report as some military officers have defected and d.d. and movement 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 turn here who 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 the united arab emirates is appealing for the lifting of u.s. sanctions against the syrian government the u.a.e. is foreign minister has been speaking at a news conference. with the russians who supports syrian president bashar al assad said the sanctions were making it more difficult to settle the 10 year old civil war the us imposed the economic penalties accusing syria of war crimes against its own people the u.a.e. also want syria to be allowed back into the 22 member league of arab states. my son . to keep the season law 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 to. brazil has recorded its highest number of deaths from coronavirus in a single day nearly 2000 were registered on tuesday pushing the total to nearly 270000 the countries recorded the 2nd highest number of deaths after the us it's facing the worst phase of the pandemic yet pushing its hospital system the brink of collapse more than 100 developing nations want peyton to restrictions dropped and covert 19 vaccines south africa and india are leading the push arguing the waiver will allow greater access to vaccines is specially by poor countries followed in the miller reports from johannesburg. it's been a year since the 1st cove in 1000 infection was identified in south africa since then more than 50000 people have died here and 1500000 have been infected while

richard nations rolled out vaccines the program in south africa's been much slower . another important step is to remember. that account. for the duration of. aswell oh. it's. south african india leading a movement to suspend the world trade organizations agreement on intellectual property rights for covert 1000 vaccines but many high income countries including the united states and those in the european union have rejected the idea they say waiving the peyton's would put off private investors and slow down scientific innovation and existing regulations allow drug manufacturers to make their own deals with generic manufacturers while some developing nations that garner ivory coast in the suit to have begun receiving their 1st doses through the u.n.

back to vaccine sharing scheme known as kovacs many others in africa are being left behind. there is a capacity for mr companies to produce and i stayed in america. it is essential that the wealthy states stop blocking or putting in legal barriers and delaying essential kozel ahead. of the world trade organization according to the united nations 3 quarters of all covert 1000 vaccines have been secured by just 10 countries all of them wealthy 130 countries that's about 2500000000 people have not received a single dose this is not the 1st public health emergency that south africa is facing it has one of the highest hiv aids rates in the world in the 1990 s. millions of people in this country and other developing nations died without access to the drugs they needed simply because they were too expensive so africa is once

again calling for access to cheaper drugs to save lives with some arguing that despite covert 1000 vaccines been tested in africa many nations on the continent still remain at the back of the queue. for me to al-jazeera johannesburg still ahead an al-jazeera unaccompanied and under age the challenge from for vast numbers of migrant children to enter the u.s. by itself the border. waikato money and politicians could now face extradition to spain after fleeing in 2017. the weather slushy fun to try for much of the middle east as per usual but that the north is looking a little unsettled because a bit more clout there just around 30 and then as we make the way across greece

well this little area of cloud wet and windy weather will make its way into the eastern side of the mediterranean over the next couple of days to turkey turning increase the onset libby some snow over the high ground just around the caucasus georgia romania azerbaijan all seeing some wintry weather over the next couple of days tosses some wintry weather to into afghanistan kabul at 6 celsius so let's look for the south where it is 5 and dry as promised 28 celsius here in doha over the next day pleasant sunshine coast much of the arabian peninsula impreza sunshine see through the whole of africa. fine and dry a little kwassa for you gondolas southern parts could catch one of 2 showers the showers stretching down into rwanda and into broome they say easing their way down the rift valley showers still lingering on here of course and through the central areas of africa we are looking at the usual tropical showers some heavier showers too just rolling across the mozambique talents and more than pulse of madagascar

southern africa it's warm and dry. amidst destruction and despair a group of friends resist. rescuing books from the rubble they build a refuge for freedom and democracy. a secret library of hope from which they endeavor to rewrite their story and that of their country. who witness. a library under bombs on al-jazeera. the little. old home.

watching al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour 3 jury members have been selected so far for the trial of a white policeman accused of killing george floyd former minneapolis officer derrick children is facing charges of 2nd degree murder and manslaughter. 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 u.s. state department says it's repulsed by the 1000000 man military is increasing the use of lethal force against protesters dozens of people have been killed since the coup on february the 1st. irony coast's ruling party has retained its majority in parliament 2137 of the 254 seats reactions to the results are so far peaceful in a country with a history of post-election violence on

a day just reports from abidjan. michel boko some form ivorian president laurent gbagbo savors a window of a city cabinet minister he supporters ike's tactic about the victory away of the tensions in the land michel one of the new faces in parliament says it's time the country heals. well your old bullshit was no longer 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 fear the worse the opposition had hoped for better results but given he lost his position the election some of service say the coalition performed better than expected. under the law anyone not satisfied with the provision of 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 over ivory coast politics. the opposition as a monolith party that. at lex national spirit it's clear we've won the parliamentary majority we set out to achieve. election observers called a process to respond despite incidents recorded in some parts of the country but this is really. bad to do. they know they can defeat 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 lobby join 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's supreme court has adjourned a decision on throwing out more evidence against former presidents luther nothing a little of this silver if the decision goes his way little will receive another boost after a judge overturned his conviction for corruption on monday the verdict blocks the left wing leader from running for a 3rd term a path that's now open to him unless there's a retrial he would likely become the leading rival against far right populist presidents out of also not in next year's elections. 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 on the u.s. dollar went sky high we all suffered with this decision i hope that the supreme court grief reestablishes what was judged chinese state owned companies are gaining a bigger food told in chile corporations are extracting billions of dollars of resources and some politicians are suggesting ways to stop them our luck in america added to the scene in human reports from chin bungled. 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 aging 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. so 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 a foreign slide in your economy that economy could be nationalized not by our own country but rather by a foreign state that's what we've presented a bipartisan bill to level the playing field for everyone because we're facing an offensive by the chinese site 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 farm 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 who social networks in china who will now controlled by the slight began denouncing that out sherri's had traces of coded 19. chillies foreign ministry refuses to entertain the notion of foul play at least publicly but nevada girl 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 in human al-jazeera. at least $39.00 refugees and migrants have drowned off the coast of tunisia the coast guard recovered the bodies out of the boat sank close to the can islands they also rescued $165.00 people the governor of texas has ordered hundreds of national guard troops to the southern u.s. border with mexico in response to a surge in migrants trying to cross over among those seeking to enter the united states thousands of central american children traveling without parents and dads posing a 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 u.s. 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 european parliament has stripped the immunity of catalonia as former president downs to his former ministers the fed abroad after declaring independence in 2017 and now sits in the e.u. parliament in brussels that in bob reports 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 voting session of monday d.h. of march the european parliament has removed the immunity of colors which demands for the catalan president and 2 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 deemed illegal it is a sad day for european parliament. we have lost our immunity.

but there have been parliament passed blush more than that. and there's a regime european democracy too. this is a clear case of political persecution the decision could help madrid's bid to extradite the trio colors put them on tony come in and color ponce said he had been charged with sedition in spain which 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 these being of the media and of justice because. it means that these are the gobos occasional asides. should not have believed that. they sometimes bury its own government and hopes that we were on the heel 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 28 team. but in last month's regional elections separatist parties going for additional seats in the catalan parliament they independently if parties who compromised our right to attend the collect so there are all kinds of political opinions in the independent the party if they want my tory thing 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 team barber al jazeera. buckingham palace has broken his silence over allegations of racism and bullying made by prince harry and

his wife meghan markle in an interview with oprah winfrey the couple have been speaking at length about why these stood back from their duties and split from the royal family like a mom has said they faced questions about the her then unborn was son or how dark his skin color would be 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 harry and meghan the statement says the issues raised particularly that of race are concerning while some recollections may vary they are taken very seriously and they will be addressed by the family privately it adds harry meghan and archie will always be much loved family members.