as he hears that the israeli army has arrived in the village with a bulldozer residents say soldiers gave them one minute to do. it took the found me months to build their brick house and less than an hour to see it get demolished. a record settlement in the george floyd lawsuit minneapolis agrees to pay his family $27000000.00. oh i maryam namazie and london you're watching algis they are also coming up on the program italy ramps up its covert restrictions to stop a new wave of infections most of the country will be under tough new measures for monday the situation critical in brazil is rising covert cases that even hospitals

around the country overwhelmed and gunmen abducted 30 students from a far street college in nigeria's kadjina state the 4th mass school kidnapping since december. but we start in the united states where the city of minneapolis has agreed to a multi-million dollar settlement on as a result of the death of an unarmed black man and this of course sparked protests worldwide in may it is a settlement of the death of george floyd of course council members voted unanimously to pay his family $27000000.00 for died after they self sadak show than knelt on his neck for nearly 9 minutes show than his facing murder charges jury selection in his trial began this week the lead lawyer for floyd's family says

this is a landmark settlement it was a watershed moment for america it was one of the most eagerly just so in shock and documentations of an american citizen been tortured to death by a police officer for having his movie on his men for 8 minutes 46 circuits one of the worst ever witnessed in history john hendren has been following developments on this story for us from chicago. as we understand it the entire city council of minneapolis voted unanimously to award the family or the estate of george floyd $27000000.00 that is a huge civil rights settlement by comparison the family of brianna taylor who

a black woman who was sleeping in her house when police raided it looking for drugs from someone else did not find it and ended up killing her that family was paid $12000000.00 so this is really one of the largest settlement you could find but the family says that they're not just looking for a monetary settlement that family all along has been calling for a guilty verdict in the case of derek chauvelin and the other 3 officers involved now chauvelin is already on trial the jury selection is ongoing in that case and the issue there is trying to ensure that jury has some minority rep representation and it does so far there's been at least 6 jurors picked including one african-american and hispanic as well the hope is that they would have some understanding for what minorities in the united states face when they are confronted by police officers in challenging situations like the one involving

george floyd when he died last may 25th the course that set off riots in the streets and protests across the united states. coronavirus or sections of being ramped up across italy to stem a steady rise in that cases from monday on what's 10 regions will be red zones including the capital and its financial center and the line it means most of the population will be on the toughest measures with schools nonessential shops and restaurants all closed government has also announced a 3 day nationwide lockdown over the easter weekend or a chance reports. it's a fascination center a few maci know airports it's a nice prime minister mario draghi had knowledge the discomfort his country is about to go through. so. i'm aware that today's measures will have consequences for the education of children for the economy and also for the psychological state of all of us the president of the red

cross reminded me of the psychological difficulty that some people have suffered especially the elderly but i think it is the same for everybody especially for people who live alone who today feel even more aligned it's difficult for them to see the people who they love these measures are necessary to avoid a deterioration that would make even more stringent measures inevitable and of the easter weekend national lockdown and aids regions including the capital rome and one autonomous province are to bring in the restrictions from monday corona virus infections rose by 10 percent this week and officials have warned the situation is worsening with new more infectious variants gaining ground in recent days more places have become red zones the highest here of localized lockdown one of them is frozen money in the let's hear region some areas have infection rates of 23 percent of those tested higher than seen earlier in the pandemic. seabrook. i

am worried my 14 year old daughter is being told their chillies she's losing her best use of adolescents like these from morning to night she's inside the house in her pajamas italy is one of several european countries to have a least partially restricted use of the astra zeneca vaccine while reports of blood clots are investigated but the prime minister insisted the inoculation campaign would carry on luggage and c.e.o. repair the european medicines agency is reviewing the suspected cases but it's also advised that the faxing should continue to be used. for its early as elsewhere widespread vaccinations are seen as essential for a return to normality buri talents how to 0 well we're also following developments in brazil government there is registered more than 20071000 related deaths for the 3rd successive day it's just reports in more than 85000 new cases and all the

2216 deaths the world health organization is saying brazil is not moving in a good direction and health officials warn that major hospitals are almost full intensive care units in more than half of state capitals are also at 90 percent capacity but brazil's president has played down the threat earlier this week he told people to stop whining want to ghana kiev and rio de janeiro says that local officials in the federal government have been in a tug of war while people are waiting for help. people waiting in line are people dying in line while they're waiting so it depends they're still in several states and cities have decided to take on their own restriction measures to keep people from in spreading the disease more but president has once again said that. these measures these lockdowns are curfews were like putting people under siege like refer to governors and mayors as dictators so there is the

this bill the struggle between what states and and. and cities are doing and what the federal government wants to be done but an additional problem is that there is the rollout of the vaccine is very slow here in brazil so all those states and mayors have been taking this issue in their own hands and they're not now thinking of individually buying vaccines for their populations well in other news well health organization is also saying that there's no reason to stop using the coronavirus vaccine manufactured by astra zeneca thailand ball-carrier in the democratic republic of congo become the latest countries to delay the rollout of the job this is a day off to denmark norway and iceland suspended they used the vaccine while investigating reported cases of blood clots doubly juries aware that some countries

have suspended the use of force or is in a car vaccines based on reports of blood clots in some people who receive a doze of the vaccine from 2 bucks. this measure was taken as a precaution while the full investigation is finalised. it's important to note that the european medicines agency house say there is no indication of a link between the vaccine and blood clots and that the vaccine can continue to be used while it's. is ongoing. is from tanzania air 2 officials are saying the president is in good health and working normally following claims he's flown abroad in a critical condition with kovan 19 john mcafee is africa's most prominent coronavirus skeptic and hasn't been seen in public since late february on thursday opposition leader attended luce's said that like a fool he was in a coma in india with kovan 19 after being transferred from a hospital in kenya a kenyan newspaper did report that an african leader was being treated in nairobi

but didn't specify who was the prime minister has blamed the claims on what he called hateful tanzanians living abroad. the parents of around 30 students kidnapped in northern nigeria are waiting for news of their whereabouts the overnight raid on a forestry college is the 4th mass of mass cool abduction volatile region since december authorities said on bandits attacked the school which is located near a military academy in kaduna state neighbors heard gunshots but thought it was a routine military exercise witnesses say the gang targeted young women and left the male students behind after a distress call the army rescued $180.00 other students hours off to the attack or kidnapping is a common tactic that's used by armed groups and criminal gangs in one area last month 279 girls were kidnapped from

a government run boarding school in zamfara state but released several days later this was just over a week after at least 42 people were abducted from a boys' school in ny just state in december more than 300 boys were kidnapped from a secondary school in can car in the north and really 6 days later boko haram said it was behind that incident the group also abducted more than 100 girls from a boarding school in the northeastern town of and 20185 of the girls died and most of the others were released after a week somebody of book arms well publicized kidnapping of more than 270 schoolgirls in the town of chook in $24.00 team has prompted more armed groups to turn to mass abductions of children around $100.00 of them are still missing if you tell us embassy in a blue jacket has more on this latest kidnapping. this is the 1st time that the groups are targeting it at least a titian of higher lending usually galson have asked is now institutional almost

every day kidnapping across nigeria there has been kidnappings of the people who are commercial buses people in the homes and towns and villages big government has been making a continuous but in recent months since specially since december there's been an increase it's not even with the replacement of military troops you can generate as many president mohamed. army friends never. be maybe and also what. routes to stop and many people are worried the situation is really getting out of. amassing has been held in equitorial county for the victims of a series of explosions that leveled much of the city of butter soldiers carried each coffin into the batter sports stadium at least $105.00 people killed and

multiple plus ammunitions depth the president had the army angle has blamed the explosions on the negligent handling of dynamite stored at the base and fires set by fondness living nearby campaign group human rights watch has called for an independent inquiry into the explosions made it. i am addressing all of you in these moments of pain and consternation caused by the solder vent of the explosions which have caused more than 100 deaths more than 600 injured and serious damage to public and private infrastructure. i am asking the people of buckets or you'll get me and the city of barter in particular to keep calm and defend peace demands that the nation asks of us in the sad and terrible moments 3 in and out of their life from london while still ahead on the program in yemen who sees have rejected a u.s. plan for and nationwide cease fire and and 1000 century war hero is caught up in a modern day battle

a santiago statue is removed for its own protection. there is time for variations in terms of 10 degrees or thereabouts day to day as the end of summer turns into proper autumn you've got this frontal system currently running through south australia so adelies temps going to drop by 10 degrees i think melbourne similarly by 5 or 6 and that significant rain or rain by which stretches up to western australia with significant rain once again in that area that's had so much this last month or 2 and i think mostly it's welcome still hot and dry so it's getting hotter in perth 27 up to about 29 sydney's day in fact new south wales day on sunday will be a wet one significant thunderstorms flooding is quite likely a once that's gone through the temps will start to drop again behind it even with

the sun really in the high teens from melbourne and adelaide they're running through japan at the moment is a developing low significant wet and windy weather once again not so good for the cherry blossoms the look will be a little ragged afterwards rain running through tokyo's snow on the high ground on the northern slopes of the higher ground but because we're coming into spring now even as it rolls away the sun's out and the enough want to give you 20 in tokyo it's about 48 in beijing but knowles in china still suffering from rather poor and . quality. on counting the cost of the perfect storm a pandemic drought and china's demands food prices hit 6 year highs argentine beef soaring inflation sounds demands with slower since the 1950 s. ethiopia 6 helpers it's that burden becomes too much. counting the cost on

al-jazeera. be the hero of world news. washington. welcome back a look at headlines now u.s. city of minneapolis is agreed to a multimillion dollar settlement over the death of george floyd council members voted unanimously to pay family $27000000.00 george floyd staff at the hands of a police officer sparked worldwide protests last may. coronavirus or strictures of being ramped up in several regions in italy almost half the population loudly put

under the country's most severe measures from monday including the capital run and its financial center milan. and brazil's daily death toll has exceeded 2000 for the 3rd straight day more than 85000 new cases were also confirmed on friday health officials are warning that hospitals across the country are nearing full capacity. now a spokesman for the who's the rebels in yemen is saying that they've rejected a u.s. plan for a nationwide ceasefire saying it only represents saudi and u.n. views the u.s. envoy for yemen said the who these appear to be prioritizing a military offensive to take the region a lot read and when the country will spiral into even greater conflict without a halt to fighting to men to kamal says that the u.s. has restored humanitarian assistance funding to north yemen the head of the u.n. world food program is saying that a ceasefire is crucial for yemenis to start rebuilding their lives

a ceasefire would have this. effect not at all to that to the. 2 days ago about this that if all parties could move for a cease fire it would truly. reduce extraordinary matter of pressure so that we can move forward we get this. biometrics at a significant way which will allow us to call it would be it to the to be which was rather a real date back which will allow through christ stabilize for all the state become much more possible if you have a ceasefire or we have greater access greater stability. mike hanna is following the story in washington do we know about plans or possible efforts to try and convince all parties to. agree to the cease fire.

well this latest reaction the mariam a bit of a blow to the u.s. negotiators you heard there the u.s. special envoy to the king he spent the last 2 weeks in the region negotiating some kind of negotiated settlement we're not quite sure of the exact details although it does appear that it involves a cease fire both on the side as well as on the saudi side but very clearly from that response it's not something that hooty is are considering which basically moves us back to square one now the u.s. envoy as well insistent that he's working in collaboration with the united nations the u.s. sees the process of eventually as being supervised by the united nations to get to some kind of negotiated settlement but any thought of a cease fire at this particular point piers far off the horizon the u.s. envoy saying as well as you heard that the cooties appear intent on making a material gain in particular that area of book or sitting down to negotiation in

other words negotiating as they would see it from a position of strength so u.s. efforts to get some kind of negotiated process underway still very far from fruition mariyam is the world's worst humanitarian crisis what about efforts by the white house to try and ease the blockade to get more aid into the country because that's important here. all that is already underway there is humanitarian aid moving in in particular to the north of the country there are moves to reopen some of the key ports but all of this is dependent on his cheating some kind of civility very difficult if not impossible to carry out a full scale humanitarian operation while conflict is ongoing and the humanitarian situation is dire indeed to make it very clear there are some 80000000 people according to the u.n. who are suffering from hunger at this point as

a result. the ongoing conflict this will only get worse if some kind of negotiated settlement is not found but confounding the situation as well as the reality of the wider context of this it's not just about saudi arabia against the hutus backing up the government forces in yemen it's also beyond that it's about saudi arabia and iran basically using yemen as a proxy battlefield the u.s. seeking to rekindle some kind of negotiation process with iran this particular point this stalemate in yemen is something that complicates that it mentally and that is what lies behind the u.s. thinking why it is so keen to get some kind of negotiated settlement some kind of cease fire 10 prius that might be under way in yemen thank you very much mike hanna in washington. and then another bit of news from yemen the un's migration agency is saying that it fears dozens of migrants might have died in a weekend fire at an overcrowded holding facility in the yemeni capital the

international organization for migration is saying there estimates the fire in santa might have killed as many as 60 people it's not known what caused the blaze which injured more than 170 others as well but the i.o.m. is calling on the who these who controls to give health workers access to those who have been injured well now to algeria where thousands of antigovernment protests have taken to the streets of several cities to reject early elections in the capital algiers they chanted slogans rejecting president abdul majeed to boone's move to hold those elections on thursday to been dissolved parliament announced that a vote would be held in june but demonstrators a continuing their calls for a complete overhaul of the government spoke to. it was a researcher at the london school of economics and associate fellow of the middle east and africa program at chatham house here in london said the protests are likely to continue even in the face of the crime the virus pandemic. during much of

2020 protests had gone to a halt because of the pandemic however the mismanagement of the crisis as well as the need continues practices of the algerian regime repression arresting little activists that also the deteriorating economic situation meant a lot of people took to the streets in recent weeks and on during seem very much determined to continue protesting until meaningful political changes are cheap so paula we're seeing is that the regime gauge an expected cost music we want all amy to i renew the regime without actually. getting into meaningful change so we're still very much following the roadmap that was set out by former general ahmed. in 29 teams and this road map consisted of organizing presidential elections and these were held in the summer 29 teams and then coming up with

a new constitution those a referendum that took place in november 2020 and now the be the final step of this road map is you just let it election. protests have continued in may in modest by at least 10 people being killed during rallies on thursday riot police fired tear gas to disperse demonstrators in yangon while thousands marched in the streets of mandalay calling for democracy to be restored and civilian leaders released a court has extended the detention of 6 journalists who were arrested last month while covering protests against the military coup now for the 1st time the leaders of the u.s. japan australia and india a group known as the quad have been holding talks the summit was held by video link to address security challenges across the entire pacific as well as climate change in the spread of that 19 our white house correspondent can really help it has more . a virtual meeting with his indian australian and japanese

counterparts group also known as the quad u.s. president joe biden told the group a free and open indo-pacific is essential to each of our future the quad was formed to cope with the devastation following the 2004 indian ocean earthquake and tsunami but now it's set its sights on a new threat the rising military and economic might of china. the quote is concerned about china's growing assertiveness in the asia pacific region and the world the united states certainly sees this alliance to stop the growing influence of china if not contain china it is not dissimilar to the nato organization which was started $947.00 to stop the increasing influence of military threat that was coming from the soviet union as the world battles the covert 19

pandemic that originated in china the group also announcing on friday a new initiative to manufacture and produce u.s. vaccines in india financed by japan and the united states as supported by australia the quad committed to delivering a 21000000000 doses to ozzy on the indo-pacific and beyond by the end of 2022 climate change is the other big challenge the group must confront how to push global nations to live up to the commitments made in the paris private agreement overall china admits almost double the c o 2 of the united states but per capita the us takes believe china responded to the meeting of the quad saying exchanges between governments should be to create understanding not target 3rd parties the meeting of the quad comes just days before the u.s. secretary of state and national security advisor will meet with their chinese

counterparts in alaska that meeting is expected to be more forceful as the united states confronts china over issues of economics security and human rights kimberley health at al-jazeera the white house. lawyers for russian opposition figure alexina valley is saying he's being moved from a print from prison to an unknown location the crown and critic was preparing to travel to a penal colony to serve a 2 and a half year prison sentence is lawyers say they went to visit him only to find he'd been moved avali was found guilty of parole violations linked to an embezzlement case last month he returned to russia in january after recovering in germany from a suspected poisoning which moscow is suspected of orchestrating. by the lincoln memorial in washington all for the uk the 12th and paris chile's monument in santiago has been a key landmark for me a century but it has just been removed to protect it from being attacked our latin

america at its release in human reports on this now from santiago. under the cover of darkness chile's national monuments authority began removing the statue of general manuel baca the no from the plaza that bears his name to. it's a major landmark of santiago but when it became the epicenter of constant social protest 16 months ago the battle for back of that mill was. the rule of the pacific here it was painted written and dressed up by protesters who named the area dignity plaza. no amount of special forces a police water cannon or tear gas could preserve his dignity if you know you are indeed this is a symbolic war between the old and the new order that is a rose more than a year ago with a social uprising. in the last 6 months back to daniel and his

steed have been painted every color of the rainbow by day just to be repainted a dignified black by night by authorities there's something else very significant about this exact spot in that is that it represents an invisible dividing line between uptown and downtown something between of the wealthier and the poor and rightly or wrongly many people seem to see general back to the north as a symbol of someone who was trying to defend that division. but when he was set on fire last week and almost had his leg sawn off authorities decided he had to be removed sparking a fierce political controversy and we thought. we've just witnessed a pitch. the jammer represents all chileans but the government has decided to remove him so the vandals can continue to storing a civic centers. using his statue to fly the indigenous my put

a flag has even been described as heresy but many others see it as an act of historic justice ruth. he's a symbol of terrorism he messick of the southern chile just have no occupying the space is violent. the national monuments council says the 2 ton statue is being taken away for repairs for at least a year an image that represents general back of the annals 1st major defeat or at the very least a tactical retreat to see a new man al-jazeera sent out. a . recap of our headlines this hour now the us city of minneapolis is agreed to a multi-million dollar settlement of the death of george floyd council members voted unanimously to pay his family $27000000.00.