with the bulldozer grabs it and face it will just give them one minute to think. it took the found me months to build their brick house and left in an hour if you can get. a record settlement on the george florida law suit the city of minneapolis agrees to pay his family $27000000.00. law about the money can cure this plague is already the amount of money. you can bring back to be here for his children. jordan this is obvious here on live from doha also coming up calls for urgent action in brazil as a surgeon coronavirus cases leaves hospitals overwhelmed by the death toll plazas

270000. nigeria's kidnapping crisis continues with dozens more students taken by on demand. back in the game the app that's helping sports fans feel safe and secure again in the big out of. this death and police custody spot global outrage on one of the biggest protest movements in u.s. history now the city of minneapolis has agreed to pay a $27000000.00 settlement to the family of george floyd he was killed last may when a policeman knelt on his neck the nearly 9 minutes fraud's family says the payout is just one step on the road to justice is john hendren. the city of minneapolis has put a price on just how much black lives matter in the case of george floyd $27.00 moon in dollars that's the amount the city has agreed to pay in

a civil settlement with floyd's family in the racially charged case of a black man who died beneath a white police officers knee i thank the state of minnesota for getting that settlement taking care. but even though my brother is not here he's here with me in my heart because if i could give you my back i would give all that is bad the settlement is the largest ever in a minneapolis police shooting it also eclipses the $12000000.00 the kentucky city of louisville paid recently in the death of briana taylor gunned down in her own home by police one year ago friday a floyd family lawyer says the beneficiaries go beyond one family the financial compensation most directly impact george floor and his family their future of their family but it is tough to see ripped the ems down to fix all of

us other cities will think twice he says before allowing police to use chokeholds no knock warrants and other controversial tactics because in cases like this one as george floyd's family reacted to this settlement the man who knelt on his neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds was less than a mile away he has spent the week in a minneapolis courtroom where the court is selecting jurors to decide if he should be convicted of murder derek chauvelin faces 2nd in 3rd degree murder and manslaughter charges and the risk of decades in prison the other 3 officers will face charges later this year of aiding and abetting him those officers will be held accountable. there is a prosecution team that actually cares and is fighting. and if you need a reminder just think of the george floyd case and that if you don't get policing correct if you don't make these changes if you don't fix the policies that are

happening then you'll be seamless again despite the settlement the floyd family insists just because we won't be served until that happens john hendren should consummate their pressure well i've been bates is a defense attorney and former prosecutor him explain the next steps in the floyd criminal case there are 2 parts right now the criminal parts of the part so the symbols or should've been taken care of $27000000.00 to make sure that as children is taken care of well as robert said it doesn't bring them back so now the next are very celestion and then surely the problems far are if you're a city in minneapolis you want to ensure that hopefully that there are no more rides no more unrest let's say that your he says that it's not guilt are what will the family say some bad hand you're going to say hey you know what maybe this is a big community understand that this city wants to do the right then that the city

is acknowledging that the police department has a stomach issue the city is understanding that we are in charge of the police department the city is taking responsibility so you do see some change $27000000000.00 is a large amount of money if i'm not mistaken and maybe the largest bird the largest solomon ever or and trust the police that well it's going to go to their state family i'm sure i'm sorry but they're not into the lawyers if there's fortune as well so large now i'm sure they decided what what happened on this date is if they will be the ones who make the decision about what they do with it. projects whether they're and sure that you have educational means made or buys children who are still in their trust or their future abs their decision because now it's their money. on saturday marks one is since the police killing of 26 year old brown a tailor in the u.s. state of kentucky she died just over 2 months before george floyd one of

a number of police killings of black americans of all the black lives not of protests last year taylor was shot by officers when they forced their way into her apartment during a botched narcotics raid in louisville no one has been charged for the killing. now a stark warning for brazil's it struggles to contain coronavirus the world health organization says the country is not moving in a good direction deaths from cope with 19 now exceed 275000 is the 2nd highest number in the world off of the u.s. one of the young reports from rio de janeiro aside for sore eyes a couple of empty beds waiting for couvade 19 patients and enough professionals to welcome them but the administer to give out a hospital in the seaside town of medicare is an exception in most of brazil the health care system is on the brink of collapse as the corona virus is spreading and

claiming lives at a new normal rate. suppression we're seeing an absolute of infections and deaths everywhere partly because people have stopped respecting social distancing last month's carnival was counselled but that didn't keep brazilians from partying without masks. doctors in this intensive care tell us they're admitting a greater number of younger patients than a year ago beds are scarce but so are vaccines in rio de janeiro diana finally had to wait in line to get her mother admitted. beso as a spit on there were 5 people ahead of her personally she was able to wait but i'm sure that many others who were in the more critical condition didn't make it was i was facing the worst phase of the pandemic since it registered the 1st covert 19 deaths exactly a year ago this week saw a rise in the daily rate of deaths with 2000 people losing their lives every 24

hours mass inoculations could have been a light at the end of the tunnel but president to downplay the pandemic and delayed the acquisition of vaccines less than 6 percent of the population has received the 1st shot so far as a result governors and mayors have decided to take matters in their own hands the city of medicare for example just announced it will buy 400000 doses of the russian vaccine enough to knock you late its entire population if you're going to get all. we can't even count on the numbers the federal government gives us at the beginning of the health ministry said it would buy 48000000 vaccines then it reduced the number to have at this right brazil will finish the 1st round of vaccinations and i pull may next year by then new variants will be circulating which may be immune to the vaccines we have now. poorer states and cities with larger populations will

have more difficulties in fighting the pandemic on their own but doctors and scientists warn that if no action is taken brazil will represent a threat to itself and others. neighbors many countries in latin america almost all of them except a couple and some countries are doing better in the neighborhood but if the situation in brazil continues to be serious like this then the neighboring countries will be affected and it's not about the neighboring countries but it could go even even even beyond. the fear is that mutations would curb at a much faster rate outpacing the vaccines and spreading to the rest of the world manichean i can't i'll just sirrah rio de janeiro so let's bring in taro he's from the brazil institute at the woodrow wilson international center for scholars may joins us via

skype from chevy chase in maryland palla great to have you back with us on al-jazeera look many states and poorest cities in brazil a battle to contain the pandemic and scientists are already warning that if action isn't taken brazil will become a greater threat to itself and to its neighbors are we already seeing this happen do you think. i think i think the responsibility of president bush on our work this federal government has created that's helped to create this situation brazil is now. be treated as a threat to its hdmi remissions it should not have been like that it didn't happen didn't need to happen that way and you know how this will cost more most amounts of. views really that's to brazil that's you reporter $275000.00 plus pretty little already die.

the rate today he ordered last 24 hours were 2140 there is no indication of when this number the. only solution right now since we don't have that it's the only solution is ready a total let down for at least a month or. we risk it and i'm powerless you raise an important point because critics say that pretty much all of this comes down to brazil's president who as you say continues to downplay the coronavirus pandemic is the main problem here that in brazil populist politics is taking precedence of a public health. yes but populism starts responsibly with a president that has the mound are so very well off. and.

there are governors they are not responding responsibly and. others are but there is not a poor good nation and this is still upset because brazil has a tradition in its public health system to combat the ending science in brazil to start from that a century ago so it is a complete its own totally unnecessary that this should be have to have many resumes should actually be mobilizing how many words brazil is a great producers of that scene but you have to have plenty you have to have a glass in order to get it so it's a tragedy and we are going to see that is true or not their money and more

important detail it doesn't bear no it isn't the richest. elite hospital in from just just a just a final thought to you i mean we've seen what can happen when covariance like the one discovered in my now starts to spread it's it's highly infectious we don't yet know it's coming vaccines are 100 percent effective against it i'm not sure he poses a huge problem to brazil's neighbors that's as as you just pointed out. yes. and as i mentioned you know this is. in in terms of the diplomatic impact of this will be enormous and the president will create politics with this we don't know what the opposition will do but we are we are a year and a half away from a new presidential election is probably the worst possible scenario you can have

where we needed responsible leaders be difficult decisions ally top the lock down for one month this is the only effective matter through trying to contain this blaze but we don't have that either that escape or even to understand that palace of terror always good to get your thoughts here al-jazeera thank you very much d.v.r. non-self. now if any government is stepping up its pandemic response after a surgeon factions from monday most of the country will be under the toughest restrictions including rome and milan residents in so-called red zones will only be allowed to leave home for work exercise or emergencies and also be a nationwide lockdown of the easter break starting in 3 weeks it's believed new highly contagious variants are driving the rise in infections. lots more still to come here in al-jazeera including the u.s. some 3 of its allies seek to counter china's influence with an ambitious back soon

supply agreement and why a major landmark in china's capital has just been removed and that stay with us for . maybe surprisingly for march there's the potential for a historic winter storm warnings through colorado and where is it you might ask well it's actually does sort of thing developing we're driving warm air up from the gulf and it's quite a significant walled the still plenty of cold over the rockies and that difference might will turn into something significant a proper circulating still that 1st it's rain that stretches across the ohio valley then the stow starts to fall heavily particularly in denver then the whole thing things start to rotate and we end up with potentially nasty thunderstorms in the central plains and even this snow we're not through when the brassica and south

dakota but certainly the going to be on the high ground of colorado so this could become something really quite nasty at the same time on the coast of california another systems working its way slowly down with snow quite half way into the cascades and rain down the coast. there is bit more of a breeze in the air now this time of the year so more showers around the great run to these a few feet less around to these and of course the central america away from billie's down. the panama treaty like to be cloudy with our breaks of lightish right in south america the heaviest shells are probably going to be around about ecuador. military takeover amy and molly. districts 101 east is on the ground investigating what it means for the us to southeast asia.

where every. welcome back a quick recap of our top stories here on the al jazeera the family of george florida received a $27000000.00 settlement from the u.s. city of minneapolis floyd died last may after a white police officer knelt on his neck so many 9 minutes his death prompted worldwide protests calling for racial justice. corona virus deaths in brazil have now exceeded 275000 this the 2nd highest number in the world after the u.s.

the world health organization has warned the country is not moving in a good direction and hospitals stretched to their limits. and coming across attractions are being ramped up in several regions in italy most of the population will be under the strictest measures from monday actually being rome and they left . now the u.s. japan australia and india have committed to supplying up to a 1000000000 coronavirus vaccine doses across asia by the end of next year agreement was made at the 1st meeting of the so-called quote group that's aiming to count on china's growing influence a white house correspondent kimberly health reports a virtual meeting with his indian australian and japanese counterparts a 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 futures 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 and 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 climate agreement overall china admits almost double the c o 2 of the united states but per capita the us takes the lead 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

a spokesman for the who the rebels in yemen says they reject the u.s. plan for a nationwide cease fire saying it only represents saudi and u.n. views earlier the u.s. envoy for yemen said who these appeared to be prioritizing an offensive to take the marab region and warn the country will spiral into greater conflict unless the fighting stops security forces in nigeria searching for around 30 students kidnapped from a college in the north so the knights raid in could do an estate is the 4th mass school abduction in the region since december government officials say a large group of bandits ambushed the school which is near a military academy soldiers confronted the attackers and were able to take 180 students and staff to safety for dinner somebody is following developments from the capital of bhutto. this is the 1st time that and groups are targeting it and used to titian of higher learning specially gelsen asked is now used to jewish and almost every day this been kidnapping across nigeria there has been kidnappings of

the people there were a commercial buses people india homes and towns and villages big government has been making a force to be continuous but in recent months since officially since december there's been an increase it's not evil with the replacement of military top generals. the president mohamed. replaced the top tips of the army friends never. been maybe and also what does not mean we. tried to stop the kidnappings and many people are worried the situation is really getting out of. activists in the u.k. are planning vigils on saturday after another truck and widespread anger of a woman safety a police officer has been charged with kidnapping and killing 33 year old sarah ever and who disappeared after walking home with a friend's house in london earlier this month

a body was found on wednesday it's unclear if the distance vigils a bill out of the head because of a ban on large gatherings fuck everybody i'm shocked and appalled by the news from the net about sarah ever had and i think that the whole country will be united in their. feeling for friends family and we will share the shock and and their grief and. i can i can see and i totally understand why this has triggered such a way you've a feeling on on this issue on the issue of the safety of women and safety of the of the streets and i want to echo very much what pretty patel said which is that no women should walk our streets in fear every woman should feel able to walk on streets in safety. now like the lincoln memorial in washington all the art the tree

and paris chiles back a dollar monument in santiago has been the key line lots of nearly a century but it's just been removed to save it from attacks from protesters that's led to changes and outrage a lot of america at its most in human reports from santiago. under the cover of darkness chile's national monuments authority began removing the statue of general manuel backing down from the plaza that bears his name. 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 them was on the war of the pacific hero was painted written and dressed up by protesters who renamed the area dignity plaza. no amount of special forces police water cannon or tear gas could preserve his dignity if you know you indeed this is

a symbolic war between the old and the new order that is a rose more than a year ago with the safety uprising. in the last 6 months back in the know and his steel have been painted every color of the rainbow by day just to be read painted 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. 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've just witnessed a capitulation the gemer represents all chileans but the government has decided to

remove him. so the vandals can continue to storing our civic centers. using his statue to fly the indigenous mapuche a flag has even been described as heresy but many others see it as an act of historic justice. he's a symbol of terrorism he massacred them approaches in southern chile just having a downer occupying this space is violent. the national monuments council says the 2 time statue is being taken away for repairs for at least a year an image that represents general baggage than its 1st major defeat or at the very least a tactical retreat you see in human al-jazeera sent out. a call for athletes to boycott next year's winter olympics because of china's treatment of the week has been labeled as making no sense the games a shuttle for beijing in february and then pick steve thomas says history shows boycotts don't achieve anything the u.s. canadian and dutch government subscribe china's treatment of the weak minority as

genocide why would you punish the athletes from your own country if you have a dispute with the government from another country. these trusts you know makes no makes no makes no real sense and the athletes are would be the ones who are suffering and the one after the key principles enshrined in the olympic charter is of the political your trail. of the i.o.c. we are not a super world government no not the un security council no. no cheese 7 no g 20 has a solution so this is in the room it's off politics sports venues in america's biggest city are trying out a new app to ensure fans can safely return to big games because in 1000 passports

verified the holder is infected or not christensen reports from new york. for basketball fans it's game on extremely excited to go to a game. with huge basketball they'll do whatever it takes to see their favorite team including taking a covert test we got tested and it turns out when we got tested it wasn't that good so now we have to get retested here or in this case a retest not quite the crowd you'd expect here for a game night attendance has been limited to 10 percent capacity and you have to have a negative p.c.r. code to pass on your phone and order to get inside sports venues in new york are testing out a new app meant to verify the holders kovan free it's a digital record what some are likening to passports allowing access to countries or night clubs currently being used to verify vaccination in places like israel and china leading new york mayoral candidate andrew yang believes there should be more

of this technology on the local level in shops and workplaces so this to me is going to be a vital element of getting the city back on its feet for people to be able to quickly convey their vaccination information and this is something the city needs to invest in paul meyer runs a technology foundation called the commons project that's been working with the airlines to develop a system that's not only secure but also internationally recognised people are showing up at the airport waving pieces of paper that are easily forge if you think about it from countries perspective countries want to open up they want to allow troubled resume to give economies going but their 1st responsibility is to protect their populations health but the slow roll out of vaccination efforts made clear that lack of digital access remains a problem among the most vulnerable americans and critics worry implementing this on a local level will just increase and equalities to date one in 5 americans don't have

access to a smartphone and that number is much higher when you look at those over 65 so we're potentially. talking about a form of a should the wall off millions of new yorkers from every day life at this stage of the reopening game access for sun appears to be winning over access to all in the rush to jumpstart the economy kristen salumi al-jazeera new york. tough a critic of the headlines here on al-jazeera the family of george florida receive a $27000000.00 settlement from the u.s. city of minneapolis really died last may off the white police officer knelt on his neck and then in 9 minutes his death prompted worldwide protests calling for racial justice it always should vs.