any of these problems is to get them that's why al-jazeera is so important we make those connections. there are some of the media stories a critical look at the global news media screwed up also on how does the government shut off access to social media. the trial of derek chauvin a former police officer charged with murdering george floyd is on the way witnesses giving their versions of what happened on that day. i'm come on sun to maria here in doha with that story and the rest of the world news on al-jazeera. has been harsh reminder new one.

every word. an international pandemic treaty leaders from 23 countries back the idea of a global strategy to deal with future outbreaks. military intensifies its crackdown on reports now that thousands of troops are headed towards positions held by current state rebels and president central african republic sworn in foreston. faces a mammoth task of bringing stability to a country wracked by violence. it is $700.00 g.m.t. mid day in minneapolis on day 2 of the trial of former policeman accused of killing the unarmed black man george floyd witnesses have been appearing on tuesday giving their version of what happened on the day he died and i correspondent who's been following along with us through this live coverage is john hendrick john let's

start with let's stop stop don't read williams was the man we saw being questioned he had the witness the man who called 911 and he said he felt he was witnessing a murder. that's right donald williams's says that he is a mixed martial arts expert and a security officer and what are the chances that well someone's being held in a police choke hold there's someone who's actually an expert in their field standing nearby and that's just what happened here he said that he knew the officer was using a chokehold called. a blood show which shuts off the blood in the neck to the body he said he knew from personal experience that that can drive you unconscious in mixed martial arts fighting and he urged the officers throughout that video to get off of george floyd's neck that is officer derek chauvin and that the officer didn't even look at him until he said that's

a blood choke and the officer he says then locked eyes with him well when that account or was over donna williams said he called 911 he dialed the emergency number to get police as he says he called the cops on the cops he was asked why he did that why didn't just talk to the officers on the scene and he said i felt like i just witnessed a murder then we heard the powerful testimony of a young woman who took that viral video that everybody around the world has now seen and she said she thought it seemed like george floyd knew that it was over for him and she went on just. say that she had brothers who were black and she thought of them when she thought of george floyd and that that night she went to her house and she asked george floyd you know then deceased to forgive her for not doing more to save his life and then just before the break john. i mean this was this was extraordinary to hear i thought the testimony of a of

a 9 year old girl you're hearing the most if i can use this phrase innocent version of events the clearest version of events she talked about how the ambulance came but they had to push derek shove an off road for him and that he wouldn't move they had to they had to physically move him and she said i was sad and i was kind of mad . powerful testimony we understand there are going to be 4 miners testifying today so that was you had to already and to apparently to go in there being there testifying off camera in order to protect them from the kind of exposure that these trials generate but the testimony is designed by the prosecutors to centrally tell the jury look you can believe your eyes that 9 and a half minutes of video that you've been seeing that's really all you need to know is that one of the prosecutors said believe your eyes and so these witnesses are

simply testifying that what plays out on the video is actually what they saw as well that contradicts the defense theory of the case which seems to be to suggest that people like williams are angry that they were standing by yelling at the police in fact williams did a couple times call the police officers bombed told them to get off of george floyd's neck but the defense theory theory seems to be that the officers felt threatened by what they considered to be a mob and that therefore they couldn't stop and let george floyd come up that's what it seems like but it's not entirely clear at this point come on ok john hendren in minneapolis thank you analysis now with ronald sullivan who's a professor of law and director of criminal justice institute at the harvard law school he's on skype from newton massachusetts ronald thank you for your time.

witnesses who were hearing at the moment this is a strong time i guess for the prosecution you're getting this unfiltered wood from young people as i said a 9 year old girl there the kind of stuff which the defense will really struggle to refute. that was powerful testimony you're absolutely right the 9 year old i think was 8 at the time of the incident. people that young i mean anyone with children know that children sometimes can be brutally honest no there is no motive to fabricate no motive to curry favor with one side or another it's just a child. talking about her riffing seen i have an 11 year old i cannot imagine my child seeing something like that and then having to come and relive it and test the pie about it so it is a it is a really really tough. test of mony for the defense to deal with

i imagine on cross-examination if i were the person for do if i were representing the officer doing the cross-examination i might decide not to do one at all or if i did one it would be very short inconsistent with my theory that you know that there were there were growing tensions there are a lot of people and force the officers to continue with the posture that they had with george floyd so if i were defense attorney if i did anything i would be like hello thank you for coming to testify you remember there were a lot of people out there yes and you remember they were making a lot of noise yes thank you so much and i would sit down what he doesn't want to do is appear to go after or attack a witness like that in any way because the jury won't will not like the lawyer and

the jury doesn't like the lawyer the jury doesn't like the lawyers crying contrast that with the earlier witness done a williams the man who called 911 it was all about anger wasn't it and in fact i don't know williams kept trying to say you can't categorize me as angry and yet that was where the defense went on cross-examination keep pushing him keep trying to show that actually he again not the man on trial and not the victim was the one getting angry and making things worse. absolutely vet that is the theory of the defense that the officers were reasonably afraid of their safety that there was a mob out there and that they were out of control now what i said earlier is that the prosecutor has to reframe that so the police did not react to the mob but rather concerned citizens reacted to the police so in closing argument i would say something rhetorical

a like you know how do you imagine what do you expect people to do when they see someone being murdered right in front of their eyes sit there silently and smile no they're seeing someone being murdered of course they're going to react of course they're going to be angry they're decent human beings with feelings right so the prosecution will have to turn that beery on its hear it what the defense is trying to do is justify the actions of their client by saying that this is a reasonable response to an accident situation an emergency situation him really it's going to be the jury to decide which narrative which account which dori they believe. rado as i'm sitting here talking to you have got a bunch of screens in front of me i'm watching the trial i'm watching channel i'm watching other channels all around the world not just american networks and most of them broadcasting this live what do you think is the impact of what we're saying

because at times in fact a lot of the time court procedure can be a little bit boring procedural difficult to understand where looking we've got you to explain it to us that said what impact do you think it's having as the public watches it. well i think it's a very important civics lesson you're right most trials are really really boring and the jury for big percentages of the time are bored because there's a lot of arcane stuff that goes on that nobody really understands except the lawyers what i hope the public is seeing though is seeing process at work what differentiates the the american criminal justice system with many other systems is that it privileges process that is it starts from the premise that if we follow a particular process then we are more likely to ascertain the truth than if we do

it in the other way so there are all the safeguards that a trial has so less segment i talked about fact witnesses versus opinion witnesses and there are all these safeguards such that only competent and reliable and relevant and material information gets in front of a jury and we believe that if you follow this process then you're more likely to get at the truth so that's what i hope people take away from it even if it is cumbersome sometimes a run i said earlier i'm really glad we've got you with us to take us through all of this and we'll look forward to talking to begin later on when sullivan thank you much. around an hour till events in minneapolis resumes i will go through some of the news coronavirus and the united states has joined 13 other countries in raising

concerns about a world health organization report into the origins of the corona virus they say it lacked access to the original data and samples this report of course based on the fact finding mission to in china wake up at 19 was 1st detected and while it doesn't pinpoint exactly where the disease came from the report is saying that it's extremely likely it was transmitted from bats to humans through another animal the team leader peter pan am break also says it may not have originated from that infamous. market after all really during the 2nd half of this bill we could see a surge of cases both among the ones linked to the market but increasingly as we move towards the end of december increasingly cases not linked with the market indicating that the disease was already at that time spreading outside in into different parts of. meanwhile some of the world's leading scientists of war and the

world may have less than a year before these current back scenes are actually no longer effective against future covert 1000 mutations and while this pandemic continues to affect all our lives the w.h.o. and the leaders of 23 countries are calling for an international treaty to try to deal with future outbreaks let's hear now from. who is a leading a global citizenship program on outbreaks of infectious diseases from university college in london she tells us the speed and the strategy of the vaccinations worldwide really is critical. at the current rate 10 percent only 10 percent of lower middle income countries will actually reduce the vaccines that are off the market to speed to vaccine rollout that we can out he variants incredibly important but it also means that we have to share that and this is something that we all do for instance countries like the u.k. have me a large financial contributions were who backed it it has become a situation where many high income countries are hoarding backed me and that's

a short sighted view because it really creates the ideal conditions with the extra delay this extra last time for other areas the world 'd will back to meet rates but very high transmission of coded retention of the little forces of it and then that is really where variants are more likely to emerge and what we see in countries like the case for instance we have moved through the elderly the vulnerable and are moving into younger population now and what we should be focusing on is ensuring that we're protecting health care workers and health care systems globally but it's a politically difficult message already of course for me are working on a 2nd generation surviving so it is likely actually that we'll see the population getting reback mated as other country will have to wait 345 years or even get there 1st of. plenty more news to come on al-jazeera including this.

despair on the border we speak to families caught up in violence between venezuela's army and colombian rebels. and. it's time for the perfect gentleman. sponsored plan qatar airways now the traditional wins for example of easing in the gulf there has temperature will rise there's a bit of a circulation actually taking place and it's becoming more of a southerly picking up the dust to get towards kuwait and some past maybe over iraq but the action in the igi in the eastern med means a strong winds hitting the north of egypt and then killing back up towards the coast of lebanon to be typical with syria and took effect turkey's got the worst

weather needed still cold winter in turkey but there's always an effect where that sort of thing happens it tends to be showers all the way from probably soon as north was be honest but beirut a good example the south lost to friday maybe early saturday the winds die down you held 70 degrees but it will feel better of course without the showers now we're almost devoid of showers in most of southern african are is the time of the year the sun's taking the more northward so you've got a lot of potential challis weather coming up from the south for cape town $22.00 degrees here bit of a shock from only 3 or 4 days ago we were up to 30 showers will develop in for example in the suit too but the main line is further north that takes you more or less from angola across to tanzania this is persistent daily thunderstorms on their way slovenia was. sponsored by qatar airways.

when the boneless struck many died and many wrist to end the epidemic. this is their story through the lens of local filmmakers who said people need to sacrifice more be lawful mission this is what i want the world to see survivors a witness documentary on al-jazeera. with al-jazeera these are the top stories the man who called the police to say he believed he was witnessing a murder has taken the stand in minneapolis day to. trial that he is accused of murdering george floored by kneeling on his neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds the

world health organization has just released the 1st report following its fact finding mission in hung with covert 19 was 1st detected team leader peter bamberg said it may not have originated from the infamous market after all. to me in march and the ethnic armed group the current national union says thousands of soldiers are advancing towards areas it controls in the southeast airstrikes are also reported to have targeted one of their bases and a village thousands of people have been displaced in current state following a previous and strikes over the weekend and hundreds have fled to neighboring thailand more on this from florence though in kuala lumpur. the escalation of violence following days of air strike reports say and 10000 people have already been sprayed many thousands of times across the country into neighboring highlands and seek shelter and seek refuge also getting reports from activists groups saying

that these 5000 people have turned back from entering thailand. we know that people who then wouldn't it have been trying to go into the country to seek medical assistance and dozens of them were allowed to go into the time of their lives to seek medical assistance but clearly what's happening in myanmar is now extremely worrisome it's not just the fact that there is no. our military is cracking down on protesters but it's very clear that also aren't seeing on areas how ethnic armed groups central african republic said president foster not conscious data has been sworn in to his reelection last december he was reelected for a 2nd term in office with more than 53 percent of the vote but it was an election mob by violence december's poll violently contested by a coalition of rebel groups more than 270000 people were displaced because he has more from dakar senegal. much pomp and honor at play you don't. swearing in

ceremony inside the national assembly in the capital bangui under high security because according to the united nations 44 percent of the country is in the hands of armed groups including the coalition for patriotic change led by former president bush now they want to see. out of power of course present during the ceremony were those that back him including the prime minister of gabon and cameroon from neighboring countries absent were the usual backers notably france the former colonial power who only sent their secretary for foreign affairs at this event of course russia was heavily present yesterday the president spoke to sergey lavrov the minister of foreign affairs who congratulation aakash to iraq who thanks to the presence

of russian fighters was able to stem down the violence in his country still according to humanitarian aid agencies more than half of the population are in need of humanitarian aid and humanitarians are finding it difficult to get to those who are displaced what we need right now on from the government but also for all actors is better access so we need the space to be preserved we need to be able to deliver on the ground to reach the people we need and we can only see a political solution there is no military solution to the conflict and for the people who are in need today for his 2nd mandate president what are is also calling for what he calls a republican dialogue he wants all parties involved including armed groups to sit down around the table and to resolve all these deep grievances at stake of course is the control of this country the central african republic rich in diamond and

gold and yet where most of its population live on less than $2.00 a day. well ships are once again sailing through egypt soon as canal because there was that giant container ship blocking the canal for 6 days and it was finally moved on monday the united nations says it will take up to 4 days to clear the backlog of marine traffic in the can now this report from andrew chappelle. in the early morning start as these container ships try to make up for lost time maritime traffic is moving again on egypt's suez canal after being disrupted for 6 days. about $140.00 ships are expected to pass through on tuesday the canal was blocked by a ship as long as new york's empire state building is tall dredger crews worked around the clock to clear thousands of cubic meters of sand around the vessel a fleet of tugboats then pulled it from a bank and into deeper water. egypt's president has held the rescue effort as

a point of pride for the canal and its operators the government received more than $5000000000.00 in revenue from the channel last year fizzling connected with and could see it on the list as to what is said about alternatives and such no no this is a global waterway for international trade. $9000000000.00 worth of goods passes through each day and delays to international supply chains will take time to clear all the immediate crisis is over experts say the ever givens mishap raises long term questions about the canal sustainability is going to be a lot of head scratching and thinking not only about making supply chains will resilience but i'm sure the series canal thorazine is having a good think as well about how to make the the canal itself more robust one alternative is they are along the northern coast of siberia that could possibly be open up which is now actually possible to sail around because of the gloom whatever

the alternatives egypt's government recently expanded this waterway at a cost of more than $8000000000.00 banking on it staying the world's number one short cut between east and west and are schapelle al-jazeera. 3 female health workers have been shot dead in afghanistan the women working for a polio vaccination program in the eastern city of jalalabad the government says it's not clear who carried out the shootings but early this month 3 female journalists were also killed in jalalabad and i still claimed responsibility for that attack. the youth driven protest movement in thailand fighting for reform of both government and monarchy is now trying to regain some momentum most of its leadership was jailed during a recent legal crackdown using a revived royal defamation scott hardly has been speaking to parents of those behind bars with this report from bangkok. defiant at their quarter rivals earlier this month protest leaders put it she would lock known as penguin. and upon the

often a cool known as wrong. but they were hidden from the cameras this week police made certain to keep them out of sight as they arrive for criminal court hearings both face charges of sedition and royal defamation. at a tribute for the arrested protesters penguins mother she would walk is now growing more worried about her 22 year old son but says she's staying strong for him. penguin's been in jail since february 9th and 2 weeks ago started a hunger strike until they all was granted. a couple of polls he always tells us to be patient to make sacrifices and be proud of him no matter what happens to him he's not harming anybody only expressing his honest opinion to make his homeland a bit a place both penguin and wrong have been charged with multiple counts of insulting the monarchy and king corn each one could carry a 15 year sentence they've been denied bail repeatedly just last year prime

minister said the king told him not to use the lesson not just a law but clearly that directive has not only changed as now the war of defamation law is being used to intimidate and scare protesters and their leadership around 80 cases have been filed since november. supports the monarchy and strongly believes in thai traditions a mother herself she feels that parents need to take action if their kids are protesting for royal reform any. kids have to listen to their parents when told they shouldn't criticize the king it's a sacred institution of our country it's fine if you criticise the government runs parents and penguins parents really should have ruined their children. rooms mother city judo rotten a corps says she has some regrets for her daughter taking care of wrongs cats while she's away gives her comfort. like i will if i could go back in time i'd still give my daughter the same warnings i gave before if you want to involve yourself with politics they'll be consequences you may go to prison you may not be able to bail

yourself out and you may lose your freedom. and at this stage both protest leaders have traded their freedom for what they see as the battle of their generation deep reform of thailand's power structures it's got harder al-jazeera bangkok than its women refugees in colombia are accusing their country's army of killing innocent civilians only 5000 people have fled fighting between the military rebels and venezuela and of sought refuge across the border. yet he reports now from the border town of akita 6. for direct me to a syndrome where lina family's pain is unbearable. yeah. yeah yeah yeah 4 of their relatives were killed last week during a military operation ordered by the venezuelan government security forces accuse them of being part of a colombian rebel group and said they died in combat but neighbors and family

members insist they were innocent taken from their homes and executed just that up in the end i was looking out for my brothers i saw them in their house and gestured to them then ran back into my home because soldiers were threatening people that's when i heard an armored vehicle stopping in front of their house. neighbors saw how soldiers took them away so she ran out again let me go to work i know that i told the other soldiers they took my family they said go home that i didn't need to worry that they were taking them to the battalion for questioning before returning them home instead they reappeared in pictures circulating on social networks bed some dressed in fatigues with pistols or a grenade at the side of their body when yeah anybody who knows my sister in law will tell you she hated boots she never wore boots like those you don't need to be a forensic expert to know that this was staged. many of the almost 5000 refugees

who fled the clashes share similar stories accusing the military of illegal detentions as well as looting and burning homes. under pressure vinous well as the fence minister vladimir putin enough said the armed forces were defend the country from the regular groups but added that human rights needed to be respected and that the events at the border would be investigated have been a swell as former prosecutor general now in a poser of president nicolas maduro told al-jazeera that will likely not be the case or you know if there is no type of accountability today in venezuela no any institution that investigates look at how the prosecutor's office controlled by their surface took 5 days before announcing they're going to investigate events at the border such serious facts should be investigated immediately like countless other colombians from this border region that i mean this had fled to venezuela over a decade ago at the height of the conflict between get 3 years in state forces in

the country but now the same kind of violence seems to have reached them on the other side of the border alison the al jazeera. bolivia's former president evo morales has led thousands of people in celebration of the ruling socialist faction supporters of the movement to socialism party marking 26 years since its founding president luis out of state joined the festivities this socialist political party returned to power last year after maraniss was forced to resign following a contested election and widespread violence. let's take you to the headlines on al-jazeera the man who called police.