a lot of the stories that we cover all highly complex so it's very important that we make them as understandable as we can as al jazeera correspondents last will be strong to do. the u.s. trial of a former police officer hears a firefighter tearfully recount she was prevented from helping george floyd before he died. he said something and said if you really are this. firefighter you would know better than. darren jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up all of the people who have been working to save lives the families who've lost loved ones all deserve

greater transparency the u.s. and other countries question a w.h.o. study into covert 9 thousands of regions saying china didn't give enough access to samples and data. wounded me and my civilian seek help in neighboring thailand after getting caught up in military attacks on ethnic groups. and a crowded u.s. border facility in the state of texas is open to journalists for the 1st time. a teenager and a child have been among witnesses giving at times emotional testimony during the trial of a former u.s. police officer charged over george floyd's death the court heard how onlookers grew increasingly angry as they demanded derrick chokin take his knee off floyd's neck and i will firefighter was prevented from intervening john hendren reports now from minneapolis. as he watched derek show vanilla and george floyd's increasingly

lifeless body donald williams called the police to report on the police at some point did you make a 911 call. the police. and why did you do that because i believe out with a murderer. williams testifying for a 2nd time on day 2 of the high profile civil rights trial can be heard on bystander video calling out to officers to stop the man a move yet bro the man on moon is there growing where the teen who took that viral video of floyd beneath the needy of former minneapolis police officer show ven testifying off camera because of her age says floyd seemed to know he was dying it's been nice i stayed in. a palace out of the. palace. for not doing more in not.

physically beating around. and not saving his life but the fight. is not what i said and it's what he said to me she was followed by her 9 year old cousin. and. her in her right is. and it can't hurt him. she watched she said as paramedics had to push over an off an unmoving floyd. prosecutors use the witness video to show jurors that what plays out on the video is really all they need to know in the words of one prosecutor you can believe your eyes the defense seems to be building a case that the officers felt they couldn't move george floyd because of what they perceived is a growing hostile and unruh. around them do you recall saying i do to touch me like

that i swear i'll slap. both of you hear. me. so again sir it's fair to say that you grew angrier and angrier you know our professional and professional i stayed in my body. you came out to be a. prosecutors are expected to wrap their testimony some time next week that's when defense lawyers will present their case possibly including the testimony of the officer children is the one on trial but for many inside an l. side the courtroom what's on the docket is racial justice in america john hendren al-jazeera minneapolis. well in her testimony firefighter genevieve hansen said she was off duty when she came across the scene and she described how officers refused to let her intervene. in my memory i offered to walk kind of walk them through it are told that if he doesn't have

a pulse you need to start compressions and i wasn't done eating. is this are these things that you wanted to do. it would it's what i would have done for anybody. and when you couldn't do that how did that make you feel. totally distressed. frustrated. yes. politicians in the u.s. state of kentucky have approved a partial ban on so-called no knock warrants it's happened about a year after brianna taylor was shot and killed by police during that type of raid on her louisville home the case like that of george floyd fueled nationwide protests against police brutality to conduct a no knock warrants kentucky police now need clear and convincing evidence of a crime and to meet several other requirements.

the u.s. some 13 other countries of raised what they're calling shared concerns over a world health organization backed report into the origins of covert 19 the report from fact find us sent to the chinese and found it's most likely the virus passed to humans from but via another animal they all but dismissed the theory that the virus leaked from a laboratory but critical governments say more could be learned if china provided better access beijing responded by reiterating its criticism of efforts to politicize the pandemic will katrina you is that the market linked to the very 1st cases of covert 19. weeks after the w.h.o. team completed their mission here in mohan they released this report into their findings in $120.00 pages they detail the thousands of dollars of stats they analyzed including the 1st corner virus cases and local mortality rates the report

doesn't come to any firm conclusions but it says that the most likely source of the bronner virus is bats or some other wild animal has been found there really really cruise various strains. 2 sides. in the region all showing in southeast asia in general going to these bats are leaving is a strong indication that. that's where this forces special attention in the report is given to this location this is the one on the market with the 1st page of the covered 900 were identified the team visited this location although it's been shut for more than a year wild animals were sold here but they found that many of those 1st cases of coated 19th were not in fact linked to this market they also visited a hungover met lab on the outskirts of the city and said that it was a very unlikely that that lab was the source of the outbreak however the w.h.o. director general himself says that that theory needs to be more closely

investigated that members of the team faced many difficulties when existing glory days where we did not have full access to the real data we wanted that has been good as a recommendation for and for future studies so the idea is that because we didn't have time up because. certain authorization needs to be given before we could get that since the data would bet would be and could be done in the 2nd phase of the studies predicts of the w.h.o. mission and the record data team was forced to take much of the information provided by the chinese government based on the state. curated government tour rather than an independent scientific investigation they doing for its part denies that it would held any information from the show and says it has cooperated fully with the international community has condemned what it says is politicizing

of the investigation and called for the day to investigate coronavirus outbreaks in other countries. so me i'm on our way of the ethnic group the car in national union says the military is sending thousands of troops to areas it controls in the southeast strike souls are reported to have targeted one of their bases and a village in korean state houses of people have been displaced following similar attacks on the weekend hundreds of fled to neighboring thailand and in another development 3 other groups in min ma say they'll join the revolution if the military doesn't stop the killings let's bring in brian harding he's a senior expert on southeast asia at the u.s. institute of peace he joins us via skype from washington d.c. brian great to have you with us so we are now seeing the me and my military increase their attacks on these ethnic groups since the protests began over the coup how significant is this brian and what what can you make of this tactic do you think well it's pretty clear here that the situation would be on mars deteriorating rapidly creating quite interesting bedfellows the military screw and the reckless

crack didn't really manage to unite some precious groups in the country now this is a country that's been at war pretty much its entire existence but the ethnic groups recognize words point for anybody watching the situation that the tatmadaw the military is on the ropes there perhaps is a generational moment you're for some fundamental change inside the country and brian 3 of these ethnic groups have now threatened to end a cease fire deal with the 1000000 mom military because of the deaths of the protest as if that ceasefire is broken how much of an escalation would this be. you know this can create some real problems for the military so the collectively all the our ethnic armed groups have about 75000. members and military has about 300000 but the geography is such that the ethnic groups the rain the periphery of the country and really would require some movement to towards that periphery which

would mean that there weren't as many troops to police the cities where there were the civil disobedience movement is really at the heart of the m 20 coop movement so this group create major problems for the military but the backdrop here is that the ethnic groups who have been battling to toughen up for decades have no faith that the tatmadaw is non-striker here they have been experiencing the very tactics that we're seeing on t.v. today in cities of myanmar for decades in the regions that they control and contest so if there is some kind of brutal alliance formed between the protesters and some of these armed groups what could this mean then for the protest movement going forward and could the military crackdown even harder do you think. it's certainly possible and it doesn't seem like they're backing down but in a lot of ways this is the military's worst nightmare a true alliance between that and demonstrators the politicians that won this

election last month and ethnic on groups and you know i think we're just heading straight into a very chaotic situation which is bad for the country bad for it but there's there's got to be a point which it breaks it's also bad for the neighborhood. india is concerned china's concern thailand's concern of refugees are flowing over borders a failed state in the middle of a hard emanating transnational crime for a while but in our contacts is not in anybody's interest just a just a final thought to brian how do you see this whole playing out then for the gents i mean could the pressure at home and abroad actually topple them in a train and would china sit back and i'm not about to happen soon china is going to be dealing with whoever is running their country china is not happy about this situation they worked hard to build a relationship with former government and i think it's clear china the current situation inside the country is unsustainable so no matter who's on tamil in power

chance going to deal with them for the top middle itself i mean this is unprecedented territory. everybody is watching to see if it will be cracks within the military but you know there have been over the past that relations but this is a whole new 'd ball going to be here ma'am our society has truly transformed over the last 10 years and it's quite clear that the new generation is not going to take this lying down nor are the armed groups to see a real opportunity as well and join together this is quite an interesting development brian harding good to get your thoughts thank you very much indeed for talking to al-jazeera thank you rob. time for a short break here now does iraq when we come back jeb also narrows military chiefs all resigned after the brazilian president the defense minister and a cabinet level. and more accusations of human rights abuses in venezuela by a police unit during a security operation more than status. it's

time for the perfect gentleman the weather sponsored point qatar airways the sun's out in japan the cherry blossoms are out in japan south korea in particular and a good part of china but they may be spoiled by the amount of rain forming once again in the familiar areas pretty rocky did but it's part of the system is starting to increase orange tops just a heavier rain on faces john still snow at height of course miss curling into was beijing doesn't get the well they did this rain might just hit the far south of japan but mostly you're talking about it as of the warm settles though the heavy showers in the philippines but they are concentrating in the sides and they're edging further west from west papua where they were heavy a couple days ago is that going back towards java sumatra been fairly wet recently

and just the north the small islands in the bay of bengal that's about as far north as that where it's going to get there is quite a strong wind developing go into bangladesh nothing pick up or add to the dust is being blown in across the north indian plain new delhi sees windy weather for a couple of days it will ease off but it's hard to get to friday's $36.00 degrees fairly steadily it's hotter than not in russia status horse not in southern pakistan into 42 to 45 degrees territory this blowing down the gulf but it's weakening still quite a strong wind blowing down the red sea. qatar airways. a lot of what the i.o.c. do exist. but my sister saved me if i want my life she should with my family. the reality of addiction in the arab oils and the struggle for come for a. full trust me it's a drug. i'll just email wells goes inside

a rehab clinic in the nile downtown. rehab egypt edge of it action on al jazeera. welcome back a quick amount of our top stories here this hour a u.s. court's been hearing witness testimony in the trial of a former police officer charged of a george floyd's death. described how she was prevented from giving 1st aid to floyd when he appeared unconscious. 14 nations are raising concerns about a report into the origins of corona virus investigators sent to the chinese city who haven't found the virus most likely passed from bats to humans through another animal but governments say more could be learnt of china provided better access

their stride military in the southeast have driven thousands of people into neighboring thailand the ethnic group in current status warning the soldiers are preparing to storm the regional. police in new york have launched a hate crime investigation into another attack on an asian american in broad daylight these attacks have been rising prompting action from police and the president ellen fisher reports and a warning some of the video you're about to see is disturbing. it is shocking and brutal a 65 year old asian woman walking to church when she's attacked in broad daylight in manhattan in new york and new one comes to help as the man stomped on ahead police say he made several comments it's the latest in a growing series of attacks on asian americans this is salt considered a hate crime it is absolutely terrifying because. all of the community you know say you know what was all. this

happening. i am angry you know all the emotions. that a fresh. bad has because of the attacks. new york police also investigating another attack on an asian man on a subway train in the city a man was beaten and choked to unconsciousness this video has now been viewed more than 2000000 times the rise in attacks has brought people in support on monday senate democratic leader chuck schumer attended a vigil in new york and at the weekend took to the streets it antiviolence sallies an across the united states i should not have to be worried about my mother being slashed or pushed in the streets i shouldn't have to be worried about getting along on the train i'm a native new yorker and for the 1st time in my life i carry

a knife i carry around a hammer in my band just in case i'm going to get attacked police in new york have issued this picture of the man they want to interview in connection with the attack on the 65 year old woman she remains in hospital with serious injuries. al-jazeera. the leaders of all 3 branches of brazil's armed forces are said to have joined to resigned after the defense minister was such. as of a to disown his dismissal as part of a cabinet overhaul by president jacques bolton are on monday list of expressed fears of the president increasingly under pressure is moving to assert greater control over the military. in rio de janeiro says nothing like this has been seen in decades for the 1st time in brazil's recent history the commanders of the army the navy and the air force have left their posts at the same time in what analysts and the local press are calling the biggest military crisis since 1977 the 3 commanders decided to tender their resignations after president variable so now to

fire the defense minister. on tuesday this morning the new defense minister general but agone now confirmed they would be substituted but the fact that all 3 commanders left in the wake of a ministerial reshuffle is being seen as a protest against both or not as the attempts to draw the armed forces into politics. a former army captain has surrounded himself with military advisors and ministers he was hoping they would support him in his struggle to overturn walk downs and curfews imposed by governors and mayors who are desperately trying to fight a coded 19 pandemic. had said they are acting as dictators and that by shutting down commercial activity he will starve brazilians who have been not been receiving emergency aid since january but governors and mayors say they have no other means to stop infections which have spiraled out of control leaving the

health care system on the brink of collapse more than 314000 brazilians have died many of them in line waiting for a bed in an intensive care unit the president has always downplayed the virus by calling it a little flu and by not using a mask but he is now under increasing political pressure to change his attitude. a rising star in the us republican party has confirmed he's under federal investigation the new york times earlier reported that matt gates is being investigated for allegedly having a sexual relationship with a 17 year old girl mike hanna has more now from washington d.c. . there's been no confirmation whatsoever from the department of justice that such a probe is ongoing confirmation that there might be has come from the congressman himself who phoned that online news agency following reports in several media outlets within the united states about this investigation he told the online agency

that yes he was under investigation however he attributed this to some kind of. wages being waged by the justice department aimed at him he said he understood that he was not the subject of the investigation but was part of why the investigation however as i say no confirmation from the department of justice but this is a very serious charge should it be proven or should justice department in fact be doing this he's being investigated according to gates himself for transporting the 17 year old across state lines possibly for the reasons of sex and the reports indicate that he did pay for her travel now this is a very serious federal offense which the department of justice has prosecuted on a number of occasions but why the high level of interest in this matter gates very much a rising star within the republican permanent very much

a fervent supporter of former president and it is understood in the course of the day too that there were reports that he's leaving congress to become an online present for an extreme right news organizations so a lot of interest locally in terms of these reports but as i continue to reiterate no confirmation from the department of justice itself that such an investigation is ongoing now for the 1st time since joe biden became president journalists have been granted access to the main border detention facility for children as crammed with more than $4000.00 refugees migrants including children and families is designed to hold just $150.00 unaccompanied minors held there until they can be potentially placed with a relative or u.s. sponsored they know that we're releasing them they know that right now there's nothing stopping them we're not going to put them back to their country so they keep coming and warm. right now these kids were starting younger and younger kids being brought over by their sponsors by relatives by grandparents whoever it is in

the family that is. paying the fees for these kids into the country france insisted only killed. in mali after un investigators concluded $970.00 ans died a un team says only 3 men were killed when the strike on the village of in january it says it came to its decision after analyzing satellite images visiting the site and interviewing more than 400 people france says the evidence is weak well the u.n. secretary general spokesman says they stand by the report and its findings i think the next step is really clued in the recommendations to both the and the french authorities to conduct you know what we would want to see is an independent credible and transparent investigation to examine the circumstances around the attack. from paris. well statement by the french defense ministry effectively dismisses the findings in this u.n.

report the french defense ministry says that it stands by its version of events it also questioned some of the methods that were used by u.n. investigators in mali this report done by the u.n. mission in the country now the french defense ministry men tains the what happened in its point of view and generally the 3rd is that it carried out an airstrike in central mali targeting armed fighters on the ground the french defense ministry statement says that these armed fighters had been detected less than an hour before 3 bombs were dropped more than a dozen people were killed what the u.n. report says is in fact 19 civilians were killed they had been attending a wedding party and this was the sort of story that had emerged after this air strike local n.g.o.s on the ground in mali had said that eyewitnesses had talked

about the fact that there had been a wedding gathering in this village people talked about planes flying overhead now the french defense ministry virulently denies this they say that these were armed fighters u.n. reporters saying that they were civilians however they do say that at this wedding party 3 armed fighters were also killed 3 men who were linked to an al qaeda group nevertheless this is embarrassing for the french defense ministry because the u.n. of course is a sort of international multinational organization that it would support and respect so it is unusual for the french defense ministry to take this sort of a stand against an organization like minister but nevertheless standing by its version of events it will not help however you'd imagine the growing anti french sentiment already in the region the u.n. is looking into the killing of more than twice. the people in venezuela's capital in general it said during

a security operation by unit has been accused of abuses in the past trees about reports. of this are images of venezuela security forces in the neighborhood of. us. they're part of a unit known as face a special action force created in 2016 to fight against crime in the south american nation human rights groups say during an operation here in january at least 23 people were killed most of them were young and poor men. father a failing fund they says most of the killings were extrajudicial executions. most of those killed had no links to gangs or the police that are the ones who are confronting each other the victims were not hit by stray bullets so far nobody has come here to investigate what happened. father in front they says protests had been on the rise in the area prior to the raid due to lack of basic services and. we

have problems with gas water and food and people take to the streets curiously after those protests there was this huge right that paralyzed people it was an occupation. the united nations and human rights organizations claim the fires have turned into death squads that have killed thousands of people in the country over the past 2 years. they say there is a pattern among those killed. most of the victims are young and poor if you live in a poor area and you have been to jail it is a death sentence when the police have a profile in a computer and the person has a record in 95 percent of the cases that person is killed. so far this year human rights groups say over $200.00 people have been killed by security forces your feeling is that of any venezuela's former prosecutor in resort they are told al-jazeera my daughter will be investigated at the international criminal

court for the deaths of at least 8000 people at the hands of the country's security forces. the investigation includes abuses during the protests against the government but also the ones that happened during raids in poor areas that were not of that and they invited them in just one of the great confrontations i had with the government of nicolas maduro is because of human rights abuses several massacres at the hands of security forces i went to the international criminal court to denounce the killing of $8000.00 venezuelans during a period of 3 years. and only me so the indirect yes you know we are waiting for the beginning of the investigation against a murderer and generals for human rights abuses there is no control in venezuela and there are no investigations into abuses. abuses which the relatives of those killed have been denouncing for years with the hope their demands for justice will finally be heard. that is how will.

now the man believed to be a key planner of the burglary at the center of the watergate scandal has died at the age of 90 g. gordon liddy was convicted of conspiracy burglary and illegal wiretapping for his role in the break in the democratic party's headquarters in 1902 the investigation and subsequent cover up led to u.s. president richard nixon's resignation in 1984 after spending 4 years in prison libby went on to become a radio show host. of a quick check of the headlines here in al-jazeera u.s. courts been hearing witness testimony in the trial of a former u.s. police officer charged over george floyd's death an off duty firefighter has described how she was prevented from giving 1st aid to floyd when he appeared unconscious in my memory and offered to. walk through airports.