on the 2nd day of the trial of a former police officer in the killing of george floyd an emotional testimony is from a woman who was a teenager at the time and off duty firefighter who tried to step in. frustrated. yes. hello i'm adrian for the good this is a 0 a live from doha also coming up wounded me a mass of millions seek help in neighboring thailand after getting caught up in military attacks on an ethnic group. 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 world health organization study into covert nineteen's origins saying that china didn't give enough access to solve pools and data plus. none of them have. yet had. more bold attacks on asians in the u.s. lead to greater calls for justice and auction. block. there were emotional testimony is on the 2nd day of the trial of a former police officer who shot with killing george floyd in the us city of minneapolis a teenager and a child were among those who spoke off camera because of their ages the court heard witnesses describe how they tried to intervene and became increasingly angry as they demanded derrick cho even take his knee all floyd's neck we have 2

correspondents covering the trial in minneapolis we begin with a report from john hendren. as he watched dirac 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 will leave out with a murder. 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 growth 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. not. physically. and not saving his life but the fight. is not what accident is what he said. she was followed by her 9 year old cousin. and. a. current in her right is. catherine curtin. she watched she said as paramedics had to push over an often 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 dearie to touch me like that i swear i'll slap. both of you if i did. i mean. so again sir it's fair to say that you grew angrier and angrier you know through professional and professional i stayed in my bible. 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 court room what's on the docket is racial justice in america john hendren al-jazeera minneapolis a firefighter who was off duty at the time of the incident that led to floyd's death also testified on tuesday genevieve hanson described how officers refused to

let her into the. and my memory i offered to walk kind of walk them through it or talk that if he doesn't have a pulse you need to start compassions and i wasn't done. is this are these things that you wanted to do. it would it it's what i would have time for and. when you couldn't do that on that make you feel. totally distressed. frustrated. yes. 70 appeared to have a powerful impact on some of the jurors. has more now on day 2 of the trial of what could be expected in coming days according to 2 reporters that were the pool reporters inside the courtroom now only 2 journalists are allowed inside because of coronavirus concerns they said and they can see the jury they reported back that

several of the jurors were visibly shaken and gave sympathetic expressions on their face as some of this very dramatic testimony emotional testimony was given from some of these eyewitnesses so clearly this is what the prosecution was trying to do but in the same sense the defense has been insinuating and even said that this trial in their view will come down to one thing how did george floyd die everybody knows that he died that's not the question it's how and the defense is going to moving forward going to argue that he died george floor died from drug use drugs were found in his system and they're going to argue that he died from preexisting health conditions and not from the needs of derek children nevertheless the testimony today was very powerful very impactful and it's certainly. the

attention of everyone that was watching politicians in the u.s. state of kentucky of approved a partial ban on the 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 warrant kentucky police now need clear and convincing evidence of a crime and to meet several other requirements. where ethnic armed groups the qur'an national union says the military is sending thousands of soldiers to areas the controls in the southeast strikes reported targets in one of their bases at a village in current states thousands of people have been displaced following similar attacks over the weekend hundreds of fled to neighboring thailand and in a separate development of 3 other armed groups and men ma so that they'll join the

revolution if the military doesn't stop the killings by and harding has worked for the pentagon focusing on southeast asian policy and is now seen the expert at the u.s. institute of peace he says that the alliance between protesters and armed ethnic groups could bring down the military. it's pretty clear here the situation of being on mars deteriorated rapidly creating quite interesting bedfellows the military coup in the reckless crack didn't really manage to unite some fractious groups in the country and this is a country that's been at war pretty much its entire existence but the ethnic groups recognize what it's plain to see for anybody watching the situation tatmadaw the military is on the ropes so the collectively all the are ethnic armed groups of about 75000. members and the military has about $300000.00 but the geography is such that ethnic groups that ring the periphery of the country and really

require some movements to towards that periphery which would mean that there weren't as many troops to police the cities where there are the civil disobedience movement is really. the heart of the entire crew movement so this group create major problems for the military but the backdrop here is that the ethnic armed groups who have been battling the top not productive. have no faith that fatah is not broker 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 in contests in a lot of ways this is the military's horse nightmare a true alliance between that and take who demonstrators politicians that won this election last month and ethnic congress 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 got to be a point which it breaks it's also about the neighborhood. india is concerned china's

concern thailand's concern and the u.s. government is ordering all of its non-essential staff to leave me on law and cites safety concerns as finance continues across the country a local want to shrink group says that more than 520 people have been killed by the giant since february is cool. they had other views small that a dozen countries are raising concern about a report into the origins of covert time team investigators sent to the chinese city of who found the virus most likely passed from birds to humans through another animal some governments though say more could be learned if china provided better access beijing has responded by reason raising its criticism of efforts to politicize the pandemic attribute is that the market linked to the very 1st cases of covert 19 weeks after the team completed their mission. they've released this report into their findings in $120.00 pages they detail the thousands of dollars

that 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 run a virus is bats or some other wild animal has been found there really. various strains. to size. in the region or in southeast asia and generally have these bats are leaving is a strong indication. that's where the sources 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 hungover 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 director

general himself says that that theory needs to be more fully investigated that members of each team face 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 future studies so the idea is that because we didn't have time and because. certain authorization needs to be given before we could get that sense of these data well better would be and could be done in the 2nd phase of the studies critics of the w.h.o. mission on the record stating the team was forced to take much of the information provided by the chinese government based on the state. of the curated government tour rather than an independent scientific investigation for its part denies that it would held any information funded and says it has cooperated fully with the

international community beijing has condemned what it says is politicizing of the investigation and called for the day to investigate coronavirus outbreaks in other countries or the white house a 2nd stage in the w.h.o. study. the report lacks crucial data information and access it represents a partial and incomplete picture there was a joint statement as i noted that was put out we also welcome a similar statement from the e.u. and e.u. members sending a clear message the global community shares these concerns there are steps from here that we believe should be taken there's a 2nd stage in this process that we believe should be led by international international and independent experts they should have unfettered access to data they should be able to ask questions of people who are on the ground at this point time enough to step the w.h.o. could take indonesia says that it's recovered the culprit voice recorder of

a passenger jet that crashed into the java sea in january the boeing 737 belong to . went down shortly after taking off from jakarta killing or 62 people on board indonesia's transport ministry will update journalists and family members on the crash in the next hour a weather update next to announce the syrup and france criticises un investigators have accused its ministry of killing civilians somali. jiah bows and arrows but the true chiefs resign all together after the brilliant brazilian president sacked the defense minister in the capital over for. now the weather is for a short while quiet this was the responsible frontal system that brought the tornadoes to the southeastern corner but this is the thing to watch now that is

a late winter early spring snowstorm on its way through the middle of canada a lot of snow with it and it's quite cold that cold air will keep pushing dass through the plain states and we get a line here where cold meats warm if you like and you know happens and you develop a line of thunderstorms which possibly produce tornadoes and it's exactly the same sort of area where we saw the last 2 outbreaks so that is one to watch now the temperatures to the north of it on to extremely low with subzero in winnipeg we've got time to we're going back up to 11 from 5 in denver so it's only a brief blast of cold until you look at what's happening on the eastern seaboard as it all goes off shore a referent of cold air means a bit of late snow but even hit new york it almost certainly for india england ok sex a windy picture particularly for the smaller ones in the eastern med lot of showers here and that wind is tending to as a stronger produce a bit more clouds and rain to costs recurring panama and i suspect we're going to

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hello again this is the main news this hour the u.s. court has been hearing witness testimony in the trial of a former police officer charged over george george floyd's death and off duty firefighters described how she was prevented from giving 1st aid to floyd when he appeared on conscious. as strikes by the arm us military in the southeast have driven thousands of people into neighboring thailand and i think armed group in kuranda state is warning that soldiers are preparing to storm the region. and 14 countries a raising concerns about a report into the origins of covert 19 investigators sent to the chinese city of who han found the virus most likely passed from parents to humans through another animal government say that more could be learned if china provided better access. police in new york of launched a hate crime investigation after another attack on an asian american in broad

daylight these attacks have been rising prompting action from police and the president alan fischer reports now just 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 assault considered a hate crime. absolutely terrifying because. all of the community you know say you know what was all. that's ultimately what is happening. i am angry you know all the emotions. a fresh racial. bad has because 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 choctaw in consciousness 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 the weekend 2 took to the streets it antiviolence sallies and 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 going on which 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 a police in new york 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

forces a set of jointly resigned the defense minister was sacked. as evade the dismissal was part of a capital by president jaya balls in a row on monday a list of expressed fears that the president increasingly under pressure is moving to assert greater control over the military. in rio says that 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 as available on tuesday this morning the new defense minister general but i then never confirmed they would be substituted but the fact that all 3 commanders left in the wake of

a minister of the 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 down an curfews imposed by governors and mayors who are desperately trying to fight the covert 19 pandemic. had said they are acting as dictators and that by shutting down commercial activity they 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 do. downplayed the virus

by calling it a little flu and by not using the mask but he is now under increasing political pressure to change his attitude policy taro is a former director of the presume institute at the woodrow wilson center he says military commanders are refusing to be bullied by boss and our military commanders in brazil resigned in protest against president bush will not attempt to impose himself over d.c. to shows his personal will to control and they said no this has rules this is the army that made the air force we follow a hierarchy we follow command and we will not subject the armed forces to decide of almost it looks like an attempt to present both women to to assume dictatorial powers it is the armed forces resisting

that is a crisis that is obviously made more complicated by the corona virus that killed more than $340.00 people 1000 people in brazil and it will continue to present we. the population is turning against him and. it's very difficult to predict what is next but it's certainly not very good for the 1st time since joe biden became president journalists have been granted access to the main border detention facility for children it's crammed with more than $4000.00 refugees and migrants including children and families it's designed to hold just $250.00 unaccompanied minors held here until they could be potentially placed with a relative or u.s. sponsor. 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 indoors right now these kids were starting younger and younger kids being brought over by their sponsors by relatives by grandparents were ever it is in the family that is actually asking for these kids and paying the fees to smuggle these kids into the country diplomatic sources have confirmed to al-jazeera that a un report indicates yemen's hutu rebels were responsible for an attack on aid an app or 20 people were killed on december 30th when missiles were fired at the air force in a sense to his a plane that had landed with government officials on board a report submitted to the un security council is set to contain evidence that the missiles a similar of those in the hootie arsenal of fired from areas under rebel control france insists that it only killed armed fighters in an airstrike in mali after u.n. investigators concluded that 19 civilians died a u.n.

team says that only 3 armed men were killed during the strike on the village of bunty in january it says that it came to its conclusion after analyzing satellite images visiting the size of interviewing more than $400.00 people france says the evidence is weak the u.n. secretary general spokesman says that they stand by the report and its findings i think the next step is really clued in the recommendations to both the mali 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 more now from the time in 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 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 central african republic spross good friends to. to adela has been sworn in after his re-election last december he won a 2nd term in office with more than 53 percent of the votes in an election that was marred by violence december's poll was contested by a coalition of rebel groups nicolas hock reports from dakar in senegal. much pomp

and honor at president. swearing in ceremony inside the national assembly in the capital bangui under high security because according to the united nation 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. a course to they're out of power of course president 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 sergei lavrov the minister of foreign affairs who congratulation. 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 to right know from the government but also for. 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 dollars a day. and just ahead of the headlines some pictures of cherry blossoms in the u.s. capitol still be a major tourist attraction but there's a lower turnout this year due to the pandemic peak bloom came early this year. it's good to have you with us hello adrian finnegan here in doha the headlines announcer sirup a 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.