today. on the 2nd day of the trial of a former police officer in the killing of george floyd emotional testimonies from a woman who was a teenager at the time alan off to the firefighter who tried to step in. frustrated . yes. hello i'm adrian figure this is a 0 live from doha also coming up wounded man lost civilians seek help in neighboring thailand after getting caught up in military attacks on an ethnic group

. a crowded u.s. border facility in the state of texas is open to journalists for the 1st time. and brazil's military chiefs resigned in a sign the president jaya balsa naropa i don't have much power over them after all . there were emotional testimony is on the 2nd day of the trial of a former police officer who's charged with killing george floyd in the us city of minneapolis a teenager at 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 off floyd's neck we have 2 correspondents covering the trial in minneapolis we begin with a report from john hendrick. 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 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 a man a movie a pro a man or a moonie their growth the teen who took that viral video of floyd beneath the needy of former minneapolis police officers 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 the.

state with his life but the fight. is not what i said and it's what he said. she was followed by her 9 year old cousin. and. her right is. and they can live her. 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 you i mean. me. 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 great 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 staff also testified on tuesday genevieve hansen describes how offices refused to last into the. 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 that wasn't done you know. is this are

these things that you wanted to do. it would it it's what i would have done for anybody. when you couldn't do that how did that make you feel. totally distressed. frustrated. yes. well her testimony appeared to have a powerful impact on some of the jurors. has more now on day 2 of the trial and what can be expected in the coming days according to 2 reporters that were the poor 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 motional 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. 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. children nevertheless the testimony today was very powerful very impactful and it's certainly got the attention of everyone that was watching indonesia says that this recovered the culprit voice recorder a passenger jets that crashed into the java sea in january it's just transport

ministry will update journalists and family members shortly the boeing 737 belonging to. went on shortly after taking off from jakarta killing all 62 people. in myanmar the ethnic group the qur'an national union says the military is sending thousands of soldiers to areas that controls in the southeast and strikes are also reported to have targets at one of the bases of the village and korean state thousands of people have been displaced following similar attacks over the weekend many of fled to neighboring thailand and in another development 3 other armed groups and me out so that they will join the revolution if the military doesn't stop the killings. the u.s. government is ordering all of its not essential stuff to leave me on law it cites safety concerns as violence continues across the country and a local monitoring group says that more than 520 people have been killed by the

joint since february's coup let's go live to sue was bangkok in neighboring thailand a serious scott hyde that is monitoring developments from there scott he's inside myanmar say they're bracing for more attacks by the military what's the latest. major and yes as you said the k n u the current national union they are saying that they're preparing for an offensive by the tatmadaw that's the myanmar army and they're concerned because of what we've seen as you mentioned what has happened over that happened over the weekend and those were airstrikes where those injured and frightens people came across the border here in the thailand some are still here on this side of the border they are seeking they are getting medical attention any of those who were injured we do know that a few 1000 went back across the river that's the border in this part between me and mar and thailand they were back across and some of them are staying just on the

bank on the other side of the thailand government here the prime minister said late on tuesday he said if that escalates if the fighting escalates in that parts of myanmar they will welcome the refugees in the government's line so far has been stance so far has been those who went back went back because the situation became more safe but the government here is saying if it changes they will allow them to come back a little bit of a controversy some some human rights groups said that they were forced to leave the government contending that it was safe for them to go back so it'll be interesting to see how things move forward adrian and when you look at these ethnic armies there are about 2 dozen ethnic armies in different parts of me and mostly in the north and the east along the border here with thailand and they have had kind of a fairly successful ceasefire over the last couple of years but obviously with this very civil unrest situation and an unstable situation in myanmar things have kind of flared up we do know that there have been some attacks on police checkpoints by some groups up in the north and that could be prompting this response from the

tatmadaw but what they are saying now particularly can you the one that had the airstrikes on their bases on their camps villages over the weekend they say that they have intelligence evidence that the tatmadaw is preparing for a big attack so the bracing for that obviously thai officials here. are bracing for the potential of refugees those fleeing the fighting will come over here so while they wait and see but again this amid all this adrian the protests are still going on the streets across me and more and the crackdown by security forces is carrying out too so we've got a very complex situation as we've been seeing over the last couple days on the streets of myanmar. blivet bangkok scott many thanks indeed for the 1st time since job i became president journalists have been granted access to the main detention facility at the child migrants along the mexican border by instilling with a growing migration crisis thousands of being held in the state of texas with

thousands more on their way to reports. this u.s. border facility appears more like an overcrowded daycare center it's only supposed to hold 250 people overall there are more than 4000 including 3400 children smuggled to the u.s. border alone i'm a father. i don't want to see that as a border patrol agent i didn't sign up for this border patrol isn't supposed to detain children for more than 3 days but with no space available at longer term facilities most have waited well beyond the legal limit. president joe biden has been criticized for his lack of transparency to the process this is the 1st time journalists have been allowed inside the facility since he took office. and 2018 former president donald trump was criticized for separating migrant children from their families a tough stance on immigration was a key player in his make america great again agenda. we're starting to seem younger

and younger kids being brought over by their sponsors by relatives by grandparents wherever it is in the family that is actually asking for these kids and paying the fees to smuggle these kids into the country. and more are coming as i need. people one day and that's the wife you know a country yes people are desperate for. several 100100 or and set off on tuesday hoping to reach the united states you know the. battle of course i'm afraid they say they're waiting for us with tear gas at the u.s. border but what are we going to do we have to suffer to enjoy later on. and harrowing stories of suffering arrive every day about a month and a half ago i was back here talking to one of the little girls you know and i told the congressional delegation this is the same thing right we're going to send it to

the hospital and as i got closer i noticed that she couldn't speak and i asked the medical staff what happened and she said the reason she was going to the hostel because she had gotten gang raped and the reason that she couldn't speak was because she had lost her voice in the process where she was getting great pressure is mounting on biden to handle a fast spiraling situation decisions that will have lifelong implications for these young ones who've already made the journey harding al-jazeera. the weather next here on al-jazeera than france criticizes u.n. investigators have accused its military of killing civilians in mali plus illness and fresh rationing were met mine about half an hour will. be attacked by more attacks on asians in the u.s. lead to greater cause for justice and action.

now the traditional wins for example of easing in the gulf there has temperature will rise is a bit of a circulation actually taking place and it's becoming more of a suddenly picking up the dust to get towards kuwait and some past maybe of 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 will be typical with syria and turkey that turkey's got the worst weather needed to call winter in turkey but there's always an effect when that sort of thing happens it tends to be showers all the way from probably soon as north was be honest but beirut's 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. when freedom of the press is under threat demonstrators and journalists are dealing with internet outages police intimidation and charges of said dish and the state line becomes the default the media namely develop new kinds of images that lead to let it get to these guys and just how did he create a new system makes it hard for people to know what's real and what's not step outside the mainstream shift the focus covering the way the news discovered the listening posts on a. well

again this is al jazeera the bad news this hour a u.s. court has been hearing witness testimony in the trial of a former police officer charged over george floyd's death and officers he firefighters described how she was prevented from giving 1st aid to short when he appeared on conscious. indonesia says it's recovered the cockpit voice recorder of a passenger jet that crashed into the java sea the boeing 737 belonged to seward. went out shortly after taking off from jakarta all 62 people on board these pictures from just a few moments ago as the cockpit voice recorder was pulled ashore. but as

strikes by myanmar's military of the southeast have driven thousands of people into they bring thailand and i think armed group in qur'an states is warning that soldiers are preparing to storm the region. the leaders of all 3 branches of brazil's all the forces a set of jointly resigned after the defense minister was sex the dismissal was part of a capital over a hole by president jaya bilson hour on monday lists fear that he's moving to assert greater control over the military what a kid have reports from rio the commanders of the army the navy and the air force jointly left their posts after president jalal sinatra fired former defense minister. in a cabinet overhaul the new defense minister general but i got released a statement saying that all 3 commanders would be replaced. stevie's brazil's armed forces haven't seen anything like this in decades the 3 former commanders in

defense minister made it clear to both sonority they will not allow the military to be involved in politics nor will they support any attempt to close congress overturn coronavirus curfews and lock downs imposed by governors and mayors. of crisis comes as brazil faces the worst phase in the cove in 1910 demick with daily deaths reaching almost 4000 at least 6000 are waiting for beds in intensive care units being follow on from the pl have been talking for months about the risk of the public system collapsing sadly that moment has come rob brazil states and cities have taken restrictive measures to reduce infections president also narrow has accused governors and mayors of acting like dictators the overall though google scenario has been guiding brazilians to expose themselves to the virus disobeying instructions given by states and cities he is promoting confrontation at a time of crises when he should be fostering cooperation but he's losing the

support of businessmen and lawmakers monday's cabinet reshuffle was seen as an attempt by both so now to to change course in his response to covert 19 which has caused more than 300000 deaths in brazil we will brazil is facing another problem hunger 7 out of every 10 brazilians living in slums and core neighborhoods have no money to buy food the government's monthly handouts were suspended in january meineke and this era we are this and narrow. the un is looking into the killing of more than 20 people in venezuela's capital in january that sort of happened during a security operation by unit that's been accused of abuses in the past so i suppose reports. of this are images of venezuela security forces in the neighborhood of in get back us. they're part of a unit known as fire as 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 this is most of the killings where extrajudicial executions. in up 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 that. 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 venezuela's former prosecutor and 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 will a lot of good and then better than in the us 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 indirectly yes you know we are waiting for the beginning of the investigation against maduro 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. diplomatic sources have confirmed to al-jazeera that the un report indicates yemen's who the rebels were responsible for an attack on the airport in the city of 1820 people were killed on december 30th when missiles were fired in an attempt to his a plane that had landed with government officials on board reporters said to contain

evidence that the missiles a symbol of those of the who the austin ill will 5 from areas under rebel control iran backed faces have denied the allegations international donors a pledge $6400000000.00 in humanitarian aid to help syria but fell short of a u.n. targets it had been hoping to raise $10000000000.00 that a 2 day conference in brussels but the aid has increased during the pandemic which is compounded the syria economy has problems the u.s. says that it's ready to resume talks with iran about returning to the 2015 nuclear deal white house press secretary jen psaki says that the offer to engage is on the table but terror on wants the u.s. to 1st remove sanctions and is rejected several proposals for the go see a sions we remain committed to pursuing a diplomatic process to determine a way forward sometimes that takes some time and we certainly have found that in

the past as it relates to negotiations with iran we remain ready to reengage in meaningful diplomacy to achieve a mutual return to compliance with the j c p a way commitments and that offer to discuss and gauge is on the table. more than a dozen countries so raising concerns about a reported to 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 so that more could be learned if china provided better access beijing has responded by reiterating his criticism of efforts to politicize the pandemic of zeros could trigger us at the market linked to the very 1st cases of covert buying t. . 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 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 bronner virus is bats or some other wild animal has been found there realty very cruel various strains. to size. in the region or in southeast asia and generally have these bats are leaving is a strong indication that. that's where the sources special attention in the report is given to this location this is the. market with the 1st page of the covered $900.00 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 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 closely investigated that members of the beach team faced many difficulties when existing glory days where we did not have full access to do 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 it because. certain authorization needs to be given before we could get that since the 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 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 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 show to investigate coronavirus outbreaks in other countries. police in new york have 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 a warning that 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 anti easing comments it's the latest in a growing series of attacks on asian americans this is salt considered a hate crime. absolutely terrifying because it makes all of the asian american community you know say you know what was all. that's ultimately

what is happening. i am angry you know all the emotions never. a fresh ration the. 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 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 we can. sit antiviolence. across the united states i should not have to be worried about my mother being slashed or pushed in the streets i should not 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 my bag just in case i'm going to get a 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. france insists that it only killed in an airstrike in mali to un investigators concluded 19 civilians died the u.n. team says that only 3 armed men were killed during the strike on the village of pointy in january it says that it came to its conclusion after analyzing satellite images visiting the site and interviewing more than $400.00 people france says the evidence is weak but the un secretary-general spokesman says they stand by the report and its findings. so 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 and just before the headlines some cheering pictures of cherry blossom in the u.s. capitol which is picked early this year it's only a major tourist attraction but there's a lot todd out journey to the cheers of the pandemic the cherry trees were given to the us by japan in 1912 as a gift of friendship. that is good said he with a solo adrian finnegan here in doha the headlines when i was in syria a us court has been hearing witness testimony in the trial of a former u.s. police officer charged over george george floyd's death an off duty firefighter described how she was prevented from giving 1st aid to floyd when he appeared on the concha.