murder or manslaughter what do you think the prosecution has to prove right now to secure 2 the 2nd degree murder charge or the strongest charge the prosecution has to prove that mr lloyd died with a need. for 9 minutes and 29 seconds despite if he used opioids or not and i honestly do not think that that's going to be a difficult case to me it's. the interesting thing about this case is that it's obviously incredibly well known and a lot of people have seen the some snippets of the video i suppose i want to ask you the same point that i put to to our correspondent most of us have seen bits of the video maybe not everyone had seen the full 929 seconds if i'm honest and certainly most of us i think it was available online but most of us hadn't seen the police body cam shots as well what impact did it have on you do you think and

crucially i guess on the jury to see it all at once then with a very emotional testimonies from some of the witnesses well i think it's important for people around the world to know that the juror asked for in the juror sense that she was having a difficult time sleeping i think the trauma that people are experiencing from being a part of this trial and also living in the metropolitan minneapolis st paul area for the last 10 months is palpable and the world needs now the implants there the killing of george floyd has had on the citizens of minneapolis minnesota. mentioned there that one of the jurors had to ask for a quick break what else did you hear and see today that that struck you particular

. what strikes me is you get the perspective of someone who was a witness are when crimes happen and there's no one there to guinea pig now and smell to what they saw and what you have in ers is people who are able to come forward in say i was gay or in guess is what it looked like and i spoke up and i said that it looks wrong and there was a number of spots you had to keep the line their citizens called 911 on location each is calling the police on the police until a different occasions in less than 10 minutes and that. that is harris professor of american studies at macalester college in minnesota and author of the book justice for george floyd that madame thank you for sharing your views with us thank you thank you so much for having me. or will take us back

to that trial in minneapolis as soon as it starts again but let's take a quick look now at some of the day's other news around the world start in france which will widen lockdown measures that have been in place for paris and some of the regions of to the entire country from saturday in the last hour president to man when mccrone told the nation in a live address that the new restrictions would need to last for at least a month to 7 this is due to the remarks of the paul we decided on the 18th of march to take further measures alongside the curfew in almost 20 regions 2 weeks after taking those measures the numbers a clear yes the strategy had its 1st effects but clearly these efforts a very limited as the epidemic surges in some ways we're facing this excel aeration gita the new variant we will lose control if we do not move now in the upcoming months we need to set a new framework. but there is

a paris and says the president wants to avoid this being seen as another lockdown while the french president demand isn't calling this a national lockdown but it certainly resembles one even if it isn't as strict as the one that was imposed in march and april nevertheless the restrictions are nationwide on saturday across the country people across from will have to stay within a 10 kilometer perimeter from their home all nonessential shops will have to close they'll be no travel allowed between different regions but one of the main measures announced by the french president was the fact the schools will have to shot across france for between 3 and 4 weeks depending on the child say the french government have made much of the fact that they have managed to keep schools open since may last year when the 1st lockdown was lifted the french education minister said over and again this was a president that was

a real priority for friends but really this shows you how badly the health situation here in france has deteriorated there's been a lot of pressure on him in the recent weeks to tighten restrictions because infection of the covert infection rate has been soaring 9 out of 10 i.c.u. beds in the country is full and i know mike ross says the main way out now is really to vaccinate as many people as possible he's calling it's a race against time he said the priority will be to vaccinate people like teachers and police officers as well as the elderly before getting on to the rest of the adult population but that really is for him the focus of the next few weeks april he said will be a very difficult month for the french people but he said there is light at the end of the tunnel. the president of brazil has again mocked to the scale of his country's problem with corona virus saying that hunger kills more people but the country is expecting to record another deadly day after reporting 3780 more

victims on tuesday which was a record high the country currently accounts for about a quarter of global cova deaths on any given day more than any other single nation meanwhile the vaccination effort has been hampered by a lack of shelves lochiel board if anyone can contract the virus anyone can have the health situation i grieve but hunger kills much more than the virus itself she'll lose it there must do is it in you we had and have 2 enemies the virus and on employment it's a reality we are not going to solve this problem by staying at home. to me and more now which is slipping further into crisis with fears of a looming armed struggle is the military stokes the country's regional and ethnic conflicts in the southeast of the country thousands of men women and children have fled across the border to thailand the military junk that has been launching air and ground attacks against ethnic rebels from the karen national liberation army

and there are warnings that other armed groups may soon be joining forces for what they call a revolution if security forces don't stop killing on protesters. and then me and cities peaceful demonstrations continue against last month's coup in young go on protesters continue to demand that we turn to the mako see despite a brutal crackdown by security forces they've been calling on the international community to act against the jump that and do more than condemn the violence a local rights group says that at least 521 people have been killed and more than 2600 are detained scott heide larry is following developments from bangkok in neighboring thailand. so when you look at armed conflict it has been ongoing in the country but what makes it very delicate now obviously is because of the post-coup activity because of the the violent crackdown on the streets across myanmar so you have these ethnic armies that have had their individual battles if you will with

the tatmadaw some of them have been under ceasefire some of them had been in peace talks but now because of what's been happening since the coup on february 1st they're saying that they want to directly go against the tatmadaw the government forces because of what they've been doing not their individual fight their individual flight fights have been going on for quite some time but one thing that has happened just over the weekend that was something that we had not seen in quite some time and that was in this korean area which is just across the border from here thailand into myanmar there are airstrikes and that's why you saw that the flow of people. coming over about 3000 coming over to thailand fleeing that seeking refuge and medical attention and the thais said that they're there they're still about 550 here in thailand at thailand's territory but the rest about 2200 were sent back tire officials said it's because the situation was safe haven rights groups say no they were actually pushed back when they didn't want to go but what

we look at overall the situation yes you have these ethnic armies that have been using their 0 their their forces for individual battles with the government forces in myanmar now say they're willing to kind of work together if you will as they see this escalation on the streets across me and more and they believe that something needs to be done to stop that from continuing well the united nations security council is currently holding a closed door meeting on the situation in myanmar a diplomatic editor james baker says that the united nations for us following developments james what do you expect to be the biggest stumbling blocks in this security council meeting. well i think there's the problem is lack of unity on what to do you just heard scott saying that people in myanmar say something needs to be done but the security council is not unified in that position certainly you have some members of the security council russia china vietnam potentially who

are not keen on any punitive action against the generals and if the security council doesn't take some further action if it just comes up with another statement it's not clear where that takes us because remember the security council has issued 2 statements. a return to democracy in myanmar urging the release of all the politicians who have been detained and condemning the violence and despite that the bloodshed has gone on it. leads you to ask the question about the credibility of the security council and i put that to the u.s. ambassador linda thomas greenfield what the military is doing in burma to the people or to the people of burma the violence the attacks the killings of children they are appalling and and they are unacceptable so we can't just. step back and allow this to happen we have to keep pushing forward ok so there we have

the u.s. ambassador saying they can't just step back and allow this to happen but if the security council is effectively deadlocked on this what can individual countries do . well individual countries obviously can pursue their own policies and many have done that certainly western countries have stopped doing business with beyond man to put sanctions on the military and businesses that are linked with the military certainly the un secretary general would like tougher action from the security council that is clear from his special envoy christine shriner bergen who's been speaking to the security council as you say the meeting is behind closed doors but i have obtained a copy of the remarks she's just delivered and she says i remain open to dialogue and continue to signal this but if we only wait for when they're ready to talk the ground situation will only worsen a bloodbath is imminent and the u.n. special envoy who speaks for the 2nd general goes on this council must consider

potentially significant action that can reverse the course of events in may and mar clearly that's also what those representing the democratically elected politicians the leading ones of course are behind bars want they have also come up in the last couple hours with this new charter for a constitution in me and. they say it's a way forward they say they'd like to have a new unity government they'd like to get everyone involved with the military under civilian control they'd like everyone including the ethnic groups to come together to have a convention where they call for a new constitution and they put that constitution to the vote in a referendum of all the people in myanmar and then they'd have fresh elections under that so that's certainly what those close to uncertain suchi and the other democratically elected politicians want but will the security council help get them there at the moment it seems like deadlock james bays with the latest from the

united nations giles thank you. yemen's who the rebels have rejected a leaked un report suggests that they were behind the deadly attack on aden airport last december. ballistic missiles hit the terminal minutes after a plane carrying senior government officials landed at least $25.00 people died at $110.00 were wounded in the attack which prompted the trumpet ministration to designate the who these a terror organization according to a leaked u.n. reports the missiles were launched from areas under who they control but a spokesman for the rebels says the report is biased and lacks credibility hussein al a book haiti is a pro who the journalist he says the report needs to be verified independently this is still not the report the released by the united nations still some leaks released by the way that is done by some of our website that's why we cannot take

it as a fact but as muhammad ali i have said yesterday that any conclusion or any report that come from the united nations security council with a without any independent. committee to verify the result is rejected to be honest who is actually will benefit from the attack against the government of the so-called legitimacy of the is only the united arab emirates just days ago united arab emirates supporters for $2700.00 have actually kicked out the government that's why they are actually the only one who are responsible benefit for this attack. libya's new unity government has released around $120.00 prisoners loyal to the warlord halley for half that the fighters were captured after half their launched an offensive to seize control of the capital tripoli in april 2019

they've now been released in the city of zawiya the same place that they were taken prisoner it's not an official prisoner swap and is seen as a gesture of goodwill molokai you know is in misrata and explains why this is significant when this new interim unity government came into power they were tasked with a few things one was to unify state institutions 2nd was to lead the country into elections can take nationwide elections can take place later on this year in december other also tasked with leading a reconciliation initiative so this is a symbol of goodwill so libyans can turn the page start brand new and move towards bringing the country together after years of divisions and moving towards elections now it's important to note that for for these specific this over 100 fighters loyal to. when they launched his military campaign on tripoli these fighters who were

loyal to him came into the city of zawiya from the south they took over a checkpoint when they met some resistance they surrendered peacefully so they're believed to not have committed any crimes or been responsible for the deaths of civilians so it's an easy move for this unity government to take to start this reconciliation initiative but in other places of the country the new unity government is going to have a hard time bringing libyans together so we're going to have to wait and see what kind of reconciliation process or serious reconciliation process this unity government can lead before elections in december. the shares government says it successfully stopped an attempted coup by soldiers at the presidential palace ahead of the country's 1st democratic handover of power. with gunfire can be heard on this video from witnesses in the capital in the early hours of the morning the attacks the attack comes just 2 days before president elect

mohammed was swearing in the assailants reportedly came from a nearby military base and fled after the incident the government says several people have been arrested and then investigation is underway wrist says more from a neighboring nigeria. a lot of people in egypt believe that it was an attempted military coup that has been put down the incident started actually around 3 o'clock local time around 2 g.m.t. and by 3 am local time 3 g.m.t. local time everything went quiet now whatever in 2 years whether it's a military coup or not it looks like things have been wrapped up for now things are calm from the reports we're receiving from near may these attacks or this incident happened 2 days before use of mohammad bows out of office and his successor mohamed

but for my tutor mr 44 former foreign minister who's election by the way is marked by violence by stupid resistance by the. community which held power for a very long time in the general public shortly after he was declared we know of that election in the 2nd round there was violence across in them a the capital targeting light skinned and ups and tourists who had businesses running across the country and now that incident is no bawling into some form of resistance as you may be facing it's not only the in so you see it out only it's border areas with nigeria legit and burkina faso nigeria mali and burkina faso but also the internal resistance to face from those who have held power in the country for a bit of them for much of its 60 years as an independent country in the. ivory coast a former president could now return home after his acquittal for crimes against

humanity was up help there on bad bo was coming out of criminal charges in 2019 over his role in post-election violence 9 years earlier and has been living in belgium the international criminal court ordered the removal of all the conditions of his release as it maintained its decision it was the 1st time a former head of state was tried by the court. almost 3 months after a plane crash that killed $62.00 people and search crews have recovered the cockpit voice recorder from the sea bed investigators hope it will provide fresh insights into the cause of the crash crash which had no survivors jessica washington reports from jakarta. a long search finally comes to an end in january. carrying $62.00 passengers crashed into the java sea minutes after takeoff search crews have since been looking for the cockpit voice recorder. was the last of

search by the ship we're praying that hopefully we could find it and thank god last night on the last night of the continued we found that. divers found the devices casing and beacon in the early days of this search but poor conditions made it difficult to find the recorder itself and there was no beacon signal to help the box was retrieved was sucked up from the sea bed now investigators can cross check its findings with that of the other black books the flight data recorder. a message from the president just be as open and transparent as possible to work out the reason so that similar incidents did not occur in the future early findings from investigators found technical problems with the 26 year old boeing 737500. the cockpit voice recorder is now safely in jakarta and in the hands of indonesia's transport safety commission it's up to them to investigate its data and work out what went wrong on flight. according to

a preliminary report problems with the automatic throttle created an imbalance in the thrust of the aircraft's engines the cockpit voice recorder is expected to have recorded the conversations of the pilots that investigators will study. the crew was doing what they were what they were saying to each other and from the conversations that were there were. encountered problems or they didn't see what was coming it will take around a week to analyze its data and the final report is likely to take months it's a process that's not uncommon in indonesia that has one of the worst aviation records in asia just a washington al-jazeera jakarta russian opposition leader alexina vali has gone on hunger strike in an effort to force the prison holding him to provide him with proper medical care the valley was jailed last month for probation violations while he was in germany being treated for nerve agent poisoning he says his health is

worsening and he's the as he's not being given proper medical care for back and leg pain he also alleges that hourly security checks on his cell amounts to sleep deprivation torture me as a longtime critic of russian president vladimir putin. on black lives matter protests began in britain last summer led to people questioning racial divides in the country now a government commission born out of that says the u.k. is a multiethnic beacon for the world it says family structure and social class have a bigger impact than race on how people's lives turn out but as john whole reports now from bristol this doesn't match the day to day experiences of communities across the country. the picture of britain having largely moved on from racial and ethnic inequality isn't one recognized in cities like bristol

ranked among the country's most unequal societies. 'd last summer the statue of a prominent 17th century slave owner was toppled amid nationwide black lives matter protests that prompted the government's review the disparities in education employment health and criminal justice it's disgraceful i mean everything else leading up to this point has said completely different things even government commission reports we're definitely not a beacon for the world if we look at incarceration figures they're worse than america capital if we look at deaths in custody if we look at stop and search and drug stops and searches they are. disproportionate to the crimes being committed and they are focused on black men especially these are the front doors beyond. anton brown believes deprived communities must help themselves with no schooling

beyond the age of 12 he founded a successful cleaning business became a mentor to troubled youngsters and is now building a community skills academy for those also excluded from education you have something. everybody can come here from parents children and they can become something you don't have to feel that oh i can achieve anything in life based on my color put a little stock. and they. are starting to come from this thing the pride but. little education and i'm still winning that means they could do exactly the same thing this is where the statue of edward colston once stood when protesters brought it down last year it sparked intensive scrutiny of this country's racial past of injustices that led to inequalities that persists today but the government's report seems to be a direct rebuke of all of that the well intentioned idealism it says of those young

people who claim the country is still institutionally racist is not borne out by the evidence. ask these young people and they'll tell you the evidence is plain to see in this area in the city there's no youth sometimes you can see the social equality that when you grow up you don't have any place to go to learn how to play football or basketball now and show yourself all meet new friends and build friendships and got new skills but there is a picture of barely recognized by the government's report jonah hill al-jazeera bristol. ok let's take you back to the trial of their chauvin in minneapolis is the 3rd day of testimony and the witness that's been called is jeff root a let's listen in just under 32 years and you indicated that your lieutenant a how long have you held that rank since 2000. before you talk

a little bit about yourself you understand that you've been called here today as sort of a foundational witness is that right yes your personal involvement in this case is somewhat limited and we're going to be offering various video evidence through that yes. and so what are your present duties with minneapolis police department i manage the police business technology in what is that. myself and my staff basically manage the technology equipment software systems that officers use on patrol and investigations and whether doing their job tell the jury a little bit about some of these systems software tools and use for example we have a records management system where all of our police reports are kept and so by step manages that system along with a software vendor. we use. surveillance video for example

surveillance cameras around the city we manage accounts for that. advise on where cameras should be at make sure the system is working we the city uses body cameras for patrol officers and investigators we manage the body camera program including the video storage which is through a cloud based vendor but all of the policies and stuff are enforced through our system administrator years which is part of my staff fairness is a police department the department generates a lot of data a very religious both written documents video audio and all of these things need to be collected and stored to be retrieved in a way that can be associated with the case though is that right correct. oh before stepping into the business technology unit and like to assure the jury a little bit about your career that you have when. i started in 1989 as

a patrol officer worked as a patrol officer for 7 years was promoted to sergeant and worked as an investigator doing gang cases gun trafficking and narcotics. promoted lieutenant in 2000 and as a lieutenant i served as a patrol lieutenant supervising a shift of officers on the street a couple of postings. served in this business technology job and i also was the manager of our strategic information center for about 8 years and i'd like to have for purposes of starting here focus on that assignment with the strategic. information center so could you please describe the journey what the strategic information center is what we call real time crime center so it's a facility where both sworn law enforcement officers and not sworn analysts work. doing i mean they're monitoring the police radio they're monitoring cameras they're

looking at calls for service and looking for ways to assist patrol officers in their job so that could be anything from you know hearing that a patrol officer is on the way to an address. you know particularly high priority call looking up the history of that address and being able to send information to an officer so they know more about it before they even arrive. they also do a lot of assistance to investigations looking for link analysis trying to you know i find suspects based on nicknames of all sorts of stuff but they do that 7 days a week 20 hours a day variously like any other business things have changed a lot since 1990 when he started a lot of force in his grave that we have much more sophisticated surveillance. tools data storage tools aren't yes when the strategic information center opened tobar of 2010 what was your involvement in the strategic information center. i was

on the design team that helped to. configure the way it was going to work i was the initial and 1st manager of the center so i wrote this the standard operating procedures the policies. that sort of created it from the ground up along with some supervisors that work for me and you served to manage that that center until well 2018 and that's when you began your position with the business technology unit yes. within the strategic information center what it laith you to focus on for the jury is the availability of surveillance video throughout the city it's talk a little bit about that so the city has a network of public safety cameras that are placed at strategic locations all over the city there's roughly $250.00 maybe a little more than that now.