qatar airways welcome to our home. it's a very bleak picture for a lot of americans out there white supremacy impacts all of our beaches you're putting more money into the hands of someone 1st taking money out of the hands of other workers federal goes to their camp he becomes us versus them this is the deal about constraining your nuclear program the bottom line the big questions on out is the iraq. war. mr ford started using their d r about 2 weeks prior to his death correct. and you noticed a change in. george floyd's girlfriend breaks down in cortez the lawyer is 0 in on his drug use at the trial of the former police officer charged with his death.

the as. barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up on the program fighting the south african variant pfizer says its vaccine is a 100 percent effective against the strain that had scientists most concerned. street protests more charges for on sun suchi and the internet just another day as me and marks 2 months since the coup plus. the air. argentina pays tribute to the controversial composer who revolutionized the tango and divided the musical world. the 1st few days of the trial over the death of george floyd have been packed with

emotional testimony and harrowing footage the court has just wrapped up thursday's proceedings were floyd's girlfriend was among those who spoke for the 1st time courtney ross told the court about their struggles with drug addiction prosecutors hope her testimony will humanize floyd and portray him as more than a crime statistic but the lawyers defending derrick show ven the former police officer on trial for murder one to suggest drug use could have been a factor in the death. it was your belief that mr ford started using again about 2 weeks prior to his death correct i mean does that change in behavior that's when you noticed the changes in his vehicle. and you described some of those changes in his behavior in that time frame right. here do you recall telling the f.b.i. that there would be times that he would just be up in bouncing around and then

there would be times he would be. unintelligible. i don't know if there. would you disagree if i said that in the transcript about the. 2 of floyd's girlfriend there while derek smith was one of the 1st paramedics on the scene he testified that he was unable to find a pulse when he checked george floyd's vital signs on arrival. delivery person there should be a pulse or i do not feel one i suspect in this patient we did back in liters and at the moment that you're checking for this current impasse and the officers. vision on top of mr way. yes. in minneapolis following the trial it was an interesting day you had some very emotional parts obviously the the most emotional one was george floyd's

girlfriend then some maybe dry your testimonies but they really put together the picture of what was happening as george as the 1st responders went to the see what was the main takeaway for you from today. i think to really to take away is there were very key particularly for the prosecution number one was the paramedics arrived on scene the 1st paramedics on scene and you heard a little clip there a minute ago but. they were said that when they arrived on scene george floyd was not breathing and that he had no pulse and that he was not alive and then they went on to say that when they arrived. derek chauvinist still had his knee on george floyd's neck while he was not alive george floyd and that nobody was trying to administer any sort of help to george floyd that was

a pretty key part of the testimony today i thought because it pretty much lays to rest any possible defense argument that maybe george floyd was still alive and he died later at the hospital or something to that effect that's clearly not the case and that was very clear today in the testimony so i think that was a major takeaway 2nd i think the testimony and you're seeing right now excuse me the family of george floyd coming out of the courtroom i don't know if he can scuse me barbara this is some warriors for the family and also george floyd's brother in the blue suit. how do you feel the trial went today. ok that was they didn't respond when i asked them how how they thought the trial went today they didn't respond but that was george floyd's brother he's one of 2

family members that are in the courtroom throughout all of this trial so far as i was saying barbara i think the 2nd big takeaway from today was the police sergeant who's now retired who was essentially. george floyd supervisor on the day i'm sorry derrick chauvinism supervisor on the day george floyd died he had made it in testimony that the use of force a tactic that derrick show in was using was inappropriate that he. that you only put a needle on a suspects neck until they are handcuffed and until they are fully restrained and then you do no longer use that tactic well george ford was handcuffed even before he was put on that face down on the cement and he was clearly several minutes into the 9 minute. video. he was clearly fully restrained in fact he was.

dead and had no pulse for multiple minutes and derek children still had his knee in george floyd's neck and the fact that the police commander admitted that that was not following police proper protocols was certainly an important take away from today's testimony as well. and we also heard a lot of testimony from george floyd's girlfriend about drug use and how they both use drugs and that is undoubtedly going to play a huge part in the evidence of the trial especially the fence. yet is there are 2 things that the defense is really. putting everything on for this for this trial number one is the defense is saying that derek show was under threat from a rowdy crowd that was gathering and that's why he needed to keep george floyd down for so long that's number one but the biggest thing that the defense has to

convince the jury. is that. that george floyd died of drug use that is essentially the defense's main argument here and so that is why this started to come up in the trial and it is going to come up multiple times again particularly when the defense starts to present its case in full in calling witnesses but you started to see that it was actually brought up by a prosecution witness miss ross. as you may reckon mentioned george floyd's girlfriend because the prosecution wants to bring it up they want to deal with this straight away and they want to just take on this issue of drug use straight away and they were basically trying to humanize george floyd a man that suffered from pain and had. drug. prescription drugs and then had a hard time getting off of it and as as they were basically saying as so many

people around the world struggle with drug use so that's why the prosecution was bringing this into the trial just to sort of humanize george floyd and deal with the issue of drugs straight away the prosecution clearly and unequivocally says it was not drugs that led to george floyd's death at all the prosecution are very clear on that they say it was more than 9 minutes of derrick chauvinism cutting off the blood circulation to george floyd but the defense clearly has to find some sort of way to try to get their client off and they have said in opening statements they are going to continue to press the issue of george floyd's drug use and the drugs that were found in his system at the time of his death. outside the court.

there is positive news on fighting the corona virus pandemic with new research on the pfizer vaccine giving encouraging results latest research shows its job is 100 percent effective against the south african variant of the virus it's from a relatively small sample of $800.00 people it's also 91 percent effective overall against all covert $1000.00 variants that's according to pfizer figures they sing back to the 1st jabs 6 months ago and a separate study in the u.k. has found 98 percent of people over the age of 80 have a strong immune response to the pfizer job described as off the scale which should protect against all covert variants the pfizer vaccine is currently being rolled out in more than 17 nations world wide well patty claim is at the white house for us so pfizer correct me if i'm wrong was actually the 1st vaccine to get the ok and now it also seems to be one of the strongest ones it's great news. it is great

news and the other vaccine modernity is going to go into similar trials and here's why this is a really big deal because up until now we thought maybe that it gave you protection for 3 months after you're fully vaccinated that 10 days or so after the 2nd shot now they're saying 6 months well that makes a huge difference if you talk about a company planning on reopening or schools reopening or are just governments trying to figure out what the next 6 months are going to look like i mean think about it if it had only been 3 months and then fallen off then vaccine production would have had to ramp up for some sort of booster which is what the companies have been working on so now experts are saying we know it's good for 6 months after that 2nd dose likely it's going to be good for longer that give scientists more time to figure out what kind of boosters are going to have to come up with and for how long when are people going to have to get that jab again so a very big deal and the bigger deal i think is probably that it's effective at least and you mentioned a small sample but against a south african variant that's been the concern from the biden administration that

the variants were going to basically outpace the vaccine now they're doing pretty well of vaccines but this is a pretty tricky virus we know that the new variants are more contagious more more you get sicker with it more likely to die so all of this looks to be i know it's weird to say it but when it comes to coven there's good news there really is good news and generally good news about the u.s. vaccination campaign which is speeding up what's the latest on the ground. it really depends on what city you live and what county you live in what state you live in but the trouble ministration set up a plan where they basically send all the doses to the states and the states could figure out how to distribute them so obviously there's a lot of states some states are doing much better than others there are many states where people are simply saying they don't want to get the vaccine so there's more of an availability but there are other states where you still have people who are just 65 and up there on the list ready to go ready to get it so it really depends

on where you live but we do know they're ramping up vaccination efforts they had a bit of a setback they believe about $15000000.00 doses of the johnson and johnson vaccine that was supposed to be in the supply line ran into an issue with sort of cross contamination in baltimore maryland so that might delay some j.n.j. vaccines but for now we're seeing anywhere between $2000000.00 and a little bit above $2000000.00 to almost $3000000.00 a day going into people's arms so at that rate it does appear that by the ministration is going to meet its goal of 2000000 jabs 200000000 jobs by his 1st 100 days in office pascaline with the latest from washington d.c. patty thank you. well of course when it comes to covert it's all good news everywhere india is expanding its scope in $1000.00 vaccination program to everybody over the age of $45.00 as it struggles to stop surging infections tens of thousands of people got their jab on the 1st day of the country's biggest push yet

against the virus vaccines were previously restricted to people over the age of 60 and others with serious health conditions the government wants to inoculate 300000000 people by the end of july authorities reported more than 72000 cases on thursday the highest spike in 6 months. and india's rush to vaccinate its own people could have affects far beyond its borders it's home to the world's largest vaccine maker which has put a temporary hold on exports of the astra zeneca vaccine the un's kovacs program depends on those doses to inoculate poor countries africa's top health official has warned that if the delay continues the result will be catastrophic. to continuously. the people of defense read the axis could. only west predominantly. from astra zeneca for media from the same.

country. having to deliberately. cause them because destruction. that's an issue. becomes problematic. and europe's vaccination campaign is unacceptable e slow according to the world health organization's most senior official for the region hans clucas says only 10 percent of people in europe have received their 1st job and only 4 percent have been given both doses he says continued the delays could prolong the pandemic. an april fools prank in brussels ended up violating belgium coronavirus restrictions around $20000.00 people turned up at a city park after a joke party was promoted on social media and the riot police used tear gas and

water cannon to disperse the crowd the revelers were told the pop stars calvin harris and daft punk would perform but belgium recently entered a 3rd lockdown with groups limited to just 4 people meeting outside. slovakia has a new government after a scandal over a secret deal to buy russia's vaccine doses world that brought down the previous administration the crisis paralyzed one of the hardest hit countries as the baba now reports. swearing in a new government and hoping to turn the page on a terrible year for slovakia's ruling coalition. president says on a couple tova praised the coalition for reaching an agreement in 4 weeks you know unfettered contesting the real fulfillment of the success of your agreements will be if this government continues to take steps to help the country and its citizens

development are now chile we have learned a lot and we also have learned a lot from mistakes i believe that will be stable and trusting and i believe that they'll be cohesion and unity between us because the period for cation on renewal of slovakia continues. hager was previously finance minister and deputy prime minister he's swapping those roles with the man who stepped down as premier along with his cabinet on tuesday igor much of it his was the 1st european government to collapse because of how it's handled the covert 19 pandemic disputes over much of it his leadership boiled over last month the prime minister had ordered shipments of russia's sputnik the coronavirus vaccine without consulting his political partners but when asked in the next 2 months we will receive $1000000.00 vaccines as agreed meaning it will be for half a 1000000 people the move prompted 2 parties in the coalition freedom and solidarity and for people to demand that much of it to resign he don't need to lead

the center right along no party to election victory a year ago with an anti corruption agenda since covered 19 arrive sort of a he has had an unenviable record but with a population of 5 and a half 1000000 it's registered roughly $10000.00 covered deaths one of the highest per capita rates in the world in recent weeks it's seen infection rates fall by avoiding early elections the new government will hope it can concentrate on driving down covered cases and hospitalizations nadine barber al jazeera. still ahead on the program back together again more than a 1000 people are reunited with anxious relatives after escaping a battle more than. boris johnson's most senior black advisor whites just the day after a controversial report that said the u.k. is no institutionally racist.

but. there the weather is set fatha much of australia are in place to say largely clear skies we have got a couple of areas of low pressure to watch out for the 1st ones just stop towards the fall northwest here that my will develop into a tropical low bring some very heavy rain down towards the pilbara we have another system just looking out in the coral sea route of an area of high pressure dragging in some wet weather some showers into that eastern side of queensland will see some other lives showers rolling through here as we go through friday and on into sas day so they could see some wet weather for a time coming in here notice that circulation up towards the fall northwest that could cause some problems elsewhere it is fine dry and sunny and it's warming up $32.00 celsius in adelaide 30 celsius in melbourne even hope getting up to around 28 degrees hopping across the ditch not see bad there in new zealand as well last

a 5 and dry or clint touching 22 degrees celsius this is sort of temperature we can expect in tokyo over the next day or so high pressure in charge here as well so it is lousy $5.00 and $7.00 as a 19 there for turkey on friday a warm up a little more showers there it's essential in the eastern parts of china will spill out across the yellow sea the korean peninsula tutting increasingly wet but warm and dry for japan. in some time i can swear in and students of being bullied abused and humiliated by they teach it one a one east investigates thailand school scandal on al-jazeera. be the hero world needs right around. washington.

we need to come to the only way to. time now for a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera the trial of derek show the former police officer charged with murdering george floyd has wrapped up after another day of testimony floyd's girlfriend has told the court about their addiction to painkillers while a paramedic testified that floyd was unresponsive when he arrived at the scene. pfizer biotech says its vaccine is highly protective against the south african variant of covert 19 which had caused concerns because of its resistance to some

vaccines. me and mars the pose the civilian leader could be jailed for up to 14 years after the military brought further charges against her it's been 2 months since the government was overthrown in a coup when protesters have to fight a crackdown and shared images of their demonstrations online nearly every day but the gentile is again moving to cut off internet services scott reports. with tears of blood painted on their faces protesters in yangon mourn those killed for demonstrating against the coup this is they mark 2 months since the military power grab that plunged myanmar into crisis and. we are very sad for our fallen heroes and protesters who are still fighting the military but we will never give up the legal team of the pows leader on song suchi thursday announced that she has been charged with violating the country's colonial era officials secrets act she's been detained since february 1st and has also been charged on 2 other accounts and

has been accused of bribery it's a crisis that's now spilling outside its borders for the 1st time in more than 20 years myanmar military fighter jets attacked korean ethnic army held areas near the type border those attacks during the past few days sent thousands of civilians across the border into tyler. in seeking safety and medical attention it also prompted the strongest reaction yet from the thai government on the coup next door kind of square very troubled by the reports of more casualties among them in my people during this past weekend we regret i'll call for the exercise of utmost restraint the escalation of situation. and to violence and for the release of detainees some of the ethnic army groups have denounced the coup throwing support behind the protesters and have even called for an increase in attacks on myanmar as military most have spent years fighting for greater autonomy

the u.n. envoy on myanmar has warned of a civil war if the situation does not improve some feel that not only is there already a civil war in myanmar but on 2 fronts the streets and the ethnic territories what we're at now is a situation of 2 civil war. one which is too much so and it's what the military. started when they say states to so it's a civil war with the anti-sex and then a 2nd civil war which has been going up to 7 decades which is against all of these it talked about isolation as protesters in yangon burned copies of the 2008 constitution that gave deep powers to the military a parallel government has been set up by deposed members of parliament mostly from unsung suchi is former governing party they have called for a federal democracy that would include the ethnic armed groups. scott either al-jazeera. a ship carrying 1200 people who fled last week's rebel

attack in northern mozambique has arrived at the city of pemba desperate family members have been waiting outside the port to be reunited with those who managed to flee the town of palma it was stormed by hundreds of i saw linked armed rebels killing dozens of people mozambique's military is still battling to retake the town . i don't know about my son i don't know where he is nothing i haven't been able to eat for a week. and. i'm so tired 7 days in the bush is i'm so tired we cross paths several times with the bandits the situation is really bad many are dead. gunmen have killed at least 30 people in ethiopia's region villagers who witnessed the attack in the west will they get zone say the victims were ethnic mara's authorities of blamed an armed

group called the or roma liberation army for the assault. the british prime minister is most senior black advisor has quit the day after a controversial review on racism in the country are strong signs government commissioned an independent investigation during the black lives matter movement last year the study released on wednesday said the u.k. is not institutionally racist and is instead a good example for other countries downing street insists that some well consumes the parcher has nothing to do with the report and johnson says work needs to be them. this is a. a very interesting piece of work you know i didn't say the government going to agree with absolutely everything in it but it has some some original and unstimulating in it that i think people need to read into and to consider there are very serious issues that our society faces. to do with racism that we need to

address we've got to we've got to do war to fix it we need to understand the severity of the problem and we look at all the ideas that they put forward and will be will be making our response. arjen time tango musician astore saleh divided opinion when he was alive now 19 years after his death he's credited with the revolutionizing tango concerts showcasing music are taking place across the argentine capital to mark the sinti narry of his birth that is of over ports for us . this is one of the most famous tangle songs worldwide. of you honey no it was written in 1059 by composer. to beat farewell to his

father. argentina celebrating 100 years of utter b.s. when asked 1st with series of concerts and shows in the city of one of. precision keys wife says this is the 1st time the city has paid tribute to his music. in the beginning he was at war with the city of planet cyrus don't forget that tango is from when azhar is alongside europe by he said he played music from this city he wanted to revolutionize music he wanted people to know that there is more than 3 by 4 in the beginning he was more respected in europe than in argentina but people here look to europe and saw him. museums and theaters in the city by putting his music on life on display early on in his career after p.s.o. left music arrangements were criticized by traditional tanto musicians some even

accused him of killing and walking over in elements of jackson classical music and created what is now known as more authentic and became so successful that he's music is now known around the globe. yes i was born in the. province of one a scientist but he's father moved to new york city it was there where he was given his 1st abandoned and since then he never stopped playing it. he rolled over $900.00 songs dared to take tango to a new level. yes well as music has been played in many of the world's top theaters. and in films and royal weddings. and was a close friend of the my fiddle and also his manager he says took tangle to the

21st century. story that. he managed to create a new universal language that everyone understands and feels you can hear in so many different scenarios and on the 2nd note of a song you know it's because all he was special and elevated tango. but. 2 his music is now part of when a site is a city that in the beginning rejected him but the today celebrates his art. it is how will deceive when a site is. the top stories on al-jazeera the trial of derek show than the former police officer charged with murdering george floyd has wrapped up after another day of testimony a paramedic has testified that the unarmed black man was unresponsive when he

arrived at the scene floyd's girlfriend courtney ross also told the court about their addiction to pain killers.