spying one of us in the responsibility to change places place for them in a barn al-jazeera. edited and and try really hard to. break that addiction george floyd's girlfriend testifies about their struggle with drug abuse at the trial of the former police officer accused of murdering him. alive adrian from a given this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the world health organization slams the e.u. is frank seen roll out calling it unacceptably slow. be on last protesters mark 2 months since the military seized power as aung san suu kyi is slapped with most

serious criminal charges plus. on the city marie of his birth argentina pays tribute to the controversial composer who revolutionized tango and divided the musical world. george floyd's girlfriend has testified at the trial of the former police officer charged with his murder courtney ross was questioned on day 4 of the trial of derek show even describe how addiction dominated their relationship drug use is expected to become a major focus of the trial gabriel elizondo reports now from minneapolis just a warning that some of the pictures you're about to see you may find disturbing. this image of george floyd adopted by the black lives matter movement after his death is recognized all over the world as

a symbol of police brutality and it is based on a selfie kind of this. that's according to georgia girlfriend courtney ross who was the 1st to testify on day 4 of the derek show of and murder trial. in her often emotional testimony she described how the pair met in 2017 when floyd was working as a security guard upon questioning she also described how they fell into addiction. of. mine was. it was an apparent attempt by the prosecution to get ahead of a central plank of chauvinist defense team's argument that it was the drugs that

killed george floyd and not the officers more than a 9 minute choke hold in their defense attorney eric nelson questioned ross about a drug overdose floyd had in march as a court session was ongoing ben crump the floyd family attorney released a statement saying in part we fully expected the defense to put george's character and struggles with addiction on trial because that is the go to tactic when the facts are not on your side we are confident that the jury will see past that to arrive at the truth. the jury later heard from paramedics part of the team who arrived at the scene to treat floyd they testified when they arrived show up and still had his knee on floyd's neck and that floyd was unconscious in a living person. i do not feel on i suspected. at the moment that you're tracking. the officers. and mr lamb.

the trial is moving into a new phase instead of heart wrenching testimony from eyewitnesses like what we've heard most of the week the trial is now shifting into fundamental questions like how george floyd died exactly when and who or what is to blame. minneapolis at least 4 people are dead after a train derailed in eastern taiwan it came off the tracks one in the tunnel just north of the city of. authority say that some carriages hit the tunnels wall and at least 15 people i've been taken to hospital but with 350 passengers on board. the dutch prime minister's chances of forming a new governing coalition the been thrown into further doubt parliament approved a motion of disapproval against la russa saying that he hasn't told the truth about

remarks made during a coalition to go see a sions he survived a separate vote of no confidence insists that he never knowingly misled parliament and is refusing to resign an independent then void will be tossed with assessing groups as conduct. the world health organization has criticised the european union's covert 19 vaccination rollout has unacceptably slow this it says risks prolonging the pandemic as variance spread the w.h.o. is urging the e.u. to ramp up production and ensure that all available doses are used the w.h.o. also warns that the overall coronavirus situation across europe is more worrying that it's been for months frank seems an elevator bill to anyone over the age of $45.00 in india india's government is racing to inoculate its citizens as infections continue to rise jobs were previously restricted to those aged over 60 and all those with serious health conditions india aims to vaccinate 300000000

people by the end of july the country reported more than 70000 new cases in the past day. everyone should get vaccinated it's absolutely safe as the vaccination campaign now includes everyone over 45 they should get the shots india's rush to vaccinate its own people is affecting countries 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 jab it's the main dose supplying the un's kovacs program for poor countries africa's top health official is warning that if the delay continues the result will be catastrophic. it would definitely. be true continuously that's new to people are differences of the axis came true quote and it was predominately. from esther's and it got from media from the sim institute. to do continuous. everybody to deliberately what

she said deluded not. because they don't pick up the structure with the case but then mixing knows that's not going to become problematic they have epigrammatic. graves are being emptied in brazil as largest city to make room for a soaring number of covert 19 deaths grave diggers in sao paolo have been banging the remains of people who were buried years ago there were a record number of burials in the city this week brazil is reporting its highest number of deaths since the pandemic began on average about 3000 people died each day this week. bolivia is closing its border with brazil and peru the latest south american country to increase travel restrictions to stop a spike in corona virus cases there's concern over the spread of the boy infectious varian 1st identified in brazil bolivian authorities are putting border towns on the lockdown where it's been detected chile is closing all its borders for the

month starting on monday more than $66000.00 people died in brazil in march the highest since the onset of the pandemic. a new government a 2nd power in slovakia replacing the previous one which was brought down by a vaccine scandal a secret deal came to light involving the purchase of 2000000 doses of russia's sputnik the that in barber 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 to over praise the coalition for reaching an agreement in 4 weeks. at qantas 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 for 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 that if occasion on renewal of slovakia continues. hager was previously finance minister and deputy prime minister he 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 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 arrived 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. the u.n. security council strongly condemned the use of violence by mail last military against civilians but it stopped short of threatening further action china's insistence earlier to pose to the leader aung san suu che was slapped with home most serious criminal charge yet it carries a penalty of up to 14 years in prison while this is being shut down school tied 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 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 thai border those attacks during the past few days sent thousands of civilians across the border into thailand seeking safety and medical attention it also prompted the strongest reaction yet from the thai government on the coup next door kind of a square free troubled by the reports of more casualties among them in my people. during this past week and. we were doing ok. 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 protestors 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 they staged so it's a civil war with the excise tax and then this 2nd civil war which has been going up to 7 days which is against all of these at a time when i say. 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 and the party they have called for a federal democracy that would include the ethnic armed groups. scott either al jazeera a weather update next here i was 0 then unverified social media video adds to tension between russia and ukraine. at a shifting strategy a report says u.s. president joe biden has all but the removal of some military assets from the gulf region. it's time for the perfect gentle. winter sponsored plan qatar airways how the weather has slushy seth and a sunshine across the middle east of all sunshine as well for the most perfect some but some places the class still larry king a suicide of the mad looking

a little disturbed at the moment and on the cool side temperatures struggling to get to well 3040 maybe 15 celsius wet weather moving through cypress. heading towards that west inside of syria lebanon seeing some wet weather some of that sherry right just making its way into the west of jordan as a result is that warms up it brightens up as we go on through saturday i want to show as i was will southern parts of the caspian sea northern areas of iraq well the possible route could catch a shower would say south of that generally try and fog but a brisk wind around the eastern side of saudi arabia and with the dust and sand to watch out for temperatures here in doha still getting up to around 30 celsius it'll koehler off for the 2nd half of the weekend but it's a party of sunshine having said that plenty of sunshine to just around the horn of africa much of a theory appear dry some showers there is a sudden piles of ethiopia pushing across into uganda will see some heavy showers here heavy showers to just around the coastal fringes of tons and in the south

africa we have got some bits and pieces of cloud on friday the process of moving away. at ways jump into the stream there is a lot going on in this and julian on global community when i talk about the misinformation i think we don't want to feed than we are nowhere to be part of the debate don't ever take anybody's one word because there's always a difference when no topic is off the table we have been disconnected from our land we've been disconnected from who we are good enough to keep the new and e.t.p. part of today's discussion this streamed on out is the era.

well again this is the main news this hour george floyd's girlfriend has testified about the struggles with addiction during the trial of the former us police officer accused of his murder director of its defense team is expected to further argue that drug use was the major factor in ford's death. at least 4 people are dead after a train derailed in eastern taiwan it came off the tracks in a tunnel at least 15 people have been taken to hospital there were 350 passengers. and an independent voice will look into the conduct of dutch prime minister mark. m.p.'s approved a motion of disapproval against him saying that he had told the truth about remarks made during allen and negotiations to form a new coalition. the u.s. is warning russia against intimidating its neighbors and verified social media video suggests that russia is moving tanks and other equipment to areas bordering

ukraine and the region of crimea which moscow an extra crane in 2014 earlier this week ukraine accused pro russian separatists of violating a cease fire all this as nato ambassadors met to discuss the recent rise in violence. our concern is predicated on russian escalations and aggressions in eastern ukraine of course we would be concerned by any attempts on the part of the russian federation to intimidate its neighbors and our partners of course ukraine. is among them well the kremlin says that russia's military operations in the area are to ensure moscow's own security are not a threat its foreign minister is also warning of escalation in the region and you just want them to go to you know the united states addresses you crying through the lens of geopolitics ukraine close to russia makes russia great russia lift without you crime is of no global importance i'm leaving the truthfulness of these ideas on

the conscious of people professing them as well as their ability to appreciate modern russia president putin said not long ago but the statement is still relevant today that those who would try to start a new war and don't boss will destroy you crime the white house says that it's a lie by video of children being dropped over the mexican border by smugglers in the infrared pictures an adult could be seen dangling of then dropping a child from the top of the fence moments later they drop another appearance a whole supplies the sisters from ecuador are in the care of authorities that just 3 and 5 years old i will say that our concern and our focus is on sending a clear message to smuggler to the region that this is not the time to come you should not send your kids on this treacherous journey that these smugglers are preying on vulnerabilities in these communities there's a lot of issues and steps we need to take to address root causes so of course our

concern is for the safety of these kids these border patrol agents who save these kids deserve our our thanks and our gratitude for ensuring their safety. the leader of a palestinian israeli party has called for better coexistence between arabs and jews on so abbas didn't dorce prime minister benjamin netanyahu nor his rivals in a closely watched speech his united arab list party has emerged as a kingmaker following israel's latest inconclusive election it won 4 seats in. me sure i don't want to be part of a block on the right or lapped i'm here for a different block the block that elected me to serve my people i reach out a hand in my name and out of my colleagues and on behalf of the public that voted for me to create an opportunity for coexistence in this holy land blessed by 3 religions and 2 peoples u.s. president joe biden has ordered the pentagon to remove some military assets and forces from the gulf according to reports in the wall street journal the u.s.

has reportedly taken at least 3 patriot anti-missile batteries including one from a base in saudi arabia american officials say that an aircraft carrier and surveillance systems are being diverted because of military needs elsewhere mark jacobson is a former advisor to the us secretary of defense he says that it's a reminder to saudi arabia that it's not an indispensable u.s. ally in the middle east. i actually think that this is a fairly routine matter even though it's understandable that the saudis may see this or interpret this as being some sort of signal by the administration and frankly the u.s. central command the middle east i think a very steady vision of what they would like in saudi arabia there's no imminent threat from iran right now it's pretty natural to want to rotate or move troops out when there's not an imminent threat and frankly i give more weight to concerns the u.s. may have over a lack of air defense of course we you know we saw these issues with the iranian

shooting in medium range missiles in recent years i think that might be more of a driver of the lack of u.s. short. range air defense capability in that need to move those patriot batteries out if you reduce your force structure in the face of. less tensions in the region it allows you to ramp back up again rather than on a day to day basis flying b. 52 is over to send some signal then what are you going to do if you need to ratchet up and and i think if you take a look at what's going on in the broader region again you now have a renewed russian threat to ukraine might be perfectly natural that the u.s. makes make sure that it could have a naval presence increased naval presence in the mediterranean versus one in the gulf right now so i also think that it's in some ways it's a reminder to the saudis this may not be intentional but i think it's a reminder to the saudis that they are not the indispensable ally in the middle east that they their treatment and are working with them is predicated on u.s.

national security interests and of course you know the i did mr nation has been very clear about its unhappiness with the saudi regime. the head of egypt's sue is canal authority says the country expects more than $1000000000.00 in compensation after a cargo vessel blocked the canal for nearly a week he said the amount should cover the cost dislodge the ship losses due to stall traffic and loss transit fees but he didn't specify who would be paying they have a given isn't by a japanese phone paraded by a taiwanese country company a registered in panama. representatives of egypt sudan of ethiopia basing u.s. and e.u. officials in khartoum the discussing ethiopia's contentious mega dam on the river nile in an exclusive interview mohamad bowl spoke with the sudanese minister of irrigation what we are. used to strength.

this by faith are all of them then of earth that is the united states of the european union and the african union itself to mediate that and facilitate that and then to force the united nations so it become a court fight to give. this and to give more political leverage to the it's a kind of agreement among the 3 countries and you can see that interview with us are in for here on al-jazeera in 4 hours from now at 83100 hours g.m.t. today government have killed at least 30 people in ethiopia's or a region villages who witnessed the attack in the west were laid say that the victims were ethnic m r us authorities of blames an armed group called the aroma liberation army for the assault catherine sawyer reporting from neighboring kenya explains why this part of

ethiopia has seen a lot of similar violence. this incident happened on tuesday night at around 9 pm local time that's $800.00 g.m.t. and it happened yes in that area called a leg. or a media writer the boda with. people who live there are mainly ethnic amar's these are 2 areas that are occupied by 2 of largest ethnic communities so we're being told by people in that village that was attacked is that gunmen came force people out of their homes and started shooting indiscriminately now the regional authorities there have blamed the oromo liberation and this is a breakaway faction of the larger or roma liberation front which until very recently when prime minister abbott took power had been fighting the government over the same issue over the years at this particular area there's been

a lot of clashes over land and resources oil left has also by been fighting over the same issues and grievances of marginalize asian now officials like i said have blamed disparate coa faction overlay but we've also had from fish all those who have denied any responsibility they're saying that in areas they've both a mara's. people from them are community and me as have existed peacefully but this is also causing a lot of concern with people saying that it seems the prime minister. his government is a the overwhelmed and able or unwilling to deal with the situation in the country because we're not just talking about or a marriage and we've seen clashes ethnic clashes over same disputes land disputes flaring up in different parts and people are particularly concerned of the impact this might have on the parliamentary election in june

a ship carrying 1200 people in violence noble mozambique has arrived at the port town of pemba family member. those were waiting outside the pool to see which of their loved ones were among them on the group's stormed the northern city of palma a week ago killing hundreds of people mozambique's military is fighting to retake it. some breaking news now out of eastern taiwan about that train we told you earlier that about the the rail the transport ministry now saying that at least $36.00 people have died in the derailment the train came off the tracks in a tunnel just north of the city of quali n there were $350.00 passengers on board. concerts taking place across argentina to mark 100 years since the birth of tango legend are still appears. his unconventional approach was criticized during his life now 19 years after his death his legacy is being reflected upon much more warmly the

stories about reports from what i saw us. this is one of the most famous dangle songs worldwide. of you honey no it was written in 1959 by composer actor to beat farewell to his father. i didn't tina's celebrating 100 years of a birth with us series of concerts and shows in the city of one aside is. to get into the theater says your 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 port his iris don't forget that tango is from born as arias alongside heroic why he said he played music from the city he wanted to revolutionize music he wanted people to know there

was more than 3 times for in the beginning he was more respected in europe than in argentina but people here looked at europe and saw him. museums and theaters in the city by putting his music and life on display early on in his career after p.s.o. left music arrangements were criticized by traditional and the musicians some even accused him of killing and walking over to elements of jazz and classical music and created what is now known more i worked on and became so successful that he's releasing is now known around the globe. yes i was born in the province of one of scientists but he's fine. moved to new york city it was there where he was given his 1st band and since then he never stopped playing it. he rolled over 900 songs they had to take down which one you would never.

have played in many of the world's top theaters. and in films and royal weddings. and was a close friend of the my and also his manager he says took tango to the 21st century or so in the us it was. after all the base of tango manages to create a new universal language that everyone understands and feels and you can hear it in so many different scenarios and on the 2nd note of a song you know it's he was special and elevated. but. his music is now part of. a city that in a beginning rejected him but that today celebrates his art.

to see that when a site is. finally want to and out to be an april fools prank by one of the world's largest car makers has backfired volkswagen says that it was renaming its u.s. operations vaults dog and. signaling a focus on electric vehicles approved anger on social media among those who pointed to the company's diesel emissions scandal that attempts to mislead customers the company says it's sorry for the upsets and confusion that the prank caused. good to be with us hello adrian finnegan here in doha the headlines on al-jazeera at least 36 people are dead after a train derailed in eastern taiwan it came.