if you think this is an important part of the way people pick a book when you know it does it is very good to bring the news to the world from here. you know your view of the use of force during a time. when to day 5 of church evans trial for the murder of george floyd in the most senior officer in the minneapolis police says he saw no reason that officers would think their lives are at risk. hello again i'm come all santamaria here in doha with the world news from al-jazeera iran and the united states will be holding indirect talks in the hope of reviving the 2015 nuclear deal also taiwan's worst road crash in decades dozens of

people killed after an express train derailed. and the president is inaugurated in a peaceful transition of power just 2 days after an attempt to curb. the most experienced police officer in the minneapolis police force is described the force used on george floyd as totally unnecessary and tenant richard zimmerman was speaking at the trial of derek shows in the former policeman accused of murdering floyd video evidence of course shows kneeling on floyd's neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds here are some of the key parts of lieutenant zimmerman's testimony. in all the years you've been working for the minneapolis police department. been trained to kneel on the neck of someone who is handcuffed behind their back proposition no i haven't. is that if that were done

would that be considered force absolutely what level of force might that be. that would be the top tier the deadly force why because of. the fact that. if you need is on a person's nowack that can kill him. what is your. you know your view of that use of force during that time for totally unnecessary what do you mean. well 1st of all. pulling him down to the ground face down and putting your knee on the neck for that amount of that amount of time it's just. uncalled for. i saw no reason why the officers felt they were in danger if that's what they felt

. and that's what they would have to feel to be able to use that kind of force. so in your opinion should that restraint have stopped once he was handcuffed and prone on the ground absolutely. more with gabriel is on the outside the court in minneapolis gabriel up until that point and we only had 2 witnesses today i should point out it was all very procedural wasn't it it was all taking us . through the night as far as the police were concerned and then suddenly this bombshell from a very experienced police officer. yeah that clip that you just played there for our audience pretty much sums up the day and it's probably the most devastating what was that maybe a 22nd sequence or the maybe the most devastating 20 seconds of this trial so far this trial is taking on a different direction now for the 1st 33 and

a half days it was about eyewitnesses on the scene very passionately in it sometimes very emotionally recounting what they saw what they heard what they felt to draw the jury and in the last day and a half or so the trial and specifically today the trial has moved on to a new phase and that phase is police officers testifying essentially against another police officer or in this case former police officer when it comes to derrick show up and just devastating testimony from lieutenant richard zimmerman who is a very well respected officer here in minneapolis well known within the police force of course but also well known in the city so this has got to resonate you would think with the jury and how did the defense deal with it on the cross. they basically were trying to put some doubt in it a little bit with the for example the defense basically said is there

a chance that some. unconscious suspect could wake up and regain consciousness and be combative with police officers. in theory could that happen yes said yeah theory there have been cases where unconscious people have woken up and become combative again. so that is what they're trying to do in some ways some doubt here but it just shows you what it high hill the defense has to climb to try to get their client off on this because. you know will that resonate with the jury it's really hard i mean the defense is in a very bad position here because zimmerman is not just a regular eyewitness he is the one of the most senior people on the entire minneapolis police force in no uncertain terms saying that what show up and did was wrong and it was not part of procedure and it should not have been done so how do you combat that it's just very difficult the defense did try to

say you know zimmerman hasn't you know he's been in the for so long training has developed it's changed and the prosecution just came back under redirect and just said yeah i mean training develops but and evolves but you're still part of the course you get new training as yeah i do so it's it's it's the defense had a very very difficult time quite frankly trying to trying to counter this testimony of its own reporting from minneapolis the trial now adjourned until monday morning we've got j. wyndal gordon with us now on trial attorney who's on skype from baltimore maryland and it's great to have you with us just take me through your initial reaction as i said to gabriel it was all sort of procedural up until that point and then it's this moment where a long serving police officer effectively turns on one of his own. yeah in this case you know the defense knows what's coming they know what the

evidence is they know what the testimony is going to be and basically what they're trying to do with sabbat if they can survive this testimony and it turns out to be explosive every time every day we're receiving more and more shocking testimony but if they can survive then we can get down to where they want to pay their battleground is going to be the medicine in the physiology that's what this case is really going to boil down to for them you got the optics you got the video you have the compelling witnesses you're not going to overcome that the best thing they probably can do is limit their cross-examination which they did start to do it's as you've seen in the last couple of days limit your cross-examination so that you don't make these witnesses have a greater impact than what they have by asking them perhaps the 13 questions that our defense attorneys never want to ask and that's that one question too many get to where you want to be you need to control your fight in order to control your fight you have to take your your case into deep waters and get to deep waters as

soon as possible because currently they have you in deep waters so you have to make your way out of that situation and bring them into your battle ground your battleground is medicine and physiology so you need to hurry up and get there as fast as you can the one good thing about this case is that with the prosecution we all feel compelled by the evidence that we're receiving if we question the evidence that we're receiving at this point the prosecution would be in very big trouble but we all feel after having heard just one start of this case you have to remember this is just one side they are 2 sides to every case and the jury has promised that they will be able to keep an open mind so what the defense has to do is hurry up and run through these witnesses so they can get to where they can dance it and without a dance. medicine and again with the physiology and without stating the obvious we don't know you know what the defense has up they say they could be something even

though we see obviously the evidence particularly video evidence right in front of us you never know until those witnesses take the stand. well what we do know is that in opening statements that is the roadmap and so they lay out their case in the opening we just have to get there so we do know what did it with their defense is going to be now will it be persuasive will it be enough to carry the day probably not i don't think they want to win this case all out they want to get this case reduced to a lesser included offense perhaps manslaughter manslaughter is a went anything under 2nd degree murder really is a win manslaughter is a complete victory so as long as they can just you know just just you're not even trying to score big points you're just trying to just that day of just keep your jab out there it's just a poing jab is not to be effective is just to let you know that i'm coming his right hand is coming but you have to wait on it and it's going to come in the in

the deeper rounds and that's when i'm going to start throwing it on our chest when the jam that's the right hand comes but as far as things are going now yet they're not when they're not going to win this case based upon the presentation of the state's evidence they have to have an opportunity to present their case i think they're going to win this case i do know jane tell me how you think a week of this has played out in the united states the thing i notice when i look at my screens here is that every network is on it including us like international channel so it's big news but it must be like saturation point in the u.s. . this case is electric i mean i've stuck my whole day to listen to this case and act committed to being able to listen to this case because i want to be able to talk about it i want to be able to share my experience as relates to what's going on in that courtroom so it's got everybody's attention and every the world is watching al-jazeera is watching al-jazeera is the world ok the world is watching so you know we're not expecting anything anything unexpected however i am expecting to

see a good fight and quite frankly if this wasn't presenting a strong case at this point in time then we would be doomed to a failure so this presentation of evidence we're expecting we're waiting for the defense to come in because this case is really a beauty contest ok it's going to boil down to a battle of the experts who's got the best experts again a beauty contest and so what stay put on their information the state puts on their experience defense has a chance to put on their expert subject everyone to cross-examination and it will be left to the jury and so we just have to sit back and wait and let me tell you something i'm george floyd all the way but i'm a i'm a professional too and i know how these things play out and once you know as a defense attorney out never gone to court and not have anything no matter how insurmountable you think that evidence may be always have some something and i expect that these defense lawyers will will do the same it may not even carry the day but they're not going to lay down they're going to keep punching and i expect

that they will throw a few right hands that will connect now will it not doubt their opponent i don't think so i think they're going to lose but i don't know how badly and that the real question that we wait to see jay will go and try to get your perspective thank you so much for joining us thank you for having. on to other news and all of the parties involved in the 2015 iran nuclear deal will attend a meeting next week in the austrian capital vienna the meetings being hosted by the european union it would be the 1st time the u.s. attends such talks since former president donald trump withdrew them from the landmark agreement and 2018 officials from the u.s. and iran have made it clear that we know direct talks between their delegations more with alan fischer now in washington so no direct talks but it's a pretty strong step for the biden ministration. significant step joe biden of course when he was campaigning to become president said that he would get the u.s.

back into the iran nuclear deal he's had 2 months he hasn't done it that's frustrated the iranians that have been talks between both sides through intermediaries to try and come up to some sort of solution nothing has stuck but no we've got the unit peons and the chinese and the russians saying look there's a possibility that we can sit down and have in direct talks in vienna later in the month jen psaki who of course is joe biden's press secretary has just in the last few minutes been asked about the talks in vienna she said they're welcome development they hope that the talks will be constructive it is a constructive move she has said they are clear eyed about the huddles light and front of them but they realize it could take some time to get the discussions going they said that happened with the original deal what could be a problem nor something that jen psaki talked about iran coming back into compliance with the nuclear deal and the lifting of sanctions the iranians dead set against the idea of sequencing those they believe that the u.s.

which was part of the agreement and donald trump pulled them out in me 2018 they should come back into compliance and that means lifting sanctions and then the iranians will start to do what they need to do there's still a lot of what to go with there americans would like to talk about other things such as ballistic missile testing such as iran's influence around the region and around the world those things may well never make it to the negotiating table but this at least is a step in the right direction for the by the administration which promised that it would get back into the iran nuclear deal alan fischer in washington with that update thank you alan. in the news their heads india's most vulnerable of being left behind from its vaccination drive will have covered 19 years just about.

how i once again we've still got some wintry weather to get out of the way for parts of the middle east northern parts of the middle east of course it's a little bit of cloud just spilling out to turkey easing across northern syria northern parts of iraq just pushing across towards the caspian iran will see that a bit of which weather over the mounts his but south of that it is generally dry not exactly fine there's a brisk wind blowing through the gulf i think even here because as we go through saturday some lifted just the sand to watch out for temperatures and at around 35 celsius it cools off a touch as we go through sunday that brisk wind still there temperatures at around 29 degrees that wintry mix will make its way across to many stop pushing across into northern parts of afghanistan but brighter skies coming back in behind and temperatures started to pick up at long last so too bad not too bad too across the whole of africa germany dry and fine here that maybe want to see southern parts of ethiopia. into uganda kenya could catch

a shower too towards the west and maybe it's was east as well tanzania also seeing some of those showers joining up as showers the rural out across the heart of africa right across into the gulf of guinea south africa's generally settled and sunny well there are a few showers just hugging the eastern cape. frank assessments the world is on the brink. that model fabian is that a fair assessment you catastrophic. to white valuable backseat in food. the opinions should we be buying bit coy ultimately it will be sovereigns and governments who are buying this that is the direction this is all headed in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines inside story.

here with al-jazeera our top stories this hour the most experienced officer in the minneapolis police department has testified the level of force used on george ford was totally unnecessary to zimmerman's before it was no longer a serious threat once he was handcuffed the 1st week of the show the trial has now and. the european union is expected to host a meeting with all parties involved in the 2015 iran nuclear deal next week the conference will include the united states for the 1st time since we withdrew in 2018 but there aren't expected to be face to face meetings between iran and the us . it has been taiwan's worst rail disaster in decades at least $54.00 people have

died dozens are injured after a train derailed in a tunnel after hitting a sliding truck the accident happened just north of the city of lane and investigations underway to find out what happened this report from adrian brown. the rescue team scramble to reach passengers trapped in the front carriages carriages that folded into each other after coming off the rails as the train entered a tunnel. this woman yos carriage full carriage for has everyone come out. 350 passengers paid for seats with more than 100 others reportedly standing in line for double duty here or i could feel the emergency brake was put on and the train just shook and then stopped to download it into the next unsentimental we're fine but some of the passengers in our compartment were injured. inside the narrow tunnel emergency workers struggled to

reach the indra there was no other way for us to get out so we had to climb to the top of the train and then climb down i was sitting on the isles side and i was thrown to the floor. a spokesman for the rail network says the accident was caused by one of its construction trucks sliding from a work site above the truck. the fire department later released pictures of what appeared to be the wreckage of the truck beside the d. rail train this is taiwan's worst ever train accident and it's believed to many of the dead and injured were heading home to mark the 4 day annual ching ming holiday when chinese people tend to family grades adrian brown al-jazeera hong kong. in may and demonstrators are out on the street again a day after the military shut down wireless internet services across the country the very flowers in public places to remember those killed during the crackdown and

meanwhile 2nd largest city mandalay there are reports of more gunfire by security forces at the protesters on thursday the u.n. security council strongly condemn the use of violence by the military against civilians but it did stop short of any action at the insistence of china. well the killings of civilians in maine miles been the focus of the international outrage save the children says at least 43 children have been killed by security forces in the past 2 months a 6 year old girl the youngest among them while a one year old boy was injured after he was shot in the arm of the republic human rights watch says the military has forcibly disappeared hundreds of people since the coup with the total number of people killed now at 550 let's hear from phil robertson deputy director of human rights watch asia division who says the world needs to do more to hold me and miles military leaders accountable. we need the unicef and the other groups that are working on child rights issues to really step

up and be very vocal about this i mean the types of killings that we're seeing in some cases the military or the police are simply going into neighborhoods and and shooting up the neighborhood or barging into houses and shooting at anybody who's in there including the case of the young 6 year old girl who died in her father's arms and other cases we have of course children you know 16 year old 17 year olds who are out on the protest lines you know trying to do what they can to defend their neighborhoods against these incursions by armed police and military you know there has to be a recognition that there is a responsibility by the international community to really hold 'd accountable the military for these actions that they've taken against children people are being taken away at night often when the internet is shut off people are you know obviously seen being taken away but there's no real clarity on who is taking them and then relatives as they seek to find where their loved one has been taken can get no answers and there's no formal notification

a lot of times what we're seeing is sort of pass the buck mentality where the relatives go to this police bureau and they say we don't have them and maybe the other police bureau and oh no maybe the military is going to mean it's a it's a game of trying to shuffle the relatives around while giving no answers so we fear the worst for many of these people were concerned that the longer they're held without access to their families and without access to lawyers without any acknowledgement in fact that the authorities even have them means that it's more likely they will face torture and other abuses while in detention nisha you know going to the new president's the west african nations 1st democratic. peaceful transfer of power in his 1st address as president mohammad presumed accused groups of committing war crimes by killing civilians on wednesday security forces stopped what they called an attempted coup after an attack on the presidential palace civilians are being increasingly targeted by armed groups operating near the border

with mali. here's more from. basically he speech will focus on healing the country and of course reining in. military officers who by the way. to democracy here in the in other parts of west africa as well now will also is expected also to focus on his economic agenda people will also watch closely to see who he appoints interest cabinet who becomes prime minister and who handles key middle ministries in the country but he's coming like you said in the introduction to a time when the here is facing very very serious challenges security in terms of security the coup he's in the country has been dealing with insurgencies have been dealing with. armed groups from neighboring countries like nigeria is active on the border with me and then you have other arm groups of been crossing into here from

mali and attacking both civilian and military targets so those are the things that need to see being tackled immediately but again like we said he also faces right within the military establishment. he says maybe some of us maybe ambitious to get their hands on the presidency so that's one of the some of the major problems facing this administration at this stage christians in indonesia good friday and high security just days ago a suicide bomb attack at a cathedral injured 20. security forces of increased screenings at churches for good friday it's just got washington reports from jakarta. at churches around indonesian military and police are screening. into good friday is one of the most important days in the christian calendar. is heightened security with personnel at

the gates and ahmed to be standing by. i feel that indonesians live peacefully side by side our diversity is beautiful but there are people who want to disturb the security. on sunday in the eastern port city of mecca saudi a married couple detonated a bomb near to the troll injuring 20 people. it is not shocking any more every time there is a christmas celebration is the celebration all. the persian period. sadly to say there are over and attacked again christian churches. the bombers died in the attack since then police have arrested suspected associates of the couple who were linked to an ice all affiliated network . in 2018 a family of 6 detonated explosives at several churches in the city of survivor

killing more than a dozen christians security forces have cracked down on these violent that works in recent years and arrested a number of key individuals while attacks are less frequent than they were in the early 2000 experts say religious intolerance is still a security concern. the radicalization experts say combating hatred against minorities is part of their work. i mean again we have to give them a new understanding of religion told them to lick go the contradictory understanding and the beliefs which they used to justify the wrong actions in america whatever amount security experts say the landscape has changed and there are new challenges they're. using social media. now they're calling it x. the noise according to. experts say the government should do more to protect

minorities all citizens. equal whether you are sunni. my ideal muslim see almost limb christiane. local believers or whatever so the government needs to make sure that everyone is treated equally in indonesia. indonesia's president insists people should continue their religious activities without fia but for some that is a difficult prospect just to washington to haunt her. now india is racing to vaccinate as many people as possible but some of its poorest people are not being elected is the millions of informal workers who salvage items from buying falls are not eligible for vaccines are in your correspondent elizabeth purana reports from new delhi. from a distance these mounds in india cities could be mistaken for small hills but they amount of waste and rummaging through them with their bare hands of thousands of

waste pickers they make a meager living collecting recyclable materials and selling them to scrap dealers. but while sanitation workers employed by the government or private companies are among the 1st to be eligible for co the 19 vaccines waste because aren't m.d.m. cigarette. or use one of the new delhi municipal council workers are getting vaccinated police are getting vaccinated then are we not human we pick up trash from your homes if one of us fall sick then we probably will infect 10 others. man lot of big complex rubbish from $300.00 homes but can't afford the $3.00 for each dose of covert 19 vaccine she lives with her family in a heart made from scrap cardboard there among around 2000000 informal waste workers in india. is that our minds we can't earn like we used to before our incomes have been hit when we're finding it so difficult to get by each day how can we afford

vaccines more of those or do they get hundreds of these with the help of environmental groups chintan has started an online petition asking the government to vaccinate waste workers like her chintan calls of the country's silent and viral mentalists they are highly organized they are highly skewed big up to 70 to 80 get degrees of so you can imagine that. born into a lot of these people pick up to collect the signal good to say that reason. so this is extremely important services that relate to the city. chintan says that each year people like eliminate $900000.00 tonnes of carbon dioxide by diverting waste away from land fills. is but the source of what i feel really sad that the government doesn't care about us. as india widens the numbers of those eligible for

co the 19 vaccines waste workers are asking to be among them elizabeth warren al jazeera new delhi. breaking news to bring you out of washington d.c. on friday afternoon streets surrounding the u.s. capitol and the entire complex there in lockdown because of a security threat not much detail alan fischer though our correspondent is at the white house and what more can you tell us at this point i just got a statement from the u.s. capitol police just in the last minute or 2 they say they're responding to an instant at the north but a kid a vehicle access point along independence avenue for reports of someone ramming a vehicle into 2 united states capitol police officers.