a police officer is killed after a car is rammed into a security barricade on capitol hill the suspect has also died after being shot by police. oh i am maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up on the program. if you news on a person's. book and kill one. senior officers take the stand in the trial of derek

chauvin one describes his use of force against george floyd as totally unnecessary . survivors climb from the wreckage of a darrelle train in eastern taiwan that dozens of passengers have been confirmed dead. on a slow vaccine rollout and mix public messaging is cases saw in germany we take a closer look at the government's confused response to the coronavirus. we begin in the united states where the capital the heart of american democracy was once again thrown into lockdown on friday after a man rammed his car into a barricade and 2 police officers the suspect then emerged from the car will bring a knife and started to run at the offices one of them died from his injuries the other is still being treated in hospital the suspect has also died the attack comes

as the capital is already on edge after the insurrection less than 3 months ago atika hain has our report. it's happened again. another attack on the u.s. capitol at approximately 102 hours this afternoon a suspect entered what we refer to as the north barricade of the capitol. on the suspect ran his car into officers and then hit the north barricade barrier assets time the suspect exit the vehicle with a knife and hand. our officers then engage he did not respond to verbal commands the suspect did start lunging toward us capitol police officers at which time u.s. capitol police officers fired upon the suspect. at this time the

cesspit has been pronounced deceased the unnamed suspect rammed his car into 2 capitol police officers before hitting the steel barricade to say u.s. capitol police officers were transported to 2 different hospitals. and it is what a very very heavy heart. that i announce one of our officers has succumbed to his injuries less than 3 months ago another member of the capitol police force died after trying to battle back a pro trump mob attempting to stop the election in that case reinforcements took hours but thousands of national guard troops have been here since just after the january 6th attack and they quickly surrounded the building alert for a follow up attack that didn't come congress is not in session police say they didn't have any intelligence on this suspect so now they look to find his motive

most of the fences that have surrounded the capital since the attempted insurrection have been taken down there were thousands fewer soldiers walking the grounds there was a sense that life here was going back to something approaching normal not now not after another deadly day in front of the symbol of american democracy. al-jazeera washington. well mike hanna has been following the story from the capital building and joins us now and so mike just to be just clarity on where we're at now the knock down itself on the capital has been lifted but tell us about the security measures that are still in place in response to the attack. well as you say yes the lockdown has been lifted that lockdown was instituted very quickly after the event took place shortly after 1 o'clock what you see behind me here is the capitol as it has been in the last week now that was when

a whole lot of much higher perimeter fencing aligned with razor wire was actually taken down leaving the in the perimeter fencing such as what you see behind me there the conned concrete both trades underneath that fencing as well all in place now this goes runs right around the capitol now where i'm standing here the driver attempted to ram his car into the capitol some 100 meters at that road at that particular point there is an access road into the capitol but it is blocked with concrete pillars he drove his car into those concrete pillars now this is the way the security has been over the past week before that it was far more intense and what you see now incidentally is world there are many within congress who were arguing that there was too much security around the capitol the senate minority leader mitch mcconnell saying that it reminded him of kabul so certainly extreme

security measures were in place likely lifted slightly eased still when you had the event today the one thing that was very important in terms of the day's events was the speed of the response the capitol police obviously on the scene but the deployment of national guard personnel to provide a perimeter happen within 30 minutes that's very different from what happened back on january the 6th when it was hours before national guards were deployed now the investigation might will focus on the motivation and timing of the attack any more details on the suspect. well the suspect has not yet been formally named he's understood to be a 25 year old from indiana but no details forthcoming capitol police and others saying that there is no motive known at present obviously the investigation now well underway to find out what the motive was as to the timing well surprising

timing in a way given that congress is in recess there are no representatives in the building behind me they all on this 10 day break so the timing very very peculiar given that there were no personnel no congress people within the complex itself or very few indeed but all of this is going to be investigated the homeland secretary has made a comment about it saying that a lot more has got to be learned about this event and why it happened we've heard mrs of commiseration from president biden along with the speaker of the house president biden has ordered that all flags on government buildings be flown at half staff so this is the situation now it is over according to capitol police it was a one off situation capitol police say they do not believe there was any form of cooperation with any other entities that this man acted as what they call a lone wolf but the investigation well under way thank you mike canter in

washington. a senior police officer took the witness stand on friday on the 5th day of the trial of derek chauvin rich and zimmerman told the court that shows his decision to kneel on george floyd's neck was an act of deadly force show than is charged with killing floyd by kneeling on his neck off to arresting him is death's funks a massive backlash across the globe with cries for america to tackle racial injustice in police brutality them as says show his use of force was totally unnecessary. 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 while because of. the fact that. if you need is on a person's no the can kill. there is gabriel elizondo has been following the trial in minneapolis. this is hugely significant testimony that came here on friday in the courthouse here in minneapolis because it's very rare that you will see police officers testifying against one of their own lieutenant richard zimmerman with some of the most damning testimony that we've seen all week against the actions taken by officer derrick shoaf and lieutenant zimmerman has been on the police force here in minneapolis for nearly 40 years he's one of the most senior police officers in the entire minneapolis police department zimmerman when he was

on the stand said that the actions taken by derek show often were wrong and inappropriate and should not have been taken he said that officers while they do have the right to use force of course. they are trained to when they are told to stop using potential deadly force and he said that in all circumstances that see he saw here there was no justification whatsoever for the actions that derrick show of and took against george floyd for as we know now 9 minutes and 29 seconds chauvinist need he was on the neck of george floyd so this is incredibly incredibly strong testimony from the prosecution witness and wraps up what has been a very powerful week for the prosecution as a whole at least 54 people have died in taiwan's west rail disaster

an unmanned truck rolled onto the track just as a train was approaching a tunnel in the east of the island 8500 people were on board and many survivors had to climb out of the wreckage the accident happened at the start of the chain ring festival when people return to the ancestral villages to claim the graves of the relatives adrian brown reports. it was a 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 for carriage for has everyone come out 350 passengers paid for seats with more than 100 others reportedly standing in line for double duty here for i could feel the emergency brake was put on and the train just shook and then stopped it and i didn't sound the next unsentimental we're fine but some of the passengers in the compartment

were injured. inside the narrow tunnel emergency workers struggled to reach the enjoy 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 aisle 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 track 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 of a train accident and it's believed 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. the european union is

expected to host a meeting with all parties involved in the 2015 iran nuclear deal next week in vienna the conference will include the united states which withdrew from the landmark deal in 2018 under donald trump's presidency washington says it's open to direct talks with iran the iranian foreign minister mohammad javad zarif tweeted saying that such a meeting is unnecessary i said begg has more on this now from tehran well the news was welcomed by iran's nuclear chief he said that it was good news and the fight over who to take the 1st step in terms of the 2015 nuclear deal had now passed he also said that he was optimistic that the deal could be revived now for mr divides refers tweeted he said that the aim is to get those sanctions lifted and then iran would return to its commitments but he also said that they will not be a face to face meeting between iran and the united states he said that it was unnecessary now one of the chief negotiators for iran abbas iraq you know what he has said is that there won't be any direct in direct talks between the united

states and iran however if the europeans want to go and speak to the united states well that's a matter for them now what he's essentially saying is that iran will not acknowledge any form of direct or direct or indirect talks with the united states but those are possibly take place because the europeans would be talking to the united states now the reason he said that is because of the domestic politics inside the country nothing has affected that to more than the nuclear deal and those sanctions everyday life is affected the banking sector the oil sector the economy has suffered but iran's iran's position still remains the same they don't want to step by step process to this they want all the sanctions lifted that were imposed by former president donald trump and then iran will start returning to its commitments in terms of that 2015 nuclear deal. i have for you on the program the disturbing footage that appears to show a massacre in ethiopia 10 grey region we'll have that story and then also helping

children life the campaign to change attitudes and want to europe's largest somali community. how either the weather sloshy settle for a strike there are some lovely sunshine coming through for the most part we got 2 areas of low pressure to keep an eye on we got one up towards the northwest that may well develop into a tropical low could cause some very heavy rain coming in here just around the pilbara just around the complete and we got another area of low pressure just over towards that eastern side of queens that are around a high we're pulling in the winds from the open waters are missing some showers coming back in across that eastern side of us see some very heavy rainfall here of course over the past couple of weeks further showers coming in and they will penetrate their way into the outback as we go on through sunday so the flooding

concerns coming through for many further south it is largely fought in try temperatures will ease off in melbourne going from around 30 celsius to around 22 degrees celsius there is some heat around the slick up tools the northwest 40 degree celsius the broom that's up across into new zealand got some wetter weather coming into the south all of this we go on through sunday but for the most part is fine and dry cross just in quite nicely temperatures here at around 25 celsius but back to across such a pattern at present we have got cloud of rain which is spilling out of china as you go on through saturday moving through the korean peninsula and making its way further east. from the al-jazeera london broke out to people in the. conversation i got much worse when i was at the university of oxford which really scared me because i was like these people are going to be in positions of power with no host and no

limitations empire is the reason that we live in a multicultural society part 2 of pfizer's shaheen and adam rather fit studio unscripted on al-jazeera. a comeback main stories now a policeman has died after he was hit by a car outside the u.s. capitol building in washington police say william evans was a member of the force for 18 years the other police officer involved is being treated for his injuries in hospital the suspect was shot dead by all the officers

at the scene. the most experienced officer in the minneapolis police department has testified that the level of force used on george floyd was totally unnecessary richard zimmerman said floyd was no longer a serious threat once he was handcuffed the 1st week of the trial has now ended. at least 54 people have died in taiwan's was rail disaster an unmanned truck rolled onto the track just as the train was approaching a tunnel in the east of the island 8500 people were on board. well now we want to turn to ethiopia because there has been some disturbing footage showing what could be a mass killing in the northern territory region that's been posted online video shows men who appear to be ethiopian soldiers in the town of my berry day ago the following unverified footage which we are. vidal here is a graphic content emerged on social media is reportedly from early march armed men wearing military fatigues can be heard speaking and wreck language the and right

language off camera they are then saying dragging a group of dead men off a cliff with access and internet connection to the limited right now in the region is very difficult to independently verify these accounts samuel get it she was a journalist and added other avatar and he says that if these videos were centex they contradict the government's version of events the prime minister ethiopia has promised there will be a full investigation done but there has been lots and lots of allegations made against all actors that have been involved in the region so this will take much of the country's resources. the prime minister the promise is going to be fulfilled but the kind of allegations we've been hearing that from day one we're just beginning to see actual video evidence of the allegations that have been made

by the people of the growth from from last year from end of last year what struck me the most. people i've been we've been hearing from day one that people have been dying. and the issue of famine that that's coming up. has been limited resources and we've been hearing high numbers of people that have been dying in that region we just haven't been able to see their faces until now and the videos are showing us that there are people dying and we're beginning to see the faces behind the numbers and that's why it's having a such a strong impact just with the new york and many many countries that have interest in helping ethiopia advance forward. and buildup of russian troops along its border has neighboring ukraine. military tanks can be seen on social me on a social media video which has yet to be verified but it's been enough to get job biden's attention u.s. president contact if you need a valid radom is a lansky shortly after and. it's pictures like this that have got the government in

kiev so concerned a week ago 4 ukrainian soldiers were killed in fighting in the east now here is accusing russia of preparing to expand its military presence in the separatist controlled regions of don't yet skill hanscom as well as the border with crimea to the south must have been a dubious government buying or thursday ukraine's foreign minister called on moscow to quote immediately and unconditionally reaffirm its commitment to a political and diplomatic settlement and a cease fire regime. now president joe biden has spoken directly with the ukrainian leader flooding is alinsky the white house says he affirmed the united states is unwavering support for ukraine sovereignty and territorial integrity in the face of russia's ongoing aggression. we discussed the situation in the bus in detail president biden assured us that ukraine will never be left alone against russia's

aggression. or c. . russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov says any new conflict in the east would quote destroy ukraine. he's warned against incitement by western powers with a nato defense lawyer saying it's concerned about a russian build up moscow says the real threat is nato sending troops to ukraine. undoubtedly such a scenario would lead to a further increase of tension near the russian border of course this will require additional security measures from the russian side. in february 2040 the so-called my down revolution saw ukraine's russia friendly president viktor yushchenko deposed and the opposition take power the next month russian forces unexpressed mia from ukraine prompting western sanctions in april 24 team pro russian separatists seize part of the eastern donbass region starting the internal military conflict in ukraine in 2019 television active led him as

a lansky was elected ukraine's president he and president putin agreed to exchange prisoners and commit to a cease fire last july a cease fire with don't yet separatists was agreed but it's close to breaking and now the ukrainian leaders provoked a russian anger he went after the draw russia media empire belonging 'd to one of russia's latin it wouldn't confidence in ukraine closing down and meet russian t.v. channels and severely weakening the influence of pro russian never ukrainian deep in my russian overarching goal is always the do our keep the will these regimes in the donetsk and lugansk back and ukraine. despite the latest warnings it's not clear whether there's been a real change the organization for security and cooperation in europe says there are far fewer ceasefire violations than last summer before the agreement came into

force. but al-jazeera. now the netherlands is suspending the use of the astra zeneca vaccine for people under 60 following the death of a woman who had received the job around 10000 scheduled appointments have now been cancelled the woman was why out of 5 people who suffered blood clots between $7.10 days after the vaccination it comes a day off to germany whole to these are the vaccine also for people under the age of 60. just reported 21000 daily infections as it goes through its 3rd wave of the pandemic the nation was going to be under a strict lockdown over the easter weekend but that was scrapped last week just a day after it was announced and as stephanie deck reports from berlin there's confusion of the government's covert policy. it's a constant adjustment julian boy says he had to sell a successful 126 mexican restaurant now focusing mainly on burger deliveries but it's also about keeping up with the current virus restrictions monitored by local

authorities known as the arkansas got to enforce all the rules as well which was tricky because every week the rules changed a few times the order came in and they weren't even sure of the rule so one time one of one of them was googling right in front of me when i was supposed to be doing and here know that confusion apparent in a rare public apology from the german chancellor just today after announcing a strict lockdown during the easter holiday which would have seen even supermarkets closing their doors and americal said she made a mistake would not happen not because it wasn't needed but because it was too last minute and had confused people. germany's vaccination campaign has been sluggish because of delays in the delivery of vaccines but also the decision not to give the astra zeneca shot to people under the age of 60 after reports of blood clots only 10 percent of germans have been vaccinated so far the country is facing a 3rd wave of the virus who germany's top disease control body warning this one is showing signs it could be worse than the ones before despite the back and forth new

measures have now been introduced here in the capital and they include things like having to present a negative covert 19 test before entering what the government deems non-essential businesses things like getting a haircut and you going to have to wear a mosque of a certain medical category before entering all shops because it's not mandatory outside. a similar theme emerges when we asked people about the lockdown measures and i might be country and they could be more united i mean once they decided to say we'll do it like this and then a few days later they do something different i find that a bit difficult. because it is going to do is get they're not consistent either you say there is a lockdown that everyone stays at home like for example in munich whereas in berlin they say one thing but then a few days later it's completely different they are not consistent if you want something done in need to implement it hard and strict. for julian as a business owner who was directly affected by the changing rules he says it's

unfair if you as a person living in berlin like lockdowns no locked out nothing seems to be clear right now they change the rules on a weekly basis and it seems that the people who cop it the worst of the small businesses so you do get a lot of normal people complaining about being in lockdown and home office and all this sort of stuff but there's absolutely no lockdown enforced at all. and with numbers steadily rising again germany's head of the association for intensive in emergency medicine has warned hospitals could run out of available intensive care beds within a month if stricter lockdown rules are not enforced stephanie decker urges there. raising a child diagnosed with autism can be difficult for any parent but for immigrants who aren't native speakers all familiar with health services the diagnosis is frightening and often shattering jessica baldwin went to bristol to meet a woman trying to help the somali community cope with children on the autistic

spectrum. i mean a son manassero is now called a lanky teens mai-ling down on his mother but it wasn't always so from birth he cried endlessly didn't sleep at night and was nothing like her other 3 children a 2 his diagnosis was autism leaving ameena devastated i don't understand when my son is not talking you not use bain and you see. i don't know that's probably me i crying or elise if you my son is carrying me i cry autism is a developmental disorder with a wide spectrum no 2 cases are the same some people never speak others are streaming anxious while some may be socially distant it's estimated globally between one and 2 percent of people have some degree of artists researchers here in

bristol have found a higher incidence among somali immigrants to the u.k. in the somali culture autism doesn't exist children on the autistic spectrum are considered mentally ill and shunned from society since nora base 1st child zac was diagnosed with autism she's thought that stigma in her community now she's made a series of short films explaining what parents can do to help their children lead a full and happy life trying to ensure that you get the right help to understand what autism is and how to help your child and don't believe everything you see a lawyer because there is so much information out there that are not true early intervention is key not only to help with speech and language but letting the child and family know there is a reason for what can be very challenging behavior people are growing up sometimes

into middle adulthood. not knowing why they are the way they are. and then finding it all clicks that explains all the difficulties i've been having all my life because i'm autistic to predict wired differently it's not just a western condition the films explore those difficulties and provide support for parents struggling with autism they're available on you tube so somalis around the world can see and learn jessica baldwin al-jazeera bristol england. a recap of the headlines this hour a policeman has died after being hit by a car just outside the u.s. capitol building in washington but he say william evans was a member of the force for 18 years the police officer is being treated for his injuries in hospital.