ecuador's hidden treasure on al-jazeera. a lot of the times the motto is on the road love god we are the while traveling the extra mile where all the media don't go we go there and we give them a chance to tell their story. a washington police officers killed after a car running attack in a city still on edge from john ruiz capital riots. hello i'm daryn jordan this is live from doha also coming up. your new yarn and. for. that amount of time. is just. uncalled for us police officer gives his assessment of the force used against

george floyd before he died testifying that it was totally unnecessary. survivors are pulled from the wreckage of taiwan's worst of a train crash which killed more than 50 people. and the u.s. and iran are to open in direct talks as part of a broader negotiations to salvage the freight nuclear deal. from the car into police that have barricades around in the u.s. capitol complex before jumping out with a knife one officer was killed in the attack a named as 25 year old noah greene was shot dead while not thought to be terrorism related it shaken washington which is still image from the capitol riots from that particle a reports. 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. and the suspect. and then hit the north barricade there your assets time the suspect exit the vehicle with a knife in 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 suspect has been pronounced deceased the unnamed suspect rammed his car into 2 capitol police officers before hitting the steel barricade 2 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 in a statement president joe biden said he and his wife jill were heartbroken to learn of the violent attack at a security checkpoint on the u.s. capitol grounds which killed officer william evans of the u.s. capitol police and left a fellow officer fighting for his life we know what a difficult time this has been for the capital mike hanna joins us live now from the capitol building at this stage what more details are we learning about this incident near the capital. well obviously the investigation is ongoing and most importantly investigators are seeking what course the possible motive for this attack the 25 year old noah green from indiana is prepared believed to be the driver investigators are now finding out exactly what motivated this person to conduct this attack we've had condolences being offered from president biden from the speaker of the house and certainly the one remarkable thing about

that day was the speed of the response to this event the national guard were deployed within 30 minutes of the man driving into the barricades but it's very different to what happened on january the 6th when it took hours before the national guard were deployed they are still some 2000 national guard troops stationed here in d.c. they were kept on here posted january the 6th until may at special request but they were certainly very quickly on the scene and they established the initial. that was put down right around the capitol as it went into a lockdown which was lifted a couple of hours ago daryn mike and i suppose the one relief from all of this is that congress is currently in recess and with the easter weekend they're not that many visitors to the capitol complex. well there are no visitors still there are still very strong security restrictions on the

capitol complex itself media and obviously workers are able to go through but visitors have not been going through the capitol area at all but definitely there were no representatives here or very few the congress is in recess at the moment for 10 days so once again there will be questions about the timing of this attack why this person decided to carry out an attack on a capitol which was virtually deserted given the fact that the whole congress is in recess but as i say the the investigations will be ongoing the fact that there was no direct threat to members of congress simply because they were not here would have been a relief to the security officers who were controlling the situation and it was a very very serious situation indeed with the massive security response the capital going into lockdown once again for a number of hours but as i said all has returned to what passes for normal post

january the 6th all right mike hanna live for us there in washington d.c. mike thank you so let's bring in p.j. crowley he's a former deputy white house press secretary and also served as a special assistant to the president for national security affairs he joins us from alexandria in virginia p.j. good to have you back on the program so what's your response then to this incident that happened today at the capitol because as mike was saying even though it sets off a major security alert the lockdown and the response did seem to work. i think that's right there's still a lot we don't know but it could be that what we find out is that you have an individual attack you know involving some sort of mental instability some sort of perceived grievance against government and the use of a car as a lethal weapon this is actually the kind of threat that we've understood for decades and the barricade itself you know worked obviously we have we grieve the

loss of one officer the injury of another but but obviously he didn't get in a position to threaten the capital that makes this a a very different kind of threat than what we saw in january 6 yeah p.j. how difficult is it to prevent these lone wolves style attacks on unwilling f.b.i. been looking to see if there's any connection to the mob that breaks the capital back in january at least on the surface i don't think you know there's a connection other than the fact that that now the u.s. capitol is seen as a target for people across you know with a range of political views you know different you know if somebody is determined to in this case perhaps you know you know and that gave murder suicide you and i walking across a busy street somewhere would be vulnerable if someone wants to use a car as a as a weapon you know so there's a limit to what we can do in this particular case you know the individual did not

threaten the capitol itself as you've reported you know the congress was out of recess so this this is not a mass casualty situation as it could have and this is yet another body blow for the capitol hill police department using yet another officer so soon after the insurrection back in january pj's out difficult is the role they play in god being the nation's capitol. well to those of us who live in the in the washing d.c. area they play a vital role and i think you know this this comes against the backdrop of the insurrection on january 6th and it will influence you know that careful calculation that authorities are are currently going through what is the right balance between protection of a vital you know government building and at the same time giving citizens proper accessibility you know to know that building but also their elected leaders and we're still kind of working our way through that yet and that's an important point

to make page and i'm going to final thought from you because in terms of the broad a security response that had been plans to slim reduce the number of national guard troops deployed in the capital since the insurrection is today's attack then likely to change those security plans i don't know again you know the you know the kind of defenses that stop this attack we've actually implemented over the course of many many years so this doesn't necessarily change our perception of you know various threats to a building like the capitol you know in a way that january 6th did you know not you know january 6th was a very very different kind of situation we can we always knew the capital was a potential you know target by the same token we didn't expect a you know domestic militia group it to charge the capitol try to interrupt the function of government so we're still working way through that this is war all the

writing of something that we've long understood and have taken steps to guard against p.j. crowley always good to get your thoughts here now jazeera thank you very much indeed you're welcome. now a senior us police officer has taken the witness stand at the trial of derek champion who's accused of killing george floyd richard zimmerman testified that child instances in the mean long floyd's neck was a totally unnecessary act of deadly force gabler's on the has more now from minneapolis. the end of the 1st week of the derricks jovan murder trial may have lacked the tearful emotion of the previous days but for the defense team it was perhaps the most devastating the jury heard from one of the highest ranking members of the minneapolis police force lieutenant richard zimmerman a nearly 40 year veteran and a homicide detective he was called on to the scene in the aftermath of floyd's

arrest and subsequent death to investigate in no uncertain terms he condemned show vns use of his knee choke hold on george floyd. what is your. you know your view that use of force during that time. totally unnecessary what do you mean. well 1st of all. pulling him down to the ground. and putting your new yana neck for that amount of pot that amount of time. is 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 a kind of force. in an exclusive interview without his ear after the court proceedings had been adjourned for the week george floyd's uncle selwyn jones told

me the family just wants justice all i'm doing is setting back just waiting you know just waiting for that day to killed when i hear guilty i don't get to see him at thanksgiving or christmas or hollowing i don't get the city anymore he don't get to see his baby he don't get to do any of the things he's supposed to be doing because somebody decided that that day he would be judge jury and executioner it's extremely rare for police officers to testify against one of their own and the dramatic testimony caps a week that saw several witnesses break down in tears in front of the jury while recounting what it was like to watch george floyd. who do you think is winning this case in the 1st week. there's no doubt in the 1st week that the government put its best foot forward in one of the things that they did is used video repeatedly and

in different ways to emphasize their point because video has that objectivity that no eyewitness is going to have however for many people here in the african-american community there's still a long way to go in this trial they have control right now we're just they're just what's in their opinion we don't have no control he can through this journey kill filter they said not guilty he can walk away scot free before the trial will continue on monday and it's expected prosecutors will continue to call more witnesses perhaps even the chief of police gabriel's on al-jazeera and yeah police. time for a short break here on out as here out when we come back vaccination struggles out to germans frustration and confusion we know what's gone wrong with their coronavirus response and heightened security in indonesia as christians mark good friday and easter more on that stay with us.

for. places say we have got some quiet weather now coming in across the eastern side of the u.s. we had a nasty snow still running across the ohio valley it did cause some problems here multi-car pileup as a result of that but quiets weather coming through behind we have got an area of high pressure so last the settled and dry will see temperatures started to pick up along that east coast as we go on through saturday getting up into double figures at long last myself and all to us and not too bad he was well as you can see it is lossy settle and find some water into central parts denver 25 celsius matching up with l.a. actually little bit a wintry weather just coming into bay say for a time that will make us well a little further east was easing across into alberta as we go on through sunday the much of north america doing quite nicely thank you just catch

a shower would see that eastern side of texas pushing across into the wheezy and want to see showers to scattered across the caribbean i think the heaviest rain will be through the bahamas or running down across cuba jamaica could see some wet weather haiti also seeing some lively showers not shower remakes or say extending across into central america for a time the east analysis nothing too bad here it's fine dry sunny and of course will. xenophobia violent and beating the drum for an ethnic civil war in the heart of europe. generation identity was at one time the fastest growing far right organization on the continent now watch the investigation that led to the french government banning the group. generation hate. part

one of a special 2 part investigation on a. welcome back agreement of our top stories here on al-jazeera a man who has run the car into police at a barricade surrounding the u.s. capitol complex before jumping out with a knife one officer was killed in the attack and named as 25 year old noah greene was shot. the longest serving officer in the minneapolis police department is testify that the level of force used on george floyd was totally unnecessary richard simmons said floyd was no longer a serious threat once he was handcuffed. the u.s. has lifted sanctions and visa restrictions against employees of the international

criminal court which were imposed by the former trumpet ministration the i.c.c. chief prosecutor and another top official were among those targeted as the court began to investigate u.s. troops for potential war crimes in afghanistan u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken says washington still disagrees with that and other investigations. but u.s. and iran will open in direct talks next week because the european union spearheads efforts to salvage the 2050 nuclear deal participants in the coding clued in china france italy and britain will meet in vienna next week the u.s. won't take part directly but for the 1st time since donald trump was drew from the agreement in 2018 a u.s. delegation will be present we are very clear eyed about the hurdles that remain these talks will be structured around working groups that the e.u. is going to form with the remaining partners in the day c.p.o. way including iran and the primary issues that will be discussed at the nuclear steps that iran would need to take in order to return to compliance with the j c p

a way and the sanctions relief steps the united states would need to take in order to return to compliance as well we don't anticipate presently that there will be direct talks between the united states and iran through the process though we certainly remain open to them alan fischer in washington looks at the u.s. approach to these talks. we know that joe biden when he was campaigning to become president said it was his intention to go back into the iran nuclear deal certainly over the last couple of months there have been talks between the american sates and the iranians through intermediaries including the europeans trying to see if there is some way they could come to an agreement with neither side ready to make the 1st step to really and were to stop the enrichment of uranium the said they would consider that if the united states lift sanctions or perhaps even gave them the $130000000000.00 worth of oil sales cash that was frozen abroad neither side ready to make that 1st step so there have been discussions in appears there's no

been a breakthrough it's getting both sides together in the same city of perhaps not in the same room perhaps not face to face talks but certainly this is something that the united states are looking forward to from the state department just in the last 10 minutes of had this statement where they see that it is early days and while there is no signs of an immediate breakthrough in the don't anticipate an immediate breakthrough and there will be difficult discussions ahead we believe that this is a healthy step forward you have to remember a couple of things 1st of all that the iranians have a presidential election in june so the united states would be keen to at least get the workings of a new deal under way before then the other thing is that they want to talk about things outside the nuclear deal they don't just want to talk about and richmond and the process that was there before they also want to talk about missile testing and also whether or not iran will look at how it influences other countries in the region at least $54.00 people have died in taiwan's worst rail disaster

a truck rolled onto the tracks just as the train was approaching a tunnel nearly $500.00 people were on board it happened at the start of the ching ming festival when people maternal their ancestral villages well well the accident scene is just north of the city of holly and agent brown reports. the rescue teams 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 yells carriage for carriage for has everyone come out 350 passengers paid for seats with more than 100 others reportedly standing in line for the journey here or i could feel the emergency brake was put on and the train just shook and then stopped to get into 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. adrian brown al jazeera hong kong. 3 suspected rebels have been killed in a gunfight in indian administered kashmir indian security forces raided

a village near poor mamma they were confrontations with residents after police destroyed a house during the operation in recent years they've been accusations that forces have blown up or set fire to residential buildings where rebels are taking shelter . now $100000000.00 people in the u.s. have now received at least one dose of a coded 19 vaccine that's roughly 30 percent of the population more than half of people aged over $65.00 are fully vaccinated in occupations began in december but the number of infections is rising according to johns hopkins university the u.s. is counting about 66000 new cases every day and the u.s. centers for disease control says fully vaccinated people can travel within the united states without getting tested or having to quarantine but while the c.d.c. now considers them low risk is still advising against travel. germany reported

$21000.00 infections on friday that india has a 3rd wave that was going to be a strict lockdown of the east before it was scrapped stephanie decker reports there's confusion over the government's 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 we had 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 one time one of one of them was googling right in front of me when i was supposed to be doing and that confusion apparent in a rare public apology from the german chancellor just a day 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 to 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 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. and it's because it is going to do is get out of here not consistent either you say there is a lockdown then 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 indeed implemented hard and strict for julian as a business owner who is directly affected by the changing rules he says it's unfair if you as a person living in berlin like lockdowns know 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 locked down 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 this is ca sion 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 are. religious sites and occupied east jerusalem have partially reopened. the. so the christians could mark good friday and the rest of the easter holiday a small crowd was allowed to watch up a session at the church of the holy one of the holiest sites for worship as pilgrims. and christians in indonesia marking good friday and easter under tight security just days ago a suicide bombing at a cathedral injured 20 people just got washington reports in the capital jakarta. at churches around indonesian military and police are screening worshipers before they enter good friday is one of the most important days in the christian calendar is holy week there is heightened security with personnel at the gates and ahmed to

be called standing by. you but i feel that indonesians live peacefully side by side our diversity is beautiful but there are people who want to the story of the security. on sunday in the eastern port city of mark assad a married couple detonated a bomb near a cathedral injuring 20 people. it is not shocking any more every time there is a christmas celebration is the celebration all 3 ramadan the persian period. sadly to say there are over an attack again christian churches. the bombers died in the attack since then police have arrested suspected associates of the couple who were linked to an i saw 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 that is being broken grandmama. we have to give them a new understanding of religion tell them to lick go the contradictory understanding and the beliefs which they used to justify the wrong actions in america where every leader gary among security experts say the landscape has changed and there are new challenges there is very. using social media as one of its. rather there'd be only if it's a noise according to. experts say the government should do more to protect minorities all citizen. equal whether you are sunni muslim

monday a muslim see almost lim christian buddhists 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 fear but for some that is a difficult prospect just to washington now to syria to. part of a quick check of the top stories on al-jazeera a man has rammed a car into police a barricade surrounding the u.s. capitol complex before jumping out with a knife one officer was killed on the.