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on call for a senior u.s. police officer gives his assessment of the force used against george floyd before he died testifying it was totally unnecessary. the u.s. and iran are to open in direct talks as part of brutal negotiations to salvage the frayed nuclear deal. and survivors of pools in the wreckage of taiwan's worst ever train crash which has killed more than 50 people. a man has rammed a car into a police at a barricades around in the u.s. capitol complex before jumping out with a knife one officer was killed in the attack a nameless 25 year old noah greene was shot dead while not thought to be a terrorism related attack it shaken washington which is still on edge from the capital riots where particle hain joins us live now from washington d.c. patty so this attack would have rattled the nation's capital once again so what

more details are emerging. you know it really will and you can almost see that in the faces of the capitol police officers today on the scene this is a force that has been rattled obviously from the insurrection from the amount of hours they're working since then trying to secure the building really i think a lot of people in washington have been asking is something going to happen again and then when that alert went out said there's a threat at the building everyone get away from the windows it just brought back all of the memories of what everyone has lived through and as you mentioned again another attack a fatal one at the u.s. capitol. it's happened again. another attack on the u.s. capitol. 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 sestak has been pronounced deceased to 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 the service has succumbed to his injuries the officer william evans 18 year veteran of the force his body was escorted by a line of officers through the streets of d.c. 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. no i think that the 1st question a lot of people had is is this a continuation of the insurrection is there going to be a political angle to this perhaps donald trump support or preliminary indications just from scrubbing social media seem to indicate a 2025 year old man with potentially pretty serious mental illness very distraught apparently have lost his job recently looking for some sort of guidance. and talking about. some of the things we often hear when it involves mental illness and a violent crime that the government was trying to manipulate his brain that they were causing him elements so beginning this flush out a picture of a very disturbed young man who thought that he needed to target the government did

allegedly did so with his car and now another capitol police officers family is mourning the loss of their loved ones are at a particle and live in washington d.c. thank you. well in a statement president joe biden said he and his wife jill were heartbroken to learn of the violent attack on 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 capitol what p.j. crowley is a former deputy white house press secretary and also served as a special assistant to the president for national security affairs he says the outcome could have been far worse. 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 grieve the loss of one officer the injury of another but but obviously 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 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 of political views if somebody is determined to in this case perhaps you know you know enact a 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 you know the congress was out of recess so this this is

not a mass casualty situation as it could have. a senior police officer has taken the witness stand in the trial of derek chosen as accused of killing george floyd richard zimmerman testified that seven's decision to kneel on floyd's nick was a totally unnecessary act of deadly force to say i was gay but it is under reports 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 onto the scene in the aftermath of floyd's arrest and subsequent death to investigate in no uncertain terms he condemned show

vince use of his knee choke hold on george floyd. what is your. you know your view. what do you mean. pulling him down to the ground. for. that amount of time. 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 the day that 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 came through this journey to kill theel today 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 doe al-jazeera and yeah police. russian rights groups have issued a rare report condemning their country's involvement in syria's war it includes interviews with survivors and was released to coincide with the 10th anniversary of the conflict the report says most syrians view russia as a destructive foreign force the authors also criticize russian media for failing to report on attacks against civilians this is the 1st conflict in the history of bluster be attraction and that has russian army that much involved and engaged to.

russian human rights defenders sir i not feelin it closely and the public mainly gets the senate the information about this conflict from. media outlets available at the state level and the average russians do not know enough about the situation now greece is accusing the turkish coast guard of helping people smugglers greek coast guard say they have seen their turkish counterparts escorting boats filled with refugees and migrants several times in the past 2 days there's been no reaction from turkey but they previously accuse greece of illegally sending people back without allowing them to apply for asylum is more of what greece's government had to say. if you beyond doubt that these migrant departed that is short and given the fact they were supported by katie we're not at that we call on dead people stand down and stop this on 100 provoke asian route then these migrants stay for

the dedication and live up to the 2016 if you take a joint statement on migration. lots more still to come here not just there including the u.s. lefse trump era sanctions against the international criminal court's top prosecutor and vaccination struggles and to germans frustration and confusion we look at what's gone wrong with the coronavirus response more in that status. for the perfect. sponsored point qatar airways how i once again welcome to look at the international forecast has been a lovely week for japan largely fine in trial weather calm winds but that's about to change we've got some what's a weather making its way towards the korean peninsula easing over tools to pan as we go on through the weekend and also what's the weather to just coming out to central and eastern parts of china was so shaky with this weather system which will

make its way out into the open waters there's that cloud remain moving across c.l.o. see some very heavy downpours coming in i think particularly for south korea we could see some localized flooding in make the most of that fine day on saturday in japan because it does go downhill for sunday and also it's easter monday so what's the weather coming through 20 celsius in tokyo shelter for a good part of the day by the mountain so not faring too badly but that ray will eventually make its way through bright skies come back in behind a fresh well the wind just coming in across the korean peninsula and we'll see a lot she try to across a good part of northern china central areas for into badly either not too bad too across the philippines largely dry here want to see showers into southern parts sweater weather coming back into indonesia and some wet weather to up towards thailand just pushing out into the andaman sea some very heavy rain here india is largely fine and dry. qatar airways.

xenophobia violent and beating the drum for an ethnic civil war in the heart of europe. a generation identity was at one time a foster's growing far right organization on the continent now watch the investigation that led to the french government banning the group. generation 8. part one of a special 2 part investigation on a. woman who. welcome back a quick reminder our top stories here this hour 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 in the attack and those 25 year old noah greene was shot dead. the longest serving officer in the minneapolis police department has testified 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 and. now the u.s. has lifted sanctions and visa restrictions against employees of the international criminal court which were imposed by the former trumpet administration the i.c.c. his 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. sect of state anthony blinken says washington still disagrees with that and other investigations let's bring in steven rattner he's a professor of law at the university of michigan he's he joins us now from northport so stephen the u.s. sector state anthony blinken says the sanctions against the i.c.c. were inappropriate and ineffective how significant is this move and why is the u.s.

changing its position now do we think. well it's a very significant move for the united states and i think it's part of the basically 180 degree reorientation of u.s. foreign policy under the new buy ministration that follows along with many other initiatives like rejoining the virus accord i think the u.s. is trying to send a signal to 3 audiences here and i think 1st and most importantly perhaps our u.s. allies many of whom are parties to the i.c.c. statute and who saw this move as complete sort of overkill in response to an investigation it would almost be like putting sanctions on the u.n. secretary general for just doing his job secondly i think the u.s. is trying to send a signal to be more positive relationship with the i.c.c. that it treats the i.c.c. is a serious mechanism for accountability and it's going to begin to engage and cooperate

with the i.c.c. stander it think it sends a message to all other states of the u.s. now trying to work with international organizations and not go unilateral on all important issues stephen to say well what exactly was the i.c.c. investigating in afghanistan and why was the trump administration at the time so opposed to the investigation. so the i.c.c. have been investigating war crimes committed by all of the different sides in the afghan conflict since 2003 so that includes. atrocities by the taliban but also crimes that were committed or may have been committed by the afghan forces government forces and its allies including the united states and so. there is it and on the investigation has been in a preliminary phase and then moved into a full days that are just about a year ago and the u.s. has been opposed to any sort of involvement in that investigation even though talking with the i.c.c.

is actually a way of getting the case dismissed because the i.c.c. is not allowed to take that states are investigating seriously and the i.c.c. had said that these trump inspired sanctions were an attack on international justice and and the rule of law so what will this mean practically for us cooperation with the i.c.c. in the future. so i think it means that i.c.c. officials are now going to come to the united states i think united states may share information with them in their crop in a potential investigation of the taliban which will be very very helpful for bringing justice for the taliban who committed war crimes and i think the u.s. is going to be trying to explain to the i.c.c. officials why charges should not be brought against any u.s. forces either because no crimes are committed or because they've been investigated whether they will succeed or not it way too early to see but it will be a dialogue and the u.s. i think figured that it was much more likely to meet its policy goals if you talk to the i.c.c. than if you just rebuffed it stephen just

a final quick thought to you i mean the biden administration isn't a tricky position here isn't it because even though the u.s. is not a member of the i.c.c. it still wants to be seen as a subscriber to the i.c.c. is cool mission of being a court of last resort and punishing those who commit atrocities and crimes against humanity. that's right that's the position that the u.s. has taken under the clinton obama and now by demonstrations which is to stay outside the court and yet see the court as a mechanism a grass resort for bringing accountability and i think that's where it's that the in light of the by demonstration is now trying to get back on the show that it supports the court it just doesn't believe that this particular investigation is a wise one statement and a great to get your thoughts here not just one thank you very much indeed for talking to us thank you mike brooks. now the u.s. and iran will open in direct talks next week has the european union spearheads efforts to salvage the 2050 nuclear deal but his opponents in the code including

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 deal and 2018 a u.s. delegation will be present and we're 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 their remaining partners in the day c.p.o. way including iran and the primary issues that will be discussing 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 bush said bagel bring us the view from the iranian capital tehran but 1st 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 side and the iranians through intermediaries including the europeans trying to see if there was some way they could come to an agreement with neither side ready to make the 1st step they really 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 and looking forward to from the state department just in the last 10 minutes have 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. well the news was welcomed by iran's nuclear chief he said that it was good news in the fight over who should 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 farm is to develop 3 1st 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 there 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 she now 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 economy has suffered but 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. at least $54.00 people have died in taiwan's worst of

a rail disaster a truck rolled onto the tracks just as the train was approaching nearly $500.00 people on board the accident happened at the start of the festival and people return to ancestral villages to visit the graves of their relatives and the accident scene is just north of the city of quali end 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 and i didn't know nothing sentimental we are fine but some of the passengers in the compartment were injured. inside the narrow tunnel emergency workers struggled to

reach the enjoy killing 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 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 of a train accident and it's believed that 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. for united nations peacekeepers have been killed in northern mali 7 others were injured in an attack on their base in

the northern town of eagle hawk the u.n. says the attackers also suffered heavy losses nobody has yet claimed responsibility but a number of groups operate in the area some of them affiliated to eisele. now $100000000.00 people in the u.s. have 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 inoculations began in december but the number of infections is still rising according to the 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 to having to quarantine it while the c.d.c. now considers them low risk it still advising against travel. germany has reported $21000.00 infections on friday as it endures a 3rd wave that was going to be

a strict lockdown of easter before it was scrapped deca reports on berlin 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 got to enforce all the rules as well which was tricky because every week the rules changed a few times the order exams 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 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 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 decide to say we'll do it like theist's and then a few days later they do something different i find that

a bit difficult. they're 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 you 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 he was a person living in berlin like lockdowns no lock down 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 in a home office and all this sort of stuff but there is absolutely no lock down enforced at all. and with numbers steadily rising again germany's head of this is ca sion for intensive and emergency medicine has warned hospitals could were not available intensive care beds within

a month if stricter lockdown rules are not enforced stephanie decker. major league baseball is relocating its all star game from the us state of georgia after republican politicians there approved controversial new voting restrictions thanks lou the idea requirements being made more stringent for absentee ballots and it's now a crime to offer food and water to people waiting in long voting lines critics including president joe biden see it as an effort to disenfranchise poor and minority groups which support democratic party candidates. part time for a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera a man has rammed a car into the police of a barricade surrounding the u.s. capitol complex before jumping out with a knife one officer was killed in the attack and neighbors 25 year old noah greene was shot dead particle and that's more than the suspect. preliminary indications

just rescreen social media seem to indicate a 25 year old man with.