the horrors of a natural concentration. rebels on al-jazeera. understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the world around us and the matter weighing in with the news and current affairs that matter to you. sanctity of life is happily vital that that is the pillar for use of force. the minneapolis chief of police testifies that derek chauvin broke police department rules in ethics during the arrest of george floyd. oh i maryam namazie and london you're watching al-jazeera coming up on the program an end in sight the royal rift a lawyer for jordan's prince hamza says

a resolution to destabilize en route with the king is expected soon. for the 1st time india records more than 100000 covert cases in a single day. and at least 133 people were killed by flooding and landslides in indonesia and east timor with many more still missing. come to the program our top story this hour the minneapolis police chief saying that the former officer derrick show then went against the policy training and ethics of the force when he kneeled on george floyd's neck with daria donda fired show then and 3 other police officers involved the day off to floyd's death which he has publicly described as murder he testified that show of an acted in a way contrary to everything taught by minneapolis police are also said dignity and

respect should be used at all times and officers had a jew to give medical and he said the video of the incident showed offices killing a man once there was no longer any resistance and clearly with mr floyd was no longer responsive and even motionless to continue to apply that level of force to him a person. preowned out handcuffed behind their back. that that in no way shape or form is anything that. is by policy is not part of our training and it is certainly not part of our ethics or about who's in the court also heard from the doctor who tried to resuscitate george floyd before pronouncing him dead he discarded

a heart attack is likely cause of death saying floyd was starved of oxygen and the doctor. was relieving fear even before because mr floyd's cardiac arrest oxygen oxygen to. that was one of the more likely possibilities i thought that at the time based on the information i had it was more likely than the other possibilities and dr is there another name for death by oxygen deficiency speaks is commonly understood term. john hendren is hauling developments for us in his live in minneapolis and some powerful and damning testimony from police chief and daria saying that the testifying against our show have been saying that the use of force wasn't appropriate and a violation of his own department's policy john. that's

right mary i mean it was a big day for the prosecution and a potentially devastating day for the defense the prosecution is trying to prove eventually 2 things one that george floyd died because derek show vince neil was on his neck and cut off his air passage to that that was not an appropriate use of force and today they had experts testify to both of those things that you had the police chief era dawned oh essentially breaking the code of silence we often hear about they call it the blue wall of silence where police refuse to testify against each other but in this case he testified against derrick show of an officer he had previously fired after the death of george floyd because of the death of george floyd and he said that that hold was not approved that it was absolutely not part of police training and that it violated in his words our ethics and values

meaning the police force he said that the police force valued human life that was part of the training that they were given and that officers are obliged to provide medical assistance to anyone under their control who is in distress that means they can't just wait for the paramedics he said and in this case not only did that not happen but a licensed firefighter who was an e.m.t. an emergency medical technician was on the scene out of uniform that she offered to help and the officer said no stand back so they declined to offer assistance in this this police chief was very clear in saying in. every step derek children violated police policy committed excessive force and he said that a whole group holding george floyd down in that prone position with his face on the ground was something you only ever do for a short period of time and once you've got control of him then you stop doing that . to me on the neck he said was just absolutely unapproved in any case and he said

if you watched hold someone down like that you must also turn them up on their side so they can breathe eventually in every case the police chief offered devastating testimony the defense tried to contradict him suggesting that he hadn't been out on the streets in some time and suggesting that. uses of force that aren't specifically approved are not necessarily specifically disapproved but this was really devastating testimony for the defense i mean it devastating the defense but i suppose if the prosecution has a tough job on its hands rating because convictions of former police officers in the contrary extremely rather so much public pressure on the prosecuting team isn't there how would you i mean how much pressure is that on them failed to secure a conviction. the pressure is

enormous if you look around me you can see this security here over over their shoulder you can see that whole courthouse is got barbed wire around it there are national guard troops there and a truck there and in the buildings all around here they're boarded up this entire city and the entire state are fully aware let's face it the entire world is aware that this city could go up in flames if the public in the streets is not are not satisfied with the result they see we saw that after the death of george floyd after may 25th where for days there was arson and looting in the streets here in minneapolis. and that spread to other cities as well so the prosecutors know that there will be a response of they don't secure a conviction here might not be that response but there will be some response in the streets and they have an obstacle they've got 12 jurors that they have to persuade and they have to persuade every one of them they've got some things working on their side here for african-american jurors and 2 who describe themselves as people

of color the rest of those jurors being white and then of course there are a couple of alternates but it just takes one to say they are unconvinced in order to have a hung jury in the case of a hung jury that would mean a retrial almost certainly would in this case on the other hand to actually acquit derek chauvelin but that would require something more than that but the pressure on the prosecutors is absolutely enormous because they know it might not just be minneapolis that sees some raucous protests and other actions in the streets it could be across the united states as we saw last summer yeah indeed a case with far reaching implications thank you very much from minneapolis john hendren thank you john. a lawyer for jordan's from a crown prince as the public royal family feud is expected to be resolved it comes

after prince homes have been hossain said he remains committed to the country's constitution the royal court has released a statement saying the prince had signed a letter agreeing to place himself in the hands of the king and valley and he would always be of help and support his majesty and his crown prince has been accused of a plot to destabilize the kingdom and was placed under house arrest something he says is punishment is speaking out against corruption he signed the letter though after meeting the king's uncle and all the princes. the situation is a little bit difficult so all the gods of left and the chief of staff to threaten me on behalf of top agencies officials who are recorded his words and send them to my family and those i know outside the country just in case something happened i am now waiting for their action i am not going to escalate but i will not by myself by their orders to stay at home not to use my tweeter or to be in contacts with people

and not to see my family but have been told by the chief of staff is not acceptable under any circumstances so i am still waiting for this matter to be sorted out and all the stories are following india's reported his biggest single day rise in corona virus cases with more than 103000 new infections the biggest contributor to the surge is the state of maharashtra m to financial capital long by which had more than 55 percent of the country's infections over the past 2 weeks from monday evening the state is closing cinemas shopping centers and places of worship this will escalate to a full lockdown over the weekend and here is confirmed a new very into the virus but the authorities of caution against linking it to the search let's not blame the new theme for this it's our water hoovered in the appropriate behavior which is the one for this right so i think the whole country needs to understand and start practicing it from today don't go out of the house and if necessary avoid. people collecting enclosed norms maintain social

distancing and never never step out of your house without a mosque and as both pradhan has more on this now from new delhi. day on day for the past 2 months the gone from an average of around 10000 cases in early february to more than 100000 cases on sunday for the 1st time in the past year again. recorded its highest number of 57000 cases on sunday and maharashtra along with a handful of states accounted for most of the cases in the country the other states . and. now here in delhi the cases were $4000.00 on sunday that's the highest since last year so prime minister met in the board he held a meeting on sunday to review the situation and he said that the rise was due to what he called the sharp decline in covert appropriate behavior like wearing masks

and social distancing due to pandemic fatigue and also what he called the lack of effective implementation of containment measures he is sending medical teams to maharashtra to assess why the situation has remained the worst in the country they over the past year he's also sending teams to the states of punjab and. to see why the death rate is so disproportionately high in those states now punjab has recorded has seen the highest number of cases of the u.k. variant of the corona virus but health officials in and in india maintain that the variants whether they are from the u.k. brazil south africa. and variants that's been found in india that those variants aren't responsible for the rise in cases they say it is because of people letting their guard down after the numbers sell as much as they did earlier this year. all to iran is heading back into the highest level of restrictions as iran battles a new surge in coronavirus deaths this is the 1st time the cities and to code red

measures limiting business hours and banning travel and personal cause no news the iranian new year holiday is being blamed for the renewed spread of the virus 172 people. died in the past day and there were nearly $14000.00 new cases and then chile is halting almost all international travel in an effort to cover a widespread surge in infections their officials say the borders will be closed for a month with nationals and foreigners of prohibited from leaving the country unless in emergencies but chileans empowerment of residents will be allowed back she recorded more than a 1000000 cases despite having one of the world's fastest vaccination rates. well the philippines is struggling to cope with a dramatic surge in cases in recent weeks the capital and nearby provinces have again been placed under what the government is calling enhanced community quarantine is the highest tier of lockdown jamila onondaga reports now from manila . dr greece but delia is the medical director of wind of the leading public

hospitals in manila she says health workers across the country have been overwhelmed by the pandemic but today at least there are some signs of progress it's the 2nd day of public inoculations against 19 and she says this is what gives those working on the front line some hope this vaccination is the solution for this disease so there's no other way the fight will be 90 in. little box in the vaccination is the solution for the nation at this hospital at least 1300 medical workers are receiving their 2nd dose of vaccine people here tell us they have to line up for hours but it's something that they don't mind they say because in a country with more than a 100000000 people they tell us they feel grateful to be inoculated now the

government is facing delays in its national inoculation drive due to limited supplies and its own initial restrictive policies towards vaccine imports but it now promises to inoculate around $70000000.00 filipinos by the end of this year. for the country's health community this cannot come soon enough the philippines is facing a steep rise in corona virus cases hospital's intensive care and isolation bed facilities have reached critical levels will by you know your workers we are already preparing to mend the shortage of medical workers in manila by sending some from nearby provinces this is something that we expect in a matter of these. forcing the government to reimpose tighter restrictions it had already implemented one of the strongest and strictest lockdowns in the world last year and many year have grown weary of what they see as the government's top stands

in fine to the pandemic but for nurse assistant of laurie bullen getting her 2nd doze means she's able to worry less about infecting her own family. it feels like liberation day soon now i can refocus and taking care of me patients i am happy a glimmer of hope she says in what otherwise appears a very desolate situation jim duggan al-jazeera manila. the jail the kremlin critic alexina valmy is reportedly been moved to a medical facility to be treated for a possible risperidone illness and tested for covert 19 earlier you posted that he had a high temperature and bad cough and 3 of 15 inmates in his block or in hospital with suspected tuberculosis russian opposition politician has been on hunger strike since wednesday accusing the authorities of refusing improper medical care for acute back and leg pain he was jailed in february for 2 and a half years over parole violations for

a conviction which he says was politically motivated. and with al jazeera live from london watch wants to have for you on the program i bring all the latest from eyes and beak where the military says it has now secured the town of palma and killed many of the fighters who attacked it. fighting for his political life while fighting for his freedom problems on 2 fronts israel's benjamin netanyahu. it's time for the perfect gentleman who went on sponsored point qatar airways there is still big surf off the east coast here 50 around the gold coast and sunshine coast is lower clarity as you can see but the risk of significant flooding inland from induced showers is reduced it's still just about possible in southern queensland and this part of new south wales where the extensive flooding was but i

don't think it could be too bad and on the whole that is moving little shore so on shore wind big waves and some showers not extraordinary there to the west of that 35 where the offshore you'll see that circulating cycling currently nice and nice yes it's potential movement is slow wednesday so he's a long way off short might make it to the west coast of australia but probably not we'll watch that or much quieter weather now in japan having had a day's worse again of rain it's not that warm and we've got 16 in tokyo because the air that came off was it's a northerly the air quality in beijing has been quite good it has just tailed off and i think it might continue to tail off because the winds no longer there in the crowds coming of the top but proper rain seasonal rains developing in southern charmers you can see this line here which takes itself further eastwards in india some rain in the finals but more importantly windy weather across the plague.

sponsible qatar airways most people will never know what's beyond this still. deafening silence of 100000 forms how it feels to touch danger for a day. most people will never know what it's like to work with every breath is precious with it is not an option. but when knocked most people. the or the the earth. come back a recap of our main stories now the chief of police from minneapolis has told the

trial of derek chauvin that the former officer broke the police department's rules and ethics code during a deadly arrest of george floyd and daria are done though also said the police had a juicy to provide medical assistance. and for the 1st time in the pandemic india has reported more than 100000 new coronavirus cases in a single day more than half of them were in the state of maharashtra where new restrictions have just come into force. now to mozambique where the army is saying it's taken back control of the northern town of palmer from an armed group that attacked almost 2 weeks ago a military spokesman said a significant number of fighters were killed during the operation pretoria gate in the reports. soldiers patrol the streets of palmer army commanders say the military is back in control of the town nearly 2 weeks after it was seized by armed groups

sue seem to be short but we cleared the last area this morning and is completely safe in the next few hours if we need to bring in any planes with food for the population that's going to be done with no problem it is secure there's not much left of palmer buildings including the towns hospital the state prosecutor's office banks and shops are badly damaged and soldiers have the grim task of covering up dead bodies lying on the street the increasing boldness of the terrorist activities that we've seen in mozambique is very concerning indeed i think the fire. it's they have perpetrated on civilians in mozambique is truly atrocious and it has been condemned the needs to be condemned again and again the governor of kabul gado admitted the situation is bleak but said he's optimistic things can improve and. we are here because our security and defense forces defend the country and everything that has been said and the government position is that the job has been done we

defeated the internet. around 75000 people used to live in palmer most escaped the attack around 2000 displaced people made it to the city of pemba but the influx is putting pressure on local services and families peter in greeley took in 7 relatives and is now struggling to make ends meet. it's a big sacrifice i used to buy one sack of rice which was enough for all of us but now i have to buy 23 secs because we have so many people to feed food is expensive much more expensive with all these refugees the u.n. says more than 20000 people stayed in palmer despite the attack it's hoped those who left will be able to return home soon big tour a gate and be al-jazeera. a state of emergency has been declared in sudan's west are for region where the u.n. says at least 40 people have died in tribal clashes over the past 3 days dozens more were injured in fighting between members of the arab reza gut and russell it

tribes again when an armed man shot dead 2 people from the mass late on saturday un peacekeepers withdrew from the area in december after a peace deal between the government and 2 armed groups now at least 233 people have been killed by floods and landslides in indonesia in east timor heavy rains and strong winds are making it difficult for search teams to reach communities there and they're also fears that damage to infrastructure is going to how the efforts to tackle the coronavirus jessica washington reports from jakarta. in indonesia east nusa tenggara rescue efforts are underway after flash floods and landslides in this village police and soldiers trying to pull people to safety. in my village the water is higher than my head it has not yet subsided many say their loved ones are still missing at an hour in east flores was the worst hit

a tropical low system is causing heavy rain strong winds and choppy seas in the area adding to the challenge of getting rescuers and essential to the island in west timor hundreds are in evacuation centers who might be the thing without the enough i had not my fault finding my house is by the sea the water rose up and entered our house everything is ruined everything flooded so we took refuge here authorities say many houses were damaged. we will continue recreation for the affected people security forces are working together with volunteers after the identify victims people work with the help they didn't see to come but few under. president joko widodo has urged people to be on their god. that money involved but . i ask people to follow the instructions of field offices so they allowed for floods and landslides because of the high intensity of extreme rains that indonesia's neighbor east timor was also badly hit and the disaster could have an

impact on its efforts to fight cope with 19 unicef china flight as arrived in delhi at 1 o'clock delhi time today with the 1st 24000 government in vaccines just. now the challenge now will be how to roll out the vaccination with the damage to infrastructure as authorities in both countries work to get a sense of the scale of the destruction there are fears the environmental disaster will deepen an ongoing health crisis just a washington al-jazeera jakarta. 1000000 miles ruling genter stepped up its campaign against celebrities who backed the anti coup protests publishing wanted lists in the state media meanwhile protesters gathered in yangon to on of the nearly 600 people killed by the military since the coup on february 1st were naive and malaysia now say they are preparing for an assay and leaders meeting to discuss the political crisis but they've not provided a date for that regional block or so far been split on how to respond to the

crackdown which has seen at the military shut down wireless broadband and low pile internet in the country an investigation has started in bangladesh after a ferry and a cargo ship collided at least 27 bodies have been recovered so far while several more people believed to be missing but he say the ferry was packed with people rushing home before a week long nationwide coronavirus lockdown alexy o'brien reports. on the banks of the sheet a luxury river desperate families waited for news. but as the hours passed the anger. last night bootsy had to be retrieved was there such a delay. the small ferry had been carrying about 50 people when it collided with a cargo vessel on sunday night police say it was dreadful most they see kilometers before it sank and the cargo vessel fled the scene the ferry was finally pulled

from the water on monday 18 hours later rescuers say they were delayed by bad weather as everyone was imo my appeal to the prime minister is please let us get the bodies of my father and mother and her and the hours that followed body after body was brought ashore including children. was many were found still inside the ferry said to be packed with people rushing to get back to their home towns. the government had announced a week long lockdown to counter a spike in corona virus cases there were more than 7000 new infections reported on sunday the highest in a single day under the restrictions which are now in force all domestic travel services are suspended that seen a rush on buses ferries trains and flights hundreds die in ferry accidents every

year in bangladesh blamed on badly maintained vessels poor safety standards and overcrowding witnesses report the capsized ferry was carrying too many people. though believe the cargo vessels crew was negligent and say they're looking into what happened but maybe here hold out little hope for answers. critics argue investigations are often promised but rarely followed through. brian al-jazeera. now the israeli prime minister's legal and political troubles are playing out at the same time the country's president is holding talks to decide whether to ask benjamin netanyahu to form a government after another inconclusive election a 5th vote could be on the cards if no administration is formed and just a few kilometers away is corruption trial resumed prosecutors accuse him of bribery breach of trust and fraud whilst in office charges he denies crowds of supporters and critics gathered outside the court better now it has the prosecutors are only

interested in trying to oust him from the vote hug. one thing cannot be hidden that's what an improper use of governmental power looks like that's how they are trying to topple a strong prime minister from the right this is what a coup attempt looks like it's not random that the prosecution presented the evidence only one month before the 1st elections not by chance that they filed the indictment before the 3rd elections. and one of the stories to bring you 10 retired turkish admirals have been arrested after 104 former top navy officers declared their commitment to an international shipping treaty in an open letter they warn that in istanbul canal project would jeopardize the moncho accord which governs the use of turkey's waterways government says the $9000000000.00 construction will ease shipping traffic on the busy bosphorus strait present one said the statement by the

retired admirals was unacceptable given turkey's history of military coups. there's reason not to this is definitely an alien intended attempt to juji of retard rules a $104.00 of them is not publishing statements about a political debate that includes an implication of a coup. a recap of the headlines now and minneapolis police chief says former officer derek show then went against policy training and ethics of the force when he kneeled on george floyd's neck but daria are fired sure that in 3 other police officers involved the day after floyd's death which he has publicly described as he testified that show of an acted in a way contrary to everything taught by minute minneapolis police are don't go said dignity and respect.