of my life let us love one another that love doesn't cost one cent make see your heart my heart he doesn't bring any loss for the simple trick just this. top diplomats are set to meet in vienna to try to salvage the iran nuclear deal with the u.s. and iran will not hold direct. elements like this is out there live from doha also coming up. a u.s. a police chief testifies against his own officer accused of killing george floyd and says he fired later. disagreed and that is your

support for the situation. jordan's former crown prince pledges allegiance to the king days after being accused of plotting to destabilize the country. for a teen free travel between australia and new zealand is back on the horizon more than a year after new zealand shut its borders. so their own says it's confident it's on the right path to reviving the 2050 nuclear deal ahead of high level talks in vienna there on said progress could be made if washington is serious about negotiations signatories to the deal as well as united states meeting in the coming hours however american and iranian officials are not planning to meet directly the 5 ministration is pushing to revive the deal which collapsed after former president donald trump withdrew u.s. support. we don't underestimate the scale of the challenges ahead these are early

days we don't anticipate in early or immediate breakthrough as these discussions we fully expect will be difficult but we do believe these discussions with our partners and in turn are partners with iran is a healthy stepped step forward. speak to us a break he joins us now from tehran so i said what are we expecting to happen here what are the arabian saying about all this well the government spokesperson here has said that iran is neither optimistic or pessimistic about these talks but he did welcome remarks by the u.s. special envoy for iran who said that all sanctions in violation of the 2015 nuclear deal should be lifted to get iran to return to its commitments and iran's position still remains unchanged that is that all sanctions must be lifted before iran takes any form of steps returning to its commitments in terms of. it's been enriching

past the agreed levels the real uranium stockpiles restriction of i.a.e.a. inspectors iran has also ruled out any step by step process if the united states lifted some sanctions or helped released some of the iranian funds outside of the country then iran would take a step in or iran has rejected all of that and that's because the iranians have very much see themselves as the aggrieved party they believe that they have stuck to the deal and it was either the united states under former president donald trump that pulled the u.s. out of that deal they imposed sanctions now it's the united states that must take actions before iran does anything. is there any kind of time pressure here iran doesn't seem to be in a rush to reach agreement. no iran doesn't seem to be in a rush in fact the supreme leader ayatollah khomeini addressed the nation 2 weeks ago on the occasion of the iranian new year and what he said was that iran is not in a rush and said that hurrying can lead to something more days dangerous than not hurrying

and he told politicians to anticipate or prepare for sanctions not being lifted and he said that the united states that must show actions now the president has and rouhani has said that the last few years have been some of the most difficult he has ever seen that's quite a statement considering this country had a war with iraq over 8 years and they were missiles raining down on the iran now that's an admission but also the iranians believe that they have seen through the worst of this that they have a resistance economy that the maximum pressure campaign has failed so iran is in no hurry to negotiate or compromise but president hassan rouhani is term does come to an end in a few months time after the presidential elections and he doesn't want to be remembered as a president that resided over a failed agreement and he wasn't able to deliver on his promise of lifting sanctions but even if he and his administration wants to have these negotiations or direct talks or in direct talks it's the supreme leader khamenei who really counts

and what he has said that iran will take no steps no actions until all those sanctions are lifted now this could be a tactic to get some concessions from the united states but we would have to wait and see but so far the iranians are not looking like they're going to compromise on that demand or of us a chance to vote in tehran. a u.s. a police chief has testified that the officer accused of murdering george floyd broke rules on respecting the sanctity of life he says that. in a way that was against police training by kneeling on ford's neck for more than 9 minutes on the streets of minneapolis alan fischer has this report now from the trial it's. an important cultural moment when a police chief took the stand to testify against one of his former officers but data set the alleged crime george floyd committed passing

a fake $20.00 bill did not met at the initial response of guns drawn on the force used to restrain him was unnecessary once there was no longer any resistance and clearly when mr floyd was no longer responsive and even motionless to continue to apply. that level of force. to a person. preowned out handcuffed behind their back. that that is 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 are values the police chief also told the jury the officers on the scene that day in may last year i did obligation and the training to provide basic medical treatment to their prisoner we have a duty of care and so when someone is in our custody. regardless if they're

suspect we happy obligation to make sure that we provide for their care this was a significant moment critics have often complained about the so-called blue wall police officers refusing to give evidence against one another this was a mighty big crack in the wall chief out and gone to the man who fired dedication of in the day after george floyd died an important witness for the prosecution earlier the court heard from the doctor who pronounced george floyd dead dr broadfoot lagan felt tried for 30 minutes to revive him to save his life he said he believed what happened at the scene could have been responsible was your leading theory then for the cause of floyd's cardiac arrest oxygen oxygen to. that was one of the more likely possibilities i felt that at the time based on the information i had it was more likely than the other possibilities and factors there

are another name for death by oxygen deficiency. as for. commonly understood. under cross-examination the doctor agreed that the use of drugs might also cause significant problems leading to this fix here it's expected the 7 will spend a lot of time considering expert medical testimony a part that may be key to the prosecution case alan fischer al-jazeera at the show and trial in minneapolis debbie hynes is a legal analyst and former prosecutor from the city of baltimore and she says the police chief's testimony is a key moment in the trial so far. so it was very interesting to have the police chief to testify because of what was heard earlier it's very rare that a police chief will testify against officers in his own department and what he did was he actually bolstered what lieutenant zimmerman had testified to earlier not

once d.n.a. and that was the unreasonable use of force and mr floyd but i think that what the chief did is he painted the picture of what the police force should be about and that's what this case is about what should be done that would often happened and so he stated that the police officers they have a duty of care to the suspect that they are breath and that duty is to printer where aid is necessary so it was also a broken there were showing didn't even give believe the least bit of concern and wanted and things i think the officer also did is that the cheap did scuse me as he talked about the sanctity of life and that's not important because that's what is in contrast to webber think that their children should know we guard for human life with respect to the arab show but most importantly we're seeing the officer the chief's q thank you card and officer he is the chief of police for the minneapolis police department to say that there was clearly and reasonable use of where there's no other way to misusing the word that mr flint was not resisting arrest in any way

shape or form and that he should not have been pinned down for the length of time that he was pinned down jordan's royal court says prince times have been hussein has signed a letter pledging his allegiance to support the king at the weekend the jordanian government accused the former crown prince of trying to destabilize the country especially going to reports now from among the 2 day royal drama began and apparently ended with the marginalized but popular prince hamza still at center stage on monday evening king abdullah dispatched his uncle to intervene. a short time later prince hamza signed a letter saying we must all stand behind the king in his efforts to protect jordan there was no mention of the investigation announced the day before the government had accused prince hamza of plotting with foreign entities to destabilize jordan

while bassem of the surveillance incepted movements including communication with foreign sides on a so-called 0 hour to trigger measures i am that undermining else debility at the prince has denied the allegations he said highlighting worries of government corruption and failed economic policies was the real reason he was warned to stay silent the turmoil within the royal ranks 1st came to light early sunday morning with a leaked video message recorded from inside prince hamza's palace he said he was under house arrest with no security detail and no internet on monday he released an audio recording saying the chief of staff was threatening him and telling him to keep quiet. i am not going to escalate but i will not by myself by their warders to stay at home and not to use my tweets 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 print sounds as audio recording was shared widely on social media many jordanians are feeling angry and frustrated over the deteriorating economy last month there were protests and dozens were arrested but dissent within the royal family revealed in real time was a new phenomenon but as they give me any image of it i was surprised as everyone else with this disturbing university the news really cool spying to every one of them we wish the prosperity and progress the joy of it all and for the issues to be resolved as the king called full within the royal family. the dispute among royal half brothers may have ended at least for now but concerns about a deepening divide and jordanians economic plight won't be resolved so swiftly that al-jazeera. to israel now where the president ruben rivlin says that no candidate

has a real chance of forming a government there is the israeli president speaking live on t.v. in western islam right now he has been holding consultations with political parties after yet another inconclusive election that prime minister benjamin netanyahu said he could party had appeared to have the most support among the potential international partners but on monday rivlin said he would take ethical considerations into account and netanyahu is currently fighting corruption charges and hearings in that trial resumed on monday and netanyahu has accused the prosecutors of attempted coup he denies charges of bribery breach of trust and fraud as supporters of a and opponents of the prime minister held rival rallies out side the court. still ahead here on al-jazeera back in control most of the top says the town of parma is now safe every 2 weeks after we seized on the group. and we look at how climate change is impacting the diversity i mean life.

it has stopped raining in eastern indonesia down here but that was the formation of tropical cyclone sidr which is on its way away from this part of indonesia so it's a dry picture there there's still plenty of showers around in west papua and there will be in java and in borneo but what we saw was wet weather in potential malaysia a particular time and these are becoming a little less obvious they're good scattering of showers throughout southeast asia but the philippines after say look quite dry now all sort of offers in the open water it'll take a couple days to do anything you told even it comes into western australia you see east where. in recent flooding particularly around the sunshine coast a bit around the gulf coast and you see the circulation is now offshore the still

big surf and strong winds but the rain now i think there won't be much for problem not only minor flooding after all this is the picture then for wednesday the showers on the coast of new south wales running into eastern victoria but if you're inland it's relatively warm and maybe surprisingly the weather in new zealand is a threat for loans to south and east to west sitting under an area on the edge of high pressure is quiet it isn't necessarily warm by looking at the moment at 20 degrees but given his dawn to dusk sunshine but it feels good. capturing a moment in time. snapshots of other lives. other stories. providing a glimpse into someone else's well out. in the world god the threat he's to believe the fight. and inspiring documentaries from impassioned filmmakers. i

am the voice we are the voice witnesses on al-jazeera. again you're watching al-jazeera the remind of our top stories this hour and the high level talks to revive the 2015 iran nuclear deal will begin in vienna shortly signatories to the deal as well as united states are attending however american and iranian officials are not planning to meet. the u.s. police chief has testified against one of his former officers who's accused of murdering george floyd he told the jury in minneapolis that their children didn't

follow department policy or training when he knelt on floyd's neck. israel's president reagan riverman says a new candidate has real chance of forming a government though he has asked prime minister benjamin netanyahu to try a rivlin has been holding consultations with political parties after an inconclusive much. but death toll from flash floods and landslides in indonesia and east timor has been revised down to about 120 another 100 people are thought to be missing rescuers are calling for more heavy equipment to help reach people and cut off communities just to washington reports now from jakarta. 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 they 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 made the film without. the massive burn 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 republican it was really was a naval continue recreation of the fact that people security forces are working together with volunteers after the identify victims even evoke what the hell they didn't see to come but few 100. president joko widodo has urged people to be on a god. that money involved but. i ask people to follow the instructions of field offices stay alert for floods and landslides because of the high intensity of extreme rains indonesia's neighbor east timor was also badly hit and the disaster

could have an impact on its efforts to fight cope with 19 like you said child flight as arrived in delhi at 1 o'clock delhi time today with the 1st 24000 govern 1000 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 their fee is the environmental disaster will deepen an ongoing health crisis just to washington al-jazeera jakarta after a year of anti-government protests across india the governing b j p is facing a big test of the polls voting is underway it was on what's considered the most significant day in the state assembly elections being seen as a measure of support for the party of prime minister and her interim 80 the b j p has performed strongly in national elections a struggle to win majorities in state assemblies and this withdrawn has more now

from new delhi. well we have the 4 states of west bengal. and the union territory of produce sharing going to the polls all of these regions are outside the big j.p.s. traditional base in the speaking northern and central states the have the speaking heartland as it's known and that is why these elections are recruiting crucial for the b j p to try and get a foothold in the east northeast and in southern india and they have put everything into these elections especially in the state of west bengal with have never been in power there also never been power and in fact from the regions going to the polls today that the g.o.p. is currently only in power and it is expected to be reelected there but it is facing one of the most in west bengal all those facing one of the state's most popular powerful leaders month advantaging has been in power there for 10 years she's also one of prime minister in that in the more he's most vocal critics and

the fight for west bengal has been the most noteworthy of this all of these elections that has been mobbed both the campaign and the voting itself by violence by rival groups physically attacking each other and month the balance of the chief minister has been campaigning from a wheelchair for the past 3 weeks after she said she was attacked by an unknown group of people and that has really set the tone for the campaign their. protests continue to demonstrate against military crackdown which killed at least $570.00 people even through red paint onto the streets where protesters have started. to read the 1st published a wanted list of celebrities for supporting the protests. the red paint strike is one of our creative ideas to motivate the public to continue striking this red paint represents the blood of our fallen heroes it is to send the message

that their blood is not yet. drawing and this strike is to warn the soldiers that soon we will drown them in white blood. the death toll from days of fighting in sudan's west darfur region has risen to 50 another 150 people have been injured in battles between members of the arab league has he got and messing with tribes it began when unknown armed men killed 2 people from mascot on saturday un peacekeepers withdrew from the area in december after a peace deal between the government and 2 armed groups. mozambique's army says it's retaking control of the northern town of parma which was attacked by a group last month a military spokesman says a significant number of fighters were killed during the operation as victoria gave me pause. soldiers patrol the streets of palmer army commanders say the military is backing control of the town nearly 2 weeks after it was seized by armed groups so see if 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 violence they have perpetrated on civilians in mozambique is truly atrocious and it has been condemned and 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 enemy. 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 victoria gate and be al jazeera. more than 800 inmates who escaped from a prison in southern nigeria in what the president is describing as an act of terrorism well 30 say gunmen stormed the facility in the most states and used explosives and machine guns to free the inmates please are blaming us the session is group for the attack that denies involvement.

new zealand and australia have agreed to create a quarantine free travel bubble from april the 18th people will be able to travel freely between the 2 countries both have been praised for quickly controlling outbreaks through strict measures but travel restrictions will be reimposed if new cases are found this is an important 1st step astride it and new zealand have led the why when it comes to managing childhood we have ensured that by their countries have been despite dealing with the virus have not suffered at the same types of virus the impacts that we've seen in so many other countries around the world and the fact that we now can combine again will mean jobs it will mean people reunited it will mean many opportunities as does normal relations restored between australia and new zealand. away in haiti has more now from told in new zealand since march

last year new zealand's borders have been closed almost everyone apart from new zealand is wanting to return home and while the government's response to the pandemic has been widely praised the border closure has had a big economic impact on this country particularly when it comes to the international tourism sector which before the pandemic was new zealand's largest export owner in recent months those working in that industry have been increasingly critical of the government applying pressure on the government to get this travel deal done between australia and new zealand well in just under 2 weeks quarantine free travel will be possible between the 2 countries that are if you know how it is that there's been. this trail yet do you think. it. would be safe. vice is confident not only of the strengths of this

free also in our own ability to manage this river and. for quite easily it has recently undergone in the outbreak. this flu. really is the residual risk if you will new zealand's prime minister says this is something of a world 1st arrangement with 2 countries continuing to pursue elimination strategies while opening up their borders to one another not everyone will be comfortable about this arrangement though there will be plenty of people in australia and new zealand who feel that this is still too risky that it threatens to undermine all the hard work that's been done by new zealanders and australians over the past year or so remembering that a vaccination will not be a prerequisite to taking part in this new travel arrangement but both governments believe they have robust systems in place now that if outbreaks occur in the future which they probably will that they have adequate systems in. place to quickly get on top of those outbreaks and shut them down which is what we've seen happen in

recent months france is ramping up its vaccination campaign by converting a sports stadium into a mass vaccination sensis the start to france outside paris known for hosting the national team's football games is now an inoculation center that can accommodate $10000.00 people each week france's under its 1st national lockdown after a steep rise in infections and people in england will soon have access to a covert 900 test twice a week as the u.k. begins easing restrictions prime minister boris johnson says that outdoor pubs gyms and retail stores will urrea printing from monday at the government is also looking at a possible vaccine passport system full chris says it will not participate in the tokyo lympics becoming the 1st country to officially withdraw from the event in july yang says it wants to protect its athletes from covert 19 infractions it puts an end to hopes in south korea that the games could reinvigorate diplomatic talks north

korea's participation and in the 2018 winter olympics in south korea was used as a chance to broker talks with the united states and in a double blow to organize a soccer has for me off for its leg of the olympic torch relay to be cancelled because of a spike in infections 10000 runners take part in the relay and it seemed as the 1st major test of takers ability to hold the games under strict 19 rules. well me water is a forcing marine species away from the equator new data shows there are 1500 fewer species in trouble as compared to 60 years ago they're being driven towards the poles in search of cooler seas climate scientists say the migration is celebrating but the pace of future losses will depend on the level of greenhouse gas emissions that is something that's concerning because the time period that they're looking at is actually not that long and if you're looking at geological history we're.

biodiversity patterns very species evolution is taking place in biodiversity changes are taking place so in a geological history this is a limb so it's just a wink of an eye. to see such rapid changes or such changes over occurring so rapidly is something that's astonishing i would say. so this is there are these are the top stories in iran says it's confident it's on the right path to reviving the 2015 nuclear deal ahead of high level talks in vienna her own said progress could be made if washington is serious about negotiations american and iranian officials are not planning to meet directly as a bank has more now from terror. iran's position is still the same they have rejected all.