engaging with the world we are willing to fit in taking you into a place you might not visit otherwise and feels that you were there. both washington and tehran say in their wrecked talks to revive the iran nuclear deal work constructive but there are still no plans to meet face to face. hello i'm barbara sara this is al jazeera live from london also coming up on day 7 of the derrick shove in trial police experts are questioned about the use of force to subdue suspects brazil's horrid day more than 4000 coronavirus related deaths registered in just 24 hours waiting for confirmation of the worst people in

indonesia and east timor find out if their loved ones are victims of deadly flooding. around and the u.s. have had their 1st in direct talks to try to breathe life back into the 2015 nuclear deal they go seizures were not in the same room and while there are still no plans for face to face meetings both tehran and washington of made positive noises about what was achieved in vienna on tuesday the talks so european officials relaying messages between iranian and u.s. officials president biden promised to return to the agreement during his campaign after his country pulled out under donald trump 2 further meetings are due to be held by experts from both sides to discuss how to lift sanctions and for iran to return to full compliance of the accord our diplomatic editor james faces at the

u.n. and says there are reasons to expect progress. well certainly this is just the start of the process but i do think what has happened in the last few hours has gone about as well as it could have done now that's not because there was any sort of breakthrough and we're a long way away from that it's because there wasn't a breakdown and this is this process is going to continue remember what we've got to try and do for both sides is get back to the 2015 iran nuclear deal that's the aim of all this but it has seriously unraveled since 2015 1st with president trump pulling out and piling on sanctions against iran and then with iran not complying anymore after a year with that deal increasing its enrichment bringing in advanced centrifuges so what they decided to do now after this initial meeting of indirect talks you

actually had iran and most of the international community in $15.00 star hotel the grand hotel and the u.s. in another hotel the imperial hotel another 5 star hotel on the opposite side of the road with an e.u. representing representative shuttling back and forth what they've decided now is the initial plan was to divide the subjects into 2 what iran needs to do what the u.s. has to do so one of the lists is related to sanctions the other is related to iran's nuclear program and they're now going to go to a lower level expert level to try and go through each of those with 2 working groups in great detail so that's the view from the u.n. that said begun is in tehran and says sanctions remain a key issue there. so for iran are sticking to their guns they want all sanctions lifted and very fired by the country before they even begin to reverse any measures taken in their nuclear program they've also ruled out suspending the 20 percent

uranium enrichment in exchange for $1000000000.00 of iranian money blocked outside the country because of u.s. sanctions iranian negotiators have said talks in vienna a constructive and a step in the right direction but there's still a long way to go iran feels it has suffered greatly under sanctions imposed by former us president donald trump sanctions that are still in place under joe biden's administration meanwhile here in iran the parliament is dominated by lawmakers who are never for the deal in the 1st place the government here would like to salvage the deal before they leave office later this year and come through on their promise of getting u.s. sanctions lifted. well meanwhile on a rainy and ship has been reportedly attacked with a mine in the red sea and the latest incident involving an iranian vessel it's said to have been attacked off the coast a very trey and was affiliated with iran's revolutionary guards iranian news agency that has named the says it was supporting iranian commandos a scorching commercial vessels a u.s.

military spokesperson said it was not involved. the use of force and how police officer is a should trying to deescalate crisis situations has been the focus of the 7th day of evidence in the trial of former minneapolis police officer there he's accused of the murder of george floyd a black man whose death last may sparked months of protests demanding racial equality and the end to police brutality on tuesday expert witnesses outlined the forces procedures including the fact that all minneapolis police officers were trained in dealing with a crisis children's defense team has previously argued that the circumstances surrounding floyd's death were extraordinary and stressful but the prosecution alleges chauvin that not follow official guidelines for use of force is the

m.p.g. trained neck restraint no sir. has there ever been documented neck restraint or. is this a impeded authorized restraint technique. on the neck would be something that does happen he supports that is an authoress and under what circumstances would that thrives how one can you do that i don't know there's a ton brand it would depend on the circumstances of the time which would include play but there is this if you're getting from the subject that you're going to hear and so if there was say for example the subject was under control and handcuffed would this be authorized i would say don't. john hendren is live for us in minneapolis in java so you've been following the trial very closely i mean those of real focus today obviously in the use of force do you think either

side had a particularly good or bad day today. but it was a nuanced day with gains for both sides but i'd say all in all it was a particularly good day for the defense in that clip you just played you had lieutenant johnny mercer training officer for the minneapolis police department helping the prosecution case that derek chauvinism need to hold on george floyd's neck was not an authorized hold that it was unusual but he also helped the defense and that's because at one point they showed a freeze frame in cross-examination to the officer and they said we're is derek chauvinist knee and he said it's between the shoulder blades of george floyd well at bat moment it appeared from the angle of derek chauvinist badge camera that what was going on was that he had moved his knee that hurts the prosecution case because they've been arguing all along that your children had his knee on george floyd's neck for 9 minutes and 2529 seconds consistently and then you have the testimony

from a medical officer her name is nicole mckenzie and she helped the defense in a couple of ways she said that if there was a crowd that might be hostile toward the police officers who were trying to detain somebody that that was a reason why you wouldn't perhaps it minister c.p.r. she also said that when george floyd gasping for breath an officer might mistake that for him breathing and therefore does that he doesn't need c.p.r. and she also talked about excited delirium that is where someone who is on drugs and george floyd did have friends in ill and methamphetamine in his system might have what she called superhuman powers that would support the defense case that they needed to restrain him he was a large man and they the difference has been arguing that they were resist he was resisting arrest they were holding him down. and then you have the case ended with a prosecution witness from the los angeles police department named jody steiger he said the force was excessive the l.a.p.d.

is famous for the rodney king beating case so when you have the l.a.p.d. saying you're using excessive force that's something they know an awful lot about but it's important to note that it is the prosecution that has to prove its case the defense doesn't have to prove anything at all. john hendren with the latest from minneapolis john thank you. so than says ethiopia's unilateral moves over its mega clipping filling it again where a violation of international law after 2 days of talks between ethiopia sudan and egypt the country's a failed to reach an agreement if you have built the renascence stand to produce electricity but its neighbors fear it will impact their water supply morgan has worn out from car too. sudan is thing that would if europe is trying to do is try to impose a reality on the 3 countries especially sudan and egypt it says that the rounds of

talks have produced no breakthrough they've been holding talks for 3 days that effectively it was set to end on monday which resumed on tuesday morning as the 3 sides entered closed meetings to try to iron out the differences the main difference over this whole round of talks that was taking place in is that sudan and egypt want the mediation team to expand to include the united states the u.n. and the european union that is something if european has strongly rejected and said that the the mediator of the talks between the 3 sides should remain the african union alone because they say that they believe african solutions to african problems now the 3 sides have failed to reach a deal despite those few talks a few days of talks so it looks like they've tried as much as they can but now sudan is thing that what if you if your peers doing it's violating international laws it's trying to impose their reality on the ground without reaching a deal and they say that that's a violation not just international laws but the declaration of principles that was

signed between the 3 countries in 2015 before the killing of the crime if you print renaissance dam at least 56 people are now known to have died after days of tribal clashes in the west of sudan the u.n. says more than 130 people have been injured in vassals between members of the arab reserve gap and the tribes in the west are for it began when unknown armed men killed 2 people from the mass and that on saturday the government has declared a state of emergency in the region un peacekeepers was struck from the area in the center after a peace deal between the government and 2 armed groups. israel's president has given benjamin netanyahu the opportunity to form a government even though he believes that nobody has a real chance of building a coalition roven rivlin has been holding talks with political parties after the 4th incl close of election in 2 years he said that had me i was likud the party had

the best chance and insisted it was possible to avoid a 5th vote this isn't coincided with the 2nd day of the prime minister's bribery trial. given the state of things with there is no majority supporting a specific candid it and in the absence of other considerations indicating the chances of any of the candidates forming a government i've come to my decision according to the map of recommendations which indicates benjamin netanyahu has a slightly higher chance of forming a government accordingly i've decided to entrust him with the task of forming a government this is not an easy decision for me morally and ethically. still to come on the program moving the goal posts france transforms its national stadium into a vaccination center with the hope of inoculating more than 2000000 people this week and fears of an oil slick off the coast of norway after crew members abandon ship in rough waters.

now there has been some flooding on the sunshine coast a little bit near the gold coast this general area here and there have been warnings of big surf because of the circulation offshore now it's still there during wednesday but the flooding could have been so much worse it just made a disappointing weekend and if anything is going offshore so apart from some coastal shout outs or new south wales this eastern side of australia becomes warm and dry in fact that's true for most of the continent with the objects obvious exception of the incoming so hot now that will take a few days and it might end up somewhere down here i would want to guarantee it that's just one to watch for a while but that worry about it immediately now more typically we've got these frontal system coming up through the bite introducing the new season this one looks like it's coming out for victoria so later in the week the change of season on the

other side of the equator of course you just see the spring rains come in now we had to bow to them a day or so ago in japan now you've got relatively cool weather 19 degrees but in the sunshine for example in tokyo and then the rains developing in southern china is heading south as a band of quite obvious thunderstorms on its way to hong kong leaving behind fairly fine weather it's quiet mostly sunny in beijing but air quality is suffering. most people will never know what's beyond this storm. deafening silence $100.00 informs how it feels to touch. most people will never know what it's like to work with every breath is precious. which. is not an option. but we're not most people.

the the in. of the back years a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera iran and the us have had their 1st in direct talks to try to breathe life back into the 2015 nuclear deal to go see it as we're not in the same room and while there are still no plans for face to face meetings both tehran and washington have made positive noises about what was achieved in vienna. the use of force and how police officers should seek to deescalate crisis situations has been the focus of the 7th day of evidence in the

trial of former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin charged with the murder of george story. and sudan is accusing ethiopia of breaking international law by seeking to again fill the grounds or in a sense that after 2 days of talks between the c.e.o. pusa down in the chip the countries failed to reach an agreement. the university of oxford has palls the trial in children of the vaccine that it developed with astra zeneca because of reports linking it to blood clots britain's prime minister though is that fending the use of the vaccine boris johnson says health authorities who have approved its use need to be trusted he was touring the astra zeneca manufacturing facility in machall field in england's nourse some e.u. nations temporarily stopped its use last month's the european medicines agency has said the vaccine is safe but it continues to investigate. well meanwhile the nation

national stadium of france has reopened as a vaccination center with the facility to administer $1500.00 to 2000 doses a day the start the france would usually host football and rugby fans but it's now a key part of the city's bid to speed up the inoculation campaign francis set a target of 2200000 vaccines this week alone who has to inoculate 30000000 adults by mid to 2 june the country's entering a new partial lockdown and due to a 3rd wave of infections which is left to many intensive care units overwhelmed that tasha butler is at the start the faults and says there are still concerns over the country's planned route out of the pandemic. well dozens of mass vaccination centers are opening up across the country as the french government accelerates its vaccine campaign there are also lots of buildings but arguably this one is the most

famous the start of frost's the country's national stadium that has hosted in the past international sporting events including the world cup final health workers and doctors hope to give about 10000 francs scenes to people here each week it's also located in the paris suburb of sense anthony which has one of the highest rates of new covert infections daily in the country only to get this it if you see it in small towns it's hard to get vaccinated where i live there are no doses available but i managed to get an appointment at the stadium. we're nearly 70 we have health problems it's important to get vaccinated france is now in its 3rd national knock down it began on saturday because the health situation has deteriorated in recent weeks kovan infections have been soaring field mainly by variants of the coded 19 virus many i see use across the country are nearly full some doctors and health workers say the present macro should've looked down a lot earlier maybe the end of january beginning of february he though says that he

has no regrets his strategy has always been to try and balance the economy with people's health and with moral well a man who might cross certainly now gambling on an exaggerated vaccine program because he says that he wants to try to lift some restrictions as early as mid may brazil has recorded more than 4000 coronavirus deaths in the past day the highest number of victims in just 124 hour period this comes as the government approved a new emergency aid package of almost $8000000000.00 but analysts say doesn't go far enough as monika yella care reports. since the pandemic began vision good afridi has been receiving a monthly $50.00 subsidy but not from the federal government nor in brazilian how nice the seaside town of mighty cows where she works lives off oil royalties and

has decided to spend the money on social plans it created its own virtual currency the moon bokeh to help the poor and the local economy. since we can only use mum because in town the local commerce is still thriving and we were able to keep out those open when so many in other parts of the country have closed. 43000 brazilians living in mighty county have been able to make ends meet thanks to their muka cards but in the rest of brazil millions have been left with nothing after the government suspended financial emergency aid last january just discovered 1000 infections began spiralling out of control in half a year the number of brazilians living in poverty has tripled from 9 and a half 1000000 last august to more than 27000000 in february analysts say the

situation now is much worse mark says one of the deputies months in the pandemic or soon will walk down. the government decided to resume the emergency aid this month but since money is scarce the handouts will be smaller than last year an average of $44.00 per month until the end of july. the government promised handouts to 44000000 brazilians which is much less than the 68000000 it benefited from the 1st emergency aid package belgica now law tells us he's counting the days to receive the promised help him lost his job in home everything he owns is in the supermarket car. wash examples of water since last year more than 700000 companies have gone bankrupt this is dramatic $14000000.00 jobs were lost in a year and a half. on wednesday the government will move ahead with privatization efforts by

auctioning licenses to operate 22 airports but economists say brazil will only be able to attract major investments if it proves it can control the pandemic so far president datable so narrow has downplayed the virus which has killed more than 330000 people the 2nd largest death toll in the world meineke an i.q. of al-jazeera rio de janeiro. at least 9 people including a doctor of been arrested outside a prison in russia housing kremlin critic alexei navalny their only ally and head of alliance of doctors and. says she wasn't allowed to see him and check on his health despite having an appointment the anticorruption activist has reportedly been moved to a sick bay after showing signs of a respiratory illness the valley has been on hunger strike for nearly a week accusing authorities of not treating his acute back and leg pain properly.

the process of letting up to 175000000 people vote has begun in india okla lections are being held in several states but it's the millions who have been left off the electoral register that's the issue under discussion elizabeth purana reports from the capital new delhi. despite india recording its highest number of coronavirus cases since the pandemic began tens of millions of people turned out to cast their ballots on tuesday. polling is being held over 8 days in west bengal 3 days an hour but only on tuesday. and the cherry. the election is the 1st in our som since the b j p government carried out a controversial register of citizens a campaign it said was meant to check illegal immigration from neighboring bangladesh. nearly 2000000 of the state's 35000000 population were left off the

list including hockey with an early he cast his vote anyway as he waits to appeal against his exclusion. i have voted today and for this reason i am very happy because i am a citizen of india after they get the votes and form the government they hurt us if they keep us out it will hurt us. in are some the b j p has avoided talking about its register of citizens and an equally unpopular law which cost tracks citizenship to minorities from neighboring countries but excludes muslims it's focused instead on infrastructure projects and development but many voters aren't convinced it is going to there's unemployment everywhere the youth don't have any jobs and they roam around in the sleet so what will we do. all of the states holding on tuesday are outside the b j p s hindi speaking base in northern and central india it has never been in power and cattle are all india's 4th most populous state west bengal the campaign and voting there has been mobbed by violence between workers of the

b j p and the villain trinamool congress led by month a banner g it's very very big important thing very big and when. they will be able to convey to people that that this has a very limited impact the government has handled very well. for joblessness unemployment all these things have been taken with care by the government which is strong at the moment over the past 7 years the b j p has swept to victory in 2 general elections but done poorly in states where regional parties a more powerful with these latest elections that's trying to change that elizabeth khurana al-jazeera new delhi. a 118 people have now been confirmed dead in the flash floods and landslides in indonesia and east timor where that 100 others are still missing torrential rains were triggered by a passing cycle now as conditions begin to improve rescue workers are trying to

reach communities in the aid as jessica washington reports. on a community tries to come to terms with the devastation that hit their island as victims of cold from the mud people crowd around to see whether it's their loved one that has been found many have been unable to contact family and friends and hundreds of houses that were destroyed everyone here has no choice but to start again. yeah from what it was a moment i could not save anything everything is gone i could only save myself the small island in east flores was among the worst affected in the weekend's flash floods and landslides. was our we got hit by this disaster we lost everything all we have are the clothes we are wearing. extreme weather was brought on by a tropical cyclone as the storm system moves further away from the indonesian archipelago conditions are easing the thought is hope they will be able to bring in

more help for the island i don't get up in the for the sake of it i mean what we need the most is heavy machinery we have been asking for it from day one but we know that some of the roads were cut off because of the disaster on the sea was rough so we weren't able to bring it in at that time. because some aid has arrived and the local government set up a public kitchen to help feed the community but around the province people need more food water facemasks and on the resend chills on their own for now but for a lot together with the military i'm social ministry we are working and moving to show you that we are here and helping people. in neighboring east timor the capital dili experienced its worst floods in decades rescue crews are desperately trying to reach those most in need in remote areas and informal settlements but conditions are challenging many. roads. just like bridges have also. been destroyed or. maybe even trying to.

have most pretty much every day. and these actually miley and. hundreds of people across both countries are now facing a huge cleanup operation while still anxiously waiting for news of those who remain missing jessica washington al-jazeera jakarta. an abandoned dutch cargo ship is a risk of sinking in causing an oil spill off norway's coast after its crew had to be evacuated emergency response teams are trying to prevent the vessel adrift in the north sea from leaking some of its 350 tons of heavy oil and 50 tons of diesel they say they have until midday on wednesday to prevent the spillage the 12 crew members were evacuated because of fears the stormy weather could have caused the

ship to capsize a little earlier i spoke to stop those kind of police who's a lecturer in maritime economics at the university of play miss he says even if the vessel were to capsize it wouldn't necessarily lead to a spillage. what is happening out there from what we've seen from the vireos say as data providers is that. the ghost guard is already nearby the vessel and for many hours now they try to you know they're taking actions to try to maintain the vessel floating because it's you know from the reports there's here the weather up there and of the woman there are 2 stools sort of axles well they're going towards the this seems really going to help and the over the liberations told that we're not going to have a cup size of the vessel let's hope that the coast guard that sort of it's going to keep you know take actions to prevent in the offshore vessels that they're going to the scene they're going to help to prevent the kind of disaster to happen but in the worst case scenario even if the 1st was going to come science doesn't mean that

we're going to govern over the speed that's not by definition we've seen several he said this in the bounce that we had another cup size and do you have any worries be so fingers crossed we're not going to have a such an accident. a reminder now of the top stories on al jazeera iran and the u.s. have had their 1st in direct talks to try to try to breathe life back into the 2015 nuclear deal they go ca tours were not in the same room and while there were still no plans for face to face meetings both tehran and washington have made positive noises about what was achieved in vienna on tuesday the talks so european officials relaying messages between the iranian the.