started throwing stones at letting off fireworks police on horseback moved in to clear the area. promising signals from iran and the us after the 1st day of talks to try to salvage the 2050 nuclear deal. fully back to watching al-jazeera live from doha also ahead the use of force by a policeman accused of killing george floyd comes under scrutiny at his trial in the u.s. the subject was under control. handcuffed with this be authorized i would say don't also ahead the u.s. speeds out vaccines for anyone above the age of 18 but there's a warning covert 19 is still spreading rapidly and homeless and needing help

the full extent of flooding devastation in indonesia becomes clear as rescue as reached remote areas. to thank you for joining us iran and the u.s. say they are already making positive progress in the latest efforts to revive the 2015 nuclear deal european official spent the 1st day of talks in austria shuttling between representatives from both countries tehran says discussions have been constructive and it's confident they're on the right track has been agreed to create 2 new working groups which will focus on getting each side bike into compliance one will examine u.s. sanctions on iran the other will look at tehran's nuclear program russia's representative says the groups have already started their work and diplomats have agreed to meet again on friday. in was that on of we get on as of in we find this

position realistic and promising it could be the start of correcting the bad process that has taken diplomacy to a didn't we welcome these comments as this has been happening there have been reports that any rainy and ship was damaged by a mine in the red sea state media says the vessel was supporting iranian commandos sent to escort commercial ships the u.s. says it wasn't involved diplomatic editor genspace has more on the talks from the united nations the problem we've had since the beginning of the year since the inaugurations it's generally the 20th is both sides have been unwilling to move 1st to give up something in return for talks so it's the europeans who i think now have been after some extensive diplomacy in recent weeks of come up with a somewhat creative solution which is what is known as proximity talks so you have a meeting taking place with iran with the p 4 plus one for members of the u.n.

security council and germany and iran they're all in the same hotel in the center of vienna for their talks today a 5 star hotel called the grand hotel and the u.s. that just opposite on the other side of the road in another 5 star hotel called the imperial hotel and we understand what's going to happen is the e.u. representative is going to keep crossing the street and passing ideas from one side to the other i think we're going to get around the problem of who moves 1st by coming up with a pretty comprehensive list on both sides of what needs to be done in terms of the sanctions that the u.s. need to lift and in terms of the steps that iran needs to take to come back to compliance and the idea would be rather than one side moving 1st they agree to to move in lockstep at the same time but it is complicated and there are all sorts of potential pitfalls well let's discuss this further now with abdi who is president of the national iranian american council. the former u.s.

congress policy adviser is joining us from washington d.c. very good to have you with us mr de so it would seem a positive for with 1st day both iran and the u.s. saying they've had constructive indirect talks but neither side right now seems ready to make concessions just yet what are the chances in your opinion that a deal can be reached in 2 months. but i think i feel confident today i think the fact that the talks are happening is a breakthrough unto itself and the 2 parties are so close we know you know exactly where we are headed we know what the iranians need to do to roll back its nuclear program back to where it needs to be under the nuclear deal what's a little bit murkier is the u.s. sanctions you know because of what donald trump did he not just pulled out of the deal he leveled additional sanctions something that was referred to as a sanctions wall not necessarily aimed at iran but aimed at preventing any trump successor from being able to return to the nuclear deal so what the u.s.

team is going to need to do is figure out you know to what degree are they going to lift those sanctions and i think that it's actually promising that there are these 2 bodies that were established as part of these talks one on the nuclear side in the one of the sanctions side i think it's going to be very important to have an independent voice to be able to say the u.s. is complying with the sanctions that is now back. holding the terms of the deal and i think that's really going to be the cross right but if he challenges still ahead both sides have difficult to messick audiences watching for any signs of backsliding there's a knot at stake for iran particularly there's a presidential election coming up in 2 months and some would say it's in iran's best interests of reach a deal with the americans ahead of that feller to integrate it with that. yes i would definitely agree and i think that as much as i don't think that the policy is as complicated as some make it seem like the politics are incredibly complex and

for iran you know we had this window of 8 years where we had a president any run who wanted to get engaged with the west who had you know political momentum behind him to do that and he was kept by the truck ministration this is the last shot to demonstrate to iran the people of iran who went out and voted for. that negotiations 202032 the iranian political system that engaging with the united states in gauging with the west is worthwhile because the alternatives we've seen we've seen the tories advertised and that's not what we want i think that you know if the iranians if we don't get a deal very likely we're going to get a hardliner in iran we're going to start from scratch everything gets a lot tougher now now as it is in direct talks were going on in vienna. there were reports that an even ian ship affiliated with the revolutionary gondolas attacked in the red sea the us very quick to deny their involvement what do you make of this is this a coincidence because there are a lot of people who oppose the idea of

a deal between iran and the us. yes it's hard to consider this a coincidence maybe it is but you know the good news is that the entire world supports a return to the nuclear deal by the u.s. and iran with a couple of notable exceptions and i think the israelis the saudis and iranians and congressional republicans are the parties who are the vast minority who do not want to deal and are going to do everything possible to try to upset this process and i would add to that list you know the i r g c itself hardliners inside of iran so you have so many potential spoilers you've got incidents like today where you know it seems to be begging for a retaliation a response that could upset the negotiations my hope is you know we saw this before we saw this actually in 2013 when rouhani was elected the israelis assassinated a nuclear scientists and similarly the united states came out very quickly and said

we were not involved with this that made it clear behind the scenes it was israel that was doing that i think this is likely a repeats i don't want to point fingers at having evidence but i think that there is a high risk that we're going to see spoilers on all sides i mean including any ron we don't know what they're going to do with some of their provocative actions but it's going to be imperative that all the parties who want to get to a deal are able to show the restraint and hold back their bad actors so that we can finally get to yes and then build on that deal instead of just having this constant cycle of escalation to mob day very good to talk about this thank you for joining us on our just here thank you. how the world needs now and the type of restraints used by a policeman charged with killing george floyd has come under scrutiny in a u.s. court the 7th day of the child in minneapolis focused on dairy veins use of force and how officers should deescalate crisis situations fairly died last may after vain and knelt on his neck for more than 9 months and 9 minutes sorry lieutenant

general tenant johnny mercer was questioned about how shelving handled voids is this impeded trained neck restraint notes or. has it ever been not only neck restraint holster. is this a authorized restraint technique. on the neck or would be something that does happen he supports that is an authoress and under what circumstances would that thrives how long can you do that i don't know there is a time brand it would depend on the circumstances of the time which would include play but there is this issue get involved in the subject that you're getting here and so if there was say for example the subject was under control and handcuffed would this be authorized i would say don't. live to al-jazeera is john hendren in minneapolis or is john

a lot of the focus size we had on the use of force what's the feeling after today's testimony. well day 7 was a day of expert testimony and while it was the prosecution that called up all of the witnesses today all of the police officers. there were points that helped each side as a matter of fact because the bird who lies with the prosecution to prove their case was probably an especially good day for the defense right there you had johnny mercer lieutenant from the minneapolis police department in charge of training giving some help to the prosecution by saying that need hold on george floyd's neck was not an approved hold on the part of derek children but he helped the defense as well because at one point they showed a freeze frame of a picture and in that freeze frame they asked him where the media of derrick chauvinism he said it was on the shoulder of george floyd going along between his

shoulder blades that's helpful because the prosecution has been arguing that for the entire 9 minutes and 29 seconds their children's neat was on floyd's neck then you had new coal mckenzie she is a medical officer the for the police department she said that the crowd around floyd might have prevented the police or she suggested that was a reason that police might not have administered 1st aid they might have been distracted by that she also talked about excited delirium or. a case in which people who are on drugs and george floyd had both fans you know and methamphetamine in his system she said they can often develop sort of superhuman strength that something that offense might use to create reasonable doubt as to whether or not they needed to hold down george floyd's the whole day ended with testimony by a los angeles police department expert in the. use of force his name is jody steiger he said i felt the force was excessive he went on to say that at the

beginning they were trying to hobble george floyd that's where you essentially hog tie hands and feet and said in the end they did not do that and bat suggests that floyd wasn't that much of a threat to them and that they had made that assessment so all in all it was a day with victories for both sides but because it is the prosecution that has to prove its case now the defense has a couple openings to argue for reasonable doubt that derek yoven committed murder which is what he's accused of so what can we expect tomorrow and in the next year weeks. interestingly the day ended and our early with the l.a.p.d. officer jodi steiger midway through his chest of money the prosecution hadn't even physically finished questioning him and then of course there will be a cross-examination for the defense so that's how the day starts tomorrow with more expert testimony and interestingly the los angeles police department is known for

the rodney king beating 30 years ago so when you're being accused of excessive force by the l.a.p.d. you're in trouble indeed thank you very much for that john hendren reporting there live from minneapolis. still ahead on. the scope of 19 crisis the country records its highest death toll since the side of the pandemic. it's been snowing steadily in the higher ground in montana in idaho wyoming you see the cloud there and that's cold air is coming up as you might expect it to against what is now increasingly warm this feed from the gulf where the 2 meet we tend to develop but it is spring remember significant thunderstorms while that is

likely to happen itself develop on wednesday is the circulation then throws that cold air through arkansas and then you get a line of thunderstorms that stretches down towards the gulf coast unfortunately overnight not to use for whence it is thursday they keep going and this could be the dangerous time they might be nasty thunderstorms they might develop tornadoes doesn't look quite as vicious as we've seen so far this spring and the whole system keeps going east was it might repeat itself on thursday night behind it the sun's come out over what was a snowy picture but still more winter hanging around in washington i mean british columbia on the canadian side during certain then those for those shower was the strongest and to disappear i think so thursday night and they want to watch this line well develop once more i'm going to persistent line of showers running through predator rico hispaniola jamaica and back to honduras he's been there for a couple days he's got 2 more days to go.

xenophobe make violent and beating the drum for an ethnic civil war in the heart of europe. a generation identity was at one time the fastest growing far right organization on the continent now watch the investigation that led to the french government banning the group. generation hate. part one of a special 2 part investigation on a. the in the the in. the watching al jazeera live from doha a recap of our top stories iran and the u.s.

say they're making constructive progress in the latest efforts to revive the 2050 nuclear deal to a new working or will focus on getting each side back into compliance the type of restraint used by the police officer charged with killing george freud has come under scrutiny in a u.s. court the 7th day of the trial in minneapolis focused on derrick show vince use of force and how officers should deescalate crisis situation it's. avenues more than 100 people are still missing 3 days after flash floods ripped through parts of indonesia and east timor conditions are finally started to improve and rescue workers are now hoping to reach remote communities in need at least 118 deaths have been confirmed jessica washington reports from jakarta. on a community tries to come to terms with the devastation that hit their island as victims of cold from the mud people crowded 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 for more than a reasonable 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 no matter 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 drop in that would be significant to me 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 time. for some and 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 i'll resend chills for now but for a lot together with the military i'm social ministry we are working and we want to show you that we are here and helping people. in neighboring east timor the capital dili experienced it's worth 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. searches my bridges have also. been destroyed. of course most pretty much every day. and these actually my and my. 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. women and children who were sleeping are among at least a 100 civilians killed in fighting in northeast. the violence is a flare up in a long running dispute over a contested land in the region a territory is claimed by. both somali and far both sides blame each other for the recent on race that has disgraced tens of thousands of people a camp for displaced people in sudan's darfur region has been burnt to the ground is the latest round of unrest comes after 2 people were shot and killed at the camp me again ana the violence poses a challenge to efforts by sudan's transitional government to end decades long rebellions in the area at least 50 people have been killed in recent fighting. and

. the u.s. president says anyone over 18 years old will be able to be vaccinated from the middle of april but joe biden is warning that corona virus infections are still increasing with new are very in spreading quickly half of those new cases are from just a handful of states the virus is spreading because we have too many people who see the endless secret the finish line all really let me be deadly earnest with you we want to feel. we still have a lot of work to do we're still a life and death race gets these fires until we get more people vaccinated we need everyone to wash their hands socially distance and mask up and recommended mass from the c.d.c. . meanwhile the white house has ruled out imposing any form of coronavirus vaccine

passport in the u.s. but private businesses are still free to explore the idea so-called vaccine passports which show if someone's been inoculated have been touted around the world as a way to safely reopen travel as bring in mike hanna in washington forests mike 1st president biden looking to speed up the u.s. vaccination campaign because they're not out of the woods yet. indeed the vaccination campaign has actually be astonishing under the bided administration at this particular point some 70 percent of adults over the age of $65.00 have received at least one shot of the vaccine more than 50 percent have received 2 shots not the figure when biden took over was round 8 percent so this is a massive increase his administration has also iran tapped its efforts to get federal funding to aid the vaccination campaign building vaccination centers in places that they were not before he insists president biden that there are now

vaccinations centers within 5 miles of every single american adult and now being at that 200000000 vaccination doses by the end of his 100 days in office he's at some 175000000 at this particular point so it has been an astonishing rolled out but president biden still insisting as well that the country is not out of the woods that mitigating measures have got to stay in place but another bright point in it president biden saying that the u.s. may in the near future be able to push some vaccines out to other countries and the line he used is that there is no wall or border high enough to prevent the vaccine from coming into the u.s. so it's in the national interest to get extra vaccine to other countries there's a lot of talk mike of vaccine passports digital proof of vaccination against coronavirus but this is fast becoming a political issue in the u.s. . very much so well it's very similar to the whole mass

scenario which became intensely politicized particularly under former president trump and a number of republicans republicans almost to a person insisting that there can be no vaccinations to to figure out in any form some governors in states like texas and florida have passed emergency regulations preventing any penny from establishing vaccination passport now on the other hand a state like new york is implementing a type of digital voting record of vaccination in order to open up its economy it's in visit which is the document being used to get into sporting events get into football games go to school so there is a complete division in the u.s. on the issue on political grounds thank you for that mike can i live there in washington. now for the 1st time brazil has recorded more than 4000 corona virus

deaths in a single day nearly 337000 people have died since the start of the pandemic some cemeteries have been holding nighttime burials to deal with the growing number numbers infections are surging across the country with more than 13000000 recorded cases as a pandemic worsens the rate of poverty in brazil is soaring the government has approved an emergency aid package worth almost $8000000000.00 but on list say that doesn't go far enough for of course. since the pandemic began to free the has been receiving a monthly $50.00 subsidy but not from the federal government nor in brazilian hands the seaside town of mighty ca where she works lives off oil royalties and has decided to spend the money on social plans it created its own virtual currency the member to help the poor and the local economy. since we can

only use mumbai in town the local commerce is still thriving and we were able to keep all doors open when so many in other parts of the country have closed. 43000 brazilians living in muddy county have been able to make ends meet thanks to their move booka 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 martin is 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 who benefited from the 1st emergency aid package. canela tells us he's counting the days to receive the promised help he lost his job in home everything he owns is in the supermarket cart 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 privatisation 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. i always has launched the world's 1st fully vaccinated flight the aim was to show at travel can be safe even during the pandemic does your body was on board. these qatar airways staff members are all fully vaccinated and sore all these passengers the airline wants to reassure millions of people that air travel is safe even during the pandemic we want to be the 1st airline in the world to do fully vaccinated flight board including passengers and the crew and you know that it has a very aggressive acts a nation program and so we at the airline level have a very aggressive vaccination program we have x. in it that nearly 20000 of our employees and we vaccinate that on the 1000

employees every day. these passengers including many members of the media and officials were eager to take off qatar airways has introduced new touchless screens so using your mobile phone you can access all the onboard information and entertainment you need there are 18 crew members on board this flight so was 181 passengers now they are members that i've spoken to so far say they feel this flight is a little bit more relaxed for them in terms of they know they feel more secure that all the passengers have been vaccinated and that they meant that it has been quite a difficult year for them doing their job valerie joy wilson is a social media influencer who had traveled from new york to take part in this flight people that want to travel it's a retiming get back to travel travel is the future stop to be safe and responsible and we're here showcasing that today of course there's no pressure to travel like you don't have to travel until you feel comfortable other travel bloggers were also

excited about the return of regular flights i came from dubai beyond this the store . first fully back to the light in very very proud to be a passenger on this flight how does it feel how it's going to make this fantastic i mean there's a bit a sense of return to normal there's a lot of hoops i can see people really enjoying to fly looking out the window a lot of people have to travel for over a year so this flight hopefully is the start of the norm and we can all get back to our normal daily routine of life and this doctor is trying to make that happen in qatar so how i'll buy a yacht is heading the country's vaccination drive and had a message for those who want to return to something approaching normality and hope this emphasizes the importance of vaccination. and i think it's a strong message by the airlines our national carrier. it's

a great light with many people who are advocating vaccination. while this flight left and returned to doha without landing anywhere else it provided some hope that air travel can make a comeback in the midst of covert 19. dorsett al jazeera doha. qatar again i'm fully back to go with the headlines on al-jazeera iran and the u.s. say they're making constructive progress in the latest efforts to revive the 2015 nuclear deal to a new working groups will focus on getting each side back into compliance. in was out on what we've got to go now so that we refine this position realistic and promises.