beautiful how doris are all of us on this planet not just africa al-jazeera front as a leading by a chemist determined to use his scientific knowledge to africa women make science from the lab to the field on al-jazeera the. tributes pour in for prince philip the husband of britain's queen elizabeth who has died at the age of 99. 0 i maryam namazie and london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up on the program. mr floyd use a firm no i did not cause the duel or not restraint his heart disease did not cause the the subdual or the not restrict medical experts testify that george floyd died

from a lack of oxygen after being restrained by minneapolis police officers as the trial of derrick sure that enters its 10th day. and you could protesters and security forces battle a 1000000 mark as the u.n. ambassador calls on the international community to use all necessary means to protect his people and online giant amazon seas off a landmark push to form the company's 1st union as workers it's an alabama warehouse voted against the proposal. flags are flying at half mast in the u.k. and tributes from around the world the pouring in for prince philip the juke of edinburgh who has died at the age of 99 queen elizabeth's husband was praised for supporting the 1000 year old monarchy as it began to reinvent itself in the 21st

century but he was also criticized for making offensive remarks his life span nearly a century of european history spending more than 7 decades at the side of the u.k.'s longest serving monic there is paul brennan has more now from london. the official notice of prince philip's death was posted at the gates of buckingham palace the prince had died peacefully on friday morning at windsor castle it concluded the royal family joined with people around the world in mourning his loss the prime minister was among the 1st to pay tribute to prince philip and the affection of generations here in the united kingdom across the commonwealth. and around the world like the expert carriage driver that he was he helped to steer the royal family and the monarchy so that remains an institution indisputably vital to the balance and happiness of our national life. the duke of edinburgh witnessed 1st

hand as britain's global empire was replaced in the 20th century by the current commonwealth of nations and now statements of condolence have come from across the continent he was a little guy. you know. his life to observers you think you knew the crew are. visible everybody from small to india's narendra modi praised the princes distinguished career in the military and his many community service initiatives and the zimbabwean president amazon and god sent his deepest condolences prince philip will be remembered as a champion for young people a decorated naval officer a dedicated philanthropist and a constant in the life of queen elizabeth the 2nd. after more than 70 years at the queen side prince philip is the longest serving royal concert in british history from the moment they got married he support the queen he was one step behind and this was

a man who could have had an absolutely stellar career in the navy gave up that job and supported the queen for the next more than 70 years in the streets of the british capital the news of his death was greeted with genuine sadness and respect but the queen had been married for a bit 70 acnc he said mrs seagrave the sad my man you know we know he'd been the off the file long time money sister eden sads the prince's body will lie in rest at the roll residence windsor castle in the funeral service will also be healthy in st george's chapel in accordance with the prince's wishes it will not be a state funeral with a military procession but a much more private and intimate occasion a fitting ceremony for a man who spent so many years in a supporting role largely avoiding the limelight and attention that the british royals attract. oh brennan al jazeera. on the golden wedding anniversary the queen described him as his strength and stay philip spent more than 70 years by a side which was often marked by controversial remarks on race or a chance takes

a look back at his life. he was by his side throughout the longest reign of a monarch in british history the prince philip you could read and it wasn't only a marriage but the life of service to his wife queen elizabeth the 2nd born into greek cannes danish royalty philip had a lonely childhood he was taken under the wing of the british aristocracy when he married the then princess elizabeth in 1947 he was a promising young naval officer. it was a fairytale wedding for a country emerging from war and hardship. it's all change for the young couple when elizabeth sparta king george the 6th died at only 56 years of age she became queen and philip in the words of his private secretary looked as if the world would fall and down on him his naval career ended along with his independence prince philip was sort of forced into making huge sacrifices he was very much

a man's man not someone who was going to naturally fall into the position of playing 2nd fiddle and walking 2 paces behind his wife and calling how ma'am in public and so on and so began life in the queen shadow hundreds of engagements a year he did however manage to find time for his own charities helping young people and conserving wildlife very energetic a problem solver sort of scientific cast of mind so there is a sort of you know on the positive side the attributes that people admired sometimes you know his hit his detractors would would would say that you know some of his forthrightness could come across as rudeness philip had a reputation for embarrassing politically incorrect remarks whether he was being rude about the chinese or indians or swearing at photographers who kept him waiting too long after him a sideshow to formal occasions yet even though an air of racism hung over him the

story royalist u.k. media generally forgave him it was certainly given a much easier ride than politicians politicians who tend to make a racist or an offensive remark in this day and age tend to have to apologize a couple of days later because so much pressure on them but i've never known a prince philip to apologize for a mark and i remember once he won it over after i said to an aboriginal leader do you still throw space at each other and i saw him do this in australia in 2002 and the next day he came over it made front pages all over the world and he just won it over truck with us you got no sense if you were the complete absence if you so he was going to come. his retirement from public duties came in 2017 with a sendoff from the royal marines. whatever his faults his 60 years of public service was it by many people while their marriage was said to have had its ups and downs in the couple's younger years

prince philip remained dedicated and supportive to the queen still receive immense sympathy from a british public known to view her with respect and affection. al-jazeera. the medical examiner who performed the only autopsy on george floyd has told a court that police actions not drugs caused his death dr andrew baker told the trial of former minneapolis police officer show then that floyd did have underlying health issues and evidence of drug use but he said neither was the primary cause of his death instead the events surrounding the arrest in the police use of neck restraint ultimately ended his life. of the murder and manslaughter of george floyd by kneading on his neck for more than 9 minutes those events are going to cause

stress hormones to pour out of your body specifically things like adrenaline and what that adrenaline is going to do is it's going to ask your heart to beat faster it's going to ask your body for more oxygen so that you can get through that alter cation and in my opinion the law enforcement subdual restraint in the neck compression was just more than mr floyd could take by virtue of that those heart conditions you know mr floyd's use offense no did not cause the sub duel or neck restraint his heart disease did not cause the the subdual or the neck restraint. well john hendren as following the case from minneapolis and tell us more john about how the defense team chipped away at the argument that as fix a lack of oxygen coal is joyful it's joints floyd's death because that was it was they cross-examine dr andrew bacon just before proceedings ended today.

that's right we just wrapped up day 10 of the derek show and murder trial and after 2 weeks the defense has been really looking for to prove true things and they have not been able to find it in the witnesses today did not help them the number one thing they want is to suggest that derrick show been did not cause the death of george floyd the 2nd thing they want to do is establish another potential cause for the death of george floyd and all they have to do is present reasonable doubt a number of reasonable doubt that 12 members of the jury can agree that derrick show over and should not be convicted of murder but what they've gotten is one witness after another police and now you've got medical experts today testifying that george lowe did not die due to drugs that he did not die due to coronary artery disease which he was found to have in the autopsy but that the cause of his death was as fixation and that was from the police officers on top of him and all

they have to prove is that show over and was not within his rights to apply all that pressure and that that pressure directly led to the death of george floyd so you had dr andrew baker today he was cross-examined about something he had said a while ago where he said that. i believe he told the grand jury that had floyd been found in a basement that was locked he would have said maybe he died of a drug overdose but we already have testimony that the amounts of drugs in george lloyd says. we're very low and that he had a high tolerance then you had dr lindsay thomas who trained baker another forensic pathologist and she said he died because of a lack of oxygen that lack of oxygen was due to derek chauvinist neon george floyd's neck so the defense really going to have to come up with some kind of witness in the next 2 weeks and we expect them to start their case early next week who says derek chauvinist did not kill george floyd with his knee on his neck and

that something else did their theory so far has been drugs and that theory has been doused with cold water and beyond that testimony from expert medical examiners today what else has been going on in the courtroom. well it's been interesting when we read the pool reports only 2 reporters are allowed in that room so we the rest of us get that information via reports and. what we found is that up until now here it chauvinist had a chair for someone to come in and join him and no family member or friend has done that even took the chair away for a while well today there was a woman in that chair woman that he escorted into the room we don't know who she was and she declined to tell reporters but she's an asian american according to the pool reporter and that she was sitting there apparently in support of derek chosen one seat away with the deputy in between them is the seat of the supporter of

george floyd in this case it was rodney floyd a family member and that brings up one important thing the prosecution has not wrapped its case they haven't brought a family member up yet and that may be how they choose to close with a member of the family to show the stakes the suffering that that family has gone through as a result of this incident thank you very much john hendren following the trial there minneapolis thank you. now to me and ma the military is saying that it sentenced 19 people to death in the city of yangon for killing an associate of an army captain. this is the 1st time death sentences have been announced since the military seized power in february security forces are still cracking down on protesters who are rallying against the coup rescue workers say at least 4 people now think killed in the southern city of bug but local media say the actual death toll is higher rights groups say more than $600.00 civilians have died since the protests began meanwhile the united nations security council has had fresh pleas

from the people of myanmar for action to stop a military crackdown and an unofficial meeting of council members on diplomatic editor james bays reports on the. as the military continues its crackdown on peaceful pro-democracy protesters there also now reneging on their own promises a spokesman for the june 2 says although at the time of the coup they pledged to hold elections in a year they now will take place for 2 more years at the u.n. in new york a meeting was held to give security council ambassadors a picture of the deteriorating situation people feel that they are left alone to freeze the brutal regime armed to its feet start from by the same international actors who preventing action the military nord are condemnations posing a test for the security council with the council well council who are over language in yet another statement are we apt to save the lives of the birds people myanmar's

u.n. ambassador who opposes the generals who called for a no fly zone an arms embargo and targeted sanctions leave the state action. this meeting was organized by the u.k. all security council members were invited but it wasn't a formal security council meeting both china and russia which object to an official open meeting only sent low level diplomats not surprisingly both countries seem opposed to any sanctions on the generals we share the same cons and the main thrust of recent diplomacy has been in the region here earlier this week the indonesian foreign minister meeting her u.k. counterpart i'm told a meeting of the leaders of the 10 countries in the regional as the group is likely in indonesia in the next 2 weeks but how do you persuade the generals to talk and to give ground the un special envoy christine sharana bergen has had her permission

to visit myanmar denied i'm told there are some countries that are contemplating the idea of appeasing the generals and giving them a few chill role in the governance of the country something that would have poor human rights activists and those protesting on the streets james al-jazeera at the united nations. you know al-jazeera live from london still ahead on the program in crane's president on the front line is fears of a new confrontation with russia grier and a radical rising coronavirus cases forces argentina to tighten restrictions. how is there though whether slot fabric cross much of australia we've got a few showers into the southeastern corner not too much to speak of there sweeping

away moving towards to seal and dry weather coming back in behind i move out of the way we have to dangerous systems making their way towards say that western side of a western australia they still trouble cyclons a lot it's a link together a very. together interacting with one another in what is known as the food effects in the tray that's going to sink its way further south which as we go through sad state very close to the coast there and then the common come to sunday. to get drawn into soraya and then make its way towards those coastal fringes so we're looking at damaging winds some very very heavy rainfall flooding is the on the cards large waves pushing through and high tides and that's hitting an area that's not used to saying tropical cyclists so there will be widespread disruption system just runs towards the north of perth as we go on through monday definitely want to watch over the next few days largely dry there was a set across a good part of australia some showers long spells of right moving towards new zealand some wetter weather to you coming in across

a good parts of china we have got clear skies and sunshine for the korean peninsula and japan. but. on counting the cost m.r.i. all that is changing the world of vaccines not just because $1.00 thing big business and play off thousands of pixels millions of dollars and on the fungible token we demystify the world of. helping the costs on al-jazeera. i've been coming all of that the america for most of my career but no i think it's a like and it's my job to shed light on how and why.

welcome back and main stories this hour are since prince philip queen elizabeth's husband has died at the age of 99 he was married to the queen for 73 years. the medical examiner who performed an autopsy on george floyd is told the trial of former many outlets police officer dare show them that his actions not drugs caused the death of george floyd and at least 4 people have been killed in the southern city of baghdad as the military crackdown there continues 19 people have also been sentenced to death. now and other stories are following russia's invoking the threat of full scale fighting with ukraine as tensions in the disputed border regions rise president putin's spokesman says he's willing to protect civilians but the u.s. is saying the troop build up is the largest since the invasion of crimea samus ravi reports. a president in the trenches

meeting soldiers on the front line rallying the troops for battle but it was nothing but a very well that the ukrainian leader donned a wartime look for his visit to donbass in the east where russian military buildup along the border came after weeks of fighting with russian backed separatists drama she you just dissolved there is an escalation indeed in the donbass region we can see it serves one can see that commanders in chief and commanders can see that we understand that our boys are targeted by snipers there are 26 killed servicemen military do everything possible to defend our country and to hold ceasefire but when our soldiers are attacked and when there are casualties it is clear to everyone that the army responds. russian equipment and thousands of personnel are on the horizon russians are tearing out military drills along the border and pro

russian rebels. fighters are taking up positions in urban areas who are going from both sides seem primed for war the united states is increasingly concerned by recent escalating russian aggressions in eastern ukraine including russian troop movements on ukraine's border russian now has more troops on the border with ukraine than at any time since 24145 ukrainian soldiers have been killed this week alone these are all deeply concerning signs. in a phone call with russian president vladimir putin german chancellor angela merkel tried to deescalate tensions and asked him to pull back leaders in moscow warned kiev they see calls to speed up ukraine's nato membership as provocative and that russia might have to step in to defend russian speakers in the east once again going to absolutely we are free to move our armed forces and any units across the territory of russia at discretion secondly you cried it's turning into

a potentially very unstable region again and any country that has an unstable explosive region near its borders surely types the necessary measures to ensure its own security. war in eastern ukraine 1st broke out in 2014 it ended with russia seizing the crimea region there's been a low level conflict ever since subsiding briefly last year picking up again at the start of 2021 zain bus ravi al-jazeera. veteran green crime journalist has been shot dead outside his home in athens but he said he. was attacked by 2 gunmen on a motorbike is one of the country's best known crime reports as well acting on television and running a blog it's reffer the media to be tolerated in greece with a similar case like this more than a decade ago. now after a week of violence in northern ireland it's been relatively quiet in the capital

belfast tonight pro british loyalists who've been writing every night say they want to maintain some calm out of respect for the death of prince philip but the situation is still tense simmons's there. the situation is tense nothing like it has being on wednesday and thursday not at this stage but this can be the loyalists saying that they want to have a calm out of respect but this problem still persists there is a whole round of speculation about some sort of suspension but they are ignoring calls from the assembly the northern out of the somebody to stop this whole protest movement by saying there can't be any peace right now because the brics it because of the situation they're in over imports exports the the whole bureaucracy all of the ports and goods from britain this place being really

a part of the european union now with the border in the hours so the brics it is meant to be the central issue but there are other complications like always in northern ireland there's more behind the story there's a situation where a funeral a year ago was took place as a prominent ira member bobby story and at that funeral something like 2000 shin fein supporters gathered at the end of it all the unions said this was in breach of covert regulations and prosecution says it should be made across the board particularly at the scene the issue in fein that leadership there that didn't take place all all in foster has now called for the resignation of the chief constable and that has no as you can see everyone's reliance on the security forces but right now they're under fire from the politicians themselves so it's by no

means a secure situation here. well malveaux counting is underway in djibouti as presidential election polls closed a few hours ago in a vote that was boycotted by the main opposition group incumbent has been in power for 27 years and is seeking a 5th term in office as catherine sawyer reports. abdul harman ahmed says he was at this polling station in djibouti ali to express his democratic right but like many other citizens who stood in line to vote he say he expects no surprises and that he's almost certain president is my omar gelly will win the election and that's all right with him. president is great he does a lot of things for country brings investments in develops the country with a lot of new projects and infrastructure. the president also expressed confidence as he cast his ballot. that the election has taken place in good conditions

thank god it has been peaceful and above all thank god the people came out to participate now we will wait for the results i have fulfilled my responsibility. but there are other people in djibouti who want to change the president has been in power for more than 2 decades but the main opposition has again we courted the poor saying it will not be free and fair. it left. an independent candidate as an only want to challenge his new to politics and did not campaign much on alyse he does not pose a big threat for the president so the expectations of nearly 1000000 to bush and i still likely to rest with the president many are poor and job less in a country the world bank last year said was the most expensive to leave in on the continent it's hard to imagine that after 20 years or we can have a new idea so we should expect in your ideas how. many how if you want to transform

the country to. focus more on the mark my great calming someplace on the margaret comics for instance invest many critical sectors in education in health in small industries like you to create jobs djibouti is a small nation but it overlooks one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world any vessel wanting to use this was canal has to sail past its shores the president has exploited this geographical advantage by investing heavily in ports a free trade zone and other large projects his plan is to transform the country into africa's largest trade and logistics hub while the u.s. france china and japan all maintain military bases here among others but some say the benefits of all this do not get to them and they want things to change cathy zoi al-jazeera coronavirus cases are continuing to rise across parts of latin

america with health systems in several countries at breaking point argentina is reintroducing a curfew to try to limit the spread of the 19 stories about reports from what is are as. the rise of infections in latin america confirms that the 2nd wave of the corona virus pandemic has arrived to this part of the world mounting cases in countries like colombia bolivia peru and argentina in argentina president obama before them and there's an announced new restrictions in order to prevent the spread of the virus among those restrictions there is a curfew in the middle of the night there is also a profit bishan of social gathering in private homes and also more restrictions on public transport there is this is a highly divisive issue in argentina and while some are asking for a total lockdown in this country others say a bad knockdown is an attack against personal freedom and of course this division this polarization is what hurts argentina's chances of recovering from the pandemic

of fighting the pandemic but also of recovering economically from what's with happening in this past year in brazil there was another daily record over 4200 people lost their lives to coronavirus pandemic and this is happening as the supreme court in the country has authorized an investigation of parliamentary investigation over precedents ajai towards when i was handling of the pandemic in another country or 2 why the government has announced they are extending the ricks direction until the end of the month and we know that right now cases have been rising in order why and the intensive care unit capacity right now is at 75 percent latin america south america specifically is one of the hardest hit regions by the virus pandemic we have seen unemployment rise poverty rise in this past year and there's lots of difficulty and lots of challenges because many countries in this

part of the world cannot afford to assist their populations over the coming months and on what's coming next. thousands of people living near a volcano on the caribbean island of st vincent have fled on boats off to an eruption a supressed bride ash across villages in the north of the island around 16000 people have been told to escape the area with experts warning of further eruptions ok now had laid dormant for more than 40 years a devastating eruption a century ago killed more than a 1000 people. look at out top stories now versions prince philip queen elizabeth's husband has died at the age of 99 he was married to the queen for 73 years and served alongside her through the length of her reign if it was praised helping.