this relic. this story continues that as the world's attention was drawn to. mysteriously the day it disappeared once again. the apollo of. a nation in mourning tributes in the u.k. and around the world after the death of prince philip at the age of $99.00. he was queen elizabeth's constant companion for 7 decades we look at the legacy of a no nonsense royal who could be controversial. watching al-jazeera live from also coming up. the law enforcement subdual restraint

on the neck compression was just more than mr floyd could take by virtue of those hard conditions. the medic who did the only autopsy on george floyd says police action caused his death. leaves the please take action. and an appeal from me and mars u.n. ambassador for protection for his people as the military is whose death sentences. flags are flying at half mast in the u.k. and tributes are been pouring in from around the world for prince philip who's died at the age of 99 the last friend of queen elizabeth was at her side for 7 decades he's been praised for supporting the 1000 year old monarchy as it began to reinvent itself in the 21st century shortly we'll look at his legacy with war a challenge but 1st paul brennan on today's tributes for. 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 prince philip earned 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 the it 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 know any kid who grew

up. usable 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 was the longest serving broiled consulate 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 support 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 the queen had been married for a bit 17 years the n.c.c. missing really sad my man you know we know he put me off the file long time money

history the sad 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. al-jazeera. he was by his side throughout the longest reign of a monarch in british history prince philip so you can bet it was in tony a marriage but the life of service to his wife queen elizabeth this. second 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 6 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's 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 a 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 phillip 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 often a sideshow to formal occasions yet even though an air of racism hung over him the story royalist u.k. media generally forgave him he 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 10 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 wanted

to. know since if you the complete absence of human 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 admired 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 chill receive immense sympathy from a british public known to view her with respect and affection charles manson is former press secretary to the queen he says prince philip played a huge role in modernizing the british monarchy. well i think prince philip was a very distinguished period of public service that he offered both in supporting the queen and also earn his own right very energetic man who contributed to it and

will sort of words of the benefits of young people to the benefit of the environment and many many other causes that he is he supported so his contribution in. his work with the queen in its own right way to combine those stylish way prince philip was definitely one of the driving forces behind the evolving british more acute i mean the reason why this morning survives a whirl is that it has adapted to changes in society and philip has been the driver of that and very much supporting the queen in that sort of adjustment to stay relevant and use own natural interests in the environment and young people in the industry i'm engineering ideas. as well as an

action man and i think he sets an example of. public and eugene in the modern age making a difference in the sorts of fields charles and son they're well after a week of violence in northern ireland pro british loyalists say they want to maintain calm out of respect for prince philip but it is still tense in belfast especially at the dividing line between loyalists and people who had an far more strongly with the irish republic has under simmons. the situation is tense nothing like it has been on wednesday or thursday not at this. point 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're ignoring from the assembly the northern all of the somebody to stop this whole protest

movement by saying there can't be any peace right now because of because of the situation they're in over imports exports the the whole bureaucracy of of the ports and goods from britain this place being really a part of the european union now with the border in the ares 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 at that funeral something like 2000 supporters gathered at the end of it all the unions said this was in breach of covert regulations and prosecution should be made across the board particularly at the senior shin fein leadership there that didn't take place all in foster has now

called for the resignation of the chief constable and that has not if you can see everyone's reliance on the security forces but right now that they're under fire from the politicians themselves so it's by no means a secure situation here. are other top story that the medical examiner who. perform the only old top see on george floyd has told a us court he died from a police neck restraint not drugs dr andrew baker says floyd did have underlying health issues and evidence of drug use but neither directly caused his death the former police officer derek jovan is accused of killing floyd by kneeling on his neck for more than 9 minutes ellen fisher reports now from minneapolis. the prosecution has produced a number of experts to say george floyd died because of police action latest to

appear in court lindsay thomas a forensic pathologist who reviewed the videos of the night and me and analyzed all the photos in lab reports what it means to me is that the activities of the law enforcement officers resulted in mr floyd staff and that specifically those activities were the subdual of the restraint and neck compression and does this not also represent your own conclusion yes a conclusion you have reached an opinion you hold a reasonable degree of medical certainty yes she said police officers found no pulse and george floyd on the ground continue to pressure on him she ruled out drugs or heart disease is the cause of death a theory put forward by the defense she suggested if george floyd had not encountered the police that night he would still be alive do you. have an opinion to reasonable degree of medical certainty if mr ford would have died that night had he not been subject to the subdual and restraint of the police there's no evidence

to suggest he would have died except for the interactions with law enforcement. another witness was andrew baker the man who carried out the autopsy on george floyd he didn't want any videos before his examination he ruled the day was home a sight i did not want to bias my exam by going in with any preconceived notions that might lead me down one pathway or another he said he found underlying heart issues in george floyd and the altercation with police would not have helped what they're 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 to do all restraint and compressional is just more than mr floyd could take by virtue of those hard conditions under cross-examination dr agreed there were many factors involved in the death that drugs and heart disease may have played

a part but he said they were contributing factors not the direct cause of it's expected the prosecution will end its case next week the defense will then get the chance to present it. is not responsible for the death of george floyd. many. still to come on al-jazeera a record rising coronavirus cases forces argentina to type restriction. hello because some very nasty weather now making its way across the deep south of the u.s. pushing over towards the eastern seaboard around a 1000000 people like to be impacted by this system as it makes its way through this weather system here very warm across the eastern seaboard of the u.s.

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back you're watching al-jazeera i'm peter dobby your top stories this half hour britain's 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 a reign the world family has entered an official period of mourning. tributes have been pouring into the duke of edinburgh from around the world mr putney prince philip was praised for helping to modernize the british monarchy but was often prone to gaffes and impromptu remarks. and the medical examiner who performed the only autopsy on george floyd has told a us court he died from a police neck restraint not drugs dr andrew baker as floyd did have underlying health issues and evidence of drug use but neither directly caused his death let's get more on the floyd trial with mark costello he's professor and robert and marion short distinguished chair in law at the university of st thomas he joins us from there mark welcome back to al-jazeera what's your reading of where we are right now

with what's going on inside the court. well we had a really interesting week in especially with the medical evidence what we saw was the prosecution do something very intentional which was that they had dr martin toben who is an excellent witness followed up by dr thomas this morning who are experts who didn't directly examine george floyd and then only after that did they have any baker testify because his testimony was more investment in they want to nail down a 1st take on the expert testimony before they went to him did we have 2 compelling bits of testimony one today and one yesterday but they both seemed to be saying pretty much the same thing and it was this yes there was evidence of damage to his his body his biology his physiology through drug use and the s. there was evidence of drugs in his system but not so many so much evidence that it

could have killed him that's true they were consistent that way dr tobin though was much more straightforward about it he was an ambivalent that it was the police officer who cause that and with dr baker there is no more back and forth about that and he did say that the police activity was the tipping point that did kill george what we've got several days still to go until we get a verdict one way or the other what are the key witnesses that were the key witnesses we should be looking out for. well we know that coming up we have. spark of life witness we don't know who it's going to be in minnesota law that someone who's going to talk about the victim talk about george lloyd what he was like when he was alive that's a rare thing in american law usually that's not seen as relevant but in minnesota we do have that and and then we'll turn to the defense next week we're going to see

what the defense really years who they're going to rely on to put forward and how much evidence they're going to afford we don't we don't know right now how many days that will take a spark of life witness that seems to me something of a a rarity almost around the world in any murder trial i guess the defending and prosecuting legal teams will want a jury or the judge to listen to that testimony and react with their hearts not with their head so much yes and that's why they're putting at the end they want to end strong with something that has deep emotional colin you're exactly right peter that that this is unusual not only in the world but in the united states because normally it would not be relevant to any element the government has to prove what they look defendant was like during their life and if it comes down to somebodies opinion about who george floyd was that is open to sort of massive accusations of

well interpretation and well you would say that because you were a good friend or you were a close relative right and that's a dangerous thing because it doesn't once we start thinking about well how much do we value this life relative to another one that bias can enter in as well and that's something we always have to be concerned but ok mark i suspect we'll be talking to you again very soon in the meantime thank you so much mark also there for us in minneapolis. 19 people have been sentenced to death in myanmar for killing an associate of an army captain it's the 1st time death sentences have been announced since the military seized power in february the army is still cracking down on protesters rallying against the coup rescue workers say at least 4 people have been killed in the southern city of bargo but local media say that number could be higher rights groups say more than 600 civilians have died since the protests began the un security council has heard fresh pleas from the people of me and maher for action to stop the crackdown at an unofficial meeting of

council members diplomatic editor james bays explains. as the military continues its crackdown on peaceful pro-democracy protesters there also now reneging on their own promises a spokesman for the jointer says although at the time of the coup they pledged to hold elections in a year they now won't take place for 2 years at the un 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 a test of the security. with the council well council where over language in yet another statement are we apt to save the lives of the people myanmar's u.n.

ambassador who opposes the generals called for a no fly zone an arms embargo and targeted sanctions leave the these extreme. 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 ones 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 only 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 future role in the governance of the country something that would appall human rights activists and those protesting on the streets james al-jazeera at the united nations. the united states has issued new guidelines which will make it easier for its officials to meet their taiwanese counterparts washington's hoping to strengthen relations with taipei after an increase in chinese military activity around the island the white house calls beijing's actions potentially destabilizing china says the u.s. is colluding with taiwan to challenge beijing and giving support to people who want the island to declare formal independence from china. a landmark push by workers to unionize an amazon warehouse in the u.s. state of alabama has failed more than 3000 workers voted on whether they should form the company's 1st workers union but a majority decided against it organizers say they'll challenge the results but

hundreds of votes are being contested amazon has been accused many times of unsafe working conditions and union busting which the online giant denies. pfizer and biotech have applied for approval to use their coded 19 vaccine on 12 to 15 year olds in the u.s. the company's saying phase 3 trials for younger teenagers have been affected if they plan to make similar requests around the world in the coming days the european union's drug regulator has launched a review into a possible link between johnson and johnson's coronavirus vaccine and blood clots it's received reports of 4 cases of clotting in vaccine recipients one of them fatal the watchdog has already approved the job but it's not too to be rolled out across the e.u. until later this month the astra zeneca vaccine has been restricted in some countries over similar concerns. coronavirus case is

a continuing to rise across parts of latin america health services in several countries are now at breaking point to raise a bow has more now from argentina's capital buenos aires. 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 about a farm 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 prohibit 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 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 when i was handling of the pandemic in another country to why the government has announced they're extending their extinction 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. germany's health minister is calling for another nationwide lockdown as coronavirus infections. strict measures should be brought in for up to a month including among time curfew intensive care units across germany are filling up fast there are fears the health system will be overwhelmed if the number of cases continues to rise. as in berlin and says germany is grappling with how to handle the outbreak the message that a strong lockdown is needed across germany to curb the numbers is not new this is different to figures have been saying that over the last couple of weeks now of course more indication coming out that the numbers are increasing there's warnings that intensive care beds could run out if there isn't an increased lockdown also a lot of germans we've been speaking to saying that things aren't clear that the rules keep changing nothing seems to have

a firm hand on it so now we understand politically also there may be some movement to chancellor angela merkel was supposed to be meeting with the heads of the 16 regions on monday that's now been pushed spode but we do understand that they have agreed to perhaps change some legislation because this is a country that is ruled by a decentralized system giving the federal states autonomy so to speak when it comes to their health care policies that's one of the problems that the chancellor has been facing really over easter cold for a strict lock down but how do you turn it within the space of 24 hours so we are expecting that legislation to be put before the cabinet on tuesday to see if it's going to give the central government more powers to implement strict lock downs in areas where numbers of coronavirus infections over $100.00 per 100000 people but certainly the message coming out that more needs to be done to stem the infection rate. japan's imposing a partial state of emergency in tokyo to combat surging virus cases ahead of the

olympics infections are rising in the capital the national vaccination drive has got off to a slow start the raised alert status means the opening hours for bars and restaurants will be cut the measures of jew to begin on monday and will continue for one month more news whenever you want of course including the latest on the events today with coronavirus and people reacting to the death of prince philip on the websites al-jazeera dot com. this is al-jazeera these are your top stories britain's 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 the royal family has entered an official period of mourning. tributes have been coming in for the duke of edinburgh from around the world philip was praised for helping to modernize the british monarch.