big brother on the whole disease. a lot of the stories that we cover all hardly conflicts so it's very poor we make them is on the stand as return as correspondents will be strong enough to do. the. poem fully back to bill in doha this is the news hour on algis iraq coming up in the next 60 minutes accidental discharge a police chief in the u.s. state of minnesota says he believes a black man was shot by one of his offices by mistake while just nearby a cardiologist's how's the trial of the former police officer accused of killing george floyd that his death was absolutely preventable. he not been

restrained in the way in which he was i think he would have survived that day i think he would have gone home also this hour israel's prime minister says he'll never let iran obtain nuclear weapons just hours after tehran blames israel for an incident that is smain nuclear facility and vows revenge. on german astrid sports a new survey shows that 70 percent of the japanese public on the olympics canceled or postponed for the country does have something to celebrate mostest go for champion by the name of a decade. thank you for joining us racism and violence towards black men at the hands of police are back in the spotlight in the u.s. with 2 events happening just kilometers apart in minneapolis the trial of

a former police officer for the killing of george floyd is underway it's now into its 3rd week and nearby protests broke out after another black man was shot dead by offices. fixed opp police believe the officer didn't intend to fire. the was. the. basin footage captured on body cameras minnesota's police chief says the officer mistook the gun for the taser the police and dante wright sonly a calling for calm 500 national guard troops have been deployed in response to the unrest right sammy said he crashed his car after police shot him is my belief that the officer had the intention to deploy their taser but instead shot mr wright with a single bullet this appears to me from what i viewed in the officer's reaction in distress immediately after that this was an accidental discharge the resulted in

the tragic death of mr wright. well we have 2 correspondents in minnesota today john hendren is outside the court in minneapolis for the latest on the derek shelvin trial but 1st we go to allan fisher who joins us live from brooklyn center where this latest shooting of a black man happened allan we heard the police chief there during a news conference saying that this was an accidental shooting tell us 1st about what more they have said and what have been the reaction there. was certainly there was a reaction from the mayor who said he was astonished flabbergasted that such a thing could happen at a time where just 16 kilometers away during children is on trial for the murder of george floyd something that happened in this area just a year ago the police chief believes that it was a tragic accident but certainly the people that we've been speaking to here protesting in the last couple of hours aren't buying it they wonder why it

escalated from a traffic stop to a fatal shooting just a few moments later you can see that the police are here in numbers they've been here since late last night when hundreds of people marched to the brooklyn center police station to protest they were here in large numbers they were loud and they were angry at some point some businesses were looted is thought around 20 local businesses state troopers were called in to back up the police service here and the national guard and you can see them here on duty no just trying to swell the numbers what was described as a chemical or to tear gas as we would better know it was fired into the crowd at sporadic intervals eventually the crowd started to despair and the mirror announced that he was imposing a curfew there is an uneasy calm here but certainly what this did not need particularly as many people are on edge was another black man being shot at the hands of a police officer indeed and the body count footage that we've seen from this latest

shooting is pretty dramatic we've heard. the family of the man who was shot down to write calling for calm police calling for calm are people likely to heed that call . it's interesting that dante wright's mother was actually on the phone with him when the traffic stop was occurring suddenly the line went dead she called back and ended up speaking to his girlfriend who said that it was no lying dead in the driver's seat that's how quickly this all happened certainly the calls for calm are going out around the community not just here in brooklyn center but in other places people some people that we've been speaking to traveled 304050 minutes to come here to express their anger at what had happened overnight certainly the police are hoping that by being open and transparent and answering the questions at

the news conference just in the last though they will sure that there's nothing to hide and of course a full investigation is know under way to find out exactly what happened and then best to gauge and that is separate from the brooklyn center police believe me the local community are watching that and they're hoping for answers and answers quickly alan fischer in brooklyn center minnesota thank you very much for that let's cross over now to the derrick chauvin trial in minnesota where a cardiologist giving evidence has said the former officer derrick chauvin restrained george floyd in a life threatening manner dr jonathan rich says for died of low oxygen levels because of the way he was held chauvin is on trial after he handcuffed and now turn for its neck for more than 9 minutes after reviewing all of the facts and evidence of the case i can state with a high degree of medical certainty that george for he did not die from a primary cardiac event and he did not die from

a drug overdose had he not been restrained in the way. in which he was i think he would have survived that day i think he would have gone home or wherever he was going to go had he not been subjected to the prone position restraint that he was alive to on just here's john hendren who's outside the court in minneapolis john before we talk about the the doctor's testimony and the questions he was asked i want to ask you 1st how what's happened in brooklyn center in the shooting of another black man there has played into to the trial and and what we've heard there today. well it had the impact the 1st thing that happened this morning was a good judge listen to both lawyers because the defense attorneys said after noticed talking about this event that was only 16 kilometers away he thought the

jury should be sequestered isolated so that they had no ax to access to any news media or other people who might be able to talk to them about what had happened over there the concern by the defense was that the case of another black man dying at the hands of police so close by might influence the jury might make them think that this was an incident too many and they might tie those cases together in that that would go against their and show them the former police officer on trial here but the judge said no that's an entirely separate case and then he gave us a key to the duration of this trial he said we will we can sequester them starting on monday that is when he anticipates there will be closing arguments so we are in day a live in now the prosecution is had 2 weeks to to make its case and now they are winding to a close we know there will be at least one other expert witness this is

a use of force expert someone in law enforcement and then we expect what they call a spark of life testimony that's from the brother of george floyd following his floyd and the idea behind this in under minnesota law is that you've got someone who would test if only to the kind of person the victim was to put a human face on that victim now in other states that tends to happen at the sentencing point just before sentencing but here it happens in the middle of the trial and we expect that to happen as soon as this afternoon well we heard earlier from the cardiologist dr race who said that if. george ford had not been restrained in the way he was the. he believes he would have survived that and the cardiologist of course was cross-examined by the defense as as the prosecution's case is nearing its end john i wonder what we can expect from the defense from what we've heard so far what this strategy is likely to be after the prosecution's case.

well their objective so far in the cross-examination has been pretty clear they want to suggest that derek chauvin was not the primary cause of death for george floyd although we know it on his neck for over 9 minutes and they want to show that there was some kind of other cause and so when the cross-examination of that expert witness this morning the cardiologist they pressed him on a number of other ailments the george floyd had narrowed order reasons some cases the doctor was asked about that he said no that was not. that was not a primary cause of death. but forgive me i'm hearing noise in my ear. and then one thing after another these are just that he didn't have the heart disease couldn't have caused that he had a tumor that did not cause it and also he had drugs in his system and the doctor is

one after another had suggested that those were also not the cause of death and so i think what we're going to see is the defense pull up witnesses who suggest alternative causes of death for george floyd their suggestion seems to be that he would have died had he not even encountered police on that day. thank you for that john hendren outside the court in minneapolis for us let us now speak to bradford colbert who's a professor of law at mitchell hamin school of law also a former public defender he joining is joining us from st paul in minnesota by skype thank you so much for being with us i want to ask you 1st about the events in brooklyn sent and the killing of another black man there 'd which spawns protests and anger in the community how might it might it influenced the trial of derrick so vain and the defense case is this bad news for them

or you know i don't think so i did to city minneapolis and actually this area is on edge and this is some other killing put to the city itself and then when county in particular are on edge but i don't think it necessarily impacts the trial i don't you know that this is a jury that has you know everyone who's on the jury panel has admitted to knowing about you know the george florida homicide and seeing the video so it's hard to believe another incident would somehow prejudice the jurors in the minds in their minds right we heard today from the cardiologist who again said that george floyd. died because he had been restrained in the way he had and then the conti ologist was later cross-examined by the defense the defense is focus and i know you're an expert in this a focus seems to be on the medical records of george floyd as well as his

use of drugs what do you make of their strategy so far. so what they're arguing is an issue of causation the state has to prove a legal all the elements of the crime one of the elements of the crime is their causation so they have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt it's important. beyond a reasonable doubt that the officer's actions caused the death so what the defense is trying to show is that there's some doubt that actually the officer's actions caused the death and there is no they haven't presented any evidence of their own because they haven't presented their case right to life but you think they've been successful and raising they've been successful at raising that dolls that you talk about i don't think so it doesn't appear to be i mean i think in the sense of the experts have been pretty unequivocal that this was all we have to show it's

a substantial fact they don't have to show that it was the only factor in the fact that he had drugs in the system or that he had and a heart condition that's not that's that doesn't end his story so they seem to have shown pretty i would say beyond reasonable doubt frankly as of now that you are shortens actions were a substantial factor in causing us to so as a former defense attorney if any of you why you know what the case sounding so and the prosecution's case wrapping up where would you if you were the defense way would you raise doubts nala in this case. 2 of the 50 there's there's 3 flash points that i see for the defense the 1st one is the reasonableness of offices shoguns and you couldn't so in minnesota a police officer is allowed to use force in arresting and so there's no question that he was arresting and no one's arguing about doing galatea if they ran the

question is was the force reasonable and that's where you've seen the defense try to hint at the idea that you know that. someone is taking bribes he could respond this way or he could response to trance is trying to point out that in fact officers showed his actions were reasonable and state has to prove that they were unreadable beyond a reasonable doubt so that's the 1st part the 2nd issue comes up in the 3rd degree murder charge and that involves office ruled in state of mind and then asked to do with he asked to be so deliberately indifferent to mr floyd's death and you could see what came up in the defense with the ad was when they started talking about crowd and so what they seem to be implying i think they're going to be arguing that walk they he wasn't trying and no i'm saying intentionally cause it that's what they're saying he wasn't oh he was doing was it was a volatile situation right was paying attention to the crowd and so that's the

other case but look there it is what you alluded to earlier is causation so those are the 3 issues i anticipate and do you anticipate that the defense will put floyd on the stand not fully tare actual vaine on the stand. it's a good kind of the question in the hour and a lot of the depends on how we think such as children will come across because he comes across as someone who's really reasonable and likable then. the jurors may go well it didn't seem like the person that was in the video but the state will get to cross-examine you know give the interview you know they'll get to see and test so it's a difficult question and i don't think it's at all clear as to whether he's going to testify thank you so much for talking to us very good to get your insight on this bond for colbert as a professor of law at mitchell ham in school one of the on joining us fan from st paul minnesota we appreciate your time thank you. thank you. there's lots more ahead on this news hour including. i.

right went across to england where shops james and pubs reopen optimizing something long down. and a boxing great is getting back in the ring general have the details in sports. now the world news israel's prime minister says iran is the greatest threat in the middle east and he want to allow it to obtain nuclear capability his comments come as iran branes israel for sabotaging its key nuclear facility harry fossett before some lesser. iran says its main uranium enrichment facility was the victim on sunday of nuclear terrorism the perpetrator it says was israel the spokesperson for iran's nuclear agency was injured when he inspected the damage there will the incident happened in a place that is used for power distribution as it was

a small explosion it caused part of the ceiling to collapse and to some elementary i'm scattered over the floor there was a hole there covered by these parts and it was about 7 to 8 meters deep i didn't say that and when i stepped on it i fell down citing unidentified intelligence sources the new york times reported an explosion took out the power supply setting the uranium enrichment program back but at least 9 months in my view without a doubt definitely not a coincidence and one thing you need to remember while it is. israelis the usual suspect in these events over the last few years one must be mindful there there are many opponents in many different corners to the resumption of their joint comprehensive plan of action not the least of which is from within iran itself iran is now urging the international atomic energy. the agency to take action saying it reserves the right to punish the perpetrators there's been no official comment from

the israeli government but the media here a widely reporting this as an israeli attack it comes as the u.s. and iran are preparing to resume power low talks in vienna aimed at resuscitating the 2015 nuclear deal a deal that the israeli prime minister persuaded president trump to withdraw from and which he still vehemently opposes a tense backdrop then to benjamin netanyahu 1st face to face meeting with a senior member of the biden administration u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin and we both agree that iran must never possess nuclear weapons my policy as prime minister of israel is clear i will never allow iran to obtain the nuclear capability to carry out its genocidal goal of eliminating israel earlier asked into an israeli air force space with defense minister benny gantz who unlike netanyahu talks of working with the americans to revive the iran nuclear deal on the incident at natanz austin didn't say much i'm

aware of the reports i really don't have anything to add on. in terms of. you know our efforts to. engage iran in the promising on the day she be away and those airports will continue and i'm very obviously supportive of the president's efforts but those negotiations are now further complicated by the natanz incident the e.u. warning against any efforts to derail diplomacy it may also have undermined iran's leverage by setting back its efforts to accelerate uranium enrichment for its part iran is insisting the damage can be quickly repaired harry force at al-jazeera west jerusalem let's get reaction from washington now and speak to white house correspondent kimberly halakhah kimberly the u.s. denying any involvement in what happened in iran. and so i asked about the allegations made by iran with respect to israel and if the united states is

concerned that the actions potentially of an ally namely israel could potentially do rattle the upcoming talks to the shuttle diplomacy if you will to try and bring a rod out of the united states back into compliance under the agreement to limit iran's nuclear program this is a question i asked of the white house press secretary well she did confirm that the united states does not have any involvement in this attack on iran's nuclear facilities she refused to answer whether or not israel was involved calling this a speculation on causes take a listen we've seen the reports we don't have anything more to speak to as it relates to the causes or who is responsible our focus of is of course on the diplomatic path forward we've not been given any indication that attendance at the discussions and the that will proceed on wednesday has changed. now again as we've

reported israel maintains that it will never allow iran to obtain a nuclear weapon again the white house saying that the united states was not involved only that it is looking ahead of the shuttle diplomacy a diplomatic path forward when asked about how she expected that these talks would proceed saki the white house press secretary jeh saying only that she expected the talks to be difficult and long kimberly thank you. they call a virus pandemic now and india has surpassed brazil to become the 2nd most affected country in recorded nearly 170000 new cases and 900 deaths on sunday but despite the government blaming the 2nd wave on people not following covered 1000 guidelines the large political and religious gatherings are still being held elizabeth brandenburg for some new delhi. more than $2000000.00 hindu

pilgrims gathered on the banks of the ganges river before immersing themselves in the water on monday the 3 month kamila festival began in state in january it's going ahead this year despite india seeing a wreck or to number of code in 1000 cases and deaths police say they're unable to enforce restrictions because of the sheer size of the crowds but. if we try to enforce social distancing an accident or stampede like situation can occur so we're trying to avoid that we're not able to implement social distancing at the banks despite wanting to do so. but elsewhere in the country restrictions such as curfews and we can lock downs are being imposed. the number of cases in india has risen from an average of around 10000 a day in early february to 130000 in the past week amidst in that in the more d. and health officials say the rise is because of the severe decline in appropriate

actions like wearing masks and social distancing but despite that modi and many other politicians have been holding large rallies in the 5 states where regional elections are under way. guinea and it's only going to get up not believe is a holding public rallies to gonna support mama to ban a g m at shaw and the random o.t. holding rallies at different places but no one's paying attention to the spread of coronavirus and the desk caused by it. medical experts say such gatherings should not be allowed to take place we are in a bad shape secondly. if you're going to dig but. they are not equally bad they're extremely bad because my last line got one had just war games out where did our states like the british or be out there just by what bring your pride back to guatemala. as cases rise rapidly many states have

also complained of vaccine shortages which the government denies the indian government is running the harm to vaccinate $300000000.00 people in the 1st half of this year with the country clearly in the fall is the 2nd wave of the proportion of virus it's drugs that regulatory body is meeting on monday to consider emergency use approval of the russian made sputnik vaccine elizabeth cronon al-jazeera new delhi. life is slowly returning to normal in england with the reopening of non essential services people are now able to visit pubs restaurants headdresses gyms in shops is a later stage of the government's world map out of the 3rd nationwide coronavirus slow down the u.k. recorded just 7 deaths on sunday the lowest toll since september early challenge has more on the easing of restrictions from brighton. i'm standing in brighton city center in front of prime market which is a chain of fashion clothing stores around the country very popular as you might be

able to tell with teenagers and their parents and i'm just going to also the camera mounted all hand for you here so you can see this t.v. goes all the way up the shop all the way up the street across the street then all the way down the opposite side of the street back onto the main street. down into the distance there so there's obviously a lot of pocket money that's been saved up over the last few months that people are itching to spend and clearly that's good news for the retail sector but all sex is not equal we have good news for say hairdressers which you're talking about absolutely full booking sheets at the moment but when it gets to you know the hospitality industry yes there will be celebrations this evening i've got an invitation to go and see some friends in a pub garden right specked i'm not the only one in the country doing that later on today parts only 2 out of every 5 hospitality venues has some sort of outdoor

space so it's an uneven playing field and there are going to be plenty of. the pubs cafes restaurants that cons reopened as they would like to do but you know this is the kind of step back towards normality for the country boris johnson the prime minister urging people if they are out there celebrating or going shopping to behave responsibly when a new wave in germany has pushed infections past 3000000 chance i'm going to merkel is saying it could be the toughest way yet have officials say hospitals could be overwhelmed if tougher measures are not taken stephanie decker is in berlin with more. multiple warnings have been coming out over the last couple of weeks that germany urgently needs a strict lockdown to fight the increase in number of corona infections on the political front on tuesday we expect legislation to be put forward to the cabinet legislation that would see the central government gaining more powers to be able to

implement lock downs in the states of course that's one of the issues here of a of an uniform approach to the lockdowns 16 states in germany are autonomous really when it comes to implementing their health policies at the same time you have a battle if you will for the next post of chancellor in terms of going into the elections in september this is the last year of angela merkel 16 years she has run this country and it's now time for the city to see c.s.u. alliance to come up with a new name to put forward for elections while the city you has backed their leader of the party i mean lash it but certainly that doesn't mean that officially he's going to get the position because mark asserter he's the head of the c.s.u. remains a contender and certainly when you look at the opinion polls he is far ahead when it comes to the german public believing that he could be a better candidate for the role again all up in the air at the moment but people do expect perhaps and on her as to who will be the contender for the main parties

contender for the september's elections within the week. still ahead on al-jazeera a marriage and for somalia aid organizations one of catastrophe because of severe drought and a locust infection infestation and in sports we hear from the p.s.g. boss says the french side to face by and munich for the 2nd time in a week that before those stories we take you back to the dairy trial in minnesota where the brother of george freud the victim has now taken the stand on day 11 this is phil on his floor being questioned let's listen we like to houston texas and. i have to. over the nose jobs out floor tell you follow it dan became joyce floyd and nick phone to follow

it and my other brother run the floor who is my mom's baby boy. right in the morning october 14th 973. and you said that he had the family left feet you know shortly after he was. here and you all grew up in houston we go through believe you were george's pair. last seen in your life in your blowout loss in the jungle floor and he saw it with joyce period flawlessly. and did last scene is that your mother my mother they call him mrs this is who called her mrs everybody called him the c.c. we discovered a mom but everybody around the neighborhood called him mrs see if anybody who knew her called it and that was that they had to be like 50 years of age with everybody younger than that called a mom that was george today which everybody called him out because she was

a mom to so many people in the community what community. there was a. war in. home housing authority projects it was low income poverty so. we stayed with each other all the media meaning enjoy what we grew to get to play and. his favorite game was on it and go we played it. and we played ball and finally beat him in a game and i was just so just thinking about. in he recently came in with a come on this politically and i would like and kind of go to our show with now let me do my chores but george also he used to make that base but that amenities sandwiches and he used to make serious sandwiches because joyce couldn't

cook he couldn't ball or so and also if you will if you all would it all falls you'll see joe it lands on the wall because he was always measure what is trying to see how tall he is because he wanted to be tall all the time because he loves sports so he always wanted to be the biggest and. let me interrupt you for a for a moment to appreciate you sharing that with us. i'd like to show the witness what's been marked for jennifer kishen is exhibit a for. do you recognize the picture into 84 is there that a future of your mother and he was younger and if there is you know offer exhibit 284. 24 as you see permission to publish. please describe this phone what you know about it. as my mother

says no longer with. us. what. i mean is. they go. out of the marriage. in maybe 24 we're going to marry. in my brother with q. mate. and my mom will make 30. this is like a bittersweet because i pulled to be had with a mother. it's going to ask you some questions about your mom's passing and if you need a moment and he can. just let me know when you're ready. oh going back to growing up in the cutie homes can you please tell the jury what

role george family. as the older brother house. he gave so good of you to the household he will always make sure we have close to school he made sure that we all were going to be to school on time. to join us can cook but he'll make sure you have a snack certainly get in the water but he. he was one of those people in the community that when they hear church. people he introduced just because he was there nobody will go out there until they see him and. he does with like a person that everybody around the community he this knew how to make people feel better. he indicated. first you aware of where george family went to

school. he went to school. but actually i'm intrigued. well actually it was rather a little school ever run and it was just a high school. sports in basketball and football he was he had received a scholarship to south florida college and from there he played basketball and he transferred to take him kingsley away play football. and show the witness exhibit issue $85.00 for a definition. recognizing shown in exhibit 285 we just. had a picture of your brother when he was that jackie it's high school in houston is this that or offer exhibit 285 and the intention to invite is received and permission which. we hold when george

and when this picture. like in the 7th inning. he talks about basketball playing basketball if i could soon exhibit them to the witness. $87.00 to $80.00 so. thank you are i sure you know it's been hard for them for kishen is exhibit. do you recognize this photo is there is there a picture of your brother in this photo in these number of. south florida all the way along his home or write him an offer exhibit 287. 2 is a visit and permission to publish. all right you indicated that your brother was number 5. this this or. who some florida. recount. looking there are no the whole works of the ballplayers

because a lot of them coming. george floyd maintain his innocence and love of basketball throughout his life he is there in the middle of the work he loved playing basketball. people he loved the game of basketball this to me where i really learned how to play from here because he guided a lot of god on the court and showed him what he did do. and when he would pass the ball using. our. hayden let's go. we will always say this go. we always will who can and. you have to you help those who every day because you don't go and shoot a whole bunch of shots like get people to understand today on my brother will always

say you would never be able to compete who must be because you get to watch the stalls we watch michael was made it was what everybody who every day. you know if you can take. you indicated that george lee was also interested in football had a passion for football is there a yes there will he play catch with you he will play games with it this is funny you always thought that my brother could fall but he never attended to throw the ball to me he will always throw it at an angle have to go chase it in jump forward . and i came up to him one day i said when i say i see why you play tight needless to say you came through all that oh and he was like i don't want to talk about to you because about to throw it to you you would never understand that you have to go get the ball he stated the ball should never come to the shot we used to. go get the football because you've got to take the ball if you told.

and assure you it's been marked for jennifer can't. just exhibit 290 just witness do you recognize when shown to me tonight if there isn't a picture of your brother with his dog yes author exhibit 290 and. 2 and is busy and permission to publish. his daughter's name you know. how. to. search could you please read the jury describe george plates relationship with his mother. oh it with he was one of a kind. for joy which he would always be upon our mom he was a big momma's boy. joy it she loved his mom he was

always just be on earth you know every mother loves all of a keys but it was so unique how they were with each other he would later just lay upon her in the fetal position while he was still in a warm. out we'll see him every day and play period ok period we call them periods that are joyce and he would always say hello when we kids mom or before come over there and being around him he showed of like how to treat our mom in how to respect our mom he he just he loved her so dearly. when joyce. he. found out of their mom was sped because she had to stay with. the house with him he struggled. over the phone but she

perished before he even came down here. so. that right there it is heard a lot and when we went to the funeral. it is joyous just said that casket all wanted over again he would just say mom. mom all over the would be in and out in the would tell them. to we all heard it he with his kids a little it just kids leaving want to leave it at that everybody with como kimo was going to be ok but. it was difficult because no i don't know who can't take that when you watch a mother so matter who. you know it's hard to like it be and they have to leave you we all have to go through it but it's difficult in george he was he

was just. you indicated your mother passed away to me 32018. years and you described. seeing your brother george at the funeral is that right if there was it was around the time of your mother's passing the last time you saw your brother george floyd in personal life yes or. did you maintain contact with him on the phone. text and what tried after that yeah we did. we called each other he will call and i will call him but we would talk a lot of times early in the morning because of a truck driver so he was always talking to me again point of all how to bag how to do is shifting gears different things like that i hate

great teachers so i also just explain. what he needed to do. to get it here. he became was. always there for a price because. this is a yes or no question. but your brother george. 262000. thank you very much for your question. or. thank you. thank you for. all right if you're just joining us on al-jazeera we're continuing to watch proceedings at the derek show vein child in minneapolis day 11 of the trial and george ford's brother

for nonis for it has just taken the stand today and giving an emotional testimony there talking about his brother and how they grew up talking about his mother also passed away a few days after george floyd was killed this is day 11 of the trial the 3rd week of the trial earlier we had testimony from a cardiologist dr rachel said george freud had been. if he hadn't been restrained rather in the way he was he would have survived that day and that derek show the defendant knelt on his neck for more than 9 minutes again these are the proceedings in minneapolis the court is in session not clear about what's going to happen next after the testimony of his floyd george voiced by the who took the stand earlier giving an emotional testimony let's

bring in john hendren. covering this trial for us he's outside the courthouse in minneapolis so we heard an emotional testimony there from george toit's brother just remind us of why the defense decided to bring him on the stand and to have him testify today. well in minnesota. the prosecutor has the right to bring in a family member for what they call a spark of life testimony and that's what this is it's really not to present evidence at all it's to humanize the victim of a crime and so interestingly you heard there flown is floyd talking about his brother's love for his mother how he knelt at her casket when she died several years ago and kept saying mama mama. and it really comes through how much he loved his mother because of course that was also what he said when he

as he lay beneath derrick chauvinists need saying he couldn't breathe that he thought he was going to die and then he cried out his mother's name and said i love you. this was a way for the prosecution to connect those 2 things to say that this was a human being away a love for his family you know to say didn't go into the didn't have alone is floyd going to a lot of facts or details nothing that the defense could cross-examine and question on was really just an opportunity to show what a human being george floyd was normally this is something that happens before sentencing but minnesota this is how they do it right and no cross-examination often on a story to buy the defense talk us through what we can expect to happen next today and in the next few days. well we assume that the prosecution is going to be closing its case here this is a powerful witness but there was also talk of them offering up

a use of force witness somebody who can testify about the police techniques that were used on george floyd now normally you'd want to end on this family testimony something really powerful and emotional that connects the crime to a human being and it really shows the jury what is its stake here that these people the family of george floyd have lost someone important to them that is a strong way to end the case it would be unusual for them to end with the use of force witness so we don't know whether they've abandoned that idea or not but in any case we see that the prosecution is winding its case down either this afternoon or in the morning and then we expect the defense to present its case and the number one thing that events has to do is offer up testimony showing that there was some of the reason that george floyd died rather than just being under the knee of derek children they've offered up many 3rd theories that he had clogged arteries that he

had a tumor in his pelvis that he had. that he had drugs in his system that might have caused him to overdose every witnesses so far has been called up by the prosecution they're all prosecution witnesses but they've shot down every one of those theories that offense is going to need to come up with someone who can say otherwise because what the prosecution is trying to prove is 2 things that derek showing used force that he was not authorized to use under the circumstances and that the force he used directly led 'd to the death of george floyd it doesn't have to be 100 percent of the cause but it has to substantially contribute to the death of george floyd the defense has its work cut out for it but we don't know what witnesses they're going to be calling up what we know about how long it's going to take and that's because. the judge said he denied a request by the defense to sequester the jury to isolate them in a hotel where they are unable to read media or see other people that was due to the

unrest after the police shooting of a black man just about 16 kilometers from here yesterday what he said we may sequester the jury beginning on monday that's a week from now and that is when he expects there to be closing arguments so if all goes to the judge's schedule this trial will last one more week and then we should have a verdict ok john thank you very much for the moment john hendren live for us in minneapolis minnesota let's turn to other news now and millions of children and their families are expected to face hunger in somalia in the coming months because of a no class infestation and a extreme weather report from save the children says crop and vegetable production is expected to plunge by up to 80 percent this season livestock sales on the basis of survival for many families that income is set to drop by more than half as animals die and others are no longer fit to sell and milk production is expected to

dry up it's predicted to shrink by up to 2 thirds further exposing children to monitor to save the children save $150000000.00 is agency needed to provide nearly 2000000 people with food care education water and sanitation mahmoud's son is the country director for save the children in somalia he says communities are unable to cope with frequent climate disastrous. surely large areas somalia traditionally. experience the carrying out however the frequency and severity of climate related disasters which. floods and rockets increase in the recent years there has been production. in the community's ability to cope with. the shocks and also to recover from it. 2021 seems to be getting worse at the numbers of children and adults just in need

of assistance face to 5900000. of the population and an increase of 700000 compared to last year the callous humanitarian crisis in the country is the result of people effects of climate change conflict and. the somali community has been struggling with a climate related extreme conditions including recurring floods back roads and locust swarms with. crops and pasture but in addition to that the social economic impact of coffee 19 has caused closure of businesses loss of jobs and reduction in the remittances from somebody that always have negatively affected the purchasing of the treadmill is high time after the days for serious history. thank you folly at tiger woods's says he has a masters when well impact the entire gulf while it might see on this one child

victory at augusta so him become the 1st player from japan to win a man's gulf mate or as david stakes reports. one of the most famous prizes in sport the masters green jacket now sits on the shoulders of a decade or the 1st ever japanese man to win a major golf title course in my book it's really him to think that there are a lot of youngsters in japan watching today hopefully in 5 or 10 years some of them will be competing on the world stage and they can follow in my footsteps. but that's yama started the final round at augusta 4 shots clear but the nerves began to show in the closing stages. but he took shots at the 15th and 16th holes and was in danger of throwing it all the way. but luckily for him despite another bogey at the last his one over par round of $73.00 was enough to secure a famous victory by want to shot the 29 year old without a win on the p.g.a.

tour for 4 years was now a major champion in a touching moment on the green his caddie paid his own respects to the famous course $55.00 former masters winners tiger woods and jack nicklaus were among those to congratulate matsuyama on social media and several players stayed behind to embrace him as he made his way back to the clubhouse. man he was something else he's like i wanted to play he was like a robot this was i want to inevitable it is an awesome choir and. this certainly doesn't surprise me. but his victory is big news back home in japan and was well received by some of those making the monday morning commute in tokyo. you know nothing no i've heard that it's been 85 years since japanese golfers started playing in men's major tournament is when you think about it i think it's a tremendous achievement it's also what will the world i think this is

a great accomplishment i want japanese business industry to follow him as an example to expand their business in the world even the japanese prime minister gave his reaction describing it as a great achievement. don't you see it was really wonderful as the coronavirus pandemic drags on his achievement moved our hearts and gave us courage to tokyo lympics starts in july and afterwards when much younger was asked if you would like to light the cauldron at the opening ceremony. it would be quite an honor but i'm not sure about my schedule the timing works out and i'm in japan when it happens and they asked me what an honor that would be. whether he likes the frame or not is almost certain to be picked for japan's olympic gold cim providing him with a chance to win a gold medal to go with the green jacket david stokes al-jazeera so about is likely to be playing at the olympics but

a new survey shows that 70 percent of the japanese public want tokyo 2020 to be canceled or postponed it shows that only 24.5 percent want the games to go ahead as planned the poll was conducted with just over $100.00 days until the event begins on monday tokyo began a month long period of tougher measures to combat a new wave of 19 infections football now in paris sasha ambassador it's a part to tino doesn't think this side of favorites to progress into the champions league semifinals despite leading their tie against by munich appears to be the holders of 32 in the 1st leg of their quarter final in munich and so hold the advantage going into tuesday's 2nd leg and by and don't have a good away record against p.s.g. in fact they've lost all 4 of their previous games against them in paris but much as he knows better than to underestimate the german champions. useful me any team can reach the sunni's we respect buying a lot because i do think they're still the best team in the world right now always

you have to respect a team like biome who have won everything but of course we will try to beat them we respect them but we will try to defeat them on the pitch. now professionals force men and women in a strange as it challenges the living through a pandemic has been much harder than one top tennis player expected number 5 was to final sets a pass as described the whole experience as psychologically excruciating. it has been difficult to kind of grasp and. it has affected me is certain ways. i think. being away from the normal everyday life that i was used on living and. being kept away from human interactions and ease of travelling made it very difficult and i are

in the very beginning i did thing it is going to be easy relatively easy and i won't suffer as much but it ended up being difficult and psychologically excruciating. for my undisputed heavyweight boxing champion of vanda holyfield is making a comeback but the likes of tyson therion anthony joshua need not worry about a challenge holyfield refighting in an exhibition bout against kevin mcbride on june 5th this isn't the 1st time a former champions doing this in november mike tyson of 40 against roy jones jr that is all your sport for me for now i'll be back with more later gemma thank you very much where people in russia have been celebrating 60 years since cosmos yuri gagarin became the 1st person to go to space.

a symbolic rocket off by no means was launched into the egg guarding successful mission in 1901 was a historic achievement for the soviet union thank you for watching out she's here. and. you've got a monthly crisis is the defining story of our time never before have done it already in human health v.s.o.p. realign after eyes agis ears award winning environmental solutions for example across the world we seek out people who will fighting may tell us go on and combating climate change while finding ways to protect all life on our planet earth

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