an intimate portrayal of isolation in one of the world's least understood countries . coronavirus lockdown iran people in power on al-jazeera. police fired tear gas into crowds defying a curfew is protesters take to the streets over the fatal police shooting of an unarmed black man. he is. making people feel better. and that the minneapolis trial into the killing of george floyd his brother talks of a community minded man.

coming up regional neighbors raise concerns over japan's decision to dump radioactive water from the fukushima plant into the ocean. iran vows an attack on its main nuclear facility won't go unpunished while israel issues its own warning. the excitement of being bank beside the seaside dining and shopping resumes as england eases coronavirus restrictions. police officers in minnesota vade multiple arrests and use tear gas and pepper spray to try and disperse crowds as anger grows over the police shooting of an unarmed black man protesters remain on the streets this by the curfew coming into effect 4 hours ago after a state of emergency was declared in the region dante wright was. killed during

a traffic stop on sunday alan fischer reports what a police chief's calling a tragic era. it started as a routine traffic stop and ended in a fetal shooting of another black man by police 20 year old right killed on the streets of brooklyn center near minneapolis a tragic error says the police chief 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 view in the officer's reaction in distress immediately after that this was an accidental discharge this all coming as a former police officer stands trial in minneapolis for the murder of another black man george floyd just a year ago the media expressing his shock at such a twist we recognize that this is happening at a time when our community when all of america indeed all of the world is watching. our community from the white house president joe biden also made

clear his frustration we will watch tonight as soon as i did the film which is truly the body cam which is fairly. truly graphic question is was in an accident or was it intentional every man is to be determined. by whom on investigation don't you right called his mother as it was all happening the call ended when she dialed his number again his girlfriend answered and said he was dead in the driver seat like a minute later i called in his girlfriend answered with the passenger in the car and that even started shooting acted like tender on an already volatile situation hundreds took to the streets to protest overnight but some of those protests turned violent it's been reported 20 local businesses were looted what's been described as a chemical attitude was used to disperse the crowd which was growing in numbers and

frustration police here guarding the local station have a to face off against angry protesters they've brought in state troopers and the national guard to bolster the numbers they've even brought in concrete blocks to secure the area the local police chief believes that if he's open and transparent that might diffuse some of the younger but that might not be enough for african-american boys so every day as a father raising boys in america how do you think that makes me feel terrified but it's not a shocking i mean it was a shock we this is what happened for over 400 years for us a state level investigation is now underway the local community wants answers especially to the question are things ever going to change alan fischer al-jazeera brooklyn center minnesota. of jared guy at his an independent journalist who is that the vigil for dante right and the protests to follow as he joins us now by skype from minneapolis good to have you with us so we've heard officials calling

for justice to be done and valid justice will be done is that going any way to calming tensions in the city. not at all to be honest it's very important at this to have been just as the trial of garrick shaaban was just entering its closing argument arguments phase these already very tense in the city . statements made by police that it was an accidental discharge. haven't really mollified because the crowds or the protesters obvious see at least if you are from their point of view obviously much deeper that needs to be done that goes beyond this case or the intentions of that office or their expectations that the national guard troops will be called out that their presence will be doubled are we what kind of a posture security posture are we seeing emerging. well i just saw 3 lines of police guarding

a gas station which is known as pumpkin munch on my way home. there was like probably 2 dozen but yeah i think. you know downtown minneapolis is kind of a bizarro world for residents here right now their business is a boarded up. the courthouse in the city hall are surrounded by tall metal fences with barbed wire so that was before this happened. and you know i think some extent they can increase security measures perfectly in britain center the. suburb where this happened but we're already at a very high level of security as officials seek to prevent are trying to prevent the unrest that we saw this summer after floods death now we've seen the city council is full of holes to have given the mayor's office kamandi over the police force bought sold of change does that practically mean to how the police

force operate. well i think that. you know the key thing is there is that you have a relatively new relatively progressive black elected mayor in a position to potentially make direct changes including firing a police chief he doesn't have to. unlike many apples unlike other places you'll have a lot more direct control over over what happens it'll be interesting to see what he does with that but you know this is a state where there is just locally there's been year after year after year after police shootings. and i think that the protests are about this individual case but there is within that context so it's you know the yeah actually his actions aren't going to necessarily calm things or or change the narrative completely right might remember there was family under castille there was justin damon. and there's been other cases as well that have hit minnesota hard in the last few years that they

mentioned the mayor there how it unusual is it for the man to call for the police officers to be fired so quickly after this shooting incident but it follows a recent trend we saw that with floyd and with the case of george floyd's death as well where you know the mayor and activists called for the firing immediately in that case it was granted now the police chief here has taken a different position and that's why some people think that his position is job may be in jeopardy in the coming days but we'll have to see i got to get your thoughts on that thank you so much thank you. and just 20 kilometers from the police shooting that killed dante wright is where george floyd died almost a year ago floyd testified in the murder trial of derek show he describes lloyd as a family man who loved things and had a one of

a conversation chip with his mother john hendren has the story from minneapolis. the witness for the prosecution testified to the life lost when george floyd drew his last breath to breathe beneath the police officers need. people. just because he was. him and. he did it with a person. everybody in the running community he knew how to make people feel better a unique spark of life doctrine in minnesota allows prosecutors to humanize crime victims like george floyd as his brother phil a nice did as the prosecution showed pictures of his slain brother prosecutors began day 11 in the murder trial of former police officer derrick show ven with a cardiologist who laid the blame for george lloyd's death directly on show ven saying his niece starved floyd of oxygen in stop his heart in this case mr george

george floyd die from cardio pulmonary arrest. it was caused by accident levels and those low oxygen levels were induced by the prone restraint and positional asphyxiation that he was subjected to dr jonathan rich ruled out the defense's alternative theory an overdose of the fentanyl and methamphetamine an autopsy found in floyd system if not for the officers holding him down he said floyd would have survived the encounter after the shooting of another on arm black man just 16 kilometers from the site of the trial in brooklyn center minnesota children's lawyer asked the judge to sequester or. isolate the jury. the fear is that they'd be unduly prejudiced or might be inclined to convict jovan to avoid more civil unrest but the judge said no deny the motion to question the jury and for additional blood here this is

a totally different case after 2 weeks of prosecution witnesses the defense begins to present its case on tuesday and it's likely to be a short one the judge says he expects it to be over in time for closing arguments on monday and when that happens the jury will be sequestered until they render a verdict as they deliberate prosecutors hope they'll reflect on the man show is accused of killing. like how to treat our mom is. he he just he loved her so dearly when we went to the funeral. is joy. he would just say my. mom was over there would be. here with her it's not likely to be lost on the jury that those are also women floyd's last words as he lay on the pavement. evidence the prosecution is likely to suggest in its closing arguments that george floyd

wasn't suffering from a heart attack or a drug overdose but knew that he was taking his last breaths as his life was being choked out of him john hendren al-jazeera minneapolis. china says japan's decision to release more than a 1000000 tons of contaminated water into the sea from its ruined fukushima nuclear plant is extrude irresponsible people are protesting against the move in tokyo japan says the water is being treated and does not pose any risk beijing and south korea say they'll take necessary steps to ensure the health of their citizens. with protesters in seoul. this is a highly controversial decision that has been long awaited here in northeast asia we are down at the location of the japanese embassy here in seoul in south korea where there is a demonstration taking place organized by a number of different to n.g.o.s and environmental groups opposed to this some of

them saying that this amounts to nuclear terrorism by japan from the south korean government there has also been a statement of opposition saying this is totally unacceptable it will lodge a formal complaint with the japanese also official concerns of course in china another neighbor here in northeast asia but probably some of the strongest opposition will be in japan itself especially around the northeast part of the coastal area of japan that was impacted by this. by the earthquake and tsunami 10 years ago where we have the big build up of water we're talking about 1250000 tons of contaminated water here this is water that was used to cool the crippled reactors groundwater rainwater which got on to the site also became contaminated now over the years this is simply been stored in storage tanks that have been added to by the operators of the plant it has been treated to the operator say it has that taken out most of the radioactivity but there is

a still low level radiation connected contaminating this water now the author already say it is in such small amounts minuscule amounts that it will make no difference once it's released into the oceans but of course that the perception of that which is going to impact people in that area with their fisheries opposed to this also agriculture and tourism. well still ahead i'll just their. generation has been lost the united nations special envoy for yemen warns the country's children are being deprived of their future. and the volcano on the caribbean island of st vincent fires are his biggest eruption yet. it's time for the perfect gentleman to weather sponsored plan qatar airways

now still in turkey the weather is not particularly reliable until you see snow that's rolling into the southern caucasus well in the few showers in iran a little bit of afghanistan but i'm picking details because the most part arabia is looking fine in the wind directions always a telling thing and for doha as an example with that east of the of the warm gulf it's the 36 humid degrees looking day and that increases the cloud likelihood even the shower potential as far inland as riyadh for the most part though is still looking fine and not that unusual and that'll change any with a northerly breeze bringing the temps down again his example in doha to $29.00 far less humid you know it's the wind and the red sea is much lighter now and the temperatures on the coastal event and the north of egypt are on the roadways no longer the coolish showery weather the picture even on thursday isn't that different the breeze still blowing south through the gulf temperature in kuwait up to 35 and nothing extraordinary in any of this the seasonal rains through africa

which will be the herald eventually the indian monsoon have reached as far north as tans there and that is the coastal breeze indicating a change in direction heavy rain all the way across to northern angola and beyond south of that sunshine. sponsible qatar airways jump into the story there is a lot going on in this and julian global community when i thought of all the misinformation i think we are more afraid than we are aware be part of the debate don't ever take anybody's one word because there's always a difference when no topic is off the table we have been disconnected from our land we have been disconnected from who we are and would love to hear the new in the to be part of today's discussion this streamed on out is the era.

you're watching al-jazeera time to recap our headlines now police in the us are using tear gas to try and disperse protesters in the minneapolis area the mayor has declared a state of emergency but people are defying in the 11 hour curfew tensions are growing over the police shooting that went on armed white man. george floyd's brother as testified in the trial of former police officer derek schorr been in minneapolis fermi's floyd described his brother as a family man who loved this siblings and had a one of a kind relationship with his mother. japan will release more than a 1000000 tonnes of contaminated water from its ruined fukushima nuclear plant into the sea the move comes a decade after an earthquake triggered a meltdown

a long. israel's prime minister has declared iran the greatest threat to the middle east a valley not to let the game nuclear capability his comments come after the apparent sabotage of iran's main nuclear facility to iran has written to the u.n. secretary general describing it as a reckless act of terrorism which won't go unpunished how to force it reports from west jerusalem. 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

see 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 if this is 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 that 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 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 are 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 on like 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 should be a way 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. now the e.u. is calling on the international community to act after a report found the syrian government likely used a chlorine bomb in 2018 the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons says there are reasonable grounds to believe syria's air force used the bomb on homes in the rebel held breach in injuring 12 people the government denies using chemical weapons during the 10 year civil war. the turkish and libyan governments

have held their 1st high level meetings in ankara livia's foreign minister travel to turkey just a few weeks after being sworn in on the agenda was increasing cooperation including the controversial agreement over maritime borders in the mediterranean plus all sort of the reports from istanbul. with just 8 months before libya's planned elections the government's interpol the and how much to do. the head of the neve unity government. is tasked with rebuilding libya he pointed out turkey's crucial role for libya state balloting. could now. we express our will of corporation with turkey in security rebuilding capacities based on the needs of the libyan government turkey's role in achieving a permanent ceasefire and stopping war in our country is important. both turkey's president. and libyan prime minister the babysat they want to strengthen ties

especially in construction and energy production transportation and the health sector they also reiterated their commitment to the previous agreement over the maritime borders in mediterranean and. we've always regarded the mediterranean sea as a base for peace and prosperity the maritime deal which we've signed with libya in securing the national interest in the future of both countries idea rather mr de baby has also reiterated many times that disagreement serves libya's national interests. the turkish president also plans to send 100 people to 1000 doses of course 1000 work seem to lead to an established pandemic or spittal in the country . on command 3 poorly are keen to borstal existing strong ties with so many sequels as in the country from egypt turkey and you need to greece italy and france the

libyan government will need to navigate relations sadly in order to rebuild the fragile nation reference there about al-jazeera istanbul the united nations special envoy for yemen as urged parties involved in the war to find a diplomatic solution martin griffiths describes children who've become victims of the 6 year conflict as a lost generation more than 6000000 yemenis desperately need food with about 50000 close to starvation griffith's comments come before un security council members began talks aimed at ending the war the war in yemen has lasted over 6 years. in these 6 years yemenis have increasingly and appallingly lacked access to food and medicine more than 6 years with no basic services with restriction of movement in or around an out of the country and over 6 years of the children of yemen

being deprived of schooling and being deprived of the future generation has been lost. mexico honduras and guatemala have agreed to increase the number of troops on their border as a growing number of migrants trying to make their way to the u.s. that's according to a white house official the number of people seeking asylum in the u.s. has increased in recent months that's despite mexico deploying more soldiers in march on jurors doing the same in january. more hot ash gas and rocks have rained down on the caribbean island of st vincent a 2nd volcanic eruption in less than a week. the largest. being forced to leave areas around the volcano. concerned about residents who refuse to move. program. he says.

because i want to distribution system depends on on as mentioned a surface water which is highly contaminated many are for want to collection systems in the up a watershed below the flanks of the volcano and in close proximity to be affected by ash drinking want to is very much hard to come by i know there are persons who have been to the stores that were opened up through the open today searching for bottled water to purchase has been a limited supply we have gotten pledges from our regional neighbors to get bottled water to us but we don't have the time and the yet but it's a matter of us having drinking water particularly and fresh available want to put particularly those in the shelters and those who remain in their homes across the different zones the concern is that the the explosive eruption will continue the scientists advised that this may go on for days and they go on for weeks beyond

that and there may be very large explosions from time to time throwing even more into the atmosphere and the ever present threat of the plastic density currents is one of the major concerns from the limited reports we've had and those ones because it's really dangerous to be that this time we've heard of stories of farmlands pretty much been stripped to bare of leaves and all of. the things that you would normally see on a farm the structures have all been destroyed a very close to the volcano and this information is limited and it's not going to be a pretty picture when we when we get a few full view of it things. people in england and wales are enjoying a taste of freedom and normality as the u.k. steps out of locked out restaurants hairdressers and gyms have reopened and as rory chalons reports from brighton on england's south coast it's a relief to many. the english have a reputation for liking

a good q well on monday with non-essential shops opening for the 1st time since early january there was enough queuing to satisfy the country's most ardent fans this was the brighton city center branch of prime ark a budget fashion chain popular with teenagers and their parents a lot of pocket money has been saved up over the last few months and it's nice to hear so what you spent a lot of time signed waiting for this might have been living in tracksuits and trainers for. the best part of a year working from home so you get some graduates on some dresses and i get ready for the summer to tell me about the pregnancy rate and if we just want to divert from the station about i'm the only thing to injury not down and that's stupidity it's time to be nice message play with. the country's head dresses nail salons and beauty parlors are really going to people have rushed to shed their lock down locks and cover up those gray today extra stuff. just to. see to

cope with the demands because you don't see. the queue outside this part go england's hospitality industry has been particularly hard hit by 3 nationwide lockdowns for the 2 in 5 cafes pubs and restaurants with outdoor space they can now open up to seated customers business is one of the lucky ones but he feels for those in the industry who aren't it's very difficult i know a lot of colleagues of ours restaurants yeah. yeah difficult situation and some of them have. anyway they go out of business because they can't stay in business anymore. this is the 2nd in the government's incremental 4 stage road map out of lockdown in march schools reopened and some outdoor socializing was allowed if all goes well more restrictions will end in may and in june the government is aware that this easing of restrictions is likely to lead to a rise in infections but its feeling is that with 32000000 people vaccinated the

country's in a pretty good position to handle this still boris johnson is urging people to behave responsibly. there are still many who haven't been infected or vaccinated yet a big spike in infections could throw the tentative easing of lockdown off course but this is a major and generally welcome step back towards normality. now to 0 bright and. now let's take you through some of the headlines here now just here and now police in the u.s. are using tear gas to try and disperse protesters in minneapolis the mayor's declared a state of emergency but people are defying an 11 hour curfew tensions are growing over the police shooting of an unarmed black man shabba town c. has more from washington d.c. before the curfew there was a visual for dawn to write elsewhere in the city

a lot of the folks there who left that curfew going did gather once again outside the.