we bring you the stories and developments that are rapidly changing the world we live in apartments for a. good fix you know. come. on al-jazeera. iran says an attack on its nuclear facility will strengthen its position during talks to salvage the 2015 nuclear deal. this is alex there are live from doha also coming up anger over japan's decision to release treated radioactive water from the fukushima nuclear plant south korea summons the japanese ambassador. protests in minnesota over the police shooting of

a black man the department says the officer mistook her gun for a taser. and england start easing 19 restrictions after 3 months of lockdown bush prime minister calls it a may just step towards freedom. iran's foreign minister says an attack on the country's main nuclear facility will give it leverage drawing upcoming talks to revive the nuclear deal had serif made the comments whilst missing his russian counterpart sergey lavrov is visiting tehran today the day before talks resume in vienna between the parties of the 2015 deal iran is dealing with what it's calling an act of sabotage at the nuclear facility at natanz as

a big in tehran for us and joins us now from than as a both these foreign ministers of been pretty upbeat about the talks that are due to start on wednesday will they say. well yes the both confident talks will resume of. hopeful that both parties will be able to revive that deal but there was a warning from foreign minster javadoc zarif he said that time is running out for the united states now the reason for that is that there is a great deal of pressure here inside iran on jihad zarif and the reformist government president hassan rouhani reformist government when incidents like natanz take place that pressure increases and if you read some of the headlines today one of them said the diplomacy of power over the diplomacy of laughter that's because there have been images circulating of. talking to foreign ministers and other diplomats where he's laughing and smiling and he's been criticized for that the

conservatives who dominate parliament to believe that iran needs to be take a tougher stance needs to be tougher with the europeans and the united states but. did say. this attack by israel would give chance for iran to expand. nuclear program and centrifuges in fact he said i promise that we will improve our centrifuges and from all the rhetoric that we do hear coming out of iran one thing that iran tends to follow up on falling incidents like this is their promise to expand their program or install advanced centrifuges last year when the same plant was attacked iran said that they would expand the production of centrifuges they did that after the assassination of iran's lead scientist in november iran issued a bill in parliament that said that they should increase enrichment to 20 percent and restrict inspectors they did that and now this is another warning coming from iran iran also condemned the european union who imposed human rights sanctions on

the country yesterday over those protests that took place in 2019 where hundreds of people were killed and he said that the europeans that failed to condemn what took place. no tense now some of that was repeated by sergei lavrov he also condemned the european sanctions at the time of these talks but also condemned any attempts to undermine the vienna talks condemn the attack at natanz and this is why iran and russia have this close relationship russia is firmly in iran's corner as was demonstrated last year with that face off at the united nations when former president donald trump tried to have the arms embargo extended but there has been a warning from from mr divides wreath that time is running out and iran will expand its installation of advanced centrifuges came. from tehran thanks very much as. japan's decision to release more than a 1000000 tons of contaminated water into the sea from its ruined fukushima nuclear

plant has been criticized by china and south korea people have been protesting in turkey and seoul japan says the water has been treated and does not pose any risk but beijing is calling the move extremely irresponsible on south korea has summoned the japanese ambassador bride has more from a protest 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 operate to 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 it's the perception of that which is going to impact people in that area with their fisheries opposed to

this also agriculture and tourism. let's take a closer look at the water that is being used in the cleanup of the fukushima plant more than a 1000 metal tanks containing nearly 1250000 tons of radioactive cooling water are stored at the facility take electric power company which operates the plant says the water contains trite him as a naturally occurring isotope of hydrogen and traces of carbon 14 a radioactive material in 2018 the firm also said 70 percent of the water contains a radioactive substance known as strong 90 which can cause cancer on larger logs says an associate professor of physics at curtin university he joins us via skype from perth in australia good to have you with us is what japan doing safe it is it is the optics look it actually is a very reasonable thing to do and if other countries were in the same situation

they probably would do the same thing is what japan is doing. it's a terrible situation where they have radioactive material there for me everything they can with very advanced technologies and what they have believed they have to do something with it they can't just wait around for say 60 years that it's water with this radioactive. regular water that we know we drink but greenpeace says that japan has gone for the cheapest option so what are the others that it's not going with. i think greenpeace is using that as a rhetorical device to inflict pain upon the the nuclear industry and japan in general. there's really no other other option it's it takes a long time for this radioactive part of gen which it has to be said is is very moderately radioactive compared to other forms of credit to be it's like you can only build so many tanks and they still have water which is being accumulated all

the time and they're making those predictions for a couple of years from now so they really other alternative would be to a parade it into the air but that's not very controlled so. controlled don't lucian into the ocean as bad as it sounds actually is very site. what about the other contaminants beyond the radioactive hives and some scientists have raised concerns about those saying that they pose a greater health risk and accumulate more lesley in seafood. you will you certainly wouldn't want to make a case about carbon 14 because that's just we were in just a cabin for dayne even now your eyes we breathe in the air from the atmosphere so we don't want to be tricking people in a. cabin for doing that would be wrong it is true that if you have that strontium can substitute the calcium in the bottom but that's under exceptional circumstances there is no process that will concentrate these things in the ocean stop what we're

talking about heavy metals like mercury that sink to the bottom and then actually helps to say the ocean is a very big place and we're surrounded by radiation in it everything we do every time we fly in a plane we get it ready i did every time we ate food i had been out of the lunch today that's got ready you have to put it you know so you just need to dilute the the water which isn't that radioactive start with down to the level of what we experience in every day mouth so you would happily eat the face of the seafood from the waters around fukushima. absolutely and there's no no reason for people to think that these things are serious it's extremely easy to measure radiation there's a. large number of technologies that if they figure out whether or not something there and like i said my my but honor is radioactive and that's a normal and humans are believe this kind of radiation forever so it's not as

though the japanese authorities are paying to do something that's out of the ordinary. there's radiation everywhere it's just a question of. insufficiency water until it's indistinguishable from everything that we encounter every day off ok nigel you have been a pretty reassuring on that front glad you think you might be living a little bit. many thanks for joining us. but. now a protest says in that minnesota have ignored a curfew to demonstrate for a 2nd night about the shooting of a black man police used tear gas and pepper spray to disperse the crowds gathered in brooklyn center a suburb of minneapolis that's where i don't have lights was killed on sunday i don't think so reports on what a police chief is 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 20 right killed on the

streets of brooklyn center near minneapolis a tragic error says the police chief it's 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 and the officers 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 really 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 him his girlfriend he 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 in 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. still ahead on al-jazeera he just was like a person that everybody loved the running community show influenced brother. testifies and the director then murder trial. and morgues and hospitals are overwhelmed in india as cases of covert nineteen's surge.

it's time for the perfect gentleman the weather sponsored point qatar airways. the last brief but unusual spring warmth is being squeezed out of your point now it's going the wrong way west and russia is going to be warmer than eastern europe because this is the warmer this is what's equally warm being squeezed from both sides so we still get a line of $21.00 degrees if you like from remaining right up towards moscow and so orange stream there but it is disappearing and the temperatures to the west are genuinely or generally single figures not everybody but book arrest will go down to join you nearly at 10 degrees by summing it to thursday having started at 21 the average be 18 so we're losing heat in europe and the process is doing it is bringing rain or even some snow through these eastern countries down through the balkans in the next 24 hours it's going to keep going and finally we get rid of it

all except if you're in moscow 22 degrees here and even further west we're still some residual warm for example in france as a cold north wind coming dance in the forecast for paris keep shit 10 or 11 degrees the average here is about 16 a disappointing spell i think you'd agree in europe in africa maybe the most dominant weather is not so much the wind but the wall again the west and so having to do senegal is extremely hot. she cuts off at ways to jump into the street there is a lot going on in this show and julian global community when i talk about the misinformation i think we are more afraid than we are and where 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 from you and each week be part of today's discussion this stream on out is there.

hello again you're watching al-jazeera has reminder of our top stories this hour iran's foreign minister says an attack on the country's main nuclear facility won't affect upcoming talks in vienna to revive the nuclear deal about zarif made the comments was meeting his russian counterparts. people protesting in japan and south korea against the decision to release treated radioactive water into the sea as coming from japan's destroyed fukushima nuclear plant beijing and seoul have criticized the decision. and police in minnesota made arrests as protests as angry

over the shooting of a black man defied a curfew dante wright was shot by a police officer in the minneapolis suburb on sunday the department says the officer mistook her gun for a taser. well right 20 george floyd was killed almost a year ago the trial of the fall in minneapolis police officer accused of. weak testified and course he described floyd as a family man who loved his siblings and had a one of a kind relationship with his mother john hendren reports from many of. the witness for the prosecution testified to the life lost when george floyd drew his last breath the brief beneath the police officers neat. people. just because he was there. today see him and. he does with a person. everybody around community he is 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 in east did as the prosecution showed pictures of his slain brother prosecutors began day 11 in the murder trial of former police officer derrick show 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 died from a cardio pulmonary arrest. it was caused by the locks agenda 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 an armed 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 i'm going to deny the motion his request for 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 he says 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 show that is. how to treat a mom in particular. he he just he loved her so dearly

when we went to the funeral. is joyce just said kathy oh my god over again. he would just say my. mom all over the would be. hearing 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. today he and libya have held high level meetings and on the agenda was increasing cooperation including a contentious agreement on maritime borders in the mediterranean. reports from istanbul. with just 8 months before libya's planned elections the

gone missing to put in how much to do. the head of the neve unity government up to the baby is tasked with rebuilding libya he pointed out turkey's crucial role for libya staple it. could now. 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 afghan 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. 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 works into libya and establish a pandemic or spittal in the country on current 3 poorly are keen to bolster existing strong ties with so many sequel theirs in the country from egypt turkey and you need to greece italy and france the libyan government will need to navigate relations softly in order to rebuild the fragile nation wrestle said about al-jazeera istanbul. india has again reported the walls highest daily tally of new covert 19 infractions that confounds more than 161000 new cases on tuesday and 879 deaths but the actual number is expected to be higher because test results were

delayed at the weekend less of a problem has more from new delhi. unfortunately we are seeing the kinds of pictures that we did last year during the peak of the 1st wave of the coronavirus most recently we have seen pictures of bodies outside the biggest government run hospital in the city of port and dr bruce chief medical officer said this is because they don't have enough freezes to keep the bodies and that there are more bodies at credit tory and in the city than can be cremated that hospital's intensive care units and oxygen equipped beds have been almost full capacity over the past week i put it in the state of charge the school which is one of the worst affected at the moment it also has a disproportionately high death rate which is why the central government and to medical teams to top the school to find out why the situation is so bad there why more people seem to be dying there and those teams reported back and said that

there are a number of issues there is a lack of hospital beds in many districts there's a shortage of ambulances in one district that the number of tests are going down that containment measures on to being. being. imposed properly and that there is resistance to other containment measures including attacks on health care workers because these issues and are not unique to that stage most of these issues are and we have reports of a shortage of medical facilities of equipment in a number of places most notably in the worst affected states where medical teams which was sent there also said that there was an act of oxygen supply and even malfunctioning ventilators. well people in england meanwhile are enjoying a taste of freedom and normality as it steps out of one of the walls longest sounds

restaurants headdress and gyms have reopened and as roy hallums reports from brighton on the south coast it's come as 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 you about the pregnancy rate in q 4 we just want to divert from the station about what we've been to injury not down and that's stupidity it's time to be nice my 6 kids. 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 day extra stuff that's 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 quality of ours restaurants yeah yeah yeah difficult situation and some of them have decided that's well 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 it's 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. al-jazeera bright and. second volcanic eruption in less than a week the explosion. is believed to be one of the. close by.

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 upper 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 a few that were open today searching for bottled water pushes 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 a drink and want to 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 and the scientists advise that this may go on for days and go on for weeks may go 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 current is one of the major concerns from the limited reports we've had those ones because it's really dangerous to be that this time we've heard of stories of farmlands pretty much been stripped bare of of leaves and all of the things that you would normally see on a farm the structures have all been destroyed or 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. you with al jazeera these are all top stories iran's foreign minister says an attack on the country's main nuclear facility will strengthen its position in upcoming talks to revive the nuclear deal had zarif has been meeting his russian counterpart iran is dealing with what it's calling an act of say.