was a main bankroller or opposition of the campaign against the climate do you think that's a bad thing. it was fears of the same absolutely. 0. war in afghanistan was never meant to be a multi-generational undertake the us president joe biden says it's time to end america's forever war but promises it will not be a hasty exit from afghanistan. hello and welcome i'm peter w. watching al jazeera live from our headquarters here in doha also coming up.

another nights of processed anger after a u.s. police officer is released on bail on a manslaughter charge for shooting an unarmed black man. u.s. climate envoy john kerry's in shanghai to hold talks with chinese leaders about drastically reducing carbon emissions. plus 5 years old and living with cancer a drug shortage in mexico is pushing this boy's life and thousands of others at risk. after 20 years in afghanistan the u.s. and nato say the time has now come to end their military campaign leaders made the announcements on weapons today saying after 2 decades it no longer makes sense to keep thousands of troops in afghanistan white house correspondent kimberly helka begins our coverage from washington d.c. . after a generation of war in afghanistan u.s.

president joe biden says it's time for american soldiers to return home we cannot continue the cycle of extending or expanding our military presence in afghanistan hoping to create ideal conditions i'm now the 4th united states president to preside over american troop presence in afghanistan to republicans to democrats. i will pass this responsibility on to a 5th the withdrawal of u.s. forces begins may 1st and ends by september 11th the 20th anniversary of the attacks on new york's twin towers and the pentagon the u.s. invaded afghanistan in 2001 attacking al qaeda training camps where osama bin laden coordinated the attacks but biden says since then security threats have evolved osama bin laden was gone that was 10 years ago and my direction my team is

refining our national strategy to monitor and disrupt significant terrorist threats not only in afghanistan but anywhere there. and there in africa europe the middle east and elsewhere the united states has roughly 2500 soldiers in afghanistan as part of the nato alliance currently we have speaking from brussels the nato secretary general and now it's those forces will also begin drawing down may 1st we went into afghanistan together. we have adjusted over history together and we are united in leaving together who know america's longest war has been costly 2 trillion dollars more than $2300.00 american lives. why did travel to arlington national cemetery to honor those lives lost biden's decision honors the agreement for withdrawal put in place by his predecessor donald trump

both men have been criticized for ignoring pentagon advice to remain in the country the loss of the knitted baby the u.s. presence in the coalition's presence could be a very a further destabilizing question on the ground in the region on capitol hill biden's conservative critics and some members of his own democratic par. oppose the move arguing it will put u.s. and afghan lives at risk it undermines our commitment to the afghan people particularly afghan women senator jeanne shaheen said in a statement adding the biden administration must make every effort between now and september to protect the progress made the united states intends to keep a diplomatic presence in afghanistan what is less clear is just how many clint destine forces and u.s. security contractors will remain to monitor and meet future threats can really help

at al-jazeera the white house. and curfew has just come into effect in parts of the u.s. state of minnesota there's another tense standoff between protesters and the police in brooklyn center after demonstrators gathered for a 4th night so over the fatal police shooting of dawn to rights earlier the police officer kim potter was charged with manslaughter she allegedly mistook taser for a gun when she opened fire these are the latest scenes coming to us live from there of course is being declared now an unlawful assembly area let's bring in our correspondent she have returned see she have it looks like from this distance a pretty combustible situation. we are sort of hoping that someone like newman has descended on the security forces behind the fence guarding the brooklyn sun to police station yet something we've seen all the time people do tend to go home when it gets legs and it's cold and it's

a bit rainy unless unless the police start escalating things like throwing flash bang grenades and using tear gas and which enrages the crowd which makes people want to stay we're just getting another announcement here around some of the the curfew i would assume right now. in the past few nights also following announces like this we have seen the security forces move in sort of well there although them . rather sporadic tear gas or pepper spray on flash bangs that haven't moved out yet so we wonder whether they're going to do that at any point you know it's really interesting that because the city council and the man expressly outlaw would be. a rubber bullets and tear gas and all those tactics they've been the security forces have been using the last few nights against peaceful protests and these are peaceful protests but what minnesota has done is they've drafted in thousands of troops from around the state under a plan that was originally organized for the deryck schreuder and trial of the

police officer killed george schultz and i simply moved out the plan for the entire city of minneapolis and i've put it into action on this train you saw a brooklyn center against the wishes of the local community who are the ones grieving the loss of another 20 year old black man at the hands of the police completely on necessarily due to escalation so meeting protests about escalation with more escalation we're just waiting to see what they do next or whether they realize. many of these protests that if they stay the protests will stay calm but you know it hasn't been like that in the us you know it's anyway ok she half the time being many thanks stay close keep us posted we'll come back to you if there are any developments there let's bring in ronald sullivan he's professor of law and director of criminal justice the institute law school he joins us on skype from newton massachusetts ronald sullivan good to talk to you again so what's your reading of the central charge sheet a 2nd degree manslaughter. well 2nd degree manslaughter in minnesota is something that they call culpable negligence what does that mean it means

a negligent act that's something higher than what we normally find in a civil action a lawsuit so normally negligence a civil law you sue somebody for an accident so with culpable negligence that means something that's closer to recklessness some states say one time behavior so it's something more than ordinary negligence and my sense is that they think that that's the best that they can do that it will be difficult to prove that she engaged in a pinch in an intentional act so culpable negligence is clearly on one side of the line on the other side of the line surely i'm no lawyer would be culpable homicide so will the charge as it stands be enough to satisfy those people who are we are looking at life right now protesting on the streets. probably not but let me be

clear this this culpable negligence zits charge is a homicide charge so homicide in the united states is graded so there are different gradations of homicide with the top count of homicide being intentional murder that's like you know hiding in a bush and jumping out and shooting somebody you know wanting to do it intending to do it and then the charges are graded down still homicide but the notion is that people are more or less culpable depending on what's going on inside their head so this is a lower level murder charge but still a homicide charge is it your sense that everyone involved in this as far as it's gone so far has gone for optimum transparency from the get go because all the floyd case. i think so i mean they immediately released the body warrant cameras and they charged this officer very quickly normally it takes

a long time before the state will charge an officer what we're seeing on the screen now is people are just simply bad luck with the way in which black bodies are treated in the united states and the back to back to back homicides unarmed black people this was just i think another straw that broke the camel's back so you're seeing a lot of frustration but i think that show far the state is being fairly transparent with what they're doing and i think if they keep it up that will cool down the temperature a little bit ok we have to leave it there thank you so much for your analysis and joining us there from massachusetts ronald sullivan there in the united states thank you much hold on to rise killing happened less than 20 kilometers from the ongoing murder trial of derrick chauvin the former police officer charged in the death as we've been hearing of george floyd last year on weapons day

a retired pathologist testified floyd died from preexisting heart disease they would follow was a witness for the defense he said he believes floyd's condition was made worse by exhaust fumes driven is accused of murdering floyd by kneeling on his neck for more than 9 minutes. still to come here on al-jazeera afghan share their hopes and fears for the future after washington confirms the withdrawal of u.s. forces. and the government promises justice for the victims of a fire as a school in the share. winter has not let go of north america this is all wintry weather and he's slowly curling through the plains states in the upper midwest this is what you want expect springs under storms and the difference is because the difference in temperature

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welcome back you're watching al-jazeera i'm peter quick reminder of your top stories so far this half hour the u.s. and nato say that after 20 years in afghanistan they're ending their military campaign in a speech at the white house the u.s. president joe biden announced all troops in afghanistan will be withdrawn by september the 11th. protesters and police are facing off in brooklyn center for a 4th night we're live over the fatal police shooting of dawn to write an 8 hour curfew is no effect earlier the police officer composite was charged with manslaughter. also in minnesota the defense continued to make its case in the murder trial of former police officer derek jovan a retired pathologist has testified george floyd died because of multiple factors including preexisting heart conditions. ok let's go back to the u.s. and nato announcing a withdrawal of troops from afghanistan america's objective of course originally was to overthrow the taliban and al qaeda fighters but since then the taliban has

become a key player in the diplomatic talks on going with the u.s. and the afghan government however with no official ceasefire there's always a chance the country could slip back towards a full scale civil war here's laura burton. from the bookstore she runs in kabul they that fram and says the news that the u.s. will be withdrawing all its troops from afghanistan has left her with a feeling of dread. i as an afghan girl can easily study and work as the current government is in power but if the us troops leave the country and the civil war happens or if the taliban takes over i will not be able to study or work i won't even be able to go out. on the streets of the capital people have mixed feelings. the americans have not fulfilled their responsibility to afghanistan their responsibility is to ensure a strong government the rule of law and democracy in afghanistan and ensure that

people's concerns relate from terrorism drugs intervention by other countries. they failed to fulfill the promises they have made to the afghan people these forces are not useful to afghanistan because their presence has not changed the country's security situation present ashraf ghani has welcomed the move in a series of tweets he posted after speaking to the u.s. president joe biden he says afghan security forces are capable of defending their own people an official from the afghan peace negotiations team shares his optimism but in the past at least 2 years it has been our national security defense forces that has been fighting on the front line specially since february this being the. international on ground the taliban has been buying the power since being overthrown by the u.s. in 2001 has welcomed the move. the withdrawal of the foreign

troops as our people's demand and this is something we fought for in the last 20 years this was always our objective at the end of the day the withdrawal must take place the united nations says at least 44000 afghan civilians have been killed since the beginning of the war at least 100000 afghans have died over all but many now fear attacks by the taliban. in the previous few months rights groups say there's been a rise in talked it killings of government officials civil society leaders and journalists although president gandhi has prepared a plan to reach a political settlement with the taliban with an absence of a cease fire the biggest fear for many is the. the country could plunge back into a new civil war of the people who like for a moment and all those affected by almost 2 decades of conflict only time will tell how the troop pullouts will affect their lives nor about the manly out is the.

u.s. climate envoy john kerry is in shanghai to hold talks with chinese leaders china has pledged to become carbon neutral by 2060 or the u.s. president joe biden is that ministration is expected to announce a new target for reducing emissions kerry's visit will mark the 1st to china by a biden administration official despite strained u.s. chinese relations mr kerry is hoping the visit will help lay the groundwork for november's un climate summit in glasgow or china is the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases with the u.s. in 2nd place kerry wants china to set a more stringent emissions target for 2030 now that is seen as crucial to limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees celsius the target set by the 2015 paris climate deal currently the world is falling well short of meeting that target in fact it's on course to warm up by more than 3 degrees scientists say the consequences could be

catastrophic and could result in the loss of vital ecosystems such as coral reefs and that establishes ation of the polar ice sheets let's bring in ben herskovitz he is a research fellow in the school of regulation and global governance at the australian national university he joins us on skype from sydney ben welcome to al-jazeera mr kerry's got hinterland here hasn't he he's a big hits a former secretary of state so if anyone's going to get progress in china might it be him. that's right he comes with the imprimatur of already of the by ministration i also it's quite a lobster is figure who had senior positions in the obama administration and has a lot of stature in beijing so he will get seen your audience you'll be welcomed there also be a lot of positive an optics around this visit because i'm like a whole host of really contentious issues in the china u.s. relationship climate change is one of those few bright spots where there is an

alignment of interests and goals between washington and beijing so this is a significant visit it's the 1st seen. by ministration officials visit beijing which is significant all in of itself after some very fractious meetings olay but i think we need to tamp down our optimism about this on a couple of fronts the 1st is that this meeting is essentially and if the true ensure that president biden's climate summit later this month gets up and is a success i suspect that in washington they're worried about whether she will be willing to be involved in that summit and whether there will be a positive chinese contribution to that summit and then the other key issue here is that even though climate change is one of the few issues where there is an alignment of u.s. and chinese interests it sits in the foreground and in the background we have a whole host of incredibly 4 incredibly contentious issues and none of that is

going away anytime soon sir regardless of vision between washington and beijing on climate on human rights on tech competition innovation on the south china sea on these genesee on taiwan and on a whole host of other really froid geopolitical flashpoints washington and beijing are as far apart as they debate really you seem to be saying on the one hand ban is all going to be handshakes and smiles and positive photo ops when it comes to the environment but on. the other hand when it comes to those cornerstone issues of the relationship the relationship sounds as if it's in freefall and consecutive u.s. administrations have kind of notting gauged with that because if you have to engage with it it makes it worse 'd not better so crucially how much of a desire on the part of beijing is there for reciprocity. i think on the issue of climate change there is a genuine intent on beijing's pot to come to the table and reach some kind of

quality of arrangement with the biden mr ation and the intent of the public by news direction is genuine as well and that at the very least is a really positive change from the kind of dynamic we soared from the trumpet ministrations 10 you know when there was always disagreement a whole host of different fronts we've talked about but also disagreement on the issue of climate change and now at least with the biden ministration that's an area of potential cooperation between china and the united states but still even then there would be a whole host of sticking points on things like china's financing of coal generation in other countries in the developing world and also that really contentious issue of china pushing the united states for significant cuts to emissions in the coming years and decades and i suspect that that's where the real substance of these meetings between kerry and chinese officials over the next few days will be in trying to arrive at some kind of tentative pretty agreement on a number of those issues so that when president biden has

a climate summit later this month we can see some concrete tangible announce a balls with the united states and china will actually be quite reading and testament to the prospect of that some kind of tangible cooperation even a famously edgy u.s. public places like the global times and now writing articles which are cautiously optimistic about kerry and cautiously optimistic about some of the prospects for us trying to cooperate on climate so i think there is a sliver of hope there is something substantial and useful but i will say that from beijing's perspective there's probably a certain amount of suspicion of the by the administration being so forward leaning in practive on climate because under the trump beijing relished the fact that the united states was falling behind. and embarrassing itself in the eyes of the world in terms of usual climate change we're in our blind is trying to reclaim us global leadership on this issue and that would be radical in some to beijing no doubt ok

we must leave it there the clock has beaten us spend a scotch there in australia good to talk to ben many thanks. very much for it to be reviewed saudi state t.v. says has intercepted a ballistic missile and 2 explosive laden throws it claims they were launched by who the rebels towards close to the border with yemen the un says women have been subjected to sexual violence in ethiopia's northern region of the great the conflict began in november when ethiopian soldiers launched an offensive against the regional government the security council is due to hold a meeting on the conflict on thursday as our diplomatic editor james bays with more from the un. the current president of the un security council the ambassador of vietnam confirmed to me that the council have a meeting on to grow a it follows a discussion they have over lunch with the secretary general of the united nations

and the subject was raised during a security council meeting about sexual violence in conflict zones in the rebuilding mountainous regions of north and central to great we might embarrass our group been subject to sexual violence with a level that is beyond comprehension. ok a worker documenting the new cases of rape and then rebuilding the spark there for your replies there was. some but movement. and. we as a council must address. military aspects. and reports of sexual. and refugee camps other nations it is the us that's called this latest meeting it's now almost 6 months since the start of the ethiopian military operation in that time the security council has been absolutely silent they haven't managed to agree

a single statement on the subject. at least 20 children have died in a fire at a school in new officials say the pupils aged between 7 and 13 were trapped in straw hot classrooms when the blaze broke out in the capital ne army the cause of the fire is now being investigated the prime minister went to the site promising to punish those responsible if it was started deliberately and said to do this in the criminal if the fire was criminal be assured we will find the perpetrators m we would do everything to ensure they receive a maximum sentence because this is not acceptable i don't the eve of ramadan to lose such young children is really sad and i expressed my condolences to the families of the coronavirus pandemic is exacerbating a medicine supply crisis in mexico health experts say it's putting thousands of lives at risk including children. reports from mexico city. 5 year old adam is sort of has been battling cancer for almost 3 years his mother

pies says a nationwide shortage of medicine has made it difficult to guarantee timely access to his medication yes one day i will arrive one day for the chemotherapy and it turns out there's no medicine they tell you to go back home and come back tomorrow to see if they restocked. unfortunately at mrs case is far from isolated in mexico . dr marcus about the says the messages she received from colleagues in other parts of the country are heart wrenching she received one text that reads patients are dying like flies because we don't have anything to treat them in a moment then added to their families at the net the moment we run out of medications things become complicated i say this as a doctor and i can speak on behalf of many of my colleagues because we've been the ones who have had to show face on behalf of government authorities you know socialist legal experts say that while medicine shortages are not a new phenomenon in mexico the problem was made worse after mexico's president

nationalized the country's drug purchasing agency for his part president lopez over the top has promised to end drug shortages adding that the decision to centralize drug purchases was aimed at reducing corruption by big pharmaceutical companies by the health observers say that with the corona virus outbreak drug shortages have only grown and so have protests and lawsuits demanding access to lifesaving medicine and the m.b.a. the length of those mean this you know way september 29000 was when parents 1st protested outside the health ministry because of a lack of chemotherapy sexual diversity groups also demonstrated against a lack of hiv treatments and some parents have gone beyond protesting last year load in a 2 year old son evan lost his battle with cancer due to a lack of medical treatments she has since sued the government and accuse the mexican president of murder and speaking out and will continue to so that more

parents will speak out and not stay silent another president cannot give me back my son but i at least want to avoid one more child missing a single chemotherapy sishen and medical treatment. earlier this year doctors told us that her son's cancer was in remission but recent. he has discovered a new tumor in at mrs site she says the thought of dealing with drug shortages has multiplied her worries it's estimated that more than 1600 child cancer patients died in 2020 alone with some health experts suggesting a direct link to drug shortages across the country. al-jazeera mexico city. south africa's drugs regulate says a local study on the johnson and johnson covert 19 vaccine showed no major safety concerns but it still decided to suspend the japs use over worries raised in the u.s. that it could be linked to blood clots singleton's japp was the only vaccine being

handed out at ministered in south africa if it does have other doses on order from pfizer. people on the caribbean island of st vincent are being warned to keep well away from a volcano that is still erupting flows of rock n hot smoking ash of destroyed crops and affected water supplies much of the island is covered in a thick layer of ash now since the eruption began almost a week ago more than $16000.00 residents have already fled the area. 330 g.m.t. these are your top stories so far today from al jazeera the u.s. and nato say that after 20 years now afghanistan they're ending their military campaign in a speech at the white house the u.s. president joe biden announced all troops in afghanistan will be withdrawn by september the 11th protesters and police are facing off in the u.s. state of minnesota for a 4th night over the fatal police shooting of dante wright an 8 hour curfew is now

in effect in brooklyn center earlier the officer kim potter was charged with manslaughter.