the a. punk songs high profile pro-democracy activists file a sentence over their role in the 2819 full tests. on how he'd seen this is al jazeera life until also coming up memoirs opposition groups come together creating a national unity government challenge military leaders to control of the country and a clear. choking body count for a surge of eels in yet another u.s.

for the shooting an officer gunning down a 13 year old boy. and the u.s. through sweeping sanctions on moscow over its role in the election interfering and backing russia wants a fatality action. a group of pro-democracy activists in hong kong have been sentenced for taking part in antigovernment protests in 29000 russian campaigner martin lee who helped launch the city's largest opposition party in 1990 s. was given a suspended sentence of 11 months but media tycoon jimmy like received a 12 month jail term the 21000 protests were spurred by beijing's tightening of freedoms in hong kong. we can go lifeboats agent brian he joins us from hong kong outside the courthouse you were there for those hearings what maki tell us.

well yes jimmy lie has received as you say a 12 month sentence that sentence will now begin on friday significantly additionally on friday 2 new charges. including another one under the draconian national security law that means of jimmy is now facing 3 charges under the national security law going to a nother charge and remember there's been a campaign in mainland china for jimmy lie to stand trial there so the fact he's now facing 3 charges under the national security legislation may make it easier for that possibly to happen now jimmy die as you say has received a 12 month sentence the judge took into account various mitigating factors the fact that jimmy lies health is not good the fact he had no previous convictions but you

also said that a deterrent sentence was necessary he said the activists knew full well that they were defying the police by taking part in that authorized protest on august the 18th 2019 this was a protest that drew according to the organizers 1700000 people and that was a time when emotions really were very high in hong kong and not just straight argued that you know it was possible that demonstration which. could well have become violent massively as you mentioned the father of the democracy here in hong kong who helped to. the basic law constitution received an 11 month sentence that's been suspended for 2 years a mitigating factor in his case is the fact that he is 82 years old so we have people who have received suspended sentences and 5 others who have been jailed for term 8 months and 18 months. thank you very

much indeed brian there reporting live from hong kong. group of political parties in myanmar have joined forces to form a national unity government i would say the country is part of the only going resistance to military rule hundreds of civilian protesters have been killed since the coup at the start of february the unity government is made up of ethnic minority leaders it's promising to end suffering scott hi-lo joins us live from bangkok in neighboring thailand what can we make of this developments and most likely to mean for protesters on the ground in myanmar. oh a mediately there's really not going to be any change on the ground in myanmar with the protesters or the posture position of the germans of what this means though you know there has been a group of some of those members who are

a democratically elected members ousted by this by this coup back in february 1st who organize started to organize a parallel government if you will this step forming this national unity government was a further move by them to organize themselves they have assigned certain people certain titles on song suchi is still the top of the government state council or so what they've done is they kind of organize themselves a little bit better and what they were trying to do their effort yes goes right along with what the protestors are trying to do and that is to get back to democratic krav critically elected government in myanmar but also what they're trying to do kind of a medium step this unity government and that is gaining international recognition so they can essentially get a seat at the table when there are political status questions dialogue hopefully dialogue hopefully in the near future about the situation in myanmar so right now that is what they're looking for it's not as though this is a government that's going to be recognized by other governments recognized by or

anything like that this is something that's happened in myanmar before when there has been political turmoil there are governments in exile that's what this is it is good move news to those on the ground in myanmar still protesting because they see this as a step forward again in this. joint goal to get the joint out of power but as far as things move forward you know hopefully they're hoping this unity government that now includes some ethnic groups this is something that hasn't really happened in myanmar where all those many ethnic groups had representation in the government as it moves forward they hope that you know once there are some kind of dialogues they will get us to that seat at the table because they have all these different groups who have who are participating now in this unity government. reports a life in bangkok thank you scott. police in the united states are facing more furious protests this time over the fatal shooting of a 13 year old latino boy the incident happened last month but the chicago police

department has released shocking video which appears to show adam to the deterrence officers with his hands in the air before he was shot i do joe castro reports. the video you're about to see is incredibly disturbing it's 2 30 am and an officer wearing a body camera arrives at a black and latino neighborhood of chicago a police are valences some had detected gunshots nearby and the investigating officer runs after a person down an alley way. talking but. that person was a 13 year old adam toledo chicago police had at 1st called this an armed confrontation with the police claiming the boy had been holding a gun the video released 17 days later appears to tell a different story as to lead allays crumpled his empty hands still raised in the

hands of position fall next to his body with an earth stay with us they waste their way. on a stock c.p.r. on a. adam during his last seconds of life did not have a gun in his hand. the officer screamed at him show me your hands adam complied turned around his hands were empty when he was shot in the chest at the hands of the officer. it had taken intense public pressure to convince chicago police to release the video toledo's mother had spoken to her son in early april. but not. good students. are up in the air i don't know what next. the civilian office of police accountability is investigating and the officer identified as eric stillman and obviously shaken immediately after

the shooting is now on administrative duties the chicago police department was cited by the u.s. justice department in 2017 for civil rights violations aimed at minorities and a white officer who shot a black man 16 times in 2014 was convicted of murder we live in a city that is traumatized by a long history of police violence and misconduct so while we don't have enough information to be the judge and jury of this particular situation it is certainly understandable why so many of our residents are feeling an all too familiar surge of outrage and pain. chicago's mayor and the toledo family have issued a joint call for calm in the city acknowledging the painful footage will elicit an emotional response from all who view it the last moments of a 13 year old who according to his mother had dreamed of becoming a police officer himself now dead at the hands of one. castro

al-jazeera. a former us police officer who shot dead a black motorist in minnesota has been charged with 2nd degree manslaughter is on say whites for shows after he was stopped from minor traffic violation in minnesota al-jazeera has spoken so witness who says police did not give him immediate medical care she had reports. brooklyn center police have only released a few seconds of body count footage from just one of the officers involved in the shooting of 20 year old down to write the criminal complaint against officer kim potter says she fired quote one round into the left side of the victim the victim then stated that he shot me and the vehicle sped away for a short distance before crashing into another vehicle and coming to a stop the victim was pronounced dead at the scene after medical intervention was unsuccessful. carolyn hanson lives opposite the crime scene she rushed out of the

house when she heard what was happening and she was quoted in media accounts discussing the aftermath for example in this article in the minneapolis star tribune carolyn hansen said she saw offices pulling out of a car and perform c.p.r. a passenger who got out of the vehicle was covered in blood she said is that the person that you saw. hanson told al-jazeera that she was misquoted she alleges that the official account does not report that a significant amount of time passed between the call coming to arrest and dante right being given any medical care they waited at least 4 minutes before they got him out of the car they got her out of vehicle. right away and i feel that if you shot him and you recognize he realize you shot him and you should have done that then why is it your number one priority to go in get him and try and save his life and give him a chance in life why are you doing that hansen began filming minutes after she arrived so you can see wright's white car between the police vehicles no one is

attempting to help right she says only a minute and a half off the she began filming right being given c.p.r. having been pulled from his coffee house and also says office a post did not immediately attend to right off to having shot him only off to backup arrived was anything dumb that we should be the 1st person there dragging my heart and doing anything she could to do it because she made that mistake if it was a mistake then that's what she would done the lawyer for rights family says this is another argument for more transparency from the police this proves we need to see all the body cam video from all the offices to see the police officer has rendered a media late for dante right that could a possibly saved his life we also brooklyn sent a police to speak to us but they've yet to respond main question why does it appear it took so long for them to give dante right any medical assistance she had her

times the al-jazeera brooklyn santa. there are multiple casualties after she sing in the u.s. city of indianapolis it happened at a fed ex facility so far at least 8 people are confirmed dead police say the gunman took his own life officers responds it's a reports of shots fired at the fed ex sensor just after 11 pm local time. still ahead on al-jazeera the former police officer accused of killing george foreman chooses not to testify at his trial in the u.s. and the chips are down and we'll hear just how serious the worldwide shortage of semiconductors is. however we have a developing typhoon just to the east of the philippines and it looks like it should stay off shore i am pleased to say but still in and around the vicinity

we've see some huge amounts of rain 439 millimeters of rainfall coming through here but out west the weather will not still ward said east side of the philippines but it should just stay to the east of the a main islands there although it will gradually as a little further northwards bring some heavy rain into eastern parts but the worst of the weather should stay offshore before curling out into the open waters once again plenty of showers meanwhile across china thailand looking increasingly wet over the next day or so some rather wet weather too through the mill a potential of much of malaysia seeing the usual showers and little rashness shallows there once again into indonesia some showers too long spells of rain gradually making the went to the eastern side of australia but for the most part the sloshy fine and dry if a little on the cool side down towards that southeastern corner melbourne would struggle to get 18 celsius although that is something of a recovery there is that western weather eastern areas of new south wales southeastern corner of queensland saying some wetter weather temperatures just

picking up a little as the rain star system a little further east which as we go through sunday and rain there in d.c. and. in pakistan's largest city climate change and water shortages and driving some residents to desperate measures 101 east meets the water of kharaj on al-jazeera. be the hero the world needs right around. washington. or 2 on the air.

my. dear watching al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour a group of pro-democracy activists in hong kong has been sentenced for taking part in antigovernment protests and $21000.00 was in the was given a suspended sentence of 15 months while media tycoon jimmy lives saved a 12 month jail term. a group of political parties from myanmar has formed a national unity government i'd say the country is part of the resistance to military rule hundreds of protesters have been killed since the coup at the start of february. and officials have released body count fit age of a chicago police officer fatally shooting authority in month for a 13 year old boy last month until they do appear to raise his hands just before shots were fired it's. the head of russia's foreign intelligence service says

new u.s. sanctions against the kremlin are poorly considered and will erode international stability washington says it has imposed a broad array of sanctions to punish russia for interfering in last year's u.s. election and other acts of facility moscow denies all the accusations and said it would respond to the move in kind the us president has called for dialogue now is the time to deescalate where you foresee a lot of dialogue and the amount of russia. the u.s. is critical to new constructively to move toward that process my bottom line is this regime interest united states to work with russian we should and we will russia seeks to violate it is united states we will respond well parents 1st choice when i live from moscow a beret we heard that from president joe biden or was the reaction like in russia.

yes the u.s. has a long list of complaints against russia from interference in presidential elections cyber hacking bullying the occupation of ukraine the jailing of opposition politician alexei navalny and other malign acts russia of course denies involvement in any of these it's yet to lay out the exact steps it's going to take in response to the imposition of these sanctions from the u.s. but you can imagine that for example u.s. expelled 10 russian diplomats well russia in previous instances when this has happened is very likely to do the same maria as a hair over the foreign ministry spokeswoman says she says that the american sanctions contradict president biden's desire in a phone call made on tuesday night to vladimir putin to normalize 'd tiny's the u.s. ambassador was summoned to the kremlin on thursday to get be given what

a senator was a dressing down mazak or over said it was not going to be a pleasant meeting for him and he says the u.s. behavior is aggressive and will receive divine decisive rebuff russia's ruble has actually recovered a lot of the ground it lost before the sanctions were announced this is going to be partly because russia central bank may now have to increase interest rates because of the sanctions but also because the restrictions on dealing in the russian ruble were not as severe and as strict as they could be perhaps the americans holding some of the further 'd tighter sanctions options in reserve. ferreted spend life in a moscow baronets thank you when this testimony has ended in the trial of former minneapolis police officer down it shows and he chose not to take the stand in his lawyers rested their case children is accused of murdering george floyd by kneeling on his neck foods 9 and

a half minutes john hendren reports in minneapolis. your honor at this time the defense rests with that testimony ended in one of the most highly charged u.s. civil rights trials in decades i have heeded the advice to you that this is your decision your decision i'm correct the defendant former police officer derek show vun will not testify i will invoke my 5th amendment privilege today that ended weeks of speculation on whether shogun would take this stand which would have opened him up for aggressive questioning from prosecutors now after a long weekend the lawyers will go before the jury once more for closing arguments on monday then the jury will be sequestered that is isolated until they render a verdict that could take days weeks or even months the judge said when packing hope for short plan for long over the 1st 11 days the prosecution presented

a damning case with medical experts in this case mr george george floyd die from a cardio pulmonary arrest. it was caused by the lox engine levels and those low oxygen levels were induced by the prone restraint and positional asphyxiation that he was subjected to then there was the police chief who finally jovan the day after he was seen for 9 minutes and 29 seconds kneeling on floyd until the life out of him that in no way shape or form is anything that. is by policy is not part of our training and it is certainly not part of our ethics are about and there were emotional interviews with a murder he showed of. how to treat a mom in particular. he he just he loved her so dearly it's been a month i stayed in. a public. apology

. to you for not doing more in not. physically interacting in. his life the defense spent just 3 days to make its case arguing that show vun did nothing wrong i felt. his interactions with mr floyd were following his training. following current practices in policing and were objective really reasonable. and that floyd died from a combination of a drug overdose heart trouble and maybe even car exhaust the your opinion mr show business in any way impacted the structures of mr ford's no. no he did not. now the city that erupted into turbulent riots after floyd's death waits anxiously

and fearfully wondering if the verdict will reignite the fiery civil unrest of the long violent summer of 2020. john hendren al-jazeera minneapolis. iran says it has successfully enriched uranium to 60 percent that's beyond the limits set under the terms of the $2815.00 you clear deal it comes a day after talks were held in vienna aimed at reviving the accords discussions have been progressing but are under the shadow of an attack on iran's main nuclear facility u.s. president joe biden says he wants to rejoin the agreements but that iran must reverse its violations 1st. u.s. president joe biden will hold his 1st meeting with a world leader in passon since taking office japanese prime minister yoshihiko suga as arrives in washington for talks china is expected to dominates the discussion the u.s. and japan are concerned about chinese military exercises near taiwan and human rights abuses in seems young and hong kong. but the global economy is another focus

of that so it's between bites and suga it's new leaders are concerned about a worldwide shortage of semiconductor chips while brand old says more. semiconductors are at the heart of the devices many of us use every day from phones to game console household electronics and medical diagnostics to name just a few but now there are a shortage of the vital silicon chips in my 30 year career i've never seen a. demand exceeding supply to the extent that we have supplies were tight before the pandemic hit but during the global lockdowns demand for more networking and more devices has skyrocketed now we're in a multi-year cycle where the demand is really outstripping the supply the crunch is crushing the u.s. auto industry at the beginning of the pandemic demand plummeted and automakers cut

back production drastically but they underestimated how quickly demand would rebound when they raced to put in more orders late last year they were turned down by chip makers committed to supplying other industries when those orders got cancelled immediately got back filled by other areas of the market that actually stayed very robust recovery things like you know p.c.'s and person like products all these anything work from home starting from home play from home demanded an incredibly resilient so that that immediately got back to the name of the auto guys came up at a back way recently general motors the largest u.s. auto maker announced it would cut production even though demand is high. if you look across the border i mean a shot a lot of factories are closed on ships or a lot of their popular crossovers as well so it's definitely hitting you know hitting the market the u.s. leads the world in semiconductor design but manufacturing is heavily concentrated in taiwan south korea and japan recently president joe biden called for

strengthening u.s. manufacturing capacity as a matter of national economic security administration officials are meeting with leading chip manufacturers in the meantime are reaching out to our allies semiconductor companies and others in the supply chain to ramp up production help us resolve the mom next we face now increasing ship capacity will take time and it won't be cheap a single semiconductor plant can cost $20000000000.00 to construct robert oulds al-jazeera los angeles. brazil supreme court has confirmed its decision to no criminal convictions against former president hu that the silver last month the court ruled that lula was treated unfairly in a series of corruption investigations justice carmen the sierra reverse or other positions if in the court's 5 judge panel in the us favor lula is now eligible to run the next year's election against presidents jr both sonando. the u.n. envoy for yemen has warned of dangerous signs of escalation in the country's

conflicts once and griffiths was speaking during a virtual meeting of the un security council he urged yemen's warring parties to accept the proposed peace plan. to give a progress toward a peaceful settlement because the continued violence on the ground that everybody hear from are almost certainly moderate as we have endless lead discussed in this council referring to the major center of gravity and this is politics it is either true today as it was last year through those many mosques the party marilla. receivers. in the fall ball. reforms of escalating once again. the u.s. is calling for the immediate withdrawal of eritrean pfizer's from ethiopia region there have been reports that eritrean forces are dressed in his ethiopian military

in order to remain in the region the un's humanitarian chief says there's been widespread reports of systematic rape by men in military uniform the security council was told 4 and a half 1000000 people into gray needs humanitarian aids. well from the pandemic to america's racial reckoning 2020 was a momentous year photographers and storytellers see documented some of the most striking images of the past 12 months have been owners at the world press for so competition this photograph showing a nurse embracing a care home residents in brazil was selected as for so all of the year it was taken by the photographer matt snows and he told our just sarah he believes his image shows hope at a time of crisis for the worlds. i mean it's been substance significant yes it's

a significant time in history so to receive the prize and this year specifically it's an amazing honor it's it's amazing to be able to write or or come in you like are all human history together. and i think this is paid to really try to pay tribute and respect to to the millions of victims of the of the covered crisis i also photographed the cemeteries the hospitals the ambulances in personal that where because the show is one of the countries that it's been mostly affected by this crisis very much due to the president also not who's been met let's end it from the very beginning so those images are important however i also think these images that is bringing a bit more hope and that maybe is you know is kind of showing the other side of it or maybe showing a way out of it i think with an image that can show you compassion hope solidarity

jimmy it shows a way out of this crisis it at least it's it's it might be a path and that's also what i want to tell with this image that yes we are in tremendous a crisis but there's also a way out of it and that is by. protecting one another protecting the people we love protecting other people and standing together. this is al jazeera and these are the headlines a group of pro-democracy activists in hong kong has been sentenced for taking part in antigovernment protests in 2019 martin lee was given a suspended sentence of 11 months while media tycoon jimmy lie received a 12 month jail term for a group of political parties for myanmar has formed a national unity government outside the country as proof of the resistance to military rule.