each time the time a season of programming exploring the time it costs. announces the. awaiting a verdict the jury is now considering if a former u.s. policeman should be convicted of murdering george florey. and with protests outside the courthouse minnesota's state government feels because. we cannot allow civil unrest to descend into chaos we must protect life and property. and 1 o'clock this is out 0 life and also coming up he's in another fight for his life alexie novell these doctors says the russian opposition leader is at risk of kidney failure. and what some of the world's best footballers face bands if their

clubs join a breakaway european competition. so the jury has begun deliberating the fate of a former u.s. policeman accused of killing george ford off the kneeling on his neck for more than 9 minutes during shaving their faces up to 40 years in prison on 3 charges john hendren has been covering the trial in minneapolis. otherwise we are in recess until we hear from the jury in their final words on the most highly charged us civil rights case in decades prosecutors told jurors to trust their eyes but for the defendant's actions pushing him down. george waited died that day. to drugs he just breathlessly derive a drug overdose in that time. maybe it was the tail pipe maybe it was in large part

maybe not use your common sense. use your common sense believe your eyes what you saw you saw what the jury saw was the same 9 and a half minutes the world saw of them minneapolis police officer derrick show been kneeling on george floyd's neck until paramedics carried off his lifeless body in a case that started with an allegedly fake $20.00 bill and ended with protests and riots across the united states prosecutors said the evidence proved children used excessive force choke the life out of floyd and refused to render medical care even after he showed no pulse. and at the time of causing the death the defendant committed or was attempting an assault in the 3rd degree. and that's been proved beyond a reasonable doubt with those being proved in the venue

a 2nd degree felony murder the defendant is guilty. the defense argued that show been held floyd face down just as he was trained to was putting mr floyd eminently dangerous we've heard a lot about the prone position. consider just the basic proposition people sleep in the prone position people sometimes in the position people have massages and the prone position the problem position in. is not an inherently dangerous. proposition during restraint is not an inherently dangerous. it is routinely trained in the. defense lawyer eric nelson blamed bystanders for chauvinist failure to administer life saving c.p.r. saying he felt unsafe and hoping to give jurors enough reasonable doubt for an acquittal he offered a broad array of alternative theories for floyd's death heart trouble drugs even

car exhaust we have to analyze this case from the perspective of a reasonable police officer at the precise moment with talent of the circumstances when it comes to the use of force. in the hands of the jury which is in isolation until they can render a unanimous verdict one reason for sequestering them is to make sure they don't hear news of protesters demanding show vns conviction but with demonstrations across the country it's not clear they won't be able to hear protests from where they're deliberating. deliberations can range dramatically in length in 1902 it took 7 days for jurors in the police beating of rodney king to find 4 officers not guilty 3 years later jurors took less than 4 hours to declare o.j. simpson not guilty of murder for show of an end for residents of minneapolis and cities across the u.s. that wait will be filled with anxiety and fear for what comes next john hendren al

jazeera minneapolis. well for the past few hours dozens of protesters have been outside the courthouse demanding shavings convictions the peaceful demonstrations taking place as minnesota state governor and the minneapolis men have called for calm but they say they'll continue to protect people's right to march schipper times he has more now from india. we have had multiple calls there for peaceful protests from civil rights leaders and activists the families involved the minnesota governor as you please like you will consider 3 times as you discussed a protest you must acknowledge to troops we cannot allow civil unrest to descend into chaos we must protect life and property but we also must understand very clearly if we don't listen to those communities in pain and those people on the streets many of whom were arrested are speaking a fundamental truth that we must change we will be right back here again several

100 protesters now marching around minneapolis we're expecting acts of civil disobedience and now this will be a test of what the governor is saying whether he will respect peaceful civil disobedience or whether he will immediately crack down as he has suddenly states troopers of national guard have been a for the last over the last week adding to what their reaction will be to the media covering. the actions off local security forces that in the last week they've been actively targeting the media and detaining the media so website without changes as well but it will be an interesting few hours and interesting interesting several days or no matter how long it is while the jury deliberates. a u.s. officer who died after being injured in the capitol hill riots in january died of natural causes that's according to the medical examiner's office it found that bryan suffered a stroke investigators had thought a serious head injury all the inhalation of chemicals may have caused his death to manage challenge with using best spray on sickening during the ride but monday's

findings except by police lessen the chances of homicide charge. a russian opposition leader he has been moved to a prison hospital says he could be near death while prison authorities describe his condition is satisfactory and kremlin critic is in his 3rd week of a hunger strike but a smith has more now from moscow. volodymyr region prison hospital number 33 is where alexina valmy has been transferred. the lawyer for the 44 year old opposition leader after 20 days on hunger strike drinking only water his client situation is only getting worse or bichon he looks sad so sad he's getting finner vinod and he used to be he walks with difficulty he has no strength alexei alec is one of these doctors he's not been allowed to seize patient but going by his latest records says is at risk of kidney failure received just released his health is already in higher then or now and every day the risk increases the longer person stays on hunger

strike the deeper the metabolic disturbance has become and the harder it is for them to get back to normal because a long hunger strike list to damage of all the body's organ functions is serving a 2 and a half year sentence for embezzlement that he says is trumped up he was arrested in january after returning to russia from germany he spent 5 months there recuperating after almost being killed by what the germans say was poisoning with a banned nerve agent his cases added to moscow's international isolation. russian diplomats have been expelled and the u.s. and e.u. have imposed sanctions for allegations of cyber hacking election interference spying and the occupation of crimea we have very much worried about the health situation unleashed in the valley yesterday we issued in a statement of behavior the 27 member states asking to russian authorities to provide. the health care he needs and they are responsible for their safety net and

he says he'll stay on hunger strike until a prison or far it is allow him to see his own doctors alexina supporters have asked people across russia to come out and demonstrate on wednesday evening in moscow is supposed to be one of the places where they're going to gather and he's already been. fenced off russia's police have advised people not to come out and protest but it's meant al-jazeera moscow. ukraine says all sides involved in the conflict in the east have reaffirmed commitments to reaching a cease fire on monday talks were held between ukraine russia germany and france to help in fighting between chios forces and russian separatists the conflict has escalated with a ukrainian soldier killed in the latest fighting the top diplomat says that russia has amassed 100000 troops along the border. the head of european football's governing body says plans for a rival super league are

a spit in the face 12 of the continent's elite clubs including manchester united and real madrid plan to join the new multi-billion dollar project barca explains. hours after some of the continent's richest clubs threaten to split european football into the sport's governing body in europe your way for hit back hard saying you were expelled the club's players from future european championships and world cups i cannot stress more strongly at this moment. in the footballing world stand united against the disgraceful self-serving proposals we have seen in the last 24 hours from a select few clubs in europe that are fuelled purely by greed above all else on sunday night 12 of the continent's richest clubs revealed plans to form a european super league rivaling you a 1st prestigious champions league pass alone we are madrid and that led to have

agreed to join in spain in italy both ac and into milan have signed up alongside eventis and 6 clubs from england's premier league also want to join manchester united city liverpool chelsea arsenal and tottenham the managers of the teams have been dodging quick questions let's be honest i'm employee of this club and i trust this club and my chop is very clear so i'm maybe not the right person to ask the internet already i'm just a manager and i'm prepared to coach my players under any circumstances the plans enough and prompted this intervention from the british prime minister we're going to look at everything that we can do with the football authorities to make sure that this doesn't go ahead of the way that it's currently being proposed so far no teams from france or germany including the current european champions by munich plan to join the new league. but 3 more clubs are expected to sign up or sent to pocket more than $400000000.00 when they do in a project funded by u.s.

banking giant j.p. morgan seriously in the midst of a pandemic an economic crisis football clubs at national league level going boss nearly furloughing players clubs on the edge in league one and 2 and these florida soon calls about breaking away and basically create a more great. joke the super league clubs want to start as soon as possible with the premier league and the league and syria all joined in condemning the move so too have many fans competing clubs face being booted out of their domestic leagues several television broadcasters are also refusing to abandon you a for a national league to join the new project but if it does go ahead football's single sporting pyramid from the lowest grass roots teams all the way to the top may never be the same again nieve barca al-jazeera. still ahead here on around.

we are not on the verge of the obese floods fires in droughts a new climate warning from the un despite carbon emissions dropping during the current runs. and what parents are behind the push to reopen schools in argentina which could be $1000.00 cases over. it's time for the perfect jenny. sponsored point qatar airways hello there the weather's looking fine and dry across a good part of eastern asia we've got several weather there across the korean peninsula japan set fair warm sunshine here 26 celsius in tokyo which is day afternoon as a $23.00 for so warm enough hazy sunshine there in beijing and around $25.00 degrees this area cloud just pushing across central parts of china will make its

way further eastwards over toward shanghai towards the u.s. sub china sea watching up towards the yellow sea but ahead of that it stays fine dry settled and sunny dry fine too down towards the south hong kong around $28.00 celsius but it's not looking to find a dry for the philippines over the next couple of days we have got a super typhoon making its way further north and some places say it's backed off a little in terms of the strength of the winds 230 kilometers per hour given to a category 4 storm still looking at damaging winds across that eastern side of the philippines with some very heavy rain in parts are seen over $200.00 millimeters of rain in the boss to 24 hours and what is so these spots could see a similar value city we're keeping an eye we're not quite sure exactly how close it will get to lose on but it will get close enough to bring those damaging winds in with further spells a very heavy rain there with a couple days. so paul qatar airways.

came from the countryside to cairo and became part of a new life. game to say this job is different to be in the form of al-jazeera world meets the man you've been keeping a close eye on residential life in the big cities for decades but who may now be passing into history. will see from all the people he wasn't or much but he's now managed by a security company the doman of egypt on al-jazeera. who are. there again you're watching out there are mind of our top stories this hour after 3 weeks of witness an expert testimony jury deliberations have begun in the trial of

the former u.s. police officer accused of killing george floyd that's after final arguments from the prosecution different. activists have been rallying in front of the minneapolis courthouse call different shows into convictions minnesota's governor says protesters have a right to be angry demonstrations cannot be allowed to dissent. a russian opposition leader elect in a valley has been moved to a prison hospital his doctor says he could be near death qualified to say his condition is satisfactory kremlin critic is on a hunger strike for what he says is a lack of medical treatment. now then it in your report the united nations has issued another stark warning over the state of the global climate the top u.n. official say the world is on the verge of the abyss with global temperatures moving dangerously close to the cap set by the paris agreement phase based reports now from u.n. headquarters in new york. 2020 was the year that for many normality

stops the covert 19 pandemic meant many factories and offices across the world closed commuters stayed at home and airports were largely empty as the global and networks were reduced to skeleton schedules you might think the resulting drop in carbon emissions had a discernible effect on the environment he didn't the year which saw the largest ever wildfires in california and colorado and global sea levels rising was still one of the warmest 3 years on record the dates in these reports should a lot i'm as old. 2020 was 1.2 degrees celsius hotter then pre-industrial times we are getting dangerously close to the 1.5 degree celsius limits that was set by the scientific community we are on the verge of the obese so why did the slowdown caused by the pandemic not have

a more positive effect on the environment according to the secretary general of the world meteorological organization because the effects would temporary carbon dioxide levels have been building up over many decades last year you know for about a 2nd person propane for instance because so. traffic it's going to feel as if there's consumption of. gas as it were a story haven't seen. the real atmosphere this grim report the u.n. says is something every world leader should read many prime ministers and presidents will be attending a virtual summit organized by president biden on earth day this thursday the u.n. secretary general says he wants to hear promises of action from countries rather than just more words james pays al-jazeera at the united nations. i want to

take this on let's speak to noam iraqi's who's the author of the book why trust science and professor of the history of science at harvard university joins us via skype from palm desert in california professor great to have you join us 1st up the latest report simply further amplifies the the urgency of what is now a climate emergency. yes that's right i suppose in a way the most shocking thing about this report is that there's nothing shocking in it that this is exactly what scientists have been predicting for more than 20 years it shows that climate change has continued unabated it shows that all the skeptical arguments that it might all be fine and we don't have to worry that what will stop all of those arguments have been proven absolutely positively to be false. presidents called this virtual summit of world leaders. how important is it that the u.s. is back in the game of reducing emissions after 4 years of donald trump well i

think it's quite important people from other countries can perhaps be what authoritative that i can on this but i think we've seen plenty of evidence over the last 2025 beacon 30 years that when the u.s. won't act it becomes an excuse for other countries not to act united states and china are the 2 largest emitters both in terms of an emissions and total historic emissions but the united states is higher than china in terms of capital in the shins so the united states in terms of its current situation and our historic contributions is the single most important driver. climate change and in many ways is the most important job the kind of policy the united states war than many other countries can say well you know why should we act if the u.s. won't do anything and so it's very very important it's really crucial for the u.s. to be not just back onboard but really to offer now to magic serious meaningful

steps steps that we should have taken 5 years ago 10 years ago 20 years ago i mean it's been a long time now right time has pretty and that's that's what science has long been telling us and despite the science despite the indisputable evidence you've been describing there are still many out that still plying climate this information out there and they have these days and an easy means of getting the message out of social media yes that's right and you know if this report is one thing to tell the world it should be as i said at the outset of this conversation we've heard so many excuses over the last 30 years and we're talking about we're now coming out that 30 years since the one thing the convention on climate change was 1st developed in science and we have heard so many excuses from the climate deniers and skeptics and one by one every one of those excuses have fallen by the wayside so my view is that no one should do any of those people spreadable anymore they've had more than the gang core they've had time and time again the opportunity to test their views

against science and every time science has proven correct and the skeptical view has been proven incorrect where does this culture of science come from what was the distrust. well it isn't really anti science the work that i did with conway that was in our book margins of doubt and by the same name really show that none of this really has anything to do with science none of this is an argument within the scientific community this is an argument by the defenders of free market capitalism a thing is free market capitalism to sustain the privilege and the power of the fossil fuel industry this is the most powerful most profitable industry in the history of mankind and they have to limit they will not go down without a fight and so i think we have to understand that this is a fight it's about power and it has nothing to do with the science. appreciate that important months ahead thanks very much indeed speaking to us from california thank

you. i just think with you thanks for the opportunity now to cuba the end of the castro era with the transfer of power to a new leader as canelo that succeeds raul castro's communist party chief the most powerful position cuba has been on has been president since 2018 the succession marks the end of 6 decades rule by role castro and his late brother fidel who led cuba's 159 revolution. the party of german leader anglo-american has but i'm going to succeed her as the conservative candidate for chants of the times elections the christian democrat leader was supported by more than 3 quarters of syria party members in a secret ballot and follows a weeklong power struggle with rival marcos soda from the system c s a new party the alliance is under pressure to agree on account of its off his popularity plummeted during the pandemic chad's army says it has repelled an attack

by a rebel group in its northern region it comes a week after presidential elections were held president addressed that he is poised to win a 6th term opposition leaders in the capital of call for a cease fire and for thought little to resolve the situation here morgan has more now from meeting. this is what chaps government says is the aftermath of fighting between its forces and the armed group known as the fund for change and concord one day 300 of its fighters were killed and at least 100 captured in the northern province of am about 300 kilometers from the capital and jim may now be able to show for the sort that as you can see we've stopped the rebels and we've captured some of them others of fluid but we know combing the region to get them the government says 5 of its soldiers were killed and dozens more injured the latest fighting between the 2 sides comes just a week after the group attacked a government position at the border on election day it was formed in 2016 and says

it aims to remove longtime president idriss deby who is leading an early election results debbie has been in power since 1900 he's faced new or school attempts and rebellions mostly in the east the capital and to may now was overrun twice by different rebel groups in 20062008 chats closest ally france provided its military with logistical support and intelligence while the u.s. u.k. and germany called on their nationals and non essential staff to leave the country chad's government says that decision was premature and the armed group itself insists it was not necessary. we assure all residents of the city of and gemini and around including diplomatic staff united nations agents partners and ex-pats working in chad to stay calm and avoid unnecessary travel outside the city we call on all essential state workers on duty in the kember region in particular in the medical service not to desert their positions and to continue normally with their

public service for the population. in the capital while people panicked opposition leaders who. 11th elections condemned the move by the rebels at least 15 groups have called for a ceasefire and a national dialogue part of the country's opposition they've opted for talks away from violence but the front for change in concord which has chosen military action says it will continue to pursue its aim of toppling debby's government despite its recent losses people morgan al-jazeera. the democratic republic of congo has launched its vaccination campaign after a month long delay health care workers and people over 50 will be among the 1st to receive some of the 1500000 astra zeneca in texas was postponed because of concerns over blood clots. all americans see age of 16 are now eligible to be vaccinated against covert 90 about half of olds have had at least one this with a round of fully vaccinated. schools in argentina's capital have reopened after

a court ruling rejected the government order requiring classes to go online for 2 weeks the coronavirus restrictions of what is errors are created tensions between the federal administration and since your thirty's as well as parents and teachers as this report. gathering outside their school in the province of one of scientists they came to ask the governmental prioritized education during the pandemic. if they buy it in what indeed all sports in this country has poverty rates of 42 percent and over 50 percent of the children have no computer or internet so i'm here for the children who do not have access to education because education is the only thing that will change this country. last week president and one of the for a man this increased risk traditions in one aside is to prevent the spread of call the 1000 argentine ace in the 2nd wave of its held break and more than 20000 infections are confirmed every day among the measures taken where the suspension of

in person has for 2 weeks parents with their children killed here in front of the president's message today and there we already got a hard time keeping them there and even person classes last year in one of the bikers going down in the world that i made threats from me crazy when you guys were the ruling coalition here and became here today thankfully something similar may happen this year and that's why we're here to demand that shutting down schools should be the last resort. in the city of one aside is for example a court rejected a federal order suspending classes for 2 weeks the city of one of the scientists is run by a center right opposition figure or. statistics show the infection rate in schools is minimal. we know the pandemic continues the virus circulates but we cannot choose between education and health the. challenge is to find the

common good and to learn how to live with this and do it with care and responsibility parents and teachers a respect in the protocols some here believe disagreement about how to handle the pandemic between the government and the opposition is hurting argentina's fight against the 19 hospitals are struggling to cope with a rise in infections so far only 11 percent of the nearly 45000000 population has been inoculated and that's one of the reasons why anger against the handling of the pandemic has been on the rice. at the beginning of the pandemic when the president was like a protective father public opinion took care of him and supported him he had a 68 percent approval rating but now he's dropped over 40 points because he's disconnected from the problems people are facing every day aside from the pandemic president i was at the farm and this is trying to convince the public about the risks of covert 1000 and the challenges ahead. the problem is that many seem to

have lost faith in their governments have billeted to protect them experts here say fighting the virus without consensus will not succeed. and one of scientists. part time for a quick check of the headlines here and out there and after 3 weeks of witness an expert testimony jury deliberations have begun in the trial of the former police officer accused of killing george ford that's after final arguments were made on monday. as dozens of protesters of been outside the courthouse demanding show evidence of conviction at a peaceful demonstrations taking place as minnesota state governor and.