discovered on a jersey about. investigating the use and abuse of power across the globe on al-jazeera and one . jurors begin deliberations in the murder trial of derek show been a former minneapolis police officer is accused of killing george floyd. the. calls for justice for floyd protesters demanding conviction he's facing murder and manslaughter charges. i know there are more of this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the end

of an era in cuba president mikhail diaz cannell is pick to head the ruling communist party taking over from raul castro. jailed russian opposition leader has moved to a prison hospital he's on hunger strike and his doctor says he may be near death. and a 1st in the history of space exploration now serves flies a helicopter on mars describing it as a right this moment. the. after 3 weeks of testimony in the murder trial of a former minneapolis police officer the case has been handed over to the jury derek sjodin is accused of killing george floyd after nearly won his neck for war the 9 and a half minutes showing his face in 2 murder charges and manslaughter john 100 is covering the trial in minneapolis otherwise we are in recess until we hear from the jury in

their final words in the most highly charged us civil rights case in decades prosecutors told jurors to trust their eyes but. the defendant's actions pushing him down. george later died that day. drugs you just breathlessly drive 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 then 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. position. the prone position the problem position in and of itself is not an inherently dangerous. proposition during

restraint is not an inherently dangerous and. it is routinely trained in the use by the minneapolis police the park defense lawyer erik 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 alternatives the. as 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 children's fate now lies 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 haven't and for residents of minneapolis in 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 satans conviction peaceful demonstrations are taking place as minnesota's state's governor and the minneapolis man have called for calm i say they'll continue to protect people's rights. has more from minneapolis we're proud of multiple calls there for peaceful protests from civil rights leader to this the families involved the minnesota governor to be struck you

will consider 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 those communities in pain and those people on the streets many of whom are 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 certainly state troopers and national guard have been a for the last over the last week and indeed what their reaction will be to the media covering. the actions of local security forces that in the last week they've been actively targeting the media and detaining the media so upset about 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. jailed russian opposition leader alexey not only has been moved to a prison hospital his lawyer says his health is deteriorating the personal authority is described as because this is going to ingestion as satisfactory a crime in chrissake as and a week of a hunger strike but a smith has more from moscow vladimir region prison hospital number 33 is where alexina volley has been transferred. the lawyer for the 44 year old opposition leader says after 20 days on hunger strike drinking only water his client situation is only getting worse or bitter and he looks sad so sad he's getting finner vinod than 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 their bodies 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 the 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 in eastern the ali yesterday we issued in

a statement of behavior the 27 member states hosking to russia on the side it is to provide. the health care he needs and they are responsible for their safety in the valley 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 the square in moscow is supposed to be one of the places where they're going to gather and it's already being fenced off russia's police have advised people not to come out and protest. al-jazeera moscow. russian state media reporting moscow plans to block parts of the black sea to foreign ships for 6 months u.s. as russia could restrict access to ukrainian ports in the c. s. c. of as of to the north and that it marks another attempt by moscow to destabilize the country. conflict between camps forces and russian backed separatists in ukraine's eastern been escalating the use top diplomat says russia has deployed

100000 troops along the border there are positive talks on monday though with all sides reaffirming commitments to reach a cease fire given president miguel diaz has taken over as the head of the ruling communist party he replaces raul castro who's stepping down says he will no longer hold a high office but says he will remain influential on important decisions this in yemen has this report. passing on his post as 1st secretary of the all powerful communist party to 60 year old president. an image that is supposed to signal the end of the castro era although not quite a year ago that camaraderie are all for legitimacy and because cuba needs him will be consulted on the most important strategic decisions for the destiny of the nation. while billboard's hailed the communist party as the soul of the revolution

its 8 congress transpired behind closed doors cubans waited to hear if a much promised generational change would finally take place. we expect positive changes because the younger generation is more modern in accordance with our times and open to changes that we need especially in the economy. but when the names of the new politburo were finally announced on state media 4 of the 14 members were 77 years old and the rest between 50 and 60 fidel castro was 33 and old 29 when they took power more than 6 decades ago when you're a role like role castile the u.s. can then will also hold the position of president of cuba at a challenging time. to me is collapsing and dissent increasing opinion to russian media fiat says that hominess party will change the most

barbequing families are struggling in your money diary an escape crisis and the answer of the regime has been more regression more violence in their case you have to this light is open in millions for dan to pull their absolute power at trees and that isn't that they don't want you to this communist party is one of only 4 in the world that remains in power and describes its future as one of continuity guaranteeing that continuity with a more in bold and younger generation of cubans may no longer be so easy to see in human al-jazeera. the party of german leader has backed off as to succeed as the conservative candidate for chancellor september elections the christian democrat leader was supported by more than 3 quarters of senior party members of a secret ballot for as a week long power struggle with rival locke

a soda from the sister c s party lines under pressure to agree on a candidate after his popularity plummeted during the pandemic. still ahead hair on al-jazeera parents pile of pressure on argentina's government to keep schools open despite rising coronavirus cases. and why some of the world's best footballers face bans in effect clubs joining a breakaway european competition. hello there the weather looks very unsettled across florida at the moment we've got some very heavy rains sliding across the deep south through the panhandle stays pretty wet here for a time the mcgrath you see things are quite a dance this area of high pressure starts to have an effect further north we've got

this cold front that's sinking its way further south with cold northerly waynes arctic winds pushing some snow yes know into central parts of the u.s. across the plains just 7 celsius there for kansas city 3 degrees in chicago to the east of that is fine warm and sunny 23 in d.c. of 20 for new york not too bad we'll see that so when she makes started to push its way towards the northeast as we go on into a wet and stay dry down towards the southeast i'm pleased to say i love to drive across central pass that is temperatures starting to recover kansas city getting up to around 11 celsius no such issues for the west it stays warm to the up towards pacific northwest seattle still getting up to $21.00 degrees celsius that's 70 in found high slushy troi across the caribbean meanwhile some pleasant sunshine coming through here of course we have got some wet weather just coming in across the gulf of mexico some showers into central america we could see some lovely downpours all the way down into panama.

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here again what challenges there has remind you 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 after final arguments from the prosecution and defense. russian opposition leader has been moved to a prison hospital his doctor says he could be near death so far as you say his condition is satisfactory the kremlin critic is on a hunger strike of what he says is a lack of medical treatment. in cuba has marked the end of the castro era with the transfer of power to a new president miguel diaz canal succes raul castro as communist party chief the most powerful position in cuba. u.s. space agencies ingenuity helicopter has made a historic flight on mars it was transported to the red planet aboard the perseverance rover in february money has more. permit our data. on.

the excitement from these nasa scientists and engineers was clear as they made space flight history these still images from our show ingenuity the 1st how to cope to ever to fly on the not the planets and then came the video it's granted at 1st and then shows us covering our 3 meters above the arson surface and then touching back it's amazing brilliant we do that i think you can make a difference if you ask your creator mars is not yet over isn't just a 1st reply. congratulations take a moment on how to best your poker work and more calls the president. ingenuity took off from the dusty red surface of mars is does sarah crater. early on monday but the data took several hours to reach a milestone for space flight that nasa scientists compared to the 1st flight on

earth by the wright brothers in 1903 technology demonstrations are really important for all of us you know it's really taking a tool that we haven't been able to use and put it in the box of tools that is available for all of our missions going forward at mars if we really want to explore the red planet possibility of past life present. under different conditions. we're going to need to travel quite a distance which a helicopter like absolutely allows. flying a helicopter or drone is a seemingly simple task on earth but engineers aren't used to flying them on mars the flights can be affected by many things the martian atmosphere is very thin and so it's more difficult for the helicopters one point to me to retrieve plates to lift itself up. in its test flight on earth scientists had to

create conditions similar to mars the ingenuity weighs 1.8 kilograms on earth but only 0.68 kilograms on mars its batteries can also be affected by temperature on mars that's an average of minus $53.00 degrees celsius. engineers he isn't alone it hitched a ride to the red planet on nasa's perseverance rover which touched down in february and was soon begin to explore the mars surface engineers he is expected to conduct more flight tests with the hope that one day it can travel further as part of nasa's quest to find any signs of life on mars nor about a man the al-jazeera. well for more on this we can bring in the past uni he's a power electronics lead engineer who works on the engineering team our helicopter team with nasa j.p.l.

and he joins us via skype from los angeles great to have you with us and congratulations on a successful flight i could see a huge smile as you're watching the celebrations there an enormous report yes i mean thank you i mean it's really exciting time i mean i cannot express my feelings i mean sincerely i mean been up really early in the morning watching the feed live on mars and it has been a really he not i mean the happiest day in my life. and part of such a great achievement to achieve such a great achievement over happy to be able to speak to you about it now i mean the conditions on mars they make it very difficult to get such an operator's ad born how did you overcome these difficulties. so i mean i mean this is had we had to like you know be part of the big team like you know to decide in a lot of the study how you know the can we fly on another planet i mean especially mars and we study it like the atmosphere and a lot of this translated down into like the size of

a propeller and you know when they're done that the speed of that propeller is turning and how light didn't die at a craft i mean one of the biggest challenges we had that we had to actually achieve the weight so it is like when i 1st like join in the bar in the in the project i get to ask what like this very small weight like a few grams to design a border inverter to control the motor and it will get to design a very light motor it will be part of that outer system and that's part of the team i worked on and so i mean that a lot of that and this is only like from the weight and the feasibility of trash light and then the other thing coming the environmental aspect like you know the temperature we had to really designed things to work for negative on your degree c. i mean the more inverter itself it actually lived in the margin atmosphere unlike a lot of the other electronic live in the warm ups box you see in the bottoms actually that live in the top order so i mean i had to do this is part of the design designs we have to do a lot of like designing for like negative under degrees which is very uncommon using electronics we use on earth i mean we must electronic goes negative or you

see and the same time we have to consider a lot of the space radiation and the vibration from the tread you know on a lot of other things we had to consider. at the end of the flight itself it had to be automated didn't it because it's the distance between earth and losses is 400000000 kilometers in the colonies a joystick to do that i knew you didn't find out about the success of this until is it 3 hours later. yes i mean some indirect communication to government or i forget what period the 90 minutes minutes for the transmission of your car to communicate to base station under over and over to talk to you know through the u.s. census to actually communicate through to sell like around morris to like a few satellites on our own earth thought and then by the time you get all that data especially when you have a lot of data you have to process that longer time and you have to like decoded so that's what value added to the time but look until like we've got all informations

extraordinary feat and it's fantastic to be able to speak to a little bit about it congratulations again the way our bus uni thank you thanks a lot thank you. and the former u.s. vice president and liberal icon walter mondale has died at the age of 93 he said alongside president jimmy carter in 1904 he ran against ronald reagan for the white house becoming the 1st nominee from a major party to pick a woman as his running mate but he lost by a landslide after declaring he would raise taxes if he won. all americans over the age of 16 are now eligible to be vaccinated against cove at 19 many states have already started not collations within this age group but the centers for disease control made it official from monday about half of all adults have had at least one dose with around a 3rd fully vaccinated. we will ask all then argentina's capital have reopened

after a court ruling rejected a government order requiring classes to go online for 2 weeks of r.'s destructions and well as ira's have created tensions between the federal administration and city authorities as well as between teachers and parents so as a bow reports. are gathering outside this school in the province of one of scientists they came to ask the government to prioritize 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 element of a man this increased risk traditions in one aside is to prevent the spread of call that 19 argentine ace in the 2nd wave of a child break and more than 20000 infections are confirmed every day among the

measures taken where the suspension of in person to ask is for 2 weeks parents with their children here in front of the president's message today and there we go. i can clean them very and even person classes last year in one of the brightest lockdown in the world that i made from crazy when you guys were the ruling coalition came here today. something similar may have been this year and that's why they're here to demand cracking down should be the last recourse. 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. who says 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 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 19 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. the head of european football's governing body says plans for a rival certainly are a spits in the face of the constants and 8 clubs including bonds united's real madrid plan to join the new multi-billion dollar project if. 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 clubs players from future european championships and world cups i cannot stress more strongly at this moment. in the footballing world stand united against these graceful 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 athletico have agreed to join in spain in italy both ac and into milan have signed up alongside eventis and 6 clubs in 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 internode i'm just a manager and i'm prepared to coach my players under any circumstances the plans in 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 the. the more clubs are expected to sign up or sent to pocket more than $400000000.00 when they do get a project funded by us banking giant j.p. morgan seriously in the midst of a pandemic an economic crisis football clubs at national league level going bust nearly furloughing players clubs on the edge in league one and 2 and these lot of exam calls about breaking away and basically create more great joke the super league clubs want to start as soon as possible but the premier league 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 single sporting pyramid from the lowest grass roots teams all the way to the top may never be the same again we've barca al-jazeera. top stories after 3 weeks of witness and expert testimony jury deliberations have begun in the trial of the former police officer accused of killing george floyd as after final arguments were made on monday were dozens of protesters outside the courthouse demanding. a peaceful demonstrations taking place as governor and the minneapolis mayor have called for calm they say they'll continue to protect people's right to march.