you represent is now illegitimate and we listen we did not sell defense material any country to feel the conflict in yemen we meet with the global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on al-jazeera you're. dreaming i am your. jurors begin deliberations in the murder trial of derek chauvin for minneapolis police officer 'd is accused of killing george floyd. calls for justice for floyd protesters demanding show binns conviction he's facing murder and manslaughter charges. i know there are a carl this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up jailed russian opposition

need to. move to a prison hospital is on hunger strike and his doctor says he may be near. the end of an era in cuba president miguel diaz canal is pick to head the communist party taking over from raul castro. we are on the verge. and a new climate warning from the u.n. despite a drop in carbon emissions during the coronavirus and. the jury in the direction even murder trial has wraps up the 1st day of deliberations the former minneapolis police officer is accused of killing george floyd after kneeling on his neck for more than 9 and a half minutes chauvin is facing 2 murder charges and manslaughter john hendren 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 dr drew. 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 use 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 on. 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 the talent of the circumstances when it comes to the use of force. 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. 'd 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 in cities across the u.s. that wait will be filled with anxiety and fear for what comes next john hendren al jazeera minneapolis. the floyd family's lawyer told supporters outside court though the trial represented a broader fight for racial equality we have the honor of representing the family of george born where. our whole. global group of activists. freedom fighters a young people to believe that we can be patented this america here we steve

you name it and we have just global prayer for justice right and over the past few hours dozens of protesters have been outside the courthouse demanding sharon's conviction for a peaceful demonstrations have been taking place as minnesota's state government and the minneapolis player have called for calm but they say they'll continue to protect people's right to motz chaffer towns a has more from minneapolis. we have crowds multiple calls there for peaceful protests from civil rights leaders and activists the families involved even a sort of governance if you strike 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 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 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 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 need to elect me has been moved to a prison hospital says his health is deteriorating but fresnel thorazine described his condition as satisfactory a crime and corsica is in his 3rd week of

a hunger strike and 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 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 on high 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 the allegations of cyber hacking election interference spying and the occupation of crimea we have very much worried about the health situation unleashed in the. yesterday we issued a statement of behavior the 27 member states asking to russian the site it is to provide. the health care he needs and they are responsible for their safety and the valley says he'll stay on hunger strike until a prisoner forat 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 burning. moscow. russian state media reporting moscow plans to block parts of the black sea to foreign ships for 6 months the u.s. says russia could restrict access to your cranium ports in the sea as a sea of as of and that it marks and another attempt by moscow to destabilize the country conflicts between camps forces and russian backed separatists in ukraine's east has been escalating the top diplomat says russia has deployed 100000 troops along the border there were positive talks on monday there with all sides reaffirming commitments to reach a cease fire. given president miguel diaz kal-l. has taken over as the head of the ruling communist party here pace's raul castro who is stepping down and says he will no longer hold a high office but says he will remain influential on important decisions as anyone

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. not quite when your own. comrades 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 by neural role like role castile the u.s. can and will also hold the position of president of cuba at a challenging time was. funny is collapsing and dissent increasing opponent medea fayyad says the communist party will change the most barbecue and families are struggling in a human diary on its scale crisis and the others that have good reason have been more repression more violence in their case you have to this light is open in . meehan's forward then you will have their absolute eyewear. and that is something 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. so has had on al-jazeera a fire on a south african landmark is under control but we look at how much destruction it scores. and why some of the world's best footballers face bands that clubs join a breakaway european competition. it's time for the perfect jenny. sponsored point qatar airways however into a very warm spell of weather across the middle east on usually warm for many of us here some places a cloud further north and that's going to just pick the temperatures back around

the levant over the next day or so but was still getting into the high twenty's in beirut study 6 there for damascus as a 40 in baghdad and rising we get to 42 by the time we come to wednesday to see how those temperatures just fall back a touch just along the eastern side of the mediterranean here in concert doha gets up to 38 degrees plenty of warm sunshine that warm sunshine stretches further south across the rest of the write in peninsula making its way into the far north of somalia but for central parts of somalia pushing into central areas of more showers coming through here there's a scattering a sow's now the seasonal rains do quite nicely right down into tanzania running up across the democratic republic of congo right across into the gulf of guinea will see some showers to make in the way into northern parts of zambian. the marius of mozambique northern parts of madagascar a little bit of what weather around the eastern cape of south africa down towards the southeast and cold we want the rain whether it's wall faso taking place in cape

town the brisk winds the dry by the looks set to continue over the next couple of days and if anything it's a touch warmer by wednesday. sponsored paul cutoff at ways to jump into the stream there is a lot going on in this and julian on global community when i talk about the misinformation i think we don't want to feed than we are aware be part of the debate don't ever take anybody's one word because there's always a difference when no topic is off the table we have been disconnected from our land we've been disconnected from who we are good enough to heed the new in the to be part of today's discussion this dream on out is the era.

again you're watching al-jazeera has a reminder of our top stories this hour after 3 weeks of witness and expert testimony jury deliberations have begun in the trial of the former u.s. police officer accused of killing george boyd that's after final arguments from the prosecution and defense russian opposition has been moved to a prison hospital his doctor says he could be near death for it to say his condition is satisfactory coming critic is on a hunger strike over what he says is a lack of medical treatment. thank you mark the end of the castro era with the transfer of power to a new leader president miguel diaz kell succeeds raul castro as communist party chief the most powerful position in cuba. chad's army says it's repelled an attack by a rebel group in its northern region it comes a week after presidential elections present edges debbie is poised to win

a 6 term opposition leaders in the capital of called for a cease fire and dialogue to resolve the situation of a morgan has more from the capsule and germain. this is what chad's government says is the aftermath of fighting between its forces and the armed group known as the fund for change and concord more than 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're not 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 chat's 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 kennel 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. elections by the rebels at least 15 groups have called for

a ceasefire and imaginal 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. they were opinion has no new sanctions on members of. new evidence of the gentles brutality. says the sanctions will hit 10 individuals and 2 corporations belonging to the military it comes as a political prisoner group appeals for stronger international action. america the south african city of cape town says firefighters have been contained a blaze on table mountain strong the flames more than 24 hours destroying buildings including parts of the university reports.

and exhausted these are just some of the 250 for you 5 days we've been battling the fire on the slopes of despite. destroyed. parts of its collections. so africa's oldest and only working when mo. dating back to the late seventy's hundreds was also a casualty by monday afternoon city officials declared the fire mostly under control outside of the u.c. the precinct. to watch state and freedom. of the 4 year we have experience for your fighters on scene can stop before you see the story on there with. more than $400.00 pictures of lead an investigation is underway to determine its cause but it's been confirmed

one suspect has been arrested accused of arson. this is a woodstock right that the bottom of table mountain only thing is just little bits of smoke at the moment firefighters backing up getting back to base the scenes earlier on monday residents were packing up the stuff it was smoke everywhere it was pretty chaotic. some people fled to safety others chose to whiten out. is that in the 40 years muhammad simon says he's seen his share of mounting violence or fires ok the last fire was a mess of it was more than a fire but this one is more when the donations from the public and big business have been rolling in for firefighting crews and those displaced by the fire have been taken in by people nearby. there is no city like the motor city when we have a crisis in this city no other city in south africa response like this no other

city has this kind of here's where you will see these kind of donations and volunteer activity and outpourings of contributions and assistance this is a thing of the mother city and we're very proud that people are willing to come forward and make these kind of contribution right now the hope is that the winds will subside and they won't be any further flare ups and the fire could be extinguished in the coming days adams al-jazeera. in a new report the united nations has issued another stark warning over the state of the global climate the top u.n. official said the world is on the verge of their best with global temperatures moving dangerously close to the cap set by the paris agreement change by its reports from the u.n. headquarters in new york. 2020 was the year that for many normality stops the coded 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 days 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 were temporary carbon dioxide

levels have been building up over many decades last year. mr speaker so. it's interesting our consumption of. these gases these are haven't seen. 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. al-jazeera at the united nations. naomi oreskes as a professor of the history of history of science at harvard university she says more than ever countries need to take action regardless of what other nations are doing. 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 that we don't have to worry the warming stuff all of those arguments have been proven absolutely positively to be false but i think we've seen plenty of evidence over the last 2025 you can 30 years that when the u.s. won't act it becomes an excuse for other countries not to act united states and china did to the 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 drive for. climate change and in many ways is the most important driver plan a policy of united states war after than many other countries can say well you know

why should we if us won't do anything and so it's very very important it's really crucial for the u.s. to be not just back on board but really to offer announce a 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 and time has pretty much run out the democratic republic of congo has lower says vaccination campaign after a month long delay because some people over 50 will be amongst the 1st to receive some of the $1500000.00 astra zeneca day says the killed under the kovacs came the rollout was postponed last month to to concerns over red blood clots reported in other countries. former u.s. vice president and liberal icon walter mondale has died at the age of 93 he served alongside president jimmy carter in 184 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. a medical examiner has ruled a u.s. police officer injured in the capitol hill riots in january suffered a stroke and died of natural causes investigators had thought brian sick nick may have died from a serious head injury or inhalation of chemicals 2 men are charged with using bear spray on sickening during the riot but monday's findings mean prosecutors are less likely to bring murder charges. and the head of european football vantine says plans for arrival so early especially in the face of the constant and late clubs and getting managed to united and real madrid fans enjoin and the new multi-billion dollar project reports. 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 can't 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 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 internet already 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. 3 more clubs are expected to sign up or sent to pocket more than $400000000.00 when they do get 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 bust nearly furloughing players clubs on the edge in league one and 2 and these lobby to soon 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 nieve barca al-jazeera. is there at the top stories now after 3 weeks their witness and expert testimony. have begun in the trial of the former police officer accused of killing george floyd after final arguments were made.