any of these problems is together that's why al-jazeera is so important we make those connections. jurors begin deliberations in the murder trial of derek shaven a former minneapolis police officer is accused of killing george throwing. calls for justice for floyd protesters demanding show evidence conviction he's facing murder and manslaughter charges. this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. but both sides digging in we report from the front line of ukrainians conflict with pro moscow separatists.

ukrainian soldiers that russian separatists in recent weeks have increasingly been using snipers moved. through the russian troop buildup. and the end of an era in cuba president miguel diaz canal is pick to head the ruling communist party taking over from raul castro. 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 chauvinism cuse of killing george floyd often eating on his neck for more than 9 and a half minutes shaven 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 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 later died that day. drugs he just. 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 it was the same 9 and a half minutes the world saw 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 put in mr floyd eminently dangerous we've had 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. is not an inherently dangerous. proposition during restraint is not an inherently dangerous. it is routinely trained in the use by the

minneapolis police the park defense lawyer eric nelson blamed bystanders for chauvinist failure to administer lifesaving 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 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 and. thousands of protesters have been outside the courthouse demanding his conviction of peaceful demonstrations taking place as minnesota's state government and the media man have called for calm they say they'll continue to protect people's right to motz. 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. bus and train stations in new delhi have been overwhelmed by thousands of daily wage migrant workers fleeing the city as a weeklong lockdown comes into effect india's reported more than 200000 new cases for a 6th straight day and on tuesday reported a record number of deaths from the virus more than 1700 tonnes of product joins us now live from the capital is delhi entering another knock down can you explain to us what these restrictions mean. hello laura so india's capital is under what the government is calling a curfew where no one is allowed to leave their homes unless they work in essential services or go out to get essential supplies the delhi government made the announcement on monday with just a few hours notice because the what they're calling

a curfew which is essentially all of the same restrictions that were in place last year during the lockdown that came into force at 10 pm on monday night after they made that announcement we have seen a very large numbers of migrant workers people who work in different states to where they're from who don't live in delhi crowding one of delhi's biggest bus stations we've also seen migrant workers on the state border between delhi and india's largest of the for the largest state of the for the who are already beginning to walk on and these migrant workers have been saying that they have already lost their jobs they can no longer pay rent to and many are saying that they wish that the delhi government would have given them more time or more warning that this was going to happen now you remember last year that when the nationwide lockdown was announced 100000000 migrant workers in india lost their jobs tens of millions walked many hundreds of kilometers home and the delhi high court is asking

not just the delhi government but the central government why they haven't learnt anything over the past year because once again seeing the pictures that we did last year the delhi high court is also asking the delhi government to make sure that these migrant workers are fed since they now have no way of feeding themselves and meanwhile we've got the vaccination drive pushing ahead with its. that's right on monday the government also announced that from the 1st of may everybody above the age of 18 will be eligible for a vaccine at the moment the age limit is 45 and the government has been under a lot of pressure to remove that age limit as the case is a spreading as rapidly as they are to remove the age limit so the more people can get vaccinated the finance ministry also announced that they will be making

a lot of money available to the countries to cover the $1000.00 vaccine manufacturers that's the institute of india and also to bought a biotech so they can increase production to meet the demand because there have been many reports over the last weeks of vaccine shortages and the government really sees vaccinating people as a key strategy to reducing the numbers which are the greatest they have been since the pandemic began and many states and many states because of those numbers are also introducing more and more restrictions of problem bring is the latest situation in india thanks very much this. russian state media reports in moscow plans to block parts of the black sea to foreign ships for 6 months u.s. as russia could restrict access to a cranium ports in the sea of as of. another attempt by moscow to destabilize the country conflicts between kids forces and russian backed separatists in ukraine's

east has been escalating the use top diplomat says russia has deployed 100000 troops along the border to a structured has been to the front line in eastern ukraine and sent this report. ukrainian soldiers reinforcing their trench the military is dug in alone approximately 300 kilometer front line stretches across the donbass region of eastern ukraine. a recent escalation of fighting against pro russia separatists and a military build up of around 100000 russian troops close to the border is a reminder that this 7 year long so-called frozen conflict is not over yet. a new generation is growing up with this war it's important we finish it there are comrades being killed and injured all the time the same as me or younger this is the defense of the motherland. separatist positions are around 130 meters from here

both science accusing each other repentantly violating a cease fire agreement that has failed when it was signed in 2014 but ukrainian soldiers here say that russian separatists in recent weeks i think recently been using snipers mortars and genies and especially since the russian troop buildup on the border the bombed out shell of a coal mine an industry that provided jobs and income for communities here since soviet times shows how indiscriminate the fighting has been the ruins of a village a reminder of the more than 13000 people killed in the millions forced to flee their homes this is gallia milk over and a sun roof when we met them sheltering in their cellar from a mortar attack 4 years ago and this is them now who has never known life without war. ghalia says things have got bad again in recent

weeks most of those a lot of those. each year knew this ellen happens in the morning and evening but who should 1st we don't know it has been quiet especially the last 2 years but the past 2 weeks it started again i worry when he goes to school he calls me when he gets there and before he leaves to come home we don't watch news anymore because it makes us nervous i don't even like go into the shops anymore because you worry about what may happen ghalia like many others who live close to the front line says she can't leave the village because she and roseland have nowhere else to go after al jazeera of eastern ukraine. still ahead hat on al-jazeera parents paul the pressure on argentina's government to keep schools open despite rising coronavirus cases and a 1st in the history of space exploration not flies a helicopter on mars scribing it's

a right. interview warm spell of weather across the middle east and 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 36 there for damascus as a 40 in baghdad and rising we get to 42 by the time become to wednesday but 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 arabian 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 those scattering of showers 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 zambia northern areas of mozambique northern parts of madagascar a little bit of wet weather around the eastern cape of south africa down towards the southeast and colder we want the rain where those wildfires are 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. on counting the cost of 0 to $1.00 versus the markets for the turkish economy. we already on the brink will the president's unconventional economics take over yet passmore example huge gas reserves big investors and the surgeon see could do you a little. helping the costs on al-jazeera

a lot of the stories that we cover all hardly conflicts so it's very poor we make them is on the standard well as we care as al-jazeera correspondent stress will be strong to do. and 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 minneapolis police officer accused of killing george floyd shaven is facing 2 murder charges and months or so. fast and train stations in new delhi have been overwhelmed by thousands of daily wage migrant workers cleaning the city as

a weeklong knocked down comes into effect india's reported more than 200000 cases for a 6th straight day and a record number of deaths. and russian state media reporting moscow plans to blow outs of the black sea to foreign ships for 6 months the u.s. says russia could restrict access to some ukrainian ports as it marks another attempt by moscow to destabilize the country. jailed russian opposition leader alexina valmy has been moved to a prison hospital his lawyer says his health is deteriorating but prison or thirty's described his condition as satisfactory the kremlin critic is in his 3rd week of a hunger strike that has spread as more from moscow vladimir region prison hospital number 33 is where alexina valmy 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 novelli is at risk of kidney failure which riseth 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 the demolition of all the 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 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 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 and 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 burning. moscow. cuban president miguel diaz canal has taken over as the head of the ruling communist party he replaces raul castro his stepping down says he will no longer hold high office but does canal's has castro

will remain employed and chill an important decisions it's a new man has this report. the. old castro 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 one year ago that comrade role 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 old like troll castile vs canelo will also hold the position of president of cuba at a challenging time. to me is collapsing and dissent increasing opinion to 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 repression more violence in their case you have to this light is open in millions for dan it will 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 germany to angela merkel has backed arm in last chat as the conservative candidate for chancellor september's elections a christian democrat leader was supported by more than 3 courses as senior party members in a secret ballot oppose a weeklong power struggle with rival laughers soda from the sister c.s.u. party alliance is under pressure to agree on a candidate after his popularity plummeted during the pandemic. former u.s. vice president and liberal icon water mondale has died at the age of 93 he served alongside president jimmy carter in 1904 he ran against ronald reagan for the white

house becoming the 1st albany for 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 coated 19 many states have already started not creations within the age group but the centers for disease control made it official from monday about half of all adults have had at least one dose around a 3rd fully vaccinated. schools in argentina's capital have reopened after a court ruling rejected a government order requiring classes to go online for 2 weeks you quote a virus instructions and well as ira's created tensions between the federal administration and city authorities as well as between parents and teachers try isabeau reports. gathering outside their 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 sporty and though they bought 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 i went off 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 its held 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 can hear him run from the president's message today and there we go. i can clean them there and even certain classes last year in one of the tigers go down in the world that i made from crazy when you guys were the ruling coalition came here today thankfully there is something similar may have been this year and that's why we're here to demand

that categorically should be the last record i in the city of one side 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 to the protocols some here believe disagreement about how to handle the pandemic between the government and the opposition is hurting argentina's fight against over 90 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 publicopinion 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 out of 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. their opinion has announced new sanctions on members of men as military there's new evidence of the germs of brutality and mergers in use top diplomats as the

sanctions will hit 10 individuals and 2 corporations belonging to the military it comes as a political prisoner laundering group in appeals for stronger international action . here space agencies engineers a helicopter has made a historic flight on models was transported to the red planet aboard the perseverance rover in february we're about money has more. all permit our data. on. the excitement from these nasa scientists and engineers was clear as they made space flight history these still images from mars show ingenuity the 1st how to cope to ever to fly on another planet and then came the video it's granted at 1st and then shows us covering our 3 meters above the r.c. surface and then touching that is amazing brilliant they are indeed making a difference and yes your greater mars is not yet over isn't just

a 1st rate by. the united nations take a moment to let your pulse the world get more hot resonator. ingenuity took off from the dusty red surface of mars this desire 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 they said they'll go for all of our missions going forward at mars if we really want to explore the red planet explore possibility of past life present microbes and things like under different conditions. we're going to need to travel quite a distance which a helicopter like this with 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 meet a rotary 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. ingenuity isn't alone it hitched a ride to the red planet on nasa's perseverance rover which touched down in february and will soon begin to explore the mars surface ingenuity 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. a man the al-jazeera. power electronics lead engineer who works on the ingenuity helicopter to j.p.l. he says the atmosphere on laws and transporting the device made it difficult to design. one of the biggest challenges we have that we have to actually achieve the weight so it is like when i 1st like join in the bar in the project i get task like this very small weight like if you if you grab to design a board or inverter to control the water i'm going to have to design a very light motor look the part of that outer system i mean 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 physicality of flight and the other thing come of the environmental aspect like you know the temperature we have to really designed things to work for negative 100 degree c.

i mean the more invertebrate cell phone actually live in the market was viewed unlike a lot of the other electronic live in the warm box box you see in the bottoms actually that live in the top order so i mean i had thought that this is part of design designs we have to do a lot of like can designing for like negative under degrees which is very uncommon using electronics we use on earth can we what electronic goes negative 40 c. and the same time we have to consider a lot of the space radiation very gratian for the trip you know on and a lot of other things we had to consider. go down to 0 these are all top stories after 3 weeks of witness and expert testimony jury deliberations have begun in the trial of the foreign.