coverage giving a more accurate representation of the world we reported on and that's a key strength of al jazeera. dozens of migrant workers rushed to leave the indian capital ahead of a weeklong curfew as a surgeon coronavirus cases threatens to overwhelm the country. about us and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the jury's out in the murder trial of derrick so one the former minneapolis police officer is accused of killing george floyd. pakistan's parliament to vote on whether to expel the french ambassador in a deal with the conservative party and its supporters. and the mozambican town of pemba struggles to support thousands of people the arrived after fleeing violence

further north. as thousands arrive on foot and well supplied. with. many to stay with relatives who are already struggling. bus and train stations in new delhi have been overwhelmed by thousands of migrant workers fleeing the city is a week long covered $900.00 locked comes into effect revisiting a similar exodus during a nationwide lockdown last year in this report and more than 200000 new cases for the 6th consecutive day and tuesday it reported a record number of deaths from the virus more than 1700. i'm leaving because a lot down has been imposed nobody house is in lockdown not the government and definitely not the rented house or no but we have to pay everyone we are far from

home and we are here to work hard and for our family back home and this situation will end up doing the opposite so we have to go home. elizabeth put on this joining us live from the capital talk us through what's happening in delhi no it's in another. hello rob so delis government announced on monday that from monday night for one week that it was imposing what it called a curfew but one of the restrictions of the same as doing the lockdown the nationwide lockdown even last year where people aren't allowed to leave their homes on this they work and what are considered essential services and they're not allowed to leave their homes on this it's to get essential supplies in just hours after those restrictions were announced we have seen thousands of migrant workers people who work who live rather in different states to where they work crowding the streets off the capital crowding and train to have an illness because they have

many of them who are dating wage and those who once again as they did last year they've lost their jobs they come to afford to pay rent and they want to return home now these tenant governor has pleaded with migrant workers not to leave and try to assure them that they will be looked after danny's high court has asked both the central and state government why we are seeing the kinds of pictures we did last year and why they haven't learnt anything in the past year it's also asking the local government here in delhi to spend 400000000 dollars to make sure that all of these people these my conflict is affected now that they have no way to feed themselves as well as the scenes that we're seeing at bus and train terminals we're also seeing migrant workers on the leaving by foot on the border of the station all again because they feel that they have no option they're just as you've been describing it would be looking at some of the pictures of those crowds trying

to get onto buses and going on to the railway stations obviously social distancing is no consideration for their let's talk about the vaccination time india is still . go ahead with its vaccination plan isn't it but it's it seems to be making a few changes in some areas. yes the government has been under a lot of pressure over the last few weeks as cases have been rising as rapidly as they are much more rapidly than they did last year during the 1st wave the government has been under pressure from various politicians around the country from different. medical experts including the indian council of medical research asking them to know what the age limit for vaccinations that has been 45 years of age and on monday the government decided that everyone over the age of 18 will be eligible to get vaccinated from the start of may but the problem is that of the past few weeks there also being reports of vaccine shortages and bearing in mind india is

the world's largest vaccine manufacturer it produces 60 percent of the world's vaccines but it doesn't have enough that things currently to inoculate the local population we are continuing to see signs put up outside that's nations and to the especially in the worst affected states saying that the centers are out of vaccines and slow the finance ministry has decided to make a lot more money available to the 2000 back to manufacturers in the country so you have institute of india and also to bottom biotech to increase their demand as much as possible to try to get jabs and to people's arms and most recently we've also had some reports on local media through a right to information act from the government reporting that 23 percent of all the vaccines and dhea this year have actually been thrown out the vaccine wastage rate in india up to the 11th of april 23 percent elizabeth thank you very much

indeed we'll come back to you as that situation develops for now elizabeth put on thank you. i am. was the jury in the murder trial of former minneapolis police officer derrick sovan has begun its deliberations he's accused of killing george floyd of the kneeling on his neck for more than 9 and a half minutes sean is facing 2 murder charges and manslaughter john hendren has been following 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. to drugs he just 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 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 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. 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 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 and dozens of protesters have been outside the courthouse demanding show his conviction a peaceful demonstrations have been taking place as minnesota state governor the mayor of minneapolis call for calm 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 the u.s. has described russia's plans to block parts of the black sea to foreign ships for 6 months as an unprovoked escalation washington says russia could restrict access to ukrainian ports in the sea of us off and that it marks another attempt by moscow to

destabilize the country conflict between camps forces and russian backed separatists in eastern ukraine has been escalating the top diplomat says russia's deployed 100000 troops along the border charles trafford's being to the front line in eastern ukraine and has this reports. 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 sides can use each other repetitively violating a cease fire agreement that has failed and it was signed in 2014 but ukrainian soldiers here say that russian separatists in recent weeks i think recently been using snipers more and genies in 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 and the 1000000 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 are new this shell and 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 like many others who live close to the front line says she can't leave the village because she and i have nowhere else to go after al jazeera . eastern ukraine the party of german leader angler merkel has backed amin lasette succeed her as the conservative candidate but chancellor that september's elections

because some democrat leader was supported by more than 3 quarters of senior party members in the secret ballot as well as a week long power struggle with rival locker sort of from the sister c s new party the alliance is under pressure to agree on a candidate after its popularity plummeted and joining the pandemic. still ahead on al-jazeera cuba gets its 1st known castro property leader in 6 decades while the transfer is likely to be more symbolic than revolutionary. and a 1st in the history of space exploration nasa flies our helicopter on mars describing it as a right brothers moment. however if it's for sunshine you're off to look no further than scandinavia which you believe it largely dry weather coming through here big area of high pressure

keeping it settle munchie there is a fire danger risk at the moment and with little rain rain in the forecast over the next couple of days that could increase further hopefully it will turn a little damper as we move towards the middle part of next week we have got some wetter weather down into the southeast and cooler with a couple of areas of low pressure here some very heavy rain just rolling out of the black sea pushing up into ukraine possibility of some localized flooding here at these up into that western side of russia we seeing some rain coming into moscow turns cold there has been recently temps have been getting up to read 18 celsius over the past few days so that is something of a change going on still into the mid teens there into scandinavia you notice but there's that wetter weather just not going up towards the norwegian fjords somewhat to weather and some windy a weather coming through here links back across the north of the u.k. we'll see some wetter weather starting to push its way in across scotland filtering out in the process by wednesday temperatures at around 11 degrees celsius fought in

try a little further south but we have got showers into northern parts of spain and a good part of france. frank assessments now. but the government needs to watch why exactly how and why measure never taking for a situation like i'm not to be you could ever get informed opinions is the u.s. with thinking the military positioning of the middle east wasn't just a simple act of reorganizing ministry assets this is a message to the region the united states years are rethinking its military posture in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines inside story.

we want to go to 0 remind of our top stories this hour bus and train stations in new delhi have been overwhelmed by thousands of workers leaving the city is a week long a lot goes into effect india's report of more than 200000 new cases for the 6th straight day. after 3 weeks of testimony the jury in the trial of the former minneapolis police officer is trying to reach a verdict is accused of killing george floyd and faces 2 murder and manslaughter charges. the u.s. has described russia's plans to block parts of the black sea to fall in ships for 6 months as an unprovoked escalation washington says it will be another attempt by moscow to destabilize ukraine. pakistan's government has agreed to ask for a parliamentary vote on whether to expel the french ambassador it's part of

a deal with the banned political party. in an effort to end weeklong anti fronts demonstrations that have been nationwide strikes in the t.l.p. has been blocking routes into major cities in protest against cartoons depicting the prophet muhammad at least 6 people have been killed and there are some of the best of my question is will cutting ties and sending the french ambassador back stop this is there a guarantee that no one will insult the prophet after java harm france came when we expelled the french ambassador and cut ties with france means we'll cut ties with the european union half of our textile exports go to europe this means half of our textile exports will be reduced it means unemployment and the closure of the factories or quaters live for us from islamabad i understand that the interior minister is due to give more details about this pond deal that's being worked out later in the next few hours but let's talk about this vote does this as they mean that the french ambassador could be expelled from india.

you mean. like. being told. being told. it's going to be decided by. a. french ambassador from one of the key demands of the day to. play out because. i've been criticizing the government. to the nation. that the tactics of they're. going to win any points that. change anything i need a question that day. changed. people would support.

and that led to frantic talk between the. candidates. he. needed in. order and then tried to convince him. on it now that. they have to. be very critical. for. economic future it's concerned very very difficult for the government. saying that the government should.

come on thanks very much indeed from all sides are bringing in some days from islamabad in pakistan. the european union has announced new sanctions on members amir mars' military says there's been further evidence of the zones his brutality the sanctions will hit 10 individuals and 2 corporations belonging to the military a member monitoring group of peers again for stronger international action to stop the torture and killing of protesters cuban president miguel diaz has taken over as the head of the governing communist party it replaces raul castro who is stepping down but this canal says cost to will remain influential on important decisions it's in human has this report me then the then. passing on his post his 1st secretary of the all powerful communist party to 60 year old president may give the s. candidate an image that is supposed to signal the end of the castro era. not quite

one year ago that comrade there are all 4 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. done to me is collapsing and dissent increasing opponent medea fayyad says that hominess party will change the most barbecue and families are struggling in a human diary on a scale 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 it will their absolute power at trees and that is something that they don't want to do. cuba's 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 u.s. judge has ordered 2 leaders of the far right proud boys group to be arrested and jailed on charges related to the january attack on capitol hill of beans and if nor danes have been free since they were 1st charged in march but a judge now says they pose a grave danger to the community there are no release conditions that will be adequate they'll be kept in jail until their trial. at least 11000 people were forced to flee during last month's attack on palma in northern mozambique humanitarian workers say most are now being looked after by their relatives in nearby pember that's putting even more pressure on local communities that are already struggling as reports from member susanna felix say she was preparing food for her children when she heard gunshots then she saw her neighbors running confused and frightened she grabbed her kids and also ran it was the middle of the

afternoon on the 24th of march the day of the attack on parma by an eyesore backed armed group began. i grabbed my children and we started running my husband was at work on the other side of town i haven't heard from him since march and his phone is switched off. the family is now staying with a relative in pemba the provincial capital. but my dad is so who could barely support his own wife and children now he has even more mouths to feed. more than his one we share a little with each other i am the only one working if i can find food to bring home i try to do just that sometimes you have nothing to eat it will sometimes eat one meal once a day aid agencies estimated by 90 percent of those who reached from parma are staying with relatives in recent months. in northern rows and it has been overwhelmed as thousands arrive on foot and on both the population has grown with

some people saying it's doubled many people are choosing to stay with relatives who are already struggling economically. humanitarian workers do regular follow up visits offering psychological support and other assistance to those affected by the violence but the needs are great last month's attack on the gas rich town of parma killed dozens of people and displaced thousands more this is a crisis to which the world needs to pay attention this is a crisis that desperately needs for us as humanitarians more funding we've got a lot more to do here we've got rising needs and while there are many competing crises around the world it is vital that this one gets attention these people have been through so much they've been through conflict they've been through cycling's and they have urgent needs that we have to help them meet god or problems when most of the major gas discoveries have been made in recent years has seen violence and instability since 2017 many families are constantly on the move every time

a town or village is attacked they say going back to parma and any of the other conflict zones is no longer an option for them. al-jazeera mozambique. the u.s. space agency successfully flown a small helicopter on laws ingenuity is called hubbard 3 meters above the martian surface nasa celebrating the challenging and historic feet or a burden money has more all $10.00 of our data. on. the excitement from these nasa scientists and engineers was clear i think made space flight history these still images from mars show ingenuity the 1st how to cook 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 r.c. surface and then touching back down is amazing brilliant there are indeed making your i guess your greater mars is not yet over isn't just

a 1st rate by. the united nations take a moment. that's not all the work and more power. 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 possibility of power 5 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 me to retrieve plates to lift itself up. in its test flight on earth scientists had to create conditions similar to miles 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. this is all just there these are the top stories bus and train stations in new delhi have been overwhelmed by thousands of workers leaving the city as a week long lockdown has gone into effect in his reported more than 200000 new cases for a 6 straight day. i'm leaving because a lot down has been imposed every house is in lockdown not the government and definitely not the rented house owner but we have to pay everyone.