seeking to turn the tide a season of programming exploring the climate crisis head of steam on al-jazeera. an untold stories asia and pacific on how to see. a transitional council is in charge and a curfew in place in chad after the president dies in fighting just a day after he was reelected. hello i'm barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up more than 100000 russian troops now amass that the border with ukraine and in crimea calls grow for moscow to be sanctioned to. attend suasion in minneapolis

where the jury is out in the murder trial of derek chauvin the former police officer accused of killing george for it and that massive public backlash to plans for a european football super league with reports that a number of clubs are on the verge of pulling out. and i thank you for joining us interests to be was one of africa's longest ruling leaders officially winning his 6th term in office on monday a day later though he was they killed on the front line in a battle with rebels in the restive north of the country now his son has taken charge named into a new leader by a council of military officers it could be a popular move with western nations who see the government as a key player in the fight against armed groups but continuity is unlikely to please

the opposition which has long seen debbie's rule as oppressive and was concerns about security growing a nationwide nighttime curfew has been imposed here but morgan reports. this was chat's president idriss deby campaigning last week early election results indicated he'd want a fixed term in office but debbie had reportedly joined his son and other soldiers on saturday to repel an attack by a rebel group in the northern province of new to border with libya according to the military he was severely injured and on monday it announced his passing it says its crew. a transitional military council led by debbi son and has suspended the constitution or union for a transitional government will be put in place new republican institutions will be put in place to facilitate the transition by the organization of free democratic and transparent elections following the spirit of sacrifice that the marshal of

chartered for for all his life brought up until his more suffering. in the capital where people celebrated deputy election victory tonight before the announcement they were mixed reaction. it's sad news the presidential elections went off peacefully through to the declaration of results by the election commission and then the next day we learned the sad news of the death of the president after being injured badly at the front lines it's sad news for the entire country. whatever the news is surprising i moved by it the rumors that are going around about the transitional council give me the impression that some information is for they already talking about dissolving parliament that is delicate we have a constitution so for me i'd say it was a coup and he was killed it greece debbie was a former military officer who came to power in 1990 he faced numerous coup attempts and his opposition accused him of ruthlessness the rebel front for change and

concord group wanted to remove president it attacked a government position at the border on election day on april 11th chat's closest ally france provided its military with logistical support and intelligence it seems like the. removal of debbie has not changed the military situation and as long as the military remains largely boil to his son which seems likely to be the case given that he used to be the commander of the presidential guard and the chair you know his best units he's a 4 star general is only 37 years old. if you can keep that loyalty then there's no way the rebellion can take advantage of that anymore and they could under his father. mourn. 300 rebel fighters have reportedly been killed in the fighting during the past few days that president has now also died in the fighting has shocked the nation and made the security situation in the wider of the hill region even more fragile he will morgan al-jazeera. ukraine's foreign minister has warned there will soon be more than 120000 russian troops on the ex

soviet country's borders. to meet through a queer labor has called for more western sanctions the e.u.'s top diplomat just sapporo call that the largest russian army deployment in the area ever the move comes as russian media reports that 20 of the country's warships have participated in military exercises in the black sea bernard smith is in moscow and says the russians are clearly showing the strength of their capabilities. there are some recently published satellite images showing what is a very serious buildup of military hardware in and around crimea and ukraine we've seen pictures of fighter jets lined up on a runway in crimea we've seen pictures of air borne troops are many units attack helicopters smoke generators. jamming equipment reconnaissance drones and a military hospital and the e.u. and u.s.

estimate this between 82100000 ground troops along the ukraine russia border russia says all of this the defense minister sergei short who is because nato and the u.s. are indulged in provocative activities in waters and airspace around the black sea he doesn't say what those provocative activities are exactly and he says these are long planned military drills also russia's prime planning to restrict access through that curch strait that is because they're going to stop they say millet naval vessels going through that strait that provides a link for ukraine to its eastern ports and there is a treaty between russia and your group ukraine that says those waters the hours of sea in the strait are supposed to be freely accessible to both sides so the ukrainians would see that as a provocation but russia says this is all a military exercise but whatever it is it is a very clear demonstration of russia's military capabilities in and around ukraine

in crimea. for doctors say they've been prevented from seeing the jailed russian opposition politician aleck's in a valley who's been on hunger strike for 3 weeks his personal physician says they were denied entry after waiting for hours at the prison hospital another of these doctors says he could be at risk of a heart attack while his general health is the terrier rating mass protests are planned by supporters on wednesday to coincide with an address by president putin. jurors are sitting for the 1st full day of deliberations in the trial of former minneapolis police officer derek show ven the jury is considering 3 weeks of testimony from 45 witnesses chauvet is accused of killing george floyd after

kneeling on his neck for more than 9 minutes floyd's death last year sparked a global wave of protests against racial injustice and police brutality while the case is also being closely followed by president joe biden who called floor george floyd's brother on monday alone as what the president what did you say to him and what was that like in general. it was just his calling. he know it is to lose a family member he knows the process so what we've gone through so you would just let them know letting us know that he was praying for us. open that everything will come out to be ok this is basically well john hendren has been following the trial and is live for us in minneapolis is so john the jury continues to deliberate meaning meanwhile the eyes of the nation and the world are all in minneapolis what is the situation like there now when it comes to i guess the tension and and

emotions also running high. well you're right security is high and tensions are even higher this is a divisive case and we have talked to people in these streets who there are people who support derrick chauvin the former police officer but really by and large most of what we get when we talk to people particularly here in minneapolis where this is such a big issue is a hope that there is a conviction and be hope that there are riots in the streets afterwards like we saw after the death of george floyd on may 25th 6 buildings are boarded up their schools were open on tuesday but are closing for the rest of the week if you look behind me back there that big building at the end of the road is the courthouse and there's a chain link fence closing off a road that normally goes through the street level of the courthouse and national

guard troops are on the street here but not just here they're also in washington d.c. where they have been remaining since that january 6th uprising there about 2300 there 'd and they've added a few 100 after that and in chicago there are about $150.00 national guard troops as well so it's really a nationwide phenomenon as everyone awaits this verdict and most of minneapolis is really shut down. the. controversy has increased when you get people talking about it now president biden spoke to fill a nice floyd the brother of george floyd yesterday and he said he waited until the jury had been sequestered are isolated for their deliberations before he weighed in one person who didn't do that is a congresswoman name maxine waters a civil rights activist and an african-american from southern california and she spoke up at a protest and said the protesters need to demand

a guilty verdict it needs to be on murder and she said that the activists need to get more confrontational and let people know quote we mean business. that drew a lot of criticism in congress where republicans 'd asked for her resignation among other things and it even came into the courtroom when the after the jury had been sent out to begin his deliberations the defense lawyer asked the judge for a mistrial saying that comments like that could prejudice the jury and lead them to want to convict of and just to avoid all of the chaos in the streets the judge rejected that but it just gives you an indication of just how high the tensions here as everyone awaits this verdict. john hendren with the latest on that in minneapolis john thank you. still to come in this half hour another daily record of

chrono virus infections in india migrant workers leave new delhi in their thousands as new restrictions come into effect and is this the man to replace angola merkel i mean lash it's her party's choice but will he be germany is. that we have cut off the cold supply the arctic air is no longer blowing having done its damage in the videos of france and there's no obvious movement of of cloud in from the north there has been for days and days if not weeks but it's a massive cloud here in eastern europe that's where rain is coming up snow possibly a little bit in western side of russia and snow up in norway and this is a telling wind so for most places we're up in the teens now which is

a pleasant change was widespread showers and significant rain coming into portugal the temperatures come up but it won't stay that way look at copenhagen marked the calm the cold side you'd be right to think that we're now just 12 was staying down by 86 degrees by thursday that's more or less a night time tenchi jaring the day and the cold keeps spreading down through germany and poland reaches this line stretches through austria and up to the baltic states this is the cold air and it will make some progress down to vienna not surprisingly cold but colder than you might like however it's still better than it was a week ago in north africa the pictures now dry one though for some a windy one that's particularly true i think through egypt where color is down down to 30 degrees. most people will never know what's beyond this still. deafening silence of

100000 forms how it feels to touch danger every day. most people will never know what it's like to work with every breath is precious with it is not an option. but when knocked. the on. the back is a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera chad's president the b. has died of injuries sustained leading soldiers on the frontline against rebel

forces there he had just won reelection for a 6th term his son has taken charge named interim leader by a council of military officers ukraine's foreign minister has warned it will soon be more than 120000 russian troops on the x. soviet country's borders. has called for more western sanctions the e.u.'s top diplomat joe sapporo called it the largest russian army deployment in the area ever . and jurors are sitting for the 1st full day of deliberations in the trial of former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin the jury is considering 3 weeks of testimony from $45.00 witnesses chauvinism accused of killing george floyd after kneeling on his there for more than 9 it's. india's prime minister has called off a planned the trip to portugal next month because of the covert $1000.00 crisis this comes as the country reported another new record number of daily deaths more

than 7800 the capital is already in lockdown with mumbai set to follow later this week and as elizabeth pour on them reports from new delhi thousands of migrant workers are trying to flee. just hours after delis local government announced a weeklong curfew thousands of migrant workers rushed to bus and train stations they squeeze their way onto buses climbing on top of each other and onto the roofs closing down of all but essential services has seen many workers lose their livelihoods either getting i'd never get chief minister said that nobody needs to leave delhi ask him where would daily wage earners like us go what will we do they earn in the same day if they don't earn in the day they call and have a mule it night where will we go if not home these are the same questions which were asked during the nationwide lockdown

a gira god it led to 100000000 migrant workers returning to their home states after losing their jobs millions had to go hundreds died on the journey there are some lives that could be predicted but they lost the values that completely dispensable . for the government for the middle class and for the rich and i think this is up a bit with. what we have begun as a. hush mother is petitioning the supreme court to force the government to provide basic services to daily wage earners delhi's high court has asked the local government to divert hundreds of millions of dollars of public money to ensure workers who've lost their jobs and don't go hungry it said both the central and state governments failed in their responsibility to protect daily wage as last year and asked why they haven't made plans to do better. the high court also said the capital's health care capacity is at the stage of imminent collapse health experts

say it's likely the double mutant variation of the virus which has been found in india that's causing infections to rise much more rapidly than last year we've seen systematic increase in. across india more or less the north of the thing that what might be happening is that something that is transferred between people is very rapidly moving through the population of people who are yet to contract infection and therefore 35 to. health organization and governments around the world among trend what's happening in india as concerns grow about the spread of this variant elizabeth brannon al-jazeera new delhi. europe's drug regulator has found a possible link between johnson and johnson's cove in 1000 vaccine and rare blood clots but says the jobs benefits still outweigh the risks the european medicines agency concluded a warning about unusual clots with low platelets must be added to the vaccines

labels johnson and johnson stopped the rollout of its one those facts in last week after recommendations from the u.s. authorities 6 cases of unusual blood clots were identified out of more than 7000000 doses administered was that fast and has more now from amsterdam. well it means that there is another disputed fact seen actually that could create concerns among people here in the e.u. it's very rare in 8 cases in fact they found blood clots and also decided decrease of blood platelets mostly within young women in the ages of 18 to 48 years old in the united states and that was also the reason they stop vaccinating people with this johnson and johnson vaccine but overall they say this risk is so low that of course for the overall population facing this risk of covert 19 still in this 3rd

wave that's happening in europe at the moment they should still at minister this vaccine it was an important vaccine that a lot of countries here in europe are counting on especially here in the natl and because it's been developed here and laden in the natl and stay have asked for 11000000 vaccines here and in the overall of europe 200000000 facts scenes of johnson and johnson were supposed to be shipped to europe to be vaccinated here in the coming months the is of course this concern now this will all be delayed because people will be reluctant and also there will be a choice by the separate countries to impose an age limit for example the netherlands has sat with our stars in a car below 60 we're not using it anymore so that means that every country has a separate policy and of course that this could create delays. football's controversial new european super league is on the brink of collapse with the news

that english teams chelsea and manchester city are about to pull out spanish clubs barcelona and that led to the dreaded are reportedly ready to join them with thousands of chelsea supporters protested outside the club's stamford bridge stadium in london ahead of this evening's match against brighton has been widespread condemnation of the breakaway super league featuring 12 of europe's biggest clubs since it was announced officially on sunday let's cross to neve parker who is at chelsea's home ground stamford bridge here in london do we know anything else about these reports of the 2 clubs at least here in the u.k. wanting to pull out. all their stories moving very very very quickly indeed all we know when it comes to chelsea at least is the paperwork has apparently been started to begin the process of extricating the team from the new proposed super league and that manchester city was quick to

follow chelsea's leaders well there are also rumblings of arguments within other teams in europe as well it would be a voice executive chairman of manchester united we believe has resigned after a stop with the much united captain harry maguire over the proposed plan to join the league and also. nearly the. of your ventus is also resigned as well whether or not. this is the beginning of a domino effect amongst the 12 european clubs that signed up to the league it's too early to say but this most certainly does not look good given that some of the most powerful people in international football are now decide to go the last minute it would appear to change tack altogether farms here. stamford bridge had gathered and missionary in protest a very very loud rukus protest and the protests very quickly when you spread among

close of the gathered to jubilation real relief from some of the fires that had gathered here the superleague may now be starting to wither. barker with the latest there outside that chelsea's home ground stamford bridge thank you. our main lash it has won the support of germany's conservatives in his bid to succeed angela merkel as chancellor in september will be the joint candidate for the governing christian democrat party and the christian social union in federal elections later this year the bloc had been split on how to replace replace mark foley who is stepping down after more than 15 years in power and stephanie decker reports from berlin faces an uphill battle to win over voters unimpressed by the government's handling of the pandemic. he is the premier of

germany's biggest state he's been a staunch ally of angola markel throughout his political career he is pro europe he's pro immigration he stood by her certainly when merkel open the borders here in 2015 to hundreds of thousands of refugees that called her a lot of grief he was very much her ally on that but he comes at a time when there are challenges challenges also to him his stance on coronavirus he wanted to open restrictions already last year at a time when it was seen as controversial so he's been seen as being a little bit back and forth on that and also at a time when the parts of the alliance is polling very low around 27 percent and this is because of the handling of the coronavirus also because there's been some political fraudulent scandals when it comes to some politicians having made money in deals and when it comes to acquiring mosques for the virus they've stood down but certainly it has damaged the alliance really an alliance that's that's that's been at the at the center of german politics since 1980 $91.00 contender is the

green party they announced their candidate yesterday 40 year old woman and alina bair bought a lot of support there and they're nipping at the heels of this alliance so he's going to have to do some damage control but certainly now that they seem to have agreed on who the man will be that could potentially be germany's next chancellor they can at least focus on the election campaign and try and convince voters that they should remain in power. talks aimed at bringing the u.s. back into the iran nuclear deal are making continued progress that's according to the russian delegate after 4 days of talks in vienna other now taking a break for consultations before resuming next week under the 2015 agreement with 6 nations iran restricted its nuclear program in exchange for relief from sanctions but it's been repeatedly breached. unilaterally pulled the united states out of the deal in 2008. malaysia says the chief for me and mars military john tower

will attend an emergency meeting of southeast asian leaders about the crisis in the country this comes as at least 6 people were reportedly killed by the joint us security forces on tuesday protesters in the southern city of daraa way candlelit vigil for the more than 700 people killed since the coup began 2 months ago officials from all 10 members of the association of southeast asian nations will attend the summit in the indonesian capital jakarta. voters in palestine will head to the polls to vote in legislative elections next month for the 1st time in 15 years the vote paves the way for the resumption of a national unity government for palestinian one instead of 2 governments representing the occupied west bank and the gaza strip but as that tasha go name reports there are already doubts that the election will take place. the last time palestinians voted in

a legislative election facebook and twitter were months away from being launched globally the year was 2006 they couldn't have known then they would spend the next 15 years with a divided government and chance to elect a new one. that isn't about 15 years without an election and we're facing a miserable situation as a mother i wish it will happen and things change for the better. an election for the palestinian legislative council is scheduled for may but already there is widespread expectation palestinians won't be rushing to a polling station headed in to have acted not that of one of these elections only for anew in the legitimacy of palestinian leaders and to continue to rely on foreign aid but in the long term it will not serve the palestinian people israel has yet to approve voting in east jerusalem but how has splintered and both fucked up and how lost are worried about losses in their own bases due to disaffected

voters. professor of a high morale boost says recent polls show hamas would be lucky to get 25 percent of the vote in gaza but it might be able to get a bigger share in the west bank where people are fed up with the palestinian authority but maybe after the elections we might see a new or different kind of coalitions but that would probably be a guinness that would have the international community which is still classifying hamas as a terrorist organization and also israel and which doesn't want to see a mass in any form of a palestinian government so united or unified government between hamas and fatah is unlikely how must spokesman. says the organization is pushing for the election to take place as scheduled and that palestinians are primarily frustrated by the

israeli occupation not their leaders. it is about the world and the international community should help us choose our leader and to take our rights back we should be living in a good situation like all the human beings in this region. a generation of palestinians has come of age living with a divided government and no way of changing it at the ballot box the question people are asking is will this year mark long overdue change natasha going to al-jazeera. police in the united states or issuing search warrants on the tesla car company after a fatal crash involving one of their vehicles on saturday 2 men died when their tesla hit a tree just outside the city of houston in texas witnesses report that nobody was in the driving seat has left us in a mosque has denied that the car's handsfree driving feature could have been to blame. much more on that story and everything that we have

been covering acts especially our lead story there the situation in chad on our website you can see it there al-jazeera dot com. and now a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera chad's president the dress they be has died of injuries sustained leading soldiers on the frontlines against rebel forces they'd be had just won re-election for a 6th term a state funeral will be held on friday his son has taken charge named interim leader by a council of military officers the move is unlikely to please the opposition which has long seen the rule as oppressive with concerns about security growing a nationwide nighttime curfew has.