thousands of children were removed from east timor to meet indonesian occupation decades later one when he joined the lost generation is a fine head. on al-jazeera. a somber scene in minneapolis where a murder conviction for the killing of george floyd is prompted a probe into police culture and hopes for a change i feel. relieved actually went to sleep for like 5 bottles. i don't look like this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a bloody war between 2 drug cartels intensifies in southern mexico we have an

exclusive report from ground 0 the fighting. thousands of people across russia defy authority to protest against jailing of opposition leader and that scene of only. players united against its plans for an elite european leaker in taxes 10 of 12 football clubs. so a move to change place culture in the united states is being treated with great to see following derrick shave his conviction for murdering george floyd the justice department's conducting a sweep investigation into policing in the state of minnesota where floyd died almost a year ago be hailed as a step towards cleaning up systemic abuse in the force john hendren has more now from minneapolis. george floyd square has transformed from crime scene to memorial to his somber site of celebration.

in the grass. thing this. is. really what it is as many who have been demonstrating for 11 months felt buoyed further by the announcement on wednesday that the u.s. justice department has launched a sweeping investigation into whether the minneapolis police department engages in discriminatory or unconstitutional practices building trust between community and law enforcement will take time and effort by all of us but we undertake this task with the term a nation an urgency. knowing that change cannot wait on capitol hill a bill named after george floyd would ban racial profiling in police chokeholds we

must remain diligent in our efforts to bring meaningful change to police departments across the country the reform practices in training and the legal protections that grant too great a shield to police officers guilty of misconduct here were floyd spent his last moments of life many said the verdict against former minneapolis police officer derrick children is a start the people we've talked to here at the site of george lloyd's murder say this movement isn't over with the conviction of derek chauvin or with the other officers involved they say it will when they no longer have to say that black lives matter for the floyd family knowing the children won't get away with using his badge to justify murder brings a long awaited release i feel better i feel relieved actually went to sleep for like 5. of those are great and that offers hope and perhaps change to the next generation of black americans john hendren al-jazeera

minneapolis. well celebrations over the george floyd verdict have been tempered by growing anger over the police killing of a teenage black girl place of release body count video showing off shooting the girl and ship it to try and stop another girl with a knife protesters have marched in the city of columbus expressing outrage the city's mass says an independent investigation into the death is known to weigh we don't yet have all of the facts but we do know that a 16 year old girl child this community tragically died last night. we released the officers by want camera footage as soon as possible. will release all other information that we can as soon as we can. we also need to be careful about not compromising the investigation. now the southern that mexican stated michalak and has become a battleground for

a bloody drug war between 2 major cartels ground 0 has been the town of. it's a potentially lucrative mines and drug routes have made it a prized target no journalists have been able to reach that town since fighting intensified until john holdren and his team made it for this exclusive report. this is the only route into the town at the heart of a war between 2 cartels michu a kind southwest mexico and no journalists have been here since the new generation called to advance to take the land around it we've been told to take this dirt track over the mountains to get in but it's not simple we just seen in quick succession a checkpoint that we had to pass. by the side of a road. truck and then the letters the initials of alice going to generation cut actually scrawled on the road so it's not real bad about who's territory where

. when we pass the 2nd checkpoint they want to talk to us. we don't have any necessity to rob with drug traffickers it's true that we're having a fight a struggle but we're fighting for the rights of each of us and for the people. they want to propaganda push to go with their advance into this territory they say the let through civilians who dared to travel. finally we make it to the town they're fighting for i get. on the outskirts it looks like a ghost town. it might well be one soon thousands of fled the violence and isolation here those left have no one to help them we didn't see a single policeman on my way or a soldier despite the fact the army actually has a barracks in the town residents say they've really patrolled. near the center as signs of life. has been serving the village for 2 decades but many

a contest says it's hard to keep it going. by countless and it's affecting us a lot everything's got more expensive it's really hard to bring in supplies that's because the main road to the nearest city or parts in a gun has been closed by another group of needles they're fighting the honeysuckle cartel and have the area under siege. petru has to be smuggled in the garbage is out of action gas is scarce so is medicine water from a say they can't get their crops or cattle to market and the sea has had other course with danniella and gabrielle is grandad had a burst stomach ulcer they couldn't get him to the hospital on the other side the blockade. is i felt so helpless because we couldn't do anything it was out of our hands and angry too it's not right that when living like this and he wasn't the only one at the same time and lady had a miscarriage because she was trying to get to the hospital and couldn't. we heard

more stories towns people killed in the crossfire between the cartels on the road or in the town itself is a nightly soundtrack here. you can probably hear that the sound of gunfire and just outside of the church no it is only just started shooting here. and where the authorities absent say the townspeople until a surprise visit by the governor last week just as election season began but went to teach a day to protest to him he did this. and embrace many and when we visited they gave it to demand one thing. number one free transits on the road from. 2 a passing gun and security for those traveling the state security minister also came by while we were visiting promised just that but he didn't talk to the people of agony instead he held a press conference outside the town the media he brought with him we joined and i

asked him repeatedly if he was aware of the criminal checkpoints he said to me this isn't done well if you tell me where if you pass me the coordinates when we finish he denied knowing of them. the next day we tried to leave passing burnt out empty towns a sign perhaps of likely is future but we couldn't get through to a putz again it's not even 24 hours since the secretary of public security came down this road and said that it was now open and there would be free transit we just tried to get down there already heard that is but so we have to go back down to get the. eventually the police filled in the trench that one of the gangs had dug across it that night the criminals dug it out again the highways closed once more the siege and suffering continues john homan how does it or i get a year. russian president vladimir putin has warned the west not to interfere in his country's security interests the leader and says he wants good relations with

other countries but that his response will be quick and tough if they do he crane's foreign minister has also europe for protection from moscow and its myth as its report. russia's president says his country has red lines that he hopes no one will cross. annual state of the nation speech came as moscow amasses tens of thousands of troops in a ukraine and western countries impose sanctions over allegations of cyber hacking and spying and election interference. we want good relations with all participants of the international dialogue and really we don't want to be on bridges but if someone mistakes our good intentions for indifference or weakness and intends to broaden or even blow up as great as themselves they should knowledge russia's response will be a symmetrical swift and harsh hootin speech was dominated by domestic issues particularly the challenge of the pandemic and russia's slow vaccination rate. but

there was no mention of another challenge opposition politician alexina valmy his supporters held nationwide protests on wednesday despite a police ban to draw attention to the valleys ailing health thousands marched through moscow riot police blocked access to main squares so the crowd kept moving thank you mcglenn you how could i not come catastrophic changes for the worse are happening to the country by every measure social and economic previous indebtedness supersedes the of ip i came to express my story there it is with the opposition because we have no alternatives all the time we see bureaucrats stealing and authorities don't care this was a body of all stock in russia's far east there were reports of detentions of protesters in at least 82 towns and cities across the country an avowal me a thorn in put inside for the past decade is seriously ill in hospital after 3 weeks on hunger strike now could soon get even harder for the supporters to have

voices heard on monday prosecutors are asking a moscow court to declare the corruption foundation an extremist organization putting it on a level. that would mean even stiffer penalties voice supporters and finance years and even harder jail sentences bernath with al-jazeera moscow. still ahead here on al-jazeera one child is the success story of latin america europe why is now facing record corona virus infections. and warnings of severe food shortages in afghanistan after one of its worst droughts in decades. now winter is reluctant to leave both counter and the u.s. and the recent cows come right down to texas and arkansas giving and usually late

frost damaging frost and bring your potential for some snow with it this is the temperature contrast it doesn't look huge but you get the idea that the blue is always down here meeting its was normally a feed of of gulf air and when the 2 together to come together this is where we produce these spring storms where a good day or 2 off to be honest not a huge contrast here not a huge change we can see the gathering hints of showers in the plains states running across the missouri as well and this is where they start to develop this is jury in friday the same time any remaining winter has been blown out of the northeast or on to is up to 50 new york's back up to 61 small but these storms are pretty obvious right down to the gulf coast again just to the weekend and the last front they came right from the u.s. this is the forecast means showers in the bahamas a few in cuba and you could have otherwise talking much drier than the last couple of days and in south america there's a good scattering shows through brazil maybe one or 2 for the south and paragraph

the biggest ones recently and possibly redeveloping are in the pampas of argentina is a big hail out of those showers. in the 1st thailand's of home in mesopotamia where the 1st settlements formed the cradle of civilization iraqi people have depended on the tigris and euphrates for centuries can no longer make a living on rivers blighted by and pollution al-jazeera world reveals how the manmade decline of one of history's most famed ancient environments is leaving its people struggling to survive iraq's dying rivers.

and again you're watching al-jazeera or mind of our top stories this hour and the u.s. justice department has announced an investigation into the minneapolis police department and its use of force it comes less than a day after former officer derrick chevron was found guilty of murdering george floyd. a bloody war between 2 major drug cartels has left towns completely cut off in southern mexico despite promises from authorities people in the state of michoacan say they're living in fear without access to basic necessities. so to that top story on the u.s. attorney general's investigation into the minneapolis police department there johnson is the president and chief executive of the national association for the advancement of colored people and c b joins us live now from middleburg derrick johnson welcome to the program 1st up.

much has been said has made about the sense of relief of the verdict that the verdict has brought in a lot of the sense of opportunity for change within policing to stamp out systemic racism but how do you see this opportunity how do you ensure that change comes when the next step up is federal policy it is important for our united states senate. to adopt the necessary reforms consistent with what was adopted in the house of representatives so president by the sign a new law and place requiring arduous diction as will our ports from agencies to comply there's going to be critically important if we are able to move beyond where we are now rising you're talking about the justice and policing about this that still needs to get get through and actually get implemented that is absolutely correct congresswoman karen bass was excellent at moving that be out there were

a new congress without the prolonged process of hearings and now that the house of representatives have passed be oh it's important for you 9 states senate to do the same and an illustration are going on in hopefully we could come out by the end of the month with language that everyone can meet with and we can get that bill signed into law this federal investigation into policing practices in minneapolis' it's all part of the process. it is picking up where president obama offered his just apartment with investigating certain agencies where the history of violence and corruption when prime president came into place he removed all of those kids in orders and investigations and so this is a ministration is picking up where we left off we've seen tremendous progress under president obama unfortunate part for years not so much now i think with president

biden are these going to be moving forward quickly to address some of the systemic problems with police agencies across the country yet moving forward quickly to do so that was a great deal to do isn't it because for a direction even to act in the way he did in front of a rookie officer who he was mentoring is just astounding it and it shows the depth at which the problem lies how do you weed out these practices ingrained as they appear to be. well 1st but we have to pass a law so that police officers going to be held accountable they're not so they won't be able to use their badge as a shield from accountability secondly you have to go to some of these agencies and figure out how to root out the cancer culture or you have a set of individuals and b. of the agencies who build in title to operate above the law when it comes to have to american and other communities that need to be addressed immediately courtroom in minneapolis we have a very strong police chief and he's going to work hard i'm sure with the

ministration to clean up that department he's an excellent job to lose points but there was some state law requires that titles hand not federal government go on and he can be more effective cleaning up the crowd in the minneapolis police department right this is of course just one case other cases happening all the time across the country down here right and are not was unarmed is killed during a traffic stop just in the last few days that is it just about avoiding the point of confrontation surely it just goes much deeper than. it is it is our respect and citizens as seen in our city it's equal and to ensure that individuals have the proper training those things are important when you have law enforcement officers patrolling in areas that they're not familiar with they don't have any cultural sensitivity and they see the citizens in all areas as less than human and you always have these problems and so much of what needs to happen

immediately is we've been out some of the bad apples supporting the remaining quis office but providing training to deescalate scenarios and be more it's really mine to have more police officers that live in the communities of compromise which they are trying. derrick johnson the and the lazy pay appreciate your time sir thank you . thank you but we don't. have the. doctors in europe pleading for more vaccines to stop a surge in corona virus infections and now has the highest number of daily cases per capita in the world only 8 percent of the world's jobs have been handed out in latin america even though it accounts for nearly a 3rd of all deaths are latin america and its use in human has this report. normally sedate or appliance protest by banging pots and pans they blame the

government for allowing it to transit from the success story to the country with the highest per capita infection rate in the world and in just a few weeks the small south american country which is sandwiched between argentina and brazil had been hailed as the exception in a region of pandemic turmoil but now the bubble has burst. we must take care of ourselves those who don't get vaccinated will die simple dead going to die if they get infected they die. with a population of only $3500000.00 or requies seeing more than $3000.00 infections per day by far the highest per capita in the world and also the 5th highest death rate the government has never ordered lockdowns or enforced other measures calling it a matter of principle but this has led to a blahs a attitude among citizens even though health experts warned that the more

contagious variant of the virus from neighboring brazil wouldn't think them quickly i'm talking of what. until the dead or your dead he will think whatever you want until it happens in your family it's difficult for people to become aware. the latest wave of cold it is breaking new records every day in latin america in colombia deaths are surpassing more than 420 daily. hopes his wife won't be one of them as she waits for an i.c.u. bed at this maybe you know hospital and but there's a good on them a great sense of helplessness because what can you do as a human being you can't do anything. the pan american health organization says no region has been harder hit more than 3000000 people. i'm really. happened right here in the america. back in

europe why hospitals are running out of sedatives needed for using respirators in critical care units a painful reminder that in this pandemic overconfidence is a dangerous thing. in human out 0. at least 4 people being killed in a car bomb attack at a luxury hotel in pakistan the explosion ripped through the 3 hotels car park in kota the capital of baluchistan province people were injured the pakistan taliban claims it carried out the attack china's ambassador to pakistan was staying at the hotel there was no when they exploded. afghanistan is suffering one of its worst droughts in decades aid agencies say one 3rd of the population does not have enough food or water they warn that urgent action is needed to stop the humanitarian crisis getting worse for your country 40 has this report now from. farmers in the village of can do nothing as water levels drop the canals connected to wells to

which they were irrigating their fields have run dry the wheat is growing at a slow pace and as water has become even more scarce farmers worry there may be no harvest season this year. we worry a lot we worry if there's water get scarce where will we go we're very concerned about where we should go but let's see what god will decide for us half of afghanistan's provinces have been gripped by a drought crisis and climate change is being blamed. there's been limited snowfall and rain both vital doing this spring and summer farming season. humanitarian organizations are warning that people in many parts of afghanistan face severe water shortages including thank you water that's also. likely to create sort of decent crowd as there is not enough to properly we gave crops according to the

international federation of the red cross and red crescent societies more than $13000000.00 afghans do not have enough food to eat the covered $1000.00 pandemic has created economic hardships for many but now if help isn't provided for food in a few months 18000000 afghans almost half the population could be affected this is the plan to see reason which comes after spring but the conditions are they have there's no precipitation enough the moisture on the ground and then they won't be able to plan so that's i'm projecting in coming months there will be reduced food availability and as i mentioned a study that will be around 16 to 27 percent reduced units in weeds alone and that will have an impact or 2 cleans you'll spend a lot of money to import in order to satisfy the local markets but also because of that the forces of supply and demand will mean the present also go up in 2018 the

afghan government adopted a drought risk management strategy and received a grant from the world bank in february to fight drought this year and though a drought has not been officially declared yet in afghanistan the farmers of. safe no action is taken now their fate may resemble that of other villagers decades ago. we had this kind of drought about 60 to 70 years ago and the people back then left this area but after some years they came back when the water reappeared and now this disaster is on its way again. al-jazeera kabul. well the european union has reached a provisional deal to make the 27 nation bloc climate neutral by 2050 the agreement sets an initial legally binding target to cut at least 55 percent of emissions by 2030 compared to 990 levels it comes ahead of a virtual climate summit of major economies being hosted on by the united states on

thursday. breaking news now from israel where a large explosion has been heard across central and southern areas and local media reports that alarms have sounded near the dimona facility unconfirmed reports suggest the blasts may have been the result of a patriot battery responded to a missile launched towards israel. 10 of the 12 members of european football's proposed new super league have now officially pulled out of the controversial project just 3 days after it was announced the chairman eventis one of the driving forces behind the breakaway leak says the project is on stand by the fact reports now from london. think. outside arsenal's emirates stadium satirizing the super league saga.

england's richest clubs a face days of fury against wealthy owners see many feel have put profits 1st for these fans the league's collapse feels like a win to sport the people that started from. the start as a working class and since then i mean it's maintained that kind of integrity. and if the owners don't realize. i guess their days are numbered really finds players and politicians of all spoken out against the league including britain's prime minister i welcome the decision taken by the 6 english football teams not to join the european super league the announcement was the right result for football fans the clubs and for communities across the country. this is where it all began to unravel and the moment chelsea fans got what they wanted. the club was the 1st english side to confirm it was drawing up paperwork to leave the league other rebel

english teams followed and soon an exodus of all 6 sides manchester united bunch to city tottenham and liverpool i want to apologize to all the fancy tours of liverpool football club and the disruption i caused to past 48 hours goes without saying but it should be said. the project put forward was never going to stand without the support of the fans the collapse followed 2 days of protests from angry supporters and on field demonstrations from premier league players managers and team captains declared they were against it but the dust settling on the ruins of the league now a period of soul searching one of the 6 premier league english sides to join the league now admitting that it made a very big mistake the fans are questioning whether now is the time for many of these clubs to start rethinking their very business of football. that could mean giving fans

a great to stay cold and say in how their clubs are run some players and supporters are calling for the teams to be punished stripped of points even kicked out of tournament those behind the super league said the project was designed to say football for many supporters the formation of a new rival competition felt like a trail of europe's football family. so this is these are the top stories and some breaking news from israel where a launch explosion has been heard across central and southern areas of sounded near the dimona nuclear facility unconfirmed reports suggest the blast may have been the result of a battery responding to a missile launched towards israel from syria the u.s. justice department has announced an investigation into the minneapolis.