europe on satellites useful stop the 13 sci astro, long chaos, and aster to g, starting fast, july 2021 out of their english se across europe will only be available on full 5124182800078. for further information, visit our website. i form a police officer, derek chosen a sentence to 22 and a half years in prison for the murder of george floyd with death spark to global outcry against racial injustice. this is based on nor abuse of a position of trust in authority. and also the particular cruelty shown to george lloyd emotional crowds react to the sentencing. george floyd's family lawyer, it says this should be the norm and not the exception. when a black person is killed by police,

ah, you're watching the real life from headquarters in del hi. i'm obligated also ahead . president rob ghani as welcome to the white house as the taliban issues. a warning about us funds to keep 650 troops in afghanistan and nearly a 160 people are still unaccounted for in the u. s. state of florida after thursdays, building collapse, search and rescue efforts are continuing. and the tornado sweeps through several villages and check republic, killing 5 and leaving a trail of destruction. ah hello, thanks for joining us before minneapolis police officer dairy. jovan has been sentenced to 22 and a half years in prison for the murder of george floyd. judge peter k hill added

a decade to the sentence recommended by guidelines. he said the former officer abuse his power, won a position of trust and authority. and that he inflicted particular cruelty to floyd in the minutes before his death. the video of children kneeling on floyd's neck for 9 and a half minutes sparked worldwide protest last year against racism and police brutality. us president joe biden says a sentence seems to be appropriate a sentence for cult one, the court committee to the cause, the commissioner of corrections for a period of 270 months as to $70.00. that is that 10 year addition to the presumptive sentence of a $150.00 bumps. this is based on your abuse of a position of trust and authority. and also the particular cruelty shown to george floyd. your granted credit for 199 days already served or before learning about her

sentence there. jovan spoke briefly and express condolences to george floyd family at this time due to some additional matters at hand. i'm not able to give a full formal statement at this time. but, but for briefly though, i want to see him. i can also afford family. there is gonna be some other information in the future that would be of interest. and i hope things will give you some some peace of mind. thank you. all. george floyd's brother terran struggled with emotion as he addressed the court. and he had a message for derek. jovan, i want to know from the man. so why what were you thinking? what was going to yeah,

well you had to neil my brother's neck what, what, when you've, when you knew that he pose no threat any more. he was handcuffed white and get up. why do you stay there? now describing shelven sentence of historic, george floyd family says the u. s. is one step closer. it's a healing by delivering closure and accountability. but they say this case is exceptional and accused the police of killing black people without consequence, day after day, year after year addressing the media after the sentencing floyd family and attorneys called on congress to pass the police reform bill named after floyd. they say there's only real justice in america when people don't have to worry about being killed by police because of the color of their skin. today

represents an opportunity to be a turning point in america. this is the longest sentence that a police officer has ever been 5th in the history of the state of minnesota. but this should not be a big step since when a black person is kill barbara talib, a. 4 police, it should be the norm. and so when we think about real justice real jeff, this would be filthy that josh floor was still be here with his family. john henderson has been following derry jovan sentencing from minneapolis. you're beginning to see a little bit of reaction here. what we have is some demonstrators behind me,

police have blocked off the street interest a moment ago, we were hearing people chant, who's street our streets. part of the issue here is that people are dissatisfied with a link of that sentence. now that's not a short sentence. it is rare in the united states that a police officer is charged with murder. rare is still that one is convicted and especially rare that one gets a sentence is stiff as 22 and a half years as the judge that that is 10 years longer than the minnesota guidelines call for. and that's due to those exacerbating circumstances. he call, he mentioned particular cruelty shown to george floyd, and the abuse of chauvinism authority, as a police officer, among other things. but the maximum sentence here was 40 years, in fact, with a family called what you're hearing here, shutting down is the chance i'm hearing right now is with people want to ensure that black americans are treated in the future, like white americans, that there isn't a differentiation and until then they say in the words of these people right here,

we're going to shut it down. that's break all of us down with alexis holt, she's that assistant professor of law brooklyn law school. she's joining us from new york. thanks for your time with us. and i'll just 0, so the punishment fell short of the 30 years that was requested by the prosecution . but it is the longest sentence the police officer has ever received in minnesota . so is that a fair sentence? do you think if it's the crime? hi, during thank you so much. the pleasure to be with you. this is a difficult matter to discuss whether a sentence is it's just and deserving. i think it's uniquely american for this country to want retribution and a lengthy sentence. 22 and a half years is a long sentence. i wouldn't necessarily call for a lengthy sentence. i would rather look to something that would offer repair and some sort of relief to the family. i would also ask for reality in which black people are not killed by law enforcement officials. and even though dear children

did receive a conviction and a sentence which again, it's very rare. as, as you open the segment with what i would, i would rather see the situation in which the presumption of criminality and dangerousness is not assigned to black people. and so we don't have a leap of contact to begin with when law enforcement officials encounter black and brown people in this country. so i have mixed emotions about the sentence, but i do hope that it brought some amount of relief to george for his family. his loved ones and the community right there in minneapolis. right. and in that, in the sentencing. and in fact the, in that memo that the judge put out. he said this that showed an abuse disposition of trust and authority. and that mister sherman treated george floyd with particular cruelty. i mean, how much weight do you think those words carry? i think they carry great weight and that's why we had this 10 year departure upward from the presumptive 12 and a half year sentence. so judge k,

her would not have gotten there without those 2 aggravating circumstances. and we heard at the close of the trial in april that there were 4 aggravating circumstances that the state put forward. so in addition to those, to the cruelty and the abuse of position of authority, we also had 2 other aggravating circumstances that there were children present in the crime. and the crime involved at least 3 other people which were the 3 other former law enforcement officials. so we would not have had this up where departure without those 2 aggravating circumstances. so judge cahill really did rely on those with when coming up with the $22.00 and a half year sentence. does this case set an important precedent for the country and what message you think it sends to police officers who perhaps are thinking, if abusing their power? you know, i think that particular aggravating circumstance that this was abuse of, of power abuse of the position of authority does send a message to law enforcement officials,

particularly those acting within minnesota. this is all under state law until the last vary from state to state. but i think it does send a clear message within this individual state. however, the narrative that was really advanced by the minneapolis police department is that derek show was one bad apple and their training. their preparation and law enforcement officials don't act like that. derek shobel was an exception and i really caution our viewers to really hold weight in that because they're chosen was acting within the framework of a police officer. he was a supervising officer within that department. he had, i think, approximately 19 other incidents of misconduct. and yet he was still elevated in this position of authority, and that was again within the minneapolis police department. so he was not one single exceptional bad. apple was an officer, right. 19 year veteran. yes. so and you, britain, you said

a little while ago that the sentencing in fact doesn't do anything to change the underlying concerns if you put them with the presumption of criminality and dangerousness that police assigned to black people. so what needs to happen for that to change? i think that is beginning to happen within this last year. there has been increased awareness in all sectors and segments of society that racism exists. that white supremacy exists in this country. and it's something that we all need to grapple with. and so what is happening in the very beginning of it is a racial reckoning. i wish i could say that the entire nation is engaged in this, but we do already experience as conservative. backlash against talking about racism against talking about critical race theory. but the needle is moving slightly forward in this arena. and i really do point to george floyd's murder in may 2020. it's setting off this, this very pressing necessary discussion in this country that would change the

underlying presumption of criminality and dangerous. this society assigns to black people. alexis ho, we thank you so much for speaking to us from new york. thank you. now, just to bring you some breaking news out of columbia and a helicopter crowd carrying president ivan duke has come under fire near the border with venezuela. duke, he says, gunshots were fired, while he and members of his cabinet were flying over the counter tomb by region. no one was injured according to his statement released by his office. us president joe biden has met his afghan counterpart of ghani at the white house of us troops prepared to leave. i've gone it's done after 20 years afore biden said washington support for i've gone. his son was not ending despite the trooper droll ghani, said he respected biden's decision and that the partnership between the countries is entering a new phase person. biden's decision is

a transformational decision that is going to have consequential results, both for the people of 5 points for the people of the united states in the region. we respect disposition. we are fully satisfied that its decisions its been taken and dissipated, suffered, which is not abandonment of us going as athletics. but the new chapter in relation while the talks calm after the us revealed $650.00 of its troops would remain in i've gone on. president biden had promised a complete withdrawal by september 11th. in an exclusive interview with al jazeera as a summer, been job aid, the taliban spokesman. so hale shaheen said that would breach previous agreements. this us troops, station 650 of their stay behind. are the taliban going to attack us troops now?

yes or no. if they stay here with then i think it is a kind kind of continuation off the patient and that they have why lated and we have a fully right to act. well, let's not bring in robin dorn. she's joining us from washington. so talk to us about the significance of that meeting between gunny and the president and the white house and what sort of assurances that the gun president get from the us. well, essentially this was a visit of reassurance. so you basically saw almost every key member of the us government and to engage in a meeting with our shop, connie and members of his delegation on thursday and on friday. and basically, there was this overall recognition that what the united states needs to do is to basically step up its engagement with afghanistan in a number of other areas, except for direct military involvement. there will be some $3000000000.00 spent on

security assistance. this current year, the administration wants to increase that by about $300000000.00 for next year, but it is important, as joe biden said, during his meeting with our shop connie, that the relationship move from one of ongoing military presence to one that is civilian to civilian government, this is joe biden. gas are going to have to decide their future what they, what they want, what they want, but it won't be for lack of us. being helped in a sense of violence has to stop, but it's going to be very difficult. but we're going to stick with you and we're going to do our best to see to and you have to in addition to the all going security assistance, which will help the afghan national security forces protect their country. the u. s . is also promising. emergency financial assistance to help up can

a san deal with the covert pandemic as well as with it's all going humanitarian problems. and that includes housing and education and food for internally displaced people. ok, roles and jordan reporting from washington. thank you. fears or a mounting for the 159 people still missing in florida after building collapse on thursday morning, the official that told stands for it's a risky and complicated rescue operation as cream had reports from surf side, florida, as they search for survivors after the collapse of the champlin towers, a somber reality on friday of the magnitude of the destruction and emotional devastation overnight. emergency workers called several bodies from the rubble. the number of potentially missing people dramatically increased. but officials are hopeful that more survivors were trapped beneath the wreckage will be found. unfortunately, this has been

a tragic night. we will continue search and rescue because we still have hope that we will find people alive. the mayor also says more than 100 people have been accounted for at least 30 rescued throughout the night. family and friends of those still unaccounted for have been flooding this family reunification center desperate to find any news on their loved ones. so we're hoping that she is in one of the hospitals. we just don't know when we're going to hear from among the missing dozens of citizens of latin american countries like argentine, venezuela and paraguay on friday. but i was 1st lady, savannah lopez. mo, data traveled to florida, her sister and other relatives are among the missing. surf side is also home to a large orthodox jewish community. at least, 20 of its members are believed to be missing as well. search and rescue efforts have been hampered by bad weather and flooding. get the side of the wreckage. one of many factors complicating the identification of victims at the family

reunification center nearby loved ones are being asked to submit d n a samples. hoping to facilitate the process. authorities on the scene say the priority remains, search and rescue. once that concludes the investigation into what may have caused the collapse will begin in earnest, do we had people working down in surfside, search and rescue non stop all through the night? it's a very, very difficult situation. the st spoke with president joe biden earlier. the president offered whatever federal assistance is needed and also emotional support to the families looking for answers. it's a tough, tough time. there's so many people waiting, are they alive, will they be, will have to. this are heart goes out to them. as the rescue mission continues, the question remains how long before this becomes a recovery operation. kenny had that as surf side, florida all the years for

a vice president campbell harris says the biden administration is making progress on the sharp increase in migration across the southern border with mexico. harris was speaking on her 1st visit to the border, which comes amid criticism. she's been slow to visit the region as part of her role addressing immigration. she visited a border patrol facility in the texas city of el paso, as well as one of the largest pedestrian crossing points with mexico. reynolds has more from the border patrol facility on the political reasoning behind camel harris . his visit. the vice president has herself emphasized that el paso was the place where back in 2017. the trump administration's family separation policy, which caused so much controversy and criticism of children being taken away from their parents and not being properly tracked so that they could be re unified that, that started here. so she's trying to draw a comparison, the favorable comparison,

obviously between those harsher policies under president trump. and the more you main policies as the by did ministration would describe it that, that they have. however, there's a lot of pushback from republicans in the united in the u. s. congress in texas as well about the situation at the border. they say that the by the ministration was unprepared for the surge of people coming up from central america, primarily that they bungled the situation. the white house response that things are getting better, but it's still something of a political sore point in a opportunity for republicans to heavily criticize divides administration. as a matter of fact, former president donald trump, who during his one term and office made the border and immigration, one of the center pieces of his presidency, is due to visit the border somewhere here in texas. probably not el paso but,

but probably down on the rio grande, somewhere further down within a couple of days so that it will keep the border issue alive and keep the pressure on the white out menu. all right. below sent this report from a migrant camp at the al chapparal border crossing in the mexican city. i wanna just across the border from southern california, we're out in chapparal in the one mexico. this is a port of entry. one of the many that you'll find along the us mexico border and what you see all around us is a migraine camp. human rights groups estimate there to be around 3000 people living in this camp. many of them are children living in unsanitary conditions, precarious conditions. and a majority of the folks that you'll see at this camp, or from central america countries like 100, guatemala, and we'll solve it, or many of them growing desperate to have an opportunity to plead their asylum cases, to us official. now, apart from desperation, there is also

a lot of hope at this camp that changing immigration policy in the united states will mean that there were silent cases could soon be heard. now despite the fact that the bite administration has been phasing out trump era immigration policy, specifically the so called migrant protection protocols that force many asylum seekers to wait in mexico while those cases were heard. there are still title 42, which sites the ongoing coban, 1900 health emergency. now this is probably the main reason why we're seeing so many people. thousands of people still stuck here on this side of the border. on the occupied west bank, a funeral procession has been held for an outspoken critic of palestinian president mahmoud abbas nissan. bernard died on thursday after being arrested and beaten by palestinian authority forces. stephanie decker reports from the protests that followed his funeral. in hebron the leave

leave abbess not often heard chance aimed specifically at the palestinian president . several 1000 came out to burying his or burnett. here in hebron, one of the palestinian authorities most prominent critics the order to bring it in his prime minister state. if you think there will be no justice up in the morning for the everyone that the activist finance is up to this kind of thing. but now was fiercely outspoken against the p a and it's senior

leadership, accusing them of corruption, human rights violations, and being a so called sub contract her for israel. he had recently called on the european union, the p, a largest supplier, a foreign cash, to stop sending funds after president abass. again, council long awaited elections and very disappointed that international community is not putting any pressure on the be a to stop. it's good option and it's, it's operation against its own people, but not died after around $25.00 members of the palestinian authority, security forces came to detain him in the middle of the night and severely beat him according to his family. human rights groups who carried out to preliminary autopsy said his body showed signs of bruising on the neck, head, chest back and legs. and some ribs were also broken. the palestine liberation organization is issued a statement saying there will be a transparent and impartial investigation. a recent poll shows that the palestinian authority is facing a great deal of criticism from its people. everyone here has told us they are fed

up many tell us they want the death of our burnett to become a turning point. but they also say it will be very difficult and dangerous to achieve real change by taking to the streets in large numbers. stephanie decor old is there a hebron in the occupied westbank rescue workers in the czech republic are searching for survivors after a tornado and storms damaged buildings and overturned cars in the se. please 5 people are dead and hundreds injured. laura burton, manley reports a place of sanctuary among buildings destroyed by a red native. it was filmed by eye witnesses before it hit towns and villages in the south east of the czech republic. off the violently ripping a pass through the southern moravia region. people were left in shock. of a sudden all of our belongings are scattered everywhere. the tornadoes snatched all

the windows and took everything. many people are clearing. what used to be ruth, from the front patios of their homes, somewhat completely ripped off in the sand. so it was like a war zone. everything was spinning around and flying and there it took our roof away. okay. could be open to so on half of the roof is missing. the windows are broken, it water got inside but nothing we can't live there. now. experts say the tornado reached wind speeds of more than 330 kilometers an hour, making it the most powerful on record to hit the central european nation. also called the phone, not the most minimal. and if we live in the air of global warming, and one condition for tornadoes like this is hot and humid air, these conditions here are very common nowadays. the police have good and of entire streets and soldiers have been deployed to help with the clean up with support from

the czech republic neighbors, austria and slovakia. that only the trees were falling down. roads were blocked. i can't go home. many people living here have lost their homes and some their lives. now emergency team the working to find those still trapped nor about money. odyssey ra, archeologists and historians are divided about new concrete pathways for tourists on one of the world's most important monuments. some say they desecrate the acropolis in greece, but as john serrato's report from athens, the work aims to restore what it originally looked like. the acropolis in athens receives thousands of visitors a day. they climb cobblestone puffs built in the 1950s to reach the open space at the top. and here they are now met with a broad pathway that takes them to the temple of the siena known as the parthenon.

this pathway of poured concrete was laid down in the past few months and it has outraged many seasons visitors who say its breadth and the material it's made of disrespect besides. but those we spoke to liked it, but i thought that well they do have that wasn't sort of it didn't feel like it wasn't in place, but it didn't fit in. you didn't really notice that as like an ice or anything like that. the critics suspects the new perfectly aims to further commercialize the site by catering to a big increase in the number of tourists from cruise ships. my knowledge got us is in charge of restoration work at the acropolis. he says he's merely restoring the path to what it used to be in the medallion by nothing down and been during the great part of the night festival, 10000 athenians a day. we're able to enter through this gateway. that's what it was designed for. we simply restore it to, to inertia when i took over the restoration, marcia, i realize this was something that couldn't go on. it wasn't the number of visitors

who had access that concerned me. maybe under the day they deserve to see what was here, rather than some idea restored. 950, s a. you know, the concrete pathway corresponds to the width of the original entrance to the acropolis. for the past 20 years entering and departing visitors have been confined to narrow wooden walkway, which uses only one of 5 ancient doorways. but in classical antiquity all fine for in use similar tenuously. and the ultimate plan is to restore access through all of them. grooved stones left exposed, serve as clear evidence. this was the path original width and the concrete is easily removed because it sits on plastic sheeting that protects the bedrock. perhaps most importantly, the new pathways a part of the plan to enable people with disabilities to access the site. and a new elevator now makes this possible. use numbers from the m as ever. we've been talking about disabled access to the acropolis since the 2004 will mpeg. so now we

can say that any disabled person in the world who wants to visit the acropolis can now do so. this broadening of access is still a work in progress. once the gateway is restored, a grand staircase will be 2. it was only half built before a war stopped work 25 centuries ago. only then says the man in charge of the project will people understand the acropolis as it was designed by its original architect. jobs are open to us, al jazeera athens. ah, hello, we got the headlines on al jazeera, former us police officer direct. jovan has been sentenced to 22 and a half years in prison for the murder of george floyd. 46 year old, died after trove, and knelt on his neck for 9 and a half minutes last year. judge peter k. hill says trove. it abuses power while in a position of trust and.