when a war crime is committed, is it kind of just follows that garzon human rights investigator on his unprecedented journey to the french high court. i says, every place to make sure that the information that i'm going to bring it's taking on the arms trade in his fight for justice, for innocent palestinians, and their families made in france coming soon on our disease. oh um summer police officer, their children, a sensitive to $22.00 and a half years in prison for the murder of george floyd whose death sparks a global outcry against racial injustice. this is based on your abuse of a position of trust and authority. and also the particular cruelty shown emotional

crowds react to the sentencing. george roy family lawyer says this should be the norm and not the exception. when a black person is killed by police, ah, the watch and l 0 lie for headquarters in ohio during the navigator. also ahead president us from johnny as well from the white house, the taliban issues. a warning about us funds to keep $650.00 troops and i've gone a son. nearly 160 people are still accounted for in the u. s. state of florida after thursday, the building co ops search and rescue efforts are continuing and china approves the government's re shuffle and hong kong in what critics. they will further tighten beijing grip on the territory. ah

hello, thanks for joining us. the former minneapolis police officer jerry 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 also 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 chauffeur 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 the sentence seems to be appropriate. and 7 for one. the court committed the cause to the commission of corrections for a period of 270 months as to $70.00. that is it 10 year addition to the present sentence of $150.00 bumps. this is based on your abuse of a position of trust in authority and also the particular cruelty shown to george

floyd. your granted credit for a $199.00 days already served. or before learning about her sentence, derek shelven spoke briefly and express condolences to george floyd family. this time due to some additional legal matters at hand. i'm not able to give a full formal statement at this time. but, but for briefly though, i want to give mike and also for the family there's going to be some other information in the future that would be of interest . and i hope things will give you some some peace of mind. and kim, while george floyd's brother a chair and struggled with emotion as he addressed the cord. and he had a message for derek. jovan, i wanted to know from the man. so why

what were you thinking? what was going to? yeah. well you had me on my brother's neck what. what when you, when you knew that he pose no threat any more? he was handcuffed white at least get up. why do you stay there? while describing showing sentence as historic, george floyd's family says the u. s. is one step closer to healing by delivering closure and accountability. but they say this case is exceptional, an accused the police of killing black people without consequence, day after deer, the year after year and addressing the media officer, 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 the skin. today represents an opportunity to be a turning point in america. this is the longest sentence that a police officer has ever been sensitive to in the history of the state of minnesota. but there should not be exceptions 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

hendrick has been following derek children sentences 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 as 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 for 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. so it's not a 2 day window. gordon was a trial attorneys joining us from baltimore. maryland. thanks for speaking to us. so as a report john 100 was pointing out. it is quite rare for a police officer to be prosecuted, convicted and handed a prison term. that heavy. are you satisfied with the sentence? me personally? no, i'm fact. i'm not by the sentence. i think the maximum sentence sentence was merited. in this case, i don't know of any cases, far more egregious than this one that was caught on motion pictures. so at the same time, i understand that it does bring closure to the family. so i am satisfied with that, but when you commit a crime and you create

a disaster that is irreparable, such as taking someone's life, your lives should be taken, as well as substantial part part of that. a mere 22.5 of which you'll probably only serve 14.85 to 15 years. so no matter how old he is today, he still has like no, george floyd, it's gone forever. so in terms of me jumping up and down, it's celebrating the sentence, you won't get that over here when you will get is that a sense that this case is over? but there are many, many more cases, not the profile of george ploy and need to be resolved as well. and there needs to be an accountability that we just don't see yet. in this country. we heard from derrick showing very briefly at the end of that sentence, and this is what he said. he said, there's going to be some other information in the future that would be of interest . and i hope things will give you some, some peace of mind. i mean,

what do you think he was referring to there? well, you know, a lot of times when convicted or condemned people go to jail and they get the paper and pen and they start writing letters. so he's going to write a letter about what was going through his mind and how regretful and remorseful he is. so he can present that to leave a copy of it to the parole board and 15 years of so and help reduce his sentence. he's going to talk about how he felt, how he was, how he was brought up, how he didn't act, and accordance with the dictates of his upbringing. but i think that that type of information is be, be lied by the fact of his mother and her testimony. to mitigate his, his, his offences. i think that she actually aggravated them by not showing any compassion to the family, not showing any regard on extending any condolences to the family. it's like the family wasn't even a factor in anything that she had to say. so as we,

after listening to his mother understood how derrick shogun became the monster, betty is today. what is the sentence to mean if it does mean anything for the other 3 officers that have yet to stand trial? the 3 officers that were with derek, show that at the time of the killing of george floyd, i think they all acted in accordance with one another. they would children around. there was an abuse of authority by all of them. there was particular cruelty on behalf of all of them because when people actually wanted to help people extend themselves, there was even a medical professional who was present on the scene offering help made in that been for to needed help. and that they all joined together. this was a conspiratorial act. this was a confederation between those officers to take the like of george lloyd, and as in your end, you're responsible for the acts of your co conspirator. they had an opportunity to

stop it. stop to stop in at some point in time. and every last one of them begins to do so. in his day they ate it in the death of george. fine. all right, we'll leave it there. thank you so much for speaking to us from bolting. thank you . now a helicopter carrying the columbia president ivan decay has come under fire near the border with venezuela to k says several gunshots were fired, while he and members of his cabinet were flying over the catholic chamber region. no one was injured. there's been no claim of responsibility, but several armed groups operate in the area to case said the attack wouldn't deter him fighting drug trafficking, terrorism, and organized crime. he was president joe biden has met his afghan counterpart as from ghani at the white house, as us troops repaired to leave, have gone on after 20 years afore biden said, washington support for i've got a son, was not ending despite the troop withdrawal gone. he said he respected biden's decision that the partnership between the countries is entering

a new phase president biden's decision is a transformation decision that is going to have consequential results, both for the people of the, for the people of the united states in the region. we respect this decision, we are fully status site. that is decisions it's been taken and dissipated, suffered, which is not abandonment of dennis athletics then. but the new chapter in relation all the talks come after the us revealed $650.00 of its troops would remain enough gone is done. president biden had promised to complete withdrawal by september, the 11th. but in an exclusive interview, what else is there was a sound been job aid, the taliban spokesman. so hell shall he and said that would breach previous agreements. this us troop station 650 of their stay behind. are the

taliban going to attack us troops now? yes or no. if they stay here, then i think it is a kind kind of continuation off the patient and that they have why lated and a we have a fully right to due process. jordan has more from washington d. c. this was a visit of reassurance, so you basically saw almost every key member of the u. s. government. and to engage in a meeting with our shop, connie, a 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, afghans 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 its ongoing humanitarian problems. and that includes housing and

education and food for internally displaced. people still ahead on al jazeera palestinians, all the funeral for and is our binoche an outspoken critic or presidents much more ah, ah, it's time for the journey to winter sponsored by kettle airways. hello. nice to see you. we're gonna get a bit of a breather further. southwest monsoon we're gonna dilate down a bit in particular across the west coast of india. and we're also, this is going to afford us the opportunity, the ability to dry out across many parts of sri lanka as well with this lol in the monsoon toward the ne months who range however, have triggered a landslide. and you know, this is really where the bulk of the activity will be, the darker the color here, the more intense the rain will be falling off to southeast asia. and we've got

a pretty heavy pocket of rain in and around jakarta. this is a bit unusual because normally we see these heavy rounds of brain at this time of the year, further toward the north. except let's go to the philippines where we are dealing with rain but also high humidity. so look at this manila 30 degrees, but with that humidity, it's going to feel about $43.00 asia pacific. we've got to go over this because we are tracking this tropical disturbance. i'm putting this forward a few days here and look at the buckets of rain. it's going to throw toward tokyo. at the same time, we have our plum rains falling across the yangtze river valley that will be out toward the east trying to see an impact q issue and should coco but in terms of rainfall for tokyo, we can expect about 85 millimeters of rain from sunday into monday and the forecast sponsor cut on airways, a city defined by military occupations. there's never been an arab state. he with

the capital of jerusalem. everyone is welcome. but the default sexual that meant and they could only project. that's what we refuse. was one of the founder of a settlement with this and the story of juice to the eyes of its own people, segregation, occupations, discrimination, injustice. this is at the side of the 21st century jerusalem, a rock and a hard place on al jazeera. ah, ah the hello, we're going to top stories on iraq. former us police officer to re children has been sentenced 22 and a half years jail for the murder of george floyd. judge peter k. hell says show and abuse has power wall in

a position of trust and on 40 george lloyd's family. his welcome to sentence, they say that it brings us one step closer to healing through calling on congress to pass up the lease reform bill named after floyd. the president has met his afghan council brought us from connie. as us troops of gone, it's gone up to 20 years or more gone. he said he respected joe biden decision and that the partnership between the countries is entering and new phase. fears are mounting for the 159 people still missing in florida after building collapse on thursday morning, the official debt tool stands up for it's a risky, uncomplicated rescue operation. as katie, him hi. dad reports from source side, florida as they search for survivors after the collapse of the champlin towers, the 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 who are 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 rescue 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 isn't one of the hospitals. we just don't among the missing or dozens of citizens of latin american countries like argentina, venezuela, and part of why. 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, we've had people working down in surfside, ab search and rescue non stop all through the night. it's a very, very difficult situation. the st. the 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 this, our 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, a catholic group which operated dozens of residential schools in canada, says it will release all records following the discovery, if unmarked graves and indigenous group found the remains of 751 people on thursday just weeks after a similar smaller discovery at a different school. the religious mission had previously said it would release documents relating to that particular institution, but now says it will do it for all schools. it operated. incentive gall critics or presidents nike saw a clash of police while protesting against a draft anti terrorism law. they worry, he could use it to silence opposition. members, seriously disturbing public order, for example, is now listed as an act of terrorism. the government has reform to the penal code are needed to fight extremism. china has approved and governments re shuffle and

hong kong and what critic say will further tightened beijing security crack down on the territory. police chief chris tang will become security secretary or his predecessor john lee has been promoted to chief secretary. he's the 1st person from a policing background to assume the office. since hong kong was handed over to china in 1997. to be fair to john lee, he has been in a government for almost 4 decades and security bureau is perhaps one of the biggest in terms of significance in terms of the number of civil servants. and it's so position. so one could not say that as a secretary for security, for many years, his experience is limited, difficult holland is at hong kong and she says both men played significant roles and cracking down on pro democracy protests and their new appointments have raised fears about freedom in the territory not to put this into context,

the chief secretary is akin to the position of vice president, the united states power structure, like the vice president there are appointed and not elected that the right hand person of the leader in this case of carry labs and they usually stay out the term of the chief executive with carry labs still has another year to go in her term, which is what makes the timing of this so unusual. donnelly is a former police officer and he now becomes the 1st chief of security to become chief secretary, the outgoing chief secretary, matthew john was seen as sympathetic to the protest movement and the prose democracy protestors who were on the street in 2019 john leave was tough to shutting down, those processed and seen as a hard liner. it is also on his war to the national security law came into place and, and under a year or more than a 100 people had been arrested under that law. what's all to significance is that

chris time, the former chief of police who was instrumental to shutting down the protest, is now taking over from john lee as chief of security. there are concerns that this re shuffle indicates that hong kong, once china's pre a city now becomes a police state. and all this is happening in the run up to july 1st, which is not only the anniversary of the hands over, but also mark the 1st year of the national security law. and more significantly marks the celebrations of a 100 years of the chinese communist party. in the occupied westbank, a funeral procession has been held for an outspoken critic or palestinian president . bus is our been outside on thursday after being arrested on beaten by palestinian authority forces. stephanie decker reports on the protests that followed his funeral. in hebron the leave leave abass not often heard chance aimed specifically at the palace being in president several

was and came out to bury news or been out here in hebron. one of the palestinian authorities most prominent critics. the order so typical in his prime minister stage. you think there will be just just just up in the morning for the i'm back everyone that the activist kilo finance is up to this, but that 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 a preliminary autopsy set his body showed signs of bruising on the neck, head, chest back and legs. and some ribs were also broken. the palestine liberation organization has 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 is are been asked to become

a turning point. but they also say it will be very difficult, dangerous to achieve real change by taking to the streets in large numbers. stephanie decor old. is there a hebron in the occupied westbank? iran supreme leader on a how many has received a dose of the countries 1st locally manufactured cobra? 1900 vaccine, common a called the development points of national pride trials of covey. ron berry caught again in december, the supreme leader has outlawed the use of us and u. k. made vaccines. more than 83000 people have died from coven, 1000 in iran, in cities, in house authorities are scrambling to expand hospital capacity after a daily infections had a new high of more than 20000. the number of deaths is also rising, with 355 deaths reported on thursday. 3 hospitals in the capital of cars are being converted to exclusively treat corona virus patients. the 1st batch of cubans,

current of ours vaccines has arrived in venezuela. cuba agreed to donate 12000000 doses. 30000 of them have been delivered. they've come days after ivana announced it's abdullah jobs, have a 92 percent efficacy against coven 19. it's not yet been approved by the world health organization. venezuela has reported more than a 1000 new cases in the past day as its official talley edges towards 266000 people in the philippines have paid their respect for the former president, benito aquino warner as have been gathering for public viewing of the of the earth containing his ashes and quiz on city aquino died from renal failure on thursday. at the age of 61, he served as president from 2010 to 2016 and the current president rodriguez territory has declared 10 days of national morning. a long awaited u. s. government report on u. f. o z makes at least one thing clear. the truth is still out there.

investigators did not find extra terrestrial links and reviewing $144.00 savings of aircraft, or other devices, apparently flying at mysterious speeds or trajectories. but they couldn't rule it out either. the report said more data was needed, the subject a few f o 's has in recent years drawn serious study for the pentagon and other intelligence agencies. while it's been an emotional day minneapolis where as you've been hearing, derrick chosen has been sentenced to 22 and a half years in prison. for the murder of george floyd on the video of his killing, sparks worldwide protests against racism and police brutality will leave you with some of those powerful images. read. the reason the, the

charges made me didn't bring the court commit to that because the commission for a period of 270 months 20 some of the have you know, when you know, well seems to me guidelines that seem to be appropriate just in color not the bad never be a witness. a

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