both organize is getting ready to host the middle east's. biggest ever exposing event next year. i'm for the council. national seems like it used to play in front of expected crowds be hoping to convince both the firms and themselves that they really are ready to take on the world. ah, a killing that sent shock waves around the world. thousands pay their respects to algiers. their reports ashery and r block like killed on wednesday by israeli forces. ah, hello, i'm mary. i'm to marcy and london you with al jazeera, also coming up on the program as analysis of video and satellite images that contradicts israel's initial assessment of who is behind sri annapolis, death. solidarity rallies have been held around the world in honor of sharing and

all the palestinian journalists killed in the line of duty is coming out this hour . we look at covert destin u. s that have passed a 1000000 now we meet one family twana pods by the pandemic. mm. thousands of palestinians pay tribute to slain al jazeera janice st. ucla has been remembered as the voice of the occupied territory. sharon was shot in the head, buys riley forces and janine city early on wednesday, killing sent shock waves across the arab world. war veteran journalist was household name palestinian president. man with a boss has said that is ready, forces were fully responsible, fight death, and is rejected israel's offer of joint investigation into the shooting. it. abraham begins our coverage now from ramallah in the occupied westbank. they owe me

the daughter of palestine. my shitty noble body was taken through my thousands gather to pay the respect her remains then taken to a state service where the palestinian president honored her move out to seek justice at the international criminal court. by today we are here to pay our respect, assuring of will aqua the martyr of palestine the martyr of jerusalem, and the martyr of free speech and the free roll of the symbol of the palestinian them. and the symbol of palestinian journalist shreed has sacrificed their life to defend its course and the cause of the palestinian people. what she didn't worked for al jazeera and was widely known for reporting on the israel palestine conflict

for more than 2 decades. every one standing here has its own story, was shooting as friends we experienced with had this amazing person viewed sore and innocent christian and johnny. this too old was waited for shooting to tell us the story. we're losing today a great story. turner, we have never expected that out. poor of love. we know she's known. we know she's a star. no, she's famous. but for people to be stopping the convoy coming from the hospital, throwing roses at her casket. it's hard to put words to what every palestinians feeling today. she was shocked in the head and killed instantly in the occupied west bank on wednesday. ah,

her colleague seemed to the right, it's shahan asia. she says the attack on her team was intended to kill jani, who did an aqua, molecularly, the occupational forces lead us to reach that point where they fired on us. i want to tell her that, i'm sorry, i couldn't protect you when we were under fire. i failed to save your israel's government initially said palestinian fighters were to blame. but that was disputed by witnesses, journalists, and rights groups. this is the moment where there's going to be the most outpouring of outrage and grief about the killing of terrain. so if they can cast doubt, if they can muddy waters around the death serene by possibly getting newspapers in the international fair to suggest that she was killed by a palestinian, they have been successful. israel says it will, investigator in killing an offer to do it in conjunction with palestinian official . the palestinian president said he would not cooperate with israel already. i

thought you refused any joint investigation committee with israeli authorities because they have committed such a crime. we don't trust them, and we'll go immediately to the international criminal court in order to find the perpetrators and criminals philosophy. i just need a media network has described the 51 year old death as latent birds are making clear. it holds israel, responsible city and body was then taken from ramallah through the color, just check point to jerusalem, where she was born. the on friday there will be a funeral service in jerusalem. the very place she was proud to call home him alger zita. the occupied west bank mourners have been paying now respects and occupied east jerusalem mat assurance funeral on friday. stephanie deca with that the families here and friends,

receiving condolences after the body of sri and came to one of the hospitals here not to fight east jerusalem. and where it is remaining in the morgan till they bury her tomorrow on friday. well, did the police arrive? there were 2 palestinian flags outside they placed on the gates at the police arrive they remove them quite forcefully. and it was an altercation with some of the guys outside. they were arrested one of them, a very provocative, really a jury is really law that the policy in flag is illegal to be flown. but this is occupied is drew, some under international law recognized as occupied line. so this is what palestinians will tell you was just an example of something a very that's a normal situation. if you say a family and morning and even that being confronted in that way, also just to tell you sharina brother who flew in last night has been summoned. he was here earlier, has been summoned by the israeli police,

apparently to be discussed in terms of how to undertake the funeral tomorrow. thing to police in a way concerned about potential numbers or how this will go. so again, you know, giving you a sense of the control that is here, but again, you know, now just to bring you back here, you've got sharina, family, friends. also some of our colleagues from al jazeera, sitting here, receiving orders, receiving condolences. and they'll be here for the next couple of hours. and then as i said, the plan tomorrow in the afternoon, around 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the funeral will take place in a church inside the walls of the old city. and then she'll be laid to rest next to her parents in a cemetery. here in jerusalem, or israel's army is investigating whether one of its soldiers shot dead sharina blackly. according to the, according to reports from the washington post says the army is looking into 3 separate incidents connected to killing, as well as the wounding of

a colleague. initially, israel, it said the jealous a more likely hit by gunfire from armed palestinians, but multiple eye witness reports contradicted that claim is ready, forces are now said to be carrying out ballistic testing on the rifles of it. soldiers, ha, well and the other them here. i la to this might be a way to make the road for israel to acknowledge it is the reason behind this killing. yesterday there were trying to get the bullet that is now in the hands of the palestinian side with a bullet that killed sharina. barclay. i think they have nothing more to say no, no more justifications. and now understand how much international pressure there is . that's why we have seen the statement lou. these really position is turning in a way of video analysis of where sharon was killed contradicts israel's original account. of the shooting, catching up as a diane has more on that now. just out of the log book. shortly after sharina lockley was killed,

the israeli government began circulating this video. it shows an armed palestinian firing his weapon. israel says it shows how the veteran al jazeera correspondent was likely shot by palestinian gunfire and not by its forces. but that's disputed by rights groups. witnesses and journalists who've analyzed the video. israel says this is where the palestinian fighter opened fire. from this point, jerusalem based human rights organization selim says there are too many walls, alleys and buildings, blocking the site where sharin was shot. and gps verification and dozens of video clips shows. this is where is really soldiers were located as a rated a home. and janine, it shows a direct line of fire to where sharon was shot and killed. the site is also far from the palestinian resistance fighter who was about 260 meters away. there is no line of sight between one location and the other. and in fact, our researcher it into staking him

a few minutes to walk from one location to the other location. so is absolutely clear. there is no question about it. the footage on which day is really governmental based, it's false claim is does not show gunfire. a bout has killed shooting a walk law and injury, recalling a witness as is really forces were not under attack, was lawn. when the journalists arrived, they were surprised because the occupation forces were closing the street with their military vehicles and then they started shooting at them. a man tried once again to retrieve sharon's body. we were not aware at that point that she had been killed. he tried to provide 1st aid to her, so they started shooting at him and the bullets hit a tree over his head. the guys who were not throwing stones, nor shooting, there was no form of resistance. for me, the european union has called for an independent investigation into her death. and the u. s. envoy to the un has called for sharina killing to be transparently investigated. the announcement on investigation is one of israel's most tried and

unfortunately successful. it tricks and blanket impunity dealers resume provides itself is really not investigate. israel white washers and the investigation is just the 1st or rather the announcement on the investigation is just the 1st stage in this whitewash. oh, many analysts say they're skeptical. justice will follow. israel has a track record of not punishing its soldiers who have committed crimes against palestinians. huh. and it's never child one of its soldiers for the killing of a journalist castillo pistol, the young, how to 0. well, the death is sheena wigley has received global condemnation. the white house is called the transparency in any investigations. our white house correspondent, kimberly how kit has more. president biden is set to host king abdullah of jordan

and his son in the oval office on friday. it's an effort to promote stability between is re lease and palestinians in the midst of escalating tensions that includes the killing of journalists, sharina acclaim. here's what the white house press secretary gen saki had to say. we encourage both parties to do so thoroughly and transparently, and to share their findings, to ensure that all evidence in this case is available and fully assessed. we stand ready to assist either party in any way that we can neither side as ask for our assistance at this time, and such a request would require in order for us to do so. president biden is scheduled to visit israel next month. the details of the trip have not been released, and it's unclear of the white house. we'll use the visit to press israel for accountability in the death of serene abu, our clay. rally to commemoration means life has been taking place outside the

london headquarters of the b, b. c. and the mother reports what a wide range of people have turned out here in london to remember sharing. firstly, there are journalists, some of them, palestinian others from different countries. this one is people who've worked for example, in the west bank palestine dumbasses of the u. k. spoke and denounced what he called the murder of st. eichler at the hands of the israeli. on the forces there of also been words of disappointment in the u. k. government for its perceived weak response. if in fact that has been a response really a told to sharina killing. we've heard some of the names of other palestinians who've been killed by the israeli on forty's right out and we've heard demands for justice and reminders for decades. really that have been palestinians killed without any form of accountability and in most cases. but also

there have been word to remind you of just what she really meant to people across the world are important as a journalist, her integrity and people show her death was much more still at this hour. boy's death bother a major diplomatic shift to finland. why the war new crane could and a tradition of neutrality? we take a red look deep into our galaxy. scientists capture just the 2nd photograph ever seen from massive black hole. ah. hello there. i'm afraid we have yet more heavy rainy the forecasts for eastern parts of australia northeast in areas of australia, in particular,

up toward sir that eastern side of queensland, where we will still see further heavy downpours or a trough sitting off. sure. there, in the policy drawing in that moist, quite a keen wind coming through here. big downpours are set to continue. and in fact, just around the sunshine coast, him glad some very heavy rain coming through 227 millimeters of freight in 24 hours . flash flood warnings are being forced across a good part of that east and both specially down to the southeast of queens that then the weather weather will tend to think a little further southwards. as we go on through the next day or so. some showers there to some wet weather into a good part of new south wales. a notice from what to weather, sweeping through the bike as we go on through the next couple of days where to weather, grassy easing away. and we'll see some of that re, eventually pushed towards new zealand, although tend to peter out in the process where whether making its way out of 1st central parts of china will bring some heavy downpours into southern areas of japan . grouchy, pushing a little further north,

which as we go one through sas day follow that same line of cloud and right is pretty wet with southern china ah, facing longer house and shorter deadlines. south korean delivery drivers are literally being worked to death. one 0, one east explores the dock side of consumer convenience and south korea on al jazeera ah al jazeera with every oh lou.

ah, hello, welcome back. a look at main stories. body of al jazeera jealous trina white glove is now at a hospital morgan occupied east jerusalem. veteran journalist was shot dead by his writing forces at the age of 50 won. a funeral will take place on friday. among those paying tribute policy advisers more the boss, he was speaking it estate service earlier. he called her a symbol of palestine and promised to seek justice at the international criminal court. and the israel's army is investigating whether or not one of its soldiers shot sharina at glen and a, and a colleague who was injured. this according to reports from the washington post. initially israel said janice, more than likely to have been hit by gone fire from on to palestinians. now j there is washington d. c. bureau chief abdur rahim for kara pay tribute to sharina blackly at the

national press club. selena osler was here are working with us back in 2016 are covering the u. s. election. and i can from personal knowledge through that encounter with her, ascertain that this is a woman of the highest journalistic caliber she is intrepid. and before she became a journalist, while she was a journalist, she was an amazing human being. while covering whatever story she was covering here or in palestine, the story for city walk law was never either partially or holy herself. the story for her was always the story that she was covering. we shall all miss her. and i hope that this would mark

a turning point in the long pattern that the world has known of killing journalists and a violating press freedom in various parts of the world. shaheen, recipes of palestinians have been showing how much showing our clement to them that those in garza unable to pay their respects in person. so at the help of friends at one artist has expressed his admiration by sculpting her name in the sand. he says he never met sharing that, like many young palisades who feels like he grew up with her. and now i'm ready to minute she, anthony, and 28 years old. i've been watching sharon on tv showing the suffering of the palestinians. either in garza or westbank to the whole world. this art is gifting, to the soul of serene, who sacrificed her soul for the palestinian people. this is the least we can do for her soul. ah,

will you and human rights counselors pass to resolution to begin investigating possible war crimes by russian troops in the cave area and other parts of ukraine rights council members passed the resolution by an overwhelming majority. $33.00 in favor and just 2 against russia is denied carrying out abuses in it's what it's referring to. is it special military operation in ukraine? meanwhile, finn and looks ready to apply for nato membership after the prime minister and presents that it must happen without delay. finn and she has a 1300 kilometers a border with russia, which has described the nato aspirations as a threat. step vasa reports on this now from helsinki. o. neutral, but appeared ready to defend the nation that long relied on its own military strength. these finish conscripts are practicing and that's tracked by an imaginary

enemy. but since the russian invasion of ukraine, finland, which he has a board of more than 1300 kilometer with russia fill spartan by its large neighbour obviously obviously shown the our neighbors willing to use force if necessary. and that changes things before the war. and ukraine only around 25 percent of fin supported joining nato. but this has now gone up to 76 percent. a dramatic change in a country that was invaded by the soviet union in 1939 and made an agreement to stay neutral. after the 2nd world war ended much booty. you made it, you made it so. so we are. so we politicians living, representative democracy, we must respect also the people's opinions. and that's where we are. the social democratic party m p was one of finland staunch his opponents of natal membership. not any more. it's a huge done around for many in finland,

believing for decades that stay neutral is key to their security. they know say that put into actions have pushed them towards natal, while rush has made it clear, it's not happy with this decision and that will react the fence. just hope it won't retaliate. joining nato means finland will be protected by its article 5, saying an attack on one member is an attack on all, but it's the great period of a number of months before membership is formalized, that worries defense. while the u. k, in other countries have offered security guarantees to finish president is trying to reassure russia in my thinking this is quite simple. actually. we increase our security and we do not take it away from anybody. i am almost sure they will be not major issue some political disappointments, et cetera, et cetera. that's true, but no address. so i'm not actually afraid because i still live at that. so i must

go. they have grades. that's also what the young soldiers are hoping for. i think if we were part of no, so then there would there would there would be so much backups. so no, i'm not scared. so it gets all by having a well equipped army of nearly 300000 soldiers fell and says it will be an asset to nato while these conscript, i'm looking forward to working together with auto nations joining. the alliance will put an end to a long and peaceful period of neutrality steadfast and al jazeera, helsinki. 2 now does your anchor, whether it's a new prime minister and it's a familiar phase running with chromos, saying i takes over at time of political and economic crisis is when he served in the role 5 times before the formerly dom hinder roger pack. so resigned on monday, off to weeks of protest calling for him and his brother,

who's the president to go. but president, going to buy roger packs that has refused to step down. north clear is $53.00 ballistic missiles towards the sea, just of south careers, east coast, south queers, joint chiefs of staff says the missiles were launched on thursday afternoon and travelled amount 360 kilometers is the 16th known weapons test this year and followed the integration of south gram president unit. so y'all, the u. s. as it believes the north could be preparing a nuclear test out of a visit to the region. i president joe biden will stay in north korea and the country's going to its 1st nationwide locked down because an about outbreak of cove at 19 thirties detected as some variant of the army kron virus. it's one of the few countries that has not vaccinated its population. elsewhere, the u. s. has passed a 1000000 deaths from the cove at pandemic. this is the highest of any country in the world. health experts is still trying to figure out why so many people have died. rob reynolds spoke to one person who lost his entire family and says the

countries handling of the virus was in apps. in march 2020 lucy asparza casarez got sick. she quickly recovered from the headache and chills, but soon her husband david was feeling very ill. coughing and unable to stand. he was rushed to hospital. lucy was not allowed to see her husband, and soon a nurse called to say, david was being put on a ventilator. she said, okay, so are we what we're ready to do the procedure. so i'll let you talk to him one more time. so you know, it was like, ok, i love you, are things going to be already said. okay, i love you to and that was the last conversation i had with him. david died from corbett 19 in early april in quick succession. lucy lost more members of her family, her sister in law, a nephew, and david's elderly mother whom she cared for. all of a sudden i was along. i'd never been alone in that house ever by myself.

with my daughter had me and my god in this house, where everybody that lived here except me, died of coven, by then the pandemic was completely out of control in a new york hospital. 13 patients died in a single day, but the worst was yet to come. hospitals were overwhelmed, morgues ran out of space for the dead. the country shut down. why did the wealthiest most technologically advanced country on earth suffer such a staggering death toll? i think the jury is still out on exactly what caused so much that there's a recent study came out that showed that about 40 percent of the deaths, half of the patients who died with coven, had diabetes. by the time safe and effective vaccines became widely available, misinformation and conspiracy theories were circulating the parallel for their make of this information. this information has complicated matters tremendously, really,

unnecessarily. former president trump downplayed the severity of the outbreak from the beginning. the federal government left it up to each state to figure out for themselves how to find medical equipment and protective gear. the ineptness of it was, it was boggling, mind boggling. now, how did this happen in the united states of america? the virus took advantage of poverty, racial and economic inequities in american society. the coven death rates for blacks, and latinos have been twice that of whites. how will the pandemic evolve in the coming years? predicting the viruses behavior is notoriously difficult, but doctors are sure one thing cove it isn't finished with us yet, it's penetration has been such that it will be around us for forever. it's not going to go away. a 1000000 dead and counting rob reynolds al jazeera los angeles

was sub variance of the only con variant and a relaxation of restrictions driving a covered 19 such in southern africa. dayton cases reached $10000.00 in south africa on wednesday for the 1st time since january. while health organisation want now is the time for countries to step up preparations for the event of another wave . while fires is sweeping through the southern california enclave of laguna niguel destroyed more than 20 homes. much of california is suffering from drought causing dry brush lands, which is fueling the blazes. but at the moment, there are no other major fires in the region so that allows fire fighters to really focus their resources on laguna niguel. no injuries have been reported either. now, scientists on valden image of a massive black hole at the center of our milky way galaxy. it's called sag terry's, a star in it's the only the 2nd one to be photographed ever. it's mass is 4000000

times greater than now, sons', but luckily it's 26000 light years away from us. first, we see that only a trickle of materials actually making it all the way to the black hole. if such a server person, it would consume a single grain of rice every 1000000 years. and while some michaels can be remarkably efficient at converting gravitational energy and to light. so do start traps nearly all of this energy. only one hurt in a 1000 is converted into light. so despite lykins are bright on the simulated images, the white hole is ravenous but inefficient. worn, our top story, this our, the shooting of sri and apple app play by israeli forces. she is the 12th al jazeera journalist killed since the networks creation 25 years ago. these are their names. ah,

me, i in i i use a look at the main stories that were following this hour and thousands of palestinians of pay tribute to slain alice their jealous re. and claire has been remembered as the voice of the occupied territory. she was shot in the head by israeli forces in jeanine early on wednesday. body is now.