me official of the journey ah, thousands pay their respects to al jazeera reporter, serene, actually kills vice really forces on wednesday. ah, this is out there in life and also coming up analysis of video and satellite image . it contradicts israel version of serene skinning. the palestinian precedence says he'll seek justice stuff international criminal court if he rejects israel,

of the joint investigation into the shooting or so ahead of russia, it will be forced to retaliate, has been and the set to join nature. mm . ah, the voice and daughter of palestine, the words that express how much serene actually meant to the palestinian people. there among the tributes expressed for the algebra journalist a day after she was shot dead by israeli forces and occupied westbank. neither abraham begins or coverage and the warning that he was may find some images in this report, disturbing the daughter of palestine mob shooting about his 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. today we are here to pay our respect assuring of ucla, the martyr of palestine, the martyr of jerusalem and the martyr of free speech. and the free will assemble of the palestinian them and the symbol of the palestinian journalist sharina has sacrificed her life to defend its course and the cause of the palestinian pupil. what she did worked for jazeera and was widely known for reporting on the israel palestine conflict for more than 2 decades. everyone's standing here has its own story, was studious as friends we experienced with had this amazing person. you saw the innocent little christian jordan. the old was waited frustrating to tell

a story. we're losing today. a great story. 10. we've never expected that out for love. we know she's known. we know she's a star. no, she's famous. but for people to be stuffing the convoy coming from the hospitality throwing roses at her casket. it's hard to put words to what every palestinian is feeling today. she was shot in the head and killed instantly in the occupied west bank on wednesday. her colleague seemed to the right is she had a she, she says the attack on her team was intended to kill you. i knew enough the occupation forces led 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 on the fire. i failed to save you. is the rose government initially said palestinians pointers were to blame. but that was disputed. 5 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 charade. 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. the israel says it will investigate trains, killing an offer to do it in conjunction with palestinian official, palestinian president said he would not cooperate with israel already 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. hello. i just need

a media. that's where it has described the 51 year old death as late and birds are making clear. it holds israel, responsible city is body was then taken from ramallah through the columbia point to jerusalem, where she was born on friday, there will be a funeral service in jerusalem. the very place she was proud to call him al josie to be occupied west bank. israel's armies reportedly investigating whether one of its soldiers shot serene that's according to the washington post. it says the armies looking into 3 separate incidents connected to her killing as well as the wounding of her colleague. but initially israel had said the germans were more likely hit by gunfire from armed palestinians, but i witness reports contradicted that claim is where the forces are said to be carrying out the ballistic tests on the rifles of several of its members. while the

heavy jimmy well and has them, he's either may of do this might be a way to have the road for israel to acknowledge it is the reason behind this killing yesterday they were trying to get the bullet that is now in the hands of the policy side bullet that kill sharina brooklyn. i think they have nothing more to say now. no more justification. and now understand how much international pressure there is. that's why we have single statement. these really position is turning in a way a video analysis of where serene was killed contradicts israel's original account or the shooting. katya lopez of the on has more or less out of the hog 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 have 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 it is absolutely clear, there is no question about it. the footage on which day is really government based, it's false. claim is does not show gunfire. a bout has killed during the

walk, law and injury. recall it. a witness says is really, forces were not under attack, was laud. 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 of investigation is one of israel's most a tried and unfortunately successful in tricks and their blanket impunity dealers resume provides itself is rosalyn 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 sweetwater, i got mental 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 out is here. let's bring in. i'm about are, he's a palestinian american, a political analyst. he joins us by zene from washington. d. c. thanks for being with us here today. what do you think this killing says about israel's occupation and the impunity? it seems to enjoy look, this is a really horrific murder by an israeli army that has utter disregard for palestinian life. um, because of a culture of the human ization where they don't see palestinians as equal human beings. and a culture of impunity that as well documented by every major human rights

organization in the world where simply they don't get held accountable or hardly ever when they commit horrific crimes against palestinians. and that culture has created a pattern in which journalists and medics and human rights activists are regularly targeted with killings and shootings and beatings. and that's really happened to at home more in this case, just because of who shooting was. because she's a household name and much of the arab world. and she was an embodiment of journalistic integrity and bravery. and on top of that, she was an american citizen and that garnered her more attention. but this really is simply what the israeli occupation does day in and day out. it is really an attempt to enforce a system of brutal apartheid. and that does entail a lot of violence against palestinians. and what do you make of the mainstream western media coverage, which appears to consistently hesitate from holding israel responsible look the way

much of mainstream u. s. media. what i am exposed to, i'm has dealt with this is really an affront to journalistic integrity. they have refused to write to lay responsibility for this killing where it belongs with these really army. you know, they keep referencing to sri and being killed by bullets without ever mentioning who fired the bullets. and that's because they take, is really government propaganda at face value in a way that is just utterly shocking and makes absolutely no sense if you just compare it to what's happening in ukraine. u. s. mainstream media makes very clear that the russian government cannot be trusted when it comes to its word about the crimes being committed against ukraine. because russia is an invading an occupying force. and yet, even though israel has been an invading an occupying force in the palestinian territories for many decades, somehow there is a different standard there. and even though they have a lengthy record of dishonest propaganda that is disproved by endless documentation by the united nations, by human rights organizations, they still do this both sides reporting where they say they don't know what

actually happened because these really government claim something. and that really is, is something that absolutely has to change that, that double standard that israel gifts to get away with to whitewash its own. crimes with american media complicity is a very, very serious follow and distorts. the american public perception of events that are unfolding under occupation of palestine and the u. s. governmental so failing to hold israel accountable for the killing of an american citizen. what's your take on that? it's worth noting here also that this is the 2nd american citizen killed this year . there was also an 80 year old grandfather asada who was also blindfolded and handcuffed and left for dead in the freezing dead of night a few months ago as well. and you have a situation in which the u. s. in this case is welcoming and israeli investigation and to the ceiling, which again is just so transparently absurd. you logically just cannot have the

killers investigate themselves and expect anything serious to come of that. and you also have a documented record in which amnesty international and human rights watch and even israeli human rights organizations saying that israel's record of investigating itself amounts to nothing more than white washing its own crimes, that they will never obviously hold themselves accountable. and what is needed in this case is an independent investigation and to what israel has done. and frankly, a u. s. investigation as well, given the fact that this is an american citizen was killed in this case. and beyond that, what you really need, given the fact that it's not about just this one individual prime, but an extremely lengthy record of crimes against humanity that are very, very thoroughly documented with the u. s. essentially, back through a bank, rolling those crimes with $3800000000.00 every single year or more than they give to any other country in the world and military funding that israel then uses to turn to, to operate it's war machine against the palestinian people in its effort to destroy palestinian society and we have to make clear that

u. s. military funding to israel must stop until israel abides by international law and respect human rights and starts treating palestinians like equal human beings. okay, emma, by the palestinian american epistle, analyst, thank you for joining us here today. thank you. was still a head on al jazeera, remembering sharina nice. we report from a rally in central london. people gathered to pay tribute to al jazeera and we'll take you to the us where families who lost loved ones and question the government's handling of the corona virus pandemic. ah, hello, we got some very high temperatures dominating the weather across a good part of north america at the moment because some live the cloud,

hip bulge of cloud. they're just rolling across the plains towards the lakes, pushing into central parts of canada very high. their particular weather system. we've got cooler air in place ahead of it. plenty of warmth and that warmth, getting drawn up. out of the gulf of mexico, minneapolis look of ash about $22.00 degrees at this time of year round $33.00 celsius. somewhat cooler north of the border there for winnipeg where the to meet. that's where we got some very disturbed weather, some heavy and foundry down. pause. possibly little bit of 1st snow mixed in there as we go on through friday on into saturday. sharp showers continuing into central parts for a time on the lively side. still somewhere around the eastern seaboard up towards pacific northwest. the next system starts to push its way through. could even still see some snow over the cascade as we go on through sat. i think a little more bitty as we go into the we can then down towards south till a few showers just around louisiana on the other side of the gulf of mexico,

some very heavy rain making its way across the greater antilles. with some big temples for cuba, jamaica and hispaniola. ah ah, in hebron boys breathe and fly pigeons. but in this occupied palestinian city boys are also closely watched vice really forces at times shot up and often arrested. a delicately told tale fumed over 5 years of a coming of age in a place where even a child's imagination is heavily restricted. the skies above had brought a witness documentary on a chest 0. ah

ah, you're watching, i'll just hear. remind to now of our top stores the body of al jazeera journalist, sharina. i will acclaim now at a hospital morgan occupied east jerusalem. the veteran journalist was shot dead by israeli forces at the age of 51. a funeral will take place on friday. and israeli human rights group is disputing what the government says about sharon's death is ready. forces issued video sang. it showed a palestinian opening fire. but that's to them. it says it doesn't match with latch . mean, shoot, francesca albany is, is you into a special repertoire on human rights in the occupied palestinian territory. she says the attention surrounding the killing will put pressure on israel to carry out a proper investigation. michael has been for an independent,

a sorrow and a transparent investigation. independent means that he's to be carried out the someone who has not the conflict of interest. and it's not about having faith or not, having trusted in these railey investigation accountability system. but the track record of legal proceedings following an incident like these are very poor. so i get on the more for the traditional community to make pressure for an intern for an independent are going to an investigation to take place, to access to the or p t, and gather evidence that can be used for, for, for those of the perpetrators to finally, be held accountable. he's rest military investigative system is well known for international under some new process. and most of time is regulatory issue. you shall have a statement announcing, dedicating the under examination. but the reality is that most cases do not. we

missed credit criminal investigation, and details of the decision are not made public despite is lowering the military obligate general to provide reasoning for decisions including cases evolving actual combat. this is not, this is not the case if you exceptional cases, and this would be one of those where the killing or injury was caught on camera or video and received a high level of public attention to findings and conclusions were made, were made public, but would have full load is never justice in the sands are needing what has been. the charges are often it's starkly in commensurate data. and it says that those responsible for the death of serene claim must be held accountable. he's expressed his condolences to his family and says, murder by occupation forces was a crime. what then i got them bitter id. i express my condolences to sheree unless family was marked by occupation forces. i emphasized that perpetrators of this crime must be punished and the world shouldn't deal with this instant with

a double standards approach. a rally to commemorate sharina life has been taking place outside the london headquarters of the b. b. c. a correspondence, not the mother repulse. what a wide range of people have turned up here in london to remember sheree personally, there are journalists, some of them palestinian others from different countries. this one is people who've worked for example, in the west bank policy going down to the u. k. spoke and denounced what he called the murder of st. eichler at the hands of the israeli on 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 these ready on forties 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 some other news now, finland looks set to apply for nato membership of the prime minister and president said it must happen without delay. it shares a 1300 kilometer border with russia. the government has said the criminal unpredictable behavior is a pressing issue. russia is calling from them later aspirations, a threat that vast reports from helsinki. one of the more neutral but prepared ready to defend the nation that long relied on its own military strength. these finished conscripts are practicing and attacked by an

imaginary enemy. but since the russian invasion of ukraine, finland, which he has a board of more than 1300 kilometers with russia fill spartan by its large neighbor . obviously, obviously it showing that our neighbors willing to use force if necessary. and that changes things before the war and ukraine only around 25 percent of fin support the 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. so that's what am i supposed to you made you made it so so obvious that we politicians living, representative democracy. we must respect also the people's opinions and where we are. the social democratic party n p was one of finland staunch his opponents of nato membership. not any more,

it's a huge going 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 optical 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 there will be no major issue. some political, the supplements, etc, etc. that's true,

but no aggressive. so i'm not actually afraid because i still trust. liberate that there must go. they have rates. 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 that thought about having a well equipped army of nearly 300000 soldiers. philip says it will be an asset to nato, while these conscript looking forward to working together with other nations joining the alliance will put an end to a long and peaceful period of neutrality steadfast and al jazeera, helsinki. the u. s. has passed 1000000 deaths from the code 900 pandemic, the highest of any country health experts are working to find out why so many people have died. rob reynolds spoke to one american who lost her entire family and

says, the countries handling of the virus was in it. in march 2020 lucy esparza 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 a 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, everything's going to be riding and okay. and let me till. and that was the last conversation i had with him. david died from cove at 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,

was 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 is a recent study that came out that showed that about 40 percent of the deaths, half of the patients who died with cove. it had diabetes, by the time safe and effective vaccines became widely available, misinformation and conspiracy theories were circulating the parallel to 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 bob went to mind boggling. now i 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, north korea has imposed its 1st nation wide locked down because of an outbreak of

covey. 19 authorities detect to the sum variance of the army con vantage. north korea is one of the few countries that hasn't vaccinated this population. thus, despite offers of vaccine deliveries from the world health organization and its neighbors, russia and china, many a face is back as it should anchor's prime minister. reminiscing has been sworn in . he's already been prime minister 5 times or hinder. roger baxter resigned on monday, after weeks of protest scorning for his brother, president to go because of the handling of an economic crisis. they say 9 people have been killed in the violence and hundreds injured on for now, we'll leave you with a video recorded not long before she being actually was killed. speaking about what it meant to her, to be a journalist, and then huh. and then moved again and yeah, and then i'm with

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time with for to this is i'll just here. and these other top stories, the body of al jazeera journalist, sharina utley, is now at a hospital morgan occupied east jerusalem. the veteran journalist was shot dead by israeli forces at the age of 51. a funeral will take place on friday. israel's army

is reported the investigate.