donna, from europe, the never call of an immigrant, the always known as an ex pat, international filmmakers in world class journalists bring programs to inform and inspire. we live one people on this one planet, and we got to work the solutions together on al jazeera. ah, thousands pay their respects to al jazeera reporter, serene. i say, killed by israeli forces on wednesday. ah, i'll carry johnson and doe with extensive coverage on the shooting of assuring me analysis of video and satellite images contradicts israel's version of sharina killing. the palestinian president says he'll seek justice, not the international criminal court as he rejects israel's offer of

a joint investigation into the shooting. also ahead, russia says will be forced to retaliate as finland looks set to join nato. ah, wish thousands of palestinians have paid tribute to al jazeera journalist should mean a claim. sharina was shot in the head by is ready forces in the occupied west bank . the state service was held in her honor on thursday. president mackwood abbas about it to seek justice for her death at the international criminal court. the, the abraham begins are coverage and a warning got view as may find some images in this report. disturbing. oh man, bad a law, the daughter of palestine o. b mob. city, nebraska, his body was taken through my law,

thousands gather to pay the respect her remains then taken to a state service where the palestinian president honor to her about to seek justice at the international criminal court. she had been martha today. we are here to pay our respect to sharing. i will aqua the martyr of palestine the martyr of jerusalem and a martyr of free speech and a free roll dog, a symbol of the palestinian women on the symbol of the palestinian journalists. sharina has sacrificed her life to defend its course and the cause of the palestinian people called what she lean, 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, pure soul,

and innocent, and christian and johnny, the school always waited for children to tell us the story. we're losing to day. a great story teller. 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, healing to day. she was shot 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 yanine, already then aqua molecularly, the occupational forces lead us to reach that point where they fired or not. i want

to tell her that, i'm sorry, i couldn't protect you when we were under fire. i failed to save your alaina. israel's government initially said palestinian fighters were to blame, but that was disputed by witnesses, journalists, and rights groups. this is the moment whether 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 called the israel says it will investigate trains, killing an offer to do it in conjunction with palestinian official, the palestinian president said he would not cooperate with israel already. you refused any joint investigation committee, which is really a 30 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. just need a media network has described the 51 year old death as latent murder, making clear it with israel. responsible city and body was then taken from a law through the district 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. israel's army is reportedly investigating whether one of its soldiers, shots should be actually that's according to the washington post. it says the army is looking into 3 separate incidents connected to her killing, as well as the wounding of a colleague. initially, israel had said the germans were more likely hit by gunfire from armed palestinians . but i witness reports contradicted that claim. israeli forces or so to be

carrying out ballistic tests on the rifles of several of its members as well and has them he's either may have 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 the hands of the palestinian side of the bullet that killed sharina barclay. and i thing to have nothing more to say now has no more justifications and they now understand how much international pressure there is. that's why we have single statements lou and these really position is turning in away the home of video analysis of where sharina was killed contradicts israel's original account of the shooting. cathy at no pets. honda yon 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 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 side is also far from the palestinian resistance whiter. who was about 260 meters away. there is no line of sight between one location and the other. and in fact, our researcher, it is taking 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 base,

it's false, claim is does not show gun fire. a bout has killed shooting a walk, law and injury. recall it. a witness says is really, forces were not under attack was law. when the journalists arrived, they were surprised because the occupation forces were closing the street with their mil vehicles, and then they started shooting at them. a man tried once again to retrieve sharina body. we were not aware at that point that she'd 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. 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 didn't resume provides itself. israel does not

investigate. israel white washes 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. wow. and it's never child one of its soldiers for the killing of a journalist castillo pistol, the yan, which is here. and what about is that palestinian american political analyst? he says there's a long list of crimes which is really forces haven't been held accountable. this is a really horrific murder by an israeli army that has utter disregard for palestinian life because of a culture of the human ization where they don't see palestinians as equal human beings and a culture of impunity that is well documented by every major human rights organization

in the world were 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 the way much of mainstream u. s. media. what i'm 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 to these really army. you know, they keep referencing to stream 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 you. frame because russia is an invading an occupying force. and yet, even though israel has been an invading and 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 this honest propaganda that is disproved by endless documentation by the knotted 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. washington has a cold for transparency in any investigation to the killing of sri i blackly our white house correspondent, kimberly how could, has more. president biden is said 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 abbey, at clay. 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 required 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 will use the visit to press israel for accountability in the death of serene abu, our clay still ahead on al jazeera, a rally against military rule in sudan, turns violent. we'll have a report on the streets of the season, these capital cartoon, and shedding light on a mystery at the heart of our galaxy. how this image can shape our understanding of the milky way.

ah, the journey has begun. the 34 world copies on its way to catherine book, your travel package to day. hello. we got some really heavy rain pushing out to southern china at the moment and it's making its way towards to panic. see this thick cloud here. so shaded with our seasonal rays, the may you front now starting to show his hand quite readily and that will pump that moisture across taiwan pushing cross the east trying to see some areas of japan q. she seems a very heavy rain on friday. a heavy rain makes his way across hon. shufa sat day, staying very disturb. they with further spells of wet weather into northern parts of canada. at this stage, northern areas of china can re dry 25 celsius therefore basing still some pretty wet weather. there is a central and southern parts of china as we go on through the we can joining up the

showers longest spells afraid across northern parts of indo china. still some pretty wet weather, just around the gulf of thailand. pushing over to ward at northern areas of thailand, you shall scattering of showers across much a southeast asia. still on the west side there for southern parts of the philippines. all them areas of borneo, roches showers there just around the java doesn't look too wet. so across a good part of smarter. plenty a way whether they're in to southern areas of india over the next couple days with more rain to for the ne cats are air way official airline of the journey a 74 years. so now the permanent displacement of more than $700000.00 palestinians a year long from the balmy, although dizzy was offices in the gaza store. and in the week that network journalist sharina abbey was killed in the occupied waste by. we examined the situation in palestine in

a one hour special program joiners analogy 0 lou. the a wanting out to remind to now about the body of just a journalist, sharina is now at the hospital morgan occupied east jerusalem. veteran journalist was shot dead by the forces of age of 50. 1 funeral will take place on friday and israeli human rights group is disputing what the government says about st. israeli forces issued video saying it show the palestinian opening, but then says it doesn't match with listerine. was seen in the president

of bath, says he seek justice for serene staff. the international criminal court. he paid tribute to the algae return. mister state service in her on arriving to commemorate shane's life has been taking place outside the london headquarters of the bdc of corresponded ben bober reports. what a wide range of people have turned up 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, if i west bank policy going down to the u. k. i 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 have 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 accountability in most cases. but also there have been words to remind you of just what 3 megs to people across the world are important. as a journalist or integrity on people show her sharina pedro's is the deputy regional director of advocacy at amnesty international was a friend of she reads, she says her former colleague was motivated by getting the facts about the treatment of palestinians moon. she wanted the truth to, you know, be transparent to everyone. she wanted to show every day what was going on in the

palestinian territories. and you know, what i remember most about her is just how incredibly generous she was in the field . how you would turn up and she would be sharing information that she received from people, from officials, widely with anyone who asked who anyone who needed. and that is because that was her mission, to expose the injustice that she was seeing. i think the 1st thing is that we found not to get this, we found not to put it to the side we about to continue to try and push international investigators, the united nations, the international criminal court. all of these mechanisms that exist for exactly this, protecting the innocent, protecting the vulnerable, protecting civilians. in situations of arm conflict, we have not got a lack of options here. what we have a lack of is political will. so what we need to do is turn all of this condemnation, all of this a pulled, you know, sentences that are coming out of the mouth of politicians and un officials and you

know, kings and queens around the world. we need to turn that into action. we need to turn that into an actual investigation that produces a report that produces some justice and that we see finally, someone being held to account for this unit crime, some other knees now finland looks set to apply for nathan membership of the prime minister in preston. said it must happen without delay. it shares 1300 kilometer border with russia. the government has said the criminal unpredictable behavior is a pressing issue. russia is calling finance nature aspirations, a threat that bus reports not from helsinki. what about more neutral, but prepared ready to defend the nation that long relied on its own military strength. these finish con, scripts are practicing and that's tracked by an imaginary enemy. but since the

russian invasion of ukraine fin length, which he has a board of more than 1300 kilometers with russia feel threatened by its large neighbour. obviously. obviously, it's shown that our neighbors willing to use force if necessary, and the 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. and it must go to you made it, you made it so so obvious that 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 nato membership. not anymore. it's a huge done around for many in finland, believing for decades that stay neutral is key to the 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 as well 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 try to limit that so much school. 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. that's all 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, sudanese security forces, $510.00 gas and stung grenades. the testers, routing against the country's military rulers, thousands demonstrated to the capital cartoon, demanding civilian government, and expressing that anger at the stalled transition. even morgan's that protested, invested in east capital, hard to have once again taken to the streets on thursday,

their protest things the military take over that's happened in october and are demanding that the military handover power to a civilian rule. now this come just a day after resistance committees, the bodies that have been organizing these mass protest have signed what they call the declaration of people's power. a kind of blueprint that shows their vision for how to dance transitional period should be and include the military abandoning to dance politics and returning to the barracks and civilian taking over power, including and the legislative assembly and the executive cabinet. now the military and the are civilian or rather political parties are supposed to thought some kind of a dialogue mediated by the african union. they knocked at nations mission here, incident. and the regional inter governmental authority for development. but that tripartite effort is facing challenges. some major political parties have refused to enter into direct talks with the military while all the state there were not

even invited. and it's shows the challenges that there's an effort to try to bring together all the political stakeholders in sudan is facing. well, i think their opposition to military rule protest is also pay tribute to the alt is there a journalist who was killed in the occupied, westbound by israeli forces that sharina block law security forces used tear gas to prevent protesters from advancing towards the republican palace. also known as the presidential palace. now they have been accused security forces have been accused of using excessive force against protesters, leading to the death of more than 90 protesters since the thought of the takeover last october and to the injuring of hundreds of others. despite the deaths and injuries, and despite the use of force by security, protesters continued to take to the streets. they say they want that declaration that they find become a reality. they want a transitional government that is led by civilians and where people have the power and not the military. a boat to carrying suspected migrants as cap size north west

of puerto rico, killing 11 people, or u. s. customs and border protection helicopter spotted the overturned boat on thursday. 31 people have now been rescued from the water by the u. s. coast guard and the dominican navy. hundreds of people have been detained in the waters around puerto rico. the last year, mostly from haiti, and the dominican republic, the u. s. has passed 1000000 deaths from the cove 19 pandemic. the highest of any country health experts are working to find out why so many people have died. reynolds spoke to one american who lost her entire family and says, the country is handling of the virus was inept. 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, we're, 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 already said, okay. i love it ill. and that was the last conversation i had with him. david died from covered 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 cove it 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 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. now scientists have unveiled an image of a massive black hole at the center of our milky way galaxy, about cold cold sagittarius. a star is only the 2nd one ever to be photographed. it's 4000000 times bigger than our son, but luckily it's 26000 light years away from us. first, we see that only a trickle of material is actually making it all the way to the black hole. if that

just are, were a 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, se are traps. nearly all of this energy. only one part in a 1000 is converted into light. so despite looking so bright on the simulated images, the black hole is ravenous, but inefficient. back to our top story now and the shooting of a screen actually by israeli forces for a student, artists are paying tribute to the audience. a journalist. they've painted a large mirror in garza city on friday. they'll be a funeral service in that nina in occupied east jerusalem. she's the 12th, i'll just a journalist killed since. and that was creation just 25 years ago. these are their names. ah,

[000:00:00;00] me, ah, ah, in, ah, this is al jazeera and these other top stories, the body of al jazeera journalist schuman actually is now at a hospital, morgan occupied east jerusalem. the veteran journalist was shot dead by ready