this is g w news live from berlin it took them less than a day jurors in the trial of former minneapolis police officer derek shogun say that they have reached a verdict within the next hour we should know what the jury decided in the case of the death of george floyd will be found guilty of murder much of the world waiting to hear a decision that could also be a verdict on the state of research relations in america also coming up is the battle for european soccer over even before it begins several top clubs are reportedly backing away. as the breakaway european super league less than 72 hours

after agreeing to join plus chaos in the republic of chad the army and his president idriss deby has died in combat fighting rebel forces just hours earlier he'd been reelected to a 6 term in office and european regulators giving the go ahead for the johnson and johnson corona virus vaccine despite links to rare cases of blood clots they say the visit fits outweigh the risks. i'm off to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all of you around the world welcome it is a verdict that the nation is a waiting with bated breath just a short time ago we heard that the jury in the u.s. state of minnesota has reached a decision and one of the u.s. has most closely watched trials ever. the question for the jury will they or won't

they convict former police officer derek show ven of 2nd degree murder for the death of george floyd the national guard has been deployed in the city of minneapolis where the 46 year old black man died after being restrained during his arrest by the white police officer last may it is a case that has said shock waves around the world sparking protests against racism and police brutality people across the u.s. are bracing in anticipation of what might happen if derek shogun is acquitted and our correspondent jeff on simon's he is covering the trial for us he is in minneapolis thieving to you and so we've got this jury reaching a decision and we're going to find out what they've decided what within the next half hour or so right. yes correct about half an hour maximum an hour and then the verdict will be read from the judge by the judge i should say let me fill

in here we are right across from the county center where this trial happened but you see this black wall here this blackboard wall where we were here about 4 weeks ago and the trial started when there was jury selection there was one or 2 people writing down what's actually if you look at this now this is all hastert with the statements and you know what the theme here is of course justice people want justice justice for george floyd justice for their cause and justice a change in the justice system for african-americans for black people who think they're not have no equal rights when it comes to this so this brings us to over there there it is the end of the county center this is where their verdict will be read out security here in minneapolis still and for good reason very very high you have razor wire you have national got 3000 national guard troops in here in town police and so on so the next half an hour depending on how this verdict will

pan out will be very very interesting and it's of and this is a bird it is not just for the city of minneapolis with the state of minnesota this is for most of the united states i mean we can safely say that people are waiting on pins and needles tonight aren't they. yeah absolutely this is not just a you're right minneapolis st paul train city again pinnacle of the interests and of this very problem right which we which started last year to to creep into the consciousness of white people and young people and that's when we have the summer off record of racial reckoning now of course all of the united states every metropolitan area l a washington d.c. new york chicago miami atlanta and on and on and on everybody everybody's looking at they see a want will this verdict will be. and then don't forget the verdict is one thing

let's just say he's found guilty in one or 2 charges or in all of them it is the judge who then has to schedule a sentencing date where he announces to what's how many years he will put mr show in into into prison but we're going to have bureau right this is a very big deal not just for minneapolis not just for their state this is big for the united states and we've also had elected officials speaking publicly about this trial even the u.s. president joe biden he weighed in on it today here is what he said after a phone call with george floyd's family take a listen. they're going to. call and. go with no matter what. her to write her. i would say that. the jury was questioned. so we just talked

with the real person the person. so stephon there we have the u.s. president saying and i'm quoting here that he's praying for the white verdict how are those words going down across the united states. it depends on who you ask if you ask republicans in washington they are crying foul and say of course that the president should have never ever said anything like this not making a statement like this doesn't matter if the jury was sequestered or not it wasn't his place now that is of course however say democrats say a reach statement coming from the republicans as they let anything go former president donald trump said and he didn't take any prisoners he wanted to say something it didn't matter when that was now the point is the african-american community black people here in minneapolis and in the united states let me show you this is the critical thing here coming back to this no justice no peace ok

president saying something verdict one way or another other politicians charming in for the people on the ground not just here but everywhere in the united states that is the core they want to see justice and they on the stand just as in a very specific way and if they don't get it then there will be for all the rest of us who are not literally and closely affected by any of this there will be no peace and stefan we know that there's a story also of the member of congress representative maxine waters she's gotten into some trouble for commenting on this trial publicly there's talk now that even if their show been convicted and found guilty that his attorneys may appeal ask for either no other trial or a mistrial based on what this member of congress has said knowing about i hope you

still hear me so what happened is that ms waters made those comments and the of course the defense use those to say this isn't right for her to comment the judge agreed he said you have may have reason for an appeal here but you know what this is. something for the for the experts to decide and for people who work in the justice system if that is really means or has the means to qualify for a real appeal and there's others who say that the defense would just throw the sink at the wall and everything at the at the wall just to make an appeal so we will see how this will pan out then there's people saying like there will be an appeal one way or another if there is a guilty conviction so let's see this is not this is not over yet and after the verdict will be read it's not over yet but this is a 1st a very very very critical step. on simon's on the story corps in minneapolis as the u.s.

and the world awaits the verdict in that trial of derek show but we will come back he was soon as we need to thank you jeff. all right moving on as quickly as the controversial new super league of european football was announced there are reports that at least one of its founding members perhaps even more are pulling out sports media in the u.k. and the u.s. say london club chelsea has changed its mind and fans who gathered this evening outside the chelsea stadium to protest the super league they were happy to hear this chelsea was one of the 12 top clubs to announce their move to the breakaway league but reaction has been overwhelmingly negative since then and mention your city will also reportedly pull out. all right my colleague kyle mackinnon from each of you sports is here with me 24 hours ago we were sitting here talking about the super league being suggested and now are we talking about it not even getting off the ground it may not get off the ground i would definitely

call this something of a reverse a stunning reversal is what it would be chelsea reportedly is out manchester city reportedly is out as well there is an emergency meeting going on right now the spanish media reporting that that the 12 teams are getting together the 12 teams that were supposed to be the founding members of the super league are getting together tonight and hashing things out but they may may well be putting up a white flag as far as i know because. and as well the 2 the governing body of world football the governing body of european football together came out guns blazing against this concept as did fan groups the fans as you saw in chelsea starkly strongly against how this was panning out it's hard to believe that these 12 signs these teams these clubs that they didn't anticipate this type of reactions actually they had no clue it seems like to me they were thinking money

it was a baldfaced money grab as far as the fans were concerned. there was some cynical discussion the the incoming chair. ehrman of this super league. mr flores from real madrid was saying that florentino perez that is was saying that. this was going to save football and the fans looked right past that they were just amazing the way they were almost a case study in public relations faltering at the same time as i said you a fine feet were saying that these teams that are joining this league are out if they join this league is it possible that they knew that this would happen and that this has all been a trial balloon just to remind the teams in the clubs where the money you may have well been there may have been a negotiating ploy of some sort that's true but it faltered dramatically and it may change the face of football frankly and as i said these teams can't be sort of went

down in stature as far as as far as we have it was concerned the governing body of european football once again and us. did throw its weight and every everything behind over powering this proposal again this is reportedly we are not certain exactly all of all the details of what's happening and if all 12 teams will eventually crumble in the scenario or if it's just reportedly chelsea and manchester united we do know that some major administrative per person now and some of these clubs are either resigning soon or resigning or being pressured to resign right now as well so there's a lot of it's moving quickly that i'm sure call me can if it's called thank you. our let's take a look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world germany's governing conservative alliance has agreed on arming lusha as its candidate to succeed chancellor angela merkel in the country's elections in september lusha its rival marcos conceded the race earlier today ending

a protracted civil power struggle the conservative states an uphill battle to impress voters against an increasingly popular green party plan fighters in south africa have largely contain the blaze on the slopes of cape town's iconic table mountain it started early sunday had ripped towards the university campus and residential areas forcing many to evacuate their homes a library containing rare books was badly affect. voting flowers in me and more hundreds have marched in protest against february's military coup it was just one of a number of rallies across the country to show support for the national unity government announced last week by protest leaders today the military junta said that it is outlawing this shadow government. but tonight in the republic of chad president idriss deby has died just a day after he won elections securing him a 6th term in office troops have now been deployed to the streets of the capital

air and land borders have been closed until further notice and a curfew is in effect between 6 pm and 5 am debbie was reportedly killed while visiting troops on the frontlines of a battle against a rebel group in the north of the country and the army has named debbie's son as interim head of state but the rebels they have rejected this transition they are valued to more each on the capital. residents of chad reacted with this belief to the televised announcement of president idriss debby's death. on nazi. martial of chad idriss deby itnow as he did every time when the republic's institutions were seriously threatened not to go to heroic lead in a combat operation against terrorists who had come from libya. he was injured in the engagement and died after being brought back to.

the news came just hours after he was declared the winner of the country's presidential election on april 11th. that would have been the long term leader's 6th term in office that. it's sad news. that the presidential election took place calmly. and just a day after they announced his win denounced his death. was this news this very surprising. that they want to human level it is touching the water but there are rumors that the information disseminated by the transition council is false no. it wasn't. it is not known why debut would have visited the frontline or participated in the

clashes the exact circumstances of his death remain unclear and some observers question the military's narrative. following the announcement the military council deployed the army around the capital and imposed a curfew it also just solve the country's government and parliament and named debbie's 38 year old son as transitional leader he heads the lead presidential guard that oversee. his father security. debbie was among the world's longest serving leaders the herder's son took the classic path to power through the army in 1990 his rebel forces overthrew the then president in a coup. doing his 30 year rule he became a key ally of the west and supplied weaponry and soldiers to the anti jihadist campaign and this a whole region his unexpected death could spell the beginning of a new period of uncertainty in the deeply troubled region. of more now i'm

joined by paul simon handy he is a senior regional advisor at the institute for security studies it's good to have you on the program help us there's a lot of unanswered questions here 1st on president debbie allegedly died on the battlefield why was the president on the battlefield how. president has already conceded he said and his presidency he governs the time as a meat free. type of government so he does sort of yeah he never shied away from going to the front the 1st time but obviously these tires are off to us and it's not clear that in their previous times we saw he was joining me he's a great you know about to see. you know other places like for example in italy. when people are asked what the heck and. bought the child endangerment.

it's unusual but it was. and if he was president i assume then that there was a vice president why have we not heard that the vice president is assuming the duties of the president. i don't think as a byte president they're conditioning actionable so you better. go to the bottom and. and anybody also he's. already. engaged in such a situation like this but the situation in china is quite confused because we are in the middle of it a process that is not complete so all recently was just. we know that the result was confirmed by the last august and then he died and then we have the suspension of the constitution by i mean these were easy transition concepts. and. spend

a constitution is that you're it is a sign that he's the one because he becomes like a dozen loves a t.v. showing that we see to preserve it and that tends to be. some sort of class some sort of group has suddenly meet people so these are signs up about it. and we understand that rebels in the north of the country they've released a statement and they had said and i'm quoting here and it's not a monarchy there can be no dynastic devolution of power in our country i mean that sounds like it's a dangerous situation in the country how dangerous is it to not. and particularly when that kind of whining come from wherever. a tricky situation even on the fuel situation. of the success of prison even if. the sun

relatively young optimistic than. an army general had an extraordinary fast and easy for most of the rules to the right be very fast. it's easy to see that he will not be that kind of carrier surely he spied on the president so this raises the question of that type of respect. from his peers really in the arm which mike are supporting the softer some of fiction. groups and factions within that. not all. trying to be caught up in the rules know each wasn't history consentual the country was constantly at that barrier but not an obstacle and i saw we had an act.

deputy particularly in europe that increase the pressure on china to get it ok paul simon handy with the institute for security studies giving us an update on the situation in chad tonight mr dewey precinct your time your insights thank you for coming. back here in europe the european union's medical regulator has backed the johnson and johnson could that 1000 back seem despite a possible link to blood clots last week the company halted its european rollout amid concerns over rare but potentially deadly blood clots the e.m.a.'s says that the benefits of the vaccine outweigh the risks but that a warning label should be added to the vaccine for. the european medical agency has given johnson and johnson's one shot clothed 9 tame back same the green light despite finding a possible link to rare blood clots the benefits of the guards continue to outweigh

the is risks and we now have detailed information in the labeling that alerts to these risks we have detailed information provoke care professionals in case in case there are any issues the e.u. paused its rollout of the johnson and johnson vaccine last week before any shots were administered following reports of blood clot cases in the us of the 7000000 people vaccinated with jane j. in the us 8 developed the rare blood clots including one who later died on tuesday the e.m.a.'s said the cases were similar to those seen in their review of astra zeneca. the reported cases of mostly in women under 16 years and within the 1st 3 weeks after the vaccine is at this moment it's not possible to identify clear risk factors for the occurrence of these very rare events such as

gender or age the most plausible hypothesis as we have seen with the astra zeneca vaccine is an immune response that leads to a condition similar to a typical have to ring and used from the seat of piña the e.m.a.'s says the blood clot should now be listed as a very rare side effect of johnson and johnson's vaccine the company immediately announced it would revise its label as requested and resume back saying shipments to the e.u. norway and iceland the u.s. is expected to announce its decision on the single shot vaccine by friday. india has reported the highest daily death toll from the corona virus as the pandemic surges the number of new cases reported each day have skyrocketed past india's earlier peak in september of last year new daily infections have now exceeded 200000 for 6 days running and that leaves the world's 2nd most

populous nation struggling with inadequate supplies including hospital beds and oxygen tanks to keep people alive. india's grave diggers have never been busier. as colvin 1000 goes on the rampage the dead keep coming. crim a tory a 2 are inundated with arrivals in some cases dealing with 3 or 4 times more bodies than usual. relatives left to endure agonizing waiting times. we've been waiting out here since 9 am now it's 1 pm and we still have to wait another 2 or 3 hours for our turn there are only 2 furnace is here and since morning we've been waiting and there are

hundreds of people like us also waiting here. in the capital delhi is the worst affected city police enforcing the 6 day lockdown check that only essential workers are on the move and that businesses remain closed in an attempt to stop a rampant virus. among the recent cases former prime minister manmohan singh has been hospitalized after testing positive. when. his health experts monitor the trend there are concerns that india might be facing a new variant of the virus. we've seen from increase in the food across india more to think of the things that the thing that what might be happening is that something that is between. the moving through the population of people who are

yet to contract infection and with pretty often following criticism that it failed to stop the spread the indian government now says every adult will be eligible for a vaccine from may. a desperate attempt to stop a sweeping virus that's leaving a seemingly endless trail of death. well these days we could all use a story with a happy ending and this one comes from the indian state of maharashtra where one brave railway worker risked his life to save a child just in the nick of time the drama captured on c.c.t.v. take a look at these amazing pictures a toddler fell onto the tracks with a train rapidly approaching and then a brave railway workers spotted what was going on you see him i think they're sprinting into action he lifts the child to safety then picks himself up just as the locomotive arrived we understand he and the child safe and sound. you're

watching the w. news live from berlin after a short break i'll be back to take you through the day our coverage of the verdict in the trial of derek shove and continues we'll go live to minneapolis for the reading of one of the most anticipated verdicts in u.s. history we'll be right back.

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