al-jazeera these are your top stories a critical care doctor says a lack of oxygen and not drugs cause george ford's death when he was pinned by the police martin tobin testified at the trial of derek jovan the former officer accused of killing floyd last year president joe biden has announced measures to

after hearing that the evidence a jury of his peers ultimately found him criminally liable for george ford's death . at the justice worked in this case was at but as you know there are many many other cases and it is evident that trust is broken between police and some of the communities that they serve how likely is it that reforms now will be introduced to change how police conducts itself was a very important conversation happening right now and i think it's important to focus on the types of reforms that are being put forward 'd you know there's a bill currently making its way through congress a call to george boyd justice to d.c. act of fortunately that bill contains many provisions that will not help police officers our communities and in many ways will make their job more difficult as i think it's important to focus on smart reforms like increasing training for police officers encouraging police departments to wear body cameras. use of force deescalation techniques and things like that rather than in a whole 'd cell suite in fundamental reforms of police departments saxe smith from th

a clinician did you observe the results of lox agend in the video showing the last minutes of george ford's life yes what did you observe. i mean in terms of what we're seeing is that the changes in his facial appearance this becomes crucially important again in seeing the effects of the low oxygen. and have you seen this effect and other patients as a clinician yes you know because i work in an i.c.u. where 40 percent of our patients die so i'm extremely familiar with seeing people who die unfortunately so when when you see these changes you see the changes in the face it is the key way of noticing something happening because by looking at effects on the face dr i want to show you exhibit 15 already been admitted into evidence. at 44 and. i want to play a clip. and have you tell us what it shows. at the beginning you can see he's conscious you can see slight freakery and then it disappears. and so 11 second he's alive and one second he's no longer. could we just once more. see. this one's like. it is. 202453 in the composite. yet and the this the speed is slowed down by 30 or so c. . is th

drugs because we heard gabriel was telling us earlier that this has been a big issue we heard george ford's girlfriend earlier courtney ross his partner of 3 years and she described how both she and floyd became addicted to prescription painkillers i just want us to have a little listen to her and then i'll come back to. buffalo ny are. our story it's a. classic story of. how many people get addicted that. we both suffer from chronic pain. mine was in my neck in his blood in the back. we both had prescription. but. after prescription. fill it and. leave. and and try really hard to. break that addiction many times. so back to marc now and. this is something which the prosecution introduce themselves the issue of drugs because they they needed to they needed to get ahead of it because it is such an important plank in the defense's argument however. you then get this argument basically drugs used versus knee on the net and it just seems to my at least that it's fairly obvious which is the real issue here. yes and you know i thought this was very affected by the prosecution because one of the a

convicted the verdict was met with tears of relief and celebration from supporters who chant to george ford's name many say the fight for justice is far from over and the u.s. president has called the verdict a rare but important step towards justice in america joe biden spoke to ford's family before addressing the nation calling his death murder in broad daylight we have to listen. can't breed i can't breed. nice words we can't let those words die we see. we have to keep your readers were. we must not turn away we can't turn away. well a car bomb targeting security forces has exploded in afghanistan's capital of kabul security officials say the blast was aimed at a convoy the interior ministry says it was a suicide attack. the military in chad has promised an 18 month transition to free elections after announcing the death of president disturbing the army says he was killed while visiting soldiers fighting rebels on the frontline there he had just won reelection and was one of africa's longest serving leaders. says the chief of. emergency meeting of southeast asian leaders this weekend to di

the day in question when george ford was killed. i do beg your pardon that was from a previous arrest so just to correct that again we were hearing both features from a previous arrests but this is the 1st the 1st witness that has been called for the defense testimony that from a police officer scott roby crisis in the 1st witness so cold in the defense case for going to. bring the old you back in again so that we can hear that testimony there's a good friend who is our mr ford. your honor based on the court's ruling i have no further questions for the. president. good morning out straighten. you testified that you were the officer who approached the passenger side of the vehicle you approached george floyd i'm a 6 of 21000 that's correct yes and you had your gun drawn when you approached mr flake it's not right there was a poll of yours in when you approached mr floyd he said don't shoot me man i don't want to get shot right. something like that yes you told us under his seat belt correct the script your snout and he did that right

tried to point to the fact that george ford was resisting arrest before he was on the ground. next witness on the stand. let's start with you giving your full name spelling each of your days james j m e s writers are in y. e r s o n there's a crime. and it's also your current occupation i'm currently a senior special agent with them in sort of bureau of criminal apprehension so just in general what does a senior special agent do what is your job you know so i'm currently assigned to the newly formed use of force investigation group we conduct criminal investigations into use of force incidents are you in a sense to peace officer yes or obviously you're not wearing what we typically think of as forms that. when you work do you have a uniform. generally no general in plain clothes. and you mentioned. well when did you 1st become licensed as a peace officer i started my law enforcement career in 2007. hand so let's run through your educational work experience for your job as a as a peace officer. first of all did you obtain it like a 4 year undergraduate degree they did can you d

policeman accused of killing george ford off the kneeling on his neck for more than 9 minutes during shaving their faces up to 40 years in prison on 3 charges john hendren has been covering the trial in minneapolis. otherwise we are in recess until we hear from the jury in their final words on the most highly charged us civil rights case in decades prosecutors told jurors to trust their eyes but for the defendant's actions pushing him down. george waited died that day. to drugs he just breathlessly derive a drug overdose in that time. maybe it was the tail pipe maybe it was in large part maybe not use your common sense. use your common sense believe your eyes what you saw you saw what the jury saw was the same 9 and a half minutes the world saw of them minneapolis police officer derrick show been kneeling on george floyd's neck until paramedics carried off his lifeless body in a case that started with an allegedly fake $20.00 bill and ended with protests and riots across the united states prosecutors said the evidence proved children used excessive force choke the life out of floyd a

the fact is the candidate that benefited from the george ford riots was never going to bring tranquility to the nation. he is helping to fuel it. since getting elected biden has only embraced this anti-american rhetoric it has continued to embolden the radical left violence. >> parts of our country are backsliding to the days of jim crow, passing laws that harken back to the era of poll taxes when black people were made to guess how many jellybeans in a jar or count the number of bubbles in a bar of soap before they could cast their ballot. >> cynical, dangerous, that is what that strategy is and continue to spare riots, looting and bloodshed and animosity between the races. it will lead to more good offices leaving the force, who would be a police officer in this case? no one. it will hurt the very communities that need safety the most. i don't believe this is what any racial group in america wants. most of us do not believe america is systemically racist. people are afraid to say so but most people don't believe that but racists do exist and ironically the most influential today among

when they realized that george ford was in medical distress if they should have provided some sort of medical treatment he said that they are trained to do that and even if the other suspect if they are in custody if they are with us then we have an obligation to make sure that they are we are doing the best we possibly can for them but i think perhaps the most telling piece of evidence that the police chief gave was when he talked about how george floyd was the street that he said he believed was excessive. once there was no longer any resistance and clearly when mr floyd was no longer responsive and even motionless to continue to apply. that level of force. to a person. preowned out handcuffed behind their back. that that is in no way shape or form is anything that. is by policy is not part of her training and it is certainly not part of our ethics our values. so a significant statement there from the police chief what you have to remember though the prosecution have to prove everything that they're arguing about all the defense has to do is establish a reasonable doubt and in quest

more distressing video of george ford's.

the type of restraint used by the police officer charged with killing george ford has come under scrutiny in a u.s. court the 7th day of the try and focus on derrick show veins use of force and how officers should deescalate crisis situations and a team of doctors demanding to meet opposition leader has been detained the doctors say he's showing symptoms of respiratory illness now than he was jailed in february and sentenced to 2 and a half years in prison for parole violations international says no bond he's being held in conditions that amount to torture and may be slowly killing him those are the headlines coming up next it's women make science to stay with us. it's a very bleak picture for a lot of americans out there white supremacy in fact all of our age if you're putting more money into the hands of someone 1st taking money out of the hands of other workers their own goes to their camp it becomes a us versus them this is the deal about constraining your nuclear program the bottom line the big questions on out is there are. these forests is one of the most amazing places in the worl

those pills as a sideboard in march and courtney ross george ford's girlfriend had said something was off with them she didn't feel that they were giving the same sort of pain relief that other opioids had in the past. and remember this is much 2020 so this is 2 months before george floyd was killed at a point when he did have. back now to the courtroom in many outlets an opportunity to review that portion of the transcript right in would you agree with me that the f.b.i. agents asked you from march to may if you continue to purchase those pills from the same source they ask you that question they did and you responded well once in a while when we were agreed that it is sent. out because jackson's non-response ok. ok ok. and mr floyd's overdose that was at the beginning of march 2020 hospitalized march 6th agreed. 2020 he was in the hospital for 10 or 11 days something like 5 days. and when you took him to the hospital. did you notice foam coming from his mouth. i mean i know this takes some kind of. invulnerability in the choir to. return our driveway substance. death. now i. will th

tried to point to the fact that george ford was resisting arrest before he was on the ground. next witness on the stand. let's start with you giving your full name spelling each of your days james j m e.

george ford had not been restrained in the way he was the. he believes he would have survived that and the cardiologist of course was cross-examined by the defense as as the prosecution's case is nearing its end john i wonder what we can expect from the defense from what we've heard so far what this strategy is likely to be after the prosecution's case. well their objective so far in the cross-examination has been pretty clear they want to suggest that derek chauvin was not the primary cause of death for george floyd although we know it on his neck for over 9 minutes and they want to show that there was some kind of other cause and so when the cross-examination of that expert witness this morning the cardiologist they pressed him on a number of other ailments the george floyd had narrowed order reasons some cases the doctor was asked about that he said no that was not. that was not a primary cause of death. but forgive me i'm hearing noise in my ear. and then one thing after another these are just that he didn't have the heart disease couldn'

derrick chervin murder trial forensic pathologist lindsay thomas has explained how the pressure the george ford was on the during his arrest restricted his airway making it difficult to breathe sure that is accused of murdering floored by putting his neck to the ground with his knee in may last year prince philip the reigning british monarch queen elizabeth has died at the age of $99.00 the royal family has entered an official mourning period but authorities are calling for calm in northern ireland after another night of street violence and belfast protesters threw projectiles of police who responded with water kept. after football rebels which is next. i'm going to. study this until. one time it was for me to see. that you don't. understand. there is a serious. emotional but it is true but it is likely that it. took me. in about a. misimpression. in a brought them to with which certain. set up i do see a lot feel. that was in the 40 didn't i see the stall sort of the subtle you know of us all i can do we. have a candle. sitting shows give the new boss a. ilesa museum for a big gun to become po

people they serve through our systemic racism in our criminal justice system and i police reform george ford's name it passed the house already. i know republicans have their own ideas and our days in a very productive discussions with democrats in the senate we need to work together to find a consensus but let's get it done next month by the 1st anniversary of george floors that. country supports this reform and congress should act should act we have a giant opportunity to bend the arc of the moral universe toward justice real justice. and with the plans outlined and i we have a real chance to root out systemic racism plagues american and american lives in other ways the chance to live are real equity good jobs good schools affordable housing clean air clean water being able to generate wealth and pass it down to generations because you have an access to purchase a house real opportunities in the lives of more americans black white latino asian americans native americans. look i also want to thank the united states senate. for voting 94 to one to pass covert 980 crimes act to protect asian am

england's george ford scored 18 points, while guy porter went over for this late try to seal leicester'snight, top of the table st helens beat bottom side leigh, whilst this try from jake trueman helped castleford to a comfortable win over salford and in the other game, the in form catalans won at strugglers wakefield. ineos grenadiers have relinquished their lead of the tour of romandie after stage four of the race in switzerland. a late breakaway by marc soler saw the spaniard take the stage victory and move into the overall lead. britain's geraint thomas finished in the chasing pack and is up to second place, but is ia seconds adrift. a crash cost his ineos team mate rohan dennis the lead. the crucible theatre in sheffield is set to be at full capacity from sunday for the final of the world snooker championship. the tournament has been part of the government's pilot events for the safe return of spectators to venues. i think it is a monumental moment, to see people's faces as well again. we ran this event behind closed doors last year and it has been really emotional to see people tha

al-jazeera these are your top stories a critical care doctor says a lack of oxygen and not drugs cause george ford's death when he was pinned by the police martin tobin testified at the trial of derek jovan the former officer accused of killing floyd last year president joe biden has announced measures to tackle gun violence which he says is an international embarrassment for the u.s. he will need the support of congress to achieve more ambitious restrictions nothing nothing i'm about to recommend in any way impinges on the 2nd amendment or phony arguments suggest either these are 2nd amendment rights at stake from what we're talking about. but no member no member to the constitution is absolute gun violence in this country is an epidemic we say again gun violence in this country is an epidemic and it's international that. the african union is dropping plans to secure astra zeneca vaccines from the serum institute of india and says it's not because of concerns about a potential and extremely rare link to blood clots they will still receive astra zeneca shots through the kovacs assistance scheme. the

officer david cho bit has been found guilty of 2nd degree murder and manslaughter in the death of george ford's children is expected to be sentenced in a pleads. that's it from me and it is teaming up today don't go away though up next made in germany looks at reinventing a bit let's watch. to own. or not to own. what about a sherman economy instead. of a change in thinking is changing the economy to create something new. the economics magazine made in germany. next on w. . africa. this image is deceptive because bats are endangered in rolonda. humans fear them and chase them away. but these creatures really support the ecosystem. and one organization is coming to their rescue and. look out for. them 60 minutes. were all set. to go beyond t.l.c.'s. take on the world. that is where all of the stories that matter to you. love her it tastes fine but fun to make. we are here is actually on fire make things. our world such a beautiful place and yet this is what we're faced with on a daily basis not during the pandemic but maybe that's what it takes a pandemic to make us.

where the police union building was set on fire the scenes are reminiscent of those in the wake of george ford's death last year he died during an arrest when an officer knelt on that for several minutes radio host wayne to preen who served served as a board member of the national diversity coalition for donald trump says it is vital to rebuild trust between police and minority communities. tensions are so diode to the left and right the people that are getting hurt or in the middle what's happening right now it's not going to stop is going to get worse because the leadership around many places is weak there is a lack of trust on both sides of the aisle. and when i mean both sides i know there's a lack of trust with within the police community about what's going on within the minority community in then there's a lack of trust within the minority community about what the police are doing because of what they see projected on our media every day there has to be a concerted effort from both sides of leadership leadership of people that everybody can trust to sit down and work out proven solutions a

of former minneapolis police officer derek sheridan who's accused of killing unarmed black man george ford last year now mr sheridan is facing charges including 2nd degree murder $100.00 cuffing ford face down in the kneeling on his neck for nearly 9 and a half minutes in may last year and obviously caused a huge amount of anger in various communities and in the outbreak of large scale protests now dr langan feld is the 1st witness to be called in this in what's now the 2nd week of the trial so far he's testified that when mr ford arrived in the critical kariya he was in cardiac arrest that his heart had stopped he's so far been described in the medical procedures that were carried out and he's also been testifying that his initial assessment suggested that mr floyd had actually died from hypoxia at a lack of oxygen that that was the most likely possibility let's now go back to mark he's a law professor at the university of st thomas he joins us now from minneapolis professor thanks from for joining us again the focus from the defense there on surprisingly has been very much on the fentany

mr ford started using their d r about 2 weeks prior to his death correct. and you noticed a change in. george floyd's girlfriend breaks down in cortez the lawyer is 0 in on his drug use at the trial of the former police officer charged with his death. the as. barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up on the program fighting the south african variant pfizer says its vaccine is a 100 percent effective against the strain that had scientists most concerned. street protests more charges for on sun suchi and the internet just another day as me and marks 2 months since the coup plus. the air. argentina pays tribute to the controversial composer who revolutionized the tango and divided the musical world. the 1st few days of the trial over the death of george floyd have been packed with emotional testimony and harrowing footage the court has just wrapped up thursday's proceedings were floyd's girlfriend was among those who spoke for the 1st time courtney ross told the court about their struggles with drug addiction prosecutors hope her testimony will humanize floyd and p

9 minutes and 29 seconds was excessive and by doing so for as long as he did derek shogun put george ford's life at risk well as alan was just saying and i saw an instable scene in the totality of the trial and earlier today on day 7 sergeant keang a crisis intervention training coordination with the minneapolis police department also testified he spoke about the training given to offices especially when it comes to dealing with a situation of a someone in crisis. that was congress on individual in crisis symptoms and deescalation strategies that may be used for in the or in crisis so it's a scenario based training that. the trainer minas us at the office association brains and professional actors to come men and to to conduct crisis in areas where they're in a state of crisis and the officer has to use the he has a duty as the strategies to bring them down to pre-crisis level or to help them out how long they've already seen if a very big witnesses take the stand so far i know we never know exactly who's going to be called until they actually pay that who else should we be looking for pote

court is being shown the last moments of george ford's life from the perspective of the of the police officers who arrested him floyd could be heard begging them not to shoot him in the office his body can vote which was during day 3 of the trial of the former officer accused of murdering him. france will enter its 3rd national lockdown this weekend as it grapples with more than $30000.00 new cases a day schools will be closed for 3 weeks and domestic travel is banned for at least a month olds. shut down by saturday with the death toll from cove of 19 nearing 100000 french president emanuel was forced to act. we will lose control of we do not move now macro has tried to keep the country open as a way to protect the already battered economy but with many intensive care units at breaking point and a slower than planned vaccine rollout the economy had to wait. if you want to hold resource on don't remember this figure 44 percent of patients in intensive care are today less than 65 years old. for the next 4 weeks schools in nurseries will be closed along with non-essential businesses a cu

the type of restraint used by the police officer charged with killing george ford has come under scrutiny the u.s. corps the 7th day of the trial focused on their children to use of force towel officers should deescalate crisis situations. brazil has reported more than 4000 coronavirus deaths in a single day only the u.s. and brewer reach that threshold previous to infections are surging across the country with health systems on the verge of collapse. i was a pandemic worsens the rate of poverty in brazil is sort the government has approved an emergency aid package worth almost $8000000000.00 but analysts say that doesn't go far enough as reports from rio de janeiro. since the pandemic began afridi has been receiving a monthly $50.00 subsidy but not from the federal government nor in brazilian hands the seaside town of multicast where she works lives off oil royalties and has decided to spend the money on social plans it created its own virtual currency the mumbai to help the poor and the local economy. will will go away since we can only use mum booker's in al town the local commerce is

incident comes as the trial of white minneapolis police officer derek show been charged with killing george ford last year is still under way. protesters versus police in the suburbs of minneapolis tear gas and rubber bullets fired at an agitated crowd and all too familiar scene by now . hundreds of demonstrators surrounded the police station in the town of brooklyn center after reports of another black man shot to death dante wright died during what should have been a routine traffic stop. wright's mother said her son called her when he was pulled over. he called me at about 140 that he was getting blown over by the bull you. and i thought well why did you get pulled over if you pull them over to get your personal opinion from the war. on the ground that you the killing came as tensions were already high with the trial of white minneapolis police officer derrick chauvin charged with killing george florida last year. and keep taking police like you for no reason satellites you know mental health problems so this is just the way the legislative solidarity is so that we're not you know with an aff

testimony jury deliberations have begun in the trial of the former police officer accused of killing george ford that's after final arguments were made on monday well activists are rallying in front of the minneapolis courthouse calling for a conviction that it is governor.

case in the murder of former police officer derek show ven i was charged before just testified george ford died of multiple factors including preexisting heart conditions and the u.s. and china are the world's 2 biggest polluters requirement for john kerry is in shanghai to mates chinese leaders this it is to make the environment an area of course or cooperation its 1st trip to china a high ranking identity ministration official with us up to date keep it here on al-jazeera inside story is next. al-jazeera is news that the biggest stories of the week delivered to your inbox last analysis and opinions at the wild. subscribe out of the conversation. the u.s. plans to withdraw all its troops from afghanistan by september the 11th but some american officials have criticized the decision so could it accelerate the afghan peace process or plunge the country into further conflict this is inside story. and welcome to the program fully back to bill it's been in the united states the longest running war but it's now set to end president joe biden plans to withdraw all u.s. troops from afghanistan by

did also go on to describe how george ford would take care of itself. like to work out every day he let it wait. there are beyond anything that led to everything the day he did. that a push to pull the this would only of house. if he went out and about he would go away only. he has planes or plane sports with like me or her kids or. anybody really that would pick up any type of bother back and he would he would play in family he would our way involved in that he he would do anything for the problem we had a bowling well played walk that he was with a reason we didn't run to the store. and then a central part of the defense's cross-examination involved her going into some detail about how floyd suffered a drug overdose in march 2 months before he died i went to go pick up from his house that night. and that. he wasn't feeling his stomach really hurt he was doubled over in pain. i just wasn't feeling well and he said he had to go to the hospital so i took him straight to the hospital. we went to the e.r. . and. they were checking him in the e.r. and it wa

who was the person primarily responsible then for george ford's here in the head of a county medical center burgess to depart i provided the majority of direct patient care under supervision of dr ashley strobel who is my attending physician at the time. were you the primary decision maker i was were you the person responsible for much of the direct patient care yes. when mr floyd's body with just the way it was brought in. which you describe it as an emergency situation yes absolutely. what was his condition in terms of his cardiac condition he was in cardiac arrest and does cardiac arrest mean that he had had a heart attack or what does that mean none rule not necessarily. what does cardiac arrest technically me cardiac arrest is defined is sudden cessation of blood flow to all the tissues of the body when the heart stops being. typically as evidenced by absence of a carotid pulse. so in late people's terms if we were to say cardiac arrest means the heart stopped would that be accurate that's yes. what was your your immediate objective when mr floyd comes in and he's in cardiac arr

they've even committed crimes and i think that in order to reclaim some of black humanity in who george ford was was as a person we have to tell the stories we have to let people know that he was a son that he loved his mother that he was someone that people cared about so that the jury were well care as well you know it's so important that these stories get humanized and that we make sure that we don't sort of take out the human element in this trial thank you very much kelly carter appreciate it kelly carter jackson i should say thanks very much thank you. now somalia's senate has rejected a parliamentary vote to extend the president's term for another 2 years deepening a political crisis that's threatening to split the country's security services parliament speaker says that extending president mohamed up to lie he mohammed's term will give the country more time to prepare for the elections but the opposition has argued the move is legally dubious and accused lawmakers of political trickery president mohammed has been facing growing pressure to resign failing to stand down when his term e

the us court has been shown some of the last moments of george ford's life from the perspective of the police officers who arrested him for he could be heard begging them not to shoot him at the office as party comforts which it was during day 3 of the trial of the former officer who's accused of murdering him. and the u.n. special envoy for me ahmad has warned a bloodbath is imminent unless significant move some made to stop the violence breaching the u.n. security council christine trying a book in a suburb is also a risk of civil war. u.s. border patrol has released video showing children being literally dropped into the united states by smugglers in the infrared pictures an adult can be seen dangling and then dropping a child from the top of the fence along the us mexico border moments later they drop another one appears a whole supplies the children who are sisters from ecuador and now in the care of u.s. authorities that just 3 and 5 is old in a statement u.s. border patrol said if not for the vigilance of our agents using mobile technology these 2 tender age siblings would have

scenes of the autumn author writes that in brooklyn or i'm innocent of the chaos that followed george ford's the last year in nearby minneapolis. the police. were not going to. pick up my god i don't get me. it looks like it's happening again the killing of dante wright was shot by a police officer has sparked a new wave of protests anger is boiling over stores are being looted but this time some store owners are saying they're not ready to just be victims their arms to the teeth again peaceful protesting expressing yourself we fully support that. but the ravaging our businesses the looting of our stores the destruction to our pharmacies we cannot tolerate that just like last summer calls to defund the police or getting support from politicians an accidental discharge that kills someone has another name manslaughter we don't need police with lethal weapons carrying out routine traffic stops re allocate police funding to traffic forces to remove even the possibility of state sanctioned manslaughter it wasn't an accident policing in our country is inherently and intentionally racist done to ri

further 3 minutes that's the moment the life whose body the defense argued that drugs taken by george ford was a significant factor in his death increasing his carbon dioxide level in his blood not so says the doctor what you're seeing is that the increase in his carbon dioxide that is found in the emergency room is so explained by part you expect to happen in somebody who doesn't have any ventilation given to him for 9 minutes and 50 seconds under cross-examination dr toben acknowledged he had a lot of time to analyze the events of may last year but derek chauvin was acting in reacting to events as they happened he dismissed some of the questions from the defense trying to poke holes in what was a compelling testimony throughout the jury paid close attention to the doctor many making notes the defense team including derek sure did the same forensic toxicologist told the court there were traces of drugs in george system but nothing that was. alarming the result to be consistent with a prescription dose of that is that right yes. would that be considered a low level of methamphetamine yes f

direction the former police officer was found guilty in the murder of george ford all of this coming together at the same time what does this signify for the united states. this is you just not to under there's no it's not possible to understate this is a huge deal and the verdict the 1st time that a white police officer was convicted of murder of like person number one number 2 this is all of course under this paradigm under the roof of what happened to george ward and what happened successfully and to george floyd meaning the verdict the trial that there's another 3 police officers who are going to see trial in august and we're going to have a sentencing appointment of course and date for mr schoen where he will learn how long he will go to prison for what he did however the big picture is that. the movement which it is here in the united states not just in minneapolis will try to see change on a federal level george floyd justice and policing acts this is going to be debated in the senate and people the black communities people black people all over america and a lot of white peop

george ford's girlfriend has testified about the couple struggled with opioid diction she spoke on day 4 of the trial of the former police officer accused of his murder. a build up of russian forces at ukraine's border is causing concern for kiev and its allies unverified social media video appears to show a military equipment moving toward areas bordering ukraine including in russian annexed crimea the u.s. has warned russia against intimidating its neighbors earlier this week ukraine's government accused separatists of violating a cease fire this happened as nato ambassadors met to discuss the recent rise in violence. our concern is predicated on russian escalations and aggressions in eastern ukraine of course we would be concerned by any attempts on the part of the russian federation to intimidate its neighbors and our partners of course ukraine. is among them. the kremlin says it's free to move its military assets around whenever it wants and foreign minister sergei lavrov says if tensions are rising in eastern ukraine it's not bush's fault and you just want to talk to you look the

case in the murder trial of former police officer dirt chauvin a retired pathologist has testified george ford died because of multiple factors including preexisting heart conditions the former financier and convicted fraudster bernie madoff has died in a u.s. federal prison aged $82.00 he was handed a 150 year sentence for defrauding tens of thousands of people of billions of dollars from the 1970s of words of caution for all of those stories on our website at al-jazeera dot coms updated through that i'll be back with more news in half an hour next it's talk 12 as ever you stay with us frank assessments. taking for the situation might not be an. informed opinion is the u.s. with thinking military positioning in the middle east or is it just a simple matter of we're going to use the military arsenal this is a message to the region the united states feels recruit go here to military in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines inside story on our jersey era. cats are. one of the richest nations per capita in the world. it's experienced a rapid development since or the natural gas were discov

ford. the truth and nothing but what if the agent in charge of the investigation of the death of george floyd told the court the size of the investigation dozens of agents hundreds of statements in reply to defense question here greed to 20 george floyd seem to suggest drugs was a factor but then later corrected himself saying he was no clear about what he had hair harry heard in context to tell. mr foreigner saying yes i believe mr for saying i do not drugs. little different than what you were asked in a. portion of the video yes thursday will start with legal arguments can the man who was with george floyd on the night of the incident give evidence morris hall is what he that is answers could put him in legal jeopardy the defense is keen to hear from alan fischer al jazeera at the derrick children martyr trial in minneapolis the u.s.s. agreed to withdraw all remaining combat forces which were deployed to fight against eisel however talks with the iraqi government didn't settle on a timeline some soldiers and coalition forces will also stay to train and advise the iraqi army the u.s. preside

former police officer and which are paramedic have been testifying children is accused of murdering george fordwhose death triggered world wide protests demanding racial justice. a vigil has been held in minutes.

perhaps the defense would bring into this trial later in the coming days or weeks that perhaps george ford was not dead then well that is now been resolved at least from the testimony from these paramedics that clearly stated that the damage was done to george floyd by the time they arrived and they could not bring him back to life and what can we expect from the cool tomorrow then. we don't know who will be testifying but we are expecting that it will be a shorter day on friday because of the holiday the good friday holiday so we think that the judge will make it only about 4 hours of testimony or so the judge is not releasing the names of who might be called to the witness stand we pretty much know exactly what everyone else knows when the camera cameras turned on in the courtroom and did the lawyers call their 1st witnesses that's when we know the judge has decided not to release anything but we can tell you that the prosecution will be calling more witnesses that's what we expect that they will continue to call the witnesses that they say will lead ultimately to a conviction of course

on sunday accidentally fired her gun rights shooting was less than 20 kilometers away from where george ford was killed. now the world health organization is warning that the krajina virus pandemic is growing exponentially with 4400000 new cases reported last week alone india right now is the country causing the crisis concern it's a past brazil is the place with the 2nd highest number of infections off to the united states it recorded nearly 170000 new cases and 900 deaths in the past 24 hours but despite the government blaming the 2nd wave on people not following covert guidelines large political and religious gatherings are still being held elizabeth purana reports now from new delhi. more than $2000000.00 hindu pilgrims gathered on the banks of the ganges river before immersing themselves in the water on monday the 3 month command a festival began and stays in january it's going ahead this year despite india seeing a record number of coated mind cases and deaths police say they're unable to enforce restrictions because of the sheer size of the crowds but. if we try to enforce social dist

experienced officer in the minneapolis police department has testified the level of force used on george ford was totally unnecessary to zimmerman's before it was no longer a serious threat once he was handcuffed the 1st week of the show the trial has now and. the european union is expected to host a meeting with all parties involved in the 2015 iran nuclear deal next week the conference will include the united states for the 1st time since we withdrew in 2018 but there aren't expected to be face to face meetings between iran and the us . it has been taiwan's worst rail disaster in decades at least $54.00 people have died dozens are injured after a train derailed in a tunnel after hitting a sliding truck the accident happened just north of the city of lane and investigations underway to find out what happened this report from adrian brown. the rescue team scramble to reach passengers trapped in the front carriages carriages that folded into each other after coming off the rails as the train entered a tunnel. this woman yos carriage full carriage for has everyone come out. 350 passengers paid

well george ford's family and their lawyer have spoken on the phone with president joe biden and thanked him for his support but i do remember that. fellow. feeling about it now nothing is going to make it go better for. him just this is the right thing . biden said he was praying for the right verdict and he was with the vice president called the house and so the result is a step towards justice in america for systemic racism day in our nation's soul. the knee on the neck of justice for black americans the found fear and trauma the pain the exhaustion of black and brown americans experience every single day this can be a giant step forward in the march toward justice in america but it's also be clear that such a verdict is also much too rare we have to listen i can't breed i can't breed. nice words we can't let those words die with you. have to keep your leaders were. we must not turn away we can't turn away. oh budhan vice president couple hora says she's in the senate seat paul's the george floyd just a simple easing up. we feel a sigh of relief still it cannot take away the pain a me

was found guilty of george ford's murder his death and the protests that followed were seen as a watershed moment for race relations in the country yesterday's verdict in the state criminal trial does not address potentially systemic policing issues many up.

george ford's girlfriend has testified about a couple struggles with opiate addiction she spoke on the 4th day of the trial of a former police officer accused of his murder. the u.s. is ward rusher against intimidating his neighbors and verified social media video appears to show russian forces moving toward areas bordering ukraine including in russian annexed crimea india has seen its largest rise in corona virus infections in 6 months with more than 80000 recorded in 24 hours the government is stepping up efforts to inoculate as many people as possible anyone above the age of 45 can now receive the vaccine the head of the suez canal already says egypt expects more than a $1000000000.00 in compensation after a cargo vessel blocked the canal for nearly a week but he didn't specify who would be paying the ever given it's owned by a japanese firm operated by a taiwanese company and registered in panama. the headlines all have more news for you here on al-jazeera off to talk to al-jazeera season. a wondrous ecosystem but human activity is the escalating climate change and posing an existe

immediately after that this was an accidental discharge there resulted in the tragic death of mr wright george ford's brother has testified in the trial of the former police officer during and in minneapolis felonies floyd described his brother as a family man who loved his siblings and had a one of a kind relationship with his mother israel's prime minister has declared iran the greatest threat to the middle east are vying not to let it gain nuclear capability his comments come after the apparent sabotage of iran's main nuclear facility mexico honduras and guatemala have agreed to increase the number of troops on their borders a growing number of migrants trying to make their way to the u.s. that's according to a white house official the number of people seeking asylum in the u.s. has increased in recent months and that's despite mexico deploy more soldiers in march on top jurist doing the same in january. hot gas and drugs have rained down on the caribbean island of st vincent after a 2nd major volcanic eruption in less than a week the explosion of last year volcano is believed to be one of the lar

testimony jury deliberations have begun in the trial of the former police officer accused of killing george ford itself the final arguments were made on monday when activists are rallying in front of the minneapolis courthouse calling for shaven sick convictions minnesota's governor says protesters have a right to be angry but demonstrations cannot be allowed to descend into chaos. knowledge to troops we cannot allow civil unrest to descend into chaos we must protect life and property but we also must enter stand very clearly if we don't listen to those communities in pain and those people on the streets many of whom were arrested are speaking a fundamental truth that we must change we will be right back here again. russian opposition leader alexina valmy has be moved to a prison hospital his doctor says he could be near death authorities say his condition is satisfactory the kremlin critic is on a hunger strike over what he says is a lack of medical treatment for ukrainian soldiers being killed by separatists in the country's east fighting has escalated in recent weeks undermining a cease fire

curfew is tightened in its worst affected states the murder trial of derek chauvin for the death of george ford resumed certainly the minneapolis police chief is expected to testify. hello heavy rains and strong winds are making it difficult for search teams to reach communities after flash floods and landslides in indonesia and east him or at least 95 people have been killed and dozens more are missing just to washington reports from jakarta. indonesia east nusa tenggara rescue efforts are underway after flash floods and landslides in this village police and soldiers trying to pull people to safety that is not in my village the water is higher than my head it has not yet subsided many say they loved ones are still missing. adena in east flores was the worst hit a tropical low system is causing heavy rain strong winds and choppy seas in the area adding to the challenge of getting rescuers and essential to the island in west timor hundreds are in evacuation centers who might be cutting it loud enough i don't have my full funding my house is by the sea the water goes up and entered our house ever