resolve all these deep grievances at stake of course is the control of this country the central african republic rich in diamonds and gold and yet where most of its population live on less than $2.00 a day and just ahead of the headlines some pictures of cherry blossom in the u.s. capitol still be a major tourist attraction but there's a lower turnout this year due to the pandemic peak bloom came early this year. it's good to have you with us hello adrian from going to here in doha the headlines and i'll just say we're up a u.s. courts been hearing witness testimony in the trial of a former u.s. police officer charged over george floyd steff and off duty firefighters described how she was prevented from giving 1st aid to floyd when he appeared to be unconscious and my memory i offered to walk kind of walk them through her or told that if he doesn't have a pulse you need to start compassions and i wasn't done you know. is this are these things that you wanted to do. it would it it's what i would have done for anybody. when you couldn't do that how did that make you feel. totally distressed. frustrated

resolve all these deep grievances at stake of course is the control of this country the central african republic rich in diamond and gold and yet where most of its population live on less than 2 dollars a day. and just ahead of the headlines some pictures of cherry blossoms in the u.s. capitol still be a major tourist attraction but there's a lower turnout this year due to the pandemic peak bloom came early this year. it's good to have you with us hello adrian finnegan here in doha the headlines announcer sirup a u.s. courts been hearing witness testimony in the trial of a former u.s. police officer charged over george floyd's death an off duty firefighter has described how she was prevented from giving 1st aid to floyd when.

resolve all these deep grievances at stake of course is the control of this country the central african republic rich in diamond and gold and yet where most of its population live on less than $2.00 a day. well ships are once again sailing through egypt soon as canal because there was that giant container ship blocking the canal for 6 days and it was finally moved on monday the united nations says it will take up to 4 days to clear the backlog of marine traffic in the can now this report from andrew chappelle. in the early morning start as these container ships try to make up for lost time maritime traffic is moving again on egypt's suez canal after being disrupted for 6 days. about $140.00 ships are expected to pass through on tuesday the canal was blocked by a ship as long as new york's empire state building is tall dredger crews worked around the clock to clear thousands of cubic meters of sand around the vessel a fleet of tugboats then pulled it from a bank and into deeper water. egypt's president has held the rescue effort as a point of pride for the canal and its operators the government receiv

resolve all these deep grievances at stake of course is the control of this country the central african republic rich in diamond and gold and yet where most of its population live on less than 2 dollars a day. u.n. investigators have concluded at least 19 civilians were killed in a french airstrike in central mali last january french warplanes struck near the remote village. is to say the attack hit a wedding party attended by civilians but that is disputed by france which rejects the findings the spokesman for the un secretary general says the organization now stands by the report and its findings i think the next step is really clued in the recommendations to both the mali and the french authorities to conduct you know what we would want to see is an independent credible and transparent investigation to examine the circumstances around the attack more on this story from natasha butler in paris. well statement by the french defense ministry effectively dismisses the findings in this u.n. report the french defense ministry says that it stands by its version of events it also questioned some of the me