and that could set the direction of the american civil rights movement for years to come john hendren el jazeera minneapolis. scientists based in cattle have identified a mutation that could result in a coded $1000.00 test returning a false negative those findings have been published in the journal of clinical microbiology that study calls for testing centers around the world to monitor mutations in the virus and ensure the testing methods are up to date well dr patrick tongue is the division chief of microbiology at sidra medicine and he says the findings of the study will help ensure that could be 1000 testing technology remains effective. this is a reminder of 2 things one is that the virus is constantly mutating so every time we give the virus a chance to enter a new host there's a chance for it to mutate and it also is a reminder that our diagnostic systems are very robust in most parts of the world that we're able to pick up. and characterize them find out what the mutation is and then publish it in the scientific literature so that all the other scientists and doctors around th

and that could set the direction of the american civil rights movement for years to come john hendren al-jazeera minneapolis. trial beginning. now the chinese martial art of taichi is gaining popularity in iran particularly among women those enjoying the sport say it's helping change views on gender segregation as a big reports from tehran. a well known chinese martial art the past few years has seen it growing popularity in iran especially among women. it's a way to release energy that's trapped in the body the sport requires a lot of patience usually women have more harmony and from the perspective of physical ability i think they deal better with the sport it's not common to see this kind of performance in public spaces in iran. in a country where women practicing sports is usually held behind closed doors tightly seems to be the exception it's also not segregated like other sporting activities. this couple met at a thai chief festival. straight out of the image of for the good we practice together outdoors at home whenever there's an opportunity the sport doesn't require a lot of

and that could set the direction of the american civil rights movement for years to come john hendren 0 minneapolis. ivan bates is a former prosecutor and is currently a colonel defense attorney says. most likely to argue their case based on the evidence from the medical examiner. i do think it's very possible to receive a fair trial what you think you know to have had a lot of media tinge for the defense point of view they're going to say the most damaging evidence the world has are you see so you don't have that shot crap their defense now has are so empty to lay their case i'm so he could probably you're with they say this case really revolves around what the medical examiner says and here the medical examiner it really does dr baker dr baker made a ruling that because of that me in the back of the neck by the police officers are that that was the constant yeah and he will that are homicide however the medical examiner actually gave the fence things they can argue with the medical examiner said mitchell or that there were other contributing factors such as. mr floyd that hard to se

in that could set the direction of the american civil rights movement for years to come john hendren 0 minneapolis. of billions of christians around the world have been marking the beginning of the holy week ahead of east at the head of the roman catholic church pope francis held mass at the vatican for the 2nd hand now only a limited number of washed up as well allowed to attend to to corona virus restrictions on palm sunday christians celebrate the arrival of jesus and jerusalem and an occupied east jerusalem catholics gathered at the church of the holy sepultura clergy and russia has held a procession around a shrine built where the body of jesus is said to have been laid after being removed from the cross. now the chinese martial arts of type cheney is becoming more popular in iran and it's women who are leading the trend they say it's helping to change views about gender segregation a survey reports now from tara. a well known chinese martial art the past few years has seen it growing popularity in iran especially among women. told us it's a way to release energy that's trapped

court which is just as i say proceedings there to starts just in a few minutes let's go back to john hendren who is outside the courthouse in minneapolis john you were telling a seller about the process that is going to be going on in the courtroom and of course what was at stake here let's talk about the fact that after the death of george floyd the world's sole the videos of protests in minneapolis and other places as well as a result of that what is the security like in the city in particular around the courthouse. well it's pretty impressive you can't see it behind me right now but in front of the courthouse there is a high perhaps 8 foot high fence erected around there there are some men in camouflage standing above the hennepin county government center there are national guard troops stationed inside. stationed inside there's no other business going on there just this trial and everyone is approaching it from tunnels underground so you can't see them coming in or out of the building and the buildings around me are largely boarded up behind the camera there is an office building and tha

and john hendren in chicago reporting on fatal police shootings of people with mental illness. well after one day of record breaking march temperatures things are settled down around the gulf states that are house darwin to a maximum of 32 degrees daryn is pretty similar and riyadh with that show mild blood not a particularly dusty one and the weather is now typical for most of the year which is more or less dawn to dusk sunshine there is more cloud building in the levant and in syria and iraq as active weather in turkey but germany speeds the winter coming across into egypt and they bring with them dust which will show the next change i think 1st of all a dusty breeze another run through i think the passing states north of saudi arabia and then eventually further east as well i don't think will generate much in the way of thunderstorms but it might generate one or 2 but it will be a pall of rather dirty air on the sandy and dusty air coming across syria and iraq and work into northern parts of saudi. now we have got a lot of shouting philippian south africa is on shore breeze

charges of 2nd degree murder and manslaughter the courts set aside 3 weeks to choosing the judas john hendren has more from minneapolis. on day one of jury selection in the case of the former police officer accused of murdering george floyd the court picked 3 jurors one a white chemist a man from minneapolis another is a white man who works as an auditor and says he's got a friend who's a police officer and he's got a relatively negative view of black lives matter the 3rd is a woman of color who says her uncle is a police officer and all 3 said that they felt they could judge the case fairly race is particularly important in this case of a white police officer accused of killing a black man in a racially charged incident that was videotaped by bystanders and went viral that video sent protesters into the streets across the united states and set off riots here in minneapolis and elsewhere it's rare that a police officer is charged with murder and rape were still that one is convicted in the concern here in minneapolis is that if derrick chauvin is found not guilty of these charges that those r

i'm john hendren in minneapolis where opening arguments begin in the trial of derek show when the man accused of killing george floyd. it's time for the perfect gentleman who went i sponsored point qatar airways interactivity in northern china can sometimes be pretty vicious this is another sound storm that went through beijing that unwinding frontal system was the reason but it's all going through now and the sand is dropping the wind is dropping and the system is going off into the western pacific so having taken rain through japan is now leaving sunshine behind which is true all about through northern china further south more or less the yangtze valleys southwards we are seeing rain develop this is very science the spring round i think and the orange tops here was suggest it's turning heavy it's not everywhere but he can see more or less where it is sure to hot it as yet has not affected south korea you are of course enjoying the cherry blossom in the warm sunshine now further south east and we have still got 2 hours a significant showery rain develop in the fast southern philippin

testimony and i thought john hendren yeah john q about this just quickly before we hit the top of the hour. i mean the testimony of a 9 year old's obviously no cross-examination for the defense because they just needed to let her speak it wouldn't come off well if they had cross-examined her i guess. that's right we're seeing all of these teenagers there apparently to be 4 of them teenagers and under. off camera so we aren't seeing their faces we're simply hearing their testimony that's all due to their age trying to protect them from the public exposure that comes with a massive trial but the chest timony was powerful we heard a girl say that her brothers were black and that she stayed up at night after that incident in her room apologizing to george floyd for not doing more she said that it seemed like george floyd knew it was over for him and then before that we heard the continued testimony of john old williams that is the man who's identified as a martial arts expert and a security guard who who said he called 911 to report that the officers were in his view using excessive force

john hendren that we're going to come back to him no doubt but john mentioned that of course this is day 3 we've seen some emotional testimony as you recall on show on day 2 of the trial against the former police officer who's charged with killing george flowing to minneapolis and now maybe it's a good point at this time to try and recap let's listen in to a recap from jon about what happened on day to those very emotional scenes. as he watched dirac show vanilla and george floyd's increasingly lifeless body donald williams called the police to report on the police at some point did you make a 911 call that. he called police. and why did you do that because i believe out with a murder. molded. williams testifying for a 2nd time on day 2 of the high profile civil rights trial can be heard on bystander video calling out to officers to stop the man a move yet bro the man whom they're growing where the teen who took that viral video of floyd beneath the knee of former minneapolis police officer chauvin testifying off camera because of her age says floyd seemed to know he was dying it's b

john hendren with the latest in minneapolis john for the moment thank you. if we called it some best suited to the u.k. after he broke ranks with the military leaders and urged them to free. in the country itself a 2nd official with her party has died after being arrested over night by security forces the spike that another night of violence has again turned out across the country here scott hietala. the campaign of intimidation reaches new levels in yangon hundreds of young protesters were trapped after they were surrounded by police and myanmar's military in the city's ascend chowed district threatening door to door searches they fired guns and use stun grenades as they patrolled warning that anyone hiding protesters would also be punished but. it lasted all night the protesters were finally able to leave in the early morning hours after the security forces pulled out in a rare and risky nighttime gathering protesters in yangon broke curfew went to the streets calling for the release of the others there were reports at least 2 dozen were arrested overnight

the nearly 9 minutes fraud's family says the payout is just one step on the road to justice is john hendren. the city of minneapolis has put a price on just how much black lives matter in the case of george floyd $27.00 moon in dollars that's the amount the city has agreed to pay in a civil settlement with floyd's family in the racially charged case of a black man who died beneath a white police officers knee i thank the state of minnesota for getting that settlement taking care. but even though my brother is not here he's here with me in my heart because if i could give you my back i would give all that is bad the settlement is the largest ever in a minneapolis police shooting it also eclipses the $12000000.00 the kentucky city of louisville paid recently in the death of briana taylor gunned down in her own home by police one year ago friday a floyd family lawyer says the beneficiaries go beyond one family the financial compensation most directly impact george floor and his family their future of their family but it is tough to see ripped the ems down to fix all of us other cities will thi

final most anticipated speech at c pac the servant of political action conference in florida is john hendren reports from orlando it was his 1st public appearance since leaving office. the former president told his most fervent followers the trump era is alive well and ongoing we began it together 4 years ago and it is far from being over. the news that the 45th president will remain on the national stage this stage is crafted in his honor in the shape of the number 45 was well received by this conservative crowd that includes the head of the proud boys who calls establishment republicans rhinos republicans in name only and i get it from 440. 7 5 right right. right right. right here that we're going to vote right now already. happened. i want to broaden the party now. but whether the party's 2024 presidential standard bearer will be named trump or which trump donald don jr or if he didn't say who do you like to see leave the party in 2024 is there any leader. and what about the other. john jr. i hope they run for 28 in his 1st public address since he left the white house rejected by voters t

sparks a public outcry in may the officer involved derek chauvin is facing murder charges will john hendren joins us from chicago now john tell us about the terms of the settlement. well as we understand it the entire city council of minneapolis voted unanimously to award the family or the estate of george floyd $27000000.00 that is a huge civil rights settlement by comparison the family of brianna taylor who a black woman who was sleeping in her house when police raided it looking for drugs from someone else did not find it and ended up killing her that family was paid $12000000.00 so this is really one of the largest settlements you could find but the family says that they're not just looking for a monetary settlement that family all along has been calling for a guilty verdict in the case of derek chauffeur and end the other 3 officers involved now show of an already on trial the jury selection is ongoing in that case and the issue there is trying to ensure that that jury has some minority read representation and it does so far there's been at least 6 jurors picked including one african-a

first, this report from john hendren in orlando.r: the former president told his most fervent followers that the trump error is alive, well, an ongoing. mr. trump: we began together for years ago and it is far from being over. reporter: the news that the 45th president will remain on the national stage, the state he stood on was crafted in his honor in the shape of the number 45, was well received by this conservative crowd that includes the head of the proud boys who calls establishment republicans rhinos. republicans in name only. >> i've got a trump 2024. trump 2024. trump 2024. >> energy out here, nobody is going to stop it. there went to vote the rinos out. >> i want to say -- want to see him running the party no. reporter: whether the party's presidential standardbearer will be named trump, or which trump, donald, don jr., or ivanka, he did not say. >> would you like to see lve the party? >> he is already the leader. donald j. trump. reporter: what about the other trump's? >> i hope they run for 28. reporter: in his first publ

and that could set the direction of the american civil rights movement for years to come john hendren l.g. 0 minneapolis. syrian kurdish forces in control of northeast syria have launched a security operation against this of arrested more than 30 people at a whole camp many of the 65000 people there are foreigners believed to have tyson i saw dozens of people have been murdered in a hall this year the operation is expected to take about 10 days at the u.n. special envoy to syria has told on his ear there wearing signs i saw is gathering strength in the desert the morning comes as u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken is set to meet foreign ministers to discuss what washington calls the ensuring defeat of the on top of diplomatic editor james bays reports from the united nations. they created their own defacto state carved out of parts of syria and iraq and ruled in a most brutal way justifying their actions with their own interpretation of islam. 2 years ago president trump declared eisele had been defeated that after a long military operation some of it human rights campaigners say

3 officers who will be tried and if in august be a trial with a lot of attention paid to to a john hendrenwith the latest from minneapolis john thank you. nearly $7000000.00 students have gone back to school in england as the country takes its 1st steps to loosen its latest lockdown it was a mix of relief and the excitement for children definitely parents and teachers after 2 months of home schooling from portsmouth and reports. this 1st step out of the u.k.'s lockdown has been eagerly anticipated by children and parents alike but with high school pupils were clambering excitedly into the school bus it's clearly relishing a return to the familiarity of friends and face to face learning. sites just to get back to less. just maybe seeing my friends to be very very badly about age is not seeing anyone so it's really comforting my teach them my friends it's just really great fear to see people actually have less interaction especially because i'm doing a science based object so you have to go to private schools but you know mainly it's just the people that's the real big difference i guess u.s

and that could set the direction of the american civil rights movement for years to come john hendren al-jazeera minneapolis. record rainfall has cost flash floods in the u.s. state of tennessee killing at least $4.00 people more had to be rescued in the nashville area several homes and a church were flooded roads and dominance. the president of chile says he'll ask congress to postpone next month's election because of a surge in coronavirus cases sebastian pinera wants a vote for an assembly to write a new constitution to be moved from april to may chile has seen a new wave of covert $1000.00 infections since the end of the summer holiday season last month on sunday the government announced new lockdown measures to curb the spread of the virus the australian city of brisbane meanwhile is going into a 3 day snap lockdown after for you locally transmitted corona virus infections were detected wins and state premier says the cases are of the highly infectious u.k. strain under the new restrictions people will only be allowed to leave home for essential work shopping care duties or exerc

john hendren with the latest from chicago john. at least they protesters have been killed in the latest rallies against the military coup in me and my. crowds faced off with security forces in several cities the military and police have used increasingly violent tactics to suppress the protests at a local rights group says more than $220.00 people have been killed since the coup in early february well scott had so has more now from bangkok in neighboring thailand. we saw a bit of a standoff with protesters and police and security forces what had happened is we've been seeing a lot more around the country particular where there are bigger cities the protesters are building these barricades and that's where the kind of usually have a face off with the security forces tear gas is fired and then it escalates usually to live rounds and that's what we saw in this central myanmar city of on what happened is that it seems as though while the police were trying to take down the barricades the protesters approached and then that's when this

side the court room what's on the docket is racial justice in america john hendren al-jazeera minneapolis a firefighter who was off duty at the time of the incident that led to floyd's death also testified on tuesday genevieve hanson described how officers refused to let her into the. and my memory i offered to walk kind of walk them through it or talk that if he doesn't have a pulse you need to start compassions and i wasn't done. is this are these things that you wanted to do. it would it it's what i would have time for and. when you couldn't do that on that make you feel. totally distressed. frustrated. yes. 70 appeared to have a powerful impact on some of the jurors. has more now on day 2 of the trial of what could be expected in coming days according to 2 reporters that were the pool reporters inside the courtroom now only 2 journalists are allowed inside because of coronavirus concerns they said and they can see the jury they reported back that several of the jurors were visibly shaken and gave sympathetic expressions on their face as some of this very dramatic testimony emotional t

derrick jovan take his neil floyd's neck and have a firefighter was prevented from intervening john hendren reports now from minneapolis . as he watched derek show vanilla and george floyd's increasingly lifeless body donald williams called the police to report on the police at some point did you make a 911 call. the police. and why did you do that because i believe out with a murderer. williams testifying for a 2nd time on day 2 of the high profile civil rights trial can be heard on bystander video calling out to officers to stop the man a move yet bro the man on moon is there growth the teen who took that viral video of floyd beneath the needy of former minneapolis police officers show ven testifying off camera because of her age says floyd seemed to know he was dying it's been nice i stayed in. a palace out of the. palace. for not doing more in not. physically interacting. and not saving his life but the fight. is not what i said and it's what he said. she was followed by her 9 year old cousin . and. a. current in her right is. a catholic cardinal. she watched she said as paramedics had

floyd died in may after derek shelf a kneeled on his neck for nearly 9 minutes a correspondent john hendren is in minneapolis john just bring us up to speed what's happening how's this process all going to work. right now although the trial is in jury selection and it's going to take a long time they took a couple hours to go through 2 jurors one was just qualified and one was selected this could go on for 3 weeks we are told before. the trial begins on march 29th and when it comes to witnesses and actual in trial testimony but the city of minneapolis is bracing the reason you don't see protesters around me right now is that it's just in the early jury selection stages we even see the city is not taking any chances having gone through riots here before they've got prison style temporary fences around the courthouse if you hear any drilling across the street from me that's because the building across the street is putting up plywood. and the issue here is really whether this one police officer or the other 3 are in a separate trial later. is guilty of murder for killing derek show and by kne

difficulties with potential jurors having seen the video and on going disagreement over the charges john hendren is at the court. the stakes are enormous and if you just look here at the city of minneapolis that's a courthouse behind me you can see the high temporary prisons style gates that they put up on the other side there are national guard troops in cammo gear with military weapons standing in front of this courthouse there are no protesters here because it's at such an early stage in the case but around the buildings are being boarded up and be concern is that what happened with the may death of george floyd when crowds came out were very angry having seen the video of the officer kneeling on his neck and there were buildings that were burned confrontations with police. the future political hopes of brazil's former president could get another boost as the supreme court votes on whether to throw out evidence against him the court overturned the suv us corruption conviction on monday and may now rule the judge who sentenced him was not partial it was stores his right to run for the presiden

will render their own verdict on racial justice in america john hendren al-jazeera minneapolis. spoke with some of the protesters who gathered outside the court to show support for george floyd and his family. court has been adjourned for the day and several 100 protesters have gathered right outside of the courthouse and they're all calling for justice for george floyd many people here say that they've been waiting a long time for this day for this 1st day of this trial to take place many watched the trial on monday and everybody here says that they want justice for george floyd and they wanted now and they're here to show their support for floyd and his family who watched the trial the 1st day on monday today what did you think. i thought that the video that was played by the prosecuting. team says it all i don't think anything else has to be said it doesn't really matter what is said from here on out the video. so is that off why do you feel you need to be here as such a young guy right now out here on the streets just supporting just one the supporter because it's my own blo

john hendren with the latest from minneapolis where that jury selection has begun john for the moment thank you. the u.s. says it's repulsed by the use of lethal force against protesters in me an hour this comes after hundreds of protesters were freed after being cornered by the military in young going for several hours an official from democratically elected leader and sons who party has become the latest person to die in military custody when than 60 people have died and nearly 2000 detained since the coup last month well a senior official from the team leader on sense and she's party has spoken to al jazeera about his dramatic escape from me and maher after last month's coup dr sassa has now been chosen as the special envoy for the committee representing the country's elected government for his safety dr sassa spoke with our diplomatic editor james bays from an undisclosed location. where myanmar's alexion was held in the campaign manager of cheese national league for democracy party was dr saw so in an interview with al jazeera he tells me that when the will of the people was subv

well john hendren is joining us live from chicago so there's no change to the venue and there's no change to the date either what impact is this going to have on the trial john. that's right this is a judge who wants this case to move on time in place and efficiently on schedule so the judge says he's not going to allow a delay in the case and he's not going to move the case and that's important because that would have implications for the jury the case is currently in minneapolis that means you've got a diverse jury pool and in fact they have picked all 12 jurors and one of the 2 alternates they're going to take and of those people 7 of them are white 4 black 2 are mixed race that's much more diverse than they would get if they went out in the suburbs and that's important because this is a case of a white police officer kneeling on the neck of a black man eventually who died in that case so this is a judge who wants to make this case efficient and as he told one juror he wants to wrap this up on a schedule in 4 weeks after opening arguments on march 29th given the level of publicity ther

into that happening john hendren and you 0 crossing. will saturday marks a year since briana taylor was shot and killed by police in the us state of kentucky like george floyd who was killed just 2 months later her name became a rallying cry for last year's black lives matter protests taylor was shot by officers when they forced their way into her apartment during a botched narcotics raid in new river no one has been charged over her killing her family has received $12000000.00 in compensation now u.s. senate majority leader chuck schumer is the latest new york politician calling for the resignation of governor andrew cuomo who is accused of sexual misconduct cuomo is facing several allegations of sexual assault and harassment but is refusing to step down there's also a growing scandal over his handling of the credit crisis his top aides are accused of altering data to obscure the number of deaths from the disease and nursing homes now moving on and at least 3 more protesters have been shot dead an antique demonstrations in myanmar ther

and that could set the direction of the american civil rights movement for years to come john hendren al-jazeera minneapolis. me about its military has its current state with more and strikes false and thousands of people to flee their homes they were told saying the current national liberation army the ethnic group is one of the dozens finds if equate to autonomy as tony chang reports. ethnic korean villages hiding in the jungle off the jets attacked their homes overnight thousands fled after a force launched a series of attacks at the weekend that left several people dead many are now too scared to return fleeing across the border into thailand. last night we were not aware that the jet fighters were coming and they randomly bombed all of a sudden and then left late at night the jets came again and afterwards we heard gunshots we heard that the jets will come again. thailand is tighten border security in expectation of a flow of refugees from myanmar but as violence has flared in the citizen border areas over the past week or thor it is fear that could become a flood. many refugees

will render their own verdict on racial justice in america john hendren al-jazeera minneapolis. gabriel is under is in minneapolis where supporters of george floyd and his family have gathered to watch the trial we're right outside of the courthouse some of the streets are blocked off court has been adjourned for the session for the day and there are a couple 100 protesters out here all calling for justice for george floyd emotions are high most people watched all of the trial if not parts of it and everyone is here that we spoke to in the last few minutes all gathered right after the judge did this session for the day and adjourned. the courtroom and they all just wanted to be here to voice their support for george floyd and his family well moving on now and brazil's president jabal sonar has unveiled a major cabinet shakeup as he faces growing pressure over the country's spiraling coronavirus pandemic foreign minister and nestor i would go as among the 6 ministers replaced his attacks on beijing were seen as harmful to brazil's attempts to secure chinese woman terriers to make

side the court room what's on the docket is racial justice in america john hendren al-jazeera minneapolis and if so who was off duty at the time of the incident that led to floyd's death also testified on tuesday genevieve hanson described how offices refused to let her intervene. in my memory i offered to walk kind of walk them through it or or talk that if you doesn't have a pulse you need to start compressions and that wasn't done either. this or these things that you wanted to do. it would it's what i would have done for anybody. when you couldn't do that part of that make you feel. totally distressed. frustrated. yes. politicians in the u.s. state of kentucky have approved a partial ban on so-called no knock warrants it happened about a year after briana taylor was shot and killed by police during that type of raid on her that we feel home the case like that of george floyd a few nationwide protests against police brutality to conduct a no knock warrant kentucky police now need clear and convincing evidence of a crime and to meet several other requirements heavy gunfire was heard nea

murder and manslaughter floyd's death prompted worldwide protests and calls for racial justice john hendren has the latest from minneapolis where they've gone through half a dozen or so jurors and they have selected one so far interestingly 2 were the people who were not selected were hispanic and that's interesting in this case because the. prosecution is going to want people of color on that jury because those people might be more likely to have an understanding of the kind of interaction between people of color and police that his come up in this case the big question is did derrick show over and the police officer murdered george floyd . did he know knowingly do so and you know essentially. what were his motivations here the prosecution is trying to get another charge levied against him and that would be the degree murder a lower charge that essentially means the officer acted with a do pray vj's action in this case that they're waiting for a higher court decision on that so meanwhile they're going through the jury there and they're asking a lot of questions about what they've known rea

will render their own verdict on racial justice in america john hendren l.g. 0 minneapolis. venezuelan refugees in colombia are accusing their country's army of killing innocent civilians and 5000 people have fled fighting between the military and rebels in venezuela and sought refuge across the border. the reports from the border town of a critter 6. for dinner a meter syndrome well enough families the pain is unbearable. yet. yet the 4 of their relatives were killed last week during a military operation ordered by the venice when government security forces accused them of being part of a colombian rebel group and said they died in combat but neighbors and family members insist they were innocent taken from their homes and executed just that up indian i was looking out for my brothers i saw them in their house and gestured to them then ran back into my home because soldiers were threatening people that's when i heard an armored vehicle stopping in front of their house. neighbors saw our house soldiers took them away so she ran out again let me go to work i know that i told

will render their own verdict on racial justice in america john hendren al-jazeera minneapolis.brazil's president jaya balsa noddle has replaced 6 government ministers and a shake up foreign minister who nesta at it with joe has the highest profile casualty his attacks on china are blamed for hampering access to corona virus vaccine it's also not a has been under growing pressure on the spiralling scale of the pandemic but livy is former president evo morales has led thousands of people in celebration of the ruling socialist faction supporters of the movement to socialism policy a mocking 26 years since it was found its president suicide is to join the festivities the party returned to power last year after more audience was forced to resign following a contested election and widespread violence. venezuelan refugees in colombia are accusing their country's army of killing innocent civilians nearly 5000 people have fled fighting between the military and rebels in venezuela and sought refuge across the border other sounds around here the reports from the border town of i took it 6

side the courtroom what's on the docket is racial justice in america john hendren al-jazeera minneapolis and a firefighter who was off duty at the time of the incident that led to floyd's death also testified on tuesday genevieve hanson described how offices refused him that her intervene in my memory i offered to walk kind of walk them through it are told that if he doesn't have a pulse you need to start compressions and that wasn't done you know. is this are these things that you wanted to do. it would it's what i would have done for anybody. and when you couldn't do that how did that make you feel. totally distressed. frustrated. yes. still ahead on al-jazeera. and escalating humanitarian crisis the colombia venezuela border is a battle with armed groups intensifies we'll have the latest on the ground plus. mixing tradition with adventure we take you to a far flung part of the hottest town that's attracting tourists. but. there is a warming trend in europe at the moment is big game theory with cloud all the way around it is the area of high pressure days ago the warmer waters and gett

will render their own verdict on racial justice in america john hendren al-jazeera minneapolis. ronald sullivan as a professor of law and director of the criminal justice in 6 years of harvard law school he says that live streaming is added a new element to the trial. with respect to what's going on inside the courtroom every study available shows that after the 1st couple hours everyone forgets that the cameras are there so the lawyers are behaving for the cameras the witnesses tend to forget that they are there and people behave in the way that they would normally behave the difficulty is exposure by the jury so right now we have we live in a world where you can pick up your cell phone you can pick up your tablet you can turn on your computer or you can turn on the television there are so many sources of information now and with this being live streamed all over the world the likelihood that a a juror will turn on some device and see a headline about this case is extra ordinarily high now i know that the judge told them don't watch the news but that seems insufficient when you

has within the republican party will bring in our guests in a moment but 1st this report from john hendren in orlando. the former president told his most fervent followers the trump era is alive well and ongoing we began it together 4 years ago and it is far from being over. the news that the 45th president will remain on the national. stage. was crafted in his honor in the shape of the number 45 was well received by this conservative crowd that includes the head of the proud boys who calls establishment republicans rhinos republicans in name and i got a rough one. 7 right. now. i want to see it running a party no i don't want to wait just $24.00 but whether the party's 2024 presidential standard bearer will be named trump or which trump donald don jr or of he didn't say who do you like to see leave the party in 2024 is there any leader. and what about the other drums. i hope they run for 28 in his 1st public address since he left the white house rejected by voters trump ease the minds of many republicans with a call to unify the party across the bitter divide he helped create the republic

defense made differing narratives of the offense the events that led to floyd's arrest and his death john hendren begins our coverage now from minneapolis or firm under penalty of perjury the most watched civil rights trial in america opened with a stark accusation of murder mr barrett shaaban betrayed his badge when he used excessive and unreasonable force upon the body of mr george floyd. that he put his knees upon his neck and his back grinding and crushing him until the very breath no leisure gentleman until the very life. was squeezed out of them as opening arguments began in the trial of the police encounter that sparked a racial revolution in the streets the lawyer for the white former minneapolis police officer accused of murdering a black man named george floyd shot back you will learn a directional indeed exactly what he had been trained to do over the course of his 19 years. the use of force is not attractive but it is a necessary component of policing that morning about the prosecution's 1st witness a police dispatcher who watched on police cameras as officers knelt on the back in nec

will render their own verdict on racial justice in america john hendren al-jazeera minneapolis. still ahead on al-jazeera i was on site says the biggest union push it to history with a vote that could have implications for hundreds of thousands of workers. palestinians mockup lands day to commemorate the loss of territory condemning israel's occupation. hello spring really is in the air for much of europe we think that really warm conditions that things are going to cool but for now across northern and western areas we've got function coming through clearer skies and those temperatures edging up to the mid to high twenty's $27.00 degrees in bordeaux and that sunshine extends to parts of italy into switzerland and germany will have to skies across the british isles southern areas in particular it's as we head further east that we're seeing the cloud and the rain but that will push out as we go into the midweek leaving behind clearer skies in poland and austria further south we're seeing a bit of a wintry mix across turkey some ice rain and snow there and a wind blowing across. th

described they tried to intervene to stop terrorist shove and from kneeling on george floyd snake well john hendren is following the trial in minneapolis and joins says joins me now from there john deere i'd sign the quote horse with that trial is set to commence what are you looking out for today. well this suppose every witness comes as a surprise because we don't get a witness list ahead of time all we know is there's a list of 400 names that either side can draw from but we do know that the 1st witness today will be a firefighter her name is genevieve hansen we know that because her testimony was cut off at the end of the day yesterday she was quite combative with the defense counsel who was trying to argue that the crowd of people around the police when they were on top of george floyd was somehow hostile and aroud and she fired back and she said i don't know if you've ever witnessed a murder but it's disturbing that got her an admonishment from the judge who struck that from the record said that she was being argumentative and unresponsive took the jury out of the room in order to give her a