correspondent john hendren is live for us and many after john there was a lot of to ing and fro ing about whether ivan would actually testify today we had that he's invoking the 5th amendment and will not be testifying it was significant . well that shows the defense is playing it safe generally defense lawyers don't want the defendant to testify if there are other things that might come up that they can't control and in this case we have an officer who has 17 prior accusations of excessive force he could be asked why he didn't do what all of the doctors here have suggested he should have done which is to give some medical assistance to george floyd at the point at which he was no longer responsive and in fact even after another officer took his polls and found that there was none so the defense is decided they're not going to put chauvin on the stand because probably because they don't want the unpredictability of anything that might come up in the cross-examination. and also it is their job only to introduce a little bit of doubt reasonable doubt that's all they need to get this guy off

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hours progress selling fish there for us at the brooklyn central minnesota let's go back now to john hendren who we can get back in touch with him in the john sorry about that before. we were going to talk about really what's been happening in court the testimony so far and what actually reveals about the defense's strategy in the george floyd case. well so he was a dramatic reversal today on day 12 that's because the prosecution rested its case and the defense began calling its witnesses and one after another they contradicted what we have been hearing for 11 previous days 1st off we had body camera footage of a $29.00 teen arrest of george floyd and that was contrasted with new body camera footage of the fateful may 25th arrest when george floyd at the end there was no longer breathing and famously said i can't breathe and in both cases defense witnesses claimed that george floyd did not cooperate with police and took drugs that were in his possession before being taken by police and then you have this star witness for the defense today and that was very broad the man you saw a little bit

well we have 2 correspondents in minnesota today john hendren is outside the court in minneapolis for the latest on the derek shelvin trial but 1st we go to allan fisher who joins us live from brooklyn center where this latest shooting of a black man happened allan we heard the police chief there during a news conference saying that this was an accidental shooting tell us 1st about what more they have said and what have been the reaction there. was certainly there was a reaction from the mayor who said he was astonished flabbergasted that such a thing could happen at a time where just 16 kilometers away during children is on trial for the murder of george floyd something that happened in this area just a year ago the police chief believes that it was a tragic accident but certainly the people that we've been speaking to here protesting in the last couple of hours aren't buying it they wonder why it escalated from a traffic stop to a fatal shooting just a few moments later you can see that the police are here in numbers they've been here since late last night when hundreds of people ma

john hendren with the latest on that in minneapolis john thank you. still to come in this half hour another daily record of chrono virus infections in india migrant workers leave new delhi in their thousands as new restrictions come into effect and is this the man to replace angola merkel i mean lash it's her party's choice but will he be germany is. that we have cut off the cold supply the arctic air is no longer blowing having done its damage in the videos of france and there's no obvious movement of of cloud in from the north there has been for days and days if not weeks but it's a massive cloud here in eastern europe that's where rain is coming up snow possibly a little bit in western side of russia and snow up in norway and this is a telling wind so for most places we're up in the teens now which is a pleasant change was widespread showers and significant rain coming into portugal the temperatures come up but it won't stay that way look at copenhagen marked the calm the cold side you'd be right to think that we're now just 12 was staying down by

setting the stage for closing arguments to take place next week monday let's go to our correspondent john hendren who is in minneapolis and john the key moment today was hearing that derek 7 will not be testifying is that what we expected. when we really didn't know what to expect but what we can infer from that is that the defense believe they have instilled enough reasonable doubt that they don't need chauvinism this stand and putting your defendant on the stand is often a risky maneuver because he's allowed to be cross-examined after that and the prosecution could bring up any number of things such as the fact that he's got a total of 18 excessive force complaints against him those cases could be brought up in the cross-examination he could be questioned about why he didn't lift his knee off of george floyd's neck long after he didn't have a pulse anymore and offer him medical assistance that will be a difficult thing to answer because clearly shows and did nothing to offer medical assistance to george floyd to the defense seems to believe that they have instilled enough reasonable doubt that

giant fed ex the company says it's deeply saddened and shocked for more let's go down to 0 as john hendren his life from minneapolis john what more do we know about what happened late last night. adrian police responded to a fed ex facility at around 11 o'clock local time in indianapolis on thursday night after they got reports of shots fired witnesses said they heard a popping like a car backfiring and then after they heard it repeatedly one man said he looked to see what looked to him like an automatic weapon in the hands of a gunman outside of that facility police said when they arrived they found victims with wounds consistent with gunshots and then they went inside to find more and by that time at some point after the police between when the police arrived and and shortly after that the gunman had allegedly taken his own life we don't have a motive for that but the police say it was not precipitated by any incident or argument and there has been widespread reaction to this mayor joe hog said of indianapolis says. this incident senselessly claimed lives fed ex says it is deeply shocked

calling witnesses setting the stage for closing arguments which began on monday as talks are spot on john hendren who said many outlets john so the defense has rested its case today so all testimony has ended talk us through the highlights of what we had today. well the big highlight was what you showed there just a moment ago everyone has been waiting for 14 days to find out if derrick chauvet was going to take this stand and speak in his own defense that would be the most dramatic testimony of the trial and it would give the prosecution an opportunity to ask him a number of questions in cross-examination including about the 17 previous cases in which he's accused of using excessive force they would have been able to ask him why he didn't offer medical attention to george floyd after he had no longer was showing opposed but that won't happen probably largely for those reasons the defense has played it safe and their belief seems to be that they've offered enough reasonable doubt that a jury can say that derek chauvinism not guilty of the crime of murdering george floyd so we had a job and come b

and he was convicted in the killing of george floyd just under 24 hours ago and we can bring in john hendren who's joining us from minneapolis so john merrick garland announcing this probe now into a minneapolis police policies as well as training how do you think this is going to be received there. well during that will be very well received here this is how people here want to move forward with this movement and one of their issues was the way the minneapolis police department has been carrying out its practices their accusations of racial profiling pulling people over on the lightest whim in african-american neighborhoods particularly lately one of the problems they've been complaining about is that people been getting pulled over because their license plates haven't had the latest sticker due to coded in the difficulty of getting those kinds of things done and this is similar to what is in the george floyd act on capitol hill that includes an end to racial profiling chokeholds those kinds of practices we have seen investigations like this in other cities like chicago where there was a co

john hendren new with the latest from minneapolis john has been reporting on this case from the very beginning in the protests even before the trial started john thank you. well ronald sullivan is a professor of law and director of the criminal justice institute at the harvard law school and joins us by skype from newton massachusetts thanks for joining us here on al-jazeera a little earlier we were hearing from the floyd family and the his lawyers the families lawyers and kristi ewart who is a family lawyer said the whole world should not have to rally to get justice for one man how much of an impact to do you think the global attention that that video in this case got how much of an impact do you think that has had on the events of today trial and then a guilty verdict. well i'm sure it had a significant impact in the sense that this was nothing that could be swept under the rug the eyes of the world so to speak were indeed watching it insured that the state of minnesota as you know removed the trial from the local prosecutor in the attorney general's office prosecuted the case the

or john hendren is live outside the court in minneapolis and i think it's a testimony the only lasted for about 15 minutes john not very long but did we hear a compelling account there of george floyd's life. yeah it was brief but emotional at one point. fellow news floyd talked about how george floyd was really especially connected to his mother and he recalled how when his mother died george floyd knelt by the casket and kept saying mama mama over and over again and it can't be lost on the jury that in that viral video that we've all watched as the life was leaving his body george floyd shouted out mama i love you mama over and over. the jury is going to make that connection one thinks between. george floyd's love of his mother and what he's said during those last minutes of his life and i think that's what the prosecution was trying to get out here this is called the spark of life testimony because it's not designed to give real information to the jury about the case it's supposed to give them information about the person who died in this case giving life putting a face on george f

drugs so how big a part of the drugs play in the death of george floyd let's go to al-jazeera is john hendren he's live outside the court in minneapolis certainly quite a lengthy closing statement there by eric nelson from the defense what did you make of the points that he was raising. well he made the points that we have expected him to make he said that the cause of death was not derrick shoaf in cutting off the windpipe he went through all of the other possibilities what he's trying to do it's a create reasonable doubt there is no evidence in this trial that suggests that george floyd had an overdose but that is what the defense has suggested there they have also suggested that is coronary artery disease could have contributed to his direct death although none of the medical experts specifically identified that as related to his death and there was even talk that the carbon monoxide from the police car that he was with he was prone in front of might have contributed to his death the prosecution really had a a go at each of those assertions almost laughing at the idea of carbon monoxide bu

witness blamed heart disease and drugs floyd's death let's go live now to minneapolis to sirius john hendren is covering the trial for us john what can we expect today. well day 14 of this murder trial of derek children is the 3rd day of defense testimony so we can expect a continued battle of the experts and we expect a medical expert on behalf of the fence to come out and support the case the defense's argument is that derek show of and did not cause the death of george floyd by kneeling on his neck cutting off his oxygen stopping his heart that is the prosecution's contention that that's how he died but we had a defense expert yesterday named david fowler and he contradicted all of the 11 days of testimony that occurred before that 12 days forgive me. and he said that derek chauvin i'm sorry that george floyd died of a heart attack and that might have been in combination he said with drugs that were in a system and also for the 1st time we heard that it might be the car exhaust of the police car mind you he was at the front of the car not the back but that is the defense's contention reme

summer yeah indeed a case with far reaching implications thank you very much from minneapolis john hendren thank you john. a lawyer for jordan's from a crown prince as the public royal family feud is expected to be resolved it comes after prince homes have been hossain said he remains committed to the country's constitution the royal court has released a statement saying the prince had signed a letter agreeing to place himself in the hands of the king and valley and he would always be of help and support his majesty and his crown prince has been accused of a plot to destabilize the kingdom and was placed under house arrest something he says is punishment is speaking out against corruption he signed the letter though after meeting the king's uncle and all the princes. the situation is a little bit difficult so all the gods of left and the chief of staff to threaten me on behalf of top agencies officials who are recorded his words and send them to my family and those i know outside the country just in case something happened i am now waiting for their action i am not going to escalate but i

prone position restraint that he was we will have more on the show vein trial very shortly with john hendren who is outside the court in minneapolis but 1st we go to alan fischer for more on the then scene brooklyn center minnesota not far from where this trial is happening there were protests there overnight. or the shooting of a black man by police it's been a used car friends said still ongoing i believe and body cam image of the shooting has been released tell us the latest allen. well you can see for just in the last hour or so there a lot more people here to protest a lot more police officers backed up by state police and also national guard they are in front of the building where that news conference is still ongoing we have heard from tom gannon who's the police chief here in brooklyn center he said that it was a tragic mistake that the officer intended to fire his taser in fact show he's as he went for his weapon pulled his gun instead and fired a single shot he also said that in the body count you can see the distress of the police officer immediately after that people shot was fir

illicit drugs with the major factor in floyd's death live to our correspondent in minneapolis john hendren john just walk us through what took place in court today. day 8 in the murder trial of derek show been ended in march's days 7 did with expert testimony you summarize some of it right there you did have jodi steiger that los angeles police department sergeant who said that there was excessive force and b. he said that at the same time as derek children was kneeling on the neck of george floyd he was also using what they called a pain compliance technique and that is they showed a close up of. crushing the fingers of george floyd as he was doing that the idea behind that as steiger said was to release the pain as the subject complies and he was asked what if the subject is not resisting and he said ben it's just pain we also had a bit of excitement when a prosecution witness named special agent james ryerson of the state of minnesota was saying that he was asked by the defense if he had heard george floyd say something they played it very hard to understand and the defense lawyer said

back shaven was justified and pinning floyd to the ground for the 9 minutes during his arrest john hendren as in minneapolis. the defense opened its case by putting george floyd on trial turning the court's attention from former police officer derek show to the man he's accused of murder. on. 'd 'd the defense theory is that floyd died of heart trouble in a drug overdose to support that lawyers called a police officer in a paramedic who testified that floyd took opioid pills when he was arrested in a separate 21000 encounter prosecutor aaron eldridge fired back mr dr denbigh you're interacting with him cracked. no thank you for. the floyd family calls the attacks on him character assassination of a dead man police solved with of killing us and we have been murdered at a rate that out nobody could imagine if the time but say and that time is now maybe apple if you are ok sweep this under the rug anymore. and we will fight but just as put is family hoping to link the 2 arrests the defense then showed police body camera footage from the fateful day of may 25th want to hill was in the car with

that will now be added to the long list of black men in america who died at the hands of police john hendren al jazeera minneapolis. the u.s. senate has passed a bill aymond aimed at curbing hate crimes against asian americans which activists say have been on the rise since the start of the pandemic the bill was approved by $94.00 votes to one the measure would speed up the review of hate crimes at the justice department and provide support for police responding to reported incidents rights groups have recorded more than 3000 incidents targeting asian americans in the past here the american dream has ended for 85 deported honduran migrants as u.s. authorities look to undocumented migration the group of deportees landed home on wednesday it's the 2nd such flight this year return migrants were provided with food postal hygiene kits transportation and phone calls a high number of migrants have been living on duress following 2 back to back her ricans and the coronavirus pandemic. russia has announced that it's moving its troops away from its border with ukraine it said tens of thousands of sold

overdose but knew that he was taking his last breaths as his life was being choked out of him john hendren al-jazeera minneapolis. china says japan's decision to release more than a 1000000 tons of contaminated water into the sea from its ruined fukushima nuclear plant is extrude irresponsible people are protesting against the move in tokyo japan says the water is being treated and does not pose any risk beijing and south korea say they'll take necessary steps to ensure the health of their citizens. with protesters in seoul. this is a highly controversial decision that has been long awaited here in northeast asia we are down at the location of the japanese embassy here in seoul in south korea where there is a demonstration taking place organized by a number of different to n.g.o.s and environmental groups opposed to this some of them saying that this amounts to nuclear terrorism by japan from the south korean government there has also been a statement of opposition saying this is totally unacceptable it will lodge a formal complaint with the japanese also official concerns of course in chi

days and a few kilometers from where police officer was found guilty of murdering george floyd john hendren has more now from minneapolis just a warning there are some disturbing images in his report. to the family. dante to meet you is right it's become an all too familiar american scene a family gathered to mourn another black man killed by a white police officer my son had a smile that was worth a $1000000.00. 20 year old dante wright pulled over for an expired license plate on april 11th was shot by a police officer who says she meant to fire her taser but drew her gun instead. that officer kim potter now faces a manslaughter charge don't say wright was killed in the midst of the trial of derrick chauvet the white police officer convicted on tuesday of murdering george floyd so this funeral drew many of the same dignitaries that attended that trial and 2 days after she opens conviction floyd's family was also here joining the right family in mourning all of minneapolis' that day job at a friend's brooklyn set. going to pass the george throwing justice in policing act as federal law we a

that will now be added to the long list of black men in america who died at the hands of police john hendren al jazeera minneapolis. all still ahead of al jazeera. violence between palestinians and israelis in occupied east jerusalem during the month of ramadan and we meet south korea's multipurpose robot helping to fight covert 19. you might think of the middle east as always being hot and cold often is hotter than average with these temperatures on 1st sites you think well that's about right this time of year is cool down levant but actually on closer inspection terror on a $32.00 is above where it should be the focus for terror on does take the temperature down a little bit but this is the average it's $21.00 this time of the year the record is $33.00 so we're not that far away from the average and it's not the only faces hotter than the norm there's a little red blob here over iraq and down towards q 8 again 41042 you might think it doesn't look extraordinary it's 6 or 7 degrees above the average all the same for the rest of us fairly quiet weather 33 in doha or humid one of the there ar

almost a year ago is being hailed as a step towards cleaning up systematic abuse in the force john hendren has more from minneapolis george floyd square has transformed from crime scene to memorial to was somber site of celebration there's a feeling of hope that there was a big turn yesterday. you know we. came back to celebrate. take some time out. to grasp the moment with been having these last couple months thing this. is. not as really what it is as many who have been demonstrating for 11 months felt buoyed further by the announcement on wednesday that the u.s. justice department has launched a sweeping investigation into whether the minneapolis police department engages in discriminatory or unconstitutional practices building trust between community and law enforcement will take time and effort by all of us but we undertake this task with the terminations and urgency. knowing that change can wait on capitol hill a bill named after george floyd would ban racial profiling in police chokeholds we must remain diligent in our efforts to bring meaningful change to police departments across

least one dose and more than a 3rd of fully vaccinated an increasing number skipping the 2nd dose john hendren has more from chicago this beautiful afternoon in a sign of pandemic progress the united states is lowering mask restrictions starting today. if you're fully vaccinated and you're outdoors you need and not a big crowd you no longer need to wear a mask the new guidance from the u.s. centers for disease control says that even unvaccinated americans may now go without masks outdoors or while dining outside with friends but that does not extend to indoor events or crowded outdoor events such as concerts even when you're talking about variants indoors out do is get vaccinated and you will certainly have a degree of protection but there are also troubling signs of covert complacency super sites in ohio texas and florida are closing louisiana is asking for fewer vaccine shipments counties in iowa and kansas are rejecting them and across the u.s. a growing number of americans have missed their 2nd vaccinations call it vaccine hesitancy new data from the c.d.c. as of april finds that 8 percent

that right will john hendren is live for us outside the court in minneapolis and that testimony that from design to contradict east of the shadow we've heard from of the police experts that show then did not use reasonable force against george floyd. and tried very broad which is the defense's star witness of the day and much of the afternoon was taken examining him and cross-examining him because he is the 1st person to support what derek show of and did that day in this trial that has now gone a little over 2 weeks we're in day 12 now and he said as you heard there during children as mentioned he did nothing wrong whatsoever despite kneeling on george floyd's neck for 9 and a half minutes well the prosecution got right at that and pushed back at one point he said it wasn't even a use of force to hold someone prone on the ground like that the prosecutor said wait a 2nd if if he's caused pain is that not a use of force and brought acknowledge that that was the case the prosecution also pushed back and said that there was a point at which one of the officers had checked george floyd's

that wait will be filled with anxiety and fear for what comes next john hendren al jazeera minneapolis and. thousands of protesters have been outside the courthouse demanding his conviction of peaceful demonstrations taking place as minnesota's state government and the media man have called for calm they say they'll continue to protect people's right to motz. you must acknowledge to troops we cannot allow civil unrest to descend into chaos we must protect life and property but we also must understand very clearly. if we don't listen those communities in pain and those people on the streets many of whom are arrested are speaking a fundamental truth that we must change we will be right back here again. bus and train stations in new delhi have been overwhelmed by thousands of daily wage migrant workers fleeing the city as a weeklong lockdown comes into effect india's reported more than 200000 new cases for a 6th straight day and on tuesday reported a record number of deaths from the virus more than 1700 tonnes of product joins us now live from the capital is delhi entering another knock d

almost a year ago is being hailed as a step towards cleaning up systematic abuse in the force john hendren has more from minneapolis. george floyd square has transformed from the crime scene to his site of celebration. as many who have been demonstrating for 11 months felt buoyed further by the announcement that the u.s. justice department has launched a sweeping investigation into whether the minneapolis police department engages in discriminatory or unconstitutional practices building trust between community and law enforcement will take time and effort by all of us. but we undertake this task with determination and urgency knowing that change can wait on capitol hill a bill named after george floyd would ban racial profiling in police chokeholds we must remain diligent in our efforts to bring meaningful change to police departments across the country to reform practices and training and the legal protections that grant too great a shield to police officers guilty of misconduct here were floyd spent his last moments of life many said the verdict against former minneapolis police officer

to testify and they're arguing show in should not be convicted in the george floyd murder trial john hendren has a story from minneapolis. your honor at this time the defense rests with that testimony ended in one of the most highly charged u.s. civil rights trials in decades i have repeatedly advised you that this is your decision and your decision i'm correct the defendant former police officer derek show ven will not testify i will invoke my 5th amendment privilege today that ended weeks of speculation on whether chauvin would take this stand which would have opened him up for aggressive questioning from prosecutors now after a long weekend the lawyers will go before the jury once more for closing arguments on monday then the jury will be sequestered that is isolated until they render a verdict that could take days weeks or even months the judge said when packing hope for short plan for long. over the 1st 11 days the prosecution presented a damning case with medical experts. in this case mr george george floyd died from a cardio pulmonary arrest. it was caused by low oxygen levels and tho

overdose but knew that he was taking his last breaths as his life was being choked out of him john hendren al-jazeera minneapolis. japan's decision to release more than a 1000000 tons of contaminated water into the sea from its ruined focus human you can be met with criticism by china and south korea says it's extremely irresponsible has promised to take necessary steps to ensure the health of its citizens from abroad reports from seoul. for years this has been the only solution to the increasing volumes of contaminated water build ever more tanks at the plant site to store it crippled by an earthquake and tsunami in 2011 water has been used to cool the damaged reactors becoming radioactive and now totaling one and a quarter 1000000 tonnes the japanese government says it wants treated it's safe enough to be released. you know danny. we will attain a level of safety far above the regulation standards and the government will take exhaustive measures against harmful rumors we have judged that release into the ocean is a realistic option and decided it is the policy to follow. supporters of th

john hendren al jazeera minneapolis. marches in vigils have been held across the united states following the conviction from the steps of the courthouse to the capital demonstrates his return to the streets promising to keep up their fight for racial equality jabotinsky reports from minneapolis. huddled around their phones outside the courthouse the news spread among the crowds direction of the found guilty on all 3 counts there was a lation but no illusion among many of those gathered. that. satisfied with just this is just one step 2 and. it's been way too long. in. i'm glad. i'm a crime but i. there was disbelief but also belief that the evidence of george lloyd's murder was incontrovertibly. at the site of his death an area now named george floyd square emotions were particularly roll in other cities similar seen marchers in atlanta. and. in new york satisfaction at what the black lives matter movement has achieved despite the naysayers all the folks who were nonbelievers for the last 5 years they came out into the s

testimony this week one big unanswered question is whether show than himself will take the stand john hendren al-jazeera minneapolis plays off as i fatally shot a black man in a minneapolis suburb the has resigned dante wright shooting has sparked protests in brooklyn center where the incident happened despite the offices resignation demonstrators as well as on the streets again annoying alan fischer reports from brooklyn santa. i thought night of protest hundreds of people on the streets in brooklyn center their anger clear and draw as the clock ticked towards curfew time the police declared the gathering an unlawful assembly and pulled people to clear the street was allowed. to run. off with some of. the fire tear gas and moved in in large numbers all in riot gear they were met with water bottles fireworks and contempt. that been a peaceful vigil for done to right the 20 year old shot dead on sunday more than $600.00 gathered some travelling a long distance to be there the hundreds here say this is no longer just about going to write other cases like this is about a demand for fundamental c

and now faces up to 40 years in prison once he's sentenced john hendren has more from minneapolis. the verdict was swift and decisive the case that became a national referendum on racial justice still held the power to surprise guilty guilty guilty verdict the jury found former minneapolis police officer derek children guilty in the racially charged killing of george floyd on all counts 2nd degree murder 3rd degree murder and 2nd degree manslaughter today you have. all wrong to see if so what happened. you know the most imputes in the world scene has live been extinguished and i could do method but what's especially in a court room over and over and over again as my brother was murdered there's no comparison i can embed that anywhere the world actually compare that. to this because we got justice we got just as we want we're ok we want you he may not be here. but we won it was shelved and expressionless in court who was on trial but it was floyd who became a symbol of racial justice for black americans who felt targeted and abused by police for generations we always maintained the

john hendren with the latest from minneapolis on that trial john thank you. for the u.s. police officer who fatally shot a young ananta black man in minneapolis has appeared in court to want to write on sunday after being stopped by police for a traffic violation officer came to her was charged with manslaughter and released on bail the incident reignited days of protests against racial inequality and police brutality police say the officer mistakenly drew her gun instead of a taser. yes he difference this is a case in this is a cave. but no money if you will squeal with a bit of good law. these 2 are hurting our family it's hard not blood has been spilt and all we a small as it pleases kidneys name him please help us to go ahead and get something down a conviction something. still to come in this half hour back under lockdown and with the 3rd wave still rampant france reaches a milestone it had hoped to war for and. i'm nicholas hawk on the island of selby sent to in cowbird where for the 1st time in 100 years the carnival has been canceled with no tourists coming to the

that wait will be filled with anxiety and fear for what comes next john hendren al jazeera minneapolis. take a look at the scenes outside the courthouse in minneapolis what you reckon 2300 protesters awaiting the verdict rests on the outcome of this trial not least how people react on the streets and let's cross to she ever times he's also in the city of minneapolis and she had multiple charges are on the table in the number of ways that this could play outs and what has been a trial under intense media scrutiny. intense media scrutiny intense scrutiny from. from the members of the public whom you see on your screen perhaps protesting who are calling for what they call was justice. we have had multiple calls there for peaceful protests from civil rights leaders and activists the families involved and indeed we just actually just to be got a rather interesting consumer tree message from the governor of minnesota it's interesting because actually for the last week we've had protests in brooklyn heights as a result of the shooting of another black man a 20 year old michael don't say right

john hendren al-jazeera minneapolis. iran says it has successfully enriched uranium to 60 percent that's beyond the limits set under the terms of the $2815.00 you clear deal it comes a day after talks were held in vienna aimed at reviving the accords discussions have been progressing but are under the shadow of an attack on iran's main nuclear facility u.s. president joe biden says he wants to rejoin the agreements but that iran must reverse its violations 1st. u.s. president joe biden will hold his 1st meeting with a world leader in passon since taking office japanese prime minister yoshihiko suga as arrives in washington for talks china is expected to dominates the discussion the u.s. and japan are concerned about chinese military exercises near taiwan and human rights abuses in seems young and hong kong. but the global economy is another focus of that so it's between bites and suga it's new leaders are concerned about a worldwide shortage of semiconductor chips while brand old says more. semiconductors are at the hear

that will now be added to the long list of black men in america who died at the hands of police john hendren al jazeera minneapolis. the u.s. senate has passed a bill i aimed at curbing hate crimes against asian americans which of spying since the start of the pandemic the bill was approved by $94.00 votes to one similar just ration will go to the house of representatives almost 3800 incidents targeting asian americans have been recorded in the past year last month 8 people were killed including 6 asian women by a government asian parlors in atlanta still ahead of al jazeera a race against time in the search for missing in division submarine that's funding low on oxygen. and violence flares between palestinians and israelis in occupied east jerusalem during the month of ramadan. the perfect jenin. sponsored point qatar airways. you might think of the middle east as always being hot and cold often is hotter than average with these temperatures on 1st sites you think well that's about right this time of year is cool down levant but actually on closer inspection terror on a $32.00 is above wher

live to al-jazeera is john hendren in minneapolis or is john a lot of the focus size we had on the use of force what's the feeling after today's testimony. well day 7 was a day of expert testimony and while it was the prosecution that called up all of the witnesses today all of the police officers. there were points that helped each side as a matter of fact because the bird who lies with the prosecution to prove their case was probably an especially good day for the defense right there you had johnny mercer lieutenant from the minneapolis police department in charge of training giving some help to the prosecution by saying that need hold on george floyd's neck was not an approved hold on the part of derek children but he helped the defense as well because at one point they showed a freeze frame of a picture and in that freeze frame they asked him where the media of derrick chauvinism he said it was on the shoulder of george floyd going along between his shoulder blades that's helpful because the prosecution has been arguing that for the entire 9 minutes and 29 seconds their children's

that wait will be filled with anxiety and fear for what comes next john hendren al jazeera minneapolis. the floyd family's lawyer told supporters outside court though the trial represented a broader fight for racial equality we have the honor of representing the family of george born where. our whole. global group of activists. freedom fighters a young people to believe that we can be patented this america here we steve you name it and we have just global prayer for justice right and over the past few hours dozens of protesters have been outside the courthouse demanding sharon's conviction for a peaceful demonstrations have been taking place as minnesota's state government and the minneapolis player have called for calm but they say they'll continue to protect people's right to motz chaffer towns a has more from minneapolis. we have crowds multiple calls there for peaceful protests from civil rights leaders and activists the families involved even a sort of governance if you strike you will consider 3 times as you discussed a protest you must acknowledge to troops we cannot allow civil

that wait will be filled with anxiety and fear for what comes next john hendren al jazeera minneapolis and dozens of protesters have been outside the courthouse demanding show his conviction a peaceful demonstrations have been taking place as minnesota state governor the mayor of minneapolis call for calm you must acknowledge to troops we cannot allow civil unrest to descend into chaos we must protect life and property but we also must understand very clearly. if we don't listen those communities in pain and those people on the streets many of whom are arrested are speaking a fundamental truth that we must change we will be right back here again the u.s. has described russia's plans to block parts of the black sea to foreign ships for 6 months as an unprovoked escalation washington says russia could restrict access to ukrainian ports in the sea of us off and that it marks another attempt by moscow to destabilize the country conflict between camps forces and russian backed separatists in eastern ukraine has been escalating the top diplomat says russia's deployed 100000 troops along the

wondering if the verdict will reignite the fiery civil unrest of the long violent summer of 2020 john hendren al-jazeera minneapolis. china has released record economic growth figures as it rebounds from the pandemic its gross domestic product grew by 18.3 percent for the 1st quarter of this year as compared to the same period last year the international monetary fund predicts china will drive global economic growth for at least the next 5 years between e.u. has more from shanghai. $18.00 an incredible figure of course especially given that we're in the middle of a pandemic not the biggest quarterly growth figure that china has posted since records began in 1993 so we have to remember that is it is a somewhat skewed figure because we're coming off a very low base this time last year china posted a historic contraction of almost 7 percent not really did set the stage for a dramatic rebound that we've seen this 18.3 percent or a very large figure was in line with what many economists were expecting now we have to look at this in terms of the context of china getting back to to normal life last

floyd as a family man who loved this siblings had a one of a conversation chip with his mother john hendren has the story from minneapolis. the witness for the prosecution testified to the life lost when george floyd drew his last breath at the bridge beneath the police officers neat. people. just because he was nobody. to him and. he did it with a person. everybody the running community he is moved to make people feel better a unique spark of life doctrine in minnesota allows prosecutors to humanize crime victims like george floyd as his brother phil a nice did is the prosecution showed pictures of his slain brother prosecutors began day 11 in the murder trial of former police officer derrick chauvin with a cardiologist who laid the blame for george lloyd's death directly on show ven saying his niece starved floyd of oxygen in stop his heart in this case mr george george floyd die from a cardio pulmonary arrest. it was caused by the locks agenda levels and those low oxygen levels were induced by the prone restraint and positional asphyxiation that he was subjected to dr jonathan rich ruled