A new daily high. Hong kong legislature as usual voted on a bill that would criminalize not create the Chinese National anthem on the 31st anniversary of the tenement square massacre. Now after more than a week of protests calling for justice for a black man who died while being arrested all 4 offices have been charged george freuds death triggered mass demonstrations across the u. S. And around the wilds for many out on the streets the challenges are proof that the movement can deliver results but as john hendren reports from minneapolis for other protest as its only the beginning. For the crowds filling the streets here and across the u. S. Is showing their demands are being heard of in the men to comply. 3 charges the charges former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Shaaban thoughts murder in the 2nd degree through the death of george floyd for officer derek show been who was seen with his knee on George Floyds neck the charge was increased from 3rd degree murder to 2nd degree alleging floyds death was intentional is seen they are forces make a difference they are listening to us they see what we asking for money any good will be asked for the rest goes be officers and they were minnesotas attorney general announced charges for the involvement of the other 3 officers in floyds fatal arrest filed a complaint that charges fleece officer king lay in town with aiding and abetting murder in the 2nd degree for floyds family it was the justice theyve been demanding. Im happy did all of this a bit rest it. Might not be killed like this we deserve justice. But for many it is just a beginning. George floyds family and the protesters have achieved their short term objectives but their long term goals are systematic change theyre here today for george floyd so they dont have to be here tomorrow for someone else as one city after another across the u. S. Rebuilds from fire and rebellion in the streets of floyd family lawyer says changing a system that allows the killing of one unarmed africanamerican after another will take time the protesters did not start these past a burning it was Police Brutality and a racist criminal Justice System best out of these 5 burning in america and the only way to extinguish these 5 years is to happen nice accountability equal justice but no minnesotas governor has begun by charging Minneapolis Police with Human Rights Violations triggering an investigation into race. Those practices that goes back 10 years the messages now and here in minnesota for the last 5 days come back to the issue at hand which is the systemic issues and the stomach racism and the lack of accountability up and down our society that led to a daytime murder of a black man on a street in minneapolis at the george floyd memorial site many say the charges against 4 Police Officers wont bring protests to an end they just show why the demonstrations need to continue john hendren now jazeera minneapolis well thats not speak to she have a tansey here is with protest as an evening at the white house and she have its now 11 pm and washington d. C. And this new lasik half year has just begun but it looks like it isnt the tearing the crowd. Right now thats still several 100 people here and there are thousands of people here and if its this is going to happen in the coming hours that unlike yesterday that there will be a relatively relaxed attitude to the coffee there would be an active enforcement of the cuff your people that yes they very much the authorities are allowing things to dwindle by themselves it was about right low key Security Posture but the difference today is not only was this the largest protest weve seen this was the largest share of military force that weve seen on d. C. Streets paramilitary units from various federal agencies on the National Guard arraigned all over d. C. Specifically particularly around around the white house with the constant threat as weve been told of active military personnel in staging positions around d. C. 1600 were told from military bases around the country who are able to deploy into d. C. Within an hour they have that right they have the bed nets were told so this is the threats that we are all under and d. C. All of the federal control not local control the man doesnt want these uniform plus knelt. All the streets of a city but completely ignored so thats one thing that has made current and former members of the defense establishment in the us very uneasy already as things are but whats also making them on easy is Donald Trumps constant suggestion that he might invoke the insurrection act not just and he doesnt need to do it in d. C. But he would need to do that if you want to do have a similar kind of plan for other states to override the wishes of governors in states around the country and thats making a lot of military defense establishment people very nervous not least mark s. But the current defense secretary who was already trying to distance slips itself from Administration Policy on tuesday night saying that for us well i didnt know i was going to go to the photo op at this church which was preceded by the military gassing protesters and so on you know i didnt know we were going to do that then wednesday morning he was saying oh well i kind of knew we were going to church i just didnt know it was a photo op so hes been having a certain amount of trouble but hes definitely to distance himself but then he gave a speech today where he was very firm about the possibility of the use of the insurrection right ive always believed and continue to believe that the National Guard is best suited for performing Domestic Support to civil authorities in these situations in support of local Law Enforcement i say this not only as secretary defense but also as a former soldier and a former member of the National Guard the option to use active duty forces in a Law Enforcement role should only be used as a matter of last resort and only in the most urgent and dire of situations we are not in one of those situations now i do not support invoking the insurrection act. By say that donald trump has now been the focus of criticism from both its current and former defense secretary. To damascus has now given an interview to have mom take magazine where he is also rather forthright something he says donald trump is the 1st president in my lifetime who does not try to unite to the American People does not even pretend to try instead he tries to divide us were witnessing the consequences of 3 years of this deliberate effort that goes on to defend the rights of the thousands of peaceful protest as weve seen in the streets and he says we must reject and hold accountable those in office who would make a mockery of our constitution and then most startling leave he goes on to talk about nazi germany and you know you kind of expect that sometimes from going to students they would bring up nazi germany all the time but this is jim mattis the former defense secretary who is apparently making the indifference of the actions of donald trump a similar to the actions of the nazis policy of divides divide and rule but we should be very clear about what the defense establishment is nervous about than the obvious about the use of the military the police civilians on city streets and also against the militarization of society as a whole because both esposa and dramatics oversaw the pentagon the Pentagon Program that has sent billions of dollars of states of the military equipment into cities around the country to be used by the police and that is what activists sound sociologists and others say is part of the problem with the police in the u. S. Its militarized routine police work now involves armored personnel carriers and state of the weaponry that the military using theoretically overseas but this is being used on the civilian population by the police but what seems to be getting the ire of the defense establishment is having militarized the police why do you also need the only that and that seems to be what they are theyre angry about that all angry about the police using the trick weapons there i agree about the military using the trick weapons on us streets sabotages you have for us keeping an eye on things and washington d. C. Thank you very much. Well for me u. S. President barack obama has also addressed the crisis brought about by the death of george floyd he says people of color have witnessed too much violence and called on progress on Police Reforms i want to speak directly to the young men and women of color in this country. As well just so eloquently described we have witnessed too much harm and too much. And too often some of that violence has come. From folks who were supposed to be serving and protecting you. I want you to know that you matter i want you to know that your lives matter but your dreams matter well Derrick Johnson is the president of the National Association for the advancement of colored people thats the end he says the new challenges will satisfy many but there are still many issues affecting the black community that. But i think we now start a process that should have started to be good. We had a dish good turning in that county who held the whole system hostage that city hostage at the base and nation hostage so im glad now that the state attorney general has been given the ability to step in we will see the process evolve. Charges can be increased if more information is provided what the very minimum was starting the process to administer justice for the ford family and i think thats the most important thing we should keep focused on busting this staff. Creates a functional role for people to begin to slowly retreat from the protests as it relates to this case now there may be other protests taking place around larger issues that are not national in scope to feed so we have a lot of restlessness across the country you have a lot of people who are experiencing economic insecurity the health pandemic. Has to hear it in. A space where people have a lot of pent up energy and so the question is how can we funnel that in energy to november but then that will a see people understand that maybe the issues that confront communities today is based on Public Policy bunk state and credible and the way to address that is address those who are sitting in elected office and many of those individuals are on the ballot in november. Well thousands of people have gathered in london in solidarity with those protesters in the United States organizers say theyre also marching against systemic racism in britain Mass Gatherings are still banned under the u. K. s coronavirus restrictions bonds Prime Minister bars johnson said he understood that the anger after george for its death and supported their right to protest hundreds of people in the german city of frankfurt also came out to express their outrage over the killing of george floyd many held signs in support of social Justice Groups and chanted against racism and in south africa a solidarity protest was held outside cape towns Parliament Protest as there are also showing support for the global black lives Matter Movement they call for action against Police Brutality also at home. Still ahead for you on out of their town economic blockade sped caps out to claim the top spot for Food Security in the middle east and north africa. How low is still largely warm or hot to cross the good parts of north america now were seeing some rather hasty showers just around the lakes they will ease over towards the northeastern corner to go through the next couple of days few showers there just around the appalachians some on the shop side thundery possibly with some hail staying very wet too just around the good parts of florida further west its not too bad lousy dry and sunny is still very hot in phoenix to touch in 44 celsius maybe a few showers just making the way that western side of canada even further east which as we go on through friday friday stays dry and sunny across much of the west are going to 42 in phoenix showers started to push a little further race was really making way for the next system you can see this area cloud just developing in the gulf of mexico that says that Tropical Storm is cristobal you can see a large area cloud just around the yucatan peninsula just around the by a campaign and we are going to see christabel just making its where little further north as we go on through the coming hours and then it will do a little bit of a dip do a little bit of a loop and itll start to push its way up towards louisiana for the end of the weekend plenty of showers continue through much of Central America the absolutely fine and dry. Mass protests forcing the governments hand but are we seeing the home try to channel a. J. Mccarron there as we follow journalists on the front line this is fish tank on concrete grass committed to reporting the facts Police Officers of pointing guns at journalists that say stop telling the hong kong fact and fiction the most truth is in any way on aljazeera. You know again. Thats remind you of our top stories this hour the Police Officer who knelt on the neck of an unarmed black man george floyd in minneapolis is now facing a more serious charge of 2nd degree murder 3 other officers who were on the scene when ford died have also been charged with aiding and abetting matter the incident has sparked more than a week of mass protests across the u. S. The time some of those demonstrations of turned violent with buildings and cars set on fire. President donald trump had threatened to send in the National Military but now says he doesnt think your. Former u. S. Defense secretary jim as has criticized trumps handling of this crisis is accuse the president of dividing the American People saying the consequences are the result of 3 years without mature leadership. Will stop chat has now become the latest social media platform to limit the reach of u. S. President Donald Trumps posts the company will no longer promote trumps videos in its discover section saying it will not amplify voices that incite violence last week touched warnings on trumps tweets about mail and ballots and violence in minneapolis facebooks founder has been criticized for not taking summer action against trumps recent posts in an open letter former employees accused mark sucker bag of being cowardly and betraying the companys ideals for defending his hands off approach to posts by political figures the foremost off his korans are about to implement checks on speeches by somebody who does as it does for all the uses. Now Hong Kong Legislature is set to vote on a bill that would criminalize mockery of the Chinese National anthem now despite widespread opposition probe aging politicians dominating the lead the Legislative Council are expected to approve that little youre watching live pictures now from there now once possed those who misuse or insult could be sentenced to up to 3 years in prison and today coincides with the 31st anniversary of the tenement square lockdown crackdown im sorry as activists planned to defy a police ban to hold a vigil to commemorate victims while our correspondent katrina you now joins us live from beijing katrina what reason or authority is giving for banning this vigil and after the protests that we saw last week do you get the sense that there still will be a sizable gathering regardless. The definitely seems that people are still determined to continue and Authorities Say that theyre banning this because of coronavirus reasons the epidemic isnt over they say its irresponsible to allow thousands of people together in one place but of course the other side of this is that the Chinese Government and hong kong authorities are currently discussing the implementation of a new National Security bill that would ban any subversion of the central Governments Authority now tenements this is an extremely significant political event in 1909 thousands of people are estimated to have lost their lives for demanding more rights and freedoms from the Chinese Government in beijing and that event just completely wiped from historical memory here on the mainland there no mention of it in textbooks any mention online quickly sense of people are not allowed together to remember in the generations of Young Chinese growing up with no remember your knowledge of this happening and of course in hong kong this annual vigil that is supposed to take place every every year in the halls of tory party is really the only place on chinese soil where people are allowed to gather to remember it well theyre only making a political statement perhaps but also just commemorating and remembering those who lost their lives so its really touched that this has been banned and people are afraid because of this National Security law that this will be bad into the future and this is a sign of things to come but as you mention aside if people are still determined to gather some still intending to gather in Victoria Park those evening at 9 30 pm local time in defiance of this ban and if though they will theyve encouraged other people who dont say want to come to Victoria Park to remember by lighting candles or participating in online vigils it katrina also very controversial they say because of course this all comes as the legislators are debating this contentious National Anthem bill and they did basing but its essentially a done deal right. Thats right its a very high stress sensitive day for the people of hong kong so legislators as we speak are debating this National Anthem bill prodemocracy politicians are trying to do whatever they can to block it. The 15 councillors are expected to speak for at least another hour on this now those who are opposed to it say that it tramples on freedom of expression and many people in hong kong do not identify as being chinese and when this National Anthem is played during events even sporting events it is a times brood and this bill would impose very harsh penalties that a fine of more than 6000. 00 and up to 3 years in jail and when politicians were discussing this bill last week it sparked some very angry protests on the streets of hong kong now it seems that the streets are far off quiet. Legislators say that its not about trampling on freedom of expression that this is simply about respecting the National Anthem and theyre quite keen to see it pushed through and the fact is it will eventually be pushed through prodemocracy legislators dont have enough votes to block this bill and this is actually a bill thats also reflected in mainland law it was introduced in the mainland in 27. 00 teams or i will say it is inevitable that this we push through and if probating legislators have their way it will be pushed through before the end of july which is the end of the current legislative session in Hong Kong Catrina you there our correspondent in beijing thank you very much katrina now moving on to some other news mexico has recorded its highest number of coronavirus deaths in a single day and reported 1092 fatalities on wednesday thats more than double the previous days figure mexico also saw a record sad in new infections john holeman is in mexico city and explains why the figures are just so high. Mexico has just broken the 100000 case mark and also the daily death toll for corona virus now the government explained that the death toll was actually for one day it was late over a larger period of time as results came in but one thing is for certain and thats that the number of corona virus infections and the number of people dying from this is increasing in the country rather than going down and thats a bit of a problem for the government because they were thinking that the peak to this would be about 3 weeks ago and that hasnt happened its also a problem because the country has been gradually reopening from the 1st of june now at the moment its meant to be only essential activities and essential industries and people are really meant to be going out in public now in the more affluent parts of mexico city where we are now you can see that thats been largely a bait in the working class parts of the city it really hasnt been weve been in places where theres been a lot of people out in the streets a lot of them need to go out to earn their living thats what theyve been telling us but that could cause a problem in terms of the hospitals were in an intensive care unit just yesterday and there they were telling us that theyre worried about this for opening because they think that the hospitals could get more and more such rated until they cant cope especially if the curve hasnt yet been flat and the last thing to say about this is that the countrys president and his mother were Lopez Obrador is himself actually on tool so he is definitely not staying home and theres been questions over what sort of message that sends 2 of the mexicans. Well brazil has also reported its highest daily number of corona virus deaths as the pandemic continues to take a toll on last in americas west affected country the number of cases in the region has been growing steadily since it became the epicenter of the Global Pandemic last month and some governments have already started lifting restrictions to help stem the economic fallout there as reports. Some of brazils famous beaches have reopened although not everyone is heading there more drive through test sites for corona virus have popped up across the state of video vision nato just as many hesitantly make their way back to work. No more mail i dont think its time it businesses and other things i think we should wait a little more but were brazils economy tanking some think the opposite is true Industrial Production in the country fell by almost 19 percent in april the biggest drop on record so president. Hus powerless to lift lockdowns once again criticize the restrictions still in place. Whats happening with these measures the poor becoming miserable the middle class are becoming poor everyone in brazil is becoming the same and it seems they have no idea when this will End Supreme Court left decisions in the hands of me is a governess yet the already record high 19 deaths are still on the rise and the numbers of infections is expected to double by the end of the month yes. Its terrible we havent even reached the peak of the pandemic and everything is open its all about money. Elsewhere in the region the tories are stepping up testing as their economies restart in the peruvian capital lima Health Care Workers are knocking on doors to test informal workers dont see this we understand that many people live day to day that they need to go out for their survival for this sustenance. But controlling the spread of the virus is proving hard across latin America Chile is extending its Strict Lockdown for a least another 7 days the daily rate of deaths there has doubled in a week. But as the region grapples with a deepening crisis many are trying to help the worst of some of the trendiest restaurants of reopen their kitchens to prepare meals for the poor who must make do without their usual informal jobs offering a lifeline and some relief to those who needed the most allison the. One by appears to have been spared the west of sight which has caused destruction interstates along indias west coast the storm was initially forecast to batter the commercial capital but it made landfall south of the city and local media say at least 3 people have died thousands were evacuated from coastal areas to avoid overwhelming facilities already strained by the corona Virus Outbreak now friday marks 3 years since saudi arabia and its allies imposed an illegal blockade on cata prior to the diplomatic standoff 40 percent of the countrys overall imports came from its neighbors since then qatar has invested in production and technology to become one of the highest ranked countries in Food Security in the region georgia has the story this is one of the 3 food Storage Facilities in qatar. Is a half a 1000000 meters space here at the Government Stores rice oil condensed milk and feed for livestock. Qatar does not have the ability to produce these products for a number of reasons including its temperatures which can reach 50 degrees celsius in the summer months but there are many food items it can now grow itself to meet demand. This is one of the areas where he has achieved that a farm in the north of doha supplying vegetables all year round these greenhouses are set up to cool down the temperature and humidity to produce tomatoes mushrooms q cumbers and plants among others. Prior to the 2017 blockade imposed by 4 arab countries that closed the land border with saudi arabia qatar was importing nearly 90 percent of its food supply now that figure is substantially less 2 years back the local production did not exceed for the fruit and vegetable did not exceed 10 percent today we are almost 30 percent so i think its just a matter of time since the technology is available and the know how available locally then theres nothing to stop us from reaching our targets. As one of the hottest most arab countries in the world trade and relations with other countries are critical to making sure theres an adequate food supply year round while qatar certainly has plenty of food its dependency on foreign ports had its limitations and thats what western countries focused on its a message production and since the blockade it has managed to produce enough very and poultry products to meet demand. This Dairy Factory is one of the biggest in the country opened in 1986 it used to produce 15 tons of Dairy Products a day until 2017 now that figure is up to 85 tons a day before a blockade is daily on daily as it was the employed to cut out of the data and to separate out between 650 to 700 daily bases and bought from outside so that it companies we need for them to and we need to build our legs inside them. The government has played a big role in helping local businesses grow. At the mo t. To accomplish many programmes and pass new legislation for the concept of strategic stock in october of 2018 we also help farmers with providing them seeds we increase greenhouses and offer Financial Assistance in the form of loans from the development bank. The blockade of qatar which began 3 years ago is still in place despite numerous attempts by other countries to resolve the crisis but its also presented a unique opportunity for the government here to rely less on food imports and more on local production door such a Party Al Jazeera doha. That this is al jazeera and these are the headlines the Police Officer who knelt on the neck of unarmed black man george choice in minneapolis is now facing a more serious charge of 2nd degree masha 3 other officers who were on the scene when floyd died have been charged with aiding and abetting matta the incident has spots more than a week of mass protests in the u. S. John hendren has reaction from minneapolis. Where they live in the mood a little bit here and there was one of the children mans was that all 4 officers face charges in the fact that the charges against mr shavon was increased people were happy to see that because that means the charge itself suggests that killing george floyd was intentional that it wasnt premeditated but it was intentional the 1st degree charge simply meant that there was a reckless disregard for human life and the family in the protesters though that was not an appropriate charge. All the time some of those demonstrations in recent days turned violent with buildings and cars set on fire shops looted President Donald Trump had threatened to send in the National Military that now because he doesnt think hell have to and former u. S. Defense secretary jim masters has criticized trumps handling of this crisis hes accuse the president of dividing the American People saying the consequences are the result of 3 years without mature leadership hong kongs legislature is set to vote on a bill that would criminalize not corey and the Chinese National anthem as you can see theyre debating that right now despite widespread opposition probation politicians dominating that council are expected to approve the law once passed those who misuse or insult the anthem could be sentenced to up to 3 years in prison and this all coincides with the 31st anniversary of the chant of in the square crackdown as activists plan to defy a police ban to hold a vigil to commemorate victims brazil and mexico have recorded their highest daily coronavirus death tolls mexicos government blames the shop rise on previously on recorded fatalities brazil is latin americas worst affected country with the 2nd highest number of cases in the wild after the us well those are the headlines ill have more news here for you on aljazeera after whose truth is it anyway if we understand the differences similarities of cultures across the world. 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