Of fighting against the war khalifa haftar. And russias president demand swift action after delays in cleaning up a field spill in the arctic air in the region. Welcome to the program the us city of minneapolis is about to move from protest to remembrance as crowds gather for a service commemorating george floyd the body of the 46 year old black american was has arrived for the 1st of the memorial gatherings in the city of minneapolis thats where he died 10 days ago after a policeman knelt on his neck as he was arrested the memorial is due to be attended by friends civil rights leaders and others who shared in the outrage over his death all 4 Police Officers involved now face charges a key demand of the protesters meanwhile extra security is in place at the white house after days of demonstrations christine salumi will join us shortly from a vigil in new york but 1st we start our coverage in minneapolis with john hendren time ticks away now for the moment when people will really be able to contemplate whats happened this past 10 days. Thats right so how today were going to be remembering george floyd we can expect members of his family have to talk about him as a gentle giant he was over 2 meters tall 6 foot 4 and we can expect the reverend al sharpton to repeat what he said yesterday as he presides over this service he says he wants to turn this moment into a movement we can also expect to hear from Steven Jackson a professional basketball player who called george floyd his brother because they were that close so far and its still 2 hours a head of the Actual Service so we havent seen people coming out yet but we have seen the hearse which is right over there in georgia floyd his body was in that hers and it was removed and taken into this Worship Center here before the service one thing the family was set upon they said they wanted charges against all 4 Police Officers to be filed before this event happened in that has occurred yesterday those charges were filed and at the time the charges were filed there were only 2 officers in custody those all 4 are now in custody and the 3 officers who had not been charged before yesterday all have Court Appearances at just about the time that the doors open here for the guest so we could have a split screen moment a little later on but this is this is the 1st of a number of memorials for george floyd there will be one in North Carolina where he was born that happens on saturday and on monday in houston which he had called home until he moved to minneapolis for work and then on tuesday there will be a formal funeral in which george floyd will be laid to rest also in houston. Thanks very much for the up to join 100 plus lets cross over to new york with kristen salumi is standing by with the location whether it will be a vigil whats going on where you are kristen. Bell Memorial Service for joining the lord is what is scheduled here in new yorks as well to coincide with one of the happening in minnesota george points brother and parents is expected to attend here you can see the media has started to gather behind the local clergy member and civil rights leader will be leading the prayers we know that george burns brother has called for peace in recent days hes likely to continue that message expected we can see that message here and its not the crowds weve seen at gatherings as are any guide we also expect a big crowd of demonstrators to be here as well last night was a quiet night in new york compared to other ones recently the demonstrations continued on a mass scale even after the 8 pm curfew that has been implemented here some Peaceful Protesters were arrested in the mayor of the city is getting some flak for that so protesters have been peaceful looting has been under control but still a lot of tension here as the protesters look for more concessions from the mayor and their leaders in the state in terms of how the protesters are dealt with the same time the mayor has also been facing some criticism from the right because of the situation of Police OfficersPolice Officers came under attack here not by protesters but in a random attack and some are questioning the climate around Police Officers and whats happening there so the hope is that this event here will be a moment of peace of unity to look towards the positive goals the positive message coming from the demonstrations in the Community Forward and of course well check in with you as the day progresses. Kristie so we thank you. Now a u. S. Navy veteran detained in iran since 2018 has been released and is on his way home now it comes a day after a rainy and scientist arrived back in tehran after being freed from a prison in the United States lets get more on this from roslyn jordan joins me now from alexandria in virginia for more its still very sketchy as to exactly what has transpired but what more information do we know about this release. Well we understand in a Statement Released by michael flights mother joanna flight that this has come about in recent days i had in fact checked in with his familys representative last week and there was no movement that they were aware of on trying to get Michael White who is suffering from cancer and who also had been infected with coded 19 while in an iranian prison they had been trying very desperately to get him out of the country so that he can resume medical treatment as of last week there wasnt any indication that this release was going to happen but now almost a week later there is the statement that he is on board a plane flown by the swiss government which is the u. S. Is representative in tehran and we expect that he will be back in the United States perhaps in the next 2 to 3 days however we dont know exactly how this release happened the u. S. Has always said that it would try to get american citizens out of iranian custody but it has steadfastly refused to suggest that it was engaged in any sort of prisoner swap and iranian american doctor was recently repatriated to iran but the u. S. Has repeatedly said that there is no quid pro quo that there are no prisoner swap and certainly that the u. S. Would not pay for the release of people whom they call hostages being held by the iranians 1 and so its still a little vague we expect that its going to be a while before we hear directly from like a white one because he needs to get back to the u. S. I imagine that u. S. Officials are going to want to question him about his time in an iranian prison on spying charges and then obviously he has to deal with his Health Care Issues but there is this confirmation that he has left the country that he is on his way back to the United States. And of course we can see a tweet from donald trump where he says i am happy to announce that navy veteran Michael White who has been detained in iran for 680 days on a swiss plane that just left a readiness face we expect him to be home with his family in america very soon is on to say that i will never stop working to secure the release of all americans held hostage overseas thank you switzerland for your great assistance of course well bring you more on that as we get it now in hong kong thousands defied a ban to attend a vigil in memory of the victims of the 1989 telamon square massacre scuffles broke out between police and crowds in parts of the city please are urging large crowds to disperse to prevent the spread of the coronavirus of hong kong is one of only 2 chinese territories a large a public memorial to the victims a candlelight vigil has been held in the citys Victoria Park every year since the 1990 but this year protesters had to break through barriers to hold a rally earlier Hong Kong Legislature criminalised insulting chinas National Anthem is seen as another sign of beijings growing control over hong kong sarah clarke is there she says the stakes are much higher for those marking the memorial this year. This is the 1st time in 31 years at this particular vigil a candlelight vigil which is held as a memorial to pay respects to those people who fought for democracy in Tiananmen Square in 1900 980000. 00 people last year this year it was banned in the whole area around Victoria Park which is the main gathering point had been sealed off earlier and thousands of police were deployed across the city to enforce the social distancing rules or anyone who gathers in numbers of larger than i though those gatherings are deemed illegal but thousands of people defied that police ban and instead entered a Victoria Park breaking through some of those fences but it was a calm and peaceful gathering that the police there were around all surrounded that particular area but they had said to those organizers if there was common forms of peaceful rally they wouldnt move in and clear those those numbers out and we had people chanting Free Hong Kong we had people chanting hong kong one nation which is a new slogan and we also had people a number of People Holding up those independence flags and so it was a much larger gathering than many people had thought we also had a number of boobs set up across hong kong for those people who wanted to go and sign a petition and show their support for the people of square who lost their lives back in 1909 but the concern is that ban or the assemblies like this and large demonstrations may be banned in the future and thats as a result of chinas decision to introduce these National Security laws and those laws will come into effect later in the year in hong kong and they would target political dissidents and theyre also target acts of subversion acts of people talking about independence from the mainland and acts of terrorism and the concern from these organizers are that rallies like this the Tiananmen Square vigil which has been held for 31 years might be banned as a result and be targeted by those National Security law. To north africa now where libyas u. N. Recognize government says its in full control of the capital tripoli to fighting with forces loyal to warlord cleaver have to jury forces have also retaken control of an abandoned all 2000 tripoli lotion offensive to take control of the capital just over a year ago or pointing continues but government Officials Say they have to has also lost significant ground in areas close to the stronghold of you know mahmud i do want had a small. This is the all the inactive International Airport in southern tripoli and its now under control of forces loyal to the internationally recognized government of National Accord after the manage it to drive our forces loyal to the world really for have said from here that happened after heavy fighting as you can see. The remains of the fierce battles that happened here over the past year have the supposedly made in control of this airport for the past year and now the Government Forces say that they have also managed to push back half towards forces beyond the administrative borders of the capital tripoli this airport has been very strategic for both sides from here have those forces used to target the Government Forces locations with heavy weapons and also with airstrikes the problem remains as the Government Forces say in the land mines planted by hazardous forces in the vicinity of this airport which pose a threat not only for the Government Forces but also for the displaced civilians who cannot wait to return home now the Government Forces are preparing for a fresh offensive to move on the city of huna south of tripoli which is. The last stronghold of half the us forces and the western. Well it all comes as libyan Prime Minister fires are surat about the turkish president in ankara the one says turkey will increase its support for soraya on that have to and his forces are the biggest obstacle to peace turkey has been politically and militarily backing the tripoli government in its fight against the warlord and his forces. Still ahead on aljazeera over the lock down protests over senegal state of emergency turned violent. And we look at why the covert 19 death toll continues to soar in mexico to stay with us. Hello the rain is building again in Southern China is the seasonal rain and the usually effects china and japan moment is just skirting the far south or from sure more like the q shoe meaning it take care remains in the fairly warm weather with a few showers that warm but less Sherry Weather extends right through most of china but as you can see from shanghai sayas woods is likely to be wet the Orange Center suggest where the heaviest rain is it tends to drift science which does extend these woods as well so hong kong is always in that mix indeed the forecast for hong kong taking you through sunday monday in Tuesdays School the thunderstorms in the morning less so on tuesday and the constant temperature regime and of course it is humid his rice this time the directly south would you still got showers so the ways east was into southern philippines and western side of borneo west was this a bit of a dryish patch in between most of the ways its very dry same is true of java but the wet weather is consistent with the upcoming monsoon is sumatran also some particularly on the coast of myanmar after all the monsoon front is in myanmar a moment in the last cycle which is the result of the incoming monsoon is now over land is a massive cloud giving heavy rain north east india. A journey of personal discovery my great grandfather he was a slave of the lead property Algeciras James Gannon exposed his familys legacy of slavery ownership you know like my familys status and wealth as benefiting from their choice to enslave people and americas debt to the black people today some of a source even scared to speak out because its a problem. Aljazeera correspondent a moral debt. All. Or. What about you watching officer of the cell run the reminder of our top stories minneapolis is preparing to remember george floyd whose death while in Police Custody more than a week ago sparked a nationwide outrage memorials are being held in the city and across the country. Also thousands of people have joined a vigil in hong kong to mark the anniversary of the 1989 telamon square massacre thats despite a ban on Mass Gatherings in the city protesters had to break through barriers to hold the rally. And libyas new recognize government says it has full control of the capital tripoli out of fighting with forces loyal to ward cleaver hafter the d. N. A. Says its also retaken and abandoned the airport in southern tripoli. Britains Prime Minister is urging World Leaders to unite against disease as he hosts a global vaccine summit joining the coronavirus pandemic representatives from over 50 countries will join Boris Johnson the leaders want to raise more than 7000000000 dollars loss and is director of the Vaccine Confidence project at the London School of hygiene and tropical medicine joins me now via skype from london good to have you with a scan on the program quite a successful day really at this conference in london were getting news of the german chancellor having pledge 600000000 euros to the appeal hello heidi can you hear me in london heidi lawson. Yes yes heidi its good to have you with us again i just was saying that the german chancellor has pledged 600000000 euros to the pledging conference it seems to be in quite a good day i think it its been a very good day. For the. For the mission. Its really been in fact i have ive been i expected it to be generous but its been better than i expected because given the situation were in with the Global Economy and all the issues its really its very moving how difficult has it been really do you think for people in your position to try and encourage Governments Authority as even as a local level to try and help support this considering as you say were dealing with a huge economic. Fallout and problem globally obviously caused by the covert 19 pandemic. Well i think because this initiative is very focused on the poorest countries and frankly. Continents like africa we were still at a stage or maybe at the beginning of. Some of these countries it could knock out their whole health system. And vaccines are one of the most basic savors. Cost effective so i think in a way its probably one of the more valuable. Interventions for. Frankly india to to rebuild but this is all about improving vaccines that are already in existence and also helping to develop new vaccines that are required in parts of the world where they desperately needed what type of ailments are we talking about. Well its its quite a range of. A lot of the newer vaccines are really targeting ones that we have less access to in the poorer countries and also making them. Easier. To 2 doses instead of 3 doses of the h. P. V. Vaccine she were doses and with other ones. So its making it easier so its a combination of making it so simple and addressing the spectrum but we still have a lot of the basic. Diptheria come back and some places pertussis. Which. We still have polio in some settings almost ironic a that but were still not there yet because largely security issues. In afghanistan pakistan and. Area well its interesting to hear your thoughts on this heidi lost in the director of the Vaccine Confidence project at the London School of hygiene and tropical medicine thank you for joining us from london thanks. Well police in senegal have arrested more than 70 people have to protest against quote a virus restrictions turned violent demonstrators torch Police Vehicles on the health said today the calm to dhaka calling for an end to the state of urgency and a nighttime curfew has more from the capital. Some of the measures that were Just Announced by the interior minister is allowing people to travel from one region to another up into since march people have been restricted on log down regionally and thats a problem because were at the height of the dry season were months away before the rainy season and many people in neighborhoods like this in downtown deckard want to go back to the countryside to plant their seeds and to start farming i mean here were scenes of running battles late last night with the military deployed on the street just over here and protesters down this street throwing rocks back to the police and the military you can see whats left of the protest of you know burned tires talking to people here about the new measures they say its too little too late because a curfew is still in place so is the state of emergency so well have to wait and see until tonight to see how the population here will react to the new easing of measures remember almost half of the population here lives on less than 5. 00 a day theyve been stuck at home they havent been able to come out and to gather also one of the announcement made by the interior minister an easing in restriction of public gatherings up until now up to 4 people were allowed to gather not more than that so restaurants will be allowed to reopen shops and businesses and thats good news for a lot of people here still people here feel that there will be fallout in the effect of the last 2 or 3 months that have been long down in the economic crisis that looms ahead lets go has recorded its highest number of corona virus deaths in a single day its reported 1092 fatalities a wednesday was in double the previous days figure the country also saw. In new infections well as in mexico city and explains why the figures of so homely. Mexico has just broken the 100000 case mark i dont sew the daily death toll for corona virus now the government explained that the death toll was actually for one day it was coal ated over a large a period of time as results came in but one thing is for certain and not that the number of corona virus infections of 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 abated in the movie 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 when theyre 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 reopening because they think that the hospitals could get more and more such treated 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 under his money will Lopez Obrador is himself actually on tour so he is definitely not staying at home and theres been questions over what sort of message that sends to ultimate skins. 3 men charged with the murder of a black man in the u. S. State of georgia are appearing in court and obery was chased and shot 3 times by a retired white Police Officer and his son in february but they were only charged in may after a video of the shooting in brunswick led to nationwide protests and he is live for us now in miami joins me on the phone just bring us up to speed on the on exactly whats been going on in court. Well weve heard some pretty damning evidence from a lead investigator here from the georgia Georgia Bureau of investigation that said that one of them d responsible for ms to operate death leaned over his body as he was lying on the street dead or dying used a racial slur that has been really the headline from this case and remember this is not a case in which they are deciding these events innocent and essence or guilt this is a case to see where it goes forward to a criminal trial but there are protesters outside just a few 100 of them waiting and watching base with bated breath because theyve all seen the video as we all have it seems like a clear cut case to then. Travis mcmichael the man that shot this to operate has also been revealed to be posting racially insightful language on the social media outlet so this is all coming of course is protests continue across the country for mr george floyd and of course some of the power laws in this case all pretty prominent who took me authority 74 days before they arrested trappist and greg baikal the 2 men responsible for this who offered themselves and chased mr aubrey there is a 3rd man who still that is also being charged so i think the protesters outside watching this very very closely to see what happens next that judge will decide whether these men will have to indeed Face Criminal Charges but the evidence at the moment certainly coming from the Georgia Bureau of investigation looks pretty overwhelming on the gala force in miami thank you. Well russias president has declared a state of emergency in the Arctic Circle after a huge fuel spill 20000 tons of diesel have leaked into a river from a power plant as paul brennan explains. Footage released by the Russian Investigative Committee suggests the sheer volume of the spillage overwhelmed the concrete levees intended to contain minor leaks tens of thousands of tons of diesel escaped into the surrounding area it was 2 days before the Regional Government raised the alarm to moscow and in a televised Video Conference of visibly angry president putin rated them for the inadequacy of their response even questioning whether the governor had taken leave of his senses and whats going to be done youre the governor or we go to learn about emergency situations through social media now have you lost your mind over there norilsk is home to the Worlds Largest producer of nickel and is already one of the most notoriously polluted places on earth the nickel factory emitted nearly 2000000 tons of sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere in 20183 times more than the 2nd worst emitter now the land and water also environmentally impacted this incident has dumped more than 20000 tons of diesel and lubricants into the surrounding river system and into the subsoil. It will take decades to clear up because were talking about cleaning up the surface of the water pumping out the fuel pumping out the polluted water as far as possible cleaning up the police at the ground. The terrain is sub arctic and swampy at this time of year and Specialist Vehicles are needed to get around pumping and inflatable booms are trying to limit the damage but access and extraction are a major problem belong mr nirpal. Its a secluded area theres no transportation access by road all railroad again theres no way to bring in a large number of boats with heavy tanks to pump the oil into thats the difficulty. And investigation into why this specific tank ruptured is under way. But a Company Statement has expressed concerns for facilities which are built in areas where the melting permafrost is causing the soil to sink and that raises a much wider question for industrial safety across the whole arctic paul brennan aljazeera at least 39 students and teachers have been injured in a knife attack at a Primary School in Southern China state media say a Security Guard carried out the stabbings in the province of one she hes since been arrested though his motives remain unclear. Youre watching all deserve means theyll run a reminder of our top stories minneapolis is preparing for to remember george floyd whose death while in Police Custody more than a week ago sparked nationwide outrage memorials are being held in the city and across the country john hendren has more from minneapolis on what will be happening at the Memorial Service today were going to be remembering george floyd we can expect members of his family have to talk about him as a gentle giant he was over 2 meters tall 6 foot 4 and we can expect the reverend al sharpton to repeat what he said yesterday as he presides over this service he says he wants to turn this moment into a movement we can also expect to hear from Steven Jackson a professional basketball player who called george floyd his brother because they were that close. U. S. Navy veteran Michael White who has been detained in iran since 2018 has been released and is on his way home it comes following an iranian scientist arriving back into iran after being freed from a prison in the u. S. Donald trump has thanked switzerland for their assistance with the release of thousands of people have joined a vigil in hong kong to mark the anniversary of the 198900. 00 square massacre thats despite a battle Mass Gatherings in the city protesters had to break through barriers to hold a rally. Libyas u. N. Recognized government says it has full control of the capital tripoli after fighting with forces loyal to warlord cleaver hafter the d. N. A. Says its also retaken of the band to the port in southern tripoli. 3 men charged with the murder of a black man in the u. S. State of georgia are appearing in court and with was chased and shot 3 times by retired white Police Officer and his son in february but they were only charged in may after a video of the shooting in brunswick led to nationwide protests police in senegal have arrested more than 70 people have protests against coronavirus restrictions turned violent demonstrators torched Police Vehicles and a Health Center near the capital dhaka calling for an end to the states for mergence a nighttime curfew senegals interior minister is expected to announce an easing of lockdown restrictions later on thursday and you can follow those stories of course on our website at aljazeera dot com we of course will be following the news of George FloydsMemorial Service across the u. S. Next its talk while shes there to stay with us. For. The Global Pandemic has changed our world as we know it. Its been particularly devastating on the aviation sector airports have been shut thousands of their planes grounded. Businesses have ceased operations and the long term financial costs may not be known for years to come. But according to the International Air transport association this years loss of revenue has Cost Airlines more than 300000000000. 00 thousands in the air travel industry have been left jobless. Qatar airways one of the worlds big