Latin america struggles to be coronavirus well take you to one country that says its contained its out. Thousands of mourners of brave long lines intense heat and a pandemic to attend the public viewing of George Floyds body in houston where he grew up he died last month when a Police Officer knelt on his neck for almost 9 minutes john hendren reports from houston. George floyds final journey brought him to his childhood home tell this is my way of speaking out just by being present i would like to know how on a screen to the top of my loans because i know so many black and i cant speak for every black man but for every one that i know know someone that has a friend a Family Member or a relative someone that died from Police Brutality and you need to stop at fountain of praise church mourners paid their respects to the open casket inside some who knew him others inspired by the National Movement his death represents every one city so you can see why we need to do it so we dont have to do this again disobey the last find every day as they cantered. As a collective holiday disobey to last me in a room they came 15 at a time for up to 10 minutes with masks and social distancing to protect from coronavirus for which floyd tested positive in april and in his autopsy George Floyds body has traced the path of his life the 1st in a series of memorials began in minneapolis where he died beneath a Police Officers knee and never was held in the state of North Carolina where he was born both through thousands and now after this viewing in houston on tuesday there will be a funeral after which he is buried next to his mother. His death his inspired nearly 2 weeks of protests from washington d. C. To los angeles as mourners passed by floyds casket in houston the officer who knelt on his neck derek children appeared in court in minneapolis officer direct children should be charged with capital murder because what he did was premeditated he knew what he was doing he should be treated like any other civilian would be treated if they would murder somebody like the way mr play with murder on tuesday his funeral will feature the reverend al sharpton civil rights lawyer Benjamin Crump in a video by former Vice President joe biden who met privately with floyds family on monday his death inspired a movement but his family says on tuesday they will celebrate his life which inspired them John Hendren El Jazeera houston. For George Floyds brother spoke outside the service saying the campaign for justice would go on. Im just right now appreciative of everybody coming out. To personalize the. Just tell. Me. Thank god for what. Were coming out of what is. Out of them that we will need today. Michael brown. Your. Brother. That. I think out we will. Get. We would not it will close. In minneapolis former Police Officer derrick chive in has made his 1st Court Appearance charged with 2nd degree murder bail has been set more than a 1000000. 00 the tash are going to name a small. It was a quick preliminary hearing as they usually are chauvelin gave perfunctory answers when called on and the judge gave the prosecution everything they asked for the judge set bail at 1250000. 00 without any conditions but of show when can come up with 1000000 dollars he could get out on bail as long as he abides by the following conditions he does not leave the state of minnesota without permission he surrenders his gun and permits he does not have any contact with George Floyds family and he does not attempt to work in Law Enforcement or any kind of security job charges were upgraded last week once these Minnesota Attorney general took over the case the 2nd degree murder charge in the state of minnesota means that the prosecution would have to prove that jovan killed george floyd intentionally or that he killed floyd while committing another felony it is predicted that the prosecution will take that latter strategy the attorney general has already said that this will be a difficult case to get a conviction on he is asking for the publics patience but of course protesters have 0 patience especially when lives are at stake democrats in the u. S. House of representatives have unveiled legislation to change the way Police Departments work before announcing the proposals some members knelt 8 minutes and 46 seconds george floyd was pinned to the ground the more would make it easier to prosecute police for misconduct. You know President Trump has hit back of calls to defy the Police Departments following the lead step. Im very proud of them. There will be defining there will be dismantling of our police and theyre not going to be the disbanding of our police our police and the. Letting us live in peace and we want to make sure we dont have any bad actors in there and sometimes youll see some horrible things like we witnessed recently but 99 i say 99. 9 but lets go with 99 percent of them are great great people and theyve done jobs that are record setting record setting that north korea says it will cut off communication with south Korea State News Agency says closing a hotline will be the 1st step pyongyang wants sold to stop people in the south sending propaganda leaflets over the border south Koreas Unification Ministry is urging the north to keep the lines of communication open or robert kelly is a professor at Tucson National university he says seoul is in an awkward political position. So this is tricky for the south korean government because south korea is a democratic republic right south korea has sort of a right wing thats very anti communist as might imagine right particularly older koreans right the 2 koreas are sort of engaged in this kind of existential agenda mysie sort of contest you have sort of a hard right in south korea thats very into communist thats also very even jellicoe in christian and for these people north koreas a real opponent its sort of like you know this atheist leninist aggressor and things like that and you know regardless which think about those opinions thats probably 20 percent of south korean opinion v. Z. North korea and these people routinely use the proximity of north korea to release balloons and other things. Into the sky filled with a flash keys and imagery from south korea and magazines and things like this and pamphlets saying that north korea really is this horribly governed place in conjunction the sort of the hamper desk but Everything Else the North Koreans have complained about this behavior for decades and the current south korean government really wants a rapprochement detente with north korea and so they have sort of moved against these groups but that raises all kinds of freedom of speech issues here in the south its very tricky south korean left doesnt really want this kind of confrontation in the blue launches and stuff like that right and these things sort of come in waves and the south korean and the north korean government often uses the south korean less interest in negotiations with north korea as a lever to get south of the south korean government to move against domestic opponents that is to say that north or from the south korean government to get the North Koreans to sit down at the table the North Koreans say we have to move against these groups and stop them from rasmussen Everything Else right and so this point like i said this puts the south korean left in an awkward position because if it doesnt move against these groups the North Koreans shut down detente if it does then the south korean government winds up in court and you have big fights about freedom of speech and freedom of assembly and stuff like that and so theres just no really Good Alternative here right the government is really sort of trapped and the North Koreans used this to sort of push concessions on south korean government. Now more than 268. 00 rangar refugees have arrived in malaysia despite efforts to stop the theyve reportedly been at sea for nearly 4 months the boat was stopped off they are in a blind collie by Marine Police hundreds of members of the Muslim Minority group a fed truck to see a translator joins us live now from the malaysian capital of kuala lumpur from and so what more do we then know about this boat and the ring the refugees who were on board at the time. Well malaysian Authorities Say they received a tip off and they found the boat in the early hours of monday morning and they were preparing to turn the boat back out to International Waters but found that the boat had been deliberately damaged in such a way that it was no longer sea worthy and the engine had also been damaged beyond repair so they detained those people instead and they found more than 2210. 00 people on board the boat as well as the body of a dead woman now more than 50 others jumped overboard to try to escape authorities but they were detained once they swam ashore now in the nearly 270 ring the refugees are now being held at a Government Camp in the state of qatar in northwest of malaysia now Rights Groups have said that they believe there were a couple of boats adrift and in the andaman sea in the bay of bengal having set sail from either myanmar where they were facing persecution by myanmar government or bangladesh where hundreds of thousands have escaped from myanmar but are still packed in squalid camps and in terrible conditions and we saw also that being stuck on one of these boats is is is really terrible and really dangerous we saw in april pictures of a massive 8 at refugees being helped ashore and survivors in one of those boats said there were at least 30 people who had been killed or who died while the boat had been adrift at sea so far as what is malaysias policy on routing undocumented migrants and refugees. While militia has closed its borders since march 18th and the government says this is to prevent the spread of coronavirus i mean the International Borders are not open and its using this justification to not allow these boats to land but this is not the 1st time that malaysia has turned back boats in mid april malaysia turned back a boat carrying about 200 refugees and in 2015 when there was an exodus of ranger refugees from myanmar malaysia was one of several south these Asian Countries that turned back boatloads of working the refugees and malaysia does not recognize refugees because its not a signatory to the Un Convention relating to the status of refugees so even though there are about 180000 refugees registered to the Un Refugee Agency here in the nature and about half of that number are they exist in a sort of gray area in limbo they have no official status so they cant work legally and they cant send their children to school so theyre very easily exploited now the malaysian government has shown no signs that its that its going to soften its stance despite criticism from human Rights Groups that they should be showing a more compassionate attitude towards the refugees and Asylum Seekers especially at a time like this. Live from florence thank you. All right time for a short break here aljazeera when we come back. The fight to regain control of libya troops loyal to the u. N. Recognized government pushed east and awaiting justice we speak to the palestinian boy whos the sole survivor of on his right. Which killed his family more nuts than this. Hello there still very hot of course across much of the middle east although the temperatures in the next couple days should come down a little bit weve got quite a bit of cloud still being city across these Western Areas of side of it should be mostly dry just the old stray shower into the fall southwest of yemen but nothing like the heavy rains that we saw a few days ago want to see scattered showers work in the east was throughout turkey as well but the time which is 40 celsius in doha on tuesday the winds that have been so strong those really hot northerly winds actually beginning to ease it still very warm sunny into q 847 for there and baghdad on wednesday and he touches generally in the mid to low fortys celsius so not quite as host. And then down into Southern Africa with quite a change in the calls into south africa but away from thats the offical the usual seasonal rains the ticket only heavy through northern sections of the congo and also out around the gulf of guinea across into nigeria but all the while quite a few showers in full central areas of mozambique but also you go to quite a strong on national flows and maybe just northern towns and in across into kenya we could see one or 2 showers a dry day choose day although the shah is beginning to push to push in later in the day but suddenly on wednesday some fairly heavy rain some strong winds on friday much cooler in cape town as you can see with a high of just 60 degrees. On the Atlantic Coast of a. West africa communities are at risk. As rising sea levels and a manmade disaster after reading peoples lives. On land and at sea. Aljazeera world expose the impact of Climate Change and a catastrophic human error. On senegal sinking villages. Youre her. World. Welcome back or come out of our top stories on aljazeera thousands of mourners have been paying their respects to george florida the morial in Houston Texas where he grew up his family have pledged to continue the fight for justice. So korea threatening to cut off all communication with south korea started with a key hotline young man was demanding that solve stop activists from sending propaganda leaflets into the north. And more than 260. 00 rangar refugees arrived in the later theyd reportedly been at sea and then for months the boat was intercepted at the island of langkawi by firing bullets. Libyas u. N. Backed government is continuing its campaign to take back the countrys east starting with the strategic city of sirte it hopes to build in a series of victories against warlords after us forces training reports for the road leading into the search is wide open remnant of destruction tell a story of conflict old and new military position abandoned by the warlords believed to have so declared Libyan National army. Advancing enemy. I mean i was a field commander for g. N. A. T. Forces he says his brother was killed in sirte and the fight to liberate the city from i saw in 2016. I saw i controlled the city for several months before forces primarily from misrata liberated its people and is the groups foothold in libya for abdul. This is personal. Morale is high we have entered the western gates of sirte and a position in the south the latest territorial gains by forces of the government of National Accord in tripoli follow a series of defeats warlords believe have to building on their momentum in western libya forces loyal to the internationally government of National Court have made significant gains for the city of sirte this is checkpoint 51 of the gates leading to the city of sirte Government Forces tell us they have partially surrounded the city. We have entered the city borders of and have surrounded it because on the City Residents to force have to force us to leave the city we sacrificed of a 770 men to liberate from i still say we will not leave the city to do war criminals have to. Strategically positioned on the coast of central syria is critical to both and the g. N. A. S. For any possible peace talks. While there has been forces will be met with stiff resistance threatening a prolonged battle within the home town remains to be seen. Is the 3rd time since he was deposed and killed 9 years ago that the city has been a war zone now a trainer al jazeera just outside the city of sirte in libya. Now a video has emerged that appears to show military officers from the United Arab Emirates directly Training Forces loyal to have to. Theyre being trained here on a russian made at Defense System called upon c. I. S. One russian nationals have been instrumental in helping huffed oz military advances. From Johns Hopkins university his Foreign Policy institute he says this new video is more evidence of the u. S. Involvement in the libyan conflict. The United Nations report says that the u. A. E. Has conducted over 850. 00. Drone attacks on tripoli over the last 14 months there is now the u. A. E. Had at the u. N. Has now an open investigation. For u. A. E. Involvement in libya so do you evolve into libya is absolutely critical it is also the country reportedly paid the price or the cost for the wagner group to enter into. The service of how it has been without. Political military and also support there would not be where he is today so today we looking at additional evidence direct involvement in libya and in the attack on tripoli and you know all of the humanitarian consequences that an israeli settler convicted of murdering 3 palestinians in a fire bomb attack and 2015 is due to be sentenced on tuesday the only survivor of the attack was a young boy who still receiving treatment for his burns made abraham spent time with his family in the occupied west bank. Is really prosecutors one conviction last month against an israeli settler but the only survivor of the crime continues to suffer. His parents an 18 month old brother were killed 5 years ago settlers attacked the family home with a fireball leaving the 4 year old with serious burns he now lives with his grandparents. I forgot everything i dont have many memories of my parents. His family says he saw more that he wants to remember israeli settler i mean on been you leader was convicted of 3 charges of murder attempted murder and arson the court said hes carried out a terrorist attack but acquitted him of belonging to a terrorist organization. Around middle of the civil sentencing wont mean much to me as it wont bring my family back or reunite them with. Them for years but i hope that it serves as a deterrent for settlers many here say the killings are the worst crimes to have been committed by Israeli Settlers in recent years they say settlers have the support of israels army and judicial system and that their presence in the occupied west bank is a crime in itself settlements are considered illegal under International Law Israeli Settlers are tried in civil court unlike palestinians who undergo military trials the suspected killer of i should robbie is under house arrest as the court case against him continues she was killed by rocks thrown at her car in the west bank 2 years ago speaking in their home in biddy a Village North of the west bank her husband says he lost the love of his life. All 4 female grandchildren born after her death are named the high by then theres a lot of there were 4 suspects then they came 3 but now theyre prosecuting one although they were more accomplices if the perpetrator was palestinian they would have a recent my whole village Israeli Human Rights Group dean has been documenting attacks against palestinians for the past 15 years it says only 8 percent of Israeli Police investigations and settler attacks lead to indictments. There is a government policy not to implement laws on the settlers which in the end helps implement the occupation strategy of controlling more palestinian lands. Family and friends are trying to help but get over his loss his burns are Getting Better with what says this painful these are treatment but some of the scars are not visible and might never ever heal that he was just the occupied west bank. The World Health Organization says it will continue to work with and support the brazilian government in the fight against corona virus w. H. O. Appealed to president jaya both an arrow to reverse its decision to withdraw a running tally of deaths and infections and we will continue to support brazil and the people of brazil in their fight against in their fight against it it is still at the same time very important that the messages around transparency and sharing of information are consistent and that were able to rely on our partners in brazil to provide that information to us but more importantly to people to citizens they need to understand whats happening they need to understand where the virus is they need to know how to manage the risks to them and therefore we hope and we trust as any confusions that may exist at the moment can be resolved. America is currently the worlds worst hit region by the pandemic but the caribbean island nation of cuba is bucking that trend thats gone 9 Straight Days without a single virus from a to death my rapid i reports. That this is become a relatively normal scene in havana cuban doctors going door to door screening for any symptoms of coded 19 you know if you know im on the its a strategy that has apparently paid off monday morning 9 days without any new coronavirus deaths in the country its sort of the most of whom i believe that these results are based or care protocols they are based on the facts 1st Early Detection is important because were going to detect the person with several days of evolution of the deceased would cyril days of symptoms the possibilities are decrease an early addiction is achieved through screening through case funding in. Many latin american countries are struggling to curb coronavirus contagion but compared to the rest of the region cuba is miles ahead when it comes to containment say im white i dont im not we see once again that despite having the difficulties were going through our country has managed to control the epidemic and has achieved figures that are reasonable relative to the rest of the continent and despite not being developed countries weve achieved good control of the pandemic. The streets of the cuban capital are once again filling up albeit with a great amount of care as many who bencher outside do so wearing face masks which have become mandatory by the government refusing to wear when it could lead to a fine or arrest. Cubas success in mitigating contagion is being seen as a ray of hope for the region though International Health experts warn that in other parts of latin america the hardest days are still to come so theres a lot of work that needs to be done and we need everyone to remain focused on achieving the goal at hand which is stopping this pandemic which is suppressing transmission and saving lives in. A lot more work to do so lets celebrate the successes that we do have but lets remain focused on the remaining work that needs to be done because unfortunately this is far from. With no new reported deaths in over a week authorities have declared the outbreak in cuba under control when river below. The russian capital is lifting its Lockdown People in moscow cannot move around freely without the need to self isolate more businesses are reopening including beauty salons and veterinary clinics russia has the 3rd highest number of confirmed cases in the world nearly half a 1000000 but the number of infections in moscow itself has been reduced to about 2000 the day. Most new arrivals to the u. K. Are now required to put themselves into quarantine for 2 weeks travelers including british passport holders must give an address where they will self isolate or 6. 00 to 1200. 00 fine the government says it wants to prevent a 2nd wave but critics say it will be impossible to enforce and qatar will start lifting coronavirus restrictions in 4 phases starting from june 15th but flights from low risk countries wont be allowed to arrive until the 3rd phase planning for plan for the beginning of august qatar has recorded over 70000 cases. In pakistan much of the population cant afford to buy high quality face masks so theyre resorting to homemade ones but as regular reports theres often dont provide enough protection from covered 95 face masks are the latest essential item for many in pakistan as a threat of corona virus spreads but with a population of 200000000 people appropriate protective equipment isnt affordable for everyone. In poor neighborhoods and markets in the capital mosques come in different colors and of materials sold for one cent each. Kiani selling masks has improved the business you must mail order. I say these masks and sell them at cheaper price to earn a living for my family as people can afford a quality mask. Well these masks the cheap theyre not medically approved and theyre not sterile yeah everybody on the yard usually i know these on the hygenic but im only buying it just to avoid Police Arrest otherwise i wont buy due to poverty says the government east lock down restrictions in mid may it declared Wearing Masks compulsory in public spaces government inspectors are checking this bus station and nearby shops they find that not everyone is a deer into social distancing or wearing protective gear they proceed to close operations and issue Finals Police checkpoints are also in place to ensure the driver stick to the rules. New phenomenon it was new to the policing itself so with discord we are facing the conventional crime meaning thereby that we have a through challenges number one is a conventional good iran and that is did this. For the right. This exerted. And so many people were arrested but in the slums on the outskirts of islamabad having a face mask to combat the virus is a luxury families here barely have the basics. Doctors say homemade masks are not affective in preventing the disease from spreading thats on top of hospitals feeling the strain as they run out of beds and ventilators to treat patients medical staff working without surgical masks have also threatened to go on strike this week. Health care staff dont have enough protective kits given by the government on the other side that was the wrong policy to ease the lockdown without when his Campaign People are now using unhygienic who made masks and that was one of the main reasons of corona virus spreading across pakistan. Infection numbers have grown since markets reopened the government has rejected calls to impose tough lockdown restrictions because of Economic Loss and unemployment more than 100000 people have tested positive for the virus and medical experts warn that the next 2 weeks will be critical for pakistan mohammed al jazeera. Time for a quick check of the headlines here on aljazeera thousands of mourners have been paying their respects to george florida after a memorial in Houston Texas where he grew up his family say theyll continue the fight for justice north korea starting to cut off all communication with south korea starting with a key hotline young is demanding that sold stop part of this from sending propaganda leaflets into the North South Koreas unification ministries urging the north to keep all lines of communication open more than 260 rangar refugees of arrived in malaysia they had reportedly been at sea for nearly 4 months the boat was intercepted off the island of langkawi by Marine Police malaysia says it will continue to turn back other boats but this vessel had been deliberately damaged has more from kuala lumpur. Well asian Authorities Say they received a tip off and they found the boat in the early hours of monday morning and they were preparing to turn the boat back out to International Waters but found that the boat had been deliberately damaged in such a way that it was no longer sea worthy and the engine had also been damaged beyond repair so they detained those people instead and they found more than 2210. 00 people on board the boat as well as the body of a dead woman now more than 50 others jumped overboard to try to escape authorities but they were detained once they swam ashore now in the nearly 270 ring of refugees are now being held at a Government Camp in the state of north west of malaysia and video has emerged that appears to show military officers from the United Arab Emirates directly Training Forces loyal to the libyan warlord leave after all. Theyre being trained in a russian made advent system called the. Moscow is half 1. 00 libyas u. N. Recognized government has made big gains against after recent weeks pushing to take back the east of the country and the russian capital is lifting its lockdown can move around freely without the need to self isolate and more businesses can open russia has the highest number of confirmed cases in the world nearly half a 1000000 but the number of infections in the city itself has been reduced to about 2000 a day well those were the headlines the news continues on aljazeera after counting the cost stakes of them so much better. Because many countries around the world rely on market to make their products cooler but who pays the price for making the beauty business she originally when i went east investigates. On aljazeera. Hello im zain bus ravi and this is counting the cost on aljazeera your look at the world of business and economics this week a special from iran to here on has always been able to work around crippling sanctions but the coronavirus pandemic that killed thousands has trashed the economy what kind of economy will emerge. No country in the middle east was hit harder by the coronavirus pandemic than iran. Its recorded morgue
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