A new speculation surrounds the sudden death of president peregrine season and as mexicos score on a virus death toll hits 15000 we visit an i. C. U. Where doctors are working hard to save lives. Thank you for joining us just 24 hours after george floyd was laid to rest his brother has testified before a congressional hearing the committee is looking at racial inequality and Police Violence in the United States colonus floyd called his brothers death a modern day lynching in broad daylight and politicians to stop the pain costs are reports from washington. Illinois cloyd travel directly from his brothers funeral in houston to the u. S. Capitol george call for help and he was ignored please listen to the crowd ill make it to you now to the cause of our family and the calls ringing out the streets across the world people of all backgrounds genders and race have come together to demand change House Democrats have proposed sweeping legislation to Reform Police departments in the wake of George Floyds death that includes increasing Police Accountability for officer misconduct and Banning Police chokeholds im tired im tired of. Pain you feel when you watch Something Like this when you watch the. Big brother to do looked up to for your whole life da da big of was what we saw in minnesota was slow torture is murder of george floyd by a uniform officer was an outrage and a tragedy what we have seen since then millions of americans marching in the street to demand justice and call for reforms it has been an inspiration oh yeah ok 7 in 10 americans now say floyds death is part of a systemic problem of police brutalizing and killing black americans defund the police has become a rallying cry for those demanding reform but the meaning of the phrase is nuance to most defunded the police means shifting some money from Police Departments to social services but to the far left any means abolishing police altogether republicans have seized on that extremist interpretation warning of an arcade they know it is pure insanity to defund the police and the fact that my democrat colleagues wont speak out against this crazy policy is just out frightening. Senate republicans are drafting their own proposal for Police Reform likely to include requirements for more bias training but the immunity officers enjoyed from civil lawsuits will likely remain intact the 2 parties competing ideas may reach a stalemate potentially resulting in nothing yet they the protesters have already made clear they wont accept that outcome they say if Congress Takes no action then voters will at the polls in november. Castro aljazeera washington. After giving his testimony george boyds brother joined black lies matter protests in washington d. C. Following his floyd walks with demonstrators who were marching in front of the white house protesters are promising to keep the rallies going until meaningful change happens in portsmouth virginia protesters tore apart a monument to the u. S. Confederacy. The and. The such use of soldiers who fought to keep slavery were destroyed and spray painted with one falling on top of protesters angry demonstrators attacks the monument after 2 rights activists were arrested early in the day present donald trump says he wont consider renaming u. S. Military bases named after confederate figures now the debate over statues is even becoming a hot topic in the holes of the u. S. Capitol House Speaker nancy pelosi says confederates such as should be removed from the Capitol Building blowsy may be the most powerful woman in america but she lacks Legal Authority to remove the 11 statues of confederate figures in a letter to the committee that oversees the such use she notes that at least 2 of them were charged with treason against the United States. U. S. Tech giant amazon says its Banning Police from using its facial recognition tool for a year theyve been growing concerns that Technology May lead to unfair treatment of black people and says it hopes this can give Congress Time to impose appropriate rules for the ethical use of facial recognition a tech company has long defended the polices use of real time Surveillance Technology but a reform bill proposed by democrats aims to ballots Matthew Garvey is a policy analyst at the Electronic Frontier foundation he says all Government Agencies should be banned from using any kind of facial recognition technology. Technology itself is incredibly harmful you know one year is not going to make a difference and also any type of Reform Congress could pass in one year is not going to change the fact that this technology in the hands of a criminal Justice System that is very flawed is still going to end in invasive surveillance and then all high and over policing of already vulnerable communities Face Surveillance threatens a lot of the 1st member texans we have here in the United States in terms of chilling free Speech Assembly you are much less likely to attend a protest to participate in politics even maybe go out and campaign for a candidate of your choice if you think that there might be cameras around that are going to fan your scan your face and identify you immediately people might be a much less willing to get involved in the political process we advocate for a full band of government use a base for emission because you know no matter how much its improved no matter how much its reform the ability for the government to track your faith as you move through society is not something thats going to become less invasive or is something thats going to become less of a hindrance to Civil Liberties in other world news floods in south china have killed dozens of people and many more a missing heavy rain swept across 4 regions forcing nearly 230000 people from their homes rivers are overflowing and mudslides swept downhills the bad weather has cost more than half a 1000000000. 00 worth of damage due to you know my youth and im like john the material logical department predicts that there will be more rainfall in the suburbs this year so the Flood Control situation is very serious this year i feel the cycle of heavy rains wont be the last 6 years and there might be even heavier rains ahead so we must be prepared to present major floods last spring in katrina you in beijing for the latest katrina whats been the governments response. Well so far fully tens of thousands of emergency workers and troops from the p. L. O. The Peoples Liberation army had been sent in and the focus has been on rescue and evacuation as you mentioned about 230000 people have been relocated theyve been moved from rural areas mountainous areas to towns and more urban areas theyve been sheltered in schools the halls and makeshift tents given food and shelter and we just have to look at the huge scale of this in that region 148 rivers are said to have broken their warning levels and also 1300 homes have so far been destroyed now this rain has started last week last thursday and its been pounding these regions today in some areas and the rain seems sort of ease so in some towns the focus has turned to cleanup but as you heard earlier they are expecting more heavy rain starting from toward friday up until early next week so emergency teams are staying put and theyre not quite relaxing yet tell us a bit more katrina about the areas that have been affected these were regions that were already severely impacted by the koran advise crisis. Thats right so 8 provinces in southeastern china have so far been affected among them the worst hit the publishers of one she junks you go away joe and quinn and now these areas generally receive a lot of rainfall this time of year but the government says that compared to last year theyve received already more than 6 percent more rain so about 30 centimeters of rain across this region over the past week now this region is also very nouns and its very lush and that means that the People Living in these areas are vulnerable not only to flooding but also turned landslides and according to state media many people have lost their lives in dangerous landslides across this area and we also have to remember that this area is among the poorest in china some of these provinces are many of the people who live there are living below or the poverty line and the government has talked about the estimated economic damage caused by these floods about 500000000. 00 worth of damage in doubt 3000000. 00 people are affected and many of those people are either farmers whove had their crops completely wiped out by these floods or people who rely on tourism so once these rains do finally finally recede people will have to face the devastation of their livelihoods their thank you for katrina you live for us there in b. G. Cleanup crews the side of a large oil spill in Russias Arctic region see it could take years to get the job done more than 20000 tons of diesel has leased from a power plant its now seeped into an environmentally friendly the problem began at the end of may when a fuel storage tank failed the director of the plant has been arrested along with 2 engine is. The leader of parliament is expected to be sworn in as caretaker president after the sudden death of parent guernseys the cause of death for the former president was described as a heart attack in a government statement that many suspected may be linked to covert 19 has more from nairobi. Diplomats and officials come to sign a book of condolences in state house in these capital. The late president pierre and guernseys led the indian to a period of peace following a civil war but then back into political turmoil on tuesday the government said he died of a heart attack his predecessor called for calm we asked everybody to keep quiet to keep in peace and to listen for the message is given by the government the government on their own currencies or became known for political killings and torture critics were silenced or fled abroad. He had no policies to slow the spread of the coronavirus he said god would protect the indians many people suspect the virus was the cause of his death few dared to openly criticize the official line we spoke to an exiled activist in belgium who did. Order all round one. We did. Night and. Night some of the oldest of the. 2. 1000 Campaign Rallies ahead of an election last month and no social distancing measures. The ruling partys candidate was this man ever reste in. Opposition complained of vote rigging and he was announced the winner he was due to take over from currencies over in august but analysts say the might be trouble ahead the constitution says if the president dies its the speaker of the National Assembly who takes over hes called pascal nia bender. Voices new currencies as preferred candidate allegedly and where is it at least that chosen the president elect was supported by other generals within the c. N. D. D. F. T. D. D. Ruling party so this could indicate that there might be see indeed the f. T. Deal in fighting in the coming weeks with different generals backing different candidates. Who currencies a left the room deal with the spreading pandemic and a political crisis thats far from over malcolm webb aljazeera nairobi kenya. Still ahead on al jazeera Domestic Work is abandoned and left homeless as lebanons worst economic crisis deepened is. How it got more lovely warm sunshine across eastern parts of europe pushing up into that western side of russia quite a rash of showers there to central parts of these areas of low pressure rumbling and then we got some more wet weather just waiting in the wings and thats going to swing in from the atlantic as we go on through the next couple of days so well see that increasingly wet and windy just around the breast peninsula pushing into that western side of france through the by this guy Northern Areas a spy also seeing some rather lively showers temperatures will pick up a little for london getting up to around 20 celsius as we go through thursday off maybe quite a rash of showers rolling in from the north sea in the process this system will swirl its way a little further east which as we go through friday heavier rain coming back into central parts of france and that what weather also affecting southern areas of england and wales meanwhile is the Central Europe will see some showers that is southern poland pushing down towards rumania some heavy downpours here further north general dry and farmers some showers making the whites was most go for to catch a cow a shower it could be on the life the sides though the parts of africa stay fine and dry because the showers across the heart of africa on into the gulf of guinea some very wet weather pushing its way across west africa now all the way through liberia and sierra leone. Commented beyond well. Taken maybe out hesitation. Or time died from. Power defines our we should not have to try to. Culture for oil and gas we live here we make the rules people and carry investigates exposes and question and they use and abuse of power around the globe on aljazeera. To. Theyre watching al jazeera live from doha with me for a reminder of our top stories a brother of george floyd has testified at a congressional hearing looking at racial inequality and Police Violence in the u. S. Alone is floyd called his brothers death a lynching and urged monetizations to do more floods in south china have killed dozens of people and many more are missing heavy rain has swept across 4 regions forcing nearly 230000 people to abandon their homes and the leader of. The expected to be soreness caretaker president of a sudden death of. The government says he died of a heart attack. Now the future of more than try 1000 u. S. Soldiers stationed in iraq is about to become clear since joining the fight against 2014 washington is provided about 5000000000. 00 in military aid to baghdad discussions are now being held to decide how much longer the troops will remain some one of 14 reports. 6 months after Iraqs Parliament voted to expel foreign troops. The u. S. And iraq are beginning talks to redefine their relationship over the coming weeks my colleagues throughout the mission will discuss in more details how our strategic Framework Agreement addresses all aspects of our bilateral relationship Political Economic cultural educational and scientific not only security assistance. Is the main part of the dialogue is expected to revolve around military matters potentially paving the way for a reduction in u. S. Troops. The negotiations come in the wake of military escalation between iran and the u. S. On iraqi soil last year after an increase in rocket attacks that the us blamed on the iranian backed groups. Retaliated with a strike on the type hizbullah positions on the syria iraq border in response to the Popular Mobilization forces a number of a group of mostly shia paramilitaries that includes. Laid siege to the u. S. Embassy in baghdad threatening revenge and demanding that withdrawal of u. S. Troops know that. They slater the u. S. Assassinated iranian general qassam sulaimani and the Popular Mobilization force is 2nd in charge in 100. 00 is near Baghdad Airport a 2nd round of attacks in march killed a civilian 5 Iraqi Security forces and 3 correlation personnel accelerating previously planned withdrawal of u. S. Troops from 5 bases. Tensions have since called iraq also has a new government led by former spy chief the me who is seen as being close to the u. S. The prime ministers advisor says the government wants a balanced relationship and also appears to favor a reduction in American Military presence. That has as of now we see iraqs defense capabilities havent proved maybe we need help from americans in training in intelligence and weapons supply but the situation doesnt require a wide military presence and were not going down that. The us has its own conditions going into the dialogue it wants iraq to reduce its dependence on iranian gas and rein in iranian backed armed groups who have launched attacks against the coalition one of the things that is important for our relationship with iraq and the success of the coalition is that the Iraqi Security forces continue to protect the bases where we have Small Coalition compounds just days ahead of the talks in iran leaning factions on the Popular Mobilization of forces have reiterated their demands for complete withdrawal a demand that will likely not be met the u. S. And the iraqi governments both appear to favor a partial reduction of troops but the question is whether they will agree on the terms that will govern their future president s whatever the outcome the dialogue is likely to usher in a new chapter of u. S. Iraqi relations they want to 14 aljazeera bug that. Multiple mass graves have been discovered in the libyan city of tire huna and other areas recently retaken from forces loyal to warlord holly for have tar libyas government of National Accord says they contain the remains of government soldiers who had been taken prisoner who now was have tossed last remaining stronghold in the west of the country last week the g. N. A. T. Recaptured the city and this comes as the United Nations says both sides are fully engaged. In the laces round of ceasefire talks the u. N. Support mission in libya say a separate Virtual Meetings have been held with have ties representatives and the internationally recognized government u. S. Secretary of state michael bay who has described the developments us positive and called for a speedy negotiations. 4 russian long long range bombers have been intercepted alfy u. S. Coasts a planes were flying over D International waters near alaska u. S. Fighter jets intercepted the bombers and escorted them away earlier washington and moscow settled on a date and location for Nuclear Arms Control talks this month china was also invited but has declined. That thousands of Migrant Workers in lebanon are struggling to leave as the economy teaches on the verge of collapse even before the financial crisis hit the community was vulnerable to abuse and exploitation now many lebanese employees have stopped paying their live in domestic stuff altogether and some workers have been abandoned outside embassies in beirut as in a harder reports. Work here is now living on the street her employer dropped her outside the ethiopian consulate in beirut where dozens of other women have been sleeping for days. These Migrant Workers say they are being denied their rights and theyre relying on the kindness of strangers to survive. Their throwing the most as if theyre garbage some of them havent been given their salaries in years the employers are using the dollar crisis as an excuse to get rid of them and the Ethiopian Embassy is absent they want to go home but they dont have the money the airport is closed due to coronavirus lockdown measures making flights expensive and limited some call these women victims of lebanons collapsing economy human Rights Groups disagree they have long criticized the system under which these workers are employed comparing it to modern day slavery their employees come here throw them on the streets but all day late broad daylight its as simple as that nobody stops you discount it is there way before everything and its not just with a few appeals at least 250000 Migrant Workers are in lebanon many others are undocumented those who are still getting salaries have lost most of the value of their. As the local currency continues to sharply decline peoples sense of desperation is growing we have tried to contact the Ethiopian Embassy for comment but there has been no response these women say they are trapped between a government thats abandoned and a country that offers no protection the International Labor organization believes the lebanese government should hold employers accountable to avoid a bigger crisis it blames the sponsorship system which gives employers control over workers lives victims of the sponsorship system have been living in a crisis mode for a very long time and today this is an approach and its easy to work on dismantling. Because all the structural problems that you see a result of problems and that equipment process and problem in defining the implementor nation ship. Thousands are applying for repatriation at their respective embassies. Are to her credit and she would go on a virus on the dollar crisis we no longer have jobs and can no longer survive or support our families we have to go back home at least for now they are stuck some of them without jobs others unable to ask for better pay or conditions and many without access to justice to demand their unpaid salaries so who bit. Hundreds of venezuelans who were suckered colombias border because of corn of eyes restrictions have been allowed to return home since march tens of thousands have made the journey back often on foot long time restrictions meant many couldnt find enough work to buy food or pay rent but venezuelan authorities have only been letting 300. 00 through each day. We have to abide by the law we have to follow through with the quarantine that we need i want to see my mother my brother my father my girlfriend yes im so excited to spend here under the sun rain everything and now its time to do it again on the other side. The number of confirmed corona virus infections in the u. S. Has now passed 2000000 but all 50 states have ease restrictions and are in the process of reopening and person donald trump has declared he may resume his political rallies as early as next week thousands of new cases are still being confirmed every day and new hotspots continue to emerge across the country nearly 113000 people have died after contracting the virus. Meanwhile brazil is now reporting more daily kovac 1000 deaths in any country in the world as infections continue to rise the spike this shops are reopening in sao paulo and Rio De Janeiro nationwide 1200 74. 00 deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours bringing the total to more than 39000. 00 and the situation in mexico is no better its reported a record daily rise of more than 4. 1800 cases doctors and nurses on the front lines have been protesting over the lack of training and protective equipment john home and went to meet some of them at an intensive care unit 10 mexico city. The i new patient comes into this intensive care unit in what his hospital mexico city. In this old war hospital from the 19th century the stuff heading into a new battle. The enemy this time around these few survivors once patients are unable to breathe for themselves. Was an exhausted nurse julio cesa 32. 00 has struggled to come to terms with. The moment the food or the toughest thing is your mental state because you put in all of your effort but the patients still dont survive in my shifts ive seen very few of them get better with the right stuff here have been going nonstop since the start of the pandemic and although the countrys Health System is cope so far the couplers hospitals have approached much capacity even as mexico starts to go back to work are you worried about the reopening of the country and what that might bring might get broken bones its you know im not but again im more disappointed than worried because they say theres less patients and the curve is flattening now but we dont know that we could not have even reached the peak because for us theres been no decrease in the number of patients they dont believe nobody got enough and. The number of infected and the dead nationwide has surged and in mexico a worrying pattern is also emerging just a quick check around this intensive care unit one thing that really strikes you is that everyone is under the age of 60 here and thats a real change in the trend from europe for example but it seems like the most elderly with the most at risk. Theres a reason. 70 percent of mits can i dont throw obese due to a junk food have amassed in the rest of latin america and one in 7 have diabetes it makes me its conceivable aids is vulnerable its coded. And even in this hospital one of the best equipped starflight the basic medicines treat it as make im not going to what i need theres still some antibiotics that we need and that we dont have so we have to talk to the family members to buy them and it means a delay but we dont have another option to get it its been nothing he said but if you fight them by. Many other myths can hospitals are in a worse state with stuff across the country protesting about a lack of gear in training. Perhaps because of that doctors and nurses are getting infected one of the highest rates in the world was there with that grim panorama every Success Story is celebrated. And i really owe a gas salesman is one of the he was being discharged on the day of our visit well though still fairly sick. Nothing was going to stop him getting out how are you feeling now youre about to leave which i feel really excited thats why im coughing. Blood he enjoys his freedom once more over. The team in the intensive care unit continue their struggle with the images that you are allowing of. What you heard. Or separative this out i thought like and the good stuff where we want people to be aware that this is getting wars for people who see that in 1000 doesnt exist to know that here on the frontlines were seeing it for ourselves we dont eat for 8 hours we dont drink water were giving our best but we need people to support us. This team knows that in mexico they still might be just the beginning john home and how does it a mexico city. Again im fully back to bill with the headlines on aljazeera the brother of george boyd has testified at a congressional hearing looking at racial inequality and violence in the u. S. And on his floyd contest by the staff a name change and politicians to do more im here to ax you to make it stop stop the pain stop us being tired join us call for help and he was ignored please listen to the crowd im making to you now to the cause of our family and the cause ringing out the streets across the world people of all backgrounds genders and races have come together to demand change i wanted him on to george and make the necessary changes there make Law Enforcement the solution. Floods in south china have killed dozens of people and many more are missing heavy rain has swept across 4 regions forcing nearly 230000 people to abandon their homes. And im not a year younger than the mature logical department predicts that there will be more rainfall in the subs this year so the Flood Control situation is very serious this year i feel the cycle of heavy rains will be the last this year and there might be even heavier rains are heard so we must be prepared to prevent major floods the leader of his expected to be sworn in as caretaker president after the sudden death of pierre and. The government says he died of a heart a time when its widely suspected he may have died from colvin 90 multiple mass graves have been discovered in the libyan city of tire horn and other areas recently retaken from forces loyal to warlord holly for half tar baby as government of National Accord says they contain the remains of government soldiers who had been taken prisoner when i was have tossed last remaining stronghold in the west last week the jna have recaptured the city and hundreds of venezuelans who were stuck at colombias border because of coronavirus restrictions have been allowed to return home restrictions meant many couldnt find enough work to buy food or pay rent but venezuelan authorities have only been letting in 300. 00 each day those are the headlines inside stories next on aljazeera stay with us. As protests rage over Police Brutality and corona virus grips the nation campaigning on the election trail has been forced to take a back seat will the president ial candidates ever hit the road and sell their brand of politics to americans before the votes follow the u. S. Elections on a. George floyd is finally laid to rest his death sparked an unprecedented wave of anger against racism both in the u. S. And globally so as the world mourns floyd what will it take to end racism this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program im. Africanamerican george floyd has been buried in his hometown is going to change the world according to his brother its hoped his story will become a turning point
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