security council ones of increasing attacks in afghanistan a car bomb has killed at least 8 people and heritage province. and a major landmark in chile as capital is removed after a 19th century war hero is caught up in a modern day battle. now the u.s. city of minneapolis has agreed to pay $27000000.00 to the family of george floyd it's the largest settlement of its kind in the country's history floyd died when a policeman knelt on his neck finale 9 minutes sparking global protests that officer is set to go on trial and the floyd family says the cash payout is just one step on the road to justice john hendren reports. the city of minneapolis has put a price on just how much black lives matter in the case of george floyd $27.00 moon in dollars that's the amount the city has agreed to pay in a civil settlement with floyd's family in the racially charged case of a black man who died beneath a white police officers knee i thank the state of minnesota for getting that settlement taken care of. but even though my brother is not here he's here with me in my heart because if i could give you my back i would give all that is bad the settlement is the largest ever in a minneapolis police shooting it also eclipses the $12000000.00 the kentucky city of louisville paid recently in the death of briana taylor gunned down in her own home by police one year ago friday a floyd family lawyer says the beneficiaries go beyond one family the financial compensation most directly impact george floor and his family their future of their family but it is tough to see ripped the ems down to fix all of us other cities will think twice he says before allowing police to use chokeholds no knock warrants and other controversial tactics because in cases like this one as george floyd's family reacted to this settlement the man who knelt on his neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds was less than a mile away he has spent the week in a minneapolis courtroom where the court is selecting jurors to decide if he should be convicted of murder derek chauvelin faces 2nd in 3rd degree murder and manslaughter charges and the risk of decades in prison the other 3 officers will face charges later this year of aiding and abetting him those officers will be held accountable. there is a prosecution team that actually cares and is fighting. if you need a reminder just think of the george clooney case in that if you don't get policing correct if you don't make these changes if you don't fix the policies that are happening then you'll be seen as again despite this settlement new floyd family and just. into that happening john hendren and you 0 crossing. will saturday marks a year since briana taylor was shot and killed by police in the us state of kentucky like george floyd who was killed just 2 months later her name became a rallying cry for last year's black lives matter protests taylor was shot by officers when they forced their way into her apartment during a botched narcotics raid in new river no one has been charged over her killing her family has received $12000000.00 in compensation now u.s. senate majority leader chuck schumer is the latest new york politician calling for the resignation of governor andrew cuomo who is accused of sexual misconduct cuomo is facing several allegations of sexual assault and harassment but is refusing to step down there's also a growing scandal over his handling of the credit crisis his top aides are accused of altering data to obscure the number of deaths from the disease and nursing homes now moving on and at least 3 more protesters have been shot dead an antique demonstrations in myanmar there are reports of police firing on protesters in mandalay on saturday and overnight security forces used live ammunition on crowds gathered outside a police station and yangon at least 70 people have been killed since the military seized power last month tony chang is monitoring the situation from bangkok and neighboring thailand he says not as many protesters are coming out onto the streets though but those that do are adapting. the protesters themselves have changed their tactics in reaction to the sort of aggression they're seeing from the security services for example in mandalay they were having 3 separate protests smaller but very active nonetheless and one of them on 41st street we understand that a middle aged woman was shot and killed and several have been taken away and wounded and we're also seeing those protests spread widely not just any more in the in the large urban centers where they were immediately after the coup in the beginning in february but in small towns all across the country in the sort of slightly unsettled ethnic areas as well where some of those protesters have been coming under the protection of ethnic armed forces so they are still going on and the voices that we're hearing from the protesters are very much that they are going to continue to do this they're aware of the dangers they face in this seeing it with the tear gas coming in with the live rounds being used but they are still absolutely committed to this because they realize that this is their one chance to try and turn back the clock on this cute the other interesting thing is that they're still taking part in the civil disobedience movement and that does appear to be having an effect if ective lee we've seen men must public transport system shut down the banking system is shut down at the moment hospitals are barely working and so it is creating an awful lot of pressure on the military. acaba and afghanistan's heritage province has killed at least 8 people and injured dozens . the explosion late on friday night also destroyed several homes no one has claimed responsibility but local officials have claimed the taliban fell within the hour as the un security released a statement saying it condemned in the strongest terms the alarming number of attacks deliberately targeting civilians in afghanistan the statement continued these heinous attacks have targeted civil servants the judiciary and the media health care and humanitarian workers including women those who protect and promote human rights and ethnic and religious minorities and i last spoke to much talk about him he's the founding member of the afghanistan affairs unit security think tank he says there's concern that these latest attacks could impact the peace process 1st of all let's look at the incident started an outpost we didn't warrant such a huge jack as far as the tarrant is and so on but then there is a danger of media was deceiving a lot of these security nobody has claimed responsibility and this sends a message across that bit minutely you know our spoilers our prayers and it means they're trying to process and of course that was once there comes from the human you need to. know is that how serious it is you can into a union goes we heard of course we have seen no one last year few months there nobody has been gaming that is possibility or certain attacks and the government's trigger we see is the problem which means there disses more productive pressure on the on each other in regard to the military effort the context is so complex when you're marked really being appointed ones that single group or single out one certain our project is a pretty you know modest. now memorial services are being held in new zealand to mark 2 years since the christchurch mosque shootings 51 people were killed and dozens were wounded when a gunman opened fire on 2 mosques the attack at a self-proclaimed white supremacist is currently serving a life sentence in prison new zealand's prime minister says the country has a duty to support its muslim community there will be an unquestionable legacy for a march for. much of it will be heartbreaking but it is never too early or too late for the leader through to be a more inclusive nation one that stands proud of our diversity embraces it and of call to their friends staunchly. now spokesman for the hit the rebels in yemen say they've rejected a u.s. plan for a nationwide cease fire insisting that it only represents the views of saudi arabia and the united nations the u.s. envoy for yemen said they hate these appeared to be prioritizing a military offensive to take the marab region and warns that the country will spiral into greater conflict without a halt to the fighting she had tanzi has will. the u.s. backed boming of yemen by saudi arabia and its allies has already created the world's worst humanitarian crisis now as who the rebels attempt to solidify their position in the north the united nations is warning of even worse to come the violence has forced up to 15000 people to flee since early february roughly 60 percent of them are reportedly residing in informal settlements and crowded sites where services are overstretched more than 20000000 people 20.7 to be more exact need humanitarian assistance many of them are at the brink of starvation speaking in washington but the u.s. is on void timlin the king says the saudis support what he calls his sound plan for a ceasefire but feels the hooty he's prioritizing taking the government's last area of control in the move the province of marib we urged who these 2 risks are that's why i was in the region for these last 2 weeks and i will return immediately women who these are there are the world food program agrees a ceasefire is key because it is shallow. biometrics at a significant way which will allow us to pull all acquitted to the debate which will wrap the real date back which will allow through christ stable asked for but the who thing you say the ceasefire proposal fails to address the economic blockade that has led to such hardship well yes you have a come how do you get on them to stop the american proposal does not stop the seats or the fighting. however it represent cosmetic understanding to bring back the seach what the american envoy presented is a conspiracy to put yemen in a more dangerous state than the current one. and the u.n. reports that in fact the siege is tightening last month no commercial fuel imports were allowed through her data port that's 0 in recent years more than half of commercial fuel imports had been coming through her data this is the 1st time since the escalation of the conflict in 2015 that we've seen the level drop to 0 this is driving shortages and price rises the biden administration is however placing the blame for the impasse on the duties and the us military is reported to be increasing its assistance to the saudis claiming such help is defensive and opens and they can she have a tendency i'll just different. well still ahead here on al-jazeera all eyes on china as the leaders of the u.s. japan india and australia hold talks for the 1st time to address regional challenges. back in the game the app that's helping sports fans feel safe and secure again in the big apple. it's time for the perfect gentleman. sponsored point qatar airways i think by the end of tomorrow the tension must go to written 20 degrees that's how much this war is venture pushing things out of the way in western russia with a really cold weather dominated now wet and windy admittedly but relatively speaking fairly mild this is the setup for saturday the snow is falling in moscow 0 degrees there is rain for much of the rest of western and northern europe ahead of a storm system will bring some snow to southern sweden for a while and on the higher grounds like the alps it's likely to rain and then snow in fact the temperature in zurich will drop down from 12 to about 3 as that happens so the air is inherently colder the votes currently there and is edging east was a temp is a right going to rise again book result to 14 having been in the day before so up and down a little bit some stuff on the higher ground maybe in the balkans but by new look represents typically what you're going to feel 16 down to 7 so this air is a little bit cooler or to say. the stormy weather in the form for the low is forming in now jewelry or in the middle the desert really so most of it is not so much thunderstorms as the wind whipping up this dust will sand and that's what you see strictly up towards southern tunisia and across our geria and there's a hell it's remarkably warm at the moment. at ways. these things are sick and it's time for a different approach one that is going to challenge the way you think on asking the questions now is the new host of the next season of the show that's got no space for sound bites only comedy let's leave simplicity to the headlines join me as i take on the lies dismantle the misconceptions and debate the contradiction. i'm mark lamont hill and it's time to get up front right here on al-jazeera. hello again. let's remind you of our top stories this hour the u.s. city of minneapolis has agreed to pay $27000000.00 to the family of george floyd it's the largest settlement of its kind in the country's history freud died last may when a policeman knelt on his neck for nearly 9 minutes sparking global protests. at least 3 more protesters have been shot dead an antique your demonstrations and police are reported to have fired on protesters in mandalay on saturday and overnight security forces used live ammunition on crowds and yet. the u.n. security council has condemned the increasing number of attacks on civilians in afghanistan this comes after a car bomb inheritor province killed at least 8 people and injured dozens. well for the 1st time the leaders of the u.s. japan australia and india have held talks as part of the so-called quad group the quad was initially formed in the off to mouth of the 2004 indian ocean tsunami it was then reestablished in 2017 as relations between the us and china deteriorated the 1st official meeting has now been held by video link to address security challenges across the region climate change and the coronavirus pandemic each of the leaders independently in the course of the meeting referred to this event as historic because it's cemented a group of strong democracies that will work together going forward to secure a free and open indo-pacific president noted in his opening remarks that this is the 1st multilateral summit he's hosted since taking office and that's on purpose it reflects his view that we have to rally democratic allies and partners in common cause and his belief in the central idea of the indo-pacific to the national security of the united states. well bang model south wrong a giant professor of political science and international affairs at temple university japan he explains why this reason could stir up tension with beijing kwan meeting in particular sitting particularly significant for the reason that for the 1st time it is at the leader level up to now all the meetings in the quad i've been have been at lower level so i think it sends a signal to beijing it's setting sends a signal as well that the who are members of the quad are serious about the various initiatives that they have decided to advance they are serious about advancing certain values and they are also equally concerned about what they perceive as being increased that chinese assertiveness over the last few years and this is exactly why we have seen the revival of the quad over the last 340 years and this is a continued and continued evolution i would say of the clots or something more important and significant and this region since the beginning of the crisis about a year ago now nonna certainly a wee ordering or a change in world order but rather an acceleration of previous trends we've seen exacerbation of tension that were preexisting and in the country to try to use the virus to advance their own interests although we would have you know the world would hope obviously for greater cooperation between china and the united states among others this is simply not what we have seen so this drive by the forum members of the quad to provide vaccines even though they do not portray that way is obviously in order to counter it the events that china has made to provide the vaccines around the world are freely to developing countries which obviously has been good for the the chinese emma jesson the beginning of the pandemic to counter the other failures of china at the beginning of the beginning of the pandemic. well the world health organization says brazil is not moving in a good direction with health officials warning that most major hospitals are almost full brazil has just topped $275000.00 deaths that's the 2nd highest total in the wilds intensive care units and more than half of state capitals are now 90 percent capacity but the president has played down the threat earlier this week he told people to stop whining. on palace a terrace from the brazil institute at the woodrow wilson international center for scholars he says the federal government has failed to handle the pandemic despite its know how and managing to these outbreaks but i think the responsibility of our president both on our work this federal government has created that's helped to create this situation brazil is not. be treated as a threat to its me or emissions it should not have been right there didn't happen need didn't need to happen that way and you know this will cost more most amount of obviously that's to brazil this is sad because brazil has a tradition in its public health system to combat epidemics science in brazil starts from that the central vehicle so it is a complete state in its own totally unnecessary that this should be held to have any reduced should actually be the mobilizing help troops need for brazil is a great producer of that seed but you have to have plenty you have to have government in order to get it so it's a tragedy and we are born to see this war or not or month and more importantly detail it doesn't there are no easy on the richest sure it'll eat hospitals in trouble are passable. well now the world health organization says there's no reason to stop using the astra zeneca coronavirus vaccine thailand ball garia and democratic republic of congo have all become the latest countries to delay their rollout of that jab on thursday denmark norway and iceland suspended use of the vaccine while reports of blood clots are being investigated all sports venues in america's biggest city and are trying out a new app to ensure that fans can return safely to big games because of a 1000 passports verify whether the holder is infected or not christensen the reports now from new york. for basketball fans it's game on extremely excited to go to a game. a huge basketball they'll do whatever it takes to see their favorite team including taking a covert test we got tested and it turns out when we got tested it wasn't. so now we have to get retested here or in this case a retest not quite the crowd you'd expect here for a game night attendance is being limited to 10 percent capacity and you have to have a negative p.c.r. cohabit task on your phone in order to get inside sports venues in new york are testing out a new app meant to verify the holders coded free it's a digital record what some are likening to passports allowing access to countries or night clubs currently being used to verify vaccination in places like israel and china leading new york mayoral candidate andrew yang believes there should be more of this technology on the local level in shops and workplaces so this to me is going to be a vital element of getting the city back on its feet for people to be able to quickly convey their vaccination information and this is something the city needs to invest in paul meyer runs a technology foundation called the commons project that's been working with the airlines to develop a system that's not only secure but also internationally recognised people are showing up at the airport waving pieces of paper that are easily forge if you think about it from countries perspective countries want to open up they want to allow troubled resume to give economies going but their 1st responsibility is to protect their populations health but the slow roll out of vaccination efforts made clear that lack of digital access remains a problem among the most vulnerable americans and critics worry implementing this on a local level will just increase and equalities to day one in 5 americans don't have access to a smartphone and that number is much higher when you look at those over 65 so we're potentially. talking about a form of it will take a geisha in the wall off millions of new yorkers from every day life at this stage of the reopening game access for sun appears to be winning over access to all in the rush to jumpstart the economy kristen salumi al-jazeera new york. well british prime minister barak's johnson is visiting more than ireland amid rising political tension over its status after his trip to vaccination facilities has been overshadowed by his government's plan to further delay e.u. customs checks the u.k. agreed to a withdrawal bill for the customs border between northern ireland in the mainland and the e.u. angering unionists in the u.k. has altered its implementation date prompting the e.u. to call for legal action i think the most support for you by the protocol is that it should guarantee that the peace process in the in the good friday agreement which we all believe in everybody. and in the u.k. has no one does what so hard to achieve and there's got to be a balance and symmetry in that and what we want to ensure is that the protocol holds the witches who are communities of both communities and who has the consent of both but it's going to be an east west consent to what's going on as well as north-south well activists in the u.k. are planning vigils on saturday after amanda triggered widespread anger about women's safety a police officer has been charged with kidnapping and killing sarah ever and who disappeared as she walked home from a friend's house and london on march 3rd and had body was found on wednesday it's unclear whether the socially distance vigils will be allowed to go ahead because of a ban on launch gatherings. well guatemala is observing 3 days of national mourning for 16 migrants found dead in northeastern mexico the president made the declaration as their remains arrived home their bodies were discovered with 3 others in a burnt out vehicle in january the number of crossings by undocumented migrants at the us mexico border has increased since the vines and ministration took office. i want to send a clear and forceful message to the human traffickers who misled people and encourage irregular migration we are working closely with the countries of the region and the guatemalan security forces to locate trace and dismantle all those criminal gangs they don't scrupulously take advantage of the needs of our fellow citizens now bolivia's former president jimmy n n years says she's facing arrest over an alleged coup against a pretty decisive even moralez and then says a warrant cites terrorism sedition and conspiracy charges she took over as interim leader after moralez fled bolivia back in 2019 amid violent protests against his reelection has returned to his movement for socialism party one of the lection party members came on years and her former cabinet promoted the overthrow of marla's and here says its political persecution. well just like the lincoln memorial in washington or the arc to triumph and paris chill is a bucket donner monument has been a landmark in santiago for nearly a century but it's just been removed to save it from attacks from protestors latin america at least in human reports from the chilean capital. under the cover of darkness chile's national monuments authority began removing the statue of general manuel backing down from the plaza that bears his name. it's a major landmark of santiago but when it became the epicenter of constant social protest 16 months ago the battle for back of them was on the war of the pacific hero was painted written and dressed up by protesters who renamed the area dignity plaza. no amount of special forces police water cannon or tear gas could preserve his dignity if you know you are indeed this is a symbolic war between the old and the new order that is a rose more than a year ago with the safe school uprising. in the last 6 months back with an all and his steed have been painted every color of the rainbow by day just to be read painted a dignified black by night by authorities there's something else very significant about this exact spot in that is that it represents an invisible dividing line between uptown and downtown something between of the wealthier and the poor and rightly or wrongly many people seem to see general back to the north as a symbol of someone who was trying to defend that division. but when he was set on fire last week and almost had his leg sawn off authorities decided he had to be removed sparking a fierce political controversy and we thought. we've just witnessed a capitulation the chairman represents all chileans but the government has decided to remove him so the vandals came. continue to storing a civic centers. using his statue to fly the indigenous my poochie flag has even been described as heresy but many others see it as an act of historic justice through free will or they were he's a symbol of terrorism he must acquit them approaches in southern chile just having been shot down or occupying this space is violent. the national monuments council says the 2 ton statue is being taken away for repairs for at least a year an image that represents general bucket than his 1st major defeat or at the very least a tactical retreat you see in human al-jazeera something. hello there this is al-jazeera these are the headlines the u.s. says he of minneapolis has agreed to pay $27000000.00 to the family of george floyd the largest settlement of its kind in the country's history freud died last may when a please.