Will look at how the attacks continue online and all creatures great and small the role biodiversity based on our planet and the unprecedented threat its now face. Thank you very much for joining us we begin in the United States where 10 nights of nationwide protests have given way to a somber Memorial Service for george floyd in minneapolis he was celebrated by civil rights leaders and family members while thousands of others across the u. S. Boss to remember him his last words i cant brief have now become a rallying point against Police Brutality and systemic racism john hendren has our report from minneapolis. The Minneapolis Police chief took a knee as the hearse bearing george floyd passed a barrel of respect for the man whose death at the hands of his officers launched a national movement. Inside a minneapolis Memorial Service george floyd was remembered as a family man a gentle giant who adored his 6 year old daughter giana now fatherless its crazy. All these people came to see my brother and thats amazing to me that he touched so many people hawt. He was also remembered as the spark that set off often fiery protests in more than a dozen cities across the u. S. A movement the reverend al sharpton urged mourners throughout the country to continue its time for us to stand out in charges made and say good job and meet. This crowd of hundreds of people didnt come with invitations they came to pay their respects to george ford and theres such a demand to do so that there will be multiple Memorial Services one in his state of birth North Carolina on saturday another in his former hometown of houston on monday and then a funeral on tuesday. As the memorial took place a key demand of the floyd family was fulfilled 3 of the Police Officers who detained floyd in his final moments faced hearings for new charges of aiding and abetting 2nd degree murder the 4th officer derek children who note on floyds neck saw the charges against him elevated from 3rd degree murder to 2nd degree a charge that suggests the killing of floyd was intentional but for those mourning the 46 year old man the charges mark just the beginning. Of this going on. With the floyd needs to live soon as floyd family prepares to take him from his adopted home city for the last time the demonstrations that began when he uttered his final words i cant breathe continue john hendren aljazeera minneapolis. On tensions have eased in many cities across the United States while demonstrations have continued to they have been peaceful and some nights have been canceled rob reynolds reports. Large peaceful protests like this one at the Martin Luther king memorial in washington continued around the u. S. Demonstrators are demanding justice for george floyd and other africanamericans killed by police an end to Police Brutality and the dismantling of. The 2 tional ised racism. Rallies marches sit in and other forms of protest filled the streets in new york city in Houston Texas philadelphia and Pittsburgh Pennsylvania and Charleston South Carolina among many other cities there has been more fallout from the heavily criticized order for police to violently clear the streets outside the white house before President Donald Trump performed a staged photo of 2 republican senators broke ranks with trump following a scathing rebuke from former Trump Defense secretary james mattis who blasted trump for deliberately seeking to divide the country and undermining the constitution by threatening to deploy the military to crush protests general badasses letter was a stunning and powerful general mattis is a man of extraordinary sacrifice hes an American Patriot general john allen the former commander of u. S. And nato forces in afghanistan also harshly criticized trump stunt saying it quote may well signaled the beginning of the end of the american experiment unquote House Speaker nancy pelosi sent trump a letter demanding to know what federal Law Enforcement agencies are confronting protesters personnel from agencies that never deal with protests have been thrown into the mix in washington raising an outcry in congress i think we know that many of the unmarked security. In downtown d. C. Were bureau of prisons riots police begs the question why the hell are bureau of prisons riot police. Down working a protest trip spend Time Thursday conferring with his Campaign Team polls show him trailing Democrat Joe Biden nationally and in key swing states new polling also Shows Americans disapprove by wide margins of trumps him playing of the protests robert oulds aljazeera at 2 Police Officers have been suspended in buffalo new york after a video showed them shoving a 75 year old man to the Ground Police were clearing the area where protests was finishing when the man was pushed down. A man is now in a serious but stable condition in hospital. Brian brown says he was deeply disturbed by the video on the new York Governor Andrew Cuomo called a disgraceful house where police in australia are trying to ban a black lies not of protests planned for saturday the previous day 2000 people demonstrated in camera and in solidarity with the United States and also highlighting racial inequality at home authorities have asked australias top court to deem saturdays ronnie in sydney legal to fear the coronavirus spreading if hundreds and hundreds of thousands of people turn out then theyre in breach of the whole florida if i havent complied with the Supreme Court and obviously all the Police Powers that are available to us can be used but we would match rather see a peaceful outcome. Live to our correspondent in sydney nicholas geisha nick you know why is it is it only one state pushing to ban these protests and do you think people will sell a tent. Well thats a good question the reason why New South Wales is the only one those because of corona virus essentially New South Wales has had the highest number of corona virus infections in a strike and we have had several protests across the country over the past week since the death of george floyd in the United States but they have been relatively small and these events that is planned for saturday in sydney is expected to see more than 10000 people attend and that calls the Prime MinisterScott Morrison to come out and say well that would really put back all of the hard work that weve done to keep corona virus infection writes down and Gladys Berejiklian the New South Wales premier has been the only leader to see the police in her stand state try and ban this kind of event so its being taken to the Magistrates Court to determine whether it will still go ahead the big question will be whether these protesters still show up if the event is bent police have said that there are no Public Gallery names are allowed more than 500. 00 people and fines will be put in place if they do show up but its important to know is that the demonstrations in australia are on to only to support the black club smash it campaign in the United States but its also to shine a light on some of the injustices that the kids are saying happening against indigenous australians there is a disproportionate number in casa righted and deaths in custody of Indigenous People have been rising thank you for that nicola gage live for a city in sydney. In other world news a u. S. Navy veteran has arrived in switzerland after being released by iran Michael White had been detained since 2018 and this comes a day after any raney and scientists returned to tehran after being freed from a prison in the United States victoria good to be reports. A free man Michael White arrived in zurich on his way home to the United States the u. S. Navy veteran had been held by iran for almost 2 years i would do want to extend my personal thanks to the president for his efforts both diplomatically and otherwise in making America Great again and for whats going to happen here in the future white was released as part of the deal that saw Washington Free american iranian scientists sirus askari hes now back in tehran irans foreign minister tweeted that another iranian american baiji to harry had to say be released from u. S. Custody to go sharing with the iranians is never a linear process theres a lot of stops and starts you have to be very patient this is a regime that has been taking americans hostage for 41 years and our diplomacy has been successful and were going to keep working at it its the 2nd prisoner swap jail in 6 months in december eram released the u. S. The chinese american student held for 3 years on widely disputed espionage charges in exchange for the release of a detained iranian scientist President Trump spoke to white once hed landed in switzerland and tweeted his thanks to iran saying it was proof a deal was possible with 10 friends trump pulled out of the Irans Nuclear cooled and imposed crippling economic sanctions he says he wants to negotiate a new deal tensions hit crisis point in january when a u. S. Asteroid killed a rainy and general customs on the money Near Baghdad International Airport the prisoner swap is a rare example of cooperation between tehran and washington but deep divisions remain victoria aljazeera. And still ahead on aljazeera possible coronavirus calmer our politicians and doctors seem to be giving 2 very different diagnosis on the situation in nicaragua. And of their plans of clouds and plenty of rain very widespread throughout much of europe we can see a massive cloud and theres plenty more spinning in but we have got some nice weather this is into southern germany a beautiful scene there looking towards the alps not quite as beautiful maybe about the skies over minsk and batteries and dark storm clouds gathering on plenty of those as we go through friday it really is very unsettled this huge line of blue you can see this is a frontal system work its way slowly east was in on the tail end of this particular rain across into areas of actually pushing across into the balkans and then across the northwest we have this new system this area of low pressure this will bring some very strong winds throughout friday really pushing across much of the u. K. Cold air a funneling down all the while and the system will sing south as a go through saturday so bringing the rain further tools the south its not across much of western europe on saturday but some very heavy spells still into areas of france and across into the line of the into the southeast but it is actually beginning finally to fail at it will with even athens at 26. 00 we might just see one or 2 showers at the tail end of a system impacting that will bring rain showers on into china sea as we go through friday very windy conditions libya they will go through saturday and sunday warm to the north of there 30 celsius is the high in tripoli. For. Short films of hope and inspiration and. A series of short personal stories that highlight the human triumph against the odds. Aljazeera selects. Youre watching aljazeera live from doha a reminder of our top stories memorials have been held in honor of george floyd in the u. S. Cities of minneapolis and new york the 46 year old africanamerican died after a Police Officer knelt on his neck during an arrest nationwide protests were temporarily pause for the Memorial Services in la police in australia have asked the course to deem a black eyes matter protests planned for saturday illegal they say it could spread covert 19 thousands of people across australia have been protesting in solidarity with the demonstrations in the west a lot also decrying injustices at home and a u. S. Navy veteran has arrived into its main down to being released by iran Michael White had been detained since 2018 President Donald Trump thanks tehran for his release on wednesday iranian scientists heroes as gary arrived home after being freed from the u. S. Prison. Now its been 3 years since an air and land and sea blockade was imposed on qatar by egypts bahrain and its neighbors the United Arab Emirates sent saudi arabia but despite recent efforts to deescalate tensions there is no end in sight to the worst political crisis in the gulf region. Reports. Many the 20th 2017 donald trump arrives this sunday rabia his 1st trip abroad as u. S. President trumps a was to have wealthy gulf nations joining the u. S. Bid to defeat i still to help the war in syria and contain what the u. S. Described as irans growing influence but that was a short lived hope 4 days later the website of qatars news agency was hacked. Act and fabricated statements boasted attribute it to the emir of qatar critical of u. S. Policies in the region the Washington Post subsequently cited u. S. Intelligence officials saying the u. A. E. Orchestrated the hacking that was just the beginning on june the 5th sardi arabia the u. A. E. Bahrain and egypt severed diplomatic ties with qatar and imposed a land sea and air blockade which continues and to now the qatari government strongly denies allegations of supporting extremism qatar also condemned a list of demands from the quartet as a breach of sovereignty the 13 demands included big relations with iran closing a Turkish Military base and shutting down the Aljazeera Media Network there is no appetite at the moment in the International Community to to get involved in the gulf crisis the covert 19 condemning it has really consumed pretty much any policymaking capacity in western capitals and other International Capitals everybodys looking at dealing with that pandemic any insecurities across the middle east and the gulf crisis just one of many crisis in the middle east have been put on the back burner this is the man widely seen by qatar as the architect of the blockade mohammed the crown prince of all the b. And effectively the ruler of the United Arab Emirates benz daid and saudi arabias crown Prince Mohammed bin sandman both strongly oppose calls for democratic reforms that have gained momentum in the region since the arab spring uprisings 9 years ago. This is the law and were going to be that was small too little on the challenges are huge were talking thats not about the. Challenges and threats that we are talking about no well. You know you can all mix. In that mix social environment and all of these as well as of course the hard security all of the only. Reason works together as well you know. Qatar has ruled out withdrawing from the g. C. C. And says it welcomes talks with its rivals but only when the blockade is lifted according to the wall street journal trump has recently called on sandy arabia and the u. A. E. To and their ban on Qatari Airlines using their airspace but this was turned down by the saudis and emirate is who believe the risk reactions are their only leverage to extract concessions from qatar the role kate has left lasting ones for qatar raise they hope their gulf wire voles will mend the diplomatic rest one day but qatar and the sandy lead quartet remain divided over a wide range of issues that reconciliation may take a long time about aljazeera doha. Well as you heard there one of the incidents that led up to the book was the hacking of qatars news agency 3 is on disinter mation Network System active spreading rumors that tend to jump from twitter to use papers for indicating countries most are aimed at discrediting katanas ruling royal family in the past few months for example qatar has denied unconfirmed reports it was planning to leave the Gulf Cooperation Council before that they were rumors of a coup attempt all based on a fake video in april saudi owned. News arabia and b. B. C. Arabic all we ported very qatari dissident had been killed in a doha prison or has since deleted their reports the country government told the news agency that the 1st this Information Campaign back in 2017 was unprecedented but that people no longer take them seriously while i speak to Mark Owen Jones about this his an assistant professor of middle east studies at hamad bin honey for university i