Uncalled for a Senior Police officer gives his assessment of the force used against george floyd before he died testifying that it was totally unnecessary. Also taiwan prosecutors push to make an arrest over a train crash that killed at least 50 people. And east asia is relishing the early bloom of the Cherry Blossom this year but experts say its a strong indicator of Climate Change. Welcome to the program just as the u. S. Capitol was returning to somewhat normal after the riots of 3 months ago another incident has put the city back on alert on friday a man rubbed a car into police at a barricade outside the Capitol Building before jumping up with a knife one officer was killed and the attacker was shot dead Police Believe the incident was not terrorism related particle has the latest from washington d. C. Its happened again. Another attack on the u. S. Capitol suspect. This part into officers and then hit the north barricade barrier assets time the suspect exit the vehicle with a knife and hand the suspect is believed to be 25 year old noah Greene Police say he lunged at the officers and they shot him dead before his car rammed the steel barricade police say he ran over 2 officers William Evans and 18 year veteran of the force was killed his body escorted to the morgue by a long line of police cars the other officer was seriously injured i just ask that the public continue to keep Us Capitol Police and their families and in your prayers. This is been an extremely difficult time for u. S. Capitol police less than 3 months ago another member of the Capitol Police force died after trying to battle back a pro trump mob attempting to stop the election in that case reinforcements took hours but thousands of National Guard troops have been here since just after the january 6th attack and they quickly surrounded the building alert for a follow up attack that didnt come congress is not in session right now police say they had no intelligence on the south bank before this happened so now they start looking for a motive. Most of the fences that have surrounded the capital since the attempted insurrection have been taken down there were thousands fewer soldiers walking the grounds there was a sense that life here was going back to something approaching normal not now not after another deadly day in front of the symbol of american democracy. Aljazeera washington. P. J. Crowley is a full the Deputy White House press secretary and also served as a special assistant to the president s a National Security if as he says could have been. Theres still a lot we dont know but it could be that what we find out is that you have an individual attack you know involving some sort of mental instability some sort of perceived grievance against government and the use of a car as a Lethal Weapon this is actually the kind of threat that weve understood for decades and the barricade itself you know worked obviously you know we grieve the loss of one officer of the injury of another but but obviously didnt get in a position to threaten the capital that makes this a a very different kind of threat than what we saw in january 6 i dont think you know theres a connection other than the fact that that now the u. S. Capitol is seen as a target for people across you know with a range of of political views if somebody is determined to in this case perhaps you know you know enact a murder suicide you and i walking across a busy street somewhere would be vulnerable if someone wants to use a car as a as a weapon you know so theres a limit to what we can do in this particular case you know the individual did not threaten the capitol itself you know the congress was out of recess so this this is not a mass casualty situation as it could have. A Senior Police officer has taken the witness stand that the trial of direction of and whos accused of killing joel which Floyd Richard 7 testified that trayvon was decision to deal floyd snake was a totally unnecessary act of deadly foals Gabriel Elizondo has more from minneapolis. At the end of the 1st week of the derek show vun murder trial may have lacked the tearful emotion of the previous days but for the defense team it was perhaps the most devastating the jury her. From one of the highest ranking members of the Minneapolis Police force lieutenant Richard Zimmerman a nearly 40 year veteran and a homicide detective he was called onto the scene in the aftermath of floyds arrest and subsequent death to investigate in no Uncertain Terms he condemned show vince use of his knee choke hold on george floyd. What is your. You know your view that use of force. Necessary what do you mean. Pulling him down to the ground. And putting your knee on a knack for. That amount of time. Is just. Uncalled for. I saw no reason why the officers felt they were in danger if thats what they felt. And thats what they would have to feel to be able to use a kind of force. In an exclusive interview with 0 after the Court Proceedings had been adjourned for the week George Floyds uncle selwyn jones told me the family just wants justice all im doing is sitting back just waiting you know just waiting for that day because when i hear guilty i dont get to see him at thanksgiving or christmas or a hollowing i dont get the city anymore he dont get to see his baby he dont get me doing other things that hes supposed to be doing because somebody decided that that day he would be judge jury and executioner its extremely rare for Police Officers to testify against one of their own and the dramatic testimony caps a week that saw several witnesses break down in tears in front of the jury while recounting what it was like to watch george floyd. Who do you think is winning this case in the 1st week. Theres no doubt in the 1st week that the government put its best foot forward in one of the things that they did is used video repeatedly and in different ways to emphasize their point because video has that objectivity that no eyewitness is going to have however for many people here in the Africanamerican Community theres still a long way to go in this trial they have control right now were just theyre just whats in their opinion we dont have no control he cant see this judge kill still today they said not guilty he can walk away scot free before the trial will continue on monday and its expected prosecutors will continue to call more witnesses perhaps even the chief of police. Aljazeera and yeah police. Prosecutors entire wall have questioned the driver owner of a construction truck that rolled onto rail tracks just as the train was approaching at least 50 people who are reported dead it says taiwans worst rail disaster in 7 decades the 500 people aboard teaching is following developments for us from bangkok in neighboring thailand. We understand theyve been questioning the driver of this truck it was a crane truck a very substantial one he says according to the local media that he had engaged the handbrake and put rocks behind the back wheel to ensure that it didnt slip although its being reported that there doesnt appear to be evidence of that the scene. That was a good Engineering Company was being subcontracted by the taiwanese rail company so we understand that will be the focus of the investigation but theyre also going to be going in and recovering the carriages that the still inside we understand that at 10 pm last night the rescue operation was wrapped up the 1st responders saying that there was no nobody left inside the tunnel at the moment relatives of those thought to be amongst the missing are gathering for the Funeral Homes in the end we understand that 50 to 20 of the 50 people that have been identified and thats the process thats going to be ongoing today trying to identify those the bodies that they have but also identify anyone still missing. The International Criminal court says it welcomes a decision by the u. S. To lift sanctions and visa restrictions on its employees imposed by the trumpet ministration the i. C. C. Chief prosecutor and other top officials were amongst those targeted as the court began to investigate u. S. Troops for potential war crimes in afghanistan u. S. Secretary of state Antony Blinken says washington still disagrees with that and other investigations Steven Rattner is a professor of law at the university of michigan he says its another strong message from the by the ministration to its international partners. Well its a very significant move for the United States and i think its part of the basically 180 degree were in taishan of u. S. Foreign policy under the new by administration that said follows along with many other initiatives like rejoining the paris accord i think the u. S. Is trying to send a signal to 3 audiences here and i think 1st and most importantly perhaps our u. S. Allies many of whom are party to the i. C. C. Statute and who saw this move as complete sort of overkill in response to an investigation it would almost be like putting sanctions on the un secretarygeneral for just doing his job but secondly i think the u. S. Is trying to send a signal more positive relationship with the i. C. C. That it treats the i. C. C. Is a serious mechanism for accountability and its going to begin to engage and cooperate with the i. C. C. And then i think it sends a message to all other states that the u. S. Now trying to work with International Organizations and not go unilateral on all important issues so i think it means that i. C. C. Officials are now going to come to the United States i think you know i think may share information with them in their profit in the potential investigation of the taliban which will be very very helpful for bringing justice. For the taliban who committed war crimes and i think the u. S. Is going to be trying to explain to the i. C. C. Officials why charges should not be brought against any u. S. Forces either because no crimes were committed or because theyve been investigated whether they will succeed or not its way too early to see but it will be a dialogue and the u. S. I think figured that it was much more likely to meet its policy goals if they talk to the i. C. C. Than if it just rebuffed it. Well still ahead here on aljazeera the u. S. And iran are open to in direct talks as part of broader negotiations to salvage the frayed nuclear deal also gunfire is on the destruction of a house in indian administered kashmir locals accuse purity forces of heavy handedness. Here. Its time for the perfect jenin. Sponsored point Qatar Airways how i once again were still got some wintry weather to get out of the way for parts of the middle east northern parts of the middle east of course its a little bit of cloud just spilling out to turkey easing across Northern Syria northern parts of iraq just pushing across towards the caspian iran will see that a bit of which weather over the mountains but south of that it is generally dry not exactly find theres a brisk wind blowing through the gulf i think even here across or as we go through saturday some lifted just the sand to watch out for temperatures in doha at around 35 celsius it cools off a touch as we go through sunday that brisk wind still there temperatures at around 29. 00 degrees that wintry mix will make its way across that many start pushing across into northern parts of afghanistan but brighter skies coming back in behind and temperatures started to pick up at long last so too bad not too bad too across the whole of africa generally dry and fine here maybe one or 2 showers into southern parts of ethiopia the charity into uganda kenya could catch a shower too towards the west and maybe its was east as well tanzania also seeing some of those showers joining up as showers there and rot across the heart of africa right across into the gulf of guinea south africas generally settled and sunny well there are a few showers just hugging the eastern cape. Sponsored park Qatar Airways. Talking to aljazeera we are can you tell me what the government you represent is now illegitimate and we listen we did not sell the fence material for any country during your conflict in yemen we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on aljazeera play an Important Role protecting it with. Ringback face. Book about what you are just there with me still run a reminder of our top stories a man has rammed a car into police at a barricade surrounding the u. S. Capitol complex before jumping up with a knife one officer was killed and the attacker was shot dead the longest serving officer in the Minneapolis Police department has testified that the level of force used on george floyd was totally unnecessary Richard Simmons said floyd was no longer a serious threat once hed been handcuffed and prosecutors in taiwan have questioned the driver and owner of a construction truck that rolled onto rail tracks just as the train was approaching at least 50 people have died its taiwans worst rail disaster in 7 decades. The u. S. And iran will open in direct talks next week because the European Union spearheads efforts to salvage the 2015 nuclear deal participants in the according to china france italy and britain and theyll meet in vienna next week the u. S. Wont take part directly but for the 1st time since donald trump withdrew from the agreement in 28 team a u. S. Delegation will be present we are very clear eyed about the hurdles that remain these talks will be structured around working groups that the e. U. Is going to form with the remaining partners in the day c. P. O. Way including iran and the primary issues that will be discussed at the nuclear steps that iran would need to take in order to return to compliance with the j c p a way and the sanctions relief steps the United States would need to take in order to return to compliance as well we dont anticipate presently that there will be direct talks between the United States and iran through the process though we certainly remain open to them all official in washington looks at the u. S. Approach to these talks. We know that joe biden when he was campaigning to become president said it was his intention to go back into the Iran Nuclear Deal certainly over the last couple of months there have been talks between the american side and the iranians through intermediaries including the europeans trying to see if there was some way they could come to an agreement with neither side ready to make the 1st step they really were to stop the enrichment of uranium the said they would consider that if the United States lift sanctions or perhaps even gave them the 130000000000. 00 worth of oil sales cash that was frozen abroad neither side ready to make that 1st step so there have been discussions in appears theres no been a breakthrough its getting both sides together in the same city of perhaps not in the same room perhaps not face to face talks but certainly this is something that the United States are looking forward to from the state Department Just in the last 10 minutes of had this statement where they see that it is early days and while there is no signs of an immediate breakthrough in you dont anticipate an immediate breakthrough and there will be difficult discussions ahead we believe that this is a healthy step forward you have to remember a couple of things 1st of all that the iranians have a president ial election in june so the United States would be keen to at least get the workings of a new deal under way before then the other thing is that they want to talk about things outside the nuclear deal they dont just want to talk about and richmond and the process that was there before they also want to talk about missile testing and also whether or not iran will look at how it influences other countries in the region. 100000000. 00 people in the u. S. Have now received at least one dose of a covert 900. 00 vaccine thats roughly 30 percent of the population more than half of the people aged over 65. 00 and are fully vaccinated inoculations began in december but the number of infections is rising according to Johns Hopkins university the u. S. Is counting about 66000 new cases every day the u. S. Centers for Disease Control say fully vaccinated people can travel within the United States without getting tested or having to quarantine but while the c. D. C. Now considers them low risk its still advising against travel. Indias in the spotlight as demands took over 100. 00 vaccines grow its home to the syrup institute the Worlds Largest producer well which is supplying astra zeneca doses to 64. 00 poor and middle Income Countries through the uns kovacs program but about 19000000 jobs are being delayed india is holding the bank to help deal with soaring infections at home a disappointed African Union says this will mean its target to vaccinate 35 percent of the continents population this year will be missed and the e. U. His said to be after 10000000. 00 astra zeneca vaccines from India Serum Institute the u. K. Has ordered 5000000. 00 christians or they are kamar is associate director for Innovation Global Health institute in the us and he says India Serum Institute is under pressure to balance both domestic and international demand. India really has become though workhorse of manufacturing for vaccines largely through the Serum Institute of india kodaks facility is expecting to reach 2000000000 doses it through the kovacs mechanism this year and fully half of that more than a 1000000000 doses would come from the Serum Institute in india of both the astra zeneca as well as novaks and trying to balance that against the needs domestically with a population of 1300000000 and trying to make doses available to other countries around the world puts india and certainly institute in a very difficult position to try to balance all of those needs we need to see more vaccines actually become available with less reliance and whats a really concentrated market right now so some of the good news is that were starting to see increases in manufacturing capacity of some of the m. R. I. On a platform vaccine so with pfizer and by on tech now saying they can get to 2500000000 doses this year hopefully that opens up the possibility of a significant uptick through kovacs where right now its a fairly small commitment of 40000000 doses that could potentially increase significantly and trying to understand how we can ramp up manufacturing capacity in other low and middle Income Countries is also going to be important in the coming months. 3 suspected rebels have been killed in a gun fights an indian administered Kashmir Security forces raided a village and there were confrontations with residents up to please destroy the house during the operation as will. The people of this village near pawan in india that mr kashmir once Security Forces to leave. Protests followed what was an hours long gun battle in their community which sent several people to hospital and destroyed 2 homes police say at least 3 fighters were killed. In. The militants tried to break the cordon but Security Forces are tele ated and the militants entered the house the building was 3 stories and that 1st the militants took a few people as hostages. That was less than 24 hours after thursdays attack on the home of the local leader from indias governing b j p and trying to guard which killed a police officer. The civilians were also caught up in the fighting retired schoolteacher girl im not be dar as one of the victims being treated for his wounds. The Security Forces came and fired tear gas shells i didnt run as i thought im an elderly person they wont harm me the pellets were fired at me i fell and blood started losing from my back arms and abdomen i was covered in blood adil ahmed says this is his sisters x. Ray showing the bullet lodged inside her. Little one she was working at home and suddenly a bullet he will live far away from the gun battle site. In addition indian troops are accused of using explosives to destroy a Residential Property in which they suspect fighters are hiding something shaikh shall cut the leads is an act of collective punishment tal says have been good to continuously so many yes but no this seems to have. Impunity and not a good thing houses sold there the pop. Solution which how you dismiss the militants is. Destitute and im able to hide about them and who. Police say they have evidence that 3 individuals killed were involved in the attack on thursday. Aljazeera. Greece is accusing the Turkish Coast guard of helping people smugglers coast guard say theyve seen their turkish counterparts discoursing boats filled with refugees and migrants several times in the past 2 days theres been no reaction from turkey theyve previously accused greece of illegally sending people back without allowing them to apply for asylum is more of what greeces government had to say. Beyond doubt that these migrant departed that the shore and given the fact they were supported by katie were not that police were called on 10 people stand down and stop this on one that provides asian and it then these migrants tape it to teddy and live up to the 2016 joint statement on migration for United Nations peacekeepers have been killed in northern mali several others were injured in an attorney called the base in the northern town of agel hawk the u. N. Says the attack has also suffered heavy losses nobody has claimed responsibility but a number of armed groups operate in the region some of them affiliated with eisel. Zoom has been sworn in as the new president of nature its 1st transfer of power through the ballot box or just days earlier Security Forces said that they fold an attempted military coup and address has more from the capital niamey. After a decade in the shadows of his protests or. Emerged as the just democratically elected president. The day was also a historic one for the country it marked the 1st peaceful transition of power from one civilian government to another. The ceremony was overshadowed by a recent field cool and rising attacks by im groups along its borders the fact is many here who he will use his experience as former head of both the 40 and interior ministries to result listen or less security the most important is security people of new desperate for security 2nd to that is Good Governance and finally equity and justice but above all that they politicalization of governance which is very important we hope the president will appoint the right people in iraq positions devoid of partisanship but some believe that major politics and politicians will limit disability to deliver real change mohamed the hard work begins now it will need to unite a deeply divided nation whose stability is once again threatened by wednesdays failed cool but the president can count on Global Support judging from reactions on the failed cool however the biggest challenge to his presidency is not only having to deal with ambitious military officers but also the threat posed by book rahman armed groups based in neighboring mali a reality not lost on mr buzz him assumes to give his 1st address as president and then run. Something for a long time the criminals of the Islamic State in the greatest heart who are affiliated to dosh almost exclusively attack the defense and Security Forces but for some time theyve begun to attack a village chiefs and then progressively civilians in an indiscriminate manner since last january theyve been carrying out massacres of innocent civilians on a large scale and thereby committing war crimes terrorism is a misfortune for our country. I was predestined mohammad isa for it was a moment to fulfilment offering democratic or. For much of the country though the joy of this day will only be shared if mohamed will be able to bring stability and development to be here maybe trees aljazeera yami in northeast asia Cherry Blossoms are blooming and there are a sure sign that spring has sprung this year is the early as the season started and perhaps never the scientists are pointing at Climate Change robert bride reports from salt. Its an annual event in northeast asia that heralds the coming of spring and thats been getting earlier each year in tokyo the traditional viewing of the Cherry Blossom coincides with the lifting of pandemic state of emergency restrictions allowing people to take full advantage of the spectacle. Last year i couldnt come here due to the state of emergency so here i am its the earliest the blossom has bloomed here since official records began 70 years ago and historians delving into archives from the ancient capital of kyoto believe its the earliest the bloom has appeared for at least 1200 years of course. But when i was a High School Student Cherry Blossoms were still blooming around the start of the Academic Year in april i think the timing is getting earlier. The colder Korean Peninsula witness says its blossoming just after japan but not by much a rolling wave of color moving south to north as temperatures climb its the earliest that sol has seen Cherry Blossom since records began 99 years ago and its 3 days sooner than the previous record that was set only last year it coincides with higher than average temperatures and more hours of sunshine the same apparent result of a changing climate is being felt across south korea only the most southerly island of jeju was warm enough to support the growing of subtropical fruit but not any more species like passionfruit are now grown in greenhouses much further north and if areas in which subtropical fruits can be grown are expanding towards the southern central and northern parts of the country in japan in recent years the warming climate has meant more devastating summer rains and floods while the Korean Peninsula has suffered from more. Destructive typhoons the early blossom may portend a change in climate that will bring more extreme weather come the summer months but for now and appearing all the more beautiful given the fragility and transients of its existence the blossom is here to be cherished Robert Bright aljazeera so. The whole robin youre watching aljazeera these are the headlines a man has rammed a car into police at a barricade outside the u. S. Capitol complex before jumping out with a knife one officer was killed and the attack a name just 25 year old noah greene was shot dans particle haid has more on the suspect preliminary indications just from scrubbing social media seem to indicate a 25 year old man with potentially some pretty serious mental illness