A Natural Resources in the mediterranean. And illegal secret deals bogus lab data and cheap imports just the investigates corruption at iraqi agriculture. Thousands of mourners a brave long lines intense heat and the pandemic to pay their respects to george floyd in houston the city where he grew up in the past few minutes his coffin is arrived at the fountain of praise church in houston where mourners have gathered to pay their final respects the funeral due to get under way in around 2 hours from now george floyd was killed just over 2 weeks ago when a Police Officer knelt on his neck during an arrest aljazeera is john hendren is in houston. George floyds final journey brought him to his childhood home. This is my way of speaking out just by being present i would like to know how thats going to the top of my lungs because i know so many black like a speaker every black man but for every one that i know someone has a friend a Family Member or a relative someone that from Police Brutal
Aljazeera. And on the. Roof. I dont at all watching aljazeera thats for money about top stories this hour george fords calls and has arrived at the fountain of praise church and his hometown of houston where people have been gathering to attend his funeral his death in Police Custody sparked 2 weeks of protests across the u. S. And around the while. Hundreds of people have also gathered to pay their last respects to floyd in minneapolis the city where he died. And burundis president has died at the age of 55. 00 a government statement says he died of a homes attack on monday he was due to step down and organist off to the recent president ial election. Well lets take you back to houston now and the fountain of praise church where as you can see the beginnings of the funeral of george floyd are currently underway a large number of people have arrived we did see the reverend al sharpton walk in with George Floyds family now u. S. President ial democratic hopeful joe biden will not be att
A great powerful words from floyds mace calling for an end to racial injustice. And how you can split the starring role and you can achieve justice which is it hot place civil rights leader reverend al sharpton rebuke in President Trump for his handling of Police Brutality in america. We cannot leave just moment thinking we can once again turn away from racism and stings that are very strong at a video message from democratic president ial candidate joe biden reiterating the need for lost in change. George floyd is being laid to rest in Houston Texas to us weeks after he died under the knee of a Minneapolis Police officer his final words i can. And breathe became a rallying cry for a Global Movement against racism and Police Brutality the ford family was joined by others whove lost loved ones of the hands of those meant to protect them is nice said that as long as shes breathing justice will be served. Show no remorse while i smoke was so leave his body he bade him plead it many times
Now voting begins in just under 2 hours time in the u. K. Were opinion polls point to a narrow victory for Prime Minister Boris Johnsons conservative party but the prospect of a Hung Parliament thats where theres no clear winner still cant be ruled out and that raises the possibility of being further delayed or even canceled need reports from london. After touring the country Boris Johnson was back in the capital to deliver his final Campaign Message the conservative partys lead in opinion polls has narrowed ahead of the vote anything less than a majority could be disastrous for the conservatives and johnsons hopes of delivering breaks it opposed 24 hours to end the deadlock 24 hours to break the gridlock 24 hours in which we can remove the parliamentary roadblock and get a working majority for a sensible moderate dynamic one nation conservative. The labor leader Jeremy Corbyn was also back in london labor may be lagging in the opinion polls but corbin is optimistic of a last minute su
Got to come away with something hes got a very very narrow majority in the countrys parliament he doesnt control the senate so certainly he will want to return to islamabad with something tangible out of his meeting with President Trump to be able to shore up the position of his government like in washington thank you. Im still ahead on the program set for an unprecedented majority in ukraines president followed him as a lengthy snap election gamble pays off. On burning anger in the philippines thousands protest against president bush rico to take his state of the union address. So we got a really ramping up across western parts of europe at the moment might see want to see records broken over the next couple of days the air being pushed in from the south quite a bit of cloud here just tumbling across scotland down into the north sea running across scandinavia pushing down into the low countries and that will make its way further east with will be some showers and thunder pools certain