On our toes as aljazeera live from london also coming up china warns the u. K. To back off as britain talks of offering citizenship to millions of hong kong residents. And about turn from swedens top epidemiologists good myths the country should have done more to curb coronavirus. And taking it to the streets we look at one mans mission to increase testing in the u. S. Communities hit hardest by the pandemic. And we begin in the u. S. State of minnesota where the attorney general is due to charge 3 other Police Officers involved in the death of george floyd according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune theyll be charged with aiding and abetting murder the white explain their children who pressed a need to floyds neck for more than 8 minutes will also have his charge elevated to 2nd degree murder ford son quincy has visited a makeshift shrine at the minneapolis Street Corner where the 46 year old died last week the death has sparked widespread on rest and protests across the United States a
The next thirty minutes turkey syria and russia react with fury and concern to the latest u. S. Plan for kurdish and rebel fighters. A walkway collapses at the Indonesian Stock Exchange building injuring at least seventy five people in a shower of glass and day. Also the government attacked the only functioning airport in libyas capital shutting it down. Welcome to the program two suicide bomb blasts during monday morning rush hour in baghdad have killed at least thirty eight people close to one hundred others were injured and more fatalities are feared its the fourth attack in the iraqi capital in the past forty eight hours a solid binge of it how small. Bodies were scattered all over the street in central baghdad two suicide bombers detonated their explosives during morning rush hour in tehran square dozens were killed and wounded chocolate bars sold in the busy marketplace were scattered in the debris and blood. Its become a deadly routine as people of the iraqi capital quickly try
A political solution in syria under threat turkey warns the us against a plan to establish a kurdish led Border Security force in Northern Syria president is accusing washington of forming what he calls a tether on me and is vowing to crush it will explore where this leaves the various peace initiatives on syria also on the great tensions in the sky over the gulf qatar denies u. A. E. Claims that its fighter jets intercepted and iraqi civilian aircraft this amid a blockade against. The u. A. E. Egypt and bahrain which began in june last year and what would Martin Luther king say to donald trump as america celebrates the legacy of a civil rights icon a u. S. President is still having to defend himself against accusations that he is a racist after several days of controversy over his alleged remarks about haiti and african countries. Mohammed president wrexham. That allowed women to buy alcohol for the first time in sixty years and it sparked a strong reaction online we have all the late
Prorussian separatists battle in the east. An israel i air strike has destroyed a multistory Apartment Building in gas actual the army says hamas fighters were inside. Dissipate calls for israel and palestinian factions to call a ceasefire and resume negotiations, there has been continued fighting in gaza. Two palestinians were killed in an israeli air strike on sunday. 11 were killed in attacks on saturday. Well, Jane Ferguson is our correspondent in gas, a been following events for us over this last 24 hours. People waking up to yet more destruction in the strip, jane, just bring us up to speed on the latest developments. Reporter those air strikes that you mention are ongoing. Just within the last hour we have heard more air strikes in this area that i am standing in gaza city. There has been no let up in the air strikes despite hopes that peace talks could resume in cairo, as you mentioned at least two People Killed overnight. But there were huge scenes of destruction in both citie
Investigation. And today the u. N. Security council is expected to vote on a resolution calling for full access to the crash site and an International Investigation. Well check in with our nbc colleagues in russia in a couple minutes. Also, we are closely following the situation in the middle east. Israeli air strikes pounding gaza again today. Officials say more than 500 palestinians have been killed since the beginning of the offensive. Yesterday was the deadliest day. 20 israelis have been killed including 13 soldiers who died during heavy fighting yesterday. And the u. N. Security general and u. S. Secretary john kerry are headed to egypt for talks on the crisis. Israel has every right in the world to defend itself, but were hopeful, very hopeful that we can quickly try to find a way forward to put a ceasefire in place so that the underlying issues, so that we can get to the questions, but you cannot reward terrorism. There cant be a set of precondition demands that are going to be