Will Cover Communications with south korea. And will look at how despite being in the new coronavirus an epi center cuba has managed to keep that 19 at bank. Thousands of mourners have braved the long lines intense heat and the pandemic to pay their respects to george floyd in houston the city where he grew up he was killed just over 2 weeks ago when a Police Officer knelt on his neck youre going to rest john hendren reports from houston. George floyds final journey brought him to his childhood home tell this is my way of speaking just by being present i would like to know how to trouble my loved ones that know so many black like a speaker every black man that everyone that i know. If someone has a friend a Family Member or a relative someone that died from Police Brutality and you need to stop at fountain of praise church mourners paid their respects to the open casket inside some who knew him others inspired by the National Movement his death represents every one cd so you can see why we need to do it so we dont have to do this again be the last sunday we did as a concert. As a collective holiday disobey to last me in a room they came 15 at a time for up to 10 minutes with masks and social distancing to protect from corona virus for which floyd tested positive in april and in his autopsy George Floyds body has traced the path of his life the 1st in a series of memorials began in minneapolis where he died beneath a Police Officers knee and never was held in the state of North Carolina where he was born both through thousands and now after this viewing in houston on tuesday there will be a funeral after which he is buried next to his mother. His death his inspired nearly 2 weeks of protests from washington d. C. To los angeles as mourners passed by floyds casket in houston the officer who knelt on his neck derek children appeared in court in minneapolis officer doric children should be tried to a couple murdered because of what he did was premeditated he knew what he was doing he should be treated like any other civilian would be treated if they would murder somebody like the way mr play with murder on tuesday his funeral will feature the reverend al sharpton civil rights lawyer Benjamin Crump in a video by former Vice President joe biden who met privately with floyds family on monday his death inspired a movement but his family says on tuesday they will celebrate his life which inspired them john hendren aljazeera houston. Told troys brother says his family will not give up its fight for justice. Im just right now we should leave everybody come out. To 1st of life be here just hope. Thank you all so much. For coming out what. Oh the family will be to day. By. Your. Brother. I think you know we will just. We would not let your close. As john hendren mentioned former Police Officer Derek Sheldon made his 1st Court Appearance hes facing charges including 2nd degree murder by a has been set at more than a 1000000. 00 the tashi good name followed the proceedings in minneapolis. It was a quick preliminary hearing as they usually are chauvelin gave perfunctory answers when called on and the judge gave the prosecution everything they asked for the judge set bail at 1250000. 00 without any conditions but of chauvelin can come up with 1000000. 00 he could get out on bail as long as he abides by the following conditions he does not leave the state of minnesota without permission he surrenders his gun and permits he does not have any contact with George Floyds family and he does not attempt to work in Law Enforcement or any kind of security job shoguns charges were upgraded last week once these Minnesota Attorney general took over the case the 2nd degree murder charge in the state of minnesota means that the prosecution would have to prove that show vin killed george floyd intentionally or that he killed floyd while committing another felony it is predicted that the prosecution will take that latter strategy the attorney general has already said that this will be a difficult case to get a conviction on he is asking for the publics patience but of course protesters have 0 patience especially when lives are at stake iran has announced it will execute a man it says helped the u. S. Assess the nations top general comes some sort of money a judiciary spokesman said in a rainy and citizen gave information about the moneys whereabouts to the cia and to the Israeli Intelligence agency mustnt say the money was killed by a u. S. Drone strike in iraq in january prior to his assassination iranian authorities said it for the plot to kill him in october of 2019 sampras ravi has more on the announcement from tehran. So the morning was an incredibly Popular Military leader here in iran seen by many people in the country as sort of clean from a lot of the political problems the domestic leadership had experienced he was head of the elite quds force responsible for the revolutionary guards missions abroad basically responsible for irans Foreign Military assets today just the 1st weve really heard of this man whose name is mahmoud mud and it appears that he has been condemned by the iranian government for espionage on have you know charges now as you know charges are something very fierce here in iran by iranians and foreigners alike it is a weapon that the government wields anytime it suspects someone of participating in activity that it deems inappropriate so these are charges that are faced by many people very often but one of the things we have to keep in mind with this execution. Verdict is that there isnt a great deal of transparency when it comes to anything that the conjecture does specifically when it comes to espionage related cases so this is the 1st time weve heard of this mans name many journalists here has done that as well there wasnt even Public Information about any ongoing chasens into so the moneys death but they say that this gentleman had passed by the information about the codes worse and about salute moneys movements specifically to israeli and american intelligence officials that helped in his targeted killing back in january but we have to keep in mind that the judiciary in iran has come under criticism by human rights organizations for not being transparent enough and not giving defendants your propre legal help that they need to defend themselves. Libyas National Oil Corporation says an armed force which it did not identify has entered an oil field in the self and demanded employees shut it down in a statement the company told its workers not to obey those orders the amount of pipeline running from shut out of oil fields reopened on sunday after being closed by fighters in january or lord holy fire have those forces seized the fields during an offensive early last year. A head is in tripoli and says the reasons for the forced shutdown are still unclear. Its not known until this moment the affiliation of that Armored Group as the National Oil Corporation does the state oil for posting that. Group for said another closure of all showed our oil field the country is it Biggest Oil Field about 700 kilometers south of the capital tripoli then you see seems to be very concerned about the consequences of this force its closure especially it says that the closure will definitely affect the equipment the pipelines and will have a major impact on the production as well as you know kim that. Oil field that supports. Its link to. Our oil compound so half of that Oil Production comes from im sure other goes for exports the other have goes to the leader finally there and so you only finery about 50 kilometers west of tripoli and from there its been distributed to many areas in western libya so it will definitely have a major impact if this continues we know that and the past. Militiamen are very fortunate although the closure of several times over the past year but this time according to the state oil firm the National Oil Corporation does not know its not known as of yet the identity of that group and why the have they have conducted that closure. Still ahead here on aljazeera why locusts opposing a big economic threat to pakistan then coronavirus. And we look at how people in foreign parts of the country are managing without medically approved face falls. Hello weve got the usual heat of the day showers across much of Southeast Asia plenty of big downpours are rolling through here weve got the fairy wet weather still affecting eastern parts of indonesia and yesterday 144 millimeters here that was actually the wettest place anywhere on earth the heavy showers will continue across the side of indonesia as we go through the next couple of days so some very heavy showers to just keep in this little slot just storms that we have to the east of the philippines that will bring some unusually wet weather in here as well over the next day china continues to see the live showers showers running across into thailand as well for some archer not too bad he to the day showers again coming through here and java a similar picture but a lot of dry weather and sunshine as well a lot of dry weather and sunshine into australia but we have got a few showers just pushing in making their way towards the east coast around our area of High Pressure with the High Pressure light winds clear skies good after a very cold start on tuesday temperatures no higher so it falling back to around 2 degrees celsius overnight so on queues unusually cold this early in the showers around the east coast on wednesday much of australia is fine in try because showers for w. A. But. When youre from a neighborhood. You have to fight to defy stereotypes. The stories we dont often hear told by the people who live them. Sound. On aljazeera. Or are. The. Others. Youre watching are just there a reminder on our top stories this hour thousands of mourners have been paying their respects to george for it out of a moral and Houston Texas thats where he put his family says it will continue the fight for justice for aids funeral take place later on tuesday. Iran has announced it will execute a man it says helped the u. S. Assassinations top general concepts are limiting its accusing an iranian citizen of telling the cia and israels Intelligence Agency sort of money is whereabouts. Libyas National Oil Corporation says an armed force which it did not identify has entered an oil field and the self demanded workers shut down the company says its told employees not to obey those orders. North korea has threatened to cut communication with south Korea State News Agency says it will close a hotline as a 1st step towards ending all contact want seoul to stop defect is sending propaganda leaflets over the border south Koreas Unification Ministry is urging pyongyang to Keep Communications open mcbride is in seoul and says relations have been going backwards for months and certainly for the south korea this is being regarded as a very serious setback into a career in relations weve had hints that things have been moving in these this kind of direction in recent weeks attacks from the north are being getting particularly bellicose and then last week we had direct threats from north korea that they were going to close down this Liaison Office that exist in the border city of case all between north and south if south korea didnt stop these groups of defectors as they often do releasing these balloons that float across the d. M. Z. With north korea carrying propaganda messages against the north it is something which always outraged. It is north korea and they have now used this the stance of lee is the reason why they are cutting off these lines of communication interestingly when they made this threat last week the south korean north already has moved very quickly within a matter of a few hours in trying to bring in some legislation to make it harder for these groups to fly balloons so it does seem as though the South Koreans realize that we were at some sort of Tipping Point while they have the North Koreans are now seem to be carrying through on this threat to cut all these lines of communication are these lines of communication most of them have been established since 2017 which is when the relations between north and south were at their lowest ebb and it means that if they go through with this threat to cut this last line of communication today tuesday the only means of direct communication between north and south would be by megaphone across the barbed wire which is put this back in the bag old bad old days of 2017 but what of course we dont have is the same level of tension because of the Nuclear Missile testing with south korea will certainly hope this does not have all the return to. Taiwan says its air force has warned off chinese fighter jets its government says Chinese Super 30 warplanes approached the island southwest on tuesday and briefly entered its airspace china has ramped up what it calls island encirclement trail since Pro Independence president. Was 1st elected 4 years ago i think and it is time want to be part of its territory for graham on web is a geo strategic defense analyst and Research Fellow at s. Rajaratnam school of International Studies and he joins us now from singapore thank you for your time so taiwan says it warned off chinese aircraft from its air space but that wont be the way china views it at all when it. Absolutely. The chinese e a completely different that this is is another case of intrusion into our taiwans espys because there is no inclusion to be had simply because i one when i read Chinese Government isnt perceived to be an independent fully independent or to be a sovereign entity in its eyes so it is an anon issue a nonstarter on the chinese side but for the time when he is this is very disconcerting because this is part of our sunstein policy of intimidation and in our results on fighting ones not moments in which this intrusion. As one of our own intuitions already this year and 2020 i think this intrusion were looking at 10 incursion into a time when hes s. B. S. Look at a 10 intrusions this year do you expect to see this sort of thing happen more often given the state of relations between taiwan and china right now definitely theres more yet to come our various reasons as you know the hong kong issue is bad relations whats going on here. The Chinese Communist party is on those some of them are pressure a pressure this pressure as exultant by the chinese populace themselves who are expect china to have a farm hand on its various territories for current and future territories and taiwan which at some point needs to be cooled by the by the mean and so our china can be perceived to be weak and therefore it is losing these intrusions to make a point on the titans are ok given how much scrutiny china is under right now with the coronavirus might taiwan be providing some sort of distraction. So definitely i mean right now china is under immense pressure well on an International Level of course because of the concerns about chinas rule in an early are on the dont call 100 virus or the comparable which many. Observers in the International Community and so you are not helping the situation where we are in terms of the spread and therefore theres a lot of pressure particularly exhorts and by the some administration making sure that china is brought to task and they have solved this. Very convenient destruction awards which were chinese population also the Chinese Government as well thanks so much for your time and your analysis there for him on the web a geo strategic defense analyst its one in 260 refugees have arrived in malaysia despite efforts to stop them police intercepted their boat off the island of long collie reported to have been at sea for nearly 4 months hundreds of others are fit to be stranded. The Afghan Government has released another 250. 00 taliban prisoners bringing the total to more than 3000. 00 its part of the dohar agreed that the us taliban deal signed in february stipulated that the Afghan Taliban set free 1000. 00 Security Forces in exchange the prisoner swap is said to be a confidence Building Measure for talks between the government and the taliban. Eunice i seem has more now from kabul. The prisoner swap continues in afghanistan in the early hours of this morning the government has released 250 taliban prisoners so far the taliban has released approximately 500 Security Forces and this is one of the most important steps toward in traffic and talks the complete of the prisoner swap the u. S. Special representative to afghanistan. Has spent the last 2 days in doha and in islamabad in doha he made the Senior Leadership of the taliban and in islamabad in pakistan he made the top military officials and today the top military chief military of pakistan has arrived to afghanistan to kabul where he met the president of. Swarms of locusts spreading across pakistan are posing a bigger threat to the economy than the coronavirus experts say the insects came from africa have been damaging crops and orchards since april agriculture accounts for about 20 percent of economic output is going out to call hydro who is in the capital islamabad call is this impacting the Food Supply Chain what is the government able to do. Well the moment disrupted the Food Supply Chain however just to give you a little bit of a background earlier. d from africa through young saudi arabia to iran and then came across into pakistan now died because of the fact that that conflict going on and did a b. In pregnant women and all and showed that they did not do anything against the. Emergency had become a big problem because it now 57000000. 1000000. From the now earlier in january the pakistani government imposed an emergency they went into and emergency. Up to 10. Days trained and how to fight the braves and then decide they have now found. And are training local farmers of course there is a 50 percent of the labor force in employed and the agricultural sector. To the countrys gross gross domestic. And also at the same time up to 40 percent of. The coming months right now the. Big trade because cotton is a big big Foreign Exchange so indeed an emergency has now been. That national. Had been set up and have been set up for the local farmers to call their digital. Administration. And of course this is proving to be a huge challenge given the fact that date is right in the number of 19. Well to that and come up resources are being focused on fighting this locust invasion what does that mean for the coronavirus if it. Only because even on the corona front. Being all well read and. The economy taken a big hit and obviously the local. Dangerous. Countries already and in berlin name me go. To management. That they have cleaned n. A. T. O. A 1000000. That did. Grow up there had been going to do we grow up sugarcane crop and so did a war against gain by getting the local grade thank you for that at the high the live from is not. Staying in pakistan most people are unable to afford high quality mosques as for Haleigh Mohammed reports some are making their own but many dont offer enough protection. Face mosques are the latest essential item for many in pakistan as a threat of corona virus spreads but with a population of 200000000 people appropriate protective equipment isnt affordable for everyone. In poor neighborhoods and markets in the capital mosques come in different colors and of materials sold for one cent each. Kiani selling mosques has improved the business. So these mosques and sell them at cheaper price to earn a living for my family as people can afford a quality mosque. Well these mosques the cheap theyre not medically approved and theyre not sterile yeah everybody on the younger people. On the hygienic but im only buying it just to avoid Police Arrest says the government restrictions in mid may it declared Wearing Masks compulsory in public spaces but in the slums on the outskirts of islamabad having a face mask to combat the virus is a luxury families here barely have the basics medical staff working without surgical masks have also threatened to go on strike this week. Tell you use Health Care Staff dont have enough protective kits given by the government on the other side that was the wrong policy to ease the lockdown without when his Campaign People are now using unhygienic homemade masks and that was one of the main reasons of corona virus spreading across pakistan. Infection numbers have grown since markets reopened the government has rejected calls to impose tough lockdown restrictions because of Economic Loss and unemployment more than 100000 people have tested positive for the virus and medical experts warn. The next 2 weeks will be critical for pakistan really mohammed al jazeera. Researchers at Harvard Medical School say the corona virus may have been spreading in china last august there is much earlier than when tossed as were 1st identified in december they analyzed data covering new hardware the virus originated the team found hospital visits increase that month and more people were looking up symptoms on search engines. The russian capital is lifting its coronavirus Lockdown People in moscow can now move around freely without the need to self isolate more businesses of reopening including beauty salons and veterinary clinics russia has the 3rd highest number of confirmed cases in the world nearly half a 1000000 but the number of infections in the capital has fallen to about 2000 a day. That america has been hit hard by the Global Pandemic but the caribbean island nation of cuba has gone 9 days without a death from covert 19 by the rebel has more. Than ever this is become a relatively normal scene in havana cuban doctors going door to door screening for any symptoms of coke at 19 the earth you know im on the its a strategy that has apparently paid off monday morning 9 days without any new coronavirus deaths in the country its sort of the most of whom i believe that these results are based on or care protocols they are based on the facts 1st Early Detection is important because we can do that take the person with several days of evolution of the disease would serial days of symptoms the bus abilities or decrease an early addiction is achieved through screening through case funding from. Many latin american countries are struggling to curb coronavirus contagion but compared to the rest of the region cuba is miles ahead when it comes to containment im white i dont know im not we see once again that despite having the difficulties were going through our country has managed to control the epidemic and has achieved figures that are reasonable relative to the rest of the continent and despite not being developed countries weve achieved good control of the pandemic. The streets of the cuban capital are once again filling up albeit with a great amount of care as many who bencher outside do so wearing face masks which have become mandatory by the government refusing to wear one could lead to a fine arrest. Cubas success in mitigating contagion is being seen as a ray of hope for the region though International Health experts warn that in other parts of latin america the hardest days are still to come so theres a lot of work that needs to be done and we need everyone to remain focused on achieving the goal at hand which is stopping this pandemic which is suppressing transmission and saving lives and theres a lot more work to do so lets celebrate the successes that we do. I have but lets remain focused on the remaining work that needs to be done because unfortunately this is far from. With no new reported deaths and over a week authorities have declared the outbreak in cuba under control when lit up a little. Result as there are these are the top stories thousands of mourners have been paying their respects to George Floyds at a memorial in Houston Texas where he grew up his family says it will continue the fight for justice floyds funeral will take place later on tuesday iran has announced it will execute a man it says helped the u. S. Assassinate its top general custom sort of money its accusing an iranian citizen of telling the cia and israels Intelligence Agency sort of moneys whereabouts said he has more from tehran this is the 1st weve really heard of this man whose name is mahmoud so much and it appears that he has been condemned by the iranian government for espionage on has been no charges no espionage charges or something very few years here in iran by iranians or its like it is a weapon that the government wields anytime it suspects someone of participating in activity that it deems inappropriate so these are charges that are faced by many people very often libyas National Oil Corporation says an armed force which it did not identify has entered an oil field in the self and demanded employees shut it down the company says its told its workers not to evade it was told its become out of pipeline running from shut out of oil field reopened on sunday after being closed by fiat his january. North korea is threatening to cut communication with south Korea State News Agency says it will close a hotline as a 1st step toward ending all contacts here again want seoul to stop the fictive sending propaganda leaflets over the border south Koreas Unification Ministry is urging pyongyang to keep communication open taiwan says its air force has warned of chinese fighter jets its government says chinese su 30 warplanes approached the island southwest on tuesday and briefly entered its airspace china has ramped up what it calls island in circles and drills since Pro Independence president citing when it was 1st elected 4 years ago beijing considers time want to be part of its territory the Afghan Government has released another 250. 00 taliban prisoners bringing the total to more than 3000. 00 its part of the doha agreement the us taliban deal signed in february stipulates the Afghan Government should set free 1000. 00 Security Forces in exchange. 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