In israel for the sentencing of a settler who was convicted of murdering 3 members of a Palestinian Family. And illegal secret deals bogus lab docile and cheap imports aljazeera investigates corruption in iraqi agriculture. Thousands of mourners have braved the long lines intense heat and the pandemic to pay their respects to george floyd in houston thats the city where he grew up he was killed just over 2 weeks ago when a Police Officer knelt on his neck during an arrest john hendren reports from 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 this went to the top of my lungs i know so many black like i speak for every black man. But for everyone that i know know someone that 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 city so you can see why we need to do it so we dont have to do this again be the last and every day as they cantered. As a collective whole 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 coronavirus 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 need a 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 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 floyds brother says his family will not give up its fight for justice. Im just right now appreciate everybody coming out. To personalize. This talk. Thank you so much. For coming out what. All the families will be today. Michael brown. Your. Brother. I think you know we just. We was close. Well as john hendren mentioned earlier former Police Officer Derrick Sheldon has made his 1st Court Appearance hes facing charges including 2nd degree murder bail has been set at more than a 1000000. 00 that 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 jovan 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 as specially when lives are at stake. Democrats in the u. S. House of representatives have drafted legislation to change the way Police Departments woke some members knelt for x. Minutes and 46 seconds before announcing the proposal thats how long george floyd was pinned to the ground the law seeks to ban chokeholds expand the use of body cameras and create a dog of Police Misconduct but the legislation does not demand to the defending or dismantling of Police Departments as some protesters have called for President Donald Trump says he had never allow that to happen. Im very proud of them. There will be defined doing that will be dismantling of our police and theres likely to be any disbanding of our police our police have been letting us live in peace so we want to make sure we dont have any bad actors in there and sometimes youll see some horrible things like we would destroy recently but 99 i say 99. 9 but lets go with 99 percent of them are great great people and theyve done jobs that are record setting record setting. Iran has announced it will execute a man it says was involved in a plot to assassinate its top general custom solar money a judiciary spokesman said an iranian citizen gave information about tsunamis whereabouts to the cia and to the Israeli Intelligence Agency Mossad last october so iran he was later killed by a u. S. Drone strike in iraq in january. Libyas National Oil Corporation says an armed force which it did not identify has entered an oil field in the south and demanded that employees shut it down misstatement the company told its workers not to baby orders the home out of pipeline running from shut out up oil field reopen on sunday after being closed by feiss january all orderly 5000. 00 forces seized the fields during an offensive early last year. Mahmud of the head joins me now live from tripoli some of what more can you tell us about the storming of this oil field. Well kim according to the National Oil Corporation thats the state oil firm an arm of the group came from the Southern City of sub and that group belongs to the southern a branch of the what is so called the betrayal facilities guard which is a pledge of allegiance earlier to me for have the Armored Group according to the state oil for our store meant the facilities of our oil for field and pulled guns on the unarmored workers forcing them to shut down the production of the oil field only 3 days after the production was resumed now that our oil field the contrie is Major Oil Field that is about 700 kilometers south of the capital tripoli with the Production Capacity of about 300000. 00 bad as day half of that production goes for exports the other have goes to a compound where its being refined and being distributed to all cities and towns in western libya according to the state oil firm the losses are huge and not only the losses of the revenues but also all the sophisticated damage that this shutdown caused to the equipment and pipe lines and according to the state oil firm that it requires a sophisticated and long maintenance operation to resume production as you know that that oil revenues are the backbone of libyas National Income and since forces loyal to worldly for have to blockaded the oil cross into in january the country has been relying only on the western fields including. And feel for everyday use. Thank you that update there from out of the all ahead live from tripoli video has emerged that appears to show military officers from the United Arab Emirates Training Forces loyal to have thought. Having trained on a russian made air Defense System called the panther s. One russian mercenaries have been instrumental in helping her fans forces. Who is from Johns Hopkins University Foreign policy institute he says this new video is more evidence of the u. E. S. Involvement in the libyan conflict. The United Nations report says that the u. A. E. Has conducted over 850. 00. Drone attacks on tripoli over the last 14 months there is now the u. A. E. Has at the u. N. Has now an open investigation. For u. A. E. Involvement in libya so do you even warming to libya is absolutely critical it is also the country reportedly paid the price or their cause for the wagner group to enter into. The service of how it has been without the u. A. E. Board political military and also by natural support there would not be where he is today so today we are looking at additional evidence of a direct u. A. E. Involvement in libya and in the attack on tripoli and you know all of their humanitarian consequences that. Still ahead here on al jazeera mexico is reopening despite a surge of cases and deaths we speak to the man at the head of the countrys response. However weve got more heavy and sundry raise coming down across the good parts of central and Southern China the seasonal rains of course and weve got this waving weather front by a front thats going to continue bringing the chance of further flooding in across the region so the really heavy downpours those yellow shadings on the chart here they will continue to pulse a way for a swiss q shes seeing some wet weather southern parts of conscious also seeing some of that whats the weather ahead of that sticky 31 celsius there for tokyo where to stay come thursday well that rain really does gather across a good part of japan and even tokyo can expect to see some of that wet weather coming through. We brought this guys come back in behind sol 32. 00 degrees celsius the chance to some showers there its northern parts of china still still studying rather disturbed down towards the south of hong kong will turn plenty of sunshine dry probably a sunshine across northern parts of india decide which was allowed to draw your attention this massive cloud in the by a bengal threatens to bring some very heavy showers into northern parts of under protest pushing up towards addition as we go through the next day out so heavy showers on the other side of the back end goal as well fighting a good part of me and ma pushing up into the northeast of india and also bangladesh and the showers continue along the west and gets. A journey of personal discovery my great grandfather he was a slave in the property algis there is james gannon excludes his familys legacy and slave owner you know like my familys status and wealth has benefited from their choice enslaved people and americas debt to the black people today some of us so scar we even scared to speak out because its a problem that. Aljazeera correspondent a moral debt. Roof. Or. Youre watching aljazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour thousands of mourners have been paying their respects to george floyd at a memorial in Houston Texas thats where he grew up his family says it will continue to fight for justice for its funeral will take place later on today. Libyas National Oil Corporation says an armed force which it did not identify has entered an oil field in the south and demanded workers shut it down the company says its told employees not to debate those on this. On the ground in libya a video has emerged that appears to show military officers from the United Arab Emirates Training Forces loyal to warlord holy for half that russian mercenaries have been instrumental in helping her task force its. Own israeli settler convicted of murdering 3 members of a Palestinian Family and 2015 will shortly be sentenced by an israeli course. Was convicted of 3 counts of murder 2 counts of attempted murder and 2 counts of arson through a fire bomb into the home of the family killing a married couple and their infant son their eldest son who was 4 years old at the time was the only survivor. Lets go live now to harry force it too is outside the course in lived which is close to tell of eve heritage us whats happening there today and what sort of ballpark sentence this man is facing. Well its a very different scene here from last month when the conviction came down at that point there was a group of settler activists outside here cheering and supports of the soon to be convicted benicio today its groups of campaign is on the other side against what is known here in israel is jewish terror the shin bet the Security Service so that this was a landmark case in terms of combating jewish terror and i think given that and given the details of the case the 3 murder convictions conviction fast and not conviction of belonging to a terror group but nonetheless this is a hugely high profile case and i think less than a life sentence would be seen as extremely unexpected israeli law does mandate life sentences for murder they dont necessarily mean a full life inside prison but we could well be looking at decades rather than years when it comes to counting the likely sentence one bit of information that we have just had passed to us though from inside the court is that there will be arguments on both sides both legal teams will be able to argue for potential sentencing so there is at least a chance that we might not hear a final figure during the course of the day but obviously if we do we will keep you updated i believe will shortly be going to we have a correspondent in the occupied west bank but im wondering harry how is this case being perceived in in israel. Well it caused a huge amounts of outrage both in israel and in the occupied west bank when it happened it was a particularly dreadful attack 5 bombings through a window into the bedroom of a sleeping family the mother the father and an 18 month old boy all killed and a 5 year old boy i asked my do is now 9 years old was very very badly burned and had to spend a great deal of time in recovery and getting all sorts of treatment here in israel so its something that really was was seen as. One of the worst attacks by settlers on palestinians thats ever been seen and so there was a huge amount of. Interest here in israel theres a huge amount of outrage as well in the occupied west bank as far as the family is concerned when they were here last month they said that there was some satisfaction that they had been in the process of being followed through that a conviction had come down they felt though that more than one person was involved in this and they talked about the constant fear of further secular violence against us in is the occupied west Bank Something which certainly has not gone away. For now thank you harry for said there. In israel well as you heard the only survivor of the attack was a young boy who is still receiving treatment for his burns the to abraham spent time with his family in the town duma and the occupied west bank. Is really prosecutors one conviction last month against the israelis. But the only survivor of the crime continues to suffer. The lapses parents and 18 month old brother were killed 5 years ago. Settlers attacked the family home with a fireball leaving the 4 year old with serious burns he now lives with his grandparents. I forgot everything i dont have many memories of my parents. His family says he saw more that he wants to remember israeli settler i mean on been you leader was convicted of 3 charges of murder attempted murder and arson the court said hes carried out a terrorist attack but acquitted him of belonging to a terrorist organization. Around maybe middle of the civil sentencing wont mean much to me as it wont bring my family back or reunite them with. Them for years but i hope that it serves as a deterrent for settlers many here say the killings are the worst crimes to have been committed by Israeli Settlers in recent years they say settlers have the support of israels army and judicial system and that their presence in the occupied west bank is a crime in itself settlements are considered illegal under International Law Israeli Settlers are tried in civil court unlike palestinians who undergo military trials the suspected killer of eyeshot robbies under house arrest as the court case against him continues she was killed by rocks thrown at her car in the west bank 2 years ago speaking in their home in biddy a Village North of the west bank her husband says he lost the love of his life. All 4 female grandchildren born after her death are named. By them as a lot of there were 4 suspects then they came 3 but now they are prosecuting one although they were more accomplices if the perpetrator was palestinian they would have a reset my whole village Israeli Human Rights Group deen has been documenting attacks against palestinians for the past 15 years it says only 8 percent of Israeli Police investigations and settler attacks lead to indictments. There is a government policy not to implement laws on the settlers which in the end helps implement the occupation strategy of controlling more palestinian lands. Family and friends are trying to help get over his loss his burns are Getting Better with what it says is painful these are treatment but some of the scores are not visible and might never ever heal. With a fall in oil prices countries like iraq are looking to diversify their economy but is making best difficult some out of 14 has this exclusive report on the challenges facing iraqs agriculture sector. Harvest season in iraq is in full swing a spart of the governments Grain Purchasing Program to encourage cultivation farmers are entitled to sell their produce to state run silos at a preferential rate but they Face Many Obstacles from the use congestion at the silo because of the lead in the labors old say that some of the products of flaws in cannot pass some farmers waited for 10 to 12 days outside the solid doors and this is caused a lot of frustration among the farmers and the syria. At the heart of these delays lies an entrenched system of corruption farmers traders and government officials told aljazeera we investigated these allegations watched by security and government officials we gained access to the title and its lib oratory this is what a decision is made on how much money each harvest will fetch farmers are up to 460. 00 per tonne for the highest grade of wheat but theyre left empty handed if theyre greenstone to meet minimum quality standards for this particular harvest was rejected because the lab found lentils inside the sample to serve him up would agree that the rate of acceptance is very good but we have found some quantities that contain lentils. These statements have startled many as no lentils are cultivated in the area farmers say reports of impurities aim to extort bribes of up to 1600. 00 per truck to add further pressure farmers are left to wait for days sometimes weeks outside the silo. Tired of waiting the small scale farmer decided to sell his hard earned harvest to private traders for as little as half the silo price was. Silas says there are flaws or theyll tell you to come back later so you keep coming back its expensive for you itll cost a lot if you sell it here at the wholesale market is better than selling it. So what do the traders do with the wheat this wholesaler openly admitted to selling to the silo which is supposed to deal only with farmers not traders. Those who pay will be received and most of them are traders this is the truth its all about money if you give money your product will pass if not it will get rejected aljazeera obtained a parliament report dated april 2020 which confirms that merchants sell wheat under the names of farmers and manipulate the evaluation process in coordination with sila management the report also found collusion to import cheap wheat from kurdistan and neighboring countries which is sold to silos at the preferential price as if it was local produce we put these allegations to the general manager of the iraqi grain board at the ministry of trade. In all the silos we have oversight bodies and the farmers can complain against any employee and we will send this employee for investigation but just based on talk here and there without evidence we cannot act. Iraq is in dire need to develop non oil sectors of its economy such as agriculture and to increase its food selfsufficiency as the country battles the coronavirus pandemic and the fiscal crisis but to achieve that the new government will need to tackle corruption and mismanagement in the states bureaucracy seem want to hold in aljazeera itself looked at. The Afghan Government has released another 250. 00 taliban prisoners for a number total to more than 3000. 00 its part of the doha agreement the us taliban deal signed in february stipulation that the Afghan Taliban sit free 1000 Security Forces in exchange the prisoner swap is said to be a confidence Building Measure before talks between the government and the taliban. Seen has more 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 interest gann talks the complete of the prisoner swap the u. S. Special representative to afghanistans inmate 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 the chief military of pakistan has arrived to afghanistan to kabul where he met the president of 20. Swarms of locusts spreading across pakistan opposing a bigger threat to the economy than the coronavirus experts say the insects came from parts of east africa have been damaging crops and orchards since april agriculture accounts for about 20 percent of pakistans economic output. And mexico has begun to reopen despite a surge in daily coronavirus cases and deaths the Deputy Health minister hugo lopez got 10 is leading the response john home and said down with him and asked if mexico is on a knife it in mexico us in every country when you start opening the. Back again were prepared to warn it or on daily basis wherever in these. State in the each locality where. We see things are not going with you we more just act what do you think of the president heading out on top or you are telling everyone please. Stay at home the president is working is doing his job does it not seem to you that well help me out a bit here im trying to get everyone in the house if its not an absolute emergency set an example i understand i dont understand the position i may sympathize with the concerns people sometimes feel about that but at same time im aware that theres this over reaction to what they were any breath is a precedent i guess but this president dos do you sometimes regret not going harder on the corinth at least in the period when mexico was in in real lockdown you couldnt get this a bit more under control them if you are detained shown that may arise from Law Enforcement the use of police or military force is sort of a perfect way to have a clash we remove the incentives to go out you have no job to attend because its close you have no school to attend because its closed why would you go out it will make sense the problem with that is the people are still going out and they and they have been all through the corps and thats correct it is well known they Community Mitigation has its limits as well as contention has its limits the world health organization. There are to this code it was press test test those where you could have do you go in the other way we say it this kind of phenomena is cannot be measured directly incommensurable. Therefore we have enormous pictish to michoud by direct observation the rio board in of case. There are these are the top stories thousands of mourners have paid their respects to george floyd had a memorial to Houston Texas where he grew up his family says it will continue the fight for justice for its funeral will take place later on tuesday his death in custody sparked more than 2 weeks of protests across the u. S. And the rest of the world. Democrats in the u. S. House of representatives have drafted legislation to change the way Police Departments work the law seeks to ban chokeholds expand the use of body cameras and created does have a case of Police Misconduct but the legislation does not demand the defunding or dismantling of Police Department to some protesters have called for President Donald Trump donald trump brother says hed never allow that to happen. And im very proud of them. There will be defining there will be dismantling of our police and theres likely to be a dispensing of our police our police have been letting us live in peace so we want to make sure we dont have any bad actors in there and sometimes youll see some horrible things like we would destroy recently but 99 i say 99. 9 but lets go with 99 percent of them are great great people and theyve done jobs that are record setting records. And israeli settler convicted of murdering 3 members of a Palestinian Family in 2015 will shortly be sentenced by an israeli course. Then was convicted of 3 counts of murder 2 counts of attempted murder and 2 counts of acid he threw a follow bomb into the home of the family killing a married couple and their infant son their eldest son who was 4 years old at the time was the only survivor of libyas National Oil Corporation says an armed force which it did not identify has entered an oil field in the south and demanded workers shut it down the company says its told employees not to obey those orders. Those are the headlines more news here on aljazeera after inside story. Why is the u. S. Pulling troops from germany theyve been stationed there since the end of world war 2 and now donald trump is about to cost that number by more than a quarter but why now and should u. S. Allies and nato be concerned this is inside story. That welcome to the program im laura brown and their legacy of wild war 2 a symbol of u. S. Commitment to protecting its european allies u. S. Military forces stationed in germany
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