Voting on a bill that would criminalize mockery of the Chinese National anthem on the anniversary of the chinaman square massacre. And the coronavirus death tolls on both brazil and mexico saw twin new daily high. All 4 Police Officers involved in the arrest of george floyd have now been charged over his death 3 of them are accused of aiding and abetting murder while the officers see kneeling on for its neck has had charges against him escalated to 2nd degree murder many out on the streets say the charges are proof that the movement can deliver results while others say its just the beginning john hendren reports from minneapolis. For the crowds filling the streets here and across the u. S. Is showing their demands are being heard in the men who complain the charges the charges former Minneapolis Police officer dear child and with murder in the 2nd degree or the death of george floored for officer derek chauvelin who was seen with his new Young George Floyd neck the charge was increased from 3rd degree murder to 2nd degree alleging floyds death was intentional is see if they. Make a different they are listening to words. If even we asked for any any good will be asked for the rest goes be officers and they were minnesotas attorney general announced charges for the involvement of the other 3 officers in floyds fatal arrest filed a complaint that charges fleece officer king flaying in town thought with aiding and abetting murder in the 2nd degree for floyds family it was the justice theyve been demanding. Im happy did all of us of being arrested. Not be killed like this we deserve justice with. This. But for many know it is just a beginning. George floyds family and the protesters have achieved their short term objectives but their long term goals are systematic change theyre here today for george floyd so they dont have to be here tomorrow for someone else as one city after another across the u. S. Rebuilds from fire and rebellion in the streets of floyd family lawyer says changing a system that allows the killing of one unarmed africanamerican after another will take time the protesters did not start these bonds to burning it was Police Brutality and a racist criminal Justice System best started these 5 burning in america and the only way to extinguish these 5 years is to happen these accountability equal justice but i know minnesotas governor has begun by charging really our Police Police with Human Rights Violations triggering an investigation into races practices that goes back 10 years the messages now and here in minnesota for the last 5 days come back to the issue at hand which is the systemic issues and the stomach racism and the lack of accountability up and down our society that led to a daytime murder of a black man on a street minneapolis. At the george floyd memorial site many say the charges against 4 Police Officers wont bring protests to an end they just show why the demonstrations need to continue john hendren and all jews era minneapolis. Well lets now speak trial correspondent she had her tansey he is currently with protesters near the white house she have it is now just after midnight over there thats more than an hour after that curfew began but it does look like there is still a bit of a crowd a peaceful one. And more more accounting in fact i just got to what weve seen of this ever several nights now the crowd here was dwindling. But then every other marches all around the city. One marches just returning we can see here i didnt like we could take a look they just were chatting and being given a heros welcome now as they return to the white house we know that you know that there were thousands upon thousands of this is my father the largest protester seat in d. C. Since the killing of george floyd ad but then what happened was about an hour or 2 before the curfew bunch of groups spread out they went out in Different Directions and now some are returning back to the white house this is kind of what we see. If theyre left alone by Security Forces what weve also seen is things then tend to fizzle out in the coming hours it with a sort of natural logic really a natural amount of energy or lack of energy but it all depends on what the Security Forces do if they you know if they start provoking the crowd then things and get a you know i think to be very very different tuesday is a very much of a hands off approach today however was the bludgers show of military force weve seen on the streets of d. C. Federally controlled National Guard very mysterious Paramilitary Forces who are from various federal agencies we understand not wearing identification refusing to identify who the from what jurisdiction theyre under what powers they even have over us we have no idea but theyre all over the place and its this example along with Donald Trumps threats as far as d. C. Is concerned to use the active military who has deployed from around the country around d. C. Theyre now staged around d. C. They have their riot gear were told they have the band thats they can be had within the hour. Its a combination of these factors a lot many people within the defense establishment rather worried they are concerned that donald trump would want to use the model he is able to. Hughes here in d. C. Because frankly we have no local control the mayor does not want these troops on the streets of a city but its all federal control we have no we havent i say we dont even have a set up to we dont have a governor. That that that hes trying to replicate that around the country by invoking the insurrection act so thats got a lot of defense officials. Concerned not least of them the defense secretary of the United States and hes been trying to distance himself successfully for a day or so now from Administration Policy but finally wednesday he gave a speech suggesting that what trump has been suggesting would be a very bad idea and thats going down very very badly at the white house around the stones ive always believed and continue to believe that the National Guard is best suited for performing Domestic Support to civil authorities and the situations in support of local Law Enforcement i say this not only as secretary defense but also as a former soldier and a former member of the National Guard the option to use active duty forces in a Law Enforcement role should only be used as a matter of last resort and only in the most urgent and dire of situations we are not in one of those situations now i do not support invoking the insurrection act. Thats the current defense secretary Donald Trumps also been the focus of criticism from his former defense secretary today. Roger mattis has given his interview with the atlantic magazine who has a little portion donald trump is the 1st president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the American People does not even pretend to try instead he tries to divide us were witnessing the consequences of 3 years of this deliberate effort were witnessing the consequences of 3 years without mature leadership he goes on to say we must reject and hold accountable those in office who would make a mockery of our constitution he defends the rights of thousands of civilians and people to protest peacefully on the streets and as you mentioned earlier he talks he criticizes the idea of a militarized response to the protests but we should be very clear that what. Matters is the current and former defense secretaries are complaining about is the militarized response from the military thats what theyre worried about. They arent worried necessarily about the what we dont know but we know what they did while they were in office both of them oversaw the militarization of the police they were oversaw the Pentagon Program thats what billions of dollars of state of the military hauled into the hounds of the police which is made routine policing in the United States military affair effectively we have study after study the National Academy of sciences recently which shows as a result black communities are particularly victimized this is doesnt help Police Safety necessarily but it doesnt help but it certainly has a detrimental effect on the attitude of police and the effects on black communities in particular today and john hendren package they were talking about the system that ends up with the killing of george floyd that talking about the militarization of the police so even when we listen to matches. But now wringing their hands theyre the ones who oversaw the program that helped create the systemic issues that we see in the police force as they go to the police calls with state of the military equipment and they have the mindset it would appear according to the studies off a soldier in the field overseas she had been tanzania for us in washington d. C. Across all the estimates for us thank you she have well lets now take you to new york where our correspondent came in as honest as the cashier has left the streets disaster. This is the heart of times square in new york city its a little after 11 pm here local time this would normally be packed with tourists but as you can see this is an iconic scene of an absolutely empty times square a scene that youll probably never see again at least in my lifetime is absolutely incredible thats because there is a curfew in new york it is very quiet on the streets its a sign that the curfew that went into effect earlier this wednesday evening here has had an effect and Police Officers have been forcing it but there were protests in new york city and in brooklyn as well thousands of people earlier took to the streets all over the city on what has been more than several days of continued protests calling for the the justice for george floyd calling for an industry pulleys brutality and black lives Matter Movement that has been sweeping over the United States it was completely peaceful protest again for the most part in new york there were no sort of problems whatsoever we did not see any of these small groups of looters that had been breaking off and causing destruction and looting none of that was happening very peaceful so again here you are in times square just surreal scenes here quite frankly but dont let this fool you protesters tell me they will be back out on the streets again on thursday they say they will continue to protest over and over again in the coming days they say and till justice is ultimately serve so this is not by any means probably and into this movement or the protests at all it just means again for the most part a very very quiet night in new york city. Now the national. Vangelis is reversing a planned budget increase to the citys police force in an effort to appease protesters there erica said he also announced that hes ending the calf you there on thursday and hes introducing new regulations that will require Police Officers to report inappropriate use of force by their colleagues the man said a commitment to change is needed with action and not just once more thousands of people have also gathered in london in solidarity with the protesters in the United States organizers say theyre also marching against systemic racism in britain Mass Gatherings are still banned under the u. K. s coronavirus restrictions but Prime Minister bars johnson said he understood the anger after george freuds death and supported their right to protest as a bag was at that rally in london and says that protesters are also drawing attention to racism in the u. K. Several 1000 people have turned up to show their support of solidarity for whats taking place in the United States but the people here its not just about was talking United States about its about the racial inequalities and the like to go that people are more likely to be stopped and searched theres been a number of deaths and so disgusted that people also the judge of mark duggan who was shot and killed by police in 2011 the 2 riots protesters here have the same clothes just no justice no peace the turned up done street which is the residence of the Prime Minister baraks johnson said that he understood the anger and grief but not only the doctors since the cross the world and in the unprecedented Police Chiefs have said that they are told of the death of george floyd and of also justice in the United States but also acknowledged that more needs to be done in this country to tackle racism. And hundreds of people in the german city of frankfurt came out to express their outrage over the killing of george floyd in the u. S. Many of them held signs in support of social Justice Groups and also chanted against racism and in south africa a solidarity protest was also held outside cape towns Parliament Protesters there also showing support for the global black lives math and richmond they also called for action against Police Brutality at home. Often ahead on aljazeera pipes of a new start shocked by the Global Pandemic we hear from migrants stranded in honduras and a new development in one of the u. K. s most high profile missing persons cases. Plenty of hot sunshine across the middle east at the moment as it should be but you can see we have still got that pesky area of clout there just around the yemenites still continue to bring some very heavy showers the remnants of our old tropical system of course and that will continue to bring some rather heavy rain is to western parts of yemen as we go through thursday else where theres the heat theres the sunshine 48 celsius in kuwait we getting up into the mid fortys in baghdad a rather more pleasant mid to high twentys there just around the levant for beirut and forgery slim winds really picking up over the next couple of days just around the gulf so here in Concept Watch out for some lift the dust and sand that is the case to put into that eastern side of saudi arabia just notice the showers yet on friday theyre continuing their that western side if you mean the starting to fizzle out you can leap across the waters there. Follow that line of cloud right into the heart of africa war heavy showers coming through every show was a coast just around the gulf of guinea into west africa more big downpours continuing here theyll be a few showers just around the coastal fringes of somalia maybe into kenya for a time and well see some rather live is shall is continuing to cross the eastern side of madagascar elsewhere across Southern Africa is fine and sunny. But. Join our Global Community because the price is just slapped is the phrase blessing upon us. On last human hand equals Global Health keeping you up to date is want to avoid a situation where we have a human rights crisis that persists beyond the Health Crisis your questions is a dialogue just nothing we are now approaching a crossroads this is an opportunity that we must go to miss the stream on aljazeera. And again. Lets remind you about top stories this hour the Police Officer who notes on the neck of unarmed black man george floyd in minneapolis is facing a more serious charge now of 2nd degree murder 3 other officers who were on the scene when floyd died have also been charged with aiding and abetting him the incident has bob to more than a week of mass protests across the u. S. All the times some of those demonstrations have turned violent with buildings and cars set on fire and shops to do to the president on the trump had threatened to send in the National Military but now says he doesnt think hell do. Well amongst all this former u. S. Defense secretary jim assets thats criticized handling of the crisis hes accused the president of dividing the American People saying the consequences of the results of 3 years without mature leadership. Well lets now take you to the streets of Denver Colorado these are live pictures from there protesters have been gathering at the capitol now for a 7th straight day now the mayor Michael Hancock he himself is africanamerican joined those thousands of protesters on the streets today and an officer in denver was also fired on choose day when he posted lets start a riot on an Instagram Photo you can see those huge huge crowds still out its currently now off to 10 oclock in the evening in Denver Colorado and there is a curfew in place from 9 pm to 5 am so they are out in defiance of that but it does seem to be a relatively peaceful process protest so far as weve been seeing across the country in many many other cities as well well be bringing you all the developments on those as they happen here on aljazeera. Well right now hong kongs legislature is also voting on a bill which would make insulting the Chinese National anthem a criminal offense now despite widespread opposition politicians dominating tha