Hello im down in jordan is down to 0 live from doha also coming up here in these long standing president here in currencies or dies suddenly weeks before he was due to step down. Fears this floating 3 could end up at the scrap yard as coronavirus which restrictions in the netherlands stores. Now more than 2 weeks after his death george floyd has been laid to rest in a Houston Cemetery friends and family celebrated his life in a funeral that lasted for 4 and a half hours he was in voluntarily cost of the role of a civil rights icon when a minneapolis policeman knelt on his neck his death has inspired protests that continue today across the United States and in many countries as far away as senegal john hendren a pause nothing houston where floyd grew up. George floyds tragic journey ended. Houston cemetery but across the u. S. The movement he inspired continues a montage of demonstrations in floyds name plate is his funeral displays his legacy and inspires a call to action from civil rights leaders god took the rejected stall and made him the cornerstone of a moment as quote saved the whole wide world friends and family remember the man they knew is perry or big floyd and where his member. And. I think god forgive me. Personally this is not just murder. And as i have are green. Right dear olympic come home baby you said a few its not much but its the life of the man who died beneath a policemans need was celebrated by members of congress and a president ial candidate who spoke directly to floyds daughter giana now is the time for Racial Justice thats the answer must give to our children when they ask why. Because when there is justice for george florey. Truly be on our way to Racial Justice in america and then she said. Danny will have changed the world the funeral followed memorials in minneapolis and North Carolina and a viewing in houston attended by thousands who remembered his final words i cant breathe in the weeks and months and years after these people have left this ceremony george floyd may well be best remembered as an accidental aging is someone who transformed the world less by what he did and by what was done to him some who didnt make the invitation list inside said they were outside because theyre concerned about the next generation. To. Have a brand of phone. And you know the sad. Thing so when you hear stories like the one about mr floyd what does it make you think. George floyd was buried next to his mother and the place he once called home is gone miss you. Made sure it is going to always remember. He left behind children a family and a movement they hope will end the pattern of unarmed African Americans dying at the hands of police John Hendren Al Jazeera houston. Well Lester Spence is a professor at Johns Hopkins university he says its hard to gauge how successful the protest movement will be in bringing about real change. I know ive never seen anything like this in my life so its possible where unlike a 1955 moment in american terms where the Civil Rights Movement is just beginning and we have 15 years a big the reason front of us or its possible were in the 1968 moment where we had rebellions in the United States and around the world and if you ask the participants what was going to happen they would have said the revolution was coming and then 1970 next thing you know chile gets taken over and the united new york city gets placed under austerity so what i do know is that this is the moment people are doing everything we can to keep that window open and you know and well see im hopeful and i rarely use that but the other thing is this legislation that weve been seeing passed right again colorado colorado is not is by no means a liberal state and theyve got significant political hurdles that organizers there have to overcome have been able to overcome so its also about its also about taking advantage of this moment and rolling out kind of legislation that a lot of us have been working on in cities and in states. 7 protests in new york gable as and has been out with demonstrators where people have been marching again in George Floyds neck. These are truly extra ordinary scenes thousands of protesters that are right now walking over the Brooklyn Bridge theyre doing it on or of black lives matter and also dawn of the life of george floyd these are protesters that are quiet obviously very very peaceful and theyre really sending a message a message to new york a message to the United States and they say a message to the world that they will continue to fight for justice for george floyd and black lives matter they were also fighting over the last 2 weeks here in new york for a justice of people that have been victims of Police Brutality by the new York Police Department and on tuesday 2 things happened one is a new York Police Department officer was. Sure with assault for pushing a peaceful protest or in the very early weeks of the protest in new york and also new york state lawmakers have voted for a series of bills that would in theory make the n. Y. P. D. More accountable but what youre seeing here is very much a message a message that is being sent that they want justice and they will not leave until they get it. Well the new york city Police Department has faced numerous complaints of excessive use of force a protest over the death of george floyd one officer has now been arrested and charged with assault and other counts then sent down drag was filmed pushing a protester to the ground last month in brooklyn. The 20 year old woman suffered a concussion and needed to be hospitalized off towards. The disciplinary records of new yorks Police Officers will now be made public new yorks legislature has repealed a state law which kept them hidden and had been in place in illinois 40 is. And thousands of people gathered in central paris to pay tribute to george floyd they expressed solidarity with u. S. Protesters and denounce racism and Police Brutality city officials allowed the event to go ahead despite a ban on public gatherings due to the coronavirus pandemic. And in dakar dozens of protesters gathered to pay tribute to george floyd senegalese or thirtys made an exception for the rally and let it go ahead despite coronavirus restrictions nicholas aquas that. Were on the Western Point of africa. Facing the Atlantic Ocean on the other side is the United States of america its by here by ship then men women and children were shipped out as slaves this is a place of memorial and this is where people have gathered to protest Police Brutality and to pay tribute to george floyd now in normal circumstances a protest like this would not take place this is a state of emergency because of the outbreak and yet authorities here have allowed this protest to take place because they feel that whats happening globally has an effect a resonance to many senegalese here Police Arrest meant every kind of racism at all levels happens to any black person in the western world so i think it is about time in 2020 that it stops and then we fully recognize im just human beings and citizen of this here because this is the year of return where west african countries are inviting africanamericans who want to come and visit this region not only that to resettle in the last year 750000 africanamericans have visited this area many of them choosing to actually settle here ghana is offering them special status among the protesters here some of them have a message to those africanamericans the United States who want to move away from Police Brutality and racism that they face in their country. Welcome home. Welcome home come back you know youre welcome this is your country where your people. We need you here you have your place we love you. The toppling of statues of men responsible for slavery or for calling a zation responsible for the killings of millions of people in africa has been welcomed by many here governments here have been asking museums in the west for years to return artifacts has been looted on the african continent and so its part of a Greater Movement of people wanting to reclaim the history too often ignored. Well u. S. President donald trump has been largely absent from saying anything on tuesday about George Floyds funeral instead hes been tweeting about his popularity ratings and taking aim at the democratic president ial candidate joe biden he also suggested that a 75 year old protester who was injured after being shot by the police could be from mt for the anti wouldnt well trumps tweet is drawn sharp criticism from the new york governor a spreading conspiracy theories how reckless how irresponsible i am mean how crude i mean if there was ever a reprehensible dont come and from the president of United States at this moment of anger anguish and anger what does he do for scarce i mean on the fire if there was ever if he ever feels a moment of decency he should apologize for that tweet because it is wholly unacceptable time for a short break here al jazeera when we come back men whove been outed for decades face a reckoning schools grow in europe to remove statues of people linked to slavery and colonialism. Research suggests the corona virus is spreading in china months before it was 1st detected more than stay with us. Hello the remnants of what was Tropical Storm cristobal still working its way through the Central Plains and United States in the meantime along these coastal areas of the gulf it is all about the clear up and of course you get with these waters these flood waters those come all sorts of hidden dangers but also it really about the storm surge along these coastal areas of course the roadways are covered and that water came a long way inland not just water of course it brings with it a huge amount of sounds of the can it will continue theres a storm system work its way. Quite rapidly up towards the midwest meanwhile out across the west a very different story it is hot it is dry the winds have been particularly strong and in fact. All the way from Southern California across towards texas but this brush fire is one theyve been fighting very hard over sea trying to keep it under control so as i say it will stay like that for the next couple days itll be halted will be dry we will see showers pushing in across the Pacific Northwest and just want to scattered throughout the Mountain Region but this is really the main area of weather cristoval will get caught up in this front which is sliding through that she will be a powerful storm system working its way across the great lakes and pushing up into eastern areas of canada we could have some very strong winds of this storm at about 10115 kilometers an hour and of course the same amount of time a huge amount of rains we could have some flooding. When youre from a neighborhood known as a hotbed of radicalism. You have to fight to defy stereotypes. I dont think. The stories we are told by the people who live them. A little. Move. The old. Welcome back a quick amount of the top stories here on aljazeera more than 2 weeks after his death george floyd the man whose killing inspired protests across the u. S. Has been laid to rest in a Funeral Service in his hometown of Houston Texas florida is remembered as the knox Family Member a mentor and a symbol of change. Protesters have taken to the streets across the country to honor george floyd theyve also theyre also calling for cuts to police projects and to systemic racism. People also gathered to pay tribute and many other countries in dakar protesters melted a memorial marking the atlantic slave trade for 8 minutes and 46 seconds the same amount of time an officer knelt on fluids in the air. And the belgian city of antwerp has removed a statue of a colonial era king it was set on fire last week activists of long petition to remove statues of king leopold the 2nd he was belgiums longest serving monarch millions of people were killed under his brutal reign over a vast region of africa includes modern day democratic republic of congo. And in the u. K. A statue of an 18th century slave trader has been removed from outside a London MuseumOfficials Say it was no longer acceptable to the local community and thousands of people have signed a new petition calling for the removal of another monument at Oxford University challenge reports. Thank. You. Thank you the roads must fall is that the monster take it down put him in a museum in the world Famous University city of oxford anger that this statue has rekindled looking down from the facade of Oriel College is sessile rhodes one of the most controversial figures of britains imperial age it is a bastion of White Supremacy and reese ism and its inaccessible to get down rhodes the colonial believed in the primacy of the anglosaxon race over all others particularly the black africans he ruled over the ilo. Oh yes but the wealthy benefactors Foundation Still bring students from around the world to study at oxford its unsurprisingly a conflict for south african road scholar marotta he kali. For many many years the respond to ship was awarded to the white man which is essentially the work and forced labor of black people sponsoring the education of white men to save their colonizing and colonize the rest of the world. Black lives matter has reenergize the roads Must Fall Campaign began in 2015 inspired by protestors in south africa. A statement from Oriel College says we believe black lives matter and support the right to peaceful protest as a college we continue to debate and discuss the issues raised by the presence on our site of examples of contested heritage relating to settle roads but the current mood is building pressure orks with Cities Council leader recommends oriel submit a planning application to remove the statue. Elsewhere pressure has already led to action in bristol over the weekend protesters tore down a statue of slave trader edward causton and threw him in the river in london north already has removed slave owner Robert Milligan from his plane in the docklands on tuesday previously protected symbols of britains racist and imperial past of becoming intolerable to every country really has sort of National Myth and you know kind of nationalist sense and recent perhaps in that respect is no different but it does of course have a unique situation in terms of the british and such knowledge and went such a time the death of george floyd is changing the way many countries look at history and race so different place is different figures in oxford its sessile roads in bristol it was edward caso in belgium its king leopold in the United States its a robot feeling but the principle is universal and its been given extra far off by black lives matter historical figures of White Supremacies day say should no longer be given the supremes positions in our towns and our cities will be challenged how does their oxford. The president a burundi parent has died at the age of 65 just weeks before he was due to step down from office a government statements. Speculation that he may have contracted coronavirus reign of mohammad looks back at his life. Pierre including came to power with a pledge to heal a divided government but his time in office was tainted by a crackdown on his political opponents the former rebel leader became president in 2005 as part of a peace deal that ended a years long civil war that i swear to ban all ideologies of Ethnic Division and genocide i swear to work for the development of. Including visa won a 2nd term in an uncontested election in 2010 but Rights Groups and opposition parties accused him of restricting Political Freedom 5 years later breaking constitutional norms and despite global condemnation he announced his intention to stand for a 3rd term. What is happening now is the fault of the people who are not on our side but it is going to make us stronger than ever whatever happens will be their fault not. The move sparked mass protests and violence at least 1200 people were killed and 400000 fed the country in the run up to those elections there was an attempted coup while the president was on a visit to tanzania and couldnt seize not impose a further crackdown on his political opponents the un and human Rights Groups accused his Security Forces of torture beatings Sexual Violence and despite it all he won his 3rd president ial time in july 2015 but the violence continued as did his standoff with the International Community became the 1st country to terminate its membership of the