Hello im don jordan the sodje 0 live from doha also coming up brandys long standing president here on currencies and dies suddenly weeks before he was due to step down. And fears this floating fleet could end up in the scrap yard as coronavirus restrictions in the netherlands its tourism. More than 2 weeks after his death george floyd has been laid to rest and Houston Cemetery friends and family celebrated his life in a funeral that lasted 4 and a half hours it was in voluntarily cost in 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 reports from houston where floyd grew up. George floyds tragic journey ends in a 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 talk to reject it stop. And made him the cornerstone of a movement as a coach a whole wide work friends and family remember the man they knew is perry or big floyd i miss my brother. A whole lot and. Im the. Only one. In my little you and. I think god forgive me give me my own personal superman this is not just murder but a. You should have good its not much good its the life of the man who died beneath a policemans knee 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. Why. Because when there is justice for george florida. Then she said she. Changed the world the funeral followed memorial in minneapolis in North Carolina and a viewing in houston attended by thousands who remembered his final words i cant breathe in the weeks months years after these people have left this. Is someone who transformed us. Some who didnt make the invitation list inside said they were outside because theyre concerned about the next generation. So when you hear stories. About mr floyd. George floyd was buried next to his mother in the place he once called home. And 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 like a 1955 moment in american terms where the Civil Rights Movement is just beginning and we have 15 years of victories in front of us or its possible we were in the 19 168. 00 moment where we had rebellions in the United States and around the world and if you asked those 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 States new york city gets placed under austerity so what i do know is that this is a 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 patterns 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. Meanwhile more peaceful protests have taken place in cities across the United States and minneapolis where george floyd died people gathered to pay tribute the Minneapolis City Council has over the Police Department to ban chokeholds but protesters are demanding an end to what they see as systemic racism and people in new york have also been out marching in floyds name Gabriel Azzam that was with demonstrators. These are truly extra ordinary scenes thousands of protesters that are right now walking over the Brooklyn Bridge theyre doing it on are 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 theyre 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 happen 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. Was going to mention new york politicians have been working to make police more accountable the legislature has repeal the law that kept offices disciplinary records hidden those will now be made public the previous law have been in place for more than 40 years of thousands of people to go. In central paris to pay tribute to george floyd to express solidarity with the 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 dhaka dozens of protesters gathered to pay tribute to george Floyd Nicholas was that were on the most 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 in 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 a just human beings in citizen of the week 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 African Americans 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 we are your people. We need you here you have your place we love you. The toppling of statues of men responsible for slavery or for colonization 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 history too often ignored by the 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 up to being pushed by the police could be from thats the fascist movement theyre trying to tweet has drawn shop criticism from the new york governor who accused him of spreading conspiracy theories how reckless how irresponsible i mean how crude i mean if there was ever a reprimand supposed done coming and from the president of United States at this moment of anger anguish and anger what does he do for scarcely an 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 but time for a short break here not just here but when we come back a man whos been on the decades face a reckoning Schools Program in europe to remove statues of people linked to slavery and colonialism and well explore what experts think might be behind locked america become the worlds greatest coronavirus lets go more in the state. Of. Hello there the usual horse and dry picture throughout much of the middle east not to the north across into turkey you can see a few bits and pieces of clouds had wanted to show as we could see a few more of those on wednesday sunny later in the day beginning to push across into the fall north and west of iran but away from that it is hot it is dry fairly dusty the winds are fairly brisk 47 in baghdad the same across into kuwait but further to the south away from the time it is not as high as they were still holds 41 in doha 42 across into dubai and generally a time which is sort of staying at about these levels for the next few days maybe just a degree high for baghdad and say the winds are picking up certainly on thursday so we could have some blowing sand and dust the rains also becoming a little heavier and korea and on towards the east now plenty of heavy rains throughout much of Central Africa at the usual seasonal rains of course they tend to really gather across into the gulf of guinea pushing off towards the west but also on wednesday some heaviest balls back in the forecast into more Northern Areas of the day or kong and meanwhile weve got a front just sliding by pushing the rain into Western Areas of south africa so feeling a bit cooler in cape town 16 degrees warmer head of that system in Port Elizabeth the 26 but as we head into thursday it cools down further in cape town and the rain showers just pushing on the coast with a high of 17 importance of a. Frank assessments tourism but the income stream is dead in the water whats been the result seen perching go up quite significantly informed opinions there has been a very aggressive political rhetoric that has become very normal and it really is citing indepth analysis of the days global headlines its time for new policy needs to stay on treat but he cannot all be seen to grady but he read to me this is the really deep over all continues inside story on aljazeera. Org. Good. Welcome back a quick reminder of the top stories here on aljazeera more than 2 weeks after his death george florey the man whose killing inspired protests across the u. S. Has been laid to rest in a Funeral Service in his hometown of houston floyd was remembered as a loved Family Member a mentor and a simple chain. Jesss of taking to the streets across the country to honor floyd theyre also calling for cuts to Police Budgets and an end to systemic racism. People altogether to pay tribute in many other countries in dakar chesters melted a memorial marking the atlantic slave trade for 8 minutes and 46 seconds the same amount of time an officer knelt on the floor. 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 pushed petitioned to remove statues of king leopold the 2nd he was belgiums longest serving monarch millions of people were killed under his brutal reign or a vast region of africa that 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 Museum Officials Say it was no longer acceptable to the local community and thousands of people have signed new petitions calling for the removal of another monument an Oxford University challenge as more. Roads must fall is that the moment 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 roads 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 is still bring students from around the world to study it talks for it its unsurprisingly a conflict for south african road scholar marotta he. For many many years the response to ship was awarded to white men which is essentially the work and forced labor of black people sponsoring the education of white men to colonize 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 what 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 parlance 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 it sessile roads in bristol it was Edward Colston 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 supremacist they say should no longer be given the supremes positions in our towns and our cities always have and how does their oxford. The president. Has died at the age of 55 just weeks before he was due to step down from office a government statement. But theres speculation he may have contracted coronavirus. Looks back at his life. 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. 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 who. 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 including 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 International Criminal court. Court after it started investigating allegations of abuse. In 2018 including these are held a referendum to extend president ial terms from 5 to a 7 year mandate. You should listen to those who tell you to vote yes if they. Didnt listen to them as well only you know whats in your heart and last month brunetti held its 1st competitive president ial election despite the krona virus pandemic but again it was marred by allegations of fraud and harassment both International Observers were banned after 15 years in power and clearly there was due to step down in august taking pride in the fact that his government despite its troubles brought peace to burundi. Egypt ethiopia and have agreed to resume talks on a disputed dam project that could affect water supply to millions of people thats according to saddams water minister 3 countries or ethiopias grand renaissance down midsummer construction on the blue nile which flows into the nile river ethiopia hopes of the police out of poverty by exporting power but egypt is it will be deprived of water especially if the reservoir is filled too quickly to india now where 5 deaths are being investigated for links to a leaking gas well this fire broke out on tuesday when gas thats been leaking for 2 weeks ignited it supported several homes nearby caught fire state owned oil india had been trying to contain the blaze the gas field is just a few kilometers from wetlands and a National Park. And all spill in Russias Arctic region has seeped into an environmentally fragile lake thats according to the Regional Governor its fear itll travel down river to the ocean. The disaster started at the end of may when a fuel storage tank collapsed around 21000. 00 tons of diesel have now leaked out ecologist say the spill will cause extensive damage the direct to the plant is facing criminal charges. The World Health Organization believes far more people in yemen are affected by corona virus than official reporting shows the estimates deaths are in the hundreds and infections in the thousands yemens official record 112 deaths and 500 cases Officials Say undercounting could make it harder to deliver urgently needed medical supplies the crisis is further damaging a country thats been damaged by civil war for almost 6 years. The people dying on the streets we see the hospitals are closing the door if we see. Health care. They are passing away. The country is running. The Health Care Provider earth and if the. Expectation. Within a week in a month from now we may not have a thing in visitation brazils government has restored all coronavirus statistics including numbers of deaths to its website after being ordered to by the top court the Health Ministry had removed the data at the weekend saying it would no longer maintain cumulative totals for deaths and infections more than 37000 people have died in brazil and is widely believed the outbreak has not yet peaked. Now the found american Health Organization says its going to take a lot longer to stop the spread of covert 19 in latin america the number of infections is growing exponentially in brazil peru and mexico and this believe economic inequality is largely to blame for the region becoming the new coronavirus epicenter that reports from mexico city. Life almost appears to be back to normal in Rio De Janeiro the return of crowds to public beaches however doesnt mean things are improving. Despite an easing of restrictions brazil remains the country worst affected by coronavirus in all of latin america. While the worsening outbreak in brazil is an extreme example other latin american countries are also struggling to contain the virus health Officials Say widespread inequality have made the crisis worse we know that latin america is the most inequitable region in the world and also one of the most urbanized regions in the world so we have big cities like rio lima in where they are surrounded by belt of border and you know so the same lock down that was applied in europe to a certain extent cannot be completely applied in knocking america the caribbean. In mexico authorities see the expect the height of contagion to occur near the end of june and despite the worsening Health Crisis the government has begun a gradual reopening of the Economy Health workers say this is a worrying sign or your. Obviously everyone is worried to say that people are basically going about their normal lives and being in the Health Sector you know the consequences that will have so were hoping that this doesnt go on too long but at the end of the day we know what the consequences will be. On. Another hard hit country is peru which neared 200000 confirmed cases of coke at 19 on tuesday. Spittles in the capital lima are nearing a breaking point. The countrys president might be paid his respects to the 52 Health Workers who died in the fight against corona virus you know your situation as we all know is a very difficult and complex one because this disease has called us in the situation with the precarious Health System with many needs. Latin america was the last region to be hardest hit by the coronavirus and now Health Officials warn it could take longer to recover than other parts of the world below al jazeera. The Airline Industry is facing record losses of 84000000000 dollars this year as the pandemic forced travel restrictions thats according to the International Air transport association and france has announced a 17000000000. 00 rescue package for its Aerospace Industry almost half of that will go to the National Carrier air france as most of its planes were grounded the government hopes to save hundreds of thousands of jobs. In the netherlands a fleet of historical ships is staging an unusual protest owners rely on tourists to fund their maintenance but the pandemic has put a stop to that selling together in the hope the government will help step mustnt aloft. The sound of ship horns carry an urgent message what is believed to be the Worlds Largest historic sailing fleet is struggling to survive most of the ships are more than a century old and were used to sail dutch waters transporting cargo. Out to show off this is the oldest charter ship in the netherlands belt in 876 so more than 140 years old used to be run ship the sound between rotterdam to jewish engines did not exist yet. Leon from the low has been restored and sailing ships for the past 4 decades hes a lab to him from the scrap yard and with his partner hes now organizing to worse but since the pandemic the ship spends most of its time anchored at the harbor remote. Because of the virus we are not allowed to be close to each other and that is impossible in this work you cant experience this kind of toll individually you experience this adventure together with one and i have metres distancing now needed on board he says he cant make enough money to cover the high costs of maintaining the old ship. With social distancing rules in place this seems to be the safest way of protesting these historic sailing ships id be unlikely victims of the covert 19 and that make theyve got a 2nd life in tourism but with no income floating site might be lost after all. By gathering the facile shippers hope they can pressure the government to create an Emergency Fund for the fleets survival while in other countries historic ships are subsidized in a natl and they operate on a fully commercial basis well this is the 1st time in 50 years of our branch of our sailing with tourists we managed to get all the ships together and i think that says a lot about this situation it is really well we have to do something now leon doesnt bear to think what will happen to him and his ship if his business goes bankrupt not only might his antique ship and up but the scrap yard the whole fleet could disappear from the dutch landscape stamp fasten aljazeera nia married in. A quick check of the headlines here this more than 2 weeks after his death in custody george the man whose killing inspired protests across the u. S. Has been laid to rest in a Funeral Service in his hometown of houston floyd was remembered as a loved Family Member a mentor and a symbol of change. Justice for. Everybody. But we got to be everybody. Going to the world. Peaceful protests have continued across the country to george floyd people are also calling for cuts to Police Budgets and then to systemic racism in new york the legislature has repeal the law that kept officers disciplinary records hidden those will now be made public a previous low had been in place for more than 40 years people also gathered to pay tribute in many other countries in senegal as capital dhaka protesters knelt at a memorial marking the atlantic slave trade for 8 minutes and 46 seconds thats the same amount of time an officer knelt on sloyd neck authorities let it go ahead despite coronavirus restrictions baronies president here in currencies it has died he was 55 government statement says he died of a heart attack on monday he was due to step down in august following recent president ial elections in india the deaths of 5 people are being investigated for links to a leaking gas well this fire broke out on tuesday when a gas that had been leaking for 2 weeks ignited its reported several homes caught fire state owned oil india had been trying to contain the blaze the gas field is to few kilometers from wetlands a National Park brazils government has restored its coronavirus statistics including numbers of deaths to its official website after being ordered to by the top court the Health Ministry had removed the data weekend saying it would no longer than 10 punitive totals for deaths and factions or 37000 people have died in brazil that is widely believed the outbreak has not yet pete. So those were the headlines the news continues here on aljazeera after the streams of the 45. 00 and. A on around jews in the west africa the. I am fairly ok you are watching the stream you have plastic shows that im always happy to do which is when you suggest an idea for osteen discounts have a look on my laptop this is some good or when its a story issue you think that should cover it we just scroll down here and then you will see that the response which was about the pandemic the admin shift of apathy that hes an all time high and were talking here about indian ag minister to kashmir now some are saying that because of security a lockdown security restrictions about movement and then you add
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