A week earlier would have harmful to the u. K. s number of covert 1000 deaths and swedish prosecutors name a Graphic Designer who died 2 decades ago is the man who killed Prime Minister all of palm a in 1986. Buckle to the program we begin in the u. S. Where George Floyds brother has urged politicians to quote stop the pain and pass reforms to end the Police Brutality philonous floyd that was testifying before the House Judiciary Committee on capitol hill he told members of congress to make sure that his brothers death was not in vain the 46 year old died in Police Custody in may spark even weeks of protests across the u. S. And around the world castro reports from washington. Philonous cloyd travel directly from his brothers funeral in houston to the u. S. Capitol george call for help and he was ignored please listen to the car out all make it to you now so the cause of our family and the cars ringing out the streets across the world people of all backgrounds genders the races have come together to demand change House Democrats have proposed sweeping legislation to Reform Police departments in the wake of George Floyds death that includes increasing Police Accountability for officer misconduct and Banning Police chokeholds im tired im tired of. Paying you feel when you watch Something Like this when you watch a big brother who looked up to for your whole life da da big a boys mom what we saw in minnesota the slow torture is murder of george floyd by a uniform officer was an outrage and a tragedy where we have seen since then millions of americans marching in the street to demand justice and call for reforms it has been an inspiration and i got a 7 in 10 americans now say floyds death is part of a systemic problem of police brutalizing and killing black americans defund the police has become a rallying cry for those demanding reform but the meaning of the phrase is nuance to most defunded the police means shifting some money from Police Departments to social services but to the far left and means abolishing police altogether republicans have seized on that extremist interpretation warning of an arcade they know it is pure insanity to defund the police and the fact that my democrat colleagues wont speak out against this crazy policy. Its just that frightening. Senate republicans are drafting their own proposal for Police Reform likely to include requirements for more biased training but the new unity officers enjoyed from civil lawsuits will likely remain intact the 2 parties competing ideas may reach a stalemate potentially resulting in nothing. Now they the protesters have already made clear they wont accept that outcome they say of Congress Takes no action then voters will at the polls in November Heidi castro aljazeera washington the Minneapolis Police department is breaking off talks with the powerful state police union its police chief says its part of planned reforms in the way of George Floyds this now that he had undone though is they says the Union Contract needs to be restructured to provide more transparency this is further examining the 6 significant matters that touch on such things as Critical Incident protocol or use of force the significant role that supervisors play in this department and also the discipline process to include both grievances and arbitration. And i believe i speak for my chief peers here in the state of minnesota as well as across our country that there is nothing more debilitating to a chief from an Employment Matter perspective that when you have grounds to terminate an officer for misconduct when youre dealing with a 3rd Party Mechanism that allows for that employee to not only be back on your department. But to be patrolling in your communities. U. S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has called for the removal of confederate statues in washington d. C. Earlier on tuesday a statue of Christopher Columbus and the city of richmond became the latest to be torn down by protesters they used ropes to drag the effigy off its pedestal before setting it on fire and throwing it into a lake the monument was toppled less than 2 hours after demonstrators had gathered chanting for it to go activists then vandalized the foundation that once held the statue. A senior British Health expert says the u. K. s current virus test toll could have been hard if the lockdown had not been brought in if the lockdown had been brought in a week earlier former government adviser Neil Ferguson was giving evidence the m. P. s. Was of governor of the board very. Poor. So have really. Our what is the period with the. Program it was the hall. So almost i think with measures given what we know d about this phone you have that its barnes then its completely out of the world. So yes the this quarter. We have we introduced the. City. For a challenge has more on the story from westminster. It was professor Neil Fergusons study for Imperial College that actually shocks the governments into imposing the lockdown late in march when he said that if the government did nothing then 250000 people would die hes not an uncontroversial figure though he had to resign from his government advisory position after it emerged that he had broken the law down him self to go and visit his romantic partner but he is still an influential figure and when he speaks people listen certainly journalists have theyve picked up on what he said earlier in the day and pressed Prime MinisterBoris Johnson about it at the press conference this afternoon and we can hear now what Boris Johnsons response was we made the decisions at the time on the guidance of sage including professor ferguson that we thought were right for this for this country and i think that the you know the questions that are posed are still unanswered and theres a lot of data that we still frankly do not have and i think youd be you know i know you want me to go to cast judgment now on everything that happened in the in the months that are gone by i just think that is the course that moment will come of course weve got to learn lessons but i you know i just think that it is at this stage premature the still too much that we dont know for a stance and also announce the latest easing of lockdown measures saying that as of monday all shops can open zoos can start reopening and as of this weekend People Living by themselves or those raising families by themselves can start forming support bubbles that is they can form a connection with one other household lightening the load really of this sink recently long and drawn out coronavirus period. A majority of the Assembly Members of video the janeiro state legislature have voted to start impeachment proceedings against its governor Wilson Witsel for alleged fraud in the purchase of ventilators on wednesday the federal police also raided the Government Palace of state and the governors home over similar allegations the number of infections meanwhile keeps on rising across the country and south paolo retail shops reopened this fight reporting a Record Number of deaths for 2 days 1274 deaths have been recorded in the past 24 hours bringing the total death toll to more than 39000. Lets cross live now to daniel shrine larry who is. Not only is can see the infection rate in the death rate shows showing no sign of decreasing but now you have the situation with the governor is tell us a little bit how what impact thats having on the political handling of the current virus in brazil. Where this is a very good political case i mean 2 governors are viewed as youve mentioned. By your in the Northern State of byron the city of belair there were 23 raids there early on wednesday several people arrested wilson with the governor of Rio De Janeiro was arrested or detained late last month and here as you mentioned now being brought on these impeachment charges both of those governors from different ends of the political spectrum the left wing governor of the Northern State. With a former ally of president job also narrow what they both have in common is that they fully support the lockdown measures any measures to try to control the spread of the coronavirus they are both in opposition to president job also nado who have as weve seen many times is out on the streets talking to his supporters without mosques telling people to go back to work to support the economy cause the coronavirus a mild flu. For the governor of Rio De Janeiro a possible rival to job or scenario in the in the in the next elections so a lot of political shenanigans going on here or with some with when he was 1st investigated called this political case against him so this is what were seeing at the moment though both men have obviously said as they always do that they are innocent of the charges against them against them and enjoyable so narrow saying he would go all out to any corruption around brazil in relation to. People buying states buying equipment to try to fight the corowa of the corporate 19 virus but many people leveling accusations against him but hes removing his potential political rivals on the cover of these of these raids on their properties on their own they govern the Government Policies so daniel a very complicated and serious situation there in brazil tell us a little bit about the rest of south america because the continent really has found itself at the epicenter of the pandemic recently. I mean the World Health Organization a few weeks ago was saying that they thought latin america would become the epicenter it does seem to be reaching that stage now with several countries in the region reporting in the last 24 hours Record Numbers of daily deaths 192 reported in chile theres been a lockdown in the capital santiago for some weeks theyre now going to spread out to 5 other cities in the country Record Numbers reported in colombia 64. 00 in the last 24 hours or so in argentina argentina here theyve been used to control the pandemic fairly effectively a total of 717. 00 deaths in all parts when they started to really lift restrictions recently allowed people out running on monday night tens of thousands of people came out onto the streets president fernando is saying he may then have to put those restrictions back in place to control the virus. Shrine there with the latest from one as i understand you all think you. Still to come in this half hour in the netherlands questions some of its a long time traditions in light of the black labs movement and h. B. O. Says it does give a damn temporarily removing a movie classic from its library following the george floyd protests. How low the weather remained slushy fine and dry across much of australia High Pressure still very much in charge but we have got a few showers in the forecast we want to see showers just around the eastern side of New South Wales these will ease as we go through the next comes i said probably not the be more in the way of sunshine as of area of High Pressure so quiet here its a much of the southeast is over towards the western side of the country where we are going to see some cloud in the rain rolling through this area of low pressure. Just sprayed again see what Western Australia or row across doubly way as we go on through thursday eventually it does make its way all the way through the nullable and thatll push into good parts of southern parts of South Australia as we go on through the weekend down to the southeast its generally 5 dry new zealand generate dry just not just some welcome rainfall some much needed frightful pushing across the north island as we go on through friday we got some rather less welcome rank continue across central parts of china here we have as seasonal downpours they are continuing more heavy showers are rolling into central and southern parts of china just nudging a little further north was they slide their way across the Korean Peninsula fed with a right to come into japan for a time hot and sticky in tokyo at 29 degrees. White supremacy is on the rise in the u. S. Its an undercurrent that is bubbling up has mainstreamed extreme ideas this is the 1st step toward taking america back. Faultlines examines the ducting feeding hay to eat and that going to often deadly consequences what are you telling your congregations people say we have to be concerned conspiracy to massacre anti semitism in america on aljazeera. With the room. With all. Of them back heres a reminder of the top stories on aljazeera George Floyds brother has urged the u. S. Congress to pass reforms on Police Brutality and quote stop the pain philonous floyd that testified before the House Judiciary Committee telling members to make sure that his brothers there was not in vain. Meanwhile the Minneapolis Police chief is taking on the powerful Officers Union announcing that his the parliament is breaking off talks as part of planned reforms in the wake of floyd. And the senior british elf expert says the u. K. s for the virus could have been cut down in half if the lockdown had been brought in a week earlier britains Prime Minister says that decisions made were based on scientific evidence. Another country that was badly hit by the coronavirus and the Prime Minister there it is that because it is said to be questioned by prosecutors on friday over the handling of the pandemic the prosecutors are looking in particular at why a red zone was not enforced in february around the towns of named breaux and zano regional officials and the government blame each other for the failure italy was europes 1st coronavirus epicenter and has recorded over 34000 deaths. While Schools HealthDepartment Says 5260 people died from cove of 19 in the city last month thats far higher than the 1895 reported by russias Coronavirus CrisisResponse Center over the course of may officials attribute the spike to a change in the way the coronavirus deaths are certified russia has recorded the. 3rd highest number of cases in the world after the United States and brazil but its relatively low number of deaths just over 6000 has raised questions despite this moscows mayor is pushing ahead with easing restrictions in the city. Or the world is facing its worst peacetime recession in a sentry thats according to the organization for Economic Cooperation and development it predicts that the Global Economy will shrink by at least 6 percent in 2020 because of coronavirus lockdowns britain france italy and spain will be the worst hit with g. D. P. Decreases of at least 11 percent the o. E. C. D. Also says the fallout will be even worse if there is a 2nd wave of the pandemic. At least 35. 00 people have been killed in Northern Nigeria gunmen on motorbikes attacked a village in Katsina State it came as it came hours after the killing of at least 69. 00 people in borno state then edgerrin government has blamed bandits for the attack violence from boko haram and armed groups in the area has killed thousands of people and displaced about 2000000 amid interest says more now from a boojum. Their tax increase in the state is seen as an escalation in the balance which weve been seeing in the northwest of nigeria in states like them for us to. Cut in a status of niger stayed where dozens of people have been killed or hundreds of people have been killed in the past 2 months in that region elsewhere in North East Nigeria would seem book stepping up attacks on Rural Communities especially isolated communities the latest being the attack on a community and local government area a loss of 100 kilometers from the regional capital in may degree nearly 70 people have been killed in that attack because the fighters who are boko haram members allied to the Islamic State in west Africa Province accuse them of collaborating with the military and launching even attacks on their own fighters so went into town shock people and run them over with cars and motorcycles in that area weve seen this is part of a wider conflict in the lake chad