state of georgia has criticized major league baseball for moving its all star game out of atlanta but decision comes a week after the state pass new legislation tightening voting laws critics say the changes designed to suppress democratic votes especially among black versus well let's now speak to mike hanna he's following this for us from washington d.c. mike it really does seem that this is turning into a bit of a showdown very much so and now the corporations are joining in as well they were quiet while this was law was being discussed they didn't come out with any major objection but since that law was passed major corporations such as coca-cola and delta who have their homes in atlanta georgia have issued statements condemning this move now this has a ripple effect in terms of corporations in particular and this is something that could have an impact not only in georgia but further afield and that is what the governor of georgia brian kemp had to say the news conference on the state we can let the earliest. you know out flankers out political. you know. or we can get in the 5 in

from london much more still to bring you on the program major league baseball gets political stripping atlanta of its all-star game over a new voting lore in the state of georgia families grieve for the victims of friday's train crash in taiwan as prosecutors seek an arrest warrant for the owner of the truck that rolled onto the tracks. and ace in the line for further behind in the italian title race that's coming out in sport with. now soaring infection rates here in europe are forcing governments in france and italy to reimpose lockdowns restrictions of also been extended in germany's chancellor angela merkel abandon plans for a nationwide lockdown after facing a public backlash as millions of people in the region get ready to mount isa sunday there are concerns that the slow vaccine rollout and new contagious variant of the virus will make a 3rd wave of the pandemic difficult to contain in much of europe people are being told not to travel to see family and some countries including france are still seeing warring numbers of new covered cases while all of italy is now considered a high risk

confirmed dead i'm german ash with sports that major league baseball's all star game will be moved from atlanta in response to voting restrictions in georgia and it's being reported that a major test event for the tokyo it impacts the diving world cup has been canceled because of $1000.00 safety concerns. hello welcome to the news hour we begin of course in the u.s. where the capital the hearts of american democracy was once again thrown into lockdown on friday after a man rammed his car into a barricade killing at least one person the car drove into 2 police officers who were near the barricade one of them has died and the alva is still being treated in hospital offices on the scene shot at the suspect when he left the car he has since died of his injuries and that suspect exit the vehicle with a knife in hand. our officers then engage that suspect he did not respond to verbal commands the suspect did start lunging toward us capitol police officers at which time u.s. capitol police officers fired upon the suspect at this time the suspect has been pronounced deceased 2 so u.s. capitol police of

the home run king both broke babe ruth's record for the atlanta braves was an executive to the at the braves and detail going in with very moving way in his biography of the some of the prejudice he faced when he was a young player in the minor leagues in jacksonville florida when he was an executive with the braves or turner turner broadcasting so this will take that focus on henry aaron out of the city where he lived and played and i think that's quite a big thing for major league baseball to do. well into the miami open tennis weather was not set in the semifinals polish player who bowed to catch the favorite from russia andre rieu bless her coach who actually lives in florida won him straight sets 6364 he won a lower ranks event earlier this year but is now through to his 1st ever masters final now next up heard how much will face as he major yannick sin in the final on sunday the 19 year old italian be the 7th seed roberto a guzzi his semifinal center is only the 4th teenager to reach the final in miami following andre agassi rafael nadal and even novak djokovic which. and so the

well still ahead here on al jazeera atlanta is stripped of one of the biggest events in u.s. sports sorrow be here with all these details. when freedom of the press is under threat demonstrators and journalists are dealing with internet outages police intimidation and charges of said dish to shift the focus of covering the way the news this covered the listening posts on a. april on al-jazeera from a 3rd wave to the vaccine rollout we'll bring you the latest developments from around the world a year into the coronavirus pandemic $11.00 east gains rare behind the scenes accents into the secretive world the japanese soon. could president idriss deby secure a 6th time in power join us on april 11th for the charted action. to ward winning our choice returns stories of those striving to reduce or negative impact on the planet has president joe biden kept his campaign promises we'll have special coverage and in-depth analysis of his 1st $100.00 days in the oval office april ouches iraq. or. talk about now in northeast asia cherry blossoms blaming are a sure sign that spring has spr

all the latest from atlanta. with the news hour live from london well still ahead for you on the program our affairs of asia's 4th wave growing with a surge in krajina virus infections in thailand thousands of children are without basic necessities as they await a future in the united states and then in support disastrous day for red bull ahead of the 2nd formula one race of the season son i will have that story a bit later in the program. u.s. president joe biden has described gun violence as a stain on the country which passes the soul of the nation a statement came in the wake of the latest mass shooting in which a fed ex workers died in the city of indianapolis the gunman who also died was later identified as a 19 year old former employee christian salumi reports. another corner of america the scene of yet another mass shooting this time at a fed ex facility in indianapolis a gunman opening fire late on thursday night killing workers outside in the car park before going inside to kill others and then himself

underway in atlanta just in the last hour you'll remember the earlier this month the pause was put on the johnson and johnson vaccine after $6800000.00 doses had been issued they phoned it in 6 cases there were blood clots in the interim there's probably been about 7000000 doses that have been issued issued in the period between stopping and getting all done and there was another few cases reported although we don't know exactly how many so now the c.d.c. is deciding what it wants to do know the number of options on the table 1st of all it could continue the pause until it gets more information but those who have been attending the meeting say that they think they have enough to make a decision they could call a halt to using the johnson and johnson vaccine which of course has been very popular because it's one and done or they could continue with a number of restrictions and that's exactly what europe did just 3 days ago it decided it was going to use johnson and johnson but there would be a warning attached it could be several hours before we get that final decision from the c.d.c.

the current european champions are aiming for their false olympic medal in tokyo after 3 provinces in atlanta sydney and beijing but not surprisingly 1000 has hampered their build up. because not under 9 year old perhaps the greatest difficulty is the injuries there are players who stopped playing for their clubs with and suddenly had to play lots of competitions and we've lost 2 of our top players which is a challenge. manchester city a 2 games away from their 1st champions league final with paris standing in their way the 1st leg of the semifinal kicks off in the next few minutes in paris will be the 19th time pep guardiola city and i have faced each other as managers katina got the better of the city boss in 2019 when his tottenham side beat city in the quarter finals but here is urging his players to enjoy the whole experience. been privileged to be one of the best 4 teams in europe this season in any month been enjoyed today the training and everything in this is what i would love to to see my players in the back from a 7 everyone because we know how tough our struggle how difficult is t

the brooklyn nets the 1st team from the eastern conference to book a spot in the playoffs for atlanta where too strong the toronto raptors winning by 13 and the news gets better for the nets with their main man kevin durant scoring 17 points and grabbing 10 rebounds in his 2nd game back from a lengthy injury layoff. different guys have different situations they are used to it's they speak you know coaches their help and yet there are players there are talks or it is mostly teenagers just tighter and more connected. there are tired of boxing legend foid mayweather has been scheduled for june the 6th in miami the unbeaten 5 time world champion will come out of retirement to fight internet celebrity logan paul may weather has been retired since beating you have ceased our economy burger in august 27th he was known as the race that stops a nation but australian horseracing authority is hoping that introducing new medical checks will stop animals dying at the melbourne cup among the changes so all overseas runners will have to have c.t. scans before and after arriving at the showpiece even

this latest tragedy coming just weeks after mass shootings in atlanta colorado and south carolina drawing further attention to what's been described as a deep seated epidemic of gun violence kristen salumi al-jazeera following that shooting president biden once again urged members of congress to pos gun control legislation every single day every single day there's a match to this young in the united states if you count all those who are killed out of the streets of our cities and our rural areas it's a national embarrassment and must come to an end i strongly support the universal background checks which i continue to push the congress has to step up and act the senate has to act and i strongly support and continue and never stop supporting the ban on assault weapons and magazines that hold more than 1010 bullets. there with the news out. of the program palestinian prisoners rights groups for new calls to release those whose detention breaks international law. final preparations as britain prepares to farewell say farewell to queen elizabeth's late husband prince philip. and in sports a m

well from this meeting in atlanta we have discovered that there are no 15 cases that have turned up of people suffering from blood clots all of them women 1000000 injections administered by johnson and johnson that number of 15 more than twice the number that we had 10 days ago there were 6 instances in 6 and a half 1000000 cases and that is why the government decided to put a halt to the jordan johnson and vaccination temporarily know the c.d.c. has a number of things they can do they can get 10 year to put a pause on the vaccinations until they get more information but many of the scientists at the c.d.c. think they have enough information to come to a decision that could possibly say no more johnson and johnson vaccinations that would be a surprise what is likely to happen most people think is that it will fall european model remember 3 days ago europe decided to go ahead with the johnson and johnson vaccination but there would be some warnings to certain groups and it seems that the americans may well follow that path as well we should know in the next couple of hours if they do th

mean i just fall around like puppy dogs and just time to tell you that the all-star game has me from atlanta as you know but it's now going to be played in denver that's been confirmed by many today so i have a guy that for me gemma thank you. and that is it for this new salary you can get the latest on all that we have been covering on our website al jazeera dot com and i will be back in just a few minutes with more of the news thanks for watching. the story goes that the statue of an ancient greek god he beat the waves for millenia. until a palestinian fisherman on earth the priceless relic. the story continues that as the world's attention was drawn to gaza mysteriously the day it disappeared once again. the apollo of gaza. on a. most people will never know what's beyond this still. deafening silence of 100000 volts how it feels to touch danger every day. most people will never know what it's like to work with every breath is precious with here is not an option. but when knocked most people. the climate is changing every year for millions of years decades of little action it's all about j

hitter but unfortunately it won't be fully recognized on the mound for the arizona diamondbacks against atlanta on ghana's f. it was across 7 innings but under the rules a no hitter should be thrown in games of 9 or more innings major league baseball is temporarily playing 7 inning games on double headed days to complete as many games as possible without interruptions. how about this for a catch from the new york yankees clint frazier the acrobatic came in the bottom of the 8 against cleveland feeling still ended in a 73 defeat for the yankees. and finally some drama on the high seas in bermuda in the opening race of the sail g.p. season this was on board the u.s. team's boat as japan crashed into them slicing their carbon fiber hole on one of the lines as they got currituck after the americans managed to get free they limped back to shore but the damage from the crash caused the team to capsize and he never ace for the day. all right that is all useful for now it is really. about set for me to the money in sight of this news hour i'll be back in a moment with more of the day's means stay with

america the current european champions are aiming for their 4th olympic medal in tokyo after 3 bronzes atlanta 70 in beijing but not surprisingly cave at 19 has hampered the build up. if you. just want on the 9 year old perhaps the greatest difficulty is the injuries there are players who stopped playing for the clubs with and suddenly had to play lots of competitions we've lost 2 of our top players which is a challenge. formula one's canadian grand prix has been cancelled for the 2nd year in a row due to cope with 19 travel restrictions it will be replaced with a race at turkey's istanbul circuit circuit on june 13th but there was some good news for organizers of the canadian g.p. f one has extended its contract with the montreal race by 2 years to take into account the cancellations securing it until 2031 with the 2nd tennis grand slam of the year the french open a month away a world number one novak djokovic has decided to reduce his schedule he's pulled out of the madrid open which starts on sunday meaning he won't defend the title he won in 2019 masters event was cancelled due to the pand

hitter but unfortunately it won't be fully recognized on the mound for the arizona diamondbacks against atlanta on gone his effort was across 7 innings but on the emily rose a no hitter should be thrown in games of 9 or more innings major league baseball is temporarily playing 7 inning games on a summer headed to is taken he has many games as possible without interruption. i think you have been here today. i'm not control how many units are playing. and i want everything i mean. i'm definitely appreciative. you know. what happened and i am very fortunate. meanwhile japanese star shared tawny once again proves he's more than just a picture smashing of a home run in the space of a week helping the l.a. angels defeat his sin. tennis now rafael nadal has won a record extending 12th boston open title the spaniard beats to final sister passed in the final but was really tested as al had to save a championship points in a match the loss of more than 3 and a half hours he eventually pulled 366775. and it led to find like this and they start a month so means a lot to me again supplant like him that he w

and watching manchester city at the atlanta game as football fans are specified that the main thing is seeing your mates going going to the games and i think this is the start hopefully of it easing off and things getting better and better so yeah we are really excited about how things are going as i say there's a lot more at stake than just the car about cup in this to the future of the european championships was going to be played here at wembley the semifinals and the final in the couple of the group games as well later on during the summer now this 8000 people are attending to this game today the f.a. cup final on in the middle of may is going to have 121-2000 spectators if this event goes well and by the time the european championships come around the expectation is that they'll be a minimum of 25 percent capacity and that's $22.00 and a half 1000 for this particular state. and i hope that by the time the finals in the fall at that semifinals in the fall come around they'll be able potentially to have up to 50 percent capacity it's really important for a big stadium like this with

patients after it ran out but finding a hospital bed to free has become almost impossible in the city of atlanta. i came here to get my grandfather treated he's suffering from covert 19 they are not letting us in we don't understand anything the security guard is saying there is no doctor available here if there is no doctor need the emergency ward then where will we go his oxygen level is dropping alarmingly. india recorded more than 300000 cases for the 3rd day on saturday the situation in india is a device stating reminder of why this virus can do and why we must marshal every tool against it in a comprehensive and integrated approach. countries including the u.k. and china say they're looking at ways to help india as it. heads med students oxygen and vaccines and the u.s. chamber of commerce has called on the body of ministration to release millions of doses of the asteroid 7 kovacs even from storage to ship to india brazil and other countries had a pandemic it said that no one is safe. to say and this is the problem al jazeera. we're joined now via skype by. he's professor of international

should have been taken away from augusta the legislation did prompt major league baseball to strip atlanta of this year's all-star game. anything that disadvantage anyone to vote is wrong it should be addressed i think there's a resolution and i think the resolution is going to be based on people working together and talking and having constructive dialogue because that's the way our democratic society works i know you would like to for us to make a proclamation on this i just don't think it's going to be helpful to ultimately we . reach a resolution. u.s. president joe biden described the new law as an atrocity he says it will unfairly affect black americans key elements include new id requirements for questing absentee ballots banning the practice of give me food or water to voters waiting in line at polling stations and giving the state legislature more powers to control voting operations of problems are reported we've been speaking to david johns of the national black justice coalition he says this is a chance for golf to do more than just talk about change. there are so many organizat

should have been taken away from augusta the legislation did prompt major league baseball to strip atlanta of this year's all-star game. he anything that disadvantages anyone to vote is wrong it should be addressed i think there's a resolution and i think the resolution is going to be based on people working together and talking and having constructive dialogue because that's the way our democratic society works i know you would like to for us to make a proclamation on this i just don't think that is going to be helpful to ultimately reach. reaching a resolution and we've been speaking to david johns of the national black justice coalition he says this is a chance for golf to do more than just talk about it. there are so many organizations including the p.g.a. who tripped over themselves to issue statements to say and solidarity with the movement for black lives and in their opportunity life best to follow up with those words follow up those words rather with meaningful action and in as moment they are advocating the opportunity to be held accountable for big that they purport to care abou

actually tapping into a warm gulf a warm push of gulf air here so look at some of these temperatures atlanta 29 wednesday washington d.c. up to 30 but look just a bit behind it 19 degrees and 1st chicago and that's because a cold front is swinging across so new york the next 3 days we're getting pretty close to record temperatures here certainly above average temperatures but then the cold front slices across that will drop the temperature triggers some showers and there is where we track the cold front on thursday potential for some strong storms as we head to arkansas and tennessee take you to central america right now and dry conditions persist for mexico and we do have some drought conditions across that country so the dry conditions certainly not helping some scattered showers for his final and also puerto rico on wednesday for south america we've been dealing with heavy rains toward parts of venezuela into guyana and french guy on his watch 137 millimeters of rain in 24 hours more showers on deck for french guyana on wednesday. still out on al-jazeera are you going standoff between sau

already a deadly year with $147.00 my shooting across the nation in march alone 8 people were killed in atlanta less than a week later 10 died at a supermarket in colorado. yet the issue of gun control remains as ever deeply divisive. in the run up to his election joe biden promised tough action including buying back weapons banning imported guns and so-called commonsense steps to curtail a uniquely american problem who in god's name needs a weapon that can hold 100 rounds or 40 rounds or 20 rounds is just wrong and i'm not going to give up till it's done as a memorial to the victims of gun violence was installed on the national mall the president announced 6 executive orders including tackling the growing problem of homemade untraceable firearms known as ghost guns and old a gun advocates say will do very little there's no way that you're going to stop this there's nothing you can do about it this is the reality of the world and 3 d. printers are real and i can just go press a button and i'm going to print one of these today i speak to a nation. in grief i know there's not a parent in america

president joe biden says he supports major league baseball's decision to strip atlanta of the prestigious all star again it's a protest against a new voting law in the state of georgia critics say the new measures signed off by georgia's republican governor limits access to the ballot box especially for people of color the all star game was originally g. to take place on july 13th spaceballs bosses and now searching for a new venue. m l b commissioner rob manfred said major league baseball fundamentally supports voting rights for all americans and opposes restrictions to the ballot box we proudly use our platform to encourage baseball fans and communities throughout our country as he says to perform their civic duty and actively participate in the voting process for access he says to vote in continue to have our games on wavering support while this move is put pressure on arguably georgia's most famous sporting event the masters golf tournament which starts on thursday when civil rights group wants governing body to cancel the event and is calling on players to boycott it until the voting

this latest tragedy coming just weeks after mass shootings in atlanta colorado and south carolina drawing further attention to what's been described as a deep seated epidemic of gun violence christian salumi al-jazeera eritrea has admitted that its troops all fighting in ethiopia's northern to grow region it's the 1st time the horn of africa nation has explicitly knowledged its role in the conflict eritrean forces are reportedly dressing as members of the ethiopian military both governments have previously denied their presence contradicting contradicting testimony from aid workers refugees and residents the u.n. says the eritrean forces have committed atrocities. well the u.n. says that hundreds of children were separated from their families. because attacked by a group last month many of them arriving in pemba from. reports . when an armed group attacked the town of palma in mozambique's kabul delgado province some of these women got separated from their children their plan was to reach the provincial capital hoping this sons and daughters had also managed to get here as well wouldn't y

says it won't be stripping the season ending to a championship from atlanta major league baseball rejects all-star game from the city of new controversial voting rules in the state of georgia critics say the legislation makes it harder african-americans to vote the tour championship has been played at east lake golf club since 1998 and has contributed to more than $38000000.00 to local charitable organizations now the p.g.a. wants to continue it says that work well the masters tees off in georgia on thursday the same course japanese teenagers sebas a tiny one that cost a national women's amateur and 17 year old won it on a sudden death playoff. at the 1st women's major of the season in california thailand's party tribal and i kids is firmly in control of the n a n a inspiration tournament 21 year old is 5 shots clear closing in on her 1st ever title and on the men's tour jordan spaeth singh good form ahead of the masses he shot a 5 under 67 to take a share of the lead at the 6 us open he's tied with matt wallace on 12 under. and then the fellow called from toby it's top tom brother brothe

this latest tragedy coming just weeks after mass shootings in atlanta colorado and south carolina drawing further attention to what's been described as a deep seated epidemic of gun violence christian salumi al-jazeera. brazil's president joe both sanaa has sent a lessor to u.s. president joe biden recommitting to stop illegal deforestation in the amazon by 2030 years climate envoy john kerry responded urging immediate action be taken to back up the pledge brazil has appealed for several millions of dollars in international supports to meet that goal. he was going leader raul castro has called for respectful dialogue between cuba and the united states he expressed a willingness to build a new kind of relationship with the u.s. as he presided over his final congress of the communist party of cuba on friday castro also confirmed he was handing over the leadership to a younger generation ending 6 decades of rule by himself and older brother fidel. i 3 astronauts been on a joint's russian american mission have safely returned to earth the expedition cancer and ends when the soyuz spacecraft l

named george floyd square emotions were particularly roll in other cities similar scenes maters in atlanta. not. in new york satisfaction at what the black lives matter movement has achieved despite the naysayers all the folks who were nonbelievers for the last 5 years they came out into the streets for what was right and they got a victory we should make no mistake with the protest as we've been hearing from do not agree with the prosecution case 3 heard that this was not the minneapolis police department on trial what we keep on hearing from them is it is the minneapolis police department not only that it's the police departments across the country that were on trial and this verdict may have brought relief at justice finally served but there was also the recognition that the law would not bring george floyd back she had her town see al-jazeera minneapolis. well just as the verdict was being announced police shot and killed a black teenage girl in columbus ohio police have released body cam video showing an officer shooting the girl as she appeared to try to stab another girl with a knif

hitter but unfortunately it will be fully recognized on the mound for the arizona diamondbacks against atlanta on ghana's f. it was across 7 innings but on the end of the rules a no hitter should be thrown in games of 9 or more innings major league baseball is temporarily playing 7 inning games on double header days to complete as many games as possible without interruption. i think giving is today. in control how many units will play in. the 7 and double header thing i mean. i'm definitely appreciate. you know. what happened and i feel very fortunate meanwhile japanese star tawny once again proved he's more than just a pitcher smashing another homerun in the space of a week helping the l.a. angels defeat he stood in full to tell you. and how about this for a catch from the new york yankees clint frazier the acrobatic effort came in the bottom of the 8th against cleveland that evening still ended in a 73 defeat for the yankees. team goal from the p.g.a. tour this week finishing a world cup style playoff between australians and south africans the ultimate shot format in new orleans sort of thes

is aimed at making it harder for minorities to vote and it prompted major league baseball to strip atlanta of this year's all-star game if any anything that disadvantages anyone to vote is wrong it should be addressed so i think there's a resolution and i think the resolution is going to be based on people working on the other and talking and having constructive dialogue because just the way our democratic society works i know you would like to for us to make a proclamation on this i just all things are going to be helpful to ultimately we. reach a resolution as a bomb in equiv basin in the champions league for the 1st time in more than 2 years is losing $32.00 against paris in the 1st leg of the quarterfinal killin em back they started p.s.g. scoring twice and what was a rematch of last season's final he got the i phone as the french side went up within 30 minutes by and did manage to pull the score back to 2 will but i'm back got the wenna to ensure they go into the 2nd leg with 3 precious away goals chelsea also won and they beat porto to nil in the quarterfinals like. intimate closing

says it won't be stripping the season ending torch and pinch it from atlanta major league baseball moved its all star game from the city after new controversial voting rules in the state of georgia critics say the legislation makes it harder for african-americans to vote the top championship has been played to a slate golf club since 1998 and has contributed more than $38000000.00 to local charitable organizations and the p.g.a. wants to continue that work friend tried of course already has won the doha moto g.p. rookie jorge martinez started on pole and he led for most of the race but with 5 laps to go over took him and so when the figure on the half 2nd victory at the sale circuit in a week for the frenchman as your arms are it was 2nd with his ducati product teammate martine in that it was the closest to the top 15 in the sport's history with less the 9 seconds between the riders now you may remember on saturday we showed you a huge crash the extreme sing series in saudi arabia well the same driver cloudy her going has crashed again on sunday this time it was another racer that drove

this truck is carrying covered 9000 vaccines and hope to nearly 4000000 syrians in atlanta most of whom have repeatedly been displaced during the war now in sin of and here it is the 1st celebrate to syria as part of the un led contacts program which has already sent back seen doses to more than 100 counties and territories worldwide. as a 1st delivery and we received almost 54000 doses for health workers in the 2 provinces of the bin the aleppo we will receive new deliveries soon during the 3rd quarter of 2021 we receive these doses through a group of n.g.o.s and the w.h.o. well. we will initially vaccinate the medical personnel and 1st aid workers who will keep receiving the vaccine in phases to be provided to 850000 civilians in the north of syria including health staff and those with chronic diseases above 25 years old and seniors above 60 according to the world health organization a separate 912000 doses have been allocated for a 1st phase of vaccinations in government controlled areas and semi autonomous kurdish regions by the end of 2021 at least 20 percent of the 17000000 popula

so had fully on the program major league baseball gets political stripping atlanta of its style game over a new voting law in the state of georgia and the family is going for the victims of friday's trying to crash in taiwan is prosecutors seek an arrest warrant for the owner of the truck rolled onto the tracks. but. we've got spring start with a forecast across many parts of europe over the next couple of days we've got a cooler wind coming into central and even down towards southeastern parts that will be some snow rolling in across the balkans some west of weather little further north was but fun and trying to central and western parts at the moment some as in the sunshine if a little of the cool side but the really cool weather that's further north you go this arctic blast developing that role when driving rice across the precious scholls through a good part of scandinavia down through the low countries that way some wintry weather coming in here talking in in across the good parts of germany and down to the outs because the some snow too into parts of the british isles where so

and major league baseball strips atlanta of the all star game as the backlash widens against new voting laws in the state of georgia. so lisa 5 more people have been killed in miramar in the latest crackdown on protesters more than 2 months since the military deposed the civilian leadership security forces shot and killed protesters in 3 different cities on saturday despite that demonstrations are continuing in major cities including young girls and nuns lay at the military has also issued arrest warrants against 18 prominent online critics. and 10. major armed groups representing ethnic minorities are throwing their support behind the anti coup movement through groups . condemning the use of life against protesters and the rebels control large areas mostly along mia most voters speak to tony chaney joins us live now from bangkok in neighboring thailand and he will come on to the group represents the major represents the ethnic minorities in a 2nd because we're just gives it an update situation on what the latest is. was you mention. in the protests are still ongoing they have been pret

so that for you on the program major league baseball gets political stripping atlanta and its all star game over new in the state of georgia . and families grieve for the victims of friday's trying crash in taiwan as prosecutor seek an arrest warrant for the owner of the truck that rolled on to the trunk. the weather slushy set fair across much of australia but i'm a fighter to have more wet weather in the forecast for queensland over the next few days a little area 5 pressure down towards new zealand and around a hybrid drew or in the way in the sand from the ocean and that will face some rather heavy showers into eastern parts of queensland as we go on through sunday some heavy rain there just around the sunshine coast brisbane could catch some rather wet weather that could lead to some localized flooding as we go on into monday out west the weather if anything becoming a little more expansive so right along the coastal fringes we are in for some rather wet weather the ground saturated of course from the previous weeks of very heavy races that could cause some localized if not flash

and atlanta others have rightly been support there demanding justice for all the unarmed black killed by police in recent years kristen salumi was at a rally in new york. where demonstrators have been gathering in the plaza behind me since the verdict was announced this location where i'm at brooklyn in the heart of new york city has been a centerpiece of the black lives matter movement demonstrators have come here often in the last year in fact you may recall that after george lloyd was killed protests in new york city became almost a daily occurrence in all 5 boroughs of the city demonstrators gathering for rallies like this for tox chanting the name of george cloyd and other people who have died at the hands of police new york itself has a long history of tense relations between the minority community and police officers as well so people here gathering expressing their feelings of relief i would say this is being seen as a victory but only a 1st step as we just heard a lot of the people i spoke to tonight not all of them support abolishing the police i've heard views on both sides

president joe biden says he supports major league baseball's decision to strip atlanta off the prestigious all star game it's because if a new voting law in the state of georgia critics say the new measures signed off by georgia's republican governor limited access to the ballot box specially for people of color the all star game was originally due to take place at atlanta's troost park on july 13th but baseball's bosses are now searching for a new avenue and this move by baseball has put pressure on arguably georgia's most famous sporting event that's the masters golf tournament at augusta the 1st major of the season is due to start on thursday one civil rights group one's goals governing body the p.g.a. to cancel the event and is calling on players to boycott it until the voting law is repealed people are demonstrating in the several u.k. cities against a bill that would give police more powers to break up protests. the bill was drafted after the so-called extinction rebellion environmental protest in 2019 it would let police set time and noise limits on rallies even individual demonstra

president joe biden says he supports major league baseball's decision to strip atlanta of the prestigious all star game and because of a new voting law in the state of georgia critics say the new measures signed off by georgia's republican governor limit access to the ballot box especially for people of color the all star game was originally due to take place at atlanta's jurist park on july 13th but baseball's bosses are now searching for a new venue and this move by baseball has now put pressure on r.g.p. georgia's most famous sporting about the masters golf tournament. the 1st major of the season is due to start on thursday one civil rights golf's governing body the p.g.a. to cancel the event and is calling on players also to boycott it until that voting law is repealed. and that this is al jazeera these are the headlines millions across europe are set to mark easter sunday under a new coronavirus restrictions fronts begins its 3rd national lockdown on saturday and is a return to stricter measures after a surgeon cases the dba has this update for us from london.

president joe biden says he supports major league baseball's decision to strip atlanta of the prestigious all star game that's because of a new version rule in the state of georgia critics say the new measures signed off by georgia's republican governor and limit access to the ballot box especially for people of color the all star game was originally due to take place at atlanta's chouest park on july 13th but baseball's bosses are now searching for a new venue well that's all put pressure on georgia's most famous sporting event the masters golf tournament at augusta the 1st major of the season is due to start on thursday one civil rights group wants golf's governing body the p.g.a. to cancel the event and is also calling on players to boycott it until that voting law is repealed. in northeast asia cherry blossoms blooming are a sure sign that spring has sprung this year there is the earliest start to the season on record and scientists are pointing at climate change reports now from the korean capital seoul. it's an annual event in northeast asia that heralds the coming of spring and tha

in atlanta university. certainly honor finlandia university and what is the highest level of education you could take. i received my master's degree. wintergreen and you received in hancock of michigan . that degree was a criminal justice degree. after you completed your college studies you returned to the twin cities area this record is that when you 1st joined the minneapolis police department. a prior to that i had worked as a community service officer at the minneapolis st paul airport police department what years did you do that. believe that was from 197-1989 then in 1990 do you join the minneapolis police department i did in what capacity i started my career as a minneapolis police cadet and then. was hired as a minneapolis police officer that year and chief why did you decide to become a police officer. i've been very fortunate to come from a city. a very resilient very welcoming. proud proud people here in the city of minneapolis and my parents taught all of my siblings and me about the service of

department would see someone with a gun the road over a fence and the officer would run after that person in atlanta i've never i've never seen a situation where the option then at the gun is already been tossed and proceeds to kill the person own who's not armed and putting his hands up it's just disturbing footage. will sting with police shootings in the us a policewoman who fatally shot a young black man in minnesota has appeared in court for the 1st time 20 year old dante rights was shot on sunday after being stopped for a traffic violation police say the officer compulsory shot right accidentally having mistakenly drawn her gun instead of a taser she's been charged with manslaughter and released on bail a day off so turning in her badge the death of set off several nights of unrest may fly how do. ya feed a difference this is the case that this is a guevara but no my nephew was killed with their i'm glad. these 2 are hurting our family apart not blood has been a 0 and all we and the police is he didn't is name please help us to go ahead and get something done on a conviction something well stay

now named george floyd square emotions were particularly roll in other cities similar seen marches in atlanta. and. in new york satisfaction at what the black lives matter movement has achieved despite the naysayers all the folks who were nonbelievers for the last 5 years they came out into the streets for what was right and they got a victory we should make no mistake that the protesters we've been hearing from do not agree with the prosecution case we heard that this was not the minneapolis police department on trial what we keep hearing from them is it is the minneapolis police department not only that it's the police departments across the country that were on drugs and this verdict may have brought relief at justice finally served but there was also the recognition that the law would not bring george floyd back she had her town see al-jazeera minneapolis or just as the verdict was being announced police shot and killed a black teenager in ohio police have released bodycount video showing the officers shooting the girl as she appeared to try and stab another person with a knife protesters

president joe biden says he supports major league baseball's decision to strip atlanta of the prestigious all star game is because of new voting laws in the state of georgia critics say the measure is signed off by georgia's republican governor and limit access to the ballot box and target minority and poor a vote is a moving the baseball has put pressure on georgia's most famous sporting event the masses golf tournament battle gusta wear socks on those say one civilized school wants golf's governing body to cancel the tenement and is calling on plays to boycott it until the voting law is repealed. we can let the. you know out flank us out politicize this. you know or we can get in a fight with them and that's what we're doing i mean this is a call to everyone not only in georgia but all across the country to wake him to get in the fight in to help us and not. look as they are coming for you know. i mean what of in what's or are they going after now what event are they going to go after what convention political hand is in washington she reports this goes beyond just the state of georgia.

ago as well so that's above and there's certainly a bloom with a showing by this red throughout iraq atlanta was q 8 and then the into quarter of society doha misses out young sure which is a humid one here but those temperatures up to 4142 they last for a couple of days yet the breeze is enough i think to come together and produce showers in southern side of the yemenis map yemeni mountains the temperatures in the coast for example in lebanon they're down to where it should be even a bit below but interesting with an unusual weather is a bit further south off the coast of tanzania this indeed is a tropical cyclone job or what's unusual about it one is position basically you don't expect to see them here and this is how unusual it is we've seen 2 previous landfalling cyclers proper winds in to do damage as far as we can tell one in 872 and one in 952 if this maintains its strength heading towards dar es salaam that will be the 3rd and we don't want that. qatar airways argentina's war life is being jeopardized by industrialised agriculture and uncontrolled cattle grazing to resemble takes you

this latest tragedy coming just weeks after mass shootings in atlanta colorado and south carolina drawing further attention to what's been described as a deep seated epidemic of gun violence kristen salumi al-jazeera and after that shooting biden once again members of congress to approve gun control legislation every single day every single day there's a match to this young in the united states if you count all those who are killed out in the streets of our cities and our rural areas it's a national embarrassment and must come to an end i strongly support the universal background checks which i continue to push the congress has to step up and act the senate has to act and i strongly support and continue and never stop supporting the ban on assault weapons and magazines that hold more than 1010 bullets. still ahead on al-jazeera preparations are underway in the united kingdom for the funeral of prince philip. the abduction of priests provokes outrage in hietzing and many blamed government faileth. it's time for the perfect jenny. sponsored point qatar airways how i once again we've got som

patients after it went out but finding a hospital bed to free has become almost impossible in the city of atlanta. i came here to get my grandfather treated he's suffering from covert 19 they are not living in sin we don't understand anything the security guard is saying there is no doctor available here if there is no doctor need the emergency ward then where will we go his oxygen level is dropping alarmingly. india recorded more than 300000 cases for the 3rd day on saturday the situation in india is a device stating reminder of what this virus can do and why we must marshal every tool against it in a comprehensive and integrated approach. countries including the u.k. in china say they're looking at ways to help india as it sees shortages of beds medicines oxygen and vaccines and the u.s. chamber of commerce has called on the part of the ministration to release millions of doses of astra zeneca vaccine from storage to ship to india brazil and other countries had a pandemic it said that no one will say until the so elizabeth pool on an al-jazeera new delhi. southeast asian nations have demanded a

already a deadly year with 147 my shooting across the nation in march alone 8 people were killed in atlanta less than a week later 10 died at a supermarket in colorado. and yet the issue of gun control remains as ever deeply divisive. in the run up to his election joe biden promised tough action including buying back weapons banning imported guns and so-called commonsense steps to curtail a uniquely american problem who in god's name needs a weapon that can hold 100 rounds or 40 rounds or 20 rounds is just wrong and i'm not going to give up till it's done as a memorial to the victims of gun violence was installed on the national mall the president announced 6 executive orders including tackling the growing problem of homemade untraceable far omes known as ghost guns an order gun advocates say will do very little there's no way that you're going to stop this there's nothing you can do about it this is the reality of the world and 3 d. printers are real and i can just go press a button and i'm going to print one of these today i speak to a nation in grief i know there's not a parent in americ

this truck is carrying covered 9000 vaccines and hope to nearly 4000000 syrians in atlanta most of whom have repeatedly been displaced during the war now in sin of and here it is the 1st celebrate to syria as part of the un led contacts program which has already sent back seen doses to more than 100 counties and territories worldwide. as a 1st delivery and we received almost 54000 doses for health workers in the 2 provinces of the been the lead we will receive new deliveries soon during the 3rd quarter of 2021 received these doses through a group of n.g.o.s and the w.h.o. . and. we will initially vaccinate the medical personnel and 1st aid workers who will keep receiving the vaccine in phases to be provided to 850000 civilians in the north of syria including health staff and those with chronic diseases above 25 years old and seniors above 60 according to the world health organization a separate 912000 doses have been allocated for a 1st phase of vaccinations in government controlled areas and semi autonomous kurdish regions by the end of 2021 at least. 2 percent of the 17000000 populati