this is the news live from berlin the u.s. jury finds a white policeman guilty of murdering george floyd president biden the stops in the fight against racism no one should be above the law. and today's verdict sends that message but it's not enough we can't stop here. the jury in

minneapolis found guilty of all charges in the killings also coming up. russian president vladimir putin addresses the nation amid of rising tensions with ukraine and growing concern for the health of dissident leader who was on hunger strike in prison. and was covered 19 cases soaring in india and oxygen supplies dwindling people are camping outside the hospitals where their loved ones are being treated. plus it is game over for a proposed european super league after an exodus of elite football clubs from the controversial project even its founders are having 2nd thoughts. welcome to the program a jury in minneapolis has found former police officer. guilty of 2nd degree murder

and manslaughter in the death of george floyd last year he was filmed killing floyd a black man but pressing his knee on floyd's neck for more than 9 minutes the murder spot global outrage and protests against racism and police brutality people in minneapolis celebrated the verdict we the jury in the above entitled matter as to count one unintentional 2nd degree murder while committing a felony find the defendant guilty to the words so many had been hoping and waiting for their guilty on all counts derek chauvin now a convicted murderer at the end of a tense 3 week trial. justice for george floyd what began as a rallying cry has become reality. thanks just crowds who had gathered at george floyd square the site where he was murdered were overcome by emotion. overwhelmed i am grateful and relieved so i'm i feel grounded i can feel my feet on

the concrete i'm super grateful that this is the verdict and that we can now move to the next case. george floyd slow death has now been seen by millions even while attempting to arrest him last may show been pinned to handcuff floyd to the ground kneeling on his neck for 9 minutes 29 seconds. i can't breathe were some of his final words. floyd's killing on least one of the biggest waves of protests in u.s. history against systemic racism and police brutality. president joe biden hailed the decision as an important step toward police reform it was a murder in full light of day and to rip the blinders off for the whole world to see. the systemic racism the vice president just referred to. there are systemic

raises dain in our nation's soul but it's not enough we can't stop here in order to live a real change reform we kid and we must do more to reduce the likelihood that tragedies like this will never happen occur again. show been handcuffed and led away will be sentenced 8 weeks from now he could be facing decades in prison. or adjourned for more let's not bring in joe hutchinson he's a civil rights lawyer and a journalist based here in the berlin we saw celebrations across the u.s. what's your take on this verdict. unfortunately you know the celebration can't last very long just read what i mean on that in the moment before the verdict with the now and the day and minneapolis other police officers in columbus ohio where shooting and killing your old girl named mickey appliance so i think you know

when we look at that that was the 6 year old girl killed yesterday on the ohio a few weeks ago a 13 year old child killed in chicago named adam lido and you know just miles away from where they were trying to eric sjodin dante write a 20 year old was killed so as much as my heart goes out to the white family for achieving this small bit of death this i think we need to look at the larger issue in at why are the police killing thousands of civilians a year that brings me to my 2nd question in terms of police behavior towards black americans i think you're on the pessimistic in terms of real change in the wake of this trial. yes and fortunate that you noticed looking at this happens over and over again eric garner with strangled to death as well there was video of that and the officer killed and then a plan to lay out was never tried the officer who killed him you're right it's

a 12 year old child got a basically a promotion nothing happened to him he moved to another area so even when we see these outrageous acts the officers it's not just that they remain innocent and are allowed to go free it's that they are transferred to other precincts and allowed to continue the same pattern. that was joe hutchinson speaking a civil rights lawyer here in berlin and now let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. because medical examiners say a police officer who confronted rioters during the storming of the capital in january suffered a stroke and died from natural causes they ruled out that 42 year old brian sick nick had been hit with a fire extinguisher or being killed by ingesting poison spray. syria has been stripped of its voting rights at the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons syria's forces were found to have repeatedly used poison gas

during the civil war comes who will be unable to vote or hold offices at the global watchdog damascus denies using chemical weapons during its civil war. activists in the mir mom have launched protests calling for the release of detained political prisoners they're also calling on neighboring countries to respond to the violence in their country since 5 years military coup comes as the leader of myanmar's military hunter said he would attend a regional summit to discuss the crisis. with ukraine's leader has challenged russian president vladimir putin to meet him in ukraine's war torn east to discuss ending the conflict that followed me as a lens he also urged ukraine's western backers to signal they're willing to support here french in its standoff with russia. ukraine. meanwhile russian president vladimir putin has been delivering his annual state of the nation address he warned

that moscow's words respond in a harsh in a swift and harsh way to any foreign provocations putin speech comes as tensions with the western creasing over russian military buildup near the border with ukraine is also growing international concern about russian opposition leader legs a no valleys deteriorating health but putin speech focused mainly on internal issues. finally a coronavirus. from or not joined by our correspondent who is covering the story from moscow emily putin speech mainly focused on domestic issues that. we have to remember the timing of this speech usually putin's address to the federal assembly comes much earlier in the year kind of in january this time we're seeing it in april much much closer to the upcoming duma elections which are set to take place in september and the kremlin very much

wants a strong result for putin's united russia and russia party there so you could almost say that this speech today was almost the opening of the election election season and we saw the very much putin addressing potential voters and kind of portraying himself almost as a father of the nation he addressed russians as my dear russians my dear federal my dear fellow russians and he talked a lot about additional benefits for poor poor families for children and about the coronavirus as well and about additional investment in infrastructure projects and this is important because the coronavirus hit russia's economy hard real wages have been falling in russia for years prices are rising and surveys show that trust in vladimir putin himself is low and has been following what may be surprisingly he didn't mention i was in

a valley what did he say about foreign policy. he never mentions alex enough i mean he's never actually mentioned him by name but it was in some ways a surprise that the focus was so much on domestic policy politics people have been discussing here experts what he could talk about when it comes to international affairs especially against the backdrop of increasing tensions between russia and the u.s. and especially increasing tensions between ukraine and the us with that huge troop buildup that we've been seeing over the past few weeks on ukraine's border russia moving troops there. and in the end though putin very much presented russia as a peace broker he said he mentioned the conflicts in syria and libya in a go in the kind of box and he said that russia actually wants doesn't want to burn bridges when it comes to international relations but he said that other countries

were constantly poking russia and that was almost a sport for other countries and if they cross russia's red line then there would be consequences so very much a warning there including i think for ukraine not to cross russia he mentioned in passing a bunch of new weapons that russia has at the ready so a kind of a signal there to the west to take russia seriously. his supporters are calling for protests all over the country because these launches. well of course it's hard to predict that these allies have been portraying this as the final protest in some ways the final battle as they say against evil that's essentially what they said when they announced this protest especially now with the scene of unease deteriorating health in prison which we've been hearing. information about over the past few weeks he's on hunger strike it's hard to know how big these

protests will be but it's clear that there will be a big crackdown we've been seeing all over the country a huge police presence setting up for these protests in moscow it's going to be the protest is said to be held actually right near where vladimir putin has been holding his speech today right next to the kremlin that whole area has been blocked off there's been a huge police presence around the center and they're also have been arrests already of various political activists. that are close to me and also. of his closest allies and both sobel which we saw this morning they were arrested. most go for us thank you emily. to india now where authorities are scrambling to supply enough medical oxygen as the latest wave of corona virus infections stretches hospitals to breaking point

nearly 300000 new cases of the virus in the last 24 hours alone. reports. deserted roads shuttered shops delhi looks just like it did in 2020 at the beginning of india's hotshot. except now a year later the daily beast mode is much worse. the national staff has been put under a 6 day lock down and silence reigns again. but delhi's largest over the hospital is a different story even while it is stretched to capacity patients continue to be rushed and. many relatives of those admitted here choose to camp out right outside the hospital they prefer to be close to their loved ones instead of travelling around during a few these women have spent the last few days together they met on saturday when

both their husbands were admitted with symptoms. pretty dubious set out at 9 am looking for help after being turned away from 3 hospitals she finally found a bed for her husband here 18 hours later. told he's only 33 and even someone like him developed such severe symptoms so suddenly that we thought he stopped breathing so someone with preexisting conditions will be much worse off dina lohan was told her husband could not get the dialysis he needed because he had called it sometimes. she struggled to find a hospital which could treat him for boot as he ran out of breath well you know this is i'm not worried about myself i just want my husband to be well like he was i don't want him. the thing i have nobody other than him and my 2 children doing. what men are doing better now getting admission to

a hospital is all the deal with tree during this soldier says india is patently reporting over 200000 care for every day several states are reporting a shortage in hospital beds oxygen and even medicine believe it's probably the worst to be in the country the delhi government is now converting stadiums and schools like this one into covert facilities to combat the shortage of beds each of the 125 beds in this government school will be supplied with oxygen 1500 more beds are planned doctors here tell us that these are not for intensive care the hope is that if patients who are stable can be shifted off for observation and monitoring critical care beds in hospitals can be freed up struggling to believe still is trying very hard to maintain a pace with the infection in the speed of the street and by this lock down i think the plan is to control the speed of it so that the infrastructure of the health

care facility can match up with the mill and the load is clearly immense this 1500 bed hospital is full yet this man suffering from that listener's needs help he's asked to wait. in delhi's fight to help people like him the next few days off lockdown. may be critical. you're watching t.v. news still to come. to find out why the future of the proposed soccer super league isn't looking so soon. because western leaders have been paying tribute to the late president of chad interestedly according to the country's army he died while fighting rebels on tuesday if he was considered an ally in the fight against extremism questions are now being asked about the country's future troops have been deployed to the streets of the capital and borders airports are closed until

further notice and a curfew is in place has some as been named as interim head of state and promised elections in about 18 months the rebels have rejected that transition and a valley to march on the capital. residents of chad reacted with disbelief to the televised announcement of president idriss debby's death. martial of chad idriss deby it know as he did every time when the republic's institutions were seriously threatened took the heroic lead in a combat operation against terrorists who had come from libya. he was injured in the engagement and died after being brought back to. the news came just hours after he was declared the winner of the country's presidential election on april 11th.

that would have been the long term leader's 6th term in office. if sad news. of the presidential election took place calmly. go. and just a day after they announced his win denounced his death. row one of this news is very surprising. tough to take on a human level it is touching bob water but there are rumors that the information disseminated by the transition council is false no. it wasn't. it is not known why debbee would have visited the frontline or participated in the clashes the exact circumstances of his death remain unclear and some observers question the military's narrative. following the announcement

a military council deployed the army around the capital and imposed a curfew it also just saw the country's government and parliament and name debbie's 38 year old son as transitional leader he heads the lead presidential guard that oversaw his father's security. debbie was among the world's longest serving leaders the herder's son took the classic path to power through the army in 1990 his rebel forces overthrew the then president in a coup. during his 30 year rule he became a key ally of the west and supplied weaponry and soldiers to the anti jihadist campaign in this a whole region his unexpected death could spell the beginning of a new period of uncertainty in a deeply troubled region. and sports news the brand new european football super league that was announced only on sunday has already crumbled all 6 english clubs abandoned their plans to join the breakaway league last night and other clubs from

spain and italy have followed today only real madrid barcelona remain officially involved in the project. chelsea fans hearing that their club had backed out of the. superleague. the. globe a stunning backlash to the super league had worked to reverse an attempted radical shift in the european power structure to taking the competition at a school that now could be paneling where you can get relegated from a late season aucoin to spend saluki no point just craziness in it taken away would only for the screen we know get nothing from it so i mean just take life and love inside the stadium players for brighton chelsea's opponents on tuesday night showed what they thought of chelsea's earlier super league ambitions u.k. prime minister boris johnson celebrated the withdrawals posting on twitter that the

decision to pull out is absolutely the right one yet it is hoped that the other founding members of the super league would follow. the law and they did egged on by fans old and young tied to the tradition of the beautiful game all 6 of the powerful english clubs had pulled out of the super league 48 hours after it had been announced i want to apologize to all the fancy tours of liverpool football club for the disruption i caused the past 48 hours goes without saying but it should be said. the project put forward was never going to stand without the support of the fans super league clubs learning a lesson that it's never a good look to have fans coaches and players rooting against club bosses and owners well joining me now for the latest on this story is john grant from useful stones

and 2 days ago we were talking about the the new super league now it's already history well how could it go so wrong i know incredible really how quickly it's all for an apology like the proverbial house of cards that once one pulls out they all fall down we can't really underestimate the impact the fans have been so chelsea supporters in that piece they've really i think been the catalyst for this chelsea fans celebrating as if they want to tight so once they very much like you they would actually delighted with that team more than anything any more but it's not just been the fans has been opposition from both sides from politics and the play is of course officials at the u.k. government was threatening to do whatever it took to stop this from going ahead and the other clubs and italy and spain now off following the english clubs out the door of the events as chairman i'm trying i'm nearly at this to say. remain convinced of the beauty of the project devalue. their myth of the creation

of the best competition in the world but admit that you know i mean i don't think. it is still up and running. when it go wrong why was the opposition to this so strong well i mean a lot of people saw this is just a power grab motivated by money it would have created a closed shop competition for just a handful of clubs because there would be no relegation for the founding members i think a lot of people will look at it and think how did they mess up so badly how did they not canvass opinion from the players from the fans i guess with all the money in their eyes perhaps they were blinded now and some people think maybe it was a negotiating tactic to extract more from you a for but you wait for pos the reforms without any changes the reforms to the champions league of course a lot of people now will be saying look you a for which has been considered free so far welcoming the cubs back needs to come down hard on them it needs to punish them for what many as i said see as their face

griese. stay with us because with another piece of news quite upsetting news from the german bundesliga football because the in evitable has been confirmed shall have been relegated after the defeat to be the only goal of the game came when the caption fabio close pal home from just outside the box and she was shot has 21st in 30 games so far this season and brings the club's more than 30 years spell in germany's top flight. to a bitter end. john what does this mean and whether the ghosts wrongful shock well it's sad as it is for shall be found i think the right thing has been on the wall for a very long time they're only 12 games or season they're on track for the 2nd worst season in britain is league history they've been through 5 coaches lots of resignations behind the scenes that already paints and one season 5 watches the one

is a 5 person one season paint the picture a club in all kinds of trouble the financial situation as well that shall have not been helped by the pandemic there in more than 200000000 euros of debt they've spent heavily in the past. to try and gamble on success is not really worked big disappointment for the fans one of the most passionate groups of fans in the bundesliga have to say though unfortunately that passion did seem to over spell last night some fans threatening confronting players after the game pelting them with eggs the police are investigating. pretty thank you very much and friend or. well the other end of the bull is we got table the top by munich have edged closer to a 9th straight title the by liverpool's and 2 nil thanks to 2 early goals the victory comes just days after coach hands of flick announced his intention to leave by and at the end of the season. pansy flick was all smiles despite his weekend bust up with the bye and bosses he shared a joke with opposite number hannah's vols as his by inside look to extend their

lead at the top of the bundesliga table just 6 minutes in they were right on track erik max into promoting reacting sharply to turn after thomas miller's effort was saved one nil to the hosts. and with 12 minutes on the clock your spirit kimmie canada shot into the bottom corner to double the lead and pie and were cruising. flick was in such a good mood he even celebrated with ryan sporting director has and sally homage it is suppose it never says within the club. levick isn't didn't give pie and cause for concern in the 2nd half and the memory tested manual noir with a shot from range. and then edmund taps about fired over from a few yards out. but by and weathered the storm to claim victory they now need just one win from their remaining 4 games to retain the bundesliga title and give flick

the perfect sendoff. you're watching the w.c. as a reminder of our top story for minneapolis police officer derek jovan has been found guilty of 2nd degree murder manslaughter in the death of george floyd children is expected to be sentenced in 8 weeks. that's it for me up to date up next india until of course more news and analysis on our web site d.w. dot com. thanks for.

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and a gemini joining me today is michael squeeze in a high case. sun dried nice to see you again once again we've got a lot of interest in reports in the show today let's take a quick look at what's coming up. in south africa will look at both how well small trees make a local copy. and jam they would visit the restaurant try successfully to produce absolutely no garbage. and i could offer a car report rundown of all the wall creepy bats and why we shouldn't be scared of them. as we all know the word the 3 see the number proviron making prices we can't afford to waste anymore time when it comes to finding solutions to these problems now one major challenge will be ensuring food security in the

decades to come what to do that we have to be able to grow food but that's getting harder all the time there's of do at some of the fact. a single handful of healthy soil is home to more organisms than there are human beings on the entire planet so i also applies plans with nutrients and stores water and c o 2 it provides the basis for practically all the food we need every day. but the world's healthy farmland is disappearing around a 3rd is already degraded and that leads to crop failures food shortages landslides and flooding. one 5th of the world's population now live and work in areas where farmland is degraded. the biggest threat to the soil ecosystem is a roshan fertile topsoil is carried away by wind and rain and human activity has

made it much worse desert if occasion is increasing every 5 seconds soil is lost on an area the size of a soccer pitch. in parts of sub-saharan africa erosion already accounts for 80 percent of land degradation. farming accounts for the largest share of the land we use agricultural land covers $5000000000.00 hectares well 37 percent of the world's total land surface. modern agricultural methods damage the land intensive farming monocultures i don't trust real livestock production causing nutrient depletion in the soil thus its degradation. crop yields are decreasing while the use of chemical fertilizers and the clearing of land for fields and pastures are increasing creating a vicious circle by 2050 the global population is set to rise to around 10000000000

to feed all those people a lot more fertile land will have to be farmed. people are realizing that healthy soil helps protect the climate. sustainable farming prevents or ocean and keeps nutrients in the soil. the un's food and agriculture organization says we could increase crop yields by 58 percent by farming the land more sustainably that would help ensure food security for future generations. soil erosion on this indeed a topic worthy of our attention. the causes are many but here echo africa we're interested in finding solutions to the problems that report from africa we approach it is working with communities that copper like areas with a common obvious succulents that has few leads for many and varied to benefits.

this area in south africa's claim karoo was bombing an important grazing source for wild and domestic animals due to overgrazing into roshan the semi arid landscape has become severely degraded yani closer to and the steam of landscape restorers want to change that they're planting strict form here are hardly shrub that's native to the region. the. bloom is perfect for us and for the atmosphere. spectrum removes carbon dioxide from the air and stores it in its leaves it's a wonderful plant can withstand long periods of drought. clear to chain work for jobs for carbon and initiative launched in the village of

fun big store 7 years ago with the help of seed funding from private donors and government entities today the initiative combines job creation with conservation of the region as john flock works with a project which aims to plant spec bomb 120000 hectares in the region the indigenous shrub will help restore local biodiversity and the soils ability to sustain other plants in the vicinity. is a plant but it's a plant with the ability to absorb relatively large amounts of carbon when needing a minimum of water. from an early age children and from big stop learn about the benefits of spec bolam jobs for carbon runs an environmental education program in 10 primary schools in the area the young students learn about the unique system of the clean car roof one of the most species rich 70 arid landscapes on the planet project manager believes it's vital to invest in the

future of local children are they. not the youth of autumn this obsolete nature conservation is critical it's the legacy we leave our children you know they can take ownership of the project and help conserve and protect nature. if we can take care of our environment what kind of message are we giving to these children as they head out into the world. you might have adult jobs for carbon has already provided work for 60 people and replanted 510 hector's many private landowners have the. portion of their land available to the project and a growing number of farmers are willing to sign a contract stating they will refrain from grazing on replanted land for at least 20 years on the farm or peter could see has taken it a step further removing cattle and small livestock from $150.00 hectors to accommodate more spec bomb the project helps provide local people with

a secure livelihood and over a longer term his farm will benefit. we fully realise that with unemployment you know. we're not going to have a happy society and that's important to us we we want to make sure that this little village becomes a role model to the rest of africa as to how commercial agriculture interact with local communities to make in a better society for all. for many people in front of poverty is still a daily reality jobs for carbon is already making a difference jani cleared didn't finish school and was out of work for years after joining jobs for carbon he was able to pay the fees for his 2 daughters to attend high school and university and he's happy that his work is benefiting the environment. i can already see a big difference in the felde where we've already done some planting 3 years later

there's already a big difference shrug grows another plant start growing nearby and soon the field looks beautiful again in areas that would dry it helps bring life back to the felled. planting spec'd is a way to restore the natural environment while providing a better life for his family and as the humble speck boom is restored to the area the local community will continue to reap the benefits. it's always encouraging to see projects to draw on the power of 3 of the damage done to it's providing help we've had is the least can do. that is why it creates a righting the wrongs we've been lifted and is an uphill battle in russia for example large regions for us to cope with the consequences of that china will disaster that took place over 3 decades ago but that's not the only equally logical

mind madness of betting the health of the country's citizens with paid a visit to a village near russia's capital what's called. the fumes from the landfill stink terribly your eyes burned your throat hurts and you feel sick. to walk near you for . instance if somebody is pouring water down my throat and makes me cough and i can hardly breathe nothing i say everything's fine but emergency services have detected levels 25 times over the limit for us up with it's all because of the dumped here. by here you have failed us a year means about 500 metres from the house where she was born the unexperienced the landfill near the village of nova shop oval is one of dozens around moscow it's 32 hectares or the size of about $45.00 stock a few. only a few years ago the pit was some 30 metres deep say local residents now it's

a hill about 20 metres above ground and it keeps growing as do the populations health problems. you have it is that you have a sense that some days it stunk so bad she couldn't open her windows her children 8 year old ilya and 7 year old harris love us started getting sick more often. the point came when you couldn't take it any more. moving she moved 7 kilometers away from her home village to the town of clean oh we'll. and. the little ones always had something wrong with that one day the pediatrician told me their lungs were making rattling noises i didn't have to think about it long and started looking for an apartment here and claim later after the move we went back to the same doctor and oh what a miracle the noises in their lungs were gone how come very simple we've moved away

from the landfill. her case is not an isolated one waste disposal is one of russia's most pressing issues greenpeace numbers show less than 4 percent of waste is processed and only 2 percent goes to incineration plants the rest lands and dumps ironically the country with the largest land area on earth can't find enough space for the estimated 70000000 tons of waste its population produces annually moscow's landfills in particular are ticking time bombs many of them fail to meet official safety standards contaminating soil around and over and over and local residents have protested like here. but they rarely see any results. fit us a year has joined the fight 14 in her neighborhood she and her fellow activists pooled their funds and bought a cage that measures radioactivity chlorine hydrogen sulfide ammonia and other

pollutants. that are both we use this data to compile what we call a map of the stench for the whole area and then decide if we can go outside with the kids or not. their results are alarming the activists report them to environmental thora regularly. in 2017 the state emergency services finally had to react and measured levels of hydrogen sulfide 25 times the limits allowed activists took the matter to cool. but nothing happened our reporter contacted the landfill manager and the city of claims but received no response and so. has to consult her gauge before she takes her children outside. to see what news we analyzed to the air today right now it looks good so we can go visit grandma novo ship over. his 67 year old mother valentina still lives

in their village. from the get go you know i could be here have some tea and sausage with the. grandchildren like to come and visit even if only briefly her house is perilously close to the landfill but she has no plans to move. out or where would i go who could i sell my house to with all that stench out there that not exactly lining up early and how could i live in the city i only get a pension of around $190.00 euro's and not have to pay $130.00 euros to rent a one room apartment. they visit with grandma for a couple of hours yulia fitters a year shows her kids where they used to live before the wind changes and the smell becomes some bearable again all her efforts to change things have been for nothing so far but that's what's at the i don't know how long we can keep on fighting the

system there's not enough of us and we're starting to feel helpless and desperate or that. the mountain of garbage keeps on growing there are even plans to now expand the alex in ski landfill. well the simplest way to reduce the problem of garbage is just to producing it it may seem like an impossible dream but perhaps takes is a bit of imagination aren't a lot of determination in this week's doing good deed we visit a restaurant in berlin that point 0 west are the center of it's concept. fancy some movie in sushi made from pearl barley. ravioli stuffed with mashed potato. the fray a restaurant in berlin is reagan and yanick. and keeps waste absolutely.