tragic news the deadly shootings in atlanta and march 8 people shot dead 6 of them asian women have made the violence more wheel and unleashed a rush of media coverage to say shootings are sparking a national conversation that was weaponized against americans feels like it's open season on ice the gunman claimed race was not the motive of the police captain later that he was pretty much dead up to the end of his probation if there was a really bad they've written that a 3rd party observer can remark on the massacre of asian women i know and say he was just having a bad day demonstrates the inherent disposability of isn't women because of the irreconcilable difference supposedly from american values and american culture even though these suspects said there was no racial motivation race certainly plays into it especially given how even american women are fetishizing hyper sexualized and a lot of western media. for me. as a lot of these issues that asian women are dealing with now have always been. ringback an american flayed a formative romel in the american story but the sacrifices and e

uglier byproducts the scary rise in anti asian hate crimes in the united states the mass shootings in atlanta last month got the headlines the story warranted but there are so many videos online of asian americans being randomly attacked spat on in public. this problem preceded donald trump and the animosity he's so casually on the leash with all his talk of the chinese fire the history runs deeper than that more than 150 years back to when asians 1st landed in large numbers on american soil they've been other ever since and the media both the news and entertainment sides have played a large part in how asians are perceived by their fellow americans the listening posts often now on asian american stereotyping in the media the tropes and the rise and. the corona virus has spread to countries across the world but officials believe that it all started in on the virus and we have a regulated no market in the city for a lot of news and americans we knew what was coming now we've been through czars before c.n.n. has obtained this video inside the margin and showing them more than was on offer for s

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 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 today looking at ways to help india as it sees shortages of beds medicines oxygen and that seals and the u.s. chamber of commerce has called on the biden administration to release millions of doses of the astra zeneca vaccine from storage to shipped to india brazil and other countries had hired by the pandemic it said that no one is safe until everyone the same elizabeth purana al-jazeera new delhi. the dutch government has de

of us a war atlanta. and i'm a. city where people cannot drink the water from the euphrates because of the drop in water level increasing. furthermore in late twenty's 18 tens of thousands of freshwater fish died in the south of baghdad and soaring pollution is believed to be a major factor behind the sudden death of the fish. yes i. mean atlanta. where you do it on a song that's a lot of what. i did because of the blackout a while back you really want to sell that. to measure what was i don't you know. i mean it's a match and if you watch all shop so much as it was acquired me. i missed a whole lot of my full me there's just a little i still. think i got my joy i was actually. a little. oh. no i don't. just go with. the i don't. know just. the dance built up river on the euphrates in syria and turkey are also having an effect on the marshlands in southern iraq. this is impeding conservation and restoration efforts in the wetlands the downs have reduced the flow of water reaching iraq since the 1970 by as much as th

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

must do more to act and to save lives 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. stephen kent is the host of the podcast right now on al-jazeera is digital platform rightly he joins us live via skype from fairfax virginia thank you time when you look at what happened in indianapolis at what seems like a constant stream of shootings in the u.s. do you think that gun laws gun control as it is right now in the u.s. is working. well what is unclear to me whenever we are having these conversations in the united states is what kind of gun control are we talking about and what kind of gun problem are we talking about. there has been in the past month c.n.n. was reporting this morning 45 mass shootings across the united states but when you look at those 45 mass shootings they include everything from the fed ex situation which is sort of a nightmare scenario disgruntled employee comes in murders the people who used to work with

able to enjoy some big stadium and certainly by next season i want to go and watching the city at the atlanta game it's football fans a spurs fans 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. the cow about cup in this is the future of the european championships which are going to be played here at wembley they semifinals on 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 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 stadium and they hope that by the time the finals in the fall at the semifinals in the fall come around they'll be able potentially to have up to 50 percent c

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

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. thousands of children making the perilous journey to the united states are being held in mexican shelters some without basic necessities the charity save the children says a number of them are traveling on their own in some shelters about 15 percent of people are showing symptoms of cope at 19 u.s. government figures show more than 34000 unaccompanied children were identified at the border with mexico between january and march of this year john holeman is in mexico city with more now on why people feel the need to make the journey. let's talk about the push factors going out from central america there are already these countries guatemala el salvador honduras in a bad way home due to some especially is the 2nd poorest country in the western hemisphere but late last year 2 back to back storms really poll over ice especially honduras and guatemala now in terms of especially

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 seeded epidemic of gun violence christensen al-jazeera. brazil is urging women to delay getting pregnant until the worst of the covert pandemic has passed its health ministry says expectant mothers appear to be affected more by 119 variant than others officials say previous cases during pregnancy was seen in the final trimester or it's now being noticed in the 2nd trimester and in some cases before that brazil is an epicenter of coronavirus the pandemic over 350000 people have died the 2nd highest figure in the world behind the united states politicians opposed to me and miles military formed a national unity government that includes members of the parliament young leaders of anti coup protests and ethnic minorities meanwhile has been gripped by political turmoil and bloodshed since the military deposed elected leaders in a coup on february the 1st security forces have killed more than 700 people since then here scott hietala an org

must do more to act and to save lives 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. the mother of a young black american men shot dead by police during a traffic stop has issued an emotional plea for justice relatives and friends of don't televise gathered in minneapolis a day after the officer who shot him appeared in court kimberly process is charged with 2nd degree manslaughter she says she mistakenly drew her gun instead of a taser rights mother told a news conference the charges are not strong enough justice is definitely what we want but i'm never going to get just justice would be bringing my son home to me justice would have been my son driving to the car wash coming home after that i'm not going to get that with 2nd degree manslaughter is not ok i'm not ok with that that's not right she murdered my son my son is never going to come home. the mother of another black american man facially shot during a police tra

past year last month 8 people were killed including 6 asian women by a government asian parlors in atlanta still ahead of al jazeera a race against time in the search for missing in division submarine that's funding low on oxygen. and violence flares between palestinians and israelis in occupied east jerusalem during the month of ramadan. the perfect jenin. sponsored point qatar airways. you might think of the middle east as always being hot and cold often is hotter than average with these temperatures on 1st sites you think well that's about right this time of year is cool down levant but actually on closer inspection terror on a $32.00 is above where it should be the focus for terror on does take the temperature down a little bit but this is the average it's $21.00 this time of the year the record is that he's $3.00 so we know that far away from the average and it's not the only faces hotter than the norm there's a little red blob here over iraq and down towards q 8 again 4142 you might think it doesn't look extraordinary it's 6 or 7 degrees above the average all the same for the rest of

must do more to act and to save lives 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. violence in haiti is on the rise catholic institutions are protesting the kidnapping by gangs of at least 10 people 7 of them clerics on monday the catholic church slammed the government's failure to act under knows what they called haiti's descent into hell to reserve bowl reports. and mass to demand the release of 10 hostages taken by gangs in choir they were just outside port au prince. among those of ducted or 7 clerics 2 of them are french people here say they're increasingly concerned over the rising kidnappings in the past year. there are many people who have been kidnapped they got right and tortured many of them have never returned to normal we ask ourselves when will this internet country . during the service protesters took over the church denouncing what they call a lack of democracy in the country and blaming the government

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

and in atlanta others are rallying to support the verdict there to money justice for other unarmed black people killed by police in recent years we've also heard from longtime civil rights activist al sharpton about the fight for justice for those killed at the hands of police. this is the 1st time in the history of distaste that a white police officer has been convicted nash no convicted of a murder. this is the 1st time in a long range of friends that we've seen 3 counts guilty at all 3. we don't find pleasure. we don't strum a breed a man going to jail we want to read the george be alive here for a result of bring that we because young people white and black some castigated many that are here tonight marched and kept this is just a down one case and in america this is to make racism in the criminal justice system but today was a good day but even though the prosecution said this was just one case about eric shelby and now this is about police brutality across this country and their courage is just one a regular regular basis as we even saw during the course of the trial and what the c

actually tapping into a warm gulf a warm push of gulf air here so look at some of these temperatures atlanta 29 on wednesday washington d.c. up to 30 but look just a bit behind it 19 degrees and that the 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 that cold front slices across that will drop the temperature triggers a 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 we do have some drought conditions across that country so the dry conditions certainly not helping some scattered showers for his for nola 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. capturing a moment in time. snapshots of how the

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 today looking at ways to help india as it sees shortages of beds and medicines. oxygen and vaccines and the u.s. chamber of commerce has called on the biden administration to release millions of doses of astra zeneca vaccine from storage to ship to india brazil and other countries had hired by the pandemic it said that no one is safe until the safe elizabeth pool on an al-jazeera new delhi. current virus death so also risin

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 after that shooting president joe biden once again urged members of congress to pass gun control legislation every single day every single day there's a mass shooting 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 to never stop supporting the ban on assault weapons and magazines that hold more than $1010.00 bullets the white house now says president joe biden will increase the refugee camp off the changing plans twice he had initially promised to let 65000 people in a year but on friday signed an order to keep it at the trump era level of just 15000 refugees allowed into the u.s. a separate p

debate about gun control in the united states on march 16th 8 people were killed in a shooting spree in atlanta georgia just days later 10 people were killed in another shooting at a grocery store in boulder colorado president joe biden was quick to call for a ban on assault weapons and high capacity magazines urging members of congress to take action but since the shootings his focus has already shifted to other areas of policy so after years of inaction on meaningful reforms to prevent mass shootings in the united states is it just going to be more of the same to help us answer this we're joined by kamran caskey a gun rights activist and a survivor of the 2800 school shooting in parklane florida which killed 17 of his fellow students and teachers cameron thank you so much for joining me extravagantly . another one of these moments that we've seen far too often in the united states we have a spate of mass shootings that have caused people to say we need to do something about gun legislation a day after the shooting in boulder president biden said and i quote he didn't need to wait another minu

named george floyd square emotions were particularly roll in other cities similar seen marchers in atlanta. and. in new york satisfaction at what the black lives matter movement has achieved despite the naysayers all of 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 the protest as we've been hearing from do not agree with the prosecution case that we 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. he served but there was also the recognition that the law would not bring drop floyd back she had returned see al-jazeera really apples. or just as the verdict was being announced police shot and killed the 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 wit

but economy say much more needs to happen for the country to get on the road to recovery by the atlanta government in by that the measures need to have a big impact and they need to happen now to help develop the country put an end to be or ocracy i believe the new measures can be implemented and vietnam is an example of what we could become it's a country that has a communist party leading and has one of the fastest growing economies in the world you have to enter the world markets are going to form the economy. where people like i will miss her believe only political change can bring about radical reforms and that's why he continues to look for a future outside the island where he believes he'll be able to fulfill the dreams he says he's denied at home. getting an education can be difficult in afghanistan but it's especially tough for young people with disabilities school struggle because of a lack of support and awareness but one school is ensuring that their children get an opportunity to learn in your country reports on this now from kabul. in the uk the words here are silent but t

tragedies like this continue to occur 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. so i had for you on the program it managed to escape attacks by armed groups now hundreds of thousands of people in mozambique desperately need food. but. the weather sloshy far to try for much of australia now i am pleased to say if a little on the cool side of the case down towards a southeastern corner where we're drawing in winds from a south westerly direction always a cool direction here that little more cloud just around the eastern side of new south wales and that will produce some i'd say unwelcome shallow was just to the north of sydney some of them on the heavy side i want to show is just glancing that east coast of queensland as well as we go on through sunday maybe pushing up towards the cape york peninsula hopefully by then it's dry or it's warmer across the eastern side of oz sydney at around 23 degrees and 19 there for me

what it is because atlanta some of 2021 is different with that of one. night when the taliban had dad him out in a bun and now people that we different situation. one woman are concerned for that right. and human rights activists are concerned for their human rights. and not make him a rough. idea that 'd if alabama and also i think all the options that the moment i want them to understand to be caught up in the national media and. what would that would that risk in context. to carry the human rights and women's rights 3 3 and if i'm not being difficult by the. way which we have at the moment. are the concerns that if we add on the holes now if said in that photo they feel. all right. victoria i want to ask you about the peace talks of peace negotiations are supposed to be a meeting in turkey next week which taliban has said for now anyway that it's not going to attend there is also the russia track with moscow we saw a week ago a few days ago actually getting the 2 sides together and the crumbling also pushing for a cease fire which of these tracks has

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

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

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

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 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

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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