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

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

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 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

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 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 a 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. in china say they're looking at ways to help india as it sees shortages of. oxygen and vaccine. and the u.s. chamber of commerce has called on the part of the distro 7 to release millions of doses of the astra zeneca vaccine from storage to ship to india brazil and other countries had hired by the pandemic it's said that no one will say until every assault and there's a problem al-jazeera and. southeast asian leaders have demanded

'd what it because atlanta some of 2021 is different with the of one. when the taliban had him out of one and now people are we different situation. that the afghans women are concerned for their rights. and the human rights activists are concerned for for the for their human rights. and not make him a right. as well as 'd if alabama and also i think all the options that the momentum on kind of 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 and if i'm not being difficult by the. way which we have at the moment. one big concern is that if we add on the holes now if said in the throes of a big deal. 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 o

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 listening posts often now on asian american stereotyping in the media the tropes and the rise and. ground of virus has spread to countries across the world but officials believe that it all started in. 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 filmed inside the margin and showing them more than was on offer for s

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

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

country but economies 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 buckets and reform the economy. 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. 12 of europe's biggest football clubs say they'll launch a breakaway super league 6 english teams including liverpool chelsea and both manchester sides agreeing to join fellow european giants real madrid barcelona and eventers will also play in the leak the club's owners are being accused of a power grab for more governing bodies fifo new wife have

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

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

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

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

but economy say much more needs to happen for the country to get on the road to recovery by the atlanta government but 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 buckets and reform the economy. 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. and. plays in brazil have voted illegal parties and sell polo as the country sees record daily cover 19 deaths and a new dangerous strain on the offices close down venues and detained party goers was part of a special task force to enforce a social distancing in the past while the sub par the police have been cracking down on hundreds of secret parti

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

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

move by major league baseball the league announced it's moving the very lucrative all star game out of atlanta it's a response to georgia's new voting law that critics say markedly restraints racial minorities from voting. i was opening day for baseball's top league midseason all-star game in july attracts a big t.v. audience and is a case selling point for the host city. amendment one lawmaker from georgia defended by spaulding's decision i think that you know everybody loves now to use that term council culture it's not council culture when companies decide to stand up speak their principles and values and understand that their consumers are also looking at what is happening here in georgia and that their consumers want to see the company do the right thing as well i can now for a round up of some of the latest developments in the corona virus pandemic the u.s. santa for disease control has updated its guidance to say fully vaccinated people can travel within the u.s. without getting tested or going into quarantine after what russia meanwhile is working on a program to offer people abroad th

named george floyd square emotions were particularly roll in other cities similar scenes maters in atlanta. and. in new york satisfaction at what the black lives not a 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. but. that rally in new york. well 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

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

move by major league baseball the league announced it's moving the very lucrative all star game out of atlanta it's a response to georgia's new voting board that critics say markedly restricts russian minorities from voting thursday was opening day for baseball's top league midseason all-star game in july attracts a big t.v. audience and is a key selling point for the host city. critics are slamming the move as a political decision but one georgia lawmaker is defending the baseball league against the backlash i think that you know everybody loves now to use that term council culture it's not council culture when companies decide to stand up speak their principles and values and understand that their consumers are also looking at what is happening here in georgia and that they are consumers want to see the company do the right thing as well the gemini now and some they say is the most important match of the season in the bundesliga 2nd place lot seacoast 1st place by munich the defending champions a logic win would put them within a point of top spot with my mentor and confidence on their side

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atlanta watching to see and so on are ready to be used to fund simon's there in the think of it all in minneapolis stefan thank you are now to the pandemic some countries here in europe are struggling to get enough vaccine doses for their populations but that is not the case in serbia where until recently foreigners were being invited to take up the offer of surplus shots but the government has now put a stop to this vaccine tourism deciding instead to focus on getting more serbians to say yes to coronavirus vaccines 1st funny things are reports tonight from belgrade. it is the next person in one's term about 4000 doses are being administered here today at the biggest coffee vaccination center. the country has procured some 15000000 vaccines for a population of 7000000. serbia has more vaccines on offer than serbians to want them in fact there's a surplus of russia and all chinese and. other vaccines so the country had been inviting foreign tourists to take the japs the emphasis is on pad on the 9th of april the government decided to suspend the vaccination for a nurse on to food a not

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

and embassies and this happens only 2 weeks after he gave such an order because of the shootings in atlanta and boulder president biden has talked several times about a cruel fate for families that has become too normal in the united states and he will probably say it's too similar words at this time he also said again that of gun violence is an epidemic in the united states and he will probably add that they have to act now to save lives that is also something he has been saying several times but that is not an easy task in this country where the 2nd amendment the right to carry guns in the u.s. is still so popular it's just endless what does he want to do about the increasing number of shootings across the u.s. . well some still hope that president biden might appalling to a person specially for this single issue. guns are similar to the one he picked up on the issue of climate change climate crisis but earlier today a white house spokeswoman jen psaki reject to this suggestion arguing that the main impediment for addressing the crisis are the congressional republicans and not a lack of w

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

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

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

emerge of course that study is being run by the national institute of health and emory university in atlanta i believe john which is where you'll based these sorts of tweaks can be achieved in a matter of weeks it's the regulators that hold back the process by months can and should that be changed. well i think they'll be a lot of urgency to find a pathway forward where we can make these changes these and adopt these regulatory changes as rapidly as we possibly can while of course maintaining the safety of the public will be receiving these vaccines you know we have annual flu vaccination now in that case every year the world health organization and other public health organizations around the world look ahead as to what may be coming but we have a different situation now we have these m.r. in a vaccines from beyond ecan moderna and other companies that you can custom create the vaccine with m r n a relatively quickly and then it takes probably weeks to a few months to get that into production i believe that given the experience of this pandemic we're going to hopefully see regulators moving

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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 a cocktail 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 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. 3 year investigation into the pro-gun lobby when it wa