minutes 40 countries pledged to supply india with oxygen as the country faces an unrelenting surge in corona virus infections. as india's crisis grows so does anger on social media and the government's effort to contain it. back in court a russian opposition leader seen in public for the 1st time since ending his hunger strike. i pledge to be a president who seeks not to divide but unify 100 days in office we take a look at u.s. president joe biden's record so far and the promises that remain to be fulfilled. i'm joined again with the sport as south korea begins back from 1000 it's a little bit actually ahead of the 10 kids games. so then coronavirus cases and deaths across india have reached a new high as the country grapples with a devastating 2nd wave more than 3600 deaths and nearly 380000 cases were reported on thursday alone despite all this millions of people turned out to vote for regional elections in west bengal sparking fears the states may become the new at the center elizabeth per annum has more from new delhi. should the sun is inconsolable lot to hearing of her mother's death

pfizer violence had vaccine research shows it's highly protective against the south african variant of corona virus several pro-democracy activists in hong kong have been convicted for their role in the $21000.00 mass protests. that call the lives i think were in the. video of george ford's arrest proves the stressing for witnesses at the trial of the former u.s. police officer accused of his murder. and support germany lose their 1st world cup qualifier in 2 jackie a 4 time world champion cyclist on she wanted host i knew a chance to just. say. hello myanmar's deposed civilian leader and sponsored she is facing a new charge of violating a colonial era official secrets act it carries a penalty of up to 14 years in prison meanwhile on the grounds of the un special envoy for me and mars warning of a civil war that's unless the security council acts to restore democracy despite the increasing bloodshed a diverse group of protesters is keeping the pressure on military generals to give up power as they mark 2 months since the coup and the military is under pressure from its regional ally thailand

brazil's senate begins an inquiry into the government's handling of the corona virus pandemic which could damage president bush for an hour. and it is 5 people dead in charge of contraband protests against the late president's son and minute tree taking power. in ash with the sports ramadan chelsea have drawn the 1st leg of their champions league semifinal and after australia's prime minister tells cricketers from the country to find the right way back from the indian premier league india's cricket board promises to return all foreign players i am safely. is staggering a spike in corona virus infections and deaths across india shows no sign of abating when half the world's new cases each day were recorded in india or tuesday it reported more than 323000 new cases and another 2700 deaths that list the total number of people killed by cope with the almost 198000 weather experts believe the real figure is much higher according to reuters news agency one person is dying every 4 minutes in the capital new delhi the world health organization says the situation is being exacerbated by people goi

the corona virus pandemic now in research in israel suggests the pfizer covered $1000.00 vaccine may be less effective against a variant 1st discovered in south africa scientists compared $800.00 people who tested positive for the virus half of them not vaccinated and 'd the other half inoculated with the fires a shot on the south african born a virus variant managed to breach the protection offered by 2 doses of the vaccine to some degree but the scientists are television averse to the caution that the study had a small sample size meanwhile china's center for disease control says the government may need a change in vaccine strategy after admitting issues with the effectiveness of locally produced shots china has administered 65000000 doses by the middle of last month its health agency has suggested mixing vaccines or revising dose timetables but that would have serious implications for the more than 20 countries that are getting chinese made vaccines including chile which traces a surgeon infections despite a roll out of the job a study there found one dose was only 3 percent effec

but they were almost sidelined by the corona virus outbreak. of our space station was affected by the predominate stage but we were hard to minimize the impact china has made no secret of its ambition to become an international space that was to rival the u.s. it's been collaborating closely with russia to the stand washington has banned from working with nasa because of security concerns in 2003 china became the 3rd country after the u.s. and russia to put a man in space. has since launched a number of space walks and cruellest missions including the retrieval of lunar rocks in december it's expected to land a perv on mars later this year and there are plans to eventually work but the russian space agency to build a research station on the moon. in the coming years will carry out a 4th phase of china's lunar exploration program explore asteroids and the space as well as develop her live car iraqis all those are included in our plan china's space station is a fraction of the size of the international space station that's the only one currently

huge crowds gathered at a religious festival in india as it records a huge riot in corona virus cases it's now the 2nd west country. in celebrations in ecuador where a conservative businessman is set to become the next president preliminary preliminary results show that he's now won the battle. over sports including a famous golfing victory dickey matsuyama wins the most just by one shot to become japan's 1st ever men's major champ. now israel's prime minister says iran is the gracious threat in the middle east and he won't allow it to obtain nuclear capability his comments come as iran blames israel 5th sabotaging its key nuclear facility tehran describe sunday's incident which knocked out a power grid in the tons as an act of terrorism it happened a day off to iran unveiled a new advanced uranium centrifuges the destruction of the site comes ahead also of a round of other talks in vienna later this week that's attempting to revive the 2050 nuclear deal. that iran must never possessed nuclear weapons my policy as prime minister of israel is clear i will never allow iran to obtain the

the government had announced a week long lockdown to counter a spike in corona virus cases there were more than 7000 new infections reported on sunday the highest in a single day under the restrictions which are now in force all domestic travel services are suspended that seen a rush on buses ferries trains and flights hundreds die in ferry accidents every year in bangladesh blamed on badly maintained vessels poor safety standards and overcrowding witnesses report the capsized ferry was carrying too many people well thorazine though believe the cargo vessels crew was negligent and say they're looking into what happened but maybe here hold out little hope for answers. critics argue investigations are often promised but rarely followed through. brian al-jazeera. says it's taken back control of the northern town of palma from an armed group that attacked us military spokesman says a significant number of fighters were killed during that operation and he has the story. soldiers patrol the streets of palmer army commanders say the military is backing control of the town nearly 2 weeks afte

variant off the corona virus but health officials are saying that despite the u.k. variant brazil south africa and even a double mutant variant that's been found and via those variants responsible for the rise they say and that is the cause of people letting their guard down not following protocols after the numbers fell as much as they did earlier this year so what. will indians be facing now. well maharashtra is the state that we are seeing the most restrictions and has imposed curfew from 8 pm to 7 o'clock in the morning it's closed all bars and restaurants and it has a complete weekend lockdown from the weekend coming up also banned more than gatherings of more than 5 people but we have been looking at pictures from the capital. from various markets and the crowds are still there now outside of missing the state of montana predations closed its border with us looking at restricting people coming in from the state to check this and also looking at enforcing the local lockdowns wherever they are there are cases in the state more and more states are asking for peop

the government had announced a week long lockdown to counter a spike in corona virus cases there were more than 7000 new infections reported on sunday the highest in a single day under the restrictions which are now in force all domestic travel services are suspended that seen a rush on buses ferries trains and flights hundreds die in ferry accidents every year in bangladesh blamed on badly maintained vessels poor safety standards and overcrowding witnesses report the capsized ferry was carrying too many people well thorazine though believe the cargo vessels crew was negligent and say they're looking into what happened but maybe here hold out little hope for answers. critics argue investigations are often promised but rarely followed through alexia brian al jazeera. and so darn a local medical group says at least 18 people have been killed and 54 others injured in tribal clashes and west are for the clashes began between members of the muscle that's an arab tribes on saturday and escalated on sunday and monday morning . the incident is the latest in the troubled region since the signi

fi's and bio and tech have asked us regulators to approve that corona virus vaccine for emergency use in some young children the companies of past the u.s. food and drug administration to give the vaccine the ok for kids aged $12.00 to $15.00 many experts say that vaccination young children is a critical step towards reaching so-called herd immunity and easing the pandemic will 3 vaccines are currently or the rise for emergency use in the united states pfizer was the 1st to be approved for people aged over 60 in a recent trial on 12 to 15 year olds was said to be safe and effective it's also running a trial on kids younger than 12 but as vaccine has emergency approval for people aged 18 and over days have from its own trial on adolescents is expected to come out soon and it's also running a trial on kids younger than 12 the johnston the vaccine from johnson and johnson is said to be the latest to be approved people over the age of 18 can take it and a clinical trial on teenagers is also on the web under way krista thompson is an associate professor of biology at loyola university mary

and corona from china so. they picked up there right now like in rio they're vaccinating people over 7 to. extraordinary situation unfolding in brazil our correspondent in rio so at this stage it's 2 story day we've been hearing about coronavirus they're also the astra zeneca vaccine which monaco was talking about new guidance from the european union and u.k. all thora he's on it's safety they talk about a very rare chance of developing blood clots the u.k. has taken the decision however to stop offering. the astra zeneca to under thirty's they will receive an alternative if it's available and then of course the direction of an trial is in recess just at the moment in minneapolis a 20 minute break so they will probably be back in about 10 minutes time we'll take you live to the courthouse then back with more news in just a few moments here on al-jazeera. from the london bridge. to people in thoughtful conversation i got my braces when i was at the university of oxford it was really scared me because i was like

germany's health minister is calling for a nomination wide lockdown as corona virus infections yen spawn says stricter measures should be brought in for up to a month including a nighttime curfew intensive care units across germany a filling up fast and there are fears the health system will be overwhelmed if the number of cases continues to rise at the current rate al-jazeera stephanie deca is in berlin the message that a strong lockdown is needed across germany to curb the numbers is not new this is different to figures have been saying that over the last couple of weeks now of course more indication coming out that numbers are increasing there's warnings that intensive care beds could run out if there isn't an increased lockdown also a lot of germans we've been speaking to saying that things aren't clear that the rules keep changing nothing seems to have a firm hand on it so now we understand politically also there may be some movement to chancellor angela merkel was supposed to be meeting with the heads of the 16 regions on monday that's now been pushed to spode but we do understand

record a single day surge in corona virus infections in india its capital will be under a curfew for a week. but in australia and new zealand restrictions are being used with the opening of a travel bubble linking the 2 countries. a warning to the international community the crackdown to mean more will continue unless the wider world acts. to the sports arena has been sacked. this comes as european football is rocked by the news the 12 of the continent's biggest teams including planning a breakaway super league all the details and reaction coming up this hour. welcome to the news hour we begin with breaking news from russia where the country's prison service says the opposition leader alexei now vali is being moved to a hospital concerned about of all these health has grown during the last few days he's been on hunger strike for several weeks protesting against his jailing on what he says are political charges let's bring in bernard smith he's joining us from moscow what more of the prison all thought he is saying about not only. the prison authorities in russia say he has been trans

corona virus infections across india have reached another record high with more than 386000 new cases and only 3500 deaths reported preparations are now underway to vaccinate all adults over the age of 18 starting on saturday but it's unclear how the government plans to inoculate an extra 600000000 eligible people when there's a shortage of jobs in mumbai inoculation centers have shut for 3 days health ministers from several hard hit states including the capital region of delhi war they don't have any doses left. dozens of for. help get a lot of doctors into. those dad made their condition but it is not that. we do not have vaccines for adults right now we've requested the companies for the vaccines. the order has been issued to wrack the needs are not already dean but we alan able to get vaccines even when we had it into practice that the vaccine for not available. now the military has stepped in by sending its medical staff to state governments the public can also seek treatment it's many hospitals 40 countries have pledged to send emergency aid on the 1st u.s. shipment arrived on f

to reach out to its neighbors the world health organization is appealing for fairer distribution of corona virus vaccine success that africa is being left out of the race to end the pandemic and see nation is a lifesaving tool in the response to the pandemic and $100.00 days into the year and also more than $600000000.00 in those it's emitted globally africa has that minister that only 20 percent more than $1000000000.00 up against remain on the margins of this is starting to end the pandemic. african countries like ghana are one and umbrella have delivered a significant proportion of their vaccines within a short space of time and some of the success that include trading off in advance simulation exercises pretty listing parenting groups and communicating with communities the african union is dropping its plans to purchase the vaccine made by astra zeneca and will switch to one made by johnson and johnson instead but the head of the africa centers for disease control insists that it's not due to concerns about a potential but extremely rare link to blood clots he says the global kovacs fa

the amount of people here could be one of the reasons why corona virus infections have skyrocketed in argentina in the past days on wednesday argentina's government confirmed over 22000 new infections of covert 19 and that's why president about often and these announced new measures to prevent the spread of the virus and the message in these months we want to help health care aid economic recovery and keeps. open as much as we can if we do this we can diminish the speed of transmission the higher the transmission and the hospital occupation the more restrictions we will have to impose and that's why we need to protect ourselves from them this also announced a curfew at midnight restrictions on public transport and social gatherings in private homes last year argentina was one of the 1st countries in the region to impose a total lockdown to prevent the spread of the virus but the situation is different now. argentina's government is trying to avoid it imposing a total love mostly because of the impact it would have on argentina's fragile economy where millions are struggling to make en

for breath india's coronavirus patients and doctors plead for oxygen as the world's highest number of corona virus infections push its hospitals to breaking point. chad mourns its long time president idriss deby killed on the battlefield several african leaders out in the french president attend his state funeral. as supplies are due to run out in less than an hour on board an indonesian submarine that's missing with $53.00 people on board. and a medical breakthrough a trial of malaria vaccine shows greater efficacy to prevent one of the world's deadliest diseases. and. all the sporting colluding rough on adult takes a step closer to cool extending 12 barcelona open title the spanish tennis star is into the semifinals of this year starting. we begin in india where the pandemic has taken an unprecedented toll on the country's poorly funded health care system for yet another day it's recorded the world's highest number. infections 333000 new cases in just 24 hours hospitals are reporting shortages of beds oxygen and medicine to add to all of this a hospital far in the state of killed 14 kovac

faster but here in brazil we basically have the astra zeneca vaccine which is being questioned and the corona virus from china so that 5 is basically the situation here right now. ok monica an active live from rio de janeiro the rio de janeiro rather thank you very much. for that. india has again reported a record number of new covert 19 cases we're going to 115 thousands were reported on whedon's day it also recorded 630 deaths that's the highest death toll since november iran has reported its highest number of new cases in a single day since the pandemic began the health ministry recorded nearly 21000 new infections on whedon's state travel in celebrations cheering the new year holiday of no rules are being blamed for the rise in case numbers in thailand at least 10 cabinet ministers and dozens of politicians are self isolating after coming into contact with people who tested positive for corona virus becomes as the capital bangkok is seeing a sharp increase in infections in the 1st domestic cases all the u.k. variants of the virus thailand is aiming to start its mass immunization campaign

also in sport india's cricket legend such intern is hospitalized a week after contracting corona virus. in bangladesh 3 people are being killed by a fire near a refugee camp that broke out in a makeshift market in the early hours of friday morning and that having brought under control it happened less than 2 weeks after a huge find there by destroy thousands of tents and killed at least 15 people. well staying in bangladesh there are protests against police brutality after demonstrations last week at least 11 people were killed at those rallies during the visit of the indian prime minister narendra modi tundra chantry those demonstrations in the capital dhaka. thousands of people have gathered in front of i can look out on the largest mosque in the country most of the supporters from have fathered a slimy and other really just party there demanding the release of their fellow party men who are detained by police and also to bring justice to those killed by police firing in recent violence 5 there have been leftist party have been protesting against him on his visit in bangladesh in las

capacity that the government is now trying to close extrapolate that across the country and the spread of corona virus appears far wider than anyone thought. this is al-jazeera. but there are new klug this is the news our live from coming up in the next 60 minutes federal investigators raid the new york home of rudy giuliani donald trump's lawyer and the city's former mayor. running out of wood india's capital struggles to cremate its dead there's a number of cope with 19 fatalities just past 200000. and find out why the case political watchdog has launched an investigation concerning the prime minister. and is joe biden approaches an important milestone he's preparing for his 1st major address to the u.s. congress. and have an outreach sports picks organizers press on with plans to stage the games and make the pandemic and we just take the 3 months ago they've released a new candidate 900 safety measures for athletes but there's still no decision on whether japanese fans will be allowed to attend. so we start with that breaking news out of the united states where federal investigators have raid

the number of corona virus infections in india has hates of record for a 6th day the country is struggling to contain another wave on sunday reported the highest single day death toll in 5 months authorities in several states are warning of vaccine shortages in the coming days but india's health minister say state governments should end what he calls fear mongering. rajeeb does gupta is a professor at the center of social medicine and community health that gel or how narrow a university he says campaigning for regional elections has made the situation worse several doctors associations have written to the country's election commission pointing to more strict and practical guidelines given that given the realities of the indian election and yes in all down states cases are on the rise as in the rest of the country in the southern state of time not to one candidate actually passed we on account of all that in case he wins that election too that constituency will have to be held again that's as far as the election and the corporate situation goes on the plus side the country was immunizing ab

which would give powers to the central government to implement lockdowns in all 16 states when the corona numbers overtake a certain amount which is basically 100 people in 100000 so it now needs to pass through parliament is no guarantee that that's going to happen it needs a 2 thirds majority not everyone is on board but certainly you know listening to kimberley there about the vaccination campaign and all the difficulties that's been happening here too you basically had the chancellor speaking to the heads of the 16 states them agreeing on lockdown and then going back and applying them in a haphazard way were actually lifting restrictions when numbers were increasing vaccination campaign has also been slow particularly because of a delay delivery of vaccines also there is still hasn't see when it comes to the astra zeneca again also concerns of blood clots but certainly recently one good news is that the g.p.'s the local medics doctors have starch administer vaccines which has seen an increase but certainly one medical expert we were talking to recently telling us that this wave the br

thailand has set up 10 field hospitals in bangkok to deal with a surge in corona virus patients the new facilities can accommodate up to 3000 people thailand is struggling with a new wave of infections with 500 new cases reported on friday a new coronavirus infections in india have hit a record high for the 4th day more than 145000 cases were reported on saturday haiti is yet to receive a single covert 19 vaccine haiti is supposed to be receiving 3 quarters of a 1000000 doses of the astra zeneca vaccine from the u.s. but that's been delayed after the country missed deadlines for essential paperwork countries across latin america and the caribbean began receiving jobs under the kovacs scheme 5 weeks ago. colombia's capital bogota is being put on a strict 3 day lockdown the city of 8000000 is facing complete restrictions on the ability of a panel or alcohol sales coronavirus cases that are surging with the number of new infections doubling over the last month intensive care units are rapidly approaching capacity in a number of cities argentina has broken its record for the number of new c

in the united states germany's health minister is calling for a nationwide lockdown after a surge in corona virus infections fund says the measure should last for as long as a month intensive care units across germany are filling up fast and there are concerns if that continues it could overwhelm the health system corona virus infections in india have hit another record for a 3rd day here they 132000 new cases were reported on friday the nation is battling a 2nd wave of covert cases which is far more aggressive than last year's initial outbreak so korea is free of posing bans on makeup karaoke bars and nighttime entertainment facilities is still the case counts and i had a 3 month high and you restrictions are set to come into effect on monday last for 3 weeks japan is raising the coronavirus alert level in talk you into a low tougher measures to curb it spread ahead of the olympic games factions have been surging in the capital raise alert status although tokyo's governor to mandate shorter opening hours for bars and restaurants the measures are due to begin on monday and continue for the

variant of the corona virus but health officials in and in india maintain that the variants whether they are from the u.k. brazil south africa. and variant that's been found in india that those variants aren't responsible for the rise in cases they say it is because of people letting their guard down after the numbers sell as much as they did earlier this year. meanwhile to iran is heading back into the highest level of restrictions as iran battles a new surge in coronavirus deaths this is the 3rd time the cities and had code red badges limiting business hours and banning travel and personal cars no news the iranian new year holiday is being blamed for the renewed spread of the virus. 172 people died in the past day with 14000 new cases now and in chile the government is halting almost all international travel in an effort to cover whites right surging infections their officials have said that borders will be closed for a month by the nationals and foreigners a prohibited from leaving the country unless it's an emergency but she lay ins and palming residents can return she has recorded m

india is reporting a record number of corona virus cases for a 4th straight day with nearly 350000 infections stuff that overwhelms hospitals are begging for bugs and supplies and looked on across the alley has been extended for another week the united states has expressed deep concern about the situation and plans to actually deploy additional support china russia and the european union they've already offered help with oxygen generating equipment let's cross try to attend is run on who joins us now from new delhi and you're outside delhi is because hospital i understand what's the scene like there. well it is a terrible situation. because of a hospital with a capacity is 1500 beds but will being told by the hospital that they have 1850 patients many are sharing beds and others on the hospital sinhala that is why we are seeing other patients lying outside the hospital on the footpath lubin family members begging the hospital staff to admit there and head of the thames scenes here because those family members have already tried to get their loved ones admitted to the hospitals but all hospita

arbitrary designations jodi's health minister is calling for a nationwide lockdown after a surge in corona virus infections and sponsors that the measure should last for as long as a month he also wants night time curfews intensive care units across germany filling up fast there are concerns that if it continues it may overwhelm the country's health system stephanie decker is in berlin and says that germany is grappling with how to handle the outbreak. numbers have been steadily increasing and there's really no uniform decision or policy when it comes to lockdown of course germany is ruled by decentralized federal system so you have 16 states they're all in charge of their own health system so what we've been seeing out of her exam just to remind you i'm going to mark old school for a strict lockdown over easter while she went back on that 24 hours later apologizing to the german public so what you have right now is a situation where there is no uniform lockdown decisions people are frustrated even speaking to germans who will tell you that nothing is clear one day they say one thing next

virus back seen against corona virus i should say sorry is is going to be really key at preventing people ending up in hospital and sadly preventing some of the challenges that we're seeing so this news that it actually also prevents transmission is probably really key in helping people understand getting the vaccine there also protecting those people that they care about and so that even if ringback unfortunately they gave back to it after getting the vaccine they're much less likely to transmit it to anybody or we will one question that still hasn't really been answered is the long charity of a munity after vaccination how important is that into the mix into the conversation mix when it comes to how. it how these vaccines work and how successful they could be in the long. yes that's a really key question unfortunately it's just too soon yet we just haven't got the length of time to have that. i mean we have about you know 9 months with the agent from the people who best buy their. clinical trial way back in july but we really are looking at you know another year but we understand the lo

again the canucks play has been delayed indefinitely after more than 20 players tested positive for corona virus. alone welcome we begin in the u.s. city of indianapolis where a gunman has killed 8 people and injured several others at a fed ex facility the police haven't identified the attacker who also killed himself it is the latest in a series of mass shootings across the united states the 3rd in the city of indianapolis this year alone survivors who were working in the building describe the traumatic moments the chaotic scenes during the incident. but you give my cell phone lockers away you can't even go to the lockers just the break room we're going to shoot or when it was going on i can't believe it you know i'm going to work just money on a way to bring guns to work why would there be an argument so bad he needed to shoot john hendren is covering the developments from the city of minneapolis john the mayor and the police chief of the city and enough less happened giving a press conference what more if we'd learned about the shooting well police say that they responded to a call for

canucks return to action has been delayed indefinitely after more than 20 players tested positive for corona virus. groups opposed to may have lost military join to have joined forces to form a national unity government outside the country as part of the ongoing resistance to military rule think clude ousted members of parliament ethnic leaders and protest figures hundreds of civilian demonstrators have been killed since the coup at the start of february the unity government is promising to and people's suffering scott hypes reports now from bangkok. what it means actually on the ground probably not that much different quite honestly they're still going to face this intensified crackdown by the security forces on the streets across myanmar as they go out so that won't change but what they're hoping to do this new government this new unity government including leaders from ethnic groups they are looking for recognition a little bit more to it is that what they're trying to do is really participate in the dialogue that everyone is hoping will eventually come everyone in the region everyone fig

being quite fragile in the united kingdom there is particular concern right now about a variance of corona virus that seems to originated in india and is currently causing a large spike in infection rates there it has a double need station which means there are 2 changes that have happened to the virus which make it more effective at infecting people or of aiding the body's immune system so it shows that although in the u.k. there is a feeling that things are getting much much better not out of the woods yet. chalons reporting live from london thailand is closing schools and gyms for at least 2 weeks as it battles a 3rd wave of covert 19 infections it had hoped to be able to reopen to tourism but now. cases arising it reported $1500.00 cases in the last day and 2 deaths less than one percent of the population has been vaccinated let's go live to bangkok on al-jazeera tony chain is with us as we said at the beginning of the program there are fears now that asia could become the new epicenter of the pandemic. absolutely think here this is one of the success stories we've seen very low rate o

in other news india reports a global record of more than 314000 new corona virus infections as patients struggle to access hospital beds and oxygen supply it's also the search for a missing indonesian submarine with 53 crewmembers on board focuses on the oil slick north of bali. and sports around madrid president and says the european super league remains on stand by our president completely wrong to believe the project is over. welcome to the new. 2021 that the rallies and marches around the world but because of the pandemic most of today's events. it will be held virtually including a white house summit in the coming hours bringing together leaders from 40 nations so we begin this news hour with reports from the world's 2 superpowers the us which is trying to reclaim a place at the center of the climate debate and china which calls itself a leader in this fight but also continues to build new coal plants 1st nick clark explains just how much is at stake this virtual summit is the us administration saying we're back in the fight after 4 years of donald trump ignoring the climate crisis

reporting the capital it's running out of wood for its criminal torrens nearly $3500.00 funerals for corona virus victims held across the capital last week operators are struggling to cope with the unprecedented demand and say some supplies are refusing to take new orders while others have driven up prices. you don't even get to see the body of your loved ones hospitals don't even show us the blood and sometimes the bodies are switched in somebody else's blood is given in someone else's name the whole system is messed up at hospitals what's also apart from fear will be feel there is no oxygen at the hospitals and no beds people are dying in ambulances before reaching the hospital to talk about some of the situation as horrific absolutely terrible everyone is afraid every single person people are afraid that if i am talking to a person maybe i want to get a doctor then tomorrow or in the near future that death toll is 2 100000 today it can go up 240-0000 or even a 1000000 everywhere in the stead of fired right now across the country and around mendis a fear let's say now from elizabeth brown

sorry headed sports indian cricket legend fanchon tendulkar response besides a week after contracting corona virus. into the news are its taiwan's a worst train disaster in nearly 40 years at least 48 people have died and more than 100 others injured after a train carrying hundreds of passengers derailed in a tunnel the accident happened just north of the city of hoyle lane charlotte dallas begins our coverage with this report. it was a rescue a scramble to reach people trapped after this train came off the tracks on friday morning the front of the train had passed through a tunnel when it derailed the back carriage is still inside the tunnel with the brunt of the damage. this woman yells carriage for courage for as everyone come out there were 490 passengers on board when it crashed and i was able to hear or i could feel the emergency brake was put on and the train just shook and then stopped it and i didn't i felt the knife and sentiments i don't know we're fine but some of the passengers in a compartment were injured. rescue a struggled inside the narrow tunnel trying to reach the injured

a big help to us i'm lucky it's here and i'm very thankful ever since help started coming from here corona virus is making a resurgence elsewhere in southeast asia cambodia had one of the world's lowest number of infections in the 1st year of the pandemic. but it's now locked down its capital phnom penh a nearby town and the coastal town see one of those. neighboring vietnam reported its 1st community transmission in more than a month on thursday the new cases come ahead of a 4 day holiday weekend health authorities have warned against mass gatherings and ordered state agencies to tighten screening and contact tracing efforts. thailand recently added more measures including a ban on dining in restaurants in bangkok and making it compulsory to wear masks in public. mass vaccination campaigns in many of these countries have to. thailand and the philippines have so far vaccinated only around one and a half percent of the population that could be 19 crisis has exposed the urgent need for more resilient tell systems that can be sure and he interrupted i believe he actually ability and access to

reducing corruption by big pharmaceutical companies the right to health observers say that with the corona virus outbreak drug shortages have only grown and so have protests and lawsuits demanding access to lifesaving medicine and at the end but the length of those mean this in a way september 29000 was when parents 1st protested outside the health ministry because of a lack of chemotherapy sexual diversity groups also demonstrated against a lack of hiv treatments and some parents have gone beyond protesting last year load in a 2 year old son evan lost his battle with cancer due to a lack of medical treatments she has since sued the government and accuse the mexican president of murder i am speaking out and will continue to so that more parents will speak out and not stay silent another president cannot give me back my son but i at least want to avoid one more child missing a single chemotherapy sishen and medical treatment. earlier this year doctors told us that her son's cancer was in remission but recently discovered a new tumor anatomist his side she says the thought of dealing with dr

news hour live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes india reports a weld's highest number of corona virus infections for a 5th day and a record number of deaths is hospitals and funeral services continue to be overwhelms. the european union has launched a lawsuit against astra zeneca to delays in the delivery of coke at 19 vaccines. a court in iran her sentence british iranian aid worker nasa means a guy radcliffe to one more year in prison the u.k. calls it inhumane and unjustified. moscow's new crackdown it's shut down the offices and activities of groups linked to jail kremlin critic. and it's been a historic night the oscars chloe's out becomes the 1st asian woman to win the best director award as more women and minorities win top prizes. on your i guess roster with the sport the pressure grows to cancel cricket indian premier league amid the outbreak of cases there while some players leave topless trading in bowler hat cummins donates $50000.00 to buy oxygen just other stars of the game to do the same . hello and welcome we begin this news hour in india and nations struggling w

well india's health care system is struggling to deal with the dramatic rise in corona virus cases there were more than 180000 new infections and a 1000 deaths on tuesday tough new restrictions are coming into effect in the worst hit states maharastra are india correspondent elizabeth purana reports from new delhi. a long line of ambulances outside a covert biting hospital in the state of inside a patients struggling to breathe and waiting for a bed to become available. as one of many states but the hospitals are overcrowded and they don't have enough equipment or health care workers to deal with the current caseload. the ambulances bring in the patients who are on oxygen supply some of them are critical and they're admitted forced as soon as the beds with ventilators are available the patients who are on oxygen supplies to the venturi masks are given that in 108 i'm go and says. as patients wait for beds the families of the dead mourn for their loved ones nowhere is the situation as bad as in the state of maharashtra where migrant workers crowded bus and train terminals after more restr

another landmark reached in israel's response to the corona virus pandemic on sunday with the dropping of the outdoor mask mandate people are still being told to wear masks in indoor public spaces or if they gather very tightly together in large numbers outside but in settings like this you can dispense with the mask as well as that schools are now back to normal or catch feeling has now stopped class sizes can return to normal and for face to face teaching all of this been made possible of course by the tumbling case numbers at the height of the pandemic there are more than 9000 new cases a day on friday it was just over 100 and that of course being made possible by the vaccination campaign more than 5300000 israelis have had at least one dose that's 57.5 percent of the population with a further 1000000 people having had the disease recovered and therefore have immunity as well and need to go we'll continue wearing it for at least 2 months until the world is making progress like us. but i think there's a reason to be happy that we no longer have to wear masks and this is a big success

incompetence bulgarians vote for a new parliament after months of antigovernment protests and a rise in corona virus infections. at least 22 indian soldiers are killed in a gun battle with maoist rebels in the central state of chet's a scar. and i'm sort of fighters with all of his kenyan run a risk gets it smashes the hof mouth and world record in one hour of full minutes and 2nd. welcome to the news hour heavy rains have triggered flash floods and landslides on indonesia's florus islands at least 41 people have been killed and thousands more are now displaced dozens of homes are burdened by mud and debris and love another village and several homes were swept away by the floodwaters let's get the latest from jessica washington she's joining us from jakarta as to how much aid is actually getting to some of these remote areas affected by the floods just. well there in it is a very difficult situation for these aid workers for search and rescue workers as well within the east flora's district trying to access this small island which has been hardest hit by this flash flooding and landslides we u

germany's health minister is calling for a nationwide locked surge in corona virus infections sponsons the measures should last for as long as a month you also once nighttime curfews intensive care units across germany are filling up fast and there are concerns that if this continues it could overwhelm the health system well stephanie decker joins us now live from berlin stephanie at the beginning of this pandemic germany was hailed as having the situation under control and being one of the countries to follow in their debates and locked sones what's going on. it's a very different picture now it is the 3rd wave as you mentioned the numbers have been steadily increasing and there's really no uniform decision or policy when it comes to lockdown of course germany is ruled by decentralized federal system so you have 16 states they're all in charge of their own health system so what we've been seeing out of for example is to remind you child so i'm going to call for a strict lockdown over easter while she went back about 24 hours later apologizing to the german public so what you have righ

corona virus infections across india have reached another record high with more than 386000 new cases and nearly 3500 deaths reported vaccinations are being opened up to all adults above 18 starting on saturday but health ministers in several hard hit states say they've run out of their uses casting doubt on the government's ability to vaccinate 600000000 newly eligible people elizabeth raanan reports now from new delhi. money could go sits by her husband's hospital bed just hours after she lost her mother to car the 19 and she's managed to find him oxygen but not the ventilator doctors say he needs for her return to the party for. the better part of the debate that will bring her but i can't right now but if you need something to support the president or it would be right i don't know how the number of births in there. but. india's underfunded health care system is collapsing as it's overwhelmed by the world's biggest surge in cases that have long lines outside oxygen supply is around the country this tension here as people wait in the hope of getting oxygen for the sick relatives so

sudan and nigeria are also facing severe food insecurity which of course has been made worse by the corona virus pandemic additionally vaccines are barely reaching these areas the agency issued an urgent call for wealthier countries to donate excess vaccine well let's get more on the snow from. george garvey he's the humanitarian poles he leads for oxfam's middle east and north africa region based in beirut for us but he is joining us today by skype from little in the u.k. it's great to have you with us on the news are those are some quite scary numbers that i've just outlined given the places that this is happening in much of a priority would you say a covert vaccine will wait is in let's say yemen where many people are on the brink of starvation. well certainly it's a very big priority to start looking a bit outwards when it comes to vaccines rollout it's very important especially for frontline workers that especially with the numbers that you have said it would be really difficult for them to really do public awareness or respond to cases or carry out the traditional your money tarion w

police officer accused of his murder brazilians works through the night to burry those who died of corona virus but the president continues to resist lock down measures in sport the best women's football teams will soon be targeting an appearance in the australian city of sydney pharrell be here without story a little later. but 1st the court in hong kong has found 7 pro-democracy activists guilty of an authorised assembly in 2019 that's when anti-government protesters marched against the now repealed extradition bill the veteran leaders of the opposition movement faced up to 5 years in prison but they remain defiant from hong kong here is sarah clarke. they arrived at court flanked by the support it's defined in the face of a crackdown on the movement they have represented for decades these are some of hong kong's most high profile veteran activists including 82 year old martin lee who is known as the father of democracy in the territory for many of my brothers and sisters so maybe britain. considered better on. please one of 9 people who were found guilty of organizing and participating

and how the corona virus pandemic has created big supply problems for the small chips that keep us connected and i'm leah hearty in with sports hockey is crisis team is hit with more problems the vancouver canucks reached return to action has been delayed indefinitely after more than 20 players tested positive for corona virus. 9 pro-democracy activists in hong kong have been sentenced for taking part in anti-government protests in 2019 among them is veteran campaigner martin lee it was given a suspended sentence of 11 months on media tycoon jimmy lai was sentenced to 12 months in this case of more. a separate matter $2900.00 mass protests where opposition to a bill that would have allowed criminal suspects to be extradited to mainland china it was shelved but beijing later imposed a contentious national security law on kong let's go live now to rob hong kong how serious adrian brown is outside the courthouse there adrian we can hear some disturbance going on behind you you'll tell us about that no doubt you were in court for those hearings tell us about these verdicts and the reaction to th

very different for a start look that's incomes in the form of the nasal spray special coverage of the corona virus pandemic are not just. it's time for american troops to come home president biden says it's time to end america's forever war but promises there will not be a hasty exit from afghanistan this is the u.n. says nearly $1800.00 afghan civilians were killed or injured in just the 1st 3 months of the year. hello i'm barbara sarah this is al jazeera live from london.

the world health organization is warning that the corona virus pandemic is growing exponentially with 4400000 new cases reported last week alone india is now causing the greatest concern having surpassed brazil as the country with the 2nd highest number of infections after the united states it recorded nearly 170000 new cases and 900 deaths in the past 24 hours but despite the government blaming the 2nd wave on people not abiding by a covert 1000 guidelines large political and religious gatherings are still being held elizabeth pradhan reports from new delhi. more than $2000000.00 hindu pilgrims gathered on the bands of the ganges river before immersing themselves in the water on monday the 3 month command a festival began and stays in january it's going ahead this year despite india seeing a wreck or 2 number of cars in mind cases and deaths police say they're unable to enforce restrictions because of the sheer size of the crowds but. if we try to enforce social distancing an accident or stampede like situation can occur so we're trying to avoid that we're not able to implement socia

says 3 new variants and knowledge gatherings contributed to the latest surge of corona virus infections.