is an epidemic of gun violence in the united states and putting forward executive actions intended to address that epidemic now the 1st proposal we heard from the white house was an effort to crack down on how guns are sold he referenced ghost guns which are guns that people manufacture by they they purchase kits to make them in their homes he talked about gun show loopholes and background checks furthermore joe biden discussed what he calls the red flag legislation that exists in a number of states where if a person is deemed to be a threat to themselves or to others they are temporarily deprived of their guns at this point biden has been facing a huge amount of pressure from gun control supporters due to the fact that there has been a surge in gun violence you saw last year there were 20000 gun related deaths that took place and that is a 25 percent increase since 2019 that we've seen this surge of gun deaths other was recently an event where 5 people were killed in south carolina including 2 children and that was certainly not the 1st mass shooting that happened in 2021 let's revie

there have been reports that the united states are mewling the idea of appointing a special envoy to europe tasked with one thing stopping the north stream to project down just to remind the north stream 2 is a gas pipeline going from russia via sea bed into germany now if this envoy is appointed their goal will be traveling across europe talking to european leaders like in germany for example or denmark and convincing them to stop the construction russia's top diplomat sergey lavrov has commented on this strategy on this potential step that the united states might take he did not mince his words have a listen. even a structure like the council already publishes material criticizing the united states' absolute deadlock strategy over russia which does not produce any results in terms of the goals that were declared when sanctions were imposed now from the very outset the united states have been against this project against north stream 2 saying that russia will be using this pipeline as a geopolitical weapon geopolitical tool moscow in turn has been saying that this spy plane simply m

in the united states that this. russia says it's going to respond hasn't said exactly how it will but what do you anticipate well i suspect there will be a response because it russians can't seem to be going don't mean to use accounts in going back to the sanctions of so for me about individuals perhaps will see individuals being sanctioned by the nicest by russia oh absolutely explosion of a difference but i'm sure a response will come this is what happens in any such that situation there is a tit for tat but nor no power can be seen to let you know what its rivals get away with and scarce i think that's going to happen yeah 10 exactly what will happen will have to wait and say no that will come over the next few hours or days or say chris we'll leave it agatha told you that with our political analyst chris bambery . a controversial global security bill has been passed by the french parliament it grants additional powers to law enforcement bodies but has faced widespread criticism for making it harder to call out t

states why isn't the discrimination getting more and more serious in the united states us is threatening china but china does not regard that us as anybody and does not want a confrontation between china and the united states china is near pier and competitor of the united states so china's growth industrial proto production. chain of value and a total can their market a rally will have all oss sir precisely those of the and he stays. fine it's our you have heard of the like the gate and in the u.k. it's become a reality a soldier is an integration is royal engineers regiment have been tell what a mind that language in case it offends someone with more his arteries signing right. so the main dangers of being in the military is you can be shot at blown up . or fall victim to non gender neutral language well $22.00 engineer regiment of the british army is doing something about it the language not the horrible bad stuff don't call each other lads soldiers are told to be more inclusive and avoid using words such as mankind and sportsmanship over fears that they could cause offense to regimen

true the united states of america thank you now they're saying ok thank you ok now i think beyond our capacity thank you we can do whatever we shall never mind if we do it together thank you so much began to get to hear very. much you have made protect our troops thank you for your preaching thank you thank you. thank you thank you. so america is on the move again and that is the masses that the u.s. president joe biden just delivered to congress his 1st address to congress on the eve of his 100th day in office suite how did the country's recovery in that time despite facing the pandemic and the severe economic as well as political crises and he also did lay out parts of his american families plan that's a roughly $1.00 trillion dollar legislative proposal to invest hundreds of billions of dollars in priorities like education childcare and paid leave all of which he spoke about the president was speaking just over an hour and that is his wife the 1st lady joe biden on your screens right now let's bring in our white house correspondent kelly halkett she's standing by for us in capitol

states to leave and i can tell you that's getting a lot of criticism here in the united states from members of the president's own democratic party and also his conservative critics who are worried about the future of women and girls and and what the future holds that there could be a civil war in afghanistan so to blink and not only reassuring the afghan people but also some of the american public that is watching this carefully and not feel. 100 percent comfortable about the power forward so the message was one of reassurance of commitment that there will be a diplomatic footprint in the country of afghanistan moving forward just not a military one i was house correspondent kelly how could live there washington thanks campbell. at least one person has been killed by an explosion in baghdad a car bomb went off at a market in the city district which is in the iraqi capital east at least 17 people serious about a full team is that. we understand there was a car parked by the. time . of life *. there has been a few small number of. a warning from. possible talks aimed at reviving the

states but those are possibly take place because the europeans will be talking to the united states now the reason he said that is because of the domestic politics inside the country nothing has affected that to more than the nuclear deal and those sanctions every day life is affected the banking sector. the economy has suffered but iran's iran's position still remains the same they don't want to step by step process to this they want all the sanctions lifted that were imposed by former president donald trump and then iran will start returning to its commitments in terms of that 2015 nuclear deal. major league baseball is really a case a good soul star game from the u.s. state of georgia or off to republican politicians there prove controversial new voting restrictions include id requirements being made more stringent for absentee ballots it's also now a criminal offense to offer food and water to people waiting in long voting lines critics see it as an effort to disenfranchise poor minority communities which tend to support the democratic party. you know these days ed cherry blosso

united states we seem very sharp increase in the number of people seeking treatment for addiction to prescription opioids and invented america under the banner of medicine persisted with the pain but instead of trying to wean him off though she did those after dose after dose after dose and really became his drug dealer soon who's to blame. i don't as many affection was all the governments . were not see russia's foreign minister has dismissed washington's attempts to do right all the north stream to gas pipeline project calling them a dead end strategy our correspondent is traveling with for off on a trip to kazakhstan. there have been reports that the united states army pointing a special envoy to europe with one thing stopping the north stream to project down just to remind the north stream to is a gas pipeline going from russia via sea bed into germany now if this envoy is appointed their goal will be traveling across europe talking to european leaders like in germany for example or denmark and convincing them to stop the construction russia's top diplomat sergey lavrov has comme

states are vaccinated as you mentioned disneyland in on the west coast of the united states it opened up its doors after more than 13 months of being closed cruise ships that make port of calls here in the united states primarily in florida they say they're going to start sailing again this summer so clearly there's a sense here in the united states that they have really turned the corner on this covert pandemic but there is still a lot of back seen hesitancy here in the united states president joe biden says he's going to be working to try to convince every american to get vaccinated it's important u.s. health officials say because they claim that in order to get herd immunity here in the united states scene about 70 to 85 percent of the population totally vaccinated right now about 40 percent of all adults but clearly if you go to airports here in the united states you fly you travel at all you can really get a sense that americans feel that this pandemic they are turning a corner because a lot of people are now traveling again especially now that more than 100000000 americans are f

united states has taken its own provocative actions. still ahead on al-jazeera thousands of migrant workers rushed to leave being indian capital and had over a week long curfew as a surgeon heard a virus cases threatens to overwhelm parts of the country and why some of the world's best footballers face bams if their clients join a breakaway european competition. for. the reins gathering again in china and it will probably keep gathering in moves in unusual direction because of disruption to the system just coming in to the bottom your screen says super typhoon is off the edge of the philippines now in the forecast it stays over open water will get dangerously close to some of the small japanese islands and to taiwan but it does mean that temporarily there's no rain in the korean peninsula or in japan the sun is out to warm things up and here's the progress of the next bit of rain out of china and it does go to china to the other side probably heading towards the korean peninsula for the weekend the same time so the game is over open wat

states that was supported by the united states united states supported him despite the fact that he was a group dictator he was a racist the you know cause mass casualties and people ever talk about. you know the dictatorship overseas but it was that revolution in 1059 the culmination of the revolution i should say that ended in 1959 that really freed the vast majority of the masses of cuban people from the brutal dictatorship also against your will against the will to use and i will pass there was a part of that he was a he was no doubt a part of that and and i and he i think he will continue to be beloved by. the vast majority of cubans you know on that island because they know the history and they know you know what he has meant to that country you know writ large when he came to power a lot of people spoke about his coming to the position in times of a new beginning for cuba a new era off to be the right of fidel do you think happened and what challenges did think cuba faces now that he's. taken a step away from the but i think a lot of. yeah the challenges are immense i mean wh

officials are now going to come to the united states i think united states may share information with them in their crop in a potential investigation of the taliban which will be very very helpful for bringing justice for the taliban who committed war crimes and i think the u.s. is going to be trying to explain to the i.c.c. officials why charges should not be brought against any u.s. forces either because no crimes are committed or because they've been investigated whether they will succeed or not it way too early to see but it will be a dialogue and the u.s. i think figured that it was much more likely to meet its policy goals if you talk to the i.c.c. than if you just rebuffed it stephen just a final quick thought to you i mean the biden administration isn't a tricky position here isn't it because even though the u.s. is not a member of the i.c.c. it still wants to be seen as a subscriber to the i.c.c. is cool mission of being a court of last resort and punishing those who commit atrocities and crimes against humanity. that's right that's the position that the u.s. has taken under

is the fact that there are very tense relationships with both the united states and china and the united states and russia with respect to china of course not only are they the biggest emitter but there are has been under donald trump the tit for tat trade war much of that is not resolved and with respect to russia just last week the 2 nations were trading very tough sanctions against one another accusing each other of aggression and escalation in a deteriorating relationship so these are the obstacles that joe biden has to deal with in trying to move forward on the one hand making these broad pronouncements but also recognizing that when it comes to china and russia there is a reluctance and also some tension that is going to makes achieving much of this difficult all right thanks so much camilla how can that. create and unite has more from beijing. this wasn't about details for china this moment is about the optics they want to send a message to the world that china takes this issue very seriously wants to transform its image of just being a world polluted to being a sort of proactive

nations the european union nato and as well of course afghan leaders what the united states is saying is that they will still be supportive of the afghan government as it moves forward as it continues to strive for peace but at the same time with respect to u.s. national security the threats have evolved the president as well as the press secretary pointing out that osama bin laden behind the september 11th attacks of 2001 has been dead for 10 years a decade ago and now that threat has metastasized in the words of the white house press secretary joe biden saying that they are now concerned about areas like somalia where al shabaab is operating. in syria and al qaeda in the arabian peninsula so the u.s. president saying that if there is a resurgence that the united states will address that but at the same time the large military footprint that has been very large in the past generation is coming to an end and of course the drawdown will start in may and is due to finish on that very symbolic date his isn't a complete live and 2021 of course 20 years after the attack all on the twin tow

states is back but this is also the united states hoping to lead by example the u.s. president joe biden believing that the announcements of the planned cuts for missions that he has charted out that this is something that can challenge other global nations given the fact that this is really something that he sees as an existential threat so that is why he has laid out these ambitious goals and he's hoping that others will do the same but it's not just the international message that joe biden is projecting he's also projecting and was very much a speech aimed at the domestic audience because his plans for a global or rather a green economy here in the united states have not been met with sort of overwhelming enthusiasm particularly by some conservatives in the united states who believe that now is not the time given a pandemic and high unemployment here in the united states this will cost jobs and so this is the challenge that he not only has to win over the international leaders in the international community but he also has to win over his own constituents here in t

the united states is ordering its non-essential embassy staff out of a gonna stand as the military steps up the withdrawal of its troops only personnel who have to be in trouble for their jobs will remain meanwhile the u.n. special representative for afghanistan reconciliation. has been testifying before a senate committee about the pull outs. the world has changed since 2001 the terror threat including from al qaeda is now geographically dispersed in africa the middle east and asia we now face new urgent challenges as the president has said we must fight the battles for the next 20 years not the last 20. our interests are has more from washington. some are concerned others think it is a very bad idea you remember there was just april the 14th when joe biden unknowns that all u.s. troops would be out of afghanistan by september that will mark 20 years since they moved in after the attacks on 911 here in the united states in new york and washington though the trump administration had already said it was intending to pull all the troops out by me that timeline has been pushed back by joe b

states and iran however iran has said if the europeans want to speak to the united states they're free to do so now one of the chief negotiators for iran she has said he's not in a position to say the talks are positive or negative but he said that they're not negative you also describe them as being progressive and constructive but iran's position still remains the same that all sanctions must be lifted and very fired by iran before iran reverses any taken in terms of its nuclear program that verification process could take some time iran wants to be able to sell and export its oil and for that money for the oil to make its way through financial channels back to iran of course iran's oil and banking sector have been under sanctions now one of the reasons that these negotiators are being very careful in terms of what they say is because of the political situation inside the country they have to come back to iran and discuss it with the powers that be. what's on the table is acceptable but also we have presidential elections coming up in june and this is president rouhani his final term

and there in africa europe the middle east and elsewhere the united states has roughly 2500 soldiers in afghanistan as part of the nato alliance currently we have speaking from brussels the nato secretary general and now it's those forces will also begin drawing down may 1st we went into afghanistan together. we have adjusted over history together and we are united in leaving together who know america's longest war has been costly 2 trillion dollars more than $2300.00 american lives. why did travel to arlington national cemetery to honor those lives lost biden's decision honors the agreement for withdrawal put in place by his predecessor donald trump both men have been criticized for ignoring pentagon advice to remain in the country the loss of the knitted baby the u.s. presence in the coalition's presence could be a very a further destabilizing question on the ground in the region on capitol hill biden's conservative critics and some members of his own democratic par. oppose the move arguing it will put u.s. and afghan lives at risk it undermines our commitment to the afghan people

assured afghan politicians that the united states remains committed to their country the united states will remain in afghanistan steadfast partner we want the afghan people countries in the region and the international community to know that fact. it's also a very important message for the taliban to hear but with violence rising across afghanistan in the absence of a peace deal between the government and the taliban it is not clear what this commitment will look like for the 1st time in 20 years and so with foreign troops leaving afghanistan will have to defend itself a lot and many people are questioning whether it security forces can do that president said afghanistan's security forces are fully capable of defending the country ended its combat operations over 5 years ago and the afghan security forces conduct over 95 percent of all combat operations yet they still heavily rely on the u.s. airpower and are trained by nato troops when a few months will also be gone the taliban insists that the u.s. sticks to the may 1st deadline saying in a statement that if it doesn't problems will

their children if their parents were ready in the united states to try and cross over and of course as these children pass through mexico they're passing a country that we as a team have gone through the stages with migrants many times and it's a country that's riddled with organized crime demanding kidnapping or demanding extortion money from migrants and controlling swathes of trek through where at times as corrupt officials where the shelters are close to overflowing this is a really really perilous trip especially for children and especially on their own. prince philip's funeral is to take place later this saturday only 30 mourners will be able to attend the private ceremony at windsor castle because of coronavirus restrictions. on friday a memorial service was held in honor of the g. confederate and the falkland islands members of local government military officials and locals attended the event at christ church cathedral in stanley prince philip died on april 9th at the age of $99.00. president vala dimia selenski is calling for a 4 way peace negotiation to ease tensions after

states saying that lately russia has been receiving some very mixed messages from from the united states from washington as to whether or not it is staying or leaving. bounden in this agreement if it is abandoning the dream into them in war terms. the world health organization has doubled down on its worries over vaccine passports noting their introduction could sharpen social divides we would not like to see the vaccination passport as a requirement for entry or exit because we're not certain a distaste of the vaccine prevents transmission there are all those other questions apart from the question of discrimination against the people who are not able to have the vaccine for one reason or another. and one of the worst disputes is in the us the white house has ruled out mandatory vaccine passports along with state governors yet companies and educational institutions are looking to push forward with the plans colleges have said there require proof of inoculation when students start a new academic year in the autumn we called strongly differing views on covert passports from our panel of g

that we could have gone further but i chose not to do so to be i chose to be proportionate united states is not looking to kick off. in conflict with russia we want a stable predictable relationship russia continues to interfere with our democracy i'm prepared to take further actions to respond it is my responsibility as pretty united states to do so and it was something that donald trump always appeared reluctant to do but his replacement has no issues with blaming russia for election interference joe biden's government has placed sanctions on 32 people and organizations for meddling in last year's presidential vote a total of 10 russian diplomats including intelligence officials have been expelled from the u.s. in retaliation for hacking and its formally named russia as being behind the so-called so winds hack which last year targeted a 100 american firms and 9 government agencies well a further 5 people in 3 entities have also been hit for their alleged links to russia's ongoing occupation of crimea well that the situation by the u.s. to punish russia for its alleged election interfer

states because they weren't even approved for use here what we've got going on out of the united states is that there are 3 vaccines have been approved pfizer johnson and johnson and so these are sitting there are not being utilized at all and so now the by the administration knowing that they are in a really good shape when it comes to vaccinations more than half the population now has received at least one dose more than 230000000 doses have been administered that they don't need to hang on to the stockpile and very quickly when i say it hasn't been approved in the united states that doesn't mean that there is a quality issue or a substandard in fact dr anthony found she just moments ago saying this is of the highest quality it's a bit approved for use elsewhere around the world is perfectly safe and just to reassure those who will be receiving it in india they're going to give it a final quality control track checked through the food and drug administration. it is great to hear that the u.s. is really some sort of positive news about the numbers of people domestically being vaccinate

states of america i'm sure the world media is that much different but in the united states everything they say is aimed towards democrats towards liberals toward socialist everything a conservative republican says is twisted out of context they follow us they list or speeches they listen to my 3 hour radio talk show every day i'm sure you could take one sentence i said take it out of context and then blame me it's right rubio one sense which they try and do call it every single day of my life thousands of words you see i talk bass sounds of words a day in my 3 hour radio show probably 20000 a day and they grab slide wards and say he's a terrible person without even understanding the context of the words h.m.p. completely out of the way it's supposed to be meant to be said so i don't listen to anything i say anymore when it comes to wayne rooney or donald trump or rod to census or ted cruz or greg abbott the governor of texas any republican conservative they're looking to destroy us and take our words out of context you can't believe a word or promethea says in united states anymore an

states that all foreign forces will leave the united states has indicated with its new administration that the u.s. forces are going to be withdrawing gradually there they would draw will begin from a the 1st but it will not be completed at that time which has been a longstanding demand of the taliban and to discuss that special representatives and always from russia china the united states as well as pakistan attended this meeting with the taliban where all 'd of these issues were discussed the taliban insisting that they need to see their prisoners being released a few 100 of them still remain in prisons they need to be delisted from a terrorist organization status by the united nations and other demands by the taliban which they say have not been met by the parties and the other parties including the united states is concerned about the violence it's concerned about the spike in attacks that have happened since last year when this deal was signed between the united states and the taliban so it is all coming to an end where foreign forces are gradually building beginning there of a

states and india working together in fact when the united states about a year ago was in the worst of its pandemic crisis with the rising number of infections and deaths it was india that stepped in to help the united states it's about the united states has made the decision it would like to return the favor to me how can i thank you very much i don't see an shortage of hospitals in new delhi is growing more urgent by the minute and disappear on reports from the capital. india may be experiencing the world's worst outbreak of car that 19 but millions of people still turned out to elect to regional leaders in the state of west bengal on monday it's one of 5 states that has held elections in recent weeks despite the drastically rising number of infections that. hospitals across the country are facing a critical shortage of beds and oxygen the u.s. and u.k. have responded by sending life saving medical supplies to india we want to try them all the support because they're close friends increasingly important partners but also we need this kind of international collaboration if we're going

ally could derail the discussions to limit iran's nuclear program and bring the united states and iran into compliance under that agreement the white house press secretary fused to comment on whether israel was involved only to say that this was in her view a speculation on causes take a listen we've seen the reports we don't have anything more to speak to as it relates to the causes or who is responsible our focus of is of course on the diplomatic path forward we've not been given any indication that attendance at the discussions and that will proceed on wednesday has changed now the white house press secretary did confirm that the united states was not involved in the attack as for the impact the attack could have on the diplomatic discussions jen psaki saying that she will focus on the diplomatic path forward at the terms of how she expects that these talks will proceed she says the united states expects them to be difficult and long. the mayor of minneapolis is declared a state of emergency amid protests over the death of unarmed black man dante wright who was shot by police nabbed

states but those are possibly take place because the europeans will be talking to the united states now the reason he said that is because of the domestic politics inside the country nothing has affected that to more than the nuclear deal and those sanctions everyday life is affected the banking sector the oil sector the economy has suffered but iran's iran's position still remains the same they don't want to step by step process to this they want all the sanctions lifted that were imposed by former president donald trump and then iran will start returning to its commitments in terms of that 2015 nuclear deal the international criminal court says it welcomes a decision by the u.s. to lift sanctions and visa restrictions on its employees imposed by the trumpet ministration the i.c.c. chief prosecutor and another top official were among those targeted as the court began to investigate u.s. troops for potential war crimes in afghanistan u.s. secretary of state and city blinken says washington seoul disagrees with that and other investigations. $100000000.00 people in the u.s. have now

united states and china are the world's 2 biggest polluters no u.s. climate envoy john kerry is in shanghai to meet chinese leaders he's aiming to make the environment an area of course collaboration it's the 1st trip to china by a high ranking by the ministration official china wants to become carbon neutral by 26 c. the u.s. is also expected to announce a new target for reducing emissions katrina you has more from shanghai. this is significant because it's the highest level visit we've had here to china by a u.s. official sister biden became president and john kerry is here at the invitation of dating and he's going to meet with his chinese counterpart sat down and it's crucial that these 2 countries would together to combat climate change because together they account for about half the world's carbon emissions china on its own accounts for about one 3rd. now both countries have said that this is a priority but they want 5 different things from this meeting in shanghai don't kerry says he's going to ask beijing to impose more scrutiny climate reduc

states why isn't the discrimination getting more and more serious in a united states us is threatening china but it's china does not really god us as anybody and does not want a confrontation between china and the united states china at least near pier and competing to of the united states so china's groups industrial protocol docked toto value and in total can their marquee devalue have all oss so precious those of the and he sees. a cat let's give you an update now to our breaking news story russia's foreign ministry has just published a list of individuals who will be banned from entering russia among the 8 american officials are the u.s. director of the domestic policy council susan rice former national security advisor john bolton and the head of the f.b.i. christopher ray it comes as part of the retaliate story measures against the u.s. in direct response to new sanctions imposed yesterday thursday on moscow over alleged harmful activities russia's measures also include the expulsion of 10 u.s. diplomats and the possible reduction of the american diplomatic mission in the capital

strength to them and will make our lives less likely to trust the united states united states signed a bilateral security agreement with me at the end government back about 10 years ago under the obama administration by not following that agreement and instead sticking with the columbine united states of sending a message that other countries cannot rely on us and that's bad for american security i think the people who wonders in strategy see this as a very disappointing and to be frank it bad move by this administration and pulls the not moves the fact that sort of we could debate to the end of time with a leaving afghanistan is a good idea or a bad idea whether it's necessary or not but it's finally happening and it seems to be heading into uncertain time a tree all round for all the stakeholders. well the most important stakeholder here are the afghan people they're the ones that suffered the most. the talks with atomic and should not call them peace talks because they were not about peace they were only about withdrawal and they not only not lead to peace they've led to increased

states military united states security and american elites in general is in favor of this hard line of encouraging a new cold war so unified in was being our friend which was cheated in suggesting talks the majority of the american people who matter in the united states the people rule the united states are insistent on this cold war agenda with russia does seem that biden agree to have this summit and we seem to be you know looking towards some sort of solution particularly towards the build up military buildup at least create as no tick in this harder stance which trying to help the process of trying to resolve matters it is to train and cannot help improve relations to moscow washington and other western powers the. taliban is warning that problems will be compounded if the u.s. and allied forces fail to withdraw from afghanistan before the may 1st deadline struck last year this comes as joe biden out this week that all u.s. and nato troops will be finally pulled out by mid september they may have been there for too long he's also called on regional powers to offer more support t

their children if their parents ready in the united states to try and cross over and of course as these children pass through mexico they're passing a country that we as a team have gone through these stages with migrants many times and it's a country that's riddled with organized crime demanding kidnapping or demanding extortion money from migrants and controlling swathes of trick through aware at times as corrupt officials where the shelters are close to overflowing so this is a really really perilous trip specially for children and especially on their own more than $23000.00 pressed president step and pardon and release. it's unclear whether any of them will pray jim ocracy activists who were arrested during protests against the recent case the problems are customary to mark the new year holiday in myanmar but this is the 2nd time the gentile has done so since it seized power in february. and thailand's foreign ministry is confirming on mas gentle leader men on the line will be attending the upcoming as ian summit the association of southeast asian nations brings together its 10 memb

of a lack of communications channels between the united states and iran an incident like this could escalate out of control precisely because it's who sides are not talking but we've also seen a pattern in which this tends to take place as the 2 sides are getting closer towards some form of an agreement and though progress has been slow it does appear as if returns it is a c.p.a. it is within reach within the next couple of weeks as a result of the discussions taking place in vienna but what i think we've seen so far is that the. talks in vienna seem to be quite well insulated from the whole set of different incidents not only this but we also see in how these really is conducted an attack inside the iranian nuclear program we've seen numerous attacks by israelis against iranian ships and a few attacks by the iranians against the israelis and none of these seem to have managed to derail the talks because i think at the end of day the political will on both sides is sufficiently strong to get to an agreement and as a result they won't allow these things to become obstacles saudia ara

president joe biden is promising to raise a limit on the number of refugees about into the united states is back tracked on a decision to maintain a cap of $15000.00 per year posed by donald trump. the united nations nuclear watchdog says iran isn't reaching uranium at 60 percent purity confirming earlier statements from terrell comes as members of the 25th day nuclear deal continue efforts to revive the agreement in vienna which former u.s. president donald trump pulled out from european and russian negotiators are positive about the progress and the head of the iranian delegation says talks are on the right track. of the financial year long since a new understanding is in the offing all sides have a commonality in the a for an object to the part that we have to pay it is now clear to us as we have said many terms are interested in protected negotiations but talks are needed to shed light on old discussions been naturally talks will continue with the talks are now at a point where all sides concede and begin troff to a joint document it can start even though it least in areas that the 2

president joe biden has confirmed the number of refugees allowed into the united states this year will soon be increased from what was an historic low mr biden had initially agreed to limit submissions to 15000 people that was a camp set by his predecessor donald trump now that was criticized by democrats and refugee advocates prompting the white house to say quote a final increased cap would be set by the middle of may i did your castro has more on mr biden's u. turn. first of all this reversal came very quickly at the beginning of the day on friday and here in washington the white house had said that biden what is actually break his promise to lift the cap on emissions to refugees and keep it at the trump historically low level of $15000.00 and that unleashed an outcry from democrats who said that that decision was shameful very quickly then the white house reversed course said that there would be more refugees admitted after all but hasn't said exactly how many and as to why there has been a lot of criticism for the way that the white house has communicated about this 1st they said

there will be direct talks between the united states and iran through the process though we certainly remain open to them all official in washington looks at the u.s. approach to these talks. we know that joe biden when he was campaigning to become president said it was his intention to go back into the iran nuclear deal certainly over the last couple of months there have been talks between the american side and the iranians through intermediaries including the europeans trying to see if there was some way they could come to an agreement with neither side ready to make the 1st step they really were to stop the enrichment of uranium the said they would consider that if the united states lift sanctions or perhaps even gave them the $130000000000.00 worth of oil sales cash that was frozen abroad neither side ready to make that 1st step so there have been discussions in appears there's no been a breakthrough it's getting both sides together in the same city of perhaps not in the same room perhaps not face to face talks but certainly this is something that the united states are looking for

review before any astra zeneca doses are shipped from the united states the f.d.a. will confirm any such doses meet its expectations for product quality the u.s. is also sending a team of experts from the centers for disease control to help india manage its crisis the u.s. actions are reciprocal india sent the united states assistance in the early days of the pandemic when the us was hard hit now the biden ministration wants to return the favor medical professionals say the u.s. move is a good start but more must be done and what's needed in the long term is quite clear a waiver of all intellectual property patents. that control 'd or that hinder district global distribution of the covert vaccines and other covert related technologies as india battles its covert crisis some countries and airlines have banned flights to and from india but the white house says it has no plans to ban travelers from india to the united states can really help that al-jazeera the white house was a pleasure to welcome dr ali fountain to al-jazeera from an op and michigan he is the senior v

struggling so it appears the united states has given into some of that pressure now exploring how it can help other countries given the fact that the united states is in a strong position right now can be how can i thank you very much. they want to have an indoor concert in barcelona where attendees were masked but not socially distance so the event didn't drive up infections giving some hope to the live music industry only 6 of the 5000 attendees tested positive for code 192 weeks after the show that's just half the infection rate that was present in population over the same period of time on the day people who attended were tested and had to return a negative result before being allowed entry to the palace and jordan arena. we can be sure that this has not been a super spreading event because there's no sign that the incidence of such complete fiction was increased and actually we have no signs that there were any victims in the mamby assistance so decide baby reassuring data that we believe will be helpful in opening the cultural activities everywhere in the world. and he's 5 peop