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and it's true the border is closed the white house scrambles to contain a surge in the number of unaccompanied migrant children trying to enter the u.s. . intensive care of ads or from impaired why is it faces a steep rise in coronavirus k.c.'s. my. fellow thanks for joining us a child is among 7 civilians killed in northwestern syria after an underground hospital was shelled by government forces it happened in a rebel held town for a lot of that's west of aleppo about $600.00 attacks on health facilities have taken place in 10 years of conflict in syria and the latest one is the 5th such attack this year according to the international rescue committee laura burdon manley reports. a place meant to care for people and keep them safe so it becomes a scene of chaos the hospital was hit by this fight from

a syrian army outpost. bloodstained survivors who carried out and treated elsewhere . a child and health care workers died in the bucket about a decade. the cup to go eyeball of the medical staff were shocked this is the result of targeting this hospital the civil defense came and cleared the patients who were staying at the hospital and we have vacuity to the building a medical staff and the injured. al-jazeera correspondent. has some reporting from the scene said the hospital is now empty and unfit for pope. this hospital provides medical services to more than 10000 patients every month the artillery shells fell here early this morning at the main entrance to the hospital the hospital is called arabic the cave it was built underground for better protection against attacks but it wasn't enough. it's not the 1st time it's been targeted in

2018 al jazeera visited days after a bombing. the talk to share the facilities location with the u.n. hoping to avoid being hit. it's the 5th at the incident that happened only disappear and we are only in the 1st quarter of the so somehow it's really really sad to see that these how this is how been attacked. so many times despite all these cordon needs that the u.n. saying that these hospitals should be protected under international humanitarian law. west aleppo neighbors province the last major areas held by rebels they a vast numbers of civilians accorded there by president bashar al assad's forces and their allies the on paper being put under the protection of a cease fire signed in march 2020 between russia and turkey but it's continually

violated. those killed have been buried near a type city more creating for a country that suffered so much devastation. lurid version many actors here at. australia's government has ordered emergency evacuations along its east coast after the worst flooding in decades waters are continuing to rise across parts of the state of new south wales a natural disaster has been declared in some regions floodwaters have also been spilling over they were down with provides much of the drinking water for sydney mcconaughey and is joining us from windsor northwest of sydney what are you seeing where you are nicola. well some devastating sainz coming out of a sinestro i mean the community of windsor which is west of sydney and like many other places across new south wales behind me is the main bridge going through the

town and it's completely underwater holmes around it are underwater as well that they've been excavated that's still on it has its lights on but no one can get to it because everything has been inundated many roads around this community a cut off and many more are starting to go that way as well and we're seeing scenes like this across a vast area of new south wales as this downpour continues in heavily populated areas not just western sydney but to coffs harbor port mccoury newcastle where thousands of people are being evacuated it is a an erratic situation it's moving quickly we've just been informed of that the military has been called in to help with some of the rescue operations dozens of people have been rescued from floodwaters that they've been trying to leave their points but all thirteenth's have said that in many areas where people were supposed to evacuate if they haven't yet it might be too late and too dangerous to leave

a power could be cut off in those areas as well and if they haven't left it could be done to dangerous for dorothy's to even rescue them so the situation right now is making sure people are safe but really it's affecting a huge swathe of communities right up and down the coast and now moving across to the west as this weather system continues there is more rain forecast on the way so how are people dealing with this. yeah this already is have told us that the worst could be yet to come to put it into context to see the surrounded by 3 rivers the hawks reach the north and the nepean in the west are the ones moistly affected. banks have burst dams are spilling over and the weather bureau has said that this trough that's over eastern australia will probably meet with another weather system in the north and that will

be bringing even more rain so more high water levels are expected to rise but people are really tired i mean a patience is wearing thin they're coming together but we need to remember that new south wales is a state that suffered severe drought then it went through a catastrophic bushfires only last summer of course the financial pain of covert 19 and now the heat wave record breaking floods in many areas so it really does feel like it's one emergency off to the next here but the community is coming together in the main priority now is to make sure that people are evacuated from areas that are in danger of floodwaters rising to make sure that they're safe ok nicholas thank you so much for that update from new south wales u.s. president joe biden says he'll be heading to the southern border soon as the country struggles to manage a surge of undocumented migrants trying to cross from mexico biden has already

reverse much of former president trump's hardline border policies lots of children being held in cages nearly 20000 adults and more than 9000 unaccompanied children are estimated to have crossed the border in february so huge spike from the previous month the new homeland security boss says he won't let migrants take advantage of the u.s. . our message is been straightforward and simple and it's true the border is closed we are expelling families we are expelling single adults and we've made a decision that we will not expel young vulnerable children. is an immigration attorney general's deputy assistant attorney general in charge of foreign gratian at the u.s. department of justice during barack obama's administration he says the u.s. migrant policy will continue to divide the says in records i think there is a clash of 2 different philosophies and we're going to see over the months ahead how it will play out there was one philosophy that the trump administration had

that they were not going to let anybody coming into the united states to seek refuge which had been a departure from the past of the united states where the theory was if there was someone who was a genuine refugee you would give them a chance to see that it's in the united states versus them i didn't ministrations choice where they say look it's not a humanitarian thing them turned back an unaccompanied minor outside of the united states and then the criticism of that would be well but if you don't turn people back it won't just be a one off or you're not turning people back people will know they won't get by and they'll keep coming and so this is a clash and we're going to have to see if whether the by the ministration can over the next few months build alternative sites both in mexico i'm in central america for people of up to me that they must make their claims there so that they don't make them at the border or whether they will continue to allow people through the months ahead to make the claims at the border because if that happened they may not

be able to build the capacity that they think they can build to process quickly the demand seeking to enter the united states. meanwhile mexico's measures to limit nonessential travel on its southern border with guatemala have come into effect high numbers of immigration agents have been deployed to turn back undocumented people especially families the last heavy border deployment was in january last year when the national guard was stationed to send away a so-called migrant caravan traveling to the united states at least 4 more protestors i mean more have been killed by security forces as mass demonstrations against last month's military coup enter the 8th week police used live ammunition against demonstrators in mandalay who rallied at dawn to avoid a confrontation with security forces tony chang reports from bangkok. protest as a money wire in central myanmar shelter is the security services advance but

there's little they can do in the face of the onslaught separate these protesters was shot in the head in men today doctors came out to protest their express intention to avoid a confrontation with security forces as they marched and chanted for a return to democracy. but a crank down came later in the day the rider on this motorbike all did narrowly avoids being shot as the police moved in to our own in late district in east mandalay this protest to shelter behind sandbags it's clear they are prepared. to sling shots fireworks and petrol bombs they're trying to fight back to give themselves time to escape. but resistance is almost futile against me i'm miles forces some cracks have appeared however several groups of police fled across the border into india rather than open fire on their own people.

we feel safe but we heard from some sources that the indian army was searching for us and wanted to send us back to me and we are not 100 percent safe here now the must live in hiding scared they could be sent home and they offer a chilling insight into the orders of those enforcing the crackdown. that would be ordered to arrest torture to protest so we have no choice but to leave our country outside myanmar nationals living overseas a keen to show their support more than a 1000 students and workers gathered in taiwan to commemorate those who have died but at this stage they can do little more than watch as their homeland is to implode tony ching al-jazeera. still ahead on al-jazeera battling illegal fishing on the high seas argentina's efforts to protect its capture and its marine environment it's.

time for the perfect gentleman. sponsored plan qatar airways now the rain the wind and the snow are disappearing east was through japan then you get a reprieve blast of cold enough air force snow showers on the mountains the western side of the mountains in hong shoot but beyond that the sun is out new spring sun the wind is no longer cold so most of east asia is going to what we're up to 20 in beijing and italy dan says hong kong has cooled down considerably but we're not really much different to average in the clouds increase with a few light showers likely here the breeze is still blowing strongly across the south china seas and now we're going to see it increase in the like into showers in vietnam and to the west of that as a band of thunderstorms on its way through thailand and in towards maine mom there's also yet another westerly disturbance that brings rain or snow also under

storms for even hail through afghanistan and pakistan and then increasingly across the funnels of india towards nepal and this has the benefit of some time still to get there and improve the air quality it might do so in new delhi the city rain but not much wind sort of the good will be very good improvement a few showers still in sri lanka most of the india is dry and it's dry temporarily in the event then the wind picks up and comes with it the dust in the sand with rain for the lebanon. sponsible qatar airways they are most hard call for. after egypt's revolution that passion turned into something much bigger.

on al-jazeera world. hello again the top stories on al-jazeera a child is among 7 civilians killed in northwestern syria after an underground hospital was shelled by government forces it happened in the rebel held town enough and west of aleppo. waters continue to rise across parts of the australian state of new south wales a natural disaster has been declared in some regions off of the worst flooding in

decades. president joe biden says he'll be heading to be u.s. border with mexico soon as the country struggles to manage a certain undocumented migrants nearly 20000 adults and more than 9000 unaccompanied children are estimated to have crossed the border in february the huge spike from the previous one. iran's supreme leader ayatollah common a has described u.s. sanctions as criminal act saying washington's promise to lift them counts be believed addressing the nation from the persian new year he spoke about the unraveling nuclear deal an attack the tactics of former u.s. president donald trump said big reports from to run. a defiant and powerful message from iran's spiritual and political leader ayatollah ali how many the country has been under u.s. sanctions since 2018 how many called them a major act of criminality and he took aim at former u.s. president donald trump had access the only question that's what the maximum

pressure of the united states has failed previous years hope to corner and so that it be forced to go to the negotiating table and he could impose his will on week in iran his departure was with disgrace he describes not only himself but also the united states. with. the new administration of joe biden has not lifted trump sanctions and how many he says iranians now have to work on the basis they will not be removed any time soon. of course we are patient and we are doing our job if they accept this policy that we've put forward well everything will be alright if not this existing situation will continue and there is no problem with it. the message from iran has been consistent the u.s. must lift all sanctions before it returns to its commitments under the nuclear deal but its breaches are a growing concern to western powers and the u.s. is looking at iran's presidential elections in 3 months to see what kind of

administration it will be dealing with. many what's a high turnout at the polls in iran to send a strong message to the outside world in every election iran wants to show a picture of people queuing and in front of polling stations because this is part of the establishment legitimacy this is part of the picture that it's still alive and that's why in the last elections in 2020 there was a picture. didn't want. to see people. turning out to the elections maybe less than 50 percent for the 1st time iran has struggled over the last few years its economy currency and people have been hurt by sanctions but in the lead up to the election there's a call for optimism this was a wide ranging speech that covered the economy the upcoming presidential election and the nuclear deal what's a parent is how many has a deep mistrust of the united states and the actions before iran reciprocates the

situation is in a stalemate but the leader who's been in power for more than 3 decades as seen through several u.s. presidents says iran is in no hurry to compromise. all the intensive care beds and paraguayan are full of the country sees a steep rise uncovered 1000 and factions they all forty's are scrambling to find more beds while the military has offered to help out meanwhile elsewhere in latin america vaccines are arriving but fewer and less frequently than many would like from one of sirees daniels trying the reports. those on the medical front line in paraguayan have been warning for some time that the health system was buckling under the strain nearly 200000 people infected with the covert 900 virus and 3700 dead isn't there much about. the health system is currently saturated on the verge of collapse we are fighting to safeguard the integrity and

the life of our compatriots. he 655 i.c.u. beds serving a country of 7000000 and now for so too and many other beds and the country's military has offered its facilities also supplies are running low then maybe you want me to be in there we've got supplies but not enough to treat the number of patients we are receiving right now we've got more than 120 and more are coming it's very intense. demonstrators earlier this month protested across paraguayan accusing the north or witches of corruption and mismanagement in the handling of the pandemic. these vaccines arrived as part of the comeback scheme to supply poorer countries but critics say it's not enough. there's a similar picture across latin america this 3rd batch of the sin of backpack seen sent by china to colombia came with this message from the chinese president xi

jinping would she like that she would feel he said the vast pacific ocean can stand in the way of the profound friendship between the peoples of china and colombia and that in the face of the corporate 19 outbreak the 2 countries have been working in solidarity and. pandemic cooperation. but most ordinary people are still waiting peru has passed the grim milestone of $50000.00 dead by the last year there are no respirators there's no i.c.u. bed says nothing so we have to wait for the patient to die and doctors tell us this from the inside of the hospital when we are out here. meanwhile in brazil hospitals are also reaching capacity nearly 12000000 people infected 293000 dead residents are being urged to stay indoors to stay away from crowds with even the famous beaches of rio de janeiro closed to visitors. one

of cyrus. an industrial scale illegal fishing fleet is operating in the south atlantic threatening south america's fish stocks and the ecosystem argentina's coast guard is patrolling its coastline but says what's desperately needed are tighter controls in international waters there is about reports from. these lights may look like a city from the sky but they're fishing vessels just outside argentina's exclusive economic zone there are hundreds of them. argentina's coast guard say their main task is to control their movements so they do not cross into arjun time territory he wanted out of convener you have bases with argentine flags and vessels with foreign flags all of these are ships that have been detected by our system when there is irregular activity they tend to shut down their radios but we can still track them with such a large. illegal fishing can generate millions of dollars in losses and costs

irreparable damage to eco systems that's why it's $1.00 of the biggest challenges nations face today from this from argentina or forty's can money for what's happening in its economic excuse. says zones but what authorities here are saying is that what's important is to regulate what's happening in international waters and. where most of this is vessels that you can see here i located. the ships come mostly from china but also spain portugal and japan this year the united states launched operation southern cross to combat illegal and unregulated fishing in the southern atlantic they participated in joint operations with brazil why angle yana . morag not only focus on training and qualification issues related to the car and crew itself oh also focus on partnering with south atlantic countries that have

a like minded approach to curbing illegal under reported in unregulated fishing habits greenpeace argentina has been highlighting the damage caused by unregulated fishing in the area in 2018 this ship expands our reach to what is known as the blue hole where argentina's exclusive economic zone is located and captured images from the sea bed biologist see it has been devastated by overfishing and inadequate policy of international waters they were months and. there's no regulation there's no law in international waters we need a new treaty that's being debated at the un it will allow countries to create sanctuaries international waters are 45 percent of the water worldwide only one percent is protected the treaty will be debated at the u.n. he nor ghost those who supported hope it will give nations more tools to protect their territories and the thousands of species currently under threat that is have . there been violent scenes in the british city or bristol during

demonstrations against plans to give the police more powers to deal with law and violent protests a police vehicle was set on fire while some demonstrators climbed on top of vans officers were injured after protesters threw projectiles including a firework and tried to smash the windows of a police station. the body of tanzania's former president john mica foley has been taken to the capital services are being held in several regions this week before a funeral in his home village on friday and tens of thousands paid tribute to their former leader who died last wednesday michael fully was a prominent covert 1900. and there were few signs of social distancing at the service and supporters dismiss opposition claims he died from the virus. but i am someone i know he did not die from corona virus we accept the statement

made by our government officials that he has died of heart disease they have to make sure they take official information and get rid of the street room mess. this up or yeah i mean the lies about him dying from it cannot be true because the sickness was so sudden whatever the cause of death he was always encouraging us to protect ourselves and be careful. as vote counting gets underway in the republic of congo there are concerns about just how free and fair the presidential elections are there is an internet blackout claims of voter fraud and some opposition politicians are either in jail or they are boycotting the poll malcolm webb reports in the capital brazzaville. has ruled the republic of congo for most of the last 40 years he wants to stay he voted here in the capital brazzaville. which is in its 1st stages we can say our democracy is in good health. his most prominent opponent. has coded sent

a message to his supporters from hospital. i'm battling death but i'm asking you to stand up and vote there was a low turnout in many polling stations in brazzaville in parts of the city where the opposition a popular there were more voters and complained to the regularities. voters here said the ruling party official had taken all the materials from a polling station to his property where they said he was paying people $20.00 to vote for the ruling party. this man says he'd bring money to people to vote for you it's not an election. dozens of armed police came and they said they didn't have a warrant to enter the property and would wait to gather more evidence the president of the electoral commission visiting polling stations said everyone should have been able to vote on that. we can't imagine a person with

a cat whose name is not on the electoral list but we gave instruction that all those persons must vote. in one he campaigns for democracy with a group of activists he says people are voting in fear since it was short the situation is threatening and doesn't guarantee a peaceful election i'm sure the result will be contested because the election is not credible the activists say there are many problems with the electoral register sharyn says his father is on it even though he died years ago he also found the names of a couple of his neighbors on the list even though they're long dead young people on the other hand many of them don't even try to register others sell their vote and he says that's because they don't believe that there's any chance an election can bring any change 'd. money played a big part in the campaigns to hear cash was thrown to people as payment for attending a rally of the ruling. billions of dollars of oil wealth haven't helped most of its

people. businesses had to close for polling day people were only allowed to move on foot and the internet is being switched off rights groups say that means the counting in tallying will happen in the dark the electoral commission says the result will be announced in about 4 days malcolm webb al-jazeera brazzaville republic of congo the famed egyptian feminist author a no on a saadawi has died at the age of $89.00 her family says she passed away at a hospital in cairo following a long illness and saadawi was an outspoken champion of women's rights in the arab world revolutionizing discussions on gender and deeply conservative societies her best known work was the novel woman at point 0 and despite being briefly jailed and facing constant death threats she wrote more than 55 books over the course of her life or the biggest asteroid to make

a close approach to earth this year is flying past the planets as we speak the asteroid named 2001 f o $32.00 is estimated to be 500 meters wide it's traveling unusually fast at 124000 kilometers per hour scientists say it's too far away though to pose a threats space agencies around the world have activated network of telescopes to study the rock. headlines on al-jazeera this hour a child is among 7 civilians killed in northwestern syria after an underground hospital was shelled by government forces it happened in the rebel held town of alot of west of aleppo about 600 attacks on health facilities are taking place in 10 years of conflict in syria waters continued to rise across parts of the australian state of new south wales.