broken pipes and taken water treatment plants offline grocery store shelves are largely bare leaving residents lined up in their cars for food and water. president joe biden says he's declaring the entire state the disaster zone. which there is hope sustained temperatures above freezing beginning saturday. july 4th. reports of at least 50 people shot dead on the same day the country's military leader val's to safeguard democracy. so hold on with your challenges there are a lot of my headquarters here in doha also coming up india suspends the export of covert 19 vaccines are reports the highest number of cases in several months. also

democrats and republicans visit the u.s. border with mexico the politicians painting starkly different pictures of the challenges there. and the latest attempts to free the mega ships blocking the sewers canal fails as maritime traffic builds up at both ends of the waterway. welcome to the program has seen its worst day of violence since its military seized power and only 2 months ago local media reporting as many as 50 people have been shot dead in the latest crackdown against protest. that's on top of the $320.00 deaths rights groups have confirmed since the start of the coup although the true number is likely to be much higher. now the violence coincides with a military parade in the capital where the leader of the military ruling jointer

pledged to safeguard democracy the annual show is a force of forces a tribute to the army's resistance to japanese occupation during world war 2 teaching is following events for us in bangkok in neighboring thailand joins us now in the crackdown continues despite those ongoing protests no worryingly increasing death toll. absolutely increasing very quickly frankly it's hard to get an absolutely accurate idea of how many fatalities there have been today but we're getting reports from people who are collating what they're saying on social media that the number is over 50 at this stage and likely to be much higher we're also seeing a lot of images of people with terrible wounds a lot of them 2 bullet wounds to the head some still alive others clearly dead as the army has cracked down all over the country frankly with absolute force

there was a warning yesterday chilling one on state television the cross myanmar from the army saying that people should be aware that if they do go out on the streets they would be shot in the head or the back which is chilling and that seems to be saying is being enforced we heard earlier today protesters were the 1st fatalities in last year in shan state where protesters came out they were met with after tear gas stun grenades and live fire they were forced back mandalay which is myanmar's 2nd city frankly it looks like a war zone today the whole city horizon is reduced in smoke there been in the sound of gunfire ringing through the city all day and a very number high number of casualties. we've also seen earlier in the day protesters coming out of motorbikes and their strategy which has been employed over

the last couple of days with people still very keen to come out and protest but obviously given the brutality that they've been met with trying to avoid the security services so they've been going out earlier and earlier in the morning in some occasions on motorbikes so they can flee quickly if there is an encounter with the security services and even in some cases in monasteries where the security services have come they've been using the. live rounds but also arresting monks and that is something of it in myanmar society monks often seen as being above the law . to touch them to peace is absolutely forbidden but once again the security service is showing that there is no bounds to which the not prepared to go at this stage indeed i suppose really that the armed forces prayed that we saw what less than 24 hours ago was a show of my. perhaps a message to both friend and foe that this is what you have to look forward to if

you come up against us. indeed it was a massive. military might we saw rocket launchers armored vehicles tanks and thousands and thousands of soldiers representing all of us armed forces but frankly or while that celebrates battles past and often battles against a foreign invader the real battle now is on the streets of. cities and towns and against members own people you mentioned friends there well well the friends who were few and far between today the only foreign delegation that appeared to be there was from russia a deputy defense minister has been visiting he was singled out by minimalize this john to senior general as being a great friend but there seem to be very few other friends of the moment none the less general minong i maintain in his speech to the soldiers gathers that this was

a coup the army was forced into taking by illegal actions by the n l d that they would return democracy at some stage in the future but clearly from what we've seen on the streets today nobody believes that tony thanks very much for the tourney trying their forests in bangkok monitor events for us in being. now the delivery of vaccines to poor and middle income countries through the kovacs program could be set back weeks because of delays from a major indian producer the indian government has told international buyers that will have to keep more of the available doses after a rise in the infections friday saw the highest number for the year at almost $60000.00 let's get more on this war india correspondent elizabeth prodigy joins me now in india and out single it's both that it's keeping its homemade vaccines in the country and that's going to be a real blow to poor nations who are depending on the through the kovacs scheme.

if that will be so and that is because. of serum institute of india that is the world's largest manufacturer which has been making the oxford astra zeneca vaccine it is the biggest supplier to the international alliance to the callbacks alliance it's already said $28000000.00 doses it was planning to deliver $14000000.00 and march $50000000.00 and april but a spokesperson for the kovacs alliance said that they will be delays now and that is the situation in india the rising demand as covert cases go up here now there is already the gap between rich and poor countries is when it comes to the occupation rollout is already big with the director general of the world health organization saying calling vaccine and equity grotesque but there has been criticism and india because as well as being part of kovacs india has sent vaccines it's to other

countries with other arrangements both for aid and also commercial arrangements that sent 60000000 vaccines to 70 countries in the criticism is that with the rising number of cases in india it has exported move back seen than the number of people it's inoculated which is 58000000 and the indian government is running behind its own shed you vaccinating 300000000 people in the 1st 6 months of this year india is a population of what over a 1000000000. so huge task ahead of it in trying to inoculate its public at large but there are huge problems when it comes to these rising pandemic figures i mean where are the hotspots at the moment in the country. well it very much continues to be the western state of maharashtra it's been the same situation throughout the pandemic and as we are seeing what looks very much like the 2nd wave the overall wave in the country maharashtra is leading the cases it's been

recording more than $30000.00 cases for the past 3 days accounting for more than half of the total number of cases in the country and its capital which is india's financial capital men by both mumbai maharashtra have been recording the highest number of cases since the pandemic began and as well as maharashtra a handful of states are accounting for more than 80 percent of the cases in the country they are. good for the asian and the south from a nod and kettle but even in regions where the cases are going up by relatively high numbers like here in delhi cases have more than doubled over the past week and they bring her to yana they are 4 times what they were 3 weeks ago and to put that rise into context india's daily infections had 4 learn from a peak of nearly 100000 cases a day in september last year to $10000.00. a day in early february but over the pos month we've seen them rise and now we're seeing the highest rises in 5 months and

sort of restrictions are coming back in a number of places there are not dogs in different districts in maharashtra more and more states of acquiring people from entering outside of the state provide the negative certificates and with a very popular festival called one of the festival of color coming up on sunday and monday there is a public even that complete ban on the celebration the festival now in many parts of the country elizabeth thanks very much for the update its big problem of course new delhi. state elections in india's west bengal and ossama under way polling is taking place in multiple phases lasting a month prime minister narendra modi's b j p has been mounting an aggressive campaign to secure a win for west bengal for the very 1st time both that state anderson more in the east bordering bangladesh and the to her at the core of tensions about a new citizenship law that grants citizenship to minorities from neighboring countries but excludes muslims. u.s. politicians have been visiting migrant facilities in texas near the mexican border

now the number of arrivals has reached near record levels and recent weeks and many unaccompanied children it's being called a crisis and democrats and republicans of labor each other she have returned he has more from the calendar in texas. on friday dueling congressional delegation has attempted to frame the u.s. is latest border crisis right across the river we heard coyotes human smugglers saying we're coming republicans have been using social media to bolster their narrative of a free for all being taken advantage of by traffickers and undocumented migrants we have an upside down border policy in america what do i mean we have open borders on the southern border there's no doubt by the way the people come in and were released immediately almost without testing at all open borders no test of it but in fact president biden has retained the most draconian of donald trump's

migration policies for asylum seekers in violation of domestic and international humanitarian law only unaccompanied children and in the last month parents with children under 7 are being allowed to claim asylum migrant rights groups say this is the reason why families faced with the uncertainty of homelessness in dangerous mexican border towns are choosing to send their teenage children across the border unaccompanied in the hope that at least they will find safety when asylum seekers are released those not sent to government run refugee facilities are sent to border cities like macallan texas the refugees release here have to rely on a local catholic charity which gives them a covert test and turned over there and then helps reunite them with their family members in the u.s. the democratic party congressional delegation said the fault lay with donald trump we need to be clear about something. president biden. that situation where the previous administration had sought to dismantle the infrastructure for

processing asylum seekers and settling asylum seekers in the united states the reality is more complex unfortunately as here on the border have to bear witness to . multiple administrations making the decision that it's more important to militarize the border. and more money for. the border wall. actually finding. welcome people to the united states president biden has vowed to act swiftly to resolve the overcrowding at the border there at his press conference on thursday he suggested his main strategy was pressuring mexico to take in more asylum seekers but migrant rights groups say the short term solution is to flood the border with resources to process refugees to meet the u.s. is not legal humanitarian obligations and give all migrants due process.

mccallum texas. when we come back after the break we'll tell you how is hoping to tackle the issue of migrants on that side of the border people arrived and. brazil's worrying coronavirus trend creates infections amongst young people those stories after the break. it's time for the perfect. sponsor qatar airways. well it seems to be warming up in most places in europe where it was cold in a few days ago single figures now or at least into double figures but the weather still coming in from more or less the west of the northwest so it isn't all plain sailing in spring sunshine every time you see where these things come in that's a lactic frontal system it's bad to be at least windy wet and temporarily koda but

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journalists are dealing with internet outages police intimidation and charges have said dish and the state line becomes the default media namely to looking for images that leak data to these guys and just how do you create a new system makes it hard for people to know what's real and what's not step outside the mainstream to shift the focus covering the way the news discovered the listening post on a. book about to watch al-jazeera be so rob a reminder of our top stories has seen its worst day of violence since its military seized power and only 2 months ago local media reporting as many as 50 people have

been shot dead in the latest crackdown against 2 protests. the delivery of vaccines to developing countries through the covert sharing steam could be sent back by weeks because of delays from a major indian producer india is also reporting its highest number of new cases this year and democrats and republicans are blaming each other for a surge of people crossing the u.s. border from mexico the number of arrivals has reached near record levels in recent weeks. mexico's president has committed to working with the united states to stop the flow of migrants but it remains unclear whether mexico can handle the volume of asylum seekers and will repel reports now from the u.s. mexican border. hundreds of migrant families continue to wait in crowded conditions on the us mexico border for a chance to plead their asylum claims to u.s. officials. dr delores buddies an expert in immigration policy says confusion over

cross border politics could lead to larger numbers of undocumented migrants piling up on the border or say those only think that's our case then there are 2 policies that are worse than in the humanitarian situation one of them is title $42.00 which cites health concerns as an excuse to expel people from the united states that is the policy to reject and deport migrant families. there's also another non official policy that seems to be complicating the efforts of asylum seekers. people who is from honduras and says that she and her 4 year old son crossed into the united states through the texas border 3 days ago but was deported to the juana more than 2000 kilometers from where she was detained you know how to get there. they catch a migrants in texas and send them to california and then to t. juana they check migrants into getting on a plane saying they will be sent back to their families but it's

a lie they bring you here instead of you know experts warn that it's not only u.s. policies that are hurting migrants and refugees in response to pressure from the u.s. mexico has deployed nearly 9000 national guard troops to stem the flow of migrants heading north mexico also recently closed its southern border with water mala to all non-essential travel human rights observers say that while the u.s. and mexico have pledged to address the root causes of migration from central america the policies currently being enforced by both countries are violating the rights of asylum seekers. on friday mexico's president traveled to sudan what is near the u.s. border in reiterated his commitment to respecting migrants rights that we that is. but all day here we need to care for the protection of human rights one way to do this is to promote an orderly flow of migration not to open the southern border of our country without considering the risks migrants face on their journeys. as

the governments of the u.s. and mexico try to balance hard line immigration policies with international humanitarian law more migrants are arriving on the border every day each with hopes that an exception will be made and there were silent cases might finally be heard. my new al-jazeera on the us mexico border a car bomb exploded in a town southwest of colombia injury injuring at least 17 people the blast happened outside the mayor's residence in court in tow the region has seen an increase in violence despite a 2016 peace deal between the government and fog rebels president even duke a has condemned the attack as an act of terrorism and ordered a military response at least 6 people have been killed and the number of tornadoes tore through several states in the southern u.s. the stalls began in alabama before moving across to parts of georgia on friday entire neighborhoods have been destroyed and tens of thousands of people are

without power in tennessee residents there are being warned that the severe weather may move north in the next few days. the japanese owner of a container ship blocking egypt canal says crews will attempt to refloat it again during high tide on saturday but experts are holding out little hope were some warning that it could take weeks imran khan explains. confusion about the fate of the ever given a team of salvage experts flew in from the netherlands to help the so far unsuccessful attempts to dislodge the vessel while egyptian officials seemed confident the su is canal would reopen soon the dutch expert said they wouldn't commit to a specific time frame saying it could take days or weeks it's a mammoth task the ship is 400 mi is long weighing 200000 tons and it's stuck in what's often described as the most important shipping lane in the world a maritime accident with global implications shipping analysts already predicting

disruption and price hikes. the series can now i'm a feat of all of amazing engineering that the world has taken for granted for 150 years what has happened is very unusual i can't remember it happening before the ever given container ship became wedged across the so is canal on choose day when high winds blew it off course about 12 percent of global trade passes through the 193 kilometer long canal which connects the red sea with the mediterranean providing the shortest link between asia and europe the vessel carrying around $20000.00 containers is registered in panama and operated by taiwanese transport company evergreen marine it was sailing from china to the port city of rotterdam in the netherlands when it got stuck this image posted on a ship tracking website shows the backlog of many vessels stuck at the exit and entry points and in the middle. the vast majority of oil from the gulf is transported to europe through the canal global oil prices have risen as

a result industry experts are warning of a flood of insurance claims covering a vast amount of cargo being held up automotive parts and consumer goods containers may have to be offloaded in order to lessen the wait the su is canal authority says around $20000.00 ships pass through the canal last year and in egypt billions of dollars in toll fee revenue the ever given is $1.00 of the largest container ships in the world but for every hour and every day it remains stuck on a reef and stationary there are concerns about its financial fallout and the impact on global trade and monk on. a residential building has collapsed in egypt's capital cairo it's unclear how many were in the multi-story building when it came down in the middle of the night local media reports say at least 8 people have died and maybe 23 injured the building collapse happened just hours after 2 trains collided in central egypt killing at least 32 people injuring 165 others now the

railway authority says someone triggered the emergency brakes on the 1st train and the 2nd one crashed into it from behind a little further and sisi is promising to punish those responsible. britain is being targeted by china as it hits back at sanctions imposed on chinese officials by western governments now 9 u.k. citizens politicians lawyers and an academic have been banned from entering china hong kong and macau or doing business there under similar reports. lies of the century is the way the chinese embassy in london described the u.k.'s stand on the human rights of we go is enjoying jang the foreign ministry in beijing went further saying actions imposed on china by the u.k. and other western powers had been outrageous then the interest hack who now. runs on chinese individuals and entities so-called human rights issues in changing

a based on lies and disinformation it breaches international law and basic norms governing international relations and interferes in china's affairs and undermines bilateral relations among the 9 individuals sanctioned by china is ian duncan smith former leader of britain's conservative party he said the chinese action gave him a badge of honor for speaking out in a tweet u.k. prime minister boris johnson supported those who had been sanctioned writing freedom to speak out in opposition to abuse is fundamental and i stand firmly with them johnson's foreign secretary says the criticism of china will be stopped. he will be summoned and we will explain in very clear terms the position data in relation to the m.p.'s and the other figures are spoken out but also that we will not be silence. among the issues is the detention and reported abuse of week has in

camps which china says are reeducation centers the rift between china and the west on this issue has a new low some analysts say it's likely to get worse. he will not back down. this would damage the authority of general secretary sitting on but neither can western liberal democracies afford to give ground when it comes to dealing with what is effectively a genocide in. this isn't so much a diplomatic spat but major with andrew symonds algis. demonstrations against a proposed crime bill in the u.k. have turned violent thousands of people in the city of bristol ignored a coronavirus restrictions to vent frustration against the bill that would give police powers to limit street protests some officers say that they were pelted with glass bottles and eggs. scotland's former 1st minister alex salmond says that he'll

stand as the leader of a new pro independence party summon the will lead the albert party which aims to feel that these 4 candidates in the scottish elections in may the former leader of the scottish national party says he hopes to build a super majority in scotland's parliament for independence from the united kingdom the us a sense that it will provide $30000000.00 to the democratic republic of congo and guinea to fight their effort against a bowler know it happened at a virtual summit on the latest outbreak in west africa african leaders have been to follow through on their promise to contribute to a pool of 2000000 health care workers to deal with future health emergencies at least 9 people have died from a bowler in guinea and 6 in the democratic republic of congo. more than 3600 people have died from credit hours in brazil on friday a new daily record and as the toll mounts over the growing number of young people

becoming seriously ill and dying from the virus it's forced the state and local authorities to take action. from rio de janeiro. in an unusual holiday in rio de janeiro with empty streets in a crowded sidewalk protesters angry at the latest government to addict the mayor's a real one some have decreed an extended holiday shut down brazil's 2 major cities keeping only essential services open and hundreds took to the streets saying they want their jobs back. informal workers see they're being punished for mistakes made by others. we represent 50000 beach vendors who are left with no income the lack of vaccines and public policies to encourage the use of masks and control can this time parties have led to this chaos and we're the ones paying the price. more than 300000 brazilians have lost their lives jacoby 19 since the pandemic began

a year ago hospitals across the country are running out of rooms medicine in oxygen for the growing number of patients and what's more worrisome the virus and its more infectious variants are killing young people since january the number of brazilians in their thirties infected by 19 crazed by 500 percent infections among those in their forty's have risen 600 percent. doctors in this intensive care unit say they have seen a dramatic increase in the number of patients below 60 years of age so i have how this tendency began in february during carnival the festivities were cancelled but people partied anyway especially young people who are now getting sick and spreading infections to others just this month a huge jump in their festival was held in the modest slums of rio de janeiro. and

the police had to break up this time this time party in a middle class neighborhood. on friday the federal government announced the brazil was developing 2 national vaccines one of them pulled them back is ready for clinical trials after a slow start there is hope brazil me jump start it's a modulation program targeting not just the old but increasingly the youngest well monica you know all just 0 we're just a near. 0 of me so rob a reminder of all top stories mia man has seen its worst day of violence since its military seized power nearly 2 months ago local media reporting as many as 50 people have been shot dead in the latest crackdown against anti q protesters 20 chang has more from bangkok it's hard to get an absolutely accurate idea of how many fatalities there.