borer. gone the. the. poor. iraq bawling war or i mean. reports of at least 50 people shot dead in me and maher on the same day its military leader val's to safeguard democracy. and the whole raman you're watching al-jazeera live my headquarters here in doha coming up in the next 30 minutes india suspends the export of covert 19 vaccines as its 2nd wave brings a surge of infections homeless and heartbroken migrants pushback from the u.s.

border pray for help in mexico as american politicians blame each other for the crisis. on mozambique's military on high alert towers an armed group lay siege to a popular hotel dozens of people remain trapped. bought into the program it's the worst day of violence near maher since the military seized power nearly 2 months ago local media are reporting as many as 50 people have been shot dead in the latest crackdown against anti coup protest as. that's on top of the 320 deaths that rights groups have confirmed since february the 1st although the true number is likely to be much higher while the violence coincides with a military parade in the capital where the leader of the military genter pledged to safeguard democracy the annual show of force is

a tribute to the army's resistance to japanese occupation during world war 2 so change has the latest from bangkok in neighboring thailand. that the armed forces have really gone into many of the big cities towns even villages across me a month a day with the very express intention of cracking down on this protest as they were expecting large protests today because of armed forces day there had been a very explicit warning on state television yesterday evening their protest the shouldn't throw their lives away those are the words they used but if they did go out on the streets today they would be shot in the head in the back and that very explicit warning has been carried out we've seen snipers in a lot of the big cities many of those cities looking like war zones with reeds of black smoke hanging on the horizon as the security services have gone and burning barricades that residents have put up to try and stop them getting into their neighborhoods and using tear gas stun grenades and life fire as we've seen and

a lot of those wounded and dead appear to be coming from sniper shots we've seen a lot of people with very serious head wounds a lot of people very seriously injured as well at this stage it's very hard to get an accurate idea of exactly how many people died because not only has the incident been slowed down very considerably by the military and security but they have been targeting a lot of those people who are working to help the 1st aid groups 1st responders who are trying to help the protesters or at least help anyone to get medical aid but at this stage it seems to be a very severe crackdown to restart or does the founder of the alternative ask your network she says the military has made it clear they will not change their position . just a couple of days ago the military spokesperson actually apologized and expressed regret for killing 164 so-called violent terrorists. and promised

return to democracy and now it's pretty clear that. what they said was absolutely insincere they were they were apologising earlier this week in order to stave off sanctions because they were feeling the pinch and the pain of internationals. international pressure and now we see the real agenda they have celebrated armed forces day by killing the largest number of people and armed civilians in a single day since this since this crew started and 88 countries actually went to support this armed forces day parade all those countries all the governments of those countries need to feel ashamed because they are also part of this massacre the military is offering

democracy by killing pro-democracy activists this is already telling us that if they intend to wipe out all dissent and install their own version of democracy in a year's time if the international community doesn't act now now is the time to ramp up pressure and the people of burma at stake. but the delivery of vaccines to poor and middle income countries through the kovacs program could be set back by weeks because of delays from a major indian producer the indian government has told international buyers that will now have to keep more of the available data says after a rise in new infections saturday's saw the highest daily number of for the year with more than 62000 infections one of the countries impacted by the decision is iran which was expecting a shipment of 375000 doses present some rouhani has criticized india he's also

accused the kovacs program of failing to live up to its commitments elizabeth promise more new delhi. and the export of more clothes and minding that thing than any other country the c.r.m. and student and is the world's largest baxley manufacturer and it's been the biggest supplier to the international. alliance. and india which has been is still manufacturing the outside astra zeneca vaccine it sent 28000000 doses to call back so far it was planning to deliver 40000000 the smom 50000000 next month and callbacks have said that those. now be delayed and the government has stressed that it's not going to ban exports of back same but it's recalibrating how many they export because of the situation in the country with cases rising as they are and they have been criticism in india because as was being part of the. india

has exported vaccines to other countries as a that and also because of commercial agreements 60 more than 60000000 vaccines to 76 countries and people have pointed out that that 60000000 number is higher than the 58000000 people who have been inoculated in india so far the government is running behind its own vaccination shed you kill a thing 300000000 people in the 1st 6 months of this year. will bring 1600 people die from kind of virus in brazil on friday when you daily record the toll mounts as concern over the growing number of young people becoming infected and dying from the virus now it's full state and local authorities to take action. reports from rio de janeiro. image usual holiday in rio de janeiro with empty streets and a crowded sidewalk protesters angry at the latest government and the mayors the real ones don't have to create 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 job back. informal workers see they're being punished for mistakes made by others much damage 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 destroy parties have led to this chaos where the ones paying the price . more than 300000 brazilians have lost their lives jacoby 19 since the ban demick began a year ago hospitals across the country are running out of rooms medicine and oxygen for the growing number of patients and what's more worrisome the virus and it's more infectious variants are killing young people since january been a number of brazilians in their thirty's infected by cope of 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 all 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 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 unite you all just 0 we are just in iraq or iran and china have signed a 25 year cooperation pact chinese foreign minister wang years in tehran meeting iranian foreign minister zarif and other leaders the deal is said to have political economic and strategic components iran's economy has suffered from international sanctions after the earth to withdrew from the 2015 nuclear agreement which china remains part of as a bag as more from the capital. increasingly iran has been turning to russia and china especially since the former us president donald trump imposed sanctions on iran sanctions are still in place today but this visit does come a time where china has reportedly stepped up its purchase of direct oil sales for from iran and also this is the highest chinese official that's visited iran since the election of president joe biden in january so both politically and economically

iran has been turning to russia and china and back last year in october when the united states and the president donald trump was planning to put forth a motion to the united nations to stop an arms embargo being lifted the foreign ministry here told us that their understanding was and that they were confident that russia and china would intervene with the veto but this deal does have some critics inside the country even though it's been backed by the highest authority the supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei now the former president mahmoud ahmadinejad said that the details of this deal have not been made available to the public and the squid not be really passed by parliament but there were also rumors that iran would be handing over control of some of its islands to china and. have denied that this is that there's nothing inside the deal that gives any country control of islands or chinese military forces presence in the country but it does have widespread political support inside this country and it's a way for iran to be independent and build

a country in an economy that is sanctions resilient. well still ahead here on al jazeera anger and iran signs the u.s. state of georgia signs controversial new voting rules into law. and hit by covert 19 why many artists on the island of bali say they're struggling to get by those stories after the break. it's time for the perfect gentleman the weather sponsored point qatar airways better standard system to bring rain into china and japan in the spring is a minute by you frontal system it's also this thing here which is showing itself wants to exist nobody's almost there it's brought rain through china this particular next part of it is like bring significant rain briefly through the korean peninsula the head of it's the if that of austar but that means most of the

major arms of japan it can have a wet day on sunday it's not cold it down to the teens admittedly but that is not particularly cold behind it the sun is strong enough to bring most places up above 2017 in beijing i have to say air quality again has gone down in beijing there's not a draft to shift the air around yet so that's not good change anytime soon the rain goes through japan leaving a bit of a brief southerly in a warming trend in tokyo 23 and more rain is trying to build in the interior of china that on monday their quality is still a problem in new delhi as well but we are seeing a slow change most places up the highs that even the low forty's that is pretty monsoon heat and there are still showers in the west in the west and disturbances coming through once again and that will show itself an increase in wind come tuesday in new delhi that if nothing else will improve the quality. sponsored by the qatar airways. this was

wrong to teach children away from their parents and herd them into a school against their will there was no mother no father figures they put is a big player and we sort of an looked after so i don't remember the children's names but i'll never forget the cars counted as dark secret on al-jazeera. you're watching i was there with me so rob a reminder of our top story is me a man has seen its worst violence since its military seized power only 2 months ago

local media reporting as many as 50 people have been shot dead in the latest crackdown against andy cooper testers also the delivery of coronavirus vaccines to developing countries through the skin could be set back by weeks because of delays from the major indian producer it's being blamed for an increase in demand in india which has recorded the highest number of new cases this yeah but there are in china signed a 25 year cooperation pact chinese foreign minister wang years in tehran meeting iranian foreign minister zarif and other leaders the deal is said to have political economic and strategic components. to the us where president joe biden has described new voting restrictions in the state of georgia as outrageous and an atrocity law will shorten polling hours and make it a crime to provide water to voters while they wait democrats say is intended to suppress minority voters ellen fisher has more from washington d.c. . from the white house condemnation of georgia's new. brush if

you don't believe me you. know that this is nothing but. it. was demonstrators gathered in the state house as the republican governor signed this weeping measures behind closed doors why is the governor trying to sign something in private one state legislature was arrested for banging on the do. georgia voted for joe biden in the presidential election then sent 2 democratic senators to congress in a runoff election is democratic. is on america. they try to make it harder for people to vote. rather than making it easier. for people to vote here are some of the key measures in the new law there will be voter id number required for absentee voting that replaces the old signature checks there will be

a limit on the number of drop boxes for early voters in each county so it will be less convenient the law makes it an offense to hand out food and drink to those waiting in line to vote and those lines get long but it does expand in past an early voting the man who signed the bill into law says this cuts the chances of electoral fraud georgia's will no doubt be soon overwhelmed with by it see t.v. ads mailers and radio spots attacking this common sense election reform measure. in fact left wing groups funded by out of state billionaires are already doing that now they're using outrageous false rhetoric to scare you into millions of dollars in their own pocket there was no bribe this is not the only thing this is a response to is the increase voter turn our back in brown or motors in the state of georgia georgia's election process is already seen as one of the most efficient

in the country so critics claim this is the solution to a problem that never existed one of much and by don't trump and his supporters it will put pressure on politicians in washington especially democrats to come up with a national baseline for voting rules and regulations and to do it soon alan fischer al-jazeera. u.s. politicians are blaming each other for a surge of people crossing the u.s. border from mexico the number of unaccompanied children arriving has reached near record levels of recent weeks and both democrats and republicans have been visiting border facilities in texas now democrats say the trumpet ministration of stray ssion left behind a broken system and able to deal with asylum seekers humanely but republicans accuse president biden of encouraging migrants to make the journey well banks because president has committed to working with the u.s. to stem the flow of my friends but it remains unclear whether mexico can handle the volume of arrivals model repeller reports now from the us 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 cie those take us our case then there are 2 policies that are worsening 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 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 one or more than 2000 kilometers

from where she was detained you know how to get there. they capture migrants in texas and send them to california and then to t. juana they trick 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. experts warn that it's not only u.s. policies that are hurting migrants and refugees. in response to pressure from the us 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 they have we need to care for the protection of human rights and 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 hardline 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 are silent cases might finally be heard when you're at the apple al-jazeera on the u.s. mexico border. hundreds of venezuelans continue to arrive in colombia escaping fighting between the military and rebels venezuela's military launched an air and ground offensive against armed groups in up your state on sunday more than 4000 people cross the border in search of protection some of the displaced people have accused the armed forces of murdering civilians looting and burning homes

a car bomb has exploded in a town in southwest colombia injuring at least 17 people the blast happened outside the mayor's residence in corinto the region has seen an increase of violence in spite of a 2016 peace deal between the government and 5 rebels president i even duke a has condemned the attack as an act of terrorism and ordered a military response. nearly 200 people including foreigners remain trapped in a hotel in northern mozambique as fighting rages for a 4th day i'm a real hotel is in parma which has been under attack by i saw linked fighters the government is trying to take control of the situation in the coastal town where several people have reportedly been killed. but the conflict in coverdell guardo province began in 2017 and amnesty international says war crimes are being committed is the latest report while blame several parties including a nice liberally ated armed group and a government backed private military firm for the deaths of hundreds of civilians

it also says government troops have arrested civilians without reason tortured detainees and carried out extrajudicial killings the humanitarian crisis is forced more than half a 1000000 people to leave their homes well cupboard or garden is rich in resources and home to africa's largest liquefied natural gas project but there's also high levels of poverty as well as frustration over an equal access to land and jobs just been oberman is a senior researcher at the armed conflict location and event data project she says recent multiple attacks are showing a level of sophistication in guerrilla fighting not seen in the region before. this is a cat has been brewing for some time now we have seen forward to actually seeing this it back. in terms of preparation we have seen the insurgents intermittently and rushing remember actually shrouds and isolating palm our

local dissatisfaction again security forces and really out the insurgents the opportunity to proceed we're gaining a momentous victory against the government i for see sadly to say and it's a human tragedy beyond believe that defect speak for themselves i feel i foresee things in c. as we have seen now in parma to proceed this if is the question and the level of poor nation tells me that we are experiencing guerrilla fighting training these fighters being involved in directing and i do foresee that attacks as we have seen confined to nagar a muslim what a pariah bomb are due to the rain season that is coming to an end when the game starts spreading south and i am worried that move weird hour will be the next target of attack he is no u.-turn he is no quick fix the insurgency is directing

the momentum and they simply no end in sight a growing number of western retail johnson creating a chairman like you facing a boycott in china raising concerns about the suspected use of forced labor by week as ancient john's coffin fails the company has made the statements last but they will repose stood by the communist youth league after western governments impose sanctions on chinese officials that's pretty a backlash of social media a situation and drawing is at the center of a diplomatic spat between china and britain under a summons explains. lies of the century is the way the chinese embassy in london described the u.k.'s stand on the human rights of week in ging jang the foreign ministry in beijing went further saying actions imposed on china by the u.k. and other western powers had been outrageous than the interest hack who now. runs

on chinese individuals and entities citing 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 tweets 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 the ambassador here 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 readers 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 the c.c.p. 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 india this isn't so much diplomatic spats but major with andrew symonds algis. the indonesian island of bali has been a cultural hub for centuries with galleries and museums displaying the work of traditional artists but the pandemic has forced many to close their doors and some artists have found ways to keep selling their work but many say they're struggling

to get by jessica washington takes up the story from jakarta on the island of bali in the village of 5 to one lion mark through has been making and selling masks for more than 50 years they're used for traditional dances and are often sold as souvenirs to us but with barely closed to foreign tourists because of the pandemic he struggled to find customers walk up why young. there are 300 or 4 families in this film 95 percent of us are masks craftsman because of covert all cells were cancelled. some artists in the village have turned to other jobs but that's not an option for everyone so you know that when the going in. i'm old only i cannot do anything else i can't walk across structure site i don't have the strength. into indonesia shut its borders he earns 30 dollars each month from

sales. nearby another experienced artist works in his studio souci is one of a group of artists who created this style of painting. i'm a guy that i paint to maintain balinese culture i want to show people overseas about bali the island the harvesting paddy fields cultivating the land douse the docks flowing water this is barley his granddaughter set up an instagram page to help sell his paintings online although he's forced to sell at a cheaper price he says he's fortunate. that. these days many people are stop painting entirely because it's so hard to sell their work gallery owners are also feeling the impact with almost no walk in customers at this wood carving showroom nothing has been sold in months yeah.

this is the darkest moment for the tourism industry there were incidents like the bali bombings and the volcanic eruption that impacted tourism but it's worse now. he's determined to stop his business from closing down like many galleries have. they noticed but he took we will never shut down even if there are no customers i want the world to know that we're fighting. even though he isn't making any sales he still orders new sculptures from local artists to keep the industry alive while they all wait for better days just in washington al-jazeera jakarta. you're just there with me so rob a reminder of all top stories me about has seen its worst day of violence since its military seized power every 2 months ago local media reporting as many as 50 people have been shot dead.