say is what we want and if you don't say it when i go at you speak it would be very hard for ordinary americans to know that they're being deceived the occupation of the american mind on al-jazeera. al-jazeera. over there i'm how more hits and this is the news our live from doha coming up for you in the next 60 minutes more than 4000 covert 19 deaths are recorded in brazil in just one day and other latin american nations are still struggling to curb the fire will spread its some challenges remain but a step in the right direction as world powers try to salvage the 2015 iranian nuclear deal a relentless crackdown in riyadh maher reports once again that security forces are

killing protesters across the country and a strike for workers' rights drivers from a popular for delivery service are demanding better treatments by their employer and i'm far a smile i have all the day's sporting including liverpool have it all to do with their champions league quarter final tie with brown trade at they were beaten $31.00 in the 1st leg. while we start this news are in latin america were cases of covert 19 continued to climb rapidly and deaths are soaring across the region the worst affected is brazil it's recorded a staggering new daily death toll more than 4000 people in just one day only the u.s. and peru have previously which that threshold charlotte ballasts begins our coverage . says race across cities in brazil desperate to slow the death count from covert

19 but it's a losing battle with record figures 4195 deaths in just one day brazil is now considered the. global if we seem to of the pandemic contagious new variants have overwhelmed hospitals with hundreds dying as they wait for treatment their actions have reached a plateau it seems but that's happened started climbing so it seems like we are still in for about 2 more weeks of increasing deaths. some symmetries have been holding nighttime burials to deal with the growing numbers brazil's death toll of 337008 2nd only to the united states you know what want to. should have had stricter laws like in some other countries it would have been hard for people at that time but we would have had a much lower number of deaths i think the president has pushed back against mosque wearing and lockdowns last week he swore in

a new health minister his 4th since the pandemic began brazil was also slow to secure vaccines so far listen to seem to have received the stores although. there are still a lot of people to be vaccinated so we have to go faster act faster if they'd acted fast for the 1st stage of the pandemic they wouldn't be the state's right. argentina also marked a record more than 20000 new coated 1000 cases in 24 hours its highest daily count the government responded with tougher restrictions argentina's president alberto fernandez is isolating after testing positive and when else it is residents say life must go on and. we have to go to work there is no other choice we have to go out and well we're going through a spike many cases many cases chile is also seeing a surge in cases the government reacted by postponing elections originally

scheduled for this weekend. we are confident and will work with no rest so that on the 15th and 16th of may sanitation conditions will be more favorable for elections so that the people's health is not at risk and we have a high level of participation. a morbid picture across much of lesson america but in colombia a story of survival 104 year old carmen hernandez was discharged from hospital after 3 weeks it is the 2nd time she has beaten the virus charlotte dallas. or some more concerns over the astra zeneca vaccine there augsburg university says their polls testing the shot on children pending an investigation into rare blood clots in adults may have received the jabil university says this is a precautionary measure and there are no safety concerns in the pediatric

trial more than $200.00 children were taking part such children aged $6.00 to $17.00 the european medicines agency is shooting once its findings into any link between the vaccine and clotting later on weapons day. well let's say get more now from joy and a whole he joins us tonight site of vaccination sensor in a london show and the vaccine will aid in the u.k. is well underway but these safety concerns surrounding the the oxford astra zeneca vaccine just aren't going away why is this what's going on. well pretty much as you outlined it there it's because of fresh and ongoing concerns about a potential causal link between the astra zeneca vaccine and rear blood clotting

conditions or events all eyes today as you say on the medicines regulators particularly m h r a here in the u.k. and whether they today or tomorrow may update their guidance about the use of the astra zeneca jab potentially causing its rollout in younger adults we know as you say that on tuesday that trial in oxford was halted into the use of the jab in children or bit the team they're making it very clear they don't have any safety concerns at this moment they were doing so out of an abundance of caution and also on tuesday a senior member of the european medicines agency told an italian newspaper that he believed there was a link albeit that the precise cause of these blood clotting conditions was as yet unclear now the facts as we know them are g.'s here in the u.k. more than 18000000 doses of the astra zeneca jab have been dispensed there have now been 30 reports of this very rare blood clot in condition including 7 deaths but

the important thing to note about that is that that is an absolute the infinitesimally small percentage of all the doses handed out thus far albeit evidence seems to suggest a skewing towards higher risk in younger adults and women now the issue is balancing that risk out essentially if you're an older person more prone to the ill effects of coded well the. the risk of that minute risk of taking the job he's a risk worth taking if you're a younger person less vulnerable of course more than the odds don't look quite so convincing and that is the issue that the medicines agencies are weighing up today and john are just more broadly able what impact is this ongoing and there has to be said reputational damage to the oxford astra zeneca job likely to have especially since as you've pointed say this vaccine is the backbone of many countries vaccinations strategy and there are only way i know it's of this pandemic

. well unquestionably it will deal a further blow to the credibility of the astra zeneca vaccine of course it came into a lot of doubt last month across europe many many european countries polls 'd their rollout of the astra zeneca job over this very concern about blood clots before the european medicines agency broadly deemed the benefits to outweigh the risks as did the world health organization but those doubts have lingered of course it will also be a blow to overall vaccine confidence always teaching on the edge of hesitancy and that will be a real concern in terms of the wider rollout and take up of the vaccines war generally but remember as well the astra zeneca job is a particularly useful job in the developing world it's cheap to produce it's easy to store it's being rolled out at cost so there will be real concerns further down the line about the global vaccine rollout as well ok jonah how there across the

story for us in london jonah many thanks indeed well let's turn see that international aspects in the end sasha rescue committee is warning that countries in conflicts are seeing significant rise in covert $1000.00 cases and deaths northeast syria has seen 5 times as many covert cases over the month of march and in yemen daily new infections more than tripled as well the agency blames more contagious variance and deadly variance that the crisis is magnified for years of war and violence of crippled health care systems and many countries like south sudan and nigeria are also facing severe food insecurity which of course has been made worse by the corona virus pandemic additionally vaccines are barely reaching these areas the agency issued an urgent call for wealthier countries to donate excess vaccine well let's get more on the snow from. george garvey he's the

humanitarian poles he leads for oxfam's middle east and north africa region based in beirut for us but he is joining us today by skype from little in the u.k. it's great to have you with us on the news are those are some quite scary numbers that i've just outlined given the places that this is happening in much of a priority would you say a covert vaccine will wait is in let's say yemen where many people are on the brink of starvation. well certainly it's a very big priority to start looking a bit outwards when it comes to vaccines rollout it's very important especially for frontline workers that especially with the numbers that you have said it would be really difficult for them to really do public awareness or respond to cases or carry out the traditional your money tarion word that these countries and these communities need so vaccines rollout would be really important for head care

workers humanitarian workers in these countries and the people that are more sworn in about a year ago when the when the cover pandemic started reminded that word that in crisis countries and in conflict countries it's actually more difficult to maintain social distancing and to actually ensure that communities are not affected by the health plan domenech and out of hospitals are destroyed during the conflict a lot of hospitals are not functioning in yemen particularly many health workers haven't been paid for many many years so the tall of the pandemic is definitely greater in conflict countries and war torn countries and it is likely is wrong but on that point i mean you said it yourself many health care workers here at the front ends of this the 2nd front and they're not getting paid them being paid in years so realistically feasible is it to get a vaccine will it going in

a war zone where the people working in those hospitals don't know if it will still be standing at the end of the day. but this is why it's part of the responsibility of the international community to actually include these kinds of support during this spend unfortunately in the last months we've seen 2 pledging conferences one for young men and one for syria and we've seen in dollars for tea when it comes to supporting do money to response plans in these countries and definitely had a scare and all the humanitarian priorities are not being prioritized by dis dollar fatigue even a financial level or even of the political level but the more needs to be done i'm sorry. there is so you can understand this donor fatigue because they will donate to these war zones and the supplies oftentimes won't reach the populations they'll

be siphoned off to the warring parties do you think it's right to ask richer nations for example in europe where they're struggling to vaccinate their own people to donate vaccine to places on the brink of famine were 3rd isn't getting to civilians asking to take vaccine from places that don't really have it and give it to people in a war zone where you can't be sure it's going to get to the people who need it. it's not just the responsibility off richer countries what you're calling for is a much more global response to the vaccine all out and we've seen in the last month since the rollout of vaccines started in developed country in the richer countries that there isn't actually a sense of solidarity across the globe when it comes to that countries are looking the domestic lee and in words rightly so because of the domestic dollar and because of the economy christian but a global response to the pandemic is needed and of the day it's a global response it's

a global pandemic where no one is safe until everyone is safe and this is the slogan that all of the u.n. and humanitarian agencies have used in the last since the pandemic started march last year ok a very important message to end on i'm afraid we are out of time but sure is growing thank you so much for joining us on the al-jazeera news hour. from oxfam's middle east and north africa program there india has again reported a record number of new cases more than 115000 were reported on wednesday alone it also reported 630 new deaths the highest since november tanzania's the president is promising a major shift in strategy in the corona virus outbreak president sameer civil who has son is promising to take a scientific approach early predecessor john mica for the a denied the virus was a serious threat well turns out he has not reported any coronavirus data since may

. i'm planning to form a committee of specialists research could be 19 more widely they have to find out if these remedies suggested across the world will help this you look into it with expertise and in depth and then they can advise the government either refuse or agree but not with any scientific research speakers catherine so she's covering the story for us 6 from nairobi in neighboring kenya after we heard that there are very different approach to tackling the virus in the country. absolutely appears to be a change of direction on the part of presidents who but there are skeptics i've just seen a tweet from the opposition leader to listen to say that it is premature to gauge her stance to gauge her leadership that the presidency is still too young and

tonnes a knee and to be careful with praises that they are now giving up because they have seen this before with the former president 5 the late president john mchugh fully who started in a very high note the president before he. also did the same but i've also spoken to a lot of people in tanzania who are saying that this is the move a move in the right direction they're saying however she is being very careful as well because she doesn't want on the one hand to look like she's totally backtracking from the policies of her predecessor the late president again she also doesn't want to look like she's doing nothing so when she was making this announcement of the constitution of this committee of experts she said that she's doing this because. the need not isolated itself from the international community anymore because it is not an island but she also said and i'll quote this that we

cannot accept everything. that is brought to us from the outside wall so that is why she says she has she is planning to constitute this panel of professionals from tanzania to advice the government on the way forward ok catherine sawyer there live from nairobi thank you very much for bringing us up to date. there's plenty we're still ahead on this new siren quitting rescue workers renew their search for survivors in indonesia and east timor the aftermath of a devastating psych ward and. most of them said here hold my hand for a while. we're at a covert 90 more temple gary ablett cases are soaring doctors are exhausted and people don't want vaccines. and sport this 2 time m.v.p. inspires the sights a big win in the n.b.a. finals we'll have all the action for you later this news hour.

iran's president says he'll progress in the latest efforts to revive the 2015 nuclear deal hassan rouhani has called tuesday's talks in vienna a new success for his governments say working groups recess out to discuss the possible lifting of u.s. sanctions and to hans renewed commitment to the deal. that as a new and fresh chapter started yesterday a party meeting america's shows seriousness and honesty we want to nothing else we just want enough determination and sincere or if they show such behavior we can negotiate within a short period of time within 4 plus one countries if necessary. also in choosing a rainy and ship was attacked in the red sea near the coast of djibouti it's unclear at this stage who is responsible live there is

a big empty. around 4 as i said let's start with this sack walky tellers at this stage. well the foreign ministry here has given a statement this morning now they said it was a logistical and support ship used as a base by iran to support a merchant vessels and carry out piracy missions and they said the damage is limited and no one was injured the savvis location has been given by the iranians to the international maritime organization along with its mission and its specific location now iranian state t.v. said that this ship was blocked belonged to the iranian navy and commandos used to escort merchant ships and protect against pirates now the ship has been in this location for a number of years and back in 2020 the naval and u.s. naval institution that said that it was a covert military ship used by the revolutionary guard something that iran rejects

saudi arabia is also criticized its presence in the red sea and officials in the trumpet ministration had accused of being part of supporting the hutus in yemen now there have been a number of attacks on israeli ships over the last few months we hear an increased number of a number of increased attacks since joe biden has taken office and there are some here into iran that believe that this could be an attempt to sabotage those talks taking place in vienna well let's turn to the talks and. the mood music coming out of tehran has been the talk to be very constructive so far. yes president hassan rouhani was speaking this morning to his cabinet in a cabinet meeting and he said that there had been a success he said that the united states that humbled itself it was the united states that is asking for direct in direct talks he praised his government for dealing with the economy for the last few years under sanctions and what he called

was an economic war and he said that the united states had humbled itself that it wants to repent for his mistakes of the past and rejoin the j.c. that's a 2015 nuclear deal and the reason president hassan rouhani is saying this is because there's a presidential election coming up in june and he's term will come to an end later this year and he doesn't want to be remembered as the president that resided over a failed nuclear deal and was unable to deliver on his promise of getting the u.s. sanctions lifted on iran's but that's the context of what he's saying and yes he is hopeful and he is optimistic because it means political capital for him and he's reformists reformist supporters but there's still a long way to go because iran's position still hasn't changed iran is sticking to its guns and saying that all u.s. sanctions must be lifted before iran begins to reverse any measures it's taken a spin in its nuclear program ok lots to keep an eye on there will let you get back to it and said big there life for us and to her and as

a thank you now turkish courts is handed down life sentences for 4 soldiers for their involvement in the 2016 could attempt they're charged with plotting to overthrow president richard typer to $11.00 of the biggest cases related to that failed coup with $497.00 total suspects the failed coup there 248 people say it's live now to wrestle sardar he has more details from istanbul ressa what worki tell us about those furred sects and are there any surprises. that the trial started in 2017 and it's a long awaited word there in that sense is there are no surprises however it's a very important word for the country today the criminal court for major cases in ankara has sentenced for high ranking soldiers to life for 2016 bit to convex lytton and colin olds. who have been on

trial 2 since 2017 are sentenced of pie in the turkish power broadcaster t.r.t. that night and force in an anchor to read out a statement on behalf of the coup plotters the other to convince army majors for their characters. or the member of the presidential guard that that night who tried to take over the turkish army's had quarter in ankara or in july 15th of 2016 a faction within the turkish army used the war planes helicopters and tanks in an attempt to overthrow president added one and democratically elected government and the giant the fighter jets warmed the turkish parliament and other important supports in ankara after a call by president to do and at that by thousands of people took the streets to

stop the coup and the coup failed the consequences were grave 251 people were killed and others 2200 people also were wounded so that word that has been released today against 497 defendants is a messy trial of 2 main trials against a suspected network allowed by us based cleric a south exiled cleric and businessman for 2 i couldn't whom the government say's he is the mastermind of the coup and he is the one who are castrated. but you have a term the target go moment how design it is good as network as a terrorist group and which it has dubbed fertile fertilizer a terrorist group or fertile ok so 2 there live from istanbul thank you. said seki to me and more now where there are reports of security forces using live

fire against protesters once again but at least 8 people are believed to have been killed during the raids in the town of calle in the northwest of the country would 2 months no protesters have defined a lethal crackdown by security forces to call for democracy more than 580 people have been killed since the military seized pyra from myanmar's elected leaders in a coup back in february now a near total internet shutdown is making it tougher to verify reports of civilian casualties and scott hines a reports now from bangkok in neighboring thailand. because of this bloody crackdown that we've seen right across myanmar over the last several weeks against these protest gatherings as well as the civil disobedience movement that is because they've been starting very earlier the protesters and obviously the security forces are responding to that to those early morning even predawn sometimes marches so that's probably what we're seeing why the military and the security forces went out

so very early and stage this raid in cali now this is an area right along the western border close to the western border with india kind of the northwestern section of myanmar yes we're hearing that several have been killed these are from local media as well as posts on social media that's pretty much the only way you can really get information out of myanmar right now one thing that's even more disturbing about this is that there are there is evidence at least again on social media and local media reporting that there is evidence from some of the wounds by some of those protesters that r.p.g. that's rocket propelled grenades now these are this shows a uptick in the weaponry used by these security forces so that's very concerning that's you have yet to be confirmed but some local media saying that there are wounds consistent with the shrapnel that these r.p.g. s. are spread out once they're detonated dozens of people are still missing 4 days after flash floods ripped through parts of indonesia and east timor conditions are

finally started to improve from rescue workers and i hoping to reach remote communities in need at least 126 deaths being confirmed in indonesia just caution to reports now from jakarta. a community tries to come to terms with the devastation that hit their island as victims from the mud people crowd around to see whether it's their loved one that has been found many have been. friends and hundreds of houses destroyed everyone here has no choice but. from what i could not save anything everything is gone. myself. the small island in east flores was among the worst affected in the weekend's flash floods and landslides. most are we got hit by this disaster we lost everything all we have are the clothes we are wearing. the extreme weather was brought on by

a tropical cyclone as the storm system moves further away from the indonesian archipelago conditions are easing the thought is hope they will be able to bring in more help for the islands out but up in the from the secular to what we need the most is heavy machinery we have been asking for it from day one but we know that some of the roads were cut off because of the disaster on the sea was rough so we weren't able to bring it in time. to get some aid has arrived and the local government set up a public kitchen to help feed the community but around the province people need more food water face masks and on the wrist sensuous for now but for a lot together with the military i'm social ministry we are working and we want to show you that we are here and helping people. in neighboring east timor the capital dili experienced it's worth floods in decades rescue crews are desperately trying to reach those most in need in remote areas and informal

settlements but conditions are challenging many. roads. bridges have also. been destroyed. most pretty much every day. and these actually. hundreds of people across both countries are now facing a huge cleanup operation while still anxiously waiting for news of those who remain missing jessica washington al jazeera jakarta. an explosion targeting a police car in afghanistan has killed 2 people and injured several others it happens in the eastern city of jalalabad in the early hours of wednesday at least 18 people were being treated in hospital no one has claimed responsibility. still

to come here on al-jazeera the use of force by a policeman accused of killing george floyd comes under scrutiny at his trial in the u.s. be a lot more for your boss find out who's missing tiger woods as players prepare for the masters of the sports later in the show. europe's return to winter was swift and obvious the cloud is still coming down from the north the frontal systems reach the night in brussels unusual april snowfall the same was true in england the same was true in the netherlands it was blizzard conditions in croatia as you can see here that is easing in fact the whole system has more or less lost its impetus still looks pretty would treat to be honest those

lines go right up to the arctic so it's just a subtle change in temperature and they cut off which will happen on thursday which makes things do different the culture still there edgy eastwards with outbreaks of lightish snow in slovakia and poland for example but the songs come out over the balkans and over the bulk of central europe the temperatures actually are on the rise for paris i think we'll see 18 degrees by friday for it starts to tail off this is not a persistent warm spell is going to get cold again i have to say but in the immediate future that's really looks like unless you're in scotland or know why possibly sweden and denmark is still going to feel like an improvement not true of ticky turkey's got 2 fronts contend with most activities in coming that normally breeze insist on bulls and 8 they'll be snow on the high ground and anchor of course feels that the drop in temperature here too.

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this is al jazeera quick around on the top stories this hour brazil has recorded more than 4000 coronavirus deaths in a single day only the u.s. and peru have reached out threshold infections are surging across the country how systems on the verge of collapse iran's president says the latest efforts to revive the 2050 nuclear deal were a success after the 1st day of talks working groups were set up to discuss possible move to nuclear sanctions and to hans commitments to the deal. and there are reports security forces in myanmar have shot and killed testers during a military grade at least 8 people are believed to be killed in the town of kale in

the northwest of the country. that greenland's main opposition party has won the most seats in a snap parliamentary election victory that corrodes of major consequences for international mining in the arctic the left wing innuit party won 37 percent of the votes it has a strong stance on the environment's includes including opposition to a rare earth mining projects it will now seek to form a government or greenland has one of the world's largest suppose its all of the rare earth metals which are crucial for electric vehicles wind turbines and aircrafts the issue has divided the islands of 56000 people some greenlander see mining as a way towards independence among other things well let's get more now from mark jacobson he specializes in arctic politics and researches arctic identity diplomacy

and security at cambridge university joins us now from copenhagen. we don't often go into greenland's elections on the news are but on the face of it the average observer could think this is something of a big city for the environmentalists would you say that this election was false and environmental issues and as such does this represent where the population in greenland stands on these things. well you can certainly say that the green greenlandic bit was getting very handsome regarding one particular mining project that's the one you mentioned in southern greenland the greenlandic name but it's quite a suit and as you mentioned holes in men's elements but also and what is more controversial in greenland is that it also holds uranium so if you don't want to mine for elements at bideford out it's uranium and that's the

country isn't controversial thing because as you know we all know what generally radium can be used for both good and bad but also that there is pressure the air and local concern is how much will include what effects will they have on their butts the local and national environment so the greenlandic morris has given a very clear answer regarding this particular project and really and have. a look at engine mining projects we don't have no large scale mines that only small scale mines. response times but they're all in minnesota national. so they're expensive regarding this one where it came out in favor of the ok. well the one of the election closes the door to this particular project it may have been the us because the same with these rare earth minerals i mean they've been

scraped by some as the oil of the future this is a massively important potential income stream that this new government looks like it's turning its back on to people in greenland today do they support the mining of these elements in other parts of the country because if there is a way of getting these verus out the grains i mean that's that's a huge pay for a payoff that's potentially coming down the track that could open the door it's a many things for greenland. certainly and for many who learned queenslanders it's a big dilemma because. the queen landing national identity. has 222 basic elements the one is is very close relationship to nature where doing and go out and reach out is very.

real and it nationalized on the other hand many greenlanders strive for more substance nation and ultimately independence from then much a right thing to learn the national economy that comes from a block grant from denmark so to become more so that determines and independence in some time in the future we need a new new income new industry and here mining could be it's seen as a big game changer if you get the. point since mining of elements but also seeing and and and other resources so it's it's a big dilemma many greenlanders well it should do or should well preserve nature as it is and. this dry when dependence is small there it is small all this more and more and so yes i will be very interesting to see how

these that coalition talks play at several interesting issues keep an eye on in the future i'm afraid we're at the time the mark jacobson joining us from copenhagen thank you very much indeed for sharing your expertise. well another country is struggling with a surge of covert 19 cases is bulgaria it has the lowest vaccine pick up in europe with only one in 10 people saying they trust the shots over half the population saying they'll refuse to get it's al-jazeera is burned smith is in the capital's fear and as he reports intensive care unit so overwhelmed and the medical staff is exhausted. at the minute grandmother got it all the more that because i know we're going to let me fix your mask to get even over tells a patient the guard over there you'll be fine she tells her. but it's touch and go for everyone on this intensive care ward in sofia is alexandros the hospital about

30 percent of the patients won't survive cove it. i'm very tired of watching people going you know watching people going warse. can not help them and trying do my best and drink my burston after all the. they going but worsened for some course and bush. the 3rd wave of covert has hit bulgaria of those tested for the virus here almost 20 percent are positive in england by comparison that figure is now below 2 percent when we talk with. most of them said please stay here hold my hand for a while i'm alone and so will all i can not seem like enough so with them but i have no time to hold his hand. because i have to watch other patients and that is very very very hard to leave for patients now younger than last year in the forty's

and fifty's that conditions can deteriorate very quickly if they have the british variant of the virus there is just warm i.c.u. bed in this hospital are they'll be occupied before the end of the day i'm told this covert 19 crisis has got bulgaria's health system operating at its very limits . the hardest thing for the medical staff here along with the team is coping when patients don't sometimes i think did i did everything for my fish and that's what i think for all things i did for my patients i said ok i did everything just this is the disease and the disease is. this is a very very severe just over 7 percent of all gerunds have been vaccinated so far the lowest rate in the european union but makes it more difficult to see any light at the end of the tunnel burnitz may argue syria sophia. south koreans are voting in local elections which is seen as a major test of supports the president's move genes liberal party key races include

the mayors of the country's 2 largest cities and loosen the coronavirus pandemic as atop a sheet south korea reported 668 new cases on cheese day as the highest daily count since january. also on the coronavirus moments of joy in a covert war it's in colombia. doctors nurses celebrating the recovery of a 104 year old patient who survived her 2nd parents of the disease common hernando's was discharged after 21 days in hospital she 1st contracted the virus last year was treated in the nursing nursing home where she lives with the officials called her recovery a victory and a much needed one to cater the years now for delivery drivers in the united kingdom

are going on strike to demand better rights the process coincides with the beginning of company delivery shares being traded on public exchanges and still every rider's a classified a self-employed which means they're not entitled to certain benefits put in minimum wage or paid sick leave while the food delivery app lost more than a quarter of its value since it was listed on the london exchange at the end of march live there to paul brennan who joins us from london. strike will appear to be already having some impact presumably the writers are hoping for more. well indeed i mean the flotation of delivery has really focused attention on the whole gig economy and particularly after the recent court case involving drivers who partly won their case although

the ruling in the u.k. courts didn't include riders who work for the food delivery side of that delivery situation is slightly different they floated on the stock market to institutional investors a couple of weeks ago they didn't raise the amount of money the capital that they expected today they wanted 4 pounds 60 or 60 pence. in fact it went for 390 and then the the the value then dropped even further to the 280 when the retail investors were able to start buying and selling their shares today the protest is designed to coincide with that and alex marshall who's the president of the independent workers of great britain union joins me to talk about this alex what is it that you're well 1st of all what are your demands so these right as it's a day to dumond's pay back to rights and safety you know they what forgot to punt them and they literally put their lives on the line well they've seen net company.

business food yet they've seen playing conditions get worse and worse for the pandemic i'm going to say because the pandemic has led to a lot of people relying on takeaway food delivered food and you'll ride is your members of the ones who've actually been delivering it but they haven't seen the rewards that the company bosses have let's say you know these are people who have continued to function for at the pandemic could continue to go to work who are uploaded by the public and you know a lot of the public would think yeah these guys must be quite thin they must have had a little windfall because so many more people are lying on delivery services yet due to over hiring due to them driving down the costs of jobs these guys have seen conditions get worse and worse to a point where you know we're on the streets striking desperate to like get enough money to make ends meet i wonder how much impact you can make there because your union only represents a few 100 workers from delivery when there are actually somewhere and the reason a 50000 riders who actually work for delivery in the u.k.

is it's more than symbolic nice is not symbolic it's all i mean what what we're demanding is completely aligned with what just all over the country whether they're members or not members you know we've got plenty of nonmembers joining in an auction all over the country and you know those numbers might not seem big the amount of people participating taking part in the strike will be huge and most of the numbers we're delivering that's a result of them over hiring it costs them absolutely nothing it's a bit more right just on the right and this is what's driving down the money that is what's not saying so many drivers you know those statistics for how many people they employ a hugely over inflated thank you very much alex well the institutional investors have that bite the retail investors and i see the price has been relatively stable but that's not to say there isn't concern because there are many institutional investors who chose not to put their money into deliverers concerns about the nature of the business all of this time the industry it continues thanks to you ok

paul brennan there live from london. but the type of restraints used by a police officer charged with killing george floyd has come under scrutiny in a u.s. courts the 7th day of the trial in minneapolis focused on derrick show vns use of force and fisher was there and sent this reports. i cite the court activist the reverend al sharpton led the floyd family in prayer we are now shadows of courthouse praying for justice inside crucial evidence from a police use of force instructor a man who's taught hundreds of police officers including derek children at issue the way george floyd was pinned to the ground in may last year not to recognize police technique said live tenant johnny mercer something that could cause trouble breathing and neck would be something that does happen he supports that is an arrest and under what circumstances would. i one can you do that i don't know if

there is a timeframe it would depend on the circumstance of the time which would include what the resistance you're getting on the subject here but in here and so if there was say for example the subject was under control and handcuffed would this be authorized i would say no the defense argued in cross-examination that officers had to consider the possibility that even when it appeared to george floyd was unconscious there was still a threat earlier the court had from care yang a crisis training coordinator and he acknowledged that some police techniques were necessary but the policy was clear the policy requires when it's safe and feasible . and he insisted force should only be used when necessary the defense is trying to suggest that derek shoving did what was necessary to protect himself and his colleagues and the growing crowd complicated decisions on the ground the prosecution accepts the use of force is

a necessary part of the job but they are trying to prove the derrick chauvin went too far and that caused the death of george for alan fischer al-jazeera at the shore and not to trial in minneapolis. and the sea international is accusing world leaders of deliberately ramping up attacks on him. and writes juror coronavirus pandemic in a report it says the people most affected globally by the spread of the virus are ethnic minorities refugees seniors and women it documents refugees trapped in unlivable conditions in camps cut off from supplies many are also stranded cheeta border closures where the report says governments often fail to protect women and. people regency an increase in gender based violence and the city documents an increase in police violence in the philippines and brazil and a crackdown on freedom of expression in the gulf states a decades of hysteria see

a lack of public funding and the health systems have left many more vulnerable to the virus well to serious folks in the secretary general of amnesty international agnes kalama she says many governments are using the pandemic as an excuse to repress and silence people. in many ways different ways whether it's own legal measure told police repression she was a force. adoption of emergency measures that go on and on and on multiplication of she will be also measures use of technology have supposedly for the purpose of patek shunk. use of drones including for the purpose of surveillance i mean you know toilet 2020 we have had. plenty many examples in every region of the world of governments weaponize

ng in our view covered 19 to repress and to silence still to come on al-jazeera will tell you which team is out for adventures 2 of the world's top football clubs prepare to face so often a repeat of last year's champions league final dance in the sports coming up after the break you. were at. it.

it's time for the sports here's farah howell thanks so much liverpool have it all to do in their champions league quarter final tie with round madrid after they were beaten $31.00 in the 1st leg real were 2 nil up at the break thanks to goals from

the nist c.s. junior and marco asensio mama sala got one back for liverpool early in the 2nd half but even if she is junior scored his 2nd of the night as it finished 31 paramount in a must now. we are not close to any things we haven't won anything we are happy with the result we are happy with what we are doing because what the players are doing is incredible after all the problems we had during the season we were able to turn things around but there is still a long way to go but we are still in contention in the 2 competitions league and champions league and we are going to keep fighting for if you want to go to semifinals and that's absolutely ok unfair you have to deserve it with the performance of put on the pitch so and tonight we were not good enough to win this game but only good news is there's another game very very very saw there but it's not like we have an advantage now we are under pressure of course and we have to show that we can deal with that. well there was late drama in the game between

manchester city and borussia dortmund so he went ahead early on through cavendish and it remained one nil until marco raised equalized for dortmund with 6 minutes to go but in the 90th minute phil fought and scored a winner for city to give them a narrow 2 want to advantage going into the 2nd like a parasite as your men are getting ready to face bar in munich in the 1st leg of their quarter final on wednesday in germany barnby p.s.g. one mil in the final last year it is still a trouble. to chino says that p.s.g. are not out for revenge and despite byron missing their star striker robert lewandowski due to injury the german leaders believe they're still as strong as ever. seen as this court is effective and i think when you were on cuba unusual and the champions league on the.

middle of the club i think it's because you have a squad that. is very very strong body billy. very good not only 11 players of them play and that is why they they achieved what they achieved chelsea's quarter final tie against porto will take place and seville spang dudek ovid 19 travel restrictions the blues are hoping to bounce back from their shocking 52 home defeat in the english premier league by west brom this is the 1st time chelsea have reached this stage in 7 years. i have a feeling that it will be a tough match because i expect nothing else than the best part of a very experienced side in this competition. champions for for many many years and in part to god so this shapes a certain mentality and still i just can repeat we are confident enough that we are

strong enough and we believe in ourselves to overcome this round and we play clearly to to to make it to the semifinals of the 1st gulf major of the year the masters tees off on thursday but without the 5 time champion tiger woods who is still recovering from a car crash dustin johnson will bid to emulate woods who is the last man to successfully defend the masters title one player who will particularly miss woods's presence around augusta is justin thomas. i want to or saw him a couple times last week and i've tried to just go over a couple times turn the week whenever i'm home and see him and yeah i texted friday night this morning saying that i think it's kind of starting to set and he's he's bond he's not here playing practice rounds at this and we hate it too i mean i have i'm very very lucky that i somehow got thrown into that practice wrong group with with tiger and freddy the last 4 years or whatever it isn't especially around this

place i mean i just around like puppy dogs and the n.b.a. steph curry put on a master class as he led his side the golden state warriors to victory against the milwaukee bucks the 2 time m.v.p. scored 41 points and 53 pointers including one with just a minute left in the game the warriors rallied with a late comeback to hold off the box 128121 the win stops a 3 game losing streak for golden state. over in l.a. the clippers continued their great run of form this time against important trailblazers paul george scored 36 points walk while leonard finished with 29 as the clippers thrashed the trailblazers 133116. ok and that is all you sport for now back to you hala thank you so much for about does it for this new search to keep me here on al-jazeera the star will be with me

next. in the midst of war a generation grew up in exile more than 13000000 syrians that's half the pre-war population remain displaced inside and outside the country and as the conflict enters its 2nd decade with no political settlement in sight there could be further displacement home for many has been informal camps like this in neighboring countries in lebanon's bekaa valley life has been one of poverty and uncertainty. syria's economy is collapsing and international aid organizations are warning it is

pushing millions deeper into poverty many are jobless and hungry the united nations says 60 percent or $12400000.00 syrians don't have regular access to enough food despite the battlefield being largely quiet for a year aid agencies say the daily suffering of syrians is worse than it has been a nearly any point throughout the conflict and the hardship does not stop at syria's borders. the story goes that the statue of an ancient greek. he beat the waves for millenia. until a palestinian fisherman on earth the priceless relic. the story continues but as the world's attention was drawn to cars mysteriously the day it disappeared once again. the apolo of ca's. on a. investigating the use

and abuse of power across the globe to see. more than 400-1000 deaths are recorded in brazil and one day and other latin american nations are still struggling to curb the viral spread. kind of their i'm the stars here 10 this is out of their life and also coming out some challenges remain a step in the right direction as well as trying to salvage the 2015 new kid dale.