now more than ever the world needs w.h.o. making a healthier world for you. to everyone. a blackout at iran's main uranium enrichment facility at natanz the government 1st calls it an accident but now says the cause was an act of nuclear terrorism. hello i'm ari i'm rising and london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up on the program a mounting health crisis in india as it records the highest single day coronavirus deaths in 5 months government denies vaccine supplies are running low. an

overwhelming vote in favor of constitutional change in carrick is ston but critics warn it's a step towards a fairer tarion rule. and conditions are deteriorating is the last of the you have all canuck continues to erupt on the caribbean island of st vincent. gallo welcome to the program we begin in iran has been a power blackouts at the country's main nuclear facility at natanz after initially describing it as an accident the head of iran's atomic energy agency asylum he now says the cause was an act of terrorism he didn't specify who was behind the incident but israeli media quoting on identified sources claimed it was a cyber attack carried out by israel's intelligence services all solid he urged the international community particularly the international atomic energy agency or

i.a.e.a. to take action against the perpetrators of what he called nuclear terrorism it comes a day off to iran unveiled advanced iranian centrifuges at natanz and at a time when iran in the united states is struggling to revive the 2050 nuclear deal i said bag has more now from tehran. there seems to be an admission now from iran that this was some sort of attack and the head of iran's atomic organization has come out and said that this act was carried out by those that oppose iran's progress in the nuclear industry and it was shows a failure of those that oppose iran's negotiations to have those sanctions lifted he said that iran condemns the act and he urged the international community and the international atomic energy agency to confront what he called nuclear terrorism you also said iran reserves the right to act against those that hide out this act and those that ordered it now 1st we heard of this it was an incident it was made out

to be an accident iran did say that they were investigating but this is very quickly turned into an admission from iran that this is an attack now fingers have been pointed pointed officially but just last tuesday and hearing in ship was attacked by using a mine in the red sea from reports israel is being blamed for the fact and although officially iran hasn't pointed the finger at israel over this incident they are the prime suspect this comes at a time when iran is getting ready to return to vienna to negotiate over the 2015 nuclear deal and iran wants those sanctions imposed by former president donald trump lifted and incidents like this will definitely complicate matters if not make them more difficult than they already are or iran's nuclear program was high on the gender is the u.s. secretary of defense lloyd austin visit israel he met with israeli counterpart benny gantz he said that any agreement with iran must undermine regional security

are a false reports now from western resulin. flying into the major foreign policy issue confronting israel's alliance with the united states the divergence in approach to iran and its nuclear program u.s. secretary of defense lloyd austin is the most senior biden administration official to visit israel since the new u.s. president was sworn in. after 4 years of a trump white house which favorite israeli line on iran these at different days as the u.s. explores options for reviving the iran nuclear deal as a major strategic partner for the united states are by light bilateral relationship with israel in particular is central to regional stability and security in the middle east and during our meeting i reaffirmed to mr grant's our commitment to israel is enduring and it is our inquiry austin's opposite

number israeli defense minister benny gantz pledged cooperation in confronting what he called a threat to international security and region and israel. when we war closed the resolve of american allies to ensure that any new agreement really ron would secure the vital interest of the ward of the united states prevent dangerous armories you know region and protect the state of israel but in the midst of talks in vienna aimed at finding a new agreement the language from israel's prime minister has been very different benjamin netanyahu insisting that israel would not be bound by any deal that pave the way to an iranian nuclear weapon israel is already confronting iran on multiple fronts reportedly behind the attack on an iranian ship in the red sea last week regularly targeting the iranian military inside syria blamed by iran for assassinating its chief nuclear scientist last year israel's defense minister may

be talking about cooperating with the americans on a new deal but it'll be interesting to see the language used by his political rival the prime minister benjamin netanyahu long the most vehement opponent of any such deal when he meets the u.s. defense secretary on monday ari force at al-jazeera west jerusalem. a 2nd wave of cases in india is pushing covert infection numbers to unprecedented levels more than 152000 people tested positive on sunday that is a new high but it's the 6th time the daily case record has been passed in the last week alone with the right a pairing to accelerate in all this means more than 13000000 people have tested positive this is the 3rd highest total in the well right now but india is also leading the vaccine race in numbers alone it's 100000000 doses behind only the

united states and china the problem is that it that it's a drop in the ocean when you think about the population of india at one point. 35000000000 people well over a 1000000000 people rajeeb does got here is a professor at the center of social medicine and community health at u.r.l. there university he says campaigning for regional elections has made the situation with the virus much was. several doctors associations have written to the country's election commission pointing to more strict and practical guidelines given that given the realities of the indian election and yes in all fall down states cases are on the rise as in the rest of the country in the southern state of one candidate actually passed earlier on account of course just in case to win that election to that constituency will have to be held again that's as far as the

election and the corporate situation goes on the plus side the country was immunizing about an average of $2500000.00 persons but there. in the last fortnight of march that has gone up 2 to 3500000 in the 1st fortnight of april that's on the positive side on the one part of it several states actually have got. stops that that would last for only a few days and on an average of about $8.00 to $10.00 days of stops in the pipeline and the states are actually wanted and also there's a large country so a lot of hatred you needed in terms of the person page population covered 1st state it's as low as 3 percent in the northeastern state of money quote and as high as 70 percent of the population in its neighboring state of support are not too far away

from this however the large states are between 7 to 10 percent on the national average just 6 percent so in spite of an impressive increase in terms of population protection it's still a long way to go or china's top disease control official is saying the country's locally produced vaccines a not highly effective this is a rare admission by the center for disease control countries produced 4 different than 1000 jobs as shipped millions of them abroad. chinese al facials are reviewing their vaccine strategy and then are considering nixing different brands one study found sign of x. job as a success rate of just above 50 percent well. a

study in israel is suggesting the pfizer vaccine might be less effective against the south african strain. in a study of 800 people who tested positive for those who receive the pfizer job or more likely to have the south african variant than those who were not vaccinated researchers at tel aviv university did caution sample size is very small. and well. we've been following developments in characters stan the president is now far more powerful after voters approved his changes to the constitution nearly 80 percent of voters that cost nearly 80 percent of the votes cast back to the amendments to let him run for office again and cut seats in parliament critics say it's a route to authoritarian rule. voters cast their ballots in kyrgyzstan for

the 3rd time in 6 months the referendum was called by the new president sort of to power of who asked the country to approve changes to the constitution the critics say they could pave the way for all thora terrorism and misrule. bullets up along with q i don't think only one man should decide everything there is a proverb that says you only find truth through debate the more opinions you have the better it is for the country's development. 3 from jail by supporters in october jury protests after parliamentary elections were gnarled following widespread allegations of vote buying by pro-government parties. the government collapsed the kyrgyz school the 3rd revolution in 3 decades since independence. says the last 10 years of the parliamentary system under the current constitution has been a failure in kyrgyzstan is not ready for

a parliamentary democracy the people have been really feeling that the parliament has been the scene of irresponsibility that there is no. there is nobody with hope at home the bucket stops as it were and the president has really picked up on that sense of sentiment among the people that we have a constitution that doesn't assign clear responsibility to anyone and i'm the one who is going to take full responsibility myself. i will answer for everything that happens in this country and just give me the power supporters of the proposed constitutional changes say freedom of speech and democratic rights will be protected but order needs to be restored to government after gears of mismanagement and corruption within you can strip we've had 33 prime ministers in 30 years can you imagine that and always the appointments in decisions were made by the president behind the scenes which was unconstitutional their prime minister was the victim of those decisions because you tional changes mean the president will be.

able to act transparently keep this going is often described as the most democratic country in central asia and kristen to pull off says that altering the country's constitution will not change that but there are many people here who are afraid that he represents a couple of the culture wars fool democracy a policy they have started to build since independence 30 years ago started out to 0. much more still ahead for you on the program. in china to adding to the polls but despite having 6 candidates it looks like it is only one choice the president. and the northern irish troubles ended before they were born you know what widens teenagers are at the forefront of new violence.

but. how there we got some lovely spring warmth spring up across many parts of eastern year further west if there was some rather wintry weather little speckling a shower of cloud in over the british isles filtering down across france the low countries through jammy little area of low pressure just around 10 mark at the moment and with the system in place we have got some very disturbed weather pushing its way into central parts of europe as it sinks further south was increasingly saying well the more the way of snow they're pushing into poland into the czech republic or running right across austria with some snow over the alps as well some lesser weather just coming back in across a good parts of northern and central italy hopefully losing the wintry showers into the southeast in kona but it will further north because they have to 16 celsius in moscow slots a bad will see highs of around to 18 degrees that in athens fine and dry there across madrid again we're getting up to 16 here festive weather coming through as the showers made away from that western side of the mediterranean but single

figures up. i was in northwest for that coal when continuing to blow as we go on through cheated by changed by that wintry mix starts to make its way down across the balkans with more showers there for a good part of italy that a few showers to across northern parts of africa i will next couple days through the process of proceeding away. from. the welcome to down from every one of us. even those working quietly behind the scenes. so you can relax enjoy the perfect break in your journey. and when you leave with a smile we know law day's work is done cats are always welcome to our home.

the in the. welcome back you're watching al-jazeera live from london our main stories this hour there has been a power blackout it iran's may nuclear facility at natanz after initially describing it as an accident head of iran's atomic energy agency now says the cause was an act of terrorism. the number of coronavirus infections in india has hit a new record high for the 6th day in a row 152000 new cases and 839 deaths were reported on sunday. and voters in kyrgyzstan of gone to the president sweeping new powers in a referendum it shrinks the country's parliament allows him to run again in

a move critics say is authoritarian. now ukraine is saying that one of its soldiers has been killed and another seriously wounded in shelling from russian backed separatists in the east of the country this is the latest incident in rising tensions along the border with verbal threats this week from both nations u.s. secretary of state antony blinken has called for russia to deescalate the situation ukrainian soldiers have been fighting separatists in the region since 2014 when russia also i nixed the crimea region or polls of closed and counting is underway in the presidential election in chad president idriss deby a seeking a 6th term to extend his 30 year rule in the central african nation the opposition have called for a boycott after several candidates were prevented from running in the vote and the zipper morgan reports from the capital not to mena president de b appears to have his fair share of support. he's led the country for more than 30

years and now seeking a 6 term incumbent idriss deby cast his vote in chats presidential election urging others in the capital and around the country to do the same. they must have to. i have come here today as a citizen to vote and have done my duty and now it's your turn what the people of chad to exercise your right to vote wherever you come and vote for the candidate of your choice. hundreds were waiting to vote at the same center where debbie appeared 23 year old and mina makes a 1st time voter was one of the 1st in the queue. i've come to exercise democracy and also to see the president marshal debbie is the one i think will be able to lead the country forward and bring it stability and improve the economy see anyone i see in the field. 7.3000000 people have registered to vote in this election

according to the national electoral commission many reporters we've spoken to on sunday and in the days leading up to the election say their biggest concern is the military and security after $34.00 in the east and recent counterterrorism operations in the north and west they believe president to be both running against 5 other candidates can tackle both if the candidates need at least 50 percent of the vote to when the results will be out into the opposition and their supporters say they are boycotting the elections 6 prominent figures who sought to run for president were rejected by the high court to accuse the ruling party of militarizing the campaign a charge echoed by right groups who say security forces have used ruthless forest against protesters and opposition leaders. we need a free election on democracy accepted by all that is our issue on our condition. we don't think it is.

liberty freedom so doug why you become accepted because. we called people to buy all. of these. election observers appear to have a different view. on judge roll is important in the region especially in light chad in this. region that so preserving its stability is the role of the african countries and the region and the people of the country. whatever the outcome of this election the gap between debbie's ruling party and the opposition is clear how the 2 sides move on from here almost certainly set the stage for the country's political future he will market after the euro chad. well as an election as well in ecuador 2 presidential hopefuls that facing off in the 2nd round of voting pits 1st time run under our hours against 3 time can sit. so far it's the state of

the economy that stimulating the political fight is hugely in debt partly because of the recent global oil price crash that america at its early seen human is in the chilean capital santiago and his are saying the future of the economy lies at the heart of this vote in these 2 candidates have 2 completely different visions for the country. that's absolutely right but it's not just the a crime to me and i'll get back to that it just a 2nd but it's also the very very different visions that people who are on the latin american left in this case what some would call the revolution of the 21st century that was started by president chavez of venezuela with an almost 20 years ago and a more conservative neo liberal if you like vision which also calls for a smaller government. that is houses a 36 year old upon

a missed his the protege of rafael correa who was the man who launched what he called the citizens' revolution in ecuador he governed for 10 years when he stepped down his successor then veered off to the right and since then the economy has collapsed partly because of the foreign debt partly because of the drop in oil prices and some would argue because of the way he and has handled the economy so now that it would orange rather are faced with the decision of going back to what they had gotten a ab out with less money and also with the concerns on many people's parts that korea was a big call in us toward tarion who limited the press freedoms and also who persecuted they say his opponents. had more last so who's much older you could call them more mainstream says the democracy therefore is what's at stake in ecuador right now very different very different economic views about where to go and very very

different political visions about what is considered freedom and what is considered best for the country and it seems to be split almost down the middle at this point thank you so much on ice america is did you see a new man covering that story for us from santiago chile thank you. now jordan's king abdullah and his half brother have appeared together for the 1st time since that political rift former crown prince hamza been hussein seen here in the light blue faced mosque join the monitor and other members of the royal family at a ceremony marking 100 years of independence last week the government accused homs of being involved in a plot to destabilize the country says he was put under house arrest but he later pledged allegiance to the king. now the caribbean island of st vincent is covered in ash with power and water supplies down after 2 days of volcanic eruptions around $16000.00 people have been evacuated from areas close to best of

free eval kaner the ash cloud is now spreading across the region and authorities warn the eruptions could last for several weeks alexey o'brien reports. the lush caribbean island and then sent transformed into a gray gloomy moonscape. streets and buildings blanketed by spewed from a nearby volcano. ended decades of inactivity on friday when it erupted in spectacular fashion there were several earthquakes and a column of air was pumped up to 15 kilometers into the air we want to work. from home and it's hampering the escape of thousands of people who are now in shelters across the island i am.

everything in. sight. means sulfur outlet it's the only potentially active volcano on sentence sent which is home to about 100000 people from the eruptions rained down on several neighboring islands including barbados nearly 200 kilometers away countries including venezuela cuba ghana and the united states a sending aid to the island nation. crew ships have been same turn to help those fleeing mir option but because of the pandemic anyone going on board will have to be vaccinated and everyone in a shelter will be tested for covert 19 this is the 2nd they're mad experience in their work enough to force them and they have 10 hours men. they've been 5 explosive. options on sin fence and in the past 300 years the most recent in 979 while there have been no deaths reported this time an eruption

a 902 killed more than a 1000 people but damage to crops and farms from the choking cloud of ash is expected to be severe. and experts say the eruption could continue for some time yet alexia brian al jazeera or tropical cycle and so rosier is tearing through coastal towns in western australia the category 3 storm made landfall on sunday night bringing winds of up to 170 kilometers an hour emergency services have received dozens of calls for help in the town of cult barry roofs of been ripped from homes and entire buildings flattened residents across an 800 kilometer stretch of western australia have now been told to shelter at home well now france's national assembly has approved a controversial ban on short haul domestic flights an effort to reduce carbon

emissions if this is approved by the senate the law would force airline soko all routes that could be covered by train in under 2 and a half hours it's part of a broader climate bill that aims to cut france's emissions by 40 percent in 10 years the aviation industry has criticised the move at a time when airlines are already struggling because of the pandemic has been a low in violence in northern ireland after over a week of writing more intense in the region seen for decades breaks in the alleged breaking of coronavirus restrictions have been seen as the trigger. triggered anger from broke for pro british unionists but as andrew symonds reports from belfast it's teenagers who never experience passed on rest who are now on the front line. it's another generation in gauged in the sort of confrontation with belongs to the last century that teenagers many of them talk to cause unrest by their elders

back in the 1970 is it was the start of a 3 decade conflict what's happening here now isn't remotely like that but it's provocation and confrontation at the last and the use of youngsters not old enough to vote goaded on by adults has shocked many people. well i blame the parents i mean i'm here with with my son who i feel to be not in the streets without it. out of being horrified that the politicians here have to really unite and come together and condemn it and look for peaceful ways forward for you know the young people for the people who don't think they're being listened to at the moment in this process these are the grounds of stormont castle the seat of a devolve power sharing government created by the good friday peace agreement signed 23 years ago hannah irwin was born just before that now she's leading the youth wing good the alliance party which covers the middle ground the more modern

politics parents don't feel they have the ability to it's to stop their kids going on there because the kids are being drawn out by by community leaders by people here to hear stoking violence and stoking fears they're being joined by them. parents can't really speak out against those darker forces they can't stop their kids going right because they know if they're seen to go against community leaders in the way they could face attacks themselves they could face threats they could face anything there is deprivation in both the loyalist a nationalist community is of northern ireland those who want a united ireland and the loyalist areas where there's dissent over the post bricks it issues in many areas like this surrounded by echoes of the past it almost feels as if time stands still difficult then for young people to avoid the bad influences within this youth leader has no doubt that many of the young people are under the

firm grip of power by the trees new children should be encouraged to take to the streets this kind of bones those who don't like the child to be such that that's just not something for the social services to consider in relation to this and even will be to think about the sinister forces that are behind some of these young people taking to the streets on the element of their plan that could be considered child abuse also stephen and others like him have an uphill battle on their hands andrew simmons al-jazeera fell fast. main stories now iran is saying the electrical blackout at a nuclear facility was a terrorist act government said the incident at the natanz facility was a problem with the electrical grid feeding at the site feeding the site power is out across what shops and underground enrichment also inside.