river be panning for gold in this area for centuries the best time of year to do it is the winter because the river is lower than your in the summer months these tiny little yellow flicks you can see on don't look much they were around $50.00 a gram. 'd 'd a blackout to iran's menu writing in richmond facility the government calls it an accident but now says the cause was an active nuclear terrorism. oh i maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up on the program a mounting of crisis in india as it records the highest single day coronavirus deaths in 5 months and the government denies vaccine supplies have been running low

people in chad heading to the polls but despite having 6 candidates it looks like there's only one choice for president. and dog days in the caribbean as the tropical island of st vincent appears under a cloud that disappears under a cloud of volcanic dust. welcome to the program we begin in iran which has been a power blackout the country's main nuclear facility in a tan's off to initially describing it as an accident that of iran's atomic energy agency i got a solid he now says the cause was an act of terrorism he didn't specify who was behind the incident but israeli media quoting unidentified sources claimed it was a cyber attack carried out by israel's intelligence services or sorry 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 after iran unveiled advanced uranium centrifuges at the towns and when iran and the u.s. is struggling to revive the 2050 nuclear deal i said begg has the latest now from to iran. 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. well iran's nuclear program bound behind the gender of a top level visit is the u.s. secretary of defense lloyd austin is in israel he met with his counterpart any chance is that the any new deal with iran must undermine security i force it reports now from west jerusalem. 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 favored the 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 austins opposite number israeli defense minister benny gantz pledged cooperation in confronting what he called a threat to international security and region and israel. and we war closely

resolve 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. second wave of corona virus cases in india is pushing infection numbers that are unprecedented levels 152000 people tested positive on sunday a new high but the 6 time the daily case record is passed in this last week alone with the right appearing to accelerate in all it means more than $13000000.00 people have tested positive this is the 3rd highest total in the world but india is also leading the vaccine race and numbers alone it's 100000000 doses behind an event in the united states and china the problem is that it's a drop in the ocean when you look at the sheer size of its population a nation of 1350000 people. all right you've just got there is

a presser at the center of social medicine and community health at jawaharlal now university says that campaigning for ongoing regional elections has made the krajina fire situation worse several doctors associations have written to the country's election commission pointing to more strict and practical guidelines given that given the realities of indian elections and the years in all fall down states cases are on the rise as in the rest of the country in the southern state does not mean one candidate actually passed we're 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 they're in in the 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. stocks that would last for only a few days and on an average of about $8.00 to $10.00 days of stocks in the pipeline and these states are actually wanted and of also there is a large country so a lot of interest you need in terms of the person page population covered her 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 part of the from this however the large states are between 7 to 10 percent and the national average is 6 percent so in spite of an impressive increase in terms of population protection it's still

a long way to go meanwhile china's top disease control official is saying the country's locally produced vaccines are not highly effective this is a rare admission by the center for disease control it produced 4 different coven 1000 jobs and shit millions of them abroad chinese health officials are now reviewing their vaccine strategy and considering mixing different brands one study found the sign of backstab has a success rate of just above 50 percent now polls have closed in a 2nd round in the presidential runoff in ecuador the race was between 1st time runner under as aus and 3 time candidates care my last and a campaign dominated by the state of the economy ecuador is hugely in debt partly because of a recent global oil price crash last america additively seen human is in the train capital santiago and we see a polls of now closed when will we start to get a picture of who the winner is. we seem to be getting the

picture already surprisingly enough in fact the government has about a dozen authorized polling authorities or or companies that are allowed to give exit polls as soon as the polls close which they just have and we've been here we've heard some of the results from 4 of them one says that there is that it's too early to call that it's a technical tie with a 3 percent difference but the other 3 are surprisingly giving more last saw the conservative banker and businessmen up to a 7 percent lead over. al us who've for at least a long time was considered the shoe in to to actually win this election especially since last fall just barely was the victor to make it into this 2nd round but anyway that's what we're hearing so far again it is too early to tell the results are going to be official results from the electoral council will start coming in slowly and we probably won't know anything from them for

a couple of more hours thank you very much in american history see anyone following those developments for us thank you lou cea we go to a guest on now because the country's president is powerful after voters approved his changes to the constitution nearly 80 percent of votes cost back amendments to let him run for office again and that would shrink the parliament critics say it's a roots authoritarianism but as charles strafford reports from bishkek the president has managed to tap into disappointment with an unstable system. voters cast their ballots and cubist on for the 3rd time in 6 months the referendum was called by the new president sought to reach a part 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. i don't think only one man should decide everything is

a probable that says you only find truth through debate the more opinions you have the better it is for the country's development. free from jail by supporters in october jury protests off the parliamentary elections were gnarled following widespread allegations of vote buying by pro-government parties. the government collapsed the cube is cool the 3rd revolution in 3 decades since independence. japan says the last 10 years of the parliamentary system under the current constitution has been a failure and 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's 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 off to years of mismanagement to corruption to turn you've been through it 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 the prime minister was the victim of those decisions because you tional changes mean the president will be able to act transparently kyrgyzstan is often described as the most democratic country in central asia and christological 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 problem on the cultural school democracy a policy they have struggles to build since independence 30 years ago. that

al-jazeera. 7 catholic clergy including 2 french citizens have been kidnapped in haiti a spokesperson for the bishops conference for haiti says 5 priests and 2 nuns were abducted from a call made in quite the book way on sunday morning the kidnappers have demanded a $1000000.00 ransom for the group haiti has been rocked by increasing violence and instability in recent years with kidnapping for ransom also becoming more and more frequent. without is there at night from london still ahead. the price for taking to the streets in protest myanmar's military exacts of financial town now want to even relatives as the crackdown continues. on the northern irish troubles ended before they were born and why these teenagers i'm now at the forefront of a new violence. the

weather's improving nicely cross much of australia say much because i was towards the west we have some nasty weather pushing through dangerous weather actually in the form of tropical socks so russia that will make landfall over the coming hours and listen see that wet weather lingering here as we go on through a good part of a monday so the moment winds of around 130 it's ramped up slightly recently but it is moving pretty quickly at 43 kilometers per hour will continue to drive this where cross the southwestern corner but the usual has it's damaging winds we're looking at heavy rain flash floods and dangerous tides over the next 24 hours or so that sea expect a track of the storm and just moving through to the north of perth and this is of course a part of the world that doesn't usually see tropical sideways so it will cause widespread damage functionally though it is moving pretty quickly elsewhere across

the country is fine and we got some warmer weather coming into the southeastern corner eventually 121 celsius the on monday in sydney but pushing up to around $25.00 by that stage i went to weather financial cosatu and just clipping the fossils of south australia pushing towards victoria was there's a typical some wet weather coming through and tending rather unsettled. from the algae. london broke out to people in thoughtful conversation people use the lowest get agreement they describe the outsider with no host and no limitations. in refugee is a choice when you're a refugee you are forced to speak of as mccaughan and. what has happened a lot in the west is that culture and food are separated studio be unscripted on

al-jazeera. welcome back a look at the main stories now has been a large scale power blackout at iran's main nuclear facility at natanz after describing it as an accident the head of iran's atomic energy agency ali akbar salehi now says because it was an act of terrorism. the number of corona virus infections in india is new record high for the 6th day in a row of 152000 new cases and 839 deaths were reported on sunday and voters in kerry the start of grant of the president's sweeping new powers in a referendum that shrinks the size the country's parliament and allows the

president to run again in a move critics say could be a step towards authoritarianism. or polls of close and counting is underway in chad's presidential election as well present interest to be a seeking a 6th term to extend his 30 year rule in the central african nation the opposition and call for a boycott after several candidates were prevented from running and those have been morgan reports from the capital and to mena president de b. appears to have his 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 chat's 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 debby appeared 23 year old and nina to make 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 many believe president to be 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 and 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 be. called people to boycott their . election observers appear to have a different view from american since no. judge role is important in the region especially in light of charge 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. relatives of protesters killed by me and saying they are being forced to pay $100.00 for the bodies of their loved ones this comes after at least 80 people killed in a crackdown in the city of bagle on friday protests against 5 years military coup are still continuing in several cities including young on da way and mandalay and on saturday 3 rebel groups in eastern shan state reportedly attacked the military as they start to strengthen and alliance against the janitor. there is tony chang is following developments from bangkok and says that many people just don't have the money to get that relatives remains. we have had it confirmed by the bunco

student union who've had to pay to recover a number of bodies they say have told us that the rate that's being asked for by the police to recover the bodies of the $82.00 people who are reported to have died in their crackdown on friday is 120000 that's the equivalent of about $100.00 us dollars and their opinions some terrible stories coming out the case of caking a woman whose husband was lost in the crime was killed she was asked to pay this 120000 she didn't have enough money so had to go to the community where people gathered those funds together including another woman whose nephew and son had both been killed she didn't have enough money so she decided to contribute what she did so the kings could recover the body of her husband many people are reporting the same thing some were too scared to go for it is still very hard to get information

out of me with the new internet so the blocks are the being put in place in the last week but the assistance association for political prisoners which seems to be the definitive. role of confirmed 82 people died in just one place in just one day. started in means presidential election this comes at a time of heightened political tension in the country the incumbent patrice tallon is facing a weakened opposition in a vote he's likely to win came to power in 2016 promising to serve only one town that valued to stamp out corruption on sunday residents to vote and call for an end to the violence that smog the election campaign. has been a low in violence in northern ireland after over a week of writing more intense in the region scene for decades and coronavirus restrictions have been seen as the mission for anger from proboscis unionists but

as andhra simmons reports from belfast it's teenagers who never experienced the past and rest are now on the front line. it's a new generation engaged in the sort of confrontation that belongs in the last century their teenagers many of them encouraged to take part in the unrest by their elders the late 1960 s. the start of 3 decades of conflict that's happening here now isn't remotely like that but it's provocation and confrontation nevertheless and it's league young students not old enough to vote in many cases goaded on by adults that has shocked people. well i blame the parents and i'm here with my son who i fear to be in the streets without it. out of being horrified and 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 and irwin was born just before that now she's leading the youth wing of 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 right there because the kids are being drawn out by by community leaders by people here care 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 out because they know if they're seen to go against community leaders in that way they could face attacks themselves they could face threats they could face anything there's deprivation in both the loyalist and nationalist community says of northern ireland those who want to united ireland and the loyalist areas where there is

anger about a boardroom the r.e.c. imposed by a brick sit. 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 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 when we 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 that is andrew simmons al-jazeera belfast. a caribbean island of st vincent is covered in ash with power and more water supplies down after 2 days of

volcanic eruptions around $16000.00 people have now been evacuated from areas close to. the ash cloud is spreading across the region and authorities are warning the eruptions could last for several weeks yet and brian reports. the large caribbean island in sindh then sent transformed into a gray gloomy moonscape. streets and buildings blanketed by ash spewed from a nearby volcano. ended decades of inactivity on friday when it erupted in speak tech. fashion there were several earthquakes and a column of ash was pumped up to 15 kilometers into the air we didn't want to work on the river. and you know and it's hampering the escape of thousands of people who are now in shelters across the island i am fairly obvious been brought

up best set up every family or. syphon. means sulfur outlet it's the only potentially active volcano sent which is home to about $100000.00 people from the eruptions rained down on several neighboring islands including. nearly 200 kilometers away countries including venezuela cuba ghana and the united states a sending aid to the island nation. cruise ships have been sandton to help those fleeing the eruption 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 them an experience in a hurricane of the 1st time and they have ted how as many as they have been 5 explosive eruption zones in france 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 brian al-jazeera. outfront is national assembly has approved a controversial ban on short haul domestic flights and an effort to reduce carbon emissions if it's approved by the senate the law would force airlines to cut 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 it quickly means that only 3 airlines will be concerned will be concerned out of the old dread of dualistic soul of flight that exists in

france with the kind of benefits that would be really reduced really cheap so we think that it's fun from being in the ship and beyond the walls that make it seems like everybody shares if not it's not so we are quite disappointed with the decision and this the law evil of phoenician. quick reminder of the headlines now iran is saying the electrical blackout and nuclear facility was a terrorist act earlier they said the incident at natanz facility was a problem with the electrical grid feeding the site power's out across workshops and underground enrichment holes the incident came a day after the country advanced your quit meant and ahead of further talks about reviving.