the number 2 stories from asia in the pacific on al-jazeera. al-jazeera. hello there i missed this is the news hour live from our headquarters here and coming up in the next 60 minutes the u.s. recommends pausing the use of the johnson and johnson covered 1000 vaccine as it investigates possible links to blood clots. an appeal to end the quote slaughter in myanmar the u.n. warns the military crackdown could escalate into a civil conflict. rochelle should consider

a military buildup is unjustified. explained and deeply concerned nato warns russia to stay out of ukrainian territory as it amasses tens of thousands of troops on its border. and anger over japan's decision to dump the treated radioactive water from the fukushima nuclear plant south korea summons the japanese ambassador. i'm going to go with sports round madrid captain sergio ramos has tested positive for cocaine 19 and so has the tennis world number 2 dental medvedev is now withdrawn from the monte carlo masters. but another 19 vaccine is now under scrutiny after a few cases of blood crossing u.s. health authorities have recommended a poor is in the. use of the johnson and johnson jab as it investigates this

instance the food and drug administration has stressed that this is a precautionary move now less than one in a 1000000 people are affected and the link has not even been established it comes as countries roll out vaccination campaigns to try to control this pandemic now germany is one of the nations who are currently experiencing a 3rd wave on tuesday the cabinet approved legislation to make it easier for the central government to impose restrictions well the crisis in india is also deepening with morgues and hospitals overwhelmed it had the highest number of new cases yet again reporting 161001 tuesday. will be speaking to stephanie decker who is in berlin in just a moment but 1st let's speak to a white house correspondent can be healthy and washington d.c. kimberly this latest announcement really felt like it surprised quite a few people. this certainly is a setback in terms of the effort to continue this global vaccination program

because now we have yet another red flag with respect to the astra zeneca vaccine the poznan the united states out of an abundance of caution for the johnson and johnson vaccine of course is coming just a week after european regulators also found a link between the vaccine and blood clotting something that is being discussed here in the united states in fact there is a meeting that will be held today or rather on wednesday we know between the centers for disease control which will be reviewing the data we know that at least 6 people were affected by this in an adverse way women between the ages of $18.48 and what is being reported here in the united states is at least in one of those cases the woman died as a result of taking this vaccine so this is being watched very carefully but to put this into context more than 6800000 of the one dose vaccine the johnson and johnson

are j.n.j. as it's often called here in the united states have been administered so far and what we're looking at is that you know less than a dozen people who have had these adverse reactions but given the severity and given the fact that at least one person has died the pas has now been put in place in order to exercise what the agencies are calling an abundance of caution. the u.s. vaccination campaign has been broadly a success so far so much so that the governments ramped up their own bishan when it came to timeline so could this cause potentially affect that. well this is only one of a number of vaccines that are being administered there is also the pfizer vaccine that's being administered to to dose as well as madonna and so there is still a lot of optimism that this target has been reset as you point out the biden administration making a goal of 100000000 vaccine doses administered in 100 days now upping that to 200000000 and believing that they will make that target given the success so far

already we know that at least 46500000 americans have received at least one dose 28.6 percent of americans are now fully vaccinated so there's a lot of optimism that in spite of this setback with the johnson and johnson vaccine that those targets in terms of getting 200000000 doses in the 1st 100 days of the biden presidency will be successful and very quickly we should point out that there is some vaccine hesitancy still in the united states the white house press secretary saying they're taking unique approaches to meeting people where they are in their communities to try and get them to take this vaccine so far it seems though that women are more receptive to taking the vaccine than men. there are white house correspondent for the latest thanks so much kimberly. let's go to stephanie decker who's across all the developments in germany for us from berlin steph it does seem this is a bold but potentially necessary move on the part of transfer mackerel.

yes well she's had growing frustrations over the last couple of weeks when it came to the lockdowns and how they were or were not more importantly in forced across the 16 different regions of germany it's now happens that the cabinet has approved legislation which would give powers to the central government to implement lockdowns in all 16 states when the corona numbers overtake a certain amount which is basically 100 people in 100000 so it now needs to pass through parliament is no guarantee that that's going to happen it needs a 2 thirds majority not everyone is on board but certainly you know listening to kimberley there about the vaccination campaign and all the difficulties that's been happening here too you basically had the chancellor speaking to the heads of the 16 states them agreeing on lockdown and then going back and applying them in a haphazard way were actually lifting restrictions when numbers were increasing vaccination campaign has also been slow particularly because of

a delay delivery of vaccines also there is still hasn't see when it comes to the astra zeneca again also concerns of blood clots but certainly recently one good news is that the g.p.'s the local medics doctors have starch administer vaccines which has seen an increase but certainly one medical expert we were talking to recently telling us that this wave the british variant of the virus which is now really the main one here in germany it is more aggressive it spreads quicker and this is why more severe lock downs are needed steph teka there with all the latest for us from berlin thanks so much stefan at this point let's bring in dr christoph specs he's a medical expert and a correspondent on german t.v. he joins us now from to hold off doctor the countries really have this very pop to access time of restrictions on till now much like the united states for instance do you back the phone. well i think it's a good idea to have this more uniform response to the pen demi because this is

a pandemic as the name says it's cold we'll so it's better to have the same answers in berlin in munich or in dissolute or and it was very difficult for people living in berlin for example why they should obey 2 different routes and acts and the regulations then compared to people living in munich even if the numbers are the same but what i don't think is a good idea is just too connected to this sole number of so-called incidents because this is not real incidents that we hear every day it's just the number of notification and this is highly dependable on the on the on the test regime so this needs some improvements i think so one of the other things that's been causing a lot of controversy around this bill is the suggestion of automatic cafeterias for states once they cross that threshold in your opinion as a medical doctor do night kathy's work when it comes to trying to control the spread. i think it's not the best idea to have these curfews especially

in that it german culture you don't need to travel a 100 kilometers to infect somebody or to get infected because the virus is already everywhere and as you might know most german state don't live in fancy family homes on their own but they live in in big blocks like in tower blocks and so. what beach also that would be a way to infect yourself just by visiting your neighbor so again i don't think it's a good idea to just fix this and connect this to this single number of notification which we usually call incidence it would be much better to have a broader if you like of the number of people hospitalized and intensive care units and that and so far why has it taken quite so long for a move to centralise policy like this has not been a reflection of public sentiment so far. yes might be as ever by been the case and i think germany has this structure of his political structure of different federal

states 16 federal states and it was very difficult to change that so i think this is a good move into the right direction even if i'm not so convinced that it will really work out in this pandemic because this is something which is new to most of the germans because we're used to this federal state system sure well as our correspondents jeff was just referring to there we've seen this relatively sluggish vaccine rollout the emergence of new variants what exactly is driving the 3rd wave that you're seeing now and where is the country in terms of the trajectory towards a peak. that's difficult to say but as a matter of fact vaccination is the key plays a key role in this spend demick and as you just pointed out the vaccination program didn't started off very well it's getting faster and faster now and i hope the

speed we do increase the speed to next month when all the g.p. is have enough vaccination and can vaccinate in bigger numbers this would have a lot and absolutely true the faster we are in nation the better it is dr christoph spec's their medical expert speaking to us from dust off thanks so much for joining us dr thank you for having me. well as you mentioned earlier india has again reported the world's highest daily tally of new infections and confirmed more than 161000 new cases on tuesday and 879 deaths but the actual number is expected to be even higher because test results were delayed over the weekend and as of parana has more now for us from new delhi. unfortunately we are seeing the kinds of pictures that we did last year during the peak of the 1st wave of the coronavirus most recently we have seen pictures of bodies outside the

biggest government run hospital in the city of port and dr bruce chief medical officer said this is because they don't have enough freezes to keep the bodies and that more bodies at christmas tory and in the city than can be cremated that hospital's intensive care units and oxygen equipped beds have been almost full capacity over the past week i put it in the state of chuck the school which is one of the worst affected at the moment it also has a disproportionately high death rate which is why the central government and to medical teams to chop the school to find out why the situation is so bad there why more people seem to be dying there and those teams reported back and said that there are a number of issues there is a lack of hospital beds in many districts there's a shortage of ambulances in one district that the number of tests are going down that containment measures on to being. being. imposed

properly and that there is resistance to other containment measures including attacks on health care workers bought these issues and are not unique to that state most of these issues are and we have reports of a shortage of medical facilities of equipment in a number of places most notably in the worst affected state maharashtra where medical teams which was sent there also said that there was a lack of oxygen supply. an even malfunctioning ventilator is more there's plenty more ahead for you this news hour including protests in minnesota after the police shooting of a black man police say the officer mistook a gun for a taser and. nicholas hoult in cryo in keep bird where the orders are going to be choosing at their next members of parliament and one of the top issues is it access to water. and major sports teams in minnesota call off their games

after that fatal police shooting of dante right. now the u.n. human rights chief is the situation in myanmar will turn into a full blown conflicts much like syria michelle bash is calling for stronger action against myanmar as army saying targeted sanctions are not enough protests against february's could have grown across the country despite a military crackdown more than 3000 people have now been arrested across several cities and more than 600 people have been killed since the crew were let's bring in u.n. human rights spokeswoman ravinia shamdasani she joins us now from geneva reveal what about a decade of conflict now in syria and you're seeing manama potentially heading in that direction and i know the last time you and i spoke we discussed the military crackdown what's changed since then what developments have you seen now that point

towards war. when the base used to go that it's not still now is he with a group to start to don't there it peacefully and they continue the vast majority of them just continue to be very peaceful in fact individuals are using a flashlight from their hooves to crew tents difficulty to the streets but even in those cases individuals caught using national are arrested and are targeted by the u.n. security forces now that's as clear and cool as. syria where as well into the n.t. is that then the protests started very peacefully protest groups were handing out flowers to the security forces on the street but they were met with brutal suppression killings detentions disappearances and this is what we have seen myanmar today and swell and we are unfortunately now also seeing small pockets of individuals taking up arms now of course their arms are no match with the firepower of the tatmadaw but still we are seeing people to hear the arms of the other very

worrying development is that ethnic armed groups in certain regions of we are now are such as a christian shan and clean streets are also starting to 9 concerts which again you know sets the stage for a much more explosives the church of course again i want to ask you more about that because those armed groups the ethnic enclaves have said that they're going to unify to fight the regime and as you say we are seeing those pockets of resistance imagine now what is your message to them. our message 1st of all is to the military to stop slaughtering people they have a responsibility to protect their own population and they need to stop are the key messages to the international community there are many states and many businesses in fact which have a lot of influence in the matter the have leverage that they can use whether this is diplomatic political or economic pressure on the military they need to use this net ridge and they need to pressure the tree into stopping the violence. to the

people on the streets as i said that the vast majority of protests remain peaceful there are really small pockets of violence and in these cases where people are using primitive brain or your homemade weapons to try to find the kinds of military grade equipment that the troops use against that we've seen rocket propelled grenades being used in residential areas as well as fragmentation grenades regina despite the crackdown that we've seen as you say these protesters have really remained residents and a lot of the ones that i've spoken to here on al-jazeera insist that really the only way for for their country is to actually remove the military and they feel like they don't have a choice so how then does that defiance continue potentially with people taking up even the as these very makeshift without needing to a protracted conflict here. well this is what we hear a good sight of that people don't have very many resources they are resorting to

these kinds of primitive arms to make back militarily the military's they're using this as a justification to further increase their firepower that this is deeply deeply worrying birds and this is where the international community needs to come in the protesters i'm sure and as you said the only resolute even in the kinds of violence that the tributes perpetrating upon them we are continuing to resist that cannot be left alone the international community needs to bring to bear as much pressure with a resolute clear concerted voice they need to cut or arm supplies to injury and they need to cut off finances to the military that are making it possible their commission of these terrible great human rights violations un human rights spokeswoman that riviere shamdasani always great to have you here on al-jazeera thanks for joining us. now nato has called on russia to withdraw its forces from ukrainian territory and to stop what it calls

a provocations ukraine's foreign minister is meeting nato officials and belgium to discuss russia's increased military activity here at its borders there's growing concern that the kremlin is moving towards war with ukraine care of says russia has sent thousands of troops to the northern and eastern borders and annexed crimea. russia mashed and this military buildup in and around ukraine stop its provocations on the escalate immediately we do not and will not recognize russia's illegal illegitimate accession of crimea we continue to call on marshal to end its support for the militants in eastern ukraine and withdraw its forces from ukrainian territory. speak to natasha butler she is across this for us from paris and sasha what else have we been hearing there from nato

where there were strong words from the nato secretary general against stoltenberg unjustified and unexplained is what he called russia's military build up along its border with ukraine he said that the kremlin has still to explain why it's building up troops along that border and that it was simply something it should stop doing immediately the kremlin should do everything it could said stoltenberg to deescalate the situation salzberg said that since 2014 when russia illegally admixture crimea there hadn't been as many russian troops along that border so real cause for alarm said stoltenberg who said that nato the alliance was standing closely and supporting ukraine's sovereignty an internal ukraine there really or so trying to reach out to the west here it seems.

yes so the foreign minister of ukraine who is there in brussels meeting with the install timberg said it was very clear to kiev that russia was in his words threatening war now he said that ukraine of course doesn't want any form of escalation any form of conflicts and he also sent something of a warning to nato and its members saying look unless we act now we could have a situation like we did in the past and what he was alluding to was that 2 of the 14 legal an exception of crimea which seemed to happen he suggested right under the noses of nato and its allies and such i think should not happen again russia will not be able to catch anyone bush anymore. ukraine in our friends remains remain vigilant we do not and will not loose time. in your reckless me or start a new spirit of woe and it will be costly in all senses i would like to

reassure you that ukraine does not want war we do not burn any offensive or escalation when they turn foreign minister carried a message that we've heard before from kiev and that is that ukraine wants nato to speed up the process of its membership to the alliance or kiev see ukraine's membership of nato as a way of making russia stand down from these kind of actions which kiev sees as threatening behavior now so far nato hasn't given any signs that that membership will be sped up only that the process is ongoing but for ukraine that would be the clearest message to moscow the ukraine is supported and that russia must stop all sorts of actions like this in the future and tash about the cross or that for us

from paris there thank you so much natasha well earlier i spoke to her breasts party here he is a former director of policy planning at nato and he told me what russia's motives might be. before russia annexing illegally crimea and movie or so into eastern ukraine you saw all the major bill of russian military forces on the russian ukraine border and actually some experts are even saying the buildup is even greater than what we saw it with the 14th so clearly putin is on to sending a very strong message that you see this before put positively mystique driven 14 who needs to kind of regain the upper hand on basically a more fragile domestic position he's in since the constitutional reform and enough money secret is it that he's also internationally driven in the sense that i think what we have seen over the last few months is a breakdown of the u.s.

russia and relation seems that by the mystery show and took. power and i think putin is basically replying to that and he's testing by going to be sufficient to see how far are they willing to go i think clearly putin is trying to exert pressure on zelinsky to possibly have to be pressured by then mostly to germans and the french to make some concessions on the means agreement negotiations so i think to talk about a conflict is a bit premature benefic is more depression eased the west especially the us together with the europeans willing to send its clear signal to dissuade to russia to president putin that you costs of further escalation would be very high now to palin's decision to release more than a 1000000 tons of contaminated water into the sea from and through and focus him a nuclear plant has been met with criticism by both china and south korea beijing calls them they have extremely irresponsible korea has summoned the japanese

ambassador from the pride reports now from cell. for years this has been the only solution to the increasing volumes of contaminated water build ever more tanks at the plant site to store it crippled by an earthquake and tsunami in 2011 water has been used to cool the damaged reactors becoming radioactive and now totaling one and a quarter 1000000 tonnes the japanese government says it wants treated it's safe enough to be released. he loved me. we will attain a level of safety far above the regulation standards and the government will take exhaustive measures against harmful rumors we have judged that release into the ocean is a realistic option and decided it is the policy to follow. supporters of the plan say this kind of water release is common practice in the nuclear industry and that

there's only a minimal risk to health but it's bound to hurt business is in fukushima like tourism and fishing that have taken years to rebuild and opposition to it extends to japan's neighbors in south korea protesters gathered outside the japanese embassy with some claiming it's an act of nuclear terrorism narrow fears about the impact on industries like fisheries with the government calling the move totally unacceptable. the decision poses a threat to the safety and marine environment of neighboring countries it is a unilateral action taken without you consultation. there's also been condemnation from china which is called the decision extremely irresponsible and it comes as japan is about to mark a $100.00 day countdown to its summer olympics delayed by the pandemic already mired in controversy the issue of fukushima's contaminated water has cast

a further shadow over the event tokyo will hope the decision to release the water will be one less problem to overcome but the political and diplomatic fallout from it might make that wishful thinking rob mcbride al jazeera so. well now it's time for the weather has rob. winter's not finished with north america these arcs of cloud here are in arctic air actually they're bringing snow and wintry temperatures if you like from the central part of canada into the northern plains of the u.s. that cold air coming always south through iowa and eventually we're going to get the cold war meeting up in the southern states snow will fall in montana and then towards colorado it's going to keep going if not in harms is next to so but the big thunderstorms the result of these 2 meetings will be along the southern coast once again possibly florida on their way out during service today so seas not quite change there now just don't move it further east into the caribbean to show you

what we normally expect the trade winds which temporarily are in the southeast jerry's been come from the east and we get big showers whenever you get this cold a commune of the u.s. so that's what's happening in the leeward islands less so press record has been euro so surface wind from barbados towards st vincent up a clouds so a long way up the clouds going in that direction that's why but from the volcano and some vincent the ash is being taken east was to cause barbados and there are the plumes in the last day or so big ones raining ash down on the outer barbados. still ahead for you here on al-jazeera the philippines president re-imagine after a week's long absence during a time of crisis. and this board we build up to a huge night of football in the european champion thing.

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the. hello again i missed out with a reminder of our top stories this hour u.s. health authorities have recommended a pause in the use of the johnson and johnson job as it investigates a few cases of severe blood costing the food and drug administration has stressed this as a precautionary. the u.n. human rights chief is the situation in myanmar will turn into a full blown conflict much like syria. is calling for stronger action against myanmar as army saying targeted sanctions are not and. meanwhile nato has called on russia to withdraw forces that the alliance says the kremlin has been deploying near the border with ukraine foreign ministers and belgium meeting with nato

officials over russia's increased military activity. a vigil has been held in minnesota for a black man shot by a place officer on sunday during a traffic stop hundreds of people have now been arrested for protesting during an emergency caffeine police fired tear gas and rubber bullets and a state of emergency has been declared in in that area that has the latest. these people have gathered in solidarity under raise black power fist for them it's symbolic of the struggle against racism and discrimination they say black people face daily in the united states the vigil is being held for dante rights a 20 year old african-american shots and killed by a police officer during a routine traffic stop on sunday his brother rejects suggestions by the police the officer involved appeared to intend to fire a taser not her gun i can never understand that fear of people who want to why i think i am what i would never understand my brother in law says why because they

were crap like you have no regard for me right now different think i think of the right spend his last moments with his girlfriend sitting next to him in the car his mother was talking to him on the phone about what to say to the police when he was shot in the chest the officer involved has served in the force for 26 years brooklyn sent to police chief says the incident was a tragic error is my belief that the officer had the intention to deploy their taser but instead shot mr wright with a single bullet. this appears to me from what i viewed in the opposite reaction in distress immediately after that this was an accidental discharge there resulted in the tragic death of mr wright. for a 2nd night though more confrontations between protesters and police who just killed that day by the way but i was curious to see if i got the right or yeah

don't get me wrong. i'm good by repeated instances of police brutality and racial profiling in the u.s. hundreds of protesters defy dakota fuse started on monday and have continued to protest despite police using tear gas against them the unrest comes as the trial of former policeman derek chauvet is being held a few kilometers away he's facing charges of murder if the killing of george floyd last year. some protests turned violent overnight with several businesses knutson damaged president joe biden has called for peace and calm question is was it actually quite intentional every man is to be determined. by what i see geisha but in the meantime i want to make it clear again there is absolutely no justification. for looting the 1st black mayor of brooklyn center has expressed his shock we are in pain right now and we recognize that this cannot happen at

a worse time we recognize that this is happening at a time when our community when all of america indeed all of the the world is watching many are expecting more unrest in the minneapolis suburb and the states of emergency has been declared such a height of you know. well let's say to john hendren now he's in minneapolis for us john looking at those pictures another night of tear gas and rubber bullets talk us through the mood that you were seeing on the streets that. that's right last night despite a curfew that went into effect at 7 pm local time midnight g.m.t. here in minneapolis in neighboring st paul and in the suburban area that includes brooklyn center people remained out there were clashes with police who has had to push them back with tear gas and stun grenades those crowds according to police

were throwing bottles and fireworks at the officers and you saw some of those tense confrontations overnight there was less of that here in the downtown area but there is obviously renewed anger in this streets at the killing of another black man at the hands of police and it's particularly upsetting for many people here that this time it happened is the result apparently of a mistake with an officer who fired a taser intended to fire a taser and instead fired her service weapon killing dante right with a single bullet. there is talk of discipline of that officer end of the police chief of brooklyn center but meanwhile the city's surrounding this area really just trying to get it back into control this is an area where protesters of course have been active since may 25th the death of george floyd who's in the trial of the

officer who shot who held his knee on george floyd's neck for 9 and a half minutes is going on in the courthouse behind me that will start again today but that had already people on edge here with that trial going on protesters were already gathering in the area and this just gave them one more thing to vent their anger about couldn't have possibly happened at a worse time john as you say today is day 12 of the show than trial today and i see the prosecution is potentially set to wrap place run later on today with the 3. that's right we expect. the prosecution to say the prosecution rests then begin the defense witnesses and interestingly after about 2 weeks and one day of prosecution witnesses the judge says he only expects 3 possibly 4 days of defense witnesses he warned the jury on monday that if the defense concluded on thursday he was going to give them friday off but that after that on monday was soon as opening arguments or

closing arguments rather started he was going to sequester or isolate them so that they would not be subject to the vast public opinion on all of the media that you see here locally so that is going to happen starting monday that also encourages them to come to the end of their deliberations soon but now we're waiting for the defense and we expect them to come up with medical witnesses and police witnesses to refute the prosecution case that show of an unjustifiable killed george floyd john hendren in minneapolis for us with all the nations thank you so much i. found some breaking news iran says it is starting to enrich uranium to 60 percent purity and what would be the most significant breach of the 2015 new kid deal so far and it already announced it would enrich to 20 percent now to put that in perspective 90 percent would be needed to produce a weapon although tehran maintains that its nuclear program is for peaceful

purposes all arounds foreign minister has also said an attack on the country's main nuclear facility will only strengthen its position during the upcoming talks to revive the nuclear deal it's a reef made those comments as a meeting with the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov is visiting terror on a day before negotiations resume in vienna between the parties of that 2015 accord iran blames israel for what it's calling an act of sabotage at its nuclear plant in attendance. but oh you do you. don't we talk in vienna to restore the rights of our people and in sanctions but these talks have a limited time europeans and americans time to return to their commitments and the chase c.p.o. way is very limited and if they lose the support unity they will face and favorable conditions how hostile to us a bag is in tehran with more on just what was discussed. there was a warning from foreign minster devolved zarif he said that time is running out for the united states now the reason for that is that there is

a great deal of pressure inside iran on jihads raef and the reformist government president has a reformist government and when incidents like natanz take place that pressure increases now if you read some of the headlines today one of them said the diplomacy of power over the diplomacy of laughter that's because they have been images circulating of foreign minister divides the reef talking to foreign ministers and other diplomats where he's laughing and smiling and he's been criticized for that the conservatives who dominate parliament to believe that iran needs to be take a tougher stance needs to be tougher with the europeans and the united states but firm into drugs and he did say that this this attack by israel would give a chance for iran to expand its nuclear program and centrifuges in fact he said i promise that we will improve our centrifuges and from all the rhetoric that we do hear coming out of the wrong one think that iran tends to follow up on falling

incidents like this is their promise to expand their program or install advanced centrifuges last year when the same plant was attacked iran said that they would expand the production of centrifuges they did that after the assassination of iran's lead scientist most and focus on the november iran. issued a bill in parliament that said that they should increase enrichment to 20 percent and restrict inspectors they did that and now this is another warning coming from iran. 3 people including a police officer have been killed in pakistan as protests they grow against the publication in a french magazine of cartoons of the prophet muhammad demonstrators say the images of blasphemous and want the french ambassador to pakistan expelled supporters of a right wing politician saad rizvi of the tailpiece also fought with police when he was arrested on monday protesters have since blocked highways and roads in several cities kemal high isn't role pindi where security forces are now bracing for

further demonstrations. august on edge bracing for more protests after the arrest of the leader of the daily galabank progress on saddam hussein ridgway who had an ounce daddy would lead a long march on islamabad where demanded the french ambassador should be expelled now their security forces across the country are already on a heightened state of alert there or did you see behind me is the main arterial connection to the city of rawalpindi which is the grain fed day of islamabad the capital because tensions are running high the security forces are in place we have heard reports of key highways being blocked in different parts of the country now the daily guerrilla bag pockets on has been saying that the government had promised that they would take up the issue of the expulsion of the french ambassador i'll study reappearance of the cartoons depicting the prophet of islam saying that this

was unacceptable that jim bakker to had to go out the government had given an undertaking to the to take a left back pocket standard they would bring this issue before parliament on the 20th of april however sodje did we announced that the people should be ready for a long march on islam a bad day or fall prompting the government to our next game and what does government calls a preemptive move but they said they're very organized organizations that courts stirred up thoughts and create trouble for this government abroad or to have already led to gridlock across the country where traffic jams being reported from across the country and also connections between the provinces disrupted there's also includes the really links were just been blocked at several key locations that they go to for this have been able to clear out some of those protesters to open their doors but this is all happening at that time when the country is already

confronting it turd wave of the corona whited leading to all children supply issued by the protesters say they really are just barge until the release of their leader and all of this is happening as focused on begins the holy month of ramadan. well now the world health organization is calling for an end to the sale of wild animals at food markets in an attempt to prevent future diseases and says ending the trade could prevent new illnesses from emerging the 1st known cases of corona virus were in china and links to a food market and w.h.o. says animals are the source of 70 percent of new infectious diseases in humans one of the philippines president has denied having a health condition preventing him from running the country or to get it had a has now emerged after weeks of being absent from public events but some still question whether he can lead during a time of crisis jim undergone reports now from another president of the good at

their dear wasn't seen in public for almost 2 weeks that fueled speculation here that the health of the 76 year old leader who says he hasn't been vaccinated against corbett 19 is declining and this administration has been hiding his real condition his allies have released videos of him playing golf riding a motorcycle. and jogging at night in the grounds of the presidential palace but it was not enough to apiece kept ticks the videos of instead turned into viral means mocking a president they see this appeared during a time of crisis his spokesperson says the accusations are malicious but he's rejecting calls to release the president's medical reports no no one on monday deterred to resume his weekly address this missing what he called rumors and attacking a political opponent who's been in prison for several years. i just want to

write. in the morning that it's not the people of time i enjoy. my. critics say the president's behavior over the last few months has gone from strange to chairing that kind of a absence without the leave on the part of the bressie then since he likes to couch things in the war like. if it were a shooting war that would really be abandonment of of judy and we see the effects on our people now of his government is facing widespread criticism over rising numbers of covert cases and delays in the country's vaccine roll out the philippines is also facing its worst economic recession here's with millions more filippi those made jobless by the pandemic there's also the standoff between the

philippines and beijing over china's military build up at the withstand reef in the south china sea has not spoken publicly against china over its occupation of the reef for several weeks since the pandemic broke out the president's movements have been greatly restricted his appearance reduced mostly to his weekly public address to contain this possible exposure to coronavirus but critics say they need not just assurance of the president's health but also his ability to lead during a time of crisis dogon al jazeera mandela. all still ahead here on al-jazeera a record breaking night for steph curry in what have a roundup of all the n.p.r. actually escorted me you're. going to.

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you're. welcome back now cape fred a is facing chronic water shortages after 3 is with almost no rainfall and the crisis has now become a central campaign issue for the country's upcoming parliamentary elections reports now from santa cruz in cape that years without rain has chaired the island of santiago into this. there is little green in this part of an island nation known by its portuguese name of a couple of verdi or green cape lifeless sparse only with a casio trees is the village of santa cruz where jesus on carvajal is campaigning

to become a local m.p. on a promise to bring water to a region ravaged by drought and abandoned by farmers. he says a new parliament and a change of direction will solve the country's water problems. being villages also help the administration if you are supporter of the ruling party people do what they can to manage the water now it's up to the politicians to bring water to the population. it's a promise made before and left unfulfilled by politicians after generations suffering from a shortage of food farming communities turn to the sea to escape ponder they live in shanty towns in the capital structure the city center here choose there is not enough water they want to know if they had running water i would use it all the bass wrong to wash our clothes and there were dishes what a reason. i can go without food but not without the glass of water. or the

opposition or dams and less water wastage is the solution. over 100 candidates in this election only 7 seats are up for grabs and while they come from different political opinions all share a common concern and sister want to see the popular. the governing party led by prime minister. says climate change is to blame his government is investing in desalinization plants like this one pumping 20000 metric leaders of fresh water in the capital still that is not enough in an interview with al-jazeera he says we need to rethink our relationship with the precious resource of. the challenge to transform ocean water for domestic use to power our economy and industry we need to be water resilient because we cannot predict rainfall rains become irregular and so we can't seem to plan ahead so we need to find alternative solutions for now people

in prior are organizing their own water distribution with no rain in sight for those inland it will take more than a political will to bring this fragile and parched landscape back to life because hawke al-jazeera. keep heard. it is now time for sports mr mayor thank you very much well let's start with 2 high profile sportsmen have tested positive for carbon 19 footballers sergio ramos and tennis star daniel medvedev from madrid have confirmed that captain ramos is now isolating the defender who is also captain of the spanish national team is currently injured and had already been ruled out of rails champions league quarter final 2nd leg away to liverpool and in monaco the tennis world number 2 down and might have tested positive at the monte carlo masters the russian is now withdrawn from the torment and like ramos is in isolation he's being monitored by the tournament a.t.p.

medical teams. games in major league baseball basketball and ice hockey with despond in minnesota on monday following the fatal police shooting of a black man dante writes just a few minutes before the 1st pitch between the minnesota twins in the boston red sox the players came off the field and the game was called off the minnesota timberwolves and be a team and h.l. site the minnesota wild also called off their games out of respect for the community there have been protests in minnesota dante wright was killed during a traffic stop on sunday in brooklyn center the place say the officer mistook hogan for a taser it comes as former police officer derrick shaven stands trial in the same state for the murder of another black man george point. i think all of us. all of us especially our sin and minnesota right now are are tired in a lot of ways of having these types of conversations and. there's

a huge disappointment and sadness when you have to wake up to these things when george floyd's death last year prompted n.b.a. basketball teams to speak out against racism philadelphia's coach doc rivers says this latest incident should be frustrating for all americans. you know this cancer courtrooms but. you know we're counseling blood loss and i think to me. as a little you know more important in my opinion and we just it just keeps happening our make mistakes on joined by people all of the time we have to help with. the worst of it we might feel. it is a dead heat. is they always grieving friends or really. it just. is those things happen.

the action on the court now and it was a record breaking night for steph curry he became the all time leading scorer in golden state warriors history and he did it in style with a $950.00 point game of his career as they beat the denver nuggets curry got 53 altogether and that took him 217818 of rule his passing the previous franchise record belonging to wilt chamberlain. the l.a. lakers again were without their top stars le bron james a map and a davis but although they managed to beat the brooklyn nets 2 nights before it was different story against the new knicks julius randle schooled 34 points against his former team the knicks winning this one by 15 for their 3rd straight win. the western conference leaders utah jazz was shocked by the washington wizards russell westbrook with his 23rd triple double of the season to help his team win by 4 that ends utah's 24 game winning streak at home there were no issues for the

philadelphia 76 ers joel embiid scored 36 points as they beat the dallas mavericks by 18 the victory moves the sixers back above the brooklyn nets and to the top of the eastern conference the u.s. women's national team have been given the green light to resume their legal fight with u.s. soccer over equal pay on monday a judge approved a partial settlement in the long running dispute of unequal working conditions like team flights hotels and much when used $28.00 members of the world cup winning squad who follow the law suit cannot go forward with their claim for equal pay the president of the u.s. soccer federation says there's still hurdles to overcome. we have offered the women and the exact same. compensation for all matches that u.s. soccer controls the challenges this doesn't include 3rd party prize money like people recut prize money are counted kept prize money. and the women have said that they would not sit down and negotiate with us soccer and less us and who was willing to make the difference in the 3rd party prize money which is

a ball of the 66000000 which they are seeking in the hood again. so while i agree the prize money gaps would be a women it is or at least reduce is not something that u.s. soccer controls or building up to a big night of football in the european champions league paris sentiment take 3 to advantage inspect quarterfinal 2nd leg against the defending champions by unmeaning p.s.g. have 3 away goals and home advantage but they've lost the last 3 games in paris and by and have gone a record 17 away games unbeaten in the champions league you know vomiting couldn't cope we need to be calm but at the same time play attacking football and put them under pressure they have issues at the back if we create as many chances as we did in munich then we'll be able to turn it around. look i'm not upset that by in a considered the favorites the favorites have to be the current holders by and when

the champions league the club world cup 6 trophies all together in the last year so we must respect that and she says of the game chelsea will look to protect their 2 no lead over porto just like the 1st leg this game is being played in spain because of copa 19 travel restrictions between portugal and the u.k. chelsea on beaten and 9 champions league games and are aiming to get to the semifinals for the 1st time since 2014. i am here to win titles i'm here to win games and as a result i win titles this is what i demand of myself so why should we now say anything different that we want to win and 5 years on 2 years and 3 years i don't know what's what's then. now is the time. and real madrid have reelected florentino perez is the club's president 1st 6 term the 74 year old stood unopposed in the election was declared the winner on choose day on the peres madrid to have won 26 major football titles including the 10 champions league crown in 24 all right those

are your sport for now have will feel like tennis thanks so much or well that's it for this news hour but don't go away i'll be back in a moment warning. you bottom of the crisis is the defining story of our time never before have done it already in human health so clearly outlined and tries to address beers award winning environmental solutions right across the world we seek out people who are fighting tell us gone and combating climate change or finding ways to protect all life on our planet earth rise coming soon on the sea or. a star striker in the top atop in the what they voted to the working class of his hometown and its club. football in legend eric cantona begins his history on the

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what's happening on the ground in the ward and in the lab now more than ever the world needs w.h.o. making a healthier world for you. to everyone. in the us a recommends pausing the use of the johnson and johnson covered 1000 vaccine as it investigates possible links to blood clots and the company delays its rollout in europe. hello again i'm just on the attack and this is out of their life and are also coming up tensions and ministers after sunday's police shooting of a black man and as a george floyd matter trial and.