his off the table we have been disconnected from our land we have been disconnected from who we are and would love to hear the new only to be part of today's discussion this stream on out is there. ready. india's worst hit state imposes new code 19 restrictions maharastra around a quarter of the country's infections. hello there are more acquired this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a delay in u.s. troop withdrawal 'd from afghanistan president biden expected to announce a pullout by september the 11th. another noise of protests in minnesota after the

shooting of a black officer responsible has resigned. and a defense witness in direct chauvinists trial testifies the use of force against george freud was justified. we begin in india where cases of covert 19 are soaring it's announced another record was daily high just short of 185000 registered in the past day that's around twice as many as brazil and the u.s. the 2 are the worst hit countries the epicenter has been maharashtra when new restrictions are coming into effect the western states includes the financial capital one by and accounts for around a quarter of all new infections there's a problem and joins us now live from new delhi tough new restrictions being brought into maharashtra straight state want to they mean because authorities stopping short of calling as a lockdown. laureus from wednesday

evening in the state of mind no one will be allowed to go out other than to go out for work or to get essential supplies and only essential services will be open that until the end of the month that follows continuing to be the worst affected state continue to add more cases accounting for at least a quarter of. all the cases in the country sometimes as many as a 3rd sometimes as many as half of all the cases the chief minister of maharashtra has also announced financial aid for the state's many daily wage because while more and more restrictions have been announced over the past month actually in maharashtra it began with the weekend not down and the night curfew and when that didn't stem the rise in cases that got even more restrictions and as those restrictions are announced we have seen a steady stream of daily wage earners and migrant workers people who from the state

of maharashtra but have travelled there for work starting to leave the stage because they're worried that either lost their jobs already they're worried they're going to lose work and they're also worried that public transport will close like it did last year you know forcing tens of millions of migrant workers. all over the country to travel long distances often on what chief minister has announced some kind of financial aid to help people who are in that situation despite all. of the enormous. still going ahead. that's right laura and what's happening in india we've spoken a lot about because it has been the worst affected but over the past few weeks we have been seeing a similar situation to maharashtra which is struggling with a shortage of medical facilities shortage of beds shortage of health care workers

of oxygen supply we are starting to see that in other states now including where local media is reporting long lines of ambulances outside call of hospitals carrying called patients waiting for hours the death toll the official death toll not adding up to the number of bodies being carried out of hospitals and being cremated similar situation and despite that the. well of course of camilla is continuing in the northern town of hardwired $2800000.00 pilgrims gathered there on monday and swam and the ganges river as is customary and already on wednesday we seeing hundreds of thousands of people continuing to do that this is despite prime minister narendra modi saying that the current wave in india is because of people not following coven 1000 guidelines like social distancing like wearing masks but the camilla festival has been allowed to take place and prime

minister met in the morning and other politicians themselves are still holding very large rallies with huge numbers of people no social distancing and very few masks and it continues to be a very worrying situation there in india indeed ok ms perth for a moment thank you very much for that update from new delhi. well south korea has reported its highest rise in cases of covert 19 since january over more than 700 in the past day. or warning a 4th wave is looming as classes spread from grace in seoul to more than a dozen regions and cities this despite strict social distancing rules the government is being criticized for a slow vaccine rollouts. the u.s. will miss a deadline to pull out its troops from afghanistan by next month instead it appears the forces will withdraw by september the 11th president joe biden is expected to make the announcement later on wednesday mike hanna reports from washington it's

been america's longest running war us troops were 1st deployed in afghanistan 20 years ago allowing the attacks on september the 11th now it will be set as a date by which the withdrawal will be completed the president has been consistent in his view that there is not a military solution to afghanistan that we have been there for far too long that has been his view for some time. this means president biden is pushing back the deadline of the 1st of may set by is pretty to say donald trump last year it's a timeline which a number of pentagon officials are believed to have argued against reaction in congress has been mixed with senate minority leader mitch mcconnell describing the withdrawal as a grave mistake a view shared in the statement by the ranking member of the house armed services committee mike rogers who says i am concerned that the president is so desperate to get a deal done that he's willing to capitulate rather than insist u.s.

strategic objectives are met success but there's also significant support for the withdrawal the senate foreign relations committee member chris murphy issued the statement after 20 years it's clear that our continued military presence will not deliver political stability to the country and the afghan people must decide their own future in coordination with our allies and partners as vice president joe biden argued strongly against the u.s. military presence in afghanistan but was overruled them by barack obama. but now as president he'll have his way a complete withdrawal of u.s. forces with no conditions attached by kana al-jazeera washington. a police officer who fatally shot a black man in the u.s. state of minnesota has resigned dante wright's shooting has sparked protests in a minneapolis suburb where the incident happened despite the officers resignation

demonstrations were out on the streets again ignoring a curfew and fresher reports from brooklyn santa. a 3rd night of protest hundreds of people on the streets of brooklyn center their anger clear and draw as the clock ticked towards curfew time the police declared the gathering an unlawful assembly and people to clear to. the fire tear gas and moved in in large numbers all in riot gear they were met with water bottles fireworks and contempt. that been a peaceful vigil for done to right the 20 year old shot dead on sunday more than $600.00 gathered some travelling a long distance to be there the hundreds here say this is no longer just about going to write other cases like this is about a demand for fundamental change to the way the police operate in the united states

needs to be changed when it was based on racism in the 1st place and so once he will understand that and no doubt we need a different form of policing that is when real change happens a lot of the things are mental health we need more mental health workers in our communities and on our streets that's what we need here we don't need more militarization of our police forces. the authorities hope the resignation of the police chief and the officer who fired the fatal short would lure the emotional temperature on a freezing night the departures announced earlier in the day by the mayor. we have received a resignation letter from our 2nd quarter. in addition to that we have also received a letter for the resignation from the police chief can porter a 26 year old veteran of the force was the officer who fired the fatal shot shino

faces possible months later charges the family of george floyd took a break from the derek chauvin trial in minneapolis to offer support to the right family and is just. something i could not. bear to many appaloosas minnesota. a suburb or. firmware this show when trying to record insurance for. where it's taken place there a police officer. who was sure 6. the police see the shooting was a tragic mistake so intended to kill a teacher but she drew her gun instead it's still the story the family is buying how many times in training over the course of 25 years has this officer pulled

aimed and shot her firearm in practice so don't tell us it's an accident. because it undermines the tragic loss of life that this family has experience the protesters say they'll be back again on wednesday and every night it takes until d.c. justice alan fischer i'll just read a brooklyn center minnesota. well as mentioned in reports a former policeman is on trial in nearby minneapolis accused of the murder of george floyd last may during the 1st day of defense testimony and use of force testified derrick shaven was justifies and pinning floyd to the ground for the 9 minutes during his arrest john hendren is in minneapolis.

the defense opened its case by putting george floyd on trial turning the court's attention from former police officer derek show to the man he's accused of murder. on. 'd 'd the defense theory is that floyd died of heart trouble and a drug overdose to support that lawyers called a police officer and a paramedic who testified that floyd took opioid pills when he was arrested in a separate 2019 encounter prosecutor aaron eldridge fired back mr dr denbigh you're interacting with cracked. no thank you for. the floyd family calls the attacks on him character assassination of a dead man police solve the food killing us and we have been murdered at a rate that out nobody could imagine if the time put say and that time is now maybe apple you are ok sweep this under the rug anymore. we're here and we will

fight but just as put is family hoping to link the 2 arrests the defense then showed police body camera footage from the fateful day of may 25th want to hill was in the car with floyd when police 1st arrived is bad we have a side please please don't. shoot don't shoot much of day 12 were spent on the defense's star witness of the day a police expert who said that only one george floyd's neck for 9 and a half minutes there and show did absolutely nothing wrong. in your opinion was this the use of deadly force and what not. i felt to show his interactions with mr floyd were following his training. following current practices in policing and were objective a reasonable prosecutor steve slice your push back noting children held floyd down long after he had not only stopped resisting but was apparently dead did you hear

some point in your review officer king say that he couldn't find a pos yes. all of this would have been known to a reasonable officer in the defendant's physician. yes and the defendant's position is and was and remains as we see here at this moment at this time in this clip on top of mr floyd on the street isn't that right yes. i have nothing further with the defense expected to wrap up its testimony this week one big unanswered question is whether show of and himself will take the stand john hendren algis. minneapolis. so has hair on al-jazeera the long road to recovery in the us the beleaguered forecast for people living in the shadow of a caribbean volcano that's erupting. and the argentinas to get back into lockdown and see the economy some further on that case is cape rising.

all the recent early spring warmth is being squeezed out of europe but it's still there in western russia and the reason really is because the as well been coming in from the north behind this cold fronts are most places the west are in single figures as high temperatures by day a few places the east high on to the teens are going here for example but moscow is it 22 so we're pushing the cold in this direction we're doing that with this front that drops knode fact the snow that's going to fall on wednesday in poland and slovakia for example right here is probably going to retrogress and come back towards western power leaving germany come thursday this area's turning was staying cold if you like the cold extends down to least northern greece southern greece it's quite warm so there's some part of france but for most of us it's very pretty

picture season turning wet in spain and portugal now bordeaux when i was place in france even here you'll see that cold wind morris from the north and northeast drop temporist at about 14 by friday the opposite is happening in africa has been particularly warm in the say hell for weeks now and yes you do have this seasonal wind bring in dust with temperatures around senegal and for some despite of martain you have been up into the high forty's. frank assessments of poison but the government wants what exactly how and what major taking what a situation might not be you could ever get informed opinions is the us thinking military positioning in the middle east or is it just a simple act of reorganizing ministry assets this is a message to the region the united states is rethinking its military posture in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines inside story on al-jazeera.

again you're watching on to there has reminder of our top stories this hour india has announced another record high of daily coronavirus cases almost 185000 in the past day one of the hardest hit states as maharashtra it's imposing new restrictions from wednesday. police and minnesota have used flash grenades and tear gas to disperse crowds gathered for a 3rd night of the fatal police shooting don't terrorize the police chief and the officer who shot right during a traffic stop resigned. and u.s.

president joe biden is expected to announce a withdrawal of american troops from afghanistan by september the 11th that would mean the u.s. will miss the may 1st deadline set by the trump administration. the prime minister of some vincent has told al-jazeera volcanic activity on the caribbean island could go on for months robson's have blanketed the country in ash and are threatening water and food supplies 16000 residents have been forced from their homes and the gallup reports. for decades less of free air remain dormant but late last week huge eruption sent gas and rocks spewing from its summit probably 50 kilometers. above the summit no the initial impact led to evacuation orders 416000 residents on monday a big a volcanic explosion made a dire situation worse those that didn't evacuate to dealing with increasing amounts of choking ash and water shortages and fear that more eruptions may come

i'm not telling a lie and right now i think. because we don't know if you ever get back. now we have to suffer a little aid from neighboring countries is slowly making its way to this island of 100000 people but the prime minister told al jazeera the road to recovery will be hard we can see we might dramatically decision how long it's going to last but this is a long haul we need to be in this condition before bob's or more but it's going to take much longer time to react and we do intend to reconstruct so far there were no reports of deaths or serious injuries from the multiple eruptions those that live close to the volcano were evacuated to scientists or signs of activity in 1000 know to an estimated 1600 people died during a violent a ruction those that remember the last eruption in 1989 and say this is worse if you looked up. there is this huge. in this.

deadly drug only once and now within minutes. it would just feel a change in the mood in the town the volcano sits on the northern part of the island away for most of the population but the threat to crops water supplies and the health of those still on the island is critical and vincent's prime minister says normal life doesn't exist and may not for some time and he gallica al-jazeera . the u.s. says it's going ahead with the sale of $23000000000.00 worth of weapons to the united arab emirates by the ministration confirm the deal includes advanced f. $35.00 aircraft and other equipment that's despite the president freezing the trump agreement one week into his tenure democrats overwhelmingly voted against it when it was 1st raised of affairs that would fuel the saudi led military campaign in

yemen. iran. in uranium to 60 percent purity from next week that would be the most significant breach of the 2015 nuclear deal in aspen for those accusations by tehran that israel sabotaged nuclear plant as a big reports. a united front iran and russia longtime allies both say they want u.s. sanctions against iran lifted talks between the remaining members of the 2015 nuclear deal iran china france germany russia and the united kingdom are set to resume in vienna on thursday but there was a warning from foreign minister zarif. we will talk in vienna to restore the rights of our people and in sanctions but these talks have a limited time europeans and americans opportunity to return to their commitments under the jail is very limited and if they lose this opportunity they will face

unfavorable conditions. russia called on all parties to return to the deal particularly because we understand our partners in tehran are ready to move forward immediately on this issue provided the u.s. takes the appropriate steps we support the ongoing negotiations in vienna and condemn any attempt to undermine these important talks an attack on iran's main nuclear facility in the city of attends on sunday that left it blacked out has increased tensions both inside and outside the country and are expected to affect the talks conservative politicians in iran never supported the 2015 nuclear deal in the 1st place many are now calling on president has undergone in any goshi actions following sunday's incident to ron's main nuclear facility this adds to the pressure for the negotiating team and set a time frame in the current government leaving office in august russia condemned what it said were attempts to undermine the negotiations the extent of the damage at the natanz nuclear facility is becoming more apparent at the event that happened

on sunday relating to an electricity grid destroyed a great deal of our enrichment capabilities several 1000 centrifuges are now out of service the government blamed israel for what it called sabotage and issued this warning i know we will retaliate for the attack on the towns at all levels at the proper time with similar magnitude we won't allow our enemies to reach their political objectives. iran says it will now enrich uranium to 60 percent that's 40 percent higher than it already is and around 56 percent higher than permitted in the nuclear deal but all eyes are on vienna with many sides hoping that despite the incident at natanz. it can still be a break big. there are. some africa's slow vaccine rollout has been further delayed health authorities have suspended the use of the only one being administered there the johnson and johnson job follows europe and the u.s.

american health authorities saying they're advising it be suspended as a precaution after 6 cases of blood clotting. affords. it was heralded as a big step forward out of the pandemic the johnson and johnson vaccine easier to administer just one shot and cheaper than the other approved vaccines but now federal authorities are urging health care providers to hold off on using it the reason of the 6800000 people who have received this vaccine 6 people have developed blood clots one died another is in critical condition critics say the federal response is an overreaction evolving from. a cause of this very rare or your usual out of 6.8 almost 7000000 rocks nations that's less than one in a 1000000. compared to how she's going to go that is 10 times lower you found where . in germany and 4 times. lower than where she found.

these type of blood clots show up in the unvaccinated population between $2.00 to $14.00 people per 1000000 in the united states every year but authorities here at the f.d.a. say it's the combination of this type of blood clot and low platelets that is raise the alarm because if doctors don't know to ask have you had the johnson and johnson vaccine they can give the wrong treatment and that can be fatal officials are urging people to keep an eye out for symptoms pay attention do you have symptoms headache you have shortness of breath chest discomfort do you have anything that resembles a neurological syndrome and obviously if you have something as serious as a seizure that's pretty clear but there is concern that this will only further increase vaccine hesitancy with more than a 3rd of people telling pollsters they will wait to take the shot or take it only

if it is required and many say they simply won't take it ever officials say they expect the delay to last just days and the biden ministration says it won't impact . their overall goal for how many shots are administered but what they uncover about this could have a huge impact on the rest of the globe as many countries are counting on this vaccine to get them past the pandemic pedicle hain al-jazeera silver spring maryland. to he has announced a partial closure for the 1st 2 weeks of ramadan after a record number of new cave in 1000 cases in a single day these restrictions include limiting public transport and into city travel as often on wednesday night time curfews will be extended large indoor gatherings are banned until the end of ramadan in a month. brazil's senate has agreed to launch a congressional inquiry into the government's handling of the pandemic that's the most severe political consequence yet for president jabil snow's approach to covert 19 he's repeatedly downplayed its impact and undermined restrictions imposed by

state governments the virus has killed more than 358000 people in brazil. argentina has also reported a record number of new cases more than 27000 hours millions struggling to put food on the table the government is reluctant to impose more restrictions treasurer of course for one of cyrus. food is a human right see this people in the center of what a sight is the government in argentina's capital to demand more government help to act as we separate us is poverty rates are on the rice and millions of people are struggling to survive. we understand the way out is with work in the we're in a complex situation but there are resources the government will have to choose whether to continue paying for foreign do it will take care of those people that can barely make ends meet the pandemic poses a major challenge for argentina the government is already assisting over $10000000.00 people with food and cash handouts but the economy has deteriorated

rapidly the country is struggling to paid for in debt and still every day around 20000 new infections are confirmed. there is an evening curfew here in the capital and access to public transport is limited but authorities are reluctant to declare another full lockdown like they did last year fearing the consequences that my come from closing the economy completely. there's no social margin to shut down everything there are lots of people that don't eat meat if they don't work the government has fewer tools than they did last year and that's why it's crucial the excluded the vaccination campaign they cannot focus only on restrictions because there is no support and there is need on the street even though argentina has one of the strongest public health care systems in latin america is t 2 sions and workers here are under stress they're rising factions and this past week most hospitals and one outsiders. have to be in some low pay for their already

crowded place since the other area north of hope but i demand there have been waiting for hours to go inside an emergency ward and daniel o'donnell is a construction worker and says he rushed to the hospital because he was feeling ill . my throat hurts my back hurts i have difficulty breathing i've been waiting for a while to see a doctor but experts say this is the beginning of a 2nd wave with a long winter ahead and scars resources are evaluating when is the best time to shut down. i just want to. buy names incumbent president has won a 2nd term in election law. early results show telling received 86 percent of the vote but according to official data only hauffe of eligible voters turned out opposition politicians boycotts of the poll many people are angry that broke his

promise to serve only one. exceptional pound the container ship that blocks the suez canal last month the ever given was stuck for nearly a week disrupting billions of dollars in global trade head of the so as the vessel would be released into its japanese settles a claim for compensation reported to be around $900000000.00. go with 0 these are our top stories india has announced another record daily high of corona virus cases almost 185001 of the hardest hit states is maharashtra which is introducing tough new restrictions on wednesday as a problem has more from new delhi a problem when stay in evening and the state of mind no one will be allowed to go out other than to go out for work or to get.