truth about how the climate debate has been systematically subverted the oil industry was a. war opposition campaign against the climate do you think that's a bad thing more choo-choo just wish you could see absolutely. 0. south africa suspends use of the johnson and johnson covert 19 vaccine over safety concerns. and there are more says al jazeera live from doha also coming up a delay in a u.s. troop withdrawal from afghanistan president biden is expected to announce a pullout by september the 11th. somalia's president mohammed up to lie he signs a law to extend his term going to years after his mandate and in february. and the

defense witness and direct evidence trial testifies the use of force against george floyd was justified. south africa's slow vaccine rollout has been further delayed health authorities have suspended use of the only one being administered the johnson and johnson job a pause follows advice by american health authorities after 6 cases of blood clots and were discovered out of almost 7000000 inoculations a casual link has not been proven and critics say the suspension is an overreaction given the rarity of the cloak plotting reports. india has announced another record daily high of new cases of covert 19 just short of 185000 registered in the

past day or on twice as many as brazil and the us the 2 other worst hit countries the epicenter has been in maharashtra where new restrictions are coming into effect in the western states includes financial capital mumbai and accounts for around a quarter of new infections there's a purana has more. from wednesday evening. to . other than to go out for work or essential supplies and only essential services will be open until the end of the month. because it has been the worst affected but over the past few weeks we have been seeing a similar situation which is struggling with the shortage of medical facilities beds shortage of health care because of oxygen supply we are starting to see that in other states including where local media is reporting long lines of. hospitals carrying patients waiting for. the official death toll not adding to the

number of bodies being carried out at hospitals and being cremated the similar situation and despite that. is continuing in the more than. 2.8000000 gathered there on monday and swam in the ganges river as is customary and already on wednesday we seeing hundreds of thousands of people continuing to do that this is despite the prime minister. saying that the current wave in india is because of people not following guidelines like social distancing like wearing masks but the festival has been allowed to take place and promised in that in the morning and other politicians themselves are still holding very large rallies with huge numbers of people no social distancing and very few mosques. the u.s.

will miss a deadline to pull its troops out of afghanistan by next month and said president joe biden is expected to make september the 11th a new days in the announcement wednesday mike hanna reports from washington. it's being america's longest running war u.s. troops were deployed in afghanistan 20 years ago following the attacks on september the 11th. now it will be set as a date by which the withdrawal will be concluded 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 the 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 is 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 kind of al-jazeera washington.

germany's offense minister says it will likely follow suit her move draw its troops from afghanistan germany has around 1300 forces on the ground and recently extends its mission by 10 months person had more than 9000 troops but since its mission ends in 2014 only $750.00 remain in a training and advisory role $36.00 countries are involved in total including italy and georgia which contribute more than $800.00 each. with the afghanistan affairs unit as the thing time based in the country is at the troop withdrawal must be done responsibly. and we've been seeing. within the american administration regardless of whoever is leading it which has been talking about regard from afghanistan so that was an expectation that something like that was coming up but amidst ongoing peace process it has created a sort of concern would be among those who are looking forward to a peaceful political settlement to the ongoing conflict so it was

a big offer george for those who were expecting the american stoop considered responsible of adrenaline as they call it and that means that the americans will make sure that there is an intra deal between the ones who are would in kabul side the government side and the ones who are fighting in the dollar man ranks it would hope that the americans would push for an interim government be before they would drop off now that we don't have a just off the table of course that's going to an impetus to the ongoing conflict where certain elements among the taliban ranks have been looking forward to an opportunity that they again topple the government and do go or horse it off in their government 3 share of power rather than sharing it with the others stop it or not it's going to act to the ongoing conflict adding more to the casualties and process of the afghans. among the fighting forces as well as

a look at communities where been bearing the brunt of the ongoing conflict i guess go back to our top story and south africa suspension of the johnson and johnson cave at 19 in fact seen over fares of blood clots and for me to miller is live for us and johannesburg for me what else are you saying about us. well so far the minister of ours william kizzy has said that to once that decision had come out by the f.d.a. it was something that was difficult to ignore but also the decision that south africa has made is one of as a precautionary one that then said so far they've used the johnson and johnson vaccine to vaccinate about $290000.00 health workers this is part of a clinical trial rather than a broader rollout that started a couple of months ago and south africa was expected to use that vaccine in a broader rollout from about may expecting to get about 30000000 doses from that pharmaceutical company the minister has said this is poor cautionary that he does

expect there to be some sort of resolution or greater clarity in the coming days and is quite hopeful that this isn't one that would lead to a permanent permanent suspension or south africa not using that vaccine from johnson and johnson what other vaccines are available in south africa. well as you know south africa suspended its use of astra zeneca in about january which was a blow to many south africans given that the government had been criticised for delaying a rollout to being slow to organize the vaccines that the country needed after astra zeneca was suspended south african government then was in talks with johnson and johnson as well as pfizer the government has said that between the 30000000 doses from johnson and johnson and 30000000 from pfizer it should be able to meet

that target of herd immunity in the financial year but we know that at the commencement of this for the rollout has been pushed back a number of times as i mentioned so far only health workers have been vaccinated so there is a certain they are number of questions around the confidence in the government's plan especially given the difficulties of africa's experiencing because of the more transmissible and ferocious strain that's been identified in south africa this is why that astra zeneca vaccine was put aside so these are the challenges south africa is facing and this potentially could be another blow but the health minister is saying that he's hoping that this won't be a permanent suspension ok brings the latest from johannesburg thanks very much for me the. president has extended his term in office for more for 2 more years president mohammed up the law he signed a bill into law despite opposition from some members of parliament his mandate

ended in february sparking protests and calls for him to step down presidential and parliamentary elections were due to take place this year the leaders of 5 semi autonomous states being unable to agree on how voting should be conducted catherine sorry joins us now live in nairobi and what's been the reaction to this announcement in somalia catherine. well the president signed to load this motion last night and this in itself is quite problematic because what's ideally supposed to happen according to the lowe is that once a motion is passed by the lower house it has to be forwarded to the upper house to the senate for approval or rejection and we already know from the speaker of the senate that the senate rejects any extension with the speaker saying that it is unconstitutional so a lot of people are going to come out and say what the president has done in itself is not legal there has been

a lot of reaction towards this things are moving very quickly we've had from a coalition of opposition presidential candidate and some leaders of the federal states particularly jubilant and point land who have also rejected any decision to extend the president's star move also. from key international donors to somalia the u.k. the u.s. and the e.u. all speaking in one tone with very harshly worded statements saying that if the president does not rescind this decision then it's not going to be business as usual they are talking about perhaps targeted sanctions on some individuals who are seen to be a stumbling block to the electoral process a very and sat in political times in somalia right now absolutely it really does seem to deepen the divisions that already exist in the country how does it risk.

absolutely it does deepen the divisions and a lot of people i've spoken to are saying that they are concerned about what is the impact this is going to have on the political stability in the country the security in the country and some people are telling me they're particularly concerned about the military which could divide itself along clan lines already we've had one military commander general mohamed mali who last night issued a statement saying that he has a very influential general let's start there and he has said that he is going to take over the airport and the port if the president does not. move him self from that hard line position and he has a lot of support from many soldiers so all very dangerous words and then on the other hand we have all shabaab. who may take advantage of this situation to ramp up that's attacks we've already seen a series of attacks in the last few months carried out by al shabaab worrying

situation developing catherine thanks for informations from nairobi. for head hair on al-jazeera another night of protests in miniseries around the shooting of a black man a police officer responsible has resigned. and dynamics are go back into lockdown and see the economy slump further or let cases keep rising. the island of yap in the west pacific and coming into the philippine sea this massive class is one to watch it's not developed into a named tropical cyclone it'll slowly strengthen but it's wandering around very slowly its eventual destination i think will be the philippines but not entirely

certain about the white house has taken most of the energy of the atmosphere from further south so for the eastern part of indonesia with largely shower free now it's not entirely issue further west sumatra and up to me and it's looking pretty wet and in fact much of southeast asia mainland is looking like that where is straight is read properly entered autumn now this is a cold front yes come up from the south from the bright is quite a windy wrong in south australia in particular there's potential for wind damage but the stronger winds and rather more commensurate with autumn are those that come across tasmania and victoria in the next day or so that's where the rain will be as well puff a few showers in the night and is warm westies warm out east the on shore breeze in queensland is just along shore ones are a few showers nic and and that's about it from new zealand a story a little bit different here and you might expect it to be the rain is going to come straight because of the wind direction on the west side of south island and of course it's cold enough for some snow but at the height.

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again you're watching al-jazeera has reminder of our top stories this hour south africa has suspended use of the only vaccine being administered by the johnson and johnson pools follows a recommendation by american health authorities after 6 cases of blood clotting were discovered. here's president joe biden is expected to announce a withdrawal of american troops from afghanistan by september 11th that would mean the u.s. will miss the may 1st deadline set by the trumpet ministration. and somalia's president mohammed up to like he has extended his time in office for 2 more years his mandate ran out in february sparking protests demanding he immediately step down but there's been no agreement about how to hold elections. the 1st day of defense testimony in the trial of derek show been included a former police officer who says shavings use of force was justified he's accused

of kneeling on george floyd's neck from more than 9 minutes during his arrest john hendren is in minneapolis. the state of minnesota rests thank you the defense opened its case by putting george floyd on trial turning the court's attention from former police officer derek children to the man he's accused of murder. on 'd 'd us the defense theory is that floyd died of heart trouble in a drug overdose to support that show vns 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 flame dr denbigh you are interacting with cracked no thank you for. the floyd family calls the attacks on him character assassination of a dead man police solve of killing us and we have been murdered at a rate that i. could imagine if the time. and that time is now

media you are ok sweep this under the rug anymore. and we will fight for justice put his family hoping to link the 2 arrests the defense then showed police body camera footage from the fateful day of may 25th to hill was in the car with floyd when police 1st arrived. much again 12 were spent on the defense's star witness of the day. george floyd's neck for 9 and a half minutes. thing wrong. in your opinion was this a use of deadly force it was not. i felt that the showbiz interactions of mr floyd were following his training. following current practices in policing

and were objective a reasonable prosecutor steve slicer pushed back noting children held floyd down long after he had not only stopped resisting but was apparently dead did you hear at 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 the session correct 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 than himself will take the stand john hendren al-jazeera minneapolis plays off as i fatally shot a black man in a minneapolis suburb the has resigned dante wright shooting has sparked protests in brooklyn center where the incident happened despite the offices resignation

demonstrators as well as on the streets again annoying alan fischer reports from brooklyn santa. i thought night of protest hundreds of people on the streets in brooklyn center their anger clear and draw as the clock ticked towards curfew time the police declared the gathering an unlawful assembly and pulled people to clear the street was allowed. to run. off with some of. 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 of. police chief kim porter a 26 year old veteran of the force was the officer who fired the fatal shot she

know faces possible month slaughter charges the family of george floyd took a break from the derek chauvin trial in minneapolis to offer support to the right family and it is just something i could not. then to many apple us minnesota. a suburb or. firmware this show will try recording george floor. were taken place there of a police officer. and. the police say the shooting was a tragic mistake that intended to kill a teenager but she drew her gun and state it's not the story the family is buying how many times in training over the course of 25 years has this officer pulled.

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 al-jazeera brooklyn center minnesota. 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 dail it includes involves f. 13 trains and other equipment despite the president for using the trump agreement one week into his tenure some across overwhelmingly voted against it when it was 1st raised of affairs it would feel the saudi led military campaign in yemen. south korea's president wants the international tribunal for the law of the sea to examine japan's decision to release water from its fukushima nuclear plant it plans

to dump a 1000000 tons of contaminated water into the sea from the facility which was damaged in an earthquake and tsunami 10 years ago to france as the water has been treated and does not pose any whisks but china and south korea have criticized the decision the prime minister of simonson's has told al jazeera violent volcanic activity on the caribbean island could go on for months huge eruptions of blank's of the country and are threatening water and food supplies 16000 people have been forced from their homes and gallacher reports. for decades less of free air remain dormant but late last week huge eruption sent gas and rocks spewing from its summit for the 50 kilometer this. is something 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 i know i think you know it because we don't know if you ever get back. now with the stuff for a look 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 really do tend 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 from most of the population for the threat to crops water supplies and the health of those still on the island is critical and vincents prime minister says normal life doesn't exist and may not for some time and to gallica al-jazeera . presell senate has agreed to launch a gresham inquiry into the government's handling of the pandemic is the most severe political consequence yet for president jebel snow's approach to cover 19 has repeatedly downplayed its impact and undermined distractions imposed by state governments play virus has killed more than 358000 people in brazil.

argentina has also reported a record number of new cases more than 27000 out of millions struggling to put food on the table the government is reluctant to impose more restrictions tradeable reports from. 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 said it 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 we 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 the rising factions in the past we won't talk we don't want to fight as i have to be in some cases they're already transferred places to other areas north of hope but i demand well because i've been

waiting for hours to go inside an emergency room 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. this is al jazeera these are our top stories south africa has suspended the use of any vaccine being administered by the johnson and johnson of course follows a similar decision in the u.s. after 6 cases of blood clotting were discovered critics say the suspensions are an

overreaction and another record daily high of coronavirus cases almost $185.00.