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in the world to surpass that number of. women in ethiopia region described how they have been forced into sexual slavery as the u.n. security council meets to discuss the humanitarian situation. you know it is states hits russia with a raft of new sanctions saying it's punishment for election interference on cyber attacks and in sport the tennis world number one has a day to forget now that jock image has been knocked down to monte carlo masters by britain's dan after. the former us police officer accused of killing george floyd says he will not testify in his own defense derek show even was seen in witness video kneeling on the black man's neck from all the 9 minutes during the deadly arrest servant told

the judge he take the 5th referring to the us constitutional rights against self incrimination. i have advised you and we have gone back and forth on the matter would be kind of an understatement right. but after the meeting. last night we had some further discussion. and have you made a decision today whether you intend to testify or whether you intend to invoke your 5th amendment privilege. privilege today. well before going on recess the prosecution medical expert dr martin tobin back on the stand he's previously testified that george floyd died because the flow oxygen levels the defense has finished calling witnesses setting the stage for closing arguments which will begin on monday let's go straight to our correspondent john hendren who

is in minneapolis john so the defense rested its case today took us through the highlights. one day 14 the testimony is all over and in 4 short days we will have closing arguments on monday and then it's up to the jury the fate of derek chauvinism in their hands today was a very brief but crucially important day one day after the prosecution rests the defense and the prosecution heard the rebuttal testimony of one medical witness this is a pulmonologist sort of a star witness for the prosecution he's the guy who initially said it was derrick children's need on the neck of george floyd that cut off his oxygen stopping his heart and eventually killing him well yesterday we had a witness in david fowler for the defense and his argument was that george floyd

died of a combination of things one of them might have even been the carbon monoxide coming out of the squad car that he was kneeling in front of this witness dispense with that said no we checked his blood the most there could have been of carbon monoxide in his system would have been 2 percent and that is within the normal range and the previous witness for the defense also had suggested that it's not clear that derrick chauvinists need really cut off that windpipe and narrowed it and this witness dispense with that as well very quick testimony and then it was over but the big moment of the day was when derek show over and see. stood there and said that he was going to invoke his 5th amendment right under the u.s. constitution not to incriminate himself every defendant has that right but it's always a risky decision if you put a guy on the stand who might unravel that's going to be bad also it offers that if the prosecution the opportunity to cross-examine him they could have asked

him about a number of things including multiple prior accusations of excessive force and also why he didn't render medical aid to george floyd long after he stopped having a pulse the defense cited were not going to do this and make this man vulnerable they believe it seems that they've got enough evidence to suggest that there is a reasonable doubt that it was direct shows when they killed george floyd and they have alternative theories we'll hear all of that in the closing arguments on monday many thanks for that john hendren for us in minneapolis outside that courthouse we can now talk to simon. he is an assistant professor of history and african-american studies at the university of iowa joining us now for madison many thanks for speaking to us simon were you surprised that derrick shaven would not take the stand could it have helped his case to give his side as to why he did what he did. i don't think that there is really much of

a surprise i mean i don't i mean we've all seen the video and we all saw there actually been you know presumably killed george floyd to me that video speaks for itself and so i don't know precisely what direction of and would have would have had to gain proof from the fight what did you think of the defense case overall which they laid out in under 3 days after the prosecution took about 2 weeks do you think they have done enough to prove reasonable doubt. i think that's a really tricky question to answer and solely because of the various protections the police officers have in the united states when it comes to their use of oftentimes lethal force. i don't think that it was a particularly effective case at least in my eye and some mean i think that the prosecution spent a lot of time putting together the case you know all this eyewitness testimony and then the defense came in with a lot of. testimony that i think was pretty problematic in some ways traffic and

pretty racist stereotypes in terms of talking about you know george floyd is as perhaps prob you know posing a threat to derrick showman because you know he was on drugs and therefore you know quote unquote perhaps super human strength which is you know sort of an old racist trope and so i think that there is. i think that the question of whether i find the defense case compelling is a different one than whether a jury would find it compelling solely because of the powers invested and police officers not want the defense the defense actually does have history on this side because we've never actually seen a police officer convicted of killing an african-american in in the state of minnesota halfway. not to my knowledge no i mean in the end that speaks to sort of a larger you know trend in history that's not the pacifica minnesota either i mean that it's actually incredibly incredibly rare for someone to even be in their children shoes in the sense of being an officer who killed

a person and was even convicted of a crime or party even if you can you know brought to trial let alone convicted right so you know so a conviction would be historic in that particular sense not just with that in minnesota but you know for the for the country as a whole how significant is it how this case concludes when we look at how policing and justice is handled in the u.s. going forward. i think that it's important it's significant and in a couple of very specific ways it's significant for the family of mr floyd who if they are hoping for a conviction and feel that it will bring them peace i hope that that that comes for them and it significant obviously for eric showed who's you know stands to spend significant time you know in prison if he's found guilty but in terms of the larger dynamics of what this means for policing the united states i think actually the answer is that doesn't mean much at all you know we actually saw even the police officers who testified on the prosecutions that half were not really calling into

question the general violence and systemic racism that's imbedded within the system of policing they were basically saying that they're actually going took that violence too far right that he committed you know that he was guilty essentially of violating you know technicalities of the police's use of force protocols rather than saying well maybe it's not actually acceptable for police officers to kneel on anyone's neck ever and so i think that you know when we're thinking about what this means for policing in a general sense i'm sort of disappointed to tell people that i don't think actually we should take too much away from it in that sort of larger scope sonnen really interesting to get your thoughts simon an assistant professor of history and african-american studies at the university of iowa thank you and us policewoman hey fatally shot a young black man not far from where the trial is going on is expected to pay in

court later on this day 20 year old don't pay rights was soft on sunday after being stopped by police for a traffic violation officer came pasta has been charged with manslaughter and released on bail a day off that she turned in have botched the death has set off several nights of on rest police say pasta salt don't say right accidentally having mistakenly drawn her gum instead of her taste. well don't terrorize family happened giving a news conference in the last half hour or so is all it's made an emotional plea for her nephew. yankee to difference this is a case that this is a game. but no one if you were killed with a bit of good law these 2 are hurt.

hard my blood has been with you and all we please is keep it nice name it please help us to go here and get something done on a conviction something. francis coronavirus death toll has the past 100000 becoming the 8th country in the world to reach that number it will put more pressure on president in money government which has been struggling to contain the resurgent outbreak 1st with localized lockdowns now with a national one francaise recorded more than 5000000 cases of beginning of the pandemic let's go straight to our correspondent. who is in paris and natasha what is the reaction ben in france to these figures such grim numbers.

as most people in france very saddened indeed to learn that 100000 people have died of covert 19 in the country since the pandemic began more than a year ago now it is a very grim milestone it is a very sad time for many people indeed we saw a tweet from the french president emmanuel my craw he said that the people who have died will not be forgotten he said that they are parents they are children they are siblings and that the french government also made it clear that they might organize a commemoration in memory of the victims all there was a shape that would take we don't know yet it is particularly poignant because it comes at a time in which france is still really thoroughly in battling a 3rd wave of coronavirus we've seen and i see used across the country nearly saturated the daily infection rates are still extremely high health workers say

they are exhausted and they say that the peak is still yet to come and that we could be in this health crisis for many weeks to come natasha so france in lockdown now how extensive is that lockdown and do we know how long it may last. well the french president emmanuel micro imposed to the lockdown at the beginning of april so it means that non-essential shops are closed and schools are also close they are due to reopen in a week or 2 but we haven't yet had confirmation of that and not cross said that he wanted to start lifting some restrictions in the middle of may now that is just over a month away now and he has convened his ministers to try and come up with a strategy or a plan by which this could happen so we could see for example bars and restaurants open it is clear that what the french government want to do is try and support and

boy the economy that has been so battered by the pandemic they also know that many people are simply fed up of living with these restrictions but want to hear from health experts and from doctors as that sort of timeframe is simply impossible they say p cause the daily coronavirus infections are still so high in france because so many people are still dying they are warning the government not to lift restrictions too soon even though the government has accelerated the vaccine rollout in france it's still only about one in 10 adults has received a 1st dose and that is nowhere near enough for so-called herd immunity so health folks were experts only warning against lifting those restrictions too fast but the government for the time being certainly seemed to say that they are on track to try and lift some mid may natasha but they're there for us in paris many thanks.

and to more ahead on the knees out including there is no military solution to the conflict that remains here. the u.s. secretary of state pays a surprise visit to afghanistan after president biden announces the final drawdown of troops that plots our was our a huge blast rips through a bike that summer. and in sports russia may be banned from the take your games but that hasn't stopped the country making a limping kids parents employees. health officials in ethiopia's take away region have accused ethiopian troops and their allies of forcing women into sexual slavery if european president had ordered an offensive in the region last year

a warning to some of us you may find this woman's story and saying his report distressing. her 2 children waiting for her to come home with food when she was pulled off a bus in ethiopia is too great a region to be gang raped and beaten by $23.00 soldiers over the course of 11 days the incident happened in february in the city of a digger out. she recalls what one of the men 1st said. he said to me listen to me you go where we tell you to go otherwise we will blast your belly out with this knife we don't want to waste any of the bullets we will cut your throat with this knife then i screamed out villagers found her unconscious and bleeding she had a broken leg and severe internal injuries at the hospital doctors removed blood soaked items including nails that soldiers forced into her body after she was raped evidence of the kind of crime that is becoming more common in this conflict. did

its own weight. going to get facility. is being efficient and so they're courageous enough to come to the cities and these are people who are close to the cities majority of. people are living in the area and so i would assume that the number of cities that people say to graze top public health official said women are being used as sexual slaves the 27 year old is one of hundreds who have accused ethiopian and allied eritrean soldiers of horrific acts of sexual violence well i think it is without is that in the whole i have spent a month in this hospital i'm receiving treatment my legs do not to me they are broken my back is broken let alone moving i can't even get up i cannot control my hearing

there is a mix if you are in and blood coming out if me the enemy has destroyed my life. if the o.p.'s prime minister abi ahmed has acknowledged incidents of rape and said perpetrators will be brought to justice but if european and eritrean leaders have also accused activists from the tigre a people's liberation front who they've been fighting since november of faking rape cases as a propaganda tool this despite their own health officials confirming hundreds of cases survivors describing similar incidents and showing injuries consistent with rape still recovering in hospital she spoke of another kind of pain the soldiers had taken her phone and she had no way of speaking to her 4 year old son and 6 year old daughter when she left them with their grandmother to search for food they only had enough bread to last less than a week zain bus ravi others here. well the security council has been

holding a meeting about the humanitarian situation into grey less diplomatic editor james bays at the u.n. headquarters james what have we had from them while you've just seen such a disturbing report about what's going on in t. gray the situation on the ground relayed to the security council in the last couple of hours by marlo cock who is the senior humanitarian official of the united nations it was a closed door meeting but al-jazeera has spoken to diplomats and we know exactly what mr low cox said to the security council and it contradicts much of what the government has been saying in public he says the humanitarian situation is deteriorating he says the conflicts not over and things are not improving and he goes on to report what you've just seen that targeted violence mass killings execution as well as systematic rape gang rape and sexual violence taking place in tikrit province remember the ethiopian government said the eritrean troops were

being withdrawn but mr lowcock told the security council i must say neither the us nor any of the humanitarian agencies we work with have seen proof of an eritrean withdrawal he says there are even some reports that the eritreans and now wearing ethiopian defense force uniforms remember the ethiopian or thor it is so the humanitarian situation is improving not so cording to mr local to the security council he says the vast majority of tikrit is completely or partially inaccessible and he says out of a population of 6000004500000 needs humanitarian assistance they are not getting that humanitarian assistance so a really grim picture what is the u.n. going to do about it i put that to the spokes person for the u.n. secretary general. what should be done one is increase humanitarian humanitarian access to see real movements on it human rights

investigations given the horrific reports we're seeing from our own people sometimes even from the ethiopian government's own people and a real we conciliation. within the different groups in tikrit it is now almost 6 months since the start of the theo pin military operation and it is worth noting that although the security council here is lots of these statements always behind closed doors they're not had a public meeting on the issue they have said absolutely nothing we haven't been able to agree any sort of statement on the situation in tikrit i'm told behind the scenes there may be another push an effort to try to grease some words but nearly 6 months so far and no public statement from the security council thankee james base at the u.n. headquarters the u.n. envoy for yemen has warned of dangerous signs of escalation in the ongoing conflict

martin griffiths was speaking during a virtual meeting of the un security council it has yemen's warring parties to accept a proposed peace plan. to give progress towards a peaceful settlement back to the continued violence on the ground as i know we will hear from our or more concerning marriage as we have endlessly discussed in this council prevent the major center of gravity in this project it is true today as it was last year through those many mass the parking in maryland. it is we see this fight in the fall and spring and fall and it's very dangerous lives of escalating once again. the united states has announced new sanctions against russia the white house says they're in response to election

interference and cyber attacks directed by the kremlin the measures include why the restrictions on u.s. banks trading in russian debts and the expulsion of 10 diplomats in brussels nato announced it supports any u.s. actions to respond to russia's destabilizing activities russia's foreign ministry says a response to the sanctions is inevitable at some in the u.s. ambassador in moscow. correspondent kelly hellcat has more from washington d.c. . so there is an additional 2 more sanctions that have been announced targeting 30 russian entities and individuals and also targeting the tax firms that support russian intelligence now the timing of all of this is significant because you'll recall it's only been a matter of days since joe biden held a phone call with vladimir putin where the to discuss the ongoing challenges to the united states russia relationship and both pledging that they wanted to move

forward and work through some of those differences so it is surprising to see these sanctions so quickly after that call but the reason the united states says that it's doing this is in retaliation for the attack on the source solar winds hack as it's called penetration by the russians allegedly on a number of u.s. government agencies and their computer systems also for the ongoing occupation of crimea by russia and as well for the alleged bounties that were paid on u.s. soldiers heads for their fighting in afghanistan no again russia denies all of these charges being leveled by the united states one more i should point out that is election meddling and add that to the list but again the reason for all of this is that the united states says that it will always defend its interests. let's hear from ben smith who is in moscow with more. the u.s.

has a long list of complaints against russia from interference in presidential elections cyber hacking the bullying of ukraine the jailing of opposition politician alexina valmy to other what it calls malign acts russia course denies any meddling in the foreign ministry spokeswoman maria saw her over says the sanctions contradict president biden's phone call to write him a putin on tuesday night when he called for a desire to normalize times she says this aggressive behavior will receive a decisive rebuff now russia's ruble recovered the losses it had suffered before the announcement of the sanctions a suggestion that particular those sanctions targeting russia sovereign debt market might not have the economic impact 1st the u.s. ambassador to moscow has been summoned to the foreign ministry america's top diplomat has in afghanistan to reassure the government of washington's continued

support despite a full withdrawal of u.s. nato troops starting next month next year state antony blinken made an unscheduled visit to kabul he met president ashraf ghani and chief executive of philip villa lincoln says they'll be a new push for diplomacy but it's time for u.s. troops to return he also had a message for the taliban who've been demanding an immediate withdrawal of all foreign troops the only path forward to a durable lasting and just end of the conflict is through negotiation is through a political agreement and ultimately is through through compromise. and i. hope that. the taliban understands that as well if. if as our forces are. withdrawing. the taliban were to attack

them it would be met with a very forceful response even though lincoln's visit was meant to bolster support for the afghan government they are real concerns about the country heading towards a civil war from kabul his failure comes to 40 this announcement is something that everybody here has been waiting for and it's something that had been sinking in that u.s. and foreign troops are leaving afghanistan but it has what has been really stunning here is the way that this is happening that this was supposed to be a conditions based withdrawal and now here there is the sense that the americans are leaving regardless of the situation on the ground and the situation on the ground is really dire this is a war where dozens are being killed and injured any day and there's a lot of talk going on lately that without a peace deal between the government and the taliban in place of the foreign forces leave the country could plunge into chaos into civil war and even the government

could even collapse now we heard even from secretary blinken and from president biden last night that the united states is still committed to this country yet here there's a lot of a worry and concern as to what this commitment will be we shouldn't forget that nato mission here is still responsible for training advising and assisting foreign forces and there is all this questions how will that continue to happen once there are no boots on the ground how will they continue to do that the afghan security forces have been conducting over 95 percent of all military operations in the country but they are still heavily relying on u.s. air force and of those those trainers that are training them how to do the combat operations. greece's foreign minister has held a press conference with his turkish counterparts in an crow with hopes to improve

relations nicole steady das expressed support for thai of his bid to join the european union but warned that any violation of greece's sovereignty would be sanctioned his comments prompted an angry response from. who described them as unacceptable and as a fast visit to turkey by a great foreign minister in more than 2 years still ahead on al-jazeera our police misconduct in the u.s. has put a spotlight on how officers a trained. counsellor in gaza the wads have already lost 2 children now 11 year old karim is suffering and he can't get the treatment it's. in sport the baseball pitchers celebrating in a perfect game for the chicago white sox bars with bad stories.

now after a fairly quiet weather throughout the arabian peninsula the showers picking up again which means it'll be not as humid in catarrh as an example there be a bit more dust in the air brought down towards the u.a.e. the fanned out into the empty quarter of saudi and showers seem like is the wind cold around the high ground in western side and the lower ground actually they might even reach riyadh next day or so otherwise the sun is blazing hot and things are warming up particularly in the event look at jerusalem's forecast for 31 does that seem unusual to you you probably should put this color background on overseas pretty woman everywhere oranges and reds but in particular in jerusalem you should be saying about $22.00 by days or well about that the record is $35.00 you might get close to that by sunday yes it's only april and already it's pretty hot that things than elsewhere are relatively quiet the shamar dies down by the end of sunday it was 232 degrees in doha the seasonal right in africa has moved north

allowing the sun to do its work here today now we're going to autumn here but this red line that takes you through zimbabwe probably down towards southern and go down the maybe a few some record high temperatures and that warms will reach cape time in the next few days. in pakistan's largest city climate change and water shortages and driving some residents to desperate measures it's 101 east meet the water is of corruption on you know just the raw. join africa's largest trade and investment fair in rwanda enter african trade to give me access to more than 1100 exhibitors 10000 visitors and buyers and more than 5000 conference delegates from more than 55 countries participate in trade and investment deals with $40000000000.00 u.s. dollars as business and government come together to explore business and networking

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defense derek chauvinist accused of murdering floyd by kneeling on his neck for over 9 minutes. francis coronavirus death toll has surpassed 100000 becoming the 8th country in the world to reach that number it will put more pressure on president emmanuel government which has been struggling to contain the resurgent outbreak. the white house has announced new sanctions on russia the u.s. is accusing the kremlin of election interference actions against dissidents and cyber attacks is also expelled 10 people from the diplomatic mission in washington . top top story the case off a case of apparent police misconduct in the u.s. as press spotlight on how office as a trained some chronology experts say the militarization of law enforcement is one of the causes of place and it's time for a major reforms reports you. know this video shows los

angeles police manhandling and tone austin and they assumed it was a criminal suspect when they saw him taking out the trash outside his home it's like. austin who is black has sued the police alleging racial profiling the suspect the police were actually looking for was white get out the car out virginia policeman joe gutierrez was fired for pepper spraying and threatening an unarmed black motorist army officer carol mazhar iau in this incident late last year this ario is also suing his attorney says he feared he would be killed. jaunty wright was killed when minnesota officer kim potter shot him during a traffic stop police say she meant to fire her taser but mistakenly used her handgun instead pata resigned on tuesday in the u.s. police training is a patchwork with 700000 officers in 18500 separate police departments

there are no national training standards police training is often based on military training models soldiers have one job they have and of but police do not have that are nice they have communities and so we have we tend to have one or militarized police and the police trying to kind of look like military training congressional house democrats have passed the george floyd justice in policing act which would allow federal authorities to. to gate police departments for a pattern of discrimination require police training about racial profiling and limit police immunity from civil lawsuits in cases of alleged brutality or abuse the act has not yet passed the senate recently the state of maryland's legislature passed a sweeping police reform bill with more stringent standards on use of force and

criminal penalties for police who break them the following large nationwide protests after the death of george floyd last year at least 20 major cities have cut police budgets and transferred funds to other community services but experts say without a fundamental shift in training unnecessary deaths and trauma at the hands of police will continue we're teaching officers that the community are their enemies and. as long as they are frightened and as long as they. as long as they are thinking that the world is trying to kill them this is the way they're going to act calls for a major shift in police training and the warrior mindset robert oulds al-jazeera los angeles. mary frances berry professor of american thought and history at the university of pennsylvania she says ending qualified police

a menacing escape. the defense believes they are going to win the case and they didn't want to take the risk of having him put on and while it may seem to observers with all the evidence that they have seen all those videos and all the testimony. that should be convicted the 2 and mrs yesterday have testified in police case after police abuse case and usually their side has won because yasser and his get enough so they have every reason to believe that they have now. subverted the prosecution testimony and that they can find one with one juror who will in fact disagree no matter what anybody says and that this guy will get off to i wanted to say though that training is important but the most the key thing in all of this police reform effort is qualified immunity as long as police

officers themselves have no risk when they kill people in the civil cases and they don't get convicted in the criminal cases nothing will happen and the militarization started after the riots in the 1960 s. after martin luther king was killed that's when it started and police still believe that they are the controllers and enemies of certain kinds of people in communities and these cases are important and the shaaban case is important because we will find out whether or not this deal that they have still prevails. now from the pandemic to america's racial reckoning 2020 has been nothing short of historic and photographers and storytellers from around the world have been on the front line documenting the unprecedented events of last year now the world press photo contest is rewarding visual storytellers the sum of their iconic images this

photograph from brazil's care home by mads nielsen was selected photo of the year. we've just gone right past it a baby by a 10 year fussy longer documenting love story set against the backdrop of the israeli palestinian conflict was awarded photo story of the year we can now speak to one of the winners mads nielsen who is in copenhagen you won world press photo of the year what does it mean to you to have won that title i mean it's been such a significant the significant time in history so to receive the prize in this year's specifically it's an amazing on or it's it's amazing to be able to write or or comment and you like over all of human history together. and i think this is big

to really trying to pay tribute and respect to to the millions of victims of the of the cockpit crisis. we're just looking at your photo now describe to us exactly what we're seeing. so it is a care center the care home in in outside of some polo and you see a nurse at the piano embracing the re woman coach or osa and who is 85 years old and or also has been isolated in this care home for 5 months and without basically any in the in the physical contact except for the most necessary so it's the 1st time in 5 months or so you can actually embrace another person. and that's what you that's what you're seeing here and so to me it's a story that in the moment of crisis that you don't only need britain or the you know the most necessary but also you need something as human as

a hawk it is it is a stunning photo and it's interesting because it of course has killed over 3000000 people. in the last year or so and it's natural to associate it with death and sickness yet in this picture you focus on love why did you think like that what what what was your process. it do finger i also photograph the cemeteries the hospitals the ambulances in personal that because the show is one of the countries that it's been mostly affected by this crisis very much due to the president also not who's been an electron it from the very beginning so those images are important however i also think these images that is bringing in a bit more hope and that maybe it's you know is kind of showing the other side of it or maybe showing now we are out of it i think with an image that consume you

compassion hope solidarity to me a way out of this crisis it at least it's it might be a path and that's also what i wanted to with there's a mix of that yes we are and tremendous of crisis but there's also a way out of it and that is by. protecting one another protecting the people we love protecting other people and standing together as a photographer your life is bound to get into twined with your subjects how does that end up impacting you as a person. well you know it's i'm not going to complain i mean people been suffering so much for out this crisis losing their jobs their homes the loved ones. of course you know photographing these things it's it's hard you know it's basically for for example for like myself who like this you use my emotions i have this idea that it cannot feel myself if i'm not in touch with my own emotions

then i cannot. get in touch with other people's emotions and that show in the pictures and basically you know i need to be in touch and i need to be open to other people's emotions for the people for the viewers to react and so emotionally it's it can be rather exhausting all basically but then again no you know almost feel old to talk about that when one documenting a crisis that is has been so devastating for so many people especially in a country like brazil matt wonderful as he will be the picture sorry i need to go. find they want sorry. so the people in the picture i just had a contact with the today and they're very happy about the picture that won the prize and they were both doing fine right now that's wonderful to hear and wonderful to hear from you congratulations again mads nissen talking to us there

from copenhagen he's one world press photo of the here for that photograph that we've been looking at that hug that woman. who has not had any human contact fair least 5 months at least one person has been killed by a car bomb in baghdad the explosive went off in a market in the saddest city district in the capital 17 people simona faulting has moved from baghdad. this is the market. where the explosion took place we understand that there was a car parked by the roadside which was rigged in a bomb and when it exploded it resulted in several casualties now this is the 2nd time there is a deadly bombing in the capital this year the last one happened in january claiming dozens of lives and that attack was claimed by the group's territorial defeat in 27 has been

a few small number of attacks here in the capital that have enjoyed relative stability but there is a concern here that such attacks may increase as iraq approaches elections in october and there is also a warning from security forces last week ahead of the fasting month of ramadan which became began to speak because this is a time when we usually see an increase in suicide bombings by isis targeting densely populated shia areas like this market we have the objective to claim as many lives as possible india has counted more than 200000 new coronavirus infections over 24 hours its highest daily tally yet it's now the 2nd worst affected country in the world by total cases the worst by daily infections per capita is still far behind other nations yet the outbreak has been getting worse by the day for weeks and several states say their health systems are overwhelmed

thailand is considering new restrictions off reporting a record 1500 infections in one day the outbreak has been linked to nightclubs and bars in bangkok and the department of disease control says it appears to have spread beyond it could delay the government's plans to reopen the country to tourists scott hide the reports from bangkok. the government is getting a lot of criticism you know before they were being heralded for their ability to contain the virus but what the criticism is focusing on right now is is the vaccine program less than one half of one percent of the 69000000 people here in thailand have been vaccinated so a lot of the critics are saying a lot of the criticism is coming from the opposition parties in the government is saying that they should have really not waited to rollout the vaccine program there the opposition is saying that mainly they were doing that they the government the leaders of the government were doing that because they were kind of resting on their laurels because they were able to contain the virus like they have over the

last several months now moving forward obviously they're trying to do everything they can we're going to hear from the cove a task force that's led by the prime minister pay a penalty on friday to see if there are going to be further restrictions put into place right now each province has the ability to restrict people coming in or to have them tested or to have them go into quarantine such done kind of a difference in different parts of the country right now we're seeing the spike that started really here at a nightclub in bangkok spread really quickly across the country part of the reason for that were just coming to the end of the some kron new year holiday here so a lot of people traveled again the government getting criticism because the spike really kind of started before people started traveling but they didn't put any restrictions on then all eyes on tomorrow if they're going to be more restrictions more specifically what's going to happen next week when everybody comes back from their holiday. around the well the pandemic has made it more difficult for people to receive health care and the gaza strip patients needing specialized treatment

already have to limit set options and now there's no guarantee israel will allow them to leave the treatment that's a good name says one family's struggle the. cancer has waged a war on the awad family 1st it took their daughter ran up then their son mohammed and now it's returned were 11 year old karim the boy had a bone marrow transplant at a hospital in jerusalem and requires specialized follow up treatment unavailable in gaza however his father has been denied a medical permit to accompany him into israel he says no explanation has been given and there was no one else to escort his son. i want my father to come with me because he knows his way around israel unlike my mom my mom has become tired. from the trauma of losing 2 children has shattered

karim's mother psychologically so the task of ensuring karim gets the medical care he needs now falls solely on his father. in a similar norman cousins i'm sad and frustrated not for myself before my son i'm worried about him and concerned about how to continue getting treatment for him the only solution is to continue treatment at the same hospital and the world health organization says through september of last year there was a 90 percent decline in applications for medical permits by palestinians seeking treatment in israel or abroad in gaza almost 30 percent of the application submitted were rejected to the israeli military tells al-jazeera throughout the pandemic it is allowed entry to palestinians in the gaza strip in need of quote life saving treatments and it works tirelessly to provide a medical risp. ods for humanitarian patients. there are 2 cancer centers in gaza

to treat its population of more than $2000000.00 people they lack basic treatment such as radiation therapy each and give it time we are using a lot of voice that we we are in need of i had it out edition since that i got in gaza because i just i'm going to gaza it would. be with the suffering of more than 60 percent of my visions and water going outside of us. karim's father is really applying for a medical permit to take his son for treatment in israel after the deaths of his other 2 children he is painfully aware that access to quality cancer care may still not be enough natasha l. dizzier a gaza. still ahead on al-jazeera. in sports find out what's got him so i want to set that story coming up after the break.

it's time for his fire thank you so much milan tennis world number one novak john fridge has been knocked out of the monte carlo masters was beaten in straight sets by britain's dan evans in the 3rd round is the biggest when the evidence is clear by some distance jock which had been playing at his 1st tournaments since winning the australian open title back in february. he says being brutally one of the worst matches and performances from my side i can recall in the last years i don't want to take anything away from his win but from my side i just felt awful on the court

overall just nothing worked and it's one of those days world number 3 rafa nadal ease through his match against 14th save grigor dimitrov the spaniard took just 55 minutes to dispatch his opponent to take it very well the 34 year old who was aiming for a record extending 12th at monte carlo title is through to the final 8. the founding champion fabio fognini made light work of his opponent serbian opponent feel no bitch the italian is through to the quarter finals have just sealing a straight sat 6276 with. realm of dread and manchester city of complete of the line up for the semifinals of the european champions league city were 42 aggregate winners against rossi endorsement of germany and a nail draw against liverpool was enough for real to progress 31 on aggregate they

haven't maybe been the liverpool last season when they were champion but still she has a really strong side and. yet to intreat one of the home and you know those who could do so. so yeah i think it's always hard to bias against liverpool and it would go for the boost notice to try to recover well. 13 time champions raul will take on chelsea in the semi's a city are up against last season's runners up paris and your man he is g.b. bar in munich in their quarterfinal it's the 1st time ordeal has reached the last 4 as city manager. and city have never won europe's top competition before football writer chris williams says success in this tournament is how war deal is time that city will be judged. very probably all of spoke going is the start of the season maybe been the back end of last season but if he doesn't win the champions league how much of the city he may be regarded a failure now i think that was a bit tongue in cheek from the old of but there is

a little bit of truth to it because they've steamrollered the premier league this season i think they were off form last season which is by liverpool were able to run away with it because they were in tremendous form those 2 teams have been better than the out but manchester city of one pretty much everything they can in the game win the domestic english trouble the only thing that saluted them is the champions league trophy i think until they win it they'll be regarded as just another side in europe or be a very good one to take that next step like chelsea did a few years ago they need to win the champions league trophy and this season should be or could be that season if they get it right in the semifinal they're going to come up against for me the best team left in the competition last season's beaten finalists who got massive point to prove that we know they are the biggest team in europe despite their lack of european success for the last few years and it's your party to notice taken them to that next level but thomas to call it started and got them towards where he's come in refined the way refine their tactics a bit and back to neymar look almost unstoppable they now i think i've got that

champions league trophy in their sights they all saw it last season and i think they wanted desperately this season. and as united's manager has been dealing with an unusual problem caused by games being played in empty stadiums all again are sol sure has changed the colors the banners covering the seats at united's home ground in an effort to improve their results there is now less red and more black so his team's red shirts don't blend into the back but it shouldn't be any reasons really . similar play is mentioned you know that split 2nd decision that you have to make look over your shoulder if your team mates there renault and the red chute is on the red backgrounds just with the red seats. so we of course try to change that. tokyo the olympic organizers have hit back at claims the games could still be counseled to officials in japan's ruling party said

a surgeon cohen $1000.00 and factions may result in the olympics either being called off or taking place without founds organizers say they remain fully focused on hosting a successful event or despite officially being banned from the limp exhibit has been showing off the kids it's accolades aware in tokyo there's no national flag on the outfits with the logo of the russian olympic committee being used instead a country is banned from major international than student owing offenses russian athletes who pass anti doping tests can take part. and baseball pitcher carlos rawdon has put in a career best performance for the chicago white sox pattern then and any against cleveland indians cost him the chance of a perfect game arriving did become only the 20th white sox player in franchise history to throw no hitter and his team's 8 to 0 victory. i am that is all your sport for now back to you. and that's it for me for this news

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