witness presents after circus on just that faceless shellfish is still must go on. if you want to help save the world. sneeze and euro. and italian judge orders the former interior minister material salvia need to stand trial for stranding a group of migrants at sea in 2019. hergé and i have my here's an ad this is al jazeera life and also coming up 3000000 people have now died from covert 19 and the number of infections is rising as countries deal with vaccination setbacks. iran makes the rare move of identifying

the man it wants arrested sin connection with last sunday's explosion at its natanz nuclear sites. with the elite. and britain's prince philip his better final farewell by his widow queen elizabeth and a restricted handful of royal family members. and italian judge has ordered former interior minister and deputy prime minister material salvini to stand trial the right wing league party these are has been charged with kidnapping in a case involving a ship that was carrying refugees and migrants in 2019 or a challenge says in london. the actually being 2 very similar legal cases the.

has been broiled in and they are both of them links to 2 separate incidents where ships that try to dock. on the italian coastline with migrants on board that are being rescued at sea were prevented from doing so by the italian government at the time and one of them was called the n.-g. o. stories are operated by spanish ngo the ship was called the open hands and the other one was a italian coast guard vessel called the gregor se both of these ships were basically kept off the coast of italy over the space of a month or so the open hands was in july 2019 and the greater it was in august 2090 now these legal cases have basically been brought against selvi any to try to work out whether there should be 2 separate trials for the charge of kidnapping

that he could be held responsible for the illegal kidnapping of these migrants on board these vessels now one of them the open hands has now been referred to trial the other one is still ongoing last week a prosecutor said that it shouldn't go to trial and a judge will decide on that in a few weeks time. the more than 3000000 people have now died of covert 1000 worldwide that figure compiled by johns hopkins university is so rising quickly with deepening crises in countries like india brazil and france the true numbers almost sarrasin a significantly higher many cases were overlooked in the early stages of the 8 break government miscounting and possible concealments also faxes and more vaccination campaigns are quickly walling out in some countries most are suffering

repeated setbacks rare but strangers blood coursing has also been links to vaccines well so i think it is fast becoming the global epicenter the region's most populous nation india has registered nearly 235000 cases in the past day yes another daily records priyanka gupta reports. 2 on the outskirts of new delhi's ancient walled city a young man buries his father. a few meters away a steady stream of mourners carry bodies of their loved ones in the capital's largest graveyard for muslims it's now on most full families speak of their anger and despair as a day to keep piling up in the city's mortuaries. people are being made to run around but they're not letting anyone meet patients people are desperate even for drinking water over there doctors are not meeting the patients they are keeping

their distance and if someone's oxygen finishes and that person is simply lying there an attendant. you delhi has imposed a week in curfew and there are restrictions in one of india's most populous states my russia to slow infection rates in the worst hit regions but reports of shortages of hospital beds medicine and oxygen have led to more fears or i'm very very. scared the situation is terrifying if i wasn't an essential worker i wouldn't have left my house at all no one should go out but this new social distancing here pulling boots in some of the most politically charged regional elections prompt. what can we do unless people try to protect themselves how much can we do that's why i stood behind the line thinking i would try to manage and control the crowd but nobody listened. some are blaming petitions for holding large election rallies . on one hand over 1000 cases arising and leaders are doing rallies where they and

their supporters are not even wearing masks this is something to think about how people vote if they're not allowed to do it. for days hundreds of thousands of hindus have been gathering at camilla and important religious festival increasing concerns of more infections now prime minister in the movie is urging worshippers to keep the festival symbolic amid criticism of the government's handling of the operate there calls to scale up vaccinations and impose tougher restrictions the for a 2nd wave of the virus in the world's 2nd worst affected nation gets even worse. they're on says it has identified the suspect behind an attack on one of its nuclear facilities states is reporting the man fled the country before the attack on the tons plants on sunday to her blames israel for the operation calling it an act of nuclear terrorism as

a big has more from to her on. we understand it's a 43 year old reza karim e who who is allegedly behind the sabotage at the natanz nuclear facility iran's main nuclear facility now we believe that he escaped the country before the incident according to iran and iran is seeking to get a hold of him and wants interpol to issue an arrest warrant and he's image was aired on state t.v. now what does what's different different about this is that before when we have heard from the intelligence ministry or the agencies that they are after suspects we have really heard names or images but in this case iran has released an image that this was played out on state t.v. they showed video footage of that natanz facility but we didn't see any of the damage that had taken place and iran is after this individual and they are circulating his image iran is still blaming israel iran hasn't changed that at all but this individual could be someone that was recruited by foreign agencies that's

our understanding from here in tehran it was similar when iran chief chief scientist most of factors other was assassinated again iran said that the intelligence agencies from other countries had recruited people from within iran so this could be a similar case eritrea has admitted its troops are fighting in ethiopia slower than t. growing region it's the 1st time the horn of africa nation has explicitly acknowledged its role in the conflict and trained forces are reportedly addressing this members of the ethiopian military both governments previously denied their presence contradict in testimony from aid workers refugees and residents the u.n. says the eritrean forces have committed atrocities. the u.n. says hundreds of children were separated from their families when a turn in northern mozambique was attacks by armed groups last month many of them arriving in pemba from where. for instance the reports.

when an armed group attacked the town of parma in mozambique kabul dug out of province some of these women got separated from their children their plan was to reach pemba the provincial capital hoping this sons and daughters had also managed to get here as well and for them here are the final i want this war to end i can't take it anymore people are left with nothing people are suffering a lot of children are without their parents you know how many pregnant women a hair without their husbands here by themselves i just want to live in peace i want this war to be over please let this war be over. after a few phone calls is told her children are still stuck in parma hungry and afraid but right now she can't get to them the united nations says thousands of people fled palmer last month many of them are children traveling on their own some saw

their parents being so we have very very graphic reports from callers that shouldn't even said some of the words telling us i saw my father being beheaded i saw my mother being killed and some we see other children bringing the younger brothers and they talk to us as tiny adults it's it's quite shocking the armed group calling itself al-shabaab with links to eisele is behind the attacks that began in 2017 some of the mothers his 3 children are being kidnapped by the on the boys of all the bikers and the girls forced into marriage and 16. and accompanied minors will eventually be pace with host families in mozambique that's if their parents or relatives can't be found but as attacks in kabul delgado province grow in size and frequency the man a tear in work has worn more children could once again be on the move how to

al-jazeera him most and. ukraine is expelling a russian after ukrainian zips amounts was detained in st petersburg russia accuses the xander sosa newco of trying to obtain classified information and has ordered him home ukraine rejects the allegations which come at a time of already high tensions russian troops have been amassing along ukraine's border. britain's prince philip has been laid to rest in the royal vaults at windsor castle west of london only 30 of course royal family members were able to attend the private ceremony because of coronavirus restrictions prince philip was married to queen elizabeth for more than 73 years he died aged 99 last week if barker has more from winsor. the contras some reports that maybe water prince philip would have wanted a man who wasn't all that keen on standing on ceremony however there was

a significant amount of pageantry in this funeral his body was brought to st george's chapel within the confines of windsor castle on a specially kitted out open for land rover flanked by members of the military who had a multitude of different orders from the royal air force the navy and the army as well and also walking behind his coffin his 4 children including prince charles and his 2 grandsons prince harry and prince william meeting for the 1st time in many many months after the growing disputes over prince harry's future role in the royal family public something of a lonely figure in st george's chapel itself was queen elizabeth because of restrictions having to sit some distance away from the rest of her family they say a deeply personal moving moment in her life after the death of a man that spent 73 years loyally her side. the weather is next and

then palestinian prisoners great scripts written new calls for the release tension violates international law. with them who month of ramadan is a time of reflection and celebration has become a struggle for many. it's time for the prophet johnny. winter sponsored play qatar airways that japan has seen some colder weather recently some really wet weather too but that is going to change we've got that swirling cloud and rain edging off to the north bringing through my thumb shine that there will be so. showers across northern parts of honshu and hokkaido but things are looking relatively sunny as well for the korean peninsula k.s. skies 20 degrees in seoul and extends into northern china beijing at $27.00 degrees

sunshine coming through shanghai it 20 it's down in the south that we're seeing more of those showers affecting parts of india china north vietnam seeing some particularly heavy downpours we could see some localized flooding with that rain pissed cysts but the big story is still in southeast asia we've got that strengthening typhoon the 1st one of the year to the east of the philippines now the center is not expected to make landfall but it does get pretty close if we have a look on monday it's expected to swirl off into the sea but will see strengthening winds some high seas and some heavy rain will keep monitoring that heading over to india now things are looking rather hot and dry in the center we will have some thunder we shot was in the south affecting parts of sri lanka too wetter weather expected in the north. who quit school to qatar airways.

when the cold 19 pandemic hit iran. to make a cut adrift from his crew began documenting life from the mop down i made on those international sanctions. and into my portrayal of isolation and one of the world's least understood countries. coronavirus locked down iran people in power on a 0. the war. my. this is al jazeera a quick reminder of our top stories this hour former interior minister matteo severely has been ordered to stand trial the right wing league party leader has

been charged with kidnapping in a case involving a ship carrying refugees and migrants in 2019 iran says it has identified the suspect it says targeted its main nuclear facility state t.v. is reporting the man fled the country before the attack on the natanz plant last sunday and 3000000 people have now died of covert 19 around the world united states remains the country with the highest number of deaths followed by brazil cases are surging in south asia. where like so many other countries thailand is facing a record wise in new infections but the thai government appears reluctant to order a 3rd lockdown as tony chang reports from bangkok. mass covert testing at a basketball stadium in bangkok thailand on saturday recorded the highest rise in new cases for the 4th day in

a row despite being the 1st country outside china to record infections thailand has kept the deaths within double figures but there are now real concerns the kingdom could be in the grip of a 3rd wave of the virus he might not say you know what i think this outbreak in thailand would be long because the luke a very in stress. new restrictions have been placed on entertainment venues and restaurants banning the sale of alcohol 24 hour markets and gyms have had their opening hours limited but thailand's government appears to be doing everything in its power not to go into complete lockdown may be made up now there is no lock down ok i sympathise with you but we would need to reduce the operating hours i don't want to close everything down closing is easy but who are those who are suffering. stopping the spread of covert 19 has come at a huge economic price closing thailand's borders to shut down the lucrative tourist

trade and those businesses that have survived the pandemic so far would probably be finished if a 3rd wave extends the shutdown for much longer here in bangkok things are now noticeably quieter but business is being kept alive by the urban middle class outside the capital however many communities have seen incomes drop by more than 50 percent and that's not going to improve until the borders are reopened. the slow rate of vaccinations however means this won't happen for some time thailand has vaccinated fewer than one percent of the population despite attempts to focus on tourist destinations like who cares the local producer of the astra zeneca jab said this week they won't be in full production till june for many time businesses that will be far too late tony al-jazeera bangkok. rights groups are using palestinian prisoners day to demand the release of people held in violation of

international law they a dummy a prisoner support and human rights association says there were nearly 5000 palestinians either imprisoned or detained in israel $183.00 of them are children and $432.00 are so-called administrative detainees you can be held indefinitely without charge or trial and an estimated $550.00 prisoners are sick or have long term health conditions and are particularly vulnerable to the threats of covert 19 it's a good name has more from gaza. the covert 19 pandemic has added yet another risk in situations inside these israeli jails and prisons which human rights groups just cried as intolerable they say even before the covert 19 pandemic that thousands of palestinian prisoners in israeli detention were facing quote systemic torture

medical negligence unsanitary and deteriorating living conditions and overcrowding we do know that some of those factors can help fuel a coded 1000 outbreak and there have been many in prisons all over the world last year bartsch actually specifically of last year the israeli government released $400.00 non violent palestinian prisoners and human rights groups are saying they need to do more they especially need to immediately release children people with chronic diseases those who are in it in administrative detention those are people who have not been charged and they have not gone to trial human rights groups are urging israel not only to immediately release vulnerable populations inside these prisons but also to install landlines to make at least at the bare minimum a phone phone call communication with family possible they're demanding that covert

19 precautions are taken inside prisons and that adequate medical care is insured. large crowds of rallies in the u.s. city of chicago in support of a teenage boy who was shot dead by police. about the shooting of a young black man by police near minneapolis during a traffic stop she returns the reports. groups gathered in chicago after police released video from the most 20 millions killing a 13 year old toledo police officer. in the off tomorrow the police should serve with the boys. the confrontation the video shows to later complying with an instruction to put his hands up he's down shot dead an investigation is underway for cameron for help the video about him to later his death was released as the trial of a police officer. in minneapolis i was protests continue here in brooklyn following the killing of rice. the protesters here have long argued that the

disproportionate killing of people of color by the police is a systemic issue not the result of a few bad apples and the mother of dante writes again despaired of a system that may finally be putting police officers on trial but that remains fundamentally broken justice yes justice is definitely what we want but i'm never going to get justice justice would be bringing my son home to me justice would have been my son jiving to the carwash in coming home after that i'm not going to get fat but 2nd degree manslaughter is not ok i'm not ok with that that's not right she murdered my son my son is never going to come home. so you get the 3rd on a police pension right now why my son is going to be buried in a few days and that's not ok but the protests in brooklyn center all just about

police killings now they're also about the police response to protests about police killings on friday many of the protestors were both groups in solidarity with samir hassan she lives opposite the police station where night after night tear gas and smoke grenades have been fired with abandon. on wednesday she left her apartment in her bathroom to look for her brother she was tackled to the ground. she was then jailed for presence of an unlawful assembly all week the irony has not been lost on those here but the response to these demonstrations against unnecessary violence and the over policing of black communities. is a beam on the story of violence and over policing shihab rattansi al-jazeera brooklyn's and. keep us going leads a row castro has called for a respectful dialogue between his country and the united states he expressed a willingness to build a new kind of relationship with the u.s.

as he presided over his final communist party congress on friday castro has handed over to a younger generation and in 6 decades of rule by himself and lane's older brother fidel and it's been 60 years since the botched u.s. invasion of cuba which was intended to overthrow fidel castro's governments shortly after the revolution the cia began training a force of cuban exiles to invade their homelands and set up a democratic alternative to castro's governments a small army was assembled in guatemala 1400 men trained for a nighttime surprise attack but the secret got sides a months ahead of time when the force landed in cuba's bay of pigs they came under heavy fire the mission failed. and more than a 1000 sex cells were captured what many call it the bay of pigs invasion but cubans refer to it as a player you don't this is the story over

a fellow gonzales leiva who for instance who defends the cuban revolution pairs who wrote fired will ferrell. my name is his seuss rafael gonzales oliva i'm 78 years old and i fought imply i don't i joined in 1960 the anti aircraft artillery unit in the get on my base on april 15th they attacked. the documentary sicko about the 1st aircraft we saw was in the morning a plane was flying high and we had no experience we were children 17 and 18 years old we were trained for only 3 months in a surprising and ferocious attack the artillery the jets bombing us the parachuters it was a very difficult situation for all of us because we were very young i would go back 30 years yet that immersive in vietnam we attacked that plane beforehand we did not allow it to get close we were around 15 or 20 anti-aircraft gun owners shooting at the same time that was phenomenal the plane saw that and left it where will the

one will have people along the way were cheering us they gave us drinks they cheered us they thanked us it was unforgettable how the people were on the streets . you know we had a free daily hero i saw fidel in player get on he passed on the road right next to us we were in trucks and he was in a jeep and when we got to the base he was there giving orders and us to go through and they were cuba still has a blockade it's 60 years blocking us but what else can they do to us they take the medicines they take the food they take the oil without oil there can't be a country that can't be electricity no life no industry and no work. you're going to read said 131 i believe that all human beings from all religions or any party has to know that the revolution is here to stay and is the only option we cubans have every day this country does something to make the world

a better place now we have a vaccine against corona virus this vaccine is going to be distributed to the poor people around the world everyone who wants our vaccine will get it a good one of us here is that one of us all cubans who are proud of being cuban have to know fidel is not dead fidel is here and we have to keep on fighting working because this is our only option our revolution and our party. more than $3000000.00 lebanese half the population having a tough ramadan the monthly cost of if tomorrow or the meal to break their fast by costs $2.00 and a half times the minimum wage has more from beirut. for millions of people in lebanon food is becoming a luxury prices had already increased 5 fold since 2019 before the holy month of ramadan began families of muslims are struggling to afford the if tar meal that breaks their dawn to dusk fast the fish prices are insane and they have gone up

even more during ramadan a plate of salad will cost $6.00 times more disappear what do we do do we beg we're not used to begging ramadan is an important event in this time a calendar but there are few signs in this working class neighborhood gone are the lights decorations and the vending stalls with traditional drinks that are staples on an if tar table lebanon's economy has collapsed so has the local currency and that's reduced people's purchasing power going to. those who used to buy a kilo vegetables are now buying half while others buy a piece some just walk away after knowing the prices. a month of its star meals for a family of 5 is now estimated to cost $2.00 and a half times the minimum wage which is worth $60.00 at the black market rate and with no hard currency it's that rate which dominates trading. though our salary hasn't changed but the prices have soared oh as desperation grows so have

scuffles over subsidized goods and supermarkets lebannon imports most of its food and there have been shortages as the government runs out of dollars. despite wheat being subsidized by the government the price of bread has also increased over a month buying a single pack of bread a day will cost more than 10 percent of the minimum wage charities helping the butterball have had to expand their efforts unemployment is rising and at least half the population of 3000000 people is poor. maya terrell tells me her organization feeds up to 1600 families a months they start if we don't receive the food but this month in my mean that we might not have the far or i mean we have to eat after a long many have had to change their diets some have stopped buying meat and herbes and spices in the magic we used to buy an ounce of paper for 2 and a half dollars now costs more than $10.00 what are the poor going to 8 politicians

failing to agree on a reform minded government also means there won't be international aid and now lebanon is on the un list of hunger hot spots so in a. way that. we can find much more on our web sites the address as ever is al-jazeera don't call me. this is al-jazeera and these are the headlines former italian interior minister mattoon salvini has been ordered to stand trial the right wing league party leader has been charged with kidnapping in a case involving a ship carrying refugees and migrants in 2019 more a challenge says more from london for the open on the ship the spanish and your ship that's the one where the judge has said that yes this is if there is a case for salvaging so on.