the stories from people in places like libya yemen the sahara region and so many others go to them. we care. a moral and economic imperative world leaders discuss ambitious targets at a global summit to tackle global warming. the united states sets out on the road to cut greenhouse gases in half and half by the end of this decade. sam is a this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up russia says it's pulling back

troops from its border with ukraine but the government in kiev says it's still monitoring the situation closely. and india reports a global recall of more than 314000 new coronavirus infections the country struggles with oxygen supplies and beds. new u.s. president joe biden has pledged by 2030 america will cut its greenhouse gas emissions in the hof he made the announcement at the opening of a virtual white house climate summit brought together leaders from 40 nations in an effort to speed up global efforts and avert the looming crisis by the invalid america will not wait to act the cost of doing nothing is only growing. by maintaining those investments and putting these people to work the united states

sets out on the road to cut greenhouse gases in half and half by the end of this decade that's where we're headed as a nation and that's what we can do if we take action to build an economy that's not only more prosperous but healthier fare and cleaner for the entire planet you know the steps will set america on a path of net 0 emissions are kaname by innovation 2050 but the truth is america represents west and 50 percent of the world's admissions no nation can solve this crisis on our own as i know you all fully understand all of us all of us and particularly those of us who represent the world's largest economies we have to step up well china is the world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gases in a speech to the summit president xi jinping pledged to phase down coal consumption by 2030 china has committed to move from carbon peak to carbon neutrality in

a much shorter time span than what might take many countries and that requires extraordinary hard efforts from china support is being given to encourage peaking pioneers from localities sectors in companies we will strictly control coal fired apology in the recent projects we go strictly limit the increase in coal consumption over the 4005 year plan period and phase it down in the 15th 5 year plan period as go to washington d.c. now our white house correspondent kimberly halkett is live for us and kimberly this is a very different white house that's back on the international climate scene than the one we've been used to in the last 4 years. there's no question the u.s. president joe biden is reclaiming america's leadership role when it comes to combating climate change one that he believes that his predecessor abandoned the

and that is putting not just the united states but the planet at risk so this is a moment of peril the u.s. president said but also a moment of opportunity and to that end the u.s. president making that bold commitment that is up from the commitment by president obama when joe biden was vice president but there is a challenge in all of this well it is ambitious there is also this aspect of it there are many in the united states that are questioning whether or not this is really something that can be achieved and whether the time to do all of this is now given the fact that the united states is recovering from a global pandemic and there are many critical of joe biden's green energy plan a green economy that this will cost jobs so the u.s. president doing a lot of convincing on the international stage but also his message was one addressed to

a domestic audience there are so many in the united states that are not only skeptical of the message but not willing to make the hard changes in terms of their personal lifestyle whether it is taking public transit instead of driving or cutting back on their media to amazon shopping purchases that have gone up in the global pandemic looking for door to door service when it comes to the food. americans particularly young people say in theory that they are committed to combating and reducing greenhouse gas emissions but not always putting that into practice so this is a recognition of the u.s. president trying to reclaim america's leadership role but at the same time addressing americans in the united states that in some cases are still reticent to make the changes necessary in his message and this summit has brought together the u.s. with some of its adverse reason around the world like china and russia does that give some hope for better global corporation going forward. well

certainly there's hope but you could in the midst of both the speech by chinese president xi jinping and also russian leader vladimir putin there were veiled swipes at the united states sort of reminding us all that this is another challenge in combating greenhouse gas emissions is the fact that there are very tense relationships with both the united states and china and the united states and russia with respect to china of course not only are they the biggest emitter but there are has been under donald trump the tit for tat trade war much of that is not resolved and with respect to russia just last week the 2 nations were trading very tough sanctions against one another accusing each other of aggression and escalation in a deteriorating relationship so these are the obstacles that joe biden has to deal with in trying to move forward on the one hand making these broad pronouncements

but also recognizing that when it comes to china and russia there is a reluctance and also some tension that is going to makes achieving much of this difficult all right thanks so much camilla how can that. create and unite has more from beijing. this wasn't about details for china this moment is about the optics they want to send a message to the world that china takes this issue very seriously wants to transform its image of just being a world polluted to being a sort of proactive leader when it comes to fighting climate change and another important message she jinping sent was that china also wants to set aside or it's willing to set aside the tensions that it has with the u.s. to work on this issue now we've been watching all day chinese state media talk about this and there has been quite a lot of suspicion if you will about the u.s. return to leave this climate change effort a lot of tabloids

a lot of the state media channels have been saying can the u.s. really be relied on because as we've seen a according to who too who is at the helm of the u.s. they haven't really been consistent in their message and china converse lee wants to send the message that they are reliable and can be looked upon as a leader certainly as an equal to the u.s. and we saw she didn't ping actually join another climate summit last week with angela merkel the leader of germany and then you will knock on the leader of france to talk about china's climate pledges and working with europe and also u.s. climate and boy john kerry also came to china last week to meet with his chinese counterpart and discuss working together on that front but there are disagreements that china believes that the u.s. needs to do more when it comes to helping poorer countries invest in clean energy and transitioning into renewable energy there and the u.s. for its part wants china to do more to cut its carbon emissions and implement more stringent targets russia has ordered its armed forces to withdraw from

a shared border with ukraine ukraine says it's now moderating the situation in its eastern regions closely tensions have been rising between the 2 countries after moscow amassed tens of thousands of troops on the border bernard smith has more from moscow. this was a shy jeweled withdrawal of troops of russia's defense minister 2 weeks ago said the today the exercises that they were conducting on the border with ukraine they've always called them exercises would end and true to his word he has ordered the troops back to their bases within russia it was of course an enormous vast exercise in terms of manpower in the build tree and the build up of military in crimea occupy crimea and along the border with ukraine was pretty much president for an exercise russia says it was in response to provocations from nato from nato members but they did say this was an exercise about exercises come to an end today

and those troops will be going back to their bases over russia nothing this is nothing out of the ordinary however what does begin on saturday until the end of october is a restriction to naval passage passage for naval vessels through the courage strait this is the straits that separates eastern crimea from western russia and it gives access to western ukrainian ports russia is saying that it will allow merchant shipping through the strait but from saturday the 24th they'll be no access to naval vessels either to ukrainian naval vessels or to the knesset vessels invited by ukraine 3rd party countries now there is a treaty between russia and ukraine the says both parties are supposed have equal access to this area russia says it's closing access off until the 31st of october for exercises but that's

a very very long time for exercises to take place charles trafford has more on the ukrainian reaction from all. the ukrainian president to me is alinsky has tweeted i'll read out what he says he says reducing the number of troops on our borders proportionally reduces tensions ukraine is always ready but welcomes any steps to reduce the military and deescalate the situation and don't bash ukraine seeks peace and thanks its international partners despite a tweet like that from the ukrainian leader who we've seen in recent weeks appealing to the international community and nato members for support in the face of what a he describes as a russian provocation there is still great distrust in this country. you know you speak to people on the ground close to the contact blind certainly on this side of the contact line where we've been for the last few days and you witness some of the

shelling as well we saw shelling in the town about. 3 or 4 days ago i made this escalation and people are very distrustful of anything that russia says and bear in mind that there is still no law stating political settlement that has been agreed upon and we are now entering the 8th year of this conflict. india recorded more than 300000 new coronavirus cases on wednesday the highest single day rise seen in the world and for the 2nd day in a row more than 2000 people died from the disease the rises led to shortages of hospital beds and oxygen supply as in many cities elizabeth purana now from new delhi. sitting outside new delhi's biggest covered mine hospital this man has been told all 1500 beds are occupied but he is refusing to leave his ambulance drivers as they traveled for 3 hours to come to the hospital

only to be turned away. but a lot workable mission when. we were told that only if you have approval from the top authorities only then will they admit the patient and allow the ambulance inside be delayed of that mission straight away now where do it take the patient on the oxygen in the ambulance will finish whom. hospitals in india's capital a full of people arrive in ambulances cars and auto rickshaws pleading for admission but even the family members of those inside a worried about their loved ones was at the shakes mother was admitted a week ago he says he's only been able to speak to her once. in while. the situation is very grim here no one is paying attention to patient hospitals are open only name in the city and the chief minister isn't giving any answers about

this crisis if we call the covert helpline no one answers people can't even get ambulances my question is that my mother has been admitted for one week so who's taking care of. his sister is also distraught and the. people are going inside the hospital and they're dead bodies are coming and there was a baby and they denied him admission saying they cannot allow the child inside. delis health minister called a shortage of intensive care beds and oxygen supplies in the capital a grave crisis he's asking the central government to help create more beds this woman has come here like so many others after being turned away by other hospitals we have seen patients arriving at hospitals all day struggling to breathe being carried by desperate family members. of the central government to send oxygen

supplies of the capital urgently its judges say the lives of thousands of people are at stake and let's ask the government why it's not waking up to the situation. the government says it's planning to import oxygen and ensure its uninterrupted delivery throughout the country states are converting sports stadiums and holds on to code 19. but not fast enough to match the world's biggest surgeon cases. after waiting for an hour this man was one of the lucky ones his daughter convinced the hospital to admit him most others were turned away elizabeth al jazeera new delhi also ahead on al-jazeera a funeral is to be held for a young black man shot dead by a police officer will be live in the u.s. city of minneapolis. to crack down on price freedom in hong kong with the

conviction of an investigative journalist. it's time for the perfect jenny the weather sponsored point qatar airways it's nice and warm in japan at the moment settled despite the northerly breeze you got 21 in tokyo and most of the korean peninsula is enjoying similar sorts of weather there has been rain wandering around trying to get in not really make it probably heading slowly back into was eastern china and syria go should not really been ignore it it's now over the waters it's moving out of the way and apart from the swell which will hit the coast of taiwan we can we can say is just a worry for shipping now it western china there is more rain gathering and that will start to follow its way along the young scene has is one this is the spring rain started but at the moment that is the west is past part of mainland east asia

if we head south indonesia is seeing probably the end of the radio season there are significant showers in kind of montana but maybe more of this in this line that goes back toward sumatra peninsula malazan catches cambodia that's the wet season if you like persistent rain sometimes heavy and we've seen a lot of such rain and snow in northern india and there were tears running down towards nepal there are few thunderstorms in the forecast brief in new delhi that it becomes quite a once again in the northern plains remain pretty hot. to go into schools to call qatar airways it's a very bleak picture for a lot of americans out there white supremacy impacts all of our life issues you're putting more money into the hands of some workers taking money out of the hands of other workers and everyone goes to their camp and becomes a us versus them this is the deal about constraining your nuclear program the

bottom line the big questions on out is there. if you want to help save the world's . season hero. welcome back you're watching al-jazeera time to recap our headlines president joe biden opened the global climate summit with 40 world leaders who are pledging to cut in half the coal and petroleum fumes that the u.s. pumps out with some it takes place as earth day is markets around the world and most of the marches and rallies that usually take place have been canceled because of a pandemic. russia has ordered its armed forces to withdraw from

a shared border with ukraine crane says it's now monitoring the situation in its eastern regions closely tensions have been rising between the 2 countries after moscow amassed tens of thousands of troops on the border. india has reported the world's largest daily increase in corona virus infection since the start of the pandemic more than 314000 new cases were registered many hospitals of war and dangerously low on oxygen. days after former police officer derek show of it was found guilty of murdering george floyd the funeral of another black man killed at the hands of us about the start of the nearby neighborhood police shot and killed 20 year old dante right earlier this month during a traffic stop in brooklyn center near minneapolis friends and family of right along with several civil rights leaders attended

a public viewing on wednesday john hendren has more from minneapolis. well it will be the reverend al sharpton the civil rights leader who's going to give the eulogy for john terry right and that service starts in about an hour and a half you might be able media behind me lining up to go inside and we also expect the senator from minnesota any club which are to be in there and the attorney for both right and the family of george floyd benjamin crump will be in there is well a lot of these people had been gathered for the derek show trial which of course just ended with a conviction on all counts and the reverend al sharpton has said that he expects to begin his eulogy by talking about the life of a right by paying tribute to this young 20 year old man who was killed by a police officer who was shouting taser taser and then fired a gun but then he said he's going to go on and talk about the civil rights issues

involved here that another young black man a 20 year old man a father of a 2 year old child was killed by a police officer who had thought she says that she was firing a taser she yelled taser taser and then fired instead her weapon and killed dante write the whole issue over police expired tags on his car and one of the issues here is is that people here are complaining that police just frequently harass african-americans in their cars particularly young men and uneasy as navy chief says a missing submarine with $53.00 crew on board will run out of oxygen supply. to last. the coast of bali from jakarta jessica washington. in indonesia this

rescue operation grows more urgent as the hours pass 53 people were on board the carolina 4 o 2 when it went missing somewhere in the waters near the island of bali the submarine has been in service for 40 years its crew was taking part in a training exercise when it lost contact in the early hours of wednesday morning. until love you still have not had contact with us up. while the search is being done in dense of. indonesian authorities requested help from the country's nearest neighbors. assistance from neighboring countries include singapore in the form of the swift rescue ship it's a submarine rescue ship malaysian soldiers are on board a rescue vessel and expected to reach indonesia in a few days and the government has also offered to provide assistance. it is not a submarine that is started operates submarine classes is quite different but

whatever we are able to do we have undertaken to do indonesian military personnel spotted an oil slick in the sea which officials say could indicate a fuel leak time is now at a critical stage in the rescue operation. the oxygen in a blackout condition can last for 72 hours or 3 days so that of contact was lost at 3 o'clock the oxygen will last until saturday 3 o'clock authorities say the submarine was in good condition suitable for combat it underwent refitting in south korea and was returned to indonesia in 2012. this is the 1st case of a missing submarine for indonesia but fatal accidents involving military equipment a common make a right angle of fortune was built in the late seventy's in germany and has been in service in indonesia since 1981 defense experts have long called for a major overhaul of some of the country's aging military equipment. indonesia is

looking to expand and upgraded submarine fleet in coming years but experts say the task should be treated with urgency. i'm not saying our maintenance is not scared but accidents have happened here many times especially when it comes to all the military equipment as the search continues investigators are asking how a routine drill turned into a major crisis for indonesia is navy just a washington al-jazeera jakarta. hong kong investigative journalist has been convicted in falling for charges link to a documentary exposing close misconduct during the 2019 protests speaking outside court choice describe the ruling is heartbreaking called it a dark day for the territories press freedom troy produced a program showing police officers delaying their response to a mob attack against commuters and protesters it's the train station. i believe those who have watched the episodes have already been there are living proof of the

value of the documentary south. even though i was convicted of duty i don't see journalism as a crime and i hope to go in the street can find ways to. pursue our highest value of journalism in the long run. holland is in hong kong she says bal troy's case sets a concern in precedent for journalists in the city. you can hear. reports about troy actually. run the charge on the verdict and said that she will not serve 2 jail time there was. a fairly critical early amongst the media community here but there's a lot of concern as to why this piece of it made it this far merely due to the fact that the method spouter i was using for the talking man tree in question is widely used in the investigative journalism crossed the world she says. information from

a public database. he used under false pretenses about troy is a prolific journalist she is a well known investigative journalist and also known for her investigations against police tactics and actions during the 2019 pro-democracy and antigovernment protests here china is warning australia it could take what it calls retaliatory action after camber cancel the series of projects linked to beijing's belton road initiative china wants to build a network of global trade routes and this training in state of victoria was involved but last year australia brought in new rules allowing the cancellation of any agreements with foreign countries it believed could threaten national interests china says relations between the 2 could be seriously harmed by the decision we will always act to destroy its national interest to protect destroy but to also

ensure that we can advance our national interests of a free and open indo-pacific and i world that seeks a balance in favor of freedom. low lying bangladesh is one of the countries most at risk from climate change rising sea levels could force millions of people from their homes among the hardest hit places is bola island the largest in the country often called the ground 0 of global warming it's also home to some of the world's 1st climate refugees tanveer chantry reports. in the middle of one of the world's largest belters an island is gradually disappearing and more of a widow whose family were once wealthy farmers over the years she has witnessed how nature can take everything away. i used to live in an area called chic darbari where we used to own a lot of farmland and dozens of homes but over the years everything got gradually

washed away by the sea there's no trace of it anymore all gone and that eventually forced me to move and stay here with my grandson the bangladesh government estimates that nearly 6000000 people are displaced each year due to a very russians most of the people living here in slums like this here in dhaka are watch you could call now climate change migrants that moved here because many of them have lost their homes and farmlands to course still erosion and rising sea levels according to the un's children foreign units have 2001000 report climate linked environmental disaster are threatening the lives and future of more than 1000000000 children in bangladesh where i began with just a teenager when she moved to dhaka from burleigh to find work not even the bengay day get everything we had out there was destroyed by river erosion and rising water levels it's very hard to make a living there anymore or find a place to stay. the increase in water salinity due to rising sea level is not only

damaging farmlands but harming mangrove forests everything is finished because of salt water we used to have great harvesting before but nowadays due to high salinity content in the land crops are getting damaged not growing well even cows don't graze here anymore take a look at these plants some environmental experts are optimistic about u.s. president joe biden's new climate policy. replacing attitude on climate change. before that there was almost an ounce of life in the usa oh yes it would grow from that climate convention which was a. huge amount of accumulated you know it's got to think that commitment $100000000000.00. that is expected expected by the developing countries must be phased in a recent media interview prime minister sheikh hasina say that bangladesh loses 2 percent off its g.d.p. to extreme climate events every year and spends 2.5 percent off its g.d.p.

on climate adaptations bangladesh contributes merely 0.35 percent of global carbon emissions yet it is people like anwar a beggar who are paying the price for global warming for them climate diplomacy means very little time to charge 3 al-jazeera bangladesh you can find much more on our web site the address for you there is al jazeera don't come. and let's take you through some of the headlines here now to syria now president joe biden opened the global climate summit with 40 world leaders pledging to cut in half the coal and petroleum fumes the.