it's astounding technological revolutions in all of history make our planet pretty good we have to meet the c o 2 emissions targets electric cars are made mitchum in motion they need to be munching away people are just talking about the soldiers in. the world of business and commerce is driving the energy transition it's the promise of clean energy and illusion the dump side of green energy. on al-jazeera. this moment to measure urges. world leaders put aside their differences to fight global warming pledging to step up efforts to cut carbon emissions. alone sami's a than this is al jazeera live from coming up. right.

bidding a final farewell to a 20 year old don't tell you right a black man shot by police during a traffic stop in the u.s. state of minnesota. russia announces it's pulling its troops from the border with ukraine after what nato calls an unjustified tree build up. hospitals in india turned away cope with 19 patients as they struggle to cope with rising infections and when doing all the gym supplies. could be the world's moment of peril or moment of opportunity the declaration from joe biden as he pledges the u.s. will be a global leader on climate change the president kicked off

a virtual summit on earth day by committing to an ambitious reduction in carbon emissions but critics are dismissing his plans as costly and ineffective white house correspondent for the health report a virtual global summit convened by u.s. president joe biden and invitation to world leaders to combat climate change collectively signs are mistaken science is undeniable. the cost of going to action is key. united states is awaiting where resolving to take action by denounce the u.s. would cut fossil fuel emissions by up to 52 percent by 2030 the earth day pledge renews america's commitment following 4 years of inaction by predecessor donald trump it more than doubles america's target under the 2015 paris climate agreement that trump withdrew from that biden rejoined when he took office. this just

bursting into. song 40 world leaders participated including american adversaries russia and china china is the world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gases president xi jinping pledged to achieve carbon neutrality by $26.00 to adding this jab at the united states china has committed to move from carbon peak to carbon neutrality in a much shorter time span than what might take many countries just weeks after the u.s. and russia leveled sanctions against one another ask elating tensions russian leader vladimir putin said he takes international commitments seriously like hero and paris hinting the united states does not russia st used its greenhouse gas emissions to greater extent than many other countries. but biden faces domestic

challenges implementing his green economy or oil gas and chemical companies spent more than 100000000 dollars last year lobbying u.s. lawmakers to keep fossil fuel vehicles on the road speaking virtually before a congressional panel swedish climate activists gratitude back out to hold lawmakers accountable if they don't change i don't believe for a 2nd that you will actually do this because i'm a crisis doesn't exist in the public debate today and since it doesn't really exist and the general level of awareness is so absurdly low you will still get away with continuing to contribute to the destruction of presence and future living conditions president biden's announcement of a new u.s. goal for reducing greenhouse gas emissions is ambitious but what it lacked are specifics including a legislative plan a budget or any kind of proposal for meeting biden's new climate target kimberly

help hit al jazeera the white house are ramping song is from the world resources institute he says tackling the climate crisis should be an opportunity for china and the u.s. to improve relations. climate change is one of the. it's not the only area that the 2 countries had a very common interest and i think for the sake of all countries that they will have to work together on this issue and i don't see any reason not to and frankly speaking 2 countries can agree on the common culture as a common goal but that using different approaches you know they can't they can't they can't even. reconstruct a competition trying to raise you know trying to. get all the countries to become the more ambitious countries to be the case missions and be the country that actually need to make a solution technology so there's a ray of hope countries that get a foot think oh that's

a home that unleashed at the complex competitive element because i own country we know that to china i recognize the need to translate the economy i mean as we can see from presidents just remark today that he understands you know taking action on climate is actually for the for the economy and you know we're trying to be patient to become or not be so cross country. and you know they were actually have to go into a colony and away with just enough to it so it's going to be hard but it's very possible . 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 bar island often called the ground 0 of global warming it's also home to some of the world's 1st climate refugees tundra child 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 sheikh down bari 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 cost and rising sea levels according to the un's children foreign units have 2001000 report climate link 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 bangor 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 i don't have. refreshing attitude on climate change in usa because of that there was almost an unfair belief system in the usa for years that would grow from that climate convention which was. huge amount of accumulated you know it got at the think time that commitment

$400000000000.00 a year 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 of his g.d.p. on climate adaptations bond with us 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 $3.00 al-jazeera bangladesh funerals been held for don't tell you right the 20 year old black american shot by police during a traffic stop it comes just 2 days in a few kilometers from where a police officer was found guilty of murdering george floyd john hendren has more from minneapolis we should warn viewers you may find some of the images to be

disturbing in his report. to the family. dante to meet you is right it's become an all too familiar american scene a family gathered to mourn another black man killed by a white police officer my son had a smile that was worth a $1000000.00. 20 year old dante wright pulled over for an expired license plate on april 11th was shot by a police officer who says she meant to fire her taser but drew her gun instead. that officer kim potter now faces a manslaughter charge don't say wright was killed in the midst of the trial of derrick chauvet the white police officer convicted on tuesday of murdering george floyd so this funeral drew many of the same dignitaries that attended that trial

and 2 days after she opens conviction floyd's family was also here joining the right family in mourning all of minneapolis is that they are going to print up brooklyn sent. me going to pass the george throwing justice in policing act as federal law we are going to make it against the law oh no over this country to keep bringing us to feel rules for our young prince . dante right to life. the right family lawyer ben crump who also represents the family of george floyd was introduced as the attorney general for black folks they became part of a fraternity that no family wants to be a part of. don't a right left a 2 year old son and a name that will now be added to the long list of black men in america who died at

the hands of police john hendren al jazeera minneapolis. russia is set to begin moving its troops away from its border with ukraine in the coming hours with the mass tens of thousands of soldiers in the region leading to tension with ukraine and its western allies moscow maintains it was a military exercise so its forces will return to their bases but some equipment will be left behind for another drill later this year nato and ukraine's president welcomed the move but they say they remain vigilant russia will continue with plans to close the kurds straight between the black and as of c. blocking ukrainian and other foreign navy ships until the end of october moscow says it's for naval exercises of calls it a violation of international law charles stratfor joined ukraine's navy on the as of. mary appalls maritime guard head out across a foggy as see the crews work with ukrainian navy monitoring

a russian warships in waters both countries share control of according 282003 maritime agreement but moscow recently deployed 15 was ships to the azoff sea from its caspian fleet as part of a vast russian military build up along ukraine's borders in the. us the threat level has been the same since 2014 but in the past week we have seen more ships from the russian fleet including 8 landing craft 3 small artillery boats and other support vessels were about 6 of those very off the coast guard vessel just missing the message from a rocket around the world. the russians asked the coast guard to i think avoid themselves because they concern so they say about conditions in these conditions. we approach one of a number of large even craning ships in the area monitoring russian naval and

commercial shipping movements. you. name your flag and your route as the voice on the radio. russian flag coming from the caucuses is the reply russia has also announced the closure of the curch straight to ukrainian and foreign navy ships for the next 6 months because of what it describes as military exercises it says commercial shipping will not be affected the waterway which is around 60 nautical miles from here connects the as off to the black sea off crimea which russia illegally an extent 2014 kiev has accused moscow of provocations and trying to take control of its maritime borders. the 2003 as of c agreement is between ukraine and russia they have rights under that agreement to be closed but when the agreement

was signed there was no conflict between us despite moscow announcing on thursday a gradual troop withdrawal from the area its closure of the curch strait will restrict ukraine's and 4 navy movements in the region for months to come chance trafford al jazeera on the azoff see the us is sending our craft to help find a missing indonesian submarine which will run out of oxygen on saturday it lost contact during a military exercise this week president joe cole we don't know as ordered an all out rescue effort search teams race against the clock singapore and malaysia have also sent vessels to help still ahead of al jazeera. violence flares between palestinians and israelis in occupied east jerusalem during the month of ramadan. and south korea's multipurpose robot that's helping fight

cope with. the. winter will not let go of north america it's not all business except the matter cloud this in particularly new england and this is buffalo northern new york state snow falling but just bear in mind the date this is late april says a little bit later than you might expect or even want and they are the flowers are growing through it but that's the picture we have however pretty rapidly goes tempers are on the way up the focus for friday's up in the teens again for toronto new york washington so that includes buffalo but there is still cold air in the mountains and once more this feed of gulf air means the to meet producing showers again from oklahoma southwards down towards the gulf coast and that lot some which we pretty big some storms yes that probably is

a tornado risk is going to move eastwards as is normally the case and it happens during saturday. but let's jump sides to the caribbean generally fine and dry picture that the trade winds are blowing steadily the rains nothing like as heavy as it was in other costa rica or panama it's what we have again in mexico monterey's up to 33 of us but average that we did hit 40 last week in south america huge showers that were around in further for the south in argentina are still there in the north and heading towards paraguay. but. finland has committed to cutting its carbon emissions with the world's most ambitious reduction goal carbon neutrality in just 15 years now it's really time to actually get to and we can go eat if we want to but 1st the nation must tackle the dirty legacy of

a profitable fossil fuel industry and being an active emissions source people in power finland's climate warriors on a. pool. oh. welcome back you're watching our time to recap our headlines now the u.s. is pledging to harvey its carbon emissions by $23.00 and the 1st day of a global summit tackling climate change china says it will phase out its use of coal from 2026 dozens of world leaders and joined business chiefs and activists for the 2 day meeting. the funeral is being held in the u.s.

state of minnesota for dante wright's was shot dead by police officers during a traffic stop the officer has resigned and is facing manslaughter charges. russia is set to begin moving its troops away from its border with ukraine in the coming hours if the mass tens of thousands of soldiers in the region leaving the tension with ukraine and its western allies moscow maintains it was a military exercise. israeli forces have stopped jewish anti arab activists from confronting a group of palestinians in occupied east jerusalem stun grenades and water cannon were used to keep the groups apart at one of the main entrances to the old city herefore said reports from outside damascus gate. this is benighted considered racial tension here in occupied east jerusalem you can hear those stun grenades still going off in the background even now some time after this all began what we

have is a group of jewish use largely on one side of the roundabout behind us close to damascus gate an occupied east jerusalem they have marched to this area some of them chanting death to arabs organized we understand by an anti arab group called. and they are here. to confront what has been pretty much a nightly occurrence since the beginning of ramadan just over a week ago of clashes relatively minor ones between palestinian groups and israeli security forces what they say has spurred their decision to come here this jewish group is that they have seen videos posted on social media of young palestinian men attacking jewish people filming it putting it on social media and since those videos have been posted we have seen sporadic. more more standardized now going over on the palestinian side of this protest people scattering once again and so this is where most of the. clashes between in the skirmishes between

palestinians and the security forces have been going on in the sort of amphitheater area just down there with the smoke is in front of the damascus gate as i say that's been going on to one level or another for some days now the difference with this night is that they have been confronted here by jewish anti arab groups and they the security forces have been trying to separate them with some mixed success with there have been injuries there have been these ongoing clashes throughout the evening. the u.n. security council is calling for an investigation into human rights violations in ethiopia's t. gray region in its 1st joint statement on the conflict the council says it's concerned about reports of sexual violence against women and girls and that once unfair that access to provide aid if the o.p.'s says its military operation against the people's liberation front is an internal affair but welcomes offers of help

are diplomatic at the james bays has more from the un headquarters in new york. the security council has finally broken its silence on the situation in te gray the military operation there has going been going on for almost 6 months and in that time the security council hasn't managed to agree the words of a statement they have finally done so brokered by the arash ambassador geraldine byrne nascent she said that she felt that they'd heard the alarm bells about human rights violations and abuses taking place in tikrit they've issued a statement which talks about that it talks about deep concern about allegations of human rights violations and abuses including reports of sexual violence against women and girls we've seen widespread reports of that it was mentioned in a security council meeting about women in conflict zones

a week ago you've seen lots of media reports including on al-jazeera the other factor that the security council highlights is the humanitarian situation where it says it wants scaled up humanitarian response unfettered humanitarian access this follows i think strong comments that came from the un's humanitarian chief mark when he spoke to the security council behind closed doors. 3 catholic clergy kidnapped in haiti this month by a suspected criminal gang have been released a total of 10 people were abducted near port au prince almost 2 weeks ago the servants still being held in food for more clergy 2 of them french citizens the government resigned last week following a surge in violence including kidnappings for ransom. and. canada is banning flights from india and pakistan for

a month to help curb the spread of covert 19 it comes after india reported the world's highest daily number of cases with more than 314000 new infections canada's health minister said half of travellers testing positive on arrival come from india. hospitals in india are being forced to turn away care with 19 patients as they struggle to deal with the surge in new cases the shortages of hospital beds and oxygen supply many cities elizabeth purana reports from new delhi. sitting outside new delhi's biggest covered 19 hospital this man has been told all 1500 beds are occupied but he is refusing to leave his ambulance driver says they traveled for 3 hours to come to the hospital only to be turned away.

we were told that only if you have approval from top authorities only then they will admit the patient and allow the ambulance inside they denied us admission straight away now where do i take the patient and the oxygen in the ambulance will finish soon. hospitals and india's capital a full of people arriving ambulances cars scooters and auto rickshaws pleading for admission but even the family members of those inside a worried about their loved ones was smothered a car was admitted a week ago he says he's only been able to speak to her one. on one. the situation is very grim here no one is paying attention to patient hospitals are open only in name in the city and the chief minister isn't giving any on to us 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 their dead bodies are coming there was a baby and they denied him admission saying they cannot allow the child inside. delis health minister called the show. 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 high forces are the central government to send up such and supplies to the capital urgently its judges say the lives of thousands of people are at stake 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 halls and to close the 19 care centers 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. if you're not following covert 19 rolls at a south korean hospital expect that telling off kimmie the robot can detect if people all too close to each other or not wearing a mask properly or macbride that the rebels in yangon just south of seoul don't let those cute rolling eyes for you this robot is basically a pandemic policeman wandering the corridors taking the body temperatures of anybody it passes and if it sees a group of people too many people congregating together then he is straight in

their duty and turn to keep your distance he says and it doesn't stop her he can detect if you're wearing your mask properly or not and will tell you to put it straight. and in this it seems he will not be thwarted. told you yes all right to neil to the machine and when he's not busy keeping an eye on us he's off busy disinfecting the hospital day or night sweeping surfaces with these ultraviolet light rays it's all part of using the latest in technology to make our hospitals as safe as they can be and that could become the norm for the future. this robot uses 5 g. vision technology developed by us which can detect mosque wearing and social distancing to provide a safer environment for patients and visitors and integrated with

a centralized hospital wide smart system that can tell him where problems might be occurring such as people on wittingly gathering in numbers once more then he's off again it hot pursuit on his next bust. hong kong investigative journalist has been convicted and fined on charges linked to a documentary exposing police misconduct during the 2019 umbrella protests speaking outside court troy described the ruling is heartbreaking because 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 at the train station they were pollen is in hong kong she says bad choice case sets a warring precedent for journalists. you can hear. the part about troy actually leave the court on the charge handed down the burdick and said that she will not serve jail time there was that belief particularly amongst the media

community here but there's a lot of concern as to why this case even made it this far merely due to the fact that the method structure i was using for the talking meant 3 question is widely used in the investigative journalist to cross the world she access to the information from a public database. to use under false pretenses about her it's 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 antigovernment protests here. take you through some of the headlines here now just here and now the u.s. has pledged to halt its carbon emissions by 2030 on the 1st day of

a global summit tackling climate change china says it will phase out its use of coal from 20.