moves in winter and news and current of fast that matter to you area where you're at. war. or. 0. a low i maryam namazie you're watching the news hour live from london coming up in the next 60 minutes. desperate scenes in india where people are left to die outside hospitals as daily covert cases surged to another global record. hopes are fading of saving the $53.00 crew of indonesia's missing submarine with their oxygen now for 2 of run outs. thousands attend the funeral of chad's president idriss deby with emmanuel macron

leading tributes and pledging french support for the country. never occurred through and space x. sends for us to the international space station using a recycled rocket and capsule. the hummus now have all the sports are often adult takes a step closer to the wreck or the extending 12th barcelona open title the spanish tennis star is into the semifinals of this year's tournament. our top story this news hour anger and desperation growing in india where the health care system is collapsing as covert 19 cases continue to soar india's 2nd wave continued its shocking trajectory on friday setting a new global record with another 332000 infections this is how the caseload was

looking in india just a couple of months ago 2 months ago on february 2nd about 8600 new cases confirmed in the 80 days since this is what's happened that's more than 1200000 new. cases in the space of just the past 4 days the daily death count follows a similar trend on february 9th there were 78 you deaths and then this is the story now after that more than 11000 deaths in the past 6 days so an exponential rise in fatalities in the country there is a lag of between 70 to 21 days in the way the infection the it plays out between when someone contracts the virus and when they die and then and the independent global health research center and he has now projected that daily deaths could peak at about 5600 in the middle of may before they begin falling

well hospitals in the country are reporting shortages of beds oxygen and medicine adding to all of this a new development a hospital fire in the state of maharashtra has killed 14 covert patients from new delhi elizabeth pradhan reports on the multiple crisis facing the country. overcome with grief and this man and other family members of 14 people killed in the fire at this hospital in maharashtra state broke down as they confronted staff the place where through the intensive care unit or i.c.u. her mother for me about unfortunately a major fire disaster happened at our hospital at about 3 am there was a sudden spark from the air conditioner and since there was a lot of oxygen supply in the i.c.u. it was completely engulfed within 2 minutes. 2 days ago in the same state a lake and an oxygen tank a killed 24 car the 19 patients on ventilators after their supply was disrupted

many indian states are facing a critical shortage of hospital beds and oxygen supplies in the capital new delhi distraught family members a struggling to find beds for their loved ones. well i've been running around for a hospital to get my mother admitted since the 21st of april i visited all the hospitals in delhi they all say the same thing the beds and all debatable another patient my son is a home who do i take care of i'm so stressed. reports of people dying because they can't find beds or oxygen are increasing every day this is one of new delhi's biggest private hospitals where the director said 25 people died in one day because of low oxygen supply the family of a 39 year old man who passed away says his oxygen was reduced without their knowledge and that his last words were please save me they also say they counted at least 45 bodies and that a catastrophe is being covered up the hospitals chairman says they've never had so

many deaths in one day but he denies they were a result of oxygen shortage you delis leader has pleaded with prime minister that in the morty to ensure that uninterrupted delivery of oxygen to the capital after reports it was being stopped by bordering states. negativity towards we can't leave our people to die we need people to understand that every life is important to us i appeal to you on behalf of the people of delhi a concrete steps are taken the city will witness a catastrophe. a start at climate or send burial grounds work day and night the government has begun using planes and trains to transport the lifesaving gas elizabeth al-jazeera. to grow the sun is a clinical epidemiologist and senior lecturer at queen mary university of london joins us now from cambridge so heartbreaking scenes of people lining up outside

hospitals struggling to get help and yet do the current figures reflect the reality of the situation how concerned are you about mortality data being suppressed or simply not being reported. i think both the case and death are a huge underestimate of what's happening i mean in delhi we have positively read to 36 percent so one in 3 people tested are tested positive which means a huge amount under testing we know from crematorium data that deaths are being underestimated by between 4 to 26 for depending on what state you're in and i also think that the death toll that have been reported for the future are huge underestimates because we need to remember that the deaths that are happening today are related to infections that happened 3 weeks ago which means that death 3 weeks later will reflect infections today which means that you know we don't we haven't

reached the peak of this and deaths will unfortunately keep rising for the next 3 weeks and you know we can expect anything between 6000 and over 20000 deaths a day if that pandemic and news as it is so just to be clear about this the figures the being publicly reported right now a completely unprecedented it clips the 1st wave of the pandemic in india but you think the death of the actual number of deaths could be 20 times higher is that what you said. i think depending on what state you're in on average it's estimated that there are 10 times higher than what's being reported. what is happening with vaccinations will the majority of people who are most at risk be able to access or afford vaccines. i think it's unlikely and so far only 10 percent of the population 7c3xw8w people have been vaccinated and there are shortages of vaccines at this point in time although anybody above 18 can get back in h.s.

i think. manufacturers are trying to ramp a back nation that hopes of reaching about 60000000 about is manufactured a week but given how quickly this pandemic is spreading with exponential growth you know no matter how much we've ramped up vaccination at this point in time it's not going to have an impact what we need is an immediate national lockdown of the very strict restrictions to bring cases down and put a brake on this pandemic this meteoric rise in infections and deaths coincides with festivals and state elections being permitted to go ahead despite warnings as far back as february about a very aggressive 2nd wave could the government have done more absolutely there's no doubt cases have been rising in many states since february so this is been going on for 6 weeks and we know what exponential rises are so every day you see more cases than the previous year and agreed to rise of the previous day and every day

matter has to wait for 6 weeks on a pandemic that's growing exponentially is completely advantage and lockdowns have been put in place just a few days ago and until a few days ago as you said there were election rallies going ahead and rest been brought out frankly i don't know it's completely astonishing that the government has let this get out of control when it was entirely predictable in late february thank you very much to the core of the sun a joining us from queen mary university of london appreciate your time. now as infections rise in kenya health workers are saying they are having to decide which patients get beds in intensive care government hospitals are also desperately short of oxygen pricing even more lives at risk and as catherine saw reports from aurora and just counting some people and companies are being accused of hoarding oxygen cylinders. his wife pauline died from 1000

complications in march a government isolation facility in quito in eastern kenya where they leave did not have enough oxygen. or way for suffering as we decided to move or to not obey we were told by the awful when we finally got one we want to quickly appeared on payment because 6 of the people were on the queue in neighboring much cackles county health workers stake us to the intensive care unit or i.c.u. or 12 beds have been occupied for a while when we get there patients also require. care then there we talk so i don't think neighboring countries to see whether they are very bad. the country's nearly 600 i.c.u. beds fill up fast and demand for oxygen has almost doubled to about 800 tons government hospitals don't have enough and health ministry official says thousands of cylinders are being hosted by individuals for private medical or industrial use

. but their recent hope this is a country's largest privately owned steel factory it has stopped all production losing about $30000.00 u.s. dollars a day to provide the oxygen to hospitals for free i'm told and then to get there from here but i was in that field out with the guy every day on the fly but even that it's not nearly enough to make that one patient is taking almost. 3 cylinders of walks in gym every day and i mean it is impossible for anyone to produce to cope with this. to have the total collapse of the health care system the government wants to reach hard immunity to the disease through vaccinations s. quickly as possible. 1000000 people have so far hired the fastow's of the u.n. called a distributed astra zeneca vaccine but the supplies are running low and there's an

insight into about the availability of astra zeneca for the 2nd jobs chuckles hospital has vaccinated about while 1000 people but authorities are concerned about those falling ill and dying in rural villages so what have we done now we've required that every person who dies in matter of course has to be tested for of it falling did some of them before did at home especially all the people back in q 2 we look at tells us he wants the government to provide facilities for patients who cannot afford private hospitals so they don't go through the same trauma he's family catherine sawyer al-jazeera. a u.s. health panel has recommended the use of johnson and johnson's kovan 1000 vaccines should resume despite the right red risk of blood clots advisors for the centers for disease control and prevention say the vaccines benefits outweigh the serious

but small risk almost 8000000 people in the united states have been vaccinated with the shot health officials have so far uncovered just 15 cases of a highly unusual type of blood clots 3 of which were fatal or will women most under the age of 50. live for us in los angeles tell us more about how quickly could the johnson and johnson vaccine come back into use. well it will take a few days for all the i's to be dotted and t.'s to be crossed but this is the most important step in getting the johnson and johnson vaccine back into circulation now as you mentioned the expert advisory panel at the centers for disease control voted in favor of recommending that the of the vaccine the single those facts seem to be allowed to be used again without restrictions in all people above the age of 18

the panel voted 10 in favor of this decision for against and one person abstaining now the johnson and johnson vaccine is considered very important because it is a single dose because more convenient to ship it doesn't require. refrigeration or freezing to very low temperatures and so health authorities the united states believe that it will be essential to reach hard to reach physically distant or dispersed populations and people who are reluctant to get a double vaccine say the moderna or pfizer vaccines and would prefer to get just one dose so this will be an important addition to the already approved for mergence use fact scenes. to date about 90000000 people in the united states is about 27 percent of the entire population have been fully vaccinated and about 135000000

adults have gotten at least one dose and the vaccine situation has improved greatly over the past several weeks i can tell you from personal experience that vaccine centers that have very long lines several weeks or about a month ago are now. much less crowded they're taking walk ins and everyone over the age of 16 in the united states is now eligible to receive one of the vaccines thank you thank you so much rob runnels there in los angeles announcing russia president vladimir putin is back to proposal by health officials that for a 10 day non-working period in early may to the spread of the virus may 1st and 9th are already public holidays but the 1st to the 11th can now become known workdays as well as russians encouraged to stay at home health minister says the covert situation is stable but warns it might want to send when people start to socialize

more and the woman whether russia has reported almost 9000 new cases in the past 24 hours well below the 29000 a day at the country's peak in december. if there were. all of my colleagues to listen to the opinion of specialists to virologists to those who are not just professionals in the area but who have also been fighting in fiction especially in the last year and have received such diverse an in-depth information about covert 19 if you think the measure to prolong my holidays is necessary been fine we will do so and today i will sign the corresponding decree the australian city of perth meanwhile is going to snap 3 day lockdown in response to one posting test and testing positive to co that offset leaving hotel quarantine people flock to stock up on supplies at supermarkets in preparation for the last minute restrictions australia has come close to eradicating the virus and mandatory hotel quarantine for the limited number of people allowed to enter the country. and then the spread

of the corona virus might have reached new heights the base camp of the world's highest mountain in a wage and climbers become the 1st person to test positive for cove at 19 at mt everest base camp he was flown to kathmandu and hospitalized but he has since tested negative well than 300 crime as a likely to attempt to climb the mountain in april during its peak season. for now i think it's only a question of crime to spread but we can see a bigger outbreak in the base camp if we don't react now and i think that's the most important thing we would need information confirmation of how many cases what we need to isolate piers. to prepare our person based care are 100 percent preston. but that we have to be done now this i think this is the only chance to save the season and watching the news hour live from london much more still to tell you about on the program inoculation that could be one of the world's biggest

killers a promising new malaria vaccine and mass human trials also russian opposition leader alexina valley says he is ending his hunger strike following appeals by his doctors and then later in sport we look at what women's rugby is doing to tackle concerns over concussion injuries. hopes are fading fast for the $53.00 crew members of the indonesian submarine that went missing on wednesday oxygen supplies on board are now calculated to have run out search crews are working in the waters around the indonesian island of bali with several nations stepping in to lend their help jessica washington reports on this now from jakarta by and by sea the search grows more urgent as the parts 53 sub mariners were on board the carolina 4

o 2 in waters north of bali on wednesday morning they were taking part in what should have been a routine training exercise when contact with the vessel was lost. the submarine is now silent there's no sound we can only use sonar. experts are concerned the submarine may have sunk too far and collapsed under extreme pressure. the deeper a submarine goes by water pressure increases on the submarine every 10 meters there is one kilogram of pressure added to each centimeter of the body of the submarine indonesia's neighbors singapore and malaysia our system with the search and australian navy vessel is also on side. in tunisia barzee say the submarine was in good condition despite being built in the late 1970 s. it completed at year repeating process in south korea in 2012 and recently completed its scheduled maintenance in indonesia on thursday indonesian military

personnel spotted an oil slick in the sea that officials say could indicate a fuel leak for many of the family and friends of those on board the carolina 4 o 2 the ordeal is too much to bear. his wife said i want to be with him i miss him but i can't because he has to work i said. but now we have heard this information. got married 2 months ago before going on the submarine mission before he left he was hoping that when he got back he was hoping they would have a baby instead her family like dozens around indonesia now faces a painful wait for and says just washington al-jazeera jakarta. security officials in nigeria say gunman shot dead 3 of the university students they kidnapped this week they were among a reported 23 people taken at gunpoint from the campus of queen field university in

kaduna state on cheers day there were 28 students and 3 staff that were taken it's the latest in a series of kidnappings from educational establishments in the past 4 months with more than 700 students taken for ransom. now thousands of people have turned out for the funeral of chad's president addressed a bay french president and led tributes to a strong man whose son quickly replaced him as head of say they be died of injuries sustained while visiting in the north of the country where the military was battling an offensive by rebels from mena morgan reports. with these shots chad's army and people said farewell to their former leader agrees there be 4 days after the announcement of his death a funeral service for the president of 3 decades was held in the capital's largest public square. it was attended by heads of neighboring countries senior regional

officials and family. services the whole country and its people can feel my pain as a wife who has lost her husband in difficult times we've lost a country man and the head of our family interestedly to me was exemplary husband guarding father and counselor all these characters in one man whom we have lost there be died from injuries he sustained fighting the rebel front for change and concord group in the northern region of coming to power in mind 190 after overthrowing his predecessor he same heartbreak his tenure was filled with rebellions as well as coup attempts after military council took over following debbie's death his son a military officer 37 year old mohammad debbie is now head of state the country's constitution parliament and government have all been dissolved and the charter put out to guide the country for the next 18 months. a dream studies that close a chapter in chad's history that lasted for more than 30 years but the one that's

opening now is presenting challenges many opposition leaders as well as other groups have rejected having debutant as the new leader as the military council calls for dialogue others are calling for labor strike all this as chad faces threats internally and externally the rebel group has declared it will continue fighting and take over the capital in germany now chad is also part of the g. 5 sad countries involved in counterterrorism operations in lake chad and along the border with mali and nigeria before the funeral chad strongest ally france's president emmanuel micro made the military council and the g. 5 country leaders to discuss security. france will not let anybody question or threaten today or tomorrow child instability in territorial integrity for us to ensure that the promise was made will be realized for all parties stability inclusive. and democratic transition this is what who aren't.

many of debbie supporters who came for his funeral could not hide their grief and. we should be strong and not let this country go to waste we are all mourning but we should not forget that he died for this country so we should unite and try to make this country move forward. to the people we need to be united for the country's stability for the country's security and for its territorial integrity and not everyone is happy the military is in charge but they're open to dialogue so we should take that as not 1st debbie is being buried next to his father's grave in the eastern town of us and to the world he was one of africa's longest serving leaders who died in conflict to most of the opposition he was a ruthless leader who denied them a change in governance and to others in chad he will be remembered as the man who led the country during difficult times he will morgan and is there a. well and cohen is a former u.s. assistant secretary of state for african affairs joins us now from washington can

you please shed some more light on this rebel quip that and to chad who are based in libya who are they and how well armed as the korea well the group that invaded from libya 1st of all are not islamic jihadists they are champions who are fighting the government of interest there be a now the government of the sun because of corruption you know chad is an oil producing country but none of the money that has come in for more oil has been used for the benefit of the chatting people so these rebels coming in from libya are fighting for the people of chad they want to better deal from the oil i am pleased to see that president not crueler of france is encouraging dialogue i think this is the only way to go that the army of chad can no longer resist these rebels who are much stronger. so what do you anticipate will than happen we had

some bold remarks from french president emmanuel macron are they how engaged might french forces become well present micro has a choice he could use his forces who are based in chad there's a very large french base there to fight the rebels and and defeat them they have done that before in previous years or he could put pressure on the new military junta led by these deadly son to sit around the table with the rebels and start a democratic process my instinct is that microland looking at his own domestic situation he will call for a dialogue. right is that because it's going to be difficult for interstate the son to mobilize and galvanize troops in the same way as his father because this particular group is much they have more armaments more equipment in some ways more influential than than other rebel groups of the past that that's

read in the eyes of the charity of people that have moral legitimacy and it's going to be very hard for it just every sunday to really fight them. the french of course can go against them because they need the cherry hill army to fight in the same help against islamist jihadist in booking a fire so in the air and in nigeria but i don't think president macron looking at his own domestic situation the french are tired of what's going on in that area so i think he's going to look for a peaceful outcome rather than a military outcome what could it mean for uncertainty instability in the region neighboring countries well there. trench are in the neighboring countries there are 5000 troops there are americans there are who are helping with drone attacks and with training and that sort of thing i think that will go on that will go on but

even there you can see the efforts being made for dialogue in book unify so the the government there is saying well let's let style armed with these islamist rebels if we can come to a conclusion you know much of the problem is not so much religion it is socioeconomic many of the people who are fighting governments in that region are very poor have never gotten any benefits from their government and i think things are starting to change in respect to having a better deal for a majority of the people thank you for joining us on the news hour appreciated herman cohen former u.s. assistant secretary of state for african affairs you're welcome. and watching the news out by from london still ahead on the program southeast asian leaders divided over how to respond to the 1000000 mark who had a very regional meeting. was would be buying it through. neighborhood. pipeline plans labeled environmental racism the battle to save the south memphis

drinking water. and then later in sport also fans send a clear message the club's owners following a year in super league debacle have the details like sean. the weather pattern is stuck over europe at the moment there's activity around the baltic states this activity off the coast of portugal and in fact if you look at the shape it's sort of an omega the greek letter room it is called mimic a block which means this area of high pressure is sitting here it's blocking the movement of the patents anyway so you get persistence of type which means persistence of winter in sweden in the baltic states and in finland and a bit of a cold breeze at sea on the eastern side and persistence of rain on its way into portugal because that scene can't move very far either but in between the 2 high

pressure spring sunshine temperatures are slowly rising as nice a mormon central western france you beat greece i have to say were necessarily losses stockholm's is only a slow rise in temperature we start off with more snow on the ground in stockholm on sunday again but bordeaux you do lose a bit of the heat boost 19 days where the average is or monday is rate increase slowly up from further sux. for the also africa to see is should see a mostly dry as this some showers stuff likely in the fall and also a broker the winds are telling though and that might end up being a haboob drawing blowing out of libya and into egypt but especially for. the well if we cannot have palestina my government was suddenly not allowed britain to control french palestine would be an outrage but then we need to find another solution before we come to blows 100 years ago britain and france made

a secret deal that would influence the shape of the middle east for centuries to come and so. now we can durham a. psych speak our minds in the sand on al-jazeera. then they choose news as it breaks prime minister or the surest way i feel i will have to for the action because he's promising people jail jumpstarted economy with detailed coverage many things are going to end the rotten black politicians of the allowed to hold large rallies on paying on to out to earn a living from around the world this is about the model for fundamental change to the way the police operate in the united states. the root.

headlines now india has reported the world's highest a daily tally of infections for a 2nd straight day with more than 332000 cases hospitals reporting shortages of beds oxygen and medicine. hopes are fading fast for the $53.00 crew members of an indonesian navy submarine that went missing on wednesday oxygen supplies on board and now calculated to run out of thousands of people have attended the funeral of chad's long suffering president addressed baby french president emmanuel walk on led tributes today b. who died last weekend on the frontline of a battle with rebels in the north of the country. want to turn to me and man now the military genter has issued arrest warrants for 26 members of the national unity government formed

a week ago it's normally led by unsung suchi who was ousted as the country's leader in that military coup in february and detained on several charges the unity government says it should be attending the emergency regional summit this weekend instead myanmar's gentle chief jew to participate which opponents say lends him recognition. and in defiance of the military crackdown on protests dozens of demonstrators of again marched against the genter in the city of yangon they carried banners supporting the national unity government but they were only able to stay on the street for a few minutes before fleeing after reports that security forces were approaching. the 10 member regional assy and group will discuss the crisis and myanmar on saturday in that emergency summit just mentioning but as tony chen reports those divisions of how best to respond. but it's monks marched through the city of mandalay holding up signs supporting the national unity government the

shadow civilian government was formed to reverse any acceptance of the military genter at home and abroad the protesters have been outraged in the past week by asked jens decision to invite senior general minong lie to the leaders' summit. for those pushing neighboring governments to take a stand against the coup and the crackdown that followed it's a grave disappointment we're very very upset and sorry what is happening. is. welcoming. gender is killing its own people the chaos that's been seen on the streets of myanmar over the past 3 months has been disturbing for many within r.c.m. individually countries like singapore indonesia and malaysia have condemned the bloodshed and urged restraint the possibility of a failed state within the bloc threatens our claims of economic and political stability but others have remained relatively quiet expecting the protests would be

limited and quickly suppressed within thailand is the country that has the best relationship with your most generals but the thais don't seem very keen on intervention which might explain why the thai prime minister is staying at home this weekend that lack of unity and failure to hold myanmar's generals to account a likely to be costly the world food program is warning that millions could go hungry in coming months and fighting in border areas could send refugees pouring into neighboring countries this is a maritime disaster in the making it's early stage but it could get worse the knock on effects from this crisis we're beginning to see a civil war failed state and there will be no end to it. protestors in dar way hold a candle lit vigil for the victims of the myanmar protests now more than 700 people

but few are expecting more than thoughts and prayers from leaders tony ching al-jazeera bangkok. the jailed russian opposition leader alexina valley is ending his hunger strike after $24.00 days of on these own supporters and doctors that edged him to end the protest to to his deteriorating health he is demanding access to his own doctor to address numbness in his legs and arms prominent kremlin critic is serving a jail sentence for breaking parole conditions by traveling to germany for treatment after being poisoned well then 1500 of his supporters were arrested during widespread protests on wednesday calling for his immediate release now france says that its anti-terrorist prosecutor is heading the investigation into the fatal stabbing of a police of ministre to the attack took place at a police station in the town of a 60 kilometers southwest of paris police officers shot dead the attacker who was a tunisian national after he stopped the woman twice in the throat 3 people have

been arrested alleged to be part of the killer's entourage. now u.s. president joe biden has called on global leaders to work together on a transition to clean energy on the 2nd day of his leaders summit on climate biden laid out how the u.s. will achieve the target of cutting carbon emissions inhofe by 2030 which he announced on thursday he invited common advises and business leaders to flesh out what he believes is a valuable economic opportunity of tackling the crisis while creating new jobs at the same time among them was bill gates who urged governments on the private sector to work together. we need to develop and deploy breakthrough technologies that allow us to eliminate emissions throughout the physical economy 2nd we need to tap the power markets to fund and deploy these innovations for example by finding creative ways to finance technologies and by leveling the playing field so they can compete with fossil fuels 3rd governments and corporations need to adopt policies

that will make it faster and cheaper to make the transition and leaders will need to reward those who take difficult steps now all the stories of following us will make as an activist rallying against the construction of an oil pipeline in the city of memphis environmental activists say it puts at risk the drinking water of low income residents the majority of whom are african-american some of called the proposed energy project a case of environmental racism from memphis tennessee reports. for months residents in south memphis have been fighting against the construction of an oil pipeline dorsey says she's worried over what it might mean if a proposed oil pipeline were to cut right through the neighborhood she's lived in for most of her life my. why now would be buying it the rule humanity behold there's a growing movement among the local population against the plans for the energy

project the concern from activists like justin j. pearson is over the ground being proposed for the pipeline which is expected to pass over the memphis awkward for so one of the most severe negative consequences is to our environment they're planning to build a $1500.00 p.s.-i crudo a pipeline atop the memphis sandakan for what supplies drinking water to over a 1000000 people in addition to this they're building at the top an area that's the most seismically active in the southeastern part of the united states. the pipeline would also pass through box town a predominantly black neighborhood that critics say is already exposed to pollution from several nearby industrial sites in recent weeks a growing chorus of voices have spoken out against the project including at least $28.00 members of congress and former u.s. vice president al gore it is reckless racist it is a rip off we're trying to stop this i plan it's called the by l. yes i plan the memphis mayor just came out against it 2 days ago which gave us all

some great it encouragement to companies i know believe the city with ransom lawsuits i do that everywhere even though they're legal theories are often nonsense but memphis is standing up because the black citizens of memphis and their white allies are standing up to say no more of this environmental racism a controversial aspect of this pipeline and others like it across the united states is the use of nationwide permit 12 which allows fall. fuel companies to fast track projects like the behala connection pipeline the parent company responsible for the project valero energy corp did not respond to our request for a comment but the company has defended the project promising the pipeline will meet environmental standards. al-jazeera memphis tennessee. new malaria vaccine is being held as a possible game changer in the fight to eliminate the disease the oxford institute

vaccine has proved 77 percent effective in stopping infections and is entering logic human trials to root out any side effects malaria kills half a 1000000 people every year many of them children because hack reports on this now from decca. it's in this lab a 100 kilometers away from brick you know fossils capital ouagadougou deep in this how the region that a groundbreaking discovery was made here blood samples were analyzed from 450 children given an experimental vaccine against malaria developed by scientists from oxford universities generate. scientists say the results of their year long study are extraordinary i have been part of other studies like these but never have i seen such good results holding all this it is taking part in this study say that children are feeling great it's an extraordinary moment to see that the vaccine against malaria actually works. malaria kills almost half a 1000000 people

a year globally mostly children living in africa there's been efforts to try to slow the spread of malaria by distributing mosquito nets and repellents but during the rainy season malaria thrives and last year more people died of it than cove at 19 and so and the suspected vaccine would save and protect not millions of people but billions of people living in tropical climates exposed to mosquitoes that carry the deadly parasite. larger trials on nearly $5000.00 children will now be carried out in 4 african countries but the general institute which was behind the astra zeneca covert vaccine is already seeking world health organization approval for the malaria vaccine the world health organization wanted the 75 percent effective vaccine this is the 1st time we've gone just anyone's gone just above that level with certainty certain. really important really it can be manufactured at last at

large scale and we're hearing from the syrian institute of india today that they won't be able to produce 200000000 doses or more. making the vaccine affordable for those who need it most will be the next challenge still for this small clinic research center in brick you know fonso but there have been decades of efforts against malaria this experimental vaccine is a break you know inches for science but for humanity nicholas hawk al-jazeera. is still with the news hour live from london still ahead. iraqis keep celebrating an ancient ramadan tradition despite coronavirus restrictions and then i transport athletes react to a ruling on taking and me at the tokyo olympics on our story. oh

. the number of crimes of arson factions in iraq soared pasta 1000000 this week the country's regularly hitting new highs for daily cases forcing the government to impose a partial curfew so for discoloring gatherings which is affecting one of iraq's most popular ramadan traditions some of fulton reports on this now from the capital baghdad. it's 9 pm in baghdad the evening curfew to slow the spread of coronavirus is in force. but for these young men the night has only just begun. they've gathered about the death sports stadium to play in the head as

a traditional game that involves 2 teams trying to hide a ring from one another head business which means you bring in iraq arabic is a particularly popular pastime during the fasting month of ramadan. really a very smooth road in iraq without my head this wouldn't be the same i wake up in the after months of pray and read the koran and after breaking our fast be prepared to play me it's all gone the game is believed to date back to the abba seat era hundreds of years ago but has since evolved into a competitive sport this is the 1st round of a national championship typically held during ramadan with the support of the ministry of youth and sport us what is the organizer and iraq's most famous player . you seem to like idea behind this championship is to reunite iraqis and it's also about rules and physio namie finding the ring depends on the foresight and the talent of the players the game goes like this the team leader hides the

ring in the fist of one of his players the captain from the other team has 10 minutes to find the ring which he can only do by studying the facial expressions of the players the captain can rule out players he believes don't have the ring by asking them to show their hands. but he only gets one guest to identify the ring bearer a task that has been made easier this year because there are only 40 players in each team. manager and i the team members could reach 4 or 500 now the circumstances become different iraq is going through a health and security crisis last year's turn. demand was canceled due to the pandemic but this year it was allowed to go ahead with certain restrictions usually the stadium would be packed with players and spectators but this year off already has have restricted attendance as the country registers record numbers of new

coronavirus infections but there is no social distancing no masks and it appears little concern about the rising covert 19 cases the teams will play until dawn when the curfew is lifted and they return home to begin their fast again seem on a full team al-jazeera. sun is here now with the sport and 10 thank you very much marion montana sarraf on the dial has taken a step closer to a record extending 12 barcelona open title 20 time grand slam champion looked great in his home country on friday he booked his spot in the semifinals by beating cameron nori in straight sets and as currently ranked 3rd in the world and is looking to win his 1st title of the year. and recent monte carlo masters champions defined as city pass extended his unbeaten run to 8 matches 2nd seed had

a convincing 6363 victory over canadian fear at least sammy he will now face a unique center for a place in sunday's final. is through to the semifinals of the stuttgart open after beating 2019 when a victory because it's over the number 4 seed that pulled off a great comeback and saved 2 match points on route to winning 677562 sure now face world number one ashley barty in the series. arsenal have been beaten one now at home by everton in the english premier league it was their 1st game since withdrawing from the european super league ahead of the match thousands of gunners fans protested outside the emirates against owner stan chronic a demanding the american steps down the majority of arsenal supporters are furious about the club's involvement in the breakaway european tournament the owners say

however that they have no intention to sell the club. it's a national limbic image he has confirmed the athletes who make political or social justice protest at the tokyo games could be punished actually showing their support for movements like a black lives a matter had become common in recent months but the i.o.c. is said. a thing at a festival or annealing a foreign national anthem a want be allowed on the field of play medal podiums or at official ceremonies a saloon in the world plaza cessation has offered legal support for any competitors for sanctioned at the olympics. to suggest that answers are i want to question and appropriateness is the effective way to resolve a question or a podium protests at the olympic games is easy. and the starting point for the i.o.c. is desirably i gave up hold the internationally recognized human rights of every

one of you will be guides especially the athletes and there is a very proud history of athletes activism and even the only people in minot self has recognized a champion such as tommy smith and john carlos and peter norman and directors last have been on the right side of history even though they were today and at the time so the right to freedom of expression is not an absolute right it can't be used to promote height but it can certainly be used to promote social justice and the world players association we have the type who made the players especially out of the last 12 to 24 months who are playing heroic in championing social justice in championing gender equality you know it just rules us through school and from their example i think it becomes clear that means that rule is not going to be legitimate and its legitimacy is lost because they have words choose to disregard it then

clearly there's no cries for any sanction and it's. if that needs to be challenged legally or through public compiling all throughout the forms of support of the athletes then amateur that will certainly provide whatever supports necessary. in the final games in the women's rugby 6 nations torment to kick off on saturday as the women battle on the field there's a growing concern about what repeated blows are doing to their brains jessica baldwin reports. preparing for the big day england's red roses will take on france watched by what's expected to be a record television audience. not. rugby is the fastest growing sport for women in the u.k. and globally it's played by $2700000.00 women and girls former player nick evans will be watching and hoping any injuries are taken more seriously now than a decade ago when she played for wales i used to get really quite quite regular

concussions but it wouldn't be something that i'd necessarily share with the coach i wouldn't i wouldn't want to be taken off the pitch i wouldn't want to have had a week out 2 or 3 weeks out parliament is investigating links between concussion in sport and long term brain injury inquiry into concussion in sport doctors told a committee last month that women are twice as likely as men to suffer concussions in sports despite the greater likelihood for women to suffer brain injury it's male athletes who are given priority when it comes to medical care and research into detection and prevention the risk cause for concern because by city on the average woman's hits a small it's a hypothesis that's been raised but as far as i know no winners has done a proper study on that sofa beside smaller heads and next there are other theories about why women's concussion levels are higher hormones or women more likely to

report a concussion at this hour which a practice session the coaches hears touch base training sparing the attack oh and teaching the girls had a fall safe play as many. some questions are caused by head slapping the ground parents are warned to watch for any signs of concussion and the players themselves are very aware the most important thing is that you're safe and like you don't go to play back to play too soon because repeated especially repeated concussions they can be like devastating long term. the benefits of exercise are well documented and to ensure the joy of playing remains the sport of rugby is looking to reduce risks as the ultimate goal jessica baldwin al-jazeera england or indian cricket star far has would drawn from this season's indian premier league fastball or had missed the start of the campaign for his team d. abroad just on the royals has undergone surgery to remove fragments of glass out

from his finger on top of the arch has been nursing a long standing elbow injury. and you back to merriam in london thank you very much history is being made in earth's orbit as for astronauts travel to the international space station on a recycled rocket for the 1st time a space x. mission blasted off from the kennedy space center in florida where using a falcon rocket and dragon capsule and as an account go report from florida it's hoped it could dramatically cut the cost of future space travel. and launches from the kennedy space center in florida are among the most spectacular 3 to one. on friday mornings blast off did not disappoint this is the 3rd crude launch from space 6 in less than 12 months the 1st time the company reuse their falcon 9 rocket and dragon capsule using recyclable boosters designed to fly themselves back to

earth is a cornerstone of space x.'s plans to make missions cheap and it took 10 years to get here to achieve this bold vision we have for commercial crew and i and again it's been amazing what the team has been able to accomplish say hi to the crew of dragon resilience for us and let them know your rock is home safe on board the for us journalists from 3 nations are on a 6 month mission to the international space station if all goes well they'll be welcomed on board the space station on saturday morning 12 a part of advancing human spaceflight and looking forward to. going beyond earth orbit to the moon and mars. and helping me care humanity spacefaring civilization and a multiplayer species one day for those eager enough to wake up early seeing crute spaceflights blast off from cape canaveral is a thrill human spaceflight resumed last year following an 11 year gap after the space shuttle program ended they keep that tradition alive and to keep technology

going and to keep being able to launch from american soil is the main thing we went in with that a lot of expectation and it was cool it was really healthy to say it was awesome commercial spaceflight is now entering a new era by successfully reusing rockets and modules space x. is making exploration economically viable later this year a mission will take 4 citizen astronauts into orbit the 1st mission of its kind in history and the galaxy or of his era miami florida. well that's it for the news hour but i'll be back with a full bulletin for you in a couple of minutes we're going to bring you all the latest from india where the number of covert infections and deaths continues to soar hospitals reporting shortages of medicine drugs and bad so i'll be back with that story very shortly stay with al-jazeera like now.

the protests started cheerfully in front of the x. museum in amsterdam hundreds of protesters scattered to demand the government lock down restrictions and lift a curfew the 1st in the country since world war 2 this threat is that we lose our freedoms to protesters who are not funneling social distancing rules who will be to be ordered to disperse by police but police are trying very hard to close friend to scenario that happened last week when thousands were rioting in cities across the nat'l. after some protesters started throwing stones at letting off fireworks

police on horseback moved in to clear the area. 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 it's hard to actually get to and we can do it if we want to but 1st the nation must tackle the dirty legacy of a profitable fossil fuel industry it's in being an active emanations souls people in power finland's plummet warriors on a jersey in. and out the seas for the blind and a robotic arm for the disabled. i junk australian engineer isn't venting tools to help people gain independence. but he's all side of that will pull up to recognize objects on the far side of the gate or with vision will be able to

recognize everyday objects women make science group of gals on al-jazeera. desperate scenes in india where people are left to die outside hospitals as daily covert cases surged to another global recall. why maryam namazie and on that you're watching al-jazeera also coming up on the. pope's fate of saving the $53.00 crew of indonesia's missing submarine with their oxygen now $42.00 have run out.