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dear god but to put you on purpose the fires are going to morning i'm a few. such. a minor. the way that you cal death story is what can make a difference. yes for scenes outside indian hospitals overrun by record breaking corona virus infections and oxygen shortages. u.s. health regulators lift the poles on johnson and johnson's vaccine despite a small risk of blood clots. and d.n.a. in c.d.c. including it was similarly in the so called from this is through st louis syndrome occurring is very now.
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i'm sam is a band this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up international rescue and scour indonesian waters for a missing supper and despite the likelihood it's as supply is running out we'll have a live update. and how iraqis are trying to keep around medan tradition alive made virus restrictions and the curfew. that's begin in india where the pandemic has taken an unprecedented toll on the health care system for a 2nd day it's recorded the world's highest number of new infections more than 332000 hospitals are short of everything beds medicine an oxygen and a fire killed 14 people at
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a hospital in the hardest hit maharashtra state from new delhi elizabeth for random reports. overcome with grief and anger this man and other family members of 14 people killed in a fire at this hospital in maharashtra state broke down as they confronted staff the place swept through the intensive care unit or i.c.u. from one of our favorite made out unfortunately a major fire disaster happened at our hospital at about 3 am there was a sudden spark from the air condition 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 killed 24 covered 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. i've been running around for
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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 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 hospital's 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
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in their morty to ensure the uninterrupted delivery of oxygen to the capital after reports it was being stopped by bordering state. 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 if concrete steps are taken the city will witness a catastrophe. started kramatorsk burial grounds work day and night the government has begun using planes and trains to transport the life saving gas elizabeth brannon al jazeera new delhi. the u.s. regulators are lifting a pause on the use of johnson and johnson single shot covert 19 vaccine it follows a recommendation by the centers for disease control and prevention it says the benefits outweigh the serious but small risk 15 cases of blood clotting have been identified 3 of which were fatal rob reynolds reports from los angeles.
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after an 11 day pause to evaluate rare but serious side effects the u.s. centers for disease control and food and drug administration will allow the use of johnson and johnson's one dose coated 19 vaccine to resume an expert panel voted 10 to 4 to recommend resumption of the vaccinations without restriction for everyone aged 18 and over with these actions the administration of johnson and johnson covered 1000 maksim can resume and. that's that f.d.a. will add more details to the health care provider and patient backseat including information about the rest of bonds have occurred in the very small number of people who have received johnson and johnson. out of nearly 8000000 people who received the vaccine 15 developed blood clots and low blood platelets after their
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shot several became seriously ill and 3 died all women but the expert advisory panel and health officials concluded the benefits of the vaccine outweighed the risks and that new guidance for doctors could help mitigate any damage we found that for every 1000000 doses of this vaccine the james j. vaccine could prevent over 650 hospitalizations and 12 deaths among women aged 18 to 40 and this vaccine could prevent over 4700 hospitalizations and nearly 600 deaths among women over unlike the pfizer and moderna vaccines johnson and johnson's version doesn't require a 2nd dose and it can be transported without deep freeze storage jane jane horton backs in offering key advantages including its single dose option and its viability when the supply chain may not allow for answers health officials say
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administering johnson and johnson. vaccine will resume almost immediately likely as soon as saturday robert oulds al-jazeera los angeles. and in doing here rescue teams are continuing their battle against the wind ling time to find a submarine that's missing with $53.00 crewmembers on board well it's as supplies are calculated to have run out search crews are working in waters around the indonesian island of bali with several nations now helping. at the request of the indonesian government we are sending airborne assets to include a navy p. 8 poseidon maritime patrol aircraft to assist in the search of the missing submarine secretary asked and spoke to the minister of defense of indonesia today to make sure he knew that this aircraft was coming in also turn make an offer for any other additional support or systems that the indonesian government might have
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indonesia is a good friend in a strategic partner we were all deeply saddened to see the reports about their so marine and our thoughts and our prayers are with the indonesian sailors the indonesian navy and of course all their families has more now from jessica washington joins us live from jakarta any sign of this submarine so far. well sami no not you not at this stage and at this point in the search hopes are beginning to fade for the crew on board the camera in angola for roche now there is still no confirmation of the location of this submarine and the search effort is focusing around an oil spill in the seas around bali authorities believe that that area might be where the submarine began its descent before losing contact experts say that they are concerned that the submarine may have sunk
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a well below its well below what it was built to withstand that it may have been impacted by the pressure because it may have potentially sunk to a depth of 700 meters that makes it incredibly difficult for rescuers to try to find the exact location of this submarine despite all the resources that are being poured into this effort now we do know as was mentioned earlier the u.s. is assisting with this effort and the maritime aircraft that they sent has already arrived in bali a strangely a also has sent over the edge m a s ballarat which is a quipped with sophisticated sonar capabilities as well as a and embarked sea hawk and they are already assisting with this process there are 16 indonesian navy vessels trying to coordinate this search effort and an indonesian vessel also equipped with sonar capabilities which was recently involved in the search of the java sea in the aftermath of
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a passenger plane crash in january is currently searching the areas but still no confirmation of the exact location of this submarine we understand that authorities say that they have to remain optimistic even as hopes fade that the crew the 53 members on board the care and then go for 02 could still be alive we've seen the list. so of the names of those who were on board and they come from a variety of communities around indonesia their villages their families still hoping and praying that they could be alive even as time goes on and that possibility seems increasingly unlikely or thanks so much jessica washington leaders from southeast asia are preparing for crisis talks with men miles military ruler general minong flying world attend the 10 nation asian summit in indonesia's
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capital jakarta his participation has been condemned by anti coup protest leaders human rights groups and the newly established unity government in myanmar say the invitation gives the general legitimacy my call vertical growth this is asia regional director of the center for humanitarian dialogue he says a xian needs to help ease human suffering in mar as well as established diplomatic lines to find the solution. what the asin leaders really need to do and hopefully will do is focus on a plan to relieve the suffering of the myanmar people which involves you know either some sort of humanitarian assistance plan the appointment of a special envoy certainly gaining entry to the country to help on the ground is a very important priority now as to what they say to general mills line this will be behind closed doors we can expect a certain degree of frankness i think there are 2 possible ideas on the table one is a plan for humanitarian assistance which of course takes
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a leaf out of what has happened before in myanmar when there were natural disasters back in 2008 the other is a rather more sort of diplomatic approach using a sort of friends of friends of the chair of the sort of try and establish a set of interlocutors or an envoy to engage with the military and with other stakeholders to seek a political solution i hope it's a combination of both really i mean there is there are urgent humanitarian needs and there's a need for us in the region to lead on efforts to engage with the military and other stakeholders to address the crisis around 130 people are feared dead after their boat capsized off the libyan coast of all making the dangerous crossing from africa to europe at least 10 bodies have been found another wooden bows with about 40 people on board has been missing since wednesday. israel's army says it struck a belonging to hamas in the gaza strip israel says it's in response to 3 rockets
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fired from the palestinian territory israel's target was an observation post belonging to assam brigades that's the armed wing of hamas no casualties have been reported there's been a 2nd night of violence in the occupied east jerusalem when the. israelis and palestinians faults with each other in the old city tensions have been high ever since police put restrictions on gatherings during the month of ramadan over $100.00 people have been injured since thursday. still ahead on al-jazeera will tell you about a new vaccine against malaria which could be a game changer plus. he never knew why this mission to the international space station is making history.
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yet more showers are brewing you know you have a couple of days off between good weather and these big things i'm afraid and that's the southern states again with orange top thunderstorms quite light to produce big hail damaging winds possibly even tornadoes and it's the same states that have had the same problems this is spring after all now that goes slowly through the eastern seaboard it's very warm ahead of its new york and toronto both well above where they were a couple of days ago but once he's gone through the cold start leaking again no stone at a time a drop in temperature but look at the pacific coast the snow will snow again for the mountains middling rain on the coast down towards san francisco only 14 degrees maybe even as far south as a we're going to shower or to just be. trying to be quiet for the caribbean central america there are a few showers light ones i think for his fine yola jamaica prostration blue
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welcome back you're watching our time to recap our headlines now india has reported the world's highest daily tally of infections for a 2nd straight day more than 332000 cases hospitals are critical shortages of beds medicine and oxygen u.s. regulators are lifting appalls only use of johnson and johnson single shot covert 19 vaccine it follows a recommendation by the centers for disease control and prevention says the vaccines benefits outweigh the serious but small this search for a missing indonesian submarine is taking on added urgency oxygen supplies on board
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are now calculated to run out he went missing with $53.00 people on board on wednesday. chan's a long time president did he stay or be as been laid to rest he ruled for 30 years and was a close ally of france there be died from injuries sustained on the battlefield last weekend his son. is now in power and will lead a transitional military council for the next 18 months the opposition are describing the succession as a military coup have a morgan reports from germain. with these charts chad's army and people said farewell to their former leader. 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
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officials and family. live in syria so 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 the exemplary husband guiding father and counselor all these characters in the one man whom we have lost their baby 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. adrian studies that close a chapter in chad's history that lasted for more than 30 years but the one that's
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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. chad is also part of the 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 met 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. to ensure that the promise was made will be realized for all project stability inclusive. and democratic transition this is what. many of debbie supporters
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who came for his funeral could not hide their grief and. we should be strong and not lead 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 step but 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. jailed russian opposition leader in the is ending its hunger strike after
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$24.00 days of on the supporters and doctors urged him to end the protests due to his deteriorating health of these demanding access to his doctors who addressed numbness in his legs and arms a prominent kremlin critic is serving a jail sentence for breaking parole conditions by traveling to germany 'd for treatment after being poisoned russia is beginning to withdraw its armed forces from the border with ukraine after weeks of tension in the region both russia and ukraine have exchanged threats during the military buildup there were fears russian troops would cross the border into ukraine to support pro russian separatists from moscow says its forces were conducting military exercises and they're now returning to their bases u.s. president joe biden has called on the global leaders to work together on a transition to clean energy during the 2nd day of a global summit on climate change biden laid out how washington will achieve the target of cutting carbon emissions in half by 2030 invited climate advisers and
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business leaders to look at what he called the valuable economic opportunities of tackling the crisis. a new malaria vaccine is being hailed as a game changer in the fight to eliminate the disease the oxford institut vaccine has proved 77 percent effective stopping infections and there's now entering larger human trials to rule out any side effects and the area kills half a 1000000 people every year many of them children. so it's in this 100 kilometers away from brick you know fossils capital 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 university's jenner institute scientists say the results of their year long study are extraordinary i have been part in other studies like these but never have
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i seen such good results. taking part in this study so your 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 effective 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
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military a 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 would 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 brooklyn afonso but there have been decades of efforts against malaria this experimental vaccine is a breakthrough not just for science but for humanity nicholas hawk al-jazeera saudi arabia is closing its borders to lebanese fruits and vegetables until further notice the decision comes after illicit drugs in the form of $5300000.00 pills were found in
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a pomegranate shipment going through. lebanon's agriculture minister says it'll be a big hit with fruit and vegetable exports to saudi arabia worth $24000000.00 a year. for the 1st time a recycled rocket is carrying astronauts to the international space station the space x. mission blasted off from kennedy space center in florida reusing a falcon rocket and dragon capsule this is part of the company's plan to make travel to the final frontier cheaper and they gallacher reports from florida. 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 fall can 9 rocket and dragon capsule using recyclable boost as designed to fly themselves back to earth is a cornerstone of space x.
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his plans to make missions cheaper it took 10 years to get here to achieve this bold vision we have for commercial crew and again it's been amazing what the team has been able to accomplish say hi to the crew dragon resilience for us and let them know your rock is home safe on board the for us journalists from the 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 to throw off a part of advancing human spaceflight and looking forward to. going beyond earth over 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
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in with not a lot of expectation and it was cool it was really. to say that it was awesome commercial spaceflight is now entering a new era by successfully reusing rockets and modules space 6 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 began his era miami florida. curve of 19 infections in iraq saud passed the 1000000 mark this week the government imposed a partial curfew and discourage large gatherings but a similar 14 reports from baghdad muslims fasting the month of ramadan are trying to keep one popular tradition going. it's 9 pm in baghdad the evening curfew to slow the spread of coronavirus is in forests. but for these young men the night has
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only just begun. they've gathered about death for 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 you. really have a smooth road in iraq without my head this wouldn't be the same. and after breaking off 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
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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. match on either team members could reach 4 or 500 now the circumstances become different iraq has gone through a health and security crisis last year's turn. i meant was canceled due to the pandemic but this year it was allowed to go ahead with certain restrictions usually this stadium would be packed with players and spectators but this year of
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floridians 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 cove in 1000 cases the teams will play until dawn when the curfew is lifted and they return home to begin their fast again see one of the all teen al-jazeera but that. allows turkey through some of the headlines here in al jazeera now india has reported the world's highest daily tally of infections for a 2nd straight day with more than 332000 cases hospitals have critical shortages of beds medicine and oxygen the fire is killed at least 14 people at a hospital in the hardest hit maharashtra.
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