i'll check on the fire. women make science program gals on al-jazeera. this is al-jazeera. of their own it like this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes iraq's prime minister suspends his health chief after a hospital fire in fact that claims 82 lives. in a week that seen people desperate for medical help india's prime minister admits this 2nd wave of covert 19 has shaken his nation. images from the deep indonesia's

navy pinpoints a submarine that sunk off the coast of bali with 53 sailors on. a scaled back ceremony this year we look at the films in contention for the 93rd academy awards. and in english football has announced a boycott of social media all players and seems are back in the efforts to fight back against on line abuse. so that iraq's prime minister has now suspended the health minister after at least 82 people died in a fire at a bank that hospital the decision came after public anger erupted demanding the prosecution of high level officials the funerals of some of the victims are being held 3 days of national mourning have been declared. well the fire spread through a ward where coded 19 patients were being treated early reports point to an oxygen

tank because. in the beginning there was an explosion that started from there the similar explosion was over there the fire spread like fuel smoke rich my brother my brother took him to the street next to the ship put in a came back and from there to the last floor that didn't been found a girl suffocating about 19 years old she was suffocating about to die. who joins us live now from. the true extent of the far as being revealed just as action is being taken against 1st person oh. well the cabinet led by a prime minister mr carter me met this afternoon and decided to suspend the health minister as well as the governor of that province this comes on top of previous suspensions of the director and other management of. hospital where the explosion took place as well as the official responsible for health care india arie and many

people have said that those initial suspensions were not enough because they targeted that middle management at the ministry of health and really avoided seeking a responsibility at the upper echelons of the ministry now despite the suspension of the ministry of health some people will still say that this is not enough that the suspension is merely a measure to really buy time that this investigation will not really lead to any results a real accountability as unfortunately we have seen many times in the past so what people are really demanding is the resignation or the complete dismissal of the minister of ministry of health but of course he comes from a rather powerful party the party of. cider which won the last elections and holds the biggest. the biggest number of seats in parliament and that's why many people

doubt whether there will be actual firm action taken against him and whether to suspend is just the 1st step towards accountability or really just an effort to try to save face on the part of the government 82 people dead why is the death toll so high. well initially we heard that there were 120 patients in that hospital 30 of them in the respiratory care unit which means that they were attached to a ventilator and receiving oxygen through oxygen cylinders but in addition to these 120 people there were a lot of relatives present then disses quite peculiar because this is a cold 19 ward where one would think that the presence of relatives would be limited to try to stem the spread of the coronavirus but i spoke to one of the family members who was present and who who lost his elderly aren't in the blast to mention that there would be $5.00 to $6.00 relatives per patient which means that

rather than 120 people we're looking at 5 to 600 people who were crowded in this ward were crowded in the arse you and many of these relatives are of course also among the fatalities and the reason why they were there is because of the shortage of medical staff we have heard both from doctors as well as from family members that it is the relatives who need to sometimes handle these oxygen cylinders of course about having any expertise or training and that is what some believe may have led to does that the accident or some other lever of the moment. we can hear now from to use a member of the iraqi high commission for human rights in baghdad and he says this disaster could have been avoided. we know very well doubt that is absence of. patient safety requirements absence or. confronting such fire and such

buildings when we look at. official reports about. such entity we see there is no alter extinguishing system or fighting system there is no. other system that is not real external ladders for. people to get out in such wires as so odd and it is a governmental neglect and accountability is acquisitive and i hope it will not pass like the previous accidents in which we lost the. chance so patients. we are transferring actually from. situation of killing go the patients outside at the outside all this was all in the inside of the hospital which is as we explain it is a place for getting seen not to be killed. plenty more still ahead on the news on intruding al-jazeera good news on the high seas in the gulf of guinea one of the

most dangerous places for taiwan. look into how the pandemic germany's favorite vegetable. plots fall coming up to bad weather could use a service in brazil and he will be hit with. india is reporting a record number of corona virus cases for a 4th straight day with nearly 350000 infections stuff that overwhelmed hospitals begging for oxygen supplies and not down across the alley has been extended for another week the u.s. has expressed deep concern about the situation plans to urgently deploy distal support china russia the european union have already offered help with oxygen generates equant lizard for on him has more now from new delhi. mumbai and delhi have some of the best health care infrastructure in the country and yet here in the

capital we continue to see the entrances to hospitals filled with desperate family members begging for their loved ones their beloved ones to be admitted being rejected because hospitals are full and we're hearing reports of people dying outside hospitals dying on the footpath outside hospitals waiting to be admitted the southern city of bengal luda which is also one of the richest cities in the country it is an i.t. harb it is known for its medical tourism is also now running out of i.c.u. beds and that will give you an idea then of the situation in much poorer areas like the most populous state orthopod their age or like can be hard where it's much more difficult for people to get to hospitals there you know who often have to travel tens if not hundreds of kilometers to actually reach proper hospitals that

have the equipment that they need and we are seeing cases rising alarmingly in india's most populous state with the predation cases a more than 30000 a day now and with their pradesh like most of india still not conducting enough tests we also have a discrepancy a very big discrepancy between the number of deaths the official death toll and author but there are also in other badly affected states like garage and multiple there it doesn't add up to the number of bodies which are being cremated or you can hear from java to answer indian journalists his view is that the outbreak has been mishandled and things will get worse in the coming days every day there are protests there's this amount of anger and despair and the frightening part is that the worst is yet to come. a government panel an expert panel set up by the

government has predicted that the surge the peak will come a month from now when numbers could it could go as high as 500000 day as it is 20 people died for want of elect for want of oxygen in a delhi hospital last night and every day by the cries go out the hospitals are rushing to the courts petitioning them saying that the i.v. are only minutes away from our oxygen supply is running out and and therefore india has amounted to climb we are up against it the government also appears to be reluctant partly because. our prime minister and the government want to the world to believe that india being dobbed of the pharma industry was leading this fight against the pandemic there are they allowed themselves convinced themselves into believing that india had got the better of this pandemic the time that could have been used to argument had in infrastructure was wasted. we grew complacent there

were the political rallies where hundreds and thousands of people gathered and were addressed a bias of senior politicians specially the prime minister and or minister the religious congregations rep again hundreds and thousands of people who are allowed to gather so overt behavior was thrown out of the reds and that is out there which we now have this situation which has exploded in our face and like i said earlier the fear is that the worst is yet to come it's a similar situation in argentina coronavirus deaths are rising as hospital struggle to keep up with the number of patients more than 500 people are now dying every day talk to say a variant of covert 19 1st detected in brazil could be behind the sudden rise in cases i see more than often on the scene my we have a very high demand on the emergency room doctors on duty are receiving covert and non covert patients in a much greater proportion than in the preview. weeks which is what the 2nd wave implies we are afraid this wave will overwhelm us but with latin america again

seeing a rise in covert $1000.00 cases governments in the region are being criticized for the slow rollout of vaccination programs in the meantime frontline workers are going out to day after day to fight the pandemic that looks at 2 such cases a nurse in colombia and the ambulance driver in brazil. these are the scenes of the become all too common across latin america frontline doctors and nurses battling to keep covered 1000 patients alive but there are thousands of others often laboring day after day behind the scenes or in remote communities is part of the same fight against the same unforgiving enemy and still is a nurse working in cuenca in the southwest of colombia to reach vaccinate elderly members of the me sack indigenous community. ogu from house to house reason awareness about vaccination against the virus because older people always are

differences and is to protect them from the disease that we're facing. the pandemic has hit indigenous people across latin america disproportionately hard since they often live in remote communities with limited access to adequate health facilities . you know they rely on medics like anselm but he's often met with distrust and suspicion so he can persuade to accept the vaccine. we didn't think of getting it because we used to cure ourselves of anything with plants but as this is a worldwide problem there is no other solution whoever wants to get the vaccine it's not obligatory but you will feel safer getting it. others proved to be more resistant. last name but not his belief in modern medicine. that. my family and i will not get vaccinated because that is my belief because the pastor has taught us that it is not necessary by trust again god will get through

this will overcome everything that comes our way including disease. colombia has recently seen an increase in coverage $1000.00 deaths being next total up to more than $70000.00 there's an even worse picture in brazil with more than $40000000.00 infections and 386000 deaths and billions driver carlos. sees it every day. we once brought in a couple husband and wife they were admitted they were very unwell they got worse were incubated and they both died 10 minutes apart from each other on the way to hospital even though they were in a bad way they were chatting something that stuck with me because it was very a couple imagine it was an easy. the 52 year old has been an ambulance driver for 12 years but says he's never seen anything like this you never expected to have to deal with such little in this misery you don't was it you we hope that today will

be a better day let's hope it's not as bad as other days when we see people desperate crying after all it gets to us because we're right there witnessing people suffering it's not easy for anyone brazil is suffering about $4000.00 deaths a day and with the vaccination program being rolled out more slowly than most people would like there's no end in sight no response at the thousands of workers like dollar loss and then 7 more than usual and there al-jazeera one of cyrus. the search for missing indonesian submarine has turned into a salvage operation the vessel is lying in a depth approximately 850 meters it splits into 3 parts the $53.00 crew members are now presumed dead after the re was found the vessel was declared sunk on saturday 4 days after it disappeared under schapelle as of. what were search and rescue boats returned to port prepared for a change of mission a day after indonesia's navy declared a missing submarine sunk with 53 souls on board karen 402 last saw the surface

on wednesday off the coast of bali debris was found on saturday indicating the hole collapsed under pressure and on sunday the wreckage itself was found it that's more appealing say to be sure we the people of indonesia would like to convey deep sadness for this incident he specially of the family of the submarine crew the crew of the mission is the best son's best pages to safeguard the nation sovereignty members of the public hopeful that the crew would be found alive now send their condolences yeah. i v i can imagine you twas a difficult moment for the crew and it was deep down under the sea but also even if the easy and fun. stick knology there must have been human error children the operation. others are sharing a video of the men that's become a viral tribute of a submarine crew on eternal patrol of the. monitor. and are chappelle

al-jazeera. rebels in northern chad say they're ready to observe a cease fire and discuss a political settlement the front for change in concord rebels cross from libya on april 11th calling for an end to president idriss deby has ruled that he was killed fighting the group on the front line according to the government's military council headed by a son mob but we never see an 18 month transition to elections but morgan has more now from germain. well 1st of all we have to look at how many groups are involved in the fight against the government which is now headed by. there is of course the fronts for change and concord which was responsible for the death of the country's longtime president idriss deby and what they say is that they're ready to observe a cease fire that's not a complete announcement of a ceasefire yet so there is likely to be a bit of fighting continuing but it also comes off the back of an announcement from the from the group that on friday the day a state ceremony was held

a state funeral was held for injuries there be the group accuse the government of mumbai adding their positions on the border targeting their leader so the announcement from the front for change and concrete group that they are ready to observe a cease fire seems to be a response to the call by the transitional council for dialogue opposition groups including armed groups have been saying that they want the military to step down and a transitional interim government to be put in its place that is led by civilians or that should at least be formed with in agreement with most of the political parties or all the political parties and civil society groups here in the country so it looks like this announcement that the rebel group is ready to observe ceasefire is just a step forward but it's not a complete announcement to see find it remains to be seen how many of the rebel groups especially armed groups are ready to also lay down their weapons and negotiate with the with the transitional military council. region who's gone

from 50 killed to 200 the clashes were between the 2 largest groups hora gunmen are suspected of carrying out the attack on a village in. dili 2 weeks ago the mass cruise. lines which the government has been struggling to control. there are reports of fighting in the somali capital between security forces in support of all for and those opposed to president mohammed for months you know this is all happening ahead of a deadline for the president to step down earlier on sunday a military convoy including armored cars moved into the capital had been protests and calls for maggio to step down after he signed into law a bill allowing him to extend his mandate at this point to a correspondent catherine so he joins us now from nairobi is monitoring events from there catherine what is the latest what are you hearing. well we're told it's relatively quiet now in mogadishu but still very very tense

indeed we've been hearing about this protest that was led by these forces who are opposed to the extension of president for magistad by 2 years people are very worried about the security situation especially now with what appears to be the involvement of the military taking sides and it all started last night as you mentioned when this commander of a sector in here which is in the north of the country in the north of the country. recalled his troops back to mogadishu the on the front lines so there arrived last night that the ones who are leading this potus today he himself has been meeting with other military commanders and opposition leaders the whole day today and he has given the president 24 hours to rescind his decision for that extension of his term and his government so the situation in mogadishu a very tense indeed last week we also saw another police commander who was in

charge of the region which is the biggest metropole is in mogadishu he was fired because he tried to stop parliament from debating that issue of the extension when he was fired he we are told has now retreated to his residential area and we see many troops who are loyal to him again causing a lot of friction and a lot of tension in mogadishu people very worried about the security this appears very much to be a political and security crisis yes we have this ongoing political crisis and no involvement of the security forces there must be a real concern about where this could lead. yes very many people are worried about that because for example this troops who have come to mogadishu they have left frontline positions and that means it leaves a security vacuum and it also means that you know this armed group al-shabaab which

is still very much a threat can take advantage of the situation we've already seen attacks in the last few months by al-shabaab so whatever is happening could embolden this feiss to ramp up their attacks the president has been on a charm offensive he's been going round talking to international partners the e.u. the u.n. the u.s. u.k. and recently he was in the democratic republic of congo was speaking to present you say katie who's the chair passon of the african union just trying to get them to back this move of these to have this time extended but all these bodies or all these organs have said no you need to go back to the drawing board you need to go back and talk to other stakeholders electoral process has to be jumpstarted 2 years is not acceptable 2 years with no election is not acceptable so because of this

perhaps it could even embolden al shabaab more people are worried about that the president himself is standing his ground saying that somalia is a sovereign country and what this extension needed to be done because the electoral process had stalled and the country cannot afford anymore to be in a political vacuum. thanks for that cut through some of the reporting from our. the gulf of guinea has been called one of the most dangerous maritime areas in the world because of pirate attacks in the heart of the 38 incidents recorded globally in the 1st 3 months of this year happened i would address went home patrol with the needs navy in the atlantic ocean. are these navy commandos setting out on a hunt for pirates at sea. it's a dangerous assignment that security forces of this small west african nation have been carrying out for yes they face pirates and criminal gangs that seize

cargoes and kidnap coup members for ransom. the team escorts vessels in and out of the maritime. been in economic no cent. they in constant touch with their operation bases where larger vessels stand by to deploy in case of bigger threats. but these operations lead to a significant decrease in illegal activities it's a dangerous operation but we're professional officers who are well trained to do just that. for 3 consecutive years the gulf of guinea has been the world's most dangerous shipping road. more than half of attacks at sea happen here a maritime territory that covers nearly 2 and a half 1000000 square kilometers. the international maritime bureau documented $190.00 quite fighter deterrents in the gulf of guinea last year 32 more than the

previous year winnings navy says more than one of those attacks happened in its territorial waters and he wants to keep it not so exhausting merchant ships coming into its waters to also high up private security to safety. every year the sophistication of the attacks has grown and countries of the region desperate not to lose control of the maritime an economic lifelines are looking for international support. previously the pirates target tankas but now any ship is a target and they have vessels that travel far off shore although the criminals attack close to shore as well. at the neville headquarters new speed boats are prepared for deployment. the navy chief says to give us those on their way to reinforce operations and for the right reasons. been important cultural handles 90 percent of its 40 trade and generates more than 60 percent of its g.d.p.

it processes 12000000 tons of freight and all of. it dead or a massive profits tax on ships in ours we feel that it affects our revenues from g.d.'s all attacks or even an attempted negatively impact the country's economy we're not only investing to tackle attacks but also preventing them more important to us is preventing attacks because into bench and cost more in terms of money and human lives. been in has an evil force of only a few 100 personnel but is able to effectively reduce attacks in its territorial waters and more countries in the gulf of guinea collaborated more closely shipping routes or become much safer how many trees. quarter though. there's been a 3rd night of violence near the al aqsa mosque compound in occupied east jerusalem israeli security forces fired stun grenades and water cannon

a palestinian protest as they're angry at restrictions on gatherings during the muslim month of ramadan our forces reports now from westerners. night after night these are the scenes that may come to define jerusalem's ramadan of 2021 since the 1st night of the holy month palestinians have been protesting against the closure of the steps outside damascus gate where they would usually gather after prayers they don't allow to the people to sit on the steps steps to drink something so they want to change everything and we don't forget it's. still and that if you peace in every day there are clashes and it's turned into a war i live here it's a name on streets and i can barely reach out. there is now a real danger of further escalation with the added element of far right jewish groups seeking to confront the palestinians. on thursday supporters of one such group my. marched to damascus gate chanting death to arabs the 2 groups facing off

for several hours with more than $125.00 people injured mostly palestinians in violence with security forces it follows last month's electoral success for an alliance of religious nationalists and the far right descendants of one party banned in the 1990 s. the anti arab racism their leaders have been sharing videos of palestinians attacking jews and repeating preexisting calls for the quote disloyal palestinians to be expelled israel's prime minister has held an emergency meeting with his top security officials maintaining the freedom of worship for all residents and all visitors to jerusalem we currently demand that the law be complied with and i call for calm on all sides the focus for concern for israel though is gaza on friday night armed factions fired $36.00 rockets from the strip towards israel several more followed on saturday night israel carrying out as strikes in response the military wing of hamas which governs gaza expressed solidarity for the protesters in east jerusalem. the violence has also spread to the occupied west bank all of

this a month before planned palestinian elections which could hinge on whether israel allows voting in occupied east jerusalem conflict in jerusalem has in the past sparked conflict elsewhere the 2014 gaza war being one example the current mix of tension about race religion and politics has already led to the biggest gaza escalation in many months it's a dangerous mix ensuring tense days ahead are a force that al-jazeera westerners. let's get a weapon or his car. hello there let's start in australia where it's a wet picture from northern queensland those thunderstorms and showers are continuing 29 degrees in cannes but we'll see that when wet weather and has been a rather wet month there those showers extending across into northern parts of australia but 33 degrees in darwin we're going to have some hot and dry weather across western areas who go to war when they're keeping temperatures up in the high twenty's 28 degrees in perth and century things are looking rather fine and dry

it's as we head further south we're seeing the cooler conditions we've got quite a bit of cloud cover for victoria and isolated shower 02 and a brisk wind blowing across tasmania bringing wanted to shower with with it as we hop across to new zealand we've got a weather system blowing from the south island that's going to affect parts of the north island but much of the wet weather is in china you can see those showers rather heavy along southern areas affecting parts of india china we could see some localized flooding in cambodia with those downpours are particularly heavy but up north things are looking rather fine and dry a bit of a brisk wind blowing across northern parts but beijing at 20 degrees with sunshine . so ahead here on al-jazeera a new virus found in baghdad says research is urging people to get the covert 1000 votes in. its biggest night in hollywood but find out why people in hong kong won't be able to watch this year's academy awards. and as for to read defeat football's

world champions delays their league title celebration. play. a 3 year investigation into the pro-gun lobby we've been employing is making sure it's going to really. reveal secret see what. sitting out there will be people out there you know. and connections some don't want exponents nanny and legacy media. mass shooting. back next week night al-jazeera investigations how to sell a massacre on al-jazeera. examining the impact of today's headlines where does your fight go from here the people you know mock the who do all to die setting the agenda for tomorrow's discussion as every time i talk about raises them i will get

a twist on the i'm being called a racist programs that open your eyes to an alternative view of the while today we are about to feed and thousands of hungry magots see the world from a different perspective on al-jazeera. you're watching out 0 remind of our top stories this hour and iraq's health minister has been suspended after an explosion at a packed at hospital the funerals of some of the $82.00 victims are being held 3 days of national mourning have been declared. the denise's military chief has confirmed search teams have found a submarine that was missing and all 53 people on board died vessel was declared

sunk saturday 4 days after disappeared. supporters of somalis president and he's opposed to an extension of his term of office are fighting it's happening ahead of a deadline for him coming from my job to step down. now a day after u.s. president joe biden formally recognized the mass killing of armenians during the ottoman empire as a genocide i mean his prime minister has resigned the move will set the stage for snap elections on june the 20th. and had been under pressure for his handling of last year's war with azerbaijan me conflict ended with armenia giving up control of several disputed territories let's break to rome 1st year walker's into p.c. in neighboring georgia as a roman this was always coming was near this resignation but what about the timing right now. it will 1st it is a procedural requirement that in order to hold snap elections nicole question yet

had to step down 1st and now there will be some votes in parliament to to as required by law to see whether anybody else would standing or or stand for the prime ministership but that's not going to happen. and that means that. there will there will be this election that will take place on june 20th he chose today he said because today happened to be citizens day. and that was a symbolic way of saying it's now time to power to be handed back to the people this is classic nicole pressuring and stuff he's always appealed all rely on the popular support support on the street people that brought him to power in a popular uprising back in 2018 and it also of course comes off the back of the announcement by president biden that he considers the mass atrocities of the early 20th century a genocide against the armenian people and i think that that's given him a lift in

a way. a sort of a good news day to move forward with this resignation the opposition here in the media have been always daily calling for him to go but they wanted it i mean syrian government they didn't want an election an early election because they probably knew that even though mikel question has lost a lot of support since the war without the by john the disastrous war which i mean the last sways of territory around the goal they care about they still probably couldn't unseat him in this upcoming election so it's unlikely at least a cynical question yet still has the support to win. an election in june and prove to his district is that he still is the man to run this country robin thanks that robin for us ian walker reporting there from tbilisi. that the city of kabul in iraq is struggling to manage tons of garbage left behind by millions of pilgrims who visit the holy site every year the waste ends up in landfills and rivers and

eventually in the sea activists are urging people to reduce their consumption of plastic and become green pilgrims. reports now from kabul. this is what happens to single use plastics all over the world many items end up in waterways and eventually the sea. iraq's holy sites are no exception millions of pilgrims leave behind tons of trash in karbala a lot of it gets dumped on the streets when an army of workers is employed to clean it all up for the municipality it's a major challenge. and we received 50000000 visitors every year about 2000000 pilgrims for anniversaries and the rest for weekly gatherings it's a challenge for the small city which doesn't have enough roads and services we need the help from citizens n.p.o. grams plastic is more than 50 percent of the waste we have $200.00 acres allocated for a project to better manage dumping trash white and grisman and there are fewer visitors

due to the pandemic but garbage continues to mount and this is where it all goes the stench is unbearable and it goes on for miles in the absence of recycling facilities garbage collectors sift through it with their hands they sell to a number of factories which reuse the nylon and plastic about $100.00 kilos sells for just over $15.00. it can take up to 3 days to collect that amount of. plastic bottles nile and cod black only during the pilgrimage days i collected 100 kilos a day i have 2 kids and live in a slum working from 6 am and sometimes to 11 pm this is a situation of children and youth working here no one cares about our suffering. and yet tons of plastic trash still float in the canals and waterways of iraq what appears to be solid ground is water from the euphrates river covered in plastic environmentalist believe in the clergy can play its role to persuade residents as

well as visitors to adopt a greener habits it could create a major impact because people never get to see what happens to their trash they generally don't care so are comes to the holy sites a few times a year she says local population and wildlife is at risk if programs don't change their habits i'm here to raise awareness about. plastic here i would request every pilgrim to bring their own. cups so that we were using all kinds of plastic or paper cups to be done here in the year to also provide alternate solutions to educate the local community 1st and then it's our responsibility as if they were coming in from more than 40 countries. hundreds of deaths have been attributed to water borne diseases and pollution in war torn iraq and the people who come to the country to pay homage might be putting its future at stake unless millions of them produce using their billions of pieces of

plastic some a. couple of. the scientists in the united kingdom have discovered a new coronavirus similar to coated 90 in bats from a sample of 53 captured bats researches at the university of east anglia from the new virus cannot infect humans in its current form discovered 19 is passed from humans to these bats it could then mix to create an all new mutation that could pose a threat to us for such a stress this makes it even more important for people to get vaccinated against covert 90 bell is a professor an expert in emerging zoonotic diseases at the university of east anglia and she says this is one of millions of undiscovered viruses. so far the focus is that's really remained in china or in southeast asia but this shows that the subject of viruses obviously occurred in. a long time and we found you kate number one there are millions of undiscovered viruses and you

know this is what this is one of them and you know the fact that we found it in jets that. it was something that would break but this. suggests that it might might might occur at high prevalence but wait it will be researched not here to look at w.h.o. findings along with contingents the lines that we still don't know the origins of. everything but yes i mean. these are very closely related bats are thought. indicated but but that they have to the viruses have to go through some of the intermediate hosts they changed become solves for me too but yes the danger is that dangerous humans as a way it's giving care of its 19 to a bat with one of these ready suburbs. and then recombination which which means

that the bat viruses can. change so they could infect humans at the moment we don't think we're pretty sure that car every year around springtime asparagus time in germany. is ready for harvest usually during the season people from eastern europe come to work in the fields but the pandemic has led to a dip in demand and it's affecting sales stephanie decker reports from below in. germany. nicknamed white gold or the noble vegetable this is germany's all time favorite white asparagus but it's not germans working the fields it's men mostly from romania who come here specifically for the harvest how many years even coming . through for. just 1st target. and why. it's.

here is the best. and coronado's made a difference. this year workers are coming into germany they just need a negative 1000 test when the borders closed last year the german government made an exception and allowed in 30000 foreign workers to save the harvest but it still hasn't put situation back to normal the corps not even trained in law enforce power goes home only about 25 percent of the whole asparagus goes to west wing's but now they all close dahlan and read. that perhaps we won't sell all the asparagus and even because i haven't looked for foreign markets but in the same situation you know it's it's another not not a solution. prices are now lower there are less sales and higher costs but the

vegetables are ready and the harvest must go on now this is where you go back to ok i found out i wanted to talk about how it stood for profit that is done only by women most of them are from poland we all know why only women not men and we're told this and think that. they get around $14.00 an hour we're told it's hard work both on and off the fields the farms owner tells us most germans don't want to work for that amount of money. a sign of the times not everyone likes to be tested we're told they're carried out around twice a week many of these men have left their families behind in romania to earn off the land when you can when the moment when you know the money is good better than romania i feel at home here nothing to complain about. the rivers and it's painstaking work but for these men worth it they will harvest 1500000 kilo's of

asparagus on this farm this season feeding germany its precious vegetable and in turn feeding their families back home stephanie decker al-jazeera ballots in brandenburg eastern germany australia or new zealand have held services to all of soldiers who served in the 1st world war. or are. the $915.00 glibly lie and begin north in turkey with thousands of soldiers from australia and new zealand were killed this is anniversary comes as both nations prepared to completely with droll troops from afghanistan as part of u.s. plans to end the 20 year conflict. for the 1st time since $969.00 hong kong movie fans will not be able to watch the academy awards live on t.v. many say it's because a documentary about protests in the territory has been nominated is difficult part

of. this be the reason the academy awards will not be shown live in hong kong to not split has been nominated for an oscar in the short subject documentary category the 35 minute film centers around the anti-government demonstrations of 2019. baby jane obviously don't like our government and that was no surprise at all because our look meant there is about a group of protesters showing their resistance to live political leadership in bay day so it was no surprise that they would react in some way only up to my knees this is no doubt question of censorship hong kong broadcaster t.v. which has aired the oscars live since 1989 declined our interview requests but sent a statement saying that the move was made purely for commercial reasons what the no matter doing is not that different than what the prime years of this movie's director is also fueling speculation that politics are at play nomad land received

multiple nominations beijing born chloe zhao is the 1st chinese woman to be in contention for best director but instead of being celebrated she's accused of being disloyal for an interview she gave a decade ago where she appeared to be critical of china media reports claim that beijing authorities had instructed mainland media outlets to downplay the oscars. at stake is the city's rich cultural heritage which could be impacted by the new law where film songs are any form a fart precedes us and in china could face consequences the law criminalizes acts of secession subversion terrorism and collusion with foreign forces but what's wrong if the local already do you have that thing too and that giving is not against national security law we seem so many things he

in the name of otto they are actually we saw. and courage ing author. since the law took effect in july activists and opposition politicians have been jailed more than 10000 people have been arrested in relation to the protests and many young people including one of the main characters into not split have fled the city davie compiled an al-jazeera. where the 93rd academy awards will be by unlike any other the coronavirus pandemic has led to a scaled back ceremony but it has also been a boost to streaming companies who are behind many of the oscar nominees reynolds has this preview now from los angeles. the winner is red carpet no adoring crowds no comedy acts instead of a fancy theatre the awards will be handed out in an art deco era train station after a pandemic year in which the movie industry itself struggling and streaming video

extended its dominance over cinema releases the oscars will be more low key this year not a lot of fun maybe i'm i am so sick of virtual award shows right now and people in their living rooms on among the best picture nominees director chloe joe is no man's land is the front runner time since last year how much since the truth no. i'm just. but the same thing right the best actor award may come down to a choice between honors for the late chadwick boseman in ma rainey's black bottom got all that got to be here and anthony hopkins in the father who you can see it's me oh this is just nonsense i would have said chadwick boseman for sure and i have predicted that but i'm noticing some members talking about how they think chadwick's going to win but they're voting for anthony hopkins the best actress award is up for grabs with strong performances by viola davis in my

rainey's black bottom. one frances mcdormand in no man's land carey mulligan in promising young woman but nessa kirby in pieces of a woman is the d.c. music. and andra day in the united states versus billie holiday season sexiness grandkids of the street in contrast to recent years a large number of black hollywood professionals were nominated and steven un is the 1st korean american nominated for best actor in minara riz ahmed is the 1st muslim and 1st person of pakistani descent nominated for best actor in sound of metal tribute your stand i can't afford. one. and no midlands jowett is the 1st asian american woman nominated for best director it

may have been a rough year for hollywood but the cache of the little gold figurine remains strong the ratings are going to be in the tank but the oscar still stands for 'd something it is the primo thing everyone wants one in the industry in a year like no other the show somehow goes on rob reynolds al-jazeera los angeles. they're the heavier and i deserve we've got support coming up we'll be live at london's wembley stadium as a venue steps up its plans to who's games and fans of this year's european football championship. this is one of the bowls are sounding technological revolutions in all of this make our planet britain we have to meet the c o 2 emissions targets electric cars that need mitchum in motion they need to be mindful when people are just talking about the stars in. the world of business and

commerce driving the energy transition is the promise of clean energy an illusion the dark side of green energy. on al-jazeera. one 3rd of all the food produced is wasted with tens of thousands of put out that power in south korea has been transformed from what still found him to global leader in food recycling i have been reporting on how new technology is making this possible . in kenya i mean the farm must and scientists would he have believed it in the soil the livelihoods depend on it was a new place a phrase just you. know all.

right let's move on to the sport has thank you so much nick 8000 fans are on my way to london's wembley stadium for the league cup finals the biggest crowds at an outdoor sports events in the u.k. since the 1st lockdown in march of last year manchester city and sutton founds will be taking their seats in a venue that would normally be close to his $90000.00 and. 8 matches with crowds during the european football championship which kicks off in june ok let's talk to across one poll brendan who's outs wembley stadium for as paul just walk us through the process of actually getting friends into the stadium today. yeah as you say 8000 supporters spectators will be here today for this kind of a cup final 4000 come from the actual clubs and the other 4000 residents and national health service workers who've been allocated tickets as part of a ballot now in order to get entry to the stadium they have to show a negative coronavirus test a lateral flow test done within the last 24 hours on the other condition of having

a ticket is that they promise to then have follow up tests in the days after this match has been played after they've gone home they will be seated one meter apart so even if you are going get a couple husband and wife or father and son you won't be sitting right next to each other all spectator is a meter apart spread all around the stadium and 90000 capacity stadium don't forget 8000 really not going to create a wall of sound inside but it's progress and cool ambitious plans for wembley in the coming weeks tell us about what should be coming towards london in the next month. this is obviously part of an ongoing program of ramping up the capacity of lots of different venues concert venues as well as sports arena when we of course house the f.a. cup final in may this event with 8000 spectators is a success they hope to have 10 to 12000 people in the f.a.

cup final and you mention the 82020 or 2021 games that are going to be held here obviously the promise is that the group states will have 25 percent capacity so that's $22.00 and a half 1000 spectators expected and if the procedures go well in this they hope to have even more when wembley hosts the semifinal the final in july paul brennan it will be starting for us thank you so much for the full. well english football has announced a unified boycott of social media in an effort to fight back against online abuse it follows continuous reports of racism and sexism against players officials and broadcasters all levels of the gang a joint statement from the country's football governing bodies including the premier league and women super league said the boycott is a way to emphasize that social media companies must do more to eradicate on line hate the 4 day boycott will start on friday last month legendary henri quit

social media to protest against online abuse and some clubs have taken their own individual action the u.k. government's well its threats and social media companies with huge fines if they fail to take on the issue last week instagram did announce its all which enables users to automatically filter out abusive messages well antidiscrimination group kick it out is backing the boycott of the organization's chair sanjay bandara told us just how bad the issue of online abuse has become. i think the reason the with doing this boy go is really for the 3 reasons 1st is to show our collective anger the damage the this by a long line abuse causes to people who play work in them watch the game the 2nd is to show unity with those victims of abuse and the 3rd is really as a as a symbolic gesture to those with power to say we need you to act we need you to

create change and that's the ambition and so we want as many people as possible to join in to use their voice to say that this is not acceptable and to send a message to social media companies and to. our national governments here but more broadly to governments around the world to say that these on regulated social media companies need to be regulated it has been getting worse over the course of this season so as an example if i just use facebook's own figures of work that they say they delete when you when you do the math equates to about 1500 attempted messages every 90 minutes that's the length of a football match but it's not just for the duration of a football match it's 1500 attempts to send abuse every 90 minutes 24 hours a day 7 days a week that's the scale of the problem that we're dealing with by me missed out on

the chance to wrap up the german league title the world champion slipping to a surprise to one defeat against meit's honest on the brink of winning in this league if a 9th straight season they need just one win from their last 3 games to secure the championship. erling arlen scored both goals in a single win from brush it off and i will host burke. and i'll wager now to 25 goals for the season norman there are one points off the top for a place in next season's champions. and the world skim boarding champion has been marking the most of some bad weather in brazil here is lucas fink taking on a huge wave just north of rio de janeiro a skim board parrot similar to a surfboard but smaller and without fins the brazilian navy has just issued an alert for beaches in the area warning that waves will be topping 5 meters or. ok more from in a couple of hours but i guess i will looking for that at

a great value very much about it i'll be back in a couple of rich know the half hour of newsroom with including life news on the latest bulletin smaller. plane. from the al-jazeera london broadcast center to special guests in conversation when society is divided when women are divided the only thing that benefits from this contract itself unprompted uninterrupted says her 1st words good girls are those who are. foreigner in fact means well he's saying it would like to think that their nationalism is not as ugly as someone else's nationalists in part one of studio unscripted well if we cannot have palestina my government was certainly not allow britain to control the french palestine would be an outrage but then we need to find another solution before we come to blows just 100 years ago britain and france

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