frontline. and former south african president jacob zuma goes on trial for corruption. may on al-jazeera a lot of the crimes of my colleagues on the world love that we are the one grappling the extra mile well the media don't go we go there and we give them a chance to tell their story. the covert 1000 crisis in india that's getting worse by the day at a crackdown on any social media that's critical of the government's handling. hello i'm adrian figure this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the struggle to add colombia as health officials scramble to impose restrictions once again to bring the spread of the virus on the control. the drawdown begins the 1st

batch of u.s. troops and the 20 year mission in afghanistan. and the ask goes to. no man's land. and diversity is the one on hollywood's biggest night this year's academy awards celebrate more inclusive filmmaking. we start that in india where hospitals in new delhi are getting oxygen supplies worth just 2 to 3 hours at a time due to severe shortages india's recorded the world's highest number of new covered 19 infections for the 5th consecutive day more than 350000 cases were reported on monday more than 2800 people died in the biggest single day increase so far hospital officials are pleading with the government to step up efforts to tackle the crisis i think that. we are constantly afraid

for the past 5 to 6 days we are getting oxygen in parts one ton 2 tons half a ton during different parts of the day we need 5 tons of oxygen every day only we know how difficult it is for us to get by through the evening we are not even having enough sleep at night because of the crisis i would like to thank the police and the government for doing the best they can but it is not enough lived out of new delhi al-jazeera is elizabeth for on him is their lives where are you what's happening. hello adrian we are at a makeshift cohabit center that has been set up to cater to the many people who aren't able to find hospital beds because hospitals are completely full the center has been opened it opens today with $500.00 beds with oxygen delis leader said that they are going to add a lot more including intensive care unit beds we have the endo tibetan border police force providing medical tents and now and once again as you see outside of

hospitals desperate family members bringing their loved ones here trying to get them admitted messages being put out how loudspeaker saying that they need to be better suited that they need referrals now the center was actually set up last year but it was during the peak of the 1st wave but then it was dismantled because cases were so know in delhi across india at the beginning of the year there were less than 200 cases. day less than 2 months ago in delhi and now there are more than $20000.00 cases a day hence the shortages of everything from beds to oxygen and medicines and that is a similar picture around the country now cases ago not alarmingly despite that we have an election taking place in the state of west bengal today and where 8600000 people will go to the. election commission has allowed this go ahead despite russ feingold's capital. registering

a 50 percent positivity rate with 50 percent of people who are testing. leading to . high court saying that india's election commission has single handedly responsible for the 2nd wave of the coronavirus in india elections have been taking place not just in west bengal the other states over the past few months how much of a difference to the situation in india will be international aid that it's on its way to make. well it is incredibly important because there isn't a malcolm oxygen supply in india to look at the number of hospitalizations and the number of people needing oxygen and so tons of food in pounds and traces are now on their way from the u.s. the u.k. is also sending ventilators an oxygen concentrator the number of countries. have our. air force in the in random places transporting

oxygen trying to transport it as quickly as it can but it's not fast enough to save lives because we are seeing people die because oxygen deliveries are late and health experts independent health experts say that the government should have used those months at the start of the year when cases were so low that that was the time to boost the critical care facilities. elizabeth purana reporting live from new delhi liz many thanks indeed. president joe biden says the u.s. will help india just as it helped america through its worst moments of the outbreak has shipped medical adviser dr anthony found she spoke to a.b.c. news as the white house announced that it would immediately send medical and protective gear as well as well materials for producing vaccines there's discussions about really ramping up what we can do on the ground oxygen supplies drugs tests p p e as well as taking a look in the intermediate and long run about how we can get vaccines to these

individuals both immediately now as well as in the situation where you help them to be able to essentially make vaccines themselves from al-jazeera particle hayden in washington. well the biden ministration has been under increasing pressure to take these steps especially after thursday the state department spokesperson asked about sending aid to india said that they were focusing on vaccinating americans that was their priority but now we know that they are going to send some supplies we know this because the white house put out a statement reading out a call between the national security advisor jake sullivan in his counterpart now keep in mind there is a ban in the united states for acts already in any sort of ingredient that goes into making these coated vaccines so this statement is very carefully worded it says that they have found a source they have found a supply source for helping to make that vaccine it doesn't say that it's u.s.

based or where it's from but it goes on to list a couple of other things like you mentioned that they'll be sending in such as personal protective gear testing kits they're going to send some therapeutics of medicine that we know can help treat severe covert cases and there's an inch of health experts so one of the issues here is they don't say how much of these supplies they're going to send they say they're going to work generating oxygen capacity but doesn't say exactly how that's going to work or what they're going to do for this urgent need and there's another source of criticism now facing the biden ministration the u.s. has the technology obviously to make pfizer the madonna vaccine the johnson and johnson there is pressure for him to relax intellectual property rights and the patents and to share that technology with the world so they can make their own vaccine that is something he said it would be the humane thing to do when he was running for president but so far they are just only say that they are considering whether to take those steps to obvious is something the pharmaceutical industry is

against but that is something that the biden mr ation is going to continue to be asked to do as the spikes across the globe. colombia is going through its worst pick of daily infections and since the start of the pandemic hospitals are on the brink of collapse in major cities and authorities are imposing new restrictions and to add to the problems the vaccination drive has been slow as. reports had a monk at this was thrilled at the idea of receiving the 2nd dose of the sin of vaccine but just hours before his appointment he instead received a message saying his shot was postponed until further notice. i was so disappointed when i saw the message i was looking forward to the 2nd shot to finally be done with us and be free to say money fuz i don't understand why they didn't plan to keep enough shots for those who got the 1st one. and the 79 year old

is not alone health services in colombia have suspended appointments for thousands of people because they don't have enough doses so far just 2.7 percent of colombians have been fully vaccinated well 6 percent of received one doze a recent report found that at this rate it will take almost 2 years for divac see nation campaign to make an impact. to try to speed up the process the government authorized large private enterprises to buy vaccines internationally for their employees but manufacturers like pfizer in scene of x. say they will not sell to private businesses for the time being. both the government and the private sector or recognizing the governments falling short of its commitment to vaccinate the entire colombian population it's more like a fear of victory by the private sector that they're now you know keeping praise at

the government for allowing them to proceed but there's really nothing that they can do in the short term to expand access to vaccination all this happening while columbus and doing its worst crisis since the start of defend them ik averaging more than $400.00 deaths per day and with intensive care units close to collapse. columbus capital the ties under strict weekly in lock downs and has nightly curfews among other restrictions and i'm terry does are expected to impose more. over the weekend the city set up new field hospitals to try to ease the pressure on the capital's health infrastructure well the mayor pleaded with people to stay home there's as an executive i know it's a major sacrifice and an economic and emotional sacrifice but certainly it will not be in vain. and i fear the next 2 weeks could be particularly severe

as columbia struggles with another expected surge alison that m.p.'s. the commander of foreign forces in afghanistan general scott miller says that u.s. and nato troops have begun their final withdraw president biden wants all american combat soldiers out by september 11th 20 years after the $911.00 attacks shallop palace reports they should be. speaking to afghan journalists at the nato base in kabul us gen scott miller describes the beginning of the in foreign troops in afghanistan over sources are now preparing to retrograde 1st the notification will be 1st a matter. of the same time as we start taking our local actions we've already begun the proof of the departure can be found at this kandahar the scrap heap the yarn another proud recipient of unwanted or broken equipment from kandahar airfield

a key american base over the last 20 years. that shows a lot of demand out guys who can find containers that are freezer reuters chairs tables and anything you would need generators and even some stuff in working condition you can find anything from around the world what. the trumpet ministration and the taliban had agreed that foreign forces would be gone by may 1st if the taliban negotiated with afghan leaders and cut ties with al qaeda this month u.s. president joe biden and danced a new plan the u.s. will leave by september 11th but with no conditions this despite a recent u.n. report that up to 500 al-qaeda fighters remain in afghanistan as close allies of the taliban general miller with his leverage gone issued this warning as fair as a relationship between al qaeda and the taliban the taliban have to break that relationship that is something they have committed to. the world expects under broke that relationship and certainly know that afghanistan will never be use

a safe haven for terrorism. it's hard to break a relationship you don't have the taliban has long denied there are any al-qaeda members in afghanistan they are quick however to confirm their attacks on sunday alone they published 16 posts on their website boasting of killing dozens of afghan soldiers and police officers and recent days few could be verified city miller is america's longest serving commander in afghanistan he has tried to reassure afghan security forces saying he'll leave them with as much equipment as possible it's my objective to make sure that the afghan security forces are in the best possible security posture and that means transitioning bases and equipment to the afghan security forces more than 10000 u.s. and coalition troops need to leave afghanistan within 5 months as numbers dwindle the pentagon has seemed to be 52 bombers to qatar and will keep an aircraft carrier

in the region as cover in k. taliban aggression bellus al-jazeera the weather next on al-jazeera then family members of a sunken indonesians submarine crew worn by loved ones. and childhoods disrupted by the global pandemic we'll take a look at the impact on education and kids' emotional welfare in the philippines. hello there we're seeing a bit of a mixed picture over europe as we go into the next week we've got warmer drier conditions across central and northern parts of europe but as we look to the west of the iberian peninsula we're seeing a lot of thunderstorms and showers extending across portugal and into spain but some really wet weather here some rough

a season as well affecting the eastern coast and those showers are going to extend into the south of france and affecting parts of northern italy as we go into chews day but for the north of france things are looking fairly mild and dry $21.00 degrees in paris and it's a similar story for southern areas of england but we do have some showers rolling down from scotland norway's going to see some of that woman weather as well as is a denmark northern germany seeing some cloud building up here says we head to western russia that we're seeing a bit of a wintery mix sweeping across eastern parts of europe but as we head further south things are picking up nicely in greece athens at 23 degrees sunny skies as well across much of turkey 19 degrees in ankara bought for north africa was seen no showers in the north of morocco i.

frank assessments there are a lot of poison but the government used one exactly how and one measure never taking for a situation like i'm not to believe you could ever get informed opinions is the u.s. with thinking the military positioning of the middle east wasn't just a simple act of reorganizing ministry assets this is a message to the region the united states years are rethinking its military posture in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines inside story. well again this is al-jazeera the main news this hour hospitals in india's capital

new delhi getting oxygen supplies only worth 2 to 3 hours at a time because of severe shortages india has recorded the world's highest number of new infections for the 5th day. and colombia's hospitals are also on the brink of collapse the country's going through the worst peak in daily infections and deaths since the start of the pandemic the government is now a closed new restrictions. on the commander of foreign forces in afghanistan says the u.s. and nato troops have become the final withdrawal president joe biden wants american soldiers out by september 11th 20 years out of 911 that is. libyan government said to be loyal to the son of the warlord holly for have to have prevented a unity government delegation from entering benghazi armed men surrounded the airport that after the delegations plane landed it was then forced to fly back to tripoli the delegation came to prepare for the 1st visit to the city by the interim prime minister the area is

a long time after all strong hold and amnesty international is calling on libya's newly formed unity government to investigate the illegal military trials of civilians a new report details the secret trials torture a dim prison but of hundreds of people in eastern libya by khalifa haftar us forces at least 22 people were sentenced to death between 20182025 military courts the report reveals have to ask crackdown on people who shared opposing views on social media social media. israeli police have removed barricades from near the al aqsa mosque compound in occupied east jerusalem they have partly been blamed for provoking several nights of tension and violence protesters were angry that they couldn't gather on the damascus gate steps during the fasting month of ramadan israel says the barriers were put in place as part of coronavirus restrictions there were still some scuffles and 10 palestinians were reportedly detained. at

israeli soldiers fired tear gas at young palestinian protesters who gathered near garza's barrier fence palestinians been tires and threw stones israeli media reports a rocket was fired from the gaza strip falling into an empty field in southern israel its military says that it's restricting gaza's fishing the zone in response to recent rocket fire. hundreds of people in tel aviv have demanded justice for a murdered french jewish woman sought a holy me was pushed out of a window in paris apartment in 2017 protesters want the man responsible to be put on trial but a french court ruled that he's not criminally responsible because he was delirious at the time due to drug use is not a psychiatric hospital family members of the 53 indonesian sailors who died when their submarine sank off the coast of bali have been paying tribute to their loved ones they cost flowers into the sea and prayed together at

a televised address to the nation indonesia's president joko widodo again expressed his condolences he said the man his children would have free education up to university. russia's president vladimir putin is planning amazing with u.s. president biden in june according to a top kremlin aid biden offered a meeting on neutral territory earlier this month to discuss rising tension between the 2 sides among the topics for discussion will be ukraine where russia has deployed troops close to the border in recent weeks as a serious chance traffic reports now from malick in eastern ukraine civilians are worried about a potential surge in violence. and violence and remember a better life a life before fighting started between russian bank separatists and the ukrainian army in the east 7 years ago. before their village of chere malik became a front line in a conflict often described as

a battle between moscow and the west the situation has been calmer in the last couple of years but a recent escalation of fighting was a reminder of the risks they face. the separatists control the land across the river the army says there are a sniper and machine gun positions among the trees few people who go down to the bank on this side anymore. even dangerous to go there because nobody knows from where the shooting will start it's quiet now but we are almost as afraid of the quiet as we are. when it started the shells and you don't know where to hide the ukrainian army keeps a low profile in the village that has occupied many of the homes abandoned by families who fled the violence. many of the surrounding fields are mind. nobody can go to the cemetery because separatists niklas and ukrainian soldiers are

close by balancing thinks he's parents graves have been damaged by the fighting. he misses life before the war. we used to go hunting i used to breed sheep i can't do this now because of the minefields or because the military stop us i had to kill most of our animals because i can't afford their food it's our easter soon and we hope the army will let us visit the cemetery but we don't know russia says it's pulling back its forces from the ukrainian borders after warning describes as military exercises but there is still no sign of any breakthrough in negotiations towards a last thing political settlement 7 years of failed cease fires in the goshi ations kiev blames moscow for making what it describes as unrealistic demands we also have red lines which we couldn't cross the russians would like to misuse this

forum and also to. bring us to the table of negotiations with the occupied territories for example. or try to federalize ukraine or actually try to control ukraine via these occupied territories it couldn't be accepted by any government here in this country nadira balancing say the risk of a sudden escalation in fighting means their 5 children rarely visit them anymore life used to be beautiful and fun they say but everything is so uncertain now chance trafford al-jazeera cheer maalik eastern ukraine ukrainians have been paying tribute to victims of the chernobyl nuclear disaster 35 years ago morial is took place in slough a teach the town was built to house tens of thousands of people who were relocated after the meltdown dozens died in the disaster and those who left never been able to return to the high levels of radiation. chad's military transitional government

says they won't negotiate with a rebel group that's accused of killing president idriss deby last week fighters from the front for change in concord said that they were ready to observe a cease fire and discuss a political settlement they crossed into chad from libya 2 weeks ago calling for an end to president debby's rule the military council headed by a son mohamad is now overseeing an 18 month transition to elections gunfire explosions of shaken somalia's capital mogadishu the been violent confrontations between supporters of the president and those opposed to an extension of his term in office parliament recently voted to extend mohamad abdalla the former jos term talks to organize a new election of stalled the un has urged both sides to reject violence and resume dialogue a state of emergency has come into effect in japan as it fights in corona virus

cases there are new restrictions in tokyo as well as 3 other districts it's the 3rd lockdown since last year residence and and restaurants rather and entertainment venues are shot sporting events have been called off the restrictions are expected to expire on may 11th. the united nations children's fund says the young people in the philippines are suffering increasing levels of depression and anxiety reduced learning and development after a year of school lockdowns closures and restrictions is becoming common according to unicef the situation is worse than in many other nations dogon reports. for more than a year now these narrow alley outside for. home has been her classroom schools have been closed for over a year because of the pandemic and francine says she misses school life. these mortgages are lessons the been by my teacher are so hard i failed severus

subjects already i had that bad leg but it's now broken. across the street because it's elam a tricia and angela are trying to connect to the internet to submit their schoolwork their tablets were provided by the citie of manilla to students unable to afford the rowing along with these days getting such devices is not the only problem many of these children see their parents can't afford a stable internet connection and when power lines are down it's even harder for them to study. story for our children even we try to teach them it's not really the same i still have household to do and we can't even work and earn because no one can look after the children when the pandemic broke out schools across the country were closed the government then imposed a distance learning system a combination of online classes printed materials and t.v.

and radio lessons but parents here say they're bearing the burden of distance learning and the lack of government support is making the situation even more difficult across the country close to $4000000.00 students were not able to enroll for the current school year and they're on doubt of these children who are now out of school come from impoverished communities a few months ago the government approved a pilot scheme for a face to face system hoping to open some schools and communities with very local with 1000 infections but the country is facing a record breaking surge that's forcing many communities back into lockdown government's got to get its act together in dealing with the deceased just focus on this get rid of the vaccines roll out all of these things so at least you know we have a chat. the state of mental health of many children has created concern to for more than a year now children have been stuck

a tome and are rarely allowed to go out and play but many parents. they're not just spacing a crisis in education but also in their children's emotional. dogon just 0. now my bland has won the oscar for best picture. and the oscar goes to. no man and. the movie tells the story of a woman in her sixty's who loses everything in the 2000 a recession and joins the growing number of americans who are forced to live in their cars frances mcdormand won the 3rd best actress oscar for her role in that film. who made the film became only the 2nd woman ever to win the oscar for best director she's also the 1st asian woman ever all those in that category and you knew joan won one best supporting actress for minority she's the 1st south

korean to win the top award right mcbride reports from seoul. as you would imagine this has been very well received here in south korea you know joan is probably not that well known to the rest of the world until now that is but she is a very familiar figure here a very well established character actor beginning her career in the 1960 s. and seventy's 1st of all in the movie industry and then branching across into t.v. dramas for a time during the 19 $180.00 s. for a few years she actually relocated to the united states so she is no stranger to the phenomenon of migration or relocation which is obviously the theme of men ari but she decided to move back to south korea pick up her career once more 'd and has really as she has grown older and developed as an actor she has managed to avoid being pigeonholed into stereotypical kind of angry roles which tend to be a staple of korean fiction here instead taking on roles which are far more

challenging nuanced cult more complex matriarchal figures which seem to be perfectly suited of course to the eccentric grandmother that she plays in binaries so this is this now seems to have been accepted and rewarded by the oscars but also i think there is recognition of south korea's film industry which everybody here will be delighted with last year of course we were talking about the movie parasite winning those awards so the fact that south korea is once again recognised on the world stage is very well received here. it's good tell you with us hello adrian from going to here in doha the headlines on al-jazeera hospitals in india's capital new delhi are getting oxygen supply is worth just 2 to 3 hours at a time due to severe shortages india's record at the world's highest number of new infections.