new leaders palestinians go to the polls but will the elections be free from foreign interference from hostile to hostile more hotels explores geopolitical conflicts from the perspective of iconic hotels on the frontlines and former south african president jacob zuma goes on trial for corruption. may on al-jazeera banker hands. a growing international response to india's coronavirus emergency the calls the situation there heartbreaking. amounted to this is al jazeera live from london also coming up the white house confirms it will begin sharing 60000000 doses of the astra zeneca vaccine with countries in need. u.s. decision to recognize the mass killings of armenians as genocide turkey's president

says the decision is groundless and unfair. and outrage in the u.k. after an iranian court sentences aid workers named gary ratliff to one more year in prison. and or the world health organization chief says the staggering number of corona virus infections and deaths in india is beyond heartbreaking go to tetris says the show will send extra staff and supplies to help fight the pandemic there and as india registered yet another daily record number of deaths from coburg 19 world in 2800 on monday other countries are also stepping up to help us president joe biden spoke with the indian prime minister or injury after the u.s. announced it was sharing millions of doses of the astra zeneca vaccine worldwide germany is sending oxygen and medical aid while the european union and the u.k.

are also promising assistance including equipment and speak to a white house correspondent kimberly halkett it looks like the u.s. have given in to pressure to release those astra zeneca vaccines. the u.s. is sending the astra zeneca vaccines and we should point out they're not even a use in the united states and that's why there was pressure given the fact that 53 percent or more of the u.s. population now has been vaccinated with the dirt of the pfizer even the johnson and johnson vaccine there were real questions about why the stockpile was just sitting there when other countries particularly india right now are in crisis so responding to that global pressure the white house announcing that it will be releasing this vaccine and we should point out that given the fact that it hasn't been approved in the united states it is going to be going through a strict quality control procedure are processed through the food and drug administration but again this is something that has been announced just in the last

couple of hours by the white house press secretary and also we should point out that in the united states not only is 53 percent of the population been vaccinated but in some cases in urban areas now there is more supply than there is demand and so as a result of this reality here in the united states the white house making the decision that it was time to act and send some of that to other countries that are and struggling in need and do we have any more details of the phone call between biden you know that happening in just the last couple of hours the u.s. president speaking with india's prime minister modi the to discuss that they really expect that they will continue to work together as they confront the public health crisis that is a global scale standing shoulder to shoulder they said that they will continue to work together here's what the white house press secretary had to say just

a short time ago. the president spoke today with prime minister modi of india committing that the united states and india will continue to work closely together in the fight against cove it the president pledged america's steadfast ongoing support for the people of india who have been impacted by the recent surge in the covert 1000 cases and we should point out that there is some precedent here for the united states and india working together in fact when the united states about a year ago was in the worst of its pandemic crisis with the rising number of infections and deaths it was india that stepped in to help the united states it's about the united states has made the decision it would like to return the favor to me how can i thank you very much i don't see an shortage of hospitals in new delhi is growing more urgent by the minute and disappear on reports from the capital. india may be experiencing the world's worst outbreak of car that 19 but millions of people still

turned out to elect to regional leaders in the state of west bengal on monday it's one of 5 states that has held elections in recent weeks despite the drastically rising number of infections that. hospitals across the country are facing a critical shortage of beds and oxygen the u.s. and u.k. have responded by sending life saving medical supplies to india we want to try them all the support because they're close friends increasingly important partners but also we need this kind of international collaboration if we're going to get through the pandemic we don't can be safe until we're all safe. once the aid arrives armed police are deployed to escort the precious cargo that says regional states accuse each other of stealing oxygen. soldiers god a newly opened 19 care center in new delhi. there are 500 beds so far not enough for the many family members who couldn't get their loved ones admitted

to hospitals even fewer people are being turned away being told that they can only be admitted if they have a referral and have prevented just the center also says that it can't accept those who are critically ill leaving many with nowhere else to go. as many people die because of a lack of help promised on the day and the more he has been criticized for allowing the larger political and religious events to go ahead that led to the government asking twitter to take down dozens of posts critical of its handling of the pandemic this stems primarily from the fact that this government does not take very kindly to criticism it's very sensitive to criticism and also from the desire to try and control the narrative as the days have gone by this government has come in increasingly. for criticism increasingly from citizens and also i

may say from from the court. on monday the high court in the southern city of chennai said india's election commission is single handedly responsible for the 2nd wave of the coronavirus elizabeth purana al-jazeera new delhi there are concerns that the rising number of cases in india may spill across the border into pakistan the government there has requested the help of its military to stop the spread of the virus commodity has more from the capital islamabad on the latest measures. august on is in the grip of a 3rd wave of the corona wire a spent damage it has already claimed over 17000 lives and there are over 88000 active cases according to some estimates there pakistan and north able to control their strength it may have over 28000 dead send the next 2 months and out of call killed there danger of a more deadly wary and one that is creeping india cross into pakistan israel now

the bug a tiny government has requested the military to come and help the civilian authorities under a constitutional clause they of course will be enforcing the s.o.p.'s ensuring that everybody wears a mosque and maintain social distancing but this is going to be a difficult task the medical fraternity a lot of radio was strafed and 30 and a ventilator in the no kitchen capacity and requirement is already raging it's big if august and does not contain this particular pandemic in time it may see a situation the likes of which are just not seen before perhaps even as dangerous as next door india what is important now for the government to ensure that they're able to bring lockdowns back into the country so far that a partial lockdown interprovincial transport is affected except for the good

transport that carry essential commodities all for sale of course have restricted their timing the government of sendai laundry to close off its head and workspaces an educational institution and the oto todays are keeping a close watch on what happened next district in the high before province have registered up to 40 percent bothered if gates stayed and that of course means that pakistan may not have any other option but to go for a complete lockdown in order to mitigate this crisis. the european union is suing pharmaceutical company astra zeneca after delays in the delivery of code 19 vaccines it's accuse the company of breaching its contract to supply enough jobs for the block astra zeneca says the legal action is without merit and that it has complied with the agreement but as your partner is in paris with more on why the european union is making this move. they might be wanting to put more pressure on

the british swedish pharmaceutical company to speed up the delivery of its doses they've also come under quite a bit of a criticism from eve member states for the slow rifaximin rollout in the e.u. which is a seen very much as being the e.u. commission's responsibility the commission saying that that slow rollout was in part due to the fact that they just didn't have enough astra zeneca doses at least not the ones that they said they were promised 30000000 doses of aspirin seneca were delivered by the company in the 1st quarter the year that's far short of the 120000000 doses that the e.u. commission say were promised under the contract that it signed with astra zeneca now that is why they're launching this legal action the u. commission says that astra zeneca simply breached its contract and also failed to find other ways of making up the shortfall for example the commission said that

astra zeneca could for example whole diverted doses from the u.k. where those doses were being produced to the e.u. when needed now astra zeneca has responded to this legal action they say that there's no merit in it and that they look forward to being able to clear their name in court. to his president has officially responded to the u.s. decision to recognize the mass killing of armenians as genocide and shipped out a one says the u.s. is groundlessly exploiting past tragedies which has upset turkey and damaged relations the massacres occurred in $115.00 during the final years of the ottoman empire. ken there are a lot of misery is just not out of it is true that these incidents were unfortunate similarly the muslims have also witnessed unfortunate events on these lands these

tragic events cannot be manipulated by the west we as a people as a government cannot manipulate any of these tragic events correspondent has more from istanbul explaining our turkey u.s. relations have been fraught in recent years and this is a continuation of the strained relations of turkish of turkey and the usa so the 2 different approach to regarding security issues of 2 does 2 major nato allies are the source of the friction so us governments have been critical to particular over several issues but the chief among them are the turkish military operation in syria and also turkey's push is a russian made as $400.00 missile systems which are not compatible with nato but i'm going to say is that the 1st military operation in syria was against isis to clear its border from isis and the following 2 major operations were against the white p.g. which is the p.k.

is optional but he says that it has lost 40000 of this isn't in the fight against ability and usa supported it is becoming a national security threat well i can say that the church american relations went through ops and downs several times through the but these 2 countries knew how to manage their relations badly and he's to peach also stressed that he's going to meet president biden face to face in in the nato summit during jury during the nato summit in june and he's going to convey his masters and concerns to biden face to face as well. still to come one on jazeera families in indonesia pay tribute to the $53.00 sane is found dead in a sunken navy submarine. and the unique and i breed it's taking the gift of reading to children living in pakistan's remote just regions.

places cybiko april showers coming in the cross u.k. over the next couple of days they have been few and far between so very welcome this i suspect somewhere whether that is this area of low pressure just spins its way down across scotland sinks further south was central parts of europe last find a dry over towards the southwest yeah we have still got some showers rolling in the cross by and coach hill southern parts of france also seeing some of that west weather a little push its way into the north of italy as we go on through choose day maybe want to see showers too across the hungary in plain ukraine see some showers western parts of russia also scandinavia on the other hand still looking a lot of the driver the next couple of days some dry weather trying to push his way back in the cross the british isles as we go through wednesday as shallow sinking a little further south would sneak long awaited rifle's been a very dry april for the way of rainfall coming down across

a good part of england and wales showers meanwhile continue into front seats of a good part of spain and portugal nor the possum rock i might just catch a shower or 2 was well over the next day but otherwise useless to try to cross libya through time must push further south with the seasonal raised in very nicely with some heavy downpours pushing up across a good part of the gulf with good. most people will never know what's beyond this store. inside this 100 pounds involves how it feels to touch. british. people will never know what it's like to work with every breath expression. with. the tsunami. but we're not most people.

going to one of the top stories here not just the world health organization chief says the staggering number of coronavirus infections and deaths in india is beyond heartbreaking and as india registered yet another daily record number of deaths from code 191-2801 monday other countries are also stepping up to help. the european union is suing pharmaceutical company astra zeneca up to delays in the delivery of code 19 vaccines to accuse the company of breaching its contract to supply enough doses for growth astra zeneca says the legal action is without merit . and turkey's president has officially responded to the u.s.

decision to recognize the mass killing of armenians as genocide. or one says the u.s. is groundlessly exploiting past china days and is upset turkey and damaged relations . any rain in revolutionary court has sentenced british iranian aid worker nazneen zakaria radcliffe to another year in prison after she was found guilty of propaganda has been met with outrage from family and supporters coming just a month since she finished a 5 year sentence on separate charges of plotting against iran's government for printing reports $100.00. photos of a smiling and relieved nazanin zakari reckless last month after have 5 year ordeal seemed nearly over having spent 4 years in jail she spent the final months of her prison sentence under house arrest at her parents' home in tehran wearing an ankle tac to monitor her movements but hope she might soon return to the u.k. were dashed by a new charge of making propaganda and now

a guilty verdict which nelson and husband emphatically rejects last time around were trying to court this time around with the sentence. saying you know we've watched this now for 5 years. we've clearly been and as collateral. and we are still. sick are exactly the project manager with the charity the thomson reuters foundation was arrested a tehran airport in april 26th seen after visiting her parents she was later convicted on a national security charge an allegation she has always denied the new propaganda allegation dates back even further this new conviction relates to an event here at the iranian embassy in london back in 2009 a full 12 years ago and antigovernment protesters attended by nazanin cigar iraq cliff at which she gave an interview to the b.b.c. persian service now cements friends and supporters are frankly astounded and appalled that it should be resurrected now for the purposes of this new criminal

case in tehran and they fear that there are bigger forces at work here nazanin is one of a number of jewel nationals in iranian detention many observers draw a direct link to a 500 feet. the $1000000.00 debt owed by britain to iran for a consignment of chieftain tanks ordered before iran's islamic revolution which the u.k. never delivered there's also the issue of broader sanctions and iran's nuclear ambitions i don't think it's right at all that now as an in should be sentenced to any more time in in jail i think that it was wrong with it it's wrong that she's there in the 1st place and will be working very hard to secure her release from iran her ability to return to her family here in the u.k. just as we work for our national cases in iran now c.n.n.'s legal team have 21 days to appeal against her new conviction and they've already said that they

will pull britain al-jazeera london a political network linked to kremlin critic alex in a valley has been suspended from operating while a court considers whether it should be outlawed prosecutors are seeking to have the anticorruption foundation which nirvana founded declared an extremist group of our neighbors this year jailed for a parole violation and recently ended a hunger strike in prison he says the charges against him are politically motivated . indonesia navy is trying to find a way of retrieving the bodies of the 53 sailors who died in last week's submarine disaster is discussing salvage plans with specialists and international naval allies the vessel was found at a depth of nearly 850 meters and experts say retrieval will be difficult family members have been paying tribute to their loved ones jessica washington has more from the indonesian capital jakarta. indonesia central java this father enjoys

would no parent should have to as he grieves for his son when are we it was one of the 53 men completing a submarine training exercise in waters near bali when the vessel named k r i 4 o 2 lost contact and sank his younger brother last saw him 2 weeks ago. so for me he was perfect everything about him was good. you know we're used to work on another submarine but it was recently reassigned to the camera angle of 4 o 2 in shock and sadness this community is coming together to honor his life indonesia's president joker widodo says the government will raise the ranks of the sailors and pay for the education of their children. but i got. the best the sonnes of the nation the best part she was god he was a very nice of the country and the guy. personally as husband roosting was one of

the men on board she gave birth 3 weeks ago now she must raise her son without him . i am proud of my husband he did his duty with open heart even when he had to leave me and our small baby he did his duty well he was a hero to this country. in bali the family of captain getting a car to go hopes they will be able to hold a funeral service for him. you know if i'm not up. we pray to god the body of our nephew can be retrieved from the sea so we can perform the rituals. it's not clear if they will get that chance the submarine was found broken into 3 parts almost 850 meters below the ocean surface retrieving it will be complex and indonesian authorities are seeking guidance from international experts. a few months ago the sailors filmed this video said to

a song about saying goodbye and seeing someone again thousands have shared the video online as a tribute to them. outside the home of command a hurry said one people offer their condolences to his family. i have to be strong i have to calm my heart many people are helping to make me stronger in an instant her family was changed forever when karen and 402 disappeared into the depths of the ocean. a pain they share with all the loved ones of the 53 sailors on board just a washington al-jazeera jakarta. somali opposition fighters have taken up positions in parts of mogadishu a day after clashes with government troops over the president's bid to extend his mandate witnesses have reportedly seen armed men and vehicles mounted with machine guns on monday the roads in the capital were blocked somalia is facing its worst

political crisis in recent years after the failure to hold planned elections in february on sunday heavy gunfire was heard well into the night after fighting broke out between government forces and the allies of various opposition leaders catherine stories following those developments from the kenyan capital nairobi we're being told now that the opposing forces have held their positions but we've not heard of any active engagement this morning there appears to be a lot of shuttle diplomacy going on nobody skin for an outright war so polity diplomats are trying to get the politicians and the opposing sides to the talking table saying that they must negotiate the mast deescalate the tensions we've seen statements from international partners like the u.k. the e.u. the u.n. as well are calling for calm and saying that whoever tries to keep. over the

edge is going to be held responsible we've also had a televised statement from the security minister yesterday who said that government forces are fighting a militia who have been brought to mogadishu by some opposition some opposition leaders to cause chaos he says that the government is containing the situation but people in the city are very wary indeed especially now that they're seeing that the security forces are involved and appear to have been to be taking sides. fighters aligned to eisele have killed 33 nigerian soldiers in the attack on an army base in the northeast of the country they overran the base in the town of my knock before being pushed back when the army called in air strikes the armed group boko haram is active in the region but this attack is believed to have come from a splinter group affiliated to eisele. a french energy giant tireless suspending its operations in northern mozambique for

a last month's deadly attacks it's withdrawing all its employees from the $20000000000.00 natural gas project in the coastal town of power will 80 people were killed and $50000.00 forced to flee with al-shabaab fighters took over the town just over a month ago the violence has dealt a major blow to plans for mozambique to become a major gas producer the film no man's land has been the big winner at this year's scaled back oscars ceremony is chinese born director the him 1st woman of color and the 2nd woman ever to take home the academy award for best director francis went dormant won best actress for her work on the film and in another 1st huge all new and became the 1st south korean to win best supporting actress cocksure hours oscar winds have been essentially ignored in her home country of china between e.u. in beijing explains why. chloe job is being congratulated around the world for making oscars history but not here in her home country early on monday there were

some reports of her winning best director and best movie that these were taken down shortly after comments about her in chinese social media have been censored and an oscars viewing party in shanghai organized by her alma mater was disrupted after they had trouble with the internet connection which i was actually born here in beijing to an elite family her father was head of state owned steel company and his stepmother is a famous actress and initially her success at the golden globes was lauded but that was short lived after a 2013 interview she gave resurfaced where she criticised china saying that here there will lies everywhere and shortly after that all mention of a on the chinese internet was blocked and the april release of her movie your mad land was canceled. ok stone is suffering an education crisis with almost 23000000 children attending school according to the united nations children's organization unicef 4 out of 10 people in pakistan never learn to read and write most of them go

and that figure gets even worse in rural areas and some people are working to change that 100 reports on a unique project in one of pakistan's poorest regions. on the camel is a bit of a celebrity but whenever he claps through children know he's bringing some exciting tales to their village books to help them with their reading. first i try to read the books myself but if i do not understand anything i asked the teacher. i prefer picture books because when i look at the pictures and the photographs i can understand story better. the caml library began moving in august russia takes books to 4 villages in the manned region of pakistan southern baluchistan province which has the lowest literacy rate in the country at just 40 percent for humans will start of the project with the help of n.g.o.s in addition to keeping children busy she's also helping their parents. when the corona virus

spread the entire region all the schools were closed there was an atmosphere of depression for old and young alike there's no entertainment for the children at all in the region where i live the only activity for the children is to go to school and then go back home. ali owns the camel and used it to carry firewood through remote and rugged areas to market. that was before he was approached with a better offer well i would. always ask if i would like to carry books on a camel i was surprised and thought how can i carry books on my camel but now i carry them to 4 villages and the children love it i'm also very happy so are people in the villages so it's an ongoing thing and i'm happy to do it. but most of the budget. around $120.00 a month goes to employ the camel those behind the project plan to expand to more villages once they find support but for now the kids have picked the books of their choice and said good bye until next time. al-jazeera.

and if your week is in need of brightening up take a look into the night sky the 1st super moon of the year has arrived australians had an early glimpse of what's known as the pink super moon it happens when the moon is at one of its closest points to earth it appears about 7 percent bigger and 15 percent brighter than normal and if you miss this superman moon it has an even bigger and brighter one on the way next month. the top stories are now to 0 as india registered yet another daily record number of deaths from covert 19 in 2800 on monday all the countries are stepping up to help us president joe biden spoke with the indian prime minister and to modi after the u.s. announced it was sharing millions of doses of the astra zeneca vaccine worldwide

germany is sending oxygen and medical aid for the european union and the u.k. also promising assistance including equipment.