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in international waters. played an important role. 'd 'd in a growing international response to india's coronavirus emergency the w.h.o. calls the situation there heartbreaking. this is our 0 live from london. the white house confirms it will share 60000000 doses of the astra zeneca vaccine with countries in need. the u.s. decision to recognize the mass killings of armenians as genocide turkey's president
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says the decision is groundless and unfair. and outrage in the u.k. after an iranian court sentences aid worker nows music r e radcliffe to one more year in prison. and of the world health organization chief says the staggering number of coronavirus infections and deaths in india is beyond heartbreaking to terrorists jibber users says the show will send extra staff and supplies to help fight the pandemic there u.s. president joe biden spoke to the indian prime minister narendra 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 while the european union and the u.k. are also promising assistance including equipment. over
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2800 people died from the virus on monday and almost 10 fold increase on the figure just 4 weeks ago elizabeth purana met reports. 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 be safe until we're all safe. once the aid arrives armed
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police are deployed to escort the precious cargo that says regional states accuse each other of stealing oxygen. soldiers got a newly opened 19 care center in new delhi because 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 same to 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
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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 this happens he of chennai said india's election commission is single handedly responsible for the 2nd wave of the coronavirus elizabeth piron an al-jazeera you daddy. a white house correspondent can be held at has more. under pressure from global governments to do more to help fight cope with dying team the united states is sending much needed medical supplies to india there are a number of areas that have are of great interest and are a great need to india at this point time oxygen is one of them at india's request
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we are exploring options to provide action and related supplies and we've identified u.s. commercial suppliers of friends of beer that are immediately available to help relieve the suffering of in $1000.00 patients in india we've identified rapid diagnostic testing supplies personal protective equipment and additional ventilators on monday u.s. president biden called india's prime minister modi to discuss how the 2 countries can work together to protect their populations although. india is experiencing one of the worst covert 19 outbreaks the world has ever seen and oxygen supply are short the u.s. and other developed nations have been under criticism for stockpiling vaccine doses while poor countries struggle after weeks of hesitation the u.s. now says it will assist india in boosting its vaccine supply 53 percent of the u.s. population has received at least one vaccine dose of them a dirda pfizer or johnson and johnson vaccines and appointments are now easy to
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obtain but vaccines for america's astra zeneca stockpile have not yet been approved in the u.s. still the biden of ministration will now make up to 60000000 doses available for export to countries like india following a government review before any astra zeneca doses are shipped from the united states the f.d.a. will confirm any such doses meet its expectations for product quality the u.s. is also sending a team of experts from the centers for disease control to help. india manage its crisis the us actions are reciprocal india sent the united states assistance in the early days of the pandemic when the us was hard hit now that biden ministration wants to return the favor medical professionals say the u.s. luva is a good start but more must be done what's needed in the long term is quite clear
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a waiver of all intellectual property patents. that control 'd or that hinder district global distribution of the covert vaccines and other covert related technologies as india battles its covert crisis some countries and airlines have banned flights to and from india but the white house says it has no plans to ban travelers from india to the united states can really help at al-jazeera the white house. techies president has officially responded to the u.s. decision to recognize the mass killing of all minions as genocide or chipped to one says the u.s. is groundlessly exploiting poss tragedies which has upset turkey and damaged nations of mask has occurred in $915.00 during the final year of the ottoman empire
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kinda argue a lot 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. an iranian revolutionary court has sentenced british iranian aid worker nows nisa khouri ratcliffe to another year in prison after she was found guilty of propaganda it's 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 while brant reports from london photos of a smiling and relieved nazanin cigar iraq left 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.
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were dashed by a new charge of making propaganda and now a guilty verdict which nelson and her husband emphatically rejects last time around were trying to court this time around and. you know we've watched this now for 4 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 now isn't in iraq cliff at which she gave an interview to the b.b.c. persian service announcements friends and supporters are frankly astounded and
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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 $550000000.00 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 on iran's nuclear ambitions i don't think it's right at all that now is mean 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 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
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21 days to appeal against her new conviction and they've already said that they will pull britain al-jazeera london 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 a key 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 soy is following the developments in the kenyan capital nairobi. we're being told now that the opposing forces have held their positions but we've not had of any our active engagement this morning there appears to be a lot of shuttle diplomacy going on nobody skin for an outright war so polish
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diplomats are trying to get politicians and their posing 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 calling for calm and saying that whoever tries to keep somalia 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 calles 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 still to
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come this half hour families in indonesia pay tribute to the $53.00 sailors found dead in a sunken navy submarine. and 6 years after the zico virus outbreak have families affected been coping. however there was a loss of pleasant autumnal sunshine across much of australia has lost the set up sickly warm in the south east been bad high pressure and char so that's why it is settled and fine we've got a few showers still continuing around the cape york peninsula pushing across into the top and some west of weather still lingering here after what's been very very wet and hopefully won't be quite as wet the cans and the surrounding area as we go through the next couple of days they go well so sunshine for all is $27.00 celsius
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there in perth but 17 celsius there for melbourne picking up to around 18 this would go on through out where the state bar would stay you might just catch one issue showers just hugging the go coast the sunshine coast is pushing up towards cape york peninsula but hopefully not quite as wet as it has been recently just as some basin places friend pushing into new zealand but by and large that weather cloud and laci dry dry for a time to into japan we have got wetter weather in the wings that's making its way across the yellow sea the east china sea down across central parts of china down towards the southwest soul making its way further race was it will cloud over into q 2 into honshu into whole qaida crashes seeing that right pushing across tokyo. capturing a moment in time. snapshots of other lives. other stories.
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from coburg 19 more than 2800 on monday other countries stepping up to help. and turkey's president has officially responded to the u.s. decision to recognize the mass killing of armenians as genocide shipped to one says the u.s. is groundlessly exploiting pass tragedies that has upset turkey and damaged relations . israeli security forces have clashed once again with palestinians at the damascus gate in occupied east jerusalem but he said been stopping palestinian muslims from gathering on the steps after prayers confrontations have been taking place there for the past 2 weeks since the start of ramadan. but $100.00 moroccan migrants have tried to swim to spain's border its national civil guard says they set off from beaches in northern morocco on sunday a few kilometers south of the enclave of souter one of 9 populated spanish territories in africa a spanish police say some managed to reach the beach on their own or most were
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rescued they set off in groups of 20 to 30 creating several children throughout the day they received medical checks by red cross workers and 3 people were taken to hospital with hypothermia. a political network linked to kremlin critic and never has been suspended from operating when a court considers whether it should be outlawed prosecutors are seeking to have the anticorruption foundation which an around a founded declared an extremist group around he was this year jailed for a parole violation and recently ended a hunger strike in prison he says the charges against him are politically motivated bennett smith has more from moscow what will happen is the later this week prosecutors will ask a moscow court to declare his organization isn't a corruption organization and he's affiliated political groups all around russia as extremist putting them on a level with al qaeda in the interim prosecutors of ask the court to make
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a ruling to essentially stop the activities of those groups while the court decides on a final ruling so we're expecting that now tomorrow on tuesday the valleys group say that they have stopped the social media postings they've closed the telegram channel down they've closed their overs social media groups but they will reemerge under different names they say that they will keep spreading the. message and they will emerge under different names with the problem is that particularly for his political of political groups around the country what they were doing was they were advising people where and how to and who to cast their vote for in elections in a way that would dislodge local representatives of the united russia party that's right in there putin's party this was the only way of recruit reducing the representation of united russia in the parliament now this was a very successful tactic in 2019 moscow city council elections because it was so
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successful the government would want to see that tactic being employed in elections national elections here in september that is believed to be why prosecutors are asking the court to make that ruling. ukraine's president of the autumn is a lenski says he had expected to meet russia's vladimir putin a tension between that it is has been rising in recent weeks russia closed access through the courage straight on saturday there are also reports that he is seeking western help to try to achieve peace in the restive eastern regions charles stratford reports from maria poll in ukraine. ukraine's president followed ms alinsky says it is likely he will meet with russian president vladimir putin to discuss the conflict in eastern ukraine zelinsky also saying that both sides were the finishing line of an agreement for a new cease fire now this comes of last week president putin saying that selenski
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was welcome any time in moscow to discuss. relations putin said he wasn't prepared to discuss the situation in eastern ukraine instead the russians are insisting that ukrainian leadership speak directly to the separatist leaders in eastern ukraine and that is something that ukraine has so far always staunchly refused to do you know the developments the ukrainian president told financial times newspaper that he was looking for western support in order to potentially change the minsk to agreement this agreement was signed in 2015 it is a series of proposals that have failed to establish a last thing cease fire and of course a permanent political solution to the conflict in eastern ukraine reacting to this interview that it may putin's spokesman dmitri prescott said that it was a another alarming signal from ukraine he said it would be impossible to modify
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mintz to without putting an end to it perhaps another sign that these recent tensions between russia and ukraine are not over yet. ukrainians have been paying tribute to victims of the chernobyl nuclear disaster 35 years ago and morals took place inside change and began at the same moment the nuclear meltdown happened in 1906 the town was built to house tens of thousands of people who were relocated after the accident dozens of people were killed in the disaster and thousands more died in the years following due to radiation related illnesses. indonesian navy is trying to find a way for to. even the bodies of the $53.00 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 or be in pain tribute to their loved ones jessica washington has more from
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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 n n garner for 02 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 for 02 in shock and sadness this community is coming together to honor his life indonesia's president joko 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
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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
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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 girl look forward to disappeared into the depths of the ocean. a pain they share with all the loved ones of the 53 sailors on board just to go washington al-jazeera to carter. 2015 the zeek a virus swept through the americas causing severe birth defects the world health organization declared it a public health emergency and the impact is still being felt the mosquito borne
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infection is named after the place it was 1st identified in monkeys in uganda's zico forest in 1947 it was detected in humans 5 years later the mild infections circulated sporadically in africa asia and the pacific for decades but it was the 2015 outbreak in brazil that raised major health concerns and 526000 more than 270000 had contracted the virus evidence showed could be transmitted from mother to fetus during pregnancy or birth and cause microcephaly defect where babies are born with abnormally small heads and still no vaccine for the prevention or treatment of seek a virus w.h.o. says it remains an active area of research seek a virus made it as far east as the cape verde islands off the western coast of africa before suddenly disappearing nicholas haq reports from the cape verde capital prior on the aftermath of the outbreak 6 years on. alice was not the
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child her mother expected cloudier was 3 months pregnant when doctors told her she was infected with his eikenberry risks and that her unborn daughter would suffer from lifelong disabilities realizing that alice will never have a childhood like other kids her heart sank but for years on cloud as has the disability turned out to be a blessing. she's loved by her neighbors the family and most of all by children who seem to be able to communicate with her better than i can and she wants to play with them but sometimes her disability gets in the way she has convulsions her muscles are weak she can't sit properly ellice is born with what doctors call microcephaly her brain is failing to develop fully it's a consequence of her mother being infected with fizzy through a mosquito bite during her pregnancy there are no vaccines no cure for the virus that spreads through mosquitoes and sexual contact in 2016 the world health organization declared seek out public health emergency of international concern the
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outbreak started in brazil spreading to cape verde as a result of the epidemic more than 3700 babies worldwide were born with birth defects. at the time countries issued travel warnings including asking citizens to delay pregnancies there was this fear that it would spread from the islands of cape verde to the rest of africa on to the rest of the world but that did not happen the virus suddenly disappeared just like it appeared dr george noel but it too from the country's health ministry believes zico ran its course infected a large portion of the population and herd immunity developed halting the spread still he fears eks lurking in the capital's drainage system that's a breeding ground for mosquitoes saying there could be another outbreak. can be lost as the years we believe can be also can be again.
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unprotected and can be infected again surveillance of infected secret children has stalled due to the covert pandemic and mothers fear bringing their children to hospital children have cerebral palsy need continuous physical therapy and good nutrition support and commitment of parents makes a lot of difference. because of the pandemic clouded too has been avoiding hospital . when alice is in need or has convulsions. she plays the song that she would listen to when she was pregnant. her daughter's pain. the film london has been the big winner at this year's scaled back ceremony it's chinese born director. became the 1st woman of color and the 2nd woman ever to take home the academy award for best director promises mcdormand won best actress for her work on the film and in another 1st became the 1st south korean to win best
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supporting actress or closures oscar winners have been essentially ignored in her home country of china katrina you in beijing explains why chloe 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 but 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 was actually born here in beijing to an elite family have father was head of state on 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 2030 an interview she gave resurfaced where she criticized china saying that here there will lies everywhere shortly after that all mention of
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a on the chinese internet was blocked and the april release of her movie nor mad land was canceled. now 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 known as the pink moon it has been the scene rising of a platter on the point as our east coast the phenomenon happens when the moon is at one of its closest points to earth and if you miss this super moon there's an even bigger and brighter one on the way next month. from one of the top stories on our 0 as india rejected yet another daily record number of deaths from covert 19 will in 2800 on monday other countries have stepped in to help us president joe biden spoke to the indian prime minister narendra modi after the us announced it was sharing millions of doses of the asters.
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