from foreign interference from hostile to hostile hotels explores key political conflicts from the perspective of iconic hotels on the frontline. and former south african president jacob zuma goes on trial for corruption. may on al-jazeera. oxygen equipment vaccines the world rushes to help india where covert 9000 cases hit another record high. says the situation is heartbreaking. hello from doha everyone i'm come on santa maria this is the world news from al jazeera supply to meet the demand the u.s. will make up to 60000000 doses of the astra zeneca vaccine available to countries in need. another year in prison for the british iranian aid workers and it's

a gallery ratcliff he's been found guilty of propaganda. first minneapolis now in louisville kentucky the u.s. attorney general announced as another investigation into policing after the killing of black woman brianna taylor. heartbreaking is how the world health organization is describing what's going on in india right now for a 5th the day it's reported the world's highest number of new code 19 infections again more than 350000 an unprecedented number of deaths as well 2800 the most critical shortage is still oxygen but beds equipment and medicines are also in short supply and the situation in india is beyond heartbreaking w. joy is doing everything we can. providing critical acumen to in supplying including

thousands of oxygen concentrator is prefabricated more by field hospitals and laboratory supplies and doctors in india fear the worst is yet to come elizabeth per annum has our report from new delhi. india may be experiencing the world's worst outbreak of cholera the 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. 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 got a newly opened 19 care center and new delhi. there are 500 beds so far 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

kindly to criticism its very sensitive to criticism and also from the desire to try and control the narrative as 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 them address 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 piron an al-jazeera you daddy. well u.s. president joe biden's spoken to the indian prime minister and the renter moti outlining how america will help the u.s. is also releasing up to 60000000 doses of the astra zeneca vaccine after mounting criticism that it was holding them while other countries went without a white house correspondent kimberly hunter's. under pressure from global

governments to do more to help fight covert 19 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 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 a $1000.00 patients in india they'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. so 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 obtain but vaccines for america's astra zeneca stockpile have not yet been approved in the u.s. still the bidens 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 u.s. actions are reciprocal india sent the united states assistance in the early days of

the pandemic when the us was hard hit now the biden ministration wants to return the favor medical professionals say the u.s. move is a good start but more must be done and what's needed in the long term is quite clear 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 that al-jazeera the white house was a pleasure to welcome dr ali fountain to al-jazeera from an op and michigan he is the senior vice president of vaccine research and development at blue willow biologics and an adjunct professor at the university of michigan talked about him

thank you for your time i want to clear up a few things 1st of all why has the astra zeneca vaccine not been cleared for use in the u.s. yet what what's the hold up there. i think the hold up is that related to the. timing got think that once the so seneca had finished and then we also started to eat about some of the same. events in europe that gave us a pause and that trying to understand exactly what's going on so that was the major sink secondly there is the issue of the protocol you know the clinical trial with us has in it that there are some few mishaps there and i think the f.d.a. had a quested or cuts of deployment vision and i suppose in a supposed to be submitting notice. that a quest for approval in the us so far i think it's in the process and maybe the day

that out the information provided enough for the f.d.a. tuesday to go ahead for the approval. and that one of these really meets all of their violence and so it doesn't translate that the u.s. was because there's acceptance that the u.s. was hoarding doses of the vaccine does that translate to you. i can you to be the one well i guess or i guess what i mean is that this accusation that the united states was hoarding them that's that's quite an accusation to make but what you're saying here is that there is a been a process which has been ongoing so does that translate to the idea that they were just holding on to these things. yeah i think there is no holding they show is that the f.d.a. has ruled that they any medicine should get approval by the f.d.a. you cannot just distribute medicines odd around the world out to different

countries because if they were they the united states would provide the as they asked them is it a comeback seems today but what they want to say ok it's not something that's not good for them medic and whites good for the other person so there is really a double edged sword here and therefore what does the oil just have this that and even before the acid has in it got vaccine will be provided outside the united states the f.d.a. has to get the odd ok from the f.d.a. to do that so the f.d.a. is an independent agency that you know sent this that doctors and physicians make the decision so that would be the best approach to it which is really the right that i want at this point. with us again from ann arbor michigan thank you so much for your time so we appreciate it thank you. and to other news turkeys president has responded to the u.s. decision to label the mass killing of armenians as genocide and massacres in $1015.00 happened in the final years of the ottoman empire project type one says

the u.s. is manipulating a historic tragedy which is upset turkey and hurt relations. kinda argue a lot of misery smart out of jihad you know 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 more for a correspondent wrestle in istanbul. but this is a continuation of the strained relations of turkish turkey and the usa so the 2 different approach to the garden security issues of today's 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 pushes

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 peak of. 30 cities that it has lost $40000.00 of its citizens in the fight against the p a k and usa supported the k.k.k. is becoming a national security threat well i can say that the church american relations went to ops and downs several times to the but these 2 countries knew how to manage their nations badly needs to peach also stressed that he's going to meet president biden face to face in in the nato summit during sort of during the nato summit in june and he's going to convey his masters and concerns to biden face to face as well. in the news ahead after weeks of increased tension at the border between

ukraine and russia there are hopes for kiev a resolution. to the camel in pakistan shuttling between villages to provide learning opportunities to out of school children. it's time for the perfection of the weather sponsored by qatar airways. however we got the rain clouds now gathering across central and southern parts of china so what's the weather coming through it will eventually make its way towards the east china sea and beyond the head of that 6 fight enjoy high pressure in charge so some pleasant sunshine lots of lovely spring sunshine there for japan as we go through tuesday 20 celsius in tokyo a $21.00 in the $21.00 is 70 and found out here comes out west and whether that will make its way in secu she as we go on into wednesday much of japan turning

increasingly wets showers started to push their way through some wet weather to into north korea and that wet weather will push up to the far east of russia bright skies come back in behind me some pleasant sunshine but full of the cloud and rain down towards southern parts of china well combine food into parts of taiwan but western weather coming towards hong kong could see a little bit localized flooding as the downpours sets him want to see heavy showers to insist southeast asia mainly really across indochina somewhat the weather coming through here over the next days and then the sea usual rash of showers through malaysia and on into indonesia some showers to into southern parts of india some lovely stormy rumbling away his trying to catch a shower would say elsewhere a small that hot sunshine with high temperature is. sponsored by qatar airways. a family. politicized by the forces of nature. will know for years i

can name farmer documents his struggle for his community survival and builds a template for global action on climate change. the climate dial east a witness documentary on the disease. it was al jazeera these are our top stories this hour the w.h.o. chief has described india's escalating covenanting crisis is quite heartbreaking india has reported another $350000.00 new infections the 5th day it is at the highest figure in the world the w.h.o.

says it is doing everything it can to provide support to me here the u.s. the u.k. european nations turkey even india's regional rival pakistan are all sending emergency aid. and the u.s. says it will be releasing up to $60000000.00 doses of the oxford astra zeneca vaccine to other countries after accusations of hoarding it's not clear how many will actually be sent to india. an iranian court has sentenced so the british iranian woman. to another year in prison after she was found guilty of spreading propaganda there is outrage from her family and supporters just a month since she finished a 5 year sentence in a separate case paul brennan 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. were dashed by a new charge of making propaganda and now a guilty verdict which nelson and husband emphatically rejects last time around we're trying to court this time around and. saying you know we've got a phone in here. we've clearly been and as collateral. and we lost and. take our iraqi for 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 nasa in iraq cliff at which she gave an interview to the b.b.c.

persian service now simmons 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 $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 and 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's wrong that she's that 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 as an ins legal team have

$21.00 days to appeal against a new conviction and they've already said that they will pull brennan al-jazeera london the u.s. attorney general american and has announced an investigation into the louisville police department in the state of kentucky law enforcement bears face scrutiny over last year's killing of briana taylor a black woman shot during a botched raid on her home and says the 2nd such investigation ordered in the past week after a similar probe into the minneapolis police was announced that was of course after former officer derek show evans guilty verdict in the murder of george floyd. the investigation will assess whether l m p d engages in a pattern or practice of using an reg on reasonable force including with respect to people involved in peaceful expressive activities it will determine

whether l m p d engages in unconstitutional stops searches and seizures as well as whether the department unlawfully execute search warrants on private homes. it will also assess whether l m p d engages in discriminatory conduct on the basis of race. rob reynolds in the sanctions to talk more about this one that's the key isn't it what we heard at the end there with merrick on the idea of discriminatory contact on the basis conduct i'm sorry on the basis of race. yes that's exactly right kemal the this is what's called a pattern and practice investigation and has it much as it is that phrase sounds it will look into whether the louisville police department has a history of abusive or on lawful practices whether police have been singling out residents there for harris men

or process or. stops on the street or other types of police activity on the basis of their race and whether there was any accountability for any police officers who may have done wrong and of course whether whether this was a case of racial bias though as you mentioned last week america garland the attorney general announced a probe into minneapolis police just after former officer derrick chauvin was convicted of murder in the killing of george floyd last may there is a separate civil rights criminal civil rights investigation underway into the brianna taylor death that will not be affected by this larger probe into the city and the police department i think that it's from what america arlen said it looks like. the focus will be on the practice of executing these so-called no knock

warrants and what happened in the case of brianna taylor was that the police did not really announce themselves they burst into her home and had guns drawn and. did not really identify themselves according to some witnesses and then the boyfriend of brianna taylor believing that armed men were you know breaking into the home fired a warning shot he had a gun that he was legally entitled to carry and the police responded with a fuse a lot of bullets some of which killed ms taylor. cities that are under investigations of this kind often do try to cooperate or negotiate with the justice department to avoid being placed under more direct control by the justice department they will try to negotiate through you know change their practices and that is likely what may happen in this case it's also worth noting of

course that. the trumpet ministration really phased out these kinds of investigations and consent decrees for the behavior of police departments during its 4 years in office but president biden has quickly moved to reinstate the practice however these investigations can take quite a long time months at the minimum so it is unlikely to result in any immediate changes in the activities of the police department there in louisville kentucky that's right reynolds in the sand just thank you rob. to russia where a political network linked to the kremlin critic alexei navalny has been suspended from operating while a court considers whether it should be outlawed prosecutors are seeking to have the anti corruption foundation which was founded by an of army declared as an extremist group the valley of course jailed for

a parole violation earlier this year and recently ended his hunger strike in prison he says all the charges against him are politically motivators. you've got a possible court decision ruling that an organization is extremists will lead to serious consequences this is a criminal offense a serious indicted pull a fence and even people donating money to such an organization could be indicted then so let's say a person donated $100.00 roubles he could be indicted more from bernard smith now in moscow. what will happen is that 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 now in the interim prosecutors are asked the court to make 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 now in the valleys group

say that they have stopped the social media postings they've closed the telegram channel down they've closed there are the social media groups but they will reemerge under different names they say that they will keep spreading the. message and they will emerge into 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 flooded near 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 successful the government wouldn't 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 valda mirza lenski says he expects to meet russia's vladimir putin soon tension between the 2 nations has been escalating in recent weeks russia of course closed access to the current straight on saturday and had amassed large numbers of troops on ukraine's border before pulling them back child stratford has an update on the situation he's in mariupol in ukraine. ukraine's president followed made zelinsky 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 at the finishing line of an agreement for a new cease fire now this comes of last week president putin saying that selenski was welcome any time in moscow to discuss lateral 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 the 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 ceasefire and of course a permanent political solution to the conflict in eastern ukraine reacting to this interview that it may putin's spokesman dmitri pascoe said that it was a another alarming signal from ukraine he said that it would be impossible to modify mintz to without putting an end to it so perhaps another sign that these recent tensions between russia and ukraine and all soviet. almost

$23000000.00 pakistani children are missing out on school cording to unicef that is one of the highest numbers in the world and it is particularly bad in rural areas under schapelle reports now though in a project that's working to change that. rush on the camel is a bit of a celebrity the issue whenever he clamps 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 than the camera 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. started the project with the help of n.g.o.s in addition to keeping children busy she's also

helping their parents. when the coronavirus 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 when i was. i was asked 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. 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 say goodbye until next time. finally they calling it a pink superman it's pink skylines or their looks pink there isn't a super moon which happens when it orbits closer to earth making our luna neighbor appear 7 percent bigger and 15 percent brighter than normal and they'll be 2 of them to see the 2nd one coming in just a month's time. these are the top stories india reporting 3 150000 new coronavirus cases again it is the world's highest figure for a 5th day in a row it's also reported its high number number of deaths at 2800 and so the u.s. the u.k. european nations turkey even india's regional rival pakistan is sending emergency aid the world health organization says it's doing everything it can to provide

support. and the situation in india is beyond heartbreaking.