what's the solution we get organized what are world leaders or governments missing threatening targets in like 2040 or 20 targets for now up front with me marc lamont hill on al-jazeera. the situation in india is beyond heartbreaking. the w.h.o. and several countries are scrambling to help as india grapples with record breaking coronavirus case it's. about this and this is all to see a live from doha also coming up heavy fighting in me and this time in an area controlled by rebels from the camera national union. and another year in prison for

british iranian aide worker now as an ins or guardian ratcliffe she's found guilty of propaganda after serving a jail term for plotting against her crown. and 1st minneapolis known louisville kentucky the u.s. attorney general and then says another investigation into policing after the killing of black woman brianna taylor. behl and heartbreaking is how the world health organization is describing what's going on in dia for the 5th day in support of the world's highest number of new covert 19 infections more than 350000 an unprecedented number of indian deaths 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 to keep menton supplies including

thousands of oxygen concentrator is prefabricated field hospitals and laboratory supplies. the u.s. u.k. in u. nations saudi arabia and turkey are sending emergency aid to india and the 1st batch of russia's sputnik very vaccine will reach india on saturday moscow will also send 1000000 packs of that and disappeared antiviral drug by me and doctors in india fear the worst is yet to come elizabeth around them reports from new delhi. india may be experiencing the world's worst outbreak of cholera that 19 but millions of people still turned out to elect 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 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 not enough for the many family members who couldn't get their loved ones admitted to hospitals even where people are being turned away being told that they can only be admitted if they have a referral and have 3 registered the center also says that it can't accept those who are critically 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 governor. 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 days have gone by this government has come in increasingly for criticism increasingly from citizens and also i married a idea i may say from from the court. on monday them address high court and 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. well meanwhile the top indian health officials are urging people to even

wear masks while inside their homes to prevent the virus from spreading further. their work if you that i would say that the time has come where we should start wanting to be asked even inside our homes earlier we used to wear masks while going out of our homes but doesn't infections are increasing and if anyone gets infected decide our homes when we should wear masks it will be very beneficial. and u.s. president joe biden spoken to indian prime minister narendra modi washington is going to release up to $16000000.00 doses of the us to zeneca vaccine after mounting criticism that it was hoarding them while other countries suffer here's our white house correspondent kimberly hawkins. under pressure from global governments to do more to help take over 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 we are exploring options to provide action in related supplies and we've identified

u.s. commercial suppliers of friends of beer that are immediately available to help relieve the suffering of curve in $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. 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 by dint 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 bound 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. in other news a rebel group in memo says it's captured and burned on an army base near the thai border post lies in an area controlled by the current national union that have been food shortages in the area in recent weeks thousands of people have recently fled from karen state after it is strikes by me and military estates rebels that are vocal opponent of the would seize power in a coup in february so high because joining us live now from bangkok scott it was only a few days ago that the. country's members seem to have reached some sort of consensus

with the agent leadership about ending the violence this isn't good news is it. and though it's very concerning news this is something that's been going on that we've seen going on over the last several months since we you know since the february 1st coup this is something the korean national union has come out and kind of given the details of what's been happening you know this is a an area that's controlled by them it's semi-autonomous they've been fighting for decades for full autonomy and this is something that we've seen kind of kick up since the coup back on february 1st and the and you this is the political wing of the groups is the k.l.a. is the armed wing and what we're hearing from the king and you they have announced that the k.l.a. soldiers overran this outpost right on the border with thailand literally the images we see that have been posted the vote video that we've seen posted on social media is shot from the thai side of the border and you can see that the structures

there on fire you can see that there are mortars landing and there are gunshots were heard now it's about 10 am local time here in thailand this took place this started this operation probably about 4 or 5 hours ago just before the sun rise and we know that they now occupy this former outpost i guess you could say of the tatmadaw the myanmar are me and they're saying that the current national union is saying that they overran it that they have now burned it down to the ground now as you mentioned this is an area that has seen an increase in airstrikes also from the tatmadaw from the me in the army over the last several weeks and that it prompted a few weeks ago prompted people to cross the river that serves as the border in this area around the province in thailand to cross the river to seek refuge on this side of the border here in thailand and medical attention we saw that a couple of weeks ago now this could be the case and use retaliation for that for those airstrikes but it's you know it's

a very tenuous situation there because they can you have supported this national union government. formed by politicians. members of parliament kicked out by the joint they have joined that along with other ethnic army so there's been this growing concern about the potential of a civil war in myanmar with these ethnic armies now when you look at myanmar there are about 2 dozen ethnic armies the k. and you of the k.l.a. have been the most active over the last several weeks and we're seeing that again just in the early morning hours here rob scott thanks very much as scotto talking to us from bangkok and the reigning court has sentenced a british iranian woman doesn't even live to another year in prison says she was found guilty of spreading propaganda there's outrage from her family and supporters just a month since she finished a 5 years 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 her husband emphatically rejects last time around were trying to court this time around the sentence. saying you know we've been following here. 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 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 nazanin 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 all our jewel national cases in iran now as an ns legal team have 21 days to appeal against her new conviction and they've already said that they will pull brennan al-jazeera london. still ahead an al-jazeera about 2 weeks of increased tension at the border between ukraine and russia hopes from kiev over resolution. and mexico is experiencing its worst drought in decades we're going to take a look at how people are coping with a dry spell now in its 3rd year. we've

got some pleasant spring wall into the eastern side of the u.s. least parts of canada as well over the next couple of days something of a contrast in the temperatures suddenly way in the scumming in the cross the plains pushing up towards the lakes as we go through the next day or so behind this this warm front so that's pulling out of the gulf of mexico but much cooler air tucking in behind temperatures here generally around the the mid to high teens but we're getting up into the twenty's well into the twenty's across the plains not too bad it will see eastern seaboard as well as we go on through the next day i would say will say that is the temperatures continuing to pick up quite nicely as a $28.00 there for chicago 20 into round so simply some places of cloud and rain the be some wet weather into the midwest and notice that wintry weather over the high ground all sliding a little further race words as we go on through wednesday system what a weather coming in across the plains as we go throughout wednesday easing up towards new england pennsylvania seeing some wet weather easing up as that eastern

side of kind of the still a war look at that they say getting up to 30 degrees celsius on where to say that fine weather stretches down across the southeast and kona extends down across a good part of the caribbean you have one or 2 showers the the hispaniola. from the al-jazeera london broke out fantastic t.v. special guest. in conversation when society is divided when women are to title the only thing that benefits from not this paycheck itself unprompted spawn interrupted the 1st words for girls are those who work or don't work for him and it is sad fact me saying cackle like to think that there's nationalism is not as ugly as someone else's nationalists and caught one of studio b. unscripted.

i want to run one of our top stories this hour the w.h.o. chief has described india's escalating covered 19 crisis as beyond heartbreaking india has again reported the well over 300000 new infections for the 6 day in a row nearly 35000 people have died in april. and the world health organization says it's doing everything it can to provide support to india the u.s. u.k. european nations saudi arabia and turkey by sending emergency aid in the 1st batch of rushes to make the vaccine will reach india it's. a rebel group and me and mine says it's captured and burned down an army base near the thai border post lies in an area controlled by the calendar national museum fighting between the rebels and

the military has increased since february when. the u.s. attorney general many garland has announced an investigation into the louisville police department in the state of kentucky law enforcement there has faced scrutiny over last year's killing of briana taylor a black woman shot during a botched raid in our home it's the 2nd such investigation ordered in the past week well brunell's reports. as protests over the police killing of andrew brown jr continue his family members were allowed to watch a snippet of police body camera video showing brown being shot repeatedly they were outraged by what they saw my dad eschewed it just trying to save his own life you know he was not in the office not in no home of him at all. it's just messed up how this happened. brown was killed on april 21st in elizabeth city north

carolina by police serving a drug related arrest warrant the killing sparked days of protests his relatives and their attorneys say brown posed no threat to officers as he tried to leave the scene in his vehicle and you had his hands on the stand will he was not reaching for anything he wasn't touching anything he wasn't doing anything about he had his hands firmly on the stand will ever end up so his vehicle shooting was 7 deputies have been placed on leave brown's family and protesters demand authorities released the full body camera videos from several officers walk in the family all of the video. the truth will come out. the video will be singing about the public and we will get justice for andrew

brown jr. the by did ministration is under political pressure to make good on the president's pledges to pursue police reform and end racial disparities it announced on monday that it would conduct a sweeping investigation of the police department and local government in louisville kentucky following the police shooting of briana taylor a black woman in her home there last year 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 a sas whether l m p d engages in discriminatory conduct on the basis of race. in the days since former minneapolis police officer derrick chauvin was convicted of murdering george floyd 11 months ago police around the u.s.

have shot and killed at least half a dozen people leading to more nationwide cries for racial justice and reform rob reynolds al jazeera dozens of people in the somali capital mogadishu are calling for presidential elections. and they're opposed to an extension of the president's time in office that have been violent confrontations for the past couple of nights president muhammadan the locking fatah marginal failed to hold planned elections in february saying there were concerns about security and pandemic m.p.'s have recently voted to extend for. another 2 years. and somali opposition fighters have taken up positions in parts of mogadishu day after clashes with government troops over the president's bid to extend his mandate what business have reportedly seen armed men in vehicles mounted with machine guns on monday while key roles in the capital were blocked. in chad

a leading politician has called in the country's interim military government to negotiate with the rebel group accused of killing president idriss deby last week in the government's refusal to negotiate has raised the fear that the armed fighters might attack the capital fighters from the front for change in concord had said they were ready to observe a cease fire and discuss a political settlement the crossed into chad from libya 2 weeks ago calling for an end to president davies ruling. party. i think that negotiating is critical because there are causes these are brothers who took arms have reasons to do so and to respect them are shown we must negotiate without negotiation there would be problems and troubles it is in the interest of all charges to take part in the negotiations. ukraine's president of the dimia selenski says he expects to meet the russia's vladimir putin soon tension between the 2 nations has been escalating

in recent weeks russia closed access to the car straight on saturday and amassed large numbers of troops in ukraine's border before pulling them back. as an update on the situation from money to form 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 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 peskov said that it was a another alarming signal from ukraine he said that it would be impossible to modify means to without putting an end to it so perhaps another sign that these recent tensions between russia and ukraine and all soviet. ok let's go to russia now where political network linked to kremlin critic alexina vonnie has been suspended from operating on a court considers whether it should be outlawed prosecutors are seeking to have the anti corruption foundation which not only founded declared an extremist group of

ali was jailed for a parole violation earlier this year and recently ended a hunger strike in prison he says the charges against him are politically motivated . 16 you spew out a possible court decision ruling that an organization is extremists will lead to serious consequences this is a criminal offense a serious indicted will offense 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. turkey's president has responded to the u.s. decision to label the mass killings of armenians as genocide the massacres in the 1915 happened in the final years of the ottoman empire. and says the us is manipulating a historic tragedy which has upset turkey and hurt relations. kinda legitimacy is just not out of your heart 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 israeli security forces have clashed once again with palestinians of the damascus gate in occupied east jerusalem police have been stopping palestinians from gathering on the steps after prayers confrontations have been taking place there for the past 2 weeks since the start of ramadan. and israel has authorized the use of quote major military response against gaza rocket attacks from there continue several have been fired over the past 3 nights israel's military has responded with its own strikes on gaza israel says the palestinian group hamas which controls gaza is responsible for the rocket attacks all this comes as there was fighting between israelis and palestinians in occupied east jerusalem over restrictions on movement. a worsening dries in mexico is reaching critical levels authorities in the capital

say there hasn't been enough rain and that's led to some of the worst conditions in 30 years i know it apollo reports from mexico city. on the outskirts of mexico's capital extreme drought conditions have forced locals to travel long distances in search of clean water. here nick at the back it's mostly donkeys who haul water up the steep hillsides at a lever that we use it to wash dishes and to drink right now it's difficult to bring water up here and when i brought right now is for the whole day tomorrow i'll take another trip. it's the 3rd year in a row that a long dry spell has caused water shortages in central mexico few places are scaping the impact even the ancient wetlands of sochi media rich in culture history and biodiversity are under threat from the extreme drought which scientists say is affecting 85 percent of the country. scientists say climate change is altering rain

patterns in the region the federal government says that drought conditions in at least 7 states are considered extreme. a drier climate has also meant more forest fires mexico's national disaster management agency says the 2021 fire season has been the most destructive in recent years. with supplies strained authorities in mexico city are urging all residents to do more to conserve. does a decent fundamental cause is to meet what's a consumption in the face of these drought that practically impacts the entire north central part of the country take extra precautions against forest fires and as a drier hotter future looms experts predict natural water availability in the capital to fall by almost a 5th by 2051 went up a low al-jazeera mexico city. almost 23000000 pakistanis children are missing out on school according to unicef that's one of the highest numbers in the world and

it's particularly bad in rural areas under subpoena reports and a project that's working to change that. rush on the camel is a bit of a celebrity lifestyle issue whenever he climbs 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 camera library began moving in august russia takes books to 4 diligence 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 corona virus spread to 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 here. 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 of 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 said good bye until next time.