of the past and the confines of their present the dance of the us a witness documentary on al-jazeera if you want to help save the world. sneeze and hero. carparks turn into kramatorsk is the w.h.o. says 3 new variants and large gatherings may have contributed to india's latest surge of cold with 19 infections. my. i'm having a hit in and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up at least 2 people are killed in chad's capital cheering protests against the recent military takeover

world leaders have condemned the violence a leading right script accuses israel of apartheid like crimes against palestinians israel calls the reports of propaganda pamphlets. on the front line of the conflicts in eastern ukraine we meet foreign volunteers helping to fights russian backed separatists. my. the world health organization is warning 3 new covert $1000.00 variance in india may have contributed to the coronavirus surge sweeping the country it also says large public gatherings may be said blame for the devastating 2nd wave that's overwhelming hospitals and christmas orients with 300000 cases have been reported for the 6th day as elizabeth purana reports from new delhi. mass cremations and burials have become the new. in

a country where the bodies of coronavirus are victims are piling up credit organs and burial grounds are working day and night and even burning bodies in parks and car parks families of the dead to mourn for their loved ones who succumbed not just to the virus but to the shortages of beds and oxygen the country i'm feeling really bad i have money i have everything but i can't give my sister. got me no did nothing nothing like that i'm not going to not forget no very good we can do good we can do. international aid has started arriving but family members of the sick of still lining up to find wherever they can they say the government should have been better prepared they were going up when they were having or you will you would be bored and they were completely. out of school so it's heartbreaking we're. going there you go up but the world health organization said no way is the

situation worse than in india india is really heartbreaking as the director general has said in the in the exponential growth that we've seen in case numbers is really truly astonishing we have seen similar trajectories of increases in transmission in a number of countries has not been at the same scale and it has not had the same level of impact in burden on the health care system that we've seen in india. the world health organization also said math gatherings contributed to india's surge in cases but despite the rapid spread of the virus in the pilgrims gathered again in the northern town of for the cool male a festival the government has been criticized for allowing large religious and political gatherings to go ahead and both the central and daddy governments have been accused of intended to teach people suffering and blatant inequality and setting their priorities as people continue to die because of a lack. of hospital beds and oxygen delhi's government is planning to convert

$100.00 rooms in this 5 star hotel to set up a covert mine health facility for staff at the delhi high court and their families a controversial move that was forced to scrap plan on criticism from the public and the high court itself elizabeth purana al-jazeera new delhi. talks a symmetry is said of critical care at holy family hospital in new delhi since the health care system in the indian capital has been completely overwhelmed. this whole situation seems so who develop. beds of all ice you beds all went to later all that glitters at all there are no beds in the in the wards are what busy d.m. agency room is full of patients they have nowhere to go you know even if you don't have fit the bites you on the ward to be if you want to send them some barrels that is no organized way of sending them away and all these patients are what they're in

the are all those who need high amounts of often or actually would need a ventilator better than ice to bed if they could get one. so so that is the situation using patients we could we could save because there is no act i mean the numbers are or felt the patients lining up the novice emergency room broad said because they have been running from the hospital in an ambulance or in their cars with oxygen cylinders trying to get to bed and they either run off of dogs in or are or that option was not enough for them and are there cases where so safety or so it's a disaster being situation absolutely in that sense our young resident doctors all nurses that are really traumatized by it they're fighting hard they're doing as much as they can they can they're doing way more than they can actually they are working really hard but they are exhausted emotionally because of what is seen but they cannot save a lot of patients because we are running out of resources in eggs and ventilators

and ice cube it particularly. at least 2 people have been killed in chants during protests against the new military transition council protesters want to return to civilian rule after the military should charge or when president idriss deby is death last week the opposition is against the military's appointments of a new prime minister france a strongly condemned the violence against protesters the military council says it will hold elections within 18 months of the dream's has more from the capital in germany. play situation on the streets of the german and other towns were riots or demonstrations broke out early this morning is car whether this is a calm before a major storm or a calm but it's finally told the confrontation between the protesters and the transitional military council here in charge now the protests have been called by the opposition to push the military father to relinquish power trust of elian

transitional government ahead of elections earlier the military council when it was formed last week announced that it will be there for only 18 months today the head of state general mohamad it raised to be addressed that concern saying that yes they are going to leave in 18 months but they need the support and cooperation of everybody to ensure that such siege is calling for international support and cooperation to ensure that this transition was conducted peacefully now the opposition on its part is saying that no the military is not in a position to conduct a free and fair elections and they shouldn't be in the 1st place be in power for 18 months the cost of tuition according to them stated that the president or the president of the national assembly is supposed to take over power in the case of the death of the sitting president which of course is one of the reasons behind the protests today. spanish citizens have been killed in an ambush an eastern became

a fossil journalist betty i mean andrew back to friday this convoy was attacked by gunmen in the eastern time of netty a bony in a working on a documentary on how the government is tackling poaching and al-qaeda linked to armed groups is believed to be behind the attack. palestinian leaders have welcomed a report accusing israel of crimes against humanity human rights watch says israel is practicing apartheid and persecution against palestinians the israeli foreign ministry has dismissed the reports as biased and baseless very false that has poor from occupied east jerusalem. anti palestinian racism was on show in jerusalem last week with hundreds of israeli far right activists chanting death to arabs the far right thanks to an electoral alliance sponsored by the prime minister now has a foothold inside parliament but it is new report human rights watch makes

a broader accusation that the israeli government itself practices apartheid and persecution and we started looking at it we saw the reality in which a single government rules of the road the area between the jordan river and the train you see roughly 6800000 jewish israelis and 6800000 palestinian land and across these areas israeli authorities systems. indians and privileged jewish israelis the report focuses on 4 arenas in israel where it says palestinian israeli citizens are discriminated against particularly in terms of land use. in the occupied west bank where palestinians unlike israeli settlers are subject to military law and where settlers have preferential access to land resources and building permits in hamas controlled gaza from which palestinians are barred exit to live in the west bank or east jerusalem and in occupied east jerusalem where unlike israeli citizens palestinians can have their residency status revoked this

is the 2nd high profile report this year that is accused israel of practicing apartheid in january the israeli rights group said the israeli government was an acting jewish supremacist policies in the occupied palestinian territories and inside israel itself israel is again rejecting such charges its foreign minister. saying human rights watch is known to have a longstanding anti israeli agenda actively seeking for years to promote boycotts against israel their decision not to share this report for review or comment with any israeli authorities is clear indication that it is a propaganda pamphlet which lacks all credibility but critics point to the $2800.00 nation state law which defined national self-determination as quote unique to the jewish people and to the fact for several months last year israel's prime minister was advocating the permanent annexation of nearly a 3rd of the occupied west bank. and this is a very important report on israel practicing

a path 8 policies the should be the position of the international community as it was with south africa and there should be punishment against the occupation human rights watch says with no viable peace process in place the situation has gone from temporary occupation to permanent domination it's calling on the international criminal court to investigate its allegations are false that al-jazeera occupied east jerusalem. new to the brim has more from ramallah and some of the issues highlighted by that reports we were here in in front of the palestinian civil authority where many protestors were trying to lobby the palestinian authority to push israel to give their spouses palestinian i.d.'s a palestinian passports to be able to live together in one geographical area this is one area that that report has talked about the fact that israel controls the population registry and that it doesn't allow many palestinians from arab nationals

or even internationals when they marry people from when palestinians marry people from outside they don't allow them to get to the unification papers they don't allow them to get i.d.'s and passports and this is one element that that import mention but for many palestinians they would tell you that this is the reality on the ground this is the real it daily lives under the israeli occupation policies many of them upset the f. told us that they're glad that the international community some groups are stepping up and showing that israel is indeed implementing 2 systems for 2 people but for them this is a reality that they've long known still ahead on al-jazeera a double whammy look at how found economic crises affecting argentina are growing standoff this week in saudi arabia and lebanon tops the farmers sequence in the

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but we're not. the all the are. my. this is al jazeera quick reminder all the top stories this hour the world health organization says 3 new covert 1000 variants that all present in india have contributed to its latest search for 300000 new cases have been reported there for the 6th consecutive day chad's new military transition council has sent in troops as protesters demand civilian rule at least 2 people have been killed in the unrest

france has condemned the violence against protesters and human rights watch is accusing israel of crimes against humanity practicing apartheid and persecution against palestinians palestinian leaders have welcomed the reports while the israeli foreign ministry has dismissed the findings. of the u.s. navy says the rayon warship aggressively approached american vessels in gulf waters are earlier this month footage shows an iranian ship cut in front of a u.s. vessel which had to move out of its way to avoid a collision in direct talks are happening in vienna at the moment the possibility of the u.s. returning to the 2815 iran nuclear deal where hillary mann leverett is a former state department and white house national security official she says this incident seems to show a major change in the u.s. strategy for the middle east. this incident reportedly happened april 2nd so it's been a few weeks it seems to have been on the eve of the announcement that the united

states and iran would essentially hold these indirect talks in vienna about rejoining for the united states to rejoin the iran nuclear deal it also comes very very interesting the. other recent announcement by cent com cent com commander u.s. income commander general mckenzie he said last week there for the 1st time in nearly 70 years for the 1st time since the korean war the united states does not have air superiority in a military theater where it's active so we 1st have this comment that the united states does not have air superiority and now the military is releasing a video that clearly shows the united states is not have naval superiority so it's a very interesting question what is the u.s. department of defense doing is it doing it in conjunction with a coherent ordinated by the ministration policy to show that the united states perhaps is not does not have and is not seeking to continue its overwhelming.

a century had germany in the middle east it's overwhelming control and influence in the middle east one of me and most rebel groups attacks a military outpost near the time border in some of the heaviest fighting since the coup on february 1st this is happening as the process movement continues across the country scott hunter has more from bangkok. early morning gunfire echoes across a stretch so the sol when river along the border between me and maher in thailand this video from the thai side appears to show korean national union fighters taking over a 1000000 more army outpost then burning it to the ground. it's some of the most intense fighting between ethnic armies and myanmar's military since the coup nearly 3 months ago the current fighters are one of about 2 dozen ethnic minority forces that have been fighting the myanmar military for decades seeking greater autonomy like the korean rebels many of them have thrown their support behind the antic to

protest movement that has swept across myanmar since the takeover there's been talk about forming a federal army. some feel the attack on the outpost was a signal from the current national union to me and mars army locally known as the tatmadaw and this shows that we have a plan in our area to diminish your territory take over more what we say is accurate or. but also do it in a moment that discredits the power of the capital which gives a symbolic boost i think to a broader nationwide. resistance against against the military so it's it's a lot of different things all wrapped up together he went on to say that a strong retaliate is expected airstrikes from the military on current held territory have increased over the last few weeks at one point sending hundreds across the border into thailand seeking refuge and medical attention 24000 people have been displaced since late last month according to korean groups. also on

tuesday the military justice said it would consider suggestions on how to end the crisis in myanmar made by the southeast asia regional bloc in a saturday meeting the announcement could be viewed as a setback since leaders said a consensus was already reached with the joint on steps to end the violence. some protesters are taking their battle against the jointer from the streets to the jungle this footage appears to show a training camp run by ethnic armies preparing those who want to transition from protester to fighter. while there are still protesters dedicated to taking their call for the judge to to step down to the streets but in smaller numbers because of the intensified crackdown by security forces making sure their voices are heard it's got harder al-jazeera bangkok russia's warning it will do whatever is necessary to ensure security alou its borders as follows weeks of escalating tension between moscow and ukraine with russia and mass and thousands of troops along their shared from here it ordered their withdrawal on thursday russia says

actions by the u.s. and nato are behind an increase in military threats or ukrainian president florida ms lewinsky says he expects to meet russia's vladimir putin soon in a bid to end the conflicts in the east since it began 7 years ago foreign volunteers have traveled to the region to fights on both sides child stratford reports from the frontline village of sheer o'connor where he met suffice or from georgia. is a georgian war veteran in eastern ukraine. the conflict here is something he recognizes because russia has also supported separatists in 2 breakaway regions of georgia. 2008 the russian army invaded to support their independence bid. the sound of shells exploding reverberates across the fields. got just says russian back separatists farrant ukrainian army positions near here

almost every day. did you hear that he says they're foreign 120 millimeter caliber weapons he takes us to the front line village of. every building was either damaged or completely destroyed during fighting in 2015. russia did many bad things to us in georgia they occupied our territory as they have done here in ukraine i'm not against the russian nation or people but that politics is a very dirty game that. georgian volunteers like got just started coming to ukraine to thank russian bank separatists at the start of the conflict in 20142 years later the self-styled georgian national legion was incorporated into the ukrainian army. analysts say russia has encouraged and supported territorial disputes in ukraine as

it did in georgia to hinder the 2 countries from joining nato me at the ball liberation we georgians know what it means when your dignity and liberty is taken the ukrainians helped us and now it's our turn to help them they told us during our war that if we didn't stop russia and georgia then we would eventually have to stop them in ukraine they predicted this would happen and they were right. the sound of gunshots could be heard every few minutes. the morning started with shelling and now they are trying to provoke us to shoot back and find out our positions this ukrainian soldier tells us there are around 50 georgians that are working with the ukrainian army right the way along the front line the army here the smalling very nervous they want to allow us to progress any further up this road because in the last half an hour or so we've heard what they describe as. targeting a position very close to here. both sides accuse each other of violating the

2015 cease fire agreement most every day go to pleases weapon before going back to his checkpoint he says defending ukraine is he's juicy and he won't be returning to georgia any time soon chance trafford al-jazeera shirakawa eastern ukraine. russia says brazil's decision not to enforce its covert $1000.00 vaccine is politically motivated the brazilian health regulator rejected several requests from several states to approve precious but not job sites in a lack of data on its safety and efficacy the manufacturer points the blame at the u.s. government's persuades and purcell against it. the global economic devastation that has accompanied covert 19 has been especially severe in argentina it's already struggling economy shrank by nearly 10 percent 2020 the 3rd straight year of

recession risible reports. the soup kitchen in moreno integrated one aside is is trying to me they increase in demand in recent weeks. out of their lease he says every day and you family comes in for food and our feet we have twice as much work because demand has doubled with new restrictions and children out of schools we've had 9 new families in just a few weeks argentina is struggling to control a rise in its covert 1000 infections the pandemic and years of economic troubles have left millions of people here in need poverty rates have soared in argentina in the past year 62 percent of children in this country are now poor the pandemic has had an enormous impact in neighborhoods like this one where most of the people work in the informal sector media or just moved to what they can draw because she says she couldn't afford to pay rent anywhere else for more off a bucket of water up on them

a log and i'm coming here today because i have $5.00 children to feed they're not going to school so i have to take care of them and we can't afford to pay for everything elastica is an ngo working in the area its staff assist the neighborhood of more than 40000 people with food and activities for children. the government has suspended in person to last is by children here have little access to internet to continue with their studies at home. tested positive for covert 19 and was forced to stay home with her 2 kids also some of the days we only had some pastor to eat and rice that was all we had i knew i had to stay home to prevent contagion i realized i had to start asking for help when we didn't have anything else in the fridge. the level of poverty and loss of jobs remind many of another crises in 2001 when this country defaulted on its sovereign debt even though the government is now assisting millions with food and cash handouts elastic ask and consoli says

much more is needed in a society when they are going to get we need to have a series of policies that will help the whole country recover there needs to be investment to bring back jobs and improve people's lives in places like this we have only one school and one kindergarten and we need at least 3 the pandemic has depleted argentina's economy it's now negotiating billions of dollars in foreign aid with the international monetary fund one struggling to fight the spread of covert 19 a fight that's worsened economic troubles that began long before the panet make families here are stuck in the middle trying to survive any way they can. he said well when a scientist. saudi arabia has suspended the imports of fruits and vegetables from lebanon it says shipments are being used to smuggle drugs after millions of pills were found and boxes of pomegranates sent

a quarter reports. these farmers 11 are harvesting lettuce meant for households in saudi arabia but after the saudi government imposed a ban on lebanese produce they fear the agricultural sector will face a disaster saudi officials say the shipments are being used to smuggle drugs. yeah they had to are not that it's an arbitrary decision and so we ask the saudis to reverse the ban we're not all drug dealers and smugglers you can't punish everyone . lebannon exports $400000.00 tons of agricultural produce every year one force to saudi arabia and the wider gulf region it's millions of dollars for a country facing a deep economic and financial crisis. we don't export pomegranates investigations show the truck came from syria but yes you can argue the lebanese government is not doing its job there are no scanners at the borders with syria or at the ports corruption in governance has plagued this country for years there is

little control along its borders whether with neighboring syria or at ports where smuggling is rampant and evasion of custom tax costs the state billions of dollars in revenues levanon has a long history of drug cultivation and trafficking the because bally is the source of opium and hashish production factories producing captagon pills have been discovered as well western drug agencies say the amphetamine is also widely manufactured in syria. the discovery of 5300000 captagon pills in saudi arabia was the latest drug bust coming from lebanon on the timing of the ban has raised the question if politics is at play this disengagement strategy that saudi arabia as well as the broader gulf has adopted views of 11 on slowly turning into more us engagement the negative engagement strategy in that case the pressure on the lebanese government in saudi arabia whose influence in lebanon has waned in recent

years is angered by what many see as the iranian backed hezbollah control and influence in the country lebanon's leaders ordered the security services to crack down on drug smuggling and those behind it decisions are not in the hands of the lebanese government but in the hands of hezbollah the smuggling routes are under its control and so is the port on the ports there is no state in lebanon there is a lot of uncertainty saudi arabia wants guarantees that what it calls a systematic smuggling operations and few here believe it will be easy to control the drug trade center of. beirut. my. this is al jazeera and these are the headlines the world health organization says 3 new covert 1000 variants that are present in india may have contributed to its latest surge when 300000 new cases have been reported there for the 6th consecutive

day trads new military transition council has sent in troops as.