this is a massive to the region the united states is already through its military posture in-depth analysis of the day school oh boy headlines inside story on al-jazeera. the arab. car parts turned into crime a tory and it's the w.h.o. says 3 new variants on large gatherings may have contributed to india's latest surge of covert 1000 infections. my. fellow that i am however had seen and this is al jazeera my from doha also coming out the us government announces new guidance that could lead to less mask wearing for vaccinated americans across the country. on the frontline of the conflict in

eastern ukraine he meets foreign volunteers helping to fight russian backed separatists and at least 2 people were killed in chad's capital cheering protests against the recent military takeover world leaders have condemned the violence. the world health organization is warning 3 you covert $1000.00 variants in india may have contributed to the coronavirus surge sweeping the country it also says large public gatherings may be to blame for the devastating 2nd wave as overwhelming hospitals and crime its origins with 830-0000 cases have been reported for the 6th day as elizabeth purana reports from new delhi. mass cremations and burials have become the norm in a country where the bodies of corona virus are victims are piling up credit orleans

and burial grounds are working day and night and even burning bodies in parks and car parks the families of the dead mourn for their loved ones who succumbed not just to the. virus but the shortages of beds and oxygen the country i'm feeling really bad i have money i have everything but i can't get my stuff. got me no big nothing nothing like that none of that not to get no very good we can do good we can go. 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 if you got up when they were having you all you would be bored and they were going to completely. 3rd hard work we don't know when you grow up but the world health organization said nowhere 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 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 insensitivity to 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 one criticism from the public and the high court itself elizabeth purana al-jazeera you daddy. so the symmetry is kind of critical karen who we found the hospital in delhi he says the health care system in the indian capital has been completely overwhelmed this whole situation seems. beds are all ice you beds all went to later all that glitters that there are no beds in the in the wards are what d.m. against the room is full of patients they have nowhere to go you know even if they don't fit the bites you on the ward see if you want to send them somewhere else there is no organized way of sending them away and all these patients are for there in the are all those who need high amounts of often or actually would need

a ventilator better than i to bed if they could get one. so so that is the situation using patients because we could save because there is no access i mean the numbers are all build the patients lining up imogen heap room brought because they have been running from the hospital in an ambulance or in their oxygen cylinders trying to get a bed and they either run all the boxes in or are or that option was not enough for them and are there cases where so secure so it's a disaster ting situation absolutely that 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 emotionally because of what is seen but they cannot save a lot of patients because we are running out of resources 'd in eggs and ventilators and ice cube it particularly. the u.s.

government says it's working nonstop to deliver urgent supplies to india president joe biden has spoken to the indian prime minister narendra modi and washington says it will release up to 60000000 doses of the astra zeneca vaccine after being accused of holding them for more let's cross live her white house correspondents kimberly how it's kimberly have we heard any more from the administration about this aid to endear particularly these vaccines which let's face it the u.s. isn't really using. you're absolutely right they've just been sitting kind of stockpiled really led to global criticism of the united states for hoarding when other countries were struggling to even get vaccines to just sort of the 1st level of the people that need them in their country so heating to that pressure the united states is now we've just learned in the last few moments will be sending out

to as many as 30000000 doses in the next week to india we thought it would be just about $10000000.00 now that number has increased dramatically but that's not all that the united states is going to be sending they're also going to be sending oxygen ventilators a team of experts but it's really important to know when we talk about these vaccines they weren't being used in the united states because they weren't even approved for use here what we've got going on out of the united states is that there are 3 vaccines have been approved pfizer johnson and johnson and so these are sitting there are not being utilized at all and so now the by the administration knowing that they are in a really good shape when it comes to vaccinations more than half the population now has received at least one dose more than 230000000 doses have been administered that they don't need to hang on to the stockpile and very quickly when i say it hasn't been approved in the united states that doesn't mean that there is

a quality issue or a substandard in fact dr anthony found she just moments ago saying this is of the highest quality it's a bit approved for use elsewhere around the world is perfectly safe and just to reassure those who will be receiving it in india they're going to give it a final quality control track checked through the food and drug administration. it is great to hear that the u.s. is really some sort of positive news about the numbers of people domestically being vaccinated but it's also leading to a change in some of going to when it comes to school where ring in the united states what more can you tell us about that. well we're expecting to hear from the president himself on this in the next hour or so but what i can tell you already from the top medical experts is that the new guidance from the centers for disease control is if you're fully vaccinated you no longer required to wear a mask outdoors they say the risk of transmission is so low in the fact that so

many people are now vaccinated the risk is to the unvaccinated very very minimal now this also includes small gatherings where there is also no longer a need if you're fully vaccinated to wear a mask but what the white house is still saying what the medical experts are still saying is that when it comes to those large sporting events with crowds excedrin you still need to wear a mask because again while there is progress on vaccinations there are still millions that are not vaccinated and they don't want to see it overwhelming of the health system so they're still being cautious but they've sort of scaled back in terms of that cautiousness given the fact that the vaccine program has worked so well here and again we're waiting to hear more from joe biden but expect him to trumpet this given the fact that this is a big success one of his big campaign promises and he promised to do it his 1st 100 days which were fast approaching so expect that the president's going to try and sort of tout the successes of his presidency thus far you have to wait to hear what

he has to say when he addresses the country later but for now kimberly how could there at the white house thank you kimberly russia says brazil's decision not to importance 1000 vaccine is politically motivated the brazilian health regulates a rejected requests from several states to prove russia's sputniks the jobs so i think a lack of data on safety and efficacy the manufacturer points the blame at the u.s. government for persuading brazil against it. the answer corruption group founded by kremlin critic alexina van the says it will continue its work despite its new court imposed restrictions judges are considering whether to ban the foundation for fighting corruption as an extremist organization among other curbs is no longer allowed to share content online or organize rallies of army has been imprisoned since january his supporters say he's poor health and at risk of dying

russia is warning it will do whatever is necessary to secure its to ensure security rather along with borders well this follows weeks of escalating tension between moscow and ukraine with russia amassing thousands of troops along their shared front here it ordered their withdrawal on thursday russia says actions by the u.s. and nato are behind an increasing military threat ukrainian president vowed a missile and ski says he expects to meets 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 fight on both sides child stratford reports from the frontline village of sheer rock in their net a fighter from georgia. is a georgian war veteran eastern ukraine. the conflict here is something he recognizes because russia has also supported separatists in 2 breakaway regions of

georgia. in 2008 the russian army invaded to support their independence bid. the sound of shells exploding reverberates across the fields. 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 frontline 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 fight russian back 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 can we georgian is 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 start 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 snipers 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 a fire targeting a position very close to here. both sides accuse each other of violating a 2015 cease fire agreement most every day. cleans his weapon before going back to his checkpoint he says defending ukraine he's juicy and he won't be returning to georgia any time soon charles trafford al-jazeera shirakawa eastern ukraine. somalia's prime minister has signaled that he does not support supposed extension of the presidential term thousands of people in the somali capital mogadishu calling for elections was they oppose a recent decision by parliament stands president mohammed ability for marshall's

term in office by 2 years have been violent confrontations for the past couple of nights from marshall's fails to hold elections in february saying there were concerns about security covert 19. 2 spanish citizens have been killed in an ambush in eastern burkina faso journalists dovid berry i mean and roberto frailest convoy was attacked by gunmen in the eastern time of the tinier boni they're working on a documentary on how the government is tackling poaching and al-qaeda linked on the group is believed to be behind the attack. at least 2 people have been killed in chad's cheering protests against the new military transitional council demonstrators want to return to civilian rule after the military to charge president idriss deby is death last week the opposition is against the military's appointment of a new prime minister francis strongly condemned the violence against protesters the

military council says it will hold elections within 18 months luis community. we want to express our worry over the development of the situation 1st of all by strongly condemning the repression of protests and the violence that took place this morning and to mina we are calling for the respect of the commitments that were taken by the transitional military council that of a peaceful and politically inclusive transition let me be very clear i gave my support to the integrity in the stability of chad very clearly an end to mina i support peaceful democratic inclusive transition i do not support a plan of succession and france will never be on the side of those who formed this plan. more from the campus on jemima. play situation on the streets of the gemini and other towns were riots or demonstrations broke out earlier this morning is calm 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 leave protests have been called by the opposition to push the military father to renew push 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 gen mohamad it raised to be addressed that concern saying that yes they're going to leave in 18 months but they need the support and cooperation of everybody to ensure that that such siege is calling for international support and cooperation to ensure the base transition was conducted peacefully now the opposition on his 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 constitution 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. still ahead on al-jazeera a leading rights group accuses israel of apartheid like crimes against palestinians and snorkels reports and propaganda pamphlets and calls for justice for anti-government protesters grew louder in georgia. hello there were dolling up temperatures across the middle east in particular this heat will be. centered across areas of central turkey on the island of cyprus where we will get into that 30 degree threshold $26.00 for you on wednesday.

temperatures have come down a bit sink kuwait for example at 38 and for us here in doha 37 degrees will be the high on wednesday and by thursday will get a bit cooler with that winds coming off the gulf i show you some of the oyster that we're dealing with into parts of africa so particularly heavy rains toward areas of the ethiopian high lands but also djibouti getting into some of these heavy spells of showers and we still have those showers hanging around areas of attends in the into northern mozambique and we can follow these showers right through the heart of africa into the gulf of guinea and in particular we'll get into some heavier pockets of rain as we head toward cameroon wednesday and thursday did also want to put this on your radar we'll watch to see just parts of south africa get clipped with some showers as we head toward the tail end of the week capetown a high of 1000 for you on thursday.

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this is al jazeera a quick reminder of the top stories this hour the world health organization says 3 new covered 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 vaccinated americans no longer need to wear masks outside except in crowds as the latest going to us from a top u.s. public health agency and 200000000 shots have been administered in joe biden's 1st 100 days chancy military transition kinds of ascent and troops as testers demand civilian rule these 2 people have been killed in the unrest france has condemned the violence against protesters. palestinian leaders have welcomes are reports accusing israel of crimes against humanity human rights watch says israel is practicing a par size and persecution against the palestinians the israeli foreign ministry has dismissed the report as biased and baseless though are

a force that has more 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 didn't you report human rights watch makes a broader accusation that the israeli government itself practices apartheid and persecution he started looking to restart reality in which a single government was already area between the jordan river and transit to the 6800000 jewish israelis and 620000000 palestinian land and across these areas israeli authorities systems we asked our syrians and the fact that we privileged to . which is released 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 a 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 but selim 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 ministry saying human rights watch is known to have a long standing 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 a 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 they 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 a force that al-jazeera occupied east jerusalem. the u.s. navy says an iranian warship aggressively approached american vessels in the gulf waters earlier this month for the chills and really ship cut in front of a u.s. vessel which had to move out of its way to avoid

a collision and direct talks are happening in vienna at the moment with the possibility of the u.s. returning to the 2015 clear deal dozens of people have been rescued after they tried to swim the few kilometers from morocco to the spanish enclave of sweater one of the territories controlled by spain on mainland africa spanish police say they managed some managed research on the lawn or most were rescued they set off in groups of 20 to 30 including several children were quarantined for coronavirus before they can begin their asylum applications. and spain's coast guard has found many people dead on a boat stretching off the canary islands officials said as many as 17 had died 3 people survives and were airlifted to land. opposition politicians in georgia are set to return to parliament after 6 month boycotts in egypt for months

helped broker a deal to end the political dance walk earlier this last week while the country has been facing a crisis since observers election with the opposition claiming it was marred by violations and as robin forrester walker reports from tbilisi these people want justice for those injured steering the protests judges parliament has been empty of debate for months with the opposition refusing to enter it but politics has continued on the street these protesters want justice for over 200 people in judea antigovernment the instructions in 21 team as omar for the other men supposed also visited the victims including me had cases in strasburg and elicit and we demand the rehabilitation of our rights on the 28th of june $29000.00 crowds gathered outside parliament furious at the government's decision to allow a russian deputy to sit in the speaker's chair to default to war with russia in

2008 over its separatist territories. and self-assertive police fired on protesters with non-lethal rounds at close range. the violent events which took place right here led to almost 2 years of political confrontation between the governing party and the opposition camped out here next to parliament in fact for 6 months the opposition have been refusing to take part in ordinary political life and enter parliament but things will finally be about to change. last week opposition m.p.'s who to accused the government of stealing last year's election results in the e.u. and u.s. brokered deal to take up their seats. brussels believes securing georgia's democracy is needed at a time of regional instability getting this agreement in place now was

a necessity to allow the wardrop to start again focusing on the 1st place on the domestic agenda but arguably i would say that having a stable georgia in this region is more important than ever. the deal includes a legacy for those accused of involvement in the 20 rest including the camillia the leader of 2 which is largest opposition party arrested last february. in exchange the government wants to end the investigations into the clean ducked of its lurid foresman offices. that's unacceptable. he lost his r e to a policeman's rubber bullet. this shouldn't be happening at the expense of the people who lost their eyes and whose lives were ruined they are coming out today in confirming with this signature that i'm listing should apply to the people who arise out and destroy the spiritually and psychologically. agreement is the talking

point the west has pushed hard to broker this deal but it's required compromises so find hard to swallow robin for a steelworker al-jazeera tbilisi a black man killed by police in north carolina was shot 5 times as he tried to drive away according to an independent autopsy lawyers for under brian junior's family say the fatal bullet struck him in the head his family said he was not a threat police officers comes during heightened tensions around law enforcement shootings on monday the justice department launched its 2nd probe into police conduct yesterday i say it is report some corette those 3 gunshots and all that well enough that was enough. you know it's obvious you just want to get away it's obvious. in

a better way. and as ever there's a lot more available on our website just head to al-jazeera dot com for the latest . this is out of syria and these are the headlines the world health organization says 3 you covered 1000 variants that are present in india may have contributed to its latest search on 300000 new cases have been reported there for the 6 consecutive day vaccinated americans no longer need to wear masks outside except in crowds that's the latest guidance from the top us public health agency woman 200000000 shots have been ministers enjoyed by these 1st 100 days. chad's new military transition council has sent in troops as protesters demand civilian rule at least 2 people have been killed in the arm rest france sas condemned vile.