their past and the confines of their present the dance of the witness documentary on al-jazeera. investigating the use and abuse of power across the globe on al-jazeera. predatory and is at breaking point as india is engulfed by its 2nd wave of coded. on in the u.s. people have been vaccinated or told they no longer have to wear masks outdoors. i'm your intake of this is our 0 live from london also coming up at least 5 people dead in chant after a band protest against the late president's son and military taking power. and why

the 1st palestinian elections in 15 years looks set to be delayed yet again. under the staggering spike in corona virus infections and deaths across india shows no sign of abating in the prostate more than half the world's new cases were recorded in india or tuesday it reported more than 323000 new cases another 2700 deaths were recorded lifting the total number of people killed to almost 198000 there experts believe the real figure is much higher according to news agency reuters one person is dying every 4 minutes in the capital new delhi the world health organization says the situation is being exacerbated by people going to hospital unnecessarily is also blaming low vaccination rates more contagious variance and mass gatherings despite that tens of thousands of people marked the

end of a hindu festival bathing in the river ganges event prime minister narendra modi refused to call off 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 of piling up predatory ins and burial grounds of 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 for everything but i can't get parts. you got me no did nothing back to baghdad and now i've got to not forget no bit we're going to 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 if you got up when they were having or if you will you would be bored and they were going to completely. 3rd heartbreaking we're. going there you go 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 mass 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 vittie to people suffering add to blatant inequality in 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 it sells elizabeth purana al-jazeera you daddy. a wedding in the indian state of mandia pradesh state has been allowed to go ahead despite the agreement testing positive for corona virus the couple and all attendees had to swap their wedding outfits for full personal protection equipment with ortiz additionally canceled the event but after repeated requests it was given the go ahead as long as appropriate precautions were taken. brazil's senate has begun its inquiry into the

posts in our government's handling of the pandemic more people have died of code 900 since the start of this year than died in all of last year in brazil the senate is investigating whether federal or state governments committed criminal negligence or corruption in their response to the virus i.q. zation surround president diable sonars downplaying of the pandemic his government's delay in buying vaccines and his opposition to mosque use and coronavirus restrictions people in the u.s. can now socialize outside without a mosque if they've been fully vaccinated that's the latest advice from the centers for disease control and prevention president joe biden says being able to forgo a mosque is another reason for people to get that job starting today if you're fully vaccinated you're outdoors you need and not a big crowd you no longer need to wear a mask and want to be absolutely clear if you're in a crowd like

a stadium murder conference or a concert you still need to wear a mask let's go to our white house correspondent kimberly halkett secondly is this announcement partly about encouraging people who are reluctant to get a vaccine. that's exactly what it is in fact they're not even hiding that just prior to joe biden making that address to the nation there or here at the white house he did in fact have his team of public health officials speaking to reporters and they said this is exactly what they hope the effects will be of this lifting of the mass guidelines for those fully vaccinated the public health campaign has really been successful so far new numbers show us that more than half of all americans have now received at least one dose of either the pfizer mcgurn or johnson and johnson vaccine and the hope is is that this trajectory will continue but what we're seeing in the united states is that now it seems to be

a case of more supply than there is demand because of that vaccine hesitancy in some communities that's why the public health officials and the president are hoping this lifting of the mask mandate for outdoor small gatherings will be the incentive that people need to go and get the vaccination themselves and president was also asked about india. yet and this is something that we knew was in the works but now we have a clearer picture of what it will look like we know that there is going to be a number of the astra zeneca doses being shipped to india as early as in the next 7 days now this is the vaccine that is not being given to americans not because it's not safe or effective but because there are so much of the other. vaccines that are being produced by the other companies that are being handed out so it hasn't been approved for use here in the united states but dr anthony fauci

telling reporters it has been approved around the world and other places it's perfectly safe and just to reassure people the food and drug administration is going to give it a final quality check but it's not just india that may be getting help in fact the united states given the fact that in fact the nation program has gone well and majority of americans are now at vaccinated at least once that they may be sending their stockpile of supplies to other countries as well so they're exploring that this really comes on the heels of a lot of public criticism around the globe that the united states was hoarding and stockpiling supplies while other nations particularly developing nations were struggling so it appears the united states has given into some of that pressure now exploring how it can help other countries given the fact that the united states is in a strong position right now can be how can i thank you very much. they want to have an indoor concert in barcelona where attendees were masked but not socially distance so the event didn't drive up infections giving some hope to the live music

industry only 6 of the 5000 attendees tested positive for code 192 weeks after the show that's just half the infection rate that was present in population over the same period of time on the day people who attended were tested and had to return a negative result before being allowed entry to the palace and jordan arena. we can be sure that this has not been a super spreading event because there's no sign that the incidence of such complete fiction was increased and actually we have no signs that there were any victims in the mamby assistance so decide baby reassuring data that we believe will be helpful in opening the cultural activities everywhere in the world. and he's 5 people being killed in chad and dozens wounded during protests against the new military transition council demonstrators are demanding

a return to civilian rule after the military took charge last week following the sudden death of president idriss deby. people burnt tires in the streets and were dispersed by security forces using tear gas france an ally of chad a strongly condemned the violence against protesters and called for elections within 18 months luis humility. 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 men are 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 and the stability of chad very clearly an end to mina i support a 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 and then injuries has more from the capital in germany. place situation on the

streets of the gemini and other towns where riots or demonstrations broke out earlier this morning is calm whether this is a calm before a major storm or a calm that is 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 renew crisp our 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 the us 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 that this transition was conducted peacefully. confronted

by the president of the national assembly declining to assume constitutional palaces and faced with this immediate danger a transitional military council has taken over to deal with this ultimate peril 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 their protest today still to come this half hour getting out while they can an escalating political crisis in somalia since people flee their homes and after a 6 month boycott it's back to work for some georgian politicians but not everyone is.

hello there are a frosty start for parts of central and northern europe and it's all because of a disturbance dragging down some cool air in particular for the baltic states temperatures in the single digits and we're still dealing with that wet weather across the iberian peninsula but now it's starting to impact a bigger area of france also wet weather for the balkans as well on wednesday we're going to see some instability for the united kingdom but i do think that london is going to stay dry we'll call it about $5050.00 shot on wednesday 14 degrees so temperatures here are also below average for this time of the year and there is the rain starting to now move into areas of germany and poland and single digits for stockholm on your wednesday across north africa whether for djibouti and also the

ethiopian highlands we've got some pretty good spells of rain across the gulf of guinea in particular heavier rain for the ivory coast and cameroon but those showers will start to peter out as we head toward thursday and we'll just be dealing with most mostly cloudy skies for example in cameroon on your thursday. a small boy and his brother rescued from war in gaza by the red cross and hold. we were 1st released on a red cross truck now a world leader in crisis management and finally going to doctor in chicago who still misses her just one day as possible only thinking of returning to jordan al-jazeera wild meats 2 successful arab doctors in north america arabs approve the humanitarian and the heat on al-jazeera.

the on. the. amount of the top stories you notice there are more than half the world's new coronavirus cases in the past day have been recorded in india primitive or ims are at breaking point as the country grapples with its worst health crisis in modern history. u.s. president joe biden says people can are socialize outside without a mask if they've been fully vaccinated but face coverings are still being urged for crowded outdoor events and at least 5 people have been killed in china during protests against the new military transition council demonstrators want to return to civilian rule after the army took charge in the wake of president idriss deby his death. somalia's prime minister has signaled he does not support

a proposed 2 year extension of the president's term heads of 2 regional states who've been staunch allies of the president also reject the move and certainty has led to clashes in the somali capital mogadishu prompting some to flee his conference or reports. this is a neighborhood in mogadishu where people are leaving their homes trouble started on sunday when paul government and opposition security forces clashed during protests against the extension of president mohammed up to life for marjah stahmann office by another 2 years it had expired in february but talks to hold a new election have fields. so mali's who are getting out say they're wary and want these problems too and. we're feeling because of the war we're leaving behind our houses have not slept for 2 days because of the clashes to stop fighting so we can return home opposition forces including some soldiers who left frontline positions

in house in the south of the country have taken control of several neighborhoods erecting barricades stones and mounds of soil as well as digging trenches the government says it's fighting armed groups brought to the city by opposition political leaders to cause chaos or go have those organizing. dices may hide among their force we have information that armed men are going into people's also is to harass them we do not want to use force and of course confrontation the government will always take that responsibility of protecting citizens diplomats and clan elders a sage to be trying to broker talks between the warring groups to deescalate tensions some analysts say the president is running out of options best options. for him to go back to the negotiating table within the framework. agreement that's look every member of the international community is. most mommas are. certainly

does not do that all turn out to continue confrontation. certainly conflict and further bloodshed and no one can win an urban warfare when militias experience 3 major urban warfare is these are dangerous times in a fragile country somalia is dealing with threats from the armed group al-shabaab drought and a struggling economy and people are now even more worried about what they see as the politicize ation of the military and police force which appears to be increasingly fragmented along political lines cathy zoi. due to hold their 1st elections in 15 years next month now there has learnt that president mahmoud abbas will delay the long awaited vote citing israeli restrictions in occupied east jerusalem as despite israel's foreign ministry saying it's not interfering with the ballot and sorry for sick reports candidates have

been struggling to counter skepticism from voters. in occupied east jerusalem this is defined as palestinian political activity the kind that can result in a rest and in recent days has put on this day there are no israeli security forces to be seen no crowd either just 10 prospective candidates for the palestinian legislative council trying to infuse a population that hasn't voted for 15 years and doesn't expect to now it's all or all to convince them and to be with them to bring him there to a new hope for in you is us. citizens we certainly. hope so yes i hope so. but if residents of occupied east jerusalem have a shared such i hope it's been fast evaporating what elections i'm asking what elections are you talking about when you are excited about the prospect of taking. because i know there is that there isn't

a now yeah i can expect that is. to tell you the truth. between going to elections as opposed to show that i'm not. with the state or with my people to go to the election of that i believe that it's a it's a mess it's a game for the on the political level that they might cancel it in 2006 elections did take place in occupied east jerusalem as in gaza and the west bank is right allowing the voting on the last minute u.s. pressure now the palestinian authority has reportedly given israel a deadline of thursday to answer its demand for a similar guarantee and israeli official told us that so far israel. had given no response and no doubt drucilla and without the participation of our people in the city of jerusalem without the ability to campaign as in other areas in the occupied palestinian territories there will be no elections al-jazeera understands that the palestinian president mahmoud abbas has already decided to postpone the polls with

the official announcement to come at a factional meeting on thursday one thing we heard again and again on the streets of east jerusalem was that if the palestinian authority wanted to hold an election it shouldn't allow an israeli know let alone the sheer lack of an israeli response be the reason not to do so the suspicion being expressed is that the real reason is internal and political the palestinian could newspaper reports of the decision to postpone followed intense pressure from the united states and arab countries concerned about the consequences of a strong result for the armed group hamas which controls gaza rather than a democratic renewal most now a betting on another round of behind the scenes horsetrading between palestinian factions a chance to vote put off once more indefinitely are a force that al-jazeera occupied east jerusalem a person in need is have welcomed a report accusing israel of crimes against humanity human rights watch says israel

is practicing apartheid and persecution against palestinians report says restrictions on palestinian movement and the seizure of land for jewish settlements are examples of policies it says are crimes israeli foreign ministry has dismissed the report as biased and baseless. the united states is ordering its non-essential embassy staff out of afghanistan as the military steps up the withdrawal of its troops only personnel who have to be physically in kabul for their jobs will remain in while the u.s. special representative for afghanistan a consideration. is testifying before a senate committee about the pullout let's cross to alan fischer in washington d.c. and alan presumably there are a number of senators who are concerned about the withdrawal. fair to say some are concerned others are absolutely opposed to the idea of joe biden of course on april the 14th said he was going to pull all the troops out of afghanistan by september the 11th this year which would mark 20 years since the $911.00 attacks in new york

and also on the pentagon. has been giving evidence to the senate foreign relations committee robert menendez is the senate the chairman of the committee he says it's important that the u.s. doesn't take its eye off the ball in afghanistan once the withdrawal is complete drawing parallels to what happened before $911.00 the fact that no one seemed to pay attention to afghanistan after the soviet withdrawal and many people believe that's what led to the growth of al qaeda and then those attacks on the united states he also said it was important that the u.s. maintain some sort of leverage and of course there's talk about a huge aid package going in to afghanistan from the u.s. now as far as james russia is concerned he is the ranking member a republican on the committee he said he is absolutely against this withdrawal he thinks it could be a real problem he doesn't believe that the taliban are committed into recognizing minorities and also the rights of women unless there is a very strong power sharing deal but. said this was the time for the u.s.

to finally end its 20 year war in afghanistan or the world as changed since 2001 that terror threat including from outside is now geographically dispersed and africa the middle east and asia we now face new urgent challenges as the president has said we must fight the battles for the next 20 years not the last 20. there was a warning from robert menendez saying look if the taliban don't start complying with the agreement of the withdrawal deal which is already in place then there would be any more money coming from the foreign relations committee there were some who were concerned that there could be a withdrawal of the u.s. forces and then the taliban would sweep to power in afghanistan that is a huge concern for many people on the committee but on buster colors and said he

doesn't think that that is going to happen that the taliban are got a decision to make whether or not they want a long war or a negotiated settlement and they say for the sake of the next generations of afghanistan he believes that the taliban are committed to finding a peaceful solution this time wrote an official thank you very much indeed. a black man killed by police in the united states last week was shot 5 times as he tried to drive away into an independent autopsy it was for andrew brown jr has family in north carolina say the fatal bullet struck him in the head they described it as a kill shot professors were trying to arrest brown on drug related charges but his family says he represented no threat to them as he tried to get away yesterday i say he was executed is report so me that was correct those dreams gunshots and all that water enough that war enough you it's obvious he was

trying to get away it's obvious and they go shoot him in the back of the head that matter not right as not right all. right. stuff got changed really got to say. a russian court has imposed a number of restrictions on the anti corruption group founded by jailed kremlin critic alex and irani this is judges consider a request to ban the foundation for fighting corruption as an extremist organization is no longer allowed to share content online or organize rallies among several other restrictions the valley has been imprisoned since january his supporters say he's in poor health at risk of dying ukrainian president vladimir is and ski has urged his troops on the eastern border to stay alert despite russia's ongoing troop withdrawal russia began pulling back its troops on friday after weeks of military buildup in the region despite the deescalation russia has warned it

will do whatever is necessary to ensure security on its borders fighting between the ukrainian army and russian backed separatists in eastern ukraine has escalated this year. some opposition politicians in georgia have returned to parliament after a 6 month boycott ever accusations of violations in october as elections in your diplomats helped to broker a deal last week to end the political deadlock and robin 1st a walker reports from the capital tbilisi not everyone is happy about the agreement . to just parliament has been empty of debate for mugs with the opposition refusing to enter it but politics has continued on the street these protesters want justice for over 200 people in judea and he government demonstrations in 2019 hours on what were the other men supposed also visited the victims including me had cases in strasburg and millicent 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 at 1st 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 comes 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 may finally be about to change for the 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 door draft 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. to deal includes a legacy for those accused of involvement in the $21000.00 on 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 laurent foresman offices. that's unacceptable. really he lost his r e 2 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're coming out today in

confirming with this signature that amnesty 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 road for a steelworker al-jazeera tblisi. the top stories are now to syria more than half of the world's new coronavirus cases in the past day have been recorded in india trinitarians aren't breaking point as the country grapples with its worst health crisis in modern history on tuesday more than 323000 new infections were reported with another 2700 deaths people in the u.s. can now socialize outside without a mask if they've been for.