a weekly critique of the stories hitting the headlines the news media have been left to sort through the mixed messages on a quite complex story from main street to street journalism the listening post covers the way the news is covered on the jersey. holding the powerful to account as we examine the u.s. its role in the war on al jazeera. india is running out of space to cremate its dead as a battle to surge in the number of covert 19 deaths sounds and factions. are watching al-jazeera life from a headquarters and. also coming up. we've made study progress the

u.s. is a skirt a virus restrictions for people who are fully vaccinated but the president warns there are still a long way to go so mali as president decides not to extend his term by 2 years after protests and calls for early elections to ease tensions. protests against the military rule in chad turned deadly thousands ignore a ban on demonstrations to demand a return to civilian governance. hello thanks for joining us much needed medical supplies have now began arriving in india which is struggling to stem the spread of cope with 19 it accounts for half of the world's new infections one person is dying every 4 minutes and kermit saurians are at breaking point several countries of offer to send aids 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 kramatorsk ins and burial grounds are working day and night and even burning bodies in parks and car parks the 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 big nothing back to baghdad 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 oxygen wherever they can they say the government should have been better prepared if you got up when they were having all over the wall you would be bored and they were completely i mean i can tell you going on about a 3rd heartbreaking work we don't have any of that 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 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 rooms in this 5 star hotel to set up a covert 9000 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 brannon al-jazeera new delhi. the u.s. is easing co in 1000 restrictions for people who are fully vaccinated they can now socialize outside without a face mask more than half of the adults have got at least one dose but an increasing number is skipping the 2nd dose on 100 has more from chicago it's beautiful afternoon in a sign of pandemic progress the united states is lowering mask restrictions 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 the new guidance from the u.s.

centers for disease control says that even unvaccinated americans may now go without masks outdoors or while dining outside with friends but that does not extend to indoor events or crowded outdoor events such as concerts even when you're talking about variants indoors out do is get vaccinated and you will certainly have a degree of protection but there are also troubling signs of covert complacency super sites in ohio texas and florida are closing louisiana is asking for fewer vaccine shipments counties in iowa and kansas are rejecting them and across the u.s. a growing number of americans have missed their 2nd vaccinations call it vaccine hesitancy new data from the c.d.c. as of april finds that 8 percent of americans have not taken their 2nd vaccine from fives or a maternal that's up from 3.4 percent earlier this year for me it would be

a note thank you the c.d.c. now recommends that college students be able to get their 2nd dose even if it's at home in another state one dose is partially effective after just one pills we know that you have reasonably good protection 80 percent according to the real world data what we don't know however is is the duration of the protection that's why the 2nd dose is crucial we know after that they can build that building in a body flat. for at least 6 months possibly longer the white house is urging americans who are not getting the one shot johnson and johnson vaccine to take that double dose the 2nd dose is critical to getting the maximum level of protection not to mention that 2nd dose is critical in bringing the united states to herd immunity and that would stop the spread of the virus john hendren al-jazeera chicago a u.s. military ship has fired warning shots at iranian naval vessels in the latest round of escalating tensions between the countries washington says the ships got too

close to spite multiple warnings mike hanna has more from washington d.c. . well the navy says that 3 uranian gunboats conducted a series of maneuvers close to 2 u.s. vessels in the gulf sea they passed in front of the vessels repeatedly despite warning fire being fired from the u.s. ships despite the loud hailer calls from the u.s. ships at one stage says the navy the iranian boats came as close as 70 yards away from the u.s. vessels now the last time this happened was a year ago last april and certainly this is something that may heighten tensions diplomatic tensions that were already frayed between the u.s. and iran now these talks are happening on the 3rd day on the 3rd meeting taking place in vienna which is aimed at restoring both the u.s. and iran to the 2015 nuclear accord this is something to which israel is vehemently opposed the bite at the administration says that if iran gets the conditions it

would be prepared to go back to that accord and in fact wants to do so so this meeting is in a way to ease the fears of israel in particular at any possible moves to restore fully that 2015 nuclear accord. let's me to try to parse it is the executive vice president at the quincy instances joining us from washington d.c. thanks for speaking to us so why do you think all of this is happening here now i'm fortunate this is a pattern that we have seen in the past when tensions between the united states and iran have heightened things like this have occurred which real risk here is that because of a lack of communications channels between the united states and iran an incident like this could escalate out of control precisely because it's who sides are not talking but we've also seen a pattern in which just tends to take place as do 2 sides are getting closer towards some form of an agreement and though progress has been slow it does appear

as if the returns to g.'s to create is within reach within the next couple of weeks as a result of the discussions taking place in vienna but does this have the tendency that to raise tensions on the diplomatic front especially in vienna i don't think so i mean it certainly could but what i think we have seen so far is that the. talks in vienna seem to be quite well insulated from the whole set of different incidents not only this but we also seen how these rallies conducted an attack inside the iranian nuclear program we've seen numerous attacks by israelis against iranian ships and if you attacks by the iranians against the israelis and none of these seem to have managed to derail the talks because i think at the end of day the political will on both sides is sufficiently strong to get to an agreement and as a result they won't allow these things to become obstacles but for iran is a difficult for iran to know how to respond because on one hand it may feel

compelled to respond to such incidents but on the other hand how does it balance that against the backdrop of the talks that are taking place in vienna i would say iran obviously has a huge stake in. yes so they have to calibrate their response rather carefully because on the one hand they do want to indicate that there's a cost in the price to pay when these raids are engaging in such attacks on the other hand if the escalator counter escalate too much they risk derailing the talks as a whole the latest counter escalation they did the response to that to the israeli attack is that they went through 60 percent enriched uranium they had never done this before this is a rather risky and highly problematic step but as i mentioned earlier on even that step has so far not caused any derailing of the talks precisely because both sides have too much to lose if those talks fail well iran is the man saying that all sanctions placed on a during the trump era be removed before it returns to compliance full compliance

of that nuclear deal what stains are those demands actually being met in vienna do you think they will be met i think a certain aspect of them will be met because at the end of it if there are sanctions that the trumpet ministration impose on iran that inhibit trade that was permitted by the way then those are still in violation of the nuclear deal even if they were imposed using terrorism or human rights authorities and as a result it's really difficult to see every turn by the united states to the g.c. without lifting those sanctions however there will be quite a few other designations for instance against human rights violators that will be really difficult to make an argument that those really pose a threat to the trade that was permitted by the security and there it will become more of a political issue as to whether. you know it will ultimately be necessary to lift those or not but that is what these talks are about at this point there are 3

baskets of sanctions that will not be lift that sanctions that will be lifted and sanctions that are undecided and they have to determine ok try to parse i thank you so much for speaking to us from washington. thank you so much driving now somalia's president mohamed deny him hamad has agreed not to extend his term of domestic and international pressure and he announced early elections where he made the announcement off to the prime minister said he was against the proposed to your extension the uncertainty has lots of clashes in the capital mogadishu prompting some to flee his catherine story. 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 mohamed apply for my just amin office by another 2 yeahs had expired in february but talks to hold a new election have failed so mali's who are getting out say they're wary and want

these problems too and. we are feeling because of the war we are 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 with 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 about organizing. dices may hide among their force we have information but i'm demand not going into people's also used to harass them we do not want to use force and cause 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 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 al jazeera. still ahead on al-jazeera the f.b.i. launches an investigation into the death of an unarmed black man in another police shooting double whammy we'll look at the health and economic crises affecting argentina. it's time for the perfect janet the winter storm supply qatar airways. hello there those showers that have been plaguing southern portions of china will

begin to move out to ward japan seen some pretty heavy pockets of rain toward the hong kong area good news is is this starts to move through thursday we'll watch that band of showers shove into japan so somewhat days ahead for osaka on thursday 18 degrees showers 2 for taiwan in the forecast on thursday southeast asia we've had those heavy bouts of showers toward thailand malaysia and indonesia particularly for sumatra and borneo we'll see that continue on wednesday a nice day though for the philippines manila the sun will be out with a high of 31 showers are coming into the western coast of india really the story here is that building heat ahead of monsoon season so really from pakistan rate through to west bank all your temperatures are at or above 40 degrees so new delhi goes from 43 to 40 on thursday and we're also tracking building heat into the middle east and cypress your temperatures we're going to dial them up so we take

a look at the 3 day forecast for nicko c.-a will be up to 34 degrees by the end of the week. support qatar airways. a 3 year investigation into the pro-gun lobby have been evacuated as we've just got a really good and rich. revealed secret see what messaging out there i mean we've all outraged getting mad and connections some don't want exposed many in like a sea media. last shoot. us with my al-jazeera investigations how to sell a massacre on al-jazeera. hello

again the top stories on al-jazeera much needed medical supplies have begun arriving in india which is struggling to stop the spread of cover the unseen it accounts for half of the world's new infections one person is dying every 4 minutes and kramatorsk hymns are breaking points people in the u.s. who are fully vaccinated can now socialize outdoors without a face mask that's the recommendation from the centers for disease control and prevention president joe biden's has done and progress has been made against the virus but there's still a long way to go. so molly as president mohammad out deny him homage as agreed not to extend his term of domestic and international pressure he made the announcement after the prime minister said he was against the proposed 2 year extension. at least 5 people have been killed and dozens wounded in cha during protests against

the new military transition council the army announced president idriss deby son as the country's leader after his father was killed last week fighting rebels the opposition coalition wants a civilian government ministries has more from the capital and. new military government this was of the stock they will be. one of to boost. the streets. looking. ahead to this protest is in opposition to military to. left on its own if. we a tired of monarchy in chad every just one fronts to free us from this problem. the response of the security forces was swift and harsh. military ruler general idriss deby appeared with national television. to deliver

what seemed to be a speech prepared to calm local and international concerns about illiteracy to pension in chad. these values so dear to our late president will be demonstrated and in shrine and in the framework of an inclusive national dialogue that will be organized during this transition period i will be the guarantor of this dialogue which will not shy away from any subject of national interest according to a precise timetable that the government will be called upon to reveal also said child needs international support to defeat groups tried to destabilize the country . the protests came a week after the military takeover was given some support by chart allies that has now put france in an awkward position after the crackdown on demonstrators by security. the french president emmanuel mccall whose attendance at the late president idriss deby funeral is criticizing to smooth out of the military's takeover condemned the use of force on demonstrators. pretty quickly let

me be very clear i gave my support to the integrity and the stability of chad very clearly an end to men and 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 for now the streets of germany are calm but there are a few years it would remain that way with the opposition vowing to keep up its cabrini against the military regime with the trees. job in. the united states is ordering its non-essential embassy staff out of a gonna stand as the military steps up the withdrawal of its troops only personnel who have to be in trouble for their jobs will remain meanwhile the u.n. special representative for afghanistan reconciliation. has been testifying before a senate committee about the pull outs. the world has changed since 2001 the terror threat including from al qaeda is now geographically dispersed in 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. our interests are has more from washington. some are concerned others think it is a very bad idea you remember there was just april the 14th when joe biden unknowns that all u.s. troops would be out of afghanistan by september that will mark 20 years since they moved in after the attacks on 911 here in the united states in new york and washington though the trump administration had already said it was intending to pull all the troops out by me that timeline has been pushed back by joe biden talks continue brokered by the khatami's with the taliban and other representatives of the afghan government certainly we heard from bob menendez who is the chairman a democrat on the foreign relations committee he said that he was worried that

there was still some form of antiterrorism operation available to the united states in the area people have been talking about possibly setting up some sort of forward base in india he also said it was important that they didn't take their eyes off afghanistan after the withdrawal of course many people believe that after the russians left the u.s. stopped funding the fighters there they didn't want to pay any attention and certainly no put any more money into afghanistan and that red led to the rise of the taliban and subsequently the rise of a some of bin laden from james ratio is the republican leader on the committee he said that this was simply a mistake that he thought in a few months time the taliban would be strong militarily and they would move into kabul overthrowing the government there and the us would have another problem right in the middle of the place that caused them so much difficulty 20 years ago. the f.b.i. has opened a federal civil rights investigation into the killing of another unarmed black man

by police in the us state of north carolina the announcement comes after an independent autopsy revealed andrew brown was shot 5 times lawyers for brown's family say the fatal bullet struck him in the head they described it as the kill shots officers were trying to arrest for drug related charges but his family says he represents had no threat to them as he tried to get away yesterday. what should we call. those 3 gunshots and all that well enough that. you. get away. and they can shoot in the back of the. brazil senate has launched an inquiry into the government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic nearly 400000 brazilians have died from covert 1000 the world's 2nd highest death toll on the probe will determine whether federal or state

governments committed criminal negligence or corruption president diables an error has continuously downplayed the impacts of the virus while also opposing lockdowns on the use of masks russia says brazil's decision not to import its covert $1000.00 vaccine is politically motivated the health regulator rejected requests from several states to approve the sputnik 3 jobs citing a lack of data on its safety and efficacy the manufacturer accuses the u.s. of pursue it persuading brazil not to use the vaccines. now the global economic devastation that has a company over $1000.00 has been especially severe in argentina its already struggling economy shrank by nearly 10 percent in 2020 the 3rd straight year of recession terror is about travel to greater brontosaurus to find out how people are coping with both health and economic crises. the soup kitchen in moreno integrated one aside is is trying to meet they increase in demand in recent

weeks. out of their lease he says every day and you family comes in for food and already 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 rice and it's called 1000 infections the pandemic and years of economic troubles have left millions of people here we 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 medium or just moved to one of the kindle because she says she couldn't afford to pay rent anywhere else. to go bottle up on them or log and i'm coming here today because i have 5 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 he said 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 but children here have little access to internet to continue with their studies at home. madeline tested positive for colvin 19 and was forced to stay home with her 2 kids. for days we only had some pass to eat and rice that was a we had i knew i had to stay home to prevent contagion i realised 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 crisis 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. we need to have a series of policies that will help the whole country recover the needs to be

investment to bring back jobs and improve people's lives in places like the us we have only one school and one can the garden 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 was struggling to fight the spread of covert 19 a fight that's worsened economic troubles that began long before the pandemic. families here are stuck in the middle trying to survive any way they can. and he said well i decided one of. the by then administration is opening new shelters for unaccompanied children who've crossed the us mexico border and spending about $60000000.00 a week on their care the aim is to re-unite the children with their parents for brunell's reports on one shelter in southern california that started receiving child migrants. in the city of long beach just south of los angeles

a sprawling convention center has been transformed into a shelter for up to 1000 migrant children seeking asylum in the united states inside there are toys games recreation facilities and school classes all meant to provide humane care and lessen the trauma children feel after making the long dangerous journey to the u.s. border the mission of this center here in long beach is quick family reunification the reifications it should be done as fast as possible and we also know that the space that we are in is temporary is incredibly important that in this moment we treat every single child with compassion with kindness and with love the bike did ministration has been under intense political pressure to deal effectively with the large numbers of unaccompanied children mostly from

central america crossing the border the numbers have leveled all from a peak of around 20000 miners in custody in march but officials are pushing hard for the children to be released to their parents or other family quickly immigrant rights advocates were allowed to examine the facilities what we saw with this center is that number one when they will walk in. have a sense of welcome to reunite with their child parents must show documentation and give a d.n.a. sample after release the child will have a hearing scheduled on their application for asylum most of those parents are also on documented but the biden ministration pledges it will drop target them for deportation if they come forward to claim their children that's in sharp contrast with the previous administration's attitude toward migrant families during the

trumpet ministration the policy of that administration was if parents came forward and they were undocumented maybe a week or 2 weeks later immigration authorities would be at their doorstep so that created a great level of anxiety and babble and advocates say ultimately developmental aid to impoverished central american countries and an overhaul of u.s. immigration laws are the keys to stabilizing the situation so that in the future no child should have to cross the border alone robert oulds long beach california. hello again the headlines on al-jazeera much needed medical supplies have begun arriving in india which is struggling to stem the spread of code 19 it accounts for half of the world's new infections one person is dying every 4 minutes

incriminatory i'm sorry breaking points the u.s. is in sync over 1000 restrictions for people who are vaccinated.