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but the mob are fundamental to the way the police operate in the united states. india is running out of space to cremate its dead desert battles a record number of call the 19 factions. play watching al-jazeera live from doha with me fully back to bill also coming up a top level inquiry into brazil's handling of the coronavirus pandemic as the death toll keeps climbing somalia's president decides not to extend his term by 2 years after protests and calls for early elections to ease tensions. and demanding political change in china to violent protests against the military
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takeover. india's unrelenting struggle with rampant coronavirus infections is being described as the perfect storm in the capital one person is dying every 4 minutes the wall health organization is blaming the crisis on a combination of mass gatherings no vaccination rates and more contagious variants and as a random reports on new day. mass cremations and burials have become the norm in a country where the bodies of corona virus are victims are 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
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really bad i have money i have everything but i can't give my sister. got me no did nothing nothing like that and now i've got no figure and no bit we're going to they're going to do. international aid has started arriving but family members of the sick still lining up to find wherever they can they say the government should have been better prepared they were going up when they. were being bored and they were completely. out of 2 thirds heartbreaking were. there in europe 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
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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 soon. in cases but despite the rapid spread of the virus in the poems gathered again in the northern town of for the camilla 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 staffa 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 new delhi while vital medical
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supplies including ventilators arrives from the u.k. while other european countries and australia are sending equipment the us president is also promising help after speaking with india's prime minister i've discussed with him when we'll be able to send actual vaccines to india which will remind tension to do the problem is right now we have to make sure we have other vaccines like novak's and others coming on probably and i think we'll be in a position to be able to share to share vaccines as well as know how with other countries who are in real need that's the hope and expectation and i might add when we were in a bind at the very beginning indeed helped us brazil's senate has opened an inquiry into the government's handling of the pandemic nearly 400000 people have died from covered 19 the world's 2nd highest death toll investigation could be damaging for
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president. passes seek reelection next year when he came back every force from the additional air. the numbers are staggering since january cove of 19 has killed over 197000 brazilians more people have died in 4 months than in all of last year but now the pandemic has taken a sharp political turn congress is investigating whether president maduro is responsible for the world's 2nd largest kovac $1000.00 death toll after the united states also not 0 is accused of downplaying the dangers of the virus and the efficiency of the vaccines. last year the government rejected several offers to buy the corona back and pfizer vaccines from china and united states delaying the mass inoculation campaign airport here but neither of us this is the 1st time both cruel
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actions are being investigated the governor and he denied the pandemic but also confronted governors and mayors who imposed restrictions protect the population supreme court bought the president from a fuse and lockdowns but now congress will hold him accountable for his actions. failed to stop lawmakers from launching the probe now a senate committee will be looking into at least 20 accusations among them the government's failure to have a national plan senator say that the priority is to investigate why brazil took so long to procure vaccines despite being latin america's largest economy and having the technological means to produce them domestically but government officials will also be asked about the delay in resuming emergency aid to the country's growing poor. 19000000 people have gone hungry joining the past year almost twice as much as in 2018 and half of the population is facing food insecurity not knowing
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when they'll have their next meal many like this couple have moved to the street after the government suspended the emergency aid in january handouts started being distributed again this month but they still have not received them more have their new neighbors. i'm going to go this is mr go shoot we had a shop and lost everything during the pandemic like a marriage doesn't sharing a sidewalk. a pandemic an economic crisis have brought about are far from over with less than 7 percent of brazilians are fully vaccinated it will be a long time before life goes back to normal meanwhile lawmakers are hoping the investigation will determine what wrong and who was to blame monica inaki of all just sirrah rio de janeiro now the world news somalia's frezza dent has agreed not
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to extend his term i'm a domestic and international pressure bomb and up to life also promised to hold early elections he made the announcement after the prime minister said he was against a proposed 2 year extension meanwhile in the capital mogadishu many of fleeing as unrest grows against the government residency and more violence as opposition fighters take up positions around the city. and the. bulk of the federal government of somalia has always believed and still sees dialogue compromise negotiation and the return to the discussion table as the only viable options. finally i urge all security agencies to maintain the stability of the capital and the safety of innocent civilians avoiding any actions that may lead to insecurity i also urge the somali people to support the armed forces in this regard . is a professor at the university of minnesota he says
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a presidential vote solve the current financial crisis. the president's at 10 to extend his mandate by 2 years is both unconstitutional according to some of the concession and it was also illegal because the upper house of parliament which should have voted on it did not do so so that's the 1st thing secondly he lost nearly all of the international support that so many had because of its act and finally his decision to retreat on this front doesn't change the political conflict between him and the opposition where they were unable to agree as to who was going to manage the editorial process the president wants to run that process although he's a candidate the opposition disagrees with that and that's that made stays in place when i was in with the show over the past 3 months i recommended to the united nations special representative that there needs to be another peter or a negotiator between the different groups an adjudicator who will tell who is wrong
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and who's right depending on the thames or any agreements the un has failed to do that and so unless the african union or somebody else comes out as that mediator i don't think they will come together to be able to agree on a path forward that will save the people of malaysia and the rest of the country from the crisis what is really necessary to get this process forward is to get a new trial and look toward a process where all the candidates have a reasonably fair chance and that all actors who are eligible competition paid in that process the only void forward in that regard is to enforce to force the president to become a neutral after and hand over the management of the election to somebody else. gunmen have raided several villages in northern book in a fossil killing at least 15 people troops have been deployed to the se tengah area where officials reported the attacks that follows an ambush on an on typos patrol in the east of the country that left 3 people dead 2 of them were journalists from
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spain the 3rd was an irish national people are missing this been no claim of responsibility. in china and protesters are demanding political change just days after the death of president idriss deby at least 5 people have been killed and dozens wounded in demonstrations against and they need a son and a new military transitional council that's taken charge and i did research. for charts new military government this was of the stop they were hoping one after the. young child in the streets. and blocking. the hurt of this protest is an opposition to military take. on a fight. we are tired of monarchy in chad every just one france to free us from this problem and. the response of the security forces was swift and harsh.
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owsley to military ruler general maha much it recently appeared on national television to deliver what seemed to be a speech prepared to calm local and international concerns about illiteracy attention in chad. a lot of these values so dear to our late president who we 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. chad 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 chards allies but has now put france in an awkward position after the crackdown on demonstrators bicycles
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. the french president emmanuel mccall his attendance at the late president idriss deby funeral is criticizing those modes of the military's takeover condemned the use of force on demonstrators the issue is raised 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 german are calm whether a few years it would remain that way for the opposition vowing to keep up its cabrini against the military regime up at the trees. jumping. still ahead on al-jazeera. we made study progress the u.s. eases come one of our eyes restrictions for people who've been vaccinated but the president warns his and long waits to go and trying to clear the air we look at u.s. relations with china and president joe biden's 1st 100 days and i say. it's
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time for the journey. sponsored point qatar airways hello there we're dialing 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 for you on wednesday elsewhere 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 we'll get a bit cooler with that winds coming off the gulf i show you some of the boy story that we're dealing with into parts of africa so particularly heavy rains toward
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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 will 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. qatar airways. killing the debate you don't see this the fiction and amplify your voice you're only giving a certain narrative the media will miss when true story no topic is off the table why in the world when we humanize an individual domestic terrorist this was an
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illegal occupation of a country what they're doing is they're removing or just historical truth and it's in the street where a global audience becomes a global community on al-jazeera. to recap of amin stories on al-jazeera this hour a desperately needed medical supplies arriving in india as it struggles to contain covered 900 the world health organization says it's the perfect storm mask gathering snow vaccination rates and more contagious variance brazil's senate has launched an inquiry into the government's handling of the pandemic really 400000 people have died their investigation could be damaging for president abbas narrow
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as he prepares to seek reelection next week and somalia's frezza mohammed abdul life are my show has agreed not to extend this term amid domestic and international pressure it may be announcement after the prime minister said he was against the proposed 2 year extension. protesters have been marching through the streets of elisabeth in the u.s. state of north carolina calling for justice after the police killing of a black man the marches follow an independent autopsy that showed andrew brown was shot in the back of his head his family says he was no threat to the police and was trying to flee the f.b.i. has opened a federal civil rights investigation into the killing i canna has more. another night of protest in elizabeth city as andrew brown's attorneys released the results of the independent autopsy that confirmed he was shot in the head while attempting to drive away this infer. was
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a failure to the back of mr brown as he was leaving the site trying to evade being shot. buddies were tickler law enforcement officers who we believe did nothing but a straight out execution it's obvious he was trying to get away that's obvious and they go shoot him in the back to hear that man not right that's not right oh my there's also anger and frustration that the police only agreed to release 20 seconds of edited body cam video that showed the killing law enforcement intentionally edit the edited the video to 30 seconds to 22nd 20 seconds and intentionally blurred out the office and guns and showed us what they wanted to show us the f.b.i. has announced it has opened a civil rights investigation into the shooting and this week a judge will rule that the entire 30 off the incident should be released publicly this unio tape is not going to get better with age and you know i think public
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safety and decency and morality and transparency demands that the police begin to be forthcoming. a nighttime curfew has been put in place but this is not stop to lose a bit city residents from continuing to express their anger at yet another police shooting mike hanna al-jazeera washington the u.s. is easing covered 1000 restrictions for people who are fully vaccinated they can now socialize outside without a face mask well then half of the adults have got at least one dolls but an increasing number escaping the 2nd shot john hendren has more from chicago beautiful afternoon in a sign of pandemic progress the united states is lowering mask restrictions starting today. if you're fully vaccinated and 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.
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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 variance indoors outdoor was 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 i mean it would be
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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 build in a body it lasts 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. millions of people in chile will soon be able to withdraw another 10 percent of their pensions early to help ride out an economic crisis made worse by the pandemic
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chilean president sebastian pinera will sign a bill into law allowing the 3rd withdrawal of pension funds he had opposed the latest bill but it's great to have it thrown out was rejected by the costs court there were long queues outside pension offices after early withdrawals were approved last year. now the global economic devastation that has accompanied covered $1000.00 has been especially severe in argentina it's already struggling economy strength by nearly 10 percent in 2020 the 3rd straight year of recession that is a bore traveled to great one osiris 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 our feet we have twice as much work because demand has doubled with new restrictions and children out of schools
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we've had 9 new families in just a few weeks argentina's struggling to control a rice and it's called 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 medium or just moved to what the kindle because she says she couldn't afford to pay rent anywhere else more affable 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 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 but children here have little access to internet to
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continue with their studies at home. tested positive for colvin 19 and was forced to stay home with her 2 kids. for days we only had some past a to eat and rice that was a 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 crisis in 2001 when this country defaulted on it sovereign debt even though the government is now assisting millions with food and cash handouts elastic ask. 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
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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 pandemic families here are stuck in the middle trying to survive any way they can. one of. a u.s. military ship has fired warning shots at any raney a naval vessel in the persian gulf washington says the boats came within 62 meters of the u.s.s. firebolt it comes as talks continue on bringing the u.s. and tehran back into the 2050 nuclear deal trita parsi is executive vice president at the quincy institute in washington if things minor military confrontations will have little impact on those negotiations. unfortunate this is a pattern that we have seen in the past when tensions between the united states and
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iran have heightened things like this have occurred which the 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 this tends to take place as the 2 sides are getting closer towards some form of an agreement and though progress has been slow it does appear as if returns to a c.p.a. is within reach within the next couple of weeks as a result of the discussions taking place in vienna but what i think we've 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 see in how these really is conducted an attack inside the iranian nuclear program we've seen numerous attacks by israelis against iranian ships and a few 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 the the political will on
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both sides is sufficiently strong to get to an agreement and as a result they won't allow these things to become obstacles. saudi arabia says it's intercepted a boat backs with explosives off its red sea coast after unconfirmed reports by security firms of an attack in the area state run media say the remote controlled vessel was targeting the saudi port of gamble the defense ministry says the boat was destroyed but gave no evidence it follows a series of attacks on shipping in the region. the u.s. geological survey says a strong earthquake has struck northeastern india the magnitude 6 tremor in the state of assam less centered near a town in a t. growing district it damaged buildings and sent many visit ends running out of their homes. now when joe biden became u.s. president there were hopes of improving strained relations with china but a 100 days into his presidency ties are as fond as ever bronwyn or small when
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senior u.s. and chinese officials met in alaska last month their encounter matched the freezing temperatures outside the u.s. was in no position to lecture china wounded top diplomat young. the united states does not have the qualification to say that it wants to speak to china from a position of strength u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken has been equally blunt our relationship with china will be competitive one should be collaborative when it can be an adversarial one it must be there had been hopes that under president joe biden the relationship would be less confrontational that it had become under his predecessor biden and chinese president xi jinping met many times when the 2 vice presidents analysts say that biden's china strategy is based on a stronger alliance with allies i think he's done a very good job of messaging. which is to say to the chinese that the the old rules
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of the past 4 apply anymore. and they've been very tactically astute economic diplomatic and even military tensions between the 2 rival superpowers are continuing to rise relations are fraught on a number of issues the south china sea dispute the well documented evidence of human rights abuses in shin journeying trying to tightening controls here in hong kong and taiwan the nearby island republic over with china claims sovereignty. and biden has lowered expectations of a breakthrough on another friction point with china north korea washington places denuclearization of north korea and its top of its priority list with respect to pyongyang that's not the case for beijing beijing is more interested in stability yet in one area at least there's a promise of cooperation at
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a virtual summit this week china and the u.s. the world's 2 biggest carbon emitters pledged to work more closely on cutting their emissions a rare display of collaboration but one unlikely to be repeated on other fronts adrian brown al jazeera hong kong. well again i'm fully back to bill with the headlines on al-jazeera desperately needed medical supplies are arriving in india as it struggles to contain coverage 19 it accounts for half of the world's new infections one person is dying every 4 minutes in the capital and predatory arms are breaking points for sale senate has launched an inquiry.

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