be the hero world needs. washing. the. the. india's battle to bury its dead as it struggles with a record number of covert 1000 infections. i'm fully back to watching al jazeera live from doha also ahead somalia's president decides not to extend his term by 2 years after protests and calls for early elections to east and. demanding political change

in chad violent protests against military rule and trying to clear the air will look as u.s. relations with china in president joe biden's 100 days in office. thanks for joining us india's struggle to cope with rampant a virus infections is being described as a perfect storm of walter health organization is blaming the crisis on a combination of mass gatherings no vaccination rates and more contagious variants it is a random report from new delhi where one person is dying every 4 minutes. mass cremations and burials have become the norm in a country where the bodies of corona virus are victims of piling up credit or 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 did nothing back to baghdad and now i've got no figure and no bit we're going to they're going to 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 will you would be bored and they were really only. 2 thirds hard work we don't know when you grow 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 it 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 hindu pilgrims gathered again in the northern town of hadera 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 delhi 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 delis government is planning to convert 100 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 and let's get an update on the situation now where the list who joins us live from new delhi so much needed medical supplies finally arriving where are they most needed. so we have seen over the last few days international aid mostly in the form of oxygen concentrator his oxygen. cylinder ventilator is arriving in the country from the u.s. from the u.k. from singapore and they are going to hospitals which are completely overwhelmed which don't have beds and which also don't have also been supplied as we have a number of other countries south korea being the most recent but also from germany you zealand pakistan saying that they are also going to send aid more oxygen diagnostic tests medicines and protective gear south korea also said that they're going to start. arranging flights for their citizens to return from india now the

sentiment from all of these countries sending aid is that no one in the world is safe until everyone is safe president joe biden said that as long as the virus is circulating anywhere that it's a threat to people everywhere as long as it's spreading that it can mutate and circulate further and the world health organization as we've been reporting has said that 3 variants of india could very well be responsible for the surge including a variant that has mutated twice here in india and it's been found in 17 other countries in the world now the world health organization is among the organizations sending. oxygen supplies to india now right where do things stand as far as vaccine. what a few days ago we had the indian government announced that saturday the 1st of may

that everyone about the age of 18 will be eligible to get vaccinated that softer a lot of pressure from different states leaders from the indian council of medical research saying that any adult who wants to be vaccinated should be able to but we have a number of states including. the worst affected maharashtra saying they don't have the supplies to vaccinate every adult in this stage maharashtra has a population of more than 120000000 people it's one of a number of states which has reached out to the 2 vaccine manufacturers in the country to get an assurance that more supplies will be sent but they can't give that assurance because vaccines can only be made so far as the registration the online registration that is necessary was supposed to start a few days ago that it was supposed to start on wednesday now it's been pushed to wednesday afternoon i'm told now it's only those over 45 in the code more the detainees who can't get vaccinated and india has a vaccine shortage now despite being the biggest vaccine manufacturer in the world

because it exported 60000000 doses earlier this year before realizing that it was going to have a shortage it's why the u.s. administration has decided to remove the ban which was very contentious between the 2 countries a ban on the export of will materialize needed for manufacturing vaccines the u.s. has removed that ban to send the materials to india so that it can make more walk off the oxford astra zeneca vaccine in the u.s. government is also going to clear up millions of doses of vaccine of the astra zeneca vaccine which is yet to be cleared for use in the u.s. the sitting in shipment and then going to storage rather than they're going to ship them to india thank you very much for that update mr brown i'm live for us there in new day and the u.s. geological survey says a strong earthquake has struck india's north east the magnitude 6 tremor in the state of assad was centered near a town in a t. growing district it damaged buildings and sent many residents running out of their homes in other world news president has agreed not to extend his term made domestic

and international pressure. joe also promised to hold early elections he made the announcement after the prime minister said he was against supposed to year extension many people have been fleeing the capital mogadishu as unrest grows against the government and residents year more violence as opposition fighters take up positions around the city. i'm not the hun one of the 100 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 among 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 festering in al-jazeera as catherine saw in neighboring kenya for us catherine so the somali

president falling to pressure it seems will this be enough to appease his opponents . well some people in somalia are saying that the president's message could deescalate tensions in somalia that have been building up for quite a while people are particularly worried about the involvement of security forces who now seem to have been taking political sides on sunday we saw clashes between government and pro opposition government forces including some soldiers who came to mogadishu from the front lines and have been taking up positions in some neighborhoods on tuesday we saw people fleeing from their homes fearing an all out conflict between security forces if the issue is not resolved as quickly as possible so in his statement the president said that he made this decision to

rescind the extension of his time in office because of the stability and peace of the country he blamed some opposition politicians of politicizing the security forces to cause instability and grab power so you asked about the reaction it's going to be interesting really to see especially how opposition politicians are particularly the presidential candidates going to react to them because some of them have been calling on the president to step down because his time in office expired in february right and so what happens next given the level of distrust between the sides. well the president in his statement said that he's never been. to organizing an election using only you know agreement that was made in september 17th so basically that agreement

said because the country cannot hold a popular one person $11.00 person one vote election then there is going to be in direct election that has happened in previous elections where i was elected. elders are to choose members of parliament who are going to vote in a president but talks stalled in the president blamed some leaders of the federal states of derailing the process and he said that's why it was necessary of parliament to pass this law to extend his term in office and to of course for the electoral commission to organize popular elections within 2 years to avoid a constitutional vacuum some federal state leaders have also accused the president of inciting people in. you know organs to organize elections people who are to. favor him basically in the process so it's going to be interesting to see how this is going to play going forward the president has said

that all the leaders should come back to the talking table and discuss without conditions on saturday he's going to go back to parliament to seek approval on how basically to reconcile this in direct election and this law that was passed to have a popular vote within 2 years and to extend his time in office thank you for that catherine saw him live in nairobi. gunmen have raided several villages in northern book you know facile killing at least 15 people troops have been deployed to the area where officials with all of the attacks and follows an ambush on an anti poaching troll in the east of the country that left 3 people dead 2 of them were journalists from spain the 3rd was an irish national. 4 other people are missing there's been no claim of responsibility and child protesters are demanding political change just days after the death of president interest debbi at least 5 people have been killed and dozens wounded in demonstrations against and they need

a son and a new military transitional council has taken charge i mean interest reports on the capital. for charts new military government this was of the stock they were hoping for one week after this. young check in the streets. and blocking. the head of this protest is an opposition to military takeover but on a fire. we are tired of monarchy in chad every just one province to free us from this problem and. the response of the security forces was swift and harsh. owsley to military ruler general my how much it recently appeared on national television to deliver what seemed to be a speech prepared to calm local and international concerns about in the trees intervention 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 but he also said child needs international support to defeat groups trying to destabilize the country. the protests came a week after the military takeover was given some support by tribes allies such as now for france in an awkward position after the crackdown on demonstrators bicycle . the french president emanuel mccall who's attending said late president idriss deby said. you know i was criticizing those modes of the military's takeover condemned the use of force on demonstrators a 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 weather a few years it would remain that way with the opposition vowing to keep up its cabrini i guess the military regime up at the trees al jazeera german. still ahead on al-jazeera a top level inquiry into brazil's handling of the current of ice and demi casts a death toll keeps climbing and the f.b.i. launches an investigation into the fatal police shooting of a nother unarmed man in america. hello there were 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 $26.00 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 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 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

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huckaback you're watching al-jazeera live from doha a reminder of our main stories desperately needed medical supplies a arriving in india as it struggles to contain calls at 19 the world health organization says it's the perfect storm mass gatherings no vaccination rates and more contagious variants somalia's president mohammed up to life are marshall has agreed not to extend his turn following domestic and international pressure he made the announcement after the prime minister said he was against the proposed 2 year extension and at least 5 people have been killed and dozens wounded in chad during protests against a new military transition council demonstrators are demanding every turn to civilian rule after the military took over took over last week following the sudden death of present danger step. ever sail senate has opened an inquiry into the government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic in the 400000 people have died

there from poverty 19 investigation could be damaging for president. best to seek re-election next year when a an arche have reports from rio de janeiro. the numbers are staggering since january kovac 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. 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 put me there vs this is the 1st time crew 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 of touting curfews 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 senators say that the priority is to investigate why brazil took so long to procure vaccines despite being latin america's largest economy and adding 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 join the past year almost twice as much

as in 2018 and half of the population is facing food insecurity not knowing when they'll have their next meal many like this couple have moved to the street after the government suspended emergency aid in january handouts started being distributed again this month but they still have not received them more have their new neighbors thank you both this is mr go shoot he had a shop and lost everything during the plane to make like him there 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 went wrong and who was to blame monica inaki of

all just sera rio de janeiro. 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 chilean president sebastian pinera will sign a bill into law allowing a 3rd withdrawal of pension funds he opposed the latest bill but his bid to have it thrown out was rejected by the constitutional court. protesters are marching again through the streets of elisabeth in the us state of north carolina they're calling for justice after the police killing of a black man an independent autopsy showed andrew brown was shot in the back of the head is and he says he was no threat to the police and was trying to free the f.b.i. has opened a federal civil rights investigation into the killing my camera 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 a failure to the back of mr brown as he was leaving the site trying to say 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 edited 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 video of the incident should be released publicly

this unio tape is not going to get better with age and you know i think public 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 palestinians are due to hold their 1st elections in 15 years next month but al-jazeera has lent president mahmoud abbas will delay the vote citing israeli restrictions in occupied east jerusalem s s 5 israel saying it's not interfering with the ballot how fossett reports. in occupied east jerusalem this is defined as palestinian political activity the kind that can result in a rest and in recent days has but 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 their to a new home for him you see the new issues was very certain i hope so yes i hope so yes but if residents of occupied east jerusalem have a shared such hope it's been fast evaporating what elections sorry i'm asking what elections are you talking about when you are excited about prospect take. because i know that is that there is a not yet i can expect that it. to tell you the truth. between going to elections as opposed to show that i'm not. i'm with it but it's in the state 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 may cancel it in 2006 elections did take place in occupied east jerusalem as in gaza and the west bank israel allowing the voting under 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 an israeli official told al jazeera that so far israel has given no response and. without jerusalem 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 of 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. saudi arabia says it's intercepted a boat banks for explosives off its red sea coast after unconfirmed reports by security firms of an attack in the area say run media say the remote controlled vessel was targeting the saudi port of yanbu the defense ministry says the boat was destroyed but gave no evidence it follows a series of attacks on shipping in the region now when joe biden became u.s.

president there were hopes of improving strained relations with china but as he approaches his 100th day in office ties are as fraught as ever adrian brown reports one call when 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 want it can be an adversarial one it must be there had been hopes that under president joe biden the relationship would be less confrontational 3 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 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 shouldn't during trying to tightening controls here in hong kong and taiwan the nearby island republic over with china claim 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 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. 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 covered 19 it accounts for half of the world's new infections one person is dying every 4 minutes in the capital and predatory m.c.i. at breaking point presell senate has launched an inquiry into the government's handling of the pandemic.