and former south african president jacob zuma goes on trial for corruption. on al-jazeera. india's battle to breathe the desperate wait for oxygen supplies while the confessional covered 900 death toll surges past 200000. i'm about this and this is all it is a real live from doha also coming up somalia's president decides not to extend his term after protests and fighting is now called for early elections. south africa's president to settle from

a poser is due to testify before the judicial inquiry into a corruption scandal involving his predecessor jacob zuma. the u.s. says one of its ships far the warning shots at a rainy and naval vessels on monday it's the 2nd time this month has happened in the gulf. india seen its worst day so far from corona virus with nearly 3300 more fatalities taking the official told past 200000 more than 360000 new cases a global record have been confirmed in the past 24 hours in new delhi and neighboring states hospitals are running out of beds medical supplies and oxygen many people have been flocking to makeshift clinics like this sikh temple hoping to access some of its limited oxygen supply anyone above the age of 18 can register for vaccinations from wednesday but it's not clear if the government can provide enough of them. it has taken steps one up on me to commute to my place and come

here for this house again so i can not take back her without an oxygen so i happily give it to learn all my god how much time it takes after a day. or hour in the middle of a dimly to. read about japanese and all over the nearby city from what i read put a little bit of us we are getting. all over vegas on the road who are sensing ducks ian and is about on and sent us this update from a comma tony i'm in new delhi. we are at a makeshift kramatorsk and that's been created here and dia's capital new delhi because the actual crime atory i'm behind does has run out of space to cremate the number of bodies which are piling up every single day that is the situation and every crime atory and every burial ground not just here in delhi but many of the

worst affected states these. predatory him has been working from 6 o'clock in the morning till midnight it 1st says 20 funeral pyres 20 extra extra funeral pyres in this part next door to it but it's realized that it has to set off another 50 here the situation is such here in delhi and beyond that family members of the sick after going from hospital to hospital to try and get their loved ones admitted then having to go from crime atory him to crime atory him from burial ground to burial ground to try and have funerals funerals in the country where they're held as soon as possible not just because of custom but because a very hot temperatures because of a shortage of mortuaries with freezing facilities and that is why the international aid that has begun arriving in india over the past few days in the form of oxygen could not be more welcomed with hospitals still short of beds and oxygen in

many places brazil's senate has opened an inquiry into the government's handling of the pandemic nearly 400000 brazilians have died from covert 19 the world's 2nd highest death toll investigation could be damaging for president juggles another one to get reelected next year on the can you knock you 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 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. or peer primitive b.s. this is the 1st time as crew actions are being investigated the governor and he denied the pandemic but also confronted governors and mayors who imposed restrictions protect the population the supreme court bought the president from of touting curfews and lock downs but now congress will hold him accountable for his actions also mademoiselle eyes 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 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 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. so this is mr go shoot we had a shop and lost everything during the pandemic like came 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 al-jazeera rio de janeiro millions of people in chile will soon be able to withdraw another 10 percent of their pensions early to help right out of the economic crisis made worse by the pandemic president sebastian pinera is expected to sign a bill allowing a 3rd withdrawal of pension funds had opposed the latest legislation but his bid to have it thrown out was rejected by the constitutional court a long queues outside pension offices after early withdrawals what approved last year a car bombs exploded in somalia's capital that happened on the western side of mogadishu one person was killed and another 4 were wounded the target was the headquarters of the national prisons authority it's the latest outbreak of violence as somalia deals with a political turmoil. somalia's president has agreed not to extend his term and is

promising to hold elections 100 other locking foreign module had faced a growing unrest on the streets of the capital mogadishu many people have been fleeing the city and residents fear more violence is armed opposition members take up positions and could order the one. the federal government of somalia has always believed in still sees dialogue compromise and 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 catherine so it has more from nairobi. well some people i've spoken to in somalia saying that the president's message we'll deescalate tensions in the country that have been building up for quite a while people were particularly worried about the involvement of security forces

that seem to be divided now along political lines on sunday we saw clashes between pro-government and opposition forces which the opposition forces which included soldiers who left frontline positions in her belly region in the south and came to the capital mogadishu to protest against the extension of the presidential term so we saw those clashes we're being told that some of these opposition forces are taken up positions in neighborhoods yesterday tuesday we saw people civilians fleeing from some of these neighborhoods afraid that there could be an outright conflict if the situation continues without being resolved so the president said that the reason why he's decided to nice in this decision is for the sake of peace and stability in the country he has accused some politicians some political leaders opposition political leaders of using and politicizing the security forces to grab

power now are we've not had any reaction yet from this opposition leaders particularly opposition presidential candidates some of whom really have been saying that beyond the president receiving the decision to extend that time in office he needs to step down because he stomach speired in february. at least 5 people have been killed and dozens have been injured during demonstrations in chad protesters are calling for a civilian government after a military takeover following the death of president it is davie the son heads the transitional military council he's calling for dialogue i deduce reports from the capital and the men are. charged a new military government this most of the stop the 1. 1 week after the. young child lives on the streets. and blocking.

the head of this protest is an opposition to military takeover. and if. we had tired of monarchy in chad just one province to free us from this problem. the response of the security forces to a swift and harsh. military ruler general my how much it. appeared on national television to deliver what seemed to be a speech prepared to calm local and international concerns in the trees 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 allies such as now for france in an awkward position after the crackdown on demonstrators bicycles. the french president emmanuel mccall who's attending said late president idriss deby funeral is criticizing those meant of the military's takeover condemned the use of force on demonstrators. let me be very clear i gave my support to the integrity and the stability of chad very clearly and 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 fears it would remain that way with the opposition vowed to keep up its cabrini against a military regime. judgment. at least 15 people have been killed by gunman in northern book enough troops have been deployed to this

a tangle area where officials reported the attacks that follows an ambush on an anti poaching patrol in the east that killed 3 people 2 of them were journalists from spain and a 3rd was an irish national there's been no claim of responsibility. so ahead on al-jazeera why the 1st palestinian elections in 15 years could be delayed again and trying to clear the air we look at new u.s. relations with china in president joe biden's 1st 100 days in office. it's time for the. sponsored plan and ways hello there the iberian peninsula just not catch a break the trend of unsettled conditions continues for your wednesday showers in

store for both spain and portugal on tap but i also wanted to talk about for mil your weather trend that once again is setting up over the united kingdom with a cool pool of air really digging in and so the temperature in london on one state 12 degrees we do have some heavier rounds of rain for rome so our show you the 3 day forecast it will continue into thursday but by friday 23 degrees and a look at that that cooler air finds its way here by saturday 17 degrees will be the high tracking those showers that have been plaguing areas of europe we start to see them press further north into the netherlands into denmark and just knocking on the door of scandinavia while wind direction is a big story for cairo so take a look at this by wednesday 33 degrees that's because we've got a north wind but watch what happens when we get into a south wind will dial that temperature up 238395 friday almost 10 degrees above sees all and

a huge swath of heat across africa 10 buck to 44 degrees on thursday. and ways to killing the debate. and amplified you will fully still only. given the sort of narrative the media will miss in true story no topic is off the table why in the world what was humanize an individual domestic terrorist this was an illegal occupation of a country what they're doing is they're removing all of just historical interest in this and this is truly where a global audience becomes a global community on al-jazeera.

they want your ideas into the minds of our top stories this hour india's seen its worst day so far from the coronavirus with nearly 3300 more fatalities taking the official told passed 200000 but the actual number is thought to be much higher. brazil senates open an inquiry into the government's handling of the pandemic which could damage president jed of also not always but to be reelected next year brazil has the world's 2nd highest death toll. somalia's presidents agreed not to extend his term and is promising to hold elections has been growing unrest in the capital people have been fleeing mogadishu and residents fear more violence. south africa's president sitaram opposing is appearing in a corruption inquiry involving his predecessor zongo commission is investigating the so-called state capture scandal jaring jacob zuma has 9 year tenure zuma faces allegations of aligning the business family close to him to secure government

contracts and influence policy so obama posen was deputy until zuma was forced to step down and 2018 the former president has refused to testify or family members outside the zone the commission building in johannesburg one of the key speculations in all of this is being fought several rum opposing you and why and what do we expect from today. well considering that prison term of course there is the highest ranking official to testify at the commission a lot is expected but today he's here in his capacity as president of the national the african national congress the governing party in south africa and the role the governing party played in alleged corruption and much of the focus of this inquiry has until now been on former president jacob zuma who as we know has declined after one of 2 appearances the client to return to the commission and so in terms of

a p.r. war strategy president has that on the side that he's willing to appear that he said that he's willing to cooperate and you know that would look good for his image in particular but he's facing a difficult time in that he's basing 2 potential options one is that he put betrays the a.n.c. in talks about just how far the governing party has been complicit in corruption alleged corruption in south africa or you toes the line he doesn't break ranks and instead he has that image of cooperation could be a balance between the 2 for the for the president at the time of president of former president zuma time in office. was the deputy president of the actual african national congress and then president and it is very much around they are these allegations of corruption what did you know and what did you do to stop it

and one of the main questions for south africans is will you be held accountable will you come out with evidence that could potentially lead to criminal charges against various people all will you put party politics and the survival of the african national congress 1st so it's a very delicate delicate balance for the president but many expecting a lot today given allegations that the african national congress is facing and to the extent of corruption south africa which many would say has worsened in recent years from a thank you that's from a below talking to a smart serves on the commission in johannesburg. a magnitude 6 earthquake has hit india's northeastern state damaged buildings and said many people running from their homes there are no immediate reports of casualties the disaster management agency says it's assessing the situation a u.s. military ship has fired warning shots at a rainy and naval vessels in the gulf the u.s. says the 3 boats came within 62 meters of the u.s.s.

firebolt washington says it's the 2nd time it's happened this month and comes as in direct talks are happening in vienna with the possibility of us rejoining the 2015 nuclear agreement trita parsi is executive vice president at the quincy institute in washington d.c. he thinks minor military confrontations will have little impact on the negotiations in vienna. unfortunate this is a pattern that we have seen in the past when tensions between the united states and the iran have heightened things like this have occurred what 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 2 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 the returns today 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 have seen so far is that. 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 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 day the for lyrical 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 so the area says it intercepted a boat packed with explosives off its red sea coast after unconfirmed reports by security firms of an attack in the area state run media say the can remote controlled vessel was targeting the saudi port of jambu the defense ministry says the boat was destroyed but gave no evidence it follows a series of attacks on shipping in the region palestinians were jews to hold their

1st elections in 15 years next month but al-jazeera has learned president mahmoud abbas will delay the vote sizing israeli restrictions in occupied east jerusalem that's despite israel saying it's not interfering with the ballot as how the fossil supports candidates have been struggling to come to skepticism from voters. in occupied east jerusalem this is defined as palestinian political activity the kind that can result in a wrecked 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 up to convince them and to be with them to bring give it to a new hole for a new is a. new issues or is very certain i hope so yes i hope says ok

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 to take more know because i know there is that there is 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 a purpose in 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 may 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 an israeli official told us that so far israel had given no

response and the whole without 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 are could a 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. there's been another night of protests in elizabeth city in the us state of north carolina demonstrators are calling for justice after the police killing of a black man an independent autopsy showed andrew brown jr was shot in the back of the head his family says he was no threat to police and he was trying to flee the f.b.i. has opened a federal civil rights investigation mike hanna has more from washington d.c. . another night of protest in elizabeth city as andrew brown's attorneys released the results of an independent autopsy that confirmed he was shot in the head while attempting to drive away this in fact was a fatal wall to the back of mr brown's here as he was leaving the site tran to evade being shot. buddies were tickler law enforcement officers who we

believe did know them. a straight out execution it's obvious he was trying to get away that's obvious and they go shoot him in the back and here 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 body of the incident should be released publicly this year you know 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 united states is ordering its nonessential embassy staff out of afghanistan as the military steps up the withdrawal of its troops meanwhile the u.s. special representative for afghanistan's only hollow inside has been testifying before a senate committee about the pullout the world has changed since 2001 that terror threat including from up high that 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 when joe biden became u.s. president the world hopes of improving strained relations with china but as he

approaches the 100th day of his presidency ties fraught as ever adrian brown reports from hong kong 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 point 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 of the past were apply anymore. and 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 jang china's tightening controls here in hong kong and taiwan the nearby island republic over with china claims sovereignty. issues and biden has lowered expectations of a breakthrough on another friction point with china north korea washington places denuclearization of north korea and its tom 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. this is all to 0 these are the top stories india has seen its worst days so far from the. coronavirus with nearly 3300 more fatalities taking the official told past 200000 but the actual number is thought to be much higher hospitals are running out of beds medical supplies and oxygen elizabeth put on and has the latest from new delhi the situation in iraq in delhi.