court be the capital of the new guinea is going to one of the most dangerous city in the. one a one east investigate the body and danny easterling feed on the story it's on l. just 0. think americans always get out. today that's what we're doing america is raj. us president joe biden and vail is an ambitious economic and social in his 1st address to both houses of congress. you're watching al-jazeera live from doha with me fully back to full also ahead india gears up for a covert 1000 facts seen roll out for all adults fact faces a huge shortage of doses.

myanmar's military carries out strikes against ethnic qur'an fight is along the thai border. and killed in a police crackdown family struggled to come to terms with the human cost of chance political crisis. thank you very much for joining us u.s. president joe biden has presented what he calls his blueprint to build america in a wide ranging speech to congress on the eve of his 100th day in office biden is promising trillions of dollars in investment in jobs infrastructure and education but in response to republican party a touch him for what he says are empty words and broken promises ross in jordan free for some washington. when the us president speaks to congress legislators

jostle for position hoping to shake his hand as he makes his way to the podium this year kovac forced everyone to fist bump or use elbows or sit 2 metres apart it's also given joe biden the most important challenge of his presidency and a significant moment in his 1st address 100 days ago america's house was on fire at we had to act after i promised we'd get 100000000 covert 19 vaccine shots into people's arms in 100 days we will have provided over 220000000 covert shots in those 100 days. bitin spent his 1st 99 days in office trying to break a pandemic that has killed nearly 575000 americans while there is more work to do

a lee 30 percent of americans are fully vaccinated biden called on congress to help him tackle other critical issues spend $2.00 trillion dollars on infrastructure and job creation spend another $1.00 trillion dollars on childcare education and health care and improve the standard of living for hundreds of millions of people not just the very wealthiest who also would pay more taxes to cover these projects these are good paying jobs that can't be outsourced nearly 90 percent of the infrastructure jobs created in american jobs plan do not require a college degree 75 percent don't require an associate's degree. the american jobs plan is a blue collar blueprint to build america that's what it is the wall street didn't do in this country the middle class built the country and unions built the middle class. bitin also called on congress to tackle systemic racism

something highlighted by police officers murder of george floyd in minneapolis last year my fellow americans we have to come together. to rebuild trust between law enforcement the people they serve through our systemic racism in our criminal justice system we need to work together to find a consensus but let's get it done next month by the 1st anniversary of george george dad and the traditional opposition party response republican senator temp scott called biden's claims of success delusional a president biden promised you a specific kind of leadership you promised united nation to lower the temperature to govern for all americans no matter how we voted this was the pitch you just heard it again but our nation is storage for more than empty platitudes we need policies in progress that brings us closer together but 3 months in the actions of

the president and his party are pulling us further and further apart biden brought up other major goals overhaul immigration policy reversing global warming but he said his 1st job as president is making sure the pandemic fades into history not just for the us before the world roslyn jordan al-jazeera see famines is a house of al-jazeera as weekly show the bottom line he says biden was clearly trying to reach across the aisle. i think he's going to run into resistance but it was a remarkable speech i almost hesitate to call it a speech because it felt more like a chat from the president talking to a few people in a coffee shop and i give him better chances than i would have before i heard this leech because he's talking to america about what's possible about how tough cove it was about some of the strain and stress in american society and republicans are

going to have to come up with an answer to that so while you know there are certain moderate democrats who have a problem with the cost of things and there certainly divides between liberals and conservatives you know he's taken a less confronted style and that may just work and that may help you know put him in the you know the the group of great leaders that got big things done by finally getting some seducing really some of his opposition to join him. preparations are underway across india to vaccinate all adults above the age of 18 as coronavirus cases reach a new high more than 3600 deaths and nearly 380000 new cases were reported on thursday despite that the final phase of satie elections is going ahead in west bengal experts fear the eastern state will become india's next at the center with

17000 cases reported in just the past 24 hours as india correspondent elizabeth cohen who is live for us in new delhi before we talk about the elections in the west bank a crucial international aid finally arriving in india but it's a race to save over 1000 patients tell us 1st about way you walk and what's happening there. hello folly we are at one of delhi's largest ground the ron miller made on with the government is constructing a $500.00 bed intensive care unit facility which is going to be lent to the biggest question mark in the country which is nearby it's doing the same thing in another round and linking that to another hospital this is because the delis hospitals are still full and the biggest public hospital that's near by its still you see scenes of disparate family members outside as you do every single hospital not able

to get this loved ones admitted now dellys leader has said that despite trying their best that hospitals are running beyond capacity you can see pictures of people still sharing their hospitals tell us patients are lying on the corridor or door now to the central government gave the delhi government 500 beds recently and in their defense hospital that filled up and 3 hours the delhi leaders said that they had to act and that i.c.u. beds at the temple may but to put that into perspective 1200 i.c.u. beds that's 5 percent of the number of data infections being recorded in the can. 3 and health experts say that you need but at least 15 percent of the people who are contracting the virus need hospitalisation the house care system is in such a state that the u.s. government is just the latest to tell its citizens if they want to leave india that they should do so now while there is still a commercial flights and despite this crisis and the rising number of cases people

are turning out to vote today in west bengal why is this still going ahead. it's because the election commission wouldn't allow the election which has been taking place all over the past month because there are so many millions of voters that it had to be held on the one month it wouldn't come dems the time this is despite the fact that cases are going up as they are around the country for handed it in the west bengal election have lost their lives a high court or the southern city of chennai said the election commission is responsible for india's surge in cases because it's allowed such large elections to go ahead over the past few months but they say that because western goal is near the end that it has to finish today the last day but we have local council elections taking place also in the state of the 30 day should the largest

say and this is happening despite so much criticism not just from india but also internationally the world health organization earlier this week said that the large gatherings will see them over the past few months are also responsible for the surge of cases but elections are very very important to this b j p government especially west end goal which they have where they have never be in power. this thank you very much for the elizabeth random is our correspondent in india. i won week down is being imposed in the past kathmandu valley on thursday amid a sudden rise in you covered 1000 cases the palace been reporting up to 4000 cases in the past week its highest search since assad of the pandemic healthcare workers many have called more infectious variants being seen in india many hospitals in the capital kathmandu are now for with patients and some are having to wait in the lenses for a bed. in other world news as strikes against ethnic groups have continued in

myanmar 2 days after a military outpost was overrun near the thai border. with. local monitoring groups say that has launched at least 6 attacks 6 air attacks since tuesday and hundreds of villages have fled into thailand the strikes come after the karen national liberation army captured and burnt the army cam as being in scotland it was monitoring events in myanmar for us from neighboring thailand is in bangkok caught corrent held territory has seen an uptick in infighting and violence with with the myanmar army over the last months tell us about what's been happening this week specifically. well follow what you're saying a just before you came into me and that there was a this attack on an outpost of myanmar army outpost by the king and you forces right along the border with thailand some very dramatic footage as they did that

very early morning raid that happened on tuesday and as you mentioned some groups inside that korean held the territory in myanmar they have been reporting at least 6 possibly as many as 9 airstrikes have been carried out since that attack on that outpost that once they they overran that that territory around the outpost pushing the myanmar army out the canyons and you soldiers have occupied that area and even today there are some footage of them actually marching along the banks patrolling along the banks there know what this means is that this is kind of a continuation of what we've seen over the last month back in march 27th there were some airstrikes and some people in the current held territory came across the river here into thailand because they're worried about more airstrikes in retaliation and increased fighting and this is kind of been going on since then but what we saw on tuesday were the kind of launched us into a new round of airstrikes and there's concern what that might prompt going down the

line we know that the k. a new has a lot of soldiers in that area there's even thought that they might try to move on to another outpost for the myanmar army but right now we know for certain that one area they they they focused on tuesday they control the whole stretch along that river this serves as the border between me and maher in thailand is scott could could this escalate i mean and what would it mean what implications for the wider crisis. well right now it has the. possibility of escalation you know we have seen you know these airstrikes stepped up we do know that there are a lot of soldiers myanmar army soldiers that have been pre-positioned into the area into the current held area current state over the last month as i mentioned started really on march 27th they are in the area and we know that also there are a lot of people who have fled this 2nd round if you will of airstrikes in that area

right close with thailand there there that could prompt them to come over if these airstrikes continue but also what's interesting you talk about the broader situation in myanmar there were 2 attacks on air bases in central me and mar today as well rocket attack and it appears to be and another case mortars or some types of explosives at an air base now this is something that we've seen a little bit over the last couple of months since the coup happened on february 1st but that also happened today no claim of responsibility for that so when you see these kind of ethnic. armed girl organizations like we saw in the current held territory and up in the north in the kitchen area so they are kind of stepping up so it's a concern that you know what's going to happen there you know it's kind of you're seeing the the uprising if you will on the streets across me and up but also now in these territories along the border areas on the east side and up in the north scott thank you very much for that scott hyde and i far as they are in bangkok and still

ahead. miffed on china's space station plans take a big step and went with the knowledge of an important moment you know and u.s. federal investigators made their home and offices of rudy giuliani the personal annoyance for former president tom. hello there can't wait to share these details with you finally break is coming for the iberian peninsula it has been plagued with wet weather for several days now this is a picture on thursday at least toward portugal we're getting some nice sunshine in there still some scattered showers hanging around for spain you know it's been particularly cold through the united kingdom we've got this cool pool of air digging in london 12 degrees and that cruel air will make its way down to southern

areas of italy rome by the weekend will be into the teens so let me show you the next 3 days in london temperatures running below average but i do think it will stay dry so that is the good news we got a circulation through germany and poland those showers will now push into ukraine bell the roots and russia but the cool persists of course for london 12 degrees 40 the high on friday where it's not so cool we're getting a wind direction a shift of wind direction for cairo egypt so our temperature will be pushing 40 degrees as we near the weekend plenty of heat to be found across africa we look towards mali we're up to $43.00 degrees in timbuktu and janina $42.00 degrees will be the high for you on friday plenty of sun and this heat will continue to persist . the century they were cooled colonialists. 50 years ago they were

immigrants today they are citizens. in the light of france's 2021 contentious so-called separatism laws we look back at the history of muslim immigration in fronts in a series. the scenes of fronts episode one. on al-jazeera. the in the the or. you're watching al-jazeera live from doha a reminder of our main stories this hour u.s. president joe biden has presented what he calls his blueprint to build america he

addressed congress on the eve of his 100th day in office biden is promising trillions of dollars in investment in jobs in stress structure and education. india is preparing to vaccinate all adults above the age of 18 starting on saturday as it scolded 19 crisis worsens experts warn west bengal and state could become the next at the center millions of voting there in the final phase of state elections. and asterix against ethnic armed groups have continued in myanmar 2 days after a military outpost was overrun near the thai border local aid groups say the military has launched at least 6 air attacks and hundreds of villages have fled into typed that china has launched a rocket carrying the call module of its found space station into orbit. to drag out. the long march 5 d.

rocket took off from the when chang space launch center on the southern island of hainan the module will provide electricity and propulsion to the space station and can accommodate 3 astronauts for up to 6 months as spring in our correspondent in beijing katrina uso katrina this is a significant moment for china isn't it how important for us is this core module and what will it do. now that's right for late so this call module is called 10 which is chinese for heavenly company and it's the 1st component of china's 1st permanent space station now this part will contain several key functions that will be the power supply contains some resources as well as living quarters for 3 astronauts now it's about 17 meters in length and 5 meters in diameter and over all the space station when completed will be just a fraction of the size of the international space station which is the only other space station currently in orbit now this space in this model will be followed by 2

other modules that will be designed specifically to house a range of scientific experiments in the areas for example of quantum physics micro or gravity and in biotechnology and 12 astronauts are currently in china training to be on board the 10 her it will house typically about 3 astronauts at one time living in 6 months or occasions as you mention but the 1st astronaut expected in june will only stay there initially for a 3 month stint now this launch is key but it's the 1st of all of about 11 launches in total that will be required to complete the space station which is expected to be finished next year this is the latest katrina in a series of significant events for china. being carried out in space what exactly are china's space ambitions and what's beijing trying to achieve ultimately . that's right this is considered

a huge step in terms of china's national progress than a step forward in its advanced technology and isn't planning to build its own space station or its own permanent space station for some time now that it was originally planned in the 1990 s. and in 2003 china became the 3rd country to send a man into space after the u.s. and russia and since then it's completed a number of manned and cruellest missions in december it collected luna's samples the 1st time this and been done since the u.s. did a similar mission in the 1970 s. later this year it's going to send a probe to mas and it also recently announced a collaboration with the russian space agency so eventually build a research space station on the moon now china and president xi jinping has made no secret of his ambition for china to become a major space power to rival the u.s. and china is working more closely with russia to fulfill but ambition but washington is very suspicious of china's ambitions nasa is actually barred from

working with beijing because of security concerns that the u.s. does have and several other western governments have also raised concerns about china's space ambitions concerned that it will use the technology to expand its nutri here on the china for its part has said that this progress is only going to be used for peaceful means katrina thank you for that katrina you live in beijing to chad now where civil society groups are calling for more demonstrations against the military takeover at least 5 people were killed during fighting between protesters and the army on tuesday unrest began after the military appointed a prime minister following the sudden death of president aegis debbie a week ago a major is reports in the capital jemima. emotional scenes of the government from you. and your son 17 year old sinner is one of 5 people killed during an to government protest in charge on tuesday. his family says he was only

a spectator watching a confrontation between demonstrators and security forces in the capital and german . shots rang out a bullet broke his arm and then it went through his stomach as he fell gas canisters were also fired into the crowds he was rushed to hospital and that's where he died they killed my brother and they may as well have just killed me too. dozens were arrested during the protests many from say they were just bystanders. pulled the newbie i was waiting for a motorbike suddenly 2 soldiers appeared in arrested me they search me and took my phone and a bottle of water they said the bottle of water was a sign it was a protest of the beat me up and dumping and then i was beaten up again after questioning i was handed to another group where i had even more severe beatings. but the crackdown on demonstrators has prompted international condemnation and calls for investigations of all the protest organizers say they will keep up the

demonstrations just as crackdown by the military has forced protests of the street the city appears to be calm for now with most shops and markets open but the excessive use of force us growing criticism from allies including france. chad is now facing an uncertain future its long term president idriss deby was killed last week during fighting with rebels in the north according to the manager the same rebels who are threatened to march on the capital. immediately after his death his son general mohammad was announced as his successor the constitution was suspended and the military council is set up a move strongly rejected by the opposition here but the violence that followed the elections an early episode of the protests that came after the military take over a father divided the country charts new military leader has promised to start a national dialogue to unite child and. but it's not clear if use promise is enough to end the lead to a cycle of violence in a country with

a history of rebellion tribal conflicts and military interventions committee agrees . german. libya's coast guard says it's rescued $180.00 migrants off zawiyah coast west of tripoli but there are concerns more migrants and refugees will attempt the dangerous crossing when weather and sea conditions improve the international organization for migration says at least $300.00 people have drowned or gone missing in the mediterranean this year in spain the bodies of at least 17 migrants have been taken to a $1410.00 everything after they were found in the atlantic ocean a military aircraft spotted the bodies and 3 survivors in a dinghy off the canary islands and survivors were taken to a hospital for treatment. an investigation has been launched into how british prime minister boris johnson funded renovations to his apartment in downing street the u.k.'s political spending watchdog says it has reasonable grounds to suspect an

offense may have been committed whole rant and rave for some london. downing street the very heart of boris johnson's government is in turmoil among the stream of damaging leaks and revelations in recent days the question of exactly how the renovations of johnson's downing street apartment were paid for have been front page news it's been alleged that johnson 1st tried to get wealthy supporters to pay for the work then that his political party loaned him the money if so that should have been made public prime minister the electoral commission is now involved and at the weekly session of prime minister's questions the opposition labor party smelled blood who initially of prime minister initially is the key word here who initially paid for the redecoration of his downing street but mr and mrs peacocke i think i hope i answered this question several times and the answer the answer is that i have covered the costs i have met the requirements that i've been

obliged to meet in full what we get from this prime minister of this conservative government don't you contracts jobs for their mates and cash for access and who's at the heart of it the prime minister major sleaze sitting than. again and again johnson wouldn't clarify who had paid the initial invoice repeating only that he personally had covered the costs of regional and local elections are just a week away and opinion polling suggests the controversies are starting to affect voter sentiment again you're getting a pass and worse some points is credibility as prime minister will evaporate and you people go to last year we want somebody of that kind of abject moral character as prime minister. at the core of this crisis is a bitter dispute between forrest johnson and this man his former closest adviser dominic comics downing street accused cummings of being the source of many of the

recent damaging leaks coming strongly rebutted that publishing an explosive blog which concluded that his former boss fell far below the required standards of competence and integrity. boris johnson owes much of his political success to a remarkable teflon like quality the ability to survive controversies which would have brought down other lesser contemporary politicians it's almost as if different rules apply to this prime minister but that doesn't mean that the rules don't exist and in this electoral commission there is a watchdog prepared to apply them paul brennan al-jazeera westminster u.s. federal investigators have raided and seize electronic devices from the manhattan apartment and office of donald trump's former lawyer rudy giuliani prosecutors have been looking into giuliani's dealings in ukraine which included an investigation into then democratic contender joe biden and his son hunter giuliani's lawyer said

the investigation is politically motivated and called the raids illegal factory. is in new york with more on the investigation. federal investigators are closing in on rudy giuliani and that their investigation into his him that has been going on for more than 2 years is advancing and advancing significantly also for federal investigators to raid a home such as this of a suspect they need to get permission from a judge in order in order to get that permission they need to show the judge that they have a reasonable amount of evidence that the person the suspect committed a serious crime so clearly they have been able to convince a judge because they clearly got the authorization they needed to carry out this raid at d.o.j. and any federal agents are not commenting at all about this raid but the new york times and others are reporting from sources that federal agents confiscated several

electronic devices from giuliani's home and we're also finding out late on wednesday now that there are raids of more people as well associates of rudy giuliani outside of new york 2 in particular 2 lawyers that are associates of him have confirmed that their offices were raided wednesday afternoon as well so clearly this is closing in on rudy giuliani this investigation by federal officials that we believe is traced back to giuliani's ties to ukraine. now again i'm fully back with the headlines on u.s. president joe biden has presented what he calls his blueprint to build america he addressed congress on the eve of his 100th day in office biden promising trillions of dollars in investment in jobs infrastructure and education.