the usa is always of inflate the people wrote the world people pay attention to what we call here now does it was very good to bring the news to the world from here. back in course russian opposition leader alexina barney is seen in public for the 1st time since ending his hunger strike. i'm fully back to watching al-jazeera live from doha also ahead americans always get up. today that's what we're doing america's rising. u.s. president joe biden and veils an ambitious economic and social plan

a nice person dressed to both houses of congress. india gears up for a covered 19 vaccine rollout from on a don't sweat faces a major shortage of dos. and myanmar's military carries out as strikes against ethnic qur'an fighters and on the border with thailand's. thank you for joining us alexei navalny has appeared in court for the 1st time since ending a 3 week hunger strike the kremlin critic is attending a hearing in moscow via video link to appeal his conviction for defaming a world war 2 veteran now danny is currently serving a separate 2 and a half year prison sentence for violating parole why he was treated in germany last year for poisoning let's bring in bernard smith who is in moscow for us bernard so

he's appearing via video link it his 1st appearance since he ended his hunger strike but the judge understand as well that this these latest pictures of the volley cannot be broadcast tell us 1st about what's been going on. or lexan of arnie's appearing in another court in moscow this is an appeal over rule over a slum rule verdicts that his organization is appealing this was. for an $11400.00 fine for slandering a world war 2 veteran is the 1st time yes election of violence appeared in court and sending his hunger strike. he described is looking very thin but most significantly what's going on in this court. hind me is when prosecutors are asking the court to nirvana is currency corruption

organization declare it's an extremist group which would put it on the same level as. also his regional political organizations those have been stopped from. advising candidates who want to stand against united russia companies vladimir putin's party they are advising the best people the best advised people the best way to vote so they can remove those united russia candidates now actually just hearing that this court hearing has now been adjourned in fact for a couple of weeks just bear with me one second doctor is that correct has been adjourned. it's been adjourned for a couple of weeks and i think we're going to see some lawyers come out or speak to those shortly foley yeah and what could be the consequence is one of ani. well i think of the consequences for him and his organization are effectively the end of them as an effective opposition to the government puts them on the ground

it's the end of novelli and his forceful personality and. his it coming in against vladimir putin that silences it is most important cryptic but foley you have to excuse me will have to go and listen to the lawyers ok thank you for and it's me thank you we'll check in with you later in other news 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 promised trillions of dollars in investment in jobs infrastructure and education but in response the republican party attacked him for what it says are empty words and broken promises in jordan reports from 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 we had to act after i promised we'd get 100000000 covert 19 vaccines 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 and blueprint to build america that's what it is the wall street didn't build 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 to root out 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 dead in 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 but for the world roslyn jordan al-jazeera. the final phases stage elections are going ahead in india's west bengal state despite another day of record coronavirus day there is a saw more than 3600 and nearly 380000 new cases 17000 of those were in west bengal and health experts now fear it will become india's next epicenter 40 countries have pressure supply oxygen to help india's overwhelmed house system elizabeth ranum has in ages from new delhi where most hospitals have reached full capacity. 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 linked to the

biggest cotton hospital in the country which is nearby it's doing the same thing in another ground and linking that to another hospital this is because the delis hospitals are still full and the biggest public hospital that's near by it's still you see scenes of desperate family members outside as you do every single hospital not able to get their strict 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 beds hospitals tell us patients are lying on the forward or door now to the central government gave the delhi government 500 beds recently and they're in their defense hospital that filled up and 3 hours the deli leaders said that they had to as well and that i.c.u. beds at the template may despite the fact that cases are going up as they are around the country for handed in the west bengal election have lost their lives

a high court of 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 for today the last day but we have local council elections taking place also in the state of total today should the largest say and this is happening despite for much criticism not just from india but also internationally the world health organization earlier this week said that the large gatherings will see even in the past few months are also responsible for the sewage of cases current virus restrictions are being relaxed in the netherlands about health workers say the country's still facing a diet situation with hospitals warning they'll soon have to refuse treatment for the critically ill. or some tricked. for many this was

a moment to savor at exactly midday people all over the netherlands flocked to outdoor terraces to toast the easing of frustrations they are now allowed to open in the afternoon until 6 pm although social distancing measures remain in place. we were just telling each other it now looks like it does not exist everything seems normal again of course we know about the hospital admissions but if you look around you might forget about it. gas have to book in advance and are only us to wear a face mask when they go inside to use the restroom or the business owners are happy to have mixed feelings or we hear reports from the hospitals so i'm aware of what's going on we are not the ones who have made his decision but i think this is better than people who are sitting and standing close to each other in the streets. thousands of people violated covert restrictions on tuesday when the nat'l and

celebrated the birthday of king willem alexander dozens were arrested for all it has a medical workers have called easing restrictions dangerous and irresponsible but many here in the netherlands couldn't wait to go back to some kind of normalcy their excitement is a strong contrast with the diet situation and hospital. with infections as high as during the 1st wave doctors are warning i.c.u. capacity is reaching its limit of $3950.00 beds if that happens a so-called code block may be issued and hospitals would have to choose who gets treated maybe i know in cold blood already because. the b. keep patients home be sent patients home too early i think the quality of care is diminishing former have inspector of health whims halleck and sas the government has been playing with fire trying to control the spread of the virus and taking a risk hospitals will no longer cope we have to diminish diminish the affectionally

that is that is obligatory and what is the government doing. easing the restrictions and that's contradictory that's contradictory i can't understand it. he predicts that the easing of restrictions will only prolong the covert crisis and will possibly force the government to impose a much stricter lockdown after all in the next few months not a message these people enjoying a drink in the sun want to hear that fast and al-jazeera. still ahead on al-jazeera in a police crackdown families struggled to come to tens with the human cost of chad's opinion on isis and u.s. federal investigators raid the home and office is something rudy giuliani the personal former and if that's personal noir from the press and donna.

hello indo china and sumatra continue to be socked in with some heavy rain and this really will continue for the next several days kuala lumpur 40 millimeters of rain over the past 24 hours it's not an unusual amount of rain when you consider the month of april we get about $300.00 millimeters those heavier pockets of rain once again continue for indochina rate through into sumatra next 3 days shows it is unsettled for kuala lumpur the risk of thunderstorms is certainly there temperatures pretty well where they should be temperatures have dropped off a lot toward western australia with the passage of this front perth your temperature down by about 10 degrees a look for this cooler air to try and infiltrate other areas of australia it's going to become increasingly unsettled for coastal areas of queensland also coastal areas of new south wales so sydney your next 3 days on settled better chance of some rain or showers on sunday with

a high of 25 degrees we'll look for showers to lift across the south island of new zealand christchurch at 21 degrees this is several degrees above average lots of sunshine on tab auckland also looking good on friday with a high of 1000 degrees and sunshine. but. a tale of 2 presidents. venezuelan military defectors. american muslim race. and a bizarre yet or dangerous attempt. at regime change in the bolivarian republic of venezuela. people in power the bay of piglets on al-jazeera.

the air. you're watching out his ear a reminder of our main stories this hour alexina vonnie has appeared in court for the 1st time since ending a 3 week hunger strike the kremlin critic is attending a hearing in moscow by video link to appeal his conviction for defaming a world war 2 veteran. u.s. president joe biden has presented what he calls his group trying to build america in a dress congress on the eve of these 100th day in office by dennis promising trillions of dollars in investments in jobs infrastructure and education and india is preparing to vaccinate all adults above the age of 18 as it's called in 1000 crisis worsens experts warn the west bengal state could become the next step be sent to

millions of voting there in the final phase of state elections. now the news as strikes against ethnic armed groups have continued in myanmar 2 days after the military outpost was over to overrun near the border with tight not. monitoring groups say the june to has launched at least 6 air attacks since tuesday and hundreds of people have fled into thailand the strikes came after the qur'an national liberation army captured and burnt the army scott is monitoring developments from bangkok. some groups inside that korean held 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 now once they they overran that that territory around the outpost pushing the myanmar army out they can use and use soldiers have occupied that area and even today there were 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 n u 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 that serves as the border between me and mark in thailand so when you see these kind of ethnic. armed good organization like we saw in the current health care dorrian 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 mineral but also now in these territories along the border areas on the east side and up in the north to chad now a civil society groups are calling for more demonstrations against the military take over at least 5 people were killed during fighting between protesters and the army on tuesday and i speak again after the military appointed a prime minister following the sudden death of president to step and we can go and i did use reports from germany now. emotional scenes of the gut and the family of. their son 17 yet were cinna 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 in germany . 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 2 dozens were arrested during the protests many from say they were just bystanders. i was waiting for a motorbike suddenly 2 soldiers appeared in arrested me they searched 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 that with the demonstrations just crackdown by the military has forced protests of the streets the city appears to be calm for now with most shops and markets open but the excessive use of force criticism from allies including cross.

chad is now facing an uncertain future its long time president idriss deby was killed last week during fighting with rebels in the north according to the manager the same rebels who are threatening to march on the capital. immediately after his death his son general mohammad was announced as a successor the constitution was suspended and the military council is set up a move strongly rejected by the opposition yet. but the violence that followed the elections in early april and the protests that came after the military takeover of the divided the country charts new military leader has promised to start a national dialogue to unite charity event but it's not clear if use promises enough in the latest cycle of violence in a country with a history of rebellion tribal conflicts and military interventions committee agrees al-jazeera german us federal investigators have raided

n c's electronic devices from the run hotton apartment and office of 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 hunt son hunter giuliani's lawyer said the investigation is politically motivated and call the raids illegal thuggery. 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 rate of 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 an investigation has been launching to have british prime minister boys johnson funded renovation says apartment in downing street the u. case political spending watchdog says it has reasonable grounds to suspect an

offense may have been committed paul brennan reports from 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 keyword here who initially paid for the redecoration of his downing street. 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 we're 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 das 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 less 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 china has launched a rocket carrying the core module of its planned space station into orbit. the long march 5 the rocket took off from the chiang space long center on the

saturn island of hainan the module will provide electricity and propulsion to the space station and can accommodate 3 astronauts who are up to 6 months training who has more from beijing. this call module is called ken which is chinese for heavenly common a and it's the 1st component of china's 1st permanent space station now this part will contain several key functions it 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 is 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 but the 1st astronauts 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 michael collins who was one of the 3 astronauts on the apollo 11 lunar mission has died at the age of 90 collins orbited the moon while his crew mates neil armstrong and buzz aldrin took their historic 1st steps on the surface in 1969 he died on wednesday after a battle with cancer brian odama is nasa's chief historian he has more on michael collins legacy. michael collins will be known you know forever as someone who have a passion for space exploration not only because you can feel part of it i think i gave. somebody who dedicated his life to talking about scientific discovery human

space flight number. one the other astronauts you know armstrong was all over him collins who played an incredibly important role and he had to go through alone listen trainees you know was the perfect person for that but you know if collins is not good at his job and doesn't fall through in exactly the way that crew doesn't get home in that mission we know it all 11 isn't a success that we think definitely played a critical role in the apollo program really did lay the platform for human spaceflight you know exploration that continues today space programs the nasa as we look to go back or you know to the moon as part of the art of this program i think we can look back on the work that was done we're all alone and the path and the great platform and work it was done by michael collins to get us there i think he's you know he's he's he was someone who did it again his life and accomplished

very important work as someone who basically oversaw all the founding of the smithsonian there in space museum which opened in 1976 under his directorship you know institution known throughout the world as platform which you know you continue to learn about the value of space exploration and scientific discovery. again i'm fully back to bill with the headlines on al-jazeera and x. and of all me has appeared in court for the 1st time since ending at 3 weeks congress strike a kremlin critic attended a hearing in moscow via video link to a conviction for defaming a well to war 2 veteran the session has not been a chance 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 to spawn the same trillion.