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later in food recycling i have been reporting on how new technology is making this possible. in kenya i mean the pharmacy and scientists ability to store the labels to promote was a new place a phrase or a disease. the area in the in the. back in court russian opposition leader alexina bonnie's seen in public for the 1st time since ending his hunger strike. you're watching al-jazeera live from doha with me fully back to ball also ahead india says 40 countries have pledged to supply oxygen as elections go ahead into launch states hey todd by the coronavirus. americans always get out.
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that's what we're doing. is right new u.s. president joe biden unveils an ambitious economic and social plan in his 1st address to both houses of congress. and indonesia says any group causing violence in west palm oil will be considered a terrorist organization after a surge in separatist attacks. thank you for joining us alexina bonnie has appeared in court for the 1st time since ending a 3 week hunger strike the kremlin critic attended a hearing by video link to appeal against his conviction in february for defaming a world war 2 veteran in a separate court case for seedings on whether to label never opposition network extremists have been a teacher and it's a move that could ban the group and lead to activists facing long prison sentences but as miss was at the hearing in moscow. so prosecutors want to ban
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anticorruption organization they want the court to declare it an extremist organization that and his regional political groups as well this would put the corruption organization on the same level as al qaida meaning people who finance his group or supporters of the group could face very very lengthy jail sentences and very very heavy prison essentially the court has already issued an interim injunction earlier on this week banning his organization from operating pending its final ruling the court has now adjourned the hearing for a few weeks now around these lawyers say they need more time to examine some 14 large files that the prosecution gave them only a couple of days ago so the court has given them more time to examine those files before it comes back in session again but essentially these regional political
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groups already closed down by the prosecutor's office so they stop operating is anti corruption organization suspended until the court makes its final ruling so really cracking down on all of these activities. coronavirus cases and deaths across india have reached a new high as the country grapples with a devastating 2nd wave more than 3600 deaths and nearly 380000 cases where reports on thursday many people in new delhi a queuing outside factories to fill up oxygen tanks and hospitals are running out of beds and medical supplies the foreign secretary says 40 countries have pledged to stand up to 550 oxygen generating plants but many patients can't afford to wait . a minute we have an out of a house is 2 in the morning there is no oxygen available in all of delhi and after
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a lot of running around we finally got here by around 4 initially there was a queue on the other side then we were told that we had to come to the fun site in kew here my mother is very ill and for the past 2 days we've been trying to get a bed in so many hospitals in delhi meanwhile in west bengal state elections have gone ahead despite it recording the highest growth rate in cases experts warn it could become india's next epicenter as millions turn up to vote following weeks of major rallies falls also taking place in villages in the most populous state or to pradesh a 5 day long down has been imposed for from friday night and on saturday india's preparing to vaccinate all adults over the age of 18 but the website for registration initially crashed since then the government says more than $13000000.00 pay people registered on the 1st day but it's unclear how an additional $600000000.00 people can be inoculated when there's already a shortage of vaccines al-jazeera is elizabeth random has the latest from new delhi where hospitals have reached full capacity. we are in one of delhi's largest ground
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the ramlila maidan where the government is constructing a 500 bed intensive care unit 19 facility to deal with a number of patients in delhi delhi hospitals are full and they're having to turn away. sick patients and their desperate family members delis leaders said that despite trying their best every single hospital as operating beyond its capacity people inside hospitals are sharing beds some on line on the corridor or. now is one of the scroungers another 500 bed facility being created and delis leaders said they hope to have 1200 extra intensive care unit beds by the 10th of may but to put that number into perspective that is around just 5 percent of the number of daily infections that delhi is reporting every single day and health experts say around
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15 percent of the people who are contracting the virus need hospitalization now the central government gave the delhi government $500.00 beds in one of the defense hospitals that filled up in just 3 hours the shortage of hospital beds oxygen in the country is so bad that the u.s. government is the latest to tell them that if they want to leave the country they should do so now while there are still commercial flights a graveyard dedicated to coronavirus victims in bangladesh capital could soon run out of space because of a recent spike in deaths local media reports say the number of burials jumped from 27 in january to more than 100 during the 1st half of april graveyard keepers say they're digging out more process in anticipation of more bodies spangle desh recorded 78 deaths and more than 30000 new cases in the past day taking it stand above 754000. hundreds of coronavirus victims are buried here and we've
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prepared many graves so many people are dying know every day 15 or 20 bodies come into this graveyard for burial and thousands of people are dying. a one week lockdown is being imposed in the pos capital kathmandu i made a sudden rise in new coal that 1000 cases in the ponce been reporting up to 4000 daily cases in the past week its highest surge since the start of the pandemic health care workers fear many have caught more infectious variants being seen in india many hospitals in katmandu are not for with patients and some are having to wait an ambulance is for a. turkey is preparing for its strictest lockdown yet with people ordered to stay at home for 3 weeks starting thursday evening turkish president recep tayyip erdogan made the announcement on monday in a bid to stop the spread of corona virus or into city travel would require official approval schools will be shot down only urgent medical treatment is allowed the growth of new cases dropped this week compared to meet april but turkey still has
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a wealth 5th highest number of infections. 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 our white house correspondent kimberly hockett takes a look at some of his early upon misses and the progress his made in making them reality. he took office during a global pandemic and made battling covert 19 his top priority promising 100000000 vaccines would be administered by april we met the goal last week. for you today. not a damn sight is 2nd goal and that is we will by my 100 day in office have
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administered 200000000 shots of people's arms that goal was exceeded this week now more than 230000000 vaccines have been given out with more than half of all americans receiving at least one dose what we're seeing is a president who continues to be disciplined continues to stay on message and also a president who continues to focus on the issues and i think that's what many americans white to hear from their politicians but i don't promise to ease economic pain from the pandemic as well delivering on a campaign promise to get direct payments to millions of people who are out of work and not only addresses the immediate crisis room it's better for the long term economic health of our nation and our competitiveness by the end of march millions of americans had received at least $1400.00 or more to help pay expenses like rent
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and food. in his 1st $100.00 days biden also kept another campaign pledge rejoining the paris agreement on climate change that limits greenhouse gas emissions his predecessor donald trump had pulled the us out by to rejoin the u.s. on day one of the bridge. to voters of color biden also delivered on addressing systemic racism in policing after the conviction of derrick chauvin the police officer who murdered george floyd biden's justice department announced a federal investigation into the minneapolis police department or showed it was. at will biden did follow through on his pledge to raise the minimum wage to $15.00 an hour for federal contractors his plan to push for a federal minimum wage for everyone has faltered. his next call. to fix america's infrastructure and create jobs could be one of his most ambitious tasks
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that being of this 1st 100 days can be characterized by terms such as bowl daring. and adventurous by repeatedly promises to meet the moment building back better from the code crisis channeling a spirit not seen since president roosevelt's new deal in the 1930 s. building schools roads and parks and lifting millions of americans wages and quality of life following the great depression in that spirit president biden has already expanded america's social safety net and he's promising more bidons betting that americans are looking for solutions to problems like race and income inequality that he believes only government can deliver kimberly health at al-jazeera washington. well last year on the campaign trail joe biden made many promises about what he would deliver in his early days in the white house while
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he's delivered on some there are others which are compromise or have been abandoned alan fischer reports on biden's broken promises. the other things people remember of campaigns i pledge to be a president who seeks not to divide but unify the promises the pledges the things to make a difference 100 days in joe biden has failed to deliver in a few key areas i think he's kept his word as much as he change i think people forget that there's not a lot of legislating that could happen from the presidential seat covers relief was always his top priority he promised $2000.00 checks to eligible americans that became $1400.00 under biden i think to the $600.00 delivered by trump the death of journalist jamal khashoggi provoked anger in then candidate biden he promised to hold so dear abby responsible regard them as a pariah state fast forward to one month in office so to reveal it was once again
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a valuable ally all presidents in these days talk about doing a whole list of priorities on day one but the idea that a president could accomplish the types of promises they put forth on the trail on day one is rather naive and i would argue in some ways just part of the marketing of campaign the promise to immediately rejoin the iran nuclear deal is also gathering dust instead talks continue in vienna between all the parties about the best way forward realpolitik instead of rhetoric joe biden also promised to be a unifying president pulling the country together after what he felt were the divisive trump years despite his early successes washington is divided as. ever found now that trump is still here trump is and is very much the politics of the day on the
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republican side and i think at least on the democratic sat there is no way that they can see compromise with those kinds of elements there and so i think it's going to be a very difficult road if he's going to pursue bipartisanship at every step the good news for joe biden presidencies on judge surely on the 1st $100.00 days he gets the fool 4 years for the next election is never far away for biden it's the midterms next year it will be a referendum on the job he's done till then what he said he will deliver next and the promises he's kept alan fischer al-jazeera washington. and still ahead the u.s. federal investigators raid the home and offices of rudy giuliani the personal lawyer and often former president donald trump. and canada police crackdown families struggling to come to terms with the human cost of chance political crisis .
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it's time for the perfect gentlemen to winter storm suit point at ways hello it's what we were warning about that drenching rain over japan we're starting to see some of the rainfall amounts come in so osaka 72 millimeters of rain over the past 24 hours that's about 3 fourths of what you should get for the entire month of april we look at where the disturbance is right now the bulk of it has pushed off to the pacific still some heavy rains left over though for northern areas of japan but a good helping of rain downpours for shanghai in the forecast on friday take you to india where there is the risk once again for some severe storms to bubble up toward care love province winds will accompany these storms as well and still hanging onto that high heat ahead of monsoon season new delhi 41 the high for you on friday over
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the middle east we've been dealing with an unusual disturbance that is dropping some pretty incredible rainfall look what it did in mecca a hail storm a severe thunderstorm led to terentia flooding i did say it's unusual because it's producing rain and yemen but this isn't just rain that is centered over the mountains this rain is falling inland also producing some showers as we head to areas of iran where it will continue to remain unsettled. at ways. from inside the walls of the west african pretty calm. the chance to create to express emotion and take the 1st steps towards rehabilitation. a renowned choreographer his passion for dog inspiring prisoners to perform and to reach beyond the ill deeds of the past and the confines of their present the dance
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of the witness documentary on al-jazeera. dropping back every cap on main stories on al-jazeera alexina valmy has appeared in court for the 1st time since ending a 3 week hunger strike the kremlin critic attended a hearing by video link to appeal his conviction for defaming a world war 2 veteran a separate court case has been adjourned on whether to label no opposition network extremist 40 countries have pledged to supply india with oxygen as it records and another record spiking coronavirus cases and deaths elections meanwhile are going ahead in 2 big states despite warnings that one of them could become
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a new at the center and 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 infrastructure and education. indonesia's government says any group found guilty of causing violence in the u.s. proper region will now be considered a terrorist organization it says the move is in line with current counter-terrorism laws and is an effort to increase security in the area there's been an increase in violence between the military and separatists groups a top general was killed in fighting on sunday indonesia took control of pop after a disputed referendum in 1909 which many pop one say was rigged the region's poverty rate stands at 27 percent compared to the national rate of 9 percent activists say local people haven't benefited from the wealth generated by the region's mineral
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trades and tensions have been made worse by accusations of racism and allegations of rights abuses by security forces. need is the director of amnesty international indonesia he says the move will only antagonize pop ones even further. the deposit to level the free pepper movement as a terrorist organization is an unimpressive move it's a terrible policy because if pa friends were angry about being stigmatized as had her tits what if they are now being labeled as terrorists and is now the end to terrorism terrorism loads being applied in top what if will just means more arrests and flimsier evidence arrests on flimsy evidence more fear in purple and more anger toward the states i do condemn all the violence committed by non-state actors
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as well as committed by state actors and what the government should do instead of leveling armed groups or leveling freep up an organization as terrorists the government should and force the low in accordance with the human rights principle the government should infest the gates should prosecute those perpetrators responsible for the killings and thereby state a purpose or non-state actors and i think imposing the terrorism low means that any suspicious persons can be held longer without charge for example for that can be held for 7 days for $21.00 days while our criminal process or a flow only allowed police for arresting people or held the people for one day so this is for me a direct in the in policy. as strikes against ethnic groups have continued in myanmar 2 days after a military outpost was overrun near the border with thailand's.
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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 korean national liberation army captured and burnt the army cam scott hyder 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 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
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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 that serves as the border between me and mark in thailand so when you see these kind of ethnic. armed gorgon is ations like we saw in the current healthcare or enough 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 we're but also now in these territories along the border areas on the east side and up in the north
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u.s. federal investigators have raided and seize electronic devices from the manhattan apartment and office of donald trump's foreman and only at rudy giuliani prosecutors have been looking into giuliani's dealings in ukraine is no is said the investigation is politically motivated given any sundays 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.
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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 a state to africa president's testimony in a corruption inquiry involving his predecessor santana posada's answering questions about his role in a so-called state capture scandal he was jacob zuma stephanie during the peak of the corruption. have allowed
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a business family close to him secure government contracts and influence policy. has admitted to the governing body could have done more to prevent graphs. to chad now a civil society groups are calling for more demonstrations against the military takeover and a sign of 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 dangerous debbie a week ago. a dangerous reports in the capital. emotional scenes of the gutter and the family of. their son 17 year old singer 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
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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. 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. the crackdown on demonstrators has prompted international condemnation and calls for investigations of all the protest organizers say there were demonstrations just crackdown by the military has forced protest 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 friends. chad is now facing an
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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 threatening 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. but the violence that followed the elections in early april and the protests that came after the military take over how further divided the country charts new military leader has promised to start a national dialogue tonight and but it's not clear if he's promised is enough to end the latest cycle of violence in a country with a history of rebellion tribal conflicts and military interventions. al-jazeera german. china has launched a rocket carrying the call module of its planned space station into orbit
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a module while providing electricity and propulsion to the space station and can accommodate 3 astronauts for up to 6 months training who has more from beijing. the launch of a new era in china's space exploration the core of china's 1st tonnage space station chant her or heavenly harmony launched from the southern island of hi madam thursday morning 10 minutes after liftoff it successfully separated from its long march 5 rocket it's the 1st of 11 missions needed to complete the space station next year the 17 metre long module contains the station's controls and power supply and living quarters for 3 astronauts water on board will be fully recycled it will be followed by 2 other modules designed to house a range of scientific experiments including in quantum physics biotechnology and microgravity 12 astronauts are training to live on board chan her own 6 month. the 1st are expected to arrive in june china began plans to build the station in the
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1990 s. but they were almost sidelined by the corona virus outbreak. the construction of our space station was affected by the predominate stage but we were hard to minimize the impact china has made no secret of its ambition to become an international space that was to rival the u.s. it's been collaborating closely with russia to the stand washington has banned from working with nasa because of security concerns in 2003 china became the 3rd country after the u.s. and russia to put a man in space they drink has since launched a number of space walks and cruellest missions including the retrieval of lunar rocks in december is expected to land a perv on mars later this year and there are plans to eventually work but the russian space agency to build a research station on the moon. in the coming years will carry out the force phase of china's lunar exploration program explore asteroids and the space as well as
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develop live car iraq all those are included in our plan china's space station is a fraction of the size of the international space station that's the only one currently in orbit china is excluded from using it. several western governments are consent to beijing will use its space technology to expand china's military but its leaders say its progress and space exploration will only be used to peaceful means . al-jazeera beijing. the to play again i'm fully back to go with the headlines on al-jazeera alexina ali has appeared in court for the 1st time since ending a 3 week congress strike the kremlin critic attended a hearing by video link to appeal his conviction for defaming a world war 2 veteran a separate court's case has adjourned proceedings.
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