and how new technology is making this possible. in kenya i mean the farmers and scientists already have believe the livelihoods depend on was. a phrase or. 'd 40 countries pledged to supply india with oxygen as the nation faces an unrelenting surge in corona virus infections as india's a covert crisis grows so does anger on social media and the government's efforts to contain it. hello i'm a cloud this is our desert life and also coming up back in court to russian opposition leader alexina valmy is seen by video link for the 1st time since ending

his hunger strike. i pledge to be a president who seeks not to divide but unify 100 days in office we take a look at u.s. president joe biden's record so far and the promises that remain to be fulfilled. so 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 were reported on thursday alone despite all the millions of people turned out to vote for regional elections in west bengal sparking fears the state may become the new epicenter elizabeth prone and has more now from new delhi. sure the sun is inconsolable lotta hearing of her mother's death while waiting in line to get oxygen for her i want to go to my mother she cries repeatedly earlier she

described just how difficult it is to get help in delhi. we have an out of a house is 2 in the morning there is no oxygen available in all of delhi and after a lot of running around we finally got here by 4 initially there was a queue on the other side then we were told that we had to come to the fun side and queue 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. make. sure these mother is just one of the 3645 people who died in india on wednesday delhi even maine's one of the worst affected states its leaders said despite trying their best every hospital in the capital is overburdened and treating people beyond their capacity. that's why the space in central new delhi where political rallies and religious festivals are usually held is being converted into

a makeshift hospital this is where the government is constructing a 500 bed intensive care unit facility it hopes to have an extra 1200 i think you bed in the capital within 20 minutes but that's still nowhere near enough to meet the numbers needed right now. delis case is a go and up by more than 20000 each day and health experts say around 15 percent of people with the virus need to be in hospital the u.s. state department tweeted saying access to medical care is severely limited due to co the 19 cases and u.s. citizens who wish to depart india should use the available commercial flights now but despite the country going through its worst crisis and its modern history the last phase of regional elections went ahead in the state of west bengal on thursday where 4 candidates have already died from the virus so in the context of a raging pandemic it's unconscionable that people should be called to vote today

particularly in the city of. positivity rate of are currently at 50 percent. health experts say the devastating scenes witnessed in other states will be repeated in west bengal as a result of the large political gatherings elizabeth brannon al-jazeera new delhi there is mounting anger against the indian government for its handling of the pandemic many have taken to social media to share their thoughts for the next year abroad take a look online for posts about the coronavirus crisis and india and your time line will be flooded with plays for help for oxygen and other medical equipment or a place to lay the dead to rest and this was a video a man's outside a clinic desperate for oxygen which is eventually delivered after countless phone calls by family and supporters many medical workers have signed up to online platforms to beg for assistance all share their stories talk to go to him saying

heads up a hospital in new delhi. you know you know for the next 2 hours. or 2 hours. this videos also gone viral it stayed to show a distraught man who's big policeman not to take away the oxygen cylinder he did arrange for his mother who was in a critical condition the police later said the cylinder was empty and the man was pleading for another one many on twitter remain unconvinced by the official line with the government accused of trying to hide the truth one death a day a character in this political cartoon says despite the line up of bodies behind him and there are those who say they're witnessing the collapse not just of the health system but all layers of government led by prime minister narendra modi the hash tag resign modi has been trained across the country this week but on wednesday it was blocked by facebook for several hours anyone clicking on

a post saw this one instead facebook says it happened by mistake and not because of a request by the government but there's plenty of skepticism because the government has been ordering the removal of critical social media posts to stop what it calls the spirit of misinformation but censorship watchdogs say it's part of an effort to cover up the severity of the crisis this cartoon has no end to modi promising able sensitive and visionary leadership surrounded by the bodies of victims with burning funeral pyres behind him all this one highlights major political gatherings as one calls for the surge in cases describing them as recharge points for the virus modi's party the b.j. pay and others have continued to hold huge rallies despite the pandemic because it's election season it's feared india's covert 1000 crisis could spread across its borders nepal has announced a new lockdown while pakistan is using the military to enforce restrictions is

anger online in those countries too with warnings of a looming oxygen shortage full hospitals and a slow vaccine rollout but as journalists and political commentator the explains why india's government is afraid of social media. we've been saying for a while now all of this diabolical strategy to label that sold as was news and illegal false news as a tool so whatever the government says falls new is also used right so if somebody says my grandfather died and i need oxygen and the government overflows you in the government says they put you in jail i mean this is absolutely sort of diabolical and banal the government or at least 21 is the means to lead to it under under the rug will be an internet censorship law and what police believe the government said there were mistakes initially he was but if you look at that to weave their way how present there are some ways of a singapore officials i mean ordinary people and many already could not speaking of

fear of government. but even broadly their big member of parliament 3 was ready just created saying the situation is terrible people are guy and the government says we deleted it when the government is clearly more afraid about the political matter than about people's health and saving lives i think at this present moment indefinitely maybe have been more important than ever before because over the last few years independent institutions it is the media have been co-opted by the government in such a scenario if there's when the people speak up on social media badly even the mainstream media is the 1st to stop denying reality just for the storm of people running out of what the hospitals are stopping ambitions because they don't have oxygen because there are no beds you know critically the one of the most important stories in india right now is the flooding of gaps. by sometimes several times and for some video highlighting those kind of story of how you know hospital refused to

give somebody a 2nd because that would be counter to the dad who's kind of story. and i think that's why the government is afraid of. take a strict is a lockdown yet has just come into effect with people ordered to stay at home for 3 weeks turkish president recep tayyip erdogan made the announcement on monday in a bid to stop the spread of corona virus all into city travel requires official approval as schools will be shut in only urgent medical treatment is allowed the growth of new cases did drop this week compared to mid april but turkey still has the world's 5th highest number of infections. alexina around the has appeared in court for the 1st time since ending a 3 week on this drug a criminal critic attended a hearing by video link to appeal against his conviction in february for defaming a world war 2 veteran and a separate court case proceedings on whether to label novell the opposition network as extremist have been adjourned but a smith reports now from moscow. on

a poor quality video link from a prison hospital alexei navalny looks he's lost 20 kilos since his return from germany in january telling his wife yulia and the rest of the court found his conviction for defamation but vladimir putin's most prominent critic had other things to talk about to. this 20 years of incompetent government have led to the fall and the result there is a crown slippin from his years there elias on t.v. we have spent $3.00 and our country continues to slide into poverty opportunities to have his voice heard a rapidly shrinking civil taney sleep in another moscow court prosecutors opened a case to declare in the valleys and to corruption group the f b k and his regional offices as extremist making them equivalent to al qaeda. al is a regional campaign offices do not exist anymore but there are dozens of cool and mighty regional politicizes there are thousands of there are always there powerful

independent political organizations that will be doing investigations and money during elections public campaigns and rallies. the case was adjourned but the court has already imposed an interim order stopping novell newsgroup from operating the number of us they'd rather powerful opponent is standing against us it is the whole state machine of a nuclear superpower state it can behave brutally as we could see ourselves during the events which are also related to the current case we are defending the truth we believe that our clients b.k. is a fair organization which does not violate any law you rarely hear of on his name mentioned on russian television any attempt to remind people who he is is quickly erased this mural incent petersburg was painted over hours after appearing overnight alexei navalny supporters several carry on with their kremlin activities but without the charismatic personality they might find it much harder to have an impact. burnitz

with al-jazeera moscow. well still ahead here on al jazeera desperate journeys and searching for her we follow the plight of refugees living on the greek island of this book. killed in a police crackdown family's struggle to come to terms with the human cost to china and its current crisis. hello there we're dealing with an unusual disturbance over the middle east i'll talk about why it's unusual in a sec but 1st let's look at the impact that it's had this is toward mecca after severe thunderstorms rolled through on tuesday some hail here and flooding just because of all that rain it had to go somewhere and it did and it's unusual here is why it's unusual because we've got the rain for yemen not just in the mountains but this is also falling over lower ground as well so that rain will continue for yemen

as we head towards saturday spells of what weather for areas of iran particularly toward the south and also unsettled for northern afghanistan still getting some pulses of moisture as we head toward tanzania some pretty good downpours to throw at the democratic republic of congo i want to take you further south because watch this push of moisture for the eastern cape we're really going to have to check for the potential of flooding over the next few days this system is also going to drop the 1st snow of this season for the suit to a vengefully making its way to johannesburg so i show you the 3 day forecast there is where it becomes unsettled we've got some thunderstorms into the picture but by sunday conditions will begin to dry out. the small boy and his brother rescued from war in gaza by the red cross and i held

her tongue when we were 1st placed on a red cross truck now a world leader in crisis management and a highly regarded doctor in chicago who still misses her homeland just one day pass without me thinking of returning to jordan al jazeera world meets 2 successful arab doctors in north america arabs abroad the humanitarian and the heat on al-jazeera. but again you're watching the outer rim out of our top stories 40 countries have pledged to supply india with oxygen as it reports another record day in corona virus cases and deaths elections are going ahead in 2 big states despite warnings

that one of them could become a new epicenter. turkey has just gone back into law with people ordered to stay at home for 3 weeks president when made the announcement on monday in a bid to stop the spread of coronavirus into city travel now requires official approval and schools will be shot. election of elliot's appeared in court for the 1st time since ending a 3 week hunger strike he's appealing his conviction for defaming a world war 2 veteran another court is adjourned proceedings on whether to label the valleys opposition network extremists. u.s. president joe biden presented his blueprint blueprint i should say to build america in an address to congress in a wide ranging speech biden said he's turning peril into possibility of the devastation of the current of us pandemic he's pledged trillions of dollars in investment in job's infrastructure and education 100 days since i took the oath of

office and left in my hand off our family bible and heritage nation we all did it was in crisis the worst pandemic in a century the worst economic crisis since the great depression the worst attack on our democracy sense the civil war now after just 100 days i can report to the nation america is on the move again. what our white house correspondent kimberly takes a look at biden's promises in the progress he's made in making them a reality. he took office during a global pandemic and made battling cope with 19 his top priority promising 100000000 vaccines would be ministered by april we met the goal last week by day 5842 days ahead of schedule. not a damn cent is 2nd goal and that is we will by my 130 in office have 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 biden 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

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.

of this 1st 100 days can be characterized by terms such as bowl dairy. and adventurous by repeatedly promises to meet the moment building back better from the coated prices 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 hellcat al-jazeera washington and will have a special program looking at biden's 1st $100.00 days in office that's coming up in

just under 45 minutes 800 g.m.t. . it's reached a cease fire with tajikistan after the heaviest fighting along the disputed border in years at least 5 people have been killed and dozens more injured. yes fighting broke out over a water reservoir and pumping station which is claimed by both sides residents threw rocks at each other before security forces exchange for. who has more now from istanbul. according to allegations everything started after tragic authorities installed a surveillance camera on a curb his water station at the border and following that allegation local communities from both sides started throwing rocks at each other exchanged gunfire is the escalation of went off and the military's from both sides were involved in the conflict at the border conflict is always there when it comes to former soviet

countries like iran and kyrgyzstan even though they gained independence from the former soviet union almost 30 years ago on the point borders is always a problem and from time to time tension every size but this time it is reported that as an allegation a war of words actually was triggered in late march after the head of state committee for national security proposed that tajikistan should yield. an exclave surrounded by dick kerr biker's a star in exchange for a parcel of territory from the but can region and everything started after that some reports suggest but apparently this flared up tension is is that for now as the foreign ministries and also temporary cease fire. their strikes against ethnic groups have continued in myanmar 2 days after a military outpost was overrun near the border with tyler and.

monitoring groups say the agent has it launched at least 6 air attacks since tuesday and hundreds of people have fled into thailand the strikes came after the national liberation army captured and burned the army can stop hiding there 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 m.r. army out the canyons and you 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 and 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 they came in you has a lot of soldiers in that area there is 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 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 to greece which is shutting down what

a group of hailed as an exemplary refugee company and in the lesbos authority is moving its residents to a new can accommodate more than 3000 people but it's don't throw up with reports it is already getting a rip reputation for poor living conditions. families from afghanistan is having to move. along with another 1000 refugees they're being forced to leave the home they've known for almost 2 years at the kind of the community instead they're being put in a tent city down the road called mother of. their 17 year old daughter a niece is a gifted mathematician who beats local greek students for a place at the island's top high school now she doesn't know if she'll be able to sit university entrance exams next year then their tent that does not have a door does not make you feel safe in qatar to pay we have a container and you can close it when you go to bed at night they have covered 1000 cases which we don't have a car to pay and i think that will make the greek parents writing about us

travelling from the camp to go to school with their children this afghan family already lives at mother of a new they say there's no daycare or school for their daughters aged 6 and 9 doctors without borders say they've had patients raped at the new camp despite government assurances that it's safe in the nighttime. you feel too scared to go outside of your tens. so if you're a woman you will have to go to the dials every aspect of this damn for me is set up in a way to deter people who saw the human eyes and saw to pretend that they don't have basic human needs the government didn't allow us to film inside the camp apparently due to covert restrictions but an aid worker confirms talk of discomfort here there's no proper drainage that's no proper heating though. the electricity is insufficient to keep your tents going. every time it rains it floods. wash the facilities are inadequate it's

not clean these are the very problems that plague morea the largest camp in the east a g.m. . was set up as a temporary facility after moria burnt down in september police say due to us and now. it feels like a lost civilization looted from manholes and wire fence got out that feels more like a village community than a refugee camp and that's why so many disabled and other vulnerable refugees were moved from moria the hastily landscaped artillery range that going to resembles morea in many respects aid groups say it's a great step backwards the european union has poured more than a $1000000000.00 into refugee care in greece in the past 5 years and is now spending more than $300000000.00 to build better camps on the aegean islands many of these asylum seekers now displaced several times over wonder why europe with

such resources cannot offer them a home jumps at all plus al-jazeera lesbos it is day 2 of the south african president's testimony in a corruption inquiry involving his predecessor so ron opposer is answering questions about his role in a so-called state capture scandal he was jacob zuma as deputy jury in the peak of the corruption as you were is alleged to have allowed a business family close to him to secure government contracts in front policy from oppose it has admitted the governing party could have done more to prevent corruption is the highest ranking official to testify before the commission's civil society groups in chad calling for more demonstrations against a 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 idriss deby a week ago interest reports now from the capital intimate. emotional

scenes of the gutter and the family who. their son 17 year old sinner is one of 5 people killed during and to government protests 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 too dozens were arrested during the protests many from say they were just bystanders. pulled the news beat 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 this 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 just growing criticism from allies including from. 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. but the violence that followed the elections in early april and the protests that came after the military take over

how far the divided the country charts new military leader has promised to start a national dialogue tonight child and. but it's not clear if use promise 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. and again this is our desire these are the top stories and 40 countries have pledged to supply india with oxygen as it reports another record day in corona virus cases and deaths elections are going ahead in 2 big states despite warnings that one of them could become a new epicenter turkey has just gone back into lockdown with people ordered to stay at home for 3 weeks president made the announcement on monday in a bid to stop the spread of coronavirus.