on al-jazeera. holding the powerful to account as we examine the u.s. its role in the war on al-jazeera. gulu. hospitals in delhi overflow with coronavirus patients struggling to breathe as concerns grow that the infections could spread across india's borders. hello i'm barbara sara you're watching out 0 live from london also coming up a precedent president in an unprecedented times taking stock of joe biden's 1st 100 days in office twin court challenges for kremlin critical legs in a valley and his anti corruption organization but his supporters say they will fight on. and that reaching out for the stars of china's 1st that giant step in its

ongoing mission to become an international space power. thank you for joining us we begin in india where the smoke from around the clock cremations shrouding the country cities is a constant reminder of the coronavirus tragedy there and the real statistics tell the same grim story the country is now reporting more than $18000000.00 confirmed cases there have been 8 straight days of 300000 plus infections more than 200000 people have died but it's fear that the true number could be 5 times that or even 10 times the official figure and as the caseload climbs and the death toll grows the vaccination rollout just can't keep pace nearly 148000000 doses have been

administered but because of the size of the population fewer than 10 percent of people have actually received them elizabeth poor on them begins our coverage in 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 was it a little bit when we have an out of the house is 2 in the morning there is no oxygen available and all of delhi and after a lot of running around we finally got here for 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. 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 was constructing a 500 bed intensive care unit facility it hopes to have an extra 1200 i think your beds in the capital more than 28 but that still nowhere near enough to meet the numbers needed right now. dellys cases ago 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 bank. all on thursday with 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. the rate of. 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 launch of political gatherings elizabeth brannon al jazeera new delhi. well it's feared that india's covert $1000.00 crisis could spread across its borders nepal has announced a new locked oh while pakistan is using the military to enforce restrictions in bangladesh

a graveyard the dedicated to corona virus victims in the capital dhaka 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 plots in anticipation of more bodies bangladesh reported 78 deaths and more than 3000 cases in the past day. hundreds of coronavirus victims are buried here and we've prepared many graves so many people are dying now every day 15 or 20 bodies come into this graveyard for burial and thousands of people are dying aid groups are warning that syrian hospitals are running dangerously low one coronavirus testing kits and oxygen supplies the international rescue committee says clinics in the rebel controlled northeast may have to stop testing within a week more than 15000 cases have been the tech that in the region and half of all

tests are coming back positive health officials are appealing for funding and supplies to help contain the outbreak. palestine's 1st election in 15 years could be delayed president mahmoud abbas says israel hasn't yet confirmed if palestinians will be able to vote in occupied east jerusalem the parliamentary elections are for may the 22nd while a presidential vote is due in july well let's cross to need to eat rahim who is in her my love for a 7 is so needed what about his actually been speaking in the past half hour about what has his message been. he said that these received a message from israel through the americans and through the arabs that there is no answer yet when it comes to holding elections in east jerusalem he said that he's received some oral must just from them saying that they're not going to be allowing

those elections to be held and he said that this is ironic and this is nonsense since the israeli government although they had elections they have some sort of a transitional government now but this this is a government that has been able as far as his as he said as i said that has been able to to approve new illegal israeli settlements in the occupied west bank but couldn't deliver and allow the palestinians to hold elections and drusilla a bus also has blamed the europeans he said that they are the ones who convinced him and pushed for holding the elections they were going to be the 1st in 15 years but then they couldn't deliver on their promise of convincing the israelis to allow these elections to be held in jerusalem and he said that once israel allows these elections to be held they are going to take place now for some critics in the street than we've seen some of them are. protesting they say that the president is using drusilla as an excuse not to hold elections and some even say that they he

felt that his party fatah was going to be losing in front of other parties that were running or other even members that were running against their party's official slate so for many palestinians here that they are for as many as far as polls on are concerned the majority of them want to have elections and think it's very important to hold new elections need to him with the latest on that story from ramallah thank you. it's exactly 100 days since joe biden took office as president of the united states he promised to build back better after the devastation of the pandemic and the economic hardship that followed our white house correspondent kimberly how to fix a look at those promises and the progress he's made in making them a 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 by day 5842 days ahead of schedule not a damn set 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 would like to hear from their politicians but i don't promise to 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 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 show when the police officer who murdered george floyd biden's justice department announced a federal investigation into the minneapolis police department or showed it was.

and 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 school to fix america's infrastructure and create jobs could be one of his most ambitious tasks that being of this 1st 100 days can be characterized by terms such as bowl dairy. and adventurous biden 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 or we can speak the kimberley halkett live she is the white house for

a 2nd only biden present biden therefore has an ambitious agenda and he does seem determined to get it done they have the 1st 100 days are anything to go by. there's no question that the president is trying to build on the momentum of his historic speech that he delivered in front of congress on wednesday evening that's why he immediately left washington to travel to the u.s. state of georgia one that helped him win the white house in order to talk about some of the proposals he's put forward in his speech he has spent and is spending an enormous amount of money some $6.00 trillion dollars on his various packages that's what makes this so ambitious in terms of the price tag but also in terms of the goals not just the rescue plan that was put in place to help americans heal from the pen demick but also the jobs plan which will rebuild america's infrastructure and help to create employment for millions of americans still out of

work and the families plan which will introduce education at the early childhood level and also post-secondary these are really revolutionary ideas in the united states it's an expansion of the social safety net not seen in multiple generations and the president believes the time is now that's why he's selling this so hard and he spoke leaves that there is an intensity that is necessary in order to make sure that happens i guess though a lot of people especially those who didn't vote for president biden might be opposed to parts of that agenda so what are the major challenges in the weeks and months ahead. well some of it is working with congress there's no question about it not all of this has been pushed through a lot of what you hear in these speeches to congress are simply ideas that they hope will happen and so some of that particularly when it comes to the family's plan is such a challenge for joe biden not just because conservatives are opposed to it they're

opposed to the taxation that is necessary to pay for it on corporations also on high income earners they see that as a job killer but also some members of the democratic party some of the more moderates in the democratic party because the ideas that joe biden is proposing are what is called progressive in the united states in other words farther left than a lot of democrats feel comfortable so this is the challenge for him to win over those skeptical conservatives but also members of the democratic party can really help it with the latest from the white house can believe thank you. and still to come here on al-jazeera. finding over water at least 3 people are killed as rival countries claim a disputed reservoir and south africa's president acknowledges a state capture under his previous assert but can he stop corruption in his governing party.

hello there nice to see you depending on where you are in europe you either need the rain jackets or the sunglasses 1st let's go over that precipitation story will come back to this area for saturday but right now let's talk about northern spain into the south of france into italy we've got somewhat weather on deck for friday also an outbreak of rain towards ukraine belarus and russia but returning to that saturday picture because we do run the real risk of seeing some severe storms pop up in this area and we've also got a helping of snow for the alps over the weekend temperature is the other big story of one itzhak about so athens 28 degrees on saturday had away from the agency into the eastern med and you had. were up to 37 degrees on monday well above average

also dialing up the heat for egypt as 140 degrees that's a temperature that you would typically see in june now this temperature 38 in tripoli remember that for a cycle come back to it but in the meantime we have a sandstorm running through the western sahara so timbuktu you will get into this sandstorm and look at that temperature in tripoli $33.00 degrees that's because we introduce some clouds and rain into the picture. killing the debate you don't c.v.s. and amplify your voice only. the media will miss the true story no topic is off the table why in the world would we humanize an individual domestic terrorist this was an illegal occupation of a country what they're doing is they're removing or just

a store in the street where a global audience becomes a global community on al-jazeera. the a. time now for a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera more than 3600 coronavirus deaths and nearly 380000 cases were reported in india on thursday at least 40 countries have pledged to supply india with much needed oxygen the spike this elections are going ahead in 2 big states meanwhile palestine's 1st election in 15 years could be delayed president mahmoud abbas says israel hasn't yet confirmed they have

palestinians will be able to vote in occupied east jerusalem and joe biden is marking $100.00 days in office as president of the united states on tuesday here dressed congress with what he called his blueprint to build america promising trillions of dollars in investment in jobs infrastructure and education. election of our only has appeared in court for the 1st time since ending a 3 week hunger strike the kremlin critic attended here. going by video link to appeal against his conviction in february for defaming a world war 2 veteran in a separate court case proceedings on whether to label have on these opposition work extremists have been adjourned burnet smith reports from moscow. on a poor quality video link from a prison hospital alexei navalny look thinner he's lost 20 kilos since his return from germany in january telling his wife yulia and the rest of the court he's

eating a few spoonfuls of porridge after ending a 3 week hunger strike this hearing was an appeal against his conviction for defamation but vladimir putin's most prominent critic had other things to talk about 2. 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 tamia sleep in another moscow court prosecutors opened a case to declare in the valleys and to corruption group b f b k and his regional offices as extremist making them equivalent to al qaeda. just above the well 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 bubbly complains and rallies. the case was adjourned but the court

has already imposed an interim order stopping novell newsgroup from operating the number it was 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 client b.k. is a fair organization which does not violate any law you rarely hear 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 say they'll carry on with their activities but without the charismatic personality they might find it much harder to have an impact. al-jazeera moscow. the kurdistan government says at least 3 people including a child have been killed in fighting at its border with pakistan. 7

the violence broke out at a water reservoir both sides claim as their own allegedly after tajik authorities installed a video camera both countries' security agencies accuse the other of firing 1st more than half of that border is disputed seen in cost of living is the ball explains how did this escalated 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 in 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 it's hard to stand and kyrgyzstan even though they gained independence from the former soviet union almost 30 years ago on defined borders is

always a problem and from time to time tension arises 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. annex clave surrounded by a tick. by curtis's stand 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 if for now as the foreign ministry is an ounce of temporary cease fire. the 2nd day of the south african president's testimony in a corruption inquiry involving his predecessor has concluded cyril run a pause that answered questions about his role in the so-called state capture scandal he was jacob zuma as deputy during the peak of the corruption and admitted

more could have been done to prevent graft from me the miller of reports from johannesburg president still ramapo says the highest ranking official to testify at an ongoing inquiry into corruption in south africa many blame oppose us own party the african national congress for much of the graft which according to reports runs into billions of dollars over several years much of the looting is alleged to have taken place when rome opposes breeders says a jacob zuma was president zuma resigned in 2018 has been recognition of. mali's of corruption in the. powers of state. ability to monitor resources dispense outrage and all that and we've accepted in admitted in the

past that that has resulted in an. end type behavior so you must refuse to return to testify at the inquiry saying he's been vilified it's alleged that zuma is relationship to the business family to the abuse of state owned enterprises and influence the appointment of officials to serve their business interests and that corruption filtered through the ranks of the a.n.c. . seeing the price that is being paid by the people as a whole if they're deprived of. group service delivery because the resource is being diverted laundered the ain sees law support in recent years and many had hope that remote who was deputy president at the time would explain what he did to try to stop corruption but some argue he was not questioned hard enough and instead responded strategically in c.

is going to have some gains as a present from this exercise. there are no further losses that jacob zuma can suffer. and also if the commission does its work. that a leopard cannot change its spots from up north as promised to fight corruption in south africa but is success is hinged on the party he leads rooting out corruption within its own ranks for me to malaya al-jazeera janice burrows. airstrikes against ethnic on the groups have continued in myanmar 2 days after a military outpost was captured near the border with thailand monitoring groups say the genter has launched at least 6 air attacks since tuesday scott hardliner reports. 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. and 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 go organizations like we saw in the current health 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 mineral but also now in these 2 territories along the border areas on the east side and up in the north the main body of china's 1st ever space station is on its way into orbit the launch of the cormo deal is the 1st step in an 18 month construction program it's designed to accommodate 3 astronauts for up to 6 months at a time katrina you reports from beijing. the launch of a new era in china's space exploration the core of china's 1st term and its space station chant her or heavenly harmony launched from the southern island of high

nabhan 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 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 it's expected to land a perv on mars later this year and there are plans to eventually work that 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 develop her live car iraqis 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

concerned 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 needs between e.u. al-jazeera beijing. the top stories now in corona virus cases and deaths across india have reached a new global record highs as the country grapples with a devastating 2nd wave more than 3600 deaths and nearly 380000 cases were reported on thursday.