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what would have been palestine's 1st elections in 15 years or postponed hamas describes the decision as a coup. president joe biden hits the road to promote his plan to rebuild the u.s. economy as he wants 100 days in office. trouble at the border between kurdistan and to jerk a stun a conflict over water the several dead and injured. hello thanks for joining us brazil is marking another bleak milestone in the current a virus pandemic after the number of deaths past 400008 quarter of those fatalities were recorded this month brazil is only the 2nd country after the u.s. to reach that figure let's speak to monica who is joining us live from rio de janeiro monica so why is brazil recording so many more deaths.

well there just so you have an idea of how fast things have. gotten in the fat past few days just 100000 deaths happened in the last 36 days and one reason is the new brazilian variant which is has a higher viral load so it's it it it's more easily transmitted from one person to another this it's also more effective in reaching young people so there's a greater amount of young people that have been hospitalized and the reason that this has been this has escalated so much to all the many reasons one was the total there was a lack of a national plan to fight the pandemic from the beginning the president downplayed the virus from the start they were brazil was late in starting the vaccine rollout and well and of course there is the new variant so there are many reasons for this

and as a matter of fact the congress has started this week to investigate government's role in how and in the situation and its handling of the pandemic and what do we expect to come out of the congressional investigation. well they're going to listen to all of the health ministers there have been for so far and to see what what was done why was why the situation has reached what you know the what it has reached and also what they're going to see is to mull 1st who's to blame and that what can be done to stop it it's a little bit late in the game $11.00 of the problems that brazil has is the amount of poor and the economy has been is in crisis like many other countries. but since

vaccinations have been slow there isn't it isn't the same perspective too doesn't have the same chances of getting out of this crisis as the us now has which the us also at the beginning downplayed the pandemic but it's speeded up the vaccination campaign which is something that brazil is trying to do now all right monica going to have reporting from rio de janeiro thank you. well 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 but the spike in cases hasn't stopped millions of people from turning out to vote in regional elections and west sparking fears the state may become the new epicenter elizabeth has more from new delhi.

should the sun is inconsolable lot to 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. she described just how difficult it is to get help in delhi designated as 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 for 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. 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 in the capital within 2 weeks 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 this you've got a good. 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. turkey has entered its 1st full lockdown of the pandemic amid a surgeon infections and deaths people stocked up on groceries and left cities before 3 weeks of 1st reactions to if it took effect on thursday residents will have to stay at home except for essential needs the government had previously imposed partial lockdowns or weekend curfews to reduce the economic impact palestine's 1st parliamentary elections in 15 years have been and they were due to

take place next month but president mahmoud abbas decided to postpone the poll because of a dispute with israel over voting in occupied east jerusalem the opposition hamas has rejected the palestinian authority's decision calling it a coup and that but i hear him has more from. he said that it's official now that the palestinian elections are going to be postponed because israel didn't give a clear answer whether it's going to be allowing the palestinians to hold them in east jerusalem he said that the response he received via the americans and the arab is that israel cannot give an answer to the palestinians in that regard because israel doesn't have a valid government now after they held their elections and he says while the same government the transitional government the interim one that is making decisions to approve new illegal israeli settlement units in the occupied west bank why can't this government approve the palestinians right to have elections in east jerusalem

this is he said political issue it's an important and not a technical issue when it comes to having palestinians in east jerusalem he also blamed the europeans he said that the europeans have pressured him to issue a presidential decree in january to hold these elections that of course we know that this came after the head of hamas agreed to hold these elections and they were going to be the 1st in 50 years but then he said the europeans couldn't make good on their promise and convince the israelis to allow the palestinians to have these elections and truce and he said no matter the time israel decides to have the palestinians hold these elections they will be taking place now for some critics they believe that this is an excuse we've seen some protesters here in rome a lot in the past few hours saying that they're concerned that the reason arbaaz it has postponed the elections is because he's hesitant or he feels that his rule is threatened because some

a we're talking about $36.00 electoral lists that were running for the elections and some of these lists would comprise compromised from. had people from foot and syrian senior federal officials so for many here in the street they feel that our best doesn't and is not interested in elections and that's why he's saying that truce to them is the reason for postponing. he was president joe biden is in the state of georgia where he held a drivin rally to mark his 100th day in office and reflecting his address to congress the day before he did what his administration has achieved so far he also let go of his promises to invest invest trillions in jobs infrastructure and education. joe only been 100 days left to tell you i've never been more optimistic about the future of america and america is on the move again we're

choosing hope over fair truth over lies light over darkness paperwork where work again we're dreaming again we're discovering again and ridding the world again. mockers he could deliver for the people so that was biden speaking in georgia let's bring in gabriel he's on the he's joining us from washington d.c. so after the big speech last night by the president gabriel what's next. well he's got to sell his vision of america to the american people and that's essentially what he started to do this evening with this rally in duluth georgia he just wrapped up his rally there in the last half hour or so biden really just repeated a lot of the same things that he said in his address to congress 24 hours ago but just a bit of a shorter version of it but he was essentially trying to sell his vision of america to the american people and that's why he went to the state of georgia make no

mistake that was not by coincidence the state of georgia was critical in this last election because as you might recall it was 2 senate runoff races in georgia that were both won by the democrats that essentially gave control of the senate to the democratic party divided senate 5050 but democrats essentially control it because a harris vice president is the tie breaking vote so this is what he was trying to do he's got a big vision for america that he laid out to congress the night before and now he was out there basically trying to tell the american people and specifically people in georgia get behind this plan push your senators push your congress people to support this because i need your help getting this through congress rates and how does he plan on getting it through congress what are any potential challenges or roadblocks in acting his plan. well the cost $6.00 trillion dollars roughly that's trillion with a t.

and this is where republicans and some moderate democrats especially in the senate are already saying it's just too expensive this is a lot of money and it's a big big government program that is essentially going to put the federal government in more people's lives and a lot of republicans and even a few moderate democrats say we just don't know if we can afford that much money $6.00 trillion dollars to pay for this and that's where biden really needs to try to sell this and that's really where the roadblocks are going to come do. lawmakers representatives and especially senators feel as though that they want to say yes to this given the high price tag. thank you for that reporting from washington d.c. . first court appearance since ending his hunger strike he's accusing.

china takes a big step forward in its space exploration program. hello there once again severe weather toward the u.s. the south of the u.s. i want to show you this at look at the lightning strikes that were seen as a result of these storms severe thunderstorms producing just a rental rain and flooding this is through missouri and these conditions will persist friday even into saturday as we see this system retrograde see the yellow those are heavier pockets of rain that we can expect the head of this system is dragging down cooler air so only 8 degrees for toronto it should really say cold air for this time of the year and there's that system as it richard grates further

west into texas that will be the picture on saturday take you to central america right now in about 85 percent of mexico is dealing with drought conditions and we continue just to see dry weather across most areas of mexico but hopefully a surge of what weather is starting to pop up for puerto rico we're seeing some showers that will spread into his spaniel as we head to friday and into saturday the heaviest rains across south america have been toward the south of the continent and also toward the north flooding rains have been a concern and we will continue to see heavy rain for colombia and venezuela. from inside the walls of the west african prison break. a chance to create to express the emotion and take the 1st steps towards rehabilitation. renown

choreography is his passion for don it's inspiring prisoners to perform and to reach beyond the ill deeds of the past and the confines of their present to the dance of the use with this documentary on al-jazeera. hello again the top stories on al-jazeera brazil has become the 2nd country to surpass 400000 deaths related to cope with 19 after the us health officials warn the daily toll could remain high due to slow vaccinations and use social restrictions the palestinian president with specific own parliamentary elections

scheduled for next month abbas cited a dispute with israel over voting in occupied east jerusalem hamas has rejected the decision calling it a coup. u.s. president joe biden is in the state of georgia promoting his economic plan as he marks 100 days in office he's attended a driving rally in duluth where he pitched this plan to help it grow america including investing trillions in jobs infrastructure and education. i want to biden's 1st executive orders after taking office included reversing several of donald trump's immigration policies but the problems at the southern border have persisted under the new administration will have more from mexico in a moment but 1st heidi joe castro is the border wall near macallan in texas. managing the u.s. southern border has been among the biggest challenges president biden has faced in his 1st $100.00 days and critics are quick to claim that he has so far failed last

month u.s. agents took more than 170000 people into custody after they crossed the border that is the highest number in nearly 2 decades why is this happening in campaign on a more welcoming tone toward immigrants than on his 1st day in office he signed a slew of executive actions undoing some of the harsh immigration policies set by his predecessor donald trump waves of migrants have followed many traveling in families or children traveling alone shelters ran out of space children were made to sleep on floors democrats called the administration's response inhumane and republicans raged at the numbers the latest figures show early signs of plaid telling but the coming summer is when people tend to cross the most meanwhile only 29 percent of americans approve of the way biden has handled the border easily his poorest polling issue. we're getting inside the city of cheap wonder and actually

right next to the border crossing point with the united states and the reason that this tent camp is formed is significant formed around mid february the quds president biden has actually changed the policy from his predecessor president from what president from had said is that if you're asking for asylum in the united states then you need to wait for that process to play out in mexico even if you're from another country from duracell salvador a lot of people then were left just waiting for a year or more for that process now president biden has said you can wait for your asylum process to play out actually within the united states so these people have started to form because they're waiting to be let in for that process to take place for them to wait in the united states and this lonely being processed and let. now people into one of some of them are calling it the biden effect the fact that a president who is seen as more compassionate and empathetic towards people who are migrating from central america is actually perhaps increasing the flow of migration

to the united states now where these people coming from in this camp those people from honduras guatemala and central america they were buffeted by 2 massive storms late last year already suffering poverty because of the pandemic and the impact of misgovernance their violence from different gangs is also actually a lot of people in this camp from the state of michoacan in southwest mexico they a fleeing an absolute turf war between different criminal organizations that the government hasn't been willing or hasn't been able to prevent people from a lot of different places here that are fleeing some desperate situations and hoping the under this government they'll be given more of a chance to be allowed into the us people in kurdistan are reporting a renewal of gunfire on their southern border which just hours after a cease fire agreements. at

least 6 people have been killed in clashes since wednesday the heaviest fighting between the nations in years the border is disputed and the violence broke out at a water reservoir that both countries claim as their own said of course who has more from istanbul. according to allegations everything started after tajik authorities installed a surveillance camera on a curb his water station at the border and following that allegation and 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 the find borders is always a problem and from time to time tension every ises but this time it is reported that as an allegation a war of words actually was triggered in late march after the head of caracas state

committee for national security proposed that tajikistan should yield vaio next clave surrounded by a tick. by kook assistant in exchange for a parcel of territory from the but can region and everything started after that some reports suggest the kremlin's most high profile critical accent of ali has lost an appeal against the conviction for defaming a world war 2 veteran it was during his 1st court appearance since ending a 3 week hunger strike i mean took his chance to wash out again and president vladimir putin burnitz wrote reports from moscow. on a poor quality video link from a prison hospital alexei navalny looked into he's lost 20 kilos since his return from germany in january telling his wife 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 out of things to talk about to. 20 years of incompetent government have led to the fall and the result there is a crown slipping 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. novell is a regional campaign offices do not exist anymore but there are dozens of cool and mighty regional politicizes there are thousands of there there are 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 the group from operating the number 2

as 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 if b.-k. is a fair organization which does not violate any law you rarely hear nirvana's 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. south africa's president says there is nothing sinister about funding for has 2017 political campaign cyril ramaphosa answering questions about his role in a 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 a similar reports from johannesburg president still ramapo says the highest ranking official to testify at an ongoing inquiry into corruption in south africa many blame or process on 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 preterists is a jacob zuma was president zuma resigned in 2018 has been recognition of. my lais of corruption in. howard's state. realty to monitor resources spends a true knowledge all that and we've accepted in admitted in the past that that

has resulted in a number of review and type behavior you must refuse to return to testify at inquiry saying he's being vilified it's alleged that zuma is relationship with the business family led 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. . we've seen the price that is being paid by the people as a whole as they are deprived of group service delivery because the resource is being herded laundered the ain sees lost support in recent years and many had hoped that remark 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 the n.c.a.a. is going to all have some gains as a planet from this exercise. there are no further losses that jacob zuma could suffer. and also i think that if the commission does its work well. it was cited miss block light on those drug issues in the agency that will show that a leopard cannot change its spots from up close as promised to fight corruption in south africa but his success is hinged on the party he leads rooting out corruption within its own ranks for me to 0 janice but. when china has launched a rocket into orbit carrying the core module off its 1st permanent space station construction of the station is expected to be completed by the end of next year it'll be

a quarter of the size of the international space station and contained living quarters for up to 3 astronauts katrina universe ports from beijing. the launch of a new era in china's space exploration the core of china's 1st time in 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 jane 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 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

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 consent to use its space technology to expand china's military but its leaders say its progress and space exploration will only be used for peaceful means. al-jazeera beijing. hello again the headlines on al-jazeera has become the 2nd country to surpass 400000 deaths related to cover 1000 after the u.s. health officials warn the daily toll could remain high due to slow vaccinations on loose social restrictions monika and i care has more from rio de janeiro the reason that this has been this has escalated so much that while there are many reasons one

was the total there was a lack of a national plan to fight the pandemic from the beginning the president.