years ago britain and france made a secret deal that would influence the shape of the middle east for centuries to come and so. now we can draw on the. psych speak out lines in the sand on al-jazeera. dozens of people were killed and many more have been injured in a stampede at a religious festival in northern israel. i'm not matheson this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up protests against the decision to delay palestine's 1st parliamentary elections in 15 years poverty is partly to blame for more children and babies dying as brazil's coronavirus told posses 400000. and

a rush to get out as nepal is capital goes into lockdown fears it's heading for a covert $900.00 crisis similar to neighboring india. stampede at a religious festival in northern israel has killed at least 44 people the crash happened at a gathering for tens of thousands of ultra-orthodox jews on mount met on our correspondent how the faucets near the scene he's going to be updating the shortly 1st this report from sort of hot. emergency services rushed to the scene where tens of thousands of cultural orthodox jews had gathered for the like boma annual hope image which started off as an all night gathering of prayer and dance at the bonfire festival ended with these chaotic scenes. bodies of those killed in a stampede are lined up hundreds of people are injured for vital

a those were injured and we send teams $200.00 ambulances another cycle of care units helicopters to the scene next to transport evacuees those were injured and killed so it's considered to be one of the holiest sites for jews the tomb of the 2nd century say drive by shimon by your choice what brings the faithful here around $30000.00 pilgrims were gathered on mount meron 3 times the capacity of what was allowed by the authorities to say more than 650 buses that brought in people from across the country making it the largest public gathering in israel since a pandemic started suddenly saw paramedics from them with other running by. like need c.p.r. on the kids and then one after the other start coming on ambulances and then we understood like something's going on here private bonfires that mound their own were banned last year due to coronavirus restrictions the lockdown measures were easy cme office israel's rocky caves with 19 vaccination program has seen more than

50 percent of the population fully vaccinated. police say they've arrested 2 people for disrupting offices efforts to keep order at the site and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has described the stampede as a heavy disaster. sort of hideouts al jazeera there let's talk to how do fossett who's on the scene how he's out of power package there just showing us some of the chaos and fear that there was at the event what's the latest that we know about this. well yes it was a dreadful event as you just saw in those pictures and it's been written on the faces of the people we've been speaking to here as well we had been barred from getting further access than this police checkpoint until just a couple of minutes ago and they've said that we can get further in but all the way up to here we've been seeing stragglers from the events overnight trying to get lifts getting on buses and we are talking talk to

a couple of them one young man said that it was a crime carried out by the police accusing the police of preventing people from murder from getting access to one potential exit routes out of the crush another man said that he had watched it take place from a distance and he saw people slipping down a set series of steps on top of each other. and that it was an unavoidable consequence of that that they were going to be deaths and injuries i also asked him if he had ever felt unsafe at this event before and this is an event that attracts some half a 1000000 people over a series of days every year not last year because of the pandemic but but in a typical year and he said yes every time he said was a miracle that nothing like this had happened before because of the lack of organization because of the difficulty of access for emergency services and for that the sheer sort of chaos and crush that attends each time that this biggest

religious festival in israel takes place so as well as the buses who have been coming which have been coming to evacuate the last remaining festival goes there also being buses bringing more police in to carry out a major investigation into how this happened and there will be answers that will be reduced sort from quarters both in terms of the organizers in terms of the police in terms of the government for allowing this to go ahead in such great numbers in such a small under-resourced under equipped it seems site however no we're going to be coming back to you in the next few hours as this unfolds but for now thanks very much indeed. palestine's 1st parliamentary elections in 15 years of being perspire and they were due to take place next month but president mahmoud abbas delayed the pole because of a dispute with israel over voting in occupied east jerusalem it will have reports a day before the electoral campaign with a to start president mahmoud abbas put the palestinian elections on hold he's

blaming israel for uncertainty whether people in occupied east jerusalem will be able to participate in the vote. once they say yes we will hold elections tomorrow as long as we were free to go to the polls will campaign and whoever wins wins this is a democracy we believe in a. rival palestinian factions fattah head of hamas had agreed in january to hold the 1st parliamentary and presidential elections in 15 years but differences soon emerged. how matters rejected the election today saying it will harm palestinian interests in previous elections is really allowed a few 1000 palestinians to vote in israeli controlled post offices in east jerusalem this time israeli officials say they don't have a government to approve the palestinian request you have instead of israeli post office locations that means as i remove on the ground and try to prevent them by

force which is not a bad thing but this internet and particular means that we have to be ready for some kind of a political confrontation with israel which my mother doesn't want palestinians haven't been to the polls in 15 years and are eager to have elections that could restore national unity and fight corruption if we wanted to hold elections we would have found a way even if we smuggle palestinians from jerusalem to ramallah it's easy to find excuses here as a matter of us are not going to be our under occupation what can we do if it were up to us we would love to have elections. it's really bad as a young 21 year old palestinian i've never felt that i had freedom to voice my opinion or be involved in the political system. a record number of 36 electoral lists have signed up for the elections well some say it shows how eager tolleson ians are 1st change others say it threatened about his authority senior leaders

have split from fatah his main slate and plan to run separately. some of the candidates who reject the delay have taken to the streets of ramallah to protest the bass's decision polls suggest that the majority of palestinians think it's important to have elections and people here think that the president is using jerusalem as an excuse to delay holding that bus is the factions will work towards forming a national unity government but that might not be enough to quell the anger in the streets in the everyman al-jazeera the occupied west bank. brazil is marking another bleak milestone in the corona virus pandemic after the number of deaths passed 400008 quarter of the fatalities were recorded this month brazil is only the 2nd country after the us to reach that figure there's also been

an alarming increase in the deaths of babies and children under the age of 10 on again i hear reports from rio de janeiro. behind a store a haven for children there's no school and a huge patio with new when unusual toys this abandoned factory at the entrance of reals oldest lum has become their playground during the pandemic its walls shield them from the traffic and violence outside but offer little protection from covert 19 or you know since the pandemic began in march of 2020 until last february 47000 babies and children under the age of 10 have been hospitalized with the virus and 2100 have died vital strategies and then joe specialized in public health has released data showing an explosion of deaths among children and babies in brazil. as against the near brazilian variant is partly responsible because it has

a larger viral load than the original one and has more capacity to affect the young but poverty and inequality also play a big part in this strategy and almost all babies who died are poor and black. brazil also accounts for half of the world's maternal deaths by qubit 19 i.q. spinelli runs a workshop for pregnant women and single mothers in the providing slums and apollo was part of her group last december she gave birth to a healthy boy. but shortly after turning 2 months old battle stopped eating because he had difficulty breathing his mother told us she took him to the hospital twice but was sent back home the 3rd time he was hospitalized but died soon afterwards of acute respiratory syndrome in their own reus in the iran crisis in children is common and can develop into pneumonia but it's usually cured if you get medical attention in time now this is the 1st case i've seen for it to evolve so rapidly

and result in death. doctors say the number of coded 1000 deaths in children is still small compared to those among the elderly and people with preexisting conditions but he can no longer be ignored specially in brazil where the pandemic is still out of control with health congress have launched an inquiry to investigate the government's handling of the pandemic and its responsibility in the deaths of $400000.00 people after the 1st time a frigate will be paid to the children many have thought would be spared from the virus a group of mothers moved this carpet a reminder that at least 2000 of brazil's victims were younger than 9 years old meineke an i.q. of al-jazeera rio de janeiro still ahead on al-jazeera thousands of people in miramar prepare to flee to thailand as fighting between the military and separatists escalates. on $100.00 days into the biden presidency how his approach

to immigration is changing the situation on the southern u.s. border. oh 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 this is toward mecca after severe . there are thunderstorms rolled through on tuesday so 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 toward 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 the 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 flooding over the next few days this system is also going to drop the 1st snow of the 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. capturing a moment in time. snapshots of how the lives. of the stories. provided a glimpse into someone else is what. we were called the threat to believe the fight

got done. inspiring documentaries from impassioned filmmakers. i am the voice we are the voice witnesses on al-jazeera. you want your own visitor a reminder of our top stories this hour at least 44 people have been killed and more than 100 have been injured in a stampede at a religious festival in northern israel it happened and monday madam are tens of thousands have gathered for the holidays. palestinian president mahmoud abbas has delayed parliamentary elections scheduled for next month's abbas cited

a dispute with israel over voting in occupied east jerusalem hamas rejects the decision calling it a coup. brazil has become the 2nd country to pass 400000 deaths related to covert 19 after the us health officials warn the daily toll could remain high because of a slow vaccination rollout and loose social restrictions. dozens of people on both sides of the time me and more border are preparing to flee their homes as fighting between armed ethnic groups and the military escalates kerryn state has recently seen some of the worst fighting since the military coup in february the violence has forced hundreds to flee the region in recent days and thousands more are getting ready to leave there are also reports of airstrikes for the north scott hired lawyers joining us from bangkok in neighboring thailand scott was only a few days ago that you and i were talking about the fighters from the cut in national union attacking a military post on the medium or side of the the thai border what's the latest.

you know what we're seeing robin's come knock on effect from that direct retaliation for that and as you and i spoke about earlier in the week rob that was actually kind of a carry on from what had been happening over the last several weeks about a month now and that is these stepped up attacks by the quay and you forces on tatmadaw the military in myanmar as it's known positions within their held area the korean held area so there is a stepped up attack and that works kind of seeing the back and forth and obviously as a result when violence like this escalates people are sent fleeing and that's exactly what we're seeing as you mentioned like we saw about a month ago those who are in the areas of the where these air attacks have taken place started to flee toward the border and now we know as you said at least according to a korean organization in myanmar saying that about 9000 they say have gathered toward the thai border having crossed just yet because they're trying to get out of

the these air attacks that have really stepped up since we saw that brazen early morning attack along a check at an outpost of myanmar army outpost right along the border with thailand could even see this attack happening from the thai side of the border rob let's talk more about the strikes and is this presumably all 'd wrapped up in what you've been telling this. it is now what it is you know it's a very convoluted situation when you look at the armed ethnic groups inside myanmar kitchen is a different one from the korean held area that we were just talking about this is further in the north that's on the korean is on the eastern side along the border with tightened up in the north kitchen similar situation they have been fighting for a very long time for more autonomy from the central government and office and now more recently from the johnson and they have also like the current fighters have been pushing against any type of infringement on their territory as they see from

the myanmar army they have been fighting back and they have also been facing airstrikes like the korean army has but what's interesting up there too a little bit more so than the current held areas up and continue to chin area they are still protesting they are still going out to the streets despite this uptick in violence against the military between the military they are still going out on the streets and protesting against the jungle scott thanks a lot that's called hard luck talking to us from bangkok in neighboring thailand the 1st batch of emergency supplies from the u.s. has arrived in india to help it battle spiraling corona virus infections and deaths the ship includes hundreds of oxygen cylinders and regulators the white house's pledge supplies worth more than $100000000.00 to meet but it calls the urgent health needs of the indian people on friday nearly 3 and a half dozen deaths and more than 386000 cases were recorded that's a new daily record. healthcare experts in nepal are warning the capital cap on do.

similar to india infections are rising and hospital beds are filling up reports. empty streets in nepal's capital as a 2 week lockdown is imposed to limit the spread of corona virus it's the 2nd wave to hit the country infections have surged and more than half are in the capital katmandu but i'd swear both are hospitals are seeing more cases in a shorter span of time the 2nd wave is more potent with more young people and children infected as health workers struggle to contain the growing number of patients experts fear that thousands may have caught the mutant variant strains emerging out of neighboring india thousands of workers from nepal have left their jobs in indian cities where 1000 is spiraling out of control they're arriving here in nepalese towns by the border and that's creating a major health crisis. it's like a mini india the situation was similar in the capital which has

a dense population would be difficult to cope with the existing health infrastructure more than 300000 people in nepal have got covered 1990 percent have recovered over $3000.00 people have died as daily cases surgery experts warn that the epidemic could overwhelm nepal's fragile health system if the country is unable to break the chain of transmission in time and hold health authorities have repeatedly appeals to the public to wear masks avoid crowds and to maintain social distance but recent political rallies and religious festivals have helped fuel the spread of the disease thousands rush to leave the capital after the lockdown was announced i am not sure i'm waiting at the bus stop for a seat out of cotman do it's crowded the situation is difficult i'd rather be back in my village where i can make ends meet health authorities. could spread the virus in villages across nepal. the situation after. what good is

spreading and i think. it's to. launch the vaccination campaign in january giving doses from india and china to nearly 2000000 people but with a population of 20000000 and limited access to that seems now paul would have to seek support from the international community to prevent the epidemic from spiraling out of control. from italy argentina. police in kyrgyzstan are reporting a renewal of gunfire on their southern border with just hours after a cease fire agreement. at least 13 people have been killed in fighting the city's widened state the heaviest between the nations in years the violence broke out at a water reservoir that both countries claim as their own. low is a human rights lawyer and associate professor of human rights at the southern university of california he talked to al-jazeera about what led to tension at the

border. it is the worst escalation that we've seen in a long time and it seems to come down to both sides seem intent on marking their territory you have the security services in 2 g. to stand which are famously nontransparent if you can stand a very authoritarian state and then you have also the border guards in kyrgyzstan increasingly coming to blows received some video of of arms being distributed to the population so we have some really worrying signs that the negotiation process that's completely broken down there's a lot of hot rhetoric going going back and forth this is one of the last undefined frontiers in the post soviet region in central asia when you look at this part of the map this is the they're gonna valley where it was back at stanford you can stand in kyrgyzstan also detail around one another it's a very complicated ethnic patchworks of course you know you can't place blame on the fact that there are no clear geographic markers between the borders between the

securities and the tajik side so that that's just sort of geographic confusion you could say there's also tend to be upstream on the water on the rivers and have better access typically to water have downstream access of bet lesser access to water and these are fundamental rights but you know in addition to those things you have to periphery southern kyrgyzstan and northern to stand there are just about as far as you can possibly get away from the capital cities of each of those countries and i think the residents of those areas those border communities are in economically depressed regions and they do not feel heard or respected very much by the central capitals the kremlin's most high profile critic alexina has lost an appeal against a conviction for defaming a world war 2 veteran there was his 1st court appearance since it ended a 3 week hunger strike and he took his chance to again criticize president vladimir putin but it's press reports from moscow. on a poor quality video link from a prison hospital alexei navalny look 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 bloody me of putin's most prominent critic out of things to talk about to. this 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 they're 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 vollies group from operating the number 2 a state that's such a 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 his name mentioned on russian television and he attempt to remind people who he is he's quickly erased this mural incent petersburg was painted over hours after appearing overnight alexina valmy supporters say they'll carry on with their kremlin activities but without the charismatic personality they might find it much harder to have an impact. but it's with al-jazeera moscow.

u.s. president joe biden's in the state of georgia where he held a driving rally to mark his 100th day in office reflecting on his address to congress the day before he highlighted what is it ministration has achieved so far he also repeated his promise to invest trillions of dollars in jobs infrastructure and education. it's only about 100 days left to tell you i've never been more optimistic about the future in america america is on the move again we're choosing hope over fair truth over lies light over darkness paperwork or work again we're dreaming again we're discovering again we're leading the world again if you're a true free democracy could deliver for the people. one of biden's 1st executive orders after taking office included reversing several of donald trump's immigration

policies the problems at the southern border has persisted under the new administration there we're going to have more from john holdren the mexico in just a moment but 1st. the border wall where maccallum in texas managing the u.s. southern border has been among the biggest challenges president biden has faced in his 1st 100 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 player telling but the coming summer is when people tend to cross the most mean while only 29 percent of americans approve of the way biden has handled the border easily his poorest polling issue. we're knitting camp inside the city of t.v. one actually it's right next to the border crossing point with the united states and the reason that this tent camp is formed is significant formed around february because 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 honduras el 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 here

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 and for that process to take place for them to wait in the united states and they slowly being processed and let in now people into one of some of them are calling it the biden effect the fact that a president who's 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 there and violence from different gangs there's also actually a lot of people in this camp from the state of michoacan in southwest mexico they a fleeing an absolute turf war there 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 a more of a chance to be allowed into the u.s. . and you can get a lot more pictures and background and all the stories we're covering here knowledge is either on our websites all deceit row dot com the. al-jazeera dot com . this is al-jazeera these are the top stories at least 44 people have been killed and more than 100 have been injured in a stampede at a religious festival in northern israel it happened in mt mid on forehead tens of thousands of people have gathered for the holiday fall so it has this update from the scene all the way up to here we've been seeing stragglers from the events overnight trying to get lifts getting on buses and we are talking so to.