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18 from saturday. and a couple faces a huge fine over its music streaming policies that use accusing the company of violating antitrust laws. also several major sports in england are boycotting social media for 4 days in an effort to fight back against online discrimination. welcome to the program calls a growing very public inquiry in israel after the country's largest gathering since the pandemic ended in tragedy at least $45.00 people were killed in a stampede at a religious festival in mt heron amount that on pardon me where tens of thousands of orthodox jews gathered on thursday night prime minister benjamin netanyahu says sunday will be a national day of mourning how the force that reports style format wrong in northern israel. its israel's largest religious festival attracting half

a 1000000 mainly ultra-orthodox participants each year this year. celebrating a 2nd century rabbi and sage here's to the largest gathering of any kind since the start of the pandemic mass excell taishan turned in minutes. panic injury and death . a narrow passageway became a compacted sea of stumbling swaying crowds trying to get out. close by people were pressing on metal sheeting a few overwhelmed police improvising an escape route while also trying to keep some back. it was clear by now that a mass tragedy was unfolding the crowding and confusion that led to it also hampering the rescue efforts in its aftermath sure we were going i saw tens of people if you've lying here on the floor i saw tens of injured walking and bleeding i saw it children i saw adults very difficult sights that the next day brought

a mass evacuation operation and the start of a major police investigation it also brought the israeli prime minister announcing and national day of mourning on sunday and defending the role of the emergency services. with york there was a rapid rescue operation by the police the rescue and security forces and we are grateful to them they prevented a much bigger disaster we will conduct a thorough serious and in-depth investigation to ensure that such a disaster does not reoccur was 6 some protested against the presence of the head of israel's secular government during an ongoing religious festival no matter netanyahu is close partnership with ultra-orthodox political parties there are pressing questions now for the ultra orthodox rabbis who are in charge of this event for the police who are meant to safeguard it for the political leaders who allowed it to take place with such apparent light intervention added to that is the fact that there have long been warnings about this precipitous pathway this

bottleneck on the way out and the dangers lurking here some of those making their way home accuse the police of blocking an exit others said an event like this had long been a risk i felt unsafe and this isn't just. about 100 percent. but it was miracles every year but you could do it you could do the best out of it should be like. the human being should be at least safe to how much he could have. none the less some were determined to continue this year's festival even as others mourned their recalls now for a full independent public inquiry to accompany the police investigation ari force at al-jazeera meron northern israel. create a virus infections across india have reached another record high with more than 386000 new cases and nearly 3500 deaths reported vaccinations are being opened

up to all angles of the age of 18 starting on saturday but health ministers in several hard hit states say they've run out of doses testing doubts on the government's ability to vaccinate 600000000 newly eligible people elizabeth iran reports from new delhi. money could go sits by her husband's hospital bed just hours after she lost her mother to car the 19 and she's managed to find him oxygen but not the ventilator doctors say he needs right now return to the marketing director for the privilege of living for the good of the right for you if you need something to support the person you are putting. right i don't know how the numbers are bouncing their numbers. and he is under funded health care system is collapsing as it's overwhelmed by the world's biggest surge in cases that there are long lines

outside oxygen supply is around the country this tension here as people wait in the hope of getting oxygen for the sick relatives some has been waiting for more than 12 hours but with hospitals out of beds and oxygen the supply is a many people. only hope. aid began arriving from other countries this week with the 1st cargo from the u.s. touching down in new delhi on friday the military plane was carrying more than 400 oxygen cylinders hospital equipment and nearly a 1000000 rapid tests the u.s. will also send hundreds of thousands of vaccines and the rule materials needed to manufacture more that says many states say they don't have enough doses to start and knock it out to all adults from saturday as planned bearing for the vaccination campaign started mcduck ambience also between thousands of. health care about careers and doctors into. those dark these records nation gambit but there is no

votes in the us health experts say the government failed to prepare for the 2nd wave and was lucky enough to have a 2nd the 2nd wave which was delayed compared to many other countries out there and be hard to get along. to see what us up and to the rest of the world in terms of our year the 2nd day was and unfortunately optical researcher i sort of failed to see the kind of preparation that i was i was expecting that the government would be doing in the last one year money because her mother wasn't a victim of covert $19.00 but a lack of preparedness by the government and that she doesn't know what she'll tell her 8 year old son if she goes home without his father elizabeth piron an al-jazeera new delhi. well southeast asian countries are on high alert after a sharp increase in corona virus cases in cambodia and laos vietnam reported its 1st community outbreak in weeks on thursday and the philippines is extending curbs

on people's movements in the manila region for a slippery reports. the philippines is battling one of the worst coronavirus outbreaks in asia the government has extended restrictions on movement in gatherings in the capital manila and 4 nearby provinces for another 2 weeks those hardest hit are the poor many have turned to community run food banks to feed their families. for granted like the porter said that this community pantry is very important because this is a big help to us i'm lucky it's here and i'm very thankful ever since help started coming from here corona virus is making a resurgence elsewhere in southeast asia cambodia had one of the world's lowest number of infections in the 1st year of the pandemic. but it's now locked down its capital phnom penh a nearby town and the coastal town see how to fill. neighboring vietnam reported its 1st community transmission in more than

a month on thursday the new cases come ahead of a 4 day holiday weekend health authorities have warned against mass gatherings and ordered state agencies to tighten screening and contact tracing efforts. thailand recently added more measures including a ban on dining in restaurants in bangkok and making it compulsory to wear masks in public. mass vaccination campaigns in many of these countries have to. thailand and the philippines have so far vaccinated only around one and a half percent of their population the 19 crisis has exposed the urgent need for more resilient systems. and uterine rupture the ability. and access to medicine and medical knowledge is earlier this year it seemed that many southeast asian countries hits excess fully contained that 19 but the latest

developments show just how difficult and unpredictable that battle can be florence italy. turkey is and has its 1st full lockdown of the pandemic amid a surge in infections and its residents have been ordered to stay at home for 3 weeks except for essential leaves. so this update from istanbul all. these 3 weeks are meant to be the strictest lockdown across turkey since the global pandemic hit the country last year this time they were all with a partial lockdown on weekends and in the evenings until mornings but then why did the turkish government decide to head into full lockdown this time basically it's the surge in the number of the daily infections in the country in early april the number of daily infections were more than 65000 in mid april the number came down to 30000 however the figures are still worrying and these figures ranked turkey the

4th in the world and number one in europe in terms of the highest figures however there are challenges the spite the government claims that they are planning to bring down the daily infections down below $5000.00 at the end of these 3 weeks 1st the inflation isn't double digits 2nd the turkish lira is sinking and now wanted to mention kraft. men who suffered the lock downs and the measure is the most are in upright financial corner and no need to mention despite an early kick in early january turkey fall behind its planned intercalation schedule but the good news from the health ministry is that the shortfall in vaccination will be overcome in the next 2 months with the new vaccine is arriving to turkey. russia jail kremlin critic alexina values organizations onto a list that involves terrorism and extremism the anti corruption foundation has been banned in the country well earlier the valleys lawyer was detained for

supposedly disclosing classified information on thursday in the valley made his 1st court appearance since ending a 3 week hunger strike he's currently in prison for breaking parole conditions continue the move meanwhile to nothing i have just been searched lawyers documents representing lawyers secrets have been confiscated practically all the documents on the 7th of case have been confiscated i was against it but it smith has more from moscow. even power law for 20 years has defended people involved in some the most sensitive cases in russia involving accusations of treason and espionage and it's extremely unusual for a lawyer even involved in such sensitive cases to be detained in any way now that he's been detained under a rarely used law and he's accused of disclosing this classified information in relation to an investigation into one of his clients a journalist called. sovereign off so. powerful or is still being questioned as

we understand this afternoon he's been questioned now for about 4 hours meanwhile yet more bad news for the valley and his organization of like a further setback really russia's financial monitoring agency has added and of on these regional offices to its list of groups as are involved in terrorism and extremism we know already there's a court case going on against those groups they've already on thursday close themselves down because they sort of knew this was coming but it is yet another example of 'd the pressure being piled on in the valley and his supporters making it extremely difficult for them to continue operating and it means that really the most sort of the loudest critic of president vladimir putin he's avenues of

speaking out against putin are very very slowly or quickly now and surely being closed down. well still ahead here on out is there are thousands of people in myanmar prepared to flee to thailand as fighting between the military and separatists as killings. and protests against a decision to delay palestine's 1st parliamentary elections in 15 years we'll tell you why straight after the break. rains return to japan i know it's been raining but is more in its way on saturday a slow moving system stretching from the korean peninsula right through the home show some of the are incented suggest some big down poles and given what happened a couple days ago that's more potential for landslide certainly for flash flooding and things got question slightly warmer 39 s.

a paro neverwhere to the west is now largely sunny and warm quiet beijing and shanghai roughly the same time she's quite hot in hong kong humidity so it is very little rain in china what there is is trying to come in from the west it's not really seasonal stuff just yet a bit of break in the line of what should be seasonal rain there is more of the other end of it so what's developing in western china is throughout this part of southeast asia anywhere from vietnam back towards thailand to be some pretty big downpours recent the same is true when you're on the border of the southern philippines know the philippines look quite fine a moment and the change in the fear i think in the weather in india was for into the low to middle forty's in most of northern india the pre monsoon heat there's an increasing humidity all over the place it's these big showers in the northeast of india in bangladesh things to worry about there pretty violent.

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that at least $45.00 people were killed in a stampede at a religious festival it happened in mount metal where up 220-0000 ultra orthodox jews had gathered several indian states said they've already run out of coronavirus jobs a day before the country starts its vaccination drive for all models above 18 new infections across india have reached a new high with 386000 cases reported in the past 24 hours and russia has added jail to kremlin critic alexina valley's organizations to a list that involves terrorism and extremism and the anti corruption foundation has been banned in the country and in the valleys lawyer was detained for supposedly disclosing classified information. as military is stepping up attacks on rebel strongholds as opposition to its takeover expands to fighters in the semi autonomous ethnic regions and rebels have been targeting myanmar's army

positions scott hyder explains the history of the minority ethnic groups and their role in the movement against such and. no one is questioning that ceasefire agreement and peace talks between the me and my army and some of the major armed ethnic groups are now either positive or outright dead. about a dozen rebel groups have announced their support for the uprising on the streets some even protecting protesters from security forces as the crackdown became more violent there are nearly 2 dozen armed ethnic groups mostly in the borderlands that for decades have been fighting the myanmar military for greater autonomy. some feel that while each of the ethnic armies has their own objectives the current situation could draw them together as they coordinate against the military it might be a short lived loose alliance though as there are many rivalries and individual agreements between them. but there's a new element the urban based protesters mostly from the majority but maher ethnicity who are now banding together with the minority community. and in some

cases as this video appears to show young protesters have gone from street protesting to joining rebel army camps in the jungle to train as fighters what is new now is this if the people. that they understand the plight of the ethnic. why do you fight for right now not fighting for your whiting the country but the fighting full autonomous and. then the democratic government some of the rebel army see the current crisis as an opportunity to step up attacks on army positions like one of the strongest a k n u a group representing the korean minority in its territory near the border with thailand. earlier in the week its fighters attacked uncaptured an army outpost along the river border. the military has stepped up air attacks on korean held territory injuring civilians and sending many fleeing for safety. in the north kitchen rebels have also increased their attacks on the army and like the korean

they have also face an increase in air assault. even of all the estimated $75000.00 rebels band together they'd still be facing a $350000.00 strong army despite being outnumbered it's thought that if the pace of urban unrest continues and the rebels step up their attacks it could stretch the army something that the newly formed unity government of ousted politicians and ethnic leaders hopes to do by creating a federal army scott hodler al-jazeera. a problem and antigovernment protests leader in thailand has been said to hospital following a 46 day hunger strike chilliwack known to his supporters as penguin has been held in pretrial detention on charges of insulting the monarchy the 22 year old activist lost more than 12 kilograms penguin played a key role in last year's youth led movement calling for reforms of the time monarchy and resignation of the military government. palestine's 1st parliamentary elections in 15 years have been proposed now they were due to be held next month

but president mahmoud abbas has delayed the vote citing a dispute with israel over voting in occupied east jerusalem leader abraham reports from the occupied west bank. 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 are free to go to the polls will campaign and whoever wins wins this is a democracy we believe in a. rival palestinian factions fatah had 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 he doesn't see of us and become a real 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 while some say it shows how eager tell us tinian is our 1st change others say it threatens a bass's authority senior leaders have split from fatah means 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 our best is the factions will work towards forming a national unity government but that might not be enough. to quell the anger and the. bank. the regulators are

accusing the u.s. tech giant apple of adopting anti competitive practices they're siding with the swedish or you streaming firm spotify in a case that could cost the iphone maker as much as 27000000000 dollars spotify is complain that apple unfairly stops i phone users from downloading music streaming outs other than its own apple music not the girths is an assistant professor at the university of 20 and a technology ethicist he says other tech companies have adopted similar practices to those being scrutinized in this case. i think any time you act as both a platform and as a product seller yourself there's going to be issues with guards the competition and the obvious advantage apple has to be able to push their own products gogel 'd has had this problem and is on is this problem so this isn't apple alone and clearly needs to be determined how to address this question of how you can be both

. a marketplace for other products and yourself selling a product yeah i think it's again one of these issues where from apple's perspective you know you don't you don't have to go through them there are other options and spotify is perspective of course the question is well what do people actually do it's not just about what options are available but how people actually go through the app store and how they're going to be directed through there so even if other options do exist it's not really reflective of how users how customers actually relate to the technology that they're related to and that's of course what really has to be driving our ethical and political concerns is what people actually do not just what exists for prominent hong-kong pro-democracy activists including joshua one pleaded guilty to taking part in an illegal assembly to commemorate the 1910 min square massacre please stand by and you will vigil for the 1st time in 3

decades in austria something current virus restrictions but tens of thousands still turned up in what was the last peaceful event because already behind bars for organizing other illegal rallies. as of current activists to send giant balloons going half a 1000000 of them of propaganda leaflets pardon me across the border to north korea the flyers condemned the government headed by kim jong un park saying how korea up to 3 years in prison for the move which is considered a criminal offense critics accuse soul of sacrificing freedom of expression in an effort to improve ties with pyongyang but what pride has more from seoul. the group responsible for this launch say they released a total of 10 large balloons from 2 locations close to the d.m.z. separating north and south korea carrying they say up to hearth a 1000000 leaflets condemning north korea and describing the leader kim jong un as a nuclear lunatic now these launches always enraged north korea who described the

defectors who released these leaflets as human scum and holding the south korean government responsible for their actions in fact it was a similar releases last summer which led to north korea cutting off a communications with the south going as far as destroying a liaison office that had been set up to try to establish better relations the south korean government conscious of how north korea responds has taken measures to try to prevent these actions by these defectors going as far as passing a law last december that now makes it illegal act to release these leaflets punishable by up to 3 years in prison that in turn has been criticized by defectors who say it infringes on their rights of free speech here in south korea the south korean government says after this latest launch it will be taking appropriate action now hundreds of fishermen across south korea have been protesting against

japan's decision to release contaminated water from its fukushima nuclear plant into the sea they fear the threat of contamination will have a huge impact on the industry and their livelihoods many are calling on tokyo to withdraw the plan as soon as possible. leading british football club some players have just begun a 4 day boycott of social media as part of an effort to fight back against online abuse football's european or world governing bodies are backing the boycott cricket rugby and tennis have also joined in players what social media companies to do more to stop discriminatory abuse being sent or seen many of those involved posted this message english football is coming together with other organizations and sports to boycott social media and demand change we are asking for significant action to bring to an end discriminatory abuse players and many others have to endure what we've been speaking to ethylene john of the english football association about the global sport and campaign has received. it's not that we all say that social media

has a mechanism in and of itself is bad what we all say is that there are not enough safety margin says not enough monitoring not enough in force and then on social media platforms at the moment and that is why there is this horrible culture of the b.s. that is taking place day in day out without any consequences for many individuals all over the world you know the abuse isn't coming you know just from fans will by stating them what you will be coming from across the globe for individuals some of him how much he no involvement or passion or following behind the school and that's because you can't stay at home in a completely different part of the wild type whatever you want online and delete your account and face the consequences and go about your day and for all individuals who are receiving abuse in the victim be that a female player has be that racist semitism homophobia or indeed any other type of discriminate. that stays with you beyond that moment and impacts you 5 many friends

and eyes around and we cannot sit back and allow this to continue to happen and that's why for us as the english governing body and indeed as a collective of the sport more widely we really need its use of voices today and call on others to support us so we are holding on fans other organizations to get behind us to join us in this call and some make your voices had because this online discriminate must stop. your children there with me so rob a reminder of all top stories israel's prime minister has promised an investigation after at least 45 people were killed in a stampede at a religious festival that happened in mt not only up 220-0000 ultra-orthodox jews had counted so nobody only knows some of the community of the mountain air and disaster is one of the worst disasters that has befall in the state of israel may be more in the vic.