for tomorrow's discussion every time i talk about races then i will get a twitter storm and be called a racist programs that open your eyes to an alternative view of the while today we are about to feed tells them sometimes themselves hungry markets see the world from a different perspective on al-jazeera. the u.s. restricts travelers from india citing the spike in infections there and a highly contagious variant of the virus. the soldiers are alive from a headquarters in doha and daddy navigator also coming up a deadly car bomb in afghanistan as peace talks between the government and taliban resume and foreign troops begin withdrawing. israel begins bring the victims of

a stampede at a religious festival the prime minister describes it as one of the country's worst disasters while many businesses began small struggle will be economic impacts of the pandemic one company has just posted record profits. hello the u.s. has become the latest country to impose restrictions on most travelers from india due to the spiraling number of cope with 1000 cases there starting on tuesday only u.s. citizens on permanent residents will be allowed in india is battling a 2nd wave of infections and continues to register the world's highest single day infections. has more from washington d.c. . the white house says that they gave very close consideration to this very important decision they say that they consulted with c.d.c. with other health officials and with national security officials as well but ultimately made the decision to ban all indian citizens from entering the united

states we don't know how long this ban will be in place but it does go into effect next tuesday on may 4th now white house officials were quick to point out to see that this does not affect any u.s. citizens at all there are about 4000000 indian americans in the united states these are u.s. passport holders u.s. citizens but they could get self identified as either being born in india where the indian descent they will not be affected by this nevertheless this is still a very strong move by the united states government here and they said that they are making this decision primarily for 2 reasons looking at the data coming out of india the high caseload there and also the multiple variants that are circulating as well now this move comes. as other countries and places are doing the same the u.k. germany italy and singapore among others are already also issued similar bans on u.s. indian citizens in turning their borders as well. just

a few hours all adults in india will be eligible to get a covert $1000.00 back scene but there is concern over shortages with some states saying they've run out of doses the us is working with the world trade organization to discuss a fair way of sharing vaccines worldwide but it stopped short of committing to a temporary suspension of patents which would allow more drug companies to produce the vaccines so the meeting in geneva pushing for a patent waiver by the main manufacturers pfizer and astra zeneca it says that will speed up distribution to poorer nations but there are major objections from countries which hold the patents especially the united states to here i mean as a co-founder of iraq that's a team of lawyers scientists and health experts who campaigned for equal access to drugs and vaccines he says india's access to lifesaving tools is being held back.

the wealthy countries continue to oppose the waiver this is a waiver that was on intellectual property not only just a vaccine but it was submitted in october is also the p.p. equipment it's ventilators so it's for anything that can actually be used to respond to covert and yet we've been dragging our feet to the wealthy countries in the last 678 months so it's not just about the vaccines this is been on the table for a while and we knew it was coming and the problem is is that this is the system's doing what it was supposed to do it was actually used to essentially give all the technological power to the wealthy countries and that's what the troops agreement that was created for it was created by flies and companies like that and what you see these technological clones effect that the wages not just about patents and it has to be we have to be clear this wavers about intellectual property patents on loan or not going to allow the manufacturers to make the vaccines in the

intellectual property of dalton to trade secrets in the know how and essentially the idea that other manufacturers can make these vaccines at least some of them is actually a myth it's at yes most going that's been put up and the wealthy countries and companies keep putting them up we believe in speaking with various producers out that they could actually get some of their own infrastructure up and running but using these vaccines by at least the end of the year and that means we would still be the projections that many low income countries who are going to have to wait till 2024 to see that we could still be the projection of a truck bomb in afghanistan has killed at least $21.00 people that happened in poorly alan city the capital of logar province south of kabul a crowd had gathered to break their ramadan fast the government has blamed the taliban for the explosion which is one of the deadliest in recent months. that attack amos talks resume to try and resolve the 20 year conflict representatives

from the u.s. russia china and pakistan met with the taliban and this is happening as the u.s. begins a gradual drawdown of its remaining troops in afghanistan osama bin laden is here in doha with more on the talks this is the biggest concern that all parties have who are engaged in these talks that the violence is going to increase in of going to stand in less than 48 hours when the deadline expires asper the agreement between the taliban and the united states that all foreign forces will leave the united states has indicated with its new administration that the u.s. forces are going to be withdrawing gradually that they would draw will begin from may the 1st but it will not be completed at that time which has been a longstanding demand of the taliban and to discuss that special representatives and envoys from russia china the united states as well as pakistan attended this meeting with the taliban where all of these issues were discussed the taliban insisting that they need to see their prisoners being released a few 100 of them still remain in prisons they need to be delisted from

a terrorist organization status by the united nations and other demands by the taliban which they say have not been met by the parties and the other parties including the united states is concerned about the violence it's concerned about the spike in attacks that have happened in since last year when this deal was signed between the united states and the taliban all of these international players who are in afghanistan not just the nato forces and the united states but also neighboring countries including iran and pakistan have been trying to mediate in these talks as well trying to tell these parties to come to some sort of a conclusion because one of the understand cannot stand is another war and as the previous u.s. secretary of state put it that this is the graveyard of empires and the united states does not want to be there for an indefinite period of time. lawrence is a professor of international relations. at the american university and a former u.s. diplomat he says washington's approach to the dulha talks and their reasons for

withdrawal have a bold and the taliban they're going to be continued attacks all we have to kill the u.s. to departure and this is probably the 1st of them there was some speculation that the tali bond of would not perpetrated taps during the withdrawal to accelerate the drawl and make sure that the u.s. he sits timetable and there's an argument that maybe that could lead to some reduction of attacks but i actually believe the opposite i believe that because the taliban are really not had to make any sorts of concessions that there's no peace deal yet that this reinforces the taliban and other groups message that they force the americans out and they're winning and so that is actually an incentive for more attacks the primary purpose of the u.s. joe is not peace there is no peace deal the primary purpose here is domestic u.s. politics and the u.s. even says it's not doing it in order to keep to the february 29th 2020 green it

doing it because it no longer has sufficient interests in afghanistan to maintain the troop levels and the messaging is all wrong spacek is basically saying we're leaving leaving for all reasons and we're not really going to stand sufficiently in support of everything that was fought for during this 20 year cost and the taliban who are going to bellyache it increased their rhetorical levels and calls for violence or saying well the u.s. didn't keep its promises they can't be trusted. trainer roles have been held for some of the 45 people killed in a stampede at an ultra orthodox jewish festival in israel on thursday families were anxious to burry loved ones before the sabbath but somebody still haven't been identified calls are growing for a public inquiry into the bizarre star which unfolded at the country's largest gathering since the start of the pandemic from northern israel parish also reports

. its israel's largest religious festival attracting half a 1000000 mainly ultra-orthodox participants each year this year are celebrating a 2nd century rabbi in seiji his tomb was also the largest gathering of any kind since the start of the pandemic mass excell taishan turned in minutes to 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 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 would have been if i saw tens of people with you lying here on the floor i saw tens of injured walking and bleeding i saw it children i saw adults very difficult sites. the next day brought

a mass evacuation operation and the start of a major police investigation it also brought the israeli prime minister announcing a national day of mourning on sunday and defending the role of the emergency services. 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 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. the 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. nonetheless 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 still ahead on al-jazeera of the world's biggest refugee camps shut next year potentially leaving fellow zones of people in limbo. refugee rights to

a safe passage by the english channel. become dangerous for migrants and those protecting them. it's time for the perfect gentleman. sponsored point qatar airways range return to japan i know it's been raining but is more on 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 landslides certainly for flash flooding and things got caution slightly warmer 39 s. a parra 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 we have break in the line of what should be seasonal rain there is more though at 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 in the on the border of the southern philippines knows the philippines look quite fine in the moment and the change in the fear i think in the weather in india also 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 that pretty violent. qatar airways well if we cannot have palestina my government was suddenly not allowed britain to control french palestine would be an outrage but then we need to find another solution before we come to blows 100 years ago britain and france made

a secret deal that would influence the shape of the middle east for a century to come and so. now we can durham a. psych speak of lines in the sand on al-jazeera. now again the top stories are jazeera the u.s. has become the latest country to impose restrictions on most travelers from india to use of a spiraling number of coronavirus cases there starting on tuesday only u.s. citizens on permanent residents will be allowed to. in just a few hours all adults in india will be eligible to get

a covert $1000.00 vaccine but there is concern over shortages would some states saying they brought out of doses india's battling a 2nd wave of infection. at least 21 people have been killed in a truck bomb attack in afghanistan that happened in a pretty awesome city the capital of logar province where a crowd had gathered to break their ramadan fast. one on the pandemic and turkey has reported its highest coburn 100 daily death toll on friday pushing the number of deaths above 40000 and nationwide lockdown began on thursday people have been ordered to stay at home for 3 weeks except for essential reasons so no customer who has more from istanbul. 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 morning 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 and the world and number one in europe in terms of to highest figures however there are challenges the spite the government claims that they are planning to bring down the daily infections down below 5000 at the end of these 3 weeks 1st the inflation is in double digits 2nd the turkish lira is sinking and no need to mention craftsmen who suffered the lock downs and the measures the most are in a tight financial corner and no need to mention despite an early kick in early january turkey if full 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 vaccines arriving to turkey coronavirus lockdowns have left many business owners around the world struggling to stay afloat but online retailers are they are cashing in amazon has posted record profits revenue jumped 44 percent in the 1st quarter to more than $180000000000.00 the company expects to match or beat that figure in the 2nd quarter and its retail business isn't the only one thriving during the pandemic amazon's cloud computing service grew by a 3rd while sales and its advertising wing rose by 77 percent but the company faces growing activism within its workforce this week amazon committed to a pay rise for half a 1000000 employees after a failed bid to form a union at one u.s. warehouse robert scott is a senior international economist the big economic policy institute and he says the

u.s. government's failure to support small businesses has only encouraged amazon's rapid expansion. just has gotten incredibly lucky but that's not an accident they have been planning something like this i think for a long time and their marketing strategy of it has been based on cannibalizing small businesses main street shops everywhere and this is been going on a long time was one part helping out and together they have really changed the landscape of retail america it has not only done that it's destroyed hundreds of thousands of jobs and small businesses my colleague cared for college urban's who's now with the council of economic advisors in the white house estimates that one in 6 mall businesses as closed as stores during the close but recession i estimate as well over 500000 small businesses in the u.s. have gone under these are firms employ 20 people or fewer all added up and that

adds up to millions of jobs that have been destroyed there's no work for those workers to go back to as a result of this and amazon cam cannibalism prussia has added alexina of all these political that work to what's list of terrorist extremist groups and then another setback for the jailed kremlin critic his lawyer is facing a criminal investigation ivan pavlov is accused of this close in casa fight information he's defending the volleys anticorruption foundation a against the law also seeking to bend the organization there's been violence across colombia for a 3rd day as demonstrators rally against the controversial tax reform bill the worst of the fighting is happening in the city of cali where buses buildings and even police officers have been set on fire several people have died and more than $100.00 have been injured protesters say the bill which will lower the threshold for those who have to pay taxes is an attack on the middle class. 2 refugee camps

in kenya which host more than 400000 people are set to close by june next year the government says some of those living at the facilities and will be given residency others will be sent back to their home countries most of the refugees are from somalia and south sudan who fled war for years kenya has argued the camps are being used as a recruiting ground for the armed groups. catherine soy has more from nairobi. this issue has been longstanding and 26th in the government threatened to shut down dobra fiji champa of the border with somalia saying it is a threats to national security at the time there were many a toxin being carried out in kenya say to be carried out by al-shabaab to fight the armed groups fighting in somalia now that situation went away when the court ruled that it would be illegal to shut down the this same same result in march the minister. minister of interior read my. os that you wouldn't see are to come up

with a report and a roadmap to ensure that the comps are closed as soon as possible saying again threats to national security the government rejected the proposal by the un it c.r. we basically said that it's impossible to do much this year because of the coronavirus been demick and then again just the complex mode just sticks of having through patridge or resettle hundreds of thousands of refugees from different countries now there's been a back and forth between the government and minutes here and i think that's why it was important for the head of units grounded to come to kenya speak directly with president hu who cannot talk the government says they want the consequence because of national security but then other people out we also say it could be because of the diplomatic route the ongoing diplomatic problems in somalia and kenya and somalia has accused kenya of interfering in its political affairs in december

somalia diplomatic ties with kenya is also an ongoing mari time dispute to before the international court of justice and the people who are caught in between are the thousands of hundreds and thousands of refugees who have been living in the will continue living in one site and just spoken to many of them who are saying they don't feel welcome in kenya anymore but they're too afraid to go back to the. because they're still not safe. a team of volunteers is perching itself on the cliffs of the english coast in an effort to fight the mistreatment of refugees they say those crossing over from france are facing an increasingly hostile reception but the u.k. government says it needs to protect the border from the channel coast jonah hole reports it's an early start for the channel rescue volunteers scanning the horizon

from the cliff tops and see for signs of life in small boats. people getting into. being. incredibly dangerous and we are concerned about. as day breaks mobile software shows u.k. ball of vessels responding to a distress call 10 nautical miles from shore a rescue is on the way channel rescues mission is to monitor and document as much as they can seeing the proper procedures are followed that human rights are upheld . this is just one of a number of rescues taking place today among those on board women and very young children or u.k. border force has done what it's obliged to do under international law that brought these people to safety here to the fort of dover i counted 30 maybe 40 people

crammed onto that border for special 2 dinghies that they used to make their journey attached to it they'll be processed here and then taken to a variety of forms of accommodation at the start of what could be a very lengthy asylum application process and while they are treated with care they aren't welcomed with open arms by a conservative government intent on tightening its immigration rules and discouraging asylum seekers. chills is an immigration lawyer who gives much of his time to channel rescue the home secretary perceives how he said that if she wants to fix a broken immigration system well she was the one that's broken and here idea is. you know militarization and such totally change people's visual perception of poor people in military barracks that's militarize the border let's get trains it's talk about warships. that that's that's frightening. and that's why the organization started this very very awful rhetoric is something that we don't want

to subscribe to and we want to. shows people. there are human rights laws that exists the numbers over $8000.00 arriving by sea last year and said to be rising are still relatively small for a country the size of the u.k. but the fact that they come here with or is refugees all rizzi economic migrants has a political dimension far larger than that joho al-jazeera on the channel coast it's been called the lungs of the world but the brazilian amazon is no longer soaking up the world's excess emissions in fact a new study has found the rain forest released nearly 20 percent more carbon dioxide over the last decade than it absorbs and that's because more if it has been burned or destroyed than was allowed to grow research in the nature of climate change the journal found there was 4 times as much deforestation in 2019 than

either of the 2 previous years. and debate is raging in the u.s. over whether it's time for nuclear energy many of the country's aging power plants or jews are closed by the end of a decade that's being applauded by some activists who consider them unsafe but others say whatever replaces the carbon free energy could climate goals kristen salumi reports from new york state. it's the end of an era in new york's hudson valley the indian point nuclear power plant is coming off line at one time it employed $1000.00 people here and provided about half of the tax revenue for the village of buchanan not to mention a quarter of the electricity used by new york city i lived here all my life buchanan merits a recent knickerbocker believes the plant has been a good neighbor you are right. now it's to me. it's something that didn't have to happen it's really

a sad day for us because indian point has been a huge part of our history indian point is unsafe you can't just say well let's keep it on the line when you have a number of mishaps the number of structural issues when you're looking at a 60 year old design so every environmentalist like paul glade disagree with his nonprofit organization riverkeeper fought long and hard for the plants closure which was announced by the state's governor in 2017 by 2025 we will have 3 times as much clean energy and energy efficiency combined as indian point used to generate. increasingly though questions are being raised about how the state will replace its output and claims the loss of the plant will be offset by renewable energy sources given to new natural gas burning facilities are being built in the state. a new generation of environmentalists is challenging the assumption that

nuclear power is too dangerous and they're making their views known all over new york pointing out. that nuclear power is carbon free at a time when climate scientists say we need to dramatically cut carbon emissions. activists say it's a national concern we have 3 more plants in upstate new york and we have many plants all over the country that are in danger of being shut down this area is not contaminated there knickerbocker can vouch for the benefits of living in a nuclear neighborhood to replace this nuclear power plant with 0 carbon emissions for gas fired plants by that doesn't make any sense to me that really just boggles my mind how is that helping the environment. she wishes others had spoken up sooner kristen salumi al jazeera buchanan new york. football club some players in the u.k. have started a 4 day boycott of social media and a campaign to end online abuse. racism discrimination.

after football announced its plans last week other sports in the country including cricket rugby and tennis joined in as well football's european and world governing bodies are also backing the boycott players want social media companies to do more to stop discriminatory abuse being sent or even viewed on many of those involved have posted this message english football is coming together with other organizations on sports to boycott social media and demand change we are asking for a significant action to bring to an end the vile discriminatory abuse players and many others have to endure. follow the headlines on al-jazeera the u.s. has become the latest country to impose restrictions on most travelers from india due to the spiraling number of cases there.