uninterrupted. for a. fact. can you like to think that there's nationalism is not as ugly as someone else's not. scripted. another covert 1000 record in india media reporting 400000 new infections as the country launches a mass immunization campaign. watching others or a lie from headquarters and. 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. leading sports in the united kingdom begin a social media boycott in an effort to fight back against online discrimination. hello india has once again broken its own record for the number of daily infections 400000 new cases in the past 24 hours that's according to indian media there were more than 6000000 new infections in india in april which is the highest tally for any month in any nation and 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 elizabeth purana reports from new delhi. money could gold sits by her husband's hospital bed just alice art. she lost her mother to car the 19 she's managed to find him oxygen but

not the ventilator doctors say he needs my mother to her in the morning that the president prefers to think that we're going to have those that are that right her name is you need spending discipline the best things are were these are the right are the power from birth of birth and it was. india's underfunded 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 there's tension here as people wait in the hope of getting oxygen for this sick relatives some had been waiting for more than 12 hours but with hospitals out of beds and oxygen these supplies are many people's 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 tests. the u.s. will also send hundreds of thousands of vaccines and the vol 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 we started medicare between thousands of you know our health care about the doctors into those dart these records the nation gambit but there is no votes in with us health experts say the government failed to prepare for the 2nd wave. was lucky enough to have a 2nd the 2nd wave because delayed compared to many other countries out there will be hard to get along i mean to see what us up into the rest of the world in terms of how secure the 2nd day was and unfortunately in our. research or i sort of

fail to see the kind of preparation that i i was expecting that the government would be doing in the last one year money because her mother wasn't a victim of clothes $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 that surge has prompted bin us to impose restrictions on most travelers from india starting on trees they only u.s. citizens on permanent residents will be allowed in gabriel is also 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 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 can't get self identify as either being born in 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. brazil is also facing vaccine shortages it's recorded a total of $400000.00 deaths from the pandemic and activists say the government

must do more to stop the spread they protested copacabana beach in rio de janeiro bring flags and body bags monica reports. rio de janeiro's iconic copacabana beach covered with hundreds of body bags a tribute to the 4 100000 brazilians who wants their lives to qubit 19. we cannot accept these dates quietly if we do we will be accomplices of the crimes committed by those who govern us that's why we stage this when the sky. and blames president. for downplaying the virus and delaying the vaccine rollout. plan up on the media or people were dying and starving he was writing a jet ski and participating in anti democratic protests to shut down congress and the supreme court but he was only able to do this because he still has the support of the many brazilians. every hour the group held a symbolic funeral

a reminder that the pandemic in brazil is spreading rapidly and is far from over vaccine shortages have put the knock you lation campaign on hold in many cities like brazil health minister. made an appeal during a world health organization if we feel good on friday. feel good we're calling again on those who have vaccine surplus to share it with brazil a soon as possible so we can move forward broaden our vaccination campaign contain the pandemic at this critical time and avoid the proliferation of new variant result of the 2nd country in the world to have reached the grim milestone of 400000 deaths by covert 19 but it's not the only country in the region facing difficulties in latin america as a whole is taking a turn for the worse the region accounts for more than one 3rd of coronavirus

deaths in the world but only has 18th of the population. today most of the countries in the south pole and the under reagan are going to be picked up the animation countries like ecuador believe me argentina uruguay and i enter are reporting a brahmana big rise in factions and their health services are overwhelmed infections in colombia are also rising in hospitals in big cities like in medellin are running out of beds monica unite give on just sera we'll visionaire o. a truck bomb near a hospital in afghanistan has killed at least $21.00 people it happened and clearly alarm city in the capital of logar province south of kabul a truck was parked outside a building offering free accommodation to the needy and a crowd had gathered to break their ramadan fast the government has been the taliban for the explosion which is one of the deadliest and recent months. of the

protests when them it was evening we moved breaking our fast and after we finished evening prayers we set back down to 8 and suddenly the explosion happened and all the doors windows and the roof fell down on us with a squad to be a vital point the diggers are working at the site of the incident searching for survivors we don't know for going to find any more wounded victims or if there are all that failure contra furies in kabul and explains why the timing of the attack is key. these are extremely tense kinds here in afghanistan just because foreign troops have actually began there was a troll from again the stand and amber that you mentioned is the official number that keeps rising almost by the hour because locals they do put this number and they have been putting this number much higher since they attack has happened and it is expected to rise further there is efforts under way looking under the rubble for even more people who have been injured or died in the attack and we're talking

about civilian students and even to people who are the hospital that it was the area of the attack according to the head of the guards the provincial council there was a minit truck that drove in that area where the dormitories the hospital where the people in the truck said that they were coming to distribute food for it start like you mentioned it's the holy month of ramadan and then the explosion happened buildings collapsed and again according to the head of provincial council in the dormitory. problem there were a lot of students who were there ready to take their university entrance exams and according to game on please don't want floor there were 25 people there and he said that he believes that they are all dead the hospital has been badly damaged there have been a lot of people who have been transferred here out of the emergency hospital and downtown kabul and as we speak there's dozens of people who are gathered outside

the hospital trying to find out what's going on with their loved ones the government in a statement openly blames the taliban for their such attack. so far no one has claimed responsibility. the attack came as talks resume to try and resolve a 20 year conflict representatives from the u.s. russia china and pakistan met with the taliban and doha and this is happening as the u.s. begins a gradual drawdown of its remaining troops in afghanistan osama bin laden's 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 as per 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. still ahead. 2 of the world's biggest refugee council be shot next year. thousands of people in limbo. many businesses big and small struggle with the economic impact of the pandemic a one company has just posted record profits. for the perfect gentleman. sponsored plan qatar airways. return to japan i know it's been raining but there's more on its way on saturday a slow moving system stretching from the korean peninsula right through the home show some of the our incentives suggest some big down polls and given what happened

a couple days ago that's more potential for a landslide certainly for flash flooding in question slightly warmer 39 is a paro neverwhere to the west is now largely sunny and warm quiet beijing and shanghai roughly the same time she is 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 a 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 true out this part of southeast asia anywhere from vietnam back towards thailand to be pretty big downpours recent the same is true in europe and the border of the southern philippines knows 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 is increasing humidity all over the place is these big showers in the north east of

india in bangladesh sings to worry about the pretty violent. upa sponsored poll qatar airways. own country the cost of china's navy and its maritime militia dominate the south china sea as the u.s. lost control could the pandemic usher in the 4 day work week and environmental racism opposition grows to a u.s. pipeline. counting the cost on al-jazeera. my life i lived on one documentaries that open ice i will die i will on al-jazeera.

hello again the top stories on al-jazeera indian media is reporting that the total number of daily calling of hours in fractions has passed 400000 it's been breaking its own record for new cases over the past week and then a few hours of all adults will be eligible to get to cover $1000.00 vaccine but there is concern over shortages. the u.s. has become the latest country to impose restrictions on most travelers from india due to the spiraling number of one a virus cases there starting on tuesday only u.s. citizens on permanent residents will be oh i would. of these 21 people have been killed in a truck bomb attack in afghanistan that happened and clearly alarmed city because it's all of logar province where a crowd had gathered to break their ramadan fast. morning on the pandemic in turkey reporting its highest kovan 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 said of course 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 the highest figures however there are child. does this by 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 in 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 they call it the happiest place on earth and despite the masks it's safe to assume there were smiles all round on friday is disneyland in california welcome visitors for the 1st time in more than a year restrictions across the u.s. are being eased as the number of fully vaccinated americans passes 100000000 the world's 2nd most visited theme park will be operating at limited capacity tickets

are already sold out for the next 7 weeks. well current harvest lockdowns have left many business owners around the world struggling to stay afloat but online retailers are cashing in amazon has posted record profits revenue jumped 44 percent in the 1st quarter to more than one $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 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 on 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 at the economic policy institute he says the u.s. government's failure to support small businesses has only encouraged amazon's rapid

expansion just 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 and main street shops everywhere and this is been going on a long time with wal-mart helping out and together they have really changed the landscape of retail america it has not only done that is destroyed hundreds of thousands of jobs and small businesses my colleague chaired former colleague jerry bivins 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 quote recession i estimate that well over $500000.00 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. there's been violence across colombia for a 3rd day as demonstrators rally against a 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. the president of the democratic republic of congo has declared a quote state of siege in 2 provinces to control escalating violence between armed groups and the mineral rich east this allows the military to temporarily take in troll to maintain order in the north kivu and it to reprocess more than 300 people have been killed and more than one and a half 1000000 displaced since january 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 in the dublin cocoon will be given residency while 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 comp the border with somalia saying it is a threat 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 fred my. os that you wouldn't see are to come up

with a report and a road map 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 logistics 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 somalia has accused kenya of interfering in its political affairs in december somalia

diplomatic ties with kenya is also an ongoing marri time disputed 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 uncertainty are 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 their home. 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 john holl 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. which is one of the busiest. is 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 force vessel to 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. chill's is an immigration lawyer who gives much of his time to channel rescue him said she 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 you. show people that 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 whether as refugees or as economic migrants has a political dimension far larger than that jonah how al-jazeera on the channel coast. people in the philippines are marking the 500th anniversary of a battle that changed an indigenous people's history forever it was the start of evangelization the move to christianity and now the philippines has the 3rd largest catholic population in the world after brazil and mexico genuine bogan reports from several in central philippines where the main celebrations have been held. a reenactment of what happened here 500 years ago in 1521 ferdinand magellan

a portuguese explorer and his men docked on the shores of the subaru his intention to baptize local chiefs and her followers and to declare them subservient to spain the local chiefs bowed and were baptized but one of the rivals. refused. 7 and there was a battle between his tribe and the new arrivals ferdinand magellan who was in the middle of an epic voyage to circumnavigate the globe with killed by one of poisoned arrows. to this day magellan's death remains a symbol of indigenous resistance will elapse is considered the 1st for the be know to have repelled european aggression. the battle was won even before the nation was born but it was the arrival of christianity that really changed people's way of

life 500 years later more than 80 percent of full of people assuming catholics and the country is the last bastion of catholicism in asia christian faith has some hoster and than we are a sleepy nose we are known globally as resilient people while the church teaches justice there is also that sense of compassion but remembering the our rival of christianity here can also be complicated that is because it is also tied up with painful reality. of 300 years of spanish occupation many blame christianity and its influence for shaping policies that are too restrictive for example the philippines is the only country in the world where married couples cannot divorce and many also say the predominant catholic narrative has marginalized other religions in the country including islam. but catholic priests have also been at the forefront of the fight for justice and equality particularly

against extrajudicial killings and other abuses of power we appropriate that christianity and made our own the faith of the people actually inspired them to be compassionate it's not really about people's faith per se that makes us non-progressive but it's really good leadership that spells the difference and the commemoration according to the government is not a celebration of its colonial past but rather an attempt to ignite a sense of nationalism that is relevant to the country's present realities. jamila duggan al-jazeera province central philippines. telegram the headlines on al-jazeera and their media is reporting that the total number of daily one of ours infections has passed 400 hour.