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india records 400000 coronavirus cases in a day and there's no sign of any responded. hello i'm adrian finighan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. symbolic beach burials another big milestone for brazil as it appears for international help with covert 19 bags as. a truck bombing in afghanistan as peace
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talks between the government and taliban resume and foreign troops start to pull out. of a state of siege is declared in parts of the democratic republic of congo after growing violence between 0 and. india has reached yet another grim milestone as it grapples with the biggest surge in corona virus cases in the world media reporting a record 400000 new infections in 24 hours as it battles to contain the virus it's making all adults eligible to get a vaccine but there's a problem with that too with some states saying that they've run out of doses elizabeth broderick reports from your deli. money could go sits by her husband's hospital bed just hours after she lost her mother to car that 19 she's managed to find him oxygen but not the ventilator doctors say he needs to return to the party
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. but for now for the. building for the good of the break there is need for. doctors to be on. i look out for the birth of their little. indias underfunded health care system is collapsing as it's overwhelmed by the world's biggest surge in cases that have long lines outside oxygen supply is around the. there's tension here as people wait in the hope of getting oxygen for the 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 the quick mentor and nearly a 1000000 rapid tests the u.s.
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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 restarted mega. retrain thousands of. health care about careers and doctors into those dark these records nation 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 i mean to see what us up and to the rest of the world in terms of our year the 2nd day was and unfortunately in our health researcher i sort of 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
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a victim of covert 19 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 purana al jazeera new delhi. a fire has swept through a covert 19 ward in the indian city of but at least 12 people are dead and that figure is expected to rise emergency services a prattling rafah which is already damaged large parts of the patel well hospital including the intensive care unit of houses patients with coronavirus patients are being moved to the hospital. the u.s. is imposing restrictions on most travelers from india starting on tuesday only u.s. citizens and permanent residents will be allowed in on the series gabriel elizondo reports from washington 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
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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 come get self identified as either being born into 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
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u.s. indian citizens in turning their borders as well. brazil is facing coronavirus 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 on a couple cabana beach in rio burying flags of body bags smaller chaotic airports. rio de janeiro's iconic copacabana beach covered with hundreds of body bags a tribute to the 400000 brazilians who watched their lives to cool that 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 awareness campaign. and blames president j. both so not only for downplaying the virus in delaying the vaccine rollout. plan up on the media will people were dying and starving he was writing
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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 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 myself i made an appeal during a world health organization every field on friday. they did not feel it were calling again on those who have vaccine surplus to share it with brazil as 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
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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. most of the countries in the south. pantries like barrel oil or argentina uruguay and aiyana are reporting abramov 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 well just sirrah rio de janeiro a truck bomb their hospital in afghanistan has killed at least 21 people it happened in poorly along city think capital of la garde province south of kabul
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a truck was parked outside a building that offers free accommodation to the needy a crowd had gathered to break their ramadan fast the government has planned the taliban for the explosion which is one of the deadliest in recent months. the for the moment it was evening we moved breaking off 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. 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 they're all that. contra fully in kabul explains why the timing of the attack is significant. these are extremely tense kinds here in afghanistan just because foreign troops have actually began there was joel 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
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much higher since they attack has happened and it is expected to rise further there is efforts under way with the under the rubble for even more people who have been injured died in the attack and we're talking about civilian students and even take people who are the hospitals 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 dormitory in the hospital where the people on the truck said that they were coming to distribute food for it start looking much and 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. 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
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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. which i came as talks resume to try to resolve the 20 year conflict representatives from the u.s. washer china and pakistan but the taliban in qatar the talks are happening as the u.s. begins a gradual drawdown of its remaining troops in afghanistan some open job it is here in doha with more on those 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
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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 a 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 always 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 afghan prisoners 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 in nato forces and the united states but also
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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 what 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. the weather next here on al-jazeera then 2 of the world's biggest refugee camps we shop next here tension waving thousands of people in them both to leave. at refugee rights to a safe passage where the english channel has become dangerous for migrants ambos protecting them. has been persistent rain in some of the states the u.s.
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recently in missouri for example where the big river is even bigger than normal with trees running down it and significant sun storms on the same system for used not golf ball even tennis balls but hail the same side damaging weather down in texas and there's the system there with a big thunderstorm shown by the flashes of lightning and here it is it lies at the moment but it's not going anywhere as if anything get a sitter over texas if you're in texas expect flooding expect more hail expect quite a lot of sun reactivity and there's always in the northeast it's been fairly cold recently toronto went down to 8 degrees or below 0 now slowly rise in a cold cold is warming out as you can see and the rain event she starts to go east from texas but that takes until probably late on sunday significant rain has fallen in parts of mexico mexico city itself there was hail and flooding rain and that's the trend so extending from texas you have got this potential for the storms rolling the eastern side of mexico in size america yes there's the potential for
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some pretty big showers from ecuador dos words but again for most of brazil dentals patagonia the sun is out in porto alegre. well tem of the past fact johnny by you feel your holiday has already begun where the dream and scan of the film those with a taste for the finest things night. the film office the access. paths and always connected it's the details that make the journey path back to that warmth and hospitality make it feel like home qatar airways going places together.
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we're. close again this is al jazeera 'd made news this hour india has set another grim record as a grapples with the world's biggest surge in coronavirus cases media reporting 400000 new infections in 24 hours from saturday all adults will be eligible to get a vaccine. april was brazil's worst month for the pandemic recalled an $82000.00 deaths in total over 400000 people died activists staged a symbolic protest on copacabana beach in rio de janeiro carrying flags and more. at least 21 people have been killed in a truck bomb attack in afghanistan it happened in the city capital of local province where a crowd of gathered to break their ramadan fast. the president of the democratic
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republic of congo is declared what he's calling a state of siege in 2 provinces to control escalating violence between armed groups in the middle rich east that allows the military to temporarily take control to maintain order in north kivu a turi more than 300000 people have been killed and more than 1500000 displaced since january let's bring in somebody was a bully who was an analyst at the center for research on the congo kinshasa and joins us now live via skype from a crowd good to have you with us what does this state of siege actually mean. i mean it as just clearly pointed out the military is going to take control of the region this is a pretty ludes to what i believe would be military operations in the area and it's worrisome because we have had military operations in the r.c. i mean this is not the 1st time we've had that for the past 2 decades me as
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a colonies of that in the conflict and they have been the largest peacekeeping forces in the world into the r.c. they have a $1200000000.00 budget and they about $20000.00 troops who are into the r.c. so hearing this that the siege taking place a maybe bring confidence to the population as this is. in the right direction but the course of the must be ask is how is this military action different from previous military actions we know we had military operations in the past such as a man lay oh which is peace now there was another one called call out $1.00 and $2.00 which is about the cleaning up of the rebel groups at the end of all these military operations committees were still being killed and that brings us to world patrick comair at st in the in 2008 he is a former u.n. commanders say that the coffee can a call well beyond military pressure may put is actually
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a political problem on she'll be addressed the political problem any military solution placed on idiocy will not address the issue hoping that we'll get to that right he said it's a political problem what needs to happen then to bring peace to the region. the code for going to congo is a conflict waged by u.s. allies rather than a uganda we've added a can with y.c. 96 and 98 and continued to support proxy rebel militias today we may see called them many different acronyms right now we are discussing a.d.'s though we have the committees government citing a military agreement we can yet let kenyan troops that done the same we have the us bring enough for calm but the fundamental problem of the political issues not address where we have gone was never us what us that called a peace in the us see the 2nd one is that our military is weak. military mahi former rebels 11 not being held accountable for crimes they committed yesterday this is also 'd policies that have been pushing the police so the way
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forward for the r.c. beyond to be to carry pressure that may bring temporary peace is that we need actually a tribunal crimes that have been committed in the congo systems united 6 none of these crimes have no honest been held accountable for any of these crimes the rally cry african what is today is the creation of an international tribunal for congo bears on the recommendation of the you're not being excess reports calling for crimes and yet so that should be tried that's what has been the mobile is there effort if the committee states and the congolese president they can do you stop a path then we know that this military pressure that they're putting has a long term solution if not we are going to have a temporary solutions from now and in 2 weeks she months a year from now i'll be coming back on the jazeera discussing why i call what is being killed in tools of hundreds to thousands really good to talk to so many thanks indeed for being with us scum by the civility that thank you. 2
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refugee camps in kenya which host more than 400000 people are set to close by june next year the government says that some of those living at the facilities in the kakuma will be given residency but others will be sent home. to where they came from most of the refugees are from somalia and south sudan but a fled or for years kenya has argued that the camps are being used as a recruiting ground for the armed group al-shabaab catherine sawyer reports 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 the fighting 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
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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 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 the president who cannot talk the government says they want the consequence because of national security but then other people out we also saying it could be because of the diplomatic route the ongoing diplomatic probably to in somalia and kenya and
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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 their home. because they've still not safe. channels have been held for some of the 45 people killed in a stampede an ultra orthodox jewish festival israel on thursday families were anxious to bury loved ones before the sabbath but some bodies still have been identified calls are growing for a public inquiry into the disaster which on folded at the country's largest gatherings since the start of the pandemic. a ceasefire appears to be holding
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between kurdistan and tajikistan after the heaviest fighting between the 2 countries in decades on thursday dozens of people were killed and although 150 injured at the disputed border. reports. the only thing one can hear is the sound of wind. empty streets. and locked up homes on a friday morning. but less than 24 hours ago it was far from peaceful in the kirkus village of kids bel. possible the gunfire between kind of just on its neighbor to stand on thursday forced more than 10000 people to evacuate their homes. i have 5 children i already moved them to back and city then i came back to help our men defend our village will talk about i.
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a boardroom border dispute led to the heaviest fighting seen in use between the 2 countries just hours after a cease fire agreement each side has been the other for firing 1st after to jiko starting sorts of ailments cameras or towards reserves that both claim is their right. in the governor of this region stated that the cameras from the water distribution center should be removed by the tajik side of the matter of his fall or city house and listened and that's what's caused the conflict. but the song security committee has accused curtis soldiers of opening fire 1st on its troops at the water distribution point on this farmer river. turkistan says at least 30 people were killed and more than 150 others injured she casualty numbers are still unclear. some pure gunshot wants 11 people. but the dead condition is stable also in the icon. the shaky cease fire was friday
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after the president spoke on the phone. to meet next month in an attempt to resolve the border dispute. that. russia has added alexina bounties political network to its list of terrorist and extremist groups and another setback for the jailed kremlin critic his lawyer is facing a criminal investigation of is accused of disclosing classified information he's defending the valley's anticorruption foundation against a lawsuit seeking to ban the organization. a team of volunteers is pushing itself on the cliffs of the english coast in an effort to fight the mistrust mistreatment of refugees they say that those crossing from france facing an increasingly hostile reception but the u.k. government says it needs to protect the border from the channel coast whole reports
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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
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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
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organization started this very very awful rhetoric is something that we don't want to subscribe to and we want to. show 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 refused cannot make migrants as 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 prison ian anderson is no longer soaking up the world's excess emissions a new study has found the rain forest released nearly 20 percent more carbon dioxide in the past decade than it is absorbed that's because more has been burned or destroyed or was allowed to grow research of the nature of climate change
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journal found there was 4 times as much deforestation in 2019 that in either of the 2 previous years they call it the happiest place on earth and despite the mosques it's safe to assume that was smiles all around of friday's disneyland in california welcome visitors for the 1st time in more than a year restrictions across the u.s. of 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. it's good to have you with us highway 3 and for going to here in doha the headlines on al-jazeera india says another grim record as it grapples grapples with the world's biggest surge in coronavirus cases media reporting 400000 new infections in
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