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inspiring prisoners to perform and to reach beyond the ill deeds of their past and the confines of their present the dance of thieves a witness documentary on al-jazeera. india records 400000 coronavirus cases in a day and there's no side of any response. hello i'm adrian for the good this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up symbolic beach burials of a bleak milestone for brazil as it appeals for international help with covert 19 vaccines. a truck bombing in afghanistan as peace talks between the government and
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taliban resume and foreign troops start pulling out. and thousands of people are forced from their homes by cross border battle between killing a star and tajikistan. it is reached yet another grim milestone as a grapples with the biggest surge in coronavirus cases in the world it's reported 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 they run out of doses elizabeth purana reports now from new delhi the. money could go sits by her husband's hospital bed just hours after she lost her mother to cope at 19 she's managed to find him oxygen but not the ventilator doctors say he needs to return to the party for the. better part of the. building for the military.
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if he needs to the doctors will be. eyes out for the birth of birthing. women. and he is under funded 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 country this tension here is people. in the hope of getting oxygen for this sick relatives has been waiting for more than 12 hours but with hospitals out of beds and oxygen these supplies are many people's only hope. began arriving from other countries this week with the 1st from the u.s. touching down in new delhi 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
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manufacture more that says many states say they don't have enough doses to start and knock it out to all adults come saturday as planned but bearing fruit of the vaccination can be restarted mcduck ambience also between thousands of. health care about doctors into those dark. nation but there is no votes in the us health experts say the government failed to prepare for the 2nd wave. was lucky enough to have a 2nd the 2nd wave which was delayed compared to many other countries out there really hard to get along. to see what us up and to the rest of the world in terms of how the 2nd day was and unfortunately in our health 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 his her mother wasn't
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a victim of clothed $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 purana al-jazeera new delhi. doctor is an infectious disease specialist and secretary general of the organized medicine academic guild he joins us now live via skype from mumbai good to have you with us dr what will it take for india to turn a corner in its fight against the corona virus what's going to bring in the infection rates down. what does happen is busy could be this white us would just become a lot of new dishes a lot of new here except gone and will stop us we have a cart i have this now we have been looking at one state which is modest and it was up and up one last one it up one to one and we have it watering other strips in the good deed that look but be influenced better by as you would follow modern stuff but did not miss you guys that get suspended eagle at the white house you cannot
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see why it doesn't been you doesn't pick you so people think that it is not going to happen and after the place to be there was a lot of work months and people got that where would come we started back to nature but eventually should get pregnant what if i did next door subsea good deal better than is with these fuel going to get it has got a computer when. it don't know what parts of the population so we go up a lot of it to look for vaccination but what you get could empty the butt of cases we're seeing only in every day our water dat last 6 months guess as to get that gutter clean we had a boarding house up the little casis so. what will. be our beloved les s. bit be efficient get me about it with what it would if you get a day out but then expects to other states which have got sticks video heidi what
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wouldst gets late with the days beyond but the british are just gonna give it big problem and that's what is happening and we studied it that it was just one in last one month and i found that out of 50 percent water deaths in last predicts so i bucket what about a slap bucket what some did there's a kiss forget it it still gets picked up it is not up to it's happening front it gives us what it wanted to have before ok 50 percent water loss t.v. it's all right that means people are dying of want of what one docs again but want the medicine so they say. which is lacking in the system and we have why do you go to school you got my present opt out of the senseless idea so what's to be done a doctor has this is the virus just going to run rampant through indian society until i heard immunity has. been built or is there anything that can be done to to to stop this fire break this idiot concert of her dignity is there to dismiss yet it go away because we had seen such kind of things happening in but i
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did what they are they're still deporting thousands of business so i don't know if they're already going to get would have any place in this securely or even to get be it from buildings what is people infected to do in a big that what i get what he's actually going to get from that scene if you ever get out of it in front backseat without a book about genetic history would be good because our population we do convex is which we are using would tell us in a 60 to 80 percent success rate that means if you presented it what it is back that's when it did and we have 70 percent evidence that says and then be up to 6 percent population which is already coded that's it so it can't be a girl that was 16 percent which is it white coated d how to get archy in moscow and many places a lot of * people having 50 and we had being and you wouldn't just get on a plane again goodbye and that 50 percent of if i was accepted while on duty and did what he's so possibly exhorted me to do by and with 5 people a lot of tickets where we did activities adventure in asia but my go get that we
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may have get nobody in next couple of months or so if i got the order to get good ship. goods to go to sub but he thinks a day took to get a lot of them by. a swept through a covert 19 ward in the indian city of. at least 12 people are dead and that figure is expected to rise emergency services are battling the fire which is already damaged large parts of the patel welfare hospital including the intensive care unit that houses patients with coronavirus patients being moved to another facility the u.s. has become the latest country to impose restrictions on most travelers from india because of the upsurge in cases starting on tuesday only u.s. citizens and permanent residents will be allowed in it's similar to restrictions that the u.s. has in place for travelers from the european union or the number of other countries . brazil has seen
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a record number of corona virus deaths for the 2nd straight month as it struggles with a devastating 2nd wave april was the worst month of the pandemic with more than 82000 fatalities and activists say the government must do more to stop the spread want to have reports. 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 nish galambos 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 this campaign. and the new congress blames president jalal 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 a jet ski and participating in democratic protests to shut down congress in the
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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 myself i 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 variants result of the 2nd country in the world 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
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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 1000. 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 meineke and well just sirrah rio de janeiro the u.s. is to begin withdrawing troops from afghanistan in the coming hours a day after a bombing blamed on the taliban the truck blast there a hospital in poorly alarm city the capital of la garde province killed at least $21.00 people a truck was parked outside
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a building that offers free accommodation to the needy a crowd gathered to break their ramadan fast the government is blaming the taliban for the explosion which is one of the deadliest in recent months. the minimum it was evening we moved breaking off fast and after we finished the evening prayers we said back down to 8 and suddenly the explosion happened and all the doors windows and the roof fell down on us. and the diggers are working at the site of the incident searching for survivors we don't know who are going to find any more wounded victims or if they're older well the attack came as talks resume to end decades of conflict representatives from the u.s. russia china and pakistan but the taliban in qatar the talks are happening as the u.s. begins its gradual drawdown of troops some of in java reports. 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
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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 on boys 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
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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 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 a state of siege declared in parts of the democratic republic of congo after growing violence between armed groups there will tell you more. and the philippines a baptism of fire as the nation commemorates a famous battle we look at how catholicism shaped its past and present.
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its time for the perfect gentleman who went on sponsored point qatar airways this summer to talk about in the arabian peninsula weather wise 1st of all we have got rain but it's significant rain in yemen in the southwest of saudi there's rather more normal rain in the eastern side of turkey running across to the western side of the caspian and in between little sunshine it's quite warm still event temps are above the average of course 41 in baghdad and in down in q 8 but it's probably down in yemen particular some of the universe is things completely different the temperatures well below where it should be largely because of the persistent thunderstorms in the higher ground and the significant rain even on low ground i think we'll see some flooding down here and it's lasting for a couple of days as well we go to sunday now in the still rain showing up well inland in yemen now everywhere else remains quite the thames come down a bit in baghdad this a spreading of light show struck the iranian mountains otherwise sings just gradually return to what you might call seasonal normal we are watching the monsoon
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winds turn they always turn around the coast of africa voice starts take the rain up towards india and when the 1st signs is what's happening in tanzania at the moment the onshore breeze which is fairly humid her most to produce is rain in town to doing that is still a huge amount of it but it's doing it all the same more significantly just south of that is in the eastern cape and in southern mozambique. sponsored by a qatar airways. talked to i'll just say right we are going to tell me what the government you represent is now illegitimate and we listen we did not sell the fence material any country during your conflict in yemen we meet with the global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on al-jazeera understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the world is another matter where you will be the news and current affairs that matter to you.
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well again this is al-jazeera the main news this hour india has set another grim record as a grapples with the world's biggest surgeon coronavirus cases it's reported 400000 new infections in 24 hours from saturday all adults will be eligible to get a vaccine. april was brazil's worst month of the pandemic with more than $82000.00 deaths in total more than 400000 people activists staged a symbolic protest on copacabana beach in rio de janeiro burying flags and body bags. at least 21 people have been killed in a truck bomb attack in afghanistan it happened in the city capital of the province
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where a crowd gathered to break their ramadan fast. a ceasefire appears to be holding . and tajikistan after the heaviest fighting between the 2 countries in decades on thursday dozens of people were killed on board 150 injured at the disputed border. reports. the only thing one can hear is the sound of. empty streets. and locked up homes on a friday morning. less than 24 hours ago it was far from peaceful in the kirkus village of kids bel. cross border gunfire between cultist on its neighbors on thursday forced more than 10000 people to evacuate their homes the. i have 5 children i already moved them to back and city then i came back to help
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our men defend our village with the. i. a boardroom boy to dispute led to the heaviest fighting seen in years. between the 2 countries just hours after a cease fire agreement each side has been the other for firing 1st after to decrease song sold surveillance cameras are told to reserve that both claim is their right. 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 a city hasn't listened and that's what's caused the conflict. but to jiko song security committee has accused curtis soldiers of opening fire 1st on its troops at the water distribution point on this far in regard. to the star says at least 30 people were killed and more than 150 others injured to the casualty numbers are still unclear. some here gunshot wounds
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11 people. but their condition is stable also in the icon the shaky cease fire was resumed on friday after the current president spoke on the phone they've agreed to meet next month in an attempt to resolve the long running border dispute. so to hide at al-jazeera russia has added alexina browning's political network to its list of terrorist and extremist groups and in a setback for the jailed kremlin critic his lawyer is facing a criminal investigation. is accused of disclosing classified information he is the founding a family is anti corruption foundation against a lawsuit that seeks to ban the organization. the president of the democratic republic of congo has declared what he's calling a state of siege in 2 provinces to control escalating violence between armed groups
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in the middle rich east that allows the military to temporarily take control to maintain order in north kivu and it turi more than 300 people have been killed of balder 1500000 displaced since january. was a bully is an analyst at the center for research on the congo kinshasa he doubts this latest military action will make any difference. 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 a colonies of many 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 bought $20000.00 troops and war into the r.c. so hearing this that the siege taking place in may bring confidence to the
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population as this is it tough in the right direction but the question that must be asked is how 'd is this military action different from previous military actions we know we had military operations in the past such as a manual a 0 g.'s piece now there was another one called kuala $1.00 and $2.00 which is about the cleaning up of the rebel groups at the end of all these military operations congolese were still being killed and that brings us to world metric commerce sade's in the in 2008 he's a former u.n. commanders say that the conflict in a congo beyond military pressure may put is actually a political problem on she'll be addressed the political problem any military solution placed on the sea will not address the issue and i'm hoping that we'll get to that generals have been held for some of the 45 people killed in a stampede an ultra-orthodox jewish festival in israel on thursday families were
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anxious to bury loved ones before the sabbath somebody is still have been identified calls are growing for a public inquiry into the disaster which unfolded at the country's largest gathering since the start of the pandemic. 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 buses buildings need police officers and set on fire several people have died more than $100.00 been injured protests to say the bill which will lower the threshold for those who have to pay tax is an attack on the middle class. people in the philippines are marking the 500th anniversary of a battle that changed indigenous people's history forever it was the start of evangelisation the move to christianity now the philippines has the 3rd largest catholic population in the world after brazil and mexico john allen dogon reports
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now from the central philippines where the main celebrations of been held. a reenactment of what happened here 500 years ago in 1521 ferdinand my jelen 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 there remains a symbol of indigenous resistance. is considered the 1st from the be no to have
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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 filipinos you mean catholics. and the country is the last bastion of catholicism in asia christian faith has somehow strengthen we are especially peano's we are known globally as resilient people while the church teaches justice there is also that sense of compassion but remembering the arrival of christianity here can also be complicated that is because it is also tied up with painful realities 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
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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 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. jamelle arlin dugan al-jazeera province central philippines. it's been called the lungs of the world but they present me an amazon is no longer soaking up the
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world's excess emissions a new study has found the rainforest released nearly 20 percent more carbon dioxide in the past decade than it's absorbed that's because more has been banned or destroyed them was allowed to grow research and the nature of climate change journal found there was 4 times as much deforestation and 2019 than either of the 2 previous years. there's debate over whether time's up for nuclear energy in the u.s. many aging power plants closed by the end of the decade it's a move applauded by activists who consider them unsafe but others say whatever replaces the carbon free energy could affect climate goals kristen saluki 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
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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. environmentalists like paul de lay disagree is nonprofit organization riverkeeper fought long and hard for the plant's 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
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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 car. i've been 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 we're 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
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kristen salumi al jazeera buchanan new york. they call it the happiest place on earth despite the mosques it's safe to assume that there were smiles all round on friday as disneyland california welcome visitors for the 1st time in more than a year restrictions across the u.s. a p east as the number of fully vaccinated americans passes 100000000. it is groups have you with us hello adrian forget here in doha the headlines on al-jazeera india a sort of a grim record as a grapples with the world's biggest surgeon coronavirus cases it's reported 400000 new infections in 24 hours from saturday all adults will be eligible to get a vaccine. the u.s. has become the latest country to impose restrict.
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