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he took the money into green gage this is because we know there are all he says interested not just in the mainstream news but also the more hidden stories from parts of the world that often go under reported. india records 400000 coronavirus cases in a day and there's no side of it he was spied. alive adrian for the good this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. symbolic beach burials another bleak milestone for brazil as it appeals for international help with covert 19 vacs. a truck bombing in afghanistan as peace talks between the government to tell about resume and foreign troops start pulling
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out. of a state of siege is declared in parts of the democratic republic of congo after growing violence between armed. india's reached yet another grim milestone as a grapples with the biggest surge in corona virus cases in the world it's reported a record 400000 new infections in 24 hours as of 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've run out of doses elizabeth brought in reports from new delhi. money could gold 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 time to return in the morning to take the better part of the. building that they would accept right now if
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you need spending discipline doctors are pretty bright eyed and 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 there are long lines outside oxygen supply is around the country this tension here as people wait in the hope of getting oxygen for the sick relatives some has been waiting for more than 12 hours but with hospitals out of beds and oxygen these supply is a 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 back to test. 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 campaign restarted medicare between those and so for now i would help get about doctors into. the nation but there is no votes in 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 we had. a long aim to see what us up and to the rest of the world in. the 2nd day was and unfortunately in our. research or 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 is money because her mother wasn't a victim of clothed $19.00 but
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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 borrowed at least 12 people have died but that figure is expected to rise emergency services a battling the fire which is damaged large parts of the patel welfare hospital including the intensive care unit that houses coronavirus patients dr. is a physician and professor of epidemiology at the public health foundation of india he joins us now live via skype from bangalore too good to have you with us professor what does india need to do to get a handle on this crisis. currently i think india has to step up its containment measures these measures for to be very aggressive and we should also have local a.z. law down there even necessary to get at least the transmission that is data and and
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also it seems currently some of the states not have enough supplies so testing kids and our decisions and in terms of the medicines that require our in both domestic and international help is putting 'd in we need to see how these can be redistributed and faster facilitation of meeting the last my i think in the cases at least for another 2 weeks since the peak is to lose 2 to 3 weeks early so it's still a very long time for india to decide to all adults are now eligible to get a vaccine in india is that going to make a difference and if so how long before a dance. is going to make a lot of difference in preventing that and limiting the mob body at least in the 3rd of a while though it may not have been back in the 2nd game itself however as you are a bit report clearly explained there is a shortage of vaccines more vaccines are needed in india the vaccination
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a staff are really the training manuals that really for implementation it should not take longer time of the vaccines that are available i think 'd the 3rd vaccine is going to enter india sputnik with all that we do existing that. if more vaccines are made available sooner i think we should be able to prevent a significant proportion of the deaths in that which might be sometime in the into you say that this peak has at least another 2 weeks to run things going to get worse before they get better. i'm afraid so. also because the next leg of the expansion of the infection is going to be in the states have who are health system and also into the villages where the health system is not really strong so we need to stay the course make sure that we do our best and use all the help that is available to make sure that me save as many lives as
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possible and do you think that india has now learned the lessons of the stored way of the fact that it was ill prepared for it do you think that that after this india's curve of crisis will ease will never see anything like this happen in the country again. really hope so early in the cases such as this not you need not one day more fare for lower middle income countries but they really should here is chronic neglect of public health resources systems and the manpower within the public health as long as it want to get it corrected find a mix and. keep testing the loan with income countries i sincerely hope the chain's the infrastructure we have more manpower and we have decent spending on health and public health which is more important really good to talk to your professor that he thanks dave for being with us. in banking.
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brazil has seen 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 that the government must do more to stop the spread mark of 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 blames president. for downplaying the virus and 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 on the 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 to have reached a grim milestone of 400000 deaths by covert 19 but it's not the only country in the
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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. most of the countries in the south. beach the. countries like rule of law are. you know why i'm diana i reporting abramov big rise in fact shows and 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 the u.s. has been to begin withdrawing troops from afghanistan and coming out as a day after a bombing that's been blamed on the taliban a truck blast near a hospital in city the capital of la garde province killed at least $21.00 people
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the truck was parked outside a building that offers free accommodation to the needy a crowd had gathered to break their ramadan fast the government is blaming the taliban for the explosion which is one of the deadliest in recent months. it was evening we moved breaking off fast enough that 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. by 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 there are all that well that attack came as talks resume to end decades of conflict representatives from the u.s. russia china pakistan the taliban and cattle the talks the hope happening as the u.s. begins its gradual drawdown of troops a summer binge of aid 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 gonna
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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 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 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
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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 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 still to come here. thousands of people are forced from the cross border battle between kurdistan and. attorney plus. i'm sure the whole of the port of dover where it's a busy day for rescuers at sea about the u.k.'s border force of people making the dangerous crossing by small boat from the french coast.
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but. there is some 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 east and south turkey running across to the western side of the caspian and in between low sunshine it's quite warm still event temps are above the average of course $41.00 in baghdad and in down in q 8 but it's probably down in yemen particular some of the you notice things completely different the temperatures well below where it should be largely because of the persistence understanding 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 temps come down a bit in baghdad and there's a spreading of light showers struck the iranian mountains otherwise sings just
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gradually return to what you might call seas new normal. we're watching the monsoon winds turn they always turn around the coast of africa voice to take the rain up towards india and one of the 1st signs is what's happening in tanzania at the moment young child raising she is fatty she was a bit of moisture produces rain in town to doing that is still a huge amount of it but it's doing it all the same more significant than just south of that is in the eastern cape and in southern mozambique. but. from inside the walls of a west african prison comes home. a chance to create to express emotion and take the 1st steps towards rehabilitation. or noun choreography shares his passion for darts inspiring prisoners to perform and to reach beyond the ill deeds of the past and the confines of their present to the dance of the us and with this
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documentary on al-jazeera. hello again the main news this hour on al-jazeera india has set another grim record as 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 a total of more than $400000.00 people have died activists staged a symbolic protest on copacabana beach in rio de janeiro very flags and more body
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bags. at least 21 people have been killed in a truck bomb attack in afghanistan it happened in the city the capital of la garde province where a crowd had gathered to break the ramadan forced. back now to our top story the u.s. is the latest country to impose restrictions on most travelers from india because of the spiraling number of cases from tuesday only u.s. citizens a permanent residence will be allowed in 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 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.
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citizens at all there are about 4000000 indian americans in the united states he's their u.s. passport holders u.s. citizens but they can't get self identify as either being born into indian descent they will not be affected by this nevertheless this is still very strong 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 as india struggles with its covert 19 crisis has been forced to halt vaccine exports china is taking up the slack and is using it to push for more regional influence adrian brown reports from hong kong
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. overwhelmed by the pandemic it's easy to forget that india is also one of the biggest manufacturers and exporters of vaccines that have been protecting people from the virus elsewhere but it's the covert crisis worsens those exports are being code creating a void that experts say is now being filled by china india's arch rival to a video conference this week china's foreign minister wang ye told his. asian counterparts that beijing was ready to help in any way it could a spokesman making clear this was a long term commitment party don't be injured and this includes opening our door for the participation of south asian countries including india we will also make positive efforts to help the relevant regional countries in their fight against the pandemic for the region india though was not represented at the virtual conference a reflection of recent violent border skirmishes between chinese and indian troops
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john burns wrote a case study for a new book called coronavirus politics and says china's only acting out of self interest it can be dressed up however you want but making the world safe for dictatorship that's what it's all that's again that's the goal absolute and china is playing it well the danger now is the virus spreads rapidly to nearby countries it is clear from state controlled media that china's leaders are watching developments in india very closely because china shares a border not just with india but also with 3 other countries where infection rates are rising pakistan afghanistan and nepal and there was a wake up call here in hong kong just a few weeks ago when a flight arrived from new delhi with more than 50 passengers on board who tested positive for covert 90 china unlike russia the united states and india has been selling or donating its vaccines to countries around the world giving rise to the
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term vaccine diplomacy in pakistan china's already taken a leading role in supplying millions of its jobs with more expected this week one of more than 50 countries says china's government who've received their vaccines for free adrian brown al-jazeera hong kong. the president of the democratic republic of congo is to clear what he's calling a state of siege in 2 provinces in order to control escalating violence between armed groups in the mineral 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 and more than a 1000000 of the hoff displaced since january. was severely is an analyst at the center for research on the congo can he doubts this latest military action will make any difference. as just clearly pointed out the military
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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 chorus of that in the conflict and they have been the largest u.n. prosy peacekeeping forces in the world in of the r.c. they have a $1200000000.00 budget and then about $20000.00 troops who are into the r.c. so hearing this that the siege taking place in may bring confidence to the population as this is it off 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 oh the cheese piece now there was another one called wanting to which is about
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the cleaning up of the rebel groups that at the end of all these military operations congolese were still being killed and that brings us to world patrick comair at st in the in 2008 he's a former u.s. commanders say that the conflict in a congo beyond military pressure may put is actually a political problem on seal 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. a ceasefire appears to be holding between kind of a stand and tajikistan after the heaviest fighting between the 2 countries in decades on thursday dozens of people were killed and more than 150 injured at the disputed border so high that 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
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village of his bell that's possible the gunfire between coldest on and 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. 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 off to to decrease starting stalled surveillance 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 former city hasn't listened and that's what's caused the conflict.
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but jiko song security committee has accused kircus soldiers of opening fire 1st on its troops at the water distribution point on this far river. thank you stan says at least 30 people were killed and more than 150 others injured she casualty numbers a still unclear. some here gunshot wound it's 11 people. but the dead condition is stable also in the icon. the shaky cease fire was friday after the president spoke on the phone. to meet next month in an attempt to resolve the long running border dispute. it's not a height at al-jazeera russia has added alexina vileness political that work to its list of terrorist and extremist groups and another setback for the jailed kremlin critic his lawyer is facing a criminal investigation if an pub love is accused of disclosing classified
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information he's defending the valdés anticorruption foundation against a lawsuit that seeks to ban the organization until you meet me i did nothing i have just been searched lawyers documents representing lawyers secrets have been confiscated practically all the documents on the 7th of case have been confiscated i was against it funerals have been held for some of the 45 people killed in a stampede of ultra-orthodox jewish festival of israel on thursday families were anxious to bury loved ones before the sabbath but some bodies still haven't 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 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 that those crossing from france are facing an increasingly hostile reception but the u.k. government says that it needs to protect the border from the channel coast the
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whole 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. incredibly dangerous we are concerned about. as day breaks mobile software shows u.k. border 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 but the 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 him said she perceives how sad it is 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 changed people's visual perception of poor people in military barracks that's militarize the border let's get trains it's talk
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about warships. that's that's frightening. and that's why the organization started this very very awful rhetoric is something that we want to subscribe 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 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 prison in amazon is no longer soaking up the world's excess emissions a new study has found that the rainforest released nearly 20 percent more carbon dioxide in the past decade that is absorbed that's because more has been burned or destroyed than was allowed to group research in 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 previous 2 years they call it the happiest place on earth and despite the masks it's safe to assume that there were smiles all round on friday disneyland in california which welcomes 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. could tell you with us hello adrian from going to here in doha the headlines on al-jazeera india has set another grim record as it grapples with the world's biggest surgeon coronavirus cases it's reported 400000 new infections in 24 hours from saturday all adults.

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