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final phase of ending the u.s. war in afghanistan is formally underway as the remaining american troops start leaving the country a state of siege is declared in parts of the democratic republic of congo after growing violence between armed groups and a lack of funds is affecting the iraq's museum's efforts to preserve manuscripts dating back to the 12th century. but 1st more than 400000 year coronavirus infections have been officially recorded for the 1st time in india as a 2nd wave worsens 3523 more people have died according to the official data well india's now opens up its vaccination program to cover all adults from saturday but several hard hit states have warned all the cute shortages even though india is the world's biggest producer of covert vaccines that has just

a limited number of shots available in proportion to its population now in the western state of gujarat a hospice so far has killed at least 16 covert patients the fire damaged large parts of the intensive care ward at the patel welfare hospital in the city of routes where the u.s. . has become the latest country to impose restrictions on most travelers from india only u.s. citizens and permanent residents will be allowed in some saying on shoes say well let's get more now from elizabeth peron and she joins us live from new delhi liz let's start with that vaccination program it's been extended so all adults but how is that rule i progressing. well it's going very very badly how mean we are outside just a handful of private hospitals which charge for the vaccines ahead for the private

hospitals in delhi which of vaccinating a small number of 18 to 45 year olds delis later like many regional leaders most of the state leaders in the country has said they simply don't have the vaccines to expand the program the government announced weeks ago that from that day the 1st of may everyone about the 8 age of 18 would be eligible but there just aren't enough vaccines they also haven't taken into consideration the online bed astray should the hundreds of millions of indians who don't have smartphones you don't have computers the steady internet connection to do the online registration that is required now mom by what has been the worst affected city up until a few days ago it has less than $20000.00 doses to administer to its that it has a population of more than $20000000.00 and it only has $20000.00 doses of that day to administer to 18 to 45 year olds so yes india the world's biggest manufacturer

that makes 60 percent of the vaccines in the world it doesn't have enough doses for its own population by the russian made sputnik be as landing in india on saturday and by the us is sending hundreds of thousands of doses of the astra zeneca vaccine and the raw materials needed so that india can make more. close let's talk about the general situation across the country now. there's been more than 400000 to new confirmed cases released overnight you're in india you're on the ground just there any sign of wholesome where you are that things are starting to come under control . absolutely no sign of that and in fact the opposite again we're in the indian capital new delhi which along with mumbai should have some of the best health care infrastructure in the country and yet 10 days after hospitals here 1st raised the alarm that they were critical shortages of oxygen and tens of people have died that we know of when their oxygen supply closed the

patients dying because of the oxygen supply running out even today on saturday we have a number of hospitals saying they only have oxygen to last them just a few hours and if you look at how the virus is spreading into the rural areas where around 60 percent of india's population lives the rural areas the health care infrastructure there is even worse than in the cities teachers associations and as most populous states a lot of which is rural have said that $700.00 teachers have died on holding duty during the local council elections which have been taking place over the last few weeks have died because they were forced to go on polling duty now the supreme court hearing this asked the state to hold off the counting of the ball state said they want to be doing that this is the same state whose leader has said that there is no shortage of hospital beds oxygen even though there are reports of people dying exactly from that and has asked government offices to take action against

hospitals which put up notices of the shortages very troubling situation indeed was withdrawn and they're bringing us all the very latest form needs elite liz thank you. get it out of the blue is a physician and professor of epidemiology at the public health foundation of energy and he says the crisis will only worsen over the next few weeks. currently i think india has to step up its containment measures these measures lead to be very aggressive and we should also have localized lockdowns wherever necessary to get at least the transmission artist adrian and also it seems that currently some of the states do not have enough supplies of the things it's an oxygen to play and in terms of the medicines that are required our in both domestic and international help you spring in we need to see how this can be redistributed and faster facilitation of meeting the last minute i think we are in the crisis at least for

another 2 weeks since the peak to at least 2 to 3 needs it's still a very long time for india to grapple with the situation is going to make a lot of sense in preventing that and limiting the mob obviously at least in the 3rd way although it may not have a direct impact on the 2nd wave itself however as you are a great report clearly explained there is shortage of vaccines more vaccines are needed in india the vaccination staff are ready the training manuals are ready for implementation it should not take longer time with the vaccines that are available i think 'd the 3rd vaccine will be entering the sport make with all of the 2 existing waxing if more accidents are made available sooner i think we should be able to prevent a significant proportion of the deaths in the 3rd wave which might be sometime in the winter. people arriving in a strange here from n.p.r. could face up to 5 years in prison or pay heavy fines new measures target

a straightly and residents and citizens in india in the past 14 days there strictures come into effect from monday it's the 1st time istria has made it a criminal offense for its citizens to return home human rights watch has described the government's response as outrageous this is a very drastic action but it is designed to keep a strain safe it's temporary it's based on the medical advice and it will be reviewed on the 5th day in may. brazil has seen a record number of corona virus deaths for the 2nd straight month as it struggles the devastating 2nd wave april was the worst month of the pandemic with more than 82000 fatalities that to say the government must see more to stop the spread want to 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 awareness campaign. and go into commons blames president jalal so not 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 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 elation 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. i did. feel

it were 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 have reached a 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 and colony on your riyal are boy of. the. countries like barrel oil or believe me argentina uruguay i enter our reporting abramov big.

picture health services are over a world infections in colombia are also rising in hospitals in big cities like what back in 1000000 are running out of beds. of all jazeera rio de janeiro the final phase of ending the u.s. war in afghanistan is formally underway president joe biden had given orders to begin the troop withdrawal process no later than may the 1st around 3000 u.s. and 7000 nato troops remain in the country and all plan to leave in the coming months u.s. presence in afghanistan started back in 2001 of the more we can bring in philly or contra footie she joins us live from kabul feel the form of withdrawal is now under way just one day after that huge explosion that killed at least 21 people what's the mood like in afghanistan right now. well that's right this was an

attack that has devastated absolutely everybody here because it's something that we have not seen happening here for quite a while it happened during the holy month of ramadan and most of the victims are civilians they are students who are staying in the dormitory that collapsed there were 6 people who were inside that hospital that was badly damaged so that attack has been sending shock waves across afghanistan and even here in kabul as like you mentioned the 4 into of withdrawal is currently under way and today may 1st is the deadline under which according to the doha agreement all foreign forces should have been gone from afghanistan this is not happening that withdrawal will be taking several more months and the taliban have has warned that after may 1st of foreign troops are still here they will start resuming out tax so there is a big sense of insecurity here and big sense of fear among afghans and if

it's any indication as to the situation that has been unfolding here during this very tense time several western embassies recently have been advising their citizens publicly even on twitter that they should be leaving afghanistan as soon as possible on commercial flights so imagine the afghans listening to all this it's as if there is a very very dark veil of fear of hopelessness of a security that has been covering the entire afghanistan as to what will be in store in the coming weeks and months as violent violence has been rising as as everybody has been saying and warning it is expected to rise even more in the coming weeks and months hala. controversy there live from kabul thank you for you. still ahead here on al-jazeera thousands of people are forced from their homes by a cross border battle between kyrgyzstan and. am thing you could hear option why

some environmentalists are concerned about turning off the new york state harris station. for. europe is divided literally at the moment by a frontal system that just won't go away is in this massive cloud here it's going roughly from southwest to northeast and here it is but the fact that it's moving very slowly has got ripples all it means it will produce some pretty heavy rain fronts be where this weekend this is it developing in the northeast of a spade and then this part of southern france running to switch to the northern italy significant amounts of rains or flooding as well likely significant snow for the alps as you can see here it's also dividing because to the north thames is still the low side northerly with the low countries it means 14 in paris and 40 in

berlin and that's the improvement on friday the other side it's really quite warm southerly breeze out of africa has lifted temperatures in for example greece the rail to heavy as it runs through the czech republic and probably poland during sunday leaving things a little bit quieter back in switzerland and france athens remains hot this is the generally warm area from hungary science words and the temperature in athens is remarkably high given the obvious 22 the record is 2036 we're approaching recall values but we were to get that that heat extends or comes from the other side of the water in benghazi were 40 that again is well above where it should be. frank assessments there are a lot of poison but the government needs to watch what exactly happened and what measures never taking for a situation like i'm not to believe you could ever get informed opinions is the us

with thinking the military positioning of the middle east or is it just a simple act of we're going to is it ministry us that this is a message to the region the united states hears or rethinking its military posture in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines inside story on al-jazeera. this is al jazeera a quick reminder of our top stories for you know india has reported more than 400000 new corona virus infections for the 1st time 3523 more people have died according to the official data all adults are now eligible to get

a vaccine and several hard hit states have warned of acute shortages protesters in brazil have rallies on a beach in rio de janeiro after confort 19 deaths surpassed 405 isn't brazil has seen a record number of coronavirus stats for the 2nd straight month struggles with a devastating 2nd wave and the final phase of ending the u.s. war in afghanistan is formally underway president joe biden ordered the withdrawal process to start no later than may 1st but 3000 u.s. and 7000 nato soldiers remain in the country they're planning to leave in the coming months. but a cease fire appears to be holding between kyrgyzstan and g.q. stan after the heaviest fighting between the 2 countries in decades well thursday dozens of people were killed and more than 150 injured at the disputed border sat hideouts 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 his bel that. cost border gunfire between kurdistan and its neighbor to a stand on thursday forced more than 10000 people to evacuate their homes the goal to go to the end of the world put a little subdued i have 5 children i already moved them to back and city then i came back to. help our men defend our village go to the i. a border a border 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 off to to decrease our installed surveillance cameras or towards reserves that both claim as 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 a city hasn't listened and that's what's caused the conflict so. the site but to g. kosong the security committee has accused kircus soldiers of opening fire 1st on its troops at the water distribution point on this far in regard. to kurdistan says at least 30 people were killed and more than 150 others injured she casualty numbers a still unclear. some hear gunshots once again 11 people are in need beds you care 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. someone hired at al-jazeera. the president of the democratic republic

of congo has declared what he's calling a state of siege in c. provinces it's control escalating violence between armed groups in the manual rich east well this allows the military to temporarily take control of and maintain order in north kivu and trudi more than 300 people have been killed and more than 1500000 people displaced since january well come bali will serve with me as an analyst at the center for research on the congo can show us or he says this latest military action will make a 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 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 they about $20000.00 troops and war 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 is this military action different from previous military actions you know we had military operations in the past such as a manual a oh the cheese piece now there was another one called sequoyah $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 patrick commerce sade's in the in 2008 he's a former u.n. commanders say the coffee can a call go beyond military pressure may put is actually a political problem until be addressed the political problem any military solution placed on idiocy will not address the issue and i'm hoping that we'll get to that

yes president joe biden says he was left a mess at the southern u.s. border by his predecessor donald trump he says he's gotten control of the record surge in migrant crossings but admits he's struggled to find many migrant children who are separated from their parents how did you counsel has more from la joya in texas. this is a daily occurrence here on the texas mexico border hundreds of people have crossed the rio grande a river over night on rafts under the cover of darkness their short paddles across the water secured by payments of at least $2000.00 a head to the mexican cartels seeking to profit off of their desperation they've now turned themselves into u.s. border patrol agents so many have come that the agents have run out of buses to take them to the stations where they'll be processed they're tired they're frightened and they're wondering what will come next. we cross the river then walk

for 2 hours because all of the agents and also. we crossed on a raft it all went bad i was in mud up to my waist and i lost all the documents. the men and women who traveled without children will be expelled back to mexico under pandemic procedures some of the families will to whoever the mexican government is willing to take back and the children who traveled alone will be taken into u.s. detention necessary for their own safety the government argues. debases raging in the u.s. over whether time's up for nuclear energy many of the country's aging power plants or jews are close by the end of the decades as being appointed by some activists who consider them unsafe but others say whatever replaces the carbon emissions free energy could be a step backwards for climate goals christine salumi reports from new york state.

it's the end of an era in new york's hudson valley the indian point nuclear power plant is coming off line at one time it employed $1000.00 people here and provided about half of the tax revenue for the village of buchanan not to mention a quarter of the electricity used by new york city i lived here all my life buchanan merits a recent knickerbocker believes the plant has been a good neighbor you are right. now it's to me. it's something that didn't have to happen it's really a sad day for us because indian point has been a huge part of our history indian point isn't safe you can't just say well let's keep it on the line when you have a number of mishaps the number of structural issues when you're looking at a 60 year old design so every environmentalist like paul de lay disagree is nonprofit organization riverkeeper fought long and hard for the plants closure

which was announced by the state's governor in 2017 by 2025 we will have 3 times as much clean energy and energy efficiency combined as indian point used to generate. increasingly though questions are being raised about how the state will replace its output in claims the loss of the plant will be offset by renewable energy sources given to new natural gas burning facilities are being built in the state. a new generation of environmentalists is challenging the assumption that nuclear power is too dangerous and they're making their views known all over new york pointing out that nuclear power is carbon free at a time when climate scientists say we need to dramatically cut carbon emissions. activists say it's a national concern we have 3 more plants in upstate new york and we have many plants all over the country that are in danger of being shut down this area is not contaminated there knickerbocker can vouch for the benefits of living in

a nuclear neighborhood to replace this nuclear power plant was 0 carbon emissions for gas fired plants by that doesn't make any sense to me that really just boggles my mind how is that helping the environment. she wishes others had spoken up sooner kristen salumi al jazeera buchanan new york. a group of 6 american oil executives who were jailed in venezuela years ago on corruption charges have been moved to house arrest is considered a notes from materials governments to u.s. president joe biden the us administration is looking into its relationship with the socialist country including whether to ease sanctions the oil executives were detained in 2017 after being lured into a meeting in caracas. there's been violence across colombia for a 3rd day is people rallying against a controversial tax reform bill the worst of the fighting is happening in the city

of cali where bosses buildings and even police officers have been set on fire several people have died and more than $100.00 we've been injured protests to say the bill which will move the threshold for those who have to pay taxes is an attack on the middle class. the iraq museum is hones of precious collection of ancient manuscripts dating back to the 20th century museum officially reopens in 201512 years after it was closed the aftermath of the u.s. led invasion but is still lacks funding to protect the treasures and its care a smaller 14 reports from baghdad. the delicate process of restoring ancient manuscripts these technicians at the iraq national museum reconnect the loose pages of books that date back hundreds of years but the head of the department says his team lacks the tools needed for more advanced maintenance and the mill and. the other we hope to get a lab that can support complicated and difficult procedures in some instances we

postpone maintenance because we don't have specialized experience materials or quit meant to do our work there are more than 60000 manuscripts stored in iraq's national museum spanning literary religious and scientific texts making this one of the most extensive and important collections about the arab world and we're about to get rare access to the main vault. is in charge of these treasures she shows us one of the oldest dating back to $1229.00 it's one of the few books that survived the mongol invasion of baghdad in the late 13th century which saw the destruction of the vast libraries built up by the dun ruling dynasty the seeds that . this manuscript these professional maintenance it represents an important period for us baghdad during the episode time the museum's manuscript collection was

largely spared in the widespread looting that followed the 2003 us led invasion of iraq mainly because it was moved to a different location indeed throughout the decades many of iraq's ancient artifacts have ended up in museums around the world arguably for safekeeping but mona believes iraq is now ready to take care of its own heritage. we prefer to provide the environment to save our manuscripts inside the country we realize these manuscripts constitute soft power. utilizing the soft power will require funding for modernization the index is meant taint manually and only a fraction of the tax have been digitalized researchers can't access the museum's vault to see the enchant text but must instead of visit the nearby manuscript house here they laborously search for available titles hand scribbled on index cards are then we drew word for it or yes there's no electronic index when

a researcher comes here with a manuscript title last time to search in these boxes or in the index book and these indices don't contain all the manuscripts it can then take weeks before they receive copies of the text which they must pay for but museum employees complain little of that money is invested back into the maintenance of the manuscripts to preserve iraq's rich heritage seem awful to an al-jazeera but that. this is al jazeera and these are the headlines india has reported more than 400000 new coronavirus infections for the 1st time 3523 more people have died according to official data all adults are eligible to get the vaccine but several hard hit states have warns of acute shortages lizbeth for an m house the latest from new

delhi we're outside one of just a handful of private hospitals which charge for the vaccine a handful of private hospital.