a to see how one center is harnessing the energy of these fields to stow our digital information without a heavy carbon footprint i'm not too good of the north coast of the u.k. where the global green energy revolution is taking on new element. tries on al-jazeera the last. more than 400000 new coronavirus cases recorded in india as it opens its vaccination program to all the don'ts. other than i'm getting and this is al jazeera by from doha also coming up the final phase of ending the u.s. war in afghanistan is formally underway as the remaining american troops start leaving the country will. stay to see just the clarity in parts of the democratic

republic of congo after growing violence between aunt groups. and a lack of funds is affecting the iraq in scenes efforts to preserve manuscript states of the 20th century. more than 400000 new coronavirus infections have been officially recorded for the 1st time in india as a 2nd wave worsens 3523 more people have died of course saying see the official data well the country's expanding its vaccination drive from saturday to cover all were so spent several hard hit states have warned of acute shortages even though india is the world's biggest producer of covert vaccines it has a limited number of able in proportion to its population in the western states a good year out so far as a horse resource intensive care ward has killed at least 16 covert patients it's

been blamed on a an oxygen cylinder the can is the latest in a series of accidents at whole spittles meanwhile 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 the country starting on cheese day well for the way says so from n.z. elizabeth purana reports from new delhi. where outside one of just a handful of private hospitals in new delhi which have vaccinated people between the ages of 18 and 45 a deli's leader like many other regional leaders around the country has said that they don't have enough vaccines to expand the vaccination program from saturday as planned the indian government announced a few weeks ago that from the 1st of may everyone over the age of 18 would be eligible but there just aren't enough doses to online but just rationed by also doesn't take into consideration the hundreds of millions of indians who don't have

smartphones who don't have computers with internet connections to register for a back seat now once in a few weeks ago in mumbai the financial capital home by was the worst affected 50 and it only has 20000 doses for people between the ages of 18 to 45 even though it has a population of more than 20. and a very young population like all of india and so the country which is the world's biggest taxi manufacturer which makes 60 percent of all the vaccines in the world doesn't have enough for its own people this is why the russian made sputnik b. is arriving in india on saturday the u.s. is sending hundreds of thousands of doses of the astra zeneca vaccine and also the role materials needed for india to manufacture it would just say correspondent for the digital news platform the prince she describes the situation in rural areas which are pradesh the us most populous states. i'm great now in the i'm not in the

more these consequences which is why i don't see and what i'm seeing is one of the most affected districts of the most populous states or state of india or to police i have been travelling to the rural side for the last 2 weeks and things are equally bad in the villages there are mysterious deaths in each and every village i did a story of dual wages which which accorded to one dozen deaths in last 15 days each household has fewer gulf pneumonia all covered symptoms but they are not getting access to the basic medical health care such as testing like the nation because there is there's only one frankly health center i don't that block and when i was it in that 90 health center it was shut there was nobody so there is absolutely at the ground level there are no health workers those who are on duty they are also covered was

a 2 so there are no health workers there is no one held accountable and there since i am travelling to the villages they don't have access to credit either so there is no s.o.s. calls from the google site and they they only know of the district hospitals which are right now flow there is no bed there's no oxygen there is absolutely a kiosk at the ground right now people arriving in a stream here from india could face up to 5 years in prison or pay heavy fines new measures use a covert 19 target to strain citizens and residents who have been in india in the past 14 days restrictions kinds of fact from monday is the 1st time a straightly has made a criminal offense for citizens to return home human rights watch has described the government response as religious this is a very drastic action that is designed to keep a strain saif it's temporary it's based on the medical advice and it will be

reviewed on the 5th day. brazil has seen a record number of coronavirus stats 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 i to say the government must do more to stop the spread on the king archaea for ports in. 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 the new commons blames president jalal so not for downplaying the virus and delaying the vaccine rollout plan up on the media or people were dying and starving he was riding a jet ski and participating in anti democratic protests to shut down congress in

the supreme court but he was only able to do this because he still has the support of the many brazilians. every hour the group held a symbolic funeral a reminder that the pandemic in brazil is spreading rapidly and is far from over vaccine shortages have put the knock you lation campaign on hold in many cities like brazil's health minister myself made an appeal during a world health organization every field on friday. they did not feel it were calling going 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 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 i call only under reagan are going to be picked up on the mission countries like barrel oil or believe me argentina uruguay and iran are are reporting a brahmana big rise in factions and their health services are overwhelmed infections in colombia are also rising in hospitals in big cities like bubble back in middle eastern are running out of beds. of all just sirrah 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 1st around 3000 u.s.

and 7000 nato troops remain in the country and all plan to leave in the coming months the u.s. presence in afghanistan started in 2001 video contraflow has more from kabul. the foreign troop withdrawal is currently underway 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 attacks 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 violence 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. a cease fire appears to be holding between kyrgyzstan and . the heaviest fighting between the 2 countries in decades thursday dozens of people were killed and more than 150 injured at the disputed border sort of reports . the only thing one can hear is the sound of with. 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 well. cross border gunfire. on its neighbor to stand on thursday. more than 10000 people to evacuate their homes. on the floor. 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 use between the 2 countries just hours after a cease fire agreement each side has been the other for firing 1st after to jiko song sold surveillance cameras or towards reserves but 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.

but to jiko songs security committee has accused curtis soldiers of opening fire 1st on its troops at the water distribution point on this farm or river. for the song says at least 30 people were killed and more than 150 others injured she casualty numbers a still unclear. some here gunshot wounds 11 people are in need 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 have agreed to meet next month in an attempt to resolve the long running border dispute sought a height at al-jazeera still ahead on al-jazeera. i'm going to holler at the port of dover where it's a busy day for rescues at sea by the u.k.'s border force of people making the dangerous crossing by small boat from the french coast. and the nuclear option why

some environmentalists are concerned about turning on phinney put a new york state power station. there's been some pretty wet weather recently in thailand and minbar and that really is the focus of the deep east cloud anywhere from sumatra up to thailand but the line of seasonal rain is sort of drifted north from java from this part of indonesia and it's more likely to be across the southern philippines across borneo to cuba north and still further west and i just mentioned otherwise this looking at the end of the real rainy season for the on the job or at least a good part of indonesia and the same is true the top end of australia and the rain here is like the other on these front systems and are coming up from the bite which

is no big surprise this is how you expect to see things as down the year or so on shore breeze now and on shore for new south wales and queensland giving sporadic fairly light shows nothing too dramatic about them temperature wise in the west it's come down $23.00 in perth and there's more rain on its way through as well which again will die out as it moves eastwards give you a little bit of rain in victoria new south wales was temps actually staying quite high of 18 for example melbourne and that is easily equalled maybe surprisingly by christ church in fact exceeded for both major islands we have got sunshine for sunday and most years the case on monday. on counting the cost of. mine is navy and its maritime militia dominate the south china sea has the u.s. lost control could the pandemic usher in the 4 day work week and environmental

racism opposition grows to a u.s. pipeline. counting the cost on al-jazeera. if the political debates show that it's challenging the way you think i want to know where you choose their own cancer culture decreasing the range of 80 years that in be heard what a world leaders or government is missing when the targets but now up front with me walk a model on how to steer a war. or the or . this is out is here a quick reminder of our top stories this hour india has reported more than 400000 zukerman of virus infections for the 1st time 35231 people have died according to official data all adults are now eligible to get a vaccine that several states

a ward of acute shortages activists in brazil have staged a symbolic protest on a beach in rio de janeiro a covert 1000 deaths are past 400000 brazil has seen a record number of deaths for a 2nd straight month as it struggles with a 2nd wave and final phase of ending the u.s. war in afghanistan is formally underway president joe biden ordered the troop withdrawal to start no later than may the 1st round 3000 u.s. and 7000 nato soldiers remaining in the country plan to leave in the coming months . and the president of the democratic republic of congo has declared what he's calling a state of siege in 2 provinces is to control escalating violence between aunt groups in the mineral rich east this allows the military to take control in north kivu. and it tutti wasn't 300 people have been killed more than 1500000 displaced since january well come by they really is an analyst at the center for research on

the computer can show us a dunce this latest military action would make a difference as 'd 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 colleagues have been in a 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 0 which is peace now there was another one called kuala $1.00 and $2.00 which is about the cleaning up of the rebel groups but at the end of all these military operations congolese were still being killed and that brings us to world petrik commerce sayed 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 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. a group of 6 american oil executives who were jailed in venezuela years ago on corruption charges have been moved to house arrest it's considered a nords for materials government to the u.s. president joe biden the u.s. administration is looking into its relationship with the socialist country including whether to ease sanctions you know executives were detained in 2017 after being lured into a meeting in caracas. there's been violence across colombia for

a 3rd day as people rally against a controversial tax reform bill the worst of the fighting happens in the city of buses buildings and even police officers were set on for several people who dies and more than $100.00 injured say the bill which will read the threshold for those who have to pay taxes is an attack on the middle class. u.s. 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 market crossings but admits he's struggled to find many migrant children separated from their from their parents how did you castro has more from the higher 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 and then walk for 2 hours we saw the agents and also is in. we crossed on a raft it all went bad i was in mud up to my waist and i lost all our 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 travelled alone will be taken into u.s. detention necessary for their own safety the government argues. a team of

volunteers is perching itself on the cliffs of the english coast in an effort to fights the mistreatment of refugees they say those crossing over from france are facing an increasingly whole song reception with the u.k. government says it needs to protect the border charcoals joho 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. and crossing and being this channel which is one of their busy shipping lanes. is incredibly dangerous and we are concerned about the. 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 or u.k. border force has done what it's obliged to do under international law that brought these people to safety here to the fort of dover i counted 30 maybe 40 people crammed onto that border force vessel to dinghies that they used to make their journey attached to it they'll be processed here and then taken to a variety of forms of accommodation at the start of what could be a very lengthy asylum application process and while they are treated with care they aren't welcomed with open arms by a conservative government intent on tightening its immigration rules and discouraging asylum seekers. 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 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's that's frightening. and that's why the organization started this very very awful rhetoric is something that we don't want to subscribe to and we want to you. show people that there are human rights laws that exists the numbers over $8000.00 arriving by sea last year and said to be rising are still relatively small for a country the size of the u.k. but the fact that they come here whether as refugees or as economic migrants has a political dimension far larger than that jonah how al-jazeera on the channel coast. bases raging in the u.s.

over what the time zone for nuclear energy many of the country's age in power plants achieve to coles by the end of the decades has been applauded by some activists who consider them unsafe but others say whatever replaces the carbon emissions for 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 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 with his 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 2 questions are being raised about how the state will replace its output and claims the loss of the plant will be offset by renewable energy sources given 2 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 year. work 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 where 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 kristen salumi al jazeera buchanan new york. the iraq museum is home to a precious collection of ancient manuscripts some dating back to the 12th century the museum officially reopened in 201512 years after it was closed in the aftermath of the u.s.

led invasion but it still lacks funding to protect the treasures and its care a small a faulty reports from back that 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 millennia cooler than of the one with a gun 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. a buzz 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 dunn ruling dynasty the embassy it's. 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 more now believes iraq is now ready to take care of its own heritage. 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 do it for any kit or new there's no electronic index will research or comes here with a manuscript titled the 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.

millions of people have been on the move in china to celebrates the may day holiday tourists of walking to landmarks like the great wall the transport ministry expects people to make 265000000 journeys by train all boats over the next 5 days a return to prepare endemic levels tourist attractions have been warned to limit visitor numbers. 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 a vaccine but several states of want of acute shortages and those with purana has the latest from new delhi where outside one of just half.