india opens vaccinations to all adults but the rollout is going badly as it marks a record 400019 infection. 12 cope with 19 patients have died at a hospital in new delhi after it ran short of oxygen suppliers last. hello again i'm peter dhabi you're watching out to see her live from doha also coming up somalia's lower house counsels

a 2 year term extension for president mohamed up to lie he made from our job in a bid to diffuse an armed standoff. the final phase of the u.s. troop withdrawal from afghanistan is underway but there are concerns more attacks by the taliban will make the country unstable once again. and we look at how a coal mine in eastern ukraine has become a new kind of battleground in the conflict with russia. we begin in india where once again more people have tested positive for cope with 19 in one single day than any other country since the start of the pandemic a staggering 400000 new cases in just 24 hours the governments extended the lockdown in the capital new delhi by a week india has expanded its vaccination drive to include all adults but it can't keep up with demand in some states there aren't enough jobs to go around even

though india is one of the biggest producers in the world 12 people have died and one hospital in new delhi because of an oxygen shortage officials at the back for a hospital say critically ill patients were without hope. 80 minutes it's the 2nd time in a week the facility has run out of stock meanwhile the 1st batch of russia's sputnik vaccine has arrived in india with 150000 doses an increasing number of countries are imposing travel bans the u.s. has become the latest country to put restrictions on most travelers from india from the u.s. citizens and permanent residents will be allowed in starting on tuesday elizabeth iran has more now on the expanded thanks a nation rollout from new delhi. where outside one of just a handful of private hospitals in new delhi which a vaccination 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 ration the 5 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 wanted a few weeks ago by the financial capital home by was the worst affected city and it only has 20000 doses for people between the ages of 18 to 45 even though it has a population of more than 20000000 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 be as arriving in india on saturday the u.s. is sending hundreds of thousands of doses of the astra zeneca vaccine and also the

romans here is needed for india to manufacture. dr pender a call is chairman batra hospital where 8 people died because the hospital ran out of oxygen his wife is one of the patients currently undergoing treatment he says the situation is critical the situation has again been stipulated but in the morning it was terrible well we were told it is only 30 minutes of 45 minutes of oxygen left the hospital has more than 250 patients in the pool we did begin and out of in at least to 70 patients equating high pressure oxygen in the i.c.u. and enlisted in the agreement wards and feeling my way if you answered because even though the rules did and so we got shivers that it is not sit in there for more than 30 minutes now and all those are suffering to get for explain the hospital management the oxygen supply in companies 2 of them which have been struggling for

the last 2030 years or when you know on if you're going to be it knocks it in the cross there is their duty we don't see a unified gumps that you don't have the bankers to simulate you know ask again game and now the situation is that possibly we're oxygen didn't mayn't be in after that we ignore not sue the hospital it was station is going on printing calls to the government to prove to the supreme court they everybody we're began this is really really an important new going to very desperate situation their chance for the folks in this is not possible in the form that it can be used people arriving in australia from india could face up to 5 years in prison or pay heavy fines for the measures to to cope with $19.00 targets australian residents and citizens have been in india in the past 14 days the restrictions come into effect on monday it's the 1st time australia has made it a criminal offense for its people to return home human rights watch just describe

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 man. somalia's lower house of parliament has unanimously voted to end the term extension for the president a reversal amid anger and violence president mohammed he from our job has directed the prime minister to prepare for elections which have been delayed parliament approved a 2 year term extension last month but that spawn protests and clashes in the capital mohammed's term ended in february but he stayed on because of a disagreement to do with v. electoral process malcolm weber's our correspondent following the story from nairobi in neighboring kenya so welcome does this mean that there will be elections but we just don't know when they will be yet. well certainly this stage was is widely expected to deescalate the tension that we've

seen in somalia is capital more of the morgan issue recently just a week ago there was fighting in the streets between factions of the military those supporting the opposition and those supporting president mohammed widely known by his nickname for marjah that followed last month parliament passing a bill that extended far marjorie's rule by a period of 2 years opposition said that's illegal and not followed those disagreements that you mentioned earlier this year on how the elections should proceed so the parliament now reversing that ruling reversing the 2 year extension of his rule takes us back to where we were a couple of months ago but still some major deadlocks now is important to note is that this election isn't one in which everyone is going to get to vote in direct electoral system by which community leaders will choose members of parliament members of parliament will elect the president now the leaders of somalia's 5 semi

autonomous states in the central government couldn't agree on the terms of how this election exactly should proceed that's why it didn't happen in february as planned and that agreement is still yet to be. reached also a great deal of mistrust a lot of skeptics get says among the opposition former wants to stay in power he wants to run for another term a lot of the opposition think there is only going to agree to electoral terms that would enable him to do so so there's still quite a lot to work out in the weeks and months ahead before there is going to be an election that would select either power or select a new leader and a new parliament ok malcolm many thanks malcolm in nairobi labor activists around the world are marking international labor day with rallies and marches were minor scuffles between riot police and protesters in the french capital paris large crowds gathered there and in dozens of cities up and down the

country despite coronavirus restrictions unions are calling for better funding for the health system and better protection for people who've lost their jobs or their incomes during the pandemic. the final phase of ending the u.s. war in afghanistan is now formally underway president joe biden had given orders to begin the troop withdrawal process no later than made the 1st of 3000 u.s. and 7000 nato troops remain in the country they've agreed to be out of afghanistan by september the 11th marks the 20 year since the attacks that triggered the invasion on the twin towers in new york the withdrawal is part of a deal that follows years of peace talks in the cattery capital doha between the taliban the u.s. and afghan governments but there are concerns there could be more violence fighters have carried out several attacks on government forces and civilians in afghanistan most recently 24 people were killed and 120 wounded on friday in a truck bomb explosion in the province of look god the truck was parked outside

a building that offers free accommodation to people in need people had gathered to break their ramadan fast the government blaming the taliban for the explosion is one of the deadliest in recent months. has more now from kabul. this has been a devastating attack that has been sending shock of a shock waves all across afghanistan not only because it happened during the holy month of ramadan but also because it's the skits the scale of something that we have not seen here in quite a long time all the victims we're talking about civilians we're talking about high school students and we're talking about 6 people who were inside that hospital that was in the area where the car exploded and there were injured a lot of them were transferred here in kabul and that's one of the big problems of this war here that there are no front lines anything can happen at any time and it's happening during a moment that it's a very uncertain one and a very tense one for afghanistan foreign troops have started withdrawing from the

country violence has been rising and there are concerns that there will be even more violence as today's may 1st it's the deadline that according to the doha deal u.s. and foreign forces were supposed to be out of the country the withdrawal will take several months and the taliban have said if they stay past my may 1st they will resume attacks so you can imagine how all the millions of afghans to feel in this situation i've been speaking to some of them they're even thinking about taking the kids off of school because they're afraid afraid to have them be out in the streets some of them they want to buy some things for their house and there was floating spending any money exactly because of this uncertainty and it's like afghanistan and kabul they've been crowded but there's a very dark veil of uncertainty of darkness of fear about what the next 2 weeks and the next months will bring for this country. still ahead here on

al-jazeera thousands of people are being forced from their homes by a cross border battle between kyrgyzstan and to stop. and a lack of funds is affecting the iraq museum to preserve menu scripts dating back to the 12th century. and as you thought it stopped raining well the heaviest rains gone through japan but there is more to come more in the way of showers i think and given the wind direction it's coming from the north it with the north face the high ground of honshu the good shows that still could produce some snows and wet spring snow sunshine in the laser tokyo should be doing all right and it's a little bit less cold i was going say warm less cold is a power about 8 degrees the sun's out elsewhere the wind has died down there's not

much rain during this spring rainy season in china but there is more developing and there is running along the yangtze will probably eventually follow that course towards japan which is saying is still fairly sherry day at least in northern home sure that being on monday the south of this as the rainy season has lost its real impetus in most of indonesia the least is the line to watch the southern even the central philippines now across borneo back to small sumatra and southern thailand is in plenty of rain in the form of big showers in thailand and vietnam there will be more of the same and maybe more dangerously as things were from the cold become more humid throughout india and bangladesh is the time of year we get these big slow moving dangerous thunderstorms that are particularly focused on bangladesh really could even hit calcutta. it's the political debate show that's challenging the way you think i want to know

where you're to stand on cancer culture decreasing the range of ideas that can be heard from international politics to the global pandemic and everything in between if tech companies are the ones with all the power what do we do with the solution we get organized what are world leaders or governments missing thread talking about targets like 2014 we're trying to clean when we're talking right now up front with me marc lamont hill on al-jazeera. welcome back you're watching al-jazeera live from doha let's update the top stories for you more people in india have tested positive for cope with 19 in one single day with 400000 new cases reported in just 24 hours it's also expanded its banks

a nation drive to include all adults but is struggling to keep up with demand 12 people have died at a new delhi hospital because of an oxygen shortage officials at the bank for a hospital so critically ill patients were without oxygen for 80 minutes it's the 2nd time in a week the facility has run out of stock. somalia's lower house of parliament has unanimously voted to end a term extension to the president to reverse limit anger and violence president mohamed a delight he must harm it has directed the prime minister to prepare for elections which have been delayed. the president of the democratic republic of congo has declared what he's calling a state of siege in 2 provinces now it's to control escalating violence between armed groups in the mineral rich east this allows the military to take control of the north kivu and it turi more than 300 people have been killed and more than 1500000 displaced since january. most of only is an analyst at the center for

research on the congo kinshasa he does this latest military action will make any difference. as just glibly 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 peacekeeping forces in the world in of the r.c. they have a $1200000000.00 budget and they about $20000.00 troops who are into the r.c. so hearing this that the siege taking place you 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 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 the cleaning up of the rebel groups that at the end of all these military operations congolese westville being killed and that brings us to world patrick comair at st in the in 2008 he's a former u.n. commanders say that the conflict in the 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. the yearlong conflict between ukraine's army and russian backed separatists is putting pressure on those working near the frontline coal mines in the region the power of heavy industry for generations but now miners say the fighting is making their work more difficult charles trafford reports now from go to skier in eastern ukraine. the 8 hour shift starts with

a bus ride to the mine before they hit almost one kilometer underground. coal miners in eastern ukraine were relatively well paid and well looked after when the country was part of the soviet union and since independence 30 years ago but that changed when fighting started between russian back separatists and the ukrainian army in 2014 when you're one of them it's very difficult living or working near the front line it's dangerous because shells could hit the mine and we could be trapped underground and everyone wants to exploit us the mine owners the police everyone all those who should defend us they tried to put their hands in our pockets and rob us instead many of the men at these government own mind have received only 5 percent of their $600.00 a month salary since the start of the year. they blame corruption the conflict and slowing demand for resource that was the driving force of industry under the

soviets and for at least a century before then. they turn on their head lamps and climb into believe it will take them 900 meters on the ground. much of the mines infrastructure is in a shocking state of neglect some disrepair and many of the mines have been damaged by the fighting in 2070 the government imposed an economic blockade on the russian backed separatists controlled territory then separatist leaders seized control of the mines at least 95 of the 150 in ukraine. the vast majority of ukraine's coal mines are in separatist controlled areas the ukrainian government estimates that more than half of the coal mine by separatists is relabeled as russian call and transported out to markets in asia and europe and the ukrainian government calls this the. ukraine accuses russia of stealing and selling ukrainian

coal in order to offset the estimated $3000000000.00 a year moscow spends supporting the separatist controlled territory push for a lot of the what over everything has been stolen that's a simple fact these resources belong to the state of ukraine but they're mined in extracted by those working for russia it's outrageous. group of miners appeared from the dark after finishing their shift some of had to walk up to a kilometer along tunnels to the coal face. of i've worked the mine for 32 years i'd like to quit but if i do i'll die of hunger there is no other work and the pension i receive isn't enough to live on the miners have threatened to go on strike demanding their sonorous and better working conditions we can't stop the war they say but we can demand our rights. skya eastern ukraine. a ceasefire does appear to be holding between kyrgyzstan and to g q stan after the

heaviest fighting between the 2 countries in decades on thursday dozens of people were killed and more than 150 were injured at a disputed border sort of care 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 and the kurds his village of his bell that i cross border gunfire between start and its neighbor to stand on thursday forced more than 10000 people to evacuate their homes they don't want to go to the floor 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 will talk about. 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 decrease starting stalled surveillance cameras or towards reserves that both claim as their own. 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. but 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 ji casualty numbers are still on clay. some hear gunshots one it's 11 people are in need beds you care but the dead condition is stable in the i can't. the shaky cease fire was resumed on friday after the courtesan president spoke on the

phone. for greed to meet next month in an attempt to resolve the long running border dispute. sought a height at al-jazeera there's been violence across colombia for a 3rd day as people rally against a controversial tax reform bill the worst the fighting happened in the city of cali where buses buildings and even policemen were set on fire several people died and more than $100.00 have been injured protests to see the bill which will lower the threshold for those who have to pay tax as an attack on the middle class. 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 as something of an old from mr meadows 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 economic sanctions executives were detained in 2017 after being lured into a meeting in caracas

a debate is raging in the united states over whether time's up for nuclear energy many of the country's aging power plants is you to close by the end of the decade that's being applauded 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 now 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 married to recent necker backer 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. 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 cleaner. gee and energy efficiency combined as indian point used to generate. increasingly though 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 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 where 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 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 in its care some of the faults and 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 memel and you call it in of the water 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. 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 is 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 from modernization the in the x. 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 i then we do it for us any catering there's no electronic and x. when a researcher comes here with a manuscript title 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 simona faulty knowledge is era but that articles from

the wardrobe of napoleon bonaparte are so go to washington to mark the 200th anniversary of his death about $360.00 objects were put on sale including this blood stained class used during his autopsy a highlights include a lock of napoleons here a pair of the polian silk stockings and a long sleeved shirt embroidered with the letter n. this is al jazeera these are your top stories more people in india have tested positive for cope with 19 in one single day than any other country with more than 400000 new cases reported in just 24 hours it's also expanded its vaccination drive to include all adults but is struggling to meet demand 12 people have died in a new delhi hosp.