holding the powerful to account as we examine the u.s. is role in the world on al-jazeera. india reports another record rise in corona virus cases the shortage of oxygen kills 12 patients in new delhi alone. and come out santa maria here in doha with the world news from al jazeera. scuffles in the french capital workers there and around the world rally for their rights on the international level but they. also knew somalia's lower house votes

to cancel the 2 year term extension it had approved for its president as it tries to defuse an armed standoff and report on the plight of coal mines in ukraine caught in the middle of the tensions with russia. so india has reported 400000 new cases of covert 19 this saturday which accounts for nearly half of global daily infections and nothing seems to be changing the hospitals are still in desperate need of oxygen this is about 3 hospital in new delhi which is just the latest to have run out of oxygen it's left 12 people dead lockdowns though they are being extended in the capital new delhi as well as several other states but there are calls for even stronger measures and the government's expanded its banks and nation drive as well to include all adults however it is struggling to keep up with the demands the support is from india

correspondent elizabeth piron i'm in new delhi. a group of friends celebrate receiving their coronavirus vaccinations in new delhi there some of the lucky ones who managed to get an appointment signs at many vaccine centers around the country read their outward. doses despite having a population of $20000000.00 people india's financial capital only has $20000.00 says for those between the ages of $18.00 to $45.00. we were told that it would be a 1st come 1st serve thing year but the vaccination center years dysart it we will see what we're going to do whether we'll get it or not. the government said everyone above the age of 18 would be eligible for a vaccine from saturday but most regional leaders say they don't have enough doses to expand the program the sign reads welcome to the world's largest vaccination drive but despite india being the world's largest vaccine manufacturer and concept

why enough doses to its people this is one of just a handful of private hospitals in new delhi that were able to procure vaccines to inoculate people between the ages of 18 to 45 on saturday. the online registration also isn't accessible for the hundreds of millions of indians who don't own computers all smartphones don't have an internet connection india is also running short on oxygen despite international aid arriving. on saturday stop at one hospital in new delhi said patients have died including one of their doctors when an oxygen delivery was late. hartman you hear what. we are doing what we can but we can't think about what we can't control god see please try to organize oxygen for us there was a gap of 45 minutes when we didn't have oxygen we did everything we could we used all our cylinders but despite that we couldn't save 6 of our i.c.u.

patients. the death toll later went up to at least 12 health experts are asking the government to impose more restrictions to ease the pressure on the health care system currently i think india has to step up its containment measures these measures are to be very aggressive and we should also have localised law down there even necessary to get at least transmission. scientific advice is appointed by the government said they want officials in early march of a new and more contagious variant of the coronavirus despite that the government didn't impose restrictions and allowed people to gather at large political and religious events elizabeth piron of al-jazeera new delhi. i spoke to dr eric final thing a little bit earlier an epidemiologist and senior fellow at the federation of american scientists he said there are steps india can take to bring this situation under

control. india right now has reached so out of control that a certain rigor is definitely what is needed now i want to emphasize lockdowns are difficult this is why a lot to be combined with government assistance to help people stay at home because when they don't have help people won't be able to stay home so this is really key to a lot of must be combined with governments but that obviously we need more than just that we need to actually have rapid testing i don't know p.c.r. testing is limited but rapid antigen testing are very inexpensive and can easily be purchased in the hundreds of millions and so those new really need to be deployed and of course the oxygen crisis you know there's besides austin shipments you can also we need to ramp up oxygen concentrator from machines that can actually do novo concentrate oxygen supply for people we need all that now and of course on top of

that vaccine production vaccine sharing of knowledge melissa situation in india has prompted many countries to restrict travel from there from tuesday only u.s. citizens and permanent residents will be allowed back into the states and australia says people arriving from india could face up to 5 years in prison or pay heavy fines the new rules target australian residents and citizens who have been in india in the past 14 days those restrictions come into effect from monday. on to other news and runways are taking place across the world to mark may day international labor day in paris there were minor scuffles between police and protesters a gathered despite coronavirus restrictions unions are calling for better funding for the health system and better protections for people who have lost their jobs. with us. despite to. make tens of thousands of people have been walking

across paris they've been walking from one port to here this is cooled past and i. just see behind me if i step out the way people are arriving they've got their fire over in the middle of this huge square they all gather and this is the end of this protest is where actually ends now oh miss sides so i'm just going to move across to the side you can also see rows open the source says thousands of police officers have been deployed across the capital to try and keep it safe there have been some scuffles between protesters and police a bit earlier we saw being smashed up some bicycles and vehicles being sets a light at the moment it's a bit of take us behind me because police are trying to actually clear people are to the square tried to encourage them to go home when in terms of these may day protests there in terms of why people have actually come out to the street there have been a range of issues and causes everything from climate protesters people who feel

that the government hasn't done enough with the covert pandemic we've got trade unions who are calling for better wages better working conditions there's a lot of anti-government sentiment there's a lot of anti president a micro sentiment as well. so that's france here is colombia now where unions have called for further strikes on may day as protests against president evo economic reforms become increasingly violent on friday police fired tear gas at crowds who threw rocks and lit fires in the capital bogota some of the worst violence was in cali where one protester died and more than 100 were injured. so mali is lower house of parliament has unanimously voted to cancel an extension to the president's term in office president mohamed ability for a merger has directed the prime minister instead to prepare for elections now parliament had approved a 2 year term extension last month that sparked off protests and fighting in mogadishu term ended in february but he stayed on as the talks over the new

elections stuart webb is following this story from nairobi kenya. this move today on the part of parliament is certainly expected to deescalate the tension that we've seen recently in somalia's capital mogadishu just a week ago different factions of the security forces were fighting each other those who support the president known widely by his nickname farmer joe were fighting with other factions that support the opposition now the opposition had objected to parliament voting to extend his term by 2 years they said that was illegal and followed the failure to hold those elections that were meant to happen in february now there are still some fairly major hurdles in in the weeks ahead from september last year up until february the central government and the governments of the 5 sending semi autonomous states couldn't agree on the terms for this election to go

ahead that's why it didn't happen that agreement still needs to be reached now if it is to happen and it's also important to understand that the election that's planned isn't one in which everyone gets to vote rather community leaders will get to choose members of parliament and members of parliament will get to elect the president and there's a lot of mistrust from the opposition in farmer joe's government and they. wants to stay in power lot of the opposition think that he won't agree to the terms of any election that doesn't favor him so there are certainly some major challenges still to be resolved in the weeks ahead if indeed that tension is to be deescalated in the fears of violence that we saw last week was a lot of people thought could if we didn't go well end up with the country returning to a state of civil war. some thoughts now from me who is an associate professor of security studies at carter university wrote the book understanding the somalia

conflagration he says somalia can only move forward if there are fair and inclusive elections. so there has to be an election but that election has to be also inclusive and there must be an agreeable balance that the prime minister of presidents and here by by the way the prime minister will face a number of challenges. everybody mistrust the government so he has to earn the house to restore the confidence that was last 2nd he has to actually engage all of the parties that have issues with this election that are 5 issues by the way the actual i mean task is very difficult to the problem is that the people do not trust the people do not want to talk to each other because obviously the president or a number of the aftermath has had issues with each other and also the opposition groups and the whole school at the environment has been securitized remember that this decision. divided the school to force or now the military to

some alia's national army forces that are fighting it it's of mobility and that's really bad so i think the good thing about this perhaps for the president and for the house of the people is that they're trying to correct maybe their mistakes and leave a better legacy even if they don't come back for the election and that's good for everyone i mean inclusive credible. free election is the only way out and it's a good thing for every party in the process. in the news ahead u.s. troops are withdrawing from afghanistan while the violence increases but the latest on that from kabul and why welfare groups in the u.k. are demanding this emergency migrant facility because down.

or unusual whether it's for widespread but rather raby other 2 areas to watch for it all is still quite warm in the levant as well about where they should be and this rather more rain in particular in yemen than you might expect in clades spreads up through amman as well so large that to humans 30 degrees little bit too early to see much change in the weather there but we might get some thunderstorms for how the sort sets which is the edge effect of the indian monsoon got that yet but this is again he's a little bit early but thunderstorms seem likely sunday monday or tuesday and into to be most likely insulin you see the cloud spreading through oman eventually i think we'll find thunderstorms popping off in the mountains here as well with a rather hot 40 in dubai staying in the sunshine elsewhere reprints or it's generally find the showers become a bit more extensive through iran that's not a big surprise that's rather more normal this rather not so therefore nothing

really changes except the drying process and tuesday further south we're watching the wind turn essentially quite strong southerly coming out through madagascar close to mozambique and tanzania that's not widespread heavy showers but it's rather continuous damp weather an indication the monsoon is setting up its back to go north. a weekly critique of the stories hitting the headlines the news media have been left to sort through mixed messages on a quite complex story from mainstream to street journalism the enemy of jacketed is to get me to meet you send it to the wall to show you what's going on exposing real world threats to objectivity often of our neighbor turned to monsters 11000 people were arrested the listening post covers the way the news is covered on the jersey.

hullo oh oh oh oh. the top stories this hour on al-jazeera india has recorded more than $400000.00 new coronavirus cases accounting for nearly half the world's infections in the last 24 hours the government is expanding its vaccination drive but it's struggling to meet demand and 12 people died in new delhi hospital because of a shortage of oxygen also in india a good shot a fire at a hospital killed 16 covert agents and workers are rallying across the world to mark may day international labor day calling for improved rights including health care and protection for people who have lost their jobs. now the yearlong conflict

or new crimes army and russia backed separatists is putting pressure on those working in the front line coal mines in the region have powered heavy industry for generations but the miners say the fighting is making their work more difficult charles stratford has the support from course kyra in eastern ukraine. the shift starts with a pos right to the mine. fully paid 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 and 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 of this government i don't mind have received only 5 percent of their $600.00 a month's 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 the lift that will take them 900 meters on the ground. much of the mines infrastructure is in a shocking state of neglect in 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 'd the ukrainian government

estimates that more than half of the coal mine by separatists is relabeled russian coal 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 separatists control territory. whereas what over everything has been stolen that's a simple fact these resources belong to the state of ukraine but their mind in extracted by those working for russia it's outrageous. group of miners here from the dark of the finishing shift some of had to walk up to a kilometer along tunnels to the coalface. work 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

a pension i receive isn't enough to live on the miners have threatened to go on strike demanding their son or isn't better working conditions we can't stop the war but we can demand our rights charles strap around his ear a skier eastern ukraine. the red cross has demanded the closure of a former british army camp which is now housing migrants napier barracks meant to be a temporary accommodation and human rights groups say the use of a military base is psychologically damaging for the people living there many are thought to have been tortured in or trafficked from the countries they fled john holl has our report. they pier barracks in kent has come to symbolize an asylum system increasingly hostile to asylum seekers receiving like us soon as they arrive a serious decline in their mental health and they really desperate they run they're running away. or they have suicidal ideation we've had several we've seen several

suicide attempts already in the last few days a former british army facility long disused its accommodation is rustic the building's rundown napier has been condemned as filthy and unsuitable by independent specters and while residents are free to come and go many see constant reminders in the barbed wire and barred windows of past trauma. me fled religious persecution in iran he communicates with us using a translation app on his phone like it. was why why. i myself was a soldier in iraq i stayed in the military barracks raunch. the situation very well the situation is. very explosive thanks to. the red cross among others has called for napier to be shot immediately some people

might you know torture. him some people might say you know how very badly experience it so living beside. it in the defense and leaving behind a wife is in need so for in forking off reason like when decisions which is contrary to what they want to come here to to see yet while 2 similar barack cites have closed napier remains open the government says improvements have been made since napier was closed down temporarily after a big outbreak of covert 900 in january followed by a fire said to have been started by the residents themselves and you can see the remains of that blaze over there all basic needs are now being met says the government and in fact there are plans to scale back up the numbers of people staying here from around 70 now to more than 300 in the coming week. one former resident who now campaigns for its closure believes napier's growing notoriety

works as a deterrent to former residents of need here when i was among them are keen to take the dangerous journey again and go back to france because the conditions they are being in in the barracks is war stand they were experiencing through their journey so maybe people in the u.k. wish to take u.k. it naturally means that the people who wants to come to say maybe are pushed back from it. and that may be precisely the point jonah how al-jazeera at napier barracks in kent protests in me in march against a military coup have entered their 4th months hundreds of people staged a flash protest against a military junta in the southern city of darwin on saturday calling for overturned to democracy and the release of political prisoners more than 750 people have been killed by security forces since the coup back in february. now

a powerful car bomb has killed at least 24 people and injured dozens in the eastern province of afghanistan there are groups claimed responsibility but the attack comes as foreign troops begin their withdrawal from afghanistan contraflow he has this report from kabul. for afghanistan it's a cycle with no end body after body lying next to each other this time the victims of a powerful truck bomb many were high school students staying in a dormitory nearby several buildings collapsed in the blast trapping dozens of people but. i treated my own family members wounded in the incident and we spent the night to my neighbor's house i don't know when this country will be peaceful i beg everyone for the sake of god to please stop it. a hospital was severely damaged several of those injured were transferred to kabul and recalled what happened. was at 1st i heard

a blast and right after the blast all the windows shattered and i don't know what happened next such actions don't exist. violence is increasing across the country fighting between the taliban and government forces is fierce according to the un more than $500.00 civilians many of them children have been killed in the 1st 3 months of this year blogger car bomb attack comes at a tense moment for ghana stand before intrigued with a draw is underway and it will be completed well after the may 1st deadline stipulated in the doha deal that was signed between the united states and the taliban last year. this the taliban has warned that a foreign troops stay past that date it will resume attacks against them the pentagon a nato i releasing few details about their departure and with america's war coming to an end and a stalled peace process afghans are facing a new and uncertain future for contrary al-jazeera kabul. now

we're getting reports just in the last few minutes actually of a massive explosion in kabul now filio contraflow who that report is now on the line what more have you got theo well you know this is still very early because whatever happened it's just a few minutes ago it seems there is a massive explosion in an area in the north of kabul it seems according to preliminary point that it is in the gas station from the pictures that we've seen because it's it's really dark here in lake there is so much smoke all over the place. but it's like it's a go thing the area it seems like many many parts of kabul for now are in complete darkness and we're trying to see if that was an accident or or if it was something else that was involved but there has been

a massive explosion in the north of kabul that has been sending smoke and fire they can be seen for many parts of the city as soon as we know more brilliancy ok thanks failure we'll talk to you again later then as you say when you have got some more information now of course all of this happening that is the events in kabul of events and and the troop withdrawal going on is there are still peace talks going on with the taliban those are going on here in doha and we have taliban spokesman shaheen joining us on skype thank you for your time. the troop withdrawal from the united states began today may the 1st this was supposed to be the time that it was all happening by at least the trumpet ministration want to bet they're just starting to withdraw now so what happens do you as troops become a target now if they're not withdrawing quickly enough. there are

2 parts of this one part we have a commitment with that american. 18 months negotiation here in doha and according to that. they will lead to to go all the troops. may 1st that we didn't put. so why elected that includes and. 3 this that the i'm not let's leave you with withdrawal of all the other forces. so that i think. and not. to think that one side is why lation. and. withdraw all of the unfortunates and to not put the can. now a plea now that would change and bringing. literature what the facts

and creature that would be implement it maybe. be at the same thing you're saying that's a violation because they have not withdrawn by may the 1st but that was struck with a different leadership in the united states that was when donald trump was president there's a different leadership now and they're saying everyone will be out by september the 11th. we had not. struck but the. second person that believe it's the government and i'm both feet so that's painting here and it would be was not only what he did it's what if he were so they are. nearly missed it but that's exactly. and also the fact that we could get the equipment that clearly but they did not. tell you what they had to make the commitment about food supply tell me about

recent events in afghanistan there was a car bomb that killed 24 people in loga and we've just been hearing about another explosion in kabul does the taliban take responsibility for either or both of those attacks we have not taken responsibility about. instigation. so that we have not taken responsibility such incidents happen. which chips. in the past. so we will. do and carry out the installation if you tell me more broadly than about the idea of peace in afghanistan the u.s. is saying they will withdraw but there's still no agreement between yourself the taliban and the afghan government is there any progress there that i think we should have started. in september and there are

still. really. we are going to a peaceful settlement why are we. making. team from that site so. we are hopeful to reach. a settlement rule but also in michigan that people are and because of that to me that have been initiated. so how sharing is a taliban spokesman at the talks here in doha thank you for your time. half past the hour and these are the top stories in fact that developing news from kabul we told you about reports of a very large explosion in the afghan capital just as u.s. troops.