a desperate situation of the indian government set up a new commission to monitor success of and pollution across 5 north indian states health experts and mention this and been wanting for months that the easing of the lockdown would lead to an increase in pollution and the impact that would have on those because of the 19. hospital fires and oxygen shortages add to the death toll in india which is just recorded more than 400000 new covert cases in one day. i know i'm maryam namazie in london you with al-jazeera also coming up on the program afghanistan on alert has the withdrawal deadline trump agreed with the taliban forces with foreign forces still inside the country.

demonstrate a scuffle with police in paris as thousands joined may day protests across france and somalia is no house of parliament councils the controversial 2 year extension of the president's term. welcome to the program we begin in india which has become the 1st country in the world to report more than 400000 new kovan 1000 infections in a single day the crisis that's engulfed the country continues to escalate with over 3 and a half 1000 people confirmed to have died of the virus in just 24 hours at a hospital in new delhi 12 people also died after critically ill patients were left without oxygen until supply tank has finally arrived and a fire in a hospital ward for corona virus patients in state killed another 18 people on

average nearly 2 and a half 1000000 vaccines have been given daily in india which has now expanded the vaccination drive to include all adult spots several states have said they don't have enough doses to give people elizabeth braun reports from new delhi. a group of friends celebrate receiving the coronavirus vaccinations in new delhi this some of the lucky ones who managed to get an appointment. signs at many vaccine centers around the country read they're out of 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 to 45. we were told that it would be a 1st come 1st serve thing year but the vaccination center years deserted 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 it 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 or smartphones and don't have an internet connection india is also running short on oxygen despite international aid arriving. on saturday start at one hospital in new delhi said patients have died including one of their doctors when an oxygen delivery was late. her mother heart reduce her. well

you're doing what we are but we can't think about what we can't control from god c b s tried to organize oxygen for us there was a gap of 45 minutes when we didn't have oxygen but we did everything we could be used all our cylinders but despite that we couldn't save 6 of 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 the media has to step. in measures these measures are to be very aggressive and we should also have. logged on that have been necessary to get these transmission that is the. scientific advice is appointed by the government so 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 pradhan al jazeera new delhi. even though brazil is still recording around $3000.00 deaths a day mass rallies have been taking place in support of the president also naro and his handling of the pandemic thousands of people marched in rio de janeiro saying they backed his opposition to lock downs and other restrictive measures president has been widely criticized for not taking the pandemic seriously with brazil suffering more than 400000 deaths that's the 2nd highest total in the world after the united states or elsewhere the cove in the covert vaccine roll out is underway in rebel held parts of northern syria in lebanon or than aleppo provinces of perceived astra zeneca jobs as part of the global kovacs program for poor nations humanitarian workers are among the 1st to get the vaccines alongside the elderly and people with existing health conditions the 2 regions are home to around 4000000 people have so far recorded. 641 covert deaths the most ahead of.

our main goal here in the west in syria is 2 bucks a night 850 pounds and people get a 1st like your vaccines we've received is only 53000 doses and so in the 1st round with drugs and 18 people working in the health sector on humanitarian grounds there the front line is in place even if the police in the belgian capital brussels have used water cannon to disperse large crowds of young people breaking down rules to party in a park event organized online was described as a party and a protest against krajina virus restrictions hundreds of officers cleared the boy did a camera park southeast of the city center it follows a similar event in the park exactly a month ago which was also broken up by police. who go to afghanistan now where the deadline the trump administration agreed with the

taliban for u.s. troops to leave has now passed instead by the 1st was the day the us formally begins its withdrawal under president itan and the commander of foreign forces in afghanistan warned it would be a mistake on quips to attack the troops who are still that a return to violence would be one senseless and tragic but make no mistake we have the military means to respond forcefully. to any type of attacks against the coalition in the military means sport the afghan security forces that would be a mistake meanwhile taliban spokesman said how scheinfeld al jazeera all foreign troops must withdraw now as the agreement they reached was with the united states and not just its president. we had not the staff the. second person that the government and the state so that's still here and he was not only what food eaters it's

what we were so they are legally a mystic that is getting. and also the fact. that they did not to. tell you what they had made the commitment about. now the decision to bring in our own literature was very sorry and preacher that it would be implemented we are working here the season of violence against afghan has been escalating in recent months with security forces and many professionals targeted on friday a powerful car bomb killed at least 24 people in the eastern province alone and i playing the responsibility for controversy reports now from the capital kabul. for afghanistan it's a cycle with no when 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 it's just to get the are 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 the foreign troop withdrawal is underway and 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. the taliban has warned that if foreign troops stay past that date it will resume attacks against them the pentagon and nato are 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 the contrary al-jazeera kabul. or rather is have been taking place across the world to mark may day international labor day in colombia the march has coincided with protests against government tax reform plans which people fear will make them poorer anger is continuing even though present even decay is backing down an order the proposal to being written at

been 4 days of protests and several people have been killed on the protesters have now moved on to the president's residence in bogota. is there for us and joins us now by sandra tell us where you are and about the movement of the protesters. blocks away now houses. in the north. and conscience continue between the pope and the party samantha i wired. a lot of gas and then i'm an ambulance has to go but i saw her move just a little. how close i was showing. my

my i'm going for a go high. wasn't the. part of the house i was going to happen. and i have other cities across. america. that was told by the government. i would have to use taxes on the middle class and this in many ways has a column of people that have been suffering a lot and come out of. work to go out and who are 40 percent of the people in the city for example. and. so much anger and that's kind of. as i'm sure you say the clashes you say the clashes are still going on i know that you are wearing

a mask obviously you've been you've been wearing that mask that because the air is thick with tear gas and peace and security forces that they've been responding with tear gas and to try and get control of the situation now this is the culmination of several days of protests. people have been killed there's an ambulance there was an ambulance just passing through that what do we know about injuries or casualties today. well that we still don't know much about what happened today again protests were peaceful until just a half an hour ago or so. so i don't have information of injuries that happened today what i can tell you is that outlawry these now have confirmed that at least 3 people have died in the city of the protests in the last couple of days however human rights organizations in colombia are investigating the

deaths of at least another 13 people that have died. in relation to demonstrations in a number of different race in the country also the international human rights organization human rights watch said that they have received credible evidence that they're now investigating about abuses on courts of the police. the abuse of a woman that was arrested by the police and allegedly abused by a policeman all of this needs to be confirm again out there if these are talking about only 3 people so far that have died during the protest and one police man who has died late on friday consequences of being stabbed on wednesday as he was intervening in a case of looting in the city of so archer south of. thank you so much alexandra.

there in well the tar colombia where protests and clashes still going on. now more than $200.00 protesters have been arrested during the may day marches in turkey in violation of the nationwide lockdown. border. demonstrators clashed with police that during demonstrations during protests in istanbul police said that while some unions had gathered legally others ignore calls to disperse comes after police were instructed to stop people recording them on their phones while on duty. it was al jazeera live from london still ahead on the program windows and barbed wire why write scripts are demanding the closure of this british army barracks used to house refugees and migrants and we get access to a cult of iraq's greatest ancient traditions that historians have the right tools to preserve them.

now the weather settle down in australia it's been extraordinary months for labor was the cairns so they're like 4 times the amount of rain you might expect it's not there anymore there on the shore breezes bringing showers all the way from new south wales up towards kent with the nothing extraordinary the weather that you would expect to see this time there is a frontal system to come up from the south motions through the bites and hit south australia and then probably victoria the last one that came through drop the temperature in perth 23 the next one's on its way through you see that line of blue that's moving up during sunday and monday now it's eastern end is not active but the rain maybe we keep 80 degrees in melbourne and 15 in hobart so that again it's not that much deviated from the norm this is a bit different though we've had some pretty wet weather recently in japan there's more to come and that's on sunday and that northerly breezes still cold enough for

some snow wet snow spring snow on the hard ground of honshu they dries out a behind it is dry and most of china is dry but there is a little tranche of rain spring rain developing now and monday the orange representing the heaviest rain will move slowly along the yangtze valley that's what you'd expect to do that is proper spring right who probably keep going eastwards eventually towards japan. thank you. but for. young women with a passion for space i used to dream about working and if they are school company like nah son and i send them a small stuff to science a giant leap for womankind encouraged to start a new phone and place it inside and at the scheduled time the south like to be sent into space women make science kurdistan space school on al-jazeera.

to. welcome back a look at the main stories india has become the 1st country in the world to report more than 400000 new covered 19 infections in a single day at a foreign forces in afghanistan says it would be a mistake for any armed groups to attack as the u.s. pullout formally begins comes a day after a truck bomb killed at least $24.00 people in eastern woke up province and rallies have been taking place across the world along international labor day in colombia they've coincided with protests against government tax reform plans. or have also

been made a protest across europe despite coronavirus restrictions there following a pandemic that's crippled many of europe's economies it's giving young people worried about their future a way to vent their anger move back reports on this now from london. tear gas in paris an all too familiar sight france's may day demonstrations of traditionally a show of force by the country's mighty trade unions. a message for the government the power lies not with politicians but with people. this year labor unions were joined by members of the old yellow vest movement that kicked off a wave of anti-government protests 2 years ago. the french president to maneuver crawl remains under mounting pressure to abandon economic and social reforms as the country reels from 3 crippling coronavirus lockdowns. more the workers' rights.

as a show of rage. on may day the historic covering letter has a global context we keep on having protests and there we are protests happen for nothing no one is listening to us but i think it's important to keep coming back. to the british capital hundreds. in trafalgar square under the banner kill the bill because a proposal that would give police extra powers to curb protests is fear the changes will have a chilling effect on the rights to demonstrate among the crowds black lives matter supporters and climate change campaigners is stiction rebellion paralyzed parts of london in 2019. under the proposed laws people could face 10 years in prison for defacing monuments and large fines for breaching noise limits. they're never sibly i think this is a. state where president this is the government saying that we don't want you to come out. and joyce your concerns against the system all these demonstrators are

keen term by the british government is the protests by their very nature or destructive of any new rules designed to curtail people's right of assembly damage the country's democracy. in the german capital berlin a peaceful march by protesters on the eve of mayday demanding affordable homes after the constitutional court overturned a law there such a rent cap of apartments of the city 85 percent of berlin is rent rather than own their own home 3 countries 3 different struggles but a common thread these are the faces of europe's young students those struggling to find work others looking for security in a fragile labor market was the series. as europe starts to emerge from a reminder that many old frustrations haven't gone away and in some cases they've deepened leave. london. now and other stories are falling by somalia's

president to extend his time in office fighting years as foreign apart after parliament made a u. turn because of public opposition last month and he's approved. decision to remain in power despite his term expiring in february but that led to clashes and fears the country's security forces could split over the issue of instead approve the president's request to organize delayed elections. malcolm webb is following the story in neighboring kenya and says the security stakes are high. 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 another

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 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 it is 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 or members of parliament will get to elect the president and there's a lot of mistrust from the opposition in from 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 as a lot of people thought could if you didn't go well end up with the country returning to a state of civil war. refugees and migrants who have made the dangerous journey case a conditions the government keeps them in are enough to force them back the red cross is demanding the closure of our former army camp to house them and as jonah how reports from folkestone human rights groups say using a military base is psychologically damaging and many people who fled torture. napier barracks in kent has come to symbolize an asylum system increasingly hostile to asylum seekers receiving like us is 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 years

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. ibrahimi fled religious persecution in iran he communicates with us using a translation app on his phone that is a pain i. why i like. myself a soldier in iraq i stated the military barracks in iraq. the situation here very well the situation is not. our express thanks to. the red cross among others has called for napier to be shot immediately some people might you know torture. and some people might say you know how very bad 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 sites 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 up me here when i were among them they are keen to take them to journey in and go back because the conditions are appearing. worse than they were experiencing through their journey so maybe people in the u.k. and wish to take it mentally mean that the people who want 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 now iraq's right historical texts have survived centuries of conflict but they could soon be lost for good historians are saying they lack the right tools to preserve ancient manuscripts some of them dating back to the 12th century some on a fault and has more 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 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 equipment 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 were 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 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 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 arsenic authority there's no electronic index 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 seem awful to an al-jazeera but that. look at the main stories before india is.